Meant to have hope

When Moses by the Law explained how we by God are meant to be as human beings (especially found in Leviticus 19) he said, among other things:

”Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.” (Leviticus 19:32-36)

By these commandments Moses referred to the two or three levels described elsewhere on this blog – here as two or three levels of salvation. In the first commandment we find a reference to deliverance, by it saying we shall distinguish the elder from younger and fear God bearing our lives. In the next commandment we find a reference to escape, by it saying we shall love a refugee residing with us as we love ourselves. In the last commandment we find a reference to redemption, by it saying we shall not judge contrary to God’s will. God’s recurring reminding in these commandments about the struggle for existence the Children of Israel experienced in Egypt is a reminding Israel in Egypt had no hope.

Repeatedly in these commandments God says: “I am The Lord your God.” “Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.” (Leviticus 19:37)

Belongingness of these commandments of God to the overall wisdom of the Ten words referred to on my web site would here be by the words Want, Will, Descent.