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On the day of atonement some translations read to humble ourselves and some translations read afflict your souls. Traditionally people would fast for the day, but some are not able to do that for various reasons so what should you do? The word used means to be made to bow down and is also translated as afflicted, to be dealt with harshly and to be oppressed. While many follow the traditional fasting, others will deny themselves in various ways. What you choose to do in order to confirm your repentance is between you and your Creator.
Shalom dear fellow Shofar Blowers and Listeners!
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Joshua 5:2
YHVH commands joshua to circumcise the israelites the second time again…rather oddly phrased.
But why? rabbinical commentaries go a bit far trying to explain this one, somehow the north wind gets involved, but could it be that...
Now while IN egypt, the israelites did still circumcise their males on the eighth day (while still under the reproach of egypt, see verse 9 - today I have rolled away the reproach of egypt from you - ), moses, who'd fled OUT of egypt into the wilderness around midian, didn't circumcise his new son born there (refer exodus 4:25 - where zipporah quickly did it to appease YHVH -), and neither did the israelites circumcise once OUT of egypt all the time while in the wilderness until now, in joshua 5, after entering the promised land, at last.
And in genesis 17:11 Elohim says the circumcision is the sign of the covenant made with abraham, and in that covenant He explicitly states that He will be their Elohim (gen17:7-8). the result of not circumcising? Verse 14, he will be cut off from his people.
Super interesting, because ishmael, as a child of abraham, was also physically circumcised, as they still are today. And so the israelites not doing this in their wilderness time has ‘cut’ them off from the 'rest' of abraham’s offspring, separating isaac from ishmael, as it were. And so now a second time YHVH recommands the sign of the covenant, this time only with the children of israel.…
And the reproach of egypt (of following other gods and not being cut off from ishmael yet?), is at last rolled away.
Could this be behind that second circumcision?
Shalom dear fellow Shofar Blowers and Listeners!
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Shalom,
Camp Ephraim
I recently came across this playlist by Nazarene Israel for biblicaly based community building and structuring, worth a listen.
https://www.youtube.com/playli....st?list=PLTzTlqGvdd8
"I have slain them with the words of my mouth." Hos 6
The Sword of the Spirit is, in fact, a sword.
(Who would have thought?)
"Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin."
Ja 4
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