[Originally posted in a WhatsApp group (PG) as a daily reading update (reflection) from each chapter of the Bible]
[1:18
pm, 22/06/2022] S.R:
𝔻𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝟙𝟠:𝟙𝟟-𝟙𝟠
"The
LORD said to me, ‘They have spoken well. I will raise up a prophet from among
their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall
speak to them all that I command him.’"
Indeed,
Jesus had to conceal His glory in His incarnation. Or no man would survive
seeing the full glory of God.
[7:12
am, 23/06/2022] S.R: 𝔻𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝟙𝟡:𝟙𝟛
"You
shall not pity him, but you shall purge the blood of the innocent from Israel,
that it may go well with you."
There's
a counterfeit for everything. There's counterfeit justice, counterfeit mercy,
and counterfeit compassion.
𝔻𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝟚𝟘:𝟙𝟘
"When
you approach a city to fight against it, you shall offer it terms of
peace."
There's
an option for peace.
𝔻𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝟚𝟙:𝟚𝟚-𝟚𝟛
"If
a man has committed a sin worthy of death and he is put to death, and you hang
him on a tree, his corpse shall not hang all night on the tree, but you shall
surely bury him on the same day (for he who is hanged is accursed of God), so
that you do not defile your land which the LORD your God gives you as an
inheritance."
Civility
even in Punishment!
Even
Jesus wasn't hung up there all night. He was taken down by the evening.
𝔻𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝟚𝟚:𝟠
"When
you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, so that you will
not bring bloodguilt on your house if anyone falls from it."
Government
should not dictate how a Christian Church should be built and looking like.
However, Christians should obey government instructions in certain things for
safety protocol, like fire safety, earthquake strategy, etc...
𝔻𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 23:7
"You
shall not detest an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not detest an
Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land."
To
remember the humble background! To consider the importance and significance of
the past in present times!
𝔻𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝟚𝟜:𝟚𝟙
"When
you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not go over it again; it
shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow."
The
Bible lays out for God's people to be generous, not greedy; to be merciful not
to be a miser; to be contented not maximal profit.
𝔻𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝟚𝟝:𝟙𝟟-𝟙𝟠
"Remember
what Amalek did to you along the way when you came out from Egypt, how he met
you along the way and attacked among you all the stragglers at your rear when
you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God."
Are
Christians supposed to forgive and forget wicked people all the time? Are Christians
supposed to be merciful to wicked people?
Well,
allow not the heathens to dictate what we should and shouldn’t do. Even Satan
uses the Scriptures to destroy the saints of God and the very Son of God!
𝔻𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝟚𝟞:𝟙𝟘-𝟙𝟙
"Now
behold, I have brought the first of the produce of the ground which You, O LORD
have given me. And you shall set it down before the LORD your God, and worship
before the LORD your God; and you and the Levite and the alien who is among you
shall rejoice in all the good which the LORD your God has given you and your
household."
Gratefulness
to God is accompanied by Generosity to the other classes (top and bottom) of
the society: the Levites and the aliens.
𝔻𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝟚𝟟:𝟡
"Then
Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, ‘Be silent and
listen, O Israel! This day you have become a people for the LORD your
God.’"
We
do praise God from the top of our voices but it's appropriate to silence
ourselves before Him too.
𝔻𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝟚𝟠:𝟞𝟛
"It
shall come about that as the LORD delighted over you to prosper you, and
multiply you, so the LORD will delight over you to make you perish and destroy
you; and you will be torn from the land where you are entering to possess it."
The
description concerning the curse is much longer than the blessings. Humans are
often motivated by warnings than privileges!
𝔻𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝟚𝟡:𝟚𝟡
"The
secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us
and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law."
Not
to waste time thinking about things that will not make one more godly or
Christlike.
𝔻𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝟛𝟘:𝟙𝟙
"For
this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is
it out of reach."
To
those who love God, His commandments aren't burdensome. People would rather
love the world than God.
𝔻𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝟛𝟙:𝟚𝟙
"Then
it shall come about, when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that
this song will testify before them as a witness (for it shall not be forgotten
from the lips of their descendants); for I know their intent which they are
developing today, before I have brought them into the land which I swore."
God
is not surprised with what's going on. Nor is he mad about it. Everything is
under His control. This is the God who from before the foundation of the world
has seen the eternal hell and has chosen me to be His. Nothing I do surprises
Him nor will make me utterly go astray.
𝔻𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝟛𝟚:𝟛𝟞
"For
the LORD will vindicate His people, And will have compassion on His servants,
When He sees that their strength is gone, And there is none remaining, bond or
free."
#Vindication.
#Compassion.
𝔻𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝟛𝟛:𝟚𝟟
"The
eternal God is a dwelling place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; And
He drove out the enemy from before you, And said, 'Destroy!"
Dwelling
place: defense
Drove
out: offense
Destroy:
immense
[6:37
am, 08/07/2022] S.R: 𝔻𝕖𝕦𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝟛𝟜:𝟞
"And
He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; but no man
knows his burial place to this day."
Very
cool to be buried by the Lord. But I might not want to die where my body will
not be found... 😬