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diff --git a/_posts/breach.rst b/_posts/breach.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..533791a --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/breach.rst @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +category: + - faith +title: Stand in the breach +date: 2005-04-02T07:00:00 +--- + + Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His + chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath + from destroying them. `Ps 106:23 NASB`_ + +I wonder, whether Moses was not chosen just because he was willing to +stand in the breach for his nation, for others. + +Of course, the breach (Strong’s no. 06556 perets peh’-rets; dictionary +shows how incredibly dynamic word it is—something about “breaking out”) +is a great word for me (see `Ez 22:30`_) and something which really +makes me closer to what I feel to be my personal vocation. However, what +is interesting on this verse is that Moses actually exemplifies what +does it mean to stand in the breach. It is not about hopeless crying to +the God—“Please, do not kill!”, but much more hopeful position, where we +can trust in the God’s promises for the life of others or for our own +life. And just for future reference—a list of all verses in the Bible +with 06556: Genesis 38:29, Judges 21:15, II Samuel 5:20, 6:8, I Kings +11:27, I Chronicles 13:11, 14:11, Nehemiah 6:1, Job 16:14, 30:14, Psalms +106:23, 144:14, Isaiah 30:13, 58:12, Ezekiel 13:5, 22:30, Amos 4:3, +9:11. + +The pope John Paul II. died today. What his dying shown for me again was +a tremendous power of `Strength in Weakness`_. His willingness to be +powerless (while trying in vain to bless crowds with his “Urbi et orbi” +blessing). And all the rest of his death and post-humous pompous +celebrations were for me just sweet cherry on pie, but not the pie in +itself. + +.. _`Ps 106:23 NASB`: + http://www.studybibleforum.com/htm_php.php3?do=show_marg_and_gh&b=19&c=106&v=23 +.. _`Ez 22:30`: + http://www.studybibleforum.com/htm_php.php3?do=show_marg_and_gh&b=26&c=22&v=30 +.. _`Strength in Weakness`: + http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0830823689/ |