The first six verses of this passage are the introduction to the rest of the Mosaic Law, and the next 21 are a review of the Ten Commandments, which, like in Exodus 20, were the prelude to all 613 laws the Israelites wanted. But no one could pull that off without fail except Jesus, and God Himself actually said in Ezekiel’s time that it wasn’t good for this to happen (Ezekiel 20:25). You can refer to my previous post about what happens in the souls of those who claim it was only about add-ons. But this passage is found in page 106 of the NKJV Bible I have for this four-translation project, pages 136-137 of the NASB Bible (Old Testament), page 215 of my VOICE copy, and pages 218-219 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
Also, when I was reading this passage in the VOICE translation to prepare for this post, I noticed there were several quotations for many of them in multiple New Testament books, including Ephesians 6:2-3, Matthew 19, Mark 10, etc. Three of them deal with the rich young ruler, whoever he was. Too bad the guy didn’t think he could survive without a lot of possessions, though… the theologians and other Bible teachers claim he was sincere, but he may have wanted to use Jesus only for his personal agenda. Indeed, most rich people only have it in mind to buy the Kingdom of God, as I’m sure that’s what those buying lavish houses and resorts in Hawai’i are doing, including in response to the Lahaina fire that had killed over 100 people there a few years ago. But all disaster reports aside, I think it would be great to go to Hawai’i and other Pacific islands 🏝 for a summer vacation, whether in June or around Christmas, depending on where these islands sit between the tropics. I’ve always wanted to do that 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩😩😩😩😩😩
I also know that while the Ten Commandments are important for life (indeed, there’s actually a movie about Exodus 20), loving God and others is way more important for all of us, for 1 Corinthians 13 has the truths about if love is absent, it’s only meaningless noise 😓😓😓😓😓 but this time, I don’t think Moses said again about the truth that God was hoping to prove everyone’s faith genuine like he had said in Exodus 20:20. I don’t know why he didn’t mention it again; I usually need to hear something several times for me to really grasp what’s even going on. Indeed, in chapter 16 there, the people had already tried God’s goodness, as if to say, “Let’s see you sweet talk your way out of this, loser!” So I can tell God’s desires for lovely and intimate fellowship were thwarted already. That’s why Paul said the things in 2 Corinthians 3.
There are commandments that are weaponised, though, so I don’t find it fair that many “Christians” would erase Jesus’ sacrifice for others, including in honouring our parents (see verse 16). For parental abuse on others exists, and anyone who tries to silence the victims (and there’s more than I’d like to think about) is exalting rape and other nightmarish acts like ripping open pregnant women. I could go on and on about this all day, and it’s not even 9 am where I live yet. But Paul’s right — we need to be kind to all children ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜 indeed, I have four nieces, and I don’t want a single one of them to go without God’s mercies 💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝 and I pray for safety for those in school among them, and likewise with all their cousins, including my one cousin’s two daughters, who are now grown up, those in Tucson, and also my cousin’s baby he had brought into the world last summer, about three months ago. It’s not fair this falsely Christian population would demonise them and those who want them to be safe… but sooner or later, I’ll get to the rest of Deuteronomy 5, and maybe the next chapter or two with it… I don’t know what I want to do with it. See ya!
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