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Associated with the practices of the Sabbatical year there was a privilege extended which could be taken by those who had become servants. They could return to their home and be free, or they could become a love servant. He could chose to leave or stay. If he stayed, the cause was love. Love for his master. Love for his family. Ex. 21:1-5 Love for his masters family. Deut. 15:17 Having chosen servitude rather than freedom the servant would then receive a life long mark and sign of his consecration and love.
Do you suppose the saying, pinned to the wall. came from this practice? This servant and his commitment is a type of Christ and also of the church becoming a love slave unto the Lord. Bringing him before the judges (literally, before the Lord) would make this decision a legal and binding contract. The door post makes us think of the doors of blood in Egypt at the institution of Passover. Jesus is the door. The awl, a carpenters tool, how fitting. The hearing ear (created by the Lord. Prov. 20:12) pinned and pierced. Always bearing about in the body the markings of the master.
In relationship to the subject there is a Messianic prophecy which relates to the ear and its capability of hearing. Jesus heard perfectly the Words of the Father and was in full according with them saying that the Lord GOD had opened, carved or plowed His ear. He did not resist, nor cringe from the will of the Father. Isa. 50:5 Because Jesus heard with an awakened ear He was able to be in daily and constant contact with His Father. John 12:50 Because Jesus possessed a consecrated, listening ear He was also granted the tongue of the learned. Isa. 50:4 Words of wisdom, words of life poured forth from His lips. The Jews marveled at the learning which He displayed, knowing that He was unschooled. John 7:15 The last day church will have a leadership whose ears have been pinned to the door. They serve because of their love for the Lord Jesus and for that purpose alone. They have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the body of Christ. Their communication with the church will be in the wisdom and knowledge of the Lord and not that of man. There is a hue and cry, almost a wailing, today from the body of believers for an anointed ministry. Learning, education is good but it should never be substituted for an ear which is able to hear the voice of the Lord and communicate His will to His people.