FROM THIS WEEK’S TORAH PORTION – MISHPATYM:

Please notice that there are no “if’s, ands or buts” in this commandment. Even Paul of Tarsos, when abused by the wicked high priest of his day, repented of this sin:

“And Sha’ul, looking intently at the council, said, ‘Men, brothers, I have lived in all excellent conscience before Elohim until this day!’ And the high priest Ḥananyah commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. Then Sha’ul said to him, ‘Elohim is going to strike you, whitewashed wall! And do you sit judging me according to the Torah, and do you command me to be struck contrary to the Torah?’ And those who stood by said, ‘Do you revile the high priest of Elohim?’ And Sha’ul said, ‘I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it has been written, “You shall not curse the ruler of your people.”’”

Nothing you say can change this command or justify breaking it.

FROM THIS WEEK’S TORAH PORTION – MISHPATYM:

“And I shall set your border from the Sea of Reeds to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River, for I shall give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you shall drive them out before you. Do not make a covenant with them nor with their mighty ones. Let them not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me when you serve their mighty ones, when it becomes a snare to you.”

It's warmer in Ankorage, Alaska today than it is in central Tennessee.

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For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly...But a Jew is one inwardly...by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.
Romans 2:28-29 ESV

The word Jew comes from Yehudah, which means "praised". He who has a circumcised heart is truly praised of God, not someone who is merely physically circumcised.

This doesn't mean that one born a Jew isn't really a Jew. Paul was speaking metaphorically, playing on the root meaning of Yehudah. He wasn't saying God had rejected the genetic descendants of either Jacob or Judah.

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Then he who is physically uncircumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who have the written code and circumcision but break the law.
Romans 2:27 ESV

A gentile who keeps the Law in his heart is better than a Jew who is properly circumcised but doesn't follow the rest of the Law. Imperfect obedience in faith is better than obedience to the letter of the law without real faith.

Everybody who prayed at the inauguration either cited or referenced the Old Testament. Keep doing that. Genesis to Revelation to the Kingdom, brothers and sisters!

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So, if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the precepts of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
Romans 2:26 ESV

If a gentile comes to faith and keeps the commandments, even though he wasn't born as a Jew, he is as a Jew (a praise) in the eyes of God, and God sees him as a party to the covenants. (And the only commandments Paul could have been talking about are those of the Law of Moses.)