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In this week\u2019s reading, the last reading for the Jewish Year we find an interesting phrase \u201cthe God of Jeshurun\u201d<\/em> In this week’s reading, the last reading for the Jewish Year we find an interesting phrase “the God of Jeshurun”
\nin Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 33:26 \u2018There is none like the God of Jeshurun, Who rides the heavens to your help, And through
\nthe skies in His majesty. (NASB)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Yeshurun (Jeshurun) is the English transliteration for the Hebrew word that occurs four
\ntimes in the Hebrew Bible, found in sefer Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 33:26<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 The word Jeshurun means \u201c
\nstraight\u201d or \u201cupright one.\u201d\u00a0 In the scriptures, Jeshurun is used as a symbolic (poetic) name for the people of Yisrael
\n(Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 32:15, 33:26<\/em><\/strong>), for the Land of Israel (Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 33:5<\/em><\/strong>),
\nand for the Patriarch Jacob (who was renamed Yisrael in Bereshit \/ Genesis 32:29<\/em><\/strong>) (Yeshayahu \/ Isaiah 44:2
\n<\/em><\/strong>).\u00a0 The use of the phrase \u201cthe God of Jeshurun\u201d<\/em> at the end of the Torah I believe has two very
\nsignificant implications.\u00a0 Firstly, this phrase expresses the importance of understanding the faithfulness of God to His people.
\nGod has chosen to dwell among His people and God declares that she (Yisrael) is \u201cHis portion\u201d<\/em> and the \u201callotment
\nof His inheritance\u201d<\/em> in Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 32:9<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Regardless of the people of Yisrael\u2019s
\ndisobedience, God established His glory upon the earth by preserving Yisrael.\u00a0 The scriptures say she became \u201cfat\u201d<\/em>
\nand \u201cselfish,\u201d<\/em> the phrase \u201cJeshurun kicked\u201d<\/em> means Yisrael rebelled, yet God remained faithful.
\nThe faithfulness of God to Yisrael has as its primary purpose the revelation of God\u2019s greatness and not Yisrael\u2019s importance.
\nSecondly, the meaning of the word \u201cJeshurun\u201d emphasizes the faithfulness of Yisrael to God.\u00a0 \u201cThe God of Jeshurun,
\n\u201d<\/em> meaning \u201cthe God of the upright ones\u201d<\/em> directs our attention to the people of faith.\u00a0 The \u201cupright
\none\u201d is one that has faith and lives a life of faithfulness. As we are about to enter into a new year of Study the Torah, have you
\nconsidered whether your life is one that may be characterized as an “upright one?”\u00a0 The Torah, Neviim, and Ketuvim (Tanach, OT) and the
\nKetuvei Shelachim (Apostolic Writings, NT) present three concepts, (i) to believe, (ii) to have faith, and (iii) to be faithful.\u00a0 These
\nthree concepts are all expressed by the same word groups (i.e. emunah = faith) that reveal the interconnectedness of faith and faithfulness
\nfor a believers life.\u00a0 The consistent message is that a genuine faith always results in faithfulness, and that faithfulness is the fruit
\nof genuine faith. Is that how your live your life?\u00a0 Read More<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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