8/1/2018 6:10:21 PM
Ardelle Brody
Ekev
Posted under: Commentaries
Devarim/Deuteronomy 7:12 " Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that YHWH your Elohim will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers. 13 "And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you. 14 "You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be a male or female barren among you or among your livestock. 15 "And YHWH will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you. 16 "And you shall destroy all the peoples whom YHWH your Elohim delivers over to you; your eye shall have no pity on them; nor shall you serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
Devarim/Deuteronomy 7:7 " YHWH did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; 8 "but because YHWH loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, YHWH has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9 "Therefore know that YHWH your Elohim, He is Elohim, the faithful El who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; 10 "and He repays those who hate Him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack with him who hates Him; He will repay him to his face.
Devarim/Deuteronomy 8:2 "And you shall remember that YHWH your Elohim led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
The hardships in the wilderness were balanced by His miraculous provisions both of which were designed to test "what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not" (Devarim 8:2). By their "hunger" as well as by the "manna" which He provided, they were to "know that man does not live by bread alone..."
Devarim/Deuteronomy 8:3 "So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger,and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of YHWH.
Devarim/Deuteronomy 8:5 "You should know in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so YHWH your Elohim disciplines you.
YHWH Elohim has dealt with and will continue to deal with His people from the standpoint of warning and correction. In fact, the exile can be understood as way of "disciplining" his children:Hebrews 12:5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: "My son, do not despise the discipline of YHWH, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; 6 For whom YHWH loves He disciplines, And scourges every son whom He receives." 7 If you endure disciplining, Elohim deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not discipline? 8 But if you are without disciplining, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? 10 For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. 11 Now no disciplining seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Jeremiah 35:13 "Thus says YHWH of hosts, Elohim of Israel: 'Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, "Do you not receive discipline (musar) to obey My words?" says YHWH "I have also sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, 'Turn now everyone from his evil way, amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them; then you will dwell in the land which I have given you and your fathers.' But you have not inclined your ear, nor obeyed Me. ... 17 "Therefore thus says YHWH Elohim of hosts, the Elohim of Israel: 'Behold, I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the doom that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken to them but they have not heard, and I have called to them but they have not answered.' "
How frustrating for our Father, when His children did not respond to His "discipline":
Jeremiah 32:33 'And they have turned to Me the back, and not the face; though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive discipline (musar) .
Jeremiah 17:23 "But they did not obey nor incline their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear nor receivediscipline (musar)
Jeremiah 7:28 Therefore say to them, 'This is the nation that has not obeyed YHWH its Elohim or responded to discipline (musar). Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips.
Revelation 3:19 "As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be zealous and repent. 20 "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.
If we find ourselves in the place of "discipline," we should keep in mind it is for our growth and good, that we may be warned of a dangerous course of life or action if we continue on our own path. His correction is perfect and will bring us closer to Him. It will aid us in living a life aimed toward holiness. In our repentance and remorse, He will restore us.
Proverbs 3:11 My son, do not despise the discipline (musar) of YHWH, Nor detest His correction; 12 For whom YHWH loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights. 13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding; 14 For her proceeds are better than the profits of silver, And her gain than fine gold.
Psalm 94:12 Blessed is the man whom You discipline (yasar), O YHWH , And teach out of Your Torah
James 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
1 Thessalonians 5:18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of Elohim in Messiah Yeshua for you.
1 John 4:19 We love Him because He first loved us.
Devarim/Deuteronomy 6:4 " Hear, O Israel: YHWH our Elohim, YHWH is one! 5 "You shall love YHWH your Elohim with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength
John 14:15 " If you love Me, keep My commandments.
Jeremiah 29:13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, says YHWH, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says YHWH, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.
Shabbat Shalom!
Ardelle