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Thought for Todat: Tuesday March 14:
Think for a moment as you wake up this morning – how much of your time is used for things that really are not important or may even be morally or spiritually harmful? Take television or the internet for example. We all need to relax – not that I suggest all entertainment is harmful or bad, not at all. But how much spare time is simply wasted? How much of that wasted time did you give to YHVH Elohiym in a day? Remember, the evil one, hasatan, does not need for us to fall into gross sin in order to defeat us; a large dose of laziness will do the trick just as well. Put Moshiach first in your life, and then commit every hour of the day to Him in all you do.
SERIES J --- THE WARRIOR KING --- LESSON 10
THE WITCH OF ENDOR
THE WOMAN OF ENDOR
From 1 Samuel 28:3-25
The mediums, wizards, witches, fortune-tellers and other such persons had been banned from Israel about the time when Samuel died. That was a time of great sorrow in Israel; the people deeply mourned for Samuel as he was buried at Ramah, his hometown. There came a time however, when Saul felt he needed the very people he had banned. It was when the Philistines came to war against Saul and kept David from joining them. The Philistine army set up camp at Shunem. Saul and his army set up their camp at Gilboa. But when Saul saw the camp of the Philistines and the size of the army that had come against him, he was terrified. Saul asked Adonai what he should do, but Adonai refused to answer him, either by dreams, prophets or Urim. At last Saul told some of his men to find a woman who could call back spirits from the dead so that he could consult with her. ‘There is such a woman at Endor,’ Saul was told. Saul put on a disguise so the woman would not recognize him, changed his clothes and went by night to see her. ‘I want you to call back a man from the dead,’ he said to her. ‘You know that King Saul executes people for doing such things,’ the woman protested. ‘Why should I do this for you and get myself killed?’ But Saul swore solemnly to her by Adonai, ‘as surely as Adonai lives, you will not be punished for this.’ ‘Which person do you want returned from the dead?’ the woman asked. ‘Samuel,’ Saul answered. But when Samuel appeared, the woman screamed. ‘Why have you deceived me?’ she demanded. ‘You are Saul!’ ‘Please do not be afraid,’ Saul told the woman. ‘What do you see?’ ‘A god-like form rising from the earth,’ she answered. ‘What does he look like?’ Saul asked. ‘Like an old man wrapped in a robe,’ said the woman. Saul knew now that this was indeed Samuel and he bowed down with his face to the ground. ‘Why have you disturbed me this way?’ Samuel demanded. ‘I’m in trouble,’ said Saul. ‘The Philistine army is here, ready for war. YHVH will not answer me by prophets or dreams. I must know what to do, so I called for you.’ ‘Why ask me if Adonai has turned against you?’ returned Samuel. ‘Adonai has already taken your kingdom from you and has given it to David, just as He said He would do. This has happened because you would not obey Adonai’s Commands when He wanted to destroy the Amalekites. Tomorrow you and your sons will be killed and will be here with me in death and the army of Israel will be conquered by the Philistines.’ Saul fell to the floor, for he was terrified by the things Samuel told him. He was very weak, for he had not eaten all that day and night. The woman saw how terrified Saul was and how weak he had become. ‘I risked my life to obey your orders,’ she said. ‘Now you must listen to me. Let me get you something to eat so that you may be strong enough to travel home.’ Saul at first refused to eat, but his companions joined the woman in urging him until he got up from the floor and sat on a couch. The woman quickly butchered a calf she had been fattening. She also kneaded dough which she made with flour and baked some unleavened cakes. Then she served this food to Saul and his companions. When they had eaten, they left that same night to walk back to their camp.
COMMENTARY
WITCHES AND VENTRILOQUISM
The Old Testament contains strict commands that witches and sorcerers should be destroyed. YHVH alone would give His people spiritual guidance. But when the aging Saul faced a great Philistine army, he went to a medium for help. The medium herself was shocked when, in answer to Saul’s call, the spirit of Samuel appeared. Samuel’s message was harsh. Because Saul had not remained true to YHVH, he and his warrior sons would fall in battle the next day. Magic and divination; predicting the future; were widely practiced in the ancient Near East. The Sumerians looked for signs in the stars and planets while the Babylonians read meaning in the flight of a bird or in the birth of twins. The Egyptians saw visions in a bowl of water and warded off demons with magical charms. All of these ancient peoples shared a deep belief in the existence of ghosts and devils who affected the course of their daily lives. Both kings and commoners turned to magicians for protection from these supernatural powers and for the prediction of future events, ventriloquism was a useful skill practiced by many of these ancient diviners. They knew how to [throw their voices] so that the sound seemed to be coming from the spirits who were trapped beneath the earth. When the [spirit voices] had delivered their message, the diviner offered to interpret it. Egyptian priests in the temple of Horus, the falcon god, used a similar technique. Worshipers who brought offerings before the image of the god were allowed to ask it a question. A hidden priest gave the idol’s answer, using ventriloquism to make his voice come from the mouth of the image. But the Law of Moses forbade the Israelites to engage in these forms of divination. Anyone caught practicing witchcraft was immediately condemned to death by stoning. But not even the death penalty succeeded in wiping out every trace of witchcraft. Magic and divination remained alive, practiced by many Israelites in secret. Even after Saul had rid the country of witches, his servants knew where to find a woman at Endor with the power to call up the spirits of the dead.
"I say unto you, that of every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof at the day of judgement."
Mt 1
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Proverbs 8 ³² Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
³³ Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
³⁴ Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
³⁵ For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
³⁶ But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
He set up the pillars at the vestibule of the temple. He set up the pillar on the south and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the north and called its name Boaz.
1 Kings 7:21
Hiram named the pillars Jachin and Boaz, seemingly representing opposite concepts: permanence and agility. If the pillars represent God's judgment and the pomegranates represent reconciliation, the names of the pillars could indicate a similar contrasts.
SERIES J --- THE WARRIOR KING --- LESSON 09
ZIKLAG DESTROYED
DAVID DEFEATS THE AMALEKITES
From 1 Samuel 30
The march home to Ziklag took three days. When David and his men arrived home, they found that the Amalekites had invaded the area and burned Ziklag. Every woman and child had been captured alive and taken with them. As David and his followers surveyed the damage and realized what had happened to their wives and children, they wept until they could no longer find strength to weep. Among those who had been taken prisoner were David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel. Matters grew very tense as some of David’s men placed the blame on him and talked of stoning him. That was because they were so disturbed that their families had been captured. But David placed himself in YHVH’s care and was strengthened by Him. ‘Bring me the ephod,’ David said to Abiathar the priest. When Abiathar brought the ephod, David asked Adonai what he should do. ‘Shall I go after the Amalekites?’ he asked. ‘Go after them and I will help you conquer them and free your families,’ Adonai answered. David and his six hundred men rushed after the Amalekites. They paused to rest briefly at the Brook Besor, but two hundred of the men were so exhausted that they could not go on. David left them there to guard some of the equipment while he proceeded after the Amalekites with the other four hundred. Along the way some of the men found a young Egyptian lying in a field and brought him to David. He had had nothing to eat for three days and nights and was weak from hunger. They gave him a fig cake and two clusters of raisins to eat and some water to drink and soon his strength returned. ‘Who are your people?’ David asked him. ‘Where are you from?’ ‘I am an Egyptian and the slave of an Amalekite,’ the young man answered. ‘Three days ago, I became sick, so my master left me here. We had raided the Cherethites, the coastal area of Judah and the land of Caleb and had burned Ziklag and were returning home.’ ‘Can you take me to the Amalekite camp?’ David asked. ‘Yes,’ the young man replied. ‘But swear by YHVH’s Name that you will not kill me or return me to my master. Then I will take you there.’ When the young man led David and his troops to the Amalekite camp, the Amalekites were lying here and there over a large field, eating and drinking, celebrating the enormous amount of plunder they had taken from the Philistines and the Judeans. David attacked them and from twilight that day until evening the next day the slaughter continued. Every one of the Amalekites was killed, except four hundred young men who escaped on camels. David and his men recovered all the booty which the Amalekites had taken. He also rescued all the prisoners, including his two wives. Everything the Amalekites had taken was recovered, including all the families of the Israelites. David’s men gathered the flocks and herds they had retaken from the Amalekites and drove them ahead of the band of men heading home to Ziklag. ‘These are David’s personal reward,’ they said. When the caravan reached the Brook Besor, the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to travel came out to meet them. David immediately asked them how they were. But some of the men in David’s army argued, ‘Since these men did not go to battle with us, they may not share the booty with us. Let them take their own wives and children and go.’ ‘This is not the way to distribute what Adonai has given us,’ David replied. ‘It was Adonai who took care of us and helped us conquer the Amalekites. We will not hear this kind of talk. Those who stay with the baggage will share equally with those who go out to battle.’ David made this a rule and it remained a rule for Israel from that time onward. When David returned to Ziklag, he shared part of the booty with the elders of some Israelite towns which had helped him and his men. Along with the booty he sent a note saying, ‘this is a gift for you, which we have captured from Adonai’s enemies.’ He sent these gifts to the elders of the following cities, where he and his men had lived at some time when they had been running away from Saul: Bethel, South Ramoth, Jattir, Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa, Rachal, the cities of the Jerahmeelites, the cities of the Kenites, Hormah, Chorashan, Athach and Hebron.
COMMENTARY
CAMELS
In many areas of the Middle East the camel is still the most reliable form of transportation. While wheeled vehicles spin their tires in the sand, the camel moves steadily toward its destination. Its thick, awkward body appears to be weakly supported by long, spindly legs. But despite its clumsy appearance, the camel is a sturdy pack animal, well-adapted to its desert environment. The single-humped dromedary [common to the Middle East] is capable of carrying a six-hundred-pound load up to thirty miles a day. Its Asian cousin, the double-humped Bactrian, can bear up to a thousand pounds. Weighed down under a heavy load, the camel’s progress is slow. Its average pace is little more than three miles an hour. Even a swift racing camel rarely tops the maximum speed of ten miles an hour. But speed is less important than stamina in desert travel. Although the camel is slow, it excels in tests of endurance. The fatty hump on its back serves as a storehouse of extra energy. When there is no pasture on which to graze, the camel draws upon this supply of fat. At the end of a long desert journey its reserve may be so used up that its hump becomes soft and flabby. A camel can go for long periods of time without water as well. Its body is specially adapted to conserve moisture in the dry desert heat. Unlike man, the camel loses little water by sweating. Although it is a warm-blooded animal, it has the ability to change body temperature with the increasing heat of the day. The thick, fleecy hair on its back also serves as a protective covering to shield it from the sun. At the end of a week of travel, a thirsty camel may drink as much as twenty-eight gallons of water. The camel’s mating season coincides with the winter rains. The young are born a year later when the pasture is once again green and plentiful. Although the newborn learns to control its gangly legs within twenty-four hours, it does not reach its full growth for sixteen or seventeen years. This long adolescence is followed by a short maturity. The camel’s average lifespan is little more than twenty-five years.
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