- Prosperity
Leviticus 26:5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
The Promise of Blessings as a consequence of keeping the commandments of God continue in this verse. If you keep the commandments, then you will have abundant peace and prosperity and overflowing crops and blessings.
You thresh so much wheat that you will thresh until it is time to harvest the grapes, and you will harvest so many grapes that it will take you until it is time to sow again in the Spring. You will have so much bread that you will be continually full and satisfied. In all of this prosperity you will dwell safely and peacefully with no threat from enemies. In Amos 9 God promises a similar abundant prosperity: “The days are coming when the plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed, the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it.”
This image of abundance and plentiful fertility is fulfilled in the coming of Messiah, who gives the sign of changing water into plentiful and tasty wine. The same provision was shown in the feeding of the 5000 and the 4000 and in the miraculous catch of fish. The kingdom of God within flows with milk and honey, brings water out of the rock, drips sweet wine, and drops manna from heaven
These signs of physical and earthly prosperity point to the abundance, fertility and prosperity of the spiritual life of believers in the days of Messiah. God promises spiritual wealth and riches, extravagantly more than we need for simple forgiveness and salvation. Sadly, most Christians do not even know how wealthy they really are in the spirit. They are too busy complaining about their material poverty and worrying about what they will eat, drink and wear. We gain a different perspective when we set our eyes on the things above and look at what is not seen. The physical blessings are only signs of the spiritual blessings, which we enjoy because Jesus keeps the commandments for us. Therefore the Lord showers abundant spiritual blessing.