A Faithful Journey to Christ

A Faithful Journey to Christ Letโ€™s take this journey of faith together! ๐Ÿ™โœจ

24/10/2025

Let your life reflect the faith you have in God. Fear nothing and pray about everything. Be strong, trust God's word, and trust the process.

24/10/2025

"Keeping the Sabbath day holy is much more than just physical rest. It involves spiritual renewal and worship"

๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ’: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ: โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘’...
24/10/2025

๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ’: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ

๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ: โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›, ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™โ€ (๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฎ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ:๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ, ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฉ).

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: The book of Joshua is filled with many wars. God commanded His people to fight these wars. God helped His people to win. We see this idea all through the book of Joshua (Joshua 10:11).
* ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™ (๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž 6:2; ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž 8:1).
* ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘› (๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž 4:23, 24; ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž 8:7).
* ๐‘…๐‘Žโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” (๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž 2:10).
* ๐‘†๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  (๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž 2:24) ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘โ€™๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ (๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž 24:18). ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ .
For sure, Godโ€™s announcement may fill us with surprise. If God is love, why does He fight? Why did His people fight so many wars during Old Testament times? (Read Exodus 34:6; Psalm 86:15; Psalm 103:8; Psalm 108:4.)
This week and next, we will answer the difficult question about the wars that God commanded Israel to fight. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘’- ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’?

๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐
โž  Israel had crossed the Jordan. The land of Canaan was before them. Jericho's gates were locked. The city looked impossible to conquer. Israel had no plan, no powerful weapons - only faith in God.

โž  Then Joshua saw a Man with a sword standing nearby. "๐ด๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘š๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ ?" Joshua asked. The Man replied, "๐๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ." God was not taking sides โ€” He was calling Joshua to join His side.

โž  This was no ordinary warrior. He was the Commander of the Lord's army โ€” the pre-incarnate Christ. Joshua bowed in worship. The Commander accepted it, proving He was divine.

โž  This meeting showed that the battle for Jericho was part of a greater war - the conflict between good and evil.

๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
1. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ.
2. ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’.
3. ๐‘‡๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข.
4. ๐‘‰๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘”๐‘กโ„Ž.
5. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข, ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘.
6. ๐ธ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘. ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’.

๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐–๐š๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง
โž  The battle Joshua faced on earth pointed to a greater war in heaven. Long before Canaan, a conflict began in God's presence.

โž  God created angels with freedom - the power to choose love or rebellion. One perfect angel, Lucifer, became proud and rebelled against God. He desired God's throne and led many angels into rebellion.

โž  Isaiah and Ezekiel describe this fall using the kings of Babylon and Tyre as symbols. These earthly kings show what pride and self-exaltation look like - the same spirit that began in heaven.

โž  Daniel reveals that these fallen beings still try to block God's plans on earth. Every earthly conflict between good and evil is part of this larger cosmic battle.

โž  The wars in Joshua's time were not just about land โ€” they were signs of God restoring His justice and truth in a broken world.

๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
1. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘™ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™ - ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ.
2. ๐ต๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’: ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘“-๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›.
3. ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฆ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘'๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’.
4. ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž.
5. ๐ต๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ โ€” ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐ฝ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘ , ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’.

๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐š ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ
โž  In Egypt, God's people forgot who He truly was and mixed His worship with pagan practices. Oppressed and broken, they cried out โ€” and God heard them. But their deliverance was more than a human struggle between Moses and Pharaoh.

โž  It was a spiritual war โ€” God versus the false gods and evil powers behind Egypt's cruelty. The plagues were not random punishments; they revealed God's power over every idol. God fought not just for Israel, but for truth, justice, and His holy name.

โž  All earthly battles in Scripture point to one greater war - between good and evil. This conflict reached its peak at the cross, where Christ conquered sin forever.

โž  Yet the war will end completely at the final judgment when evil is destroyed. In this great controversy, no one stands neutral โ€” we are either with God or against Him

๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
1. ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐ป๐‘–๐‘š ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ.
2. ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™ โ€” ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘'๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ.
3. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›'๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘.
4. ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘š - ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ - ๐พ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’.
5. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž, ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’. ๐ผ๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘”๐‘”๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐ป๐‘–๐‘š.

๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐…๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ
โž  At the Red Sea, Israel was trapped โ€” mountains on one side, Pharaoh's army on the other. In fear, they cried out, but Moses told them, "๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ."

โž  Israel didn't need weapons - only faith. God Himself fought their battle and parted the sea. This moment became the model for how God saves His people: not by human strength, but by divine power.

โž  God's plan was never for Israel to win by fighting, but by trusting and obeying completely. Whenever they believed, God gave them victory without battle. Whenever they doubted, war followed.

โž  The Lord's victories showed that salvation comes from faith, not force. Murmuring and unbelief always made life harder - opening the door to conflict and loss.

โž  God's ideal plan is for His people to trust Him fully - not to fight, but to stand still and see His salvation.

๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
1. ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’๐‘  - ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›.
2. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘.
3. ๐‘€๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก; ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’.
4. ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ: ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ.
5. ๐‘‰๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’, ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ.

๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐-๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
โž  God's original plan was that His people would win through faith, not fighting. But after the Exodus, when Israel murmured and doubted, God allowed enemies like Amalek to attack.

โž  This test helped them see their need to depend on God again. Later, during the conquest of Canaan, God still led them โ€” but now they had to join in the battles.

โž  The fall of Jericho showed that victory still came from God's power, not human strength. When Israel trusted, they won; when they doubted, they failed.

โž  God met His people where they were - teaching them step by step to trust Him fully again. War was never the best plan, only the second-best option because of unbelief.

๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
1. ๐ธ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก, ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘›'๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ข๐‘  โ€” ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’.
2. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ , ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก.
3. ๐ธ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ "๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’" ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘, ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ .
4. ๐‘‚๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž, ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’.
5. ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘'๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”. ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘™, ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘- ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐ป๐‘–๐‘š.

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
โ€œGod chose the time when His people should enter into the Promised Land. But the people didnโ€™t trust in the Lord. So, God removed His offer to His people to let them enter at that time. . . . God didnโ€™t want His people to fight to win the land. He wanted them to obey His commands. When they were obedient, He would reward their obedience. Then He would give them the Promised Land as a gift.โ€
โ€” ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐†. ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž, ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ , p. 392.

๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค!!

23/10/2025

"Be on your guard, stand firm in the faith, be courageous, be strong."

02/10/2025

In Sweden, over 6,000 people have voluntarily had microchips implanted in their hands to replace conventional items like ID cards, credit cards, transit passes, and even office keys.

These tiny implants, about the size of a grain of rice, use passive RFID or NFC technology and are typically embedded between the thumb and index finger.

Once scanned by a reader, they can unlock doors, complete contactless payments, store medical/emergency data, or link to digital business cards and apps.

This movement began gaining momentum around 2015 and continues today, particularly among tech workers, early adopters, and biohacking enthusiasts.

In 2024, around 150 employees at a Swedish tech innovation hub received implants to access workplace systemsโ€”part of a renewed wave of interest in merging physical and digital access.

The implants are considered safe and biocompatible, and they do not contain GPS, nor do they transmit data unless actively scanned at very close range.

The procedure is quick and minimally invasive, usually done by professionals in controlled environments.

Though the technology has sparked debates about privacy, ethics, and potential surveillance, Swedenโ€™s use of these implants remains entirely voluntary and driven by individuals rather than government or corporate mandates.

With more than 6,000 chip users so far, Sweden stands as a global leader in this form of humanโ€“tech integration, showcasing both the possibilities and boundaries of living in a contactless, digital society.

"Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you...
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๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐š๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ: โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’...
25/09/2025

๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐š๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐œ๐ฅ๐ž

๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ: โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’. ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก, ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘ โ€ (๐—˜๐˜…๐—ผ๐—ฑ. ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ:๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฐ, ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿด, ๐—ก๐—ž๐—๐—ฉ).

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: The most important job that God's people had in Bible times was to live in close relationship with the Lord, to obey Him, and to show other people His love (Deuteronomy 4:5-8).
In the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve hid from God because their sin made them afraid. As sinners, we are afraid of God. Our sin keeps us from understanding His love. The good news is that God makes the first move to repair the broken relationship between Himself and us.
Our most important job is to show other people a correct "picture" of God and His love. When people come to God and believe that He loves them, they will give their lives to Him. Then they will obey what He tells them to do because they know His commandments are for their own good.
The Holy Tent showed the close relationship God wanted with people. God used the Holy Tent to help His people understand important Bible truth. The Holy Tent shows us how God saves sinners who come to Him in faith.

๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐š๐›๐›๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐
โž  God made the Sabbath holy in Eden (read Genesis 2:1-3). The Sabbath and its message was, is, and always will be about God: who He is and what His mighty works are.

โž  The Sabbath helps us remember that God made the skies and the earth. The Sabbath also helps us remember that God saves us. The Sabbath helps us think about God, who wants to live with His people. In this way, both the Sabbath and the Holy Tent help us to remember the same thing: God's love in our hearts and lives.

โž  The Sabbath in the Old Testament teaches us five important Bible truths:
๐Ÿ. ๐†๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก (๐บ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘  1:1). ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘'๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ (๐บ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘  2:2, 3; ๐ธ๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘  20:8-11). ๐ด๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐ต๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘  ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž.
๐Ÿ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ (๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›) ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘™.
๐Ÿ‘. ๐†๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐‡๐ข๐ฌ ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘'๐‘  ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ.
๐Ÿ’. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ. ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘'๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ. ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž.
๐Ÿ“. ๐†๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž. ๐‘ƒ๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘—๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก ๐ป๐‘–๐‘š ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐ป๐‘–๐‘š.

๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ
โž  Many precious materials were needed to build the Holy Tent. God's people gave the materials. Their hearts were filled with joy as they gave. The people gave gold, silver, brass, fine linen, precious stones, special cloths, wood, olive oil, perfumes, and many other needed things.

โž  People also donated their time and skills because many objects for the Holy Tent and its furniture needed to be made. Also, tailors wove clothes for the priests or spiritual leaders, who would work in the Holy Tent. Clothes also must be made for the high priest or top spiritual leader. His clothes included a chest covering and a special hat.

โž  God blessed the Israelites with many gifts from the Egyptians when they left Egypt. Now God gave the Israelites the chance to give thank offerings for God's mercy and His mighty leadership. The hearts of the people were moved to do the work to God's glory.

โž  God's Spirit helped the people build the Holy Tent correctly. Bezalel, Aholiab, and other people were "filled... with the Spirit of God" (Exodus 35:31, NKJV). God gave them the wisdom, skills, and knowledge to do the work exactly the way God showed Moses.

โž  From these verses, we see that the gift of the Holy Spirit is not just about spiritual gifts of love, joy, and peace. The gift of the Holy Spirit also includes skills and know-how.

โž  God gives His people this wisdom to get His work done. When we are filled with the Spirit, we are not filled with some special spiritual energy or magical power. To help His cause grow, God gives His followers skills to do His work and do it well.

๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐“๐š๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ
โž What elements were necessary for the Tabernacle of Meeting to fulfill its functions?
โ–ช ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ (๐ป๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’); ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜; ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘; ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘; ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ; ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”; ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ง๐‘’; ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก; ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘‘; ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก-๐‘๐‘œ๐‘๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ก; ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ .

โž  Once built, the Sanctuary (the Tabernacle and the courtyard) was home to two distinct services: the ๐๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ. Their various ceremonies, taken together, teach us that:
1. ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘š.
2. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ .
3. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’.
4. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›.

โž  Through the daily service, God showed the way in which He forgives, by grace, the sinner: with the death of an innocent animal, โ€œthe Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the worldโ€ (Jn. 1:29).

โž  With the annual service (the Day of Atonement), God showed how He will eradicate sin from the universe, showing the final solution to the problem of evil (Ps. 73:17).

โž  The Sanctuary was also the place to worship God, praise him and express gratitude to him.

๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐†๐จ๐โ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐š๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐œ๐ฅ๐ž
โž  The book of Exodus ends with the dedication of the Sanctuary and its priests. The protagonist of this chapter is undoubtedly God, who fills everything with his glorious presence (Ex. 40:34). This Presence continued to accompany the Tabernacle in the cloud and in the Shekinah (the manifestation of divine glory between the cherubim of the ark).

โž  After months of work, the sanctuary was erected on the first day of the first month of the second year after their departure from Egypt (Ex. 40:2, 17). Everything was arranged in order (ark, veil, table, chandelier, golden altar, bronze altar, laver), and consecrated (Exod. 40:9).

โž  Three times, the Bible says that God or His servant finished
doing work:
1. ๐ด๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž (๐บ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘  2:1-3).
2. ๐ด๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก (๐ธ๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘  40:33).
3. ๐ด๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ (1 ๐พ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  7:51).

โž  Finally, Aaron and his sons were dressed in their priestly garments, and anointed for their mission. (Ex. 40:12-15).

๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐“๐š๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ
โž  Jesus became a man. John says John 1:14 that Jesus became a man to show that He lives with us in a real and visible way.

โž  Jesus on earth in a body helps us remember that God in the Old Testament lived with the Israelites in the Holy Tent at Sinai. Later, God lived in the desert as the Israelites journeyed to the Promised Land.

โž  After Jesus became human, He lived with people on this earth. This thought is amazing! The everlasting God came down to us, as one of us. God wants us to know that He truly is "Immanuel" (Isaiah 7:14). "The name Immanuel means 'God with us' " (Matthew 1:23).

โž  In Matthew 18:20, Jesus said that if two or three come together in His name, He will be there among them. Jesus is with His people in the Person of the Holy Spirit. Jesus invites His followers to be in close relationship with Him: " 'Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him. And he will eat with me' " (Revelation 3:20).

โž  The New Jerusalem will come down from heaven to earth. John announces, "I heard a loud voice coming from heaven. It [the voice] said, 'See! God's home is with men. He will live with them. They will be His people. God Himself will be with them. He will be their God' " (Revelation 21:3).

โž  We will live in this perfect city with God on an earth without sin, death, or suffering forever and ever.

๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐†. ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž says, "In the work done in the Holy Tent, and later in the temple, the people learned each day the important Bible truths about Jesus' death and saving work. On the Day of Atonement or the Day When God Removes All Sin, the priests or spiritual leaders did a special work. This work helped the people think about the final work that would happen in the worldwide war between God and Satan. At that time, God will make all heaven and earth clean from sin and sinners.
- ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐†. ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž, ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ , p. 358.

๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค!!

God in the Midst of the StormWhere is God? Closer than you may expect. What can He do about it? More than you can imagin...
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God in the Midst of the Storm

Where is God?
Closer than you may expect.
What can He do about it?
More than you can imagine.

๐’๐€๐๐๐€๐“๐‡ ๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐Ž๐‹ ๐‹๐„๐’๐’๐Ž๐ ๐’๐”๐Œ๐Œ๐€๐‘๐˜๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ—: ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ฐ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ: โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ , โ€˜๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ก...
29/08/2025

๐’๐€๐๐๐€๐“๐‡ ๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐Ž๐‹ ๐‹๐„๐’๐’๐Ž๐ ๐’๐”๐Œ๐Œ๐€๐‘๐˜

๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ—: ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ฐ

๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ: โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ , โ€˜๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™: โ€œ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ผ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›. ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘€๐‘’โ€”๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ โ€ (๐—˜๐˜…๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ:๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ, ๐—ก๐—ž๐—๐—ฉ).

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: God wanted His people to be different from the other people around them. God wanted the Israelites to be a community of faith who lived under His leadership. Everyone would obey His law. Judges would punish people who broke the law. Priests or spiritual leaders would teach the law. Parents also had an important part in this work.
The laws of a country show us its beliefs. They also show us who the lawmaker is. God's law shows us who He is. He is loving, good, and holy. The law shows us how God punishes evil. The law is fair, and so is God. The law protects us from dangers and disasters.
We must respect God and other people. We must love God's law. When we do these things, we live the law, just as God planned for His people, the Israelites, to do.

๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ง๐ญ
โž  At Sinai, God gave Israel the Ten Commandments. The law taught God's people how to live holy lives. The people must stay connected to God for that to happen. So, God gave His people more laws for everyday life. The judges were responsible for protecting these laws and helping people to follow them correctly.

โž  "๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘œ, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ . ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›'๐‘ก ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘› ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ . ๐‘†๐‘œ, ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘› ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘š๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™. ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘› ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’. ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’."
-๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐†. ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž, ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐—ฝ. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ.

โž  We can read the laws that God gave His people for everyday life in Exodus 21:1-23:19. God gave these laws to His people to stop evil and to build a strong community.

โž  The covenant code begins by regulating three vital aspects of Hebrew society:
๐Ÿ. ๐’๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ (๐„๐ฑ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ): ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ; ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›, ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ, ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘; ๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘“ โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’.
๐Ÿ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ (๐„๐ฑ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•): ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ; ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ ; ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ.
๐Ÿ‘. ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ (๐„๐ฑ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–-๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ): ๐‘‚๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›; ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘› (๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘) ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’.

โž  All these laws attempt to curb abuse and violence between people.

๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ
โž  God wasn't content to simply leave us with "basic" laws and let us apply them as we see fit. He took care to provide concrete examples so we could apply them correctly.

โž  These examples include ๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’-๐’๐’-๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’•๐’•๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’” (Ex. 21:35-36); ๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’•๐’”. (Ex. 22:14-15); ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’Ž๐’‚๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” (Ex. 22:16), etc.

โž  God's laws talked about different problems. There were laws against shaming people or putting them down. God did not want His people to use anyone in any way at all. In His mercy, God corrects the evil things we want to do and controls the bad things we want to do. God wanted to keep communities safe, to remove evil, and for people to have good personal relationships with each other. So His people must be fair and loving in all their actions and decisions.

โž  The Israelites also celebrated three important festivals every year:
1. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”
2. ๐‘ƒ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ
3. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐น๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™.

โž  Being a covenant between God and his people, these laws also included the way in which we should relate to Him. In addition to the Sabbath rests, there was the obligation to observe the feasts that remind us of our liberation from sin, divine protection, and the glorious future that awaits us.

๐“๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐†๐จ๐โ€™๐ฌ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง
โž  God didn't plan for the Israelites to fight for their new land. God would give them the land. God promised the land to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God wanted to give Israel the land as a special gift.

โž  ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘›'๐‘ก ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐ด๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Žโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ ? "Because the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full" (Gen. 15:16).

โž  After four centuries of grace, the Canaanites hadn't changed their ways. It was time to hand the land over to Israel... peacefully! (Ex. 13:17).

โž  If God had brought them out of Egypt without them having to fight, had parted the sea in two, miraculously fed them, and guided them with His Angelโ€ฆ wouldn't He be able to give them Canaan without them having to fight for it?
๐Ÿ. ๐†๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ซ๐š๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ:
๐‘Ž. ๐ป๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘š๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  (23:21-22)
๐‘. ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘, ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘๐‘˜๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  (23:24-26)
๐‘. ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘  (23:32-33)
๐Ÿ. ๐†๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ซ๐š๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐‡๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ:
๐‘Ž. ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐ด๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘–๐‘› [๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›] (23:20)
๐‘. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ด๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘”๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› [๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›] (23:23)
๐‘. ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  (23:27)
๐‘‘. ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก (23:28)
๐‘’. ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ (23:29-30)
๐‘“. ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  (23:31)

๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐€๐ง ๐„๐ฒ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง ๐„๐ฒ๐ž
โž  In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus uses quotes from the Old Testament. The people who heard Jesus' sermon knew these verses well. But Jesus wasn't satisfied with how the Jewish leaders explained these verses.

โž  The leaders made their own man-made rules more important than Bible truth. Worse, these leaders changed the real meaning of the verses. In His Sermon, Jesus helps the people understand the real meaning of these laws. Jesus wanted to correct some of the false teachings about these Old Testament laws.

โž  The verse from Exodus 21:24 talks about "๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ฒ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ฒ๐ž, ๐š ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก." Jesus uses this quote in Matthew 5:38. This rule is named the "๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ," or "๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง". This verse from Exodus 21:24 also is used in other places in the Bible (Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21).

โž  God made this law to "๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž". God wanted to "๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐". Judges
needed to examine the injury. Then they would decide how much money someone owed for the injury and told him to pay it. The judges did this work to stop people from "๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ." The judges must be fair. Their decisions must honor God's law.

โž  So, Jesus could use this law in the correct way. The reason for the law was to make sure that the judges' decisions were fair. The law, if followed, would repair broken relationships and bring peace.

โž  In a way, a fair decision includes satisfying our need for revenge. That's because we must try to make things right at the same time that we try to be fair.

๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž
โž  "๐‘€๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ , ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›'๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›. ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ. ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›, "๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘”๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’. ๐ผ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜," (๐ท๐‘’๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘ฆ 32:35) ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘'" (๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘  12:19, ๐‘๐ผ๐‘‰).

โž  The problem in Jesus' day was that the teachers of the law used the law in Deuteronomy 32:35 in a way that allowed people to get even. When that happened, the law was used in the wrong way. Then the whole reason for the law was no longer understood. Worse, the teachers of the law used the law to allow things that the law really said were forbidden!

โž  Jesus wasn't against the rules of reward and punishment. Fair decisions are an important part of life. But no person should make himself a judge over another person, decide his guilt, and then punish him! We must not get even. If someone has done us wrong, we must let a judge in court decide what should be done.

โž  Jesus then tells us to be as perfect as our Father in heaven, who is perfect. How can we be as perfect as God Himself?

โž  We must not be selfish, and we must love other people. In doing so, we show people God's love. God teaches His followers to pray for the people who hurt and attack them. Being perfect, then, is to love, to be forgiving, and to be kind (Luke 6:36), even to people who are not good to you. When we follow this important rule, our hearts will be changed. Then we will show everyone God's love.

๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
โ€œAs Creator of all, God is governor over all, and He is bound to enforce His law throughout the universe. To require less from His creatures than obedience to His law would be to abandon them to ruin. To fail to punish transgression of His law would be to place the universe in confusion. The moral law is God's barrier between the human agent and sin. Thus infinite wisdom has placed before men the distinction between right and wrong, between sin and holiness.โ€
-๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐†. ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž, ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘–๐‘”๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‡๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’๐‘ , June 5, 1901.

๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค!!

๐’๐€๐๐๐€๐“๐‡ ๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐Ž๐‹ ๐‹๐„๐’๐’๐Ž๐ ๐’๐”๐Œ๐Œ๐€๐‘๐˜๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ“: ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ: โ€œ๐ด๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข, โ€œ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ...
31/07/2025

๐’๐€๐๐๐€๐“๐‡ ๐’๐‚๐‡๐Ž๐Ž๐‹ ๐‹๐„๐’๐’๐Ž๐ ๐’๐”๐Œ๐Œ๐€๐‘๐˜

๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ“: ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ

๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ: โ€œ๐ด๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข, โ€œ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’?โ€ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ, โ€œ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘ โ€ (๐—˜๐˜…๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ:๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ, ๐—ก๐—ž๐—๐—ฉ).

๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: The 10th punishment is about to fall on Egypt. Moses gives Pharaoh, king of Egypt, his last warning. The king must make his final decision. Pharaoh and his leaders will soon make a decision that will cause the life or death of many people. Pharaoh's decision will change the lives of everyone Egypt forever. Pharaoh's thoughts and feelings about the living God of Israel will decide his future and that of every Egyptian.
๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’? God is more than willing to give us wisdom, understanding, and power to make the right decision (1 Corinthians 1:30; Philippians 2:13).
Sad to say, we don't always want to do what is right. We know what is right, but we refuse to do it. In the story about how God helped Israel escape from Egypt, one king refused to obey God. The king's decision hurt many people and destroyed his country.

๐’๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐˜: ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž
โž  ๐†๐Ž๐ƒ ๐“๐„๐‹๐‹๐’ ๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐๐„๐Ž๐๐‹๐„ ๐“๐Ž ๐๐„ ๐…๐€๐ˆ๐‘ (๐„๐ฑ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ). Amos was a prophet or special messenger from God. Amos said, "๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐บ๐‘‚๐ท ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ " (Amos 3:7, ERV).

โž  God told His prophet Moses what will happen next for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Moses gave Pharaoh a strong warning. God was going to punish Pharaoh's pride and other sins. These sins included Pharaoh's worship of false gods. Pharaoh also hurt God's people and made them his slaves. All of the king's sins caused God to punish Egypt.

โž  ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ƒโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘œโ„Ž ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ป๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก? ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐ธ๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘  11:1-10 ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ.

โž  God gave Egypt time: ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ (Exodus 10:22, 23). During this time, God wanted the Egyptians to think about things that happened and what they meant. God gave the Egyptians a final warning. The warning was clear. God gave the Egyptians a final chance to do the right thing.

โž  But Exodus 11:8 says that "Moses was very angry when he left Pharaoh". ๐‘พ๐’‰๐’š ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐‘ด๐’๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’”๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’“๐’š? Maybe because he knew that the 10th punishment would cause a terrible disaster in the lives of many innocent people. All of these things happened because Pharaoh was so stubborn.

โž  Ten is an important number in the Bible. Ten shows us something that is complete, full, or perfect. (๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‡๐‘’๐‘› ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘'๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค.) ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘'๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก'๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›.

โž  God is the Judge. He hates pride. He also hates when people aren't fair. God hates when people are selfish, mean, or hurt other people. God feels love and pity on people who suffer. God will punish evil. God's work as Judge shows us His love.

โž  But "the Lord has told you what is good. He has told you what he wants from you: Do what is right to other people. Love being kind to others. And live humbly [with no pride in your heart], trusting your God" Micah 6:8.

๐Œ๐Ž๐๐ƒ๐€๐˜: ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐๐ฒ
โž  ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘  ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก? ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐ธ๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘  12:1-20 ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ.

โž  God gives Moses and Aaron surprising orders. God tells them how to celebrate the Passover. The Passover was the time when God killed in one night the Egyptians' sons who were born first and saved His people from this punishment. So, God's orders are about worship.

โž  The word "๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ" is a combination of two words: "๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ" and "๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ," because the punishment "๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ" the homes of the Israelites that were marked with the lamb's blood. The (๐ฅ๐š๐ฆ๐›'๐ฌ ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐) was the sign of (๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐†๐จ๐'๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ฒ). In the Hebrew language, the name of the Passover is "๐๐ž๐ฌ๐š๐œ๐ก," which comes from an action word that means "๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ."

โž  ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐ป๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก? ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐ธ๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘  12:13, 14 ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘’๐‘  ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘'๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’?

โž  God commanded the Israelites to celebrate the Exodus each year. The Exodus was the time when God helped His people escape from Egypt. God wanted His people to remember how He saved them in the past. He also wanted His people to trust in Him to save them now and in the future.
โ€” ๐‘‚๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ 10๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ฆ, ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ . (๐ธ๐‘ฅ. 12:3-5).
โ€” ๐‘‚๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ 14๐‘กโ„Ž, ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘˜, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘ก (๐ธ๐‘ฅ. 12:6)
โ€” ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘ (๐ธ๐‘ฅ. 12:7)
โ€” ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘  (๐ธ๐‘ฅ. 12:8-10)
โ€” ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™๐‘ฆ, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘”๐‘œ (๐ธ๐‘ฅ. 12:11)
โ€” ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘“๐‘ก ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  (๐ธ๐‘ฅ. 12:15)

โž  The celebration of the Passover helped the Israelites to remember the mighty and loving things that God did to save His people. This celebration helped the Israelites to become a people and gave them strong reasons for their faith in God.

๐“๐”๐„๐’๐ƒ๐€๐˜: ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐š๐œ๐ก
โž  On the 14th, two elements played a crucial role in the ceremony: ๐›๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ.

โž  They were to remove yeast from their homes and bake bread without it (unleavened bread). Since the departure was imminent, they would not have yeast during its initial stages (Ex. 12:17-20).

โž  This yeast is a symbol of sin, and unleavened bread symbolizes new life in Christ Jesus (1 Cor. 5:6-8; 2 Cor. 5:17).

โž  Blood was the salvific element. It represented Jesus' bloodโ€”which He shed on the crossโ€”so that, at the Judgment, God would "pass over" our condemnation (1 John 1:7; 2:1-2).

โž  The hyssop with which the blood was to be sprinkled (Ex. 12:22) is a symbol of the purification of sin (Ps. 51:7).

โž  The bread with no yeast is a word picture for the Savior who did not sin. Jesus gave up His life for us. The hyssop was a word picture for God's loving forgiveness that makes us clean from all sin Psalm 51:7. So, the Passover shows us the saving work of Jesus.

๐–๐„๐ƒ๐๐„๐’๐ƒ๐€๐˜: ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ก
โž  ๐“๐„๐€๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐๐† ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ๐‘๐„๐ (๐„๐ฑ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–). The writer of the Psalms explains how our children can know about God and His loving care: "Parents will tell their children what you have done. They will retell [tell again] your mighty acts" (Psalm 145:4). One family should talk to another family about God, the wonderful things He did, and His teachings. In this way, parents will teach their
children about Bible truth.

โž  ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐ธ๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘  12:24โ€“28. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ ?

โž  Parents were the first teachers in Israel. God commanded the parents to tell the story of the Exodus to their children. The Exodus was the time when God led His people out of slavery in Egypt. God wanted the parents to talk about the Exodus as their own experience, and not just as something that happened in the past. When the parents celebrated the Exodus, they lived their history again.

โž  The story of liberation was to be explained in detail, and in the first person (Dt. 26:5-9).

โž  This contains a very special lesson for us. We must pass on our faith to our children. We must tell them about what God has done, not only in history, but also in our own lives. We must bow down before them and worship (Ex. 12:27).

๐“๐‡๐”๐‘๐’๐ƒ๐€๐˜: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‰๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ
โž  ๐‘…๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐ธ๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘  12:29, 30, ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ ' ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›?

โž  The last punishment fell on the Egyptians' sons who were born first. This punishment showed God's anger against all the gods of Egypt and the families who worshiped these false gods. As we saw with the earlier punishments, these false gods couldn't save the Egyptians. The 10th punishment showed how useless the gods of the Egyptians really were. This final punishment brought the worst suffering on the Egyptians.

โž  "๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘”๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘  ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ.
-๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐†. ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž, ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐—ฝ. ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ.

โž  Pharaoh, king of Egypt, was the highest power in the land. The people believed that he was a god of Egypt. So, the people believed his oldest son was the son of a god.
โ€” ๐ผ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›.
โ€” ๐ป๐‘’๐‘ž๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž.
โ€” ๐‘€๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ .

โž  But all of these gods had no power. Only the living Lord had power.

โž  Exodus 1 tells us that the Egyptians killed the newborn sons of Israel on Pharaoh's command. Pharaoh ordered the babies to be killed to weaken the Israelites and to fill them with shame. Now God punishes all the Egyptians. He takes their first-born sons. God will allow us to suffer the same things we do to cause other people to suffer. Our decisions and behavior change other people's lives, for good or evil. The sad truth is that when we do wrong, we aren't the only ones who suffer. Sometimes many other people, including innocent people, will suffer, too. That is the sad truth about sin.

๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
โ€œThey were required to separate themselves and their children from the Egyptians, and gather them into their own houses, for if any of the Israelites were found in the houses of the Egyptians, they would fall by the hand of the destroying angel. They were also directed to keep the feast of the passover for an ordinance, that when their children should inquire what such service meant, they should relate to them their wonderful preservation in Egypt. That when the destroying angel went forth in the night to slay the first-born of man, and the first-born of beast, he passed over their houses, and not one of the Hebrews was slain that had the token of blood upon their door-posts. [โ€ฆ] They [some Egyptians] entreated to be permitted to come to the houses of the Israelites with their families, upon that fearful night when the angel of God should slay the first-born of the Egyptians. They were convinced that their gods whom they had worshiped were without knowledge, and had no power to save or to destroy. The Israelites welcomed the believing Egyptians to their housesโ€
-๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง ๐†. ๐–๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐ž, ๐‘†๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐บ๐‘–๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘ , vol. 3, p. 223.

๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ž๐ค!

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