Curses Prevail Because the Law Has Been Lost
"Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send Mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations... I will judge thee according to thy ways.., and Mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways. They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for My wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen (powers of darkness), and they shall possess their houses (bodies). I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled (by the powers of darkness);.., they shall seek a vision from the prophet; but THE LAW SHALL PERISH from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts (judgments) will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the Lord" (Ezek. 7:3, 4, 8, 9, 14, 24, 26, 27).
Ezekiel was talking about today. The law has been lost to us today, as it was lost in the days of Nehemiah. We would have understanding about the fear of the Lord if the law had not been lost.
"Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous... The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth" (Ps. 34:11-16).
Everyone who loves the flesh nature walks in rebellion to God's commandment to walk in love. God has set up His laws in this world to punish and destroy those who love the flesh nature of Satan more than they love the nature of God. Since God has set up punishment for this rebellion, there has to be a law. If there has to be a law, there has to be a court. If there has to be a court, there has to be a judge. The judge of God's court of law Is God. Since there is a judge and a court of law, then there must be officers and a prison.
The powers of darkness are the officers and their bondage is the prison. The powers of darkness build strongholds and fortresses to destroy everyone in the world who walks in rebellion to God's law. Only those who are fulfilling the law are protected by God.
After Jesus said, "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets" (Matt. 5:17), He began describing the judgments and curses of the law. "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: ... Agree with thine adversary (someone you have wronged) quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge (God), and the judge deliver thee to the officer (the powers of darkness), and thou be cast into prison (demonic bondage).., thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing" (by repenting and making everything right with your neighbor). (Matt. 5:21,22,25,26). The law of God has commanded us to love our neighbor as ourself. Jesus described this love to us, then commanded that we, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect" (Matt. 5:48).
God says that He does all the judging. His laws take care of all vengeance. We are then commanded to do one thing, walk in love. We do not speak one word against others. When we speak against others, we are taking the place of God and becoming the judge. When we do this, the law judges us. "If any man offend not in word the same is a perfect man, and able to bridle the whole body... Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men... Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be... This wisdom... is earthly (as the world speaks), sensual (from the flesh nature), and devilish" (James 3:2, 9, 10, 15).
James said, "...Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double-minded... Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy" (James 4:8, 11, 12). At this point, you should begin to see that we have been overlooking some essential truths in the Scriptures.
The law came through Moses 430 years after God gave the promise to Abraham and made covenant with him. Why was the law needed? It Was added because of the transgressions of the people (Gal. 3:19). God spoke to His people in Deuteronomy 28 and told them He would bless them if they obeyed His law, but He would put curses on them and their households if they did not obey the law. This law pronounced a curse of judgment and destruction upon all those who would not walk in love and obedience to God.
Jesus did not come to abolish this judgment. The law and its judgment still stand today against all the works of the flesh which break God's commandments. All of God's commandments tell us that we must walk in love or receive judgment.