Leviticus 25



Leviticus 26                                   Blessings & Curses
 
Leviticus 26:1 Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.
  • Look around, man has images of stone
  • Idols = clay or terra cotta "gods".
  • Graven image = an idol of wood or stone.
  • Standing image = a sacred pillar.
  • Image of stone =  a sculptured or painted stone.
2 Ye shall keep My Sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord.
  • Many have asked what day = Sunday or Saturday = I try to study God's Word every day, some like to study God's word one day of the week..its up to you. I study with the Shepherd's Chapel on TV... some like to go to a church.. it's up to you.
  • Matthews 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
  • 1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
    10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
    11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
    12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
    13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
  • Work six days, on the seventh day rest = If you have to work Saturday - Thursday = take Friday for your rest day.
  • Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
    2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
  • 7th day God rested, from all His work
  • Bible study Genesis
3 If ye walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and do them;
  • Here's that big word = IF
  • James 1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
    24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
    25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
    26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
  • What did God said, 2 Chronicles 7:14 If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
  • Look around... USA A Nation Under God.. your leaders has turned our nation into Sodom and Gomorrha, evil everywhere
4 Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
  • Then I will give you rain in due season = My Word
  • The Song of Moses, the overcomers will be singing... what does it say about rain..
  • Joel 2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
  • Deuteronomy 32:1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
    2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
  • My doctrine, My teaching as rain.
  • James 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
  • Job 29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
  • He is saying let the early and latter rain grow, which is My word
  • Study My word - not men word
5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

8 And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
  • This is God's condition = If  you do things God's ways
  • Verse 3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them
  • Verse 12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
  • Last days sword = God's Word
  • Ephesians 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
    12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
    13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
  • Ephesians 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, where with ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
  •  Above all, having taken up the shield of faith, by which you will be able, all the darts of the evil one having been made fiery to quench.
  • Faith in what? Faith in Christ. Your shield is Jesus Christ Himself.
  • Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
  • Also take the helmet of salvation
  • The helmet protects the head and salvation comes from the Saviour Himself, and what is your weapon?
  • Revelation 1:16, The sword, which is the word of God.
  • John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
  • If you Love Me, keep my commandments
  • 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
  • What's the Comforter? The Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit
  • Who shall teach you? He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance
9 For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

11 And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
  • Back up to verse 3 = If ye walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and do them
  • Here's that big word = IF
  • Look around... evil everywhere
  • All God wanted is for His people to love Him...that's why we're in this earth age.. God needs to know if you love Hm.
  • John 14:15 If ye love me, keep My commandments.
  • If you were looking down from heaven this morning. What would you do.. wicked everywhere.
13 I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.

14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
  • If you reject God's commandments
15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
  • Revelation 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
  • All nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication = Jezebel
  • Her = Jezebel = Jezebel wanted kill all Christians = take your land and everything you have  = Rev 17
  • The merchants, your leaders, that build the city today, they are evil leaders, Kenites, Satan's church and Jezebel Church
  • Daniel 11:6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
  • Last days = South, Christians nations = North, Satan's one world order starts to come about
  • Most of the leaders make an agreement with Satan's one world order leaders, they sell you out..
  • (Rev 13 & Rev 18, Daniel 7, the book of Joel, Judges 6-8) moneychangers the time of Jesus
18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
  • Your government is trying to shut down all farms = they want you to eat bugs = we know they're not going eat bugs
21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate.
  • You can have peace or your highways shall be desolate
  • Turn the news on...how many cattle farms have burned up or they have killed the cattle
23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;

24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.

25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
  • I will bring a sword upon you = God's Word
  • 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
    Romans 11:8 According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; unto this day.
  • Jeremiah 23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
  • Woe to Pastors that don't teach truth. It does not matter what you put in front of your name, if you mislead God's children God's going to correct you.
  • Jeremiah 2:8 The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
  • Good studying 2 Timothy 4
  • Jeremiah 23:2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
    3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
  • Look around all this has come to pass.
26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
  • There's not going to be enough food = Already happened
  • Revelation 6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
  • Third Seal,  Brings famine...false balances ..  false teaching... inflation. hardships
  • 4th trump 1/3 of the Christians are spiritually dead to GOD'S WORD. (Revelation 7 and 8)
  • 1/3 of them was darkened, means no truth because of the false pastors, No truth; no light
  • Revelation 6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
  • There's going to be inflation.. famine.. hardship
  • A penny, as is mentioned here, is a denarius (1220).
  • At this time, it's was written, a day's wage was one penny.
  • Normally, one could buy eight loaves with a day's wage
  • But John describes a time of inflation when it required the entire day's wage to buy just one loaf.
  • This indicates that there will be hardships to face
27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;

28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

29 And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
 
30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
  • I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation = already happened
  • Look at the protesters destroying our nation as long as I can remember... one after another
32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
  • I will scatter you among the heathen
  • Ezekiel 5:12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
34 Then shall the land enjoy her Sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her Sabbaths.
 
35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your Sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
  • Already happened = No rest or peace = look what's coming across the border
  • Judges 6:1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
  • The children of Israel are the 12 tribes of Israel.
  • The Christians nations today, they did evil in the sight of the Lord
  • Midianites are the Arabians Nations
37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
  • Already happened = No power over your enemies
  • Your government keeps letting these people come in, we can't stop it... why have government...their for the other nations. Look at the homeless..no help for the homeless, but they're helping their people
38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;

41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
  • Already has happened = look at all the people that has come across the border
42 Then will I remember My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
  • This happens has not happen = this happens at the 4th vial when the two witnesses comes = God gathers His very elect = take down Satan's one world order
  • Judges 6-8 type of the last days
  • Judges 6:6 And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.
    7 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites,
    This is where we are now in God's word.
    8 That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
    The Lord going sent a prophet to help the Christian Nations, and God's very elect. The two witnesses
    Could that be Elijah and Moses?
    Judges 6:9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;
    10 And I said unto you, I am the Lord your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.
    11 And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
    12 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
    13 And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
    Rev 16:8 = 4th vial = The two witnesses are here teaching God's word. Gathering the very elect. Zech 4
    Gideon means cutter down
    Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord
    Bible study two witnesses Rev 11 and  Zech 4
43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her Sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
  • Repent =  means Willing to change and do what's right = God's laws, judgments
44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.

45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the Lord.

46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
 
John 10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
 
Exactly 2520 years from the exile of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
 
  The first tribe to be conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh, in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.

(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.

He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them among the heathens (like lost sheep)

• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant, (A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt - page 25
 
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