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May 12, 2023
I Will Remember the Land
The book of Leviticus comes to an end this week with one of the most amazing passages in the entire Bible. It explains the last 2,000 years of history and the miraculous return of the Jewish people to their ancient land that was promised to Abraham. It proves the faithfulness of the God of Israel to remember the covenant with Abraham and the Land promise in that covenant.
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I Will Remember the Land (Out of Zion Episode #180)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Transcript
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Well, the Book of Leviticus comes to an end this week with one of the most amazing passages
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in the entire Bible.
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It explains the last 2,000 years of history and the miraculous return of the Jewish people
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to their ancient homeland that had been promised to Abraham.
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And it is proof of the faithfulness of God to his people.
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So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional when I seek to share a little inspiration
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and just bring a little piece to the close of your very busy week.
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Now this week's Torah portion is very hard to pronounce, but let me try.
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Bahar Bechukotai, and it means on Mount Sinai, and it's Leviticus 25 through the end of the
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book, the end of the chapter 27.
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So we read about the year of Jubilee, that there are seven cycles of seven years, and
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then the last, after that the 50th year is considered a year of Jubilee when possessions
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are to be returned to the rightful owner.
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And every seventh year the land is to have a Sabbath.
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It's not to be planted.
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And God promises that he will bless their crops in the sixth year so that they have enough
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to see them through on that seventh year to allow the land to rest.
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Now I want to read to you a very important verse, chapter 25 verse 23.
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The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is mine.
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For you are strangers and sojourners with me.
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So the land is never to be sold permanently because it's his land.
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It will never, it doesn't belong to people.
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He allows his children to live on that land, but they're as sojourners on his land.
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And so therefore when we read through this week's reading, we're going to see the word
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land over and over and over.
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The land is so important to God.
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And in chapter 26, it's divided up into two parts.
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The first part is all about the blessings of walking in obedience with the Lord.
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And land is key to these blessings.
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And then in the second part we get to the retribution that happens when his people don't
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walk in obedience.
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But here in the first part, verses 1 through 13, it says that if you will remain loyal
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to him and not turn to other gods and keep his commandments, then he's going to give
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them rain and the land will yield its produce and they'll eat bread and they'll dwell
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in the land safely.
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And he says, I will give you peace in the land and I will walk among you and be your
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God and you shall be my people.
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Land is absolutely essential to God living with his people and living in fellowship with
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them.
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And then we enter in verse 14 through the rest of the chapter about it, but if you do
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not obey, then they have lack of peace.
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They're defeated by their enemies and they suffer desolation.
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And after all of this, it says, if you still don't obey me, then in verse 33 it says, I
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will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you.
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Your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.
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And then it goes on, but if you confess your iniquity and accept your guilt, then this
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is the amazing and exciting portion starting in verse 42 now of Leviticus 26.
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Verse 42, I will remember my covenant with Abraham.
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I will remember the land.
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Verse 44, I will not cast them away nor shall I abhorred them to utterly destroy them, speaking
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of the children of Israel, and break my covenant with them.
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He will not do those things, for he says, for I am the Lord their God.
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Verse 45, but for their sake, I will remember the covenant of their ancestors.
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So friends, no matter how long the exile, the covenant with Abraham will never be abrogated.
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And God says, I will remember the covenant and I will remember the land that was a part
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of that covenant.
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Wow, oh wow.
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Leviticus 26 describes perfectly the 1900 years of exile of the Jewish people when they
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were kicked off the land, scattered throughout all the nations.
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And this is what it's all about.
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And it describes though that after 1900 years, and it could have been 19,000 years, it doesn't
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matter.
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One day God said he would remember his covenant and remember the land and he would bring them
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back.
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And we are the privileged generation to see this happening in our day.
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Leviticus 26, amazing, amazing, amazing.
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Enjoy reading this week and I wish you Shabbat Shalom.
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Well, the Book of Leviticus comes to an end this week with one of the most amazing passages
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00:00:06,660 --> 00:00:08,480
in the entire Bible.
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00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:14,600
It explains the last 2,000 years of history and the miraculous return of the Jewish people
4
00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:19,520
to their ancient homeland that had been promised to Abraham.
5
00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:24,600
And it is proof of the faithfulness of God to his people.
6
00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:29,720
So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional when I seek to share a little inspiration
7
00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:34,240
and just bring a little piece to the close of your very busy week.
8
00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:39,440
Now this week's Torah portion is very hard to pronounce, but let me try.
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00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:47,200
Bahar Bechukotai, and it means on Mount Sinai, and it's Leviticus 25 through the end of the
10
00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,520
book, the end of the chapter 27.
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00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:56,080
So we read about the year of Jubilee, that there are seven cycles of seven years, and
12
00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:02,080
then the last, after that the 50th year is considered a year of Jubilee when possessions
13
00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:05,360
are to be returned to the rightful owner.
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00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:10,400
And every seventh year the land is to have a Sabbath.
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It's not to be planted.
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00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:17,520
And God promises that he will bless their crops in the sixth year so that they have enough
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00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:23,200
to see them through on that seventh year to allow the land to rest.
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Now I want to read to you a very important verse, chapter 25 verse 23.
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The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is mine.
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For you are strangers and sojourners with me.
21
00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:44,080
So the land is never to be sold permanently because it's his land.
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00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,400
It will never, it doesn't belong to people.
23
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He allows his children to live on that land, but they're as sojourners on his land.
24
00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:58,600
And so therefore when we read through this week's reading, we're going to see the word
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00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,960
land over and over and over.
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The land is so important to God.
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And in chapter 26, it's divided up into two parts.
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00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:12,680
The first part is all about the blessings of walking in obedience with the Lord.
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00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,360
And land is key to these blessings.
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And then in the second part we get to the retribution that happens when his people don't
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walk in obedience.
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But here in the first part, verses 1 through 13, it says that if you will remain loyal
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to him and not turn to other gods and keep his commandments, then he's going to give
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them rain and the land will yield its produce and they'll eat bread and they'll dwell
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in the land safely.
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And he says, I will give you peace in the land and I will walk among you and be your
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God and you shall be my people.
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Land is absolutely essential to God living with his people and living in fellowship with
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00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:57,720
them.
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00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:02,960
And then we enter in verse 14 through the rest of the chapter about it, but if you do
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not obey, then they have lack of peace.
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00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:11,320
They're defeated by their enemies and they suffer desolation.
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00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:17,160
And after all of this, it says, if you still don't obey me, then in verse 33 it says, I
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will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you.
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Your land shall be desolate and your cities waste.
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And then it goes on, but if you confess your iniquity and accept your guilt, then this
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is the amazing and exciting portion starting in verse 42 now of Leviticus 26.
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Verse 42, I will remember my covenant with Abraham.
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I will remember the land.
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Verse 44, I will not cast them away nor shall I abhorred them to utterly destroy them, speaking
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of the children of Israel, and break my covenant with them.
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He will not do those things, for he says, for I am the Lord their God.
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Verse 45, but for their sake, I will remember the covenant of their ancestors.
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So friends, no matter how long the exile, the covenant with Abraham will never be abrogated.
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And God says, I will remember the covenant and I will remember the land that was a part
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of that covenant.
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Wow, oh wow.
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00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:48,040
Leviticus 26 describes perfectly the 1900 years of exile of the Jewish people when they
59
00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:52,680
were kicked off the land, scattered throughout all the nations.
60
00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,440
And this is what it's all about.
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00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:03,720
And it describes though that after 1900 years, and it could have been 19,000 years, it doesn't
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00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:04,800
matter.
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00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:11,560
One day God said he would remember his covenant and remember the land and he would bring them
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back.
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And we are the privileged generation to see this happening in our day.
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Leviticus 26, amazing, amazing, amazing.
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Enjoy reading this week and I wish you Shabbat Shalom.
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