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by Loren Seibold | 5 March 2024 | When I was a child, I rarely ever got to go to stores. Of any kind. We lived far out in the country. I went to school all week. Then on Saturday we went to church and didn’t go shopping. You would think Sunday would be the […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-sunday-law-is-it-about-to-start/
LOMA LINDA, Calif. — In the first construction project of its kind anywhere in the world, Loma Linda University administrators have announced that the school and its immediate surroundings will be fitted with a durable plastic bubble. “We will stop at nothing to make Loma Linda University the most bubbly of Adventist bubbles,” said Loma […] Source: https://atoday.org/satire-loma-linda-to-be-fitted-with-large-plastic-bubble/
Daily Lesson for Wednesday 6th of March 2024
Read Psalms 80:1-19. How are God’s people portrayed in this psalm, and what great hope do they plead for?
Israel is portrayed as a vineyard that God uprooted from Egypt, the land of oppression, and transported to the Promised Land of abundance. The image of a vineyard conveys God’s election of Israel and His providential care (read also Genesis 49:11-12,22; and Deuteronomy 7:7-11).
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However, in Psalms 80:1-19, God’s vineyard is under His wrath (Psalms 80:12). The prophets announce the vineyard’s destruction as the sign of God’s judgment because the vine has turned bad (Isaiah 5:1-7, Jeremiah 2:21).
However, Psalms 80:1-19 does not ponder over the reasons for divine judgment. Given the depths of God’s grace, the psalmist is perplexed that God can withhold His presence from His people for such an extended time. The tension between God’s wrath and judgment, on the one hand, and God’s grace and forgiveness, on the other, causes the psalmist to fear that divine wrath may prevail and consume the people completely (Psalms 80:16).
Read Numbers 6:22-27. How is this blessing used by Psalms 80:1-19?
The psalm’s refrain evokes Aaron’s promise of God’s perpetual blessing of His people (Numbers 6:22-27) and highlights the hope that God’s grace will triumph over the causes of the people’s misery: “Restore us, O God; cause Your face to shine, and we shall be saved!” (Psalms 80:3, NKJV; see also Psalms 80:7,19, NKJV).
The Hebrew word for “restore” here comes from a common word that means to “return,” and it is used again and again in the Bible with God calling His people, who have wandered away, to return to Him. It is closely linked to the idea of repentance, of turning away from sin and back to God. “ ‘ “Then I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God, for they shall return to Me with their whole heart” ’ ” (Jeremiah 24:7, NKJV).
How have you experienced for yourself repentance as a return to God?
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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/24a-10-the-parable-of-the-lords-vine/
5 March 2024 | The European Sunday Alliance (ESA) disclosed a manifesto on March 1 (on the threshold of the European Day for a Work-Free Sunday, observed March 3), advocating for Sunday to be officially recognized as a day of rest throughout the European Union (EU), according to a recent article on the COMECE website. […] Source: https://atoday.org/european-sunday-alliance-calls-for-work-free-sundays-across-the-eu/
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