Leviticus 26: 1-13, “ Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God. Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.”
Israel had a contract with the Lord, this was the basis of their whole relationship with the Lord. They had knowingly and willingly entered into the contract and were bound to keep it. The contract guaranteed tenure in the Promised Land but the penalty clauses of the contract warned Israel that they would lose tenure of the Land if they failed to satisfy their conditions. The Lord, however, is gracious and gave them repeated reminders about their obligations and the penalty clauses. After the Lord listed the regulations that went with the contract He reminded Israel of the basis of their contract. Everything depended on the fact that they had one God and their God was too big and too powerful to represented by anything that He had created. However, if they remembered their obligations the Lord would bless them beyond their wildest imagination.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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