{"id":7423,"date":"2015-11-02T07:19:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T15:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=7423"},"modified":"2015-11-02T07:19:19","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T15:19:19","slug":"protecting-our-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/02\/protecting-our-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Our Children from the Filth of Babylon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Genesis 24:6, 8<\/b><b>,<\/b> <b><i>Beware that you bring not my son there again.<\/i><\/b><i> <\/i>Why was Abraham insistent that Isaac not be exposed to Babylon? What was there to beware of ( Heb.\u00a0<i>shamar<\/i>\u00a0meaning \u201cto guard against, protect from, keep watch and ward, preserve, keep oneself from\u201d)?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/02\/protecting-our-children\/horse-manure-with-flies\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7424\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7424\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Dollarphotoclub_83477378-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Horse manure with flies\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Dollarphotoclub_83477378-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Dollarphotoclub_83477378-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Dollarphotoclub_83477378-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The key is verse seven. What does this teach us about protecting our children and loved ones from the corrupting influences of this world? We must be ever vigilant like a soldier on guard duty to preserve and protect our children from those things that could lead to their spiritual ruination.<\/p>\n<p>YHVH had led Abraham out of the spiritual filth of Babylon. In no way did he want Isaac to go back to what he had left behind. If Isaac had seen the prosperity and convenience of a Babylonian lifestyle, he might have been tempted to stay there \u2014 especially if he had found a suitable wife there. Abraham insisted that any potential mate leave Babylon and come to Isaac and not vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>Are we investing the necessary time and energy into our children to insure that they do not return to the spiritual Babylon from which we fled prior to our conversion, and that they find spouses who are willing to leave spiritual Babylon behind before marrying our children?<\/p>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'Protecting Our Children from the Filth of Babylon',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/02\/protecting-our-children\/',contentID: 'post-7423',suggestTags: 'Abraham,Babylon,Genesis,Isaac,marriage,the World',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genesis 24:6, 8, Beware that you bring not my son there again. Why was Abraham insistent that Isaac not be exposed to Babylon? What was there to beware of ( Heb.\u00a0shamar\u00a0meaning \u201cto guard against, protect from, keep watch and ward, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/02\/protecting-our-children\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[64],"tags":[215,281,21,217,455,1292],"class_list":["post-7423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-readings","tag-abraham","tag-babylon","tag-genesis","tag-isaac","tag-marriage","tag-the-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Protecting Our Children from the Filth of Babylon | Hoshana Rabbah Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/02\/protecting-our-children\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Protecting Our Children from the Filth of Babylon | Hoshana Rabbah Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Genesis 24:6, 8, Beware that you bring not my son there again. 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