Jovial (9 Dec 2005)
"Questions....Answers...."
Why did Israel only win the battle against the Amalekites when Moshe' had his hands raised? Did G-d only love Israel when Moshe' had his hands in the air? Or was there another reason? There's a short summary on this at http://mywebpages.comcast.net/yoseph/ppts/s42j/sld001.htm , but its something I go into even more detail in "The 42 Journey Pattern...".
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/yoseph/ppts/s42j/sld001.htm summarizes a project that has an enormous amount of practical advice in it.....how to avoid complacency....how to deal with people slandering you.....faith.....dealing with worldly influences. No, it's not based on modern psycholo-babling or self-help techniques, but based on the Word and the stories of Israel's journey and the messages that are both in those stories and encoded inthe symbolism of the places they travelled.
God does a lot of things symbolically. In Numbers/B'Midbar chapter 16-17, God used a staff (MATTEY in Hebrew) to represent which tribe (also "MATTEY" in Hebrew) would be the priestly tribe. And to understand the language He speaks to us, we have to understand how He uses symbols.
There's so many startling answers to questions like this and more, that if you have not yet seen the slide show at http://mywebpages.comcast.net/yoseph/ppts/s42j/sld001.htm , stop and take a look at what you're missing. You'll be glad you did.
I'll be talking more about this Saturday night at 8pm EST, 5pm Pacific Time, or Sunday morning/afternoon if you live in the Pacific Rim area or thereabouts (Australia, India, etc). See http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jovial/ads/paltalk/Paltalk.htm for more details about this weekend's Paltalk broadcast.
Shalom,
Joe
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