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I test the heart to give to each
according to
his way, according to
what his actions deserve
…
…
As you have done, it will be done to you
; what you deserve will return on your own head…
…
Didn’t your father
eat and drink and
administer justice and righteousness?
Then it went well with him?
He took up the case of the poor and needy
; then it went well.
Is this not what it means to know me?
… ”
- Psalm 119:9, Psalm 119:101, Exodus 16:18, Amos 5:14, Zephaniah 2:3, Psalm 37:11, Isaiah 1:16-19, Psalm
37:27, Jeremiah 17:10, Obadiah 1:15, Jeremiah 22:15-16 (Christian Standard Bible)
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«The man without wisdom will end up blindly following another man of flesh and blood (Jesus, Muhammad,
the Baal Shem Tov, Joseph Smith-- may peace and blessings be upon them)-- But a wise man refuses to place
a blind trust upon any flawed human being («Thus saith the Lord; “Cursed be the man that trusteth in man,
and maketh flesh his arm...”»- Jeremiah 17:5); Preferring instead to follow the values and moral principles
that are pleasing to the Creator (truthfulness, fidelity, justice, mercy, humility, etc), no matter who chooses to
represent them. As is written: “But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me,
that I am the Lord, which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the Earth: for in these
things I delight, saith the Lord- Jeremiah 9:24, KJB»
Israel was a divinely appointed paradigm for those who would please their Creator: when Israel fulfills
such paradigm, it is God’s chosen people; otherwise, they become God’s enemies
Scripture hints at the idea that God has chosen the nation of Israel in order to function as one of many
divinely ordained paradigms. In Israel’s case, their appointment was to incarnate a particular [yet universal]
community of beings. What sort of beings? Those [from all races and creeds] whose commitment with
honesty, humility, service, and holiness would make them qualify to be considered God’s chosen people
(God’s own children!).
Thus, whenever the nation of Israel collectively departs from it’s preordained task [becoming deceptive,
arrogant, self centered, and debased] God gets upset, as [by betraying their calling] He no longer has any use
for them.
As is written:
(1) «And the Lord said unto Gideon, “The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the
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Midianites into their hands, LEST ISRAEL VAUNT THEMSELVES AGAINST ME, SAYING, ‘MINE
OWN HAND HATH SAVED ME’ ”»- Judges 7:2 (K.J.B.)
(2) «Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying,
‘FOR MY RIGHTEOUSNESS THE LORD HATH BROUGHT ME IN TO POSSESS THIS LAND’: but for
the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee. NOT FOR THY
RIGHTEOUSNESS, OR FOR THE UPRIGHTNESS OF THINE HEART, DOST THOU GO TO POSSESS
THEIR LAND: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before
thee...»- Deut. 9:4-5
(3) “… give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny
thee, and say, ‘WHO IS THE LORD?’...” - Proverbs 30:8-9
(4) «THE LORD SHALL CUT OFF all flattering lips, and tHE TONGUE THAT SPEAKETH PROUD
THINGS: WHO HAVE SAID, ‘WITH OUR TONGUE WILL WE PREVAIL; OUR LIPS ARE OUR OWN:
WHO IS LORD OVER US?’»- Psalm 12:3-4
(5) “Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, Saying, ‘When will
the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, THAT WE MAY SET FORTH WHEAT,
MAKING THE EPHAH SMALL, AND THE SHEKEL GREAT, AND FALSIFYING THE BALANCES BY
DECEIT? THAT WE MAY BUY THE POOR FOR SILVER, AND THE NEEDY FOR A PAIR OF SHOES;
yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?’ he Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, SURELY I WILL
NEVER FORGET ANY OF THEIR WORKS...”- Amos 8:4-7
(6) “But IF YE WILL NOT HEARKEN UNTO ME, AND WILL NOT DO ALL THESE
COMMANDMENTS; AND IF YE SHALL DESPISE MY STATUTES, OR IF YOUR SOUL ABHOR MY
JUDGMENTS, SO THAT YE WILL NOT DO ALL MY COMMANDMENTS, but that ye break my
covenant: I also will do this unto you; I WILL EVEN APPOINT OVER YOU TERROR, CONSUMPTION,
AND THE BURNING AGUE, THAT SHALL CONSUME THE EYES, AND CAUSE SORROW OF
HEART: AND YE SHALL SOW YOUR SEED IN VAIN, FOR YOUR ENEMIES SHALL EAT IT”- Lev.
26:14-16
(7) «O THOU THAT ART NAMED THE HOUSE OF JACOB, IS THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD
STRAITENED? ARE THESE HIS DOINGS? Do not my Words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
Even of late MY PEOPLE IS RISEN UP AS AN ENEMY...»- Micah 2:7-8
(8) «Then said God, Call his name Loammi: ‘for YE ARE NOT MY PEOPLE, AND I WILL NOT BE
YOUR GOD’»- Hosea 1:9
(9) «And it shall come to pass at that time, that I WILL SEARCH JERUSALEM with candles, AND
PUNISH THE MEN that are settled on their lees: THAT SAY IN THEIR HEART, ‘THE LORD WILL NOT
DO GOOD, NEITHER WILL HE DO EVIL’»- Zephaniah 1:12
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