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God is the Creator
and
ultimate
owner of all things.
God's children,
that is, those who truly obey Him (e.g. "chosen and destined by God the
Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ," 1
Peter 1:2 RSV), are the inheritors of that Creation. Therefore:
"And if you
obey the voice of The Lord your God, being careful to do all His Commandments
which I command you this day, The Lord your God will set you high above all the
nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake
you, if you obey the voice of The Lord your God. Blessed shall you be in the
city, and blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of your
body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your beasts, the increase
of your cattle, and the young of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and
your kneading-trough. Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall
you be when you go out." (Deuteronomy 28:1-6 RSV)
"The
Lord will command the blessing upon you"
God's true people cannot ever be defeated,
because The Lord cannot ever be defeated. Like a human parent, The Lord will
defend His children, against anything, or anyone. God's people have never
lost a battle, when they were truly obedient to Him.
"The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be
defeated before you; they shall come out against you one way, and flee before
you seven ways." (Deuteronomy 28:7 RSV)
The Lord provides for His children, those
who "keep the Commandments of The Lord your God, and walk in His
ways."
"The Lord
will command the blessing upon you in your barns, and in all that you
undertake; and He will bless you in the land which The Lord your God gives you.
The Lord will establish you as a people holy to Himself, as He has sworn to
you, if you keep the Commandments of The Lord your God, and walk in His ways.
And all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the Name of
The Lord; and they shall be afraid of you." (Deuteronomy 28:8-10 RSV)
Peace and prosperity are The Lord's gifts
to those who truly live according to God's Way.
"And The Lord
will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit
of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, within the land which The Lord
swore to your fathers to give you. The Lord will open to you his good treasury
the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season and to bless all the
work of your hands; and you shall lend to many
nations, but you shall not borrow. And The Lord will make you the head, and not
the tail; and you shall tend upward only, and not downward; if you obey the
Commandments of The Lord your God, which I command you this day, being careful
to do them, and if you do not turn aside from any of the words which I command
you this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve
them." (Deuteronomy 28:11-14 RSV)
Fact Finder: The verses above describe what happens to
those who choose to make themselves winners by truly obeying The Lord.