Have a good day, is often heard in casual greetings. Today may be a good choice of a day, Here in 2018; today is the 15th of AV. A highly regarded day by many, the end of dying for the wilderness troop (you ever feel like you’re just going in circles). It is also listed as the end of Jeroboam’s sin.
Solomon had died (as is the case in most cases (there was, that one; that was, and then; was not), and left the kingdom to Rehoboam. But there was a problem, Sure, it seams to look so easy, (and yeah we can do a better job), however; when you set in the drivers seat, there is a crashing reality that becomes very real.
Rehoboam was settling in, doing the pomp and protocols, but the people (who invited them) said hey; you know that we have been over working for a very long time, can you ease up on our burden (it’s very taxing on our well being). The answer came as, Let’s Kick it down the road three days,(go away, come again another day). How did that procedure work out?
Closed door sessions, how are we going to handle this, people thinking, saying, asking, stuff?
Two answers;
The old ones said, yes what the people are asking is reasonable and will be good for the nation. It may be a good time to ask, how did they come up with such a good answer, so quickly (maybe they new about the problem before the question was raised? But the would mean that they were putting their own interests ahead of the people they were supposed to be watching out for, to do the best for the nation. Not much of the “pledge our fortunes, and lives and sacred honor” going on here.
The young ones (those that had only been around the palace, not out in the everyday world) said, These people don’t know how this works, you need to show them how much worse it will be, if they keep up, with this, wanting to be able to live, and be able to have something to leave to their children.
People, said no.
Nation divided, (now easy prey for their outside enemies)
Jeroboam, seizes the opportunity to rule (best time to make a radical change things is in the time of unrest)
Probably best then, to do the things, that will help your nation be a rest, while you have the chance, you know, if you care about your nation.
One tried and proven idea, is that when someone takes over the control, is to change the rules that enabled you to obtain the control, so that no one else can get your place.
Jeroboam knew, that if the people would get back together (the three times a year to come together to worship G-D), that he would lose his hold over them, (have to keep the people always fighting against each other by any means, so you can exploit them). So here are your new idols, we will call them Dan and Bethel. What are the names of today’s objects of worship?
Today is the 15th of Av, would it be another good day, maybe to see what is best for we, as a people, as a nation, or should we just let those; who seam to only think, that the people and the nation are just another thing to be exploited, to have another, business as usual?
Either way, It’s going to cost.
Tablet 