But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, “Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.”
Acts 5:19-20

God gives us liberty for a purpose. We are forgiven so that we can lead others to repentance and eternal life also.

Of course, in order to repent, a sinner must know what he is to repent from, which means "sin", in order to be meaningful, must be defined in a way that doesn't require special knowledge only available to true believers. John's statement that "Sin is violation of the Law" therefore requires that the Law also be objective and understandable by a non-believer.

Q76: Who convinced king Ahab to go to war against Syria ?

#quiz

PS: Discussions are very welcome, but please do not give the answer away in your discussions.







1 Kings 22:1-40

Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover. It was about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”
John 19:14

This is the only place in Scripture that unambiguously defines the concept of "Preparation Day" and that Yeshua was crucified on Nisan 14.

SERIES F --- WILDERNESS WANDERINGS --- LESSON 04

ISRAEL SINS

ZIMRI AND COZBI

From Numbers 25

While the people of Israel were camped at Acacia, some their men became involved with the women of Moab. These women invited the men to the sacrifices of their gods. Not only did the men attend the feasts, but they even bowed down to the idols that were honoured at those feasts. This practice spread rapidly among the Israelites until a great many of them were worshiping Baal of Peor, the god of Moab. Adonai became very angry and gave this order to Moses: take all the tribal leaders and hang them in broad daylight for everyone to see, He Commanded. Then My fierce anger will turn from the people. Moses relayed Adonai’s Command to the judges of Israel, ordering them to execute all who had worshiped Baal of Peor. While Moses and many other Israelites were weeping at the doorway to the tabernacle, one Israelite man boldly brought a Midianite woman to his tent, passing by where all could see him. When Phinehas, Eleazar’s son and Aaron’s grandson saw this, he arose and went after the man with a spear in his hand. He followed him into his tent and pierced him and the woman with the spear. Then the plague which YHVH had sent ceased, but not before twenty-four thousand people had died. Then Adonai told Moses, Phinehas has turned My wrath away from the people, for he was concerned about My anger. Therefore, I have stopped My destruction. Because Phinehas did something about this evil and atoned for the people of Israel, I make My Covenant of peace with him. It shall remain with him and his descendants and be a Covenant making him and his descendants, priests forever. The name of the slain man was Zimri the son of Salu, one of the leaders of the tribe of Simeon. The name of the woman was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, a Midianite leader. Then Adonai Commanded Moses: smite the Midianites, for they have led you astray, causing your people to worship Baal of Peor. And they lead you astray with people like Cozbi, who was killed when the plague came because of Baal of Peor.

COMMENTARY

LIFE THEY LEFT BEHIND: THE YHVHS OF ANCIENT EGYPT

The number of gods the ancient Egyptians worshiped is hard to believe. One of their religious books, called The Book of the Dead, mentions four hundred and eighty. As years passed, new gods appeared and were added to the number or were combined with already existing gods. The Egyptians did not hesitate to take gods from other religions either and mould them to fit their own. Ancient Egyptians thought their gods had the same needs and desires as human beings. Some of them were represented as people, as was the sun god Amon-Ra. They were like humans in some ways, but they had much more power. Ptah, usually shown as a person, was thought to have created the world and all its parts by speaking the name of each thing! Very often the gods were pictured as animals or combinations of animals. One goddess had the body of a lion and a horse, the head of a hawk; and a tail that ended in a flower. Certain gods were believed to live inside animals. The ibis; a long-legged wading bird with a downward-curved bill; was thought sacred because Thoth, the god of wisdom, had the head of an ibis. Another god, called Sobek, had the head of a crocodile and was worshiped in places built near water. A city named Crocodilopolis {CROK-a-dil-AH-po-lis} not only had {crocodile} in its name, but also kept crocodiles in special pools and adorned them with jewellery. The Egyptians worshiped nature spirits, too. The spirit present in mists, darkness and storms was called Apep and was pictured as an evil serpent. Anpu, a dog-headed ape, was the spirit in the dawn, time and mathematics. Other deities were involved with life after death in the next world. A few examples are Khym, the ram-headed god and Kheper, a beetle that stood for the resurrection of the body.

From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, “If you release this man, you are not Caesar's friend. Everyone who makes himself a king opposes Caesar.”
John 19:12

Pilate was on a sort of probation with Caesar because he had repeatedly antagonized the Jews into rebellion. In saying, "You are not Caesar's friend", they were threatening his relationship with Caesar and therefore his position as governor.

And they went and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
Luke 22:13

This verse ought to remove all questions about what kind of meal #yeshua and the disciples had the night before he was arrested: They killed, roasted, and ate a #passover lamb. If Yeshua did this on the wrong day, then he wasn't Messiah. This tells me that "bein erevim" ("at twilight" or "between the evenings") in Exodus 12:6 does NOT mean that the Passover must be killed in mid-afternoon of Nisan 14.

https://www.americantorah.com/....2022/04/26/killing-t

On this date in history, 01/23/1973: The Paris Peace Accords ends the United States' direct involvement in the Vietnam War. #otd #tdih #vietnamwar

THIS WEEK
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Torah : Exodus 10:1-13:16
Prophets : Jeremiah 46:13-28
Gospel : John 19:31-37
Portion Outline
Torah
Exodus 10:1 The Eighth Plague: Locusts
Exodus 10:21 The Ninth Plague: Darkness
Exodus 11:1 Warning of the Final Plague
Exodus 12:1 The First Passover Instituted
Exodus 12:29 The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn
Exodus 12:33 The Exodus: From Rameses to Succoth
Exodus 12:43 Directions for the Passover
Exodus 13:3 The Festival of Unleavened Bread
Exodus 13:11 The Consecration of the Firstborn
Prophets
Jer 46:13 Babylonia Will Strike Egypt
Jer 46:27 God Will Save Israel