seekeroftruth
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Deuteronomy 28:3 You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.
6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
7 The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.
8 The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.
9 The Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the Lord your God and walk in obedience to him. 10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will fear you. 11 The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.
12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. 14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.
4 The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
5 Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.
6 You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
7 The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.
8 The Lord will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The Lord your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.
9 The Lord will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the Lord your God and walk in obedience to him. 10 Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they will fear you. 11 The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.
12 The Lord will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. 13 The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom. 14 Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.
This is the commentary from the easy English site.
God promised all these blessings to the Israelites if they obeyed his commands. God did not give the covenant to the Israelites because they deserved it. (See Deuteronomy 7:6-7.) But they would receive the blessings of the covenant only if they obeyed it. The blessings were for the nation, the family and each person. The blessings involved their work in the city and in the fields. The blessings affected the Israelites’ children, their crops, their cattle and their daily food. God would protect and provide for his people. He would make them the leaders of other nations. But to enjoy those blessings they must continue to obey God.
I've searched the commentaries this morning.... and nowhere do I find anything that says God will give all these things "no matter what".
God knows how miserable humans are.... He promised to bless the Israelites if they obeyed Him. It sounds simple, right? Just follow the commandments and everything will be wonderful. God wanted to bless them so much that everyone else in the world would see it and run to worship Him. Everyone would see what a wonderful Living God the Israelites worshiped. Everyone would see the magnificence of God if they obeyed Him.
God created the universe and everything in it.... God was and is perfectly capable of holding up His side of the agreement.... God really wanted them to choose to be obedient so He could show His magnificence.
