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Deuteronomy Chapter 28
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Deuteronomy 28:1 And it shall come to
pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the
LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I
command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on
high above all nations of the earth:
Oh Israel, would you look at this???
If, if, if......you will listen and obey God our creator, your
nation will be set higher than all nations on the earth. No one
could ever defeat you. There is a big if to the commandments
of God.
- Deuteronomy 28:2 And all these
blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt
hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
- 3 Blessed shalt
thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
- 4 Blessed shall be
the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the
fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of
thy sheep.
- 5 Blessed shall be
thy basket and thy store.
- 6 Blessed shalt
thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou
goest out.
Listening to God brings a blessing to any
nation but Israel because they were called out and chosen was to
inherit the leadership over all the world but for good not evil.
They were to bring forth the gospel of salvation to the entire
world. Because they rejected Christ Jesus, they were temporarily set
aside and God used Gentiles to spread the gospel but now in the end
times the Gentiles are reverting back to the pagan times except for
the remnant of godly believers who love God's word and have stayed
faithful to Jesus Christ.
I am not speaking of any
organized religion called Christianity but a body of believers in
Jesus from all over the world having been born again by the spirit
of God. Their names are written in the book of life. God
may be the only one that knows who these are. It is not limited to
the Pentecostals, Baptists, Methodists etc.
We are saved by the grace of God and our
salvation is written of in the bible. It is available to all people
who would believe and receive Jesus Christ. It is not by
denomination or sect but by whosoever believes in Him (Jesus) shall
inherit eternal life.
This is still true today. Any nation that
comes against Israel will eventually be smitten and destroyed. God's
judgment on Israel back in 70 AD was only temporary. Just as
soon as they turn back to God, nothing shall harm Israel. Even now
any nation that harms them will be judged. So far as a nation they
still have not believed in Jesus Christ, that is yet future but they
will. We who believe in Christ must pray for their safety and that
they will discover the one that their ancestors rejected, Jesus
their Messiah. There are Messianic Jews that have already
believed.
Gentile believers must never think they
replace Israel. (Replacement theology is a false doctrine). They were grafted into the vine when Israel as a whole rejected
Jesus Christ but Israel will be grafted back into their own vine in
the future. It is now 2025.
Have no part of any church or nation that comes against
Israel in the latter days. They are out of the will of God.
Because of God's promise to Abraham, they
shall increase in food, and many good things. In fact they are being
blessed materially now but are surrounded by enemies threatening
their existence. Before 1948, that part of the world we call Israel
was barren, unfruitful and a wasteland. They exist by God's
grace only at this time. This all had to happen before the final end
time bible prophecy can be fulfilled.
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Deuteronomy 28:9 The LORD shall establish
thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if
thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk
in his ways.
That big IF applies to all believers. If we
keep His commandments and walk in His ways. So one might
ask...how do we know what His ways are and what are His
commandments? This is written down for us in a volume of
a book we call the bible. There are many different versions. I still prefer the King James version because I grew up with it and
to tell the truth it is the only one I understand but there are
other versions in all languages that one can read. Just ask God
if the version you pick is His word or has it been changed too much.
He knows.
No true believer in Jesus Christ that has
known and has studied God's word will hate Israel. We will fear to
go against them because we know what the bible teaches concerning
that nation. God still has plans for Israel. Don't touch
them.
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Deuteronomy
28:11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the
fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the
fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy
fathers to give thee.
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12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the
heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to
bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many
nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
I can't add to this at all. When Israel
returns to the Lord, they will be blessed. They are getting a
preview of that now but are fighting to exist. They will be
surrounded by the armies of the world and woe to those that are in
those armies. Armies and nations that come against Israel will
be destroyed eventually. How and when these things play out is not
yet known for sure. It may get so bad that only the 2nd coming
of Jesus the Messiah will be able to save them.
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Deuteronomy 28:13 And the
LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be
above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto
the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day,
to observe and to do them:
These words about prosperity and being
blessed as a nation applies to the future of Israel as a nation. Israel was promised
these blessings only if they obeyed. To obey...according to the
words of Samuel to King Saul is
better than sacrifice. Keep reading the scriptures below that
warn. Never just read the good scriptures and promises without
reading the warnings. Some take the verses about Israel as a nation
and apply them to individual believers in Jesus or to the church.
That is how the prosperity gospel got started. There are poor and
rich Christians that love Jesus and keep His word. There are many
believers that face persecution and lose of jobs and homes because
of their faith in Jesus. This has been going on since the
crucifixion and resurection of Jesus. The faithful church and
believers in Jesus are only guaranteed prosperity when Jesus returns
with His believers to set up His kingdom on earth. Before that they
will be some that are poor. The 12 apostles did not die rich.
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Deuteronomy 28:14 And thou shalt not go aside from
any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand,
or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
To worship idols or other gods are the
biggest insult to God. To disobey the written word will lead
to all other sins. God makes commandments for safety, health
and eternal life. They are holy and good. To turn aside
after other gods is dangerous ground to walk on. Satan is behind all
false religions and idols. Don't even use images as points of
contacts or symbols. Evil spirits accompany those things.
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Deuteronomy 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if
thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe
to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee
this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake
thee:
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16 Cursed shalt thou be in the
city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. Deu 28:17 Cursed shall be thy basket and
thy store.
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18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy
body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the
flocks of thy sheep.
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19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
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20 The LORD shall send upon thee
cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand
unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish
quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast
forsaken me.
No one in the whole world has to be under a
curse and live apart from God. That is why God send Jesus to
reconcile all who would just turn away from sin and trust in Jesus.
Their sins are cleansed, they are born again by God's spirit. They are justified. God pleads with Israel....Why will ye die
oh Israel? God gives life not death.
- Deuteronomy 28:21 The LORD shall make the
pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off
the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
- 22 The LORD shall smite thee with a
consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an
extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with
mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
- 23 And thy heaven that is over thy
head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
- 24 The LORD shall make the rain of
thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee,
until thou be destroyed.
- 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be
smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against
them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all
the kingdoms of the earth.
This is why Israel was scattered all over the
earth after 70 AD.
- Deuteronomy 28:26 And thy carcase shall be meat
unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no
man shall fray them away.
- 27 The LORD will smite thee with
the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and
with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
- 28 The LORD shall smite thee with
madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
- 29 And thou shalt grope at noonday,
as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy
ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no
man shall save thee.
- 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and
another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou
shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not
gather the grapes thereof.
- 31 Thine ox shall be slain before
thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be
violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored
to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt
have none to rescue them.
- 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall
be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail
with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might
in thine hand.
- 33 The fruit of thy land, and all
thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou
shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
- 34 So that thou shalt be mad for
the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
- 35 The LORD shall smite thee in the
knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed,
from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
- 36 The LORD shall bring thee, and
thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither
thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other
gods, wood and stone.
- 37 And thou shalt become an
astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the
LORD shall lead thee.
- 38 Thou shalt carry much seed out
into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall
consume it.
- 39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and
dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the
grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
- 40 Thou shalt have olive trees
throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with
the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
- 41 Thou shalt beget sons and
daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into
captivity.
- 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy
land shall the locust consume.
- 43 The stranger that is within thee
shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very
low.
- 44 He shall lend to thee, and thou
shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the
tail.
- 45 Moreover all these curses shall
come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou
be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the
LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he
commanded thee:
- 46 And they shall be upon thee for
a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
- 47 Because thou servedst not the
LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the
abundance of all things;
- 48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine
enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in
thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall
put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
- 49 The LORD shall bring a nation
against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the
eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
- 50 A nation of fierce countenance,
which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the
young:
- 51 And he shall eat the fruit of
thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed:
which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the
increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have
destroyed thee.
- 52 And he shall besiege thee in all
thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all
thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given
thee.
- 53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which
the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the
straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
- 54 So that the man that is tender
among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his
brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of
his children which he shall leave:
- 55 So that he will not give to any
of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he
hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith
thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
- 56 The tender and delicate woman
among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot
upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be
evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward
her daughter,
- 57 And toward her young one that
cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she
shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly
in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress
thee in thy gates.
- 58 If thou wilt not observe to do
all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
- 59 Then the LORD will make thy
plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues,
and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long
continuance.
- 60 Moreover he will bring upon thee
all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall
cleave unto thee.
61 Also every sickness, and every
plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the
LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
62 And ye shall be left few in
number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude;
because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
63 And it shall come to pass, that
as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you;
so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you
to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou
goest to possess it.
- 64 And the LORD shall scatter thee
among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other;
and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy
fathers have known, even wood and stone.
- 65 And among these nations shalt
thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but
the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of
eyes, and sorrow of mind:
- 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt
before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none
assurance of thy life:
- 67 In the morning thou shalt say,
Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it
were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear,
and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
- 68 And the LORD shall bring thee
into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee,
Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto
your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
Horrible curses are promised and it did
happen to Israel many times over the years until 1948. More may be
in the future but in the end they will survive and be blessed of
God. They will discover their Messiah that their ancestors
rejected. Israel will be the place Jesus Christ returns to and
set up His everlasting kingdom. This will be a kingdom of
righteousness that the world has never seen before. All the
bad that has ever happened to Israel from the time they were in
bondage in Egypt, to the captivity of Babylon, the destruction by
the Romans in 70 AD, the Spanish Inquisition, the Holocaust and many
other persecutions and horrors they have suffered came upon them
because they didn't obey the voice of God. I'm writing what the
bible says here, not my own opinions. This in no way excuses nations
that come against Israel but it explains why God allows it.
Israel as a nation is really the only nation
existing today that is guaranteed to survive the latter day
judgments. Notice how those that believe the church replaces Israel
use the positive scriptures that apply to Israel as applying to the
church but they seem to ignore the curses. The replacement theology
is a very false teaching. Using the scriptures that promise
blessings for obedience in the Old in this passage are for Israel as
a nation not us as individuals.
They were given the law, the prophets, the
commandments, blessings, the presence of God and many other things
but their rejection of Christ caused them to lose their nation again
until 1948. Let all who hate Israel never gloat and desire their end
because they will be restored completely and all nations that come
against them will be destroyed. God still will bless Israel. They just need to receive Jesus Christ. Not
as just another religion but because in their hearts they finally
recognize and receive Him as Lord and savior from sin.
I will give a warning here. To all.
Don't accept a surface only religion that is only outward rituals
and rules whether it is called Christianity or some other religion.
Receive Jesus Christ.
Not all religions that claim to be Christian are really following
Christ. Some are just organized religion. We need a
relationship with Jesus our sins forgiven, a new beginning born by
the very spirit of God.
The volume of the written word
has been provided for us. One main warning is avoid any use of
images to bow down to. That is idolatry whether we call it
Christian or not. Avoid any religion that teaches you can sin
against the moral law of God and His divine order written in the
word and still be accepted by Him. No. Jesus came to forgive
and to free us from sin, not just forgive us in sin. We don't
want another religion here. We want the true Son of God, savior,
Jesus in our lives. -DC
Deuteronomy Chapter 29
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