பழையதாகாத செருப்புக்கள் / NON WAXEN SANDALS
'ஆதவன்' வேதாகமத் தியானம் - எண்:- 1,022, நவம்பர் 15, 2023 புதன்கிழமை
"கர்த்தராகிய நான் உங்கள் தேவன் என்று நீங்கள் அறிந்துகொள்ளும்படிக்கு, நான் நாற்பது வருஷம் உங்களை வனாந்தரத்தில் நடத்தினேன்; உங்கள் மேலிருந்த வஸ்திரம் பழையதாய்ப் போகவும் இல்லை, உங்கள் காலிலிருந்த பாதரட்சைகள் பழையதாய்ப் போகவும் இல்லை." ( உபாகமம் 29 : 5 )
"And
I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old
upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot." (Deuteronomy 29:
5)
When God led the people of Israel out of Egypt and into Canaan, he did many miracles. Among them, we are talking about God's parting of the Red Sea, turning back the overflowing Jordan, destroying the Jericho fortress, raining manna, miraculously giving people meat and water in the wilderness. But today's verse tells a miracle like them.
Think
how many sandals we change in a year. However, we do not walk many kilo meters
in the wilderness like the people of Israel did. But those people walked
wearing the same sandal for 40 years. It was this miracle that Moses said, “thy
shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot." Yes, they were 40 years
new.
New
sandals cannot be bought and used in the wilderness, and people cannot also make
them and wear them immediately. Similarly, it is said that the clothes they
wore never get old. What a miracle this is!!! But we don't think too much of
these.
Beloved,
it is with this same thought that we come to the New Testament thought of
journeying toward the eternal Canaan. In the New Testament we are clothed with
salvation when our sins are forgiven and we are saved. Without this garment we
cannot enter the kingdom of heaven. This garment is the sign of the saints. "And
to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white:
for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints." (Revelation 19: 8) We
have to keep it carefully not becoming old.
Jesus
Christ also said this in his parable. "And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest
thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then
said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and
cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth." ( Matthew 22 : 13 )
Similarly,
we can know about sandals. Those sandals are Christ's preparation of gospel of
peace. This is what the apostle Paul said, "And your feet shod with
the preparation of the gospel of peace;" (Ephesians 6: 15) Yes,
the knowledge of our scriptures is always a weapon to use them properly and we
have to live according to them so they don't become old and they should always
be kept fresh.
"The
great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great
miracles:" (Deuteronomy 29: 3) says Moses. Yes, dear ones, as
spiritual Israelites, when we give ourselves to Him and live, as He did to the
people of Israel that day, God will miraculously treat us to keep our salvation
clothing and our knowledge of scriptures, our preparation to use them and our
evangelical life from not becoming old in our lives.
God’s Message:- ✍️ Bro. M. Geo Prakash
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