Friday, March 26

Good evening. So work has slowed down a little, which is good - that means I can actually do the work I need to do. Other than that - no big updates I guess...

Reading for March 26
Deuteronomy 5:1-6:25
Revisiting the Ten Commandments
So in this section, Moses reminds the people of the Ten Commandments, which I think were doled out in Exodus - a whole three books ago. This is all still in preparation of the Israelites inheriting the land of Canaan. The cool thing here is that Moses continues to give help and guidance to the people, even though he knows he won't be able to inherit the land with them. If I had heard that I was going to die instead of reaching the goal I'd been working towards for over forty years, I would have said "Eff it - I'm out. You guys are on your own." This very fact alone shows that God was working through Moses - they would not have survived if it hadn't been for Moses being God's representative...just like Richard being Jacob's representative for you LOST fans.

Anyway, Moses re-reads the commandments to the people, emphasizing some points, adding to others, but overall just stressing the importance of obeying them. This is essentially the cornerstone of the Jewish faith. And you can even see in the New Testament, in the people Jesus interacts with, how important the commandments are to them. Jesus replaces all of them with Love God, and Do unto others...

The last piece talks about how you should always talk about the commandments, and to try and remember them whenever possible. Moses suggests hanging them in doorways. I guess this is where the tradition of putting those scrolls on the doorways of Jewish homes comes from. My best friend in High School was Jewish and he had those scrolls on every door in his house. Every time he entered a new room, he would ritualistically touch the scroll, then kiss his hand. I always used to rag on him for it, but now I'm thinkin its pretty cool to have such a distinct reminder of one's faith...

Luke 7:11-35
Jesus raises yet another person from the dead. A young man who was living with his widowed mother. He was so dead that they were carrying his casket out of town for burial (I assume). So he had to be dead for a good day or two. I wonder if Jesus raising people from the dead was meant to be a foreshadowing event - or if he was genuinely just so good that he hated seeing others die. I can't believe that there is no connection between his resurrection and the resurrection of others.

Whoops - fallin asleep...

Psalm 68:19-35
 ³⁴ Proclaim the power of God,
       whose majesty is over Israel,
       whose power is in the skies.
 ³⁵ You are awesome, O God, in your sanctuary;
       the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.
       Praise be to God!

Pretty


Proverbs 11:29-31


 ²⁹ He who brings trouble on his family will inherit only wind,
       and the fool will be servant to the wise.
 ³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
       and he who wins souls is wise.
 ³¹ If the righteous receive their due on earth,
       how much more the ungodly and the sinner!

Goodnight...