February Reflections & Corrections 

It didn't for me either

nor could I find that video

It’s there now, at least it worked for me.

Exactly. Nearly every ethnicity, religion and people group has been enslaved (forced, involuntary, brutal, dehumanizing) by some other group, and there are slaves today in the worst sense of the word, notwithstanding our modern vernacular. It's also important to state that it was ACTUAL, GOD-loving Christians in England and the United States who fought to free African slaves and ended the Atlantic slave trade.

Thank you.

Yeah, I'm pretty tired of the U.S. and Britain always being singled out for doing what a lot of cultures participated in. That's not to say it wasn't bad still but some people act like in began and ended here which is doing a disservice to history and all the people throughout history that had to endure slavery. Not to mention the 50 million people estimated to be subject to some form of slavery *today*.

Thank you.

I agree that I'm tired of Great Britain and America being singled out when, in fact, Great Britain and then America awhile after, were among the first countries to abolish slavery while it was still common in many others.

Hi, just click and wait. The video would play on it's own. You have the right link.

Thank you.

The people in Biblical times were agrarian; they worked the land to support their families, to sell to others who did not own land and to give to the poor in the community. Therefore, those who didn’t own land to farm would work for others for either wages or as servants who were provided for. (See both the laws for treatment of slaves & Jesus’ parable of hired workmen. Both these situations are illustrated.) Sometimes they would become part of the family & the piercing of the ear was the outward sign of this. There is no question that buying & selling people for any reason is evil. Today, most of us work for employers for our living. There are obligations on the part of both employer & employee, i.e. an honest day’s work for fair wages. In addition to the evil slave trade we still see exists today, we are enslaved to our government who takes from our wages taxes at a much higher rate than God required for His offerings (10%). This is stealing, which is also prohibited. There must be a fair exchange and I’m afraid that what we experience today is far different from what God intended. Our government is out of control & fiscally irresponsible. I want to see us go back to God’s original intent for society, taking care of our own & leaving other societies to do the same for theirs. We are not the god of the whole world, but we are responsible for our people. The American people are very charitable and give to worthy causes without coercion.

Click where it says “more” next to the date of release to read the full video description and scroll all the way to the bottom.

I think your examples are of Israelites being enslave by other cultures. Tara Leigh is talking about what happened when Israelites had “slaves.” (So Joseph was an Israelite, yes, but he was enslaved by Egyptians, not by Israelites.) God’s rules for “slavery” were the indentured servitude kind.

Egyptian slavery was not the same as debts God allowed

I think Tara-Leigh's referring to the servitude God established with the Israelites, not the sinful slavery in other cultures. He was setting them apart.

I agree. Deuteronomy 23:15 States that you shall not give up to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you. Why are people escaping if this is just a debt situation and not forced labor? Inquiring minds want to know. I have very mixed emotions 😕 about these issues.

Kat K, I found good commentary on that verse. Keep asking good questions and asking God to help you with answers!