Israel is God’s chosen people. There are times when that fills me with awe. There are times when I say, “So What?”
One of the latter hit me as I was reading Deuteronomy 28. I was not even thinking about the chapter I was in. I was just slowly reading through the book. When I got to the section regarding curses I read a few and sat back. I looked at what I was reading and realized it was chapter 28. I have had this entire chapter read out loud to me. I managed to stay awake. How many curses can you process? It does show how creative God can be.
The thought came to me, “If this is how God is going to treat His ‘chosen people’ then who would want to be part of that?”
One of my theories, which I wrote about somewhere in the distant past, is that God’s curses are often, if not usually, passive instead of active. What that means is that God curses by withholding blessings rather than active “Gottcha”. It works out the same but lays more of the burden on us rather than God.
homo unius libri
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Opus 2025-097: Is It More than a Title
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
He’s a loving God. A gentle but discipline shepherd. Which, of course, makes us sheep.
ReplyDeleteWhen I come across the idea of us being sheep I think of that book, "A Shepherd Looks at the 23rd Psalm". It taught me a lot about sheep.
DeleteGrace and peace