{"id":1116,"date":"2011-08-15T13:13:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T13:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/bblog2\/client\/index.cfm\/2011\/8\/15\/Parashat-Ekev-How-precious-is-the-Word-of-God-the-true-Bread-from-heaven"},"modified":"2012-09-29T16:26:36","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T16:26:36","slug":"parashat-ekev-how-precious-is-the-word-of-god-the-true-bread-from-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/parashat-ekev-how-precious-is-the-word-of-god-the-true-bread-from-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"Parashat Ekev, How precious is the Word of God the true Bread from heaven?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<!-- Place some text here to wrap near image --><\/p>\n<p>This week&rsquo;s reading (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 7:12-9:3<\/em><\/font>) Moshe says<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>\u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05e2\u05b5\u05e7\u05b6\u05d1 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc\u05df \u05d0\u05b5\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05dd \u05d5\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b4\u05b9\u05d9\u05ea\u05b6\u05dd \u05d0\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8 \u05dc\u05b0\u05da\u05b8 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05ea \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d4\u05b7\u05d7\u05b6\u05e1\u05b6\u05d3 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05e0\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2 \u05dc\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05d1\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8<\/em><\/font> meaning <font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>7:12 &lsquo;The<\/em><em>n it shall come about, because you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you His covenant and His lovingkindness which He swore to your forefathers. (NASB)<\/em><\/font> Here Moshe explains that the Lord God will keep the covenant and the grace\/mercy (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>\u05d4\u05b7\u05d7\u05b6\u05e1\u05b6\u05d3<\/em><\/font>) that He swore to their fathers and that the Lord will bless the people exceedingly in the land if they remain faithful to Him (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>7:12-16<\/em><\/font>).&nbsp; Moshe repeatedly warns to remain faithful to the Lord.&nbsp; These warnings are contrasted with the mighty works God did to preserve the people in the wilderness.&nbsp; The purpose is found here in <em><font style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 8:1-3<\/font>.<\/em> &nbsp;Moshe writes contrasting the humbleness of heart, hunger, and the provision of Manna in the wilderness known as &ldquo;bread from Heaven,&rdquo; so that they would understand that <em>&ldquo;<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\">man does not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord does a man live&rdquo;<\/font><\/em> (<font style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>8:3<\/em><\/font>).&nbsp; Was the Lord showing the people a future messianic expectation on the importance of the life giving &ldquo;Word of God&rdquo; that proceeds out of the mouth of the Father in Heaven? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matsati.com\/2010-2011\/Parashat%20Ekev%20_2010-2011_.pdf\"> Read More here. <\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&rsquo;s reading (Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 7:12-9:3) Moshe says\u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05e2\u05b5\u05e7\u05b6\u05d1 \u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc\u05df \u05d0\u05b5\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b6\u05dd \u05d5\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b4\u05b9\u05d9\u05ea\u05b6\u05dd \u05d0\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-weekly-parashah"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}