What does this mean within Judaism?

The curse comes on the sinner for various purposes. The first is that the Eternal thus shows his righteousness by condemning sinful behavior. If he had not punished the sinner, he would not be righteous and would show that he is tolerating sin which would go against himself.

Another reason why the Eternal drops the curse on the sinner is that he has to keep his word. As the punishment has promised if man disobeys him, he has to be faithful to his promises. If he had not punished man for his sin, he would not be faithful to his word and this would go against himself.

We also see in this text a very beautiful purpose of curses, to create repentance in the sinner. We learn from this passage that the curse can produce one of the most pleasant things for the Eternal that exist, a deep desire of man to return to an intimate relationship with his heavenly Father. As he turned away from him all the curses came and thus man realizes that there is no life outside the Eternal and therefore it is better to turn to him and live for him by loving him and fulfilling his commandments.

The Hebrew word for repentance is teshuva —facto — whose root means returning, but it also means doing something again. Turning to the Eternal in repentance means therefore that one also returns to something one had before.

Then one who was born in a pagan culture far away from the Eternal and then repents of his sin and returns to the Eternal will he find the Eternal for the first time or has already been in contact with him?

The meaning of the word teshuva teaches us that all children who are formed in the womb of their mother have experienced an intimate relationship with their Creator, no matter whether their parents were great sinners and enemies of the Eternal. At the time of conception the Eternal blows from his Spirit and creates a new life that is in spiritual contact with him. When that child grows up and sins for the first time, he loses that spiritual contact with his heavenly Father and so he will have to be born again to have that spiritual intimacy with him again, he will have to do teshuva — return to his beloved heavenly Father, who is waiting for him all the time.

So there's nothing wrong that can't be used to produce good.

Blessed be the Eternal who created the curses to bring sinners back to life!

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