1They were the tribe, clan sect, or fraternity known by his name, Rechab. Their founder was (spelling varies______/Jonadab) And he’s the son of Rechab see 2 Kings 10:23

7In 1 Samuel 15:22-23 Samuel said this to the word's first king. “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than to do this, And to heed than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.

8We see that God loves obedience. Even if that obedience is to some obscure command issued by an authority figure a long time ___

9Wine is the symbol of a settled life, because the vine requires time for its growth and care in its cultivation, while the preparation of the wine itself requires buildings, and it then has to be stored up before it is ready for use. The drink of nomads consists of the (WHOLE not 1or 2%) of their herds.

10But they said, We will drink no ____: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no , neither ye, nor your sons for ever:

2And God takes note of that contrast. He sees on the one hand the chaos and widespread disobedience of the people of Judah. And on the other hand, he sees the steadfast attempt of the Rechabites to (surrender, embrace, adhere to) their ancestor Jonadab

3He, therefore, enjoined them not only to (restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something) from the use of wine, but to live as the patriarchs did of old, and as many of their countrymen, the Scenite Arabs, continue to do at this day

4It reminds us in this respect of the more ascetic sects, such as the Bedouins and Wahabees of SAUDI OIL in the past centuries

5The Rechabites were a subdivision of the Kenites, the nomad (group of people) so closely connected with the Israelites

6Jonadab had laid on them the obligation to live in a special manner in order to keep them in the simplicity of (without fixed habitation who regularly moves to and from the same areas) life observed by their fathers, and to preserve them from the corrupting influences connected with a settled life

10Those who prepare are in the best frame to meet sufferings and live a life of self-denial, and despise the vanities of the _____