Strangers in the Land: Ger 33

Deuteronomy 28:15, 43-44

“But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

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“The ger who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

What Does It Say?

Deuteronomy 28 is a list of blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience. It's a long chapter, so I'm not going to reproduce any more of it here, but I highly suggest reading it on your own. It's a great window into what things God considers to be blessings and what things He considers to be cursings. Of course, there are the expected curses of plague, death, famine and locusts:

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And while all but the most hardened sinners can still be threatened by death and discomfort, here are a few things that God considers a curse in this chapter that I have seen or heard people unironically praising:

"Your carcasses shall be food for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and no one shall frighten them away."

This one works for the Environmentalists and Voluntary Human Extinction Movement.

"You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall lie with her"

Oh, hi cucks!

"Your sheep shall be given to your enemies"

The government gives money to plenty of groups I would consider enemies, including several countries that actively hate us.

"Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people"

How many people do you know who can find good work near their relations? How many peoples' work actually benefits their extended families?

"The Lord will bring you and the king whom you set over you to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods—wood and stone."

Okay, you got me. No one supports the first one, but I know plenty of Americans who serve gods of wood and stone (and gold and plastic).

And of course, we also have today's main verses:

“The ger who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail."

It's interesting that the West (or most of its public figures) don't have the balls (intelligence?) to call this a curse any more. We view it as a good thing to have foreigners rise over us. We view it as a good thing to give our country over to people who 1). do not share our heritage and 2). don't even share our values. We think it's a great thing that a small group of foreigners have been able to take over our banking system, media, universities, and on and on, because it shows how tolerant we are.

I wonder how much longer it will be before we celebrate the plagues of locusts and weeping pustules? Oh, right.

Next: Deuteronomy 29