Time To Read and Ponder ... Deuteronomy 28:58-67

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[Yosemitest]

" If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book,
that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed,
even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of;
and they shall cleave unto thee.
Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law,
them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
And ye shall be left few in number,
whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude;
because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God.
And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you;
so the Lord will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought;
and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other;
and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known,
even wood and stone.
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease,
neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest:
but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee;
and thou shalt fear day and night,
and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
in the morning thou shalt say,
Would God it were even!
and at even thou shalt say,
Would God it were morning!
for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear,
and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. ..."

[Yosemitest]

Now ponder those words ... with today's coronavirus .

[A Cyrenian]

This isn't God's works.

Your scripture is pretty good.

But don't be a false prophet.

Thanks for the post, I liked it.

[spacejunkie2001]

thanks for posting. God is in control of everything and ALLOWS these things to happen.

[jjotto]

It used to be that every misfortune was a cause for individual and collective moral reevaluation.

Isaiah 45:7
“I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.”

[softengine]

Truly!

[Hieronymus]

Every misfortune IS a cause for individual and collective moral reevaluation.

Most people, however, are stone-deaf. But in the end, God will not be mocked.

And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!

(The last stanza of a prophetic poem by Kipling that may be found on my home page)

I AM aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as Truth, and as uncompromising as Justice. On this subject I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! No! Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen—but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest—I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch—and I will be heard. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.

Things have headed from bad to worse over the past 189 years.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Great verses to quote! This is the truth. America has been shielded from many dreaded diseases. However the blood that cries out against this country from all the aborted babies bears witness against us. God help us!

[Lee N. Field]

Now ponder those words ... with today's coronavirus .

Covenantal sanctions for unfaithfulness, at a particular point in ancient theocratic Israel's history.

Can't just read it and say, "yup, that's us.".

[Torahman]

This is a global holocaust, hence, a global pandemic as a just recompense. Today, and every day, 142,000 innocent human beings, with their own unique beauty and destiny were murdered in the name of The Global Sexual Revolution. The entire world has been weighed in the balances, and found wanting. Empires are about to fall. Walk like Daniel; keep the Torah of Sinai and you will find refuge under the Wings of the Daystar.

[cloudmountain]

thanks for posting. God is in control of everything and ALLOWS these things to happen.

YES, He does.
This very, very short lifespan of ours is a blink of an eye in ETERNITY. What we do here, how we behave and how we love God and each other will be OUR fate for eternity.

[SheepWhisperer]

Thank you for sharing this.

I needed to read this.

Ignore those hermeneuts who strain at gnats.
You were moved to post what what on your heart.
You post of God’s word had not returned to Him void

[cloudmountain]

Things have headed from bad to worse over the past 189 years.

I'm not so sure.
The world wars devastated Europe.
The two atomic bombs devastated Japan. They they reaped what they sowed.
The horrors of the Chinese, war or disease, devastates Asia as we speak.

And, no, God will not be mocked.
Your harshness seems somewhat fitting in these times.

I am so grateful to our good Lord that we have been allowed to live HERE and NOW.
Of a surety God is good.

[Hieronymus]

While it would be unfair to say that the decline has been steady over the whole time, the indifference towards the supernatural is utterly amazing.

God is great.

Beer is good.

People are crazy. And, for the most part, indifferent.

And yes, these are the times in which God has placed us.

Providentissimus Deus

May He be glorified and praised.

Nature my left foot.

[cloudmountain]

While it would be unfair to say that the decline has been steady over the whole time, the indifference towards the supernatural is utterly amazing.

Americans ignore God because, as a rule, they have a VERY soft, secure life. Who needs God? Not them.
They are, of course, fooling themselves. We need our good Lord every second of every day. I spend most of my daily prayers praying to God in GRATITUDE for all of His blessings!

Since the churches are all closed I watch daily Mass on the Eternal Word Television Network--EWTN. I follow along in my daily Missal. So, I hear the Gospel and listen to the homily. I'm so grateful for that blessing as well.
How wonderful for me to see such sanity, caring and praying in these times.

There is also a recitation of the rosary at Lourdes every day.
Brrrrr! It sure looks COLD there.

[right way right]

Thanks be to God that our covenant is in Jesus Christ.

[right way right]

I like your scripture.
I like it because it points to Christ.
I am a sinner, I have broken every sin.
Only Jesus can save me.

John 1:16-18 NIV
[16] Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. [17] For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. [18] No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and b is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known. …

[Lee N. Field]

Thanks be to God that our covenant is in Jesus Christ.

Who said to a group who was asking a similar question: "repent, or you will all likewise perish."

[Yosemitest]

"Covenantal sanctions for unfaithfulness, at a particular point in ancient theocratic Israel's history."

A lot of scripture is dual, and even triple.

Ponder this :

"These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks
standing before the God of the earth.
And if any man will hurt them,
fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies:
and if any man will hurt them,
he must in this manner be killed.
These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not
in the days of their prophecy:
and have power over waters to turn them to blood,
and to smite the earth with all plagues,
as often as they will. ..."