I heard a Bishop of the Church of England (Continuing) refer to Hannah's prayer as The First Magnificat.
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I would loved to have heard his services! Hannah's story has always fascinated me to want to study all I could about her.I heard a Bishop of the Church of England (Continuing) refer to Hannah's prayer as The First Magnificat.
Whereabouts in the country do you live, Cassia? I heard this Bishop in Finchley, but he can be heard on a regular basis at St Mary's Episcopal Chapel, Castle Street, Reading. Some of his sermons there can be downloaded from Sermons - St Mary's Castle Street.I would loved to have heard his services!
I live in Canada but thanks for the link. If he had a sermon specifically I would download it. It's not often I've heard a sermon about her.Whereabouts in the country do you live, Cassia? I heard this Bishop in Finchley, but he can be heard on a regular basis at St Mary's Episcopal Chapel, Castle Street, Reading. Some of his sermons there can be downloaded from Sermons - St Mary's Castle Street.
It was more extensive than that. It meant avoidance of anything from the grapevine.The vow of a Nazarite involved these three things,
(1.) abstinence from wine and strong drink,
When the period of the continuance of the vow came to an end, the Nazarite had to present himself at the door of the sanctuary with
(1.) a he lamb of the first year for a burnt-offering,
(2.) a ewe lamb of the first year for a sin-offering, and
(3.) a ram for a peace-offering.
What! No dolmates Thank goodness it was the symbolic meaning of what is to be from the heart.It was more extensive than that. It meant avoidance of anything from the grapevine.
Num 6.3 he shall abstain from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar, whether made from wine or strong drink, nor shall he drink any grape juice nor eat fresh or dried grapes.
In practice that meant not even eating stuffed grape leaves. (which I love)
Then why were fresh grapes and raisins included?BUT, it seems to me that it's the fermentation process that may have been dangerous at that time that God's protection covers.
Good point. Do you believe that when Paul vowed that he was treading the line between old and new?Then why were fresh grapes and raisins included?
Not really. It boils down to the issue brought up at the First Jerusalem council in Acts 15 - which exempted GENTILE converts from following the Law of Moses. It did NOT include Jews who came to faith in Messiah. They still had (and HAVE) to follow the Law in a New Covenant way.Good point. Do you believe that when Paul vowed that he was treading the line between old and new?
Ok that gets into some fairly hot topics that are off topic here. I think we'll move past the legalities and let the reader decide.Not really. It boils down to the issue brought up at the First Jerusalem council in Acts 15 - which exempted GENTILE converts from following the Law of Moses. It did NOT include Jews who came to faith in Messiah. They still had (and HAVE) to follow the Law in a New Covenant way.
Paul making a Nazirite vow, and paying for the animal sacrifices for other New Covenant Jews ending their Nazirite vows, made himself a living example that even in the New Covenant Jews are to follow the Law.
Indeed. That debate is very much for another forum.Ok that gets into some fairly hot topics that are off topic here. I think we'll move past the legalities and let the reader decide.
Fwiw that mindset can be the only OT reasoning that would disallow (gentile) women a place in Christ's Jubilee as a pattern of the OT being carried into the new. But since this forum precludes that that mindset toward women is a misconception then it's not on topic either.....
Paul making a Nazirite vow, and paying for the animal sacrifices for other New Covenant Jews ending their Nazirite vows, made himself a living example that even in the New Covenant Jews are to follow the Law.
Fwiw that mindset can be the only OT reasoning that would disallow (gentile) women a place in Christ's Jubilee as a pattern of the OT being carried into the new. But since this forum precludes that that mindset toward women is a misconception then it's not on topic either.
I think that the truth can set you freeYou raise an interesting question, Cassia. Is it possible - or how is it possible - to be truly egalitarian while following Torah?
I guess that depends on what you mean by egalitarian?You raise an interesting question, Cassia. Is it possible - or how is it possible - to be truly egalitarian while following Torah?