Devarim opens with Moses's words on Shabbat Chazon. A Torah study on davar, the eichah thread through Isaiah and the cross, and a new Hebrew letter cycle.
This is so powerful. I immediately thought of a period in my life where my marriage was on the brink! We could have shortened that journey had I been willing to lay down my “rights”. But instead of yielding to what I knew was what God wanted, I dug my heels in! Once I could take ownership for what was mine, things changed and, today, we are still married! God was able to take us into the promise, but I turned 11 days into 40 years by my stubborn heart! God is good! He is faithful and so merciful, but He is a God of truth! He will bring the truth even when it hurts! God certainly did not narrate our story from outside of it! Thank you for this!
I have waited many years for a sermon (or commentary / teaching) on Isaiah 1:10-20. When I read verse 10 (really read it for the 1st time) probably 32 years ago - it was like a hammer blow - 'you people of Sodom and Gomorrah!'. Then God rebukes them for doing what was required by him - why was he telling them to stop trampling his courts and offering meaningless sacrifices? Why did his soul "hate" (in the NIV, v. 14) their keeping of the festivals? As I read more, and thought about it, I realized this teaching was similar to much of what Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount - about prayer and giving and fasting and what it meant to embrace the spirit of the law.
I learned quite a bit about the character of God from reading Isaiah and Jeremiah and many of the minor prophets, back in 1994-95. It changed me. And thank you for showing the the "Hows" in your lesson - I knew about Lamentations, but I did not see the others. We all have those 'eichah' moments - and we learn that God has (and will) carry us through them.
I have waited many years for a sermon (or commentary / teaching) on Isaiah 1:10-20. When I read verse 10 (really read it for the 1st time) probably 32 years ago - it was like a hammer blow - 'you people of Sodom and Gomorrah!'. Then God rebukes them for doing what was required by him - why was he telling them to stop trampling his courts and offering meaningless sacrifices? Why did his soul "hate" (in the NIV, v. 14) their keeping of the festivals? As I read more, and thought about it, I realized this teaching was similar to much of what Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount - about prayer and giving and fasting and what it meant to embrace the spirit of the law.
I learned quite a bit about the character of God from reading Isaiah and Jeremiah and many of the minor prophets, back in 1994-95. It changed me. And thank you for showing the the "Hows" in your lesson - I knew about Lamentations, but I did not see the others. We all have those 'eichah' moments - and we learn that God has (and will) carry us through them.
This is so powerful. I immediately thought of a period in my life where my marriage was on the brink! We could have shortened that journey had I been willing to lay down my “rights”. But instead of yielding to what I knew was what God wanted, I dug my heels in! Once I could take ownership for what was mine, things changed and, today, we are still married! God was able to take us into the promise, but I turned 11 days into 40 years by my stubborn heart! God is good! He is faithful and so merciful, but He is a God of truth! He will bring the truth even when it hurts! God certainly did not narrate our story from outside of it! Thank you for this!
I have waited many years for a sermon (or commentary / teaching) on Isaiah 1:10-20. When I read verse 10 (really read it for the 1st time) probably 32 years ago - it was like a hammer blow - 'you people of Sodom and Gomorrah!'. Then God rebukes them for doing what was required by him - why was he telling them to stop trampling his courts and offering meaningless sacrifices? Why did his soul "hate" (in the NIV, v. 14) their keeping of the festivals? As I read more, and thought about it, I realized this teaching was similar to much of what Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount - about prayer and giving and fasting and what it meant to embrace the spirit of the law.
I learned quite a bit about the character of God from reading Isaiah and Jeremiah and many of the minor prophets, back in 1994-95. It changed me. And thank you for showing the the "Hows" in your lesson - I knew about Lamentations, but I did not see the others. We all have those 'eichah' moments - and we learn that God has (and will) carry us through them.
I have waited many years for a sermon (or commentary / teaching) on Isaiah 1:10-20. When I read verse 10 (really read it for the 1st time) probably 32 years ago - it was like a hammer blow - 'you people of Sodom and Gomorrah!'. Then God rebukes them for doing what was required by him - why was he telling them to stop trampling his courts and offering meaningless sacrifices? Why did his soul "hate" (in the NIV, v. 14) their keeping of the festivals? As I read more, and thought about it, I realized this teaching was similar to much of what Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount - about prayer and giving and fasting and what it meant to embrace the spirit of the law.
I learned quite a bit about the character of God from reading Isaiah and Jeremiah and many of the minor prophets, back in 1994-95. It changed me. And thank you for showing the the "Hows" in your lesson - I knew about Lamentations, but I did not see the others. We all have those 'eichah' moments - and we learn that God has (and will) carry us through them.