Promise of Blessing and Retribution
neither a carved image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves;
nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it;
for I am the Lord your God.
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Leviticus 26:1.
Leviticus 26:1-2
So there was no rain in Israel because they were practicing idolaters. They needed to see, needed to go through this trial of drought to bring them about. We could go to Amos 4 and see that God does that there as well. But let's go back to Leviticus 26, and we'll see that this is one of the curses for disobedience and idolatry - particularly idolatry and Sabbath breaking. It tends to push God's buttons to make it very dry, as a warning.
Leviticus 26:1-4
So it is a very simple promise from God. A nation that obeys His will prosper and have appropriate weather. The remainder of this chapter tells what happens to disobedient people and it is not pretty. This is obviously where the descendants of Israel are now, they are disobedient nations.
Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Leviticus 26:1:
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