Deuteronomy Chapter 30

As Israel stood at the face of two mountains, Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal, Moses delivered a plea to the people asking them to choose life.  In choosing life under the old covenant, it meant that the people were listening to the words of the LORD and following after it with their whole heart.  They were choosing to submit to the authority of the one who had set them apart from all other nations.  This would be the circumcision of their heart.  A heart dedicated to the LORD God. 

Just as there were two mountains that Moses could point to as he spoke to the people, there were two choices.  Moses under the Spiritual influence of God knew that Israel would choose to disobey God and they would go after other gods, and this would lead to the curses and to death.  This was not necessarily an immediate death, but the people would be taken captive at a future date by the Assyrians and by the Babylonians.  Moses asked them to remember the promises of God that when they were held captive that if they repented God would restore them to their homeland.  This was partially fulfilled during the times of Ezra and Nehemiah, but it would not be until our modern times that Jews would return home from all nations of the earth.

Today there are many Messianic Jews (believers), but we are still waiting for the nation to turn its heart to accept Jesus as their Messiah and Savior.  Perhaps it will be very soon.