Bible Questions Answered:
Must we all pass under the, rod of God, or may we escape by praying the Our Father?
Helen/ Calgary, Canada
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
Leviticus 27:32 KJV
And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever
passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
Passing under the rod, just what did that mean?
Poems have been written, signifying that it meant punishment, but that is wrong!
Leviticus 27:32 NLT
Count off every tenth animal from your herds and flocks and set them apart for the Lord as holy.
Shepherds often kept their flocks of sheep in caves, for protection from animals and robbers.
When the shepherd herded his flock into a cave, he counted his sheep, by tapping each one that entered the sheepfold of safety.
Should the shepherd, determine that one was missing, out he must go to find the missing lost sheep.
This alone is the meaning of “passing under the rod.”
Jeremiah 33:13 KJV
In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 33:13 NLT
Once again shepherds will count their flocks in the towns of the hill country, the foothills of Judah, the Negev, the land of Benjamin, the vicinity of Jerusalem, and all the towns of Judah. I, the Lord, have spoken!
Now concerning the subject of chastisement.
The Lord's Prayer is “not,” a spiritual talisman!
There is no such device in the life of God's child. God's people are to be holy, for God is holy.
I Peter 1:15,16 KJV
15 But as He which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Chastisement:
Deuteronomy 8:5 KJV
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
Job 5:17 KJV
Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Psalm 94:12 KJV
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
Proverbs 3:11,12 KJV
11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of His correction:
12 For whom the LORD loveth He correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
John 15:2 KJV
Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit He taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Hebrews 12:5-14 KJV
5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him:
6 For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of Spirits, and live?
10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but He for our profit, that we might be partakers of His holiness.
11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Dear friend, are you under the rod of the Almighty? Has He counted you safe in His pavilion of salvation?
