I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Deuteronomy 27-28.

    The passage contains instructions for an interesting “compare and contrast” exercise which Moses instructed the people of Israel to do once they crossed over the Jordan River. One half of them were to stand on Mount Ebal and one half on Mount Gerizim. Those on Mount Ebal were to declare curses on those who failed to keep the commands which God had given the people of Israel. Those on Mount Gerizim were to declare blessings on those who did keep those commands. The curses are the mirror image of the blessings. Doing God’s will results in positive consequences. Refusing to do God’s will has negative consequences. We do not always see the connection between doing, or not doing, God’s will and the consequences which result, but that connection is there nonetheless.