Parasha: Nitzavim
The Secret Things
Nitzavim - נצבים : "You are standing"
Torah : Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20
Haftarah : Isaiah 61:10-63:9
Gospel : Acts 19-20
Thought for the Week:
When we attempt to take possession of the secret things of the LORD, we find that they slip through our hands and leave us fractured and divided. There is no forum for unity when unity depends upon defining the indefinable.
Commentary:
Deuteronomy 29:29: Some things God has revealed to us. Of some things He has granted us glimpses. Some things have remained closed. There are a great many things we do not know. There are many things that the Scriptures have only hinted at. We are left guessing at what lies beyond the edge of our perception.
What is the reward of the righteous and the punishment of the wicked after the grave? What is the nature of God? How is He to be fathomed and explained? What is the nature of Messiah? How do we reconcile His Divine nature with His humanity? What of the problem of evil? What is ...
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- Never Will I Leave You
- Circumcise Your Heart
- United We Stand
- The Greatness of Repentance
- Choose Life
- Circumcision of Messiah
- They Forsook the Torah
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