Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 30:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 30:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 30:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, even if you go far away to the ends of the earth, God will come and bring you back. God always looks after His people and wants them to be close to Him.

Deuteronomy 30:4: If [any] of thine be driven out unto the outmost [parts] of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:

Contradiction with Matthew 7:13-14

These verses speak of a narrow path leading to life that few find, implying not all will be gathered back to prosperity as suggested in Deuteronomy 30:4.

Matthew 7:13-14: Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: [strait: or, narrow]

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 15:35

This verse describes God rejecting Saul as king, suggesting a permanent decision contrasting with the promise of gathering and returning in Deuteronomy 30:4.

1 Samuel 15:35: And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

Contradiction with Hebrews 6:4-6

These verses claim it is impossible to restore those who fall away, which conflicts with the possibility of returning and gathering in Deuteronomy 30:4.

Hebrews 6:4-6: For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

Contradiction with Jeremiah 15:1

Here, God declares he will not change his mind about judgment, even if interceded by Moses or Samuel, in opposition to the promise of gathering in Deuteronomy 30:4.

Jeremiah 15:1: Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, [yet] my mind [could] not [be] toward this people: cast [them] out of my sight, and let them go forth.

Contradiction with Revelation 22:11

This verse suggests a permanence in moral states (unjust remains unjust), which contrasts with the restoration promise in Deuteronomy 30:4.

Revelation 22:11: He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
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