We may never get satisfactory answers about why bad things happen to good people, and why good things happen to bad people. That doesn't mean we should walk away from God and blame Him for every injustice. What it does mean is that we should keep on asking God the hard questions, just as Barry Phillips and David Jones do in this conversation recorded in the spring of 2019. It just might be that the answers God gives call for a change of perspective to make sense out of perplexing situations and figure out what to do next.
https://reunionroadmap.buzzspr....out.com/2292194/epis
We may never get satisfactory answers about why bad things happen to good people, and why good things happen to bad people. That doesn't mean we should walk away from God and blame Him for every injustice. What it does mean is that we should keep on asking God the hard questions, just as Barry Phillips and David Jones do in this conversation recorded in the spring of 2019. It just might be that the answers God gives call for a change of perspective to make sense out of perplexing situations and figure out what to do next.
https://reunionroadmap.buzzspr....out.com/2292194/epis
If you go into your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, as many as you wish, but you shall not put any in your bag.
#deuteronomy 23:24 #kitetzei
There is a consistent difference made between harvesting and eating off the vine in #torah. For example, in shemitah years, you are allowed to pick and eat what you need for the day, but not to harvest in bulk for storage or for commercial purposes. Remember that as you read the stories of Yeshua and his disciples in the Gospels.
You shall not charge interest on loans to your brother, interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest.
#deuteronomy 23:19 #torah
The dollar, the Federal Reserve, the banking industry...the entire American economy is based on sin. It doesn't matter how efficient or effective a system is, if it's based on sin, it's wrong. I'm not talking about free enterprise, but about unjust weights and measures, usury, property taxes, etc.
You shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you. He shall dwell with you, in your midst, in the place that he shall choose within one of your towns, wherever it suits him. You shall not wrong him.
#deuteronomy 23:15-16 #kitetzei
The United States was a great nation, but it was never perfect. For example, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 violated both the Law of God and American ideals. There is a way to do #slavery that does not violate God's Law, but it's rare. Most slavery around the world (and it still goes on today on all continents!) is totally contrary to #torah.