Then Moses turned to YHWH and said, “O Lord, why have you done evil to this people? Why did you ever send me? For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people, and you have not delivered your people at all.”
#exodus 5:22-23
God's perspective is greater than ours, and he moves in his own time. When Moses obeyed God, things got much worse for the Hebrews before they got better. Faithful obedience to God and his Torah requires great #faith.
Therefore thus says YHWH, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: “Jacob shall no more be ashamed, no more shall his face grow pale. For when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in his midst, they will sanctify my name; they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob and will stand in awe of the God of Israel. And those who go astray in spirit will come to understanding, and those who murmur will accept instruction.”
Isaiah 29:22-24
God judges, then rescues his people so they learn to sanctify his name and fear him, and so that they gain understanding. Discipline makes the stubborn teachable.
The LORD in my heart calls us to sing: Baruch Hashem Yeshua! Blessed is the Name Yeshua! He calls us all to shout: Baruch Haba Bishem יהוה. Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the LORD! בָּר֣וּךְ הַ֭בָּא בְּשֵׁ֣ם יהוה | בָּר֣וּךְ הָשֵׁם יֵשׁוּעַ |
The ancients discovered the Bible was written to be interpreted. They discovered layers of understanding and came up with an acronym PRDS, which is often pronounced PaRDeS, a play on the word for paradise.
In this understanding, scripture is interpreted in four levels:
Peshat means plain or literal
Remez means hints or allegories
Derash means comparative or analagous
Sod means "mystery, like yet to be revealed"
The way this is applied is the plain or literal meaning of a passage is always true (if it can be true). This is where one starts to form doctrines, on the plain, literal, and simple meaning of the text. Then as you navigate through the levels, the plain is always true.
For example, adultery is always literal even though it's applied to Israel and Judah as an analogy. God never really married Israel and never really divorced her. The church is prepared like a bride for Christ, but we're not literally going to marry our adopted brother.
Understanding the Tanakh aka the Old Testament was written like this, expected to be read and applied like this, and this is how the Apostles wrote the New Testament can really open up your bible studies! Shalom! More like this at the link.
https://firstcenturychristiani....ty.net/how-to-read-t
And the foremen of the people of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, “Why have you not done all your task of making bricks today and yesterday, as in the past?”
Exodus 5:14
The foremen of the Hebrew slaves were in a terrible position. They were hated by the Hebrews and despised by Pharaoh.
https://vimeo.com/899020365?share=copy
Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.
Proverbs 17:7 ESV
When a known fool pontificates, wiser people shake their heads and ignore him or else wonder what he's scheming. When a well-respected person says something foolish or dishonest, good people are sickened. It's a betrayal of their trust.
Thank you for reading and following this series as I have been putting it out. I hope for those that have a different mindset than I do currently, that I have been able to present a case and provided something for you to go and research and pray on.
I do want to leave with a final thought. Acts 15 is often used in a defense of Christians not following the Law of Moses. However, in my experience when someone uses this chapter, they typically leave out verse 21.
Acts 15:21 - For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
The instructions given in Acts 15 do include the learning of the Law of Moses. It was expected to be learned every Sabbath. There are no stipulations that they are learning this just for historical purposes or anything like that.
This text is right after the 4 commands are given that they are to immediately follow. This shows this is part of those instructions.
When keeping the Bible in context, and even this chapter in context, we see that Acts 15 is showing that no one is expected to keep every one of God's Commands perfectly from day 1. This is a journey with God, not a race.
Start out with the major things in your life that need to be corrected. For the new believers in Acts 15 it was things they were eating, ways they were worshipping, and sexual immorality.
Then everything else will be learned as you grow.
I hope those series has blessed you and yours.
EDITORIAL NOTE: For those that have been following since the start of this series a little over a year ago, you know that the intention was for this to be put together in a book. I have covered everything that I had outlined and planned. I am going to start putting everything together and editing it to prepare it. While doing this, if I find something I want to add to talk about or a new comic to be made, I'll publish it here first.
I do know that As The Torah Scrolls: Deuteronomy is getting close to wrapping up. My plan for ATTS was to release that in 5 book increments. As there isn't much editing to be done with that, once that series is wrapped up, I will put that together first, which may delay the release of T4C.
Thank you again for following and sharing this series. I have enjoyed putting it together. For Mondays, I do have a few ideas for some comics coming up. So don't worry, I'll still have something for this slot.
https://thestraightandnarrow.cfw.me/comics/726
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On this date in history, 01/01/1788: Federalist No 31 on the power of taxation (part 2) is published in the New York Packet. #otd #tdih #federalistpapers https://www.historycarper.com/....1788/01/01/federalis
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