Read: Lev. 26-27
The blessing of obedience to God’s laws would be rain when they needed it and their wheat season would last till their grape harvest came in. In today’s terms it would be that their paycheck would stretch till the next one came. They would always have enough. They would have peace and be able to sleep at night. They would be in charge of their emotions, finances, and their enemies. Our enemies are fear, anger, cancer, divorce, etc. Our sword is the Word of God. We can chase our enemies by the sword.
God promised to multiply them and give them a long prosperous life. The greatest promise was that He would live among them and be their God and they would be his people. If they refused to obey God’s laws then they would end up walking in the curses and looking like a third world country.
The land was to rest every seventh year and if they didn’t let that happen they would be taken out of the land so that the land could rest the amount of Sabbaths it had missed. We see this happen. Israel never let the land rest so Israel was taken out of her land for 70 years to make up for the Sabbaths she had ignored (2 Chron. 36:21).
The last chapter gave the tax rate everyone had to pay. It was based on the age of the person and the proximity of the year of jubilee.
Lord, may we abide in Your blessings and not Your curses.
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