By Lindsey Abston Painter | 8 December 2019 | Can people who share opposite political views have a relationship? Can I still have a relationship with my parents if they believe differently from me? Or with my friends? My coworkers? The internet seems to have unanimously decided that, no, you can’t. Your political views reveal […] Source: https://atoday.org/discussing-our-differences-with-nuance/
Monday: The Levites in the Fields
Read Nehemiah 13:10-14. What is Nehemiah seeking to remedy here?
The singers, gatekeepers, and other temple servants had to go back to working in their own fields in order to feed their families, because the work for God was not being supported. The whole tithes-and-offerings system that was so painstakingly established now lay in ruins. Nehemiah had to start over. The act of throwing everything out of the room shows desperation.
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“Not only had the temple been profaned, but the offerings had been misapplied. This had tended to discourage the liberalities of the people. They had lost their zeal and fervor, and were reluctant to pay their tithes. The treasuries of the Lord’s house were poorly supplied; many of the singers and others employed in the temple service, not receiving sufficient support, had left the work of God to labor elsewhere” – Ellen G. White, Prophets and Kings, p. 670.
It is fascinating to see that all of Judah came together again and rebuilt what had been destroyed. The people were on Nehemiah’s side against Tobiah and Eliashib, because they must have realized that Nehemiah did everything he could for the benefit of the people. Additionally, Nehemiah entrusted the temple grounds overseers’ positions to men whom he considered faithful and trustworthy. They were given the task of collecting tithes and offerings, making sure the goods were stored properly, and distributing the resources to the appropriate parties. In other words, Nehemiah came in and uprooted the corrupt system of leadership seemingly in one fell swoop.
Although Nehemiah appointed faithful men over the organization of the temple, the corrupt High Priest, Eliashib, did not lose his position, because it was handed down through Aaron’s descent. His work in the temple might have been crippled by Nehemiah’s measures of appointing others over some of the High Priest’s responsibilities, but he was still the High Priest.
| Nehemiah had prayed, “Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its services!” (Neh. 13:14, NKJV). What was so human about that prayer? |
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11.2 The Levites in the Fields – BACKSLIDDEN PEOPLE | Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A.
Series EZRA AND NEHEMIAH with Pastor Kurt Piesslinger, M.A. |
11.BACKSLIDDEN PEOPLE |
People sometimes are willing to promise to be loyal to God but sooner or later they do not keep such promises. When Nehemia is informed about such backsliding he acts rapidly.
11.2 The Levites in the Fields
The Levites do not receive any more tithes and offerings and therefore are forced to work in the fields in order to sustain themselves.
My God bless you today and always.
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Domenica 8 dicembre 2019
Genesi 12: 11-13 Ma, quando fu sul punto di entrare in Egitto, disse alla moglie Sarai: “Vedi, io so che tu sei donna di aspetto avvenente. Quando gli Egiziani ti vedranno, penseranno: Costei è sua moglie, e mi uccideranno, mentre lasceranno te in vita. Di' dunque che tu sei mia sorella, perché io sia trattato bene per causa tua e io viva per riguardo a te”. Testo elaborato e presentato in studio da Laura Paris Meditazione giornaliera, serie "Apri la porta del tuo cuore". https://hopemedia.it Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWvD4hI88-s
Jesus Doesn’t Fit in the Manger
by Jack Hoehn | December 7, 2019 |In the Beginning Was the Word. I’d love to be one of those nocturnal camel-backed wise men following a wonder-star through dark night after dark night, secure in the knowledge that in my saddle bags I had the stash of golden staters that would both sparkle for the […] Source: https://atoday.org/jesus-doesnt-fit-in-the-manger/
