{"id":70671,"date":"2020-02-25T11:22:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T09:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=70671"},"modified":"2023-10-17T15:08:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T12:08:30","slug":"figs-and-figments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/figs-and-figments\/","title":{"rendered":"Figs And Figments"},"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":[948,947],"acf":{"old_id":"70671","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":45752,"related_cahpter":"424","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Mindfulness - Jeremiah style\u00a0\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ancient Israel was a land that nurtured the Israelites when we fulfilled our Torah obligations, and spit us out \u2014 with maximum prejudice \u2014 when we did not. Here in Jeremiah 24, the prophet receives a vision that is both terrifying and encouraging. Though we have failed to uphold the covenant, and thus triggered the events which will result in the destruction of Solomon\u2019s Temple and our exile to Babylonia, there still remain enough of us clinging to God and Torah that we will be restored to the Holy Land within 70 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeremiah warned King Zedekiah that these events would transpire if he did not abort his foolish plan. Zedekiah was a weak puppet sovereign, installed by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to govern Israel as a province. Though God-fearing, Zedekiah also had ambitions of heroic glory. Against the repeated counsel of Jeremiah and others, he rebelled against the distant tyrant in Babylon.Though his underlying cause was just, his timing and strategy were woefully short-sighted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God may help those who help themselves, as He did in our battle against Amalek during the Exodus, but only if<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the people<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> retain God\u2019s good graces. Jeremiah knew the people were on the edge of disaster, and he warned Zedekiah repeatedly to accept the status quo. Because he would not listen, Zedekiah caused the Temple to be destroyed, his sons to be murdered before his eyes, and his eyes to be torn from their sockets. Eventually he died in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From this tragic tale we learn it is not enough to be right. We must also be mindful of good counsel, particularly when it contradicts our rash urges. 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