We are walking in today: Weekend Meditation, The Shemittah Is Our Independence!
Witness appointed time throughout the Bible: H4150 mo`ed appointed place, appointed time, meeting, sacred season, set feast, appointed season
Habakkuk 2:3; Esther 9:27; Matthew 8:29
This arrangement of the 613
principles, the law of our Lord God Almighty, the God of Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob is from the book by Rabbi Ralph Messer, Torah: Law Or Grace? Kingdom Principles For Kingdom Living. This book can be ordered online here or in the store if you are in the Denver area here. http://store.torah.tv/browse.c
The Eighth Commandment--Exodus 20:13 Thou shall not steal
470. You shall not steal --Leviticus 19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
471. You shall not deny falsely --Leviticus 19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
471. You shall not deny falsely --Leviticus 19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
472. You shall not lie to one another --Leviticus 19:11
473. You shall not retain a worker's wage overnight until morning --Leviticus 19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy
neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not
abide with thee all night until the morning.
474. You shall not rob --Leviticus 19:13
475. You shall not cheat your neighbor --Leviticus 19:13
476. You shall not commit a perversion in measurements --Leviticus 19:35
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
477. You shall not commit a perversion in weights --Leviticus 19:35
478. You shall have correct scales, correct weights, and correct measures --Leviticus 19:36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
479. You shall not slaughter an animal and its offspring on the same day --Leviticus 22:28 And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
Fiveamprayer we are to rest in Him. Trust in Yahweh's appointed times and seasons! So why does that matter? That is something that happened so long ago--can it still be in effect now? Well let's first define what we are talking about. Beginning in Genesis, with the creation of the world. The initial pattern that was given is to work for 6 days and then cease from work on the 7th day. The sabbath in the last day of the week. The day set apart to meet in His presence in a congregation. No where does the Bible give us direction to change His day to any other day! Now that we looked at the sabbath let's look to what other times Yahweh has given to His people. There are appointed times that we are to meet with our Elohim to such as Pesach, Shavout and Yom Kippur for example. We also have the set time every 7 years that was a time for debt and slaves to be released. Leviticus 25 1 And the Lord spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a sabbath to the Lord. 3 Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather its fruit; 4 but in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the Lord. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard. 5 What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the land. 6 And the sabbath produce of the land shall be food for you: for you, your male and female servants, your hired man, and the stranger who dwells with you, 7 for your livestock and the beasts that are in your land—all its produce shall be for food. This is the shemittah. For those who owed money to another was to be forgiven in the shemittah. Those who were sold into slavery were now to be released. The land was not to be worked, it was to rest and also observe the shemittah. This was done in ancient times yet His word does not change--we are still to uphold what He has spoken. The years of Israel's exile was due to not keeping the shemittah--the land resting and pagan worship. That is serious enough to know that He means business about His word!! This time of rest and releasing of debt would prevent us from focusing so much on the physical attainment. This was also so the the children of Israel were not in slavery, (that is what He delivered them out of Egypt so) He could not all them to be lifetime slaves! In observing the shemittah year the land was no longer owned by anyone but all could eat freely of what the land provided on it's own. They were provided for but were not to collect and store up food from the field. In this year the widow, orphan, strangers were able to freely eat of the fields. Fiveamprayer we are being given independence from this world to depend on Yahweh and His instructions! The ways of the world are not our ways and as we truly trust and stand on His word, at His appointed time and season--we are expecting to see scripture come to life before our eyes! This is not a guess or a conjecture of a desire but according to His word. That we can see in the pattern throughout the scriptures! Yahweh wants us to look to Him in all things. When we feel that we can handle it and choose not to include Him is to our detriment. He created it all and allows or permits at His design! In building our trust in Him will we pay attention to the bank statements over His decree? Are we more focused on the news reports or on the or the commandment of provision in our obedience? Can the likeness and image know better than the Original who hand crafted us His image? To hear this again click here.
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