THE HOPE OF ISRAEL - The Preterist Archive

The Hope of Israel: What Is It? 45
Deut. 11:1-9. Moses here recalls God's judgments
upon Pharoah, his land and his army; also His judgments
upon Dathan and Abiram; and he admonishes
the people of Israel to be warned thereby, and to keep
the commandments of the Lord, "that ye may prolong
your days in the land." (Over and over Moses declares
that God was giving them that land solely because
He had promised their fathers He would do so; and
that their continued possession of it depended upon
their obedience and fidelity).
And again in this same chapter (vv. 16, 17), Moses
bids them take heed that "ye turn not aside and serve
other gods and worship them; and then the Lord's
wrath be kindled against you . . . and ye perish
quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth
you."
And at verses 26-28 we read the choice God presented
to them: "Behold, a blessing and a cursel A
blessing, if ye obey ... a curse, if ye obey not." Then
how about those that obey not the gospel (2 Thess.
1:7-9)?
Then follow a number of chapters (XII-XXVI) containing
"the statutes and judgments," they were to obey
as the condition of their remaining in possession of the
land and enjoying God's favor and blessing therein;
and in chapter 24: 14-26 are twelve several curses
which, after they should have entered the land of
Canaan, the Levites were to recite, as coming upon
those who should sin against the Lord; and to each
curse all the people were to respond, "Amen."
Then in the following chapter (XXVIII) is the
solemn declaration that, if they would not hearken and
obey, "all these curses shall come upon thee . . . until
thou be destroyed" (w. 15-20). And then, after the