Sad times had descended upon Israel.  There was a priest there called Eli who was a man careless in the things of the Lord.  He had no control over his two sons, who acted in a depraved way.  Israel had never walked with God in a proper way but sometimes followed the Lord, limping while […]

During the Exodus from Egypt, God gave the Israelites the Ten Commandments and many statutes and ordinances. One such rule (actually a command) was the Sabbath of the seventh year, otherwise known as the Shemitah or Shmita year. “When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a sabbath to the LORD. […]