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Insight Into Scripture - 2 Chronices 7-9

Good Morning! Today we are reading 2 Chronicles 7- 9. In chapters 7 and 8 Solomon dedicated the Temple to the LORD, then the LORD appears to Solomon and expresses HIS covenant to Solomon and HIS people. Chapter 9 we read about the visit of Queen Sheba and the death of our king. I found it interesting that in Chronicles the writer did not go into the details of Solomon's sin.

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This is a picture of the Western Wall. My prayer for these devotionals and you is that they will bring you closer in your relationship with GOD. One of our readers was commenting on the lack of Biblical teaching in today's world. As the world progresses, I believe that we need to hold onto our past. I hope that today's devotional will bless you.

Scripture Reading

The Lord came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain, and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain and Moses went up. The Lord said to Moses, "Go down, warn the people not to break through to the Lord to gaze, lest many of them perish. The priests also, who come near the Lord, must stay pure, lest the Lord break out against them." But Moses said to the Lord, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for You warned us saying, 'Set bounds about the mountain and sanctify it.'" So the Lord said to him, "Go down, and come back together with Aaron; but let not the priests or the people break through to come up to the Lord, lest He break out against them."And Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.

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God spoke all these words, saying:

I the Lord am your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the house of

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bondage: You shall have no other gods besides Me.

You shall not make for yourself a sculptured image, or any likeness of what is in the heavens above, or on the earth below, or in the waters under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them. For I the Lord your God am an impassioned God, visiting the guilt of the parents upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generations of those who reject Me, but showing kindness to the thousandth generation of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

You shall not swear falsely by the name of the Lord your God; for the Lord will not clear one who swears falsely by His name.

Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of the Lord your God: you shall not do any work - you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, or your cattle, or the stranger who is within your settlements. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth and sea, and all that is in them, and He rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

Honor your father and your mother, that you may long endure on the land that the Lord your God is assigning to you.

You shall not murder.You shall not commit adultery.You shall not steal.You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

You shall not covet your neighbor's house: you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male or female slave, or his ox or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's. - Exodus 19:20-25, 20:1-14 JPS Tanakh

Thought for the Day

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As our society progresses, we leave more and more of GOD out of us. In a way this does not come as a surprise to me, but it does sadden me. That is why I believe that we need to hold onto some of the old traditions, such as, when the Jews had a holiday to remember GOD.

The Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) and historically it is known as Shavu'ot. All of these "Feasts" are in the Bible in the Old Testament. One might say that because they are in the Old Testament we need not pay attention to them. But, as I read them, GOD states that this is a lasting ordinances for generations to come. Are we not the generations to come?

Shavu'ot celebrates the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. No work is done on this day and the book of Ruth is read. Ruth was a non-Jewish woman whose love for God and Torah led her to convert to Judaism. Ruth was born and died on Shavu'ot.

The significance of The Feast of Weeks was an agricultural festival. This was a time when the first fruits were harvested and brought to the Temple as an expression of thanksgiving to God.

So, what does this mean for us today? As I stated above, I feel that our lives have gotten so busy we do not have much time for GOD anymore. It is nice to take time.... a special day other than Sunday, to give thanks to GOD. I would suggest that we take today and reflect on how GOD has blessed our lives. If you feel lead, I might give back to GOD in either money, time, or a gift, just like our ancestors did when they brought a gift of "First Fruits.

For me, and this is very HARD, I am somewhat of a work-a-holic. I am going to take the day off and honor and reflect on YAHWEH as the feast states. Whatever kind of a day you have, may it be a Blessed one!

Closing Prayer

Dear Jesus

Father thank you for this day. Today Father as we observe the gifts that You have given, which we try to thank You for and bring glory to You everyday, but this just being one day for us to sacrifice for You. Father I just pray thanksgivings today and I realize that life is nothing without You.

Thank You and I love you, Amen.

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