{"id":55033,"date":"2019-05-06T22:13:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T19:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=55033"},"modified":"2022-11-29T15:18:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T13:18:40","slug":"never-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/never-forget\/","title":{"rendered":"Never Forget!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[580,405],"acf":{"old_id":"55033","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":42588,"related_cahpter":"213","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"And always know what you\u2019re supposed to remember","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Book of Judges records a \u201ccycle of violence\u201d that the Israelites experienced in Israel after Joshua\u2019s passing until the establishment of a monarchy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Judges 2:11-21 the reader is provided with a thesis-style explanation of this cycle and its cause(s), which can be summarized as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Israelites failed to follow God and turned to foreign worship, God sent an enemy to attack them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The Israelites cried out to God and God sent a judge to restore the appropriate religious practice while simultaneously driving back the enemy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This theological explanation of \u201ccause and effect\u201d is exactly what we\u2019d expect from a theological work. But perhaps there is a more nuanced, \u201csecular\u201d message imbedded in this chapter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Verse 10 reads: \u201c<\/span><b>And there arose<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> another generation after them, <\/span><b>who did not know<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> YHWH\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The verse contains language that parallels another verse from Exodus, which recounts the beginning of the Israelite enslavement in Egypt (Ex. 1:8): \u201c<\/span><b>And there arose<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a new king, <\/span><b>who did not know<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Joseph\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The parallels push one to wonder about the similarity between the Israelites actions toward God and those of the Egyptians toward \u201cus\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the Israelites enslaved no one! And the enemy nations\u2019 gods\/armies did not defeat us!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what exactly was\/is the parallel \u201csin\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The key is in the word <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">yada<\/span><\/em><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which means \u201cto know\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In both cases, a NEW <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><\/i><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">generation\/person<\/span><\/em><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> AROSE that DID NOT KNOW what had come before. The verse does not claim that they <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">forgot<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> all that had been done for them, as one cannot \u201cforget\u201d what one did not \u201cknow\u201d in the first place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So the Egyptians couldn\u2019t have <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>remembered<\/em> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all that had been done for them by Joseph because they DID NOT KNOW! So they fear that Joseph\u2019s descendants would actually join with their enemies to destroy the country from within was believable and became real.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And the Israelites couldn\u2019t possibly <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">remember<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> all that God had done because they DID NOT KNOW! So the notion that engaging other religions\/gods could bring success was believable and became real.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We recently commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day with the words, \u201cNever Forget\u201d. The phrase implies that Remembrance is key if we are to avoid repeating\/experiencing the atrocities of the past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But do we <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">know<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> what we are supposed to <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">remember<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because if we don\u2019t&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":50797,"id":50797,"title":"dt16-remember","filename":"dt16-remember.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt16-remember.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/to-appreciate-freedom\/dt16-remember\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"dt16-remember","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":50796,"date":"2019-03-05 17:37:04","modified":"2022-03-05 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