Israel's Magna Charta Leviticus 26

 

Leviticus 26 -Israel’s Magna Charta

 

They are to make no idols. They are to keep the Sabbaths, Reverence the Sanctuary.  The character of Jehovah is the basis for obeying these rules. “I am the Lord.”  Their occupancy of the land is based upon the obedience to God’s will to them.  The primary evidence of the blessing of God in response to their obedience is rain. God’s promise to them is the occupation of the land, showers, fruitfulness, and peace.  Victory over their enemy would be part of their blessing. “For the Lord your God, He is the one that fights for you, as He has promised you.”  Josh 23:10. A population explosion would be part of their blessing. The tabernacle in their midst was an evident token of blessing.  This is the great hope of the future which will be fulfilled for the eternal earth. God promises to fellowship with those who obey Him. He wants to have fellowship with us today.  “Being confident of this very thing, that He which has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.”  Phil. 1:6.

Refusal to hear, to do, despising and abhorring God’s statutes and judgments, breaking God’s covenant would bring judgment upon the people and the land. If they continued in their disobedience, then God would judge them seven times, which indicates a complete and absolute judgment. He will send plagues and wild beast to decimate their population. The enemy will breach their defenses, and the pestilence will strike the people.  Captivity would be the result.

God will not totally destroy them because of His covenant with Abraham and the other patriarchs. He will return them to the land and restore all that He had promised to them.

 

 

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