Or else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and your servants and your people, and into your houses. And the houses of the Egyptians shall be filled with swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they stand.
Exodus 8:21
This verse doesn't say "flies" in Hebrew. It says "swarms" without specifying what kind of swarm. The literal meaning of the Hebrew "arob" is related to a mixture or churning. Some interpret this to mean a mix of different kinds of animals. I wonder if it could also have been a divinely ironic reference to the mixed multitude that Egypt held in slavery: "Since you won't let my swarm of people go, I'll send another of my swarms to make you let them go."
Swarms of flies can also be a symptom of the absence of God. The plague of flies was absent from the land of the Hebrews in Egypt.
It has been a while since I've done a new CvB. This winter, I noticed an uptick in people using the account in John 10 to say that Jesus/Yeshua celebrated Hanukkah.
Now, if you want to celebrate/memorialize/whatever the holiday, go for it. However, just like I am pointing out in the comic, to say Yeshua was celebrating it is adding to the text. Just because He was walking around the Temple during that time does not indicate that He was celebrating it in any sense, no more than it proves He didn't celebrate it. In fact, this verse is the only mention of the holiday in Scripture and there is no talk of traditions, anyone celebrating, or anything else. Just a time stamp, which seems to be all this verse is trying to let us know. When this account in John 10 happened.
https://thestraightandnarrow.cfw.me/comics/729
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This Week’s Parshah
Va’era "and I appeared" Sh’mot (Ex) 6:2–9:35
The name of the Parshah, "Va’era," means "and I appeared" and it is found in Exodus 6:3.
YEHOVAH reveals Himself to Moses. Employing the “four expressions of redemption,” take out the Children of Israel from Egypt, deliver them from their enslavement, redeem them, and acquire them as His own chosen people at “Mount Sinai”; He will then bring them to the land He promised to the Patriarchs as their eternal heritage.
http://www.bethgoyim.org/video....%20TRC/Parash%20Stud
Kevin Stoll , are you still on this site?
https://vimeo.com/900784592?share=copy
It has been a while since I've done a new CvB. This winter, I noticed an uptick in people using the account in John 10 to say that Jesus/Yeshua celebrated Hanukkah.
Now, if you want to celebrate/memorialize/whatever the holiday, go for it. However, just like I am pointing out in the comic, to say Yeshua was celebrating it is adding to the text. Just because He was walking around the Temple during that time does not indicate that He was celebrating it in any sense, no more than it proves He didn't celebrate it. In fact, this verse is the only mention of the holiday in Scripture and there is no talk of traditions, anyone celebrating, or anything else. Just a time stamp, which seems to be all this verse is trying to let us know. When this account in John 10 happened.
https://thestraightandnarrow.cfw.me/comics/729
#bible #biblestudy #webcomic #cartoon #christian #church #messianic #hebrewroots #wwjd
Like one who binds the stone in the sling is one who gives honor to a fool.
Proverbs 26:8 ESV
Binding a stone into a sling renders it useless and more likely to harm the slinger. Honor is given for purpose. It is a tool to reward accomplishment, to give more responsibility and power to those who have proven themselves capable of using it wisely.
If honor is given to fools, it can't accomplish it's purpose. It puts more power into the hands of people who will misuse it and it eventually harms the one who gave the honor.