LAND COVENANT 5 of 8 Scriptural Covenants-Part 3

 

 

Scriptural References:  Deuteronomy 29:1- 30;20
Part 3: Deuteronomy 29:21-29

(V21) “And the Lord shall separate him unto evil
out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:”

(V21) God is sternly warning the Israelites that because they received His blessings by obeying His commandments they should expect the curses that accompanies disobedience. Here again, I must warn this present generation that when our forefathers drafted the articles of our constitution they quoted some of the words used by Moses in this covenant.  Now it would stand to reason that if this nation has been blessed because we were obedient to the commandments of this covenant, then for our disobedience we should be prepared for the curses that are now coming upon us.

(V22) “So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it;”

(V22) The children of Israel are reminded of the book of the law where the curses are written down, so when people from faraway places arrive on the scene they can view the results of the judgments of God upon a disobedient land.

(V23) “And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass growth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:”

(V23) The entire land is discolored, salty, and on fire and not even suitable for a blade of grass to take root.   In fact, it’s compared to the condition of the land when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

(V24) “Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? What meaneth the heat of this great anger?”

(V24) When other nations question why the Lord did so unto this land the answer would be given because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to serve pagan gods.

(V25) “Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their father, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:”

(V25) At that time it was said that the reason for God’s judgment against that land was because they forsook the covenant that God had made with them when they were delivered out of the evil hands of Pharaoh.

(V26) “For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:”

(V26) After leaving Egypt, the wilderness multitude turned to idol worship and served false gods that had not been introduced to them by Jehovah - the one true God of the Israelites.

(V27) “And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:”

(V27) In this verse the righteous anger of the Lord was ignited against the land to bring all the curses upon it that were written in the book.

(V28) “And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.”

(V28) Because of their rejecting of the Lord in fury, wrath, and great exasperation He displaced them from their homeland and hurled them into another country just like it is today.

(V29) “The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.”

(V29) William MacDonald says that while there are certain secret things that belong to the Lord, especially matters concerning His judgments Moses reminded the people that their responsibility was clearly revealed--to keep the covenant of the Lord.

This is the end of this blog, but before I lay the computer to rest there is one question I must ask: ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY  RAPTURE READY????

　

　

LAND COVENANT 5 OF 8- PART 2

Deuteronomy 29:1 - 30-20
Part 2: Deuteronomy 29:14 - 29
(V14) “Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;”
(V14) Moses once again explains the covenant that God made with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We find that the covenant and oath were not exclusionary, but comprehensive and included not only those who were present but also those who were not present at that time.

(V15) “But with him that standeth here with us this day before the Lord our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:”
(V15) The articles of the covenant called for all of the Israelites present and those who were not to share it’s blessings and entitlements.

(V16) “(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;”
(V16) Anarchists should look out for temptations to serve gentile idols and think that they would escape the wrath of God.

(V17) “And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)”
(V17) On page 226 of William MacDonald’s Believer’s Bible Commentary published by Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee, stated that “one who when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart saying, I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart his would lead to the sweeping away of the moist and dry alike.” No one would escape.

(V18) “Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;”
(V18) Here we have a warning to all the men, women, families and tribes to sever out from among them those whose hearts have been turned to serve the gods of the nations around them.  They were also warned not to cultivate a root of bitterness among them.  At this point I must warn this present generation that is being bombarded on every side by opportunities to serve the false gods of the foreign nations that are among us.  Since the early sixties when Jesus was expelled from America’s educational systems some schools teach our children that all so called gods are to be revered while from their lips the name of Jesus must be whispered.

(V19) “And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:”
(V19) This is instructing them not to call a curse a blessing while declaring that they have peace even though they walk in the imagination of their own hearts while adding drunkenness to thirst.

(V20) “The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.”
(V20) The Lord will not exempt him from the wrath of His anger when His flaming jealousy smokes against that person when all of the curses written in God’s book are laid upon him and his name blotted out from under heaven.

This concludes this post, but before I shut the ole computer down, Dear Reader, I must ask this question: ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY RAPTURE READY!!!!