Deuteronomy 11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 27 A blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day.
The uttering of both blessings and curses has caused some persons to come to incorrect views of God, as One who inflicts punishment when a person walks contrary to His revealed will. This is generally not the case, all He is doing is telling us what is on the menu. Therefore, certain truths streaming from The Lord’s throne must now be made clear, for we are at that time when His glory is scheduled to fill the earth.
First of all, it is important to know that through our own freedom of choice we can put a good thing to a bad use, thus representing the good thing as if it were something bad, when this might not be the case. Knives could be used to cut up onions, peppers fruit, cucumbers, and your daily bread, but they can also be used in nefarious ways not worth mentioning. The same is true of guns, for in and of itself, the gun is a pretty harmless object.
But, if placed in the wrong hands or put to a wrong use, it can become a curse, as has been seen too often across the land. Guns do not shoot any person, people do, for someone has to pull the trigger. The same is true of nuclear energy, which could be used to produce megawatts of energy for billions of people, but also could be used to wipe out millions. It almost always comes down to freedom of choice in what we choose to do with something that might be inherently good.
Deuteronomy 11:28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!