Signs of the times

        In Old Testament days, God would withdraw His loving care and protection from Israel when the people rejected His truths and "walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart." (Jeremiah 7:24) Left to their own resources, they often faced plagues, drought, famine and wars -- all of which would increase in end times. See America's Spiritual Slide

 

       "...it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God.... that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. ...Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country. Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks....
        “The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face.... The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail.... if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God."

         “But... if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God... that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you....
        "The Lord will change the
rain of your land to powder and dust...

        "The alien who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail. ...

       "If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book [remember, the Levitical laws were fulfilled in Christ, but the moral law is as relevant now as then], that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, THE LORD YOUR GOD, then the Lord will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary plaguesgreat and prolonged plagues—and serious and prolonged sicknesses. ...."

Deuteronomy 28:1-60

See how this prophecy, given to the nation Israel, applies to other nations blessed by God in 1 Cor 10:1-13. Then read  Preparing for Victory and delight in His protection for those who love and follow Jesus.

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