Question

Hello Rabbi Michi,
I’d be glad if you could share your view on this question; if you’ve already addressed it, I’d appreciate it if you could point me to the place.
Does the system of rules and laws that God gave us in the Torah actually work? Because somehow, it seems to me that something went a bit wrong there. In the Torah we have an organized system of rewards and punishments: if you simply keep the laws and commandments, it says there that you will have every good thing in the world, length of days, and so on; and if not, then alas, all the evil in the world will come upon you. And I’m not even talking about the Sages, who scatter promises and threats right and left, but it seems that this doesn’t really correspond to reality. And it’s not only the issue of "why do the righteous suffer"; it seems that there is really no connection whatsoever, not even a loose one, between observing the commandments and keeping the Torah and punishments or reward. Are the promises written there basically lip service from the outset? If so, why were they written?