Worthy Brief - 8/13/2024
Friend, a preacher of righteousness!
Genesis 6:13 And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence [Hamas] through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Psalms 11:5 The LORD tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence [Hamas].
2 Peter 2:5 if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
If these really are the “Days of Noah” we would expect to see a world filled with increasing violence. The Hebrew for "violence" is "hamas"(חָמָס), by coincidence, the name of the terrorist organization Israel has been fighting for decades. And simply perusing my news briefs in recent years gives abundant evidence for the conclusion that this terrible season is well underway. Noah's day was filled with violence and also false witness, which is a second meaning for the word "hamas" [e.g. Deut. 19:16; Psalm 35:11]; violence and lies, then and now...
What greater test for individuals and communities of righteousness could there be but days like these? "The LORD tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence, (and false witness)"; [hamas]. How often do we need to hear it, "your faith is being, will be, tested"? [1 Peter 4:12] Yeshua (Jesus) was tested in the wilderness, for 40 days, and by the devil himself, and we read that there was no violence (hamas) found in Him, nor any deceit in his mouth; [Isaiah 53:9]. If it was necessary for the Messiah Himself to be tested, should it be strange for us to be so subjected?
Noah was also tested while he built and preached during those dark days. There must have been plenty of mocking and false witness circulating throughout the violent community surrounding him. Same today, with Hamas-- the media portraying any report given by terrorists as fact. Indeed, we too are surrounded by false witnesses seeking to provoke and fill the world with violence.
Friend,
Noah was called a “preacher of righteousness” in a violent world. Yeshua was surrounded by false witnesses, and yet "hamas" was not found in Him. It can be done. God doesn't test us to prove we will fail and succumb to this wicked generation. He tests us to build faith and transform our character; [James 1:2-4]. We can prove the authenticity of Yeshua in this violent and deceitful age, if we stand the testing intended to transform us. And then, both our lives and our words will be the message, in the present Days of Noah.
Your family in the Lord with much agape love,
George, Baht Rivka, Obadiah and Elianna (Missouri)
(Baltimore, MD)
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