How does our behavior chance when we are mindful of G-d’s commandments? Are H-s commandments different than his promises, if so how?
“And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: And they said, The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry. So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.”
Numbers 36:1-7 KJV
How does this text relate to the jubilee concept?
“Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.”
Isaiah 63:1-5 KJV
“Now we know that whatever the Law [of Moses] says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the excuses of] every mouth may be silenced [from protesting] and that all the world may be held accountable to God [and subject to His judgment]. For no person will be justified [freed of guilt and declared righteous] in His sight by [trying to do] the works of the Law. For through the Law we become conscious of sin [and the recognition of sin directs us toward repentance, but provides no remedy for sin].”
ROMANS 3:19-20 AMP
How does this connect to repentance ( תשובה, literally "return", pronounced "tshuva" or "teshuva")
“~‘For the children of Israel are My servants; My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.”
LEVITICUS 25:55 AMP
“~‘So the Israelites shall observe the Sabbath, to celebrate the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.’ It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He ceased and was refreshed.””
EXODUS 31:16-17 AM
“If one keeps but one Sabbath properly, it is regarded as if he had observed all the Sabbaths from the day on which God created His world to the time of the resurrection of the dead.” Mechilta to Exodus 31:16.”
“LOYALTY TO A MOMENT
It is a supreme necessity for human beings to live in more or less permanent and dependable relations to each other. There is a variety of such relations, as, for example, marriage, friendship, professional organizations and international conventions. With some exceptions, such as those which grow out of parenthood and the like, social relations are not given naturally; they do not originate in a process; they are initiated in an act or in an event at a definite moment of time. These relations can only endure if we remain loyal to the promise we have made or to the agreements into which we have entered. They collapse when our loyalty ceases.
The paradoxical nature of such loyalty is obvious. Why should a person be bound all his life by what he did or said at one single moment? And yet civilized men have never failed to admit that their promise had some force to affect their future acts. People believe in the passing away of time; they claim that the past is dead for ever. Indeed, the moment in which a promise is made is quickly gone: gone from our calendar, gone from our clocks[...]”
Excerpt From
God in Search of Man Abraham Joshua Heschel
