Deuteronomy 28:58 says, If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; Moses said if the people of Israel did not obey all the law written in this book, they were to be afraid of the glorious and fearful name; THE LORD THY GOD. God was to be their only God, and if they didn't obey all His laws, they failed to keep their part of the covenant relationship. We will always fail to keep all of God's laws, and unless we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord, we need to be afraid of His coming judgment. Verse thirty-nine adds, Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. Moses said if they didn't obey God's laws, He would send terrible and long lasting plagues on them. No matter what happens in this lifetime, if we do not accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, then we face the everlasting torture in hell while being separated from God. Verse sixty continues, Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. Moses said that God would bring all the plagues He sent on Egypt on the people of Israel. The plagues were sent on Egypt because they refused to obey God, and they would be sent on Israel for the same reason. We cannot disobey God without their being consequences. Verse sixty-one continues, Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. Moses said not only would God bring all the plagues of Egypt on them, but He would bring new sicknesses that they did not know of upon them. We see so many new diseases today, and this may be a fulfillment of God's promise, since those who were called to be His people still do not acknowledge the fulfillment of His law by Jesus Christ, and those who are not called by His name never acknowledged Him at all. Verse sixty-two concludes, And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God. Moses said that because of their failure to keep God's commandments that they would be reduced from being a nation as plentiful as the stars to a nation of few people. When we fail to reach others with the gospel of Christ or they refuse to accept it, we become few in numbers as Christians. Verse sixty-three states, And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. Moses said because of their failure to keep God's laws, which they swor to do when they entered into a covenant relationship with Him, that He would not rejoice over them, but would destroy them. If we do not want to face everlasting destruction, we have to sincerely accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord, and not just make an empty confession that we have. Verse sixty-four adds, And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. Moses said instead of gathering them together in the Promised Land as He wanted to do that if the didn't follow His laws, He would scatter them throughout the other nations, some of which they had never even heard of. Verse sixty-five continues, And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: Moses said that once they were scattered, instead of living in a land flowing with milk and honey, they would be in lands where they could find no rest or peace. Verse sixty-six says, And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: Mose said that their disobedience to God would lead to a life filled with fear and doubt, where even survival hung in the balance. This is really all anyone can look forward to today if they do not accept Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord. Our everlasting destination hangs in the balance until or unless we do accept Him. Verse sixty-seven adds, In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. Moses said that they would pray that it was night in the morning and that it was morning at night. They would never really find a time of rest and peace. One day, God's judgment is going to come, and those who have not accepted Jesus Christ will find themselves in a place where there can never be any peace and comfort. Verse sixty-eight continues, And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. Moses said God would bring them again into bondage in Egypt and that no one would even want to buy them as bondmen and bondwomen. They would then be at the total mercy of the one who owned them because they had no value to anyone else. Our only real value comes from our relationship with Jesus Christ.
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