{"id":24241,"date":"2025-12-19T13:28:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=24241"},"modified":"2025-12-19T16:54:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:54:58","slug":"bits-of-torah-truths-torah-concept-in-the-nt-put-off-anger-episode-676","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/bits-of-torah-truths-torah-concept-in-the-nt-put-off-anger-episode-676\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits of Torah Truths &#8211; #Torah Concept in the NT: Put Off Anger &#8211; Episode 676"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Bits of Torah Truths - #Torah Concept in the NT: Put Off Anger - Episode 676\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nRwWYKkDkSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bits of Torah Truths &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/torah\/shorts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Torah<\/a> Concept in the NT: Put Off Anger &#8211; Episode 676 <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>Colossians 3:8<br><\/strong> \u05d0\u05b2\u05d1\u05b8\u05dc \u05db\u05b8\u05bc\u05e2\u05b5\u05ea \u05d4\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05d2\u05b7\u05bc\u05dd \u05d0\u05b7\u05ea\u05b6\u05bc\u05dd \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea \u05db\u05b8\u05bc\u05dc \u05d0\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05bc\u05d4\u05c3 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b9\u05d2\u05b6\u05d6 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05db\u05b7\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7\u05e1 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea \u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05e9\u05b7\u05c1\u05e2 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05b4\u05bc\u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05e3 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05ea \u05e0\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05dc \u05d4\u05b7\u05e4\u05b6\u05bc\u05d4. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/torah\/shorts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#torah<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/torahwisdom\/shorts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#torahwisdom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/torahtruth\/shorts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#torahtruth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/torahforlife\/shorts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#torahforlife<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/torah4you\/shorts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#torah4you<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/hashtag\/torahtruth\/shorts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#torahtruth<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Colossians 3:8 <br><\/strong>3:8 But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. (NASB) <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/category\/bits-of-torah-truths\/ \">https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/category\/bits-of-torah-truths\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul\u2019s exhortation in Colossians 3:8 resonates strongly with Torah themes. While the Torah doesn\u2019t use the exact phrase <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>\u201cput off anger,\u201d<\/em><\/span> it repeatedly warns against destructive anger and prescribes practices that redirect it toward justice, mercy, or reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Torah Parallels to \u201cPut Off Anger\u201d &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genesis 4:6\u20137 God warns Cain: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>\u201cWhy are you angry? \u2026 If you do well, will you not be accepted?\u201d<\/em><\/span> Anger is portrayed as a dangerous impulse that must be mastered, not indulged.<\/li>\n<li>Leviticus 19:17\u201318 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>\u201cYou shall not hate your brother in your heart\u2026 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge.\u201d<\/em><\/span> Direct prohibition of harboring anger and resentment; instead, love your neighbor.<\/li>\n<li>Deuteronomy 9:7\u20138 Israel provokes God\u2019s anger at Horeb, but Moses intercedes. Shows divine anger as just but also restrained, models intercession instead of retaliation.<\/li>\n<li>Deuteronomy 19:6 Cities of refuge are Legal structures are designed to restrain human anger and prevent rash vengeance.<\/li>\n<li>Exodus 23:4\u20135 Help your enemy\u2019s donkey if it is struggling. Commands kindness toward adversaries, countering anger with compassion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Key Observations &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Anger as a primal danger<\/span>: Genesis 4 frames anger as a gateway to sin, Cain\u2019s failure to master it leads to murder. This is the Torah\u2019s earliest warning about unchecked wrath.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Legal restraint of vengeance<\/span>: Cities of refuge (Deut. 19) are institutional safeguards against anger-driven retaliation. Torah recognizes anger\u2019s destructive potential and builds systems to contain it.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Love as antidote<\/span>: Leviticus 19:18 is the clearest parallel, forbidding grudges and vengeance, commanding love instead. Paul\u2019s <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>\u201cput off anger\u201d<\/em><\/span> is essentially a restatement of this covenant ethic.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Divine model<\/span>: God\u2019s anger is real but tempered by mercy (Exod. 34:6\u20137). Israel is called to imitate this balance, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Torah\u2019s approach to anger is preventive and transformative:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Preventive<\/span>: Laws and rituals (cities of refuge, prohibitions on grudges) restrain anger before it erupts. Transformative: Commands to love, forgive, and act kindly toward enemies redirect anger into covenantal compassion.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Narrative<\/span>: Cain\u2019s story and Moses\u2019 intercession show the consequences of indulging anger versus mastering it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Paul\u2019s <em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cput off anger\u201d<\/span><\/em> is a Torah-shaped ethic: it echoes Genesis\u2019 warning, Leviticus\u2019 prohibition, and Deuteronomy\u2019s safeguards, but frames them in the believer\u2019s new identity in Christ. 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