MESSIANIC LESSON

776 UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLICAL MEANING OF AN OATH

 

Scripture: B’midbar (Num) 30:1-3 Oaths

 

SYNOPSIS: What is a vow? What is an oath? Are they different or synonymous? "On my honor, I will never betray my badge, my integrity, my character, or the public trust. I will always have the courage to hold myself and others accountable for our actions. I will always uphold the Constitution, the community, and the agency I serve, so help me God." Today we are going to become the world’s law enforcement team. We are going to learn the 9 keys to a biblical oath. 

 

HASHABBAT LESSON 1: VOWS & OATHS. B’midbar (Num) 30:1-3 Oaths. B’resheet (Gen) 28:20-22 Ya’akov made this vow. Luke 2:22-35 Keeping the vow. B’midbar (Num) 3:13 all these the parents must keep their oaths. Vayikra (Lev) 12:8 Lamb or pigeon. Luke 2. Yesha’yahu (Isa) 9:5-6 Presentation of the vow, to keep their oath. Luke 2:34-35. B’midbar (Num) 30:3(2).

 

HASHABBAT LESSON 2: 9 KEYS TO KEEPING YOUR OATH. D’varim (Deut) 29:9-14 I am not making this covenant and this oath only with you. HONOR. Sh’mot (Ex) 20:12 honor and live. BETRAY is defined as breaking faith and proving false. D’varim (Deut) 5:17 Do not betray ELOHIM. The BADGE is a visible symbol of the power of your office. D’varim (Deut) 6:4-9 your badge. INTEGRITY is firm adherence to principles, both in our private and public life. Iyov (Job) 2:3 fears God and shuns evil. CHARACTER means the qualities and standards of behavior that distinguish an individual. Mishal (Prov) 20:11 character of even a child is known by how he acts.  The PUBLIC TRUST is a duty imposed in faith to those we are sworn to serve. Yochanan (JN) 14:1 follow the way, the truth, and the life.COURAGE is having the “heart,” the mental, and the moral strength to venture, persevere, withstand, and overcome danger, difficulty, and fear. D’varim (Deut) 31:23 the heart of moral strength. ACCOUNTABILITY means that we are answerable and responsible for our actions. Mishal (Prov) 16:1 responsibility. COMMUNITY is the municipalities, neighborhoods, and citizens we serve. Luke 10:27 Serve with these things to keep you oath.

 

 

 

HASHABBAT LESSON 1: VOWS & OATHS. B’midbar (Num) 30:1-3 Oaths

Num 30:3 (2)  when a man makes a vow to YEHOVAH or formally obligates himself by swearing an oath, he is not to break his word but is to do everything he said he would do. 

 

VOW: H5088 נדר / נדר neder / nêder BDB Definition: 1) vow, votive offering. FROM H5087 נָדַר nâdar naw-dar' A primitive root; to promise (positively, to do or give something to God): - (make a) vow.

 

OATH: H7650 שׁבע shâba‛ BDB Definition: 1) to swear, adjure 2) to swear, take an oath

 

Boy Scout Oath or Promise

On my honor, I will do my best, To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.

Note that the Boy Scout Oath has traditionally been considered to have three promises. 1) Duty to God and country 2) Duty to other people 3) Duty to self

 

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Every morning school children, across the United States of America, place their hand across their chest, above their heart and, in unison, recite the Pledge.

Because the Pledge as become so ingrained in our daily life, like so many other things, we can habituate to its presence and stop paying attention to its deep meaning.

 

DOCTORS OATH

The original version of the oath, as Hippocrates is believed to have written it, spells out several ethical bases of the medical profession; for example, it speaks of respecting one's instructors, using medical knowledge to help rather than harm, and safeguarding patients' privacy. Most important, it emphasizes that patients are to be treated not as cases or experimental subjects, but as human beings worthy of respect and compassion.

 

POLICE

"On my honor, I will never betray my badge, my integrity, my character, or the public trust. I will always have the courage to hold myself and others accountable for our actions. I will always uphold the Constitution, the community, and the agency I serve, so help me God."

  

PRESIDENT

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."

 

Traditional Wedding Vows

"I, ___, take thee, ___, to be my wedded husband/wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part, according to God's holy ordinance; and thereto I pledge thee my faith [or] pledge myself to you."

 

HOLD PLACE

 

B’resheet (Gen) 28:20-22 Ya’akov made this vow.

Gen 28:20  Ya`akov took this vow: "If God will be with me and will guard me on this road that I am traveling, giving me bread to eat and clothes to wear, Gen 28:21  so that I return to my father's house in peace, then YEHOVAH will be my God; Gen 28:22  and this stone, which I have set up as a standing-stone, will be God's house; and of everything you give me, I will faithfully return one-tenth to you." 

 

Ref: Gen_31:41  These twenty years I've been in your house—I served you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flock; and you changed my wages ten times!

 

Luke 2:22-35 Keeping the vow.

Luk 2:35  moreover, a sword will pierce your own heart too. All this will happen in order to reveal many people's inmost thoughts." 

 

Luk 2:22-23

 

HOLD PLACE

 

B’midbar (Num) 3:13 all these the parents must keep their oaths.

Num 3:13  All the firstborn males belong to me, because on the day that I killed all the firstborn males in the land of Egypt, I separated for myself all the firstborn males in Isra'el, both human and animal. They are mine; I am YEHOVAH." 

 

Luk 2:22-23

Luk 2:24 

 

HOLD PLACE

Vayikra (Lev) 12:8 Lamb or pigeon.

Lev 12:8  If she can't afford a lamb, she is to take two doves or two young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; the cohen will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.' "

 

Luk 2:24 

Luk 2:25-30

Luk 2:28 

Luk 2:25 

Luk 2:28

 

HOLD PLACE

 

Yesha’yahu (Isa) 9:5-6 Presentation of the vow, to keep their oath.

Isa 9:5  For a child is born to us, a son is given to us; dominion will rest on his shoulders, and he will be given the name Pele-Yo`etz El Gibbor Avi-`Ad Sar-Shalom [Wonder of a Counselor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace], Isa 9:6  in order to extend the dominion and perpetuate the peace of the throne and kingdom of David, to secure it and sustain it through justice and righteousness henceforth and forever. The zeal of YEHOVAH-Tzva'ot will accomplish this. 

 

Luk 2:28 

Luk 2:34-35

 

Num 30:3 

 

HASHABBAT LESSON 2: 9 KEYS TO KEEPING YOUR OATH. D’varim (Deut) 29:9-14 I am not making this covenant and this oath only with you.

Deu 29:9  "Today you are standing, all of you, before YEHOVAH your God—your heads, your tribes, your leaders and your officers—all the men of Isra'el, Deu 29:10  along with your little ones, your wives and your foreigners here with you in your camp, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water. 

 

Deu 29:11 

Deu 29:12

Deu 29:13-14

"On my honor, I will never betray my badge, my integrity, my character, or the public trust. I will always have the courage to hold myself and others accountable for our actions. I will always uphold the Constitution, the community, and the agency I serve, so help me God."

 

HONOR means giving one’s word as a bond and guarantee.

 

BETRAY is defined as breaking faith and proving false.

 

The BADGE is a visible symbol of the power of your office.

 

INTEGRITY is firm adherence to principles, both in our private and public life.

 

CHARACTER means the qualities and standards of behavior that distinguish an individual.

 

The PUBLIC TRUST is a duty imposed in faith to those we are sworn to serve.

 

COURAGE is having the “heart,” the mental, and the moral strength to venture, persevere, withstand, and overcome danger, difficulty, and fear.

 

ACCOUNTABILITY means that we are answerable and responsible for our actions.

 

COMMUNITY is the municipalities, neighborhoods, and citizens we serve.

 

 

HONOR. Sh’mot (Ex) 20:12 honor and live.

Exo_20:12  ה "Honor your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land which YEHOVAH your God is giving you.

 

 

BETRAY is defined as breaking faith and proving false. D’varim (Deut) 5:17 Do not betray ELOHIM.

Deu 5:17  ו " 'Do not murder. ז " 'Do not commit adultery. ח " 'Do not steal. ט " 'Do not give false evidence against your neighbor. 

 

The BADGE is a visible symbol of the power of your office. D’varim (Deut) 6:4-9 your badge.

Deu 6:8  Tie them on your hand as a sign, put them at the front of a headband around your forehead, Deu 6:9  and write them on the door-frames of your house and on your gates. 

 

INTEGRITY is firm adherence to principles, both in our private and public life. Iyov (Job) 2:3 fears God and shuns evil.

Job_2:3  YEHOVAH asked the Adversary, "Did you notice my servant Iyov, that there's no one like him on earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and shuns evil, and that he still holds on to his integrity, even though you provoked me against him to destroy him for no reason?"

CHARACTER means the qualities and standards of behavior that distinguish an individual. Mishal (Prov) 20:11 character of even a child is known by how he acts. 

Pro_20:11  The character of even a child is known by how he acts, by whether his deeds are pure and right.

 

The PUBLIC TRUST is a duty imposed in faith to those we are sworn to serve.

Yochanan (JN) 14:1 follow the way, the truth, and the life.

Joh_14:1  "Don't let yourselves be disturbed. Trust in God and trust in me.

 

 

COURAGE is having the “heart,” the mental, and the moral strength to venture, persevere, withstand, and overcome danger, difficulty, and fear.

D’varim (Deut) 31:23 the heart of moral strength.

Deu_31:23  YEHOVAH also commissioned Y'hoshua the son of Nun with these words: "Be strong and full of courage; for you are to bring the people of Isra'el into the land about which I swore to them; and I will be with you."

 

 

ACCOUNTABILITY means that we are answerable and responsible for our actions. Mishal (Prov) 16:1 responsibility.

Pro_16:1  A person is responsible to prepare his heart, but how the tongue speaks is from YEHOVAH.

 

 

COMMUNITY is the municipalities, neighborhoods, and citizens we serve. Luke 10:27 Serve with these things to keep you oath.

Luk 10:27  He answered, "You are to love YEHOVAH your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your understanding; and your neighbor as yourself." 

 

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