Disobeying God
Deuteronomy
28: 15-68 warns us that if You do not obey God and keep His commandments
you shall suffer from many curses.
You
will suffer from curses in your food since Your kneading bowl shall be
cursed.
Your
children shall be cursed since The fruit of your body shall be cursed.
You
will be suffer from curses of diseases since The Lord will strike you
with consumption, fever, inflammation, fever, with the sword, scorching and
mildew until you perish … The Lord will strike you with the boils of Egypt,
tumors, the scab and itch which cannot be healed. The Lord will strike you with
madness, blindness and confusion.
You
shall suffer from curses wherever you go because You will be cursed in
the city and cursed in the country … You shall be cursed when you come in and
cursed when you go out.
You
will suffer from curses in your work since Your basket shall be cursed
… You will be cursed in all you set out your hand to do.
You
will suffer from curses of demotion since The foreigner living with you
shall rise higher and higher above you but you shall be demoted lower and
lower. He shall lend to you but you shall not lend to him. He shall be the head
and you shall be the tail.
Your
products shall be cursed since The produce of your ground shall be
cursed.
Your
investments shall be cursed since The increase of your flocks shall be
cursed.
You
will suffer from curses of unproductivity since The heavens over you
with be bronze and the earth under you iron … You shall carry many seeds to the
field but gather a little because the locusts shall consume them. You shall
plant vineyards and tend them but you shall not gather the grapes or drink
their wine because the locusts shall eat them. You shall have olive trees in
your land but you shall not anoint yourself with oil because the olives shall
drop off.
You
will suffer from curses of setbacks since You will be defeated by the
enemies who rise against you. You shall betroth a wife but another man shall
marry her. You shall build a house but you shall not live in it. You shall
plant a vineyard but you shall not eat the grapes. Your ox shall be slaughtered
in your presence but you shall not eat it. Your donkey shall be taken and it
shall not be restored. Your sheep shall be given to your enemies and you shall
not rescue them. Your children will be given to other people. Other people will
eat the fruits of your labor … You shall get sons and daughters but they shall
not be yours because they shall be taken into captivity.
You
will suffer from curses of poverty since You shall not prosper and you
shall only be oppressed and plundered continually and no one will save you.
Therefore do your level best to obey all the commandments of God. |