Winepress to Birthpains

[Ps. 8:3] When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
[4] What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Being the eight psalm, denoting a new beginning, it lens itself to the twentieth century and preparations for rebuilding the Temple – dwelling place for the Ark of the Covenant.
Like a winepress prepared for the judgment of G-d. Perhaps the prophetic winepress was being prepared for the wars of the century. Nations were to thrown into the crucible of
G-d’s judgment. G-d was preparing for the shaking of the nations. World War 1 was the first birth pangs of travail. It may have marked the beginning of winepress judgments.
In 1908, Jews in Slavic lands were enjoying a sort of respite from the brutal pogroms. Psalm 46 reflects upon the end of World War 2 which occurred in 1945. Psalm 68 has a reference to the six-day war in 1967. Psalm 83 names the combatants of the 1982 Operation Peace for Galilee.
Psalm 8 extols the L-rd. His glory is ablaze in the heavens and can be seen in the nighttime sky. G-d is preparing for the birth of a baby called Israel – among the lowly of earth babes and suckling. In 1908, preparations were already underway which would result in the birth of the nation destined to prepare for His descent to the Mount of Olives. At that point in time, He will still the enemy and the avenger once and for all.
Among so vast a universe, what is this new baby called Israel? He was to be born in 1948, a child abused, kicked around by the nations; yet Messiah will visit him, G-d will make Him to have dominion over the works of G-d’s hands.
[Ps. 9:6] O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
[17] The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
The psalm sets the pace for that special time which would witness the perpetual end of all destruction. The L-rd is preparing for the kingdom reign, and for the eternal destruction of the wicked.
Moshava Deganiah, which was Israel’s first collective settlement was established in 1909. It was a refuge for the oppressed. In 1909 that a group of Jews who had immigrated to Palestine stood upon the san dunes along the Mediterranean outside Joppa (know as the gate of Zion. They dedicated a new city in their Promised Land to be known as Tel Aviv.
The Ha-Shomer, and Israeli defense force made up of Jews, was established in 1909.It was the prototype for the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) of today which has won every war they have fought since 1948, sometimes against odds of one hundred to one.
[Ps. 10:16] The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
It is customary for the Jews to recite this psalm during the Ten Days of Penitence, the ideal season for repentance. Prophetically, the High Holy Days from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kipper represent a scenario for end time events. The Resurrection (Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Trumpets will be followed by seven years of tribulation (Seven Days of Awe), concluding with the glorious appearing of Messiah (Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement) as the great High Priest emerges from the Holy of Holies (heaven). On that day, the sacrificial blood will flow to the horse’s bridles.
[Ps. 11:6] Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
In each of these incredible psalms the message is the same – war clouds loom on the horizon. Nations are preparing to rise up against nations and kingdoms against kingdoms. World War 1 was the first of a series leading to Armageddon.
[Ps. 12:2] They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
[4] Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
It is the Song of the day on the seven days of the Sukkos Festival (Feast of Tabernacles), offerings were brought symbolizing eh seventy nations who surround Israel. On the eighth day the offering symbolizes only Israel who will remain alone and exalted in Messianic times as G-d’s Chosen People. IN the mist of darkening political climate, hope in the future Messianic kingdom was stirred. Politicians plotting clandestine activities in smoke-filled rooms. Armies were gearing up for confrontation. Peace talks would not succeed.
[5] For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
G-d sees the poor plundered and hears the screams of the needy, He will arise. He will whisper to the poor, I will grant safety. Whisper means G-d has not yet publicized His plans to take revenge on the wicked. But never fear for He is in control.