Before reporting: I’m a mod

With Texas and other states forcing religion in public schools, this now is political.

  • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    I had some fun coming up with this one, I’m curious how it would resonate with a Jewish person seeing as I’m just a layman:

    And it came to pass in the latter days that the remnant of Jacob,
    who had been sifted among the nations and tried in the furnace of many kings,
    were gathered by the hand of the LORD
    from the north country, and from the coasts of the west, and from the valley where bones had been dried by the heat of man’s cruelty.

    And the LORD set their feet upon the hills of their fathers, and the watchmen again cried from the towers of Zion, and the vineyards were planted, and the fig trees gave forth their fruit. And the people rejoiced, and they said: Surely the LORD has done this, and none shall make us afraid.

    But in the days of plenty, the people’s hearts grew fat, and they forgot the covenant, and the law of mercy was no more upon their tongues. They hardened their faces against the stranger and the sojourner, and stretched forth the arm of strength against their neighbors.

    Then the word of the LORD came unto His servants, the prophets, saying:
    Thus saith the LORD: Remember the house of bondage, and how I bore thee on eagles’ wings out of the furnace of affliction.
    Deal justly, love mercy, and walk humbly before thy God, lest the land vomit thee out as it did the nations before thee.

    But they mocked the messengers of God,
    and despised His words, and misused His prophets,
    until the wrath of the LORD arose against His inheritance.
    And the hedge was broken,
    and the enemies came up as a flood from the east and the west,
    and the place of the sanctuary was laid waste.