{"id":1491,"date":"2020-10-02T12:24:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T12:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=1491"},"modified":"2021-05-18T07:37:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T12:37:36","slug":"strangers-in-this-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/strangers-in-this-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Strangers in this world&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1494 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/rfire.jpg?resize=133%2C125&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"125\" \/>Among other things, <a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Holidays\/Fall_Holidays\/Sukkot\/sukkot.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the holiday of Sukkot<\/a> reminds us that God&#8217;s people are &#8220;strangers&#8221; in this world; they are literally estranged and live as &#8220;resident aliens&#8221; &#8212; here, yet not here&#8230;. We wander; we are lonely; we yearn for our heavenly home. Life in this world is \u201colam ha\u2019sheker,\u201d the false world &#8212; full of deception, troubles, and struggle. Thus Abraham said to the sons of Chet: &#8220;I am a &#8216;stranger and sojourner&#8217; (\u05d2\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8\u05be\u05d5\u05b0\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d1) among you; sell me a burial site&#8230;&#8221; (Gen. 23:4), and likewise David confessed: &#8220;For we are strangers with You, mere transients like our fathers; our days on earth are like a shadow without abiding (1 Chron. 29:15). Faith affirms that underlying the surface appearance of life is a deeper reality that is ultimately real and abiding. It &#8220;sees what is invisible&#8221; (2 Cor. 4:18) and understands (i.e., accepts) that the &#8220;present form of this world is passing away&#8221; (1 Cor. 7:31). The life of faith therefore calls us to live as toshavim &#8211; sojourners &#8211; who are at an infinite &#8220;distance&#8221; from the world of appearances and who seek the Eternal. Sukkot means we ache with a divine &#8220;homesickness&#8221; as we look forward to our real home in heaven (Heb. 11:9-10). &#8220;O You who are at home deep within my heart, enable me to join you deep in my heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>1 Chron. 29:15 Hebrew reading lesson (click):<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1492\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1chron29-15-analysis.gif?resize=554%2C658&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"554\" height=\"658\" \/><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1491-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1chron29-15-jjp.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1chron29-15-jjp.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1chron29-15-jjp.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chag Sukkot Sameach and Shabbat Shalom, my fellow sojourners in Messiah\u2019s hope&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among other things, the holiday of Sukkot reminds us that God&#8217;s people are &#8220;strangers&#8221; in this world; they are literally estranged and live as &#8220;resident aliens&#8221; &#8212; here, yet not here&#8230;. We wander; we are lonely; we yearn for our heavenly home. Life in this world is \u201colam ha\u2019sheker,\u201d the false world &#8212; full of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,15,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-dvar","category-hebrew-reading-practice","category-holidays"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1491"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4125,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491\/revisions\/4125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}