#goodmorning and #happywednesday! February 22 #biblestudy links to readings and study resources:
https://alittleperspective.com..../february-22-bible-r
Today’s Hebrew Testament chronological reading is in Exodus 13 and 14.
The Psalms/ Proverbs reading is in Psalm 53.
The Greek Testament reading is in Mark 10.
Links to essential studies.
(Bible for Beginners and all other previous studies are at the above link.)
Exodus 13 and 14, The fear of God and man
https://alittleperspective.com/exodus-13-14/
Psalm 53, Wisdom
https://alittleperspective.com/psalm-53-wisdom/
Mark 10, Hardness of heart
https://alittleperspective.com..../mark-10-chiastic-st
February 2023 Bible Reading Schedule
https://alittleperspective.com..../february-2023-bible
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Thought for Today: Wednesday February 22:
May YHVH Elohim bless you today with a grateful heart, it is the source of humility. May YHVH Elohiym bless you today with a joyful spirit, it is the well of strength. May YHVH Elohiym bless you today with a peaceful soul, it is the reflection of trust.
SERIES H --- THE JUDGES --- LESSON 19
MICAH AND THE DANITES
THE THEFT OF THE YHVHS
From Judges 18:14-31
When the band of Danites reached Micah’s home, their five spies spoke to them. ‘Do you realize that this household has an ephod, a carved idol, a moulded idol and teraphim?’ they said. ‘What do you think we should do about these things?’ The five spies went up to Micah’s house where the young Levite was living and asked him how he was. While the six hundred Danites, armed with their weapons of war, stood guard at the gate, the five spies went into the shrine and took the idols, the ephod and the teraphim. When they carried these things out, the Levite, who had been standing with the six hundred men at the gate, shouted to them. ‘What are you doing?’ he demanded. ‘Keep your voice down!’ the spies ordered. ‘You’re coming with us. We want you to be our priest. Don’t you think it’s better for you to be priest for a whole tribe instead of one man?’ The young priest was pleased by their suggestion. Taking the ephod, the teraphim and the idols he left Micah’s home in the procession of the Danites, the children and cattle going first. They had gone some distance before Micah discovered his loss, called his neighbours to arms and went after the Danites. When the Danites heard Micah and his neighbours shouting at them, they turned around to face him. ‘What’s the matter with you?’ they demanded. ‘Why are you coming after us with such a crowd of men?’ ‘How can you ask such a question?’ Micah shouted back. ‘You have stolen my gods and my priest and run away with them. What do I have left? Then you ask what the matter with me is!’ ‘You’d better watch what you say!’ the Danites replied. ‘Some of our men may become angry and kill you and your friends!’ Then they turned away from Micah and went on their way. There was nothing that Micah could do; there were too many Danites to fight. He and his neighbours went back home. Meanwhile, the Danites went on to Laish and killed all those quiet, unsuspecting people, burning the city with fire. There was no one to help the people of Laish, for they were too far from their friends and relatives in Sidon and they did not have arrangements with their neighbouring cities. The city which the Danites took and then rebuilt was in the Valley of Beth-Rehob. When they rebuilt the city, they named it ‘Dan’ for their ancestor and continued to live there. They found a place for the idols they had stolen and named Jonathan, a descendant of Gershom, Moses’ son, to be their priest. Jonathan’s family were priests at Dan until the time of the captivity. Micah’s idols remained there as long as the tabernacle was at Shiloh.
COMMENTARY
MAKING MOLTEN IMAGES
The smiths in Canaan were kept busy with the endless demand for molten images of the many Canaanite deities. People carried the idols with them if they were small enough, believing the gods lived inside the statues or even that the metal figurines actually were the gods. Astarte, goddess of childbirth and fertility and Baal, the strongest deity of all, were the most popular. The Canaanites often used an animal, such as a snake or a calf, to represent a particular deity. Baal for example was presented as a bull. Metalworkers fashioned incense stands adorned with such creatures and made small animal figurines to place before temple altars. Larger animal statues were presented with offerings and worshiped as though they were the gods themselves. Although Israelite Law expressly forbade idol worship, many Israelites set up idols and shrines in their homes. House idols were called {teraphim} and there were usually several of them. Owning teraphim was considered evidence of leadership in a family and the head of a house who owned them; preferably in gold or silver; had proved himself worthy of his family’s respect. Teraphim were believed to protect the household and offer guidance. Many people thought the idols could predict the future and even mediums and wizards who claimed magical powers depended on them for direction. The wealthy acquired idols cast from gold or silver. Because these precious metals were so costly, statues made of them were usually hollow. Sometimes bronze was used and then plated with gold or silver. Favourite idols were often arrayed in chains and jewellery. For the less wealthy, images were cast in solid iron or moulded from clay. The poor used images made from woods like cedar or oak. The biblical expression {graven images} was given to the idols that were carved or engraved rather than cast from liquid; molten; metal. The judges and prophets pleaded with the Israelites for generations, warning them not to worship lifeless figures that could not move, speak or help anyone. They reminded the Israelites of YHVH’s Commandments against the worship of false images. Because molten images were made by men, the prophets angrily called them gods of wind and emptiness.
"As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the poor people."
Pr 28
The new moon was spotted in Israel! It is now the start of the 12th Biblical month. Happy Rosh Chodesh!
Some *possible* symbolism in the materials of the Tabernacle:
Gold and white linen = purity/righteousness
Silver = blood/atonement/redemption
Bronze = judgment/repentance
Wood = Living flesh, aka man
The Cherubim on the Ark of the Covenant are two witnesses and probably represent the Cherubim in God's throne room.
Rav Tachuma said the acacia trees for the wood were planted in Egypt by Jacob and harvested by Moses at the Exodus. Probably not literally true, but consider that Israel is also a Tabernacle planted by Jacob and harvested by Moses at the Exodus.
See more possible symbolism here...
https://soilfromstone.blogspot.....com/2017/03/materia
Why i keep torah: Deuteronomy 6
Good News Translation
20 “In times to come your children will ask you, ‘Why did the Lord our God command us to obey all these laws?’ 21 Then tell them, ‘We were slaves of the king of Egypt, and the Lord rescued us by his great power. 22 With our own eyes we saw him work miracles and do terrifying things to the Egyptians and to their king and to all his officials. 23 He freed us from Egypt to bring us here and give us this land, as he had promised our ancestors he would. 24 Then the Lord our God commanded us to obey all these laws and to honor him. If we do, he will always watch over our nation and keep it prosperous. 25 If we faithfully obey everything that God has commanded us, he will be pleased with us.’[b]
https://tube.ttn.place/watch/ezibPx4qaQ25oiW
Q79: In the parable of the Prodigal Son, who was the person who squandered his inheritance on wild living?
#quiz
PS: Discussions are very welcome, but please do not give the answer away in your discussions.
Luke 15:11-32
Speak to the people of Israel, that they take for me a contribution. From every man whose heart moves him you shall receive the contribution for me.
#exodus 25:2
Anything given to God is holy. Don't change your mind or take it back. Remember Achan in Joshua 7. Remember Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5. Our contributions to God's Kingdom are God's, not ours. We might benefit from the things that God has enabled us to bring, but that's not why we give. #trumah
https://www.americantorah.com/....2010/02/20/terumah-5
THE LAW OF LOVE, an excerpt
Gen 19:1-38, The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
So far we have seen the pattern in the Bible, that when punishment, curse, destruction, or judgment comes from the throne of the Lord, He is painting by it a picture of salvation by grace through faith. The history is prophesying and revealing to us what the gospel of the kingdom is. This holds true even in the history of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Unrepented sin leads to death, for judgment is coming on the cities because of their unrepented sin. However, in the midst of that judgment, just as in the midst of the judgment of Noah’s Flood, the righteous are given the warning to escape the wrath that is coming, and to flee to preserve their lives. The history of the judgment poured out is a prophetic picture painted of the gospel of the kingdom:
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. Rom 6:23 KJV
The gospel is proclaimed in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah: we earn death for ourselves because of sin, but if we will heed His warning, God will gift us with life.
https://nothingnewpress.com/store/the-law-of-love/
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