Psalm 37:28, “For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake those who trust HIm. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.” The promise of protection and a warning of destruction is a consistent theme in this Psalm. David is able to describe the scale by which we will be judged by our Creator.
Putting toxins in your body because someone held a gun to your head, is still you choosing to accept. And this your consequences to take.
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This month's question: It is pretty clear that YHWH wants us to do the moedim where He places His Name. Several verses in Deuteronomy tell us this. There is also the account in 1 Kings 8 that shows Jerusalem is that place.
But is it still the place? Definitively, I cannot say one way or another, but I do have an opinion.
We see Paul not going up to Jerusalem for 3 years. And even in another account, he is trying to get to Jerusalem, but it doesn't sound like anything more than that was where he wanted to be.
We see in the accounts of Daniel, Ezra, and Nehemiah that there is no mention of them going to Jerusalem for any of the moedim. In fact in the latter two accounts, they find the Torah scrolls and relearn about the moedim and start implementing them.
We know in Isaiah 46:10, YHWH says He makes known the end from the beginning. I see Scripture as cyclical. Things happen in a certain way as laid out. This is part of why I don't believe we have any further Scripture happening. We have everything laid out already.
I see us in the time of the Judges. Everyone is doing right in their own eyes. Sure, we are all trying our best to follow what we feel YHWH wants for us, this includes those still in Judaism and Christianity, but we are all doing what WE see as right. Once we get to the time of David again, our King, will establish His Kingdom and Torah will go out from Jerusalem and we will all be on the same page.
At that point, definitely, we will be going to Jerusalem.
So for now, we do our best with what we can.
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Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching...
Romans 12:6-7
I firmly believe that everyone is happier when they know who they are intended to be and embrace it. Discover who God has made you to be and then be that, not who you wish he had made you to be.
Besides, envying someone else's place in the Kingdom is a violation of the tenth commandment: “You shall not covet... anything that is your neighbor's.”
For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
Romans 12:4-5
Feet are useless without knees, fingers without wrists, and vice versa. What good is a knee without everything lower? They don't make good feet. Shepherds are useless without flocks and flocks are useless without shepherds. Everyone has a role in God's kingdom and no one can fill every role.