Issue 43> 17 Sept 2002
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The Names of God - YHVH Tsidkenu

The prophet Jeremiah lived in the Southern Kingdom during the reign of King Josiah and he was greatly used by the LORD to warn the people of imminent judgement and the need for them to repent and to restore worship of the LORD in the Temple. The Babylonians ( present day Iraqis ) were already at the border and they were about to declare war on Judah. Instead of listening to him and repent, the rulers and the priests had Jeremiah arrested and thrown into a dried up cistern in a dungeon.

Yet Jeremiah could not be silenced. His message to the people was too urgent for him to shut out. He warned the people about the impending captivity of all in Judah and their deportation into Babylon. He also warned them of false prophets who would be leading them astray. In Jeremiah 23: 2 he prophesied,
Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning the shepherds who are tending My people: "You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them; behold, I am about to attend to you for the evil of your deeds," declares the LORD.
The leaders were punished and the people driven away from the land as a result. For seventy years they were subdued and subjected to slavery and they all died in a foreign land. Yet the LORD did not leave them without hope. In the same prophecy condemning the leadership, the LORD also prophesied hope of deliverance to the people ( Jeremiah 23: 5 - 6 )...


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6 " In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely; and this is His name by which He will be called, 'The LORD our righteousness.'
Jeremiah 23 : 6 NKJV

14 "The beginning of
strife is like releasing
water; therefore stop
contention before a
quarrel starts."
Proverbs 17 : 14 NKJV
Hard Sayings of the Bible ( IVP Press)

Mark 10:21: Sell Everything You Have?

The man to whom these words were spoken certainly found them hard. He was the rich man who came to Jesus and asked what he should do to inherit eternal life. Jesus said, "Well, you know the commandments," and mentioned those which sum up one's duty to a neighbor. That keeping the commandments was the way to life is stated in the law itself: "Keep my decrees and laws, for the man who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD" (Lev 18:5). The man answered that he had kept all these from early days--presumably ever since the age of thirteen, when he became bar mitzvah, personally responsible to keep the commandments.

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A Little More on the Land of Israel (coming soon!)


 
All references taken from RBC, Pat Robertson, Ron Rhodes, Kenneth/Gloria Copeland, Charles Slagle, Smith Wigglesworth, Selwyn Hughes, Charles Spurgeon, Manners and Customs of Bible Times, The Complete Bible Handbook, The Spirit Filled Bible(NKJV), The NIV Bible, God's Promises for your every Need, Idiot's Guide to Bible Mysteries, Hard Sayings of The Bible, Articles courtesy of Mr Andrew L W Lee.