Verse 20
"And Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. Jehovah will make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he hath consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to possess it. And Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. Jehovah will make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth. And thy dead body shall be food unto all birds of the heavens, and unto the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away."
"Among all the kingdoms of the earth ..." (Deuteronomy 28:25). What other race of the earth's peoples have been so dispersed among all nations as the Jews? This part of this fantastic prophecy is being fulfilled at this very moment, as has been the case already, for thousands of years. But this prophecy goes far beyond that. The mention of the great Supper of God in Deuteronomy 28:26 transcends and reaches beyond the mere history of nations. This is a reference to that great eschatological holocaust in which God will terminate his Experiment Adam. (See Revelation 19:17-18, and my commentary thereon in Vol. 12 of the N.T. series.)
Kline recognized this properly as a figurative presentation of the final judgment and the total destruction of the entire rebellious portion of the race of Adam. This is that same event, of which Zephaniah spoke (Zephaniah 2:1-3), in which God promised to "wipe this Adam (meaning the whole race) off the face of the earth," The import of this is exceedingly grave. It denies that, through some supreme act of mercy, God will intervene in spite of Israel's wickedness and save them anyway. In the Holy Scriptures, salvation is promised only through Jesus Christ, and there are not TWO ways to be saved. As our Lord expressed it, "No one cometh unto the Father except by me!"
SECOND DENUNCIATION
Summary of following paragraph: "These are judgments on the body, mind, and outward circumstances of the sinners."[4]
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