Levítico 26

Levítico 26

Morris writes "Knowing that He would face death in Jerusalem, Christ nevertheless determined to go, for this was the Father's will and the only way to save lost sinners (Luke 9:53)." Will rule over you - The Hebrew verb is radah meaning to have dominion or to dominate. This could refer to the time of the Judges when various nations oppressed Israel because of her repeated cycle of sin. It would also have been fulfilled with the Northern Kingdom being taken to Assyria in 722 BC and the Southern Kingdom being taken to Babylon for 70 years in 586 BC. In the curses in Deuteronomy 28 Moses gives a prophecy fulfilled first by Assyria (Isa 5:26; 7:18-20; 28:11; 37:18; Hos 8:1) and then by Babylon (Jer 5:15; La 4:19; Eze 17:3; Hab 1:6-8). “The LORD will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you shall not understand, 50 a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young. 51“Moreover, it shall eat the offspring of your herd and the produce of your ground until you are destroyed, who also leaves you no grain, new wine, or oil, nor the increase of your herd or the young of your flock until they have caused you to perish. 52 “It shall besiege you in all your towns until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land, and it shall besiege you in all your towns throughout your land which the LORD your God has given you. 53 “Then you shall eat the offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you. 54“The man who is refined and very delicate among you shall be hostile toward his brother and toward the wife he cherishes and toward the rest of his children who remain, 55 so that he will not give even one of them any of the flesh of his children which he will eat, since he has nothing else left, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you in all your towns. 56 “The refined and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and refinement, shall be hostile toward the husband she cherishes and toward her son and daughter, 57 and toward her afterbirth which issues from between her legs and toward her children whom she bears; for she will eat them secretly for lack of anything else, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you in your towns. (Deut 28:49-57) Leviticus 26:18 'If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. seven times (KJV): Lev 26:21,24,28 1Sa 2:5 Ps 119:164 Pr 24:16 Da 3:19 Leviticus 26 Commentaries - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries FIRST INSTALLMENT OF SEVEN TIMES MORE PUNISHMENT If also after these things you do not obey Me - What things? The judgments listed above. These were Yahweh's hand of discipline which was meant to correct the rebellious behavior of His people. If they did not succeed, Moses says there is more where that came from (so to speak)! Then - expression of time I will punish you seven times more for your sins.: Punish (yasar) refers to correction which results in education. The theological basis for discipline is grounded in the covenant relationship which Yahweh establishes with His people. Moses expanded on these chastisements in Deut. 28:15ff).