Temporal Blessings

Temporal blessings name the present-life favors Yahweh confers on his people — fruitfulness of family, ground, and flock; prosperity in basket and kneading-trough; safety in coming in and going out; rain in season; victory over enemies; and reversal of curse into blessing. The Sinai legislation and the wisdom literature alike tie this concrete, here-and-now bestowal to faithful obedience, reading earthly increase as the visible accompaniment of covenant fidelity.

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