The king of Assyria carried the Israelites away to Assyria...because they did not obey the voice of YHWH their God but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moses the servant of YHWH commanded. They neither listened nor obeyed.
2 Kings 18:11-12
Sennacherib thought that he and his gods conquered the northern kingdom of Israel, but YHWH did. Nobody can defeat Israel unless they first undermine their relationship with YHWH, and then God will hand Israel over to her enemies.
From This Week's Torah Portion:
“When YHWH your Elohim does cut off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land, guard yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire about their mighty ones, saying, ‘How did these nations serve their mighty ones? And let me do so too. Do not do so to YHWH your Elohim, for every abomination which YHWH hates they have done to their mighty ones, for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their mighty ones. All the words I am commanding you, guard to do it – do not add to it nor take away from it.”
From This Week’s Torah Portion:
“When there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, within any of the gates in your land which YHWH your Elohim is giving you, do not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother, for you shall certainly open your hand to him and certainly lend him enough for his need, whatever he needs.”
"Freely you have received, freely give."
From This Week’s Torah Portion:
“When YHWH your Elohim enlarges your border as He has promised you, and you say, ‘Let me eat meat,’ because you long to eat meat, you eat as much meat as your soul desires. When the place where YHWH your Elohim chooses to put His Name is too far from you, then you shall slaughter from your herd and from your flock which YHWH has given you, as I have commanded you, and you shall eat within your gates as much as your soul desires.”
But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim)...
Romans 10:8 ESV
As with the previous verses, the original context of “the word” is Torah, but Yeshua is the living Torah. His life shows us how to live out God’s instructions. Faithfully living out Torah might be the hardest thing you will ever do, but also among the simplest. It is difficult because our flesh wars against it, but it's not complicated.
The word is literally to be in our mouths as we read Torah continually in our homes, courts, and fellowships, and as we meditate on it and put it into practice, the Spirit works to transform us into the likeness of Yeshua.
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Did Jephthah sacrifice his daughter or just dedicate her to service at the Temple? No one knows. That's not the point of the story.
Don't make frivolous vows. If you vow something to God, it's His, whether you thought it through beforehand or not. Treat your words like a gun. Aim carefully. Know what's beyond your target. Don't point it at anyone unless you're willing to kill.
Judges 11:30-40
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