Deuteronômio 28
Warren Wiersbe · Citado em PreceptAustin
Deuteronômio 28
Wiersbe has a note on how these promised blessings to Israel relate to the church today - God hasn’t promised to make His spiritual children wealthy, but He has blessed His church with “all the blessings of the Spirit” (Eph. 1:3+), and in Christ He has lifted us up “far above all” (Eph 1:20–23). We must not apply to the church today the covenant promises God gave only to Israel. (Wiersbe Bible Commentary - OT) Blessed (01288) barak us a verb which literally can mean to kneel (to go to one's knees - Camel in Ge 24:11, Solomon in 2Chr 6:13) as contrasted with standing position or even a bowing at the waist). And so barak can refer to an act of adoration sometimes on bended knee. To give divine blessings (Ge 1:22, 9:1-7) To esteem greatly or adore God for His blessings (Ge 24:48, Ps 103:1) To invoke blessings upon another (Ge 24:60, 27:4, 27) Barak occurs first in Ge. 1:22. God’s first word to man is introduced in the same way in Ge 1:28). Thus the whole creation is shown to depend upon God for its continued existence and function (cf. Ps 104:27–30). Barak is used again of man in Ge 5:2, at the beginning of the history of believing men, and again after the Flood in Ge 9:1. The central element of God’s covenant with Abram is: “I will bless thee … and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee … and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed” (Ge 12:2–3). This “blessing” on the nations is repeated in Ge. 18:18; 22:18; 28:14 (cf. Ge 26:4; Jer. 4:2). In all of these instances, God’s blessing goes out to the nations through Abraham or his seed. Deuteronomy 28:4 "Blessed shall be the offspring of your body and the produce of your ground and the offspring of your beasts, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock. De 28:11 7:13 Ge 22:17 49:25 Lev 26:9 Ps 107:38 127:3 128:3 Pr 10:22 Pr 13:22 20:7 1Ti 4:8 Deuteronomy 28 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries ANIMAL AND HUMAN OFFSPRING SIGNIFIED PROSPERITY Blessed shall be the offspring of your body (lit - “the fruit of your womb”) and the produce of your ground and the offspring of your beasts, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock - Fertile wombs, fertile fields and fertile herds. All of these things are gifts of God and indicative of His hand of blessing on the nation of Israel. Large families, abundant harvests and plentiful animals would all be fruits of obedience
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Wiersbe points out that "The judgments are given in greater detail than are the blessings and are just the opposite of the blessings. (Compare Dt 28:1–14 with Dt 28:15–64.) God wanted His people to know that when these calamities struck, they would recognize the hand of the Lord and not think it was a series of coincidences." Just as God promised to bless them in every area of life if they obeyed His covenant, so He warned that He would curse them in every area of life—their bodies, families, fields, flocks, and herds—if they disobeyed. (Wiersbe Bible Commentary - OT)
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Wiersbe comments that "After the Babylonian Captivity, in 538 BC they were permitted to return to their land, rebuild Jerusalem, and restore the temple (Ezra 1–6; the Book of Haggai); and about 50,000 Jews took advantage of this opportunity." (Wiersbe Bible Commentary - OT) To a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve (abad; Lxx = latreuo = carry out religious duties in spirit of worship of) other gods, wood and stone - They will be returned to slavery and idolatry, the very conditions they had experienced in Egypt! Refusal to serve the living God would result in Israel being cast into a strange land to serve lifeless gods! Deuteronomy 28:37 "You shall become a horror, a proverb, and a taunt among all the people where the LORD drives you. become: De 28:28 29:22-28 1Ki 9:7,8 2Ch 7:20 Ps 44:13,14 Jer 24:9 25:9 Joe 2:17 Zec 8:13 Deuteronomy 28 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries ISRAEL AN OBJECT OF HORROR, SCORN AND RIDICULE You shall become a horror, a proverb, and a taunt among all the people where the LORD drives you - If Israel obeyed "the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth." (Dt 28:1). Here disobedience causes them to be the most despised, ridiculed nation on earth. I have little doubt that the fulfillment of this curse is to a significant degree responsible for persistence worldwide anti-Semitism.
Deuteronômio 28
Wiersbe asks "Who is the “nation … from far, from the end of the earth” that will swoop down like the eagle? (Deut. 28:49) In Scripture, the image of the eagle is often used to describe military invasion by different nations, including Babylon (Jer. 48:40; 49:22; Ezek. 17:3), Egypt (Ezek. 17:7), and Assyria (Hosea 8:1). The Assyrians captured the Northern Kingdom of Israel in 722 BC and the Babylonians invaded the Southern Kingdom of Judah in 606 and destroyed Jerusalem and the temple in 586 BC. Thousands of Jews were taken captive to Babylon and forced to live in that land of idols, and this cured them once and for all of idol worship. Perhaps the image in Deuteronomy 28:49 was meant to cover all the invasions that brought chastening to the Jewish people, including the Roman invasion in A.D. 70. The things described in Dt 28:49–57 certainly happened during both the Babylonian and the Roman sieges of Jerusalem.(Wiersbe Bible Commentary - OT) TSK comments that "the Chaldeans (Babylonians) are frequently described under the figure of an eagle, yet these verses especially predict the desolations brought on the Jews by the Romans (70 AD); who came from a country far more distant than Chaldea; whose conquests were as rapid as the eagle's flight, and whose standard bore this very figure; who spake a language to which the Jews were then entire strangers, being wholly unlike the Hebrew, of which the Chaldee was merely a dialect; whose appearance and victories were terrible; and whose yoke was a yoke of iron; and the havoc which they made tremendous. Deuteronomy 28:50 a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young. of fierce countenance: Heb. strong of face, Pr 7:13 Ec 8:1 Da 7:7 8:23 will not: 2Ch 36:17 Isa 47:6 Ho 13:16 Lu 19:44 21:23,24 Deuteronomy 28 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries GOD BRINGS A RUTHLESS MERCILESS NATION a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young - This invading nation will be merciless and have no compassion regardless of age. Currid - This enemy will be merciless, rapacious and predatory. The text literally describes the invader as ‘a nation of ruthless faces who will lift no faces’. This cruelty will be across the board; and no one will be spared, not even ‘the old’ or ‘the young’. Those two words constitute a merism, indicating that no one will be excluded from the violent treatment of this nasty nation! (EPSC-Dt) Bob
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Wiersbe applies the truth in this chapter - During these times of severe suffering, more than one Jew asked the Lord, “Why do Your people suffer when the wicked Gentile nations escape suffering? How can a holy God use godless Gentile nations to chasten His chosen people?” This is one of the themes of the Book of Habakkuk and it is discussed in several psalms (Pss. 74; 77; 79–80). But the fact that Israel is God’s chosen people and a special nation explains why He chastens them, for the greater the privilege, the greater the responsibility. “You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins” (Amos 3:2, NIV). Divine election isn’t an excuse for human rebellion. “For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required” (Luke 12:48, NKJV). There’s a sobering message here for the church in today’s world. Like Israel of old, we are God’s chosen people and a holy nation (1 Peter 2:9–10) and have been greatly blessed in Jesus Christ. We are here to “advertise” the virtues of the Lord and declare the good news of the Gospel. If we fail to glorify God and obey His Word, He will chasten us just as He chastened Israel (Heb. 12:1–14). “For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?” (1 Peter 4:17) If God chastens His own people for their sins, what will He do to those who don’t belong to the family and have resisted His will? But judgment will begin in God’s family, and the only way we can avoid it is to turn from our sins and obey His will. The church that thought it was rich, Jesus said was poor; and the church that thought it was poor, Jesus said was rich (Rev. 2:9; Rev 3:17). What will Jesus reveal about our churches when the fire of chastening falls? (Wiersbe Bible Commentary - OT)