{"id":67197,"date":"2019-12-18T12:19:48","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T10:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=67197"},"modified":"2023-07-13T09:00:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T06:00:28","slug":"points-to-ponder-isaiah-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/points-to-ponder-isaiah-41\/","title":{"rendered":"Points to Ponder &#8211; Isaiah 41"},"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":[],"acf":{"old_id":"67197","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":38102,"related_cahpter":"375","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"","content":"<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Announced the generations<\/em>. This is an epithet of God, used in verse 4 &#8211; the God of history. But it doesn\u2019t just refer to predicting events, but actual direct involvement in them. Cyrus, for instance, didn\u2019t show up of his own accord. \u201cI have roused him [Cyrus] from the north, and he has come [to conquer Baylon], From the sunrise, one who invokes My name&#8230;\u201d (verse 25).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Seed of Abraham My friend<\/em> (verse 8). This is a love with roots, a reciprocal love. This is what a serious, stable relationship is made of. Not nails and rivets, like the idol-makers use (verse 7): \u201cHe says of the riveting, \u201cIt is good!\u201d And he fixes it with nails, That it may not topple.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The worm of Jacob<\/em> (verse 14). How does a worm feel? That\u2019s how Israel feels in exile.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>What\u2019s the connection between Rishon Letzion and Mevaseret<\/em> (two Israeli cities)? 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