Deuteronomy 15
I would so love for the modern banks to do this - every 7th year all debts are cancelled for ones fellow countrymen.
The way that the western world is getting into debt (The UK national debt is greater than the number of stars in our milky way galaxy - these numbers are not simply astronomical - there are economics gone mad!) It may be that at some point in the future the world will have to forgive debts.
God says that there will always be poor people in the land but they must not be ill treated and must not be denied credit if the time to cancel debts is coming up before the debt is likely to be repaid.
Any fellow country person who becomes poor and sells themselves to be a servant or slave must be freed at the end of the seventh year. The end of their term of employment, they should be given gifts and not just be turfed out.
A servant who wants to carry on his employment after seven years will have his ear pierced using an awl into the doorpost of the house. this person will then be in the family for life. Such an arrangement was outlined by the servant of Ben Hur in the novel by Lew Wallace.
The work the servant has given in the term of labour is better than 12 years of service from a hired hand or forced labour.
The last part of this chapter kind of takes a side step - in that the firstborn of any womb belongs to God - this includes all domestic animals.
Deuteronomy 16
You know what, this chapter outlines the different festivals that are to be celebrated - we have had these before so we will pass over the passover, skip the weeks, camp out in tabernacles,
Local government is commanded in this chapter - every town is to appoint a judge who is impartial and not open to bribes.
Follow Justice and Justice alone - this is a good maxim in my opinion, a lot of trouble in the world stems from people who believe that they have been denied justice.
The chapter ends with a warning - not to set up sacred Asherah poles or sacred stones for the worhip of other gods - this is contrary to the main commandments God hates this type of thing.
I would so love for the modern banks to do this - every 7th year all debts are cancelled for ones fellow countrymen.
The way that the western world is getting into debt (The UK national debt is greater than the number of stars in our milky way galaxy - these numbers are not simply astronomical - there are economics gone mad!) It may be that at some point in the future the world will have to forgive debts.
God says that there will always be poor people in the land but they must not be ill treated and must not be denied credit if the time to cancel debts is coming up before the debt is likely to be repaid.
Any fellow country person who becomes poor and sells themselves to be a servant or slave must be freed at the end of the seventh year. The end of their term of employment, they should be given gifts and not just be turfed out.
A servant who wants to carry on his employment after seven years will have his ear pierced using an awl into the doorpost of the house. this person will then be in the family for life. Such an arrangement was outlined by the servant of Ben Hur in the novel by Lew Wallace.
The work the servant has given in the term of labour is better than 12 years of service from a hired hand or forced labour.
The last part of this chapter kind of takes a side step - in that the firstborn of any womb belongs to God - this includes all domestic animals.
Deuteronomy 16
You know what, this chapter outlines the different festivals that are to be celebrated - we have had these before so we will pass over the passover, skip the weeks, camp out in tabernacles,
Local government is commanded in this chapter - every town is to appoint a judge who is impartial and not open to bribes.
Follow Justice and Justice alone - this is a good maxim in my opinion, a lot of trouble in the world stems from people who believe that they have been denied justice.
The chapter ends with a warning - not to set up sacred Asherah poles or sacred stones for the worhip of other gods - this is contrary to the main commandments God hates this type of thing.
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