Sweating in the Straw

Posted on September 3, 2024 by Philip E Jenks
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About Philip E Jenks

Philip, a synodical deacon in the ELCA Metropolitan New York synod, is a retired communicator for American Baptist Churches USA, the U.S. Conference for the World Council of Churches, the U.S. National Council of Churches, and two Philadelphia area daily newspapers. He and his spouse, the Rev. Dr. Martha M. Cruz, are the parents of six adults and are members of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rye Brook, N.Y. They live in Port Chester, N.Y.
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1 Response to Sweating in the Straw

  1. anfearfaire's avatar La voz de la razón says:
    September 3, 2024 at 6:57 pm

    Several facts to consider.

    1. Karma – Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery. Now their descendants are enslaved. God is visiting the sins of the fathers unto the third and fourth generations.
    2. Duty to return to the Promised Land – the Israelites had ample time to freely return to the land of Canaan after the seven-year period of famine in the land.
    3. Just as Lot, his wife, and daughters had to be forcefully led out of Sodom by the hand of the Angels of God. So, the Israelites had to be forcefully driven from Egypt by the Lord through his servant Moses.
    4. Lot’s wife’s heart remained in Sodom causing her to turn to a pillar of salt. Likewise, all the Israelites above 20 years of age (exception – Joshua and Caleb) longed for the amenities of Egypt and their bodies were left in the sands of the wilderness.
    5. Your church’s namesake, St. Paul, teaches and warns us that these Old Testament events are examples to us as he writes in 1 Corinthians 10.

    Shalom.

    Random thoughts of Frankie V.

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