{"id":5350,"date":"2020-11-30T11:15:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T11:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/?p=5350"},"modified":"2023-05-11T13:19:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T13:19:08","slug":"hospitality-a-middle-east-custom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/hospitality-a-middle-east-custom\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitality &#8211; a Middle East custom"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5350\" class=\"elementor elementor-5350\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d7b587 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d7b587\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-id=\"5482da6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By Sue Smith<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2333c601 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2333c601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWait &#8211; what? It can\u2019t be!\u201d The exclamation was in Hebrew, since I was in a class on comparative religious literature in Israel. We were reading Genesis 18. The very first verse is mindblowing in the original language, especially for Jewish people who have been assured over the years that it is impossible for God to appear in human form. Yet there it is, plain as day:<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><div><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAnd the LORD (Yahweh &#8211; \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4) appeared unto him by the terebinths of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p><h2>God had come to visit<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Abraham was almost as shocked as my fellow student there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHe lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and said, \u201cO Lord,<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">if I have found favour in your sight, do not pass by your servant.<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree,<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">while I bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on\u2014since you have come to your servant.\u201d (Genesis 18:2-5)<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s interesting to note how many words in that chapter indicate how speedily Abraham attended to his guests. It all gives the feeling of his great eagerness to host these visitors. It was a great honour. Hosting was considered an honour in Abraham\u2019s Middle East &#8211; but all the more when you\u2019re hosting God himself.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5466f3bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5466f3bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27aced28\" data-id=\"27aced28\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48bf732e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"48bf732e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/10\/knock-scaled.jpg?w=768\" title=\"knock\" alt=\"knock\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57b04c\" data-id=\"57b04c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c871727 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c871727\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Way of expressing acceptance<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Abraham wasn\u2019t the only one to host the Lord &#8211; Samson\u2019s parents also hastily arranged refreshments for their surprise visitor, the Angel of the Lord, who speaks of himself as the Lord in first person. They were so shocked, Samson\u2019s dad fully expected to perish shortly after the encounter, having effectively seen God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">God loves to come and visit. In Revelation 3:20, he says:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBehold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visiting someone and eating with them is a way of expressing acceptance of them, like Jesus did with the wayward enemy-of-the-people Zaccheus. The dreaded tax-collector. \u201cI\u2019m coming to eat at your house today!\u201d He announced. And it led to a radically transformed life.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a3b1bcd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a3b1bcd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cfadfc3\" data-id=\"cfadfc3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-588083e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"588083e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>It builds relationship<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Entering a house, eating together, sharing food and conversation in a living environment is a great way of bonding and expressing love to one another. It builds relationship like nothing on earth. God wants relationship with us, so invites himself round for dinner. But he also expects us to host others, and to show love by doing so:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAbove all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God&#8217;s varied grace.\u201d (1 Peter 4:8-10)<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLet brotherly love continue.<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.\u201d<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Hebrews 13:2)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d755161\" data-id=\"d755161\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e2c6356 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e2c6356\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/10\/dinner-scaled.jpg?w=683\" title=\"dinner\" alt=\"dinner\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b2b9c30 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b2b9c30\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8797b0b\" data-id=\"8797b0b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc7a96a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dc7a96a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/10\/open-door-1-scaled.jpg?w=1024\" title=\"open door\" alt=\"open door\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-099a707\" data-id=\"099a707\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4ff106 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4ff106\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Who will you host?<\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hospitality is hard work &#8211; practically, emotionally, and can be costly financially, but it was something that our father Abraham eagerly rushed to do for those three strangers who showed up at his door. And he got much more than he bargained for.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s impossible to calculate the impact opening your home could have on your guests, or even on you! But in many ways those calculations are God\u2019s business. We just need to be obedient and quick to open the door to others. 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