Weekly E-mail Reminder

	HIDDEN LDS/JEWISH INSIGHTS Lesson #10 New Testament Gospel Doctrine supplement by Daniel Rona Weekly E-mail Reminder << TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU, AND LEARN OF ME >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (1.) Unfair Yoke: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Mosaic law about the unfairness of plowing with a donkey and an ox is clearly visible when looking at the lesser creature. "Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together."  (Deuteronomy 22:10) Consider that the Lord wants to relieve us of the unfairness in life. He is saying, in effect, "I am carrying the burden; take advantage of it." In learning this principle, following Him and giving our burdens to Him (He has paid for them already), we cleanse our inner selves and are able to better serve Him. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (2.) Getting Stoned: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Biblical punishments were based on the crime, unlike today's punishments, which are based on the person or the circumstances. Stoning was the punishment for a number of capital sins including murder, adultery, blasphemy, breaking the Sabbath, apostasy and rebellion against parents. Rabbinic interpretations of the ancient Jewish law of stoning indicate that it that the convicted person be thrown over a cliff. One of at least two witnesses (and thereby accusers) was responsible to make sure the criminal was dead. The aversion to directly taking another's life would motivate having the fall cause the death of the accused. A witness/accuser always had to cast the first stone and then all others threw stones to cover the body (the burial). Abandoned quarries (where the "stone was rejected") would be likely locations for such infrequent executions. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (3.) Sabbath Day, Three Symbolic Reasons: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Remembrance of the creation; (Exodus 31:13-17) Delivered from bondage in Egypt; (Deuteronomy 5:14-15) Remembrance of the atonement; (Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, Pg.452) "So important is Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) that it is the only fast day which may be observed on the Sabbath and is never postponed until the next day. Moreover, the Torah describes the holiness of Yom Kippur by calling it the "Sabbath of Sabbaths."  (Encyclopedia Judaica Jr.) To the Jews who commemorate the first two reasons for the Sabbath, a sip of wine is partaken, followed by bread. The prayers recited include a recollection of the past, with an eye to the future where an even greater deliverance is anticipated. To those who truly believe in the Messiah, the Sabbath day is commemorated by partaking of a morsel of bread followed by a sip of wine. The prayers are in remembrance of the greatest deliverance eternity will ever know. First, wine and bread (anticipation) then bread and wine  (remembrance); these are the symbols of the Sabbath, a joyful thought of redemption! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (4.) Festivals of Redemption: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sukkoth (first full moon after the first day of Fall) is a sequel to Passover, (first full moon after the first day of Spring). In the festival of deliverance called Sukkoth, the booth, (tabernacle, hut or bowery) must be large enough to accommodate the entire family and still be large enough to welcome at least seven guests with enough food to feed them! Both at Passover and Sukkoth, the door is left open for the expected guests (who will come unexpectedly). They include Elijah, Moses, Aaron, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and David. Latter-day Saints believe in the returning of prophets and messengers. Several of the above mentioned "guests" have already come!
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