Leviticus 26:14–39
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
Our generation wants a God who is a celestial therapist, a divine affirmation machine, a God who is all blessing and no bite. We want the promises of Abraham without the warnings of Leviticus. But the God of the Bible is not a God we get to invent. It has stipulations, promises of blessing for faithfulness, and threats of curses for unfaithfulness. The first half of this chapter in Leviticus lays out the glorious blessings that flow from covenant obedience. It is a detailed, sobering, and terrifying catalogue of the consequences of covenant rebellion. This is not the arbitrary rage of a pagan deity. This is the holy, just, and predictable response of a righteous God to sin. These are not threats designed to terrorize; they are warnings designed to save. This passage is a diagnostic manual for a decaying culture.