Deuteronomy outline
📘 Book Outline: Deuteronomy[edit | edit source]
Deuteronomy is a second telling of the Law—recounting Israel’s journey through the lens of covenant and preparation to enter the land. In SP, this is Christ recalling the story of the cross to the bride, just before she enters into rest.
📖 Deuteronomy 1:1–46[edit | edit source]
Symbol: Recounting the rebellion = Christ recalls the cost
Pericope:
- Start: Moses begins his speech
- Middle: Spies, fear, disobedience
- End: Sentence to wander
📖 Christ recounts the sin of the bride—the reason He must die.
📖 Deuteronomy 5:1–33[edit | edit source]
Symbol: Rehearsal of the commandments = holiness established
Pericope:
- Start: Covenant reviewed
- Middle: Ten Words repeated
- End: People fear God and beg for a mediator
📖 Christ is both the Lawgiver and the Mediator (1 Tim 2:5).
📖 Deuteronomy 6:1–25[edit | edit source]
Symbol: Love the Lord with all = fulfilled by Christ
Pericope:
- Start: Hear O Israel
- Middle: Teach children, bind commandments
- End: Do not forget the Lord
📖 Only Christ perfectly loves the Lord; the bride learns from Him.
📖 Deuteronomy 8:1–20[edit | edit source]
Symbol: Remember the wilderness = remember the cross
Pericope:
- Start: Command to remember
- Middle: God humbled and fed them
- End: Warning not to forget
📖 Christ remembers His suffering and calls the bride to humility.
📖 Deuteronomy 9:1–29[edit | edit source]
Symbol: Not because of your righteousness
Pericope:
- Start: Crossing into the land
- Middle: Rebellion recalled
- End: Moses pleads for mercy
📖 Christ intercedes not because the bride is worthy, but because He is.
📖 Deuteronomy 10:1–22[edit | edit source]
Symbol: New tablets = renewed covenant
Pericope:
- Start: Second set of tablets
- Middle: Ark prepared
- End: Call to fear and love God
📖 Christ is the mediator of a new covenant written on hearts (Jer 31:33).
📖 Deuteronomy 18:15–22[edit | edit source]
Symbol: The Prophet like Moses
Pericope:
- Start: People ask for a mediator
- Middle: God promises a prophet
- End: Warning to hear Him
📖 Jesus is the Prophet like Moses (Acts 3:22).
📖 Deuteronomy 21:22–23[edit | edit source]
Symbol: Hanged on a tree = cursed
Pericope:
- Start: Capital punishment described
- Middle: Body must not remain overnight
- End: Cursed is anyone hanged
📖 Christ became a curse for us on the tree (Gal 3:13).
📖 Deuteronomy 27–28[edit | edit source]
Symbol: Blessings and curses = the cost of covenant
Pericope:
- Start: Instructions for Mount Gerizim and Ebal
- Middle: Blessings for obedience
- End: Curses for disobedience
📖 Christ takes the curse so the bride receives the blessing.
📖 Deuteronomy 29–30[edit | edit source]
Symbol: Circumcise the heart
Pericope:
- Start: Covenant reaffirmed
- Middle: Blessing and curse reviewed
- End: Promise of heart circumcision
📖 The Spirit circumcises the heart (Rom 2:29).
📖 Deuteronomy 31:1–30[edit | edit source]
Symbol: Commissioning of Joshua = transfer from Law to Spirit
Pericope:
- Start: Moses hands over leadership
- Middle: Joshua encouraged
- End: Song of Moses introduced
📖 Moses (Law) dies; Joshua (Jesus) leads into promise.
📖 Deuteronomy 32:1–52[edit | edit source]
Symbol: Song of Moses = the testimony of the cross
Pericope:
- Start: Heaven and earth called to witness
- Middle: Israel’s rebellion and judgment
- End: God’s mercy and vengeance
📖 The Song is Christ’s testimony of His suffering and the bride’s rescue.
📖 Deuteronomy 34:1–12[edit | edit source]
Symbol: Death of Moses = end of Law
Pericope:
- Start: Moses sees the land
- Middle: He dies on the mountain
- End: Israel mourns; Joshua takes over
📖 The Law cannot enter the land—only Jesus brings the bride into promise.
✅ Deuteronomy Complete.
Deuteronomy is Christ’s final sermon before the resurrection rest—a rehearsal of the cross and covenant, a transfer of leadership, and a call to choose life.
