WISDOM FROM THE WANDERERS IN THE WILDERNESS (PT. II) (2 OF 2)
Scripture: Deuteronomy 2:1-37
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Wisdom from the Wanderers in the Wilderness (Pt. II) (2 of 2)
Series: Deuteronomy
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
Deuteronomy 2
You may not be familiar with the name Herman Snellen, the Dutch ophthalmologist from the late 1800's; but you most likely have seen his work.
Snellen came up with a way to measure the sharpness and clarity of a person's eyesight by creating the ''Snellen chart.'' It consists of 11 rows of letters, starting with one big letter at the top, with each line decreasing in size and increasing in the number of letters per row. He then discovered which row of letters was equivalent to 20/20 vision. By a quick examination, he could determine your vision.
The next time you get your eyes checked and are asked to cover one eye and read the lowest row of letters possible, you can thank Dr. Snellen for it.
Eighty-seven years later in 1949, humorist Richard Armour coined a phrase, expressing the idea that it's easy to understand something after its already happened. So, using Dr. Snellen's 20/20 vision chart, he put together a four-word phrase we still use today: ''Most people's hindsight is 20/20.'' It's been shortened to simply: ''Hindsight is 20/20.''
C.S. Lewis said, ''It's funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.'' I read about a campaign poster that read, ''Vote Hindsight 2020, A Clearer Yesterday, Tomorrow.'' I like this one even more: ''2021: The Year When Every Person Has 2020 Hindsight.''
When you open your bible to the Old Testament book of Deuteronomy, Moses is preparing the children of Israel to enter and possess the Promised Land. Those about to possess the Promised Land where not the same crowd that Moses started out with when they left Egypt. These were the children of those he started out with. All their parents died along the way.
So, when you come to Deuteronomy, they were just a few days way from stepping into the land God had promised Moses. To help prepare them, in chap ...
Series: Deuteronomy
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
Deuteronomy 2
You may not be familiar with the name Herman Snellen, the Dutch ophthalmologist from the late 1800's; but you most likely have seen his work.
Snellen came up with a way to measure the sharpness and clarity of a person's eyesight by creating the ''Snellen chart.'' It consists of 11 rows of letters, starting with one big letter at the top, with each line decreasing in size and increasing in the number of letters per row. He then discovered which row of letters was equivalent to 20/20 vision. By a quick examination, he could determine your vision.
The next time you get your eyes checked and are asked to cover one eye and read the lowest row of letters possible, you can thank Dr. Snellen for it.
Eighty-seven years later in 1949, humorist Richard Armour coined a phrase, expressing the idea that it's easy to understand something after its already happened. So, using Dr. Snellen's 20/20 vision chart, he put together a four-word phrase we still use today: ''Most people's hindsight is 20/20.'' It's been shortened to simply: ''Hindsight is 20/20.''
C.S. Lewis said, ''It's funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.'' I read about a campaign poster that read, ''Vote Hindsight 2020, A Clearer Yesterday, Tomorrow.'' I like this one even more: ''2021: The Year When Every Person Has 2020 Hindsight.''
When you open your bible to the Old Testament book of Deuteronomy, Moses is preparing the children of Israel to enter and possess the Promised Land. Those about to possess the Promised Land where not the same crowd that Moses started out with when they left Egypt. These were the children of those he started out with. All their parents died along the way.
So, when you come to Deuteronomy, they were just a few days way from stepping into the land God had promised Moses. To help prepare them, in chap ...
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