28:25Deuteronomy 28:25

Deuteronomy 28 sets out plainly the blessings of obedience alongside the warnings and curses for disobedience, setting the fearful results of disobeying against the blessings of obeying.RH Dec 25, 1900+2 It expresses the principles of the law of God's kingdom made specific, so that minds are not left in ignorance and uncertainty.RH Dec 25, 1900 Disobedience brings being smitten and defeated before enemies, going out one way against them and fleeing seven ways before them, and being removed and scattered among all kingdoms and nations.PP 466.1–3+3 Prosperity and adversity are governed by obedience or disobedience to the law kept in the ark, and blessings are promised on condition of obedience while curses are threatened for disobedience.1SP 403.2+1 The Lord's promises are conditional upon diligently hearkening to His voice, doing right in His sight, and keeping His commandments and statutes.Lt 106, 1897, par. 21–24+2

Failure to trust and follow God led to the generation and the adult army that left Egypt being barred and refused entry into the promised land.Lt 106, 1897, par. 21–24+1 Disobedience leaves Israel exposed to enemies and leads to captivity.PK 581A.2 Read together with the promise in Exodus 15:26 that keeping God's ways keeps disease away, obedience preserves health and holiness for learning obedience under Christ's protection, while transgressing God's law breaks down the barriers erected for preservation and brings disease and suffering as part of God's proving.15MR 29.3–30.2 The chapter lays a never-ceasing obligation on all whom God has blessed with life, health, and temporal and spiritual advantages, and its message has not grown weak with age, for God's claims remain just as binding now and just as fresh in importance as His gifts are fresh and continual.RH Dec 25, 1900