The Palestinian Covenant promised blessings to Israel if they obeyed God's commands as given in the Mosaic Covenant. Deuteronomy 28 outlines both the blessings of obedience, such as prosperity, and the severe curses of disobedience, including famine, disease, and exile. The Israelites were about to enter the promised land but were warned they must remain obedient to God or face these consequences, as their disobedience would bring calamity upon themselves and the land. They were instructed to choose obedience and its blessings over disobedience and its curses.
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The Palestinian Covenant in terms of Blessings of Obedience The Curses of Disobedience
The Palestinian Covenant promised blessings to Israel if they obeyed God's commands as given in the Mosaic Covenant. Deuteronomy 28 outlines both the blessings of obedience, such as prosperity, and the severe curses of disobedience, including famine, disease, and exile. The Israelites were about to enter the promised land but were warned they must remain obedient to God or face these consequences, as their disobedience would bring calamity upon themselves and the land. They were instructed to choose obedience and its blessings over disobedience and its curses.
The Palestinian Covenant promised blessings to Israel if they obeyed God's commands as given in the Mosaic Covenant. Deuteronomy 28 outlines both the blessings of obedience, such as prosperity, and the severe curses of disobedience, including famine, disease, and exile. The Israelites were about to enter the promised land but were warned they must remain obedient to God or face these consequences, as their disobedience would bring calamity upon themselves and the land. They were instructed to choose obedience and its blessings over disobedience and its curses.
Part 2 Deut. 28: 15-24 Intro: Before we can understand The Blessings of Obedience, we must first understand the Covenants of God. The Blessings of Obedience was a Palestinian Covenant: that was made in the land of Moab by God to the Nation of Israel that included the second generation of The Children of Israel, or the Chosen Hebrew Nation of God. This Covenant was a promise by God of numerous blessings to Israel as well as the Curses of Disobedience. This generation was under the Mosaic Covenant, received the Palestinian Covenant and entered the land promised in the Abrahamic Covenant. As we explore The Curses of Disobedience, let us get an understanding of the words Disobedience & Curse. Disobedience in the English term: is failure or refusal to obey rules or someone in authority, synonyms for insubordination, misconduct, rebellious, defiant, etc. The Hebrew & Greek word for Disobedience in the noun sense, is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence is called Apeitheia (aw-pie-the-uu) this word describes the action of obstinacy-stubborness, obstinate-unyielding, standing in opposition, and rejection to the divine will of God. The Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary says, Disobedience, in an adjective sense: means, neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; not observant of rules prescribed by authority. Example: as children disobedient to parents, or society disobedient to the laws, not yielding to force or power. Curse in the English term means: is a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something. The Hebrew word for curse is Qalal (ka-laowl) a word that has numerous primitive root definitions including: swift or sudden, small or great, sharp, abate, make bright, bring into contempt, afflict, ect.
The Noah Webster's 1828 Dictionary says,
Curse in the verb sense is to, injure, to subject to evil; to vex, harass or torment with great calamities aka a crisis, tribulation, distress, or to devote aka allocate, assign, or give over to evil. The word curse occurs about 82 times in the Hebrew Old Testament, 60 times in the Old Testament and is considered an oath or promise. The Vines Expository Dictionary says Curse is a revelation of Gods justice in support of His claim to absolute obedience. The land and people go together for the judgement of God does not only fall on people but also the land where they dwell. Body: The Palestinian Covenant was a promise by God just before they would enter into the land with numerous blessings obedience in which covered in part1 to this second generation of Israel and also the curses of disobedience. They had just come out of wonderings in the wilderness for 40yrs and now here The book of Deuteronomy, they are on the East Bank of the Jordan River, about to enter into the promised land flowing with milk and honey, but under 1 condition, that they stay Obedient and maintain the previous Mosaic Covenant that was made at Mt. Sinai, the 10 commandments and other Moral, Civil, & Judicial Laws. In The book of Joshua, we find them entering into the land, In The book of Judges, we find them settled in the land. Blessed by Obedience or Cursed by Disobedience runs Parallel And now O Israel listen to the voice of the Lord be Blessed or Cursed Read Deut. 28:15-28, 30, 32, 35-48, 53-54 The Blessings and Judgement of God are in Parallele
*Read vs. 20 Vexation: The Lord says I'm going to
aggravate you beyond reason that will affect all of your activities negatively. The blessings by your hands are going to die instantly.
*Read vs. 21-22 The Lord says I'm going to overwhelm
you with pestilence that carry unknown disease that will cause you to have a constant burning fever that will inflame your organs.
*Read vs. 23 The Bronze and Brass represents the
brutality of Gods wrath, the Earth will be dry and without rain. *Read vs. 27-28 The Lord says that the same diseases that I inflicted upon Pharaoh and the Egyptians now would be on your head. Emerods- anybody ever had a hemorrhoids problem; Emerods is an ancient Greek root word term for hemorrhoids: described as a dilatation of the veins about the rectum, with a discharge of blood. God says I'm going to smite you with an scratchy skin disease with no relief in sight. *****Read vs. 30 Betroth is a Greek word that signifies to woo woo woo a woman and ask for her hand in marriage or get engaged. The Lord is saying I'm going to take your wife from you man and allow to sleep with your best friend.
*****Read vs. 32 Then I'm going take your children
away from you and put them in Foster Care and you will have no power to win them back. *Read vs. 35 The Lord says that you are going to experience the boils similar to Job. You will be struck with painful, incurable boils that afflict the whole body from head to toe.
*Read vs. 37 a Proverb means reproach or object of
contempt, a way saying that you are a great worthless disappointment. Byword means (YOU A PIECE OF DUNG) *Read vs 53 Wait there's more in addition to The Great Historian Josephus describes this verse like this, mothers were forced to give up their babies, and the flesh of the babies was eaten and their corpses collected inside the city was thrown over the city wall. *Read vs 50-54 This actually a prophecy of the Invasion of the coming Roman Empire.
Read Deut 28:63-68 Wait there's more in addition to.
Read Deut. 30:19-20 Israel choose Good or Evil
Closing: When God created Man, He gave Man and Woman a mind to make their own decisions. Gods gives provisions and judgements according to Mans Obedience and Disobedience to His Word. It's your choice.