"But I know that the
king of Egypt
will not permit you to go,
except
under compulsion
'So I will stretch out
My hand and strike Egypt
with
All
My Miracles
which I shall do in the midst of it;
and after that
he will let you go
I will grant
this people favor
in the
sight of the Egyptians;
and it shall be that when you go,
you will not go empty-handed.
But every woman
shall ask of her neighbor and the woman
who lives in her house,
articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing;
and you will
put them on your sons and daughters.
Thus you will
plunder the Egyptians'"
(Exod 3:19-22).
September 11 2001,
a date with no particular significance,
became a permanent
sacred
memorial day in
America's national calendar.
October 7 2023 is, on
so
many
levels,
a day which will ever be a day
in Israel's
calendar associated with
America's 9/11
But it is
absolutely essential
to
point out
that
October 7 2023
was already a day
marked
with special
significance
in
Israel's calendar
for nearly
3,500 years!
The
21st of Tishrei
5784
(October 7 2023)
was also the
final day of Succoth,
a day when
Jewish
people around the world
celebrate
the
Giving of the Torah
(Deut 31:10-11; Neh 8:18).
As providence would have it,
on the same day
Israel faced
yet another
horrific national tragedy,
we were also
gathered around the
Torah Scroll,
physically embracing
and
celebrating the
GIFT of
God's eternal
WORD
Look again at Exodus 3:19-22. Therein,
God makes
a very detailed
promise to
Moses about
Israel's
future deliverance
And in Exodus 12:35-36,
everything
God
promised comes
TRUE
down to the
finest of details
As painful
as the 21st of Tishrei 5784
has now
become in our modern calendar,
let us never forget
that the 21st of Tishrei is also
a day
in our calendar when
we have been
holding onto
God's irrevocable Promises
for the
entire
history of our people!
And just as God
fulfilled
ALL HIS PROMISES
to Moses
nearly 3,500 years ago,
so
He will do it again!:)