Blessings and Curses

Blessings

1. Exaltation

   he will make us head and not tail (Dt 28:13-14). The head makes the decisions. The tail gets pulled around the circumstances;

2. Prosperity

   the Lord will give us abundantly, so that we may lend others and not borrow. Note that the borrower is subject to the lender (Proverbs 22:7);

3. Victory

   our enemy shall not have any power on us (Dt 28:7);

4. Fertility

   our children will be many. Our animals will be fertile. (Without additional fertilizer) our fields will yield crops (Ps 128:3, Dt 28:4);

5. Health

   the Lord will take away all sickness from us, and will put non of the evil diseases (Dt 7:15).

Curses

Originated from God

The top two causes of curses are sexual sins (Dt 27:20-23) and idolatry (Dt 27:15). They are such severe inquinities that Paulus instructed the Gentiles to abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication (Acts 15:20) before anything else.

1. Sexual sin refers to unlawful sexual intercourse outside the marriage between man and woman such as adultery, fornication and, lewdness (Mk 7:21-23). When children arise out of such unlawful wedlock, also known as bastard children, they are also prosecuted up to the tenth generation (Dt 23:2). Note that homosexuality (Romans 1:26-27) and masturbation (1 Cor 6:17-19) are also unacceptable to the Lord
2. Idolatry means worship of a cult image or a created object. It is worth pointing out that not only bowing down in front of such an image but also its possession alone gives demons legal right to be in our live. Popular cult images are saints, other Gods, celebrities, animals such as those in Ex 8:2, Ex 10:12, Lev 11:12-20 and Deut 14:7-8, and dolls which are originated in voodoo. Any item originated in witchcraft causes the curse of idolatry, as well. Other forms of idolatry are covetousness (Col 3:5) and stubbornnes (1 Sam 15:23) due to self-elevation. Idolatry is procescuted up to the fourth generation (Ex 20:4-5).
3. Other unacceptable vices in front of the Lord are pride and self centered living instead of humility and Christ centered (Psalm 59:12-13).
4. Dishonoring parents, killing, injustice to the weak, expanding our welfare on the expenses of others, and making a trap to anyone trigger a curse, as well (Dt 27:16-19,24-25).
5. Cursed is the man who steals and swears (Zech 5:3).
6. Cursed is the man who relies on human ability. Instead, we shall trust in the Lord who has control over man. (Jer 17:5-7).
7. God curses whoever curses Abraham (Gen 12:1-3). Moreover, in Gen 27:29 it is written that God curses whoever curses Isaac. Clearly, antisemitism brings the curse of God.
8. Jesus cursed one fig tree. The day after, that fig tree had dried up from the roots (Mk 11:13-14,20). It is worth pointing out that the fig tree is a metaphor for Israel (Hosea 9:10).
9. Finally, the scripture says that cursed is anyone who does not fulfill (Mose's) law (Dt 27:26). However, Christ redeemed us from that curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (Gal 3:13).

Originated from Man

1. Joshua cursed that person who would rebuild Jericho (Joshua 6:26). Hiel the Bethelite laid the foundation of Jericho at the cost of his youngest son Segub according to the Word of the Lord (1 Kings 16:34).
2. King David cursed the mountains of Gilboa (2 Samuel 1:21). Aside from trees planted by the Jewish National Fund, only dried ferula plants grow there until today.
3. Jacob cursed his second wife, Rachel. Rachel had stolen and hidden the idols of her father, Laban, before Jacob fled with all his family and sheeps from Laban. Ten days later Laban caught up with Jacob and confronted him "... Why did you steal my gods?" (Genesis 31:26-30). Jacob, not knowing that Rachel had taken them, replied "But if you find anyone who has your gods, that person shall not live" (Gen 31:31-32). Shortly later, Rachel died in the birth of Benjamin due to that curse (Gen 35:17-18).
4. The Jews cursed themselves ignorantly during the time of Jesus. During the trial of Jesus before Pontius Pilate, the latter said that he were innocent of the blood of that just person, and the Jews replied "His blood be on us, and our children" (Mt 27:24-25). On so it happened to the Jews.