Deuteronomy 27 and 28 are the Blessings and the Cursings of the nation of Israel. In a simple truth God tells them if they obey they will have blessing and if they disobey they will have the curses. To say that the curses are horrible and destructive and full of pain would be a vast understatement. Note the following summary of the curses:
Deuteronomy 28:58-59
“If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, to fear this honored and awesome name, the Lord your God, then the Lord will bring extraordinary plagues on you and your descendants, even severe and lasting plagues, and miserable and chronic sicknesses.
These are just two of the large number of verses that tell them to obey God. God does not tolerate or excuse disobedience. This is why we need Christ to stand in our place. We, like them, would be in constant torment from the curses without God's grace through Christ. We constantly disobey God and fall short of His demands. We can't obey even the short list in chapter 26. We are cursed ... like them. God, however, knows this and provides Christ to fulfill the requirements of the law and to stand in our place for the punishment due for breaking the law. God's grace in our lives meets the demands of God's justice over our lives. We can be thankful that God provided Christ in our stead for the demands of the law.
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