...and the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the Name, and cursed. Then they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.
Leviticus 24:11
Blasphemy means cursing or insulting, but there are a few words translated "blasphemy" in the Old Testament, so the meaning can be cloudy. Speaking or misappropriating God's name isn't necessarily blasphemy, but cursing it always is. The man in Leviticus 24:11 both misused the name of YHVH and cursed it. He covered all the bases.
It was a crime against the entire community because the sanctity of God's name is vital for community health, so the whole congregation participated in the blasphemer's stoning. They laid hands on his head like he was a sacrificial animal. They were about to take a man's life and so they passed the bloodguilt of their actions and the atoning effect of the blood about to be shed onto the head of the convicted man.
Would you tell your kids to go on an archaeological dig in an area that Messiah cursed? https://thekingdomnetwork.us/2....025/05/09/chorazin-c
Now those eating were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
Matthew 14:21 TLV
Women and children were often not numbered in Biblical accounts, not because they weren't important, but because they were actually numbering families and not individuals. Since polyandry was not an option, each adult male effectively represented a single family (or household), whether married or not.
Single women were always a member of a family and were never the head of a family unless she had young childre and were both widowed and without surviving family. Young widows didn't remain single for very long, and older widows without brothers or grown children of their own were unusual.
All government, civil and religious, centered on and extended from the family. Hence, all men were the heads of a unit of government.
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The Egyptian's mother's name in Leviticus 24:11 was Peaceful, the daughter of My Word, of the tribe of the Judge. With a name like that, her children must have all grown up to be well-adjusted, God-fearing citizens.
Eh, not so fast. 🫤 The best mother can never make up for a missing father. Fatherlessness is a primary precursor of crime and poverty. #patriarchy #marriage
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Day 24 of counting the omer. The number 24 is associated with the priesthood. Since it is composed of a multiple of 12, it takes on some of 12's meaning which is God's power and authority, as well as symbolizing a perfect foundation, except in a higher form. 24 is also connected with the worship of God especially at Jerusalem's temple.
WORD FOR TODAY “do you really mean what you say?”: Jos 24:16 The people answered and said, "Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods;
WISDOM FOR TODAY: Pro 24:3 By wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established;
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Psalm 10:1 — 2, “Lord, why are you so far away? Why do you hide when there is trouble? Proudly the wicked chase down those who suffer.The wicked set traps to catch them.” Many people today feel just like David felt, that our Creator seems to have removed Himself from His creation. We wonder why He allows evil to rule, we ask where are you? That feeling connects us to the Hebrew slaves in Egypt who cried out to the God of Abraham, Where are you? He heard their cries and He hears ours also.
HOPE
PART 2
SO WHERE DOES HOPE COME FROM?
Psalm 39:7: “Adonai, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in You.” Psalm 71:5: “O Adonai, You alone are my hope. I’ve trusted you, O Adonai, from childhood.” -- Adonai Himself is the source of hope because he determines our future.
WHY SHOULD I TRUST YHVH AS MY HOPE?
Hebrews 6:18-19: “YHVH has given us both His Promise and His Oath. These two things are unchangeable because it is impossible for YHVH to lie. Therefore, we who have fled to Him for refuge can take new courage, for we can hold on to His Promise with confidence. This confidence is like a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain of heaven into YHVH’s inner sanctuary.” Hebrews 10:23: “Without wavering, let us hold tightly to the hope we say we have, for YHVH can be trusted to keep His Promise.” 1 Peter 1:21: “Through Moshiach you have come to trust in YHVH. And because YHVH raised Moshiach from the dead and gave Him great glory, your faith and hope can be placed confidently in YHVH.” -- YHVH cannot lie because He is truth. YHVH, therefore, cannot break His Promises. His word stands forever. YHVH must be trusted for our hope because He alone conquered death by raising Moshiach from the dead.
WHERE CAN I GO DAILY TO REINFORCE MY HOPE?
Romans 15:4: “Such things were written in the Scriptures long ago to teach us. They give us hope and encouragement as we wait patiently for YHVH’s Promises.” Psalm 119:43, 74, 81, 114, 147: “Do not snatch Your Word of Truth from me, for my only hope is in Your Laws… May all who fear You find in me a cause for joy, for I have put my hope in Your Word… I faint with longing for Your Salvation; but I have put my hope in Your word… You are my Refuge and my Shield; Your Word is my only source of hope… I rise early, before the sun is up; I cry out for help and put my hope in Your Words.” -- Each day I can visit YHVH’s Word and have my hope renewed and reinforced. His Word never fails or wavers.
HOW DOES HOPE HELP ME LIVE BETTER TODAY?
Philippians 3:13-14: “No, dear friends, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which YHVH, through Moshiach Yeshua, is calling us up to heaven.” -- Hope focuses on our future, especially our eternal future.
1 John 3:3: “All who believe this will keep themselves pure, just as Moshiach is pure.” -- Hope helps keep my life more pure before YHVH.
WHAT CAN I DO WHEN THINGS SEEM HOPELESS?
1 Samuel 1:1-28: “Hannah was in deep anguish, crying bitterly as she prayed to Adonai.” -- In the midst of Hannah’s hopelessness, she prayed to YHVH, knowing that if any hope was to be found, it would be found in Him.
Acts 16:16-34: “He took no chances but put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks. Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to YHVH.” -- Paul and Silas were on death row for preaching about Yeshua, yet in this hopeless situation they sang praises to YHVH. Why? Because they had an eternal perspective.
Proverbs 10:28: “The hopes of the godly result in happiness, but the expectations of the wicked are all in vain.” -- No matter how hopeless things seem here on earth, in Moshiach we have ultimate, eternal hope. People who don’t know Moshiach have nothing but their own hopelessness to cling to.
Psalm 27:14: “Wait patiently for Adonai. Be brave and courageous.” -- Hope is trusting YHVH to act in His good timing.
Haggai 1:9: “You hoped for rich harvests, but they were poor. And when you brought your harvest home, I blew it away. Why? Because My House lies in ruins, says Adonai Almighty, while you are all busy building your own fine houses.” -- When we honour YHVH, our hopes can be richly fulfilled.
Psalm 18:4-6: “The ropes of death surrounded me; the floods of destruction swept over me. The grave wrapped its ropes around me; death itself stared me in the face. But in my distress, I cried out to Adonai; yes, I prayed to my YHVH for help. He heard me from His Sanctuary; my cry reached His ears.” -- Hope is trusting YHVH to act in His good timing. Hope also means carrying with us an eternal perspective that realizes sin and evil may sometimes thwart our plans here on earth but never YHVH’s plans in Heaven.
WHAT PLANS DOES YHVH HAVE FOR ME? HOW IS HOPE INVOLVED IN YHVH’S PLAN FOR ME?
Jeremiah 29:11: “‘I know the plans I have for you,’ says Adonai. ‘They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.’” Philippians 3:13-14: “Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which YHVH, through Moshiach Yeshua, is calling us up to heaven.” -- YHVH never plans evil or hopelessness for His people. And His ultimate plan is to give us eternal life with Him in Heaven, where pain, sorrow, and suffering are gone forever. Hope involves an understanding of the future.
Romans 12:12: “Be glad for all YHVH is planning for you. Be patient in trouble, and always be prayerful.” -- Our greatest hope is that we will live in heaven forever with Adonai. In the meantime, He created each of us with a plan for our lives, and we must hope that we are listening to Him and following Him closely so that we might fulfil His plan for our lives.
OUR HOPE IS BUILT ON A TRUST RELATIONSHIP WITH YHVH.
Psalm 71:5: “O Adonai, You alone are my hope.” -- Who but YHVH controls the future? Who but YHVH has a home for us that is eternal? Who but YHVH forgives our sins? Who but YHVH can give us a life that lasts forever? No wonder He is our hope!
Romans 8:24: “Now that we are saved, we eagerly look forward to this freedom. For if you already have something, you don’t need to hope for it.” -- Salvation comes through trust in Moshiach, believing He will do for us that He has promised. Hope is expecting that He will give us everlasting life and that we will live with Him forever. We can’t see these things, but we can hope with assurance, for our hope is built on a trust in the most trustworthy one of all.
Hebrews 11:1: “What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see.” -- We have faith in YHVH to do what He has promised, and we can be absolutely sure that he will. So, our hopes are not idle hopes, but built on the solid foundation of His trustworthiness.
HOPE
PART 1
To hope is to expect the fulfilment of a desire or wish. As humans, we need hope to help us deal with pain in the present and fear for the future. Worldwide poverty, hunger, disease, destruction, and everyday suffering create a longing for something better. Scripture tells us that those who do not have YHVH do not have hope (Ephesians 2:12). The modern world has often looked for hope in human effort, believing that with time, things would naturally get better and better. The current wars challenged that optimism, and many have given up hope for a better future. Others continue to trust that humans will find solutions to the problems that they have created. But human history raises the question of whether this trust is well placed. In discussions about hope, many thinkers and writers have attacked believer’s faith as a bad basis for hope. Early in the church’s history, theologians, ministers and priests often focused on the contrast between YHVH’s Kingdom and this world. Some believers began to believe that it was pointless to try to create a better world here and now, since YHVH’s Kingdom was coming soon. This belief was widely criticized in the nineteenth century because it allowed some believers to be cold and indifferent to human suffering. Prussian philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) claimed that faith in Yeshua made people cowards because it taught that whatever happened was YHVH’s will, thus discouraging efforts to change the world. Karl Marx (1818-83) said that religion was the “opiate of the people,” a drug that numbed the poor and exploited them and kept them from fighting those who oppressed them. Theologian Jürgen Moltmann is one of the writers who has attacked this kind of faith in his “theology of hope.” After the violence of World War II, many who had trusted in human progress felt that life was hopeless. Moltmann believes that the future gives us a reason for changing the present. When we think of YHVH’s Kingdom, Moltmann says, we should be inspired to work here and now to make that Kingdom a reality, rather than abandoning the world because we know that a better place awaits us after death. The resurrection can bring hope to us in our suffering by inspiring us to fight that suffering. But Moltmann’s trust in human effort to change the future could lead some to think of the resurrection as a hopeful symbol or nice story, rather than as a historical reality, something that really happened. Also, too much emphasis on group social action to change the world could cause some to neglect their need to repent and follow Moshiach from the heart, and not just in their outward actions. But Moltmann has still helped many believers to examine what the Bible says about hope. Biblical hope is hope in what YHVH will do in the future. At the heart of believer’s hope is the resurrection of Yeshua. Paul discussed the importance of the resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:12-28). He said: “If we have hope in Moshiach only for this life, we are the most miserable people in the world” (15:19). Thus, Moshiach’s resurrection not only shows Moshiach’s victory over death, but it also extends that victory to those who belong to him: “Moshiach was raised first; then when Moshiach comes back, all His people will be raised” (15:23). The apostle Peter said, “All honour to the YHVH and Father of our Adonai Yeshua Moshiach, for it is by His boundless mercy that YHVH has given us the privilege of being born again. Now we live with a wonderful expectation because Yeshua Moshiach rose again from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3). In that passage, Peter says that the resurrection of Moshiach gives us living hope and points to YHVH’s future blessing upon those who belong to Moshiach. That future hope gives believers the power to live without despair through the struggle and suffering of the present (compare Romans 8:18; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18). Believer’s hope is securely based upon the words and actions of YHVH. YHVH’s Promises are dependable. The resurrection of Yeshua becomes the ultimate basis for hope. Since YHVH has already overcome death through Moshiach, believers can live with confidence in the present. No matter how dark the present age seems, believers has seen the light to come. People need to hope, and hope placed in the personal promise of YHVH is secure. However, this secure hope has many consequences for the way we live in our present world. It frees us from having to live as if the material world, fame, money, reputation, and other aspects of life are the only things that exist, and frees us to live in a way that puts Moshiach first and others ahead of ourselves. Believer’s hope offers security for the future and loving involvement in sharing for the present.
WHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF A BELIEVER’S HOPE?
A MOSHIACHIAN’S HOPE IS BASED ON YHVH’S FAITHFULNESS.
“Despite all this, I will not utterly reject or despise them while they are in exile in the land of their enemies. I will not cancel My Covenant with them by wiping them out. I, Adonai, am their YHVH.” (Leviticus 26:44) These verses show what YHVH meant when He said He is slow to anger (Exodus 34:6). Even if the Israelites chose to disobey and were scattered among their enemies, YHVH would still give them the opportunity to repent and return to Him. His purpose was not to destroy them, but to help them grow. Our day-to-day experiences and hardships are sometimes overwhelming; unless we can see that YHVH’s purpose is to bring about continual growth in us, we may despair. The hope we need is well expressed in Jeremiah 29:11-12: “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ says Adonai. ‘They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen.’”
Retaining hope while we suffer shows we understand YHVH’s merciful ways of relating to his people.
HOPE COMES FROM TRUSTING MOSHIACH.
“Yeshua ignored their comments and said to Jairus, ‘Don’t be afraid. Just trust Me.’” (Mark 5:36) Jairus’s crisis made him feel confused, afraid, and without hope. Yeshua’ Words to Jairus in the midst of crisis speak to us as well: “Don’t be afraid. Just trust Me.” In Yeshua’ mind, there was both hope and promise. The next time you feel hopeless and afraid, look at your problem from Yeshua’ point of view.
He is the source of all hope and promise.
HOPE COMES FROM REMEMBERING ALL THAT YHVH HAS DONE FOR US.
“Since we have been made right in YHVH’s sight by faith, we have peace with YHVH because of what Yeshua Moshiach our Adonai has done for us. Because of our faith, Moshiach has brought us into this place of highest privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing YHVH’s glory.” (Romans 5:1-2) As Paul states clearly in 1 Corinthians 13:13, faith, hope, and love are at the heart of a believer’s life. Our relationship with YHVH begins with faith, which helps us realize that we are delivered from our past by Moshiach’s death. Hope grows as we learn all that YHVH has in mind for us; it gives us the promise of the future. And YHVH’s love fills our life and gives us the ability to reach out to others.
HOPE GROWS AS WE DEPEND ON YHVH IN THE DIFFICULT TIMES.
For first-century believers, suffering was the rule rather than the exception. Paul tells us that in the future we will become, but until then we must overcome. This means we will experience difficulties that help us grow. We rejoice in suffering not because we like pain or deny its tragedy, but because we know YHVH is using life’s difficulties and Satan’s attacks to build our character. The problems that we run into will develop our perseverance-which in turn will strengthen our character, deepen our trust in YHVH, and give us greater confidence about the future. You probably find your patience tested in some way every day. Thank YHVH for those opportunities to grow, and deal with them in his strength (see also James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 1:6-7).
HOPE GROWS AS WE REMEMBER THE PROMISE OF THE RESURRECTION.
“Brothers and sisters, I want you to know what will happen to believers who have died so you will not be full of sorrow like people who have no hope.” (1 Thessalonians 4:13) Because Yeshua Moshiach came back to life, so will all believers. All bel, including those living when Moshiach returns, will live with Moshiach forever. Therefore, we need not despair when loved ones die or world events take a tragic turn. YHVH will turn our tragedies to triumphs, our poverty to riches, our pain to glory, and our defeat to victory. All believers throughout history will stand reunited in YHVH’s very presence, safe and secure. As Paul comforted the Thessalonians with the promise of the Resurrection, so we should comfort and reassure each other with this great hope. For a prisoner on death row, a pardon offers hope of freedom. For the spiritual prisoner on death row because of the consequences of sin, YHVH offers ultimate hope by forgiving our sins so that we can be with him in heaven forever. When life seems impossible, YHVH brings eternal hope. Hope is essential to our perseverance, our getting through the tough times. Without hope we give up. Hope requires one thing, though-a trust in the one who brings real hope.
"when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, although I walk according to the stubbornness of mine own heart, adding drunkenness to thirst: Yahweh will not forgive him"
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