Some people are concerned that because I have the Apocrypha and other extra books, that I will be lead astray. That won't happen for the following reasons:
1) I accept the extra books as secondary. In other words, they provide interesting information, but not used to establish doctrine.
2) I interpret things through the lense of the Torah. Regardless of what other books I read, the Torah comes first.
We had a storm come through last night, wind and rain. It took out a section of the neighbor's fence behind us. Tree limbs were down everywhere. Our electric went out for about 3 hours. I brought a portable heater into the house to keep things warm and set up my battery banks with the LED lights. I'm thankful that I have that equipment in the event of power outages.
The toilet in the back bathroom was leaking and a lot of parts on it were bad so I just took the thing out and bought a new one and installed it. The chicken tractor in the back has a tarp over it to keep rain off the chickens. The wind had torn it apart so I had to go by a new tarp to put over that. The old tarp I had on there was a three mil, the new one I got is 12 mil so I hope that will hold up a lot longer. I put in a 13-hour day today getting things done. I'm 68 years old so I'm glad I can still keep going like that. I was up at 5:00 a.m. and glad I was because of the storm. The first thing I did was to get the chickens taken care of. When I built the chicken tractor I put a platform toward the back so they can go up there. I put pine chips on it where they can lay their eggs. They sometimes huddle together up there too when it gets colder out. Today wasn't too bad even though it snowed a little bit.
God fights on the side of those who cannot fight for themselves. He has very harsh words for those who would mistreat widows and fatherless children. #exodus 22:22-24 #mishpatim #biblepatterns
A #chiasm in Exodus 22:25-30 hints that being stingy against the poor or against God is the same as cursing God and your people's leaders:
- A - V25-27 – Don't be greedy where it concerns the poor
--- B - V28 – Don't revile God or curse a ruler of your people
- A - V29-30 – Don't be greedy where it concerns God
The most destitute of people still bear the image of God. To mistreat them is to mistreat God. A ruler who allows the abuse of the poor brings a curse on himself and his people.
What do you make of this article: https://bibleauthenticity.com/....is-the-trinity-in-th
Truth or falsehood?
Don't mistreat the poor, landless, widows, orphans, etc. (Exodus 22:21-24)
That's not a license to mistreat the wealthy, landed, married, and happy. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, and David were all very wealthy men. A person's bank account balance isn't necessarily a reflection of his character.
There's nothing especially honorable about being poor unless you personally have a weakness in regard to greed. Poverty is not next to godliness. (See Exodus 23:3.)
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’
Mark 7:10 ESV
Yeshua uses “Moses” as shorthand for the Torah. These aren’t the words of Moses at all (see v13), but Yeshua still uses the common vernacular in describing the words of God as the words of Moses.
There is no justification for dismissing the Law of Moses based on New Testament texts that describe it as the law or word “of Moses”, because Yeshua himself says that the written word of Moses is the word of God.
My soapbox only contains actual soap in the box.
Here's a list of New Testament passages I recommend for #biblestudy alongside #torah portion #mishpatim ("Judgments" #exodus 21-24), plus links to related commentary and videos:
https://www.americantorah.com/....2021/02/08/parsha-mi
An event that may seem to fulfill a Biblical prophecy shouldn’t be considered unless all of the criteria for that event has happened. Isaiah 65:17, “For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.” Although there are some who try to twist this into meaning nothing more than we are living in a different age or dispensation, we should easily recognize that this is still the same earth that Adam, Abraham and Moses walked on and it is not new. While some prophecies seem to be clouded in an obscure construct, others are extremely detailed.
Question 380: Is Being Tempted A Sin?
Answer:
The sin does not consist in the temptation itself, but in inviting it or yielding to it. Yeshua Himself was tempted "in all things as we are; yet without sin." Doubtless Satan, in the passage to which you refer, knew that Yeshua had been fasting and so tried to tempt Him to turn stones into bread. Again, believing that the desire for worldly power might influence Him, he tried to tempt Him by offering Him the dominion of the whole earth but again failed. It is not strictly correct to say that one cannot be tempted unless he has wrong desires. The tempter is always ready with his lures; but if we rebuke our own desires and repel the temptation, asking divine strength to do this, the danger will pass. After conversion comes regeneration and we are enabled to overcome sin. We may still be conscious of a struggle within, but we get strength to stand firm against it. The truly converted man is no longer the slave or bondman of sin, but is kept day by day from its power ever again having dominion over him.
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