Something Old / Something New: The Blessings (Leviticus 26)

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Reflection

What did this part of the study reveal to you about the process God is using in your life?

📖 INTRODUCTION

📖 Leviticus 26:9
“For I will look on you favorably and make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My covenant with you.”

🔍 Key Insight

This blessing reveals both God’s favor and His covenantal promise—but it is not automatic. It unfolds through a process.

📖 Genesis 6:8
“But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.”

📖 Exodus 33:13
“…show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight…”

📚 Supporting Scriptures

Deuteronomy 7:9 (God keeps covenant and mercy)
Psalm 1:1–3 (the fruitful man)

👉 Please consider reading these verses in their entirety in your own copy of Scripture, as they contain a depth that should not be overlooked.

But before we go in-depth into understanding the blessing found in Leviticus 26:9, it is necessary to first examine the blessings that come before it.

These preceding blessings establish the foundation and position us to properly receive and understand what is revealed in verse 9.

📚 Order of Understanding

While we are preparing to dig deeper into Leviticus 26:9—and all that is connected to it—it is important to recognize that:

👉 We must first review the earlier blessings
👉 Because they align us to receive what follows

Otherwise, beginning at verse 9 without this foundation may cause us to overlook the process that leads to it.

🌱 ALIGNMENT (Leviticus 26:4)

🔍 Foundational Truth

The very first blessing that must be picked up is found in:

📖 Leviticus 26:4
“Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase…”

🔑 Key Principle

This blessing introduces us to:

👉 Alignment

Alignment positions us:

To receive
To grow
To understand

Without alignment, the fullness of what is revealed in verse 9 cannot be properly grasped.

✨ Explanation

God’s blessings are not random—they follow a divine order.
Each step prepares us for the next.

So before moving forward into the depth of Leviticus 26:9, we must first return to the beginning and establish alignment, because it is the foundation upon which everything else is built.

📖 Leviticus 26:4
“Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase…”

🔍 Key Insight

God gives provision in its proper season—not according to our timing, but according to His order.

📖 2 Peter 3:8
“…one day is with the Lord as a thousand years…”

📚 Supporting Scriptures

Ecclesiastes 3:1
Isaiah 55:8–9

👉 Please consider reading these verses in their entirety in your own copy of Scripture, as they contain a depth that should not be overlooked.

✨ Explanation

Alignment requires:

Trust in God’s timing
Patience in the process
Surrender of control

This is where faith is developed.

🌿 MATURITY

📖 John 15:16
“…I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit…”

📖 Matthew 22:14
“For many are called, but few are chosen.”

🔍 Key Insight

Calling is extended to many, but fruitfulness is produced through maturity.

📚 Supporting Scriptures

Hebrews 5:12–14 (growth into maturity)

👉 Please consider reading these verses in their entirety in your own copy of Scripture, as they contain a depth that should not be overlooked.

✨ Explanation

Maturity requires:

Faith
Repentance
Consistency

It is developed, not given instantly.

🌾 FRUITFULNESS (Leviticus 26:5)

📖 Leviticus 26:5 (NKJV)
“Your threshing shall last till the time of vintage, and the vintage shall last till the time of sowing; you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.”

🔍 Key Insight

This is where we first see the process that leads to fruitfulness.

Fruitfulness is not introduced as a sudden result—it is revealed through a continuous cycle.

✨ Explanation

Leviticus 26:5 shows us that there is no break in the process:

👉 Threshing → Vintage → Sowing

And then it continues again.

This reveals:

Continuity
Sustainability
Ongoing provision

Fruitfulness is not a one-time event—
👉 it is a lifestyle produced through process

🔍 Key Insight (Order Revealed)

The order presented in this verse is not the natural agricultural order.

Naturally, the process would begin with sowing.

However, the verse begins with:

👉 Threshing → Vintage → Sowing

This reveals that the focus is not on where the process begins, but that:

👉 The process is continuous

There is no true beginning or ending point—it is a cycle.

✨ Explanation (Expanded)

By starting with threshing instead of sowing, Scripture shows us:

👉 We are stepping into an ongoing process, not starting one

Threshing leads to vintage
Vintage leads to sowing
Sowing leads back into threshing

This creates a continuous cycle of:

growth
refinement
maturity
renewal

📖 DEFINITIONS

🌱 Sowing

planting seed
investing time, effort, and obedience

👉 Spiritually: what is sown will eventually be reaped

🌾 Threshing

separating what is useful from what is not
a breaking or refining process

👉 Spiritually: removal of what does not belong

🍇 Vintage

maturity
harvest
fullness

👉 Spiritually: the manifestation of fruitfulness

📚 Supporting Scriptures (Understanding the Process)

🔥 Refinement and Purifying

📖 Malachi 3:3
“He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver…”

📖 Luke 3:2–3
John calling for repentance and preparation

🔍 Key Insight

Refinement and repentance are part of the process that prepares us for fruitfulness.

📚 Supporting Scriptures

1 Peter 1:6–7 (faith tested and refined by fire)

👉 Please consider reading these verses in their entirety in your own copy of Scripture, as they contain a depth that should not be overlooked.

✨ Explanation

God refines:

thoughts
actions
motives

This process removes impurities and strengthens faith, preparing us for fruitfulness.

⚔️ What Daniel 11 Reveals About the Process

📖 Daniel 11:32–35

🔍 Key Insight

This passage reveals what people may experience within the process that leads to fruitfulness.

👉 Please consider reading these verses in their entirety in your own copy of Scripture, as they contain a depth that should not be overlooked.

✨ Explanation of the Three Groups

1️⃣ Those who know their God

strong
active
faith-filled

2️⃣ Those who instruct

teachers
carry responsibility
face trials

3️⃣ Those being refined

purified
tested
made ready

📚 Supporting Scripture (Cycle of Growth)

📖 2 Peter 1:5–9

🔍 Key Insight

This passage mirrors the same pattern of progression and continuation.

It shows that growth in faith is not a single step—but a building process:

faith → virtue → knowledge → self-control → perseverance → godliness → brotherly kindness → love

👉 Please consider reading these verses in their entirety in your own copy of Scripture, as they contain a depth that should not be overlooked.

✨ Explanation

Just like the cycle in Leviticus:

👉 Each stage builds upon the next

And just as sowing leads back into the cycle:

👉 Growth in these qualities prevents stagnation

(2 Peter 1:8–9 reveals the result of continuing—or lacking—in this process)

✨ Closing Insight

Fruitfulness is not separate from process—

👉 It is produced through it
👉 Sustained through it
👉 Repeated through it

🍞 SATISFACTION, REST & REFRESHMENT (Leviticus 26:5)

📖 Leviticus 26:5 (NKJV)
“…you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.”

🔍 Key Insight

This portion of the verse reveals more than provision—it reveals:

👉 Satisfaction
👉 Rest
👉 Refreshment

✨ Explanation

“You shall eat your bread to the full” speaks to:

fullness
contentment
having enough

But this satisfaction is not just physical—it is internal.

It produces:

👉 Gratitude

💡 The Role of Gratitude

True satisfaction should give rise to:

thankfulness
appreciation
an awareness of what has been provided

Gratitude shifts the heart from:

lack → to fullness
striving → to contentment

🕊️ REST & REFRESHMENT

📖 Leviticus 26:5 (NKJV)
“…and dwell in your land safely.”

🔍 Key Insight

To dwell safely means:

👉 No anxiety
👉 No fear
👉 No striving

This is what makes rest possible

✨ Explanation

When there is:

satisfaction
and gratitude

It removes:

anxiousness
stress
inner unrest

And in its place comes:

👉 Rest
👉 Peace of mind
👉 Refreshment

📚 Supporting Scriptures

Philippians 4:6–7 (be anxious for nothing)
Psalm 23:1–2 (He leads beside still waters)

👉 Please consider reading these verses in their entirety in your own copy of Scripture, as they contain a depth that should not be overlooked.

✨ Deeper Insight

Rest is not just physical—it is internal stillness

It is the result of:

trusting God
being satisfied in what He provides
and living with a grateful heart

🔗 Transition

This becomes the perfect segue into the next blessing, which is not just a blessing, but a covenant—the Covenant of Peace.

🕊️ COVENANT OF PEACE (Leviticus 26:6)

📖 Leviticus 26:6
“I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none will make you afraid…”

🔍 Key Insight

Peace is not one-dimensional—it is multifaceted.

It includes:

healing
health
nothing missing
nothing broken
nothing lacking
serenity
completeness
wholeness
harmony
tranquility

…and there is a depth of revelation to be received within each of these.

✨ Explanation

This peace is not simply the absence of conflict—

👉 It is the presence of wholeness in every area

It touches:

the mind
the body
the spirit
our circumstances

This is why it is not just a blessing—

👉 it is a covenant

🎼 FACET: HARMONY

🔍 Key Insight

Harmony reveals that peace is not just internal—it is relational and functional.

It is when things that were once out of place begin to:

👉 work together

📖 Romans 8:28
“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God…”

✨ Explanation

Harmony means:

alignment between parts
agreement in function
unity in purpose

Even things that once seemed disconnected or broken—

👉 are brought together and made to work for good

🛠️ FACET: BEING MADE WHOLE / EFFECTIVELY EQUIPPED

📖 2 Timothy 3:16–17
“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God… that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

🔍 Key Insight

Peace includes being:

👉 complete and effectively equipped

✨ Explanation

To be effectively equipped means:

nothing lacking
nothing missing
nothing broken

Anything that was:

broken → is mended
wounded → is healed
lacking → is supplied

📖 Psalm 34:18
“The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart…”

✨ Deeper Insight

God does not ignore brokenness—

👉 He draws near to it

And in that nearness:

healing takes place
restoration begins
wholeness is produced

🌾 FACET: FULL SUPPLY (NOTHING LACKING)

📖 2 Corinthians 9:8–15

🔍 Key Insight

Peace includes being:

👉 fully supplied

👉 Please consider reading these verses in their entirety in your own copy of Scripture, as they contain a depth that should not be overlooked.

✨ Explanation

Being fully supplied means:

having what is needed
being sustained
lacking nothing necessary

This is not excess for the sake of abundance—

👉 it is provision that ensures stability and completeness

✨ Closing Insight (for this portion)

Peace is not a single experience—

👉 It is a complete state of being

It restores:

what was broken
what was missing
what was out of order

And brings it into:

harmony
wholeness
fullness

🔓 FREEDOM & TRANSFORMATION (Leviticus 26:6)

📖 Leviticus 26:6
“…I will rid the land of evil beasts…”

🔍 Key Insight

Peace is not only established by what God gives—

👉 but also by what He removes

✨ Explanation

God promises to remove “evil beasts” from the land.

This represents:

harmful influences
destructive forces
anything that disrupts peace

🧠 Deeper Understanding (Internal & External)

While “evil beasts” can represent external threats, we must not only look outward—

👉 but also look within

There is a natural tendency to:

place blame
focus on what is outside of us
overlook what may be operating within us

However, true freedom requires:

👉 accountability

Because in addition to external influences, there are also:

internal struggles
destructive patterns
ingrained thoughts and behaviors
attitudes that oppose peace

These must also be addressed.

🔍 Key Insight (Process Applied)

The same process revealed earlier—sowing, threshing, and maturity—applies here.

👉 There is a threshing work within us

Where:

what does not belong is separated
what is harmful is removed

✨ Supporting Truth

📖 Matthew 9:17
“…new wine is not put into old wineskins… but they put new wine into new wineskins…”

✨ Explanation

Old wineskins cannot contain new wine.

In the same way:

👉 The new life we are being brought into cannot be sustained by the old self

This means we must allow God to remove:

old ways of thinking
old attitudes
old patterns
old identities

So that we can walk fully in:

👉 newness of life

📚 Supporting Scriptures

📖 2 Corinthians 5:17
“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation…”

📖 Romans 6:6
“…our old man was crucified with Him…”

👉 Please consider reading these verses in their entirety in your own copy of Scripture, as they contain a depth that should not be overlooked.

✨ Explanation

Freedom comes through:

removal of the old
transformation into the new

God does not simply cover what is wrong—

👉 He removes it and replaces it

🔓 RESULT: FREEDOM

Freedom is:

release from bondage
release from fear
release from what once hindered

What once ruled:
👉 no longer has authority

What once bound:
👉 no longer has control

✨ Closing Insight

Freedom is not only:

being delivered from what is outside of us

It is also:

being transformed from what is within us

Because lasting peace requires both:

👉 removal of external threats
👉 transformation of the internal condition

🔗 Connection

Peace creates the environment—

👉 but freedom ensures that nothing remains that would disrupt it

🛡️ BLESSED ASSURANCE – FULL COVERAGE (Leviticus 26:6)

📖 Leviticus 26:6
“…you shall lie down, and none will make you afraid… nor shall the sword go through your land.”

🔍 Key Insight

This blessing reveals:

👉 Divine security
👉 Complete covering
👉 Freedom from fear

✨ Explanation

To “lie down” and not be afraid speaks to:

rest
safety
confidence

This is not partial protection—

👉 it is full coverage

🛡️ The Source of Our Covering

📖 Psalm 91:1–2
“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty… I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him I will trust.’”

🔍 Key Insight

The reason the sword does not go through the land is not by chance—

👉 it is because God Himself covers His people

✨ Explanation

This covering is described as:

a secret place
a place of abiding
a place of refuge and protection

It is not temporary—

👉 it is a dwelling place

🛡️ Supporting Scripture

📖 Genesis 15:1
“Do not be afraid… I am your shield…”

🔍 Key Insight

God does not just provide protection—

👉 He is our protection

✨ Explanation

To say that God is our shield means:

He stands between us and harm
He absorbs what would come against us
He defends what belongs to Him

🩸 Passover Connection (Divine Protection in Operation)

📖 Exodus 12:13
“When I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you…”

🔍 Key Insight

The promise that “the sword will not go through your land” reflects a pattern also seen in the Passover—

👉 where God’s people were protected while judgment was taking place

✨ Explanation

During Passover:

The destroying angel was on assignment
Judgment was moving through the land
Yet God’s people were covered and preserved

Not because nothing was happening—

👉 but because they were marked and protected

🔐 Deeper Insight

God’s protection does not always remove us from what is happening—

👉 it covers us while it is happening

🎟️ ACCESS & ASSURANCE — THE TOKEN

🔍 Key Insight

The covering of God is not random—it is received and secured

Throughout Scripture, this covering appears as:

a place (the ark)
a mark (Passover)
a seal (the Holy Spirit)

👉 Each represents access to protection

✨ Explanation

If we lived in Noah’s day:

👉 This coverage would mean we had a place in the ark

If we lived in Moses’ day:

👉 This coverage would mean we were passed over

This is personal—because as a firstborn, the Passover protection would have directly applied

🧠 Personal Illustration

There was a time when bus tokens were required to ride the CTA bus or L train.

👉 Without the token—you could not ride
👉 With the token—you had access

The token was not optional—

👉 it was necessary

🔍 Spiritual Connection

📖 Ephesians 1:13–14
“…having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance…”

🔍 Key Insight

The Holy Spirit is:

👉 the seal
👉 the guarantee
👉 the token of assurance

✨ Explanation

Just as a token gives access to transportation—

👉 the Holy Spirit confirms our access to:

God’s promises
His protection
His covering

🔑 How the Token is Received

1️⃣ Hearing

📖 “…you heard the word of truth…” (Ephesians 1:13)

👉 We must hear the truth

2️⃣ Believing

📖 “…having believed…” (Ephesians 1:13)
📖 John 14:6
“I am the way, the truth, and the life…”

👉 We must trust in the truth we hear

3️⃣ Sealing

📖 “…you were sealed with the Holy Spirit…” (Ephesians 1:13)

👉 When we believe:

👉 We receive the seal (the token)

🔐 Closing Insight

The token is not something we create—

👉 it is something we receive

And once received:

👉 it confirms that we are:

covered
protected
positioned within God’s promises

🔗 Final Connection

The ark → covering
The Passover → protection
The token → assurance

👉 All point to the same truth:

God provides access to those who receive what He has given

✨ Closing Insight

The sword does not pass through the land—

👉 because it must first pass through God

And nothing that stands against Him can prevail

🔗 Transition

Now that:

peace is established
disruption is removed
and covering is secured

👉 we are positioned to walk in:

⚔️ Strength & Courage

⚔️ COURAGEOUS — STRENGTH (Leviticus 26:7)

📖 Leviticus 26:7
“You will chase your enemies, and they shall fall by the sword before you.”

🔍 Key Insight

This blessing reveals:

👉 Strength
👉 Courage
👉 Fearlessness in the face of opposition

✨ Explanation

This is the result of everything that has come before:

alignment
maturity
fruitfulness
satisfaction
peace
freedom
covering

Now:

👉 we do not run from our enemies

👉 we chase them

📖 Supporting Scripture

📖 Daniel 11:32
“…the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.”

🔍 Key Insight

Strength comes from:

👉 knowing God

Not knowing about Him—

👉 but knowing Him

✨ Explanation

Those who know their God:

are not passive
are not easily shaken
are not moved by fear

Instead:

👉 they act
👉 they stand
👉 they move forward

🔥 COURAGE IN ACTION

This courage is not theoretical—

👉 it is lived out

It looks like:

standing firm in truth
refusing to compromise
remaining faithful even under pressure

🩸 Faithfulness in the Face of Opposition

There are those who have stood:

even unto death
even in persecution
even when it cost them everything

👉 This is the courage of those who belong to King Jesus

🗣️ COURAGE TO SPEAK

📖 Ezekiel 3:8–9
“…I have made your face strong against their faces… like flint…”

🔍 Key Insight

We are not only called to stand—

👉 we are called to speak truth

✨ Explanation

This requires:

boldness
conviction
unwavering commitment

We are told:

👉 not to be afraid of men
👉 not to be intimidated by their faces

✝️ THE COURAGE TO CARRY THE CROSS

🔍 Key Insight

This courage is the courage required:

👉 to carry our cross

✨ Explanation

It is the willingness to:

follow fully
endure difficulty
remain faithful regardless of cost

🐑 CONFIDENCE IN THE MIDST OF DANGER

📖 Psalm 23:4
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil…”

🔍 Key Insight

Courage does not remove danger—

👉 it removes fear within it

✨ Explanation

Even in the presence of danger:

we do not fear
we do not retreat
we do not lose confidence

Because:

👉 God is with us

🔓 RESULT: COURAGEOUS STRENGTH

This produces:

boldness
bravery
endurance
unwavering faith

✨ Closing Insight

We do not run from opposition—

👉 we stand
👉 we pursue
👉 we overcome

Because our strength is not our own—

👉 it comes from the God we know

🔗 Connection

Covering gives us assurance

👉 but strength gives us the ability to move forward without fear

🔢 EXPONENTIAL INCREASE — GOD’S POWER AT WORK (Leviticus 26:8)

📖 Leviticus 26:8
“Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; your enemies shall fall by the sword before you.”

🔍 Key Insight

This verse reveals:

👉 Exponential increase
👉 Supernatural effectiveness
👉 Victory that exceeds natural ability

✨ Explanation

This is not natural mathematics—

👉 this is God’s power at work

If:

5 chase 100 → then 1 chases 20
100 chase 10,000 → then 1 chases 100

Yet Scripture expands this further:

📖 Supporting Scriptures

📖 Deuteronomy 32:30
“One shall chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight…”

📖 Joshua 23:10
“One man of you shall chase a thousand, for the Lord your God is He who fights for you…”

👉 Please consider reading these verses in their entirety in your own copy of Scripture, as they contain a depth that should not be overlooked.

🔍 Key Insight

There is a progression revealed:

👉 1 → 20 → 100 → 1000 → 5000

This increase cannot be explained naturally—

👉 it is the result of God fighting for His people

🧠 THE SOURCE OF THIS POWER

This level of victory is not achieved through human strength—

👉 it comes from God’s strength

✨ Explanation

This only happens when we:

follow God’s purpose
walk in His plan
do things His way

🐍 TRUSTING GOD WITH THE DIFFICULT PART

📖 Exodus 4:4
God told Moses to take hold of the serpent by the tail

🔍 Key Insight

Grabbing a serpent by the head gives control—

👉 but grabbing it by the tail requires trust in God

✨ Explanation

This teaches us:

👉 Victory is not about control

👉 It is about obedience and trust

Especially when:

the situation is dangerous
the outcome is uncertain

🤝 CHRIST WORKING WITH US

📖 Mark 16:15–20

🔍 Key Insight

We are not operating alone—

👉 Christ is working with us

👉 Please consider reading these verses in their entirety in your own copy of Scripture, as they contain a depth that should not be overlooked.

✨ Explanation

This confirms what is also seen in:

📖 Joshua 23:10

👉 It is the Lord who fights

❤️ REDEFINING “CHASING OUR ENEMIES”

🔍 Key Insight

This is not about physical warfare as we see in the world.

✨ Explanation

📖 Matthew 5:44
“Love your enemies, bless those who curse you…”

Our pursuit is not:

emotional
retaliatory
driven by pride

Instead:

👉 we pursue with:

love
truth
reconciliation

🔍 Deeper Insight

We do not chase enemies to:

defeat them in pride
humiliate them

👉 We pursue them with:

the truth of God’s Word
the message of reconciliation

✨ Closing Insight

This level of increase is not just about power—

👉 it is about alignment with God

Because when we:

trust Him
obey Him
follow His way

👉 what is impossible naturally becomes possible spiritually

🔗 Final Connection

Strength gives us courage
But this reveals capacity beyond ourselves

✨ FINAL THOUGHT

This study reveals:

👉 The Process → The Blessing

Alignment
Maturity
Fruitfulness (through process and refinement)
Satisfaction, Rest & Refreshment
Peace (Covenant of Peace)
Freedom & Transformation
Covering (Blessed Assurance)
Strength & Courage
Exponential Increase (God’s power at work)

🔍 Key Insight

Each step builds upon the next—

👉 preparing us
👉 positioning us
👉 and establishing us

to walk fully in what God has promised

✨ CLOSING

What begins as process…

👉 becomes a life marked by:

stability
peace
strength
and supernatural increase

💭 I’m feeling empowered… what about you?

What has this revealed to you?

👉 Remember:
God’s timing is not our timing

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