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Tehillah 94 - Day 4 (Yom Revi’y)
O YHWH, Ěl of vengeance; O Ěl of vengeance, shine forth!
Raise Yourself up, O Judge of the earth; Render punishment to the proud.
YHWH, how long are the wrong, How long are the wrong going to exult?
They pour forth words, They speak arrogantly; All the workers of wickedness boast in themselves.
They crush Your people, O YHWH, And they afflict Your inheritance.
They kill the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless.
Yet they say, “Yah does not see, And the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ pays no heed.”
Take heed, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when would you become wise?
He who planted the ear, does He not hear? He who formed the eye, does He not see?
He who disciplines the nations, Does He not reprove – The One teaching man knowledge?
YHWH knows the thoughts of man, That they are but a breath.
Blessed is the man You discipline, O Yah, And instruct out of Your Torah, To give him rest from the days of evil, Until the pit is dug for the wrong.
For YHWH does not leave His people, Nor does He forsake His inheritance.
For judgment returns man to righteousness, And all the upright in heart follow it.
Who would rise up for me against evil-doers? Who would stand up for me against workers of wickedness?
If YHWH had not been my help, My being would soon have settled in silence.
When I said, “My foot has slipped,” Your mercy, O YHWH, supported me.
When anxiety was great within me, Your comforts delighted my being.
Would a throne of destruction, Which devises trouble by law, Be joined with You?
They band together against the life of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wrong.
But YHWH is my defense, And my Elohim the rock of my refuge, And brings back on them their own wickedness, And cuts them off in their own wrongdoing; YHWH our Elohim does cut them off.
Come, let us sing to YHWH! Let us raise a shout to the Rock of our deliverance.
Let us come before His face with thanksgiving; Let us raise a shout to Him in song.
For YHWH is a great Ěl, And a great King above all mighty ones.

Faith is not the belief that God will do what you want. It is the belief that God will do what is right. -Max Lucado

My first Sabbath Sentinel came today. Enjoying it so far.

In the wilderness, God didn't send manna on the seventh day of the week for anybody. There was one and only one #sabbath day and no one got to pick their own.

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Then YHWH said to Moses, "Behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not."
Exodus 16:4

God already knew who they were and his promise was to Abraham, not them, so it couldn't have been a test of their worthiness. Like so many of God's tests, this one was for Israel's benefit. They needed to see their own character and whether or not they would be able to keep a simple instruction.

The double-portion on the sixth day wasn't meant to imply that God would always provide material blessings to help us obey, but a further demonstration that we would not keep the Sabbath no matter how easy God made it.

Israel had been in the wilderness for a month before God sent the manna. It truly was a test of their faith. Sometimes God makes us wait so that we will learn to trust Him. #exodus 16:1-4 #beshalach

God also didn't take Israel by the quickest or easiest route. Instead, he took them where they needed to go. This is an example for husbands, fathers, and all leaders. Sometimes the journey exists to prepare us for the destination. #leadership

https://soilfromstone.blogspot.....com/2017/02/exodus-

I believe snow was God’s solution to getting exercise during the long winter months. Nothing like an hour of shoveling snow to get one’s heart going.

The Biblical prophets came from all societal strata. Jeremiah and Huldah were wealthy and influential. Zephaniah and Amos were relative nobodies.

Hilkiah the priest, et al, went to Huldah the prophetess in Jerusalem...
2 Kings 22:14

The office of Prophet carries the authority of a message from God, but no formal place in the Kingdom's hierarchy. The existence of female prophets has no bearing on God's preference for men in positions of formal authority.

Why did they go to Huldah instead of Jeremiah or Zephaniah? Jeremiah was also a priest and possibly Hilkiah's son. I would think he would be a better choice. Maybe Hilkiah didn't respect his own son enough? Maybe Huldah was older and had a better reputation at the time. Maybe Jeremiah was a troublemaker, while Huldah's husband was a respected member of the royal court. We can only speculate.