~~~~~Lesson: Deuteronomy: Chapter 6 This section from today’s reading: "Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone! Therefore, you shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. Take to heart these words which I enjoin on you today. Drill them into your children. Speak of them at home and abroad, whether you are busy or at rest. Bind them at your wrist as a sign and let them be as a pendant on your forehead. Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates," is called the Shema, and is considered to be the principle Jewish confession of faith. It is still recited today. This is also referred to by Jesus (Matthew 22:36-38) and is called the greatest commandment. Do you practice this type of love towards God? Or do we divide our love and withhold part of it from God, no matter how unconsciously? ~Reading: Deuteronomy: Chapter 6 (1-9) "These then are the commandments, the statutes and decrees which the Lord, your God, has ordered that you be taught to observe in the land into which you are crossing for conquest, so that you and your son and your grandson may fear the Lord, your God, and keep, throughout the days of your lives, all his statutes and commandments which I enjoin on you, and thus have long life. Hear then, Israel, and be careful to observe them, that you may grow and prosper the more, in keeping with the promise of the Lord, the God of your fathers, to give you a land flowing with milk and honey. "Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone! Therefore, you shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength. Take to heart these words which I enjoin on you today. Drill them into your children. Speak of them at home and abroad, whether you are busy or at rest. Bind them at your wrist as a sign and let them be as a pendant on your forehead. Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates." (18-19) "Do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that you may, according to his word, prosper, and may enter in and possess the good land which the Lord promised on oath to your fathers, thrusting all your enemies out of you way."
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The invisible God of the Israelites was very different from the gods of other cultures. The images of Baal and Asherah were central to the religion of many in Canaan and surrounding regions. Theriomorphic (part animal, part human) gods were prevalent in Egypt. Astral cults were common in Assyria and/or Neo-Babylonian areas. ~~~~~Lesson: Deuteronomy: Chapter 5 In the latter part in the reading, we listen as Moses re-iterates the fear that some of the Israelites have for God. Do you think a reasonable amount of fear of God is healthy or unhealthy (-or- right or wrong)? Why? Does fear cause a person to listen to God’s will or cause them to avoid God? ~Reading: Deuteronomy: Chapter 5 (4-5) "The Lord spoke with you face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire. Since you were afraid of the fire and would not go up to the mountain, I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to announce to you these words of the Lord:" [The Ten Commandments are recited again to the people.] (28-29) "The Lord heard your words as you were speaking to me and said to me, 'I have heard that words these people have spoken to you, which are all well said. Would that they might always be of such a mind, to fear me and to keep all my commandments! Then they and their descendants would prosper forever." There were cities of refuge that those guilty of manslaughter could flee to. One purpose was to avoid having the family of the slain kill the person who committed manslaughter. Another purpose was that in these cities, there were judges who specifically determined what the punishment for manslaughter should be. If death was given as a sentence, the person guilty would be handed over to the family of the slain for punishment. |
Jennifer Becker Landsberger
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