The Future of The Land Deut. 27

 

Deuteronomy 27 – The Future of the Land

 

Now we have come to the Palestinian covenant. The covenants God made could be called eternal covenants and temporary covenants. The eternal covenant is a permanent covenant, and it is unconditional. The temporary covenant is a conditional covenant. The Palestinian Covenant is an unconditional covenant. This covenant has to do with Israel’s future.

These people are now standing on the east bank of the Jordan River. They are preparing to enter the land. This is the new generation; the old generation has died in the wilderness. They were told that when they crossed over into the land, the Ten Commandments were to be written in stone and displayed. Their tenure in the land, their dwelling there, would be determined by their obedience to God. That was a conditional arrangement. But the land was given to them with no conditions attached. God will bring Israel back into that land because it belongs to them. God’s law was to be put in front of them wherever they went – even on the doorposts of their homes.

When they get into the Promised land, the blessing of the people is to be declared from Mount Gerazim and the curses from Mount Ebal. God is the landowner, and that rent is obedience to God. When a generation will not obey God, that generation would be put out of the land, even though the land remained theirs as an eternal inheritance.

There are twelve curses given. As you read all the verses in this chapter, you will see that they all deal with the breaking of the Ten commandments.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.