God fights on the side of those who cannot fight for themselves. He has very harsh words for those who would mistreat widows and fatherless children. #exodus 22:22-24 #mishpatim #biblepatterns
A #chiasm in Exodus 22:25-30 hints that being stingy against the poor or against God is the same as cursing God and your people's leaders:
- A - V25-27 – Don't be greedy where it concerns the poor
--- B - V28 – Don't revile God or curse a ruler of your people
- A - V29-30 – Don't be greedy where it concerns God
The most destitute of people still bear the image of God. To mistreat them is to mistreat God. A ruler who allows the abuse of the poor brings a curse on himself and his people.
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Truth or falsehood?
Don't mistreat the poor, landless, widows, orphans, etc. (Exodus 22:21-24)
That's not a license to mistreat the wealthy, landed, married, and happy. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, and David were all very wealthy men. A person's bank account balance isn't necessarily a reflection of his character.
There's nothing especially honorable about being poor unless you personally have a weakness in regard to greed. Poverty is not next to godliness. (See Exodus 23:3.)
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’
Mark 7:10 ESV
Yeshua uses “Moses” as shorthand for the Torah. These aren’t the words of Moses at all (see v13), but Yeshua still uses the common vernacular in describing the words of God as the words of Moses.
There is no justification for dismissing the Law of Moses based on New Testament texts that describe it as the law or word “of Moses”, because Yeshua himself says that the written word of Moses is the word of God.
My soapbox only contains actual soap in the box.
Here's a list of New Testament passages I recommend for #biblestudy alongside #torah portion #mishpatim ("Judgments" #exodus 21-24), plus links to related commentary and videos:
https://www.americantorah.com/....2021/02/08/parsha-mi
An event that may seem to fulfill a Biblical prophecy shouldn’t be considered unless all of the criteria for that event has happened. Isaiah 65:17, “For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.” Although there are some who try to twist this into meaning nothing more than we are living in a different age or dispensation, we should easily recognize that this is still the same earth that Adam, Abraham and Moses walked on and it is not new. While some prophecies seem to be clouded in an obscure construct, others are extremely detailed.
Question 380: Is Being Tempted A Sin?
Answer:
The sin does not consist in the temptation itself, but in inviting it or yielding to it. Yeshua Himself was tempted "in all things as we are; yet without sin." Doubtless Satan, in the passage to which you refer, knew that Yeshua had been fasting and so tried to tempt Him to turn stones into bread. Again, believing that the desire for worldly power might influence Him, he tried to tempt Him by offering Him the dominion of the whole earth but again failed. It is not strictly correct to say that one cannot be tempted unless he has wrong desires. The tempter is always ready with his lures; but if we rebuke our own desires and repel the temptation, asking divine strength to do this, the danger will pass. After conversion comes regeneration and we are enabled to overcome sin. We may still be conscious of a struggle within, but we get strength to stand firm against it. The truly converted man is no longer the slave or bondman of sin, but is kept day by day from its power ever again having dominion over him.
Question 379: Is Suicide Wrong?
Answer:
Life is a precious gift from YHVH and should be so valued. Pain and suffering are to be regarded as discipline. There is no Scriptural authority to justify the view that we have a right to shorten or terminate our existence. Suicide is a crime under human law and in the early Church it was condemned by repudiation and the denial of Christian burial. See Paul's advice to the Philippian jailer. (Acts 16:28; also Job 14:14.)
Question 378: When And Why Was The Shabbat Changed From The Seventh Day (Saturday) To The First Day Of The Week (Sunday)?
Answer:
There is no command recorded and probably none was given to change, but the change was made in celebration of Moshiach's rising from the dead. At the first great council of the Church, when the question was discussed whether the Gentile converts should be required to obey the Jewish Law, it was decided that only four observances should be required of them. (See Acts 15.) The observance of the Jewish Shabbat was not one of the four and the Gentile believers do not appear to have ever kept it. The Rabbis had made it ridiculous by a host of absurd regulations about what a man might or might not do on that day. Moshiach was frequently accused of breaking the Shabbat. The Jewish observance was most vexatious and onerous and the Apostles very wisely did not attempt to bring the Gentiles under the bondage. The writings of the early Fathers show that very early in the Christian era, if not in Apostolic times, the first day of the week was uniformly the day of religious meeting and abstinence from secular labour, thus celebrating the new Creation as the Jewish Shabbat celebrated the old. Several incidental allusions in the Acts show that even in Apostolic times, the custom was prevalent. But we do not observe Sunday as the Shabbat. It is seldom a day of rest to the earnest believer, but of holy activity in his Master's service.
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