Lev 26:27-39<\/span><\/p>\n Then I will walk contrary unto you.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Gods determination to punish sinners<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>The sin of disobedience. If ye will not hearken unto Me. Hence observe–<\/p>\n (1)<\/strong> That the Lord in His Word speaks to us (Heb 8:12<\/span>).<\/p>\n (2)<\/strong> That whatever the Lord says in His Word it is our bounden duty to hear (Heb 3:7<\/span>; 1Th 5:20<\/span>; Jam 1:19<\/span>).<\/p>\n (3)<\/strong> That we are too apt to turn a deaf ear to Him (Exo 5:2<\/span>; Psa 12:4<\/span>).<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>The sin of incorrigibleness. If for all this ye will not hearken. Note here–<\/p>\n (1)<\/strong> That afflictions sometimes have the nature of punishments (Jer 13:21<\/span>).<\/p>\n (2)<\/strong> That punishment is the natural and necessary consequence of transgression.<\/p>\n (3)<\/strong> That in the punishment which God inflicts He seeks our reformation (2Ch 18:22<\/span>).<\/p>\n (4)<\/strong> That our depravity in too many cases frustrates His designs (Zep 3:2<\/span>).<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>The sin of perverseness. If ye walk contrary to Me. Observe again–<\/p>\n (1)<\/strong> That the Lords pleasure is, we should walk with Him (Mic 6:8<\/span>).<\/p>\n (2)<\/strong> That we walk with the Lord when we walk in His way (2Ki 20:3<\/span>; Ecc 12:13<\/span>).<\/p>\n (3)<\/strong> That walking otherwise than He has commanded is to show a perverse and untoward heart.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Conformable to our character will be our end. If God should deal thus with us<\/p>\n (1)<\/strong> We shall lose the blessing which He imparts to> His obedient followers (Lev 26:4-12<\/span>).<\/p>\n (2)<\/strong> Our expectations will issue in disappointment and vexation (Hos 8:7<\/span>); and<\/p>\n (3)<\/strong> Like chaff before the wind we shall speedily be carried to destruction (Psa 1:4-5<\/span>).<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Enforcement of these considerations: we see–<\/p>\n (1)<\/strong> That a religion consisting of mere notions will never saw a man.<\/p>\n (2)<\/strong> That men are not at liberty, as some suppose, to live as they please.<\/p>\n (3)<\/strong> That God takes notice of the ways of all.<\/p>\n (4)<\/strong> That if He displays His anger we should be anxious to find out the cause; and<\/p>\n (5)<\/strong> That if any one perish he will have no <\/strong>one to blame for it but himself (Isa 3:11<\/span>). (Wm. Sleigh.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Desolation threatened to Israel<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>None are so secure in grace and privilege that they can disregard the possibility of a fall.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>None are so rich in sacred favours as to be beyond danger of their total loss.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>None are so honoured by Gods selecting and distinguishing grace but they may lapse into alienation and desolation.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>National plenty and prosperity are conditional upon national righteousness and piety.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>National greatness and glory have been withered by the anger of an insulted God.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>National strength and safety are only guaranteed as religion is fostered by the laws of a country, and in the habits and lives of its people.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Religious favours, if abused, may be utterly withdrawn from us.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>God loathes the offerings once delightful to Him, when the offerers love is estranged.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Holy scenes and holy days become a barren mockery if a trifling spirit alienate the sacred Presence: Ichabod! <\/em>(W. H. Jellie.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Verse 40-45. If they shall confess their iniquity. Gods promises to penitents<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>That we acknowledge our guilt. Our fathers sins as well as our own are first grounds of national humiliation. Our own sins are the chief burden of personal contrition. But sin should be viewed in its true light, as walking contrary to God (Psa 51:4<\/span>).<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>That we justify God in His judgments. If we have dared to walk contrary to Him, is not He justified in walking contrary to us? Whatever inflictions He imposes we have reason to own it as less than our deserts (Ezr 9:13<\/span>), and that His judgments are just (Rev 16:7<\/span>).<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>That we be thankful for His dealings by which He has humbled our uncircumcised hearts. Only real contrition can produce this. It realises mercy in judgment, and love in affliction.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>On Gods part. For repentance glorifies God (Jos 7:19<\/span>).<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>On the part of the penitents. It incites to loathing of the sin, and to adoration of Divine grace. So God insists on the condition, If they be humbled, then will I pardon. For then God can do it consistently with His honour, and they will make a suitable improvement of the mercy vouchsafed them.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Be thankful that you are <\/strong>yet within reach of mercy.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Have especial respect unto the covenant of grace. It is to that God looks, and to that should we look also. It is the only basis on which mercy and redemption are possible. (C. Simeon, M. A.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The bow in the cloud<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>It was the way of reflection.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>It was the way of confession.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>It was the way of humiliation.<\/p>\n They were not to return proudly, feeling they had not been rewarded according to their iniquities. The way is still open for the vilest to return; for, the New Testament teaches that these are the steps in the ladder <\/strong>of life, out of sin to holiness, from earth to heaven, from self to God, viz.: Repentance, conversion, consecration.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>He would do so for the <\/strong>sake of their fathers. He would remember His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>He would do so for the sake of His name. For I am the Lord. He had purposed, as well as promised, to deal mercifully with them.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>He would do so for the sake of the land. He had selected Canaan as the arena where He would specially display His glory to men, and He would not allow it to lie waste for ever.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>He would do it for the sake of His covenant. I will remember My covenant. The Lord does not make a covenant and then tear it rashly to pieces; if broken by man He will speedily renew, nor allow the irregularities and irreligion of men to thwart His beneficent arrangements. Here, indeed, was a resplendent bow of many colours, beaming with the beautiful light of the mild and merciful countenance of the Most High. What encouragement for sinful men to return to the Lord, for He will have mercy upon them, and abundantly pardon. The Levitical law closes with offers of mercy, the last words of the law are words of entreaty and promise. (W. H. Jellie.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Gains of a good ancestry<\/strong><\/p>\n I will for their sake remember the covenant of their ancestors.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Live and pray for your descendants.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Value the sacred benefits even though as yet unrealised, of a godly ancestry.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Rest in the unfailing pledge of God to reward piety and prayer. (W. H. Jellie.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The advantage of submission<\/strong><\/p>\n It is recorded of Edward I., that, being angry with a servant of his in the sport of hawking, he threatened him sharply. The gentleman answered, It was well there was a river between them. Hereat the king, more incensed, spurred his horse into the depth of the river, not without extreme danger of his life, the water being deep and <\/strong>the banks too steep and high for his ascending, Yet, at last recovering land, with his sword drawn, he pursued the servant, who rode as fast from him. But finding himself too ill-horsed to outride the angry king, he reined, lighted, and, on his knees, exposed his neck to the blow of the kings sword. The king no sooner saw <\/strong>this but he put up his sword and would not touch him. A dangerous water could not withhold him from violence; yet his servants submission did soon pacify him. While man flies stubbornly from God, He that rides upon the wings of the wind posts after him with sword of vengeance drawn. But when in dust and ashes he humbles himself, and stands to His mercy, the wrath of God is soon appeased..<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And if ye for all this will not hearken unto me<\/strong>,…. To his commands, and to his prophets sent unto them time after time, and all his corrections and chastisements being ineffectual to reform them, and make them obedient to him:<\/p>\n but walk contrary unto me<\/strong>; [See comments on Le 26:21]<\/span>.<\/p>\n Fourth<\/em> and severest stage. – If they should still persist in their opposition, God would chastise them with wrathful meeting, yea, punish them so severely in His wrath, that they would be compelled to eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, i.e., to slay their own children and eat them in the extremity of their hunger, – a fact which literally occurred in Samaria in the period of the Syrians (2Ki 6:28-29<\/span>), and in Jerusalem in that of the Chaldeans (Lam 2:20<\/span>; Lam 4:10<\/span>), and in the Roman war of extermination under Titus ( Josephus bell. jud.<\/em> v. 10, 3) in the most appalling manner. Eating the flesh of their own children is mentioned first, as indicating the extremity of the misery and wretchedness in which the people would perish; and after this, the judgment, by which the nation would be brought to this extremity, is more minutely described in its four principal features: viz., (1) the destruction of all idolatrous abominations (Lev 26:30<\/span>); (2) the overthrow of the towns and sanctuaries (Lev 26:31<\/span>); (3) the devastation of the land, to the amazement of the enemies who dwelt therein (Lev 26:32<\/span>); and (4) the dispersion of the people among the heathen (Lev 26:33<\/span>). The “high places” are altars erected upon heights and mountains in the land, upon which sacrifices were offered both to Jehovah in an unlawful way and also to heathen deities. , sun-pillars, are idols of the Canaanitish nature-worship, either simple pillars dedicated to Baal, or idolatrous statues of the sun-god (cf. Movers Phnizier<\/em> i. pp. 343ff.). “ And I give your carcases upon the carcases of your idols<\/em>.” , lit., clods, from to roll, a contemptuous expression for idols. With the idols the idolaters also were to perish, and defile with their corpses the images, which had also become corpses as it were, through their overthrow and destruction. For the further execution of this threat, see Eze 6:4<\/span>. This will be your lot, for “My soul rejects you.” By virtue of the inward character of His holy nature, Jehovah must abhor and reject the sinner.<\/p>\n Verses 27-35:<\/strong><\/p>\n 5. Punish in the fifth degree, <\/strong>consisted of:<\/p>\n (1) Cannibalism, <\/strong>literally fulfilled in the city of Samaria, <\/strong>2 Kings 6:28, and in Jerusalem in the siege by the Chaldeans, <\/strong>La 2:20; 4:10. History records the same horrible deed in the siege of Jerusalem by the Romans;<\/p>\n (2) Destruction of the sanctuaries of worship;<\/p>\n (3) Refusal of God to accept their offerings;<\/p>\n (4) Desolation of the land, by the hand of invading armies; (5) Scattering of Israel among the heathen, see Jer 9:16.<\/p>\n The desolation of the Land was one of the consequences of Israel’s neglect of the sabbatical year, 2Ch 36:21.<\/p>\n (27) And if he will not for all this hearken unto me.<\/strong>Better, And if, notwithstanding these, ye will not hearken unto me, <\/em>that is, if in spite of these awful punishments they persist in rebellion against God. With this reiterated formula the fifth warning is introduced (Lev. 26:27-33<\/span>), which threatens the total destruction of the land and the people in the midst of the most appalling horrors.<\/p>\n Reader! still keep your mind in contemplation on the process of divine judgments. From temporal punishments the LORD proceeds to spiritual. And when it comes to this, that the sanctuary is desolate, and the LORD abhors all offerings; how ripe is that church, or that person, for destruction. Hos 4:17<\/span> .<\/p>\n Lev 26:27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;<\/p>\n Ver. 27. But walk contrary unto me.<\/strong> ] Or, At all adventures with me.<\/p>\n Lev 26:21, Lev 26:24 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 9:2 – General Lev 26:40 – and that 2Sa 7:6 – walked Psa 1:1 – walketh Psa 18:26 – froward Amo 4:7 – I have Mar 12:9 – he will Joh 5:14 – lest<\/p>\n Lev 26:27-39. The results of neglect of the third warning: the extremities of famine and captivity; siege; desolation of the country, destruction of the cities, uselessness of all religious observances; dispersion of the nation; desertion of Palestine and abject misery of the survivors. Such experiences of famine and siege as are described in 2Ki 6:25 f. would be familiar in the last years of Jerusalem, and the reference to exile (more definite than in Deuteronomy 28; cf. to Egypt, 68) suggests the years after, and immediately before, 586 B.C. The mention of the local sanctuaries (Lev 26:31) shows that they cannot all have been destroyed in the reformation of 621 B.C. The reference to the Sabbaths of the land breaks the sense and appears to be an insertion.<\/p>\n The fifth stage would be the destruction of the Israelites’ families, idolatrous practices and places, land, and nation through dispersion (four curses).<\/p>\n In her history in the land Israel experienced all of these curses because she eventually despised the Mosaic Law. The record of this failure is not consistent. There were periods of revival and consequent blessing. Nevertheless the general course of the nation proceeded downward.<\/p>\n And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; Lev 26:27-39 Then I will walk contrary unto you. Gods determination to punish sinners I. As affecting supposition stated. If ye will not, &c. The Lord here supposes that His people may commit three grievous sins: 1. 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I. <\/strong>As affecting supposition stated. If ye will not, &c. The Lord here supposes that His people may commit three grievous sins:<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>An awful consequence declared. I will walk contrary also to you in fury. Thus we see that–<\/p>\n
I<\/strong>. <\/em><\/strong>How horrifying the miseries which may befall a privileged people. The miseries of penury and siege (Lev 26:29<\/span>); of captivity and slaughter (Lev 26:33<\/span>); of anguish and derision (Lev 26:36<\/span>); of pitiless misery and disaster (Lev 26:39<\/span>).<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>How amazing the disasters which may devastate a beautiful country. Canaan was a wealthy land, a scene of loveliness, abundance, and delight. Yet on it came the disasters of depopulation (Lev 26:31<\/span>), sterility (Lev 26:32<\/span>), desertion (Lev 26:35<\/span>)–even enemies abandoning it.<\/p>\n
III. <\/strong>How piteous the profanation which may despoil a nations sanctities! Canaan was the scene of Jehovahs sanctuary: the Temple rose on Zion; and the land sent up her tribes to the celebration of sacred feasts and to the holy worship of God. Yet all her sanctuaries were brought unto desolation (Lev 26:31<\/span>), all the fragrance of her sacrifices became loathsome to Jehovah (Lev 26:31<\/span>), and her desecrated Sabbaths were avenged in the bleak silence and loneliness which fell on hallowed scenes (Lev 26:34<\/span>).<\/p>\n
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I. <\/strong>What is that repentance which God requires?<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>The connection between our repentance and Gods mercy. Repentance is void of merit. Even obedience is destitute of merit; when we have done all we could we are unprofitable servants. The acknowledgment of a debt is a very different thing from a discharge of that debt. A condemned criminal may be sorry for his offences, but that sorrow does not obliterate his crime, still less entitle him to rewards. Yet there is connection between repentance and pardon, and meekness in the exercise of mercy towards the penitent–<\/p>\n
III. <\/strong>The ground and measure of that mercy which penitents may expect. Gods covenant with their ancestors was the basis and warrant of His mercy to Israel (Lev 26:42<\/span>; Lev 26:44-45<\/span>). His covenant with us in Christ is our hope and guarantee.<\/p>\n
I<\/strong>. <\/em><\/strong>That the way was left open for the rebellious to return.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>That if the rebellious returned to the lord in his own <\/strong>appointed way he would graciously receive them.<\/p>\n
I. <\/strong>The vows and prayers of a goodly parentage exercise influence upon the divine plans. That covenant is thrice referred to as determining Gods arrangements (Lev 26:42<\/span>; Lev 26:44-45<\/span>). Note Jobs prayers for his children (Job 1:5<\/span>; cf. <\/em>with verse 10), Made a hedge about Job and about his house.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>Over long intervals the influence of parental covenants extend. This covenant with Abraham was made 1900 years B.C. (Gen 15:13-14<\/span>). It is now 1900 years A.D., yet the word stands, They are <\/strong>beloved for the fathers sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance (Rom 11:28-29<\/span>). God is at work, though He seems to wait. In due season ye shall reap if ye faint not. Praying soul, anxious heart, clinging to the promises–Hope, and <\/strong>be undismayed; God hears thy cries, and counts thy tears, God shall lift up thy head.<\/p>\n
III. <\/strong>How grand the link between a parents piety and the childrens destiny!<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\nFuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Peake’s Commentary on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"