“Once saved always saved”
Matt. 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Rom. 11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
Rom. 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Rev. 2:4 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Rev. 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
Rev. 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Acts 8:19-22 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
1 Jn. 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 Jn. 2:1-29 My little children, ---And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
Job 36:11-22 If they obey and serve [him], they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
Mk. 9:43-48 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Gal. 1:6-9 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
Rev. 3:14-19 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Moneychangers
Moses received Ten Commandments as Israel prepared to enter the Promise land, four of which dealt with one’s relationship with G-d and six with one’s relationship toward others. David, on the other hand, goes beyond those precepts, giving eleven additional commandments for those of Israel who would prepare to re-enter the Promise Land, all which dealt with one’s relationship with his fellow man. This text is for grooming those who were to abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill, Ps. 15:1.
The first Aliyah was in 1882-1903 possessed tenacity and will power. The Second Aliyah was in 1904-14 consisted of many young Russian revolutionaries who brought their socialist ideas of inhumanly high and many couldn’t stand the strain. They broke under the self-imposed discipline, and a great number, almost 80 percent, left. The Second Aliyah turned out to be a survival of the fittest, not necessarily the fittest in muscle but in a power stronger than any physical strength, that of innocence, those who survived became the core of the state.
[Ps. 16:2] He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
[3] He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
[4] In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
[5] He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
The tenth principle condemns those who would violate the Mosaic covenant against charging interest on loans. The present international banking cartel prospers on a principle of usury. When antichrist makes his bid for world domination, he will control the world’s currencies, requiring his mark for buying and selling. Perhaps Moses and David foresaw that generation which would yield to the control of the moneychangers
[1] Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
[6] The lines or boundaries of the Promise Land are kept by G-d. Even through the Sikes Picot treaty in 1916 tried to undermine Jewish rights to the land, the Chosen People are yet to prevail. Lord Balfour had written the declaration as a reward to Chaim Weizmann for his discover of the raw material for explosives. He found horse chestnuts were a perfect source of making acetone and butyl alcohol for explosives.
G-d was obliged to benefit Israel because of the saints who are buried in the earth. G-d must keep His promise to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David.
The term, thou maintainest my lot has been also translated, You guided my destiny. Through twenty long centuries, the wandering Jew thought he was alone, but G-d was there, behind the scenes guiding the course of events.
[10] For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Even in the midst of the fires of World War 1, the Chosen People were to witness a resurrection of Jewish hopes for their own land. After three thousand years in a political grave, Israel still was preserve from corruption. Messiah’s three days in the grave also may have been prophetic of Israel’s three millennia exile under Babylon, Media/Persia, Greece and Rome.
According to Rashi, this is neither a prayer nor a request. It is a prophetic statement about the future. G-d was unfolding His plan to deliver the Jewish people, return them to their land, and send Messiah to establish His Millennial kingdom. The following year, 1997 was to see a major development toward the fulfillment of that prophecy.
[Ps. 17: 8] Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
In that sacred city, which had been under the Gentile yoke exactly 2,520 years was freed on December 9, 1917, which was the first day of the feast Chanuka, or the 24th day of Chisleu. About 2,000 years before, according to the Jewish calendar, Judas Maccabeus, having taken possession of Jerusalem, re-dedicated the Temple and celebrated this remarkable victory.
It seems that G-d has a flare for fulfilling prophecies on the anniversaries of similar events which occurred in the pages of the O.T.
Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the L-rd’s Temple was laid, consider from this day will I bless you says Haggai 2:18-19. The time references of this chapter places it in the generation which will see the shaking of the nations; and I will shake all nations,, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the L-rd of host in Haggai 2:7.
They will conclude with the coming of the desire of all nations to establish the house with glory. Not only did Great Britain take Jerusalem on the 24th day of the ninth month, they entered the war against Germany on August 4, 1914, which, in the Jewish Calendar was on the 9th of Av, the anniversary of the destruction of both Solomon’s Temple and Herod’s Temple!
The first Aliyah was in 1882-1903 possessed tenacity and will power. The Second Aliyah was in 1904-14 consisted of many young Russian revolutionaries who brought their socialist ideas of inhumanly high and many couldn’t stand the strain. They broke under the self-imposed discipline, and a great number, almost 80 percent, left. The Second Aliyah turned out to be a survival of the fittest, not necessarily the fittest in muscle but in a power stronger than any physical strength, that of innocence, those who survived became the core of the state.
[Ps. 16:2] He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
[3] He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
[4] In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
[5] He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
The tenth principle condemns those who would violate the Mosaic covenant against charging interest on loans. The present international banking cartel prospers on a principle of usury. When antichrist makes his bid for world domination, he will control the world’s currencies, requiring his mark for buying and selling. Perhaps Moses and David foresaw that generation which would yield to the control of the moneychangers
[1] Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
[6] The lines or boundaries of the Promise Land are kept by G-d. Even through the Sikes Picot treaty in 1916 tried to undermine Jewish rights to the land, the Chosen People are yet to prevail. Lord Balfour had written the declaration as a reward to Chaim Weizmann for his discover of the raw material for explosives. He found horse chestnuts were a perfect source of making acetone and butyl alcohol for explosives.
G-d was obliged to benefit Israel because of the saints who are buried in the earth. G-d must keep His promise to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and David.
The term, thou maintainest my lot has been also translated, You guided my destiny. Through twenty long centuries, the wandering Jew thought he was alone, but G-d was there, behind the scenes guiding the course of events.
[10] For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Even in the midst of the fires of World War 1, the Chosen People were to witness a resurrection of Jewish hopes for their own land. After three thousand years in a political grave, Israel still was preserve from corruption. Messiah’s three days in the grave also may have been prophetic of Israel’s three millennia exile under Babylon, Media/Persia, Greece and Rome.
According to Rashi, this is neither a prayer nor a request. It is a prophetic statement about the future. G-d was unfolding His plan to deliver the Jewish people, return them to their land, and send Messiah to establish His Millennial kingdom. The following year, 1997 was to see a major development toward the fulfillment of that prophecy.
[Ps. 17: 8] Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
In that sacred city, which had been under the Gentile yoke exactly 2,520 years was freed on December 9, 1917, which was the first day of the feast Chanuka, or the 24th day of Chisleu. About 2,000 years before, according to the Jewish calendar, Judas Maccabeus, having taken possession of Jerusalem, re-dedicated the Temple and celebrated this remarkable victory.
It seems that G-d has a flare for fulfilling prophecies on the anniversaries of similar events which occurred in the pages of the O.T.
Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the L-rd’s Temple was laid, consider from this day will I bless you says Haggai 2:18-19. The time references of this chapter places it in the generation which will see the shaking of the nations; and I will shake all nations,, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the L-rd of host in Haggai 2:7.
They will conclude with the coming of the desire of all nations to establish the house with glory. Not only did Great Britain take Jerusalem on the 24th day of the ninth month, they entered the war against Germany on August 4, 1914, which, in the Jewish Calendar was on the 9th of Av, the anniversary of the destruction of both Solomon’s Temple and Herod’s Temple!
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.
[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.
The Beekeeper
Ps 5:6 Thou shall destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
The wicked advisor is comparable to the antichrist whose actions are predicted for the last days.
One cannot presume to know the identity of that future antichrist, but in 1905, his dynasty must have been busy planning for world government while plotting to take over the world’s economies. There may be a clue here, however, to link the antichrist with the ancient lost tribe of Dan. David directed the conductor to accompany this psalm on Nehiloth. The instrument was to be played in such a way as to sound like a swarm of bees. The song was dedicated to the time of attach and the droning, buzzing sound captured the mood of eh enemy hordes who swarmed around Israel like angry buzzing bees. This sound of bees may be a reminder of Samson’s riddle in Jug. 14:12-18. the riddle could have a prophetic meaning. Since the killer of the lion was Samson, a member of the tribe of Dan, the bees could be a symbol of Danites making honey in the carcass of the lion of the tribe of Judah. The Danites were suggested by the sages as the tribe which would one day give birth to the antichrist. The dying Jacob prophesied that Dan would judge his people in Gen. 49:16.
Ps. 118:10, 12 also makes mention of the bees refer to the time G-d will gather all the nations of the world and bring them to ascend against Jerusalem. This symbolism is most appropriate. When the bee gathers honey, it thinks that it is collecting the sweet nectar for its own use, not realizing that the beehive is under the control and supervision of a beekeeper. Similarly, the nations will gather around Jerusalem under the impression that they are fighting for their own gain. In truth, they are mere paws manipulated by G-d to fulfill His design for the world.
Could the lost tribe of Dan still be around, working behind the scenes and pretending to encourage the repatriation of Israel on one hand while on the other hand planning to declare one of their own future Messiah?
Jacob further predicted that Dan, as a snake, would bite the horse’s heel causing the rider to fall backward. This seeming riddle may be explained in light of a fast-developing movement to combine all the world’s currencies producing a global monetary system of exchange, and international banking cartel has effectively employed interest rates to take control of nations. The term usury comes from the Hebrew nasak, meaning the bite of the serpent. Perhaps Jacob’s prophecy and Samson’s riddle of Dan’s future plans present the underlying theme of David’s psalm.
The bees may also compare with the hordes of Russians who massacred whole Jewish communities in 1905, in what was described as Russia’s worst pogrom. There wee over 660 attacks, the worst being in November of that year. They were perpetrated by more than just soldiers. The masses of Russian peasants were led to believe the Jews were wicked and deserving of death.
Ps. 6:2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
David was gravely ill when he wrote this psalm. He had been bedridden for an extend length of time.
He had been bedridden for an extend length of time. He accompany this psalm with an eight-stringed Sheminith – the number eight heralding the future Messianic age when all illness will be healed.
[7] Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
In Jewish history the year 1906 was the bloodiest year for Russian pogroms against the Jews in Slavic history to that date.
Who is the beekeeper today?
The wicked advisor is comparable to the antichrist whose actions are predicted for the last days.
One cannot presume to know the identity of that future antichrist, but in 1905, his dynasty must have been busy planning for world government while plotting to take over the world’s economies. There may be a clue here, however, to link the antichrist with the ancient lost tribe of Dan. David directed the conductor to accompany this psalm on Nehiloth. The instrument was to be played in such a way as to sound like a swarm of bees. The song was dedicated to the time of attach and the droning, buzzing sound captured the mood of eh enemy hordes who swarmed around Israel like angry buzzing bees. This sound of bees may be a reminder of Samson’s riddle in Jug. 14:12-18. the riddle could have a prophetic meaning. Since the killer of the lion was Samson, a member of the tribe of Dan, the bees could be a symbol of Danites making honey in the carcass of the lion of the tribe of Judah. The Danites were suggested by the sages as the tribe which would one day give birth to the antichrist. The dying Jacob prophesied that Dan would judge his people in Gen. 49:16.
Ps. 118:10, 12 also makes mention of the bees refer to the time G-d will gather all the nations of the world and bring them to ascend against Jerusalem. This symbolism is most appropriate. When the bee gathers honey, it thinks that it is collecting the sweet nectar for its own use, not realizing that the beehive is under the control and supervision of a beekeeper. Similarly, the nations will gather around Jerusalem under the impression that they are fighting for their own gain. In truth, they are mere paws manipulated by G-d to fulfill His design for the world.
Could the lost tribe of Dan still be around, working behind the scenes and pretending to encourage the repatriation of Israel on one hand while on the other hand planning to declare one of their own future Messiah?
Jacob further predicted that Dan, as a snake, would bite the horse’s heel causing the rider to fall backward. This seeming riddle may be explained in light of a fast-developing movement to combine all the world’s currencies producing a global monetary system of exchange, and international banking cartel has effectively employed interest rates to take control of nations. The term usury comes from the Hebrew nasak, meaning the bite of the serpent. Perhaps Jacob’s prophecy and Samson’s riddle of Dan’s future plans present the underlying theme of David’s psalm.
The bees may also compare with the hordes of Russians who massacred whole Jewish communities in 1905, in what was described as Russia’s worst pogrom. There wee over 660 attacks, the worst being in November of that year. They were perpetrated by more than just soldiers. The masses of Russian peasants were led to believe the Jews were wicked and deserving of death.
Ps. 6:2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
David was gravely ill when he wrote this psalm. He had been bedridden for an extend length of time.
He had been bedridden for an extend length of time. He accompany this psalm with an eight-stringed Sheminith – the number eight heralding the future Messianic age when all illness will be healed.
[7] Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
In Jewish history the year 1906 was the bloodiest year for Russian pogroms against the Jews in Slavic history to that date.
Who is the beekeeper today?
Why do the heathen rage?
The sages taught that Psalms 2 describes Messianic times, the two proposed settings, past and future, present contradiction, David detected the seeds of Gog and Magog. Those rabbinic concepts form our introduction which in turn describes a political insanity among the Gentile nations of the world – evident in 1902, and building into one war after another, getting worse with the passing of the years.
A worldwide political unrest after the turn of the century created a climate for the coming global conflict. Repeated in Matt. 24:7.
Ps.1-2 had a first fulfillment at the time of our L-rd’s crucifixion, when the heathen, the kings of the earth, that is Pontius Pilate and Herod, on the one hand, and the people, the rulers, that is the Jews and the rulers of the Sanhedrin, on the other, branded themselves together against Y’Shua. But it waits a final fulfillment in the hostility of the last days, a hostility to be over thrown for ever, that the kingdoms of this world may become the kingdoms of the Father and His Son.
The L-rd shall nave them derision, the Talmud emphasizes that this is no ordinary mockery but rather it is the last laugh. Now where does Scripture record G0d laughing except on this day. A so-called ‘age’ of enlightenment emerged to topple thrones.
While men waved their respective flags, talked of the brotherhood of man, and shot accusations to each other.
It was suspected that this same movement which plotted the downfall of European monarchies planned to establish a one world monetary system. They hoped to eventually gain control of all governments, enthrone their own ruler, and thus deprive the L-rd’s anointed.
G-d is determined to set His King upon His holy hill of Zion. Messiah will establish a world-wide kingdom, be given the nations for His inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for His possession.
The second psalm aptly describes a political climate at the turn of the century which has Progressively developed through two devastating world wars, a series of Korea’s and Vietnam’s, and today’s mad race toward nuclear superiority. The world is rushing headlong toward another series of wars – the prophetic battle of God and Magog and the awesome Armageddon!
In psalms 3 & 4 the question is why is the chapter of Absalom juxtaposed the chapter of Gog and Magog? So you can reply that it is possible that a son should rebel against his father, yet it happened; and so this too will happen. If a wayward son could rebel, certainly the world could produce an antichrist who will attempt to usurp G-d’s throne.
The 1903 publication of the Protocols fueled a Jewish persecution which continued to increase throughout eastern Europe until it climaxed in the holocaust of Hitler. This corresponds with the mindset of beleaguered Jews. In 1903 many of the Russian Jews were crying out to their Maker for help.
The Uganda Proposal must have taxed the patience of G-d. In 1904 the leadership of the World Zionist Movement were split within the rank and file as to precisely which major direction to lead the Chosen People. Herzl’s strategy nearly ripped the Zionist Movement asunder, his own movement rebuffed him, tell him that there was but one place where Jewish state could be built, and that was in the Land of Israel.
Aliyah is a term meaning to come up. It is more than merely settling the land. Those who participate actually dedicate the reminder of their lives to bring about the completed state of modern Israel. In years following 1905, newcomers built roads, drained swamps, and began preparing the land for subsequent aliyahs. Twelve years later the British Balfour Declaration formally recognized Palestine as a National Home for the Jewish people.
Who will shew us any good – is a foreshadow of the pogroms of 1903-06. The First World Zionist Congress met in Switzerland in 1897. Policies were set in motion which would bring about the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Israel a half-century later. Thus were fulfilled the dreams of hose sages who saw a predicted Messianic era.
History repeats itself; can you see how the signs of that time have return to our time?
We have a worldwide political unrest, that gets worse with each passing year, but no need to fret for G-d is in control!
A worldwide political unrest after the turn of the century created a climate for the coming global conflict. Repeated in Matt. 24:7.
Ps.1-2 had a first fulfillment at the time of our L-rd’s crucifixion, when the heathen, the kings of the earth, that is Pontius Pilate and Herod, on the one hand, and the people, the rulers, that is the Jews and the rulers of the Sanhedrin, on the other, branded themselves together against Y’Shua. But it waits a final fulfillment in the hostility of the last days, a hostility to be over thrown for ever, that the kingdoms of this world may become the kingdoms of the Father and His Son.
The L-rd shall nave them derision, the Talmud emphasizes that this is no ordinary mockery but rather it is the last laugh. Now where does Scripture record G0d laughing except on this day. A so-called ‘age’ of enlightenment emerged to topple thrones.
While men waved their respective flags, talked of the brotherhood of man, and shot accusations to each other.
It was suspected that this same movement which plotted the downfall of European monarchies planned to establish a one world monetary system. They hoped to eventually gain control of all governments, enthrone their own ruler, and thus deprive the L-rd’s anointed.
G-d is determined to set His King upon His holy hill of Zion. Messiah will establish a world-wide kingdom, be given the nations for His inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for His possession.
The second psalm aptly describes a political climate at the turn of the century which has Progressively developed through two devastating world wars, a series of Korea’s and Vietnam’s, and today’s mad race toward nuclear superiority. The world is rushing headlong toward another series of wars – the prophetic battle of God and Magog and the awesome Armageddon!
In psalms 3 & 4 the question is why is the chapter of Absalom juxtaposed the chapter of Gog and Magog? So you can reply that it is possible that a son should rebel against his father, yet it happened; and so this too will happen. If a wayward son could rebel, certainly the world could produce an antichrist who will attempt to usurp G-d’s throne.
The 1903 publication of the Protocols fueled a Jewish persecution which continued to increase throughout eastern Europe until it climaxed in the holocaust of Hitler. This corresponds with the mindset of beleaguered Jews. In 1903 many of the Russian Jews were crying out to their Maker for help.
The Uganda Proposal must have taxed the patience of G-d. In 1904 the leadership of the World Zionist Movement were split within the rank and file as to precisely which major direction to lead the Chosen People. Herzl’s strategy nearly ripped the Zionist Movement asunder, his own movement rebuffed him, tell him that there was but one place where Jewish state could be built, and that was in the Land of Israel.
Aliyah is a term meaning to come up. It is more than merely settling the land. Those who participate actually dedicate the reminder of their lives to bring about the completed state of modern Israel. In years following 1905, newcomers built roads, drained swamps, and began preparing the land for subsequent aliyahs. Twelve years later the British Balfour Declaration formally recognized Palestine as a National Home for the Jewish people.
Who will shew us any good – is a foreshadow of the pogroms of 1903-06. The First World Zionist Congress met in Switzerland in 1897. Policies were set in motion which would bring about the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Israel a half-century later. Thus were fulfilled the dreams of hose sages who saw a predicted Messianic era.
History repeats itself; can you see how the signs of that time have return to our time?
We have a worldwide political unrest, that gets worse with each passing year, but no need to fret for G-d is in control!
Blessed is the Man
Ps. 1 David could soar above the boundaries of time: and sing of past, present, and future in the same breath, with the same words. To many Gentile Believers, the Psalms appear to be little more than the simple songs of an ancient Jewish culture. According to the Talmud, the three Hebrew letters of Adam’s name represent the initials of three men: Adam, David and Messiah. What Adam began, David continued, and Messiah will complete.
My members – is not part of the original Hebrew Scriptures. They were added by the translators. It was to be days. Reading: “in thy book all my days were written, which in continuance Chorological order) were fashioned when as yet there was none of them.
Seeing that G-d knew me before I was composed of either flesh or bone, much more now must G-d know me when G-d have fashioned me.
Blessed is the man – Israel is the man! The symbol of Israel as a baby is used many times in the Bible, G-d instructed Moses,…thou shall say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the
L-rd, Israel is My son, even my firstborn in Ex. 4:22. Symbolic baby as a picture of the rebirth of Israel, the commemorative coin for 1948 struck by Israeli government shows a woman, Rachel, with a new baby boy – Israel!
This verse appears to describe the mindset of world Jewry in 1901. It was at the fourth conference of the Bund (the Jewish Socialist Union) in Russia in 1901. Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, David enlarged upon the subject when he wrote about the birth of the baby (Israel), All the days ordained for me were written IN YOUR BOOK before one of them came to be’ in Ps. 138:16. Here is a verse which prophetically symbolizes Israel, declaring that ‘all the days’ were written in the book! The Jerusalem Bible is equally astounding; ‘You have scrutinized my every action, all were recorded in your book, my days listed and determined, even before the first of them occurred.’ Seeing that G-d knew me before I was composed of either flesh or bone, much more now must G-d know me when G-d have fashioned me.
One cannot be so bold as to try to decide who among the Jewish people delight in the Law of the L-rd, and who among them are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Tree planted – replanted by the rivers of water. The symbol portray the return of the Jews to their land in the last generation. Ex. 36:8 prophesies ‘O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches. Could the tree on that coin be the famous fig tree predicted to come to life again? The fig tree, symbolic of the nation of Israel, that faltering fig was to lie dormant through the long winter of world history would someday be turned into the spring and summer of the kingdom age.
Rivers of water is a bad translation, “by the irrigation ditches”. The word in the Hebrew is peleg, which does not really signify “rivers” but rather “irrigation ditches.” Which is a artificial water course. The word appears ten times in the Old Testament and nine times it is translated “river”. The picture here is very graphic. Through a surrounding stretch of arid territory flows and irrigation ditch with an unfailing supply of water, and all along this canal are verdant trees flourishing with fruit. By means of irrigation ditches, it is distributed to their fields and orchards. The irrigation ditch is usually kept supplied with water by means of some kind of pump, powered by men or animals. The Believer in this world often senses that he is in a dry and thirsty land. His surroundings are often spiritually dry. But he is not dependent on the natural circumstances that surround him; he is nourished by continual meditation in the Word of G-d. That Word supports refreshes and nourishes him, just as the irrigation ditch nourishes trees along its banks, even in desert territory.
His fruit – it flourishes to yield its fruit in due season and has the promise that its leaves will never wither. For twenty centuries, the Jewish people have not been allowed to forget their national tragedy. At every Jewish wedding the groom breaks a glass beneath his foot as a reminder of the destruction of the Temple.
On August 11, 1882 a group of young Russian Jews left Kharkov to make ‘aliyah’ (going up) to the Promised Land, the fourteen young Jews didn’t simply go to Palestine, they return to Zion.
Psalm 1 refers to the beginning of this century, furthermore, the entire psalm appears to be a prophetic promise to the future Chosen People which would be endowed with new national life – Blessed is the Man!
Ez. 44:24 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to My judgments: and they shall keep My laws and My statutes in all Mine assemblies; and they shall hallow My Sabbaths.
Deut. 18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Matt. 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
The Jews honor G-d’s Law but did not accept the Messiah’s Word. The Gentiles accepted the Word but not honored the Laws. Judgment will fall on all that do not take both the Word and G-d’s Laws.
Many have suffered in this century, perhaps not all of the righteous have prospered nor all the ungodly perished; but the L-rd is the righteous judge, and the story is not over
My members – is not part of the original Hebrew Scriptures. They were added by the translators. It was to be days. Reading: “in thy book all my days were written, which in continuance Chorological order) were fashioned when as yet there was none of them.
Seeing that G-d knew me before I was composed of either flesh or bone, much more now must G-d know me when G-d have fashioned me.
Blessed is the man – Israel is the man! The symbol of Israel as a baby is used many times in the Bible, G-d instructed Moses,…thou shall say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the
L-rd, Israel is My son, even my firstborn in Ex. 4:22. Symbolic baby as a picture of the rebirth of Israel, the commemorative coin for 1948 struck by Israeli government shows a woman, Rachel, with a new baby boy – Israel!
This verse appears to describe the mindset of world Jewry in 1901. It was at the fourth conference of the Bund (the Jewish Socialist Union) in Russia in 1901. Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, David enlarged upon the subject when he wrote about the birth of the baby (Israel), All the days ordained for me were written IN YOUR BOOK before one of them came to be’ in Ps. 138:16. Here is a verse which prophetically symbolizes Israel, declaring that ‘all the days’ were written in the book! The Jerusalem Bible is equally astounding; ‘You have scrutinized my every action, all were recorded in your book, my days listed and determined, even before the first of them occurred.’ Seeing that G-d knew me before I was composed of either flesh or bone, much more now must G-d know me when G-d have fashioned me.
One cannot be so bold as to try to decide who among the Jewish people delight in the Law of the L-rd, and who among them are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Tree planted – replanted by the rivers of water. The symbol portray the return of the Jews to their land in the last generation. Ex. 36:8 prophesies ‘O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches. Could the tree on that coin be the famous fig tree predicted to come to life again? The fig tree, symbolic of the nation of Israel, that faltering fig was to lie dormant through the long winter of world history would someday be turned into the spring and summer of the kingdom age.
Rivers of water is a bad translation, “by the irrigation ditches”. The word in the Hebrew is peleg, which does not really signify “rivers” but rather “irrigation ditches.” Which is a artificial water course. The word appears ten times in the Old Testament and nine times it is translated “river”. The picture here is very graphic. Through a surrounding stretch of arid territory flows and irrigation ditch with an unfailing supply of water, and all along this canal are verdant trees flourishing with fruit. By means of irrigation ditches, it is distributed to their fields and orchards. The irrigation ditch is usually kept supplied with water by means of some kind of pump, powered by men or animals. The Believer in this world often senses that he is in a dry and thirsty land. His surroundings are often spiritually dry. But he is not dependent on the natural circumstances that surround him; he is nourished by continual meditation in the Word of G-d. That Word supports refreshes and nourishes him, just as the irrigation ditch nourishes trees along its banks, even in desert territory.
His fruit – it flourishes to yield its fruit in due season and has the promise that its leaves will never wither. For twenty centuries, the Jewish people have not been allowed to forget their national tragedy. At every Jewish wedding the groom breaks a glass beneath his foot as a reminder of the destruction of the Temple.
On August 11, 1882 a group of young Russian Jews left Kharkov to make ‘aliyah’ (going up) to the Promised Land, the fourteen young Jews didn’t simply go to Palestine, they return to Zion.
Psalm 1 refers to the beginning of this century, furthermore, the entire psalm appears to be a prophetic promise to the future Chosen People which would be endowed with new national life – Blessed is the Man!
Ez. 44:24 And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to My judgments: and they shall keep My laws and My statutes in all Mine assemblies; and they shall hallow My Sabbaths.
Deut. 18:19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
Matt. 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
The Jews honor G-d’s Law but did not accept the Messiah’s Word. The Gentiles accepted the Word but not honored the Laws. Judgment will fall on all that do not take both the Word and G-d’s Laws.
Many have suffered in this century, perhaps not all of the righteous have prospered nor all the ungodly perished; but the L-rd is the righteous judge, and the story is not over
Hermeneutics
Actually, is you are a student of the Bible; you use hermeneutist all the time. If you are concerned about rightly dividing the Word of G-d, then you are involved with hermeneutics. Hermeneutics designates both the science and art of interpretation. The Greek verb hermneuo, means ‘to interpret or explain.’ The Greek noun hermeneia means ‘interpretation. Interpretation has to do with meaning. So it is simply interpretation- hopefully, correct interpretation.
A few moments’ thought will bring the paramount fact that everyone who enters into a system of ideas; expectations are inevitably colored by a lifetime of experience, teaching and emotions.
There is nothing directly given in the O.T. about the church! It is a Jewish document that speaks both of historical and future Israel.
As the fathers of the early church tried to make it a Christian document, they dug through the Jewish books and disregarded the historical sense of the Torah and Tanach. Using what has come to be called the ‘allegorical method’ of interpretation. Augustine and others said that G-d had forever forsaken Israel – that all the promises made to Israel now belong to the Church. They did emphasize the truths of the Gospel in their fancies, it became a violation of hermeneutics to look beneath the surface of the Word for secondary or hidden meaning that have spiritual or prophetic significance. Are we not to find stories in the O.T. that, in addition to being historical accounts, are also chronicles of the future?
I am in agreement that one should follow acceptable guidelines when interpreting scripture. Compare with ‘accepted’ rabbinical interpretation and present it to the Christian community, showing how the modern history of Israel seems to correspond accurately and chronologically.
Why must we confine all of the O.T. to the dusty past? The hermeneutic of some would attempt to do just that, saying in effect the O.T. history must be seen as the fixed record of something long past. But the proper use of hermeneutic should allow for the Bible to reveal a consistent prophetic pattern – G-d’s plan for Israel, as well as the church.
Luke 24:44 says ‘all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the Law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me.’ This contains a description of that which would begin the era, and of that which would end this dispensation.
These past twenty-one centuries have witnessed the growth of Gentile Christianity. However, we are living in an age which not only has seen the rebirth of Israel, but could see the return of the Messiah, as well.
The whole Bible is considered a Jewish book, written by Jewish people, except for Luke who was a Gentile, his book is second hand knowledge he required from others, for he did not know the Messiah personally.
One can not truly understand the N.T. without knowing the Old, its history and culture of the time. The whole entire book has G-d’s chosen in mind.
If you have been grafted into the family of G-d, you will be held accountable for how you studied His Word. 2 Tim. 2:15. Your study, not your preacher's study, build up intimcy with the Father.
Learn from the mistakes or success of G-d’s chosen for they are the original branch.
A few moments’ thought will bring the paramount fact that everyone who enters into a system of ideas; expectations are inevitably colored by a lifetime of experience, teaching and emotions.
There is nothing directly given in the O.T. about the church! It is a Jewish document that speaks both of historical and future Israel.
As the fathers of the early church tried to make it a Christian document, they dug through the Jewish books and disregarded the historical sense of the Torah and Tanach. Using what has come to be called the ‘allegorical method’ of interpretation. Augustine and others said that G-d had forever forsaken Israel – that all the promises made to Israel now belong to the Church. They did emphasize the truths of the Gospel in their fancies, it became a violation of hermeneutics to look beneath the surface of the Word for secondary or hidden meaning that have spiritual or prophetic significance. Are we not to find stories in the O.T. that, in addition to being historical accounts, are also chronicles of the future?
I am in agreement that one should follow acceptable guidelines when interpreting scripture. Compare with ‘accepted’ rabbinical interpretation and present it to the Christian community, showing how the modern history of Israel seems to correspond accurately and chronologically.
Why must we confine all of the O.T. to the dusty past? The hermeneutic of some would attempt to do just that, saying in effect the O.T. history must be seen as the fixed record of something long past. But the proper use of hermeneutic should allow for the Bible to reveal a consistent prophetic pattern – G-d’s plan for Israel, as well as the church.
Luke 24:44 says ‘all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the Law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me.’ This contains a description of that which would begin the era, and of that which would end this dispensation.
These past twenty-one centuries have witnessed the growth of Gentile Christianity. However, we are living in an age which not only has seen the rebirth of Israel, but could see the return of the Messiah, as well.
The whole Bible is considered a Jewish book, written by Jewish people, except for Luke who was a Gentile, his book is second hand knowledge he required from others, for he did not know the Messiah personally.
One can not truly understand the N.T. without knowing the Old, its history and culture of the time. The whole entire book has G-d’s chosen in mind.
If you have been grafted into the family of G-d, you will be held accountable for how you studied His Word. 2 Tim. 2:15. Your study, not your preacher's study, build up intimcy with the Father.
Learn from the mistakes or success of G-d’s chosen for they are the original branch.
How Long?
How long appears eighteen times in twelve passages. The first is found in Ps. 4. It begins with the L-rd asking of the sons of men…how long will you turn My glory into shame?
It is noteworthy that G-d, Himself, ask the question this first time – it is also the only time. In ever instance afterwards, the question emerges from an anguished soul.
History repeats itself because we are slow to learn from another's mistakes.
In 1906 the nations were moving furiously toward war, it will be the first global war of mankind.
Ps. 6:4 The devout wanted to know when they could expect deliverance. Political insanity ran rampant in 1913, setting a course for war – nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom.
Ps 13 David uses it to introduce the psalms – emphasizing its prophetic importance on the eve of World War 1. He wanted to know what the future held and when those events would occur the question resurface in Ps. 35:16-17. July 7, 1935: ‘Jewry must perish! At no time did the Nazis attempt to cover their crazed desire to destroy the Jews. On September 15, 1935, the Nuremberg Racial Laws declared, ‘…anyone with as much as one-quarter Jewish blood was not to be considered German and was to be ejected from Germany national life.’ 39:6 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
There is no How long? At this point for that contains hope for deliverance. Certain death approaches for six million of the world’s Jewish population. There is no deliverance ahead for them – no need for a query draped in hope, only the pitiful prayer, to know mine end.
Ps. 62:3This compares with Arab attacks in the early 1960’s which led to the formation of the PLO in 1964. Their mischief-making has become a thorn in the side of Israel. The Jeduthun,’ an instrument upon which this psalm was played, suggested a chant of the victim of persecution and oppression. So it was in 1962 with innocent civilians becoming the target of terrorism.
Ps. 74:9-10 1974 is the results of the Yom Kippur War. We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knows how long. The people seem to despair; they greatly desired a negotiated peace treaty.
Ps. 80: 4 1980 Prime Minister begin and President Sadat were trying to trash out a peace treaty. Things weren’t going well. It look hopeless for awhile, until President Jimmy Carter broke the deadlock.
Ps. 82:2 1982, Israel grew tired of PLO attacks and launched an offensive called ‘Peace for Galilee’.
Ps. 89:46-47 The Intifada – a Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories. It is a descriptive phrase indicative of heartache and trouble.
Ps. 90:12-13 is posed by Moses. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. The People are digging into the Word. They are trying to number their days, and from all indications their question is about to be answered.
Ps. 94:3-6 How long, is asked first by the L-rd, then was taken up by G-d’s chosen people and repeated over and over until the question reaches a heart-rending climax. The Jews are the Chosen People, though they have suffered as no other people, they have not been forever forsaken. The promise of deliverance will come. Messiah will appear to establish a millennium of peace. G-d will keep His promise.
Are you looking for the return, awaiting for the bridegroom, or praying it back?
How Long before I see your face, L-rd?
It is noteworthy that G-d, Himself, ask the question this first time – it is also the only time. In ever instance afterwards, the question emerges from an anguished soul.
History repeats itself because we are slow to learn from another's mistakes.
In 1906 the nations were moving furiously toward war, it will be the first global war of mankind.
Ps. 6:4 The devout wanted to know when they could expect deliverance. Political insanity ran rampant in 1913, setting a course for war – nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom.
Ps 13 David uses it to introduce the psalms – emphasizing its prophetic importance on the eve of World War 1. He wanted to know what the future held and when those events would occur the question resurface in Ps. 35:16-17. July 7, 1935: ‘Jewry must perish! At no time did the Nazis attempt to cover their crazed desire to destroy the Jews. On September 15, 1935, the Nuremberg Racial Laws declared, ‘…anyone with as much as one-quarter Jewish blood was not to be considered German and was to be ejected from Germany national life.’ 39:6 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
There is no How long? At this point for that contains hope for deliverance. Certain death approaches for six million of the world’s Jewish population. There is no deliverance ahead for them – no need for a query draped in hope, only the pitiful prayer, to know mine end.
Ps. 62:3This compares with Arab attacks in the early 1960’s which led to the formation of the PLO in 1964. Their mischief-making has become a thorn in the side of Israel. The Jeduthun,’ an instrument upon which this psalm was played, suggested a chant of the victim of persecution and oppression. So it was in 1962 with innocent civilians becoming the target of terrorism.
Ps. 74:9-10 1974 is the results of the Yom Kippur War. We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knows how long. The people seem to despair; they greatly desired a negotiated peace treaty.
Ps. 80: 4 1980 Prime Minister begin and President Sadat were trying to trash out a peace treaty. Things weren’t going well. It look hopeless for awhile, until President Jimmy Carter broke the deadlock.
Ps. 82:2 1982, Israel grew tired of PLO attacks and launched an offensive called ‘Peace for Galilee’.
Ps. 89:46-47 The Intifada – a Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories. It is a descriptive phrase indicative of heartache and trouble.
Ps. 90:12-13 is posed by Moses. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. The People are digging into the Word. They are trying to number their days, and from all indications their question is about to be answered.
Ps. 94:3-6 How long, is asked first by the L-rd, then was taken up by G-d’s chosen people and repeated over and over until the question reaches a heart-rending climax. The Jews are the Chosen People, though they have suffered as no other people, they have not been forever forsaken. The promise of deliverance will come. Messiah will appear to establish a millennium of peace. G-d will keep His promise.
Are you looking for the return, awaiting for the bridegroom, or praying it back?
How Long before I see your face, L-rd?
Death March
The larval stage of the bag shelter moth is a woolly caterpillar and their hirsute appearance plays an important role in their unusual behaviour. When they emerge to feed, they form a procession, creeping along nose to tail in a colossal caterpillar conga-line. Researchers at La Trobe University managed to get to this hairy caravan.
These woolly caterpillars are the larval stage of the bag shelter moth.Being social little critters they nest together inside a silken bag nest. And something remarkable happens when they come out to feed...
They form a procession, one following the other, and head to tail in a creepy crawly conga-line. First they observe how the caterpillars formed their procession, twitching to locate each other. Then full steam ahead. Then some caterpillars receive a haircut on either the first or last three segments of their body before being re-introducing into the procession.
The inclusion of caterpillars whose hindquarter hairs had been cut caused the procession to break down. Leader caterpillars become hard to follow and will not stop when those behind become detached. But if the head capsule is trimmed the procession rarely brakes. This study indicates that touch stimulus from the hairs is the mechanism that maintains the single-file, head-to-tail movement,
So their protected by their severely irritating hairs are the reason they never get lost.
A group of them were attached nose-to-tail in a circle with food just outside the circle; they continued marching in the circle for a week, not seeking the nourishment they needed, because their leader did not stray from his path. They died for lack of nourishment. http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3221684.htm
It is amazing how G-d design each creature and He says we can learn from them.
People, liken onto the woolly caterpillars can follow a leader in blind obedience forming a procession line as they locate each other. Full steam ahead, placing all their trust in the fearless leader that would lead them to nourishment. But if the touchy stimulus hairs of their hindquarters get cut the procession breaks down taking others with them, as they wander aimlessly for they had not been taught independence.
Too many people are following the path laid out by others without questioning, until something drastic happens and wander endlessly in their death march.
The time is coming when one will need great discernment in picking a leader that will lead you to nourishment and protection, and will not leaving you behind if you become detached.
G-d gave humans a brain to think for themselves, so they don’t follow in blind obedience, to their death. Maybe G-d made you to be the leader instead of a follower, either way everyone needs to tune into Him, think for your self for you are only accountable for your own decisions. Increase you discernment for the path of life to take and walk accordantly.
First vs Second Death
Used four times in Scripture: Rev. 2:11, 20:6, 20:14; 21:8.
Death in strongs G2288 1) the death of the body
a) that separation (whether natural or violent) of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended
b) with the implied idea of future misery in hell
1) the power of death
c) since the nether world, the abode of the dead, was conceived as being very dark, it is equivalent to the region of thickest darkness i.e. figuratively, a region enveloped in the darkness of ignorance and sin
2) metaph., the loss of that life which alone is worthy of the name,
a) the misery of the soul arising from sin, which begins on earth but lasts and increases after the death of the body in hell
3) the miserable state of the wicked dead in hell
4) in the widest sense, death comprising all the miseries arising from sin, as well physical death as the loss of a life consecrated to G-d and blessed in him on earth, to be followed by wretchedness in hell.
G1208 1) the second, the other of two
The phrase is Jewish, and is opposed to the first death, or the death of the body; which is the effect of sin, and is appointed of G-d, and which the people of G-d die as well as others; but the second death is peculiar to wicked men.
That is, an eternal separation from G-d and the glory of his power; as what we commonly mean by final perdition. This is another rabbinical mode of speech in very frequent use, and by it they understand the punishment of hell in a future life.
The particular promise here is made to him that should "overcome;" that is, that would gain the victory in the persecutions which were to come upon them. The reference is to him who would show the sustaining power of religion in times of persecution; who would not yield his principles when opposed and persecuted; who would be triumphant when so many efforts were made to induce him to apostatize and abandon the cause.
Shall not be hurt of the second death. By a second death. That is, he will have nothing to fear in the future world. The punishment of hell is often called death, not in the sense that the soul will cease to exist, but
(a) Because death is the most fearful thing of which we have any knowledge, and
(b) Because there is a striking similarity, in many respects, between death and future punishment. Death cuts off from life--and so the second death cuts off from eternal life; death puts an end to all our hopes here, and the second death to all our hopes for ever; death is attended with terrors and alarms--the faint and feeble emblem of the terrors and alarms in the world of woe. The phrase, "the second death," is three times used elsewhere by John in this book, (Revelation 20:6, 14; 21:8) but does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament. The words death and to die, however, are not unfrequently used to denote the future punishment of the wicked.
The promise here made would be all that was necessary to sustain them in their trials.
"Affliction, like it, is bitter for the time being, but salutary; preserving the elect from corruption, and seasoning them for immortality, and gives scope for the exercise of the fragrantly breathing Christian virtues" [VITRINGA].
Nothing more is requisite to make the burdens of life tolerable than an assurance that, when we reach the end of our earthly journey, we have arrived at the close of suffering, and that beyond the grave there is no power that can harm us. Religion, indeed, does not promise to its friend’s exemption from death in one form. To none of the race has such a promise ever been made, and to but two has the favor been granted to pass to heaven without tasting death. It could have been granted to all the redeemed, but there were good reasons why it should not be; that is, why it would be better that even they who are to dwell in heaven should return to the dust, and sleep in the tomb, than that they should be removed by perpetual miracle, translating them to heaven. Religion, therefore, does not come to us with any promise that we shall not die. But it comes with the assurance that we shall be sustained in the dying hour; that the Redeemer will accompany us through the dark valley; that death to us will be a calm and quiet slumber, in the hope of awaking in the morning of the resurrection; that we shall be raised up again with bodies incorruptible and undecaying; and that beyond the grave we shall never fear death in any form. What more is needful to enable us to bear with patience the trials of this life, and to look upon death when it does come, disarmed as it is of its sting, (1 Corinthians 15:55-57) with calmness and peace?
Death in strongs G2288 1) the death of the body
a) that separation (whether natural or violent) of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended
b) with the implied idea of future misery in hell
1) the power of death
c) since the nether world, the abode of the dead, was conceived as being very dark, it is equivalent to the region of thickest darkness i.e. figuratively, a region enveloped in the darkness of ignorance and sin
2) metaph., the loss of that life which alone is worthy of the name,
a) the misery of the soul arising from sin, which begins on earth but lasts and increases after the death of the body in hell
3) the miserable state of the wicked dead in hell
4) in the widest sense, death comprising all the miseries arising from sin, as well physical death as the loss of a life consecrated to G-d and blessed in him on earth, to be followed by wretchedness in hell.
G1208 1) the second, the other of two
The phrase is Jewish, and is opposed to the first death, or the death of the body; which is the effect of sin, and is appointed of G-d, and which the people of G-d die as well as others; but the second death is peculiar to wicked men.
That is, an eternal separation from G-d and the glory of his power; as what we commonly mean by final perdition. This is another rabbinical mode of speech in very frequent use, and by it they understand the punishment of hell in a future life.
The particular promise here is made to him that should "overcome;" that is, that would gain the victory in the persecutions which were to come upon them. The reference is to him who would show the sustaining power of religion in times of persecution; who would not yield his principles when opposed and persecuted; who would be triumphant when so many efforts were made to induce him to apostatize and abandon the cause.
Shall not be hurt of the second death. By a second death. That is, he will have nothing to fear in the future world. The punishment of hell is often called death, not in the sense that the soul will cease to exist, but
(a) Because death is the most fearful thing of which we have any knowledge, and
(b) Because there is a striking similarity, in many respects, between death and future punishment. Death cuts off from life--and so the second death cuts off from eternal life; death puts an end to all our hopes here, and the second death to all our hopes for ever; death is attended with terrors and alarms--the faint and feeble emblem of the terrors and alarms in the world of woe. The phrase, "the second death," is three times used elsewhere by John in this book, (Revelation 20:6, 14; 21:8) but does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament. The words death and to die, however, are not unfrequently used to denote the future punishment of the wicked.
The promise here made would be all that was necessary to sustain them in their trials.
"Affliction, like it, is bitter for the time being, but salutary; preserving the elect from corruption, and seasoning them for immortality, and gives scope for the exercise of the fragrantly breathing Christian virtues" [VITRINGA].
Nothing more is requisite to make the burdens of life tolerable than an assurance that, when we reach the end of our earthly journey, we have arrived at the close of suffering, and that beyond the grave there is no power that can harm us. Religion, indeed, does not promise to its friend’s exemption from death in one form. To none of the race has such a promise ever been made, and to but two has the favor been granted to pass to heaven without tasting death. It could have been granted to all the redeemed, but there were good reasons why it should not be; that is, why it would be better that even they who are to dwell in heaven should return to the dust, and sleep in the tomb, than that they should be removed by perpetual miracle, translating them to heaven. Religion, therefore, does not come to us with any promise that we shall not die. But it comes with the assurance that we shall be sustained in the dying hour; that the Redeemer will accompany us through the dark valley; that death to us will be a calm and quiet slumber, in the hope of awaking in the morning of the resurrection; that we shall be raised up again with bodies incorruptible and undecaying; and that beyond the grave we shall never fear death in any form. What more is needful to enable us to bear with patience the trials of this life, and to look upon death when it does come, disarmed as it is of its sting, (1 Corinthians 15:55-57) with calmness and peace?
Yom Kipper
Lev. 23:24-29 Day of Atonement – Afflicting one’s soul
“On exactly the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement” it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your soul…”. Lev. 23:27
Yom Kippur, means the Day of Atonement (at – one – ment) with G-d. It is the climax of ten days of repentance. What was begun on Rosh Hashanah is about to be sealed. ‘Prepare to meet your G-d, O Israel’. (Amos 4:12).
G-d told Moses that this was how to approach Him once a year; ‘And this shall be a permanent statue for you; in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls, and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you; you shall be clean from all your sins before G-d. It is to be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your soul; it is a permanent statute.
Afflicting one’s soul traditionally means five abstentions: form eating and drinking, from sex, from bathing, from anointing the body with oil (the Oriental hygienic practice), and from the wearing of leather shoes, for the twenty-four hours of Yom Kippur.
The community spends the whole day in the Synagogue. All the prayers turn on the theme of repentance before judgment, of release from sin and error, as do the Rosh Hashanah prayers; for the day of horn-blowing is part of the Judgment and Atonement drama.
The Scrolls of fate roll open before G-d. In these scrolls every man’s hand has written his deeds of the year past. G-d reads the entries and pronounces judgment, fixing the destinies of every human being for the year to come: who shall die, who shall live, who shall be rich, who shall be poor, and who shall rise in the world, who shall fall, who shall live in peace and who shall stumble in misery. This decree on the day of shofar-blowing is not final. People have ten days in which to search their acts, repent of misdeeds, perform good works to alter and balance as it stands, pledge themselves to better conduct, and throw themselves on the Judge’s mercy in prayer. Yom Kippur, the last of these days of grace, is a crisis of confession and repentance. As the sun sinks to the horizon, the scrolls of fate roll shut. The destinies of all people for the coming year are sealed. The annual judgment ends at sundown with a last blast of the shofar. In this one image all the rites and themes of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur merge.
The blowing of the shofar, the ram’s horn, is an alarm waking the soul to Judgment. Canceling the past does not turn it into a record of achievement; it leaves it blank, a waste of spilled years. The repeated blasts, the weird alterations from long to short, from wailing to straight, shake one’s nerves. The air-raid siren describes the same sound patterns and does the same thing to the human heart.
With the alarm comes the remembrance of things past and the confession of failure. But in a sweeping paradox, this same confession that seals the individual in his privacy with G-d draws him into an ancient communal bond. The mass confession stamps the idea at the heart of Yom Kippur.
The requirement had to be met year after year after year. It was never completed, never final. All that the animal sacrifices of the Old Covenant could provide was a ‘temporary covering.’ This ritual was meant to be a symbol, pointing to something greater that was to be fulfilled.
We have been forgiven and made clean by the Messiah’s dying for us once and for all. Now we may walk right into the very Holy of Holies where G-d is, because of the blood of Y’Shua. this is the fresh, new, life-giving presence of G-d … let us go right in, to the Father Himself, with true hearts fully trusting Him to receive us.. (Heb. 10:1-22). He has provided the perfect opportunity for us to be at one with Him. There will be a day of final judgment, and ‘if there is any person who will not humble himself on this same day, he shall be cut off.’ (Lev. 23:29). ‘And if anyone’s name will not be found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.’ (Rev. 20:15). According to Hebrew tradition, G-d is keeping good records. He offers to forgive us. The book is symbolically sealed on Yom Kippur, reminding us that one day it will be sealed forever.
This is a single day in the year that has been set apart by G-d as special. It celebrates out at-oneness with Him. It was ordained it the Old Covenant. How much greater is our reason to remember it now? ‘Those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life shall come in.’ (Rev. 21:27).
The time of fasting ends as the sun goes down the following day. A light meal is eaten to break the fast and the day closes with words from the Psalms: ‘Let them give thanks to the L-rd for His loving kindness, and for His wonders to the sons of men! For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, and the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.’ (Ps. 107:8-9).
It is customary that before Yom Kippur right relationships be re-established, personal problems be resolved and disputes settled with the people around you. Y’Shua taught this principle in the L-rd’s prayer. (Matt. 6:14-15). It is also the Hebrew custom for parents to bless their children on the day before Yom Kippur.
A Jewish history meat symbolizes the stern judgment of G-d, while the dough symbolizes the mercy that accompanies G-d’s justice. This is a traditional food served at Yom Kipper. It is still true that ‘mercy triumphs over judgment’. (James 2:13).
The Hebrew believes the Messiah will come on Yom Kipper for G-d will have at long last ended His separation from Israel, His original wife becouse of their repenting.
Rosh Hashana
Tishri (September and October) This 5773 year it falls according to the Jewish calendar
At sunset September 17, 2012 – nightfall September 19, 2012.
The Hebrew word Rosh means ‘head or beginning.’ Hashanah means ‘the year.’ The more common biblical name is the ‘Feast of Trumpets.’ It is a time set apart for a new beginning with G-d.
The Seventh month, the Holy Month starts the New Year ‘The day of remembrance’
“Now in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall also have a holy convocation, you shall do no laborious work. It will be to you a day for blowing shofars.”
Num. 29:1
(A day of sounding the shofars). ‘Speak to the sons of Israel, saying the seventh month on the first of the month; you shall have a rest, a reminder by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.’ (Lev. 23:24).
It is the beginning of ten days called the ‘High Holy Days’ or ‘Days of Awe’. Because of their meaning these days are also called ‘Days of Repentance, Days of Admitting, Days of Returning’. The observance concludes with Yom Kipper, the Day of Atonement.
The name "Rosh Hashanah" is not used in the Gentile Bible to discuss this holiday. The Bible refers to the holiday as the day of remembrance or the day of the sounding of the shofar. The holiday is instituted in Leviticus 23:24-25
The shofar is the Hebrew word for trumpet or horn, a ram's horn which is blown somewhat like a trumpet. This instruction in the Old Covenant to blow the ram’s horn became a significant day of remembrance (Gen. 22:13-14). At the sounding the following words were spoken, ‘you, who are asleep, wake up! You, who are in a trance, arise! Search your doings and repent; remember your Creator….’ Romans 13:11 says, ‘Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and the Messiah will shine on you.’ (Eph. 5:14).
The bending in the shofar represents a human heart in true repentance bowing before
G-d and the blowing was a means of getting G-d’s attention, to be remembered and protected by Him. (Num. 10:9-10). The shofar's sound is a call to repentance. The shofar is not blown if the holiday falls on Shabbat (Saturday).
No work is permitted on Rosh Hashanah. Much of the day is spent in Synagogue, where the regular daily liturgy is somewhat expanded.
This was the first G-d’s religious practice (the first one: lighting Chanukah candles).
The second popular observance during this holiday is eating apples dipped in honey, a symbol of our wish for a sweet new year. They also dip bread in honey (instead of the usual practice of sprinkling salt on it) at this time of year for the same reason.
Another popular practice of the holiday is "casting off". Walking to flowing water, such as a creek or river, on the afternoon of the first day and empty their pockets into the river, symbolically casting off their sins. Small pieces of bread are commonly put in the pocket to cast off. This practice is not discussed in the Bible, but is a long-standing custom.
On this holiday instead of the usual twisted loaves of bread, the challah, for this meal has a different shape. The loaf is rounding, symbolic of our desire for a full and round year.
Three strands are braided together to give significance to this celebration.
1. It is a day to honor the kingship of G-d and His authority over creation.
2. It is a day of remembrance, a time to consider one’s place in the universe and one’s personal part in the unfolding of G-d’s plan for the world. It is a time when the past is recalled, memories are aroused, the future is envisioned, and personal inventories are taken.
3. The third thread refers to the revelation of G-d and the sounding of the shofar is a symbolic signal to G-d’s people that it is time for a spiritual awakening.
Tashlikh is normally observed on the afternoon of the first day, before afternoon services. When the first day occurs on Shabbat, many Synagogues observe Tashlikh on Sunday afternoon, to avoid carrying (the bread) on Shabbat.
Religious services for the holiday focus on the concept of G-d's sovereignty.Remember this is a time of reflection and preparation. The major emphasis in your family should be: to remember your Creator, go to Him for forgiveness, and He will have mercy.
Telling of the story of the High Holy days. (Rev. 6:4-9).
The entire story of the exodus – the story of Passover, our first festival – illustrates the salvation of the believers. First there was the blood of the Lamb - which delivered you from death
Then the trip through the Red Sea - baptism, Then the wandering of the wilderness – this life on earth, Finally Jericho – heaven, when the shofar sounds.
This is one of G-d's holidays that He told all His believers to celebrate.
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