Shabbat Shalom family and boy am I ready for it. Last Shabbat a guy was visiting from Israel and prayed over me. On the spir of the moment, he said, having never known me, that I was called by Yahweh to be a prophet. I was shocked because I have known it but never told anyone. Then as I went through the week, I kept having blessings and encouragement from God's word. Tuesday I was listening to some preaching and was encouraged to pursue a closer relationship with God. Wednesday I got several shelves and organized my house. Thursday I again listened to some of Charles Finney's life and was convincted of my life desires and what I was placing first in my life. My priorities were in the wrong place. After I spent several hours in prayer, I felt the closeness that I used to have. In short, I had a revival in my life.
Then this evening, my brother totaled his only vehicle and I found some more problems on my vehicle. He is broke and I am nearly in the same boat.
As I used to say though, so long as I have Yahweh in my life, I don't need any other wealth.
I am looking forward to Shabbat.
Shabbat Shalom.
This week we are studying Chayei Sarah, the life of Sarah, which is the name of this week's Torah portion.
The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, "Hear us, my lord, you are a mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead." So Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth.
(Gen 23:5-7)
In these verses, the people call Abraham adonai elohim nasi - "my lord, chief of the rulers". In the LXX, it's rendered "kurios basileus Theos" lord king from God. These are words generally reserved just for YHVH, but as we can see, not always. Abraham replies by bowing to them, which is shachah in Hebrew and proskuneo in Greek, the words that mean worship. And we can see those words are not reserved for YHVH, either. Shabbat shalom!
Crystal Hawkins
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