CHAPTER 26 FINAL RECOGNITION OF HIS AUTHORITY, BLESSINGS AND CURSINGS. The Book now virtually closes with the recognition that Israel were bound to Him, and only Him, by the covenant. Yahweh reaffirms His authority over them and then confirms the blessings and cursings attaching to the whole. If th... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BLESSINGS (LEVITICUS 26:3). Here follow all the blessings that would be theirs if only they would walk in His statutes and keep His commandments in their hearts and do them. Leviticus 26:3 “If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them, then I will give your rains in their... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CURSINGS (LEVITICUS 26:14). In the ancient second millennium covenants the cursings were regularly more than the blessings, and so it is here. The devastating consequence of disobedience and unfaithfulness is now laid out in all its detail. We have here a foretaste of the history of Israel, for... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT REPENTANCE WILL BRING MERCY. GOD'S MERCY IS UNFAILING (LEVITICUS 26:39). Compare here Deuteronomy 30:1. God's judgments are in the earth that men might learn righteousness (Isaiah 26:9) His mercy is always thus open to those who repent (compare especially Jonah 3:1). Leviticus 26:39 A “And tho... [ Continue Reading ]