If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town. It's not at all what he asked for - sorry Steve! Shake thyself from the dust - To sit on the ground, to sit in the dust, is an expression descriptive of mourning Job 2:13.Jerusalem is here called on to arise and shake off the dust, as indicating that the days of her grief were ended, and that she was about to be restored to her former beauty and splendor. "Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit [on thy throne], O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bonds of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion." He said to them, 'Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money - not even an extra tunic. When the welcome wears off, as it will, learn to leave again, this time by the sea. Leave instead with a secret smile for all that leaving has to teach you. God Shaking Psalm 29:8. Topics on Shaking. Wherever they do not welcome you, as you are leaving that town shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.' And as it clings,… They were, however, to wear sandals but not a second tunic. Whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you, leave there and shake the dust off your feet in testimony against them.” So they went off and preached repentance. Verse Concepts. –Matthew 10:14. (Read full chapter The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; The Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. And yet, all of them mention a special action that they should take as a testimony against those who reject them: to shake the dust off from their feet! He said to them, “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave from there. Learn what it is to be welcomed for the coin in your purse, for strong hips in pushing a cart uphill, a firm voice in a good cause. You are a gift. Mark emphasizes "began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits (6:7)." If they don't, shake the dust off your feet when you leave their town. But when you give, you can’t control how a gift is received: it can be treasured or tossed, used or abused by the recipient. Apr 5, 2018 - “The difference between a garden and a graveyard is only what you choose to put in the ground.” -Rudy Francisco The dust reminds us of our origin, from where we’ve come, not where we want to go. Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible. Your presence, your skills, your ideas are a gift. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet. Whatever house you enter, stay there, and leave from there. Deserts, Specific. shake the dust off your feet against it. God Shaking. The dust will be used as a witness against them which makes sense of Luke’s statement “And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them” (Luke 9:5). Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet. This is a sonnet-format response to a friend's facebook post asking if there are any hymns about shaking the dust off one's feet. And, Luke's focus is "to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal (9:2)." Understand the meaning of Isaiah 52:2 using all available Bible versions and commentary. Smorgasbord Cafe and Bookstore – Author Spotlight – Life Changing Moments – Shake The Dust Off Your Feet by Sherri Matthews Posted on September 28, 2020 by Sherri Matthews Today, I am delighted and honoured to guest post at Sally Cronin’s Author Spotlight Life Changing Moments Series with ‘Shake The Dust Off Your Feet’.