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The Book of Deuteronomy
Chapter 15
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Deuteronomy 15
A goal in which I have never witnessed achieved, is a nation without poverty. Verse 4 tells us that is exactly what God intended for us, the Chosen People, the descendents of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to have no poor among us, that we all may prosper by the grace and mercy of Gods bountiful, outstretched hand. At the end of every seven years, every man is to be forgiven and completely released of his debts. No man may exact it of him. He owes nothing, and shall not repay.
Nations shall borrow from the blessed Chosen People of God, and shall repay, but Gods People shall borrow nothing, to owe nothing. God will add increase to whom He will, and lack to whomever He chooses. He has chosen to bless us, and to prosper us, as a reward for obedience. A result of any good thing will always be a good thing still. We shall rise above all nations, to reign above them by Gods almighty hand. The same hand that adds to our wealth, He shall destroy all those who come against us, only we must be and remain in observance of His commandments that He has given us by our forefathers.
God would have it that we open our bowels of compassion one toward another, insomuch that we lend bountifully, and plenteous, that thy brethren lack not any good thing. We would do well to forget for the moment the 7 year release, and that it draw nigh, as thou open the purses of generosity to pour out gain to thy blood bonds fellow, released by the same heart of bountiful giving that He should show such favor to a People Chosen, but not deserved.We would do well, then, to be as He has been for us, to give and to give abundantly.
Verse 10 tells us that God will bless us because of all our works, and in all that we put our hand to shall prosper. We need only to offer the same willful giving as God had shown to us. The gainful wealth that God offers us, to give to an undeserving nation, from priceless to frugal, only that we give in the same manner, the same heart, the same limitless compassion, one to another. We see again and again how God instills in our hearts the one message that He has taught to us from the very first generation to now, to love one another, so that our joy can be full.
Verse 16 begins an interesting pattern that we live after. In our own bondage, in that which we are enslaved, we have grown to love. Often times the person would rather stay with the master of his bond, that he may serve him who rules over him, to do his bidding. In such a case, a love has developed for the master, and the would-be free man will choose to remain in the employ of his master. The release year is nigh to us in this day, will you be set free, or will you cleave to your master and willfully serve him? Is your master keeping you in bondage, and is that bondage oppressive? My brother, all bondage is oppressive. In our human nature we would be comforted, we would develop a contentment for whatsoever state we are in. Some of us will rebel to the very bitter end. Others will yield to that which rules over them. God offers a boundless freedom, to give with a wide open hand. We need only do the same for each other. For those who are content with bondage, let it be well remembered that bondage is not just the beckoning to another mans will, but it is also to suffer wrongly in ever fit of mood of him who rules thee, and to set no standard of morality for thyself, because none of this is liberty unto the bonds man.
This seventh year, the year of release, is a time of great giving. God will have the first-fruits and the best of the flocks, and the bonds men will be set at liberty, with offerings of all that is needed and more, and the poor and the indebted shall all be made free and prosperous. In many of our lives, we have come to our year of release. God has said, "enough! Let my people go!" We would do well to take such liberty, and to not cleave to our masters of bondage that we have grown to love. God would have it that we love only Him, to be set free to love and serve Him, and each other. Then He would have the world to see that surely God is a good God. He has brought this People, least in all the world to be exalted above all others, to reign above all the world, even in our irreverence to Him. He is an ever forgiving God, full of mercy and grace.
