All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
Disobedience and breaking the law brings a curse upon the land and its produce, in which the locust consumes all the trees and the fruit of the land. That loss of agricultural produce is the stated consequence of disobedience, one of the curses that would come upon Israel for disobedience. Transgressing God's commands brings this fearful consequence, and it stands among the curses set against the blessings that result from obedience. The law teaches that God sends prosperity for obedience and adversity for transgression of His law.
The promises stand upon condition of obedience, with disobedience bringing curse and loss. Keeping His judgments and statutes and ordinances and walking in them brings life, while disobedience causes Him to alter His purpose toward His people. This is why the adult army that left Egypt was refused entrance into the promised land. The blessings of obedience are stated plainly, expressing the principles of the law of the kingdom of God made specific so that minds are not left in ignorance and uncertainty. They present the never-ceasing obligation of all blessed with life and health and temporal and spiritual advantages, and the message has not grown weak with age but God's claims are just as binding now and as fresh in importance as His gifts are fresh and continual.
The chapter is to be read carefully with Exodus 15 to learn the covenant of mercy. Diligently hearkening to His voice and doing right and keeping His commandments and statutes keeps away the diseases brought upon Egypt. Transgressing the law breaks down the barriers He erected to preserve His people from disease so they might live in health and holiness.
Disobedience and breaking the law brings a curse upon the land and its produce, in which the locust consumes all the trees and the fruit of the land. That loss of agricultural produce is the stated consequence of disobedience, one of the curses that would come upon Israel for disobedience. Transgressing God's commands brings this fearful consequence, and it stands among the curses set against the blessings that result from obedience. The law teaches that God sends prosperity for obedience and adversity for transgression of His law.
The promises stand upon condition of obedience, with disobedience bringing curse and loss. Keeping His judgments and statutes and ordinances and walking in them brings life, while disobedience causes Him to alter His purpose toward His people. This is why the adult army that left Egypt was refused entrance into the promised land. The blessings of obedience are stated plainly, expressing the principles of the law of the kingdom of God made specific so that minds are not left in ignorance and uncertainty. They present the never-ceasing obligation of all blessed with life and health and temporal and spiritual advantages, and the message has not grown weak with age but God's claims are just as binding now and as fresh in importance as His gifts are fresh and continual.
The chapter is to be read carefully with Exodus 15 to learn the covenant of mercy. Diligently hearkening to His voice and doing right and keeping His commandments and statutes keeps away the diseases brought upon Egypt. Transgressing the law breaks down the barriers He erected to preserve His people from disease so they might live in health and holiness.