Nisan 6
Come Out
“Come out of her midst, My people! And let EVERYONE DELIVER HIS BEING from the
burning displeasure of יהוה.” (Jer
51:45 ISR, emphasis mine)
“And I heard another
voice from the heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, LEST YOU SHARE IN HER
SINS, and lest you receive of her plagues.” (Rev 18:4 ISR, emphasis mine)
I learned very early in my relationship with my
Creator that there are certain responsibilities that were mine, in essence, I owned
them. It was, and is, my responsibility to
learn of my Elohim, of His ways, His Word, His will and wishes toward me. It is my responsibility to learn His Torah,
and apply it to my life, not merely the hearing,
but the doing also (Sh’ma, Deu 6:4). And it is my responsibility to recognize when
I have left the path that I am expected to walk upon, and accept the
consequences of my actions.
When I continue to participate in those practices
that are not leasing to my Elohim, I can expect there to be repercussions of my
behavior. Not only is this a promise
that “I can take to the bank”, but it is biblical law of nature: for every cause, there is an effect, what you
sow, that will you also reap. We see
this in the life of King David: because
of the murder he orchestrated of Uriah the Hittite (the cause, see 2Sam
11:14-17), murder and violence was ingrained in his offspring (the effect, see
2Sam 12:9-12).
Straddling a fence becomes very uncomfortable
after a period of time, both in the physical as well as in the spiritual. To be honest with you, I believe the Father
deliberately makes it that way, forcing us to make a choice of “whom we will
serve” (see Jos 24:14-15). However, as
we find in the opening verses, it is ultimately our own decision which side of the
fence we land on, whether we will share in the sins of those who practice
“lawlessness” (Torah-lessness), or move forward into the kingdom of our
Elohim.
Is there really any choice?
“And what union has
the Dwelling Place of Elohim with idols? For you are a Dwelling Place of the
living Elohim, as Elohim has said, “I shall dwell in
them and walk among them, and I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be My
people.” Therefore, “Come out
from among them and be separate, says יהוה,
and do not touch what is unclean, and I shall receive you. And I shall be a
Father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters to Me, says יהוה the Almighty.”” (2Cor
6:16-18 ISR, emphasis mine)
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