In the wilderness, God didn't send manna on the seventh day of the week for anybody. There was one and only one #sabbath day and no one got to pick their own.

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Then YHWH said to Moses, "Behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not."
Exodus 16:4

God already knew who they were and his promise was to Abraham, not them, so it couldn't have been a test of their worthiness. Like so many of God's tests, this one was for Israel's benefit. They needed to see their own character and whether or not they would be able to keep a simple instruction.

The double-portion on the sixth day wasn't meant to imply that God would always provide material blessings to help us obey, but a further demonstration that we would not keep the Sabbath no matter how easy God made it.

Israel had been in the wilderness for a month before God sent the manna. It truly was a test of their faith. Sometimes God makes us wait so that we will learn to trust Him. #exodus 16:1-4 #beshalach

God also didn't take Israel by the quickest or easiest route. Instead, he took them where they needed to go. This is an example for husbands, fathers, and all leaders. Sometimes the journey exists to prepare us for the destination. #leadership

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I believe snow was God’s solution to getting exercise during the long winter months. Nothing like an hour of shoveling snow to get one’s heart going.

The Biblical prophets came from all societal strata. Jeremiah and Huldah were wealthy and influential. Zephaniah and Amos were relative nobodies.

Hilkiah the priest, et al, went to Huldah the prophetess in Jerusalem...
2 Kings 22:14

The office of Prophet carries the authority of a message from God, but no formal place in the Kingdom's hierarchy. The existence of female prophets has no bearing on God's preference for men in positions of formal authority.

Why did they go to Huldah instead of Jeremiah or Zephaniah? Jeremiah was also a priest and possibly Hilkiah's son. I would think he would be a better choice. Maybe Hilkiah didn't respect his own son enough? Maybe Huldah was older and had a better reputation at the time. Maybe Jeremiah was a troublemaker, while Huldah's husband was a respected member of the royal court. We can only speculate.

Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.
Romans 7:1-3 ESV

Related passages from the Old Testament (re the High Priest and levirate marriage) as well as the Greek word for a woman "which has a husband" (KJV) in Romans 7:2 shed significant light on Paul's meaning in this passage. Here's a hint: It does not say that the Law dies or that the commandments in the Law are not for all Christians today. It's about authority relationships, not the applicability of Torah.

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⁣Or do you not know, brothers—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husban

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