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Y o k e
T he Scriptures are unequalled in all the realm of literature for the manner in which they take the ordinary and the commonplace and teach deep and lasting truths. A case in point is that of the word yoke. The Hebrew ol, motah, mot and tsemedh (pair of yoked oxen). The New Testament Greek employs zeu- gos and zugos. The yoke of Old Tes tament times was a bar of timber usu ally with two parts of the under sur face cut away to rest on the necks of two oxen. It was used to draw a cart or plow (Num. 19:2). Both in the Old and New Testa ments the term yoke is used sym bolically or figuratively in a variety of meanings. The yoke stands for any burden placed on an individual as a means of subjection; thus it is a symbol of oppression and servitude (note Gen. 27:40; 1 Ki. 12:4,11; and Nahum 1:13). When the domination was unusually severe, the wooden yoke was replaced by a yoke of iron (see Deut. 28:48). In a very vivid scene in Jeremiah 28, the prophet of God had made a wooden yoke to warn Israel of the impending exile to Baby lon. The false prophet Hananiah, prophesying liberation from Baby lonian oppression in a matter of two years, broke the wooden yoke on the neck of Jeremiah. The latter, by the word of the Lord, then predicted a yoke of iron for Israel instead of a yoke of wood. The Book of Lamentations furnishes two usages of our word. Once yoke represents authority in general, to which a man in his youth does well to give heed and obedience (Lam. 3: 27). Again, yoke represents the bur den of sin and transgression which is heavy upon the neck and heart of the sinner (Lam. 1:14). In Hosea 11:4 is found the puzzling phrase “ yoke on their jaws.” It has been variously interpreted. Some think it is a horse bit; others suggest it is a reference to the yoke that hinders their feed ing. Apparently the latter is better suited to the context. Although the New Testament does use the term yoke in the literal sense (Luke 14:19), it generally employs the word in a symbolical sense. At
the very important Jerusalem Coun cil in Acts 15, Peter argued eloquent ly against placing the yoke of relig ious ceremonies connected with the Mosaic law upon Gentile believers (v. 10). This is a strong expression for the law (see Matt. 23:4). It is not just the burdensome ceremonies that are meant, but the obligation to ful fill the whole law (Gal. 5:1-3). The closer one came to the Lord, the more unbearable such a yoke would be come. In 2 Corinthians 6:14 the un equal yoke is mentioned. The refer ence is to men and women who do not have a common bond of faith in God. A believer and unbeliever are utterly different in basic spiritual matters. The figure derives from the yoking of animals of different kinds and natures (cf. Lev. 19:19 and Deut. 22 : 10 ). The yoke of slavery is noted in 1 Timothy 6:1. The practice of slav ery was one of the most perplexing of all the social evils that early Christianity had to contend with. There was a danger, however, of Christian slaves feeling they were above their heathen masters (Eph. 6:5; Col. 3:22 and Titus 2:9). The ex pression “ yokefellow” is used only once in the New Testament in Phi- lippians 4:3. It means colleague or comrade, one in the same gospel yoke of service. It has been suggested that Paul is speaking of his own wife. This is untenable in view of 1 Cor inthians 7:8 and 9:5, and because the word is in the masculine gender. It has been conjectured that it is a prop er name. It could refer to a helper like Luke, Epaphroditus or Timothy. The word yoke appears in one of the great paradoxes in Christ’s teach ing found in Matthew 11:29,30. The Lord indicates His yoke is kindly and His burden is.light. He is contrasting His teaching (light yoke) with the burdensome regulations of the scribes and Pharisees (heavy yoke). Christ’s yoke and standard for life are kindly because they are “ lined with love.” Blessed is the lot of the one who learns to rest himself body, soul and spirit under the benevolent and be neficent yoke of the blessed Son of the Father. END.
Rev. F.v. Dabold Founder-Director
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