{"id":2600,"date":"2020-12-04T05:18:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T11:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=2600"},"modified":"2020-12-05T05:20:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T11:20:21","slug":"a-blessed-reverence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/a-blessed-reverence\/","title":{"rendered":"A Blessed Reverence&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2601 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/chag-tefillin.jpg?resize=125%2C121&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"121\" \/>The sages say the verse, &#8220;Blessed is the person who fears always&#8221; (Prov. 28:14), means that whenever you want to do something, you should first seriously consider the consequences&#8230; If you do not think clearly, you will not fear, and such carelessness invariably leads to sin. The sacred is bound up with care; it sets boundaries between the profane and the holy. The &#8220;fear of the LORD&#8221; is expressed as vigilance against the lusts of the lower nature (yetzer ha&#8217;ra)&#8230; We &#8220;tremble&#8221; before God when we are awake to His holiness and wonder (Phil. 2:12). The Temple was destroyed because of our forefathers did not think about their actions; they first exiled themselves from the Divine Presence and then they &#8220;caught up with&#8221; the pain of their exile for themselves.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2602\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/prov28-14-analysis.gif?resize=569%2C556&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"569\" height=\"556\" \/><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2600-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/prov28-14-jjp.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/prov28-14-jjp.mp3\">https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/prov28-14-jjp.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/Blessings\/Blessing_Cards\/prov28-14-lesson.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Proverbs 28:14 Hebrew Lesson Card<\/a> (pdf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sages say the verse, &#8220;Blessed is the person who fears always&#8221; (Prov. 28:14), means that whenever you want to do something, you should first seriously consider the consequences&#8230; If you do not think clearly, you will not fear, and such carelessness invariably leads to sin. The sacred is bound up with care; it sets [&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":[5,15,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-dvar","category-hebrew-reading-practice","category-torah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600","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=2600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2604,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600\/revisions\/2604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}