Nehemiah 5:And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. 2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. 4 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
With inflation doing a number on us, persons who have become used to the snare of credit are finding themselves digging in deeper, just to make ends meet. Thus, we have observed over the years that once a person or government becomes ensnared with any one of satan’s traps, it often becomes very difficult to escape, and since that time when the nation first set its feet into the snare of credit, the debt ceiling has been raised about 78 times.
And as a result, we’re firmly in the grips of a never- ending cycle of borrowing, thus having to pay back enormous interest to the tune of 479 billion dollars each year, and counting. And folks can rest assured that the diabolical cycle would continue, until, like the proverbial albatross around our necks, we are forced into a day of grim reckoning.
When the Hebrews were about to pass through the lands that God had given to Esau, as an inheritance, they were specifically instructed to pay promptly for any goods and services that they would need along the way. They were not to distress the inhabitants of the land in any manner, and this was abundantly clear, given the way in which it was worded.
Deuteronomy 2: 2 And the Lord spoke unto me, saying, 4 Command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: 6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!