Chapter 26 lists the results of obedience and the results of disobedience. As a country, we need to be obedient to God. But that seems impossible. Ok then, let's say as a city, we need to be obedient. Even that seems impossible. I don't see how this verse can apply with a group of "mixed" people:
3 “If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, 4 I will send you the seasonal rains. The land will then yield its crops, and the trees of the field will produce their fruit.
As I wrote that, I realized that unbelievers get to share in the blessings that God pours on His obedient children.
Probably some of the best verses in these chapters, talking of the results of obedience are:
9 “I will look favorably upon you, making you fertile and multiplying your people. And I will fulfill my covenant with you. 10 You will have such a surplus of crops that you will need to clear out the old grain to make room for the new harvest! 11 I will live among you, and I will not despise you. 12 I will walk among you; I will be your God, and you will be my people. 13 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so you would no longer be slaves. I broke the yoke of slavery from your neck so you can walk with your heads held high.
The new testament tells us that Christ has broken the power of sin in our lives so that we no longer need to live as slaves to it. There are so many references to Jesus in the Old Testament. He is woven throughout, like a beautiful thread in a tapestry.
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The study of how Jesus weaves through the O.T is called typology, and it turns out that almost every story involves a type. God used all of the OT to lead the Jews to the NT, we need to show the Jews and others this thread.
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