This Week In The News
Current Events
By Norbert Link
We address further developments in the USA after Trump’s debacle during the midterm elections, including the unconscionable decision to appoint radical Stephen Miller to the office of Chief of Staff and the hope of Pete Hegseth’s quick and long-overdue demise; Trump’s diesel deal’s uncertain fate; and the useless and time-wasting “talks” in Abu Dhabi regarding Russia and Ukraine.
We publish remarkable articles on Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg—a rare figure in today’s German landscape; the ongoing battle between Netanyahu und Eisenkot; and New Zealand’s state of limbo; and we conclude with an article about early developments in the Roman Empire regarding the divinity of Jesus Christ.
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Editorial
In the Depths of Sheol
As we were singing hymns last Sabbath, the words taken from Psalm 139 struck me more powerfully than they usually do. Psalm 139:7-8 reads, “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.” What particularly stood out to me was the statement about making a bed in “hell”, as translated in the New King James Version. What is this about? Certainly, the worldly perception of hell being a state of perpetual torture for sinners is not what David refers to, because such a place doesn’t exist. The word used here for “hell” is “Sheol”, a place that references death and the grave. Considering this more nuanced translation, this passage becomes richer in meaning and application in our own lives.
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How can we be pure and undefiled before God?
The Pharisees at the time of Christ, with all their traditions, rules and customs often missed the mark of God’s intentions. For example, they criticized Christ’s followers for not “washing” their hands before eating.
We read in Mark 7:1-9:
“Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes came together to Him, having come from Jerusalem. Now when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault. For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders. When they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other things which they have received and hold, like the washing of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and couches. Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, ‘Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?’ He answered and said to them, ‘Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: “THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM ME. AND IN VAIN THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE COMMANDMENTS OF MEN.” For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.’” He said to them, ‘All too well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.’”
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