11.12.24 ~ It's Time To Live As Abraham's Seed
Good morning!
Over the years we have focused on the seed of the Word (Lk.8:11) found in the original seed, the Torah. Within the Torah are weekly passages of Scripture that Yeshua would study weekly, throughout His entire lifetime (Lk. 4:16; Acts 15:21). Most of us are very familiar with the concept of the weekly Torah portion and its relationship to the Prophets, the gospels, Acts and the Apostolic writings.
Yeshua said, as it was in the days of Lot, so will it when He returns (Lk. 17:28). I've always been taught, since I was in HS (back when the dinosaurs used to roam the earth) that the world, when it demonstrates characteristics like Sodom and Gomorrah, that's a pretty good indicator that Yeshua is coming back soon.
In Genesis 18:20, 21, Yahweh Elohim/the Lord God says, And the Lord said, 'because the cry/ze'aqah against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave, I will go down and see if they have at all done according to the cry/tse'aqah coming to me.
Why would a cry go out? I thought they were eating, drinking and marrying and having a good time. As in the days of Noah, the days of Ezekiel and the days of Jonah, a cry went up to the Lord. He heard it and decided to bring judgment upon the earth. But unlike our, speaking of me, myself and I, mistaken ideas about Sodom’s sin, the cry God heard was not about sexual immorality. Our Sunday school stories often miss teaching the real sin of Sodom. It was not homosexuality, lasciviousness, lust or any of the other sexual perversions. It was far greater. And it’s all wrapped up in the Hebrew word tse’aqah and its companion ze’aqah. Huh?
Though the words are different, nevertheless, the impact of these two words melds into a single offense so great that God brings wrath upon those who embrace them.
What does tse’aqah and ze’aqah mean? They describe the anguished cry of the oppressed, the agonizing plea of the victim for help in some great injustice. This is moral outrage at the total disregard for human compassion and civility. This is the very opposite of what any human being would consider justice. This is not simply dishonoring Yahweh. This is dishonoring our own kind, a wanton display of human insensitivity toward other human beings. If you want to see what this looks like, you do not have to descend into the brothels or the porn shops. You can watch the news about 'racial cleansing/genocide' and all the woke media positions against the majority across the globe. You can recall the history of the Holocaust or the actions of Pol Pot (Cambodian Communist Revolutionist). You can realize that we live in the most brutal, most inhuman, most despicable century that the world has ever known. And there is no evidence that things will improve.
Yeshua said, as it was in the days of Lot, so will it when He returns (Lk. 17:28). I've always been taught, since I was in HS (back when the dinosaurs used to roam the earth) that the world, when it demonstrates characteristics like Sodom and Gomorrah, that's a pretty good indicator that Yeshua is coming back soon.
In Genesis 18:20, 21, Yahweh Elohim/the Lord God says, And the Lord said, 'because the cry/ze'aqah against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave, I will go down and see if they have at all done according to the cry/tse'aqah coming to me.
Why would a cry go out? I thought they were eating, drinking and marrying and having a good time. As in the days of Noah, the days of Ezekiel and the days of Jonah, a cry went up to the Lord. He heard it and decided to bring judgment upon the earth. But unlike our, speaking of me, myself and I, mistaken ideas about Sodom’s sin, the cry God heard was not about sexual immorality. Our Sunday school stories often miss teaching the real sin of Sodom. It was not homosexuality, lasciviousness, lust or any of the other sexual perversions. It was far greater. And it’s all wrapped up in the Hebrew word tse’aqah and its companion ze’aqah. Huh?
Though the words are different, nevertheless, the impact of these two words melds into a single offense so great that God brings wrath upon those who embrace them.
What does tse’aqah and ze’aqah mean? They describe the anguished cry of the oppressed, the agonizing plea of the victim for help in some great injustice. This is moral outrage at the total disregard for human compassion and civility. This is the very opposite of what any human being would consider justice. This is not simply dishonoring Yahweh. This is dishonoring our own kind, a wanton display of human insensitivity toward other human beings. If you want to see what this looks like, you do not have to descend into the brothels or the porn shops. You can watch the news about 'racial cleansing/genocide' and all the woke media positions against the majority across the globe. You can recall the history of the Holocaust or the actions of Pol Pot (Cambodian Communist Revolutionist). You can realize that we live in the most brutal, most inhuman, most despicable century that the world has ever known. And there is no evidence that things will improve.
The potential genocide in the name of Allah that lurks on the horizon has the possibility of making all other acts of cruelty pale by comparison. The destruction of human beings in the name of religion, politics and economics makes us all look as though we not only live in Sodom, but that we have also expanded its city limits to the edge of the globe.
Do we really think that Yahweh will not repeat His expunging wrath on a world gone mad with the lust for power, possession and personal gain? Do we really believe that He can find ten righteous men among us? We will discuss this on Friday night's zoom :-). It is a very frightening thing to contemplate. How long God’s mercy will outweigh His judgment is a gambling bet no man should ever want to take.
So, push aside the idea that Sodom was, at the seed level, all about sexual perversion. Sexual perversion was only one of the symptoms of a culture that cared nothing for those who could be used and abused. Ezekiel lays the blame right where we need to hear it:
“Behold, this is the guilt of your sister, Sodom. She and her daughters had pride, were more than full of food, and prosperous, but did not aid the poor and the needy. They were haughty, and did abominable things before me; therefore I removed them, when I saw it.” (Eze. 16:49-50)
What does God see today? What are you going to do about it before He comes down to see if the cry is great from all humanity?
It's time to act! It's time to live as Abraham's seed and do as Abraham did (Gal. 3:29; Jn. 8:39; Isa. 41:1-15).
Commercial: Last night's zoom call: The Eternal Covenant of Circumcision: Reproducing after the Spirit cuts away the flesh and serving as Abraham did
Shalom
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