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  1. Signs that save from destruction.<\/em> 399 chapters ago (Exodus 12), on the night of the exodus from Egypt, and the plague of the killing of the first born, whoever marked their house was saved from the plague of the destroyer. Find the differences between these two events in the history of the people.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The sign of the tav – X<\/em>. What did the mark (v. 4) on the foreheads of the people look like? Perhaps it was like the letter <\/span>tav <\/span><\/i>(the word used there), which in ancient Hebrew script – looked like an X.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Not collective punishment.<\/em> Marking the innocent in advance creates a just response. Whoever deserves to be saved – will be. This is actually exceptional in what generally happens in catastrophes of this nature. \u201cOnce the permission is granted the destroyer to cause harm, there is no distinguishing between righteous and wicked\u201d – Talmud bava Kama 60a. But this is in line with Ezekiel\u2019s sense of just retribution. Everyone is responsible for their own actions, and incurs the consequences that they deserve.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. I heard you!<\/em> God had also heard that \u201c\u2018The LORD does not see us; the LORD has abandoned the country\u2019\u201d (8:12). He also saw to what level of decadence and anarchy the people have sunk. Now He will show that the world has not been abandoned.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. The Temple<\/em>. \u201cBegin here at My Sanctuary\u201d (v. 6). Not only is the Temple not a shelter or a refuge, as it is in routine times for people who are threatened (see e.g. Adonijah, I Kings 1), and not only is it not protecting the people as many believed in Jerusalem – but precisely the opposite. The punishment will begin there. Perhaps because of what we were witness to, together with Ezekiel in the previous chapter.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. The Shechinah is on the move<\/em>. In verse 3, the Shechinah begins to leave the Temple. \u201cNow the Presence of the God of Israel had moved from the cherub on which it had rested to the platform of the House.\u201d Stay tuned for developments on the Shechina front in the next chapter.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","image":{"ID":86314,"id":86314,"title":"Points to ponder","filename":"Points-to-ponder.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/points-to-ponder-psalm-84\/points-to-ponder\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"points-to-ponder","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":86166,"date":"2021-01-09 20:56:58","modified":"2023-12-28 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