{"id":6902,"date":"2017-11-02T02:13:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T02:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/?p=6902"},"modified":"2018-09-27T00:16:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T00:16:43","slug":"tehillim-psalms-127-part-2-deep-commitment-lord-faith-faithfulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/index.php\/tehillim-psalms-127-part-2-deep-commitment-lord-faith-faithfulness\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehillim \/ Psalms 127, \u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05ea\u05d4\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e7\u05db\u05d6, Part 2, A Deep Commitment to the Lord in Faith and Faithfulness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"4KD8NSBcJ_Y\"><iframe title=\"Tehillim \/ Psalms 127, Part 2, A Deep Commitment to the Lord in Faith and Faithfulness\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4KD8NSBcJ_Y?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">In this week\u2019s study from <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:1-5<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, the psalm opens saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05de\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d9\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0 | \u05e2\u05b8\u05de\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05e8-\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0 | \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e7\u05b7\u05d3 \u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b5\u05e8:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">A song of ascents. By Shlomo 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This comment by Solomon is deep with meaning and importance for our lives today! If the Lord is not at the foundation of who we are, all that we do is in vain. The Psalmist continues saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b8\u05db\u05b6\u05dd | \u05de\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05de\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05dd \u05de\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d1\u05b6\u05ea \u05d0\u05b9\u05db\u05b0\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b6\u05d7\u05b6\u05dd \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Solomon speaks of the toiling in this life at a job, to raise early and go to bed late, taking few hours for sleep, rest, and restoration, that the one who does so reaps sorrow. Solomon\u2019s conclusion is that all good things come from the Lord, including the increase in wealth. He continues saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d2 \u05d4\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b5\u05d4 \u05e0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05dc\u05b7\u05ea \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05db\u05b8\u05e8 \u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8\u05b6\u05df: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">127:3 Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward. 127:4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one\u2019s youth. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Solomon exchanges the importance of blessing and wealth with the precious lives he places into our hands, our children, and wives, and those around us as being more important. The Psalm concludes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\"> \u05d3 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b4\u05e6\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b7\u05d3-\u05d2\u05bc\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd: \u05d4 \u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05bc\u05b6\u05d1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05de\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9 \u05de\u05b5\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b5\u05d1\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2\u05b7\u05e8:<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> 127:5 How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with their enemies in the gate. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The one who has many children, Solomon says will not be ashamed. It is interesting how children may also be paralleled to discipleship, note how we are the children of God. 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\u05d3\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9\u05de\u05d0 \u05d0\u05d2\u05e8 \u05e2\u05d5\u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05df \u05d8\u05d1\u05d9\u05df \u05d3\u05e2\u05e1\u05e7\u05d9\u05df \u05d1\u05d0\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea\u05d0 \u05de\u05d8\u05dc\u05d9\u05d5\u05ea\u05d0\u05c3 \u05d4 \u05d8\u05d1 \u05dc\u05d9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d2\u05d1\u05e8 \u05d3\u05d9\u05de\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05de\u05d3\u05e8\u05e9\u05d9\u05d4 \u05de\u05e0\u05d4\u05d5\u05df \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05d1\u05d4\u05ea\u05d5\u05df \u05d0\u05e8\u05d5\u05dd \u05d9\u05e0\u05e6\u05d5\u05df \u05e2\u05dd \u05d1\u05e2\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d3\u05d1\u05d1\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05df \u05d1\u05ea\u05e8\u05e2 \u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d0\u05c3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-3\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-9\" lang=\"en-US\">\u03a8\u0391\u039b\u039c\u039f\u0399<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-10\" lang=\"en-US\"> 127<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\" lang=\"en-US\">127:1 \u1fa0\u03b4\u1f74 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f00\u03bd\u03b1\u03b2\u03b1\u03b8\u03bc\u1ff6\u03bd \u03c4\u1ff7 \u03a3\u03b1\u03bb\u03c9\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd \u1f10\u1f70\u03bd \u03bc\u1f74 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f30\u03ba\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03bc\u1f75\u03c3\u1fc3 \u03bf\u1f36\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03bc\u1f71\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u1f77\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03bf\u1f31 \u03bf\u1f30\u03ba\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03bc\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1f79\u03bd \u1f10\u1f70\u03bd \u03bc\u1f74 \u03ba\u1f7b\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c6\u03c5\u03bb\u1f71\u03be\u1fc3 \u03c0\u1f79\u03bb\u03b9\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03bc\u1f71\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u1f20\u03b3\u03c1\u1f7b\u03c0\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u1f41 \u03c6\u03c5\u03bb\u1f71\u03c3\u03c3\u03c9\u03bd 127:2 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03bc\u1f71\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u1f51\u03bc\u1fd6\u03bd \u1f10\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f40\u03c1\u03b8\u03c1\u1f77\u03b6\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd \u1f10\u03b3\u03b5\u1f77\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u1f70 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u1fc6\u03c3\u03b8\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bf\u1f31 \u1f14\u03c3\u03b8\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u1f04\u03c1\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u1f40\u03b4\u1f7b\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03b4\u1ff7 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f55\u03c0\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd 127:3 \u1f30\u03b4\u03bf\u1f7a \u1f21 \u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03bf\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1 \u03ba\u03c5\u03c1\u1f77\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c5\u1f31\u03bf\u1f77 \u1f41 \u03bc\u03b9\u03c3\u03b8\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03c0\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03c1\u1f79\u03c2 127:4 \u1f61\u03c3\u03b5\u1f76 \u03b2\u1f73\u03bb\u03b7 \u1f10\u03bd \u03c7\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u1f76 \u03b4\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03bf\u1f55\u03c4\u03c9\u03c2 \u03bf\u1f31 \u03c5\u1f31\u03bf\u1f76 \u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba\u03c4\u03b5\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1\u03b3\u03bc\u1f73\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd127:5 \u03bc\u03b1\u03ba\u1f71\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f04\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f43\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u1f7d\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03b8\u03c5\u03bc\u1f77\u03b1\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u1f10\u03be \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u03bf\u1f50 \u03ba\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c7\u03c5\u03bd\u03b8\u1f75\u03c3\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03bb\u03b1\u03bb\u1ff6\u03c3\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c7\u03b8\u03c1\u03bf\u1fd6\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1ff6\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03c0\u1f7b\u03bb\u1fc3<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table id=\"table002\" class=\"Basic-Table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-5\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-6\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-7\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-8\">\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-4\">\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\">Tehillim Psalms 127<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\" lang=\"en-US\">A song of ascents. By Shlomo 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain. 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep. 127:3 Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward. 127:4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one\u2019s youth. 127:5 How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with their enemies in the gate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\" lang=\"en-US\">(NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-5\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\" lang=\"en-US\">Toviyah Psalms 127<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\" lang=\"en-US\">127:1 A song that was uttered on the ascents of the abyss, composed by Solomon. If the word of the Lord will not build the city, its builders labor in vain; if the word of the Lord is not guarding the city of Jerusalem, its guard has stayed awake in vain. 127:2 In vain will you trouble yourselves to rise early in the morning to do robbery, who stay up late to do fornication, who eat the bread of the poor for which they labored honestly and truly; the Lord will give sleep to those who love him. Another Targum: The wicked say to the righteous, \u201cIt is wrong for you that you rise early and pray in the morning and stay up late in the evening to study the Torah, eating the bread of sorrow.\u201d The righteous reply, \u201cTruly the Lord gives to those who love him a complete reward for hunger.\u201d 127:3 Behold, the legacy of the Lord is proper sons, children of the womb are a reward for good deeds. 127:4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are sons of the youth. 127:5 It is good for a man that he fill his academy with them; they will not be ashamed, for they will dispute with their enemies in the gate of the place of judgment.(EMC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-6\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\" lang=\"en-US\">Psalmoi Psalms 127<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left- ParaOverride-3\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\" lang=\"en-US\">A Song of Degrees. 127:1 Except the Lord build the house, they that build labor in vain: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman watches in vain. 127:2 It is vain for you to rise early: ye rise up after resting, ye that eat the bread of grief; while he gives sleep to his beloved. 127:3 Behold, the inheritance of the Lord, children, the reward of the fruit of the womb. 127:4 As arrows in the hand of a mighty man; so are the children of those who were outcasts. 127:5 Blessed is the man who shall satisfy his desire with them: they shall not be ashamed when they shall speak to their enemies in the gates. (LXX)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> In this week\u2019s study from <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:1-5<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, the psalm opens saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05de\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d9\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0 | \u05e2\u05b8\u05de\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05e8-\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0 | \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e7\u05b7\u05d3 \u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b5\u05e8:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">A song of ascents. By Shlomo 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> This comment by Solomon is deep with meaning and importance for our lives today! I have seen it said, those who watch carefully to walk in God\u2019s righteous ways do so towards themselves rather than to Christ, and so their watching is in vain saying such a person relies upon his or her own vigilance as opposed to the Messiah. Is this the correct interpretation of the one who watches diligently to keep himself from falling? Is this what Yeshua meant when he said in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 26:41 Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, or what Paul meant when he said in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1 Corinthians 10:12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall. (NASB) <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The Lord helps us to be watchful not to fall into the snare of the enemy. How often do we actually enter into temptation simply because we have failed to faithfully watch for the ways of the enemy? Consider what the Apostle James states in his book in the Apostolic Writings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">James 4:17-27<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">4:17 So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, 4:18 being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; 4:19 and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. 4:20 But you did not learn Christ in this way, 4:21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, 4:22 that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, 4:23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 4:24 and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. 4:25 Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. 4:26 Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 4:27 and do not give the devil an opportunity. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Note that the enemy comes to tempt us into sin, this is what James is referring to as giving the devil an opportunity. James speaks of not walking in the futility of mind having a darkened understanding and ignorance that causes one to be excluded from the life of God. His focus here is upon the \u201clife of God\u201d which His people are called to, which is a life of faithfulness. He provides examples saying such people give themselves over to sensuality (immorality), impurity, and greed, these things are counter to who we are in the Messiah Yeshua. James speaks of being renewed in the spirit of the mind, referencing the Neshamah, the living spirit within us, that part of us the Lord renews and creates new, which he then says is that which is created in the likeness of God, in righteousness, holiness, and truth. He emphasizes truth as opposed to deceit, and to not be angry and sin, to not let your anger continue with the sun going down, we are not to sleep on our anger, but to diligently repent and give up our anger to the Lord and forgive. James concludes if these things are not accomplished in us, we will give the devil and opportunity in our lives. Notice how this opportunity is not restricted by our faith in Yeshua, but is dependent upon <\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-12\">our due diligence<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> to follow the ways of God, to seek Him and His help, and the help of the Messiah. This is what it means to fail to watch, the divine warning that has been given to us in the Torah, and Yeshua reiterates saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cWatch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 26 v41<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) The watching that attains its end is dependent upon the Lord who guards us, our faith, and our faithfulness in the Lord which leads us into prayer ands ascends to praise. This is the perplexity as to the nature of watchfulness and that place that it should occupy in the life of a believer. We are called to be watchful in due diligence according to the commands; this is the meaning of being faithful before God!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The concept of being diligent, laboring, and the Lord God in heaven is expounded upon by the rabbis in the following way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Talmud Bavli Yoma 19b:14<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">The mishna continues: And they would engage him in different ways until the time to slaughter the daily offering would arrive. It was taught: They would not occupy him with a harp or a lyre, which may not be played on a Festival, but would sing with their mouths. And what would they say? They would say this verse: \u201cUnless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain on it; unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman keeps vigil in vain\u201d (Psalms 127:1). The message to the High Priest was that his service must be performed for the sake of Heaven for it to be accepted by God; otherwise his efforts would be in vain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The Talmudic rabbis speak of how the priests occupy themselves daily for the service of the Lord. In the daily ritual, in music and song, officiating a Festival, and in singing, they sing <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:1<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cUnless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain on it; unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman keeps vigil in vain.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Talmud says this is a message to the High Priest, that the service must be performed for the sake of Heaven for it to be accepted by God, otherwise his efforts are in vain. In the Apostolic Writings, we are called priests of God (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1 Peter 2:9 But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God\u2019s OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; NASB<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, see <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Revelation 1:6 also and the various verses from the Torah that speak of Israel being a nation of priests.<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). The Torah speaks of us as a nation of priests in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 19:6 and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Based upon these Scriptures, this Talmudic passage applies to our lives saying, all of our efforts, all that we do, is to be performed for the sake of Heaven. This is the same thing Paul wrote of in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Colossians 3:17-24<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Colossians 3:17-24<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">3:17 Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. 3:18 Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 3:19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them. 3:20 Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord. 3:21 Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart. 3:22 Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 3:23 Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, 3:24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Paul says whatever we do, we are to do for the Lord all in the name of our Lord and Savior Yeshua the Messiah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Ein Yaakov has the following to say concerning laboring in vain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition), Yoma 1:20<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">We are taught in a Baraitha : \u201cThey did not entertain him with music of a violin or harp, but with their mouths, and they read to him from Ps. 127, 1, Unless the Lord do build the house, in vain labor they that build it. The respectable men of Jerusalem forbore to sleep the whole night, so that the High-priest might hear their echoing noise and would not fall asleep.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">It seems Ein Yaakov interprets <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:1<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> to say the Chasidim labor all night for the purpose of keeping the High Priest up all night too. Does this suggest the righteous men remain at the Temple singing and laboring for the Lord? Note what we read in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Luke 2:37<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> of the widow who never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. This suggests that whether day or night we are to apply our lives to the service of the Lord. That makes sense since, Paul exhorts the Ephesians in a similar way saying the following.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Ephesians 5:6-21<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 5:7 Therefore do not be partakers with them; 5:8 for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light 5:9 (for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth), 5:10 trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. 5:11 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; 5:12 for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. 5:13 But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light. 5:14 For this reason it says, \u2018Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine on you.\u2019 5:15 Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, 5:16 making the most of your time, because the days are evil. 5:17 So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 5:18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, 5:19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; 5:20 always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; 5:21 and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Paul warns to not be deceived, we are the children of the light (righteousness) having only formerly been the children of the darkness (unrighteousness). Note how Ein Yaakov states righteous men remain awake at night to do what is right laboring for the Lord. Paul speaks of being awakened in Christ so that His light will shine through us. Paul describes the unrighteous as doing their deeds during the cover of night time, and the righteous doing their deeds during day light. There is a strong parallel here to what we are reading in Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:1, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05de\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d9\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0 | \u05e2\u05b8\u05de\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05e8-\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0 | \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e7\u05b7\u05d3 \u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b5\u05e8:<\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">A song of ascents. By Shlomo 127:1 Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> If we are not diligent in our laboring for the Lord, there is the opportunity to sin and giving place to the Devil in our lives (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">James 4:27<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tanchuma states the following in regards to the work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of God\u2019s people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Midrash Tanchuma Buber, Pekudei 8:1<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">How many were skilled but could not erect the Tabernacle?31 Solomon said (in Prov. 31:29): MANY DAUGHTERS HAVE DONE VALIANTLY, &lt;BUT YOU SURPASS THEM ALL&gt;. Why? Because they built the Tabernacle but did not know how to set it up. Each and everyone took his work and went to Moses. Each and every one would say: Here is my hook. Here is my board. Here is my bolt. But the Holy Spirit rested upon Moses, and he erected the tabernacle. Still you should not say &lt;that&gt; Moses &lt;did it&gt;. Rather The Tabernacle arose by itself, as stated (in Exod. 40:17): THE TABERNACLE WAS ERECTED. And you should not speak of the Tabernacle &lt; alone being automatically erected &gt;, but also of the Universal House (i.e., the Temple).32 Had it not been for the Holy One helping, neither Solomon nor all Israel would have built it. Where is it shown? Where David says so (in Ps. 127:1): UNLESS THE LORD BUILDS THE HOUSE, [THE BUILDERS\u2019 LABOR ON IT IN VAIN]. Therefore, the Tabernacle was erected through work of miracles. As soon as that Tabernacle was erected, all Israel began to rejoice, as stated (in Cant. 3:11): O DAUGHTERS OF ZION, GO FORTH AND GAZE AT KING SOLOMON (rt.: ShLM), &lt;i.e.&gt; at the king to whom peace (rt.: ShLM) belongs, i.e., the Supreme King of Kings, the Holy One. (Ibid., cont.:) [IN THE CROWN WITH WHICH HIS MOTHER CROWNED HIM, for the &lt; verse here&gt; is calling the Tabernacle a crown. Just as this crown is described, so was the Tabernacle described (e.g., in Exod. 36:35): BLUE AND PURPLE.33<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The Midrash speaks of the work of the Holy Spirit of God in the lives of God\u2019s people, that we do not understand what we are doing in this life without the help of the Holy Spirit of God. Note how the Midrash speaks of the Tabernacle erecting itself without Moshe\u2019s help. This is important because we do not credit the work of God in our lives to ourselves, but to the Lord Himself alone! This is the meaning of the Lord building and the laborer laboring in vain. This Tabernacle, this place of the dwelling of God\u2019s presence, was erected by miracles. Can the same be said of our bodies, the place of dwelling for God\u2019s Spirit? It was by a miracle the Lord delivered us, saved us, transformed us, and has us on the path we are following today. All the credit goes to the Lord. If the Lord is not at the foundation of who we are, all that we do is done in His service for His glory! <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Psalmist continues saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d1 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0 \u05dc\u05b8\u05db\u05b6\u05dd | \u05de\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05de\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05dd \u05de\u05b0\u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9-\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d1\u05b6\u05ea \u05d0\u05b9\u05db\u05b0\u05dc\u05b5\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b6\u05d7\u05b6\u05dd \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05b2\u05e6\u05b8\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05e0\u05b8\u05d0: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Solomon speaks of the toiling in this life at a job, to raise early and go to bed late, taking few hours for sleep, rest, and restoration, that the one who does so reaps sorrow. The reason being, working extra hours can take away from time with family, friends, and doing the Lord\u2019s work. Solomon\u2019s conclusion is that all good things come from the Lord, including the increase in wealth. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Several places in the Scriptures the Lord commands His people to bring Him their first fruits as an offering (see <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Parashat Ekev Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 18:4, and Parashat Mishpatim Shemot \/ Exodus 23:19<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Note how as a farmer, the crops grow in the night as well as in the day. In this sense, as an agricultural society, Solomon describes the Lord giving to his beloved even in his sleep. These mitzvot generally refer to food offerings, but the same concepts apply to how we spend our time as well. When considering this command, the people were not commanded saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cwhen you have a chance\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> or <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cwhen you get around to it,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> you may bring the first fruits. If the people were instructed to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cfit\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> the Lord God into their lives, they would have never gotten around to it, they would have gotten busy and forgotten. The command specifies to bring the first fruits, and therefore the people needed to set time aside to do as the Lord wanted. This means sitting down and making a schedule to set aside time for the Lord so we do not get distracted. For example, when is the best time to read your Bible, to pray, or to serve others? We are not called to give the Lord God our <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cleft overs.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> We are called to give the Lord our first fruits. Note how this also applies to scheduling the Lord in at the end of the day (i.e. 10-11 pm) when we are spent, tired, and settling down for rest and sleep. We are to give the Lord the best time, the best part of our schedule, so we may devote our full attention to Him and His work. Something connected to this is to not be so busy we cannot make time for the Lord or for others. Today with technology, it is easy to become busily distracted. This kind of busyness is moral laziness. The reason I call this a form of <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cmoral laziness,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> it is because it is connected to self-importance or as an excuse to not be attentive to others. When we keep these things in mind, every moment is sacred as a time to touch other people\u2019s lives and to do what the Lord calls us to do. The reason this is so important, is because busyness is not a frenetic distracted lifestyle such as always looking at your cell phone or being on the Internet, etc. This type of lifestyle is moral laziness because it is something we choose to do that is designed to distract and be unattentative to the things of God and to others. Take for example what we read in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Luke 10:42<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Luke 10:38-42<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">10:38 Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. 10:39 She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord\u2019s feet, listening to His word. 10:40 But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, \u2018Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.\u2019 10:41 But the Lord answered and said to her, \u2018Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; 10:42 but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.\u2019 (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Busyness is something we choose just as this story illustrates. Mary had chosen what was good, to seek the Lord in hearing the words of the Messiah Yeshua. Martha had become so preoccupied with her work, she did not choose the good thing and forgot that we should be attentive to God\u2019s Word. This reminds us that every moment belongs to the Lord God in heaven and as stated earlier, every moment of our lives is therefore sacred, something that is holy unto the Lord. It is found within our faithfulness to the Lord that we are stewards of the gifts God has given us. Because the Lord has given us gifts, we will one day be accountable for our investments (see <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 25:14-30 and 2 Corinthians 5:10<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Because the Lord expects something of us, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cfear and trembling\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> are what we\u2019re supposed to feel. (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Philippians 2:12<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) The Torah teaches us that we are to handle holy things with great care, and how much more the things of our lives, the time that God gives us, and the gifts the Lord endows in our lives. In all of these things, we are also to remember that God is <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cmerciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Shemot \/ Exodus 34, Tehillim \/ Psalm 86:1<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">5). This causes us to come to the Lord humbly in the Messiah Yeshua confessing our sin and asking for help, and turning from our sinful stewardship. It is only then that we are forgiven (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1 John 1:9<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) and the Lord will give us everything we need to steward the time entrusted to us (see <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Luke 11:9, John 15:7, Philippians 4:19, and Hebrews 13:20\u201321<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Psalmist states, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d2 \u05d4\u05b4\u05e0\u05bc\u05b5\u05d4 \u05e0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05dc\u05b7\u05ea \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05b8\u05b9\u05db\u05b8\u05e8 \u05e4\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d8\u05b6\u05df: <\/span> <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">127:3 Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, The fruit of the womb is a reward. 127:4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one\u2019s youth. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> It seems Solomon is emphasizing the importance of family in the description of children, comparing the time that we spend laboring, to the time we spend with family. Solomon exchanges the importance of blessing and wealth with the precious lives he places into our hands, our children, and wives, and those around us as being more important. This is what Paul was teaching the Philippians saying the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Philippians 2:1-11<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">2:1 Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, 2:2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. 2:3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; 2:4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. 2:5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 2:6 who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 2:7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. 2:8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 2:9 For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 2:10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 2:11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Paul speaks of love and fellowship of spirit that is connected to affection and compassion on others. He says this is only accomplished when we do not live by selfish motives or empty conceit, but maintain love, unity of spirit, and intent of purpose to do as God commands us. We are not to look only at our own personal interests, but to the interests of others. The example is taken from the life of Yeshua, his humbling himself before our Father in heaven, obedient to the Torah and to the Lord unto his death, and being exalted by God in heaven and on earth. This parallel, if we do these things, the Lord will be glorified. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Psalm concludes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\"> \u05d3 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b4\u05e6\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b7\u05d3-\u05d2\u05bc\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e0\u05bc\u05b0\u05e2\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd: \u05d4 \u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d2\u05bc\u05b6\u05d1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e8 \u05de\u05b4\u05dc\u05bc\u05b5\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d0\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e4\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9 \u05de\u05b5\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b5\u05d1\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05bc \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b8\u05e2\u05b7\u05e8:<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> 127:5 How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with their enemies in the gate. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The one who has many children, Solomon says will not be ashamed. It is interesting how children may also be paralleled to discipleship, note how we are the children of God. So in a way, Solomon may be referring to those who speak and teach the Word of God making disciples of men. Making disciples means teaching God\u2019s ways to His people such that as Yeshua prayed, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cOur Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 6:9-10<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) Note here how Yeshua speaks of the kingdom of God coming here on earth, and the will of God being performed on earth. What Yeshua is speaking of is a people who are dedicated to Him as disciples. To carry the message of God\u2019s promises, salvation, and righteous, holy, and just ways for living before our Father in heaven to all peoples here on earth. Yeshua said <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAll authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 28:18-20<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) He speaks of having faith, repenting (baptism), and learning to obey his commandments. Making disciples includes all of these things, but yet today no emphasis is placed upon the importance of God\u2019s commandments in the lives of His people. Yeshua spent more than three years making disciples, teaching, and training His chosen twelve. He gave them many convincing proofs that He was the Son of God, the promised Messiah and they believed in Him. He spoke to the crowds in parables, and He drew the disciples aside privately to teach them the meaning of His parables and miracles. He also taught them that soon He would be returning to His Father following His death and resurrection (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 16:21, John 12:23-36, 14:2-4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Yeshua made this promise to his disciples, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cI tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in Me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">John 14:12<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Placing our faith in Yeshua, the Lord sends His Holy Spirit to be with us and dwell within us (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">John 14:16-17<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). During the festival of Shavuot, this promise was fulfilled, the Lord sent His Spirit to dwell in His people. When this happened, they were empowered and given boldness to speak the Good News of faith in Yeshua and the power to overcome sin (i.e. to walk in the commands with success). Multitudes of peoples, especially those from the gentiles placed their faith in Yeshua the Messiah, and they also became disciples coming to faith and to the obedience of the faith (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Romans 15 and 16<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). When strong persecution came from the leaders, they dispersed to other areas and continued to obey the Messiah\u2019s command to make disciples. Congregations were established throughout the Roman Empire, and eventually in other nations. Those who are characterized as disciples of Yeshua, will be assured of who he is in the Messiah and the salvation he provides (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">John 3:16<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Such a person is empowered by the indwelling Holy Spirit to take the message of God\u2019s word, His messiah, and his commands to all the world (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">John 14:26-27<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Such a person grows in the mercy and knowledge of God and His Messiah Yeshua (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">2 Peter 3:18<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), sharing the burden for the lost sheep of Israel and in the nations, of the men, women, and children Yeshua loves when he said, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cThe harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Matthew 9:37-38<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) Do you have this calling to reach out to others and speak of the promises and faithfulness of God? If not, how would you characterize your faith and faithfulness to the Lord today? Let\u2019s Pray!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-7\">Rabbinic Commentary<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"CharOverride-13\"> The Rabbinic Commentary (Midrash) on <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-14\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 127 <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-13\">has 3 parts. Reading through the Midrash we will be looking at Part 1, 2, and 3. Let\u2019s begin by outlining <\/span><span class=\"CharOverride-14\">Midrash Tehillim Chapter 127, Part 1, 2, and 3<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-1\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-6\">Outline of Midrash Tehillim \/ Psalms, Chapter 127, Part 1, 2, and 3<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"CharOverride-15\">Part 1<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-5\">The Midrash introduces the Psalm with the <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span> (Dibur Hamathil) saying, <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cA song of ascents; of Solomon. Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it (Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:1).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-5\">The <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta) the homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <span class=\"CharOverride-18\">\u201cRabbi Judah the Prince sent Rabbi Hiyya, Rabbi Jose, and Rabbi Ammi to visit cities in the Land of Israel, and to set up in them teachers of Scripture and instructors of Oral Law.<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-6\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) <span class=\"CharOverride-18\">\u201cthe parable,\u201d<\/span> goes on to explain the <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta), the rabbis speak of the importance of teaching and hearing the Word of God for the purpose of the Lord building up His people.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-6\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05e0\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (Nimshal) <span class=\"CharOverride-18\">\u201cexpansion on the parable\u201d <\/span>expands upon the <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal), explaining that when one does not set up teachers so the people will hear the Word of God, it is as if one is causing a place and a people to enter into destruction.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-6\">The Concluding phrase says, <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cHence, it is written, Except the Lord keep the city, the watchmen wakes but in vain (Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:1).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"CharOverride-15\">Part 2<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-5\">The Midrash introduces the Psalm with the <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span> (Dibur Hamathil) saying, <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cIt is vain for you that you rise early, and sit up late, you that eat the bread of toil;\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-5\">The <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta) the homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <span class=\"CharOverride-18\">\u201cbut He will surely give to those who banish sleep from themselves (Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:2)<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-6\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) <span class=\"CharOverride-18\">\u201cthe parable,\u201d<\/span> goes on to explain the <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta), the rabbis speak one who raises early and goes to bed late.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-6\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05e0\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (Nimshal) <span class=\"CharOverride-18\">\u201cexpansion on the parable\u201d <\/span>expands upon the <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal), saying the one who banishes sleep the Lord will give to as being in reference to those who labor for the Lord day and night.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-6\">The Concluding phrase says, <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cHe will surely give life in the world to come to scholars\u2019 wives who in this world banish sleep for their husband\u2019s sake.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"CharOverride-15\">Part 3<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-5\">The Midrash introduces the Psalm with the <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span> (Dibur Hamathil) saying, <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cLo, Children are a heritage of the Lord; and the fruit of the womb is His gifts (Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:3).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-5\">The <span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta) the homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <span class=\"CharOverride-18\">\u201cAs things go among mortals, a laborer must work for a householder must plow for him, or sow for him, or weed for him, or hoe for him, and only then does the householder give the laborer a coin or so, and let him go.<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-6\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal) <span class=\"CharOverride-18\">\u201cthe parable,\u201d<\/span> goes on to explain the <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span> (Petihta), the rabbis speak of the gift of children and the one who labors for his family.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-6\">The <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05e0\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (Nimshal) <span class=\"CharOverride-18\">\u201cexpansion on the parable\u201d <\/span>expands upon the <span class=\"CharOverride-16\">\u05de\u05e9\u05dc<\/span> (mashal), saying it is just as important to labor for the Word of God as it is for family.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-6\">The Concluding phrase says, <span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cA man need only long for riches and God can give them to him, as is said, Both riches and honor come of You (1 Chronicles 29:12).\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 127 Part 1 opens with the Dibur Hamathil (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cA song of ascents; of Solomon. Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it (Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:1).\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (Petihta) the homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cRabbi Judah the Prince sent Rabbi Hiyya, Rabbi Jose, and Rabbi Ammi to visit cities in the Land of Israel, and to set up in them teachers of Scripture and instructors of Oral Law.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The midrash opens with the importance on allowing the Lord God our Father in heaven to build the house which is accomplished by His Word going out and being taught to His people. The entire midrash states the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"table003\" class=\"Basic-Table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-9\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-10\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-11\">\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-7\">\u05de\u05d3\u05e8\u05e9 \u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05e7\u05db\u05d6 \u05e1\u05d9\u05de\u05df \u05d0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\">\u05d0 \u05e9\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05e2\u05dc\u05d5\u05ea \u05dc\u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d4 \u05d0\u05dd \u05d4\u05f3 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05d1\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05e9\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e2\u05de\u05dc\u05d5 \u05d1\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d1\u05d5. \u05e8\u05f3 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d3\u05d4 \u05e0\u05e9\u05d9\u05d0\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d7 \u05e8\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d5\u05e8\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9 \u05d5\u05e8\u05f3 \u05d0\u05de\u05d9 \u05de\u05e2\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05e7\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d0\u05e8\u05e2\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc, \u05de\u05ea\u05e7\u05e0\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d4\u05d5\u05df \u05e1\u05d5\u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05de\u05ea\u05e0\u05d9\u05d9\u05df, \u05e2\u05dc\u05d5\u05df \u05dc\u05d7\u05d3 \u05d0\u05ea\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d0\u05e9\u05db\u05d7\u05d5 \u05ea\u05de\u05df \u05dc\u05d0 \u05e1\u05d5\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d5\u05dc\u05d0 \u05de\u05ea\u05e0\u05d9\u05d9\u05df, \u05d0\u05f4\u05dc \u05d0\u05d9\u05d9\u05ea\u05d9 \u05dc\u05df \u05e0\u05d8\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9 \u05e7\u05e8\u05ea\u05d0 [\u05d0\u05d9\u05d9\u05ea\u05d5\u05df \u05dc\u05d5\u05df \u05e1\u05e0\u05d8\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9 \u05e7\u05e8\u05ea\u05d0], \u05d0\u05de\u05e8\u05d5\u05df \u05dc\u05d5\u05df \u05d0\u05dc\u05d9\u05df [\u05d0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05df] \u05e0\u05d8\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9 \u05e7\u05e8\u05ea\u05d0, \u05dc\u05d9\u05ea \u05d0\u05dc\u05d9\u05df \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05de\u05d7\u05e8\u05d9\u05d1\u05d9 \u05e7\u05e8\u05ea\u05d0, [\u05d0\u05f4\u05dc] \u05d5\u05de\u05d4 \u05d0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05df \u05e0\u05d8\u05d5\u05e8\u05d9 \u05e7\u05e8\u05ea\u05d0 [\u05d0\u05f4\u05dc] \u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05d9\u05df \u05d5\u05de\u05ea\u05e0\u05d9\u05d9\u05df, \u05d4\u05d4\u05f4\u05d3 \u05d0\u05dd \u05d4\u05f3 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05e9\u05de\u05e8 \u05e2\u05d9\u05e8 \u05e9\u05d5\u05d0 \u05e9\u05e7\u05d3 \u05e9\u05d5\u05de\u05e8.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Midrash Tehillim 127, Part 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1. A song of ascents; of Solomon. Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it (Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:1). Rabbi Judah the Prince sent Rabbi Hiyya, Rabbi Jose, and Rabbi Ammi to visit cities in the Land of Israel, and to set up in them teachers of Scripture and instructors of Oral Law. They came to one city in which they found no teacher of Scripture and no instructor of Oral Law, and they said to the people, Fetch us the chief watchmen of the city. The people brought the watchman of the city. The people brought the watchmen of the city to the Rabbis, and the Rabbis said, Are these the watchmen of the city? In truth, they are the destroyers of the city. And when the people asked the Rabbis, Who then are the watchmen of the city? The rabbis answered, The watchmen of the city are the teachers of Scripture and instructors of Oral Law. Hence, it is written, Except the Lord keep the city, the watchmen wakes but in vain (Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:1).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Scriptures declare God\u2019s thoughts and actions. We are told the following reasons why we are to remain in the Word of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Devarim \/ Deuteronomy 8:16-20<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">8:16 \u2018In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end. 8:17 \u2018Otherwise, you may say in your heart, \u2018My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.\u2019 8:18 \u2018But you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. 8:19 \u2018It shall come about if you ever forget the Lord your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish. 8:20 \u2018Like the nations that the Lord makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you would not listen to the voice of the Lord your God. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The reason we remember the Lord our God is because He is our strength, and it is by His hand that we have wealth and this reminder is so we do not become arrogant in our hearts to believe we have done all of these things by our own power and abilities. The Lord God our Father in heaven is the One who has blessed and gifted us with our abilities. Solomon speaks of the importance of God\u2019s Word in the following way:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Mishley \/ Proverbs 3:6-14<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">3:6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. 3:7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from evil. 3:8 It will be healing to your body And refreshment to your bones. 3:9 Honor the Lord from your wealth And from the first of all your produce; 3:10 So your barns will be filled with plenty And your vats will overflow with new wine. 3:11 My son, do not reject the discipline of the Lord Or loathe His reproof, 3:12 For whom the Lord loves He reproves, Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights. 3:13 How blessed is the man who finds wisdom And the man who gains understanding. 3:14 For her profit is better than the profit of silver And her gain better than fine gold. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">We are to hold fast to the Lord, and to recognize who it is that gives us our wealth and abilities in life. (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Romans 12:16, Philippians 1:27 and 2:5<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) When Solomon says to honor the Lord with our wealth, he is referring to helping others, and to give of our time. The Lord states that our thoughts are not His thoughts, and so if our thoughts are not as God\u2019s, then we are to exchange our way of thinking, with the Lord\u2019s ways according to the inspired Word of God. Note what the Scriptures say concerning these things, Joshua wrote saying in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Joshua 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> David wrote, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> And in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalm 4:4 Tremble, and do not sin; Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Thinking upon, meditating upon God\u2019s Word, making it a part of our daily lives, is so important, the evil one wants to keep us out of God\u2019s Word and to keep our relationship to God\u2019s Word superficial and secondary. Notice how the emphasis for remaining in the Word to apply God\u2019s Word to our lives is not seriously impressed upon people in the church today. Because God\u2019s Word is deemphasized as it is applied to our lives, there is a confusion and sickness today in believers. This is why the evil one is so adamantly at work to keep us out of the Word which is so essential to our ability to avoid the delusions of deceiver and the world system and to hear and respond to the call of God on our lives. Meditating upon the Word of God consists of reflecting, thinking, and contemplating God\u2019s Word, its meaning, and its application for our lives. David wrote in the Psalms speaking of these things saying:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-7\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Tehillim \/ Psalm 63:6<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> When I remember Thee on my bed, I meditate on Thee in the night watches, (NASB)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-7\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Tehillim \/ Psalm 77:11<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> I shall remember the deeds of the LORD; Surely I will remember Thy wonders of old. (NASB)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-7\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Tehillim \/ Psalm 78:42<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> They did not remember His power, The day when He redeemed them from the adversary, (NASB)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"Bulleted-List ParaOverride-7\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Tehillim \/ Psalm 143:5<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Thy doings; I muse on the work of Thy hands. (NASB)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">David felt meditating upon God\u2019s Word was very important. This is not the same as the eastern methods of meditation which involves the emptying of the mind. We are called to fill our minds and our lives with God\u2019s Word. The objective to our meditating upon the Word is worshipful, it is designed to focus on the Lord and His works (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 27:4 and 77:12<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Getting into the word of God, studying, meditating, it finds a place in our lives for communion with God. It is a means of feeding the spirit. As the midrash states, studying God\u2019s Word is for instruction in our lives. It is designed to improve our understanding of the Lord and His ways as it applies to our lives (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 49:3 and 119:27<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). God\u2019s Word gives us motivation and encouragement. It is designed to motivate and inspire us in service and courage for the works God has called us to do (see <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Joshua 1:7-8<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). Most importantly, studying God\u2019s Word is transformational. It is designed to transform and change our lives. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 127 Part 1 concludes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cHence, it is written, Except the Lord keep the city, the watchmen wakes but in vain (Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:1).\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The rabbis speak of the importance of teaching and hearing the Word of God for the purpose of the Lord building up His people<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> explaining that when one does not set up teachers so the people will hear the Word of God, it is as if one is causing a place and a people to enter into destruction. It is important to realize we cannot divorce the Word of God from its application to our lives. If we are not living God\u2019s word, such a life is as a people entering into destruction. The objective for studying the Bible is for remembering, worship, instruction, motivation, and transformation. Just as the Psalmist who said, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cI will meditate on Thy precepts, and regard Thy ways\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 119:15<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) as he sought the Lord saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cMake me to understand the way of Thy precepts, So I will meditate on Thy wonders\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 119:27<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). We are not reading just a book with ink on paper, but that which is the very Word from God, authoritative, alive, and powerful. It should truly humble us to know that in the Scriptures, the Holy One who is also the Almighty One, has spoken to us in these holy words. The purpose of reading and reflecting upon God\u2019s Word is to draw near to the Lord, to respond to what the Lord has said, and apply the passages to our own lives. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 127 Part 2 opens with the Dibur Hamathil (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cIt is vain for you that you rise early, and sit up late, you that eat the bread of toil;\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The \u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0 (Petihta) the homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cbut He will surely give to those who banish sleep from themselves (Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:2)\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The entire midrash states the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"table004\" class=\"Basic-Table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-9\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-10\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-12\">\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-7\">\u05de\u05d3\u05e8\u05e9 \u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05e7\u05db\u05d6 \u05e1\u05d9\u05de\u05df \u05d1<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\">\u05d1 \u05e9\u05d5\u05d0 \u05dc\u05db\u05dd \u05de\u05e9\u05db\u05d9\u05de\u05d9 \u05e7\u05d5\u05dd \u05de\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d9 \u05e9\u05d1\u05ea \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u05f3 [\u05db\u05df \u05d9\u05ea\u05df \u05dc\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9\u05d3\u05d5 \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0]. \u05d0\u05dc\u05d5 \u05e0\u05e9\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05d4\u05df \u05e9\u05dc \u05ea\u05f4\u05d7 \u05e9\u05de\u05e0\u05d3\u05d3\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05d9\u05e0\u05d4 \u05de\u05e2\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05d4\u05df \u05d1\u05e2\u05d5\u05d4\u05f4\u05d6 \u05d5\u05d1\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea \u05dc\u05d7\u05d9\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05d4\u05d1\u05d0.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Midrash Tehillim 127, Part 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">2. It is vain for you that you rise early, and sit up late, you that eat the bread of toil; but He will surely give to those who banish sleep from themselves (Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:2) that is, He will surely give life in the world to come to scholars\u2019 wives who in this world banish sleep for their husband\u2019s sake.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The rabbis speak of the one who raises early and goes to bed late paralleling<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> the one who banishes sleep on behalf of the Lord is synonymous to those who labor for the Lord all day and all night. The rabbis have the following to say concerning laboring for the Lord.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Mishnah Pirkei Avot 6:1<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-8\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d7\u05b2\u05db\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b4\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4, \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4\u05b6\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05ea\u05b8\u05dd: <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-8\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05de\u05b5\u05d0\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b5\u05e8 \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05e1\u05b5\u05e7 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc, \u05d6\u05d5\u05b9\u05db\u05b6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05d4. \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3 \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc\u05bc\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05b9\u05dc\u05b8\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05bb\u05dc\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05db\u05b0\u05d3\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9. \u05e0\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0 \u05e8\u05b5\u05e2\u05b7, \u05d0\u05b8\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1, \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd, \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d1 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea, \u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05c2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05e7\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd, \u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05c2\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b5\u05d7\u05b7 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea. \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e2\u05b2\u05e0\u05b8\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4, \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b7\u05db\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05e6\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e8 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b6\u05d0\u05b1\u05de\u05b8\u05df, \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05e7\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05de\u05b4\u05df \u05d4\u05b7\u05d7\u05b5\u05d8\u05b0\u05d0, \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b0\u05e7\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d6\u05b0\u05db\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea, \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4\u05b1\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05de\u05b4\u05de\u05bc\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc \u05e2\u05b5\u05e6\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05ea\u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d2\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4, \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e0\u05bc\u05b6\u05d0\u05b1\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 (\u05de\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d7) \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b5\u05e6\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05ea\u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d2\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4. \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05e0\u05b6\u05ea \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05db\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b6\u05de\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d7\u05b4\u05e7\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8 \u05d3\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05df, \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b0\u05d2\u05b7\u05dc\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e8\u05b8\u05d6\u05b5\u05d9 \u05ea\u05d5\u05b9\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4, \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05c2\u05b6\u05d4 \u05db\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05df \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05d2\u05bc\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05db\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u05e8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d0\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e1\u05b5\u05e7, \u05d5\u05b6\u05d4\u05b1\u05d5\u05b5\u05d9 \u05e6\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d0\u05b6\u05e8\u05b6\u05da\u05b0 \u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05d7\u05b7, \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05d7\u05b5\u05dc \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc \u05e2\u05b6\u05dc\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05d5\u05b9, \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b0\u05d2\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d5\u05bc\u05de\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc \u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05dc \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05c2\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">The Rabbis taught in the language (style) of the Mishnah: Rabbi Meir says: Anyone who involves himself in Torah for its own sake merits many things, and moreover the entire world is worthwhile for his sake; He is called \u201cfriend,\u201d \u201cbeloved,\u201d \u201clover of the Omnipresent,\u201d \u201clover of [all] creatures,\u201d \u201cdelighter of the Omnipresent,\u201d \u201cdelighter of [all] creatures.\u201d He is clothed in humility and reverence, and it prepares him to be righteous, devout, upright and trustworthy, and it distances him from sin, and draws him near to merit. We enjoy from him counsel and comprehension, understanding and strength, as it is said (Proverbs 8:14): \u201cMine is counsel and comprehension, I am understanding, mine is strength.\u201d It gives him kingship and dominion, and [the ability to] investigate in judgment, and the secrets of the Torah are revealed to him, and he becomes like an ever-strengthening spring, and like a river that does not stop. He is modest and long-tempered, and forgives insult to him; And it enlarges him and raises him above all [that God] made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">In the Mishnah Pirkei Avot, Rabbi Meir speaks of laboring for the Lord by the study of the Torah. Such a person is said to have a love for God, and a love for all creatures, both man and beast. The one who studies the Torah and applies it to his life, is trustworthy, distances himself from sin, devout, upright, and provides good counsel when asked. Laboring in God\u2019s Word is an important endeavor, but most of all, note how Rabbi Meir connects the dots to the world around such a person who studies for the purpose of the application to life. Further insights into the mind of the rabbis may be found in the Talmud Bavli Berekhot 35b.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Talmud Bavli Berekhot 35b<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-8\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e8\u201d\u05e9 \u05d1\u05df \u05d9\u05d5\u05d7\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05e8 \u05d0\u05e4\u05e9\u05e8 \u05d0\u05d3\u05dd \u05d7\u05d5\u05e8\u05e9 \u05d1\u05e9\u05e2\u05ea \u05d7\u05e8\u05d9\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d6\u05d5\u05e8\u05e2 \u05d1\u05e9\u05e2\u05ea \u05d6\u05e8\u05d9\u05e2\u05d4 \u05d5\u05e7\u05d5\u05e6\u05e8 \u05d1\u05e9\u05e2\u05ea \u05e7\u05e6\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d3\u05e9 \u05d1\u05e9\u05e2\u05ea \u05d3\u05d9\u05e9\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d6\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e9\u05e2\u05ea \u05d4\u05e8\u05d5\u05d7 \u05ea\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 \u05de\u05d4 \u05ea\u05d4\u05d0 \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05d1\u05d6\u05de\u05df \u05e9\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05e2\u05d5\u05e9\u05d9\u05df \u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5 \u05e9\u05dc \u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05dd \u05de\u05dc\u05d0\u05db\u05ea\u05df \u05e0\u05e2\u05e9\u05d9\u05ea \u05e2\u201d\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u2019 (\u05d9\u05e9\u05e2\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5 \u05e1\u05d0, \u05d4) \u05d5\u05e2\u05de\u05d3\u05d5 \u05d6\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05e8\u05e2\u05d5 \u05e6\u05d0\u05e0\u05db\u05dd \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u2019 \u05d5\u05d1\u05d6\u05de\u05df \u05e9\u05d0\u05d9\u05df \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05e2\u05d5\u05e9\u05d9\u05df \u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5 \u05e9\u05dc \u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05dd \u05de\u05dc\u05d0\u05db\u05ea\u05df \u05e0\u05e2\u05e9\u05d9\u05ea \u05e2\u201d\u05d9 \u05e2\u05e6\u05de\u05df \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u2019 (\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9\u05d0, \u05d9\u05d3) \u05d5\u05d0\u05e1\u05e4\u05ea \u05d3\u05d2\u05e0\u05da \u05d5\u05dc\u05d0 \u05e2\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 \u05e9\u05de\u05dc\u05d0\u05db\u05ea \u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05e0\u05e2\u05e9\u05d9\u05ea \u05e2\u05dc \u05d9\u05d3\u05df \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u2019 (\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05db\u05d7, \u05de\u05d7) \u05d5\u05e2\u05d1\u05d3\u05ea \u05d0\u05ea \u05d0\u05d5\u05d9\u05d1\u05d9\u05da \u05d5\u05d2\u05d5\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Rabbi Shimon ben Yo\u1e25ai says: Is it possible that a person plows in the plowing season and sows in the sowing season and harvests in the harvest season and threshes in the threshing season and winnows in the windy season, as grain is separated from the chaff by means of the wind, and is constantly busy; what will become of Torah? Rather, one must dedicate himself exclusively to Torah at the expense of other endeavors; as when Israel performs God\u2019s will, their work is performed by others, as it is stated: \u201cAnd strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and your vine-dressers\u201d (Isaiah 61:5). When Israel does not perform God\u2019s will, their work is performed by them themselves, as it is stated: \u201cAnd you shall gather your grain.\u201d Moreover, if Israel fails to perform God\u2019s will, others\u2019 work will be performed by them, as it is stated: \u201cYou shall serve your enemy whom God shall send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness and in want of all things\u201d (Deuteronomy 28:48).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-8\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e8\u05d1\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e8 \u05d1\u05e8 \u05d7\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d0\u201d\u05e8 \u05d9\u05d5\u05d7\u05e0\u05df \u05de\u05e9\u05d5\u05dd \u05e8\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d3\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e8\u2019 \u05d0\u05dc\u05e2\u05d0\u05d9 \u05d1\u05d0 \u05d5\u05e8\u05d0\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d0 \u05db\u05d3\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d3\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d3\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05e2\u05e9\u05d5 \u05ea\u05d5\u05e8\u05ea\u05df \u05e7\u05d1\u05e2 \u05d5\u05de\u05dc\u05d0\u05db\u05ea\u05df \u05e2\u05e8\u05d0\u05d9 \u05d6\u05d5 \u05d5\u05d6\u05d5 \u05e0\u05ea\u05e7\u05d9\u05d9\u05de\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d9\u05d3\u05df \u05d3\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05d0\u05d7\u05e8\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05e2\u05e9\u05d5 \u05de\u05dc\u05d0\u05db\u05ea\u05df \u05e7\u05d1\u05e2 \u05d5\u05ea\u05d5\u05e8\u05ea\u05df \u05e2\u05e8\u05d0\u05d9 \u05d6\u05d5 \u05d5\u05d6\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05e0\u05ea\u05e7\u05d9\u05d9\u05de\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d9\u05d3\u05df<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Summarizing these statements, Rabba bar bar \u1e24ana said that Rabbi Yo\u1e25anan said in the name of the tanna Rabbi Yehuda, son of Rabbi El\u2019ai: Come and see that the latter generations are not like the earlier generations; rather they are their inferiors. The earlier generations made their Torah permanent and their work occasional, and this, Torah study, and that, their work, were successful for them. However, the latter generations who made their work permanent and their Torah occasional, neither this nor that was successful for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">What is interesting is how the rabbis speak of how the chaff is separated by means of the wind. Normally one does not need to point out the details on the separation process. The chaff being separated is taken from the translation of <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d5\u05d6\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e9\u05e2\u05ea \u05d4\u05e8\u05d5\u05d7<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (and the seed in the time of the wind). As we know in the Hebrew bible and the development of the rabbinic understanding of <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e0\u05e9\u05de\u05d4, \u05e0\u05e4\u05e9, \u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05d7<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> the ruach come to be a reference to the Holy Spirit of God. What is significant is the chaff being separated by means of the Spirit of God illustrates the NT principle that Paul taught in relation to being transformed, renewed, and walking in the Spirit in relation to obeying God\u2019s Torah, and serving Him. In the Talmud Bavli Berekhot 35b, the rabbis speak of the one who labors at his work to plow, sow, reap, winnow, and separating the wheat from the chaff in relation to the study of the Torah. We can think of all the illustrations in the Scriptures in relation to the wheat and the chaff. For example, in David\u2019s words from <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 1<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> we read the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Tehillim \/ Psalms 1:1-6<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">1:1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. 1:3 He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers. 1:4 The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away. 1:5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 1:6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked will perish. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">David speaks of the righteous who are blessed to not walk in the counsel of the wicked, and of how the wicked are driven like chaff in the wind. Could this be why the rabbis parallel the plowing, sowing, reaping, winnowing, and separating the wheat from the chaff in relation to the study of Torah? The rabbis of the Talmud state, diligently studying God\u2019s word and applying it to our lives causes others to work to feed and take care of us. Here they speak of foreigners (the nations) in reference to those who are not God\u2019s chosen. They say work and service to the Lord have their place, and one should put the Lord\u2019s Word before everything else. This sounds very similar to what Paul wrote to the Colossians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Colossians 3:16-24<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 3:17 Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. 3:18 Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 3:19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them. 3:20 Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord. 3:21 Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart. 3:22 Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 3:23 Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, 3:24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve. (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">Note how Paul puts a spin on work and our service to the Lord. He says to do everything, in word or deed, in the name of Yeshua giving thanks to the Father (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">3:17<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). He reiterates this in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">3:23<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">3:23 Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men (NASB)<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> He connects this to loving our spouse, being obedient to parents, and those who are in indebted. The key is to be with sincerity of heart fearing the Lord and not pleasing men. This point seems to be illustrated in the Talmud, which states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">The earlier generations made their Torah permanent and their work occasional, and this, Torah study, and their work, were successful for them. However, the latter generations who made their work permanent and their Torah occasional, neither this nor that was successful for them. (Talmud Bavli Berekhot 35b)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 127 Part 2 concludes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cHe will surely give life in the world to come to scholars\u2019 wives who in this world banish sleep for their husband\u2019s sake.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> So the idea here is the wives abandoned sleep to work on behalf of their husbands, allowing their husbands to devote themselves to the study of God\u2019s Word. This does seem a little counter-intuitive but illustrates the importance of staying in the Word of God to learn and to live for the Lord. This also illustrates the important role the husband has in the lives of his family to lead them in godliness, righteousness, justice, and truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 127 Part 3 opens with the Dibur Hamathil (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d3\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cLo, Children are a heritage of the Lord; and the fruit of the womb is His gifts (Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:3).\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e4\u05ea\u05d9\u05d7\u05ea\u05d0<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (Petihta) the homiletic introduction to the midrash states, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cAs things go among mortals, a laborer must work for a householder must plow for him, or sow for him, or weed for him, or hoe for him, and only then does the householder give the laborer a coin or so, and let him go.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The entire midrash states the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"table005\" class=\"Basic-Table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-13\" \/>\n<col class=\"_idGenTableRowColumn-14\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"Basic-Table _idGenTableRowColumn-15\">\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text CharOverride-7\">\u05de\u05d3\u05e8\u05e9 \u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05e8\u05e7 \u05e7\u05db\u05d6 \u05e1\u05d9\u05de\u05df \u05d2<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Hebrew-Paragraph-Style--Right-to-Left-\" lang=\"he-IL\"><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\">\u05d2 \u05d4\u05e0\u05d4 \u05e0\u05d7\u05dc\u05ea \u05d4\u05f3 \u05d1\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05db\u05e8 \u05e4\u05e8\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d1\u05d8\u05df. \u05de\u05d3\u05ea \u05d1\u05f4\u05d5 \u05e4\u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05e2\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4 \u05e2\u05dd \u05d1\u05e2\u05dc \u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea, \u05d7\u05d5\u05e8\u05e9 \u05e2\u05de\u05d5, \u05d5\u05d6\u05d5\u05e8\u05e2 \u05e2\u05de\u05d5, \u05de\u05e0\u05db\u05e9 \u05e2\u05de\u05d5, \u05de\u05e2\u05d3\u05e8 \u05e2\u05de\u05d5, \u05de\u05d8\u05d1\u05e2 \u05d0\u05d7\u05d3 \u05e0\u05d5\u05ea\u05df \u05dc\u05d5 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d5\u05dc\u05da, \u05d0\u05d1\u05dc \u05de\u05d9 \u05e9\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05d4\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05d0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05db\u05df \u05d0\u05dc\u05d0 [\u05d0\u05d3\u05dd] \u05ea\u05d0\u05d1 \u05dc\u05d1\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05e0\u05d5\u05ea\u05df \u05dc\u05d5, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05e0\u05d7\u05dc\u05ea \u05d4\u05f3 \u05d1\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd. \u05ea\u05d0\u05d1 \u05dc\u05d7\u05db\u05de\u05d4 \u05e0\u05d5\u05ea\u05df \u05dc\u05d5, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05db\u05d9 \u05d4\u05f3 \u05d9\u05ea\u05df \u05d7\u05db\u05de\u05d4 (\u05de\u05e9\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d1 \u05d5). \u05ea\u05d0\u05d1 \u05dc\u05e0\u05db\u05e1\u05d9\u05dd \u05e0\u05d5\u05ea\u05df \u05dc\u05d5, \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 \u05d5\u05d4\u05e2\u05d5\u05e9\u05e8 \u05d5\u05d4\u05db\u05d1\u05d5\u05d3 \u05de\u05dc\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05da (\u05d3\u05d4\u05f4\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d9\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05f3 \u05db\u05d8 \u05d9\u05d1).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"Basic-Table CellOverride-7\">\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Midrash Tehillim 127, Part 3<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">3. Lo, Children are a heritage of the Lord; and the fruit of the womb is His gifts (Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:3). As things go among mortals, a laborer must work for a householder must plow for him, or sow for him, or weed for him, or hoe for him, and only then does the householder give the laborer a coin or so, and let him go. But unlike the householder is He by whose word the world came into being. For a man need only long for wisdom, and God can give it to him, as is said For the Lord gives wisdom (Mishley \/ Proverbs 2:6). A man need only long for riches and God can give them to him, as is said, Both riches and honor come of You (1 Chronicles 29:12). <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The Midrash speaks of children being the ones who inherit the things of God. This places a high standard upon the life of children, and especially on the lives of the unborn which give us a hopeful expectation of the Lord\u2019s blessing and provision for our family. The laborer will earn his keep and his wages. The rabbis say children are a gift from God and the one who labors for his family is j<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">ust as important as one who labors in the Word of God. The unsettling nature of American Culture and the underlying principles of the nations is to teach a lie that children, especially the unborn, are of little value, and then to pay for the murder of our unborn children? This unsettling feeling on the inside is not limited to the recent actions of the United States (i.e. gay marriage) but is a world wide on going phenomenon. This phenomenon is the devaluation of human beings, and the destruction of traditional families, values, and our children. In fact, the twisted nature of modern society has called on <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Bamidbar \/ Numbers 5:11-31<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> as a proof text for the Lord God in heaven allowing a woman\u2019s choice to destroy the unborn (to have an abortion).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Bamidbar \/ Numbers 5:11-31<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">5:11 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 5:12 \u2018Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, \u2018If any man\u2019s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him, 5:13 and a man has intercourse with her and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and she is undetected, although she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act, 5:14 if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife when she has defiled herself, or if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife when she has not defiled herself, 5:15 the man shall then bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring as an offering for her one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of memorial, a reminder of iniquity. 5:16 \u2018Then the priest shall bring her near and have her stand before the Lord, 5:17 and the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware vessel; and he shall take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water. 5:18 \u2018The priest shall then have the woman stand before the Lord and let the hair of the woman\u2019s head go loose, and place the grain offering of memorial in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy, and in the hand of the priest is to be the water of bitterness that brings a curse. 5:19 \u2018The priest shall have her take an oath and shall say to the woman, \u2018If no man has lain with you and if you have not gone astray into uncleanness, being under the authority of your husband, be immune to this water of bitterness that brings a curse; 5:20 if you, however, have gone astray, being under the authority of your husband, and if you have defiled yourself and a man other than your husband has had intercourse with you\u2019 5:21 (then the priest shall have the woman swear with the oath of the curse, and the priest shall say to the woman), \u2018the Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people by the Lord\u2019s making your thigh waste away and your abdomen swell; 5:22 and this water that brings a curse shall go into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh waste away.\u2019 And the woman shall say, \u2018Amen. Amen.\u2019 5:23 \u2018The priest shall then write these curses on a scroll, and he shall wash them off into the water of bitterness. 5:24 \u2018Then he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings a curse, so that the water which brings a curse will go into her and cause bitterness. 5:25 \u2018The priest shall take the grain offering of jealousy from the woman\u2019s hand, and he shall wave the grain offering before the Lord and bring it to the altar; 5:26 and the priest shall take a handful of the grain offering as its memorial offering and offer it up in smoke on the altar, and afterward he shall make the woman drink the water. 5:27 \u2018When he has made her drink the water, then it shall come about, if she has defiled herself and has been unfaithful to her husband, that the water which brings a curse will go into her and cause bitterness, and her abdomen will swell and her thigh will waste away, and the woman will become a curse among her people. 5:28 \u2018But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will then be free and conceive children. 5:29 \u2018This is the law of jealousy: when a wife, being under the authority of her husband, goes astray and defiles herself, 5:30 or when a spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife, he shall then make the woman stand before the Lord, and the priest shall apply all this law to her. 5:31 \u2018Moreover, the man will be free from guilt, but that woman shall bear her guilt.\u2019\u2018 (NASB)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">In the Apostolic Writings, Yeshua taught us that the Lord God our Father in heaven is the living creator God; <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cGod of the living and not of the dead.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Luke 20:38, Mark 12:26-27<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">). To entertain the idea that the Lord would support taking life as opposed to giving life is counterintuitive to the Torah itself. For example, in the creation account, the Lord God blesses the creatures He created and both man and woman, to be fruitful and multiple. This was the very first commandment in the bible, to be fruitful and multiply. The Lord\u2019s very first act was to bless to give life. The Lord places a high value upon the unborn, children, men and women. According to the Torah, having children is a blessing and not a curse, the Lord blesses us with children within the confines of a loving covenant relationship (marriage). In the rabbinic literature, the rabbis interpret children as a blessing of future generations, just as the Midrash speaks of children being the ones who inherit the things of God which speaks of the continuation of God\u2019s blessing upon His people. Take for example, many Jewish parents embrace the custom of blessing their children on Friday evening. The words of the blessing are taken from the priestly blessing (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Bamidbar \/ Numbers 6:24-26<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) the Aaronic blessing which was originally given over all the people of Israel in the wilderness. So the idea that the Lord would provide a way for the destruction of life in the womb based upon the Torah and the rabbinic literature is not consistent. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Studying these verses from <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Bamidbar \/ Numbers 5<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, the situation is related to the woman breaking the covenant relationship with her husband and with God. Note how the scripture says the priest put the woman under the curse. If one is cursed, there is no life, and the baby, the blessing that is found in the covenant relationship, is lost. So what is going on here, from the Jewish context, is related to her unfaithfulness to God and to her husband. The inability to have children, and the loss of the baby, which are both parts of the curse being placed upon the woman, speak of both her and all her future generations that may come by this child as being lost because she chose to sin, to walk away from God and His ways, and to violate the covenant. These verses speak more about faith and faithfulness to God and to marriage than anything else, and speaks volumes about the sexually immoral and murderous culture that we live in today. The liberal left will grasp at straws to justify their actions by any means. The reason this is so important is that all that we do, everything, and who we are as believers basically boils down to our relationship with our Creator (<\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">the Lord God of Israel<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) and our relationships with others. Our modern culture wants to push its morals and unrighteousness not only on our children but also on each one of us! We have to push back and stand for righteousness, justice, and truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> Midrash Tehillim 127 Part 3 concludes saying, <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cA man need only long for riches and God can give them to him, as is said, Both riches and honor come of You (1 Chronicles 29:12).\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> The context of the Torah draws into every aspect of our lives to a covenant relationship of righteousness (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e6\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05e7\u05b8\u05d4<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), holiness (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05e7\u05b9\u05ab\u05d3\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), and purity (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05dc\u05b8\u05d8\u05b9\u05bc\u05ab\u05d4\u05b7\u05e8<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">, <\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">), which is coupled with truth and faithfulness (<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05d0\u05b1\u05de\u05b6\u05ea<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">) in our lives as God\u2019s children. The Midrash speaks of the man who longs for riches, and of the Lord who can give them to him. The Lord wants to bless us richly, His word says so, and in receiving His blessing (not necessarily financial), we should be actively developing creative ways for putting our faith into action. This is the point of studying the Torah. We are called to <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">\u201cwork at our faith with fear and trembling,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\"> to push through life with faith, and to prove our faith, which is the meaning of Paul\u2019s words in <\/span><span class=\"Character-Style-1\">Philippians 2:12<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">. This is why the rabbis place so much emphasis upon the importance of Studying God\u2019s word and it\u2019s application, as the example given in the Talmud Bavli Menachot 43b.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1 CharOverride-11\">Talmud Bavli Menachot 43b<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph ParaOverride-4\"><span class=\"Character-Style-1\"> It was taught in a Baraita: Rabbi Meir said: a person must make 100 blessings each day, as it is written&#8230; (Deuteronomy 10:12) \u201cAnd now Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you&#8230;\u201d<\/span> <span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-16\">(<\/span><span class=\"Hebrew-verse-text\" lang=\"he-IL\">\u05ea\u05e0\u05d9\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05e8\u05d1\u05d9 \u05de\u05d0\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05e8 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05d1 \u05d0\u05d3\u05dd \u05dc\u05d1\u05e8\u05da \u05de\u05d0\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e8\u05db\u05d5\u05ea \u05d1\u05db\u05dc \u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05e9\u05e0\u05d0\u05de\u05e8 (\u05d3\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d9, \u05d9\u05d1) \u05d5\u05e2\u05ea\u05d4 \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05de\u05d4 \u05d4\u2019 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d4\u05d9\u05da \u05e9\u05d5\u05d0\u05dc \u05de\u05e2\u05de\u05da<\/span><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font CharOverride-16\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Basic-Paragraph\"><span class=\"Std-Hebrew-English-Greek-Font\">The rabbis in the Talmud teach the Lord expects us to make 100 blessings each day. The Lord chose this as a means for humbling our lives before Him and before others, so that we do not forget the Lord or who we are as His children. It is in the blessing, and being blessed that reminds us to be grateful to the Lord and to give praise to His Name. And we are able to pass this on to our children as they are a gift that is given to us from God! Let\u2019s Pray!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Tehillim-127-Part1-and-2.pdf\">Tehillim 127-Part1-and-2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s study from Tehillim \/ Psalms 127:1-5, the psalm opens saying, \u05d0 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b9\u05de\u05b9\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 | \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d9\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d1\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05ea \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0 | \u05e2\u05b8\u05de\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9 \u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b9\u05d0-\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05e8-\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9\u05e8 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d5\u05b0\u05d0 | \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e7\u05b7\u05d3 \u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05de\u05b5\u05e8: A song of ascents. 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