WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.679 --> 00:00:05.280 Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to Sunday Service, episode thirty five. 2 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:07.080 I am your host, Josh Monday. If you know me, 3 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:09.919 I'm a Christian rapper, devoted husband, father, and Army veteran. 4 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:12.240 And yes, thank you so much for joining me. This 5 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:15.560 is brought to you by Could to Conspiracy Podcast. Really 6 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:19.320 appreciate you guys tuning in, and like I always do, 7 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:24.440 I always like to shout people out for commenting, and 8 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:27.199 even if it's you know, kind of the same group 9 00:00:27.239 --> 00:00:30.280 of people commenting, I still like to shout you out. 10 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:33.799 I really appreciate you so much, so I like to 11 00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:37.240 shout out av thank you so much for always commenting. 12 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:39.719 And yeah, you're looking forward to that that episode, So 13 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:44.159 I man, I'm really looking forward to our auvy. I 14 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:48.679 don't know. Sorry I said man, but I'm not, you know, 15 00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:52.479 I just say I say man just because you know, 16 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:56.560 I'm not really I think I believe you might be 17 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:58.759 female or man, So I don't mean to say that. 18 00:00:58.799 --> 00:01:02.479 What I will say is, uh, I'm really interested in 19 00:01:02.520 --> 00:01:05.599 that oppisode episode as well. I'm so looking forward to it. 20 00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:09.799 And you know, Gary Wayne is always fun and ed Maybray, Uh, 21 00:01:09.879 --> 00:01:11.560 they're both a fun group. Of guys, you know, and 22 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:13.599 I'm gonna definitely try to have some hard hitting questions 23 00:01:13.640 --> 00:01:17.239 for them. I wish I could have JT follows jac 24 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:21.480 On to kind of not debate them, but kind of, 25 00:01:21.519 --> 00:01:24.760 you know, ask them questions as well and and maybe 26 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:27.560 have some good stuff. But it's gonna be a later show, 27 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:29.239 and I know he's he's on the East coast, so 28 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:31.439 that that won't work. But anyways, we'll go ahead and 29 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:33.959 have that. Can't wait for it. It's gonna be a 30 00:01:33.959 --> 00:01:38.239 great show. Looking forward to that as well. Flicking boogers, 31 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:40.840 thank you so much listening with my boys. We're out 32 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:43.000 for the rest of week with COVID. Oh my goodness. 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It's kind of 72 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:52.080 there we go Luke. Nope, we don't want Luke. We 73 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:55.840 want Deuteronomy. And then I'm going to pull up Deuteronomy 74 00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:03.039 and let's see Deuteronomy intro. Why is it on that one? 75 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:10.759 It was weird? Okay, Deuteronomy twenty nineteen. Man, so there's 76 00:04:10.759 --> 00:04:16.079 someone all right, So yeah, I think we're on Deuteronomy 77 00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:19.720 in nineteen. If I'm mistaken. We did eighteen through fourteen 78 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:22.399 through eighteen last week, so we are on Deuteronomy nineteen. 79 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:26.600 And let's go through this. You know, I kind of 80 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:29.040 I did a I listened to nineteen twenty and twenty one. 81 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:32.079 I kind of did some studies on those, and yeah, 82 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:33.839 so we'll have one. We'll have a good show. I 83 00:04:33.920 --> 00:04:35.800 appreciate you guys tuning in. So let's go ahead and 84 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:39.800 start Deuteronomy nineteen one. I'm on my notes there, and 85 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:42.680 then I always like to I have two phones now 86 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:46.079 because of a comment that somebody made to kind of 87 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:49.800 be faster on getting to the notes. And that's just 88 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:52.040 what we're gonna do here. So we're gonna be Deuteronomy 89 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:56.240 nineteen The three Cities of refuge is where we're at, 90 00:04:56.560 --> 00:04:58.279 So let's go ahead and find out what that is. 91 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:04.000 So when the Lord your God has cut off the 92 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:07.360 nations whose land the Lord your God is giving you 93 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:11.720 and you and disposes them, and you disposes them and 94 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:13.920 dwell in their cities and in their houses, you shall 95 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:16.560 separate three cities for yourself. In the midst of your land, 96 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:18.920 which the Lord your God is giving you to possess. 97 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:22.519 You shall prepare roads for yourself and divide into three parts, 98 00:05:22.560 --> 00:05:25.079 and territory of your land, which your Lord your God 99 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:28.399 is giving you to inherit, and any man slayer may 100 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:32.079 flee there, so that any man slayer may flee there. 101 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:36.199 Manslayer is the same word for manslaughter. Okay, it's somebody 102 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:40.519 that kills somebody on accident. But you want to create 103 00:05:40.560 --> 00:05:43.560 these cities of refuge so that these people that killed 104 00:05:43.600 --> 00:05:47.959 somebody on accident their family members don't come and kill you, 105 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:50.439 you know, or kill them, not you, but kill them, okay. 106 00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:52.959 So it's a city of refuge for them to be 107 00:05:53.040 --> 00:05:56.000 able to stay in, and it's somewhere that if something 108 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:58.360 like that ever does happen. Obviously, manslaughter is when you 109 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:02.199 do it on accident, right, not with malice, not with intent, 110 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:07.800 but a total accident. But still, if you know somebody 111 00:06:07.839 --> 00:06:11.439 accidentally killed your brother back then, and you see that 112 00:06:11.519 --> 00:06:14.040 guy that killed your brother on accident, you may want 113 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:17.160 to go and kill him, right. So that is the 114 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:20.680 reason for these cities of refuge. Okay, So let's go 115 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:24.360 ahead and keep reading. This is Deuteronomy nineteen, verse four, 116 00:06:24.920 --> 00:06:27.360 and this is the case of the man slayer who 117 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:32.319 flees there that he may live. Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, 118 00:06:32.399 --> 00:06:34.959 not having hated him in the time past. And when 119 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:36.920 a man goes to the woods with his neighbor to 120 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:40.120 cut timber, and his hand swings a stroke with the accent, 121 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:42.839 cut down the tree, and the head slips from the 122 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:45.959 handle and strikes his neighbor, so that he dies. He 123 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:49.120 shall flee to one of these cities and live, lest 124 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:52.199 the Avenger of blood, while his anger is hot, pursue 125 00:06:52.199 --> 00:06:57.360 the manslayer and overtake him because the way is long, 126 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:00.920 and kill him through what is not deserving of death, 127 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:04.279 since he had not hatred, hated the victim and the 128 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:07.120 time past. Therefore, I command you saying you shall separate 129 00:07:07.160 --> 00:07:11.920 three cities for yourself. So it's it's like a cool 130 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:19.240 off period, right for the people that are maybe brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, dads. 131 00:07:20.240 --> 00:07:23.000 Obviously the uncles and the brothers and the dads would 132 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:24.839 be the ones you really have to worry about. I mean, 133 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:28.759 so it's like a that's what it's saying. It's you 134 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:32.040 flee there. So the avenger of blood while his anger 135 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:34.759 is hot, you know, the avenger of the blood means 136 00:07:34.800 --> 00:07:38.439 like the avenger of the brothers sister whoever got killed 137 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:42.040 from him, you know, swinging that axe for example, and 138 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:47.639 it accidentally killing the person. Another thing he could do 139 00:07:47.720 --> 00:07:51.759 is chop down that tree, right, with the axe timber 140 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:55.399 and then boom, the tree falls on somebody. That's another 141 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:58.000 thing that could happen, and that's just that's totally not 142 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:03.000 on purpose at all. You know. You could be trying 143 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:06.639 to kill a a animal and pull the bow back 144 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:10.959 and shoot, and then the bow misses the animal and 145 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:14.319 shoots somebody like far in a distance right and ends 146 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:16.759 up killing them. The guy meant to kill the animal, 147 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:20.360 not to kill the person, so it just ended up happening. 148 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:22.720 It's a total accident, you know. And you could probably 149 00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:26.759 imagine a few things that can happen back then that 150 00:08:27.079 --> 00:08:31.319 would put a person in that situation. Right. Let's continue 151 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:34.440 Deuteronomy nineteen verse eight. Now, if the Lord your God 152 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:37.320 enlarges your territory, and he swore to your fathers and 153 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:39.399 gives you the land which he promised to give to 154 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:42.120 your fathers, And if you keep these commandments and do 155 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:44.919 them which I command you today, to love the Lord 156 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:47.600 your God and walk always in his ways, then you 157 00:08:47.639 --> 00:08:54.759 shall add three more cities for yourselves Beside these three. 158 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:57.759 Three more cities. Besides these three cities for yourself, besides 159 00:08:57.840 --> 00:09:00.440 these three, less innocent blood be shed in the midst 160 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:02.120 of your land. Which your Lord, your God has given 161 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:05.120 you as it inherits, thus guilt and bloodshed upon you. 162 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:08.080 Let's go ahead and stop there. Let's let's find let's 163 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:12.799 do some teaching points for Deuteronomy nineteen two through three, 164 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:17.399 Deuteronomy nineteen four through six, real quick, So we have 165 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:21.240 Deuteronomy nineteen two through three instructs the Israelites to set 166 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:25.279 aside these cities as places of refuge. These cities were 167 00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:33.080 meant to protect individuals who had Sorry, jeez, right in 168 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:35.600 the middle of reading that, it switched pages on me. 169 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:38.919 These cities were meant to protect individuals who had accidentally 170 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:42.200 killed someone, providing them a safe haven from the avenger 171 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:45.440 of blood, which we kind of went through already. It's 172 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:49.480 nothing crazy. And then that's places I want to talk. 173 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:53.919 I want to check out events. So God commands the 174 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:56.240 Israelites to set aside three cities for the refuge of 175 00:09:56.320 --> 00:09:58.200 land he has given them, which we already know. These 176 00:09:58.200 --> 00:09:59.960 cities are meant to provide a safe haven for any 177 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:03.480 one who has killed anyone unintentionally. The Hebrew term for 178 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:11.120 refuge is mclatt hopefully I'm pronouncing that right. Emphasizes the 179 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:14.720 purpose of these cities as places of protection. Okay, and 180 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:17.559 then another thing is the criteria for manslaughter. In my notes, 181 00:10:17.559 --> 00:10:20.600 I have the passage outlines the criteria for determining in 182 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:23.759 a if a killing is accidental, such as a person 183 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:29.360 kills another without prior enmity or intent. This distinction is 184 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:32.519 crucial for the person to be eligible for refuge, highlighting 185 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:37.559 the importance of justice and mercy in the law. And 186 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:41.279 then the procedure for seeking refuge is the person who 187 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:43.879 has killed unintentionally must flee to one of these cities 188 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:46.399 to save their life from the avenger of blood. The 189 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:51.240 Hebrew word for avenger is go out, refers to a 190 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:55.000 family member seeking justice for the slain relative, underscoring the 191 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:59.240 cultural context of family duty. So that is the cultural 192 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:02.639 context of family duty. If somebody kills your brother, it 193 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:05.759 looks like the Israelites, we're gonna go and kill that person. Right. 194 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:10.679 Expansion of cities of refuge. If the Lord enlarges the 195 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:13.159 territory of the Israelites, they are instructed to add three 196 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:17.120 more cities of refuge. This expansion is content upon their 197 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:21.000 obedience to God's commandments, reflecting the covenant relationship between God 198 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:25.879 and Israel. Okay, we have that, and then let's see, 199 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:31.879 we are gonna go back up to my notes right here, 200 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:35.720 and we'll have fifteen through twenty one. All right, let's 201 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:40.799 go ahead and continue. Okay, So we already talked about 202 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:44.799 verses eight through ten. Now we're gonna jump to eleven. 203 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:48.240 Doune Army nineteen eleven says, but if anyone hates his neighbors, 204 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:50.720 lies in wait for him, rises against him, and strikes 205 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:54.320 him mortally so that he dies, he flees to one 206 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:57.360 of these cities, then the elders of his city shall 207 00:11:57.399 --> 00:12:01.159 send and bring him from there over to the hand 208 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:03.639 of the avenger of blood, that he may die. Your 209 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:06.879 eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away 210 00:12:06.919 --> 00:12:10.080 the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go, 211 00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:13.799 that it may go well with you. But if okay, 212 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:16.759 so it says, but if anyone hates his neighbor, lies 213 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:19.039 in wait for him, rises against him, and strikes him 214 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:21.679 mortally so that he dies, and he flees to one 215 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:24.240 of these cities, so he's like, he does it actually 216 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:28.639 intentionally with malice, with intent, and then he tries to flee, 217 00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:32.159 it says, Then the elders of his city shall send 218 00:12:32.200 --> 00:12:34.600 and bring him from there and deliver him to the 219 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:37.120 hand of the avenger of blood. So they ain't gonna 220 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:40.320 let that slide. If you do that, they're gonna go 221 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:42.720 into the city of refuge. They're gonna get you like 222 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:46.039 the police would. And nowadays you're gonna be a wanted man. 223 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:48.480 They're gonna come and get you, and they're gonna bring 224 00:12:48.519 --> 00:12:52.840 you to those brothers, uncles, dads, whoever it is, and 225 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:57.519 they are gonna deliver them to him that he may die. Okay, 226 00:12:57.840 --> 00:13:00.720 it's not the same. This is like the while West. 227 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:03.919 Almost your eyes shall not pity him, but you shall 228 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:06.080 put away the guilt of venison, blood from Israel, that 229 00:13:06.120 --> 00:13:08.519 it may go well with you. So if you go 230 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:11.840 and kill somebody, murder somebody back, then you are not 231 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:14.639 you'ren't gonna get away with it and just be scott free. 232 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:16.519 And then it's gonna be like whatever, And it's okay, 233 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:20.399 all right, you're gonna die too, so you might as 234 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:23.799 well control your anger, you know, or else you're gonna 235 00:13:23.799 --> 00:13:28.759 be in a world of hurt. Right, So let's see. 236 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:35.080 Let's see criteria procedure for seeking refuge expansive cities. We 237 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:39.960 talked about protection against false witnesses. Well, we haven't talked 238 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:41.919 about the false witnesses yet, so we don't need to 239 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:44.639 read that. So let's go ahead and continue. Now we're 240 00:13:44.679 --> 00:13:48.200 on Deuteronomy nineteen, verse fourteen. You shall not remove your 241 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:51.000 neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set in 242 00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:54.360 your inheritance, which you inherit in the land that your 243 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:59.679 Lord God has given you to possess. Okay, so this 244 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:04.360 part is like, okay, So let's say you have this 245 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:07.840 land right, and it's your land, and there's a bunch 246 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:10.480 of rocks surrounding your land. Right, there's just a whole 247 00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:13.399 bunch of rocks surrounding it, so you know exactly where 248 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:15.559 your land is, or a whole bunch of trees whatever. 249 00:14:16.679 --> 00:14:18.919 I think rocks is a better example. And you know, 250 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:21.440 you got this acre of land right that's all squared 251 00:14:21.480 --> 00:14:24.440 out with all these rocks. What this is saying is, 252 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:27.440 you know, he doesn't God doesn't want your neighbor to 253 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:29.960 go to sleep at night, and these passed out and 254 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:32.039 then you get, you know, twenty guys, and you guys 255 00:14:32.080 --> 00:14:34.799 move those rocks, you know, to the left, you know, 256 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:39.120 twenty feet or whatever, so that you gather more land. 257 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:44.159 It says, you shall not remove your neighbor's landmark which 258 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:46.960 the men of old have set in your inheritance. Say, 259 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:49.080 you inherit the land that the Lord God has given 260 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:52.639 you to possess, So don't steal land, just leave it. 261 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:54.600 When you got your land, you're good. You got your 262 00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:57.759 acre set out or half an acre or ten acres, 263 00:14:57.759 --> 00:15:01.200 whatever they're doing, you got that set out. Just that's 264 00:15:01.200 --> 00:15:03.480 your land, Okay. You don't get to just go ahead 265 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:06.559 and move the landmarks further out from the you know, 266 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:10.399 or let's say, for example, God also doesn't want, you know, 267 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:13.919 you to have everything set out perfectly. You got your landmarks, 268 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:17.080 and then your neighbor dies, and then you know, you're 269 00:15:17.120 --> 00:15:19.639 waiting for their sons to move in, and then all 270 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:21.919 of a sudden you're like, oh, he's dead anyways, so 271 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:23.759 I'm going to go ahead and move it further out 272 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:26.120 and take some of his land so when the sons come, 273 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:28.639 they're not going to know anyways. It says do not 274 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:32.120 move the landmark which the men of old have set right, 275 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:36.039 So that totally makes sense. You know, it would cause 276 00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:38.440 a quarrel or a fight between you and your neighbor, 277 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:40.240 and you don't want to have that, you know, especially 278 00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:43.840 between two Israelites. They don't want that. Let's continue. This 279 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:48.120 is the law concerning witnesses. One witness shall not rise 280 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:51.519 against a man concerning any iniquity or any sin that 281 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:54.639 he commits. By the mouth of two or three witnesses. 282 00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:58.600 The matter shall be established. If a false witness rises 283 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:02.759 against any man to tell against them of wrongdoing, then 284 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:06.039 both men in the controversy shall stand before the Lord, 285 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:09.960 before the priest and the judges who serve in those days, 286 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:14.399 and the judges shall make careful inquiry. And indeed, if 287 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:18.440 the witness is a false witness who has testified falsely 288 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:20.919 against his brother, then you shall do to him as 289 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:23.919 he thought to have done to his brother. So you 290 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:27.159 shall put away the evil from among you, and those 291 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:31.039 who remain shall hear and fear hereafter that they do 292 00:16:31.159 --> 00:16:34.559 not commit this such an evil among you. Your eyes shall 293 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:38.080 not pity. Life shall not be for life, eye for 294 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:40.039 an eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for 295 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:41.960 a foot. So this is just the way it has 296 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:45.759 to be. I mean, back then you come and you 297 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:49.120 tell you start saying that this person did this. It's 298 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:53.320 a big thing. I mean, back then, if you disrespect 299 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:54.960 your parents, they have the right to have you go 300 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:58.639 out there and get stoned and killed. So this is 301 00:16:58.679 --> 00:17:02.080 no joke. You could do false witness against somebody and 302 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:05.240 you could cause somebody to get killed. So this has 303 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:09.240 to be like this now. It's just it's just the 304 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:12.559 way that God is handling them, because you don't want 305 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:16.559 that evil cancer in your place anyway. For someone that 306 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:20.279 doesn't even care about someone else's life, that they would 307 00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:23.519 bear false witness against somebody knowing what the consequences are 308 00:17:23.559 --> 00:17:28.359 going to be for that person, it makes total sense 309 00:17:28.400 --> 00:17:30.279 to me, and it should make total sense to you guys. 310 00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:36.720 Why that's even there. So in fifteen through twenty one, 311 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:46.039 let's see what our teaching points there. So this is 312 00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:52.160 going to be witnesses injustice, so Verses fifteen through twenty 313 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:55.400 one highlight the necessity of multiple witness to establish a matter, 314 00:17:55.880 --> 00:18:01.160 underscoring the importance of truth and fairness legal proceedings. Yeah, 315 00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:03.519 so I also like the fact that they go up 316 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:10.000 and says, we'll stand before the Lord, like God, before 317 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:13.400 the priest and the judges who serve in those days. 318 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:16.480 So you got three, you got God, who's the best 319 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:19.599 judge you can ever have in your life. You have 320 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:24.039 the priest, who should have a strong integrity, and then 321 00:18:24.079 --> 00:18:27.799 you have the judges, and the judges shall make careful inquiry. 322 00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:30.480 And indeed, if the witnesses is a false so this 323 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:32.759 is I like that. I think that's that's I think 324 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:36.240 that's that's a highly intelligent way to go. And I 325 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:40.279 like how God is involved. If you see nowadays, what 326 00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:41.880 do they have you do? Well? They all they have 327 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:43.759 you do is swear on a Bible. That's all they 328 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:45.720 bring God in. They're not they're not praying, they're not 329 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:48.359 asking God to come. Hey, assist me with this. I 330 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:50.000 don't know what judges do, and I'm not going to 331 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:52.599 judge anybody that's a judge because I have no clue 332 00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:56.319 what they're doing or their faith, you know what I mean. 333 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:58.759 I don't know. I can't say that every single judge 334 00:18:58.839 --> 00:19:01.200 is like a Mason or free Mason or this or that. 335 00:19:01.319 --> 00:19:05.680 Who knows, but who knows the relationship with God. Hopefully, 336 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:08.440 if I was a judge, I would be praying to 337 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:12.680 God because somebody's life is in your hands, your fingertips, 338 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:15.759 and this person that's on the like that you're actually 339 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:19.920 going to you know, judge has a mom, a dad, 340 00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:23.759 a daughter, they're an uncle to you know. There they 341 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:26.480 have people that are depending on them, and you could 342 00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:29.440 be putting away the wrong person. If I was a judge, 343 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:31.759 I'd be praying to God for sure, because you don't 344 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:33.599 want to be putting these people away, you know. So, 345 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:37.000 and in these days also they have to make careful inquiry. Indeed, 346 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:40.559 if if the witness is a false witness, yeah for sure. 347 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:46.039 I mean, man's that's a big and back then if 348 00:19:46.079 --> 00:19:48.720 you're a judge, man, can you imagine, because you can 349 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:52.279 make a decision and that person gets killed. So yeah, 350 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:57.079 you gotta be careful for sure. So principle of retribution. 351 00:19:57.240 --> 00:20:00.200 The chapter concludes with the principles of life for life 352 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:03.119 I for an eye, tooth for a tooth, which underscores 353 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:11.480 the need for proportional Sorry, proportional justice. Sorry about that. 354 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:19.559 Let's go ahead and check this. So the protection against 355 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:23.039 false witnesses, right, So, the chapter also addresses the issue 356 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:25.799 of false witnesses, instruct that if a witness is found 357 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:29.279 to be lying, there to receive the punishment they intended 358 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:32.640 for the accused. So whatever they accused them of is 359 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:34.839 what they're going to get punished. For right. So the 360 00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:38.599 principle of reciprocal justice is rooted in the Hebrew concept 361 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:45.640 of measure for measure. It's it's called meda, next meda, 362 00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:52.000 it's sorry, meda, next meda, Okay. And then purging evil 363 00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:54.720 from the community is another portion that's important. It says 364 00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:57.039 the ultimate goal of these laws is to purge evil 365 00:20:57.079 --> 00:21:00.880 from the community, ensuring that justice prevail and that the 366 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:04.240 people live according to God's righteous standards. This reflects the 367 00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:10.319 broader Biblical theme of holiness and communal responsibility. You see, 368 00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:13.359 you need holiness like Israel is supposed to be set apart. 369 00:21:13.359 --> 00:21:16.759 You don't want these people that are little cancers, false witnesses, 370 00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:20.079 not caring about somebody's life, having people get killed because 371 00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:22.160 they want to sit there and try to testify against them, 372 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:27.359 and they're actually doing it falsely. It's terrible. So that 373 00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:31.759 wraps up Chapter nineteen. What I always like to do 374 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:34.000 is kind of go over some practical applications that we 375 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:36.799 could kind of take home with us. The first one 376 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:41.160 is seek justice and mercy. As Christians, we are called 377 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:49.079 to uphold justice while extending mercy, reflecting God's character in 378 00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:52.400 our interactions with others. So as Christian we're called to 379 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:56.599 uphold justice while extending mercy. Yes, U phole justice while 380 00:21:56.640 --> 00:22:00.799 extending mercy reflecting God's character interactions with them of course. 381 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:03.519 So if you become a manager, or you become a 382 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:07.400 police officer, or you become a judge or a lawyer, 383 00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:09.759 or you become something like that, and you're a Christian, 384 00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:12.880 then you need to make sure with anybody in life, 385 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:14.920 even if you're not a judge, if you're just a person, 386 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:16.839 you're a dad, you're a mom, and you have kids, 387 00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:21.839 you could also need to uphold justice with extending mercy 388 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:26.039 reflecting God's character. Right, So we have value of intent, 389 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:29.960 consider the intentions behind actions, both in our lives and 390 00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:33.400 the life of others before passing judgment. Yeah, we are 391 00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:36.440 not the judge. You know, God is the judge, right, 392 00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:39.359 But you know, if we have a Christian brother that 393 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:44.160 we are let's say that are in our congregation, and 394 00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:47.079 if somebody is messing up, then you do have the 395 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:51.119 right to grab another brother with you that's a solid brother, 396 00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:54.200 go up to them and then talk to them and 397 00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:57.000 speak to them and correct them if they're having if 398 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:58.759 there's something's going on in their life that you know 399 00:22:58.839 --> 00:23:07.480 of right two or more witnesses right community responsibility engage 400 00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:11.880 in community efforts to ensure justice and protection for the vulnerable, 401 00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:16.559 just as the Israelites were instructed to maintain cities of refuge. Yeah, 402 00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:19.400 because the people that are man slayors are very vulnerable, 403 00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:23.240 especially back then, and that that would kind of be 404 00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:28.079 nerve wracking, right to be going to sleep in that 405 00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:31.880 city because you know, there's a bunch of man slayers there, 406 00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:35.480 you know, So you're going into that city and like 407 00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:38.960 you probably think, like, oh man, hopefully someone somebody doesn't 408 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:40.480 try to come and get any of these other guys 409 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:43.440 and accidentally come into my tent and kill me. You know, 410 00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:46.599 you might be worried about that. So, I mean it's 411 00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:49.960 something that but yeah, what an interesting chapter that was. 412 00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:53.400 That was chapter nineteen, and we're going to go to 413 00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:56.440 chapter twenty. And as we do that, we moved to 414 00:23:56.480 --> 00:24:01.119 a couple of different notes. So this is principles of 415 00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:08.519 governing warfare. So Deuteronomy twenty, verse one, So let's go there. 416 00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:15.920 Laws of warfare. Let's go too. When you go out 417 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:19.119 to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots 418 00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:22.599 and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid 419 00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:24.599 of them. For the Lord your God is with you, 420 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:30.720 who brought you up from the land of Egypt. So 421 00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:35.119 let's stop there real quick. So we need to understand something, Okay. 422 00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:41.000 In tewod Corinthians ten, verses four through six, this is 423 00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:45.319 what Paul says. He says, for the weapons of our 424 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:50.599 warfare are not carnal but mighty in God, for pulling strong, 425 00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:54.519 pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments in every high thing 426 00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:57.440 that hasalk uself against the knowledge of God, bringing every 427 00:24:57.519 --> 00:25:02.559 thought into captivity to to obedience to Christ, and being 428 00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:06.559 ready to punish all disobedience when obedience is fulfilled. So 429 00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:11.160 our weapons of warfare are not carnal but mighty in God. Okay. 430 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:16.839 So when God says tells you that the Lord is 431 00:25:16.920 --> 00:25:20.799 with you like I am with you, it's a little different. 432 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:24.359 You have like you have God with you. So and 433 00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:27.240 God cannot lie like that's tightus one too. And it's 434 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:30.519 impossible for God to lie Hebrews six eighteen. So when 435 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:33.279 he tells you go into that city I have you, guys, 436 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:36.039 don't worry about it. Then you got to be prepared 437 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:38.960 and ready, all right. No, you got to know and 438 00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:45.000 have faith that God has your back. Okay. So Deuteronomy 439 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:49.480 divine assurance in battle. Deuteronomy twenty one twenty verse one 440 00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:52.200 states when you go out to war against your enemies 441 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:54.240 and you see horses and chariots, don't be afraid of them, 442 00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:57.279 because the Lord God is with you. This verse underscores 443 00:25:57.359 --> 00:26:01.359 the importance of relying on God's presence and past deliverance 444 00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:04.720 as a source of courage. Like God split the Red 445 00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:08.880 Sea for you, so you don't have to worry, you know, 446 00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:12.119 Like he split the Red sea, you're able to walk. 447 00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:14.400 And then what happened when they were chasing you, the chariots. 448 00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:16.599 What did God do? He closed the Red sea and 449 00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:21.039 they killed all the people that were chasing them. Okay, 450 00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:26.920 the whole army got killed. Now let's continue show it. 451 00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:30.880 This is Deuteronomy twenty verse two. So it shall be 452 00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:32.880 that when you are on the verge of battle, that 453 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:35.559 the priest shall approach and speak to the people, and 454 00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:38.839 he shall say to them, here, oh Israel, today you 455 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:41.359 are on the verge of battle with your enemies. Do 456 00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:43.680 not let your heart faint, do not be afraid, do 457 00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:46.720 not tremble or be terrified because of them. For the 458 00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:50.000 Lord God is he who goes with you to fight you, 459 00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:53.160 to fight for you against your enemies, and to save you. 460 00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:56.799 So we have chaplains that come out and speak to 461 00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:58.559 us in the army if we're about to go to 462 00:26:58.640 --> 00:27:01.119 war or when we're you know, you might have your 463 00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:03.839 sergeant major come out you know what I mean, or 464 00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:07.359 whatever and come and speak to you. Okay, So chaplains 465 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:10.000 they pray for you, they talk to you. I didn't 466 00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:14.920 go into combat, Okay. I went into Kuwait and I 467 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:17.440 was feeling helicopters and then and then the helicopters that 468 00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:19.680 I was feeling went into combat. Okay, So they were 469 00:27:20.359 --> 00:27:22.039 and they were you know, they're bringing troops here and 470 00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:25.880 there apaches you know, with weapons loaded and everything ready 471 00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:29.319 to go. H We were feeling them. So uh and 472 00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:35.160 you know Chanook's and all these different helicopters. But what 473 00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:39.720 I will say is, uh, this right, the pre is tight, dude. 474 00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:41.640 The priest comes out like I mean, I I I'm 475 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:44.720 prior military. So to me, this is this is dope, 476 00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:46.440 you know, like to me like dope as in like 477 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:50.000 I shouldn't say this is dope. This is awesome right 478 00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:52.039 here to me because it's like, all right, getting them 479 00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:54.200 ready for battle. This like pumps me up a little bit, 480 00:27:54.240 --> 00:28:00.720 you know, so giving them that pep talk, right, So 481 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:03.480 it says that in verses two through four highlights the 482 00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:07.240 priest's role in encouraging the troops, reminding them of God's 483 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:13.119 faithfulness and faithfulness and urging them to not fear. This 484 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:19.400 reflects the spiritual leadership necessary in times of crisis, of course, 485 00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:23.400 like the people need to hear that right to pump 486 00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:27.880 them up. So and also people need to know that 487 00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:35.400 are you know, when it comes to warfare, like spiritual warfare, 488 00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:37.920 we wrestle not against flush and bub or principalities of evil. 489 00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:40.400 They need to know that there's principalities of evil that 490 00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:42.960 are also involved. So they're gonna, you know, they don't 491 00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:45.440 want the Israelites to obviously win the war, so they're 492 00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:47.119 gonna try to do their best to give you this 493 00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:50.079 these little things in your brain where you're starting to 494 00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:52.480 doubt yourself and start feeling bad and feel in a 495 00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:54.839 certain way and oh no, you know what I mean. 496 00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:57.759 So you know, they got to understand that aspect too. 497 00:28:58.279 --> 00:29:00.920 What's happening to them, So the priest has to come 498 00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:03.119 and straighten them out, say the Lord God is with you, 499 00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:05.759 you know. And if the Lord God is with you, 500 00:29:05.799 --> 00:29:09.039 I'm sure he was trying to keep those principalities of 501 00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:12.480 evil away from the battlefield against Israel, are away from 502 00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:21.480 the Israelites. Deuteronomy twenty verse five. Let me just make 503 00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:26.319 sure I'm not missing anything here in my notes. Okay, 504 00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:31.079 So we already talked about that this is the reflects 505 00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:33.400 the spiritual leadership necessary in times of crisis. Yet we 506 00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:34.960 talked about that the role of the priest. Now we're 507 00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:38.200 going to go through five through nine real quick. So 508 00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:42.119 Deuteronomy twenty verse five says, then the officers shall speak 509 00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:44.279 to the people, saying, what man is there who has 510 00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:47.599 built a new house and has dedicated it, Let him 511 00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:50.599 go and return to his house, less he die in battle, 512 00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:55.039 and another man dedicated. Also, what man there who has 513 00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:58.240 planted a vineyard who has not eaten it? Let him 514 00:29:58.279 --> 00:30:00.920 go return to his house, less he die in the battle, 515 00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:03.279 and another man eat of it. And what man is 516 00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:07.839 there who is bethrawed a woman to a woman and 517 00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:10.720 has not married her. Let him go and return to 518 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:13.279 his house. Lets he die in the battle, and another 519 00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:18.880 man married. So they're reducing the army, right, it's they're 520 00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:23.759 actually reducing the army when they say that. So it's 521 00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:27.960 you know when you know, well, first of all, this 522 00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:34.480 is really honorable for them to do this, to to 523 00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:36.880 tell the people like, hey, if you've done this, you 524 00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:38.759 can go do this. I mean, I think it's honorable. 525 00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:45.319 And these are exemptions from battle. And you know, back 526 00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:47.759 in the day when we had the draft, there was 527 00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:56.839 some exemptions from battle also, right, I think I don't 528 00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:58.400 know all of them off the top of my head, 529 00:30:58.640 --> 00:31:01.559 but there was definitely some sumptions. One of them I 530 00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:09.319 think was going to college. What are the exemptions from 531 00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:19.519 from being drafted? In? Military? Draft exemptions are situations that 532 00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:23.240 make someone ineligible for service due to specific circumstances or conditions. 533 00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:27.359 Some common exemptions include being on active duty, being a student, 534 00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:36.119 having a physical or mental disability, or being conscientious objector. Additionally, 535 00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:40.039 certain individuals with soul responsibilities for support or dependents might 536 00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:44.079 also be exempt. Physical or mental disabilities. Individuals with severe 537 00:31:44.079 --> 00:31:48.119 physical disabilities or mental conditions that make them unfit for 538 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:50.880 service may be exempt. That's obvious because if someone is crazy, 539 00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:52.400 you don't want to hand them a weapon because they 540 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:55.319 can end up starting to kill you know, our own men. 541 00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:59.839 Specific medical conditions conditions like heart or lung disease, kidney problems, 542 00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:03.240 or brain disorders could also be dislocked by individuals active. 543 00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:06.039 Did you of Those already serving in military on activity 544 00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:10.440 are typically exempt from the draft. Students Student deferments may 545 00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:14.599 allow individuals to postpone their draft obligations that while they're 546 00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:21.440 in a school. The conscientious objectors those are sincerely held 547 00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:25.319 religious or ethical objections to military service, may be exempt 548 00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:28.960 and may be required to perform alternative service. Sole support 549 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:32.039 for independent individuals who are the sole provider for their family. 550 00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:36.640 Sole surviving son of a widowed mother might be exempt. 551 00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:40.319 Certain elected officials. Some elected officials may be exempt as 552 00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:43.720 long as they hold their positions. That should not be there, 553 00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:46.519 because if you're going to send people to war, you 554 00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:48.880 should go to War two yourself. I think that should 555 00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:52.440 not be there. Certain jobs deemed essential for national security 556 00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:55.880 or welfare, such as healthcare professionals and those in critical infrastructure, 557 00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:58.480 may be exempt. Okay, makes sense. I was just kind 558 00:32:58.480 --> 00:33:00.720 of reading off the ones for our draft. But these 559 00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:03.599 are exemptions from battle. Let's go ahead and check out 560 00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:06.119 the notes on this, or you know what hold on, 561 00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:11.440 let's his house he die. Let me continue. We'll go 562 00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:13.519 all the way to nine, and then we'll stop. The 563 00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:16.319 officers shall speak further to the people. We're on Deuteronomy 564 00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:19.519 twenty verse eight. Now the officers shall speak further to 565 00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:21.559 the people, and say, what man is there who is 566 00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:24.440 fearful and faint hearted? Let him go and return to 567 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:27.359 his house less the heart, the heart of his brethren, 568 00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:30.559 faint like his heart. And so it shall be, when 569 00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:33.400 the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they 570 00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:37.680 may they shall make captains of armies to lead the people. 571 00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:44.319 So exemptions for battle provide exemptions for those who have 572 00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:48.519 built a new house, planted a vineyard, or are be throwed. 573 00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:53.960 This demonstrates God's compassionate understanding of human needs and fears, 574 00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:57.480 so that yes, I think it's a beautiful thing to 575 00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:03.519 have those exemptions there. So certain men are exempt from battle, 576 00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:06.079 including those we already read about. That the officers shall 577 00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:08.920 say to the army, has anyone built a new house dedicated? 578 00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:13.039 We already know that the Hebrew word for dedicated is 579 00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:19.360 chan nak, implies a consecration of settling apart for a 580 00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:26.760 special purpose, setting apart for a special purpose, and Deuronomy eight. 581 00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:30.880 After exemptions are given, officers are appointed to lead people. 582 00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:34.800 Then the officers shall add, is anyone afraid or faint hearted, 583 00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:38.519 let him go home so the hearts of his brothers 584 00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:42.679 will not melt like his own. So if you are scared, 585 00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:45.440 you're gonna make other people scared. If you could be 586 00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:48.199 like a cancer, it'll start to spread. So they don't 587 00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:49.880 want those kind of people that they want people that 588 00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:53.679 are ready for war. That's why they put you through 589 00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:57.039 basic training in the army to weed out the weaklings, 590 00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:58.960 the ones that cannot handle it. And if you ever 591 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:02.880 got kicked out of basic training or you couldn't make it, 592 00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:05.320 I'm sorry, but this this is just the way that 593 00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:08.639 the military runs. They want to weed out the ones 594 00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:13.039 that when the going gets tough, they get going. The 595 00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:15.000 ones when they're going gets tough and they stick around 596 00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:17.360 and they continue and they push through. Those are the 597 00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:19.840 ones that the United States Army wants. I know that 598 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:23.239 the Marines obviously want that as well, and you know 599 00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:27.119 the Navy, an Air Force they also want that as well. 600 00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:29.760 So that's why they put you through boot camp or 601 00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:33.679 basic training. It's called something different in the Navy and 602 00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:36.599 Army but boot camp and basic training. And I'll tell 603 00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:39.880 you right now when it comes to basic training, when 604 00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:45.400 you go through when you go through Army basic training, 605 00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:49.360 it's ten weeks. When you go through Marine basic training, 606 00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:53.760 it's thirteen weeks. Navy and Air Force when I was 607 00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:56.039 in was six weeks and six weeks, right, So six 608 00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:58.000 weeks for the Navy, six weeks for the Air Force. 609 00:35:58.320 --> 00:36:02.119 So if you are ever an Navy, let's say you 610 00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:06.039 were in the Navy for fifteen sixteen years, right, and 611 00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:07.519 then you get out of the Navy and then you 612 00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:10.639 want to join the Army National Guard, you're gonna have 613 00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:12.760 to even though you're already a staff sergeant by that 614 00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:15.920 time or whatever your rank is, you're gonna have to 615 00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:20.400 go and do basic training once again because you only 616 00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:22.360 did a six week basic training. When you're getting into 617 00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:24.440 the Army, you need to do a ten week basic training. 618 00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:27.559 So you have to go through basic training in order 619 00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:30.760 for you to get into the Army. Now, if you 620 00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:33.840 are somebody that's in the Army and you did sixteen 621 00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:36.599 years in the Army and then somehow you decided to 622 00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:39.320 go to the Navy, you don't have to do basic training. 623 00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:45.000 But if you were an army guy that was in 624 00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:47.119 the army for sixteen years, but you want to join 625 00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:50.880 the Marines now, you want to get gun ho. You 626 00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:53.519 even though let's say you were an infantry or a 627 00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:56.599 staff sergeant or whatever, you're still gonna have if you're 628 00:36:56.599 --> 00:36:59.280 gonna switch to the Marines, you're gonna have to still 629 00:36:59.320 --> 00:37:01.559 go to buqu and you need to go to their 630 00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:04.760 through their thirteen week course. That's just the way it works. 631 00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:06.719 That's how it worked when I was in I don't 632 00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:08.920 know how it is now, but I thought that was 633 00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:12.280 absolutely fascinating because when I was in basic training for 634 00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:14.960 the Army, I had these are these guys that were 635 00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:18.599 already specialists, already coming in right, So I'm like, did 636 00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:21.079 you guys go to college? No, we didn't. What's up? 637 00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:23.800 They're like, oh no, we're prior Navy. I'm like okay. 638 00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:26.760 So I was like, all right, I probably should follow 639 00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:29.440 what these guys are doing, because, you know, because I 640 00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:32.880 was green, I was coming in, you know, not knowing anything. 641 00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:35.719 So it's smart to kind of see that kind of 642 00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:39.559 stuff and be like, okay, they know what's up. But 643 00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:43.199 it was very h Yeah, what an awesome thing. Sorry 644 00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:45.679 I jumped off of off of that right now. But 645 00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:47.039 I was just kind of telling you of my life 646 00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:53.679 experiences that kind of go with this, you know. So Okay, 647 00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:57.119 so we already did nine. We're gonna be on Deuteronomy 648 00:37:57.199 --> 00:38:01.880 twenty verse ten and before we get one thing. Yeah, 649 00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:04.360 so I'll stay right there. Let's see if there's any 650 00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:08.280 teaching points for you guys. Yeah, and you know, I 651 00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:11.239 like to make sure, so ten through twelve is gonna 652 00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:12.760 be what we're gonna do next, So we'll have those 653 00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:16.119 teaching points. Okay. So Deuteronomy twenty verse ten, when you 654 00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:18.880 go near a city to fight against it, then proclaim 655 00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:22.119 an offer of peace to it, And it shall be 656 00:38:22.719 --> 00:38:26.159 that if they accept your offer of peace and open 657 00:38:26.239 --> 00:38:29.119 to you, then all the people who are found in 658 00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:33.400 it shall be placed under tribute to you and serve you. Now, 659 00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:35.760 if the city will not make peace with you, but 660 00:38:35.920 --> 00:38:39.840 war against you, then you shall besiege it, And when 661 00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:42.480 the Lord your God delivers it into your hands, you 662 00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:45.320 shall strike every male in it with the edge of 663 00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:50.559 the sword. But the women, the little ones, the livestock, 664 00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:53.840 and all that's in the city and its spoil, you 665 00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:57.800 shall plunder for yourself. And if you shall eat the 666 00:38:58.000 --> 00:39:01.840 enemy's plunder which the Lord God gives you. Thus you 667 00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:05.519 shall do to all the cities which are very far 668 00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:08.440 from you, which are not the cities of these nations. 669 00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:13.880 So it sounds brutal, you know, to people. But let's 670 00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:18.039 see offers of peace in verses ten through twelve. I 671 00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:20.400 want to see. I have my notes here. God instructs 672 00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:23.119 the Israelites to offer peace to a city before engaging 673 00:39:23.119 --> 00:39:26.639 in battle, showing a preference for peaceful resolutions when possible. 674 00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:32.360 And we only went to fifteen, right, so we'll read 675 00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:36.960 rules of engagement after, and then let's see this one 676 00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:43.360 right here in terms of peace. So in when approaching 677 00:39:43.360 --> 00:39:45.840 a city to fight, the Israelites are to offer terms 678 00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:47.920 of peace. First, when you approach the city to fight 679 00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:49.719 against him, you were to make an offer of peace. 680 00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:54.039 The Hebrew word for peace is of course, it's shalom, 681 00:39:55.159 --> 00:40:00.400 encompasses completeness, welfare, and harmony. And then right here, when 682 00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:03.519 we were talking about the treatment of conquered cities, if 683 00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:07.719 a city accepts peace, it's people become forced laborers. If not, 684 00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:10.880 the city is besieged. If they accept your offer of 685 00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:12.960 peace and open their gates and all the people are there, 686 00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:16.039 become forced laborers to serve you. The Hebrew word for 687 00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:24.800 forced labors is moss. Indicates a levee or tribute. Wow, okay, tribute. 688 00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:30.239 I need to write that down because somebody asked me 689 00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:35.400 a question about that tribute. Okay. I have to write 690 00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:41.639 that down because somebody was thinking that it was Okay. 691 00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:44.960 The Hebrew for destroy implies the devotion for destruction for 692 00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:49.920 a sacred purpose. Okay, cool, I'm sorry. Moss, that's the 693 00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:54.519 word for forced laborers. Indicates a levee or tribute. Okay. 694 00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:57.519 I just want to make sure that's written down because 695 00:40:57.519 --> 00:41:00.840 somebody thought that was meaning a totally different thing, and 696 00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:02.360 I gotta make sure I go back and tell him 697 00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:08.159 that he might be listening now I don't know, okay, Okay. 698 00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:10.079 So we went to your cities very far from here, 699 00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:13.840 not to cities these nations. Let's continue. We'll go through 700 00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:17.760 sixteen and then we'll come back to the we'll come 701 00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:23.639 back to the teaching points for the rules of engagement. 702 00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:26.519 But of the cities of these people, which the Lord 703 00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:29.599 your God gives you as an inheritance, you shall let 704 00:41:29.719 --> 00:41:33.760 nothing that breeze remain alive, but you shall utterly destroy them. 705 00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:38.800 The Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizite, 706 00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:42.559 and the Hivite and Thebucite. Just as the Lord God 707 00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:45.840 has commanded you, lest they teach you to do according 708 00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:49.760 lest they teach you to do according to their abominations, 709 00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:52.960 shall which you have done, which they have done for 710 00:41:53.039 --> 00:41:56.000 their gods, and you sin against the Lord your God. 711 00:41:56.639 --> 00:42:04.760 So wow, that's okay. So a couple of these are 712 00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:09.920 giant tribes, right, The Hittites, I believe, the Amorites, they're 713 00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:13.079 not all giants though, the Canaanites, they're not all giants. 714 00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:19.199 So and obviously we would want he would want to 715 00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:22.880 wipe out that DNA of those giants. So what do 716 00:42:22.960 --> 00:42:26.119 we have, but you utterly destroyed the hit Tite. Are 717 00:42:26.159 --> 00:42:34.159 the hit Tites giants? I know? The wrights for giants? 718 00:42:34.239 --> 00:42:40.360 Are the hit Tites. When the Biblical text refers to 719 00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:44.199 giants like the Anakin Raffie, there's no explicit mention of 720 00:42:44.280 --> 00:42:46.679 Hittites being giants, and the Bible Hittites are mentioned as 721 00:42:46.800 --> 00:42:49.800 some of the peoples inhabiting Canaan. Some scholars suggest that 722 00:42:49.800 --> 00:42:52.599 the Biblical giants might have been associated with Hittite or 723 00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:56.480 Horene religious beliefs that Goliath they Philistine, the Raphi and 724 00:42:56.599 --> 00:43:01.039 maybe maybe descendants of the if I am under another 725 00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:04.880 term for giant. The Hittites are mentioned in various places 726 00:43:04.920 --> 00:43:08.320 in the Bible, such as when Abraham purchases a buryo cave. 727 00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:11.760 Oh yeah, from Efron the Hittite when the is Israelites 728 00:43:11.800 --> 00:43:14.960 encounter them. I do remember that, Okay, so we don't 729 00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:19.119 have any direct links for the hit Tites. Let's see 730 00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:21.719 the Yeah, I didn't think that they were. I know 731 00:43:21.760 --> 00:43:24.159 the who Rights were the Amorites. I know because that's 732 00:43:24.280 --> 00:43:27.280 King of Bashan's people, am Rights, So we know that 733 00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:30.320 one already. And then Amos two ten I think it 734 00:43:30.360 --> 00:43:32.679 is what it talks about them being as big as 735 00:43:32.679 --> 00:43:35.719 cedars or something like that, the am rights. So the 736 00:43:35.719 --> 00:43:43.599 am Rights are giants. What about the hip Bites. Let's see, No, 737 00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:46.519 the Bible does not specifically state that the Hibbites were giants. 738 00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:50.480 While giants such as the nefflie Me and Anicheimer mentioned 739 00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:52.920 the Bible, the hi Bites are not directly associated. So 740 00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:56.320 I'm not going to go through each one because I 741 00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:58.280 have a better person to ask about that will probably 742 00:43:58.280 --> 00:44:01.920 be Gary Wayne. But because he's kind of does the 743 00:44:01.960 --> 00:44:04.639 bloodlines all the way back. But I know the Amorites 744 00:44:04.679 --> 00:44:07.480 definitely are the Canaanites. I think the Canaanites. It just 745 00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:10.800 varies the Parazites, the hipbites of the Jbsites. Just as 746 00:44:10.840 --> 00:44:15.719 Lord commendity. So these these tribes have been giving time 747 00:44:15.880 --> 00:44:21.119 after time, given time for them to repent and for 748 00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:26.440 them to worship God. Okay. So it's not like God 749 00:44:26.480 --> 00:44:32.280 hasn't gave them plenty of time, okay, to to conform, 750 00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:37.800 But they're doing abominations to their gods, right, And that's 751 00:44:37.880 --> 00:44:39.440 just it just is what it is. You know, some 752 00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:43.920 things in the Bible are sometimes harder for some people 753 00:44:43.960 --> 00:44:46.280 to understand, or you know, there's some things in the 754 00:44:46.320 --> 00:44:49.239 Old Testament it's harder for people to understand. But let's 755 00:44:49.239 --> 00:44:52.679 go ahead and check out the rules of engagement. So 756 00:44:53.360 --> 00:45:00.000 in verses thirteen through twenty, which we haven't read twenty yet, 757 00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:01.880 let's before we read that, let's go ahead and finish. 758 00:45:02.119 --> 00:45:04.159 When you besiege a city for a long time, we'll 759 00:45:04.199 --> 00:45:08.800 making war against it to take it all. Right, Yeah, 760 00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:12.079 I don't want that to be happening. When you besiege 761 00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:13.719 the city for a long time, we'll making a war 762 00:45:13.719 --> 00:45:15.719 against it to take it. You shall not destroy its 763 00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:21.079 trees by welding an axe against them. If you can 764 00:45:21.159 --> 00:45:23.440 eat of them, do not cut them down to use 765 00:45:24.400 --> 00:45:26.280 in the siege. For the tree of the field is 766 00:45:26.360 --> 00:45:29.159 man's food. Only the trees which you know are not 767 00:45:29.239 --> 00:45:31.960 trees for food, you may destroy and cut down to build. 768 00:45:32.000 --> 00:45:34.800 Siege works against the city that makes war with you 769 00:45:34.920 --> 00:45:40.000 until it's subdued. So in verses thirteen through twenty outlines 770 00:45:40.039 --> 00:45:47.000 the treatment of conquered cities and the person preservation of 771 00:45:47.719 --> 00:45:53.199 preservation of resources, emphasizing justice and stewardsh it until warfare, 772 00:45:54.800 --> 00:45:57.159 and then we'll go to the bottom. I should have 773 00:45:57.280 --> 00:46:02.760 a little bit more notes in here, like that one 774 00:46:02.800 --> 00:46:10.920 part about in Deuteronomy. In Deuteronomy twenty sixteen, that whole 775 00:46:10.960 --> 00:46:13.960 portion right there, there's some notes here for that. So 776 00:46:14.039 --> 00:46:17.880 it says specific nations are to be completely destroyed to 777 00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:21.719 prevent idolatry. However, in the cities of the nations, the 778 00:46:21.760 --> 00:46:24.159 Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, you 779 00:46:24.239 --> 00:46:29.360 must not leave alive anything that breathes. The Hebrew word 780 00:46:29.440 --> 00:46:36.159 for destroy is sharam, implies a devotion to destruction for 781 00:46:36.239 --> 00:46:42.840 a sacred purpose. So they're doing something here. Okay, that's 782 00:46:42.920 --> 00:46:45.599 more than just worshiping another god and God is jealous 783 00:46:45.639 --> 00:46:48.960 or kill them all. There's something more here that we 784 00:46:49.079 --> 00:46:51.400 might not be able to grasp. We would have to 785 00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:54.079 do deep studies on each one of these tribes, right 786 00:46:54.360 --> 00:46:56.880 and find out what they were doing. I mean, was 787 00:46:56.920 --> 00:47:01.480 it like Sodommegamura like you know, like Sodomega Mora was doing. 788 00:47:01.519 --> 00:47:04.079 They were going after strange flesh. They were going after 789 00:47:04.159 --> 00:47:07.960 something that they're doing something that's that's so abominable to God, 790 00:47:08.320 --> 00:47:10.599 not just the sodomy, but something where they were trying 791 00:47:10.639 --> 00:47:12.840 to go after, Like what are they trying to do? 792 00:47:12.920 --> 00:47:15.800 Like it could be that these tribes are trying to 793 00:47:16.440 --> 00:47:19.119 they're trying to bring down angels and have sex with 794 00:47:19.159 --> 00:47:22.360 them or cause something big like and their gods they 795 00:47:22.360 --> 00:47:25.559 have a fallen angel behind them. Right, they're not gonna 796 00:47:25.559 --> 00:47:29.760 They're not just some They're not just worshiping some some 797 00:47:29.960 --> 00:47:32.280 like like box, Like this is a box I have 798 00:47:32.320 --> 00:47:34.079 in my hand. Okay, They're not just wishing some box 799 00:47:34.199 --> 00:47:36.760 or some wood or some there's a demon behind it 800 00:47:36.880 --> 00:47:39.719 or a fallen angel behind it. So something is there. 801 00:47:40.000 --> 00:47:43.440 There's some kind of abomination going on to me. I mean, 802 00:47:43.920 --> 00:47:45.719 you'd have to do a deep study on each one 803 00:47:45.760 --> 00:47:48.960 of these tribes. The Amorites, obviously, that's king of King 804 00:47:49.000 --> 00:47:52.199 of Baisham was an Amorite. His bed was fifteen by 805 00:47:52.239 --> 00:47:54.719 seven feet. If you do a royal cubit it's actually 806 00:47:54.719 --> 00:48:01.280 bigger than that. Okay. So there's something else going on there, 807 00:48:02.440 --> 00:48:07.119 something else going on there that's deeper. And then we 808 00:48:07.159 --> 00:48:11.760 go to Deuteronomy twenty nineteen. It says fruit trees are 809 00:48:11.800 --> 00:48:14.480 to be preserved during the siege, as they provide sustenance. 810 00:48:15.079 --> 00:48:17.800 When you lay seeds to a city for a long time, 811 00:48:17.840 --> 00:48:20.840 finding against it to capture it, to do not destroy 812 00:48:20.880 --> 00:48:24.159 it trees by putting an axe to them, because you 813 00:48:24.199 --> 00:48:27.880 can eat their fruit. The Hebrew's word for destroy means 814 00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:31.760 to ruin or corrupt, highlighting the importance of preserving life 815 00:48:31.840 --> 00:48:37.159 giving resources. So there's a lot going on in this 816 00:48:37.239 --> 00:48:40.239 chapter that a lot of people probably would would kind 817 00:48:40.239 --> 00:48:51.280 of not really be able to accept, especially especially especially 818 00:48:51.320 --> 00:48:52.800 when you know, I got to turn the lights off 819 00:48:52.840 --> 00:48:57.639 real quick, Mike. My wife is in our back house. 820 00:48:58.880 --> 00:49:01.920 I bought a back house, you know, for them, it's 821 00:49:01.960 --> 00:49:04.079 just like a it's not like a backhouse like a 822 00:49:04.079 --> 00:49:08.400 full backhouse and everything. It's a it's like a shed 823 00:49:08.719 --> 00:49:11.440 where she turned my shed that I thought was gonna 824 00:49:11.440 --> 00:49:14.800 be my shed into a freaking full house. She put 825 00:49:14.880 --> 00:49:19.079 like wood floors, and she put a bed in there, 826 00:49:19.199 --> 00:49:23.679 she put everything. So she's saying, have a good podcast. 827 00:49:23.880 --> 00:49:26.960 I love you too, babe. Sorry, guys, I don't mean to. 828 00:49:31.559 --> 00:49:33.719 Don't forget to drop off a box of milk in 829 00:49:33.840 --> 00:49:37.159 front door for the morning before your Podet's right. I 830 00:49:37.159 --> 00:49:39.000 don't know how I'm gonna do that, but whatever, All right, 831 00:49:40.039 --> 00:49:41.679 let's go ahead and continue. So there's a lot of 832 00:49:41.679 --> 00:49:44.280 things in here that atheists would point to, like look 833 00:49:44.320 --> 00:49:46.960 at that, that's slavery, and then oh, look at this part. 834 00:49:47.000 --> 00:49:48.920 They're gonna kill all the men, women and children. That's 835 00:49:48.920 --> 00:49:51.280 a jealous god, but just because they're worshiping other gods. 836 00:49:51.280 --> 00:49:54.239 But you gotta get the full context and find out 837 00:49:54.360 --> 00:50:00.480 what was going on. There's abominations, right, abominations. So what 838 00:50:00.599 --> 00:50:03.480 I could do is just kind of I should have 839 00:50:03.519 --> 00:50:05.760 done a deeper dive on this portion right here, because 840 00:50:06.320 --> 00:50:09.239 there's so much to it. But this is this is 841 00:50:09.320 --> 00:50:13.159 kind of the same stuff that people they debate about. Okay, 842 00:50:13.199 --> 00:50:16.519 this is where atheists would come and say, look at 843 00:50:16.519 --> 00:50:19.639 what your God does. Look at the you know, they 844 00:50:19.679 --> 00:50:21.599 try to say that, you know, not knowing what's going 845 00:50:21.639 --> 00:50:23.639 on there. You know, a lot of these are giant 846 00:50:23.679 --> 00:50:27.639 tribes some of them, and there's things going on. But he, uh, 847 00:50:28.280 --> 00:50:32.920 God does in the beginning, does what he offers? Peace? Right, 848 00:50:33.480 --> 00:50:36.360 God offers, gives you a peace offering, and if you 849 00:50:36.480 --> 00:50:39.840 decide for the peace offering, then the people, Yeah, they're 850 00:50:39.920 --> 00:50:43.519 used as laborers. But the way that the Israelites are 851 00:50:43.519 --> 00:50:45.719 supposed to treat their laborers, they're supposed to give them food, 852 00:50:45.800 --> 00:50:49.599 supposed to give them water. You know. So do I 853 00:50:49.639 --> 00:50:52.280 agree with slavery or agree with all this stuff? Well, 854 00:50:52.320 --> 00:50:54.719 it's a lot different than our times now, and we 855 00:50:54.800 --> 00:50:57.280 have and and and it's it's just it's just different, 856 00:50:57.320 --> 00:51:00.480 you know. So I kind of I want to go 857 00:51:00.519 --> 00:51:07.119 to that portion right there, sixteen and there it is 858 00:51:07.199 --> 00:51:09.360 right there. I want to look at that word abominations 859 00:51:09.360 --> 00:51:15.000 real quick, because that word is a disgusting thing, abomination, 860 00:51:15.159 --> 00:51:19.559 abominal and ritual sense of unclean food, idols, mixed marriages, 861 00:51:19.840 --> 00:51:25.760 and ethical sense wickedness. Okay, so where else does abominations use? 862 00:51:28.599 --> 00:51:32.480 Genesis forty three thirty two, Egyptians might not eat better 863 00:51:32.480 --> 00:51:35.320 with the Hebrews, for that as an abomination under the Egyptians. 864 00:51:35.719 --> 00:51:39.360 But we want to find out what abominations to God is. Okay, 865 00:51:40.400 --> 00:51:43.760 that shall not lie with mankind, as it is womankind 866 00:51:43.840 --> 00:51:49.159 is abomination, So that is one right, shall not commit 867 00:51:49.199 --> 00:51:54.559 any of these abominations. So if you therefore keep my 868 00:51:54.599 --> 00:51:57.199 statute adjustment and shall not commit any of these abominations, 869 00:51:57.239 --> 00:51:59.360 neither any of their nation. So I'm just looking at 870 00:51:59.360 --> 00:52:02.519 the strong for any time it says abomination for whoever 871 00:52:02.679 --> 00:52:05.440 this is a Leviticus eighteen twenty, whoever shall commit any 872 00:52:05.480 --> 00:52:07.800 of these abominations, even the souls that commit them, shall 873 00:52:07.840 --> 00:52:12.920 be cut off from among their people. Yeah. So Doude 874 00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:17.280 Army seventeen one says thou shall not sacrifice unto the 875 00:52:17.320 --> 00:52:21.199 Lord thy God, any bullock or sheep when it is blemist, 876 00:52:21.320 --> 00:52:25.880 or any evil favored ness that is an abomination unto 877 00:52:25.920 --> 00:52:28.360 the Lord. We talked about that already, So we actually 878 00:52:28.360 --> 00:52:31.000 talked that a few weeks ago. All right, So let's 879 00:52:31.039 --> 00:52:33.360 go ahead and continue. Uh, this would be a good 880 00:52:33.440 --> 00:52:37.119 portion for you guys to look into. Deuteronomy twenty verses 881 00:52:37.159 --> 00:52:42.159 sixteen through eighteen and find out like like wow, like 882 00:52:42.480 --> 00:52:48.000 God he is so he's so they're doing so much 883 00:52:48.880 --> 00:52:55.280 that like why would he have him do that utterly 884 00:52:55.400 --> 00:52:59.800 destroy them these people? Only like he's really pointing to 885 00:52:59.840 --> 00:53:02.599 the people and saying to do that. So that's that's 886 00:53:02.639 --> 00:53:05.159 something I think would be good to look into if 887 00:53:05.199 --> 00:53:07.440 you're interested in it. I know it's people getting destroyed 888 00:53:07.480 --> 00:53:09.960 and killed, but what is that abument? Like what are 889 00:53:09.960 --> 00:53:12.000 they doing? We want to make sure that we're not 890 00:53:12.119 --> 00:53:14.679 doing that, or there's nobody in living today that are 891 00:53:14.719 --> 00:53:18.719 doing this, which I think there probably are plenty of them. Right, 892 00:53:19.119 --> 00:53:23.800 So if people are doing stuff that that are this bad, right, 893 00:53:25.679 --> 00:53:28.880 then we need to make sure that they stop stop 894 00:53:28.960 --> 00:53:31.679 doing that because if God hates it that much, you know, 895 00:53:32.920 --> 00:53:36.400 tribulation is coming. We already know that. So let's go 896 00:53:36.400 --> 00:53:40.719 ahead and continue Deuteronomy twenty verse twenty one. Now we're 897 00:53:40.719 --> 00:53:43.719 going to be talking about the law concerning unsolved murder. 898 00:53:44.039 --> 00:53:46.559 But before we go there, let me go ahead and 899 00:53:46.639 --> 00:53:49.880 do some practical applications. Sorry, I should have remember to 900 00:53:49.920 --> 00:53:53.119 do that. So practical applications you can kind of put 901 00:53:53.159 --> 00:53:56.199 towards your life. Just as the Israelites are encouraged to 902 00:53:56.239 --> 00:53:59.480 trust in God's presence, We too can find courage and 903 00:53:59.559 --> 00:54:02.280 knowing that God is with us in our battles, whether 904 00:54:02.280 --> 00:54:09.039 they're physical, emotional, or spiritual. God is with us. Right so, 905 00:54:09.360 --> 00:54:12.239 especially with these spiritual battles that we go through on 906 00:54:12.280 --> 00:54:14.960 a day to day basis, God is with us. We 907 00:54:14.960 --> 00:54:17.360 could do anything through Christ, who strengthens me. We could 908 00:54:17.400 --> 00:54:24.360 do anything with God. Anything. Everything is possible. Right with man, 909 00:54:24.440 --> 00:54:27.159 it's impossible. With God, everything is possible. There's a lot 910 00:54:27.199 --> 00:54:30.599 of verses you can go to for that seek spiritual guidance. 911 00:54:30.719 --> 00:54:33.559 The role of a priest in encouraging the troops highlights 912 00:54:33.599 --> 00:54:37.360 the importance of seeking spiritual guidance and encouragement from faith 913 00:54:37.480 --> 00:54:41.079 leaders in our own lives. Yeah. So, like my pastor 914 00:54:41.159 --> 00:54:43.960 was really good about giving me advice and stuff like that. 915 00:54:44.000 --> 00:54:47.159 Like we still work out together, and he's a pastor 916 00:54:47.239 --> 00:54:52.559 Dan Awesome, awesome gentlemen, and great leader. You know, some 917 00:54:52.679 --> 00:54:56.280 pastors are great with teaching. Some pastors are great with preaching. 918 00:54:56.360 --> 00:54:59.320 Some pastors are good with preaching and teaching. Some pastors 919 00:54:59.360 --> 00:55:02.400 are good with preaching, teaching and leadership. You know. So 920 00:55:03.000 --> 00:55:07.119 I happened to Calviy Chapel Fontana was it's the church. 921 00:55:07.199 --> 00:55:10.679 I'm still with its just I've been doing. You know, 922 00:55:10.719 --> 00:55:13.840 I got my own ministry going now pretty much I 923 00:55:13.840 --> 00:55:16.199 have my own ministry. So now I'm stepping in the 924 00:55:16.280 --> 00:55:18.480 role of like what a pastor's doing. You know, So 925 00:55:21.079 --> 00:55:23.000 I still want my family to do get fed. I 926 00:55:23.079 --> 00:55:26.760 just I work Sundays, so you know, it's it's helping 927 00:55:26.800 --> 00:55:28.239 me to be able to do this show. There's a 928 00:55:28.280 --> 00:55:32.039 lot of benefits to me working on Sundays. And people 929 00:55:32.119 --> 00:55:34.079 might go, ah, why would you work on Sundays. That's 930 00:55:34.360 --> 00:55:37.159 it's like I have to because all the people that 931 00:55:37.199 --> 00:55:41.119 are it's like my job. A lot of people are 932 00:55:42.320 --> 00:55:44.599 taking leave of absences right now. There's like a lot 933 00:55:44.599 --> 00:55:47.760 of people getting injured. So it's crazy. But anyways, let's 934 00:55:47.800 --> 00:55:52.760 continue seek spiritual guidance the role of a priest. We 935 00:55:52.800 --> 00:55:57.159 already talked about that recognized personal limitations. Understanding the exemptions 936 00:55:57.199 --> 00:56:00.920 from battle can remind us to recognize our own limitations 937 00:56:00.960 --> 00:56:05.400 and to seek rest and renewal when needed. That is 938 00:56:05.440 --> 00:56:09.480 so important. Pursue peace. The instruction to offer peace first 939 00:56:09.559 --> 00:56:12.480 encourages us to seek peaceful resolutions in our conflicts, whether 940 00:56:13.199 --> 00:56:18.000 whenever possible. Yeah, that's definitely true, like seek peace first. 941 00:56:18.079 --> 00:56:20.760 We don't want war, right, especially when you're talking to 942 00:56:20.800 --> 00:56:22.480 your wife or arguing with your wife. I think you 943 00:56:22.480 --> 00:56:28.400 should seek peace for sure, peaceful resolution instead of fighting, 944 00:56:28.559 --> 00:56:31.519 arguing and keep you know, there's like a little tiny 945 00:56:32.000 --> 00:56:34.159 flint that's lighting this little fire, and then you keep 946 00:56:34.159 --> 00:56:36.320 fighting and fighting, that flint starts to turn to a fire. 947 00:56:36.360 --> 00:56:38.840 And now that you've got this fire, raging fire happening, 948 00:56:39.320 --> 00:56:42.480 and sometimes it just you know, you got your kids watching, 949 00:56:42.519 --> 00:56:44.360 and you know you don't want that to happen. So 950 00:56:44.800 --> 00:56:49.760 peaceful resolutions definitely exercise justice and stewardship. The Rules of 951 00:56:49.800 --> 00:56:54.280 Engagement reminds us to act justly and responsibly even in 952 00:56:54.360 --> 00:56:57.800 challenging situations. And one thing I forgot to go to 953 00:56:57.920 --> 00:57:00.960 before was the connecting versus, but we'll do it for 954 00:57:01.039 --> 00:57:05.159 this one. Additional scriptures you could go to is Joshua 955 00:57:05.239 --> 00:57:09.199 one nine. Have I not commanded you be strong and courageous, 956 00:57:09.239 --> 00:57:11.519 Do not be afraid, do not be discouraged, For the 957 00:57:11.599 --> 00:57:14.800 Lord your God is with you. The Lord your God 958 00:57:14.880 --> 00:57:17.599 will be with you wherever you go. The verse echoes 959 00:57:17.639 --> 00:57:21.400 the assurance of God's presence in Deuteronomy twenty Amen I 960 00:57:21.480 --> 00:57:24.800 love that I was. You know, my name is josh right, 961 00:57:25.000 --> 00:57:28.559 Joshua right love that Psalm's forty six to one. God 962 00:57:28.719 --> 00:57:32.920 is our refuge and strength and ever present help in 963 00:57:32.960 --> 00:57:36.559 times of trouble. This psalm reinforces the theme of divine 964 00:57:36.639 --> 00:57:41.599 support and adversity. All right, perfect, that's so. Check that 965 00:57:41.639 --> 00:57:45.000 one out. And then Romans twelve eighteen, if it is 966 00:57:45.199 --> 00:57:49.320 possible on your part, live at peace with everyone. This 967 00:57:49.360 --> 00:57:52.679 New Testament verse aligns with the call to pursue peace 968 00:57:53.159 --> 00:57:56.639 in Deuteronomy twenty verse nine. It says, if it is 969 00:57:56.719 --> 00:57:59.360 possible in your part, live at peace with everyone. Right, 970 00:57:59.440 --> 00:58:04.519 So that's one true peace is way better. Peace and 971 00:58:04.719 --> 00:58:08.360 joy and love is way better. I've been in war 972 00:58:09.400 --> 00:58:11.920 with back in the day, Like I was that war 973 00:58:12.000 --> 00:58:14.920 freak before. Like like, I mean, I'm a nice person now, 974 00:58:14.960 --> 00:58:17.800 but you know, at one time, uh when I when 975 00:58:17.800 --> 00:58:22.320 I in my younger years, you know, uh yeah, I 976 00:58:22.440 --> 00:58:24.840 used to like to get down sometimes. But in my 977 00:58:24.920 --> 00:58:26.880 brother too, you know, we used to try to you know, 978 00:58:26.920 --> 00:58:28.840 we used to fight back to back against people. But 979 00:58:30.280 --> 00:58:32.599 now it's like, you know, I realized that it was 980 00:58:32.679 --> 00:58:34.480 just this I was just this broken kid, you know, 981 00:58:34.639 --> 00:58:38.239 trying to always trying to prove myself or I had, 982 00:58:38.360 --> 00:58:41.039 you know, some kind of chip on my shoulder, you know, 983 00:58:41.719 --> 00:58:45.400 and uh now it's like I have so much joy 984 00:58:45.440 --> 00:58:49.840 and peace. It's just it's a blessing. I live at 985 00:58:49.840 --> 00:58:52.880 peace with everyone. You'll be happy, You'll be joyful, you 986 00:58:52.920 --> 00:58:54.960 won't be watching your back all the time. You won't 987 00:58:54.960 --> 00:58:58.079 need to go to the city of refuge. You know 988 00:58:58.159 --> 00:59:00.440 you ain't gonna have to do that. So let's go 989 00:59:00.480 --> 00:59:02.679 ahead and check this out. This is pretty interesting. I 990 00:59:02.719 --> 00:59:06.039 studied this this weekend, this Deuteronomy twenty verse one, and 991 00:59:06.880 --> 00:59:09.880 I'm gonna be honest. I used to well, I still 992 00:59:10.000 --> 00:59:12.440 like watching them, but I used to watch the first 993 00:59:12.519 --> 00:59:16.800 forty eight. I used to watch Forensic Files. I used 994 00:59:16.800 --> 00:59:20.079 to watch all these different crime shows, like like maybe 995 00:59:20.119 --> 00:59:24.320 you know when I got out of basic training. Oops, 996 00:59:24.639 --> 00:59:28.679 when I got out of basic training, I know what happened. 997 00:59:29.239 --> 00:59:31.400 That text message came in and it vibrated my phone 998 00:59:31.440 --> 00:59:37.679 and knocked it down. Yeah. All I want to say 999 00:59:37.719 --> 00:59:40.960 is I used to love crime shows. Okay, so I 1000 00:59:41.039 --> 00:59:45.719 used to love them, so so I was kind of 1001 00:59:45.719 --> 00:59:50.119 interested in this, this this portion of Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy twenty one, 1002 00:59:50.960 --> 00:59:57.800 verse one, and we are going to go to Deudonomy 1003 00:59:57.800 --> 01:00:00.679 twenty one in our notes. That's going go there. So 1004 01:00:02.159 --> 01:00:04.840 if anyone is found slain, this is Deuteronomy twenty one 1005 01:00:04.880 --> 01:00:07.800 one we're gonna read. Now. If anyone is found slang 1006 01:00:08.000 --> 01:00:10.320 lying in the field, in the land which the Lord 1007 01:00:10.360 --> 01:00:12.480 of God has given you to possess, and it is 1008 01:00:12.519 --> 01:00:15.960 not known who killed them, then your elders and your 1009 01:00:16.079 --> 01:00:18.760 judges shall go out and measure the distance from the 1010 01:00:18.840 --> 01:00:22.239 slain man to the surrounding cities. And it shall be 1011 01:00:22.360 --> 01:00:25.320 that the elders of your city nearest to the slain man, 1012 01:00:26.480 --> 01:00:31.079 excuse me, will take a heifer which has not been worked, 1013 01:00:31.559 --> 01:00:35.119 and which has not hold with a yoke. The elders 1014 01:00:35.119 --> 01:00:38.559 of the city shall bring you the helper down to 1015 01:00:38.639 --> 01:00:43.760 a valley with flowing water, which is neither plowed nor sown, 1016 01:00:43.920 --> 01:00:46.440 and they shall break the heifer's neck in the valley. 1017 01:00:49.559 --> 01:00:53.280 Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, 1018 01:00:53.679 --> 01:00:55.840 for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister 1019 01:00:55.920 --> 01:00:58.280 to him and to bless the name of the Lord. 1020 01:00:58.440 --> 01:01:01.840 By the word. Every controversy and every assault shall be settled, 1021 01:01:03.360 --> 01:01:05.360 And all the elders of the city nearest to this 1022 01:01:05.480 --> 01:01:08.920 lame mound shall wash their hands over the heifer whose 1023 01:01:09.039 --> 01:01:12.840 neck was broken in the valley. So this is when 1024 01:01:12.840 --> 01:01:15.760 someone dies. There's gonna be death. That's that's that's that's 1025 01:01:15.800 --> 01:01:18.639 what's happening here. Then they shall answer and say, our 1026 01:01:18.679 --> 01:01:22.400 hands have not shed this blood, nor have our eyes 1027 01:01:22.440 --> 01:01:25.480 seen it. Provide atonement, O Lord, for your people Israel, 1028 01:01:25.960 --> 01:01:30.840 whom you have redeemed. Do not lay innocent blood to 1029 01:01:30.920 --> 01:01:34.320 the charge of your people Israel, And atonement shall be 1030 01:01:34.360 --> 01:01:37.800 provided on their behalf for the blood. So you shall 1031 01:01:37.800 --> 01:01:40.320 put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you 1032 01:01:40.719 --> 01:01:42.559 when you do what is right in the side of 1033 01:01:42.599 --> 01:01:45.960 the Lord. Now you read this verse and you go, 1034 01:01:46.559 --> 01:01:49.440 what you're going to kill that animal? But what you 1035 01:01:49.480 --> 01:01:52.000 don't realize this is for atonement for sin, like whoever 1036 01:01:52.039 --> 01:01:58.760 did that? Because they are uh. It outlines the procedure 1037 01:01:58.800 --> 01:02:02.119 for dealing with the unsolved murder right, emphasizing the community's 1038 01:02:02.159 --> 01:02:04.960 responsibility to seek justice in atonement. The elders and the 1039 01:02:05.000 --> 01:02:07.639 priests play a crucial role in the process, highlighting the 1040 01:02:07.679 --> 01:02:10.559 importance of leadership and maintaining the social order. Okay, so 1041 01:02:12.440 --> 01:02:18.079 you are when you kill somebody and the blood is 1042 01:02:18.119 --> 01:02:23.199 there you're you're you're ruining the land. Right, it's impure 1043 01:02:23.320 --> 01:02:25.480 like the land, right because the blood was shed there. 1044 01:02:25.559 --> 01:02:31.920 So and you have to kill this animal for atonement. Okay, 1045 01:02:32.840 --> 01:02:35.000 we failed. People failed to realize they might be thinking 1046 01:02:35.000 --> 01:02:36.880 of the animal. That's sad for the animal. But what 1047 01:02:36.960 --> 01:02:40.880 about Jesus. He died on the cross. Uh, your show 1048 01:02:40.880 --> 01:02:44.480 with the machioc right, the Messiah, he Jesus died on 1049 01:02:44.519 --> 01:02:46.599 the cross. God on the flesh, died on the cross 1050 01:02:46.599 --> 01:02:49.599 for us had to go through all that because of 1051 01:02:49.679 --> 01:02:55.719 all the sins that we've committed. So innocent blood right, 1052 01:02:56.079 --> 01:02:59.800 So it's it's it's yeah, it's part of the deal. 1053 01:03:00.800 --> 01:03:04.079 Value of human life as well. In verses one through nine, 1054 01:03:04.599 --> 01:03:07.880 the ritual described in verses one through nine underscores the 1055 01:03:08.159 --> 01:03:11.559 sanctity of human life and the need for atonement when 1056 01:03:11.599 --> 01:03:16.119 blood is shed, even when the perpetrator is unknown. This, 1057 01:03:16.119 --> 01:03:21.880 this reflects God's justice and seriousness which he views the 1058 01:03:21.960 --> 01:03:26.079 taking of life. Now you see nowadays, I've seen the 1059 01:03:26.119 --> 01:03:30.679 first forty eight where this guy he literally he killed 1060 01:03:30.719 --> 01:03:35.880 somebody for twenty dollars. Other people kill people for less 1061 01:03:35.920 --> 01:03:41.440 than that twenty dollars, or if somebody is on you 1062 01:03:41.480 --> 01:03:46.159 know your city block, and you know you're stealing drugs, 1063 01:03:46.199 --> 01:03:48.320 and someone goes and tries to deal drugs in your block, 1064 01:03:48.360 --> 01:03:52.039 you kill them. I mean, what are you making You're 1065 01:03:52.039 --> 01:03:55.000 making one hundred dollars two hundred dollars a day on 1066 01:03:55.079 --> 01:03:58.760 selling drugs. Are you're gonna kill this person when you 1067 01:03:58.760 --> 01:04:00.480 could go out and get a job that make two 1068 01:04:00.519 --> 01:04:03.079 or three hundred dollars a day, you know, being an 1069 01:04:03.119 --> 01:04:07.000 electrician working in the water industry doing something that you 1070 01:04:07.079 --> 01:04:09.119 know and you don't have to worry about anybody killing you, 1071 01:04:10.559 --> 01:04:12.360 So why are you gonna go and do all that 1072 01:04:13.239 --> 01:04:15.960 and risk your life for that? But anyways, all I'm 1073 01:04:16.000 --> 01:04:23.639 saying is nowadays, life, like human life is, is so precious, 1074 01:04:24.039 --> 01:04:27.280 but people don't understand that like that, There's people are 1075 01:04:27.360 --> 01:04:31.800 killing people for oh man. I've seen so many TV 1076 01:04:31.880 --> 01:04:34.039 shows that I that I watched were it's like, I 1077 01:04:34.039 --> 01:04:42.280 cannot believe this person did that. So atonement for unsold 1078 01:04:42.360 --> 01:04:45.440 murders when a slain person is found in the land, 1079 01:04:46.559 --> 01:04:49.639 let me just highlight this. I make sure when a 1080 01:04:49.679 --> 01:04:51.719 slain person is found in the land and the murder 1081 01:04:51.719 --> 01:04:53.880 is unknown, the elders and judges measure the distance of 1082 01:04:53.920 --> 01:04:55.760 the surrounding cities, which we read the elders of the 1083 01:04:55.760 --> 01:04:58.280 nearest city must take a heffer and a valley are 1084 01:04:58.360 --> 01:05:02.119 running water break us new. Yes, this ritual serves as 1085 01:05:02.159 --> 01:05:06.559 atonement for the bloodshed. The Hebrew word for atonement is kapoor, 1086 01:05:07.800 --> 01:05:15.039 meaning to cover and make reconciliation. All right, So next 1087 01:05:15.119 --> 01:05:18.280 versus we're gonna go over is ten through fourteen marrying 1088 01:05:18.320 --> 01:05:22.079 a captive woman. So it's gonna tell you all about 1089 01:05:22.119 --> 01:05:29.360 that and family and inheritance laws. So we'll go there first. 1090 01:05:31.000 --> 01:05:33.320 Stay here for my notes. I want to go ten 1091 01:05:33.400 --> 01:05:38.440 through fourteen. Let's go. We're gonna go. Deuteronomy twenty one, 1092 01:05:39.039 --> 01:05:42.280 verse ten. When you go out to war against your enemies, 1093 01:05:42.320 --> 01:05:44.440 and the Lord of God delivers them into your hand, 1094 01:05:44.519 --> 01:05:47.320 and you take them captive, and you see among the 1095 01:05:47.360 --> 01:05:50.880 captives a beautiful woman, and desire her and would take 1096 01:05:50.920 --> 01:05:53.320 her for your wife. Then you shall bring her home 1097 01:05:53.400 --> 01:05:56.400 to your house, and she shall shave her head and 1098 01:05:56.440 --> 01:06:00.639 trim her nails. She shall put off the clothes in captivity, 1099 01:06:00.719 --> 01:06:03.559 remain in your house, and mourn her father and her mother. 1100 01:06:03.760 --> 01:06:07.159 A full month after that you may go into her 1101 01:06:07.559 --> 01:06:10.559 and be her husband, and she shall be your wife, 1102 01:06:11.000 --> 01:06:14.119 and it shall be if you have no delight in her, 1103 01:06:14.320 --> 01:06:16.639 and then you shall set her free. But you certainly 1104 01:06:16.679 --> 01:06:19.519 shall not sell her for money. You shall not treat 1105 01:06:19.559 --> 01:06:27.639 her brutally because you have humbled her. So understand that marriage, 1106 01:06:28.079 --> 01:06:33.559 even the marriage that we do. Now, okay, it's not biblical. 1107 01:06:33.960 --> 01:06:38.599 It's tradition. So going up there and and you know, 1108 01:06:39.079 --> 01:06:43.199 dum dunt the dum doom, dun't the dumb And then 1109 01:06:43.280 --> 01:06:45.239 you know, you have your dad walk you down the 1110 01:06:45.280 --> 01:06:48.639 aisle with all these people looking at you, you know, 1111 01:06:48.760 --> 01:06:51.280 family on one side, family on the other side, and 1112 01:06:51.320 --> 01:06:53.639 you walk down the aisle and then you say your 1113 01:06:53.760 --> 01:06:57.239 vows and then you have a priest marry you. That's 1114 01:06:57.280 --> 01:07:00.320 not biblical. And even though you might think gets in 1115 01:07:00.320 --> 01:07:02.360 the Bible somewhere, like I know it's somewhere on here. 1116 01:07:02.440 --> 01:07:06.119 Let me check Exodus, let me see. Nope, nope, it's 1117 01:07:06.119 --> 01:07:08.480 not Deuteronomy. Okay, let me tell let's check the New Testament. 1118 01:07:08.519 --> 01:07:12.719 Let's see. This is in Ephesians, Corinthians, Colossians. Where's it. No, 1119 01:07:12.920 --> 01:07:17.239 it's nowhere. It's just tradition. And you don't need to 1120 01:07:17.280 --> 01:07:22.519 go to a church to get married. What the Bible says, 1121 01:07:22.719 --> 01:07:25.440 I mean, even though like Jesus was at feast, you know, 1122 01:07:26.480 --> 01:07:28.760 you know that, you know, Jesus is at a party 1123 01:07:28.800 --> 01:07:31.599 for a wedding. You see what I mean. I'm not 1124 01:07:31.719 --> 01:07:36.199 saying that that wasn't part of the tradition. But the 1125 01:07:36.239 --> 01:07:38.000 Bible doesn't tell you anywhere that you need to go 1126 01:07:38.039 --> 01:07:40.840 get a pastor and have him marry you. Just doesn't 1127 01:07:40.840 --> 01:07:43.239 say that. You know how you get married in the Bible, 1128 01:07:43.800 --> 01:07:47.800 it says it right there, you go into her. Okay, 1129 01:07:52.559 --> 01:07:58.159 just like Jacob he went into the tent Leah came in. 1130 01:07:59.000 --> 01:08:02.840 He went into her. Now they're married. That's the way 1131 01:08:02.880 --> 01:08:09.159 it worked. So when we're out here hooking up with 1132 01:08:09.199 --> 01:08:12.639 all these different people that we don't know, and we're 1133 01:08:12.719 --> 01:08:15.079 just going into this person and then going into this person, 1134 01:08:15.119 --> 01:08:17.399 becoming one with this person, becoming one with this person, 1135 01:08:17.479 --> 01:08:20.520 becoming one with this person, what we failed to realize 1136 01:08:21.159 --> 01:08:26.840 is there's studies that they've done now where sometimes the 1137 01:08:26.880 --> 01:08:30.640 ex person, the ex husband or whatever, the ex lever, 1138 01:08:31.760 --> 01:08:34.560 their DNA is like still in some of these women 1139 01:08:35.199 --> 01:08:38.279 not you know, it's like you become one with them, 1140 01:08:39.000 --> 01:08:46.359 and that's literally marriage in God's eyes. So obviously I 1141 01:08:46.680 --> 01:08:49.720 never knew this back when I was partying in my 1142 01:08:49.840 --> 01:08:54.479 party stage of you know, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, 1143 01:08:54.479 --> 01:08:56.279 twenty one, twenty two before I met my wife. You know, 1144 01:08:56.319 --> 01:08:59.279 I was like twenty four when I met my wife. 1145 01:09:00.079 --> 01:09:05.199 So this is something that we need to definitely show 1146 01:09:05.239 --> 01:09:09.319 our kids, our teenagers, and let them know that in 1147 01:09:09.399 --> 01:09:14.279 God's eyes, once you go into somebody, you are now married. 1148 01:09:14.680 --> 01:09:16.840 And now when you go into these other people, when 1149 01:09:16.880 --> 01:09:19.680 you're sleeping with this person, this person, this person, this person, 1150 01:09:19.960 --> 01:09:24.199 you're literally committing adultry. So not only are you fornicating what, 1151 01:09:24.279 --> 01:09:27.520 you're committing adultry because in God's eyes, you just married 1152 01:09:27.560 --> 01:09:30.439 that person. So that's why it's important for you to 1153 01:09:30.479 --> 01:09:34.359 wait till you're married, or wait till you or want 1154 01:09:34.359 --> 01:09:37.399 to be with that person forever before you actually go 1155 01:09:37.479 --> 01:09:42.960 into her or him. I know it's nowadays everything is 1156 01:09:43.000 --> 01:09:46.079 pushing these people to not wait and just to divorce 1157 01:09:46.159 --> 01:09:48.800 and just to do this, and this is something that 1158 01:09:48.840 --> 01:09:51.800 people need to understand. But with this in context of 1159 01:09:51.880 --> 01:09:57.319 this verse right here, I just want to just say, 1160 01:09:57.479 --> 01:09:59.640 so I'll go over the notes real quick and then 1161 01:09:59.640 --> 01:10:04.359 I'll kind of go with my own little breakdown. She 1162 01:10:04.479 --> 01:10:07.319 shall yeah and shave her head and all that that 1163 01:10:07.439 --> 01:10:10.880 might be because God just wants her to just have 1164 01:10:10.920 --> 01:10:14.520 a renewed life. If an Israelite man desires to marry 1165 01:10:14.520 --> 01:10:16.720 a captive woman, he must bring her into his home, 1166 01:10:16.840 --> 01:10:19.319 allow her to mourn her parents for a month, and 1167 01:10:19.359 --> 01:10:22.000 then he may marry her if he later finds no 1168 01:10:22.079 --> 01:10:23.960 delight in her. Yeah, we read that, so that the 1169 01:10:24.000 --> 01:10:34.319 word the Hebrew word for captive is chaba is shabba, 1170 01:10:35.640 --> 01:10:49.079 indicating someone taken in war. Okay, so the Hebrew word 1171 01:10:49.119 --> 01:10:58.960 for okay, hold on real quick, okay, marrying a captive 1172 01:10:59.000 --> 01:11:01.119 woman if he later find okay, So we kind of 1173 01:11:01.159 --> 01:11:13.159 went over that. Yeah, so uh, let's see, got the 1174 01:11:13.239 --> 01:11:17.079 punishment dignity, rebellious children, family inheritance laws, which is going 1175 01:11:17.119 --> 01:11:19.880 to be fifteen through seventeen. So now we're gonna go 1176 01:11:19.920 --> 01:11:25.079 over that. So Deuteronomy twenty one, verse fifteen, if a 1177 01:11:25.159 --> 01:11:28.279 man has two wives, one love and the other unloved, 1178 01:11:28.920 --> 01:11:32.199 then they have borne him children, both the loved and unloved. 1179 01:11:33.399 --> 01:11:35.800 Real quick, I'm gonna stop the show real quick. I'll 1180 01:11:35.800 --> 01:11:39.880 be right sorry about that, guys. I'll jump right back. 1181 01:11:41.439 --> 01:11:44.640 Took a quick break, real quick, because my wife is 1182 01:11:45.319 --> 01:11:48.479 such it's too hot back there, so I'll have to 1183 01:11:48.479 --> 01:11:50.199 get them as soon as I get done with this. 1184 01:11:50.199 --> 01:11:52.760 All right, let's continue. So now we're gonna do firstborn 1185 01:11:52.800 --> 01:11:55.880 inheritance rights. Deuteronom Be. Twenty one to fifteen. If a 1186 01:11:55.960 --> 01:11:59.920 man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, 1187 01:12:00.680 --> 01:12:03.640 then they have borne him children, both the loved and unloved. 1188 01:12:03.640 --> 01:12:07.199 And if the firstborn son is of her who is unloved, 1189 01:12:07.720 --> 01:12:11.439 then it shall be on the day he bequeaths his 1190 01:12:11.520 --> 01:12:15.439 possessions to his sons, that he must not bestow firstborn 1191 01:12:15.479 --> 01:12:18.239 status on the son of the loved wife in preference 1192 01:12:18.279 --> 01:12:22.319 to the son of the unloved the true firstborn. But 1193 01:12:22.479 --> 01:12:26.239 he shall acknowledge the son of the unloved wife as 1194 01:12:26.279 --> 01:12:29.760 the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of that 1195 01:12:29.800 --> 01:12:32.359 he has, for he is the beginning of his strengths. 1196 01:12:32.399 --> 01:12:40.479 The right of the firstborn is his. So in fifteen 1197 01:12:40.520 --> 01:12:44.079 through seventeen it addresses the rights of the firstborn son. 1198 01:12:44.239 --> 01:12:48.600 Even in a polygamous family setting setting, the law ensures 1199 01:12:48.600 --> 01:12:51.880 fairness to the protection of inheritance rights, demonstrating God's concern 1200 01:12:51.960 --> 01:12:56.520 for justice within the family unity. So yeah, polygamy obviously 1201 01:12:56.680 --> 01:13:07.239 now is as a no no, okay, so that Jesus 1202 01:13:07.279 --> 01:13:11.119 kind of makes that clear. But back then, you know, 1203 01:13:11.199 --> 01:13:13.239 and this is something also people go do like, oh, 1204 01:13:13.359 --> 01:13:17.199 how was this? Okay? You know, it says if a 1205 01:13:17.199 --> 01:13:21.199 man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, Okay, 1206 01:13:21.239 --> 01:13:28.079 so kind of like Jacob, right, Jacob had Leah and 1207 01:13:28.119 --> 01:13:31.840 then he had Rachel. Right, So he had two wives, 1208 01:13:32.479 --> 01:13:39.439 and then you know, they also had helpers or assistants, 1209 01:13:39.479 --> 01:13:41.439 and then he even slept with some of them, you know. 1210 01:13:41.760 --> 01:13:48.760 So it's just it's just different now. But this is 1211 01:13:48.840 --> 01:13:52.439 kind of talking about the inheritance laws to protect them. Right, 1212 01:13:53.520 --> 01:13:56.640 And let's see what we have in my other notes 1213 01:13:56.640 --> 01:13:59.840 here ten to fourteen, we went through the rights of 1214 01:13:59.840 --> 01:14:05.560 the firstborn. So the Hebrew term are the firstborn a 1215 01:14:05.600 --> 01:14:08.199 title to a double portion of the inheritance. The Hebrew 1216 01:14:08.279 --> 01:14:15.319 term for firstborn is bacore, emphasizes the primacy of birthright. Okay, 1217 01:14:15.760 --> 01:14:20.720 now we're gonna go into the rebellious son. This is 1218 01:14:20.720 --> 01:14:25.720 gonna be Deuteronomy twenty one eighteen. If a man has 1219 01:14:25.800 --> 01:14:28.439 a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the 1220 01:14:28.520 --> 01:14:30.600 voice of his father or the voice of his mother, 1221 01:14:31.159 --> 01:14:34.720 and who, when they have chasen him, will not heed them. 1222 01:14:35.079 --> 01:14:37.359 Then his father and his mother shall take hold of 1223 01:14:37.439 --> 01:14:40.439 him and bring him out to the elders of his city, 1224 01:14:40.520 --> 01:14:42.720 to the gate of his city, and they shall say 1225 01:14:42.760 --> 01:14:45.039 to the elder of the city, this son of ours 1226 01:14:45.079 --> 01:14:48.720 is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey our voice. 1227 01:14:48.840 --> 01:14:52.039 He is a glutton and a drunkard. Then all the 1228 01:14:52.079 --> 01:14:54.960 men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. 1229 01:14:55.239 --> 01:14:57.600 So you shall put away the evil from among you, 1230 01:14:57.760 --> 01:15:02.239 and all israels shall hear and fear. You see what 1231 01:15:02.279 --> 01:15:07.439 I mean. I talked about this earlier, right that you 1232 01:15:07.560 --> 01:15:10.680 if you disrespect your parents, or if you're a glutton, 1233 01:15:11.119 --> 01:15:15.800 or if you're a drunkard, then you could get stoned 1234 01:15:15.840 --> 01:15:19.600 to death. Right if if a man has a stubborn 1235 01:15:19.680 --> 01:15:21.760 or rebellious son who will not obey the voice of 1236 01:15:21.800 --> 01:15:24.920 his father. So this is also like a little cancer 1237 01:15:25.760 --> 01:15:30.880 of evil, and God does not want that to pass 1238 01:15:30.920 --> 01:15:33.640 through the city. You know, if you're a little cancer 1239 01:15:33.680 --> 01:15:36.600 of evil and you're rebellious, then you're gonna have other 1240 01:15:36.680 --> 01:15:41.000 people follow your rebellion, and then you're gonna start influencing 1241 01:15:41.039 --> 01:15:43.279 other people. And then a lot more people are gonna 1242 01:15:43.279 --> 01:15:47.640 become stubborn rebellious. And then also if you're drinking or 1243 01:15:47.680 --> 01:15:53.439 you're causing you know, all this disruption, then that's the 1244 01:15:53.439 --> 01:15:55.479 way they handled it back then. They would stone him 1245 01:15:55.479 --> 01:15:58.800 to death with stones. Now do I agree with that, No, 1246 01:15:58.880 --> 01:16:04.439 I think that's I think that's you know, now, in 1247 01:16:04.479 --> 01:16:06.920 my position right now, I would think that that'd be harsh. 1248 01:16:06.920 --> 01:16:08.520 But that's just the way it went back then. And 1249 01:16:08.800 --> 01:16:11.880 you know, God knows best. I don't know best. God 1250 01:16:11.960 --> 01:16:15.479 knows best. Right, So let's let's read what the notes 1251 01:16:15.479 --> 01:16:18.479 say here every rebellious Son. It says if parents have 1252 01:16:18.560 --> 01:16:22.119 a stubborn, everybellied son who does not obey them after discipline, 1253 01:16:22.239 --> 01:16:24.479 they must bring him to the elders of the city gate. 1254 01:16:24.600 --> 01:16:26.439 If the son is found guilty, the men of the 1255 01:16:26.439 --> 01:16:29.039 city will stone them to death to purge the evil 1256 01:16:29.039 --> 01:16:33.199 from among them. The Hebrew word for rebellious is marah, 1257 01:16:33.520 --> 01:16:40.439 meaning to be contentious or disobedient. Okay, so marah, Wow, 1258 01:16:40.560 --> 01:16:44.359 so very interesting, and I'll hop up to the top 1259 01:16:44.439 --> 01:16:50.800 here check out if I have anything else here rebellious children. 1260 01:16:51.720 --> 01:16:55.560 This reflects the importance of parental authority and community standards 1261 01:16:55.600 --> 01:16:59.520 in maintaining order and respect. Also, you know, it's one 1262 01:16:59.520 --> 01:17:02.640 of the Ten Amendments, right for them to honor thy father, 1263 01:17:03.920 --> 01:17:06.880 honor thy father and mother. It's one of the commandments. 1264 01:17:07.880 --> 01:17:10.359 So they should already know that. They should it should 1265 01:17:10.359 --> 01:17:14.560 already be instilled in them to not do that right, 1266 01:17:14.720 --> 01:17:19.560 so they should know that. Now we're going to talk 1267 01:17:19.560 --> 01:17:25.119 about capital punishment and dignity. If a man has committed 1268 01:17:25.159 --> 01:17:28.199 a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, 1269 01:17:28.680 --> 01:17:31.760 and you hang him on a tree, his body shall 1270 01:17:31.800 --> 01:17:34.359 not remain overnight in the tree, but you shall surely 1271 01:17:34.439 --> 01:17:37.520 bury him that day so that you not defiled, so 1272 01:17:37.600 --> 01:17:39.880 you do not defile the land which the Lord God 1273 01:17:39.880 --> 01:17:42.319 has given you as an inheritance, for he who is 1274 01:17:42.399 --> 01:17:47.000 hanged is a cursed of God. Like, Uh, defile is 1275 01:17:47.000 --> 01:17:48.880 the word I was looking for when I was talking about, Like, 1276 01:17:48.920 --> 01:17:51.640 if a murder happens on a land and the blood 1277 01:17:51.680 --> 01:17:55.119 is shed, you're defiling the land. So that's that's what 1278 01:17:55.239 --> 01:17:57.720 God wanted. That's why God wanted them to break the 1279 01:17:57.760 --> 01:18:01.840 neck of the Hepper. So let's go ahead and see 1280 01:18:01.880 --> 01:18:05.279 what the notes say about this capital punishment and dignity. 1281 01:18:05.840 --> 01:18:09.079 The chapter concludes with instructions on the treatment of executing 1282 01:18:09.119 --> 01:18:13.279 criminals Versus Twenty two and twenty three, emphasizing that even 1283 01:18:13.319 --> 01:18:18.239 in judgment, human dignity must be preserved. The body must 1284 01:18:18.279 --> 01:18:23.319 not remain hanging overnight, showing respect for the deceased and 1285 01:18:23.399 --> 01:18:30.039 the land man. That's just so brutal, you know. Back then, 1286 01:18:31.439 --> 01:18:33.760 if a man is executed and hanged on a tree, 1287 01:18:33.760 --> 01:18:35.880 the body must not have made overnight. It must be buried. 1288 01:18:35.880 --> 01:18:39.600 We talked about that already. The Hebrew word for curse 1289 01:18:40.520 --> 01:18:47.079 is quilla, indicating a state of being despised or at horrid. Okay, 1290 01:18:48.279 --> 01:18:50.640 so we have that, and then let's go over some 1291 01:18:52.800 --> 01:19:01.399 practical applications. Seek justice and reconciliation and reconciliation. Just as 1292 01:19:01.399 --> 01:19:05.600 the Israelites sought to atone for unsolved murderers, we should 1293 01:19:05.640 --> 01:19:11.079 strive for justice and reconciliation reconciliation in our communities, addressing 1294 01:19:11.119 --> 01:19:18.119 wrongs and seeking peace. Honor family responsibilities, uphold fairness and integrity, 1295 01:19:18.119 --> 01:19:20.840 and family relationship consharying that each member is treated with 1296 01:19:20.920 --> 01:19:28.039 respect and justice, especially in matters or inheritance and responsibility. Yes, 1297 01:19:28.720 --> 01:19:32.119 discipline with love and community support. Approach discipline with balance 1298 01:19:32.159 --> 01:19:36.000 of love and firmness. Involving community support when necessary to 1299 01:19:36.039 --> 01:19:39.800 guide and correct wayward behavior. Approach discipline with the balance 1300 01:19:39.840 --> 01:19:43.279 of love and firmness, of course, and that's something you know, 1301 01:19:43.359 --> 01:19:46.800 sometimes there's a one one one family member or one 1302 01:19:46.960 --> 01:19:49.840 husband or wife will be like kind of a pushover 1303 01:19:49.920 --> 01:19:53.119 more and the other will be more strict. It happens, 1304 01:19:53.279 --> 01:19:56.760 So we got to have balance of love and firmness, okay, 1305 01:19:59.119 --> 01:20:03.920 And then it looks like involving community support when necessary, 1306 01:20:04.000 --> 01:20:07.640 like if you're in a church and if you want to, 1307 01:20:08.359 --> 01:20:11.960 you know, maybe community support the guide and correct wayward behavior. 1308 01:20:12.520 --> 01:20:14.439 You know, I don't really involve anybody else in the 1309 01:20:14.439 --> 01:20:17.039 way I do parenting, but you can maybe involve your 1310 01:20:17.079 --> 01:20:18.359 pastor if you have that you don't want to ask 1311 01:20:18.479 --> 01:20:22.079 questions and going to get some parental advice, or maybe 1312 01:20:22.079 --> 01:20:24.920 like a good friend that you know has been parenting, 1313 01:20:25.039 --> 01:20:27.359 you know already has kids and does a great job, 1314 01:20:27.399 --> 01:20:29.560 then you can ask them for advice. That is a 1315 01:20:29.600 --> 01:20:32.880 good way to guide and protect your wayward behavior the 1316 01:20:33.039 --> 01:20:35.760 way their wayward behavior, Ask how they handled it, and 1317 01:20:35.760 --> 01:20:37.960 then you can kind of use that same thing on 1318 01:20:38.039 --> 01:20:42.439 your kids. Respect for life and dignity. Uphold the sanctity 1319 01:20:42.640 --> 01:20:46.479 of life in all circumstances, treating every individual with dignity 1320 01:20:46.479 --> 01:20:51.840 and respect, even in situations of judgment or punishment. Can't 1321 01:20:51.840 --> 01:20:54.880 emphasize that enough. That's that's it's perfectly said right there. 1322 01:20:55.079 --> 01:21:02.680 And then we have some connecting scriptures to this. Would 1323 01:21:02.680 --> 01:21:06.520 be justice and atonement would be Mackay six. Verse eight 1324 01:21:07.039 --> 01:21:11.039 emphasizes doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with God, 1325 01:21:11.520 --> 01:21:15.000 echoing the themes of justice and atonement in Deuteronomy twenty one. 1326 01:21:16.000 --> 01:21:18.920 Family integrity would be a Feesian six verses one through 1327 01:21:18.920 --> 01:21:22.239 four instructs children to obey their parents and parents to 1328 01:21:22.279 --> 01:21:24.520 bring up their children, and the discipline and instruction of 1329 01:21:24.560 --> 01:21:27.439 the Lord reinforcement the family principles and found in Deuteronomy 1330 01:21:27.479 --> 01:21:29.880 twenty one. So that's a verse that would connect to this. 1331 01:21:30.000 --> 01:21:34.119 It's a feast in six versus one through four. Community 1332 01:21:34.159 --> 01:21:39.319 responsibility Galatians six one through two encourages believers to bear 1333 01:21:39.439 --> 01:21:44.399 one another's burdens, reflecting the communal responsibility seen in handling 1334 01:21:44.520 --> 01:21:51.239 of unsolved crimes. So yeah, so I'm gonna take a 1335 01:21:51.319 --> 01:21:53.680 quick break, real quick to bring my kids in. Be 1336 01:21:53.800 --> 01:21:56.920 right back. You guys won't even notice. Hold on stop 1337 01:21:56.960 --> 01:22:04.199 screen share, I apologize, guys. I'm so sorry. I'm decided 1338 01:22:04.199 --> 01:22:06.680 to stop twice. You won't even notice it stopped, but 1339 01:22:06.760 --> 01:22:10.800 I do. Okay, So we kind of went over all that. 1340 01:22:11.039 --> 01:22:15.279 We went through, connecting verses Galatians six to one through two. 1341 01:22:15.800 --> 01:22:18.239 We talked about that it's gonna be believers to bear 1342 01:22:18.279 --> 01:22:21.399 one another's burdens, reflecting the community responsibility seen in handling 1343 01:22:21.680 --> 01:22:26.079 of unsolved crimes. Okay, so all right, and let's go 1344 01:22:26.159 --> 01:22:28.520 ahead and make sure I'm there. All right, Let's go 1345 01:22:28.600 --> 01:22:33.840 to Deuteronomy twenty two and we will talk. We'll go 1346 01:22:33.880 --> 01:22:40.000 over those real quick. So we're moving right along through Deuteronomy. 1347 01:22:40.199 --> 01:22:45.840 So this is the very various laws of morality. Okay, 1348 01:22:45.920 --> 01:22:51.560 So we'll go over Deuteronomy twenty two to one through four, 1349 01:22:51.600 --> 01:22:53.119 and then I'll have a little bit of notes to 1350 01:22:53.159 --> 01:22:59.159 go over here. Okay. So Deuteronomy twenty two, verse one 1351 01:22:59.239 --> 01:23:01.640 says you shall I will not see your brother's ox 1352 01:23:01.880 --> 01:23:04.800 or his sheep going astray and hide yourself from them. 1353 01:23:05.079 --> 01:23:10.520 You shall certainly bring them back to your brother. And 1354 01:23:10.560 --> 01:23:13.600 if your brother is not near you or you do 1355 01:23:13.680 --> 01:23:16.760 not know him, then you shall bring it to your 1356 01:23:16.800 --> 01:23:21.479 own house, and it shall remain with you. Until your 1357 01:23:21.520 --> 01:23:25.000 brother seeks it, then you shall restore it to him. 1358 01:23:25.439 --> 01:23:28.399 You shall do the same with his donkey, And you 1359 01:23:28.479 --> 01:23:32.079 shall do the same with this, And you shall do 1360 01:23:32.199 --> 01:23:35.079 with his garment. With any lost thing of your brother's 1361 01:23:35.079 --> 01:23:37.159 which he has lost and you have found, you shall 1362 01:23:37.159 --> 01:23:40.960 do likewise. You must not hide yourself. You must not 1363 01:23:41.039 --> 01:23:44.479 hide yourself. Right. So, in Deuteronomy twenty two, verses one 1364 01:23:44.520 --> 01:23:47.039 and four emphasize the importance of helping others even when 1365 01:23:47.039 --> 01:23:49.880 it is inconvenient. If you see your brother's ox or 1366 01:23:49.920 --> 01:23:52.520 sheep strayed, you must not ignore it, be sure to 1367 01:23:52.600 --> 01:23:56.119 return it to your brother. Deuteronomy twenty two one. This 1368 01:23:56.159 --> 01:23:59.119 teaches us about the responsibility we have towards neighbors and 1369 01:23:59.159 --> 01:24:04.359 the importance of community care. Take care of people. You know, 1370 01:24:04.439 --> 01:24:07.720 it's like loving your neighbors as you know, as you 1371 01:24:07.760 --> 01:24:11.319 love yourself. Right, it's I mean, it's all biblical principles 1372 01:24:11.439 --> 01:24:20.279 right there. So so when we go to the Hebrew 1373 01:24:20.279 --> 01:24:26.000 word for return implies restoration and responsibility, right, so, that 1374 01:24:26.000 --> 01:24:29.920 would be that. And then in helping with fallen animals, 1375 01:24:29.960 --> 01:24:32.399 if you see your brother's donkey ox fallen on the road, 1376 01:24:32.439 --> 01:24:34.359 you must not ignore it. You are to help and 1377 01:24:34.439 --> 01:24:37.800 lift it up. Do Teronomy twenty two, verse four. This 1378 01:24:37.840 --> 01:24:44.600 emphasizes here is on community responsibility and assistance. Right, So 1379 01:24:44.680 --> 01:24:47.159 we'll go ahead and go back up and let's continue. 1380 01:24:49.079 --> 01:24:53.159 We're going to read verses five through twelve, and then 1381 01:24:53.159 --> 01:24:55.880 I'll have a little bit of notes for that. So 1382 01:24:58.119 --> 01:25:00.640 you shall not see your brother's donkey or as ox 1383 01:25:00.760 --> 01:25:03.359 fall down along the road and hide yourself from them. 1384 01:25:03.600 --> 01:25:05.920 You shall surely help it and lift them up again. 1385 01:25:07.760 --> 01:25:10.399 Deuteronomy twenty two to five. A woman shall not wear 1386 01:25:10.439 --> 01:25:13.119 anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man 1387 01:25:13.199 --> 01:25:16.079 put on a woman's garment, For all who do so 1388 01:25:16.239 --> 01:25:24.479 are an abomination to the Lord your God. Wow, a 1389 01:25:24.520 --> 01:25:27.079 woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, 1390 01:25:27.399 --> 01:25:29.760 nor shall a man put a woman's garment, for all 1391 01:25:29.800 --> 01:25:33.199 those who do so are an abomination to God. What 1392 01:25:34.039 --> 01:25:39.840 agenda is being pushed so hard right now? So not 1393 01:25:39.880 --> 01:25:45.000 even like transitioning, but even putting on women's clothes being 1394 01:25:45.000 --> 01:25:48.680 a man, it's an abomination to the Lord your God. 1395 01:25:49.600 --> 01:25:53.439 And what do they always do to actors that are 1396 01:25:53.880 --> 01:25:56.279 I mean, there's some African American actors, a lot of them, 1397 01:25:56.439 --> 01:26:00.119 or rappers that are out right now, they're trying to 1398 01:26:00.119 --> 01:26:04.640 to demasculate them by having them put on women's clothes 1399 01:26:04.920 --> 01:26:07.880 or women's dresses. You know this, this is the conspiracy 1400 01:26:07.920 --> 01:26:13.000 aspect of it. Bruce Jenner, when he became Caitlyn Jenner 1401 01:26:13.079 --> 01:26:18.399 or whatever, he's still Bruce Jenner, that was one giant. 1402 01:26:18.960 --> 01:26:27.000 I mean, that was a huge spell cast on mankind. 1403 01:26:27.119 --> 01:26:31.880 You know, it was like a huge ritual. When he 1404 01:26:32.640 --> 01:26:36.359 was in the spotlight with that Kardashian family was in 1405 01:26:36.399 --> 01:26:41.439 the spotlight, and then he transitioned like that. It caused 1406 01:26:41.800 --> 01:26:47.319 that whole bloodgate to open, and now it's everywhere. Okay, 1407 01:26:48.159 --> 01:26:51.720 I'm not here to judge whatever you do in your bedroom. 1408 01:26:52.079 --> 01:26:56.199 I'm not here to judge anything you do whatever. I'm 1409 01:26:56.239 --> 01:26:59.920 not the judge. I'm only here to teach and preach, 1410 01:27:00.079 --> 01:27:03.640 and I have to show that if the Bible says 1411 01:27:03.680 --> 01:27:07.720 this here, we got to understand it's abomination to the Lord, right, 1412 01:27:07.800 --> 01:27:10.479 So when we see it's abomination, you know, like witchcraft 1413 01:27:10.560 --> 01:27:13.279 or sorcery or or you know, we have to make 1414 01:27:13.319 --> 01:27:19.239 sure we pay attention to that. So yeah, let's continue. 1415 01:27:19.680 --> 01:27:22.279 If a bird's nest happens to be before you along 1416 01:27:22.319 --> 01:27:24.880 the way, in any tree or on the ground, with 1417 01:27:25.000 --> 01:27:27.680 young ones or eggs, with the mother sitting on the 1418 01:27:27.720 --> 01:27:29.560 young or on the eggs. You shall not take the 1419 01:27:29.600 --> 01:27:32.279 mother with the young. You shall surely let the mother 1420 01:27:32.399 --> 01:27:36.159 go and take the young for yourself, that it may 1421 01:27:36.199 --> 01:27:39.199 be well with you, and that you may prolong your days. 1422 01:27:40.199 --> 01:27:44.079 This is a verse eight twenty two. Verse eight. When 1423 01:27:44.119 --> 01:27:47.359 you build a new house, then you shall make a 1424 01:27:47.359 --> 01:27:51.319 parapet parapet for your roof, that you may not bring 1425 01:27:51.359 --> 01:27:54.600 guilt or bloodshed on your household if anyone falls from it. 1426 01:27:56.359 --> 01:27:59.239 You shall not sow your vineyard with different kinds of seed, 1427 01:27:59.319 --> 01:28:02.720 lest you yield the seed with you have sown, and 1428 01:28:02.760 --> 01:28:07.119 your fruit and your vineyard be defiled. Ten says you 1429 01:28:07.119 --> 01:28:11.399 shall not plow with an ox or donkey together. Eleven 1430 01:28:11.439 --> 01:28:13.960 says you should not wear a garment of different sorts 1431 01:28:13.960 --> 01:28:17.840 such as wool and linen, mix together people. This is 1432 01:28:17.880 --> 01:28:23.399 something that people go to when we see how people 1433 01:28:23.520 --> 01:28:26.960 how they're designing clothes. Now right, you shall make tassels 1434 01:28:27.039 --> 01:28:30.720 on the four corners of your clothing. You shall make 1435 01:28:30.800 --> 01:28:33.680 tassels on the fore corner of your clothing with which 1436 01:28:33.840 --> 01:28:38.720 you cover yourself. So in distinction and order, discuss to 1437 01:28:38.760 --> 01:28:42.399 the various laws that maintain. So in verses five through twelve, 1438 01:28:42.439 --> 01:28:45.319 it discuss the various laws that maintain order and distinction, 1439 01:28:45.720 --> 01:28:49.760 such as the prohibition against cross dressing and the command 1440 01:28:49.880 --> 01:28:54.800 to build a parapet to you for your roof. These 1441 01:28:54.880 --> 01:28:57.760 laws highlight the importance of respecting God's created order and 1442 01:28:57.880 --> 01:29:02.720 ensuring the safety and well being of And yeah, you 1443 01:29:02.800 --> 01:29:05.520 see the agendas. You know where they're trying to throw 1444 01:29:05.560 --> 01:29:10.359 the middle finger to yahweh, right to the most High. 1445 01:29:10.720 --> 01:29:16.119 And that's one of the genders. So prohibition of cross dressing. 1446 01:29:16.199 --> 01:29:18.840 A women must not wear men's clothing or a manda 1447 01:29:18.920 --> 01:29:22.439 or women's clothing. This is detestable to the Lord your God. 1448 01:29:22.960 --> 01:29:29.640 The Hebrew word to eva is used here, often translating 1449 01:29:29.720 --> 01:29:36.039 as abomination, indicating a strong moral prohibition. Okay, this is 1450 01:29:36.079 --> 01:29:38.920 not like traditionally. Hey, this is tradition. We don't like it. 1451 01:29:38.960 --> 01:29:41.920 This is like abomination to God. It's something that we 1452 01:29:41.920 --> 01:29:44.960 should pay attention to the bird's nest law. If you 1453 01:29:45.000 --> 01:29:46.920 come across the bird's nest with chicks or eggs, we 1454 01:29:47.000 --> 01:29:50.920 talked about it. This law reflects reflects a principle of 1455 01:29:51.000 --> 01:29:54.920 compassion and sustainability, because if you take the mom and 1456 01:29:55.000 --> 01:29:58.760 the babies and the eggs. Then the mom can't reproduce. 1457 01:29:59.399 --> 01:30:02.319 So you want to make sure that you are you know, 1458 01:30:02.439 --> 01:30:04.720 you want sustainability. You want them to be able to 1459 01:30:04.800 --> 01:30:11.760 keep producing more birds. Right. Building a parapet. Let's see 1460 01:30:11.760 --> 01:30:13.520 what this is. When you build a new house, you 1461 01:30:13.600 --> 01:30:15.680 must make a parapet for your roof so you will 1462 01:30:15.760 --> 01:30:18.760 not bring blood guilt to your house if someone falls 1463 01:30:18.800 --> 01:30:21.760 from it. The law outside the importance and safety of 1464 01:30:21.840 --> 01:30:25.199 prevention of harm. I don't know what a parapet is. 1465 01:30:26.239 --> 01:30:29.000 I could probably look that up real quick. Let's find 1466 01:30:29.039 --> 01:30:33.079 out what that is. What is a When I'm reading it, 1467 01:30:33.119 --> 01:30:36.199 I'm like, what is a parapet? What is it? Like 1468 01:30:36.239 --> 01:30:43.279 a ladder or something? A parapet? Okay? So. In the Bible, 1469 01:30:43.359 --> 01:30:48.319 a parapet, also known as a battlement, is a protective structure, 1470 01:30:48.439 --> 01:30:51.840 typically a low wall or railing, that is built around 1471 01:30:51.880 --> 01:30:54.039 the edge of a flat roof to prevent people from 1472 01:30:54.039 --> 01:30:57.560 falling off. This is specifically mentioned in Deuteronomy twenty two eight, 1473 01:30:57.560 --> 01:30:59.800 with states that when you're building a new house, once 1474 01:30:59.840 --> 01:31:02.119 you construct a parapet on the roof to prevent the 1475 01:31:02.159 --> 01:31:05.359 guilt of bloodshed of someone falls from it. Purpose the 1476 01:31:05.359 --> 01:31:07.920 primary person of paraphet has prevent accidental falls from the 1477 01:31:07.920 --> 01:31:13.119 flat roof, which are common in ancient Near Eastern homes 1478 01:31:13.159 --> 01:31:16.279 and often used for social gatherings, dry and produced and 1479 01:31:16.359 --> 01:31:20.600 sleeping commandment significance. The commandment highlights of biblical principles of 1480 01:31:20.640 --> 01:31:23.720 loving one's neighbor and proactively ensuring the safety, of demonstrating 1481 01:31:23.720 --> 01:31:26.640 God's concern for human life. Okay, so we kind of 1482 01:31:26.640 --> 01:31:29.760 see what that is. Now, now we know a good thing. 1483 01:31:29.800 --> 01:31:34.359 I read that because I did not know Deteronomy nine. Okay, so, 1484 01:31:34.960 --> 01:31:38.159 and then prohibiting mixing. Do not plant your vineyard with 1485 01:31:38.199 --> 01:31:41.279 two types of seed, lest the entire harvests be defiled. 1486 01:31:41.840 --> 01:31:44.560 Do not plow with an ox and a docy yoke together. 1487 01:31:44.640 --> 01:31:47.960 Do not wear clothes of wool. These laws highlight the 1488 01:31:48.039 --> 01:31:53.079 principle of separation and purity. And then the tassels on garments. 1489 01:31:53.720 --> 01:31:56.359 You are to make tassels of four corners of the 1490 01:31:56.359 --> 01:31:59.960 cloak you wear Deuonomy twenty two twelve. This commands served. 1491 01:32:00.000 --> 01:32:03.680 This is a physical reminder of the commandments and covenant 1492 01:32:03.960 --> 01:32:08.319 with God. Now we're going to go through the laws 1493 01:32:08.439 --> 01:32:13.079 of sexual morality. So this is something we should read 1494 01:32:13.159 --> 01:32:17.399 and find out what's and pay attention to as well. 1495 01:32:17.439 --> 01:32:20.720 And let's see if we have anything in my teaching 1496 01:32:20.760 --> 01:32:27.560 point notes purity and intigrity thirteen through thirty, which we're 1497 01:32:27.560 --> 01:32:29.479 about to read, so that starts there. So let's go 1498 01:32:29.479 --> 01:32:34.119 ahead and read these laws of sexual morality Deuteronomy twenty two, 1499 01:32:34.520 --> 01:32:38.000 verse thirteen. If any man takes a wife and goes 1500 01:32:38.119 --> 01:32:41.600 into her and detest her and charges her with shameful 1501 01:32:41.680 --> 01:32:43.960 conduct and brings a bad name on her, and says, 1502 01:32:44.000 --> 01:32:46.239 I took this woman, and when I came to her, 1503 01:32:46.600 --> 01:32:49.159 I found she was not a virgin. Then the father 1504 01:32:49.199 --> 01:32:51.600 and mother of the young woman shall take and bring 1505 01:32:51.640 --> 01:32:54.239 out the evidence of the young woman's virginity to the 1506 01:32:54.279 --> 01:32:56.399 elders of the city of the gate. And the young 1507 01:32:56.439 --> 01:32:58.680 woman's father shall say to the elders, that gave my 1508 01:32:58.800 --> 01:33:01.600 daughter to this man, as why and he detests her 1509 01:33:04.520 --> 01:33:07.319 now he has charged her with shameful conduct, saying I 1510 01:33:07.439 --> 01:33:10.159 found your daughter was not a virgin, and yet there's 1511 01:33:10.239 --> 01:33:15.319 evidences of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the 1512 01:33:15.399 --> 01:33:18.880 cloth before the elders of the city. Then the elders 1513 01:33:18.880 --> 01:33:21.319 of the city shall take the man and punish him, 1514 01:33:21.840 --> 01:33:24.640 and they shall find him one hundred shekels of silver, 1515 01:33:25.159 --> 01:33:27.560 and give him to the father of the young woman, 1516 01:33:27.680 --> 01:33:30.119 because he has brought a bad name on the virgin 1517 01:33:30.199 --> 01:33:33.640 of Israel. And she shall be his wife. He cannot 1518 01:33:33.720 --> 01:33:38.039 divorce her in all his days. And he shall be 1519 01:33:38.199 --> 01:33:40.439 his wife, and she shall be his wife, and he 1520 01:33:40.479 --> 01:33:46.039 cannot divorce her in all his days. Wow, we'll continue. Yeah, 1521 01:33:46.079 --> 01:33:47.520 We're going to go all the way to verse thirty 1522 01:33:47.520 --> 01:33:53.000 before I read it. But if the thing is true, 1523 01:33:53.079 --> 01:33:55.479 and evidence of virginity are not found in the young woman, 1524 01:33:55.600 --> 01:33:57.880 then she shall bring out the young woman to the 1525 01:33:57.960 --> 01:33:59.920 door of her father's house, and the men of her sin, 1526 01:34:00.119 --> 01:34:02.640 he shall stone her to death with stones, because she 1527 01:34:02.680 --> 01:34:05.319 has done a disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the 1528 01:34:05.359 --> 01:34:07.880 harlot in her father's house. So you shall put away 1529 01:34:07.920 --> 01:34:11.880 the evil from among you. If a man is found 1530 01:34:11.920 --> 01:34:14.920 lying with the woman married to a husband, then both 1531 01:34:15.000 --> 01:34:17.840 of them shall die, the man that lay with the 1532 01:34:17.880 --> 01:34:20.560 woman and the woman. You shall put away the evil 1533 01:34:20.560 --> 01:34:24.880 from Israel. If a young woman who is a virgin 1534 01:34:25.000 --> 01:34:27.479 is bethrowed to a husband, and a man finds her 1535 01:34:27.520 --> 01:34:29.800 in the city and lies with her, then you shall 1536 01:34:29.840 --> 01:34:31.880 bring them both to the gate of the city, and 1537 01:34:31.880 --> 01:34:35.239 you shall stone them to death with stones, the young 1538 01:34:35.279 --> 01:34:38.920 woman because she did not cry out in the city, 1539 01:34:39.039 --> 01:34:42.279 and the man because he humbled his neighbor's wife. So 1540 01:34:42.319 --> 01:34:44.520 that you shall put away the evil from among you. 1541 01:34:45.560 --> 01:34:48.720 And then the next one is Deuteronomy twenty two twenty five. 1542 01:34:49.199 --> 01:34:52.600 But if a man finds a bethrolled woman young woman 1543 01:34:52.600 --> 01:34:55.159 in the countryside, and a man forces her and lies 1544 01:34:55.199 --> 01:34:58.479 with her, then the only man who lay with her 1545 01:34:58.520 --> 01:35:01.520 shall die. A man that lay with or shall die. 1546 01:35:01.880 --> 01:35:03.960 But if you shall do nothing to the young but 1547 01:35:04.079 --> 01:35:07.279 you shall do nothing to the young woman. There is 1548 01:35:07.319 --> 01:35:10.880 a young woman no sin deserving of death, just as 1549 01:35:10.920 --> 01:35:13.479 when a man rises against his neighbor and kills her, 1550 01:35:14.840 --> 01:35:19.039 rises against his neighbor and kills him. Even so this 1551 01:35:19.079 --> 01:35:21.520 is the matter, For he found her in the countryside, 1552 01:35:21.600 --> 01:35:23.399 and he would throw the young woman cried out, but 1553 01:35:23.439 --> 01:35:26.560 there's no one there to save her, you see. So 1554 01:35:27.439 --> 01:35:33.319 that's obviously in a case of uh, that's rape. If 1555 01:35:33.720 --> 01:35:36.199 if a man finds a young woman who is a virgin, 1556 01:35:36.640 --> 01:35:39.760 who is not bethrolled, then and he seizes her and 1557 01:35:39.800 --> 01:35:43.000 lies with her, and they find out, and they found out, 1558 01:35:43.239 --> 01:35:45.039 then the man who lay with her shall give a 1559 01:35:45.079 --> 01:35:48.479 young woman's father fifty shekels of silver. She shall be 1560 01:35:48.600 --> 01:35:53.079 his wife because he has humbled her. He shall not 1561 01:35:53.159 --> 01:35:56.399 be permitted to divorce her all his days. And then 1562 01:35:56.520 --> 01:35:59.079 twenty two thirty says a man shall not take his 1563 01:35:59.119 --> 01:36:04.000 father's wife or uncover his father's bed. Yeah, that's important. 1564 01:36:04.079 --> 01:36:07.359 So purity and integrity, okay, So the latter part of 1565 01:36:07.399 --> 01:36:10.079 the chapter, verses thirteen through thirty deals with the issues 1566 01:36:10.119 --> 01:36:14.600 of sexual morality and integrity. These laws underscore the value 1567 01:36:15.119 --> 01:36:19.520 God places on purity and the sanctity of marriage, as 1568 01:36:19.520 --> 01:36:26.800 well as the need for faithfulness and justice and relationships. So, yeah, 1569 01:36:27.239 --> 01:36:31.760 this is a more stuff that I think that people 1570 01:36:32.039 --> 01:36:38.279 should read, that teenagers should should understand and know. You know, 1571 01:36:42.439 --> 01:36:45.680 it would be great if I would have known all 1572 01:36:45.720 --> 01:36:48.760 this stuff, you know, but once you know, you're held accountable, 1573 01:36:48.760 --> 01:36:52.399 So you got to make sure, you know. So accusations 1574 01:36:52.439 --> 01:36:55.399 of wife's virginity, We're going to go over this real quick, 1575 01:36:55.399 --> 01:36:58.119 and says where he we read it. But this is 1576 01:36:58.199 --> 01:37:00.520 kind of what the what the importance of it is. 1577 01:37:01.319 --> 01:37:03.560 If a man accuses his wife of not being a virgin, 1578 01:37:03.560 --> 01:37:06.119 but her parents must provide proof of a virginity. If 1579 01:37:06.119 --> 01:37:09.560 this accuation is false, the man's punished and find If true, 1580 01:37:09.560 --> 01:37:12.760 the woman is punished. So in Deuteronomy twenty two thirteen 1581 01:37:12.800 --> 01:37:15.840 through twenty one, the law underscores the importance of truth 1582 01:37:16.239 --> 01:37:21.119 and the sanctity of marriage. And then the next one 1583 01:37:21.119 --> 01:37:26.000 in Deuteronomy twenty two twenty two through twenty seven, adultery okay. 1584 01:37:26.039 --> 01:37:28.640 If a man is forced is found lying with another 1585 01:37:28.720 --> 01:37:32.359 man's wife, both must die. If a virgin pledge to 1586 01:37:32.359 --> 01:37:34.960 be married is violated in the city, both are punished. 1587 01:37:35.279 --> 01:37:38.439 If the country, only the man is punished. If in 1588 01:37:38.479 --> 01:37:40.439 the country only the man is punished, as the woman 1589 01:37:40.560 --> 01:37:44.199 is presumed to have cried out for help. This law 1590 01:37:44.239 --> 01:37:50.239 emphasizes the seriousness of sexual immorality. We don't even we 1591 01:37:50.319 --> 01:37:56.479 have no idea, We don't even nowadays, you know, people 1592 01:37:56.520 --> 01:37:59.439 don't even think like this at all. Don't even think 1593 01:37:59.439 --> 01:38:03.520 it's important to God. Right. So in a in Deuteronomy 1594 01:38:03.800 --> 01:38:07.439 twenty two twenty eight through twenty nine, if a man 1595 01:38:07.560 --> 01:38:10.079 rapes a virgin who is not pledged to be married, 1596 01:38:10.119 --> 01:38:13.880 he must pay the father and marry her without possibility 1597 01:38:13.920 --> 01:38:16.920 of divorce. If a man rapes a virgin who is 1598 01:38:16.960 --> 01:38:19.520 not pledged to be married, he must pay the father 1599 01:38:19.560 --> 01:38:25.000 and marry her without the possibility of divorce. So this 1600 01:38:25.319 --> 01:38:28.479 law reflects the cultural contexts and the protection of the 1601 01:38:28.520 --> 01:38:39.119 woman's future. Wow, so where is it at. That's twenty 1602 01:38:39.159 --> 01:38:40.960 eight through twenty nine. If the man finds a young 1603 01:38:40.960 --> 01:38:44.119 woman who's a virgin, who is not bethralled, and he 1604 01:38:44.359 --> 01:38:48.000 seizes her and lies with her, and they are found out, 1605 01:38:48.159 --> 01:38:50.000 then the man who lay with her shall give the 1606 01:38:50.000 --> 01:38:55.279 young woman bother fifty shekels of silver. And so that's 1607 01:38:55.279 --> 01:38:57.800 I guess to prevent men from doing that, because then 1608 01:38:57.840 --> 01:38:59.640 they're going to have to be married to her forever. 1609 01:38:59.800 --> 01:39:02.319 So he might not be ready for you know, if 1610 01:39:02.319 --> 01:39:04.600 he does that, he needs to commit to her forever. 1611 01:39:05.279 --> 01:39:08.039 And obviously that's that's hard for the woman because if 1612 01:39:08.039 --> 01:39:10.479 the woman gets raped by this person, you know, she 1613 01:39:10.560 --> 01:39:14.840 thinks she wants to be with them forever. But you know, 1614 01:39:15.239 --> 01:39:20.239 this is the way it was back then, and this 1615 01:39:20.319 --> 01:39:27.039 is in twenty two through thirty. A man must not 1616 01:39:27.159 --> 01:39:29.720 marry his father's wife, as this would dishonor his father. 1617 01:39:30.680 --> 01:39:37.119 This law reinforces the boundaries of familial relationships. So all right, 1618 01:39:37.199 --> 01:39:42.279 So that is Deuteronomy twenty two, and we'll go into 1619 01:39:42.359 --> 01:39:43.600 I know there's a lot of things that a lot 1620 01:39:43.640 --> 01:39:45.479 of people might not agree with here. It might be 1621 01:39:45.520 --> 01:39:48.159 hard for them to understand. But this is obviously to 1622 01:39:48.239 --> 01:39:51.760 the Israelites, to those people at that time. And also, 1623 01:39:52.560 --> 01:39:57.159 you know, we got to understand that it's important for 1624 01:39:57.239 --> 01:39:59.960 us to understand these things as well. You know, that's 1625 01:40:00.039 --> 01:40:02.279 why it's good to go over the Old Testament then 1626 01:40:02.359 --> 01:40:07.319 come to the New Testament. Excuse me. Uh So the 1627 01:40:07.359 --> 01:40:12.760 practical applications that we could take actively look for ways 1628 01:40:12.800 --> 01:40:16.359 to assist. Let's be a good neighbor. Actively look for 1629 01:40:16.399 --> 01:40:19.640 ways to assist those around you, whether it is helping 1630 01:40:19.680 --> 01:40:23.359 someone in need or returning lost property. This fosters a 1631 01:40:23.399 --> 01:40:26.079 spirit of community and reflects God's love. You know that 1632 01:40:26.199 --> 01:40:30.239 was that was in the beginning. Uh. Respect God's design. 1633 01:40:30.520 --> 01:40:35.800 Embrace the rules, the roles and distinction God has established, 1634 01:40:35.800 --> 01:40:40.119 recognizing that they are for our good and His glory. 1635 01:40:40.199 --> 01:40:47.199 This includes honoring gender distinctions and ensuring the safety of others. UH. 1636 01:40:47.960 --> 01:40:53.159 Uphold purity in a world that often discards sexual purity. 1637 01:40:53.760 --> 01:40:56.960 Commit to a living Commit to living a life that 1638 01:40:57.039 --> 01:41:01.119 honors God's standards. That this includes being true truthful and 1639 01:41:01.239 --> 01:41:08.479 maintaining integrity in all relationships. Yes, we are, definitely we 1640 01:41:08.640 --> 01:41:13.279 disregard sexual purity nowadays, whether you're in high school or 1641 01:41:13.319 --> 01:41:15.920 you're you know, you're going to parties, or you know, 1642 01:41:15.960 --> 01:41:18.199 you just have a boyfriend and girlfriend in high school, 1643 01:41:18.279 --> 01:41:20.039 or when you get out of high school you're starting 1644 01:41:20.039 --> 01:41:22.880 to go to clubs and people are just you know, 1645 01:41:23.439 --> 01:41:26.479 just going crazy, you know, going to college, you know, 1646 01:41:26.520 --> 01:41:28.760 going to college parties, all these you know, people are 1647 01:41:28.800 --> 01:41:32.000 just going crazy. Sexual purity is just it's it's it's 1648 01:41:32.079 --> 01:41:34.680 just not something that people are disregarding it on, you know, 1649 01:41:34.880 --> 01:41:38.560 so much, and during that time. That's why it's good 1650 01:41:38.560 --> 01:41:41.880 to raise your kids in the Bible and raise them 1651 01:41:42.079 --> 01:41:46.800 into the Lord. And especially if you know males, you know, 1652 01:41:46.920 --> 01:41:50.319 because I think more. I know that sometimes females you know, well, 1653 01:41:51.479 --> 01:41:54.079 I know that sometimes females will push the the issue, 1654 01:41:54.119 --> 01:41:55.920 you know, push it forward. But a lot of the 1655 01:41:55.960 --> 01:41:59.279 times the males are the ones that need to know 1656 01:41:59.439 --> 01:42:04.159 this and once if they want to have sexual purity, 1657 01:42:04.199 --> 01:42:07.600 it's a little easier because usually they're the ones. I'm 1658 01:42:07.600 --> 01:42:11.960 not saying all the time, but they might be pushing 1659 01:42:12.079 --> 01:42:15.760 the envelope more than the female is not saying that's always. 1660 01:42:15.760 --> 01:42:18.399 But usually if a female has a virgin she's trying 1661 01:42:18.399 --> 01:42:20.760 to protect her virginity, you know, and then the male 1662 01:42:20.880 --> 01:42:24.800 is just trying to persuade her into doing that. Not 1663 01:42:24.840 --> 01:42:27.520 saying that's always. But you know, so if men were, 1664 01:42:28.800 --> 01:42:31.239 if the boys or the or the or the men 1665 01:42:34.119 --> 01:42:36.760 had more regard for sexual purity, I think it would 1666 01:42:37.279 --> 01:42:44.439 help tremendously. Sometimes it's pure pressure. Sometimes the woman loves 1667 01:42:44.479 --> 01:42:47.439 the boyfriend and she wants to keep him as a boyfriend, 1668 01:42:47.479 --> 01:42:49.319 so the only way she thinks she could keep him 1669 01:42:49.359 --> 01:42:51.880 is if she does this, and the man kind of 1670 01:42:52.520 --> 01:42:55.720 you know, it's it's like, yeah, I'm not saying it's 1671 01:42:55.720 --> 01:42:58.239 always like that, but it's something that I noticed when 1672 01:42:58.239 --> 01:43:04.199 I was growing up, you know. Definitely. Okay, so we'll 1673 01:43:04.199 --> 01:43:07.840 go over some verses that are that connect with this, 1674 01:43:08.199 --> 01:43:14.319 and then let me see, I don't know if I 1675 01:43:14.359 --> 01:43:16.600 want to get into Yeah, I think we got fifteen minutes. 1676 01:43:16.840 --> 01:43:22.920 We'll go over some connecting verses real quick. And connecting 1677 01:43:23.000 --> 01:43:26.159 verses would be uh yeah. A good one to connect 1678 01:43:26.199 --> 01:43:29.079 would be Luke ten twenty five through thirty seven. The 1679 01:43:29.199 --> 01:43:31.920 Parable of the Good Samaritan echoes the call to love 1680 01:43:31.960 --> 01:43:34.960 and care for our neighbors as seen in Deuteronomy twenty 1681 01:43:34.960 --> 01:43:39.079 two one through four. For sure, Right, if you see 1682 01:43:39.079 --> 01:43:41.039 a donkey that's injured and you want to take it 1683 01:43:41.079 --> 01:43:43.079 to their you know, take care of them, then obviously 1684 01:43:43.119 --> 01:43:46.520 a person is even more important. Right, What more is 1685 01:43:46.520 --> 01:43:49.640 a person than you know, a donkey or an ox? Right? Uh? 1686 01:43:49.720 --> 01:43:54.199 One Corinthian six, verses eighteen through twenty. Paul's exhortation to 1687 01:43:54.319 --> 01:43:57.920 flee sexual morality aligns with the call to purity found 1688 01:43:57.960 --> 01:44:01.960 in Deuteronomy twenty two teen through thirty. Of course, so 1689 01:44:02.000 --> 01:44:04.079 if you want to go back and read that, also 1690 01:44:04.119 --> 01:44:06.840 read about Joseph when he was tempted by the woman 1691 01:44:07.279 --> 01:44:10.000 when the husband left. The woman was trying to you know, 1692 01:44:10.159 --> 01:44:14.199 remember that that where Joseph ran away plead, all right, 1693 01:44:14.279 --> 01:44:17.560 that's a good one to look at as well. Matthew 1694 01:44:17.880 --> 01:44:21.920 five seventeen through twenty. Jesus is teaching on fulfillment of 1695 01:44:21.960 --> 01:44:25.680 the law, reminds us that these Old Testament laws point 1696 01:44:25.760 --> 01:44:31.479 to deeper spiritual truths. Okay, so yes, So that is 1697 01:44:32.600 --> 01:44:36.520 Deuteronomy twenty two. I think we could probably go to 1698 01:44:36.600 --> 01:44:41.079 twenty three. We have like another fifteen minutes. I think 1699 01:44:41.119 --> 01:44:42.920 we could kind of bust this out real quick. Let's 1700 01:44:42.920 --> 01:44:46.399 see if we could do that, all right. Deuteronomy twenty three, 1701 01:44:46.560 --> 01:44:52.960 Verse one. He who is emasculated by crushing and mutilation 1702 01:44:53.119 --> 01:44:56.399 shall not enter the assembly of the Lord. One of 1703 01:44:56.439 --> 01:44:59.840 the legitimate births shall not enter the assembly of the Lord, 1704 01:45:00.079 --> 01:45:03.720 even to the tenth generation. None of his descendants shall 1705 01:45:03.800 --> 01:45:07.720 enter the assembly of the Lord. An Ammonite or Moabite 1706 01:45:07.880 --> 01:45:10.920 shall not enter the assembly of the Lord, even to 1707 01:45:11.039 --> 01:45:14.319 the tenth generation. None of his descendants shall enter the 1708 01:45:14.319 --> 01:45:18.920 assembly of the Lord forever, because they do not meet. 1709 01:45:19.359 --> 01:45:22.840 They do not meet you with bread and water on 1710 01:45:22.880 --> 01:45:25.159 the road when you came out of Egypt, because they 1711 01:45:25.239 --> 01:45:28.920 hired against you, Balem, the son of Bure the path 1712 01:45:28.960 --> 01:45:32.359 were of Mesopotamia to curse you. Nevertheless, the Lord your 1713 01:45:32.399 --> 01:45:35.520 God would not listen to Balem. But the Lord your 1714 01:45:35.520 --> 01:45:38.319 God turned the curse into a blessing for you. Because 1715 01:45:38.359 --> 01:45:41.119 the Lord your God loves you. You shall not seek 1716 01:45:41.159 --> 01:45:46.720 their peace nor their prosperity in all your days forever. Wow, 1717 01:45:47.000 --> 01:45:50.359 And the Moabites and Ammonites, they came from Lot when 1718 01:45:50.399 --> 01:45:53.600 he slept with his daughters. Right, So just let you 1719 01:45:53.600 --> 01:45:58.239 know where they came from. You shall not abhor to Eatomite, 1720 01:45:59.039 --> 01:46:01.520 for he is your other. You shall not adhort to 1721 01:46:01.600 --> 01:46:06.479 Egyptian to an Egyptian, because you are an alien in 1722 01:46:06.520 --> 01:46:09.800 his land. The children of the third generation born to 1723 01:46:09.920 --> 01:46:14.000 them may enter the Assembly of the Lord. So in 1724 01:46:14.119 --> 01:46:18.760 uh Deuteronomy twenty three one to three outlined outlines who 1725 01:46:18.880 --> 01:46:20.960 may be excluded from the Assembly of the Lord. This 1726 01:46:21.079 --> 01:46:24.039 reflects the importance of maintaining the purity and holiness to 1727 01:46:24.079 --> 01:46:29.479 the community. No one who has emasculated by crushing or 1728 01:46:29.600 --> 01:46:35.680 cutting may enter the Assembly of the Lord. So let's 1729 01:46:35.720 --> 01:46:40.840 see if we have anything down here. So in verses 1730 01:46:40.880 --> 01:46:43.920 one through two discusses who are excluded. No man with 1731 01:46:44.039 --> 01:46:47.159 crust or severed genitals may enter the Assembly of the Lord. 1732 01:46:47.760 --> 01:46:51.840 The Hebrew term for assembly is quahal, refers to the 1733 01:46:51.880 --> 01:46:55.720 congregation or community of Israel. This exclusion emphasizes the importance 1734 01:46:55.760 --> 01:47:01.560 of physical wholeness in the context of worship and community participation. 1735 01:47:02.439 --> 01:47:07.920 In Verses three through six, no Ammonite or Moabite of 1736 01:47:08.079 --> 01:47:10.319 any of the descendants may enter the Assembly of the Lord, 1737 01:47:10.359 --> 01:47:13.119 even to the tenth generation. This exclusion is due to 1738 01:47:13.159 --> 01:47:17.560 their historical enmity and lack of hospitality towards Israel. The 1739 01:47:17.600 --> 01:47:24.079 Hebrew word for tenth generation is Assari. Asari underscores the 1740 01:47:24.119 --> 01:47:29.159 long lasting nature of this prohibition and then acceptance of 1741 01:47:29.199 --> 01:47:34.640 the Edomites and Egyptians. The text allows the inclusion of 1742 01:47:34.840 --> 01:47:38.119 Edomites and Egyptians to the third generation. Do not despise 1743 01:47:38.159 --> 01:47:42.359 the Edomite or he is your brother, for he is 1744 01:47:42.399 --> 01:47:45.279 your brother. Do not despise the Egyptian because you are 1745 01:47:45.279 --> 01:47:47.800 a foreigner in his land. The Hebrew term for brother 1746 01:47:49.239 --> 01:47:54.359 highlights the kinship of edom who is the historical relationship 1747 01:47:54.359 --> 01:47:59.880 with Egypt is acknowledged. While the historical relationship with Egypt 1748 01:47:59.920 --> 01:48:03.720 is acknowledge. Now we're going to go into the cleanliness 1749 01:48:03.880 --> 01:48:09.840 of the camp. Cleanliness of the camp. We're gonna go 1750 01:48:09.880 --> 01:48:12.399 through this quite quickly, because we have like another ten minutes, 1751 01:48:12.439 --> 01:48:14.319 and I want to make sure that we get through this. 1752 01:48:16.039 --> 01:48:18.760 There we go, all right. So Deuter want to be 1753 01:48:18.760 --> 01:48:22.359 twenty three verse nine. When the army goes out against 1754 01:48:22.359 --> 01:48:25.640 your enemies, then keep yourself from every wicked thing. If 1755 01:48:25.680 --> 01:48:28.439 there's any man among you who becomes unclean by some 1756 01:48:28.520 --> 01:48:34.159 occurrence in the night, then he shall go outside the camp. 1757 01:48:35.159 --> 01:48:38.039 He shall not come inside the camp. But it shall 1758 01:48:38.119 --> 01:48:40.680 be when evening comes, then he shall wash with water, 1759 01:48:41.000 --> 01:48:45.359 and when the sun sets he may come into the camp. Also, 1760 01:48:45.720 --> 01:48:48.640 you shall have a place outside the camp where you 1761 01:48:48.720 --> 01:48:52.079 may go out, and you shall have an implement among 1762 01:48:52.119 --> 01:48:54.800 your equipment, And when you sit down outside, you shall 1763 01:48:54.800 --> 01:48:59.119 dig with it and turn to cover and cover your 1764 01:49:00.640 --> 01:49:03.479 cover your refuse. For the Lord your God walks in 1765 01:49:03.520 --> 01:49:05.600 the midst of your camp to deliver you and give 1766 01:49:05.640 --> 01:49:09.760 your enemies over to you. Therefore your camp shall be holy, 1767 01:49:10.319 --> 01:49:15.359 that he may have no unclean that he may see 1768 01:49:15.399 --> 01:49:19.840 no unclean thing among you and turn away from you. So, 1769 01:49:20.039 --> 01:49:21.960 since God walks in the midst of your camp, he 1770 01:49:22.039 --> 01:49:24.560 wants to make sure that nothing is unclean. Right, So 1771 01:49:24.640 --> 01:49:29.319 that makes sense. So in your camp must be holy, 1772 01:49:29.399 --> 01:49:32.399 so that you may not see anything indecent among you 1773 01:49:32.560 --> 01:49:37.560 or turn you away from So. So, for the Lord 1774 01:49:37.560 --> 01:49:39.960 your God walks through your camp and protects you from 1775 01:49:39.960 --> 01:49:42.319 delivering your enemies to you, your camp must be holy 1776 01:49:42.399 --> 01:49:45.239 so that you may not so he will not see 1777 01:49:45.279 --> 01:49:49.520 anything indecent among you and turn away from you. And 1778 01:49:49.800 --> 01:49:52.439 if I go a little further down, let me check 1779 01:49:52.520 --> 01:49:58.720 some cleanliness in the camp. The Hebrew word Okay, So 1780 01:49:59.359 --> 01:50:01.680 when you are in camped against your enemies, when you 1781 01:50:01.680 --> 01:50:04.279 shall keep yourselves from every wicked thing. The Hebrew word 1782 01:50:04.359 --> 01:50:08.920 for wicked indicates moral and ritual impurity, stressing the importance 1783 01:50:09.039 --> 01:50:16.960 of holiness. Now we're going to get into miscellaneous laws. 1784 01:50:17.199 --> 01:50:19.760 You shall not give back to his master the slave 1785 01:50:19.760 --> 01:50:22.520 who has escaped from his master to you. He may 1786 01:50:22.560 --> 01:50:24.520 dwell with you in your midst in the place which 1787 01:50:24.560 --> 01:50:27.560 he chooses, within one of your gates, where it seems 1788 01:50:27.640 --> 01:50:33.840 best for him. You shall not oppress him. In fifteen 1789 01:50:33.880 --> 01:50:37.000 through sixteen, it instructs Israel not to return runaway slaves 1790 01:50:37.000 --> 01:50:39.000 to their master. You shall not hand over to his 1791 01:50:39.039 --> 01:50:42.199 master a slave who has escaped from the master to you. 1792 01:50:42.279 --> 01:50:47.039 This reflects compassionate approach, allowing the escaped slave to live 1793 01:50:47.119 --> 01:50:51.039 freely among the Israelites. And we're going to get into 1794 01:50:51.159 --> 01:50:54.439 verse seventeen. Now it says there shall be no ritual 1795 01:50:54.560 --> 01:50:57.560 harlot of the daughters of Israel or perverted one of 1796 01:50:57.640 --> 01:50:59.800 the sons of Israel. You shall not bring the voyages 1797 01:50:59.840 --> 01:51:02.560 of a harlet or the price of a dog to 1798 01:51:02.640 --> 01:51:05.800 the house of the Lord your God for any vowed offering, 1799 01:51:06.000 --> 01:51:09.319 for both of these are an abomination to the Lord. 1800 01:51:10.239 --> 01:51:16.359 So verse seventeen prohibits cult prostitution. No daughter or son 1801 01:51:16.399 --> 01:51:18.960 of Israel is to be a cult prostitute. The Hebrew 1802 01:51:18.960 --> 01:51:22.840 word for colt prostitute is quotashaw for him for females 1803 01:51:22.840 --> 01:51:26.239 and quidest for males. Refers to those involved in pagan 1804 01:51:26.319 --> 01:51:30.239 religious practices which are strictly forbidden. So we got to 1805 01:51:30.279 --> 01:51:36.760 understand that, and let's see if there's anything I could Okay, 1806 01:51:36.840 --> 01:51:42.439 So yeah, we kind of went over that already. Do 1807 01:51:42.560 --> 01:51:44.119 not return to sleep as mester. We kind of went 1808 01:51:44.119 --> 01:51:47.079 over that. Now we're going to go through nineteen and twenty. 1809 01:51:47.159 --> 01:51:50.800 You shall not charge interest to your brother, interest on money, 1810 01:51:50.920 --> 01:51:53.600 or food, or anything that is lent out in interest. 1811 01:51:53.640 --> 01:51:55.960 To a foreigner, you may charge interest, But to your 1812 01:51:56.000 --> 01:51:58.479 brother you shall not charge interest that the Lord your 1813 01:51:58.520 --> 01:52:01.760 God may bless you and in all to which you 1814 01:52:01.880 --> 01:52:05.680 set your hand, and land which you are entering to possess. 1815 01:52:06.319 --> 01:52:10.520 So in nineteen and twenty addressed to the issue of 1816 01:52:10.600 --> 01:52:12.960 charging interest from money, fairness and brother they love. You 1817 01:52:13.039 --> 01:52:15.319 must not charge your brother interest or money, food, or 1818 01:52:15.319 --> 01:52:19.319 any type of loan. And we see what's happening to 1819 01:52:19.479 --> 01:52:23.000 people nowadays where they're just buried in interest right, even 1820 01:52:23.000 --> 01:52:25.399 when you pay your house, Like if you check out 1821 01:52:25.439 --> 01:52:28.439 how much interest you're paying, you know you're paying one 1822 01:52:28.479 --> 01:52:30.960 hundred or two hundred thousand, four hundred thousand dollars worth 1823 01:52:30.960 --> 01:52:34.720 of interest. It's crazy, But we are foreigners to the 1824 01:52:34.720 --> 01:52:36.720 people that are lending it anyways, because the people that 1825 01:52:36.760 --> 01:52:40.319 are actually lending them money are people that are I mean, 1826 01:52:40.359 --> 01:52:42.600 I'm not saying all of them, but some of them 1827 01:52:42.600 --> 01:52:45.039 are definitely evil, you know, if they're just trying to 1828 01:52:45.039 --> 01:52:48.479 make all that money in interest of us. Right. So 1829 01:52:48.960 --> 01:52:55.039 the Hebrew word for interest is neshka, implies a biting 1830 01:52:55.359 --> 01:53:02.079 or unseerious practice, which is discourage among the community. And 1831 01:53:02.119 --> 01:53:04.880 then we're going to go to Deuteronomy twenty three, verse 1832 01:53:04.920 --> 01:53:07.399 twenty one. When you make a vow to the Lord 1833 01:53:07.439 --> 01:53:10.000 your God, you shall not delay to pay it to 1834 01:53:10.119 --> 01:53:12.640 the Lord your God will surely require it of you, 1835 01:53:13.159 --> 01:53:15.199 and it would be a sign to you. But if 1836 01:53:15.199 --> 01:53:17.359 you have strained from vowing, it shall not be a 1837 01:53:17.399 --> 01:53:19.920 sin to you that which has gone from your lips. 1838 01:53:20.000 --> 01:53:23.079 You shall keep and perform for your voluntary vow to 1839 01:53:23.119 --> 01:53:25.840 the Lord. But you have promise with your mouth, so 1840 01:53:25.920 --> 01:53:29.720 you got to make sure that you when you make 1841 01:53:29.760 --> 01:53:31.600 a vow to the Lord your God, you must not 1842 01:53:31.760 --> 01:53:34.920 delay in fulfilling it. And the Hebrew word for a 1843 01:53:35.119 --> 01:53:39.159 vow is nadar. It signifies a solemn promise. Highlight in 1844 01:53:39.199 --> 01:53:43.159 this seriousness of commitments made to God. So if you 1845 01:53:43.399 --> 01:53:48.039 are in some type of sin and you try to 1846 01:53:48.079 --> 01:53:50.680 tell God, like, you know, hey, I won't do this anymore. 1847 01:53:50.680 --> 01:53:53.039 I promise you got to make sure that you know 1848 01:53:53.079 --> 01:53:56.760 you're making a vow to God, don't do that. Okay, 1849 01:53:57.439 --> 01:54:00.880 don't do that because it's not good, because sometimes you can't. 1850 01:54:01.079 --> 01:54:03.960 You can't fulfill that vow. So don't do that. Just 1851 01:54:04.479 --> 01:54:06.880 it's better to just abstrain from what you what your 1852 01:54:06.880 --> 01:54:08.720 sin is, and then just try to do, you know, 1853 01:54:08.840 --> 01:54:11.279 repent doing one eighty. But you don't need to make 1854 01:54:11.319 --> 01:54:13.680 promises to God. Like God knows your heart, he knows 1855 01:54:13.720 --> 01:54:15.600 exactly what's going on. You don't need to do that. 1856 01:54:16.159 --> 01:54:18.159 Just do your best, you know, but you don't need 1857 01:54:18.159 --> 01:54:21.279 to try not to make a vow to God unless 1858 01:54:21.319 --> 01:54:27.640 you can one million percent fulfill it. Let's go to 1859 01:54:28.079 --> 01:54:30.960 verses twenty four and twenty five, or almost to two 1860 01:54:31.000 --> 01:54:35.359 hours here, when you come into your neighbor's vineyard, you 1861 01:54:35.399 --> 01:54:38.720 may eat your fill of grapes at your pleasure, but 1862 01:54:38.800 --> 01:54:40.840 you shall not put any in your container. When you 1863 01:54:40.880 --> 01:54:44.319 come into your neighbors standing grain. You may pluck the 1864 01:54:44.359 --> 01:54:46.279 heads of your hand, but you shall not use it 1865 01:54:46.319 --> 01:54:48.960 as a sickle of your of your neighbors standing grain. 1866 01:54:49.520 --> 01:54:53.960 This is actually portrayed in Luke where they're walking through 1867 01:54:54.199 --> 01:54:58.399 and they're actually grabbing grain on the Sabbath. It's Jesus, 1868 01:54:58.560 --> 01:55:01.880 our Lord, you know, our Lord, Jesus Christ his shoe 1869 01:55:01.880 --> 01:55:07.840 of the Machioc and his disciples and the Pharisees point 1870 01:55:07.840 --> 01:55:10.199 out that they're grabbing grain on the Sabbath, saying that 1871 01:55:10.239 --> 01:55:15.119 they're they're, they're they're working on the Sabbath. And Jesus 1872 01:55:15.119 --> 01:55:18.319 points to David when they went into the temple and 1873 01:55:18.399 --> 01:55:22.159 they at the temple bread the pre spread because they 1874 01:55:22.199 --> 01:55:24.960 were hungry, like they were like this came from a battle. 1875 01:55:25.079 --> 01:55:27.760 So Jesus points them to that. But this is this 1876 01:55:27.840 --> 01:55:30.319 is here just saying that you know, if you're walking 1877 01:55:30.359 --> 01:55:34.520 through and you're hungry, you're allowed to grab some grain 1878 01:55:35.159 --> 01:55:38.920 or some grapes, but you may each your fill of 1879 01:55:38.960 --> 01:55:40.840 your grapes your pleasure, but you don't get to bring 1880 01:55:40.880 --> 01:55:42.960 a container and shart grabbing a bunch of grapes and 1881 01:55:42.960 --> 01:55:45.279 putting him in a container. Or you know, you don't 1882 01:55:45.279 --> 01:55:48.760 get to bring gardening tools and start digging out the grain. No, 1883 01:55:48.840 --> 01:55:51.560 you just grab what you need when you're walking by, 1884 01:55:51.880 --> 01:55:54.560 and that's it. That's all you could do. You could 1885 01:55:54.600 --> 01:55:58.680 pluck it, but that's it, you know. And this is 1886 01:55:58.760 --> 01:56:01.359 a so in verse twenty five to allow eating from 1887 01:56:01.359 --> 01:56:05.880 a neighbor's vineyard. This reflects a balance between generosity and 1888 01:56:05.960 --> 01:56:13.199 respect for property right. It's totally understandable. So if there's 1889 01:56:14.439 --> 01:56:16.800 let me go over the practical applications, so we can 1890 01:56:17.199 --> 01:56:20.199 we're just about at the two hour mark. So practice applications. 1891 01:56:20.239 --> 01:56:24.159 Pursue holiness. Strive to live a life that reflects God's holiness, 1892 01:56:24.199 --> 01:56:27.439 being mindful of how your actions and attitudes set you 1893 01:56:27.479 --> 01:56:32.239 apart from as a follower of Christ. Pursue holiness for sure. 1894 01:56:32.319 --> 01:56:37.600 Strive for holiness and your actions and attitudes, yeah, set 1895 01:56:37.640 --> 01:56:42.520 you apart for sure. Maintain cleanliness. Consider how spiritual cleanliness 1896 01:56:43.520 --> 01:56:46.239 and order in your life can create an environment where 1897 01:56:46.279 --> 01:56:52.119 God is honored and present. Yes, maintain spiritual cleanliness. You know, 1898 01:56:52.680 --> 01:56:57.279 if you're if there's anything in your life that you 1899 01:56:57.359 --> 01:57:00.039 have that's a sin. You want to make sure that 1900 01:56:59.920 --> 01:57:02.640 you get rid of it right. Keep your spirit, your 1901 01:57:02.680 --> 01:57:07.279 spirit clean right. Show compassion. Be proactive and showing compassion 1902 01:57:07.319 --> 01:57:10.239 and justice to those who are vulnerable or in need, 1903 01:57:10.319 --> 01:57:15.520 reflecting God's heart for sure. Practice integrity. Uphold integrity and 1904 01:57:15.600 --> 01:57:19.479 all your commitments, whether to God or others, ensuring that 1905 01:57:19.520 --> 01:57:22.800 your word is trustworthy. Should do that definitely with your 1906 01:57:22.880 --> 01:57:27.079 job with people, with your friends, for sure. Promote fairness. 1907 01:57:27.119 --> 01:57:32.039 Engage in financial dealings with fairness and generosity, prioritizing relationships 1908 01:57:32.079 --> 01:57:37.119 over profit. Engage in financial dealings with fairness and generosity 1909 01:57:37.159 --> 01:57:39.159 prior Yes, that that has to do with the interest 1910 01:57:39.199 --> 01:57:43.560 that's made, that's asked for. So all right, So some 1911 01:57:43.840 --> 01:57:46.720 connecting verses we could put that real quick before we end. 1912 01:57:47.439 --> 01:57:52.760 Holiness uh first Peter one fifteen through sixteen. But just 1913 01:57:52.880 --> 01:57:56.119 as he who called you as holy, so be holy 1914 01:57:56.199 --> 01:57:58.520 in all you do, for it is written, Be holy 1915 01:57:59.000 --> 01:58:05.359 because I am holy. Compassion Mackay six 's eight. He 1916 01:58:05.399 --> 01:58:07.439 has shown you, oh man, what is good? And what 1917 01:58:07.479 --> 01:58:10.439 does the Lord require of you? To act justly and 1918 01:58:10.520 --> 01:58:14.319 to love mercy, to walk humbly with your Lord integrity 1919 01:58:14.399 --> 01:58:17.720 Matthew five thirty seven. Simply let your yes, b yes, 1920 01:58:18.039 --> 01:58:20.880 and you know we know anything more comes from the 1921 01:58:20.920 --> 01:58:26.439 evil one. Awesome? All right, so perfect. Now we're gonna 1922 01:58:26.479 --> 01:58:29.840 be on Deuteronomy twenty four. What do we have twenty four? 1923 01:58:29.960 --> 01:58:32.199 Twenty five? We got all the way till thirty two. 1924 01:58:32.239 --> 01:58:35.039 I think it is right. Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're gonna 1925 01:58:35.039 --> 01:58:37.279 be all the way. We still got some time in Deuteronomy. 1926 01:58:38.239 --> 01:58:42.960 So we'll be in Deuteronomy twenty four next week. I 1927 01:58:43.000 --> 01:58:46.279 appreciate everything. I appreciate you guys sticking around for that. Oops. 1928 01:58:47.319 --> 01:58:50.920 Did I just do that? I want to make sure 1929 01:58:50.920 --> 01:58:54.479 that I have that up for next week. Twenty four? Perfect, 1930 01:58:54.520 --> 01:58:58.000 Deuteronomy twenty four. Perfect, Well, thank you guys so much. 1931 01:58:58.079 --> 01:59:01.439 Let me go ahead and stop the screen share and 1932 01:59:02.279 --> 01:59:05.319 well what is that? So? I want to tell you 1933 01:59:05.359 --> 01:59:08.319 guys before we end, if you stuck around all the 1934 01:59:08.319 --> 01:59:09.880 way to the end, I want you to do me 1935 01:59:09.920 --> 01:59:13.560 a favorite and please comment on Spotify. Okay, I appreciate 1936 01:59:13.600 --> 01:59:15.840 you sticking around to the end. This is so good 1937 01:59:15.920 --> 01:59:18.199 for you guys, so good for me, and it's such 1938 01:59:18.199 --> 01:59:20.880 a blessing. Thank you for allowing me to teach, preach, 1939 01:59:21.039 --> 01:59:23.800 and go over Deuteronomy with you. Guys tonight or today. 1940 01:59:24.359 --> 01:59:26.840 It's tonight for me if it might be today for you, 1941 01:59:27.760 --> 01:59:30.479 or it might be tonight for you too, So yeah, 1942 01:59:30.520 --> 01:59:32.840 thank you. I want to remind you I do have 1943 01:59:32.920 --> 01:59:36.760 a Patreon now, so that's available. If you go to Patreon, 1944 01:59:36.840 --> 01:59:40.239 just look up Josh Monday Christian and Conspiracy Podcast. It 1945 01:59:40.279 --> 01:59:44.640 should pop up there. Yeah. I really appreciate you guys listening. 1946 01:59:44.720 --> 01:59:46.760 And also if you guys could check out my YouTube. 1947 01:59:48.039 --> 01:59:53.119 I am releasing new episodes, new interviews, and I do 1948 01:59:53.199 --> 01:59:55.920 have Sunday service and Wednesday service. I'm sorry to release 1949 01:59:55.960 --> 01:59:58.119 on there. 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I 1958 02:00:24.960 --> 02:00:28.039 know for you you probably don't like that, but for me, 1959 02:00:28.159 --> 02:00:30.600 it's like, you know, it's you know it's cool like 1960 02:00:30.800 --> 02:00:34.159 Spotify literally was like I was doing I've did four 1961 02:00:34.239 --> 02:00:37.279 hundred we had like six hundred thousand downloads. I never 1962 02:00:37.279 --> 02:00:40.960 got paid anything from Spotify from six hundred downloads six 1963 02:00:41.039 --> 02:00:44.119 hundred thousand downloads, which is whatever. I don't care if 1964 02:00:44.159 --> 02:00:46.399 I get paid for it or not. But now it's 1965 02:00:46.479 --> 02:00:48.159 kind of helping me, you know, it helps me for 1966 02:00:48.239 --> 02:00:53.279 taking this time out because I'm doing Sunday Service, I'm 1967 02:00:53.279 --> 02:00:55.720 doing Wednesday service, and I'm doing my show, and I'm 1968 02:00:55.720 --> 02:00:58.439 adding another show. So it's gonna be four shows I'm 1969 02:00:58.439 --> 02:01:01.840 doing per week. Plus I'm working forty hours a week 1970 02:01:01.880 --> 02:01:05.960 plus I am and an extra seven hours on top 1971 02:01:06.000 --> 02:01:08.640 of that, about forty seven hours a week plus I'm 1972 02:01:08.640 --> 02:01:10.880 on call twenty four to seven, so i have a 1973 02:01:10.880 --> 02:01:13.560 lot going on. So you know, I'm taking some time 1974 02:01:13.600 --> 02:01:15.399 away from my kids. So it kind of helps me 1975 02:01:15.439 --> 02:01:16.920 out here and there. But anyways, I just let you 1976 02:01:17.000 --> 02:01:19.479 guys know I appreciate you. I love you. Thank you. 1977 02:01:19.520 --> 02:01:21.279 Let me end this in prayer, So, Father God in 1978 02:01:21.279 --> 02:01:23.319 the name of Jesus, thank you so much. I appreciate 1979 02:01:23.359 --> 02:01:25.560 everything you do for us. Thank you for giving me 1980 02:01:25.640 --> 02:01:29.920 this time to go over Deuteronomy and anybody that's listening 1981 02:01:29.920 --> 02:01:31.680 out there, I please, I just ask that you help 1982 02:01:31.760 --> 02:01:35.720 them take in the knowledge and then turn it into 1983 02:01:35.760 --> 02:01:39.000 wisdom by living it in their life. We all need that, Lord, 1984 02:01:39.039 --> 02:01:42.600 We all need that wisdom, We all need that encouragement. 1985 02:01:42.880 --> 02:01:45.520 We all need help from you and from your word 1986 02:01:45.600 --> 02:01:48.039 to know what we need to do. We went over 1987 02:01:48.119 --> 02:01:50.239 some of this stuff today, Lord that some people may 1988 02:01:51.000 --> 02:01:53.600 agree with and some people may not agree with. But 1989 02:01:53.680 --> 02:01:56.159 we know that you are righteous, you are just, and 1990 02:01:56.239 --> 02:01:59.319 everything that you've done and told us to do is 1991 02:01:59.359 --> 02:02:02.199 setting us up heart from you know, I know that 1992 02:02:02.279 --> 02:02:03.920 some of the stuff that we read, we don't know 1993 02:02:03.960 --> 02:02:06.960 the full context because we weren't there. We don't know 1994 02:02:07.000 --> 02:02:10.640 what the abominations that these other tribes were doing where 1995 02:02:10.640 --> 02:02:13.840 you want them totally eliminated, and some of these giant tribes, 1996 02:02:13.880 --> 02:02:16.680 you know you want the DNA totally eliminated. We might 1997 02:02:16.720 --> 02:02:19.520 not understand that because we weren't living there at that time. 1998 02:02:19.600 --> 02:02:22.439 So help people that are listening to this show in 1999 02:02:22.520 --> 02:02:26.359 particular understand the context of what was going on. Hopefully 2000 02:02:26.399 --> 02:02:28.079 we get a little deeper in the studies so we 2001 02:02:28.079 --> 02:02:30.960 can find out about the hibtes, the Jebi sites, and 2002 02:02:31.319 --> 02:02:35.920 the Canaanites and the Amorites and understand why you wanted 2003 02:02:35.920 --> 02:02:40.880 them totally eliminated. Lord, just help us to be gracious 2004 02:02:40.920 --> 02:02:43.640 when we read and you know, some of the stuff 2005 02:02:43.680 --> 02:02:46.000 that we read today. Like I said, for us in 2006 02:02:46.039 --> 02:02:47.960 these times, Lord, it's hard for us to accept, but 2007 02:02:48.560 --> 02:02:51.439 we know that you were just, and I just trust 2008 02:02:51.479 --> 02:02:55.399 and I have faith that you know best. So thank 2009 02:02:55.439 --> 02:02:56.920 you so much for everything you do for us. We 2010 02:02:57.000 --> 02:03:00.279 love you and Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you guys for listen, 2011 02:03:00.600 --> 02:03:03.119 thank you for tuning in. Please share the show and 2012 02:03:03.239 --> 02:03:05.960 please comment on Spotify. I love you guys, and God 2013 02:03:06.000 --> 02:03:06.239 bless