How Long Will You Refuse to Obey the Bible? (Exodus 16-20)

 

Slavery is dependency on man, but true freedom comes by faith in the Almighty. Man hates freedom because they live only in the physical realm. As the physical explains the spiritual, Yeshau sustains His children remembering John 6:35 states, ‘Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.”’ As Messiah sustains, our Heavenly Father gave us a day of rest to show our obedience.

 

Miracles are not faith, but prove the faith that exists. Faith questions, but in the divine's family. The Lord show Himself as we need it but not to create faith as Dennis Prager wrote in his book “Exodus God, Slavery and Freedom,” “If faith in God and leading a religious life were dependent on constant and obvious divine intervention, no one would believe in God.” (Pg. 192)

 

Wickedness rises in every generation. Wickedness and judgment come in the shadow of weakness from blessing, for Peter warned in 1 Peter 5:8, “Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” NASU We cannot defeat wickedness as individuals but must rely on others and the Lord.

 

 As man needs a wife, a leader needs others who can share his burden. The Holy commandments are standard that all His people should know. Leadership must be a dance of justice and compassion. A wise man knows when to accept the advice of another.

 

The universe is an expression of the divine. If one dwells in the Torah, then he may intercede for the nations as he is a light to the nations. The Ten statements of the divine are these:

 

“ I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

 

“You shall have no other gods before Me.

 

“You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. 5 “ You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me,  but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 “ Six days you shall labor and do all your work,  but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it  you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

 

“ You shall not murder.

 

“ You shall not commit adultery.

 

“ You shall not steal.

 

“ You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

 

17 “ You shall not covet.”

 

NASU(Ex 20:2-17a NASU)