(6) “Turn from evil and do good, so you may live forever” (Psalm 37:27, Tree of Life Version); “Happy is he
who hath concern
for the poor and the needy; the Lord shall save him on the evil day...” (Psalm 41:1,
Wycliffe Bible);
(7) “He has told you, humanity, what is good, and what the Lord is seeking from you: Only to practice
justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8, Tree Of Life Version);
(8) «He gave justice and
help to the poor and needy, and everything went well for him. “Isn’t that what it
means to know me?” says the Lord» (Jeremiah 22:16, New Living Translation);
(9) “Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him”- Psalm 41:1,
English Standard Version;
(10) “So then, in everything treat others the same way you want them to treat you, for this is [the essence of]
the Law and the [writings of the] Prophets” (Matthew 7:12, Amplified Bible);
(11) “Pure and unblemished religion [as it is expressed in outward acts] in the sight of our God and Father is
this: to visit and look after the fatherless and the widows in their distress, and to keep
oneself uncontaminated
by the [secular] world”- (James 1:27, Amplified Bible);
(12) «The commandments, Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not covet; and any other
commandment, are summed up by this commandment: “Love your neighbor as yourself”.
Love does no
wrong to a neighbor. Love, therefore, is the fulfillment of the Law” (Romans 13:9-10, Christian Standard
Bible);
(13) “Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who
loves has been born
of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love” (1 John 6:7-8,
Christian Standard Bible).
What was the reason for Moses to prevent gentile peoples (Ammonites and Moabites) from entering the
Assembly of the righteous? The reason was their refusal to feed their hungry and thirsty fellow human beings
[and, as the latter had been created in God's image, it was as if they were refusing it to the Almighty!]. As is
written: “An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth
generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever: [Why?...] BECAUSE THEY MET
YOU NOT WITH BREAD AND WITH WATER IN THE WAY, WHEN YE CAME FORTH OUT OF
EGYPT...”- Deut. 23:3-5, KJV Bible.
And what was the reason for Jesus to predict that gentile peoples will enter the Assembly of the righteous?
Their disposition to feed their hungry and thirsty fellow human beings! As is written: “... Come, ye blessed of
my Father, INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED FOR YOU FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE
WORLD: FOR I WAS HUNGRY, AND YE GAVE ME TO EAT; I WAS THIRSTY, AND YE GAVE ME
DRINK; I
was a stranger, and ye took me in; naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was
in prison, and ye came unto me”- Matthew 25:34-36 (American Standard Version)
Aside from the former, the remaining theology [What is God’s real name?; Who is the human Messiah?; Will
we be ever taken up unto heavens?; Have we inherited an original sin?; Who is part of God's true Israel?;
When will God’s kingdom come?; Will the Temple ever be rebuilt? Is there life immediately after death?,
etc], is but optional commentary that,
in the end, will have little to do with mankind’s eternal deliverance.
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