Viúvas
A Bíblia revela um cuidado especial de Deus pelas viúvas. Ao longo das Escrituras, encontramos mandamentos claros de proteção, justiça e compaixão, refletindo o caráter amoroso do Senhor.
A proteção divina
Deus se apresenta como defensor das viúvas, garantindo que não fiquem desamparadas. Ele acolhe os que sofrem e sustenta os que perderam seu amparo terreno.
Sing unto God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], sing praises to his name: extol (to lift up; to praise; to esteem) him that rides upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, [is] God- Yah [Behold The Hand] (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) in his holy habitation.
The LORD-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate] preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
Justiça e compaixão
A Palavra ordena que seu povo pratique a justiça, protegendo os mais frágeis e defendendo a causa dos necessitados.
Open youi mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Thus speaks the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) Tz’va’ot [of the Heavenly Armies], saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
You2f shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.
If youi afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
And my wrath shall grow (become; advance) hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.
O chamado da Igreja
No Novo Testamento, o cuidado com as viúvas é expressão genuína da fé cristã. Tiago declara que a religião pura inclui visitar os necessitados.
Pure religion and undefiled before God-The Father and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Honour widows that are widows indeed.