Leviticus 26

We just finished Leviticus. Its quite the read. There was some skimming involved; however, when we got to chapter 26, I had to stop and re-read it. Its all about reward for obedience and punishment for disobedience.

The punishment caught my eye more, because its not some general, vague punishment, but rather a list of ever-increasing curses for the Israelites if they didn't listen to God.

Looking at the big picture from when the Israelites entered the promised land to their exile, its blatantly obvious that those curses that were mentioned happened. I think Daniel specifically points this out, but I haven't read that far yet! :-)

I just think its really cool how much the different books of the Bible really do tie together. Here we have God way back when telling people exactly what's going to happen if they do XYZ (and what's going to happen next if they keep doing it, etc). Then you have a pile of books that show the people not listening, getting into trouble, and eventually being conquered and exiled. Then you have guys later saying "see, God told us that was going to happen".

You would think at some point, these guys would have gotten a clue and changed their tune, yes? Maybe not. I can still remember being a kid. "If you do that, you're going to get your name on the board, then sit out at recess, then go to the office, etc". You know what? We did the same stupid crap anyway -- despite knowing the consequences.

We're not a bright lot sometimes!