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.
you shall eat your bread to the full, and bdwell in your land safely.
I will rid the land of cevil beasts,
and dthe sword will not go through your land.
No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Leviticus 26:3.
Leviticus 26:3-5
We will see this when God had told them this in one of the blessings and cursings chapters written forty years before. He, from the beginning of His dealings with them, had laid this out for them: The carrot—meaning obedience, doing well, prosperity—and the stick—meaning disobedience, not doing well, and punishment.
So, God makes no bones about it. The control of the weather is in His hands, and it is entirely dependent on whether they will obey Him or not.
God makes sure that there is no doubt in the Israelite mind that He controls their weather. If they obey Him, He will give them prosperity through abundant rainfall on their fertile soil. However, if they turn aside to idolatry, and other disobedience, He is going to turn off their heavenly spigot. They will then suffer. He is at the controls. And, it all depends upon them whether they will listen and heed Him doing what He asks them to do, or they will not listen to Him, and go after other gods, spurn Him, and get punished by Him.
Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Leviticus 26:3:
Exodus 23:20-23
Exodus 23:27-31
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