{"id":792,"date":"2020-08-15T02:41:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T02:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=792"},"modified":"2020-08-15T06:20:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T06:20:41","slug":"the-paths-of-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/the-paths-of-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"The Paths of the Lord…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Our Torah reading for this week (i.e., parashat Re’eh<\/a>) concludes with the commandment to make three \u201cpilgrimage festivals\u201d (i.e., shelosh regalim) each year: Passover, Shavuot (Pentecost), and Sukkot (Tabernacles). In the Torah, these \u201cholidays\u201d are called \u201cappointed times\u201d (i.e., mo\u2019edim: \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b2\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd), a word which comes from a root meaning witness (\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3). Other words formed from this root include edah (\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3\u05b8\u05d4), a congregation, edut (\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea), a testimony, and so on. The related verb ya\u2019ad (\u05d9\u05b8\u05e2\u05b7\u05d3) means to meet, assemble, or even to betroth. The significance of the holy days, then, is for the covenant people of the LORD to bear witness to God\u2019s love and faithfulness by revisiting our history and by looking forward to their ultimate fulfillment, when we no longer pass through this world but abide in the heavenly reality. Meanwhile we trust in God\u2019s prophetic plan as revealed in the holy calendar, and observe the seasons as he has commanded. As it says, \u201cAll the paths of the LORD are love and truth to to those keeping his covenant and his testimonies\u201d (Psalm 25:10).<\/p>\n

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Metaphorically the paths of the Lord (i.e., orechot Adonai) are likened to ruts or grooves created by the wheels of a caravan (\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05d7\u05b8\u05d4) passing repeatedly over the same ground. These paths signify the Divine Presence journeying with God\u2019s children in this world. In temporal terms, we are able to discern the path by means of the divine calendar. God\u2019s love and faithfulness attend to His covenant (brit) and to the commemorations of the yearly \u201cappointed times\u201d which testify to God\u2019s love and faithfulness. Keeping God\u2019s testimonies, then, means that we will be careful to observe the holidays in order to witness to God\u2019s truth…<\/p>\n

Shababt Shalom and Chodesh Tov, dear friends. May this coming Season of Teshuvah be one where we all draw closer to the LORD our God… Amen.<\/p>\n

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Our Torah reading for this week (i.e., parashat Re’eh) concludes with the commandment to make three \u201cpilgrimage festivals\u201d (i.e., shelosh regalim) each year: Passover, Shavuot (Pentecost), and Sukkot (Tabernacles). In the Torah, these \u201cholidays\u201d are called \u201cappointed times\u201d (i.e., mo\u2019edim: \u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b2\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd), a word which comes from a root meaning witness (\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3). Other words formed from […]<\/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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-torah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792","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=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}