“Upon Edom I toss my Sandal,” says David – the David who wrote Psalm 23.
Have you ever wondered what that means?
Shoes
I found the meaning in the book STRANGE SCRIPTURES THAT PERPLEX THE WESTERN MIND by Barbara Bowen.
David says that actually twice, namely in Psalm 60:8 and Psalm 108:9, and he is talking there also about Moab and Philistia.
In the light of customs and conditions in Bible Lands, what is the meaning of “Upon Edom I toss my sandal?”
The shoe in the Bible days was considered unclean. Shoes were never worn in houses. They were left at a place near the door called mastaby. Shoes were spoken of in terms of great disrespect. Everything that was low and filthy was associated with shoes.
When David says, “Upon Edom I toss my sandal,” he says that Edom is like the place near the door, where the shoes are left, the mastaby. He degraded Edom to the highest degree.
Knowing this helps us to understand the following verses in the Bible better:
‘I have been sinking my bucket down into the well very frequently, but now my thirst after JESUS has become so insatiable, that I long to put the well itself up to my lips, and drink from it.'” – C. H. Spurgeon
To win a copy of “SET FREE”, tell us what God has set you free from.
THIS IS WHAT THE APOSTLE PAUL TEACHES IN
Romans 6:22: (NIV)
1. I HAVE BEEN SET FREE FROM SIN.
2. I have become a slave to God.
3. The benefit I reap leads to holiness.
4. The result is that I have eternal life.
“But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves to God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life.” – Romans 6:22 (NLT)
“Start asking,” I am reading today on a poster on my walk in our town (Kaitaia).
Another poster says, “Ask in store for details.” At the same place a second poster says, “Ask us for more information”.
“Give the Gift of Travel with a flight Centre Gift Card.” “Ask in store for more details.” Ask us about these & more amazing Samoa deals,” advertises the local Flight Centre. And here is one more poster: “Ask about our easy payment finance options.”
Banks, where you buy tyres, Flight Centres, etc., encouraging us to ask.
The BIBLE encourages us also to ask.
In Matthew 7:7 the Lord Jesus Christ says, “‘ASK and it will be given you.'” And in James 4:2 James writes, “You do not have, because you do not ASK God.”
“We have dedicated staff who concentrate exclusively on helping you switch banks painlessly,” says the ASB leaflet, I picked up not long ago. The leaflet is called “Success is trying out a new bank – without trying all their fees.”
And I can only say that I am very attentive. Why?
In my reading of the BIBLE – I started at the beginning of the year with the first book called GENESIS – I arrived at ACTS in the New Testament, and there it says 4 things about the early believers. They dedicated themselves to 4 things: (Acts 2:42)
1. The apostles’ doctrine:
We find 13 letters of the apostle Paul in the New Testament and 2 of the apostle Peter.
2. Fellowship with other believers:
There is secular fellowship and there is Christian fellowship. Christian fellowship is much deeper.
Here are seven things that believers have in common:
a. all born of the same father (John 1:13);
b. bought with the same price (First Corinthian 6:20);
c. members of the same Body (Colossians 1:18);
d. taught by the same Spirit (John 16:13)
e. walking in the same path (Second Corinthians 5:7);
f. serving the same Master (Matthew 23:8);
g. heirs of the same inheritance (Romans 8:17)
3. The breaking of bread:
Who may partake of Holy Communion?
Only those who belong to the family of God. We must be born into the family of God.
4. Prayer:
What is prayer?
“Prayer is worship addressed to the Father, in the name of Christ, and the power of the Holy Spirit.” – Dr. H. W. Frost
The ASB bank has dedicated staff who concentrate exclusively on helping people switch banks painlessly.
I am asking:
“Do we have devoted (dedicated) believers at the present time who concentrate on the apostle’s teaching, the fellowship, the breaking of bread and prayer?
