Sabbath Saves from so much if we let it, and we miss out on all that when we say it doesn’t save…simply because it doesn’t save eternally. Sabbath was never offered to save souls from damnation so rejecting if on that bases is baseless. It is like rejecting the boat for not being the lifeguard.
Sabbath will save from so very many sorrows in this life if we only allow it to do its work in us while we are not doing any work ourselves.
Trust the Master of the Sabbath to do His work in you using the tools He made for that purpose - His Sabbaths.
Worry and fear and stress and anxiety. Exhaustion and depression and desperation and dread all are dealt with in Sabbath. We are delivered from these diabolical life destroyers if we desire to be and do the thing necessary to make it happen. If we Shabbat when it is time to cease and simply let go.
When we give that time over to the Most High we give over all our burdens to Him too. And when we get back to the madness of the world once more the obligations returned to us are somehow so much lighter and managable.
So many folks want to hold on to just a little bit more that eventually they bare so much the burden becomes crushing. They cry out for mercy and the Almighty to take it all away, to help them bare the load but He already told us how to make it happen.
Sabbath is the unburdening. But only if you allow your strong Savior to take up your burden. And to do that you have to set it down…when He said and where He is. He won’t come to you your way to take up your struggle on your behalf and fight along side you while you push past your abilities to endure.
He will only invite you to His Home for a few hours each week where true and complete Rest is awaiting but most folks walk right past that address trudging on ever tired and ever trying to make it on their own steam.
Stop in. Set your pack down. Stay awhile. The road will still be there and the journey when you are done recovering your strength (and a goodly amount of His).
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"Chapter 13 - Ivrym (A Concise Commentary on the Book of Hebrews)"
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BIBLE STUDY -- BAAL’S DEFEAT
JEHU DESTROYS BAAL
From 2 Kings 10:17-36
When Jehu arrived at Samaria, he executed all of King Ahab’s friends and relatives, as Adonai through Elijah said would happen. Then Jehu tricked the followers of Baal by pretending to follow their god instead of Adonai. Summoning all the people, Jehu said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, but I will serve him much. Call together all the priests, prophets and followers of Baal. If anyone does not come, he will be executed.” Jehu did this to get the followers of Baal all together so he could execute them. The word went throughout Israel and all the prophets, priests and followers of Baal gathered at a solemn assembly at the house of Baal, filling the building. “Be sure that every person who worships Baal has a special robe,” Jehu told the man in charge of the robes. So, the man obeyed and brought a robe for each of Baal’s followers. Jehu and Jehonadab went into Baal’s temple to talk with the people who had assembled there. “Look around you and make sure that everyone here is a true follower of Baal,” he said. “We do not want any of Adonai’s followers here.” Then, as the priests of Baal prepared to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu stationed eighty warriors around the building. “Whoever lets one follower of Baal escape will pay for it with his own life,” he warned them. When Jehu finished offering the burnt offering inside the temple of Baal, he went outside and gave orders to his officers. “Get in there and kill them all,” he said. “Do not let one escape.” The warriors obeyed and went into the temple of Baal and killed every person, then dragged their bodies out. Next, they went into the inner sanctuary of Baal’s temple, hauled out the pillar which Baal’s followers had used in their worship and burned it. They broke down the entire building and made it into a public toilet and so it has remained as of the time this was written. In this way Jehu destroyed the worship of Baal in the land of Israel. He failed however to destroy the golden calves which Jeroboam had set up at Bethel and Dan to lead the people of Israel into idolatry. “Since you have obeyed Me in destroying Ahab’s family, I will allow four generations of your family to be kings after you,” Adonai told Jehu. However, Jehu did not entirely please Adonai, for he still worshiped the golden calves of Jeroboam which had led Israel into so much sin. In those days Adonai allowed Hazael to capture parts of Israel. In several expeditions against Israel, Hazael took much of the land east of the Jordan River, including all of Gilead, Gad and Reuben and parts of the land of Manasseh from the Aroer River, which is by the Arnon Valley up to the land of Gilead and Bashan. All the other things that Jehu did are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. When he died, he was buried at Samaria and his son Jehoahaz ruled as king in his place. Jehu ruled as king of Israel at Samaria for a total of twenty-eight years.
COMMENTARY --- THE BLACK OBELISK OF SHALMANESER III
The rulers of Mesopotamia, like those of ancient Egypt, recorded their achievements on stone monuments. These memorials ensured that a king’s name and memory would live on after his death. Typically, a monument boasted of a monarch’s accomplishments in war; the lands conquered, captives taken and tribute collected. One of the most famous ancient monuments is the black obelisk of Shalmaneser III, ruler of Assyria from 859 to 824 B.C. The scenes and script chiselled into four sides of the obelisk relate the history of Shalmaneser’s military campaigns. Of his thirty-five years on the throne, the king spent thirty-one in warfare. Shalmaneser led the Assyrian army in battle farther from its homeland than anyone before. They journeyed north to the mountain kingdom of the Urartu and south to the Persian Gulf. Campaigns to the west pushed Assyria’s border from the Tigris to the Euphrates. But Shalmaneser did not stop there. Year after year his armies crossed the great river on inflated goat-skin rafts, pushing through northern Syria and down to Israel. Most of these campaigns were not actual conquests. Shalmaneser usually exacted an oath of allegiance and returned home with the wealth of the defeated ruler. Tribute usually included livestock and wine as well as chariots, cavalry horses, battle equipment, gold and silver, linen, expensive garments and rugs, valuable ivory and ebony. Five panels on each side of the obelisk depict representatives from five nations delivering gifts to the king. Other panels show the humbling of the king of Israel. They present Jehu kneeling before Shalmaneser; a posture expected only from inferior rulers. The text describes the golden vases, tumblers and other costly tribute Jehu surrendered to the Assyrian invaders. Shalmaneser’s pride was evident even in the artistry of the obelisk. Monarchs usually erected limestone or alabaster monuments, for those soft stones were plentiful in Assyria. But the Assyrian king’s is sculpted in black basalt, a volcanic rock known for hardness and durability. Basalt was rare, and required a journey to a special district north of the country or to a region of extinct volcanoes to the west. The high cost of cutting and transporting such stone blocks did not stop Shalmaneser. At his death the king knew that his monument would endure while others disappeared in the decay of time.
BIBLE STUDY -- AHAB’S LINE DESTROYED
THE DEATH OF AHAB’S FAMILY
From 2 Kings 10:1-17; 2 Chronicles 22:8
Ahab had seventy sons who lived in Samaria the capital, under the care of the officials of that city. After Jehu had killed King Jehoram, he wrote a letter to these officials. “As soon as you receive this letter, choose one of King Ahab’s sons to be your new king,” he said, “for you have charge of his sons, his chariots, his horses, his fortified cities and his weapons. Then let this new king defend his throne.” The officials however, trembled with fear. “Two kings couldn’t defend themselves against this man,” they said. “So how can we?” The palace manager and the city manager joined with the other city officials in sending a message to Jehu. “We are your servants,” they said. “We will obey your commands and will make no other man king. Do whatever seems right to you.” Jehu responded with another letter. “If you really want to obey me, bring the heads of Ahab’s sons to me at Jezreel tomorrow at this time. Ahab’s seventy sons lived in the homes of these officials who had cared for them since they were children. When Jehu’s letter came, the officials murdered the seventy sons and put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel. When the baskets arrived, a messenger came to Jehu to let him know. “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons,” he reported. “Put them in two piles by the entrance of the city gate until tomorrow morning,” Jehu commanded. The next morning Jehu went to the city gate to speak to an assembly of the people. “The deaths of these men are not your fault,” he said. “It is I who killed the king, but it is Adonai who killed these seventy sons. Adonai declared through His prophet Elijah that Ahab’s sons would die like this.” After this Jehu executed all the other members of Ahab’s family at Jezreel, as well as the officials, friends and priests of Ahab. Then he left for Samaria to do the same there. As he was going to Samaria, he met some men at Beth-eked of the Shepherds, an inn at the side of the road. “Who are you?” he asked them. “We are relatives of King Ahaziah,” they answered. “We have come to visit the sons of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel.” “Capture them!” Jehu ordered. His men captured them and killed all forty-two of them at a nearby pit. As he was leaving that place to go on to Samaria, Jehu met Rechab’s son Jehonadab, who had come to join him. “Is your heart as loyal to me as mine is to you?” Jehu asked him. “Yes, it is,” Jehonadab answered. “If it is, give me your hand,” Jehu said. Then Jehu took Jehonadab with him into his chariot. “Come with me to Samaria and see my zeal for Adonai,” he said. So, Jehonadab rode with Jehu in his chariot. When Jehu arrived in Samaria, he executed all of Ahab’s remaining family and friends, as Adonai had foretold through His prophet Elijah. Not one of them was left alive.
COMMENTARY --- THE JEZREEL VALLEY
The Jezreel Valley itself was one of the most vital valleys of Palestine. Dark, rich soil left by the swamps of earlier centuries made it one of the most productive farming regions in the land. Even more important, it formed a link in the main trading routes of the ancient Middle East. Because the valley is a long, flat region surrounded by mountains, it is often referred to as a plain. A strict definition limits the Jezreel Valley proper to the south-eastern half of the plain. This south-eastern section includes only the triangle of land extending from Mount Gilboa to the Jordan River. A broader definition, however, includes the north-western stretch of the plain, often referred to as the Megiddo Plain. Together, the two sections form an open pass through the central mountain ranges. In ancient times, the pass served as a boundary between Galilee to the north and Samaria to the south. The valley was the only route connecting the coast with the Jordan Valley in the centre of Palestine. Such a location made the Jezreel Valley of enormous value to traders and merchants. Via Mans, the major trade route connecting Egypt with Mesopotamia, crossed it at several points. The main pass entered the valley at Megiddo and then split into two major roads. One turned northwest along the Phoenician coast, while the other turned northeast toward Damascus and Mesopotamia. All along the valley, fortified cities were built to protect the smaller branches of the trade route. From these cities, caravans could continue along the northern routes or descend eastward through the valley and across the Jordan River. There, the valley road intersected the King’s Highway; the caravan route that passed between Arabia, Damascus and the commercial centres of Mesopotamia. Attempts to control this region and its trading routes made the Jezreel Valley the site of many battles. Egyptian pharaohs challenged Canaanite control long before the Israelites settled there. In this valley, the judge Deborah led Israelite tribes against the Canaanite armies of Sisera. Here also, the Philistines defeated King Saul and his sons, and hung their bodies on the city wall at Beth-shan. The miles of flat land in the plain allowed chariot armies their full advantage over slow-moving foot soldiers. In times of peace, the valley’s fame lay in its productivity. Sometimes it was referred to simply as “the rich valley,” for it was one of the most fertile regions of Palestine. Its grain crops provided food for much of northern Palestine. Today, the grain fields, orchards and dairy farms of the Jezreel Valley still provide food for the people of Israel.
Something Many as well as myself was taught is that Luke was divinely inspired. However by Luke’s own introduction we read this — Luke 1:1 —3, “Many have undertaken to compose an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by the initial eyewitnesses and servants of the word. Therefore, having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,” Luke was Syrian and not in the land of Israel while the events surrounding Yeshua/Jesus were happening. Luke tells us by his own words that what he is writing is hearsay and being conscientious he questioned many people to learn the things they observed and heard.
Thought for Today: Shabbat September 27
We can jump over some barriers in life by our own will and our own efforts. YHVH has not left us completely powerless. But some walls are so high we need more than this… When we try to jump over them by ourselves, we repeatedly fall short. With YHVH’s help however, we can conquer them. What wall do you need to conquer today? Maybe a habit you cannot break, or an emotion that defeats you, or an attitude that separates you from others? Maybe a heart beset with doubt, discouragement and fear? Whatever it is you face today, with YHVH’s help, you can leap over that wall.
From Steven Moutria:
When you hear the word "Torah," what do you think of? While many know it's the instructions of God as given through Moses, they also associate many man-made laws with it. However, God's law is just that, God's law. This teaching helps distinguish the Law of God from Jewish law and traditions that have been passed down through the ages.
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