Jeff Benner has an interesting take on what it means to take YHWH's name in vain.

https://excavatingthebible.com..../excavations/bct-1.h

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Every decision in life involves an exchange of burdens. Sin imposes a heavy yoke even while it convinces us we are free. When we submit to #yeshua, we repent from sin, breaking the shackles of our well-deserved condemnation, and voluntarily submit to his yoke, but what exactly does that mean? Yeshua's yoke is obedience to his Law, to #torah, not out of fear of condemnation for failure (that is the yoke that we throw off!), but out of gratitude for his forgiveness and out of love and a desire to honor him with our very lives.

https://rumble.com/v10fm0o-cho....ose-your-yoke-matthe

All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
Matthew 11:27

It is impossible to truly know the Father if you reject the Son, because he is the truest representative and revealer of the Father. If you refuse to believe the words of #yeshua, you trade truth for lies and condemn yourself to a crippled (or non-existent) relationship with the Father. Fortunately, the Son's invitation to learn from him is open to all who are truly willing to set aside their egos and dogmas.

In Matthew 2:15, Matthew quotes #hosea 11:1, "out of Egypt I called my son." The original text was a prophecy about the people of Israel, but he attributes it to Jesus, aka Yeshua. Once you understand the nature of Biblical prophecy, you can see why Matthew's application of Hosea was legitimate and perfectly aligned with how prophecy works throughout the Old Testament.
#prophecy #yeshua #jesus #biblestudy

https://rumble.com/vj6mlj-is-h....osea-111-about-jesus

Lowkey - Terrorist?

The magi would never have known where to look for the Messiah if not for the priests and scribes whom Herod consulted. The Magi were able to identify the correct region by looking at the stars, but they didn't know the precise location of the king's birth, nor did they necessarily know anything about the identity or nature of the king they were looking for, other than that he was the King of the Jews and of great significance.

Observation of nature brought them to Judea, but the Scriptures (through the priests and scribes) pointed them to Bethlehem, and divine intervention told them that this king was a threat to the prevailing political powers of the time.
Matthew 2:8

https://vimeo.com/899806235?share=copy

When reading the Bible in any language other than original the most important question is this, “Is the translation accurate?” Isaiah 9:6, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” Christians consider this messianic verse but the problem is the original reads as if this had already happened a child was born and his name given by Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace and it refers to king Hezekiah. Our Creator often offers us shadow pictures to tell us what to look for in the future with events that are currently happening.