Deuteronomy
28 – Israel’s Pre-written History
“If
thou shall hearken diligently…” “If” is the conditional part of the covenant.
They are going to be blessed only if they obey God. There are twelve curses
stated here but there are only six blessings. The blessings are told in Matt 5
in the sermon on the Mount, followed by the beatitudes.
At
that time, they had already experienced captivity twice, and they were yet to
go into another captivity that would scatter them throughout the entire earth.
Scripture prophesied concerning Israel’s being dispossessed out of the land
three times and regathered into the land three times. The first of these was
prophesied of God to Abraham. Genesis 15:13,16. They went to Egypt for 430
years. Now in this lesson, God is bringing them back to the land for the first
regathering. In the Book of Judges, we will find them settled in the land. In
the time of King Zedekiah, he was carried away in Babylonian captivity. It was
because of their disobedience. God had given them the “if”. If you obey, you
will be blessed, If you disobey, you will be put out of the land. Israel was
regathered from the Babylonian captivity. The prophets, Haggai, Zechariah, and
Malachi, tell of their return to the land. This was the second prophecy that
was literally fulfilled. The third scattering of Israel was the result of being
captured by Rome. Coming all the way from the west, they spoke a language that
was entirely different from Hebrew. Josephus tells in his history how mothers
were forced to give up their babies, and the flesh of the babies was eaten.
This prophecy was literally fulfilled. And now the Jewish people are scattered
throughout the world. They have yet to return to the land altogether.
The
gospel of Christ is for Jew and Gentile alike, and it is for the “obedience to
the faith among all nations.” Romans 1:5
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J.
Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.
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