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Tehillah 94 - Day 4 (Yom Revi’y)
O YHWH, Ěl of vengeance; O Ěl of vengeance, shine forth!
Raise Yourself up, O Judge of the earth; Render punishment to the proud.
YHWH, how long are the wrong, How long are the wrong going to exult?
They pour forth words, They speak arrogantly; All the workers of wickedness boast in themselves.
They crush Your people, O YHWH, And they afflict Your inheritance.
They kill the widow and the stranger, And murder the fatherless.
Yet they say, “Yah does not see, And the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ pays no heed.”
Take heed, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when would you become wise?
He who planted the ear, does He not hear? He who formed the eye, does He not see?
He who disciplines the nations, Does He not reprove – The One teaching man knowledge?
YHWH knows the thoughts of man, That they are but a breath.
Blessed is the man You discipline, O Yah, And instruct out of Your Torah, To give him rest from the days of evil, Until the pit is dug for the wrong.
For YHWH does not leave His people, Nor does He forsake His inheritance.
For judgment returns man to righteousness, And all the upright in heart follow it.
Who would rise up for me against evil-doers? Who would stand up for me against workers of wickedness?
If YHWH had not been my help, My being would soon have settled in silence.
When I said, “My foot has slipped,” Your mercy, O YHWH, supported me.
When anxiety was great within me, Your comforts delighted my being.
Would a throne of destruction, Which devises trouble by law, Be joined with You?
They band together against the life of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wrong.
But YHWH is my defense, And my Elohim the rock of my refuge, And brings back on them their own wickedness, And cuts them off in their own wrongdoing; YHWH our Elohim does cut them off.
Come, let us sing to YHWH! Let us raise a shout to the Rock of our deliverance.
Let us come before His face with thanksgiving; Let us raise a shout to Him in song.
For YHWH is a great Ěl, And a great King above all mighty ones.

And YHVH gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants and in the sight of the people.
Exodus 11:3

Neither the Egyptians nor the Hebrews knew yet what the final plague would be, but the Egyptian people were already favorably disposed to give the Hebrews whatever they wanted. Only Pharaoh's heart remained hardened against them. In v7 even the animals were humbled before Israel and wanted them to go free. The dogs were more knowledgeable and obedient to God than was Pharaoh.

I don't know if I've expressed it well, but I want all of you to know how much I appreciate you! From the beautiful posts of sunsets & flowers, to the thought provoking conversations and questions..I love it all. Rhy has worked really hard to provide this platform for us, & he participates in the contemplating and discussing as much as any of us, so special thanks to Rhy & his family for making the joining of all of us together possible! Thank you all for helping me grow and understand the things of the spiritual realm as well as the practical applications of Scripture to this linear reality. I hope that one day soon, we will all be united with full understanding of the Word and everything Yah wishes to reveal to us. We may have some turbulent times between now & then, but if we can hold fast to the Word & one another, we can persevere. May Yah bless you all! Shalom.

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Proverbs 16:19 ESV

It is better to make yourself low than to build yourself up and wait for God to tear you down. You might ride high for a brief time, but the fall will be so much more unpleasant and deeper than the lows you could have chosen.

Consider Yeshua who voluntarily made himself low in the form of a man, and then even lower as a homeless teacher who associated with the outcasts of society. He was elevated again to the right hand of the father. Those who take the spoils and honor now already have all the reward they will ever receive.

See the instruction concerning the wedding feast in Luke 14:7-11. "Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

There are some interesting parallels between Jacob's Exodus from Laban and the Hebrews' Exodus from Egypt:

They both fled oppression in a foreign land, plundered their oppressors, corrupted their new lives with the idols of their former captors, crossed a body of water, and formed a covenant at #sukkot. There are probably more parallels than that.
#biblepatterns

In many ways American culture mirrors that of ancient Egypt. We talk about death. We sing about it. We imitate it. We watch movies about it. We are always at war. We have chosen to embrace death and to reject the God of Life.

https://www.americantorah.com/....2017/02/01/choosing-

They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the people of Israel had light where they lived.
#exodus 10:23 #bo

Why didn't the Hebrews leave immediately after the three days of darkness while Egypt was weak? God didn't tell them to leave then because he wasn't through with Pharaoh yet. It was only right before the tenth plague that God told the Hebrews to prepare to leave. Judgment doesn't end until judgment is complete.

'Records from Boston, starting in 1811, reveal recurring smallpox epidemics beginning around 1837. Despite the introduction of vaccination mandates in 1855, epidemics continued to occur in 1859 to 1860, 1864 to 1865, and 1867, with a particularly severe outbreak from 1872 to 1873. The continual reoccurrence of these epidemics in Massachusetts indicates that stringent vaccination regulations had no positive impact on curbing smallpox.

According to the research article, “SmallPox and Revaccination,” published in the 1881 Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, “The latest epidemic that of 1872–1873, having proved fatal to 1,040 persons, was the most severe (https://list.mailexpress.com/l....inks/xr4kR500zI~331/ that has been experienced in Boston since the introduction of vaccination.”
 
In Chicago, despite 95 percent vaccination coverage by 1868 and mandatory vaccination after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, a severe smallpox epidemic occurred in 1872. Over 2,000 people contracted smallpox, and more than a quarter of these died (https://list.mailexpress.com/l....inks/xr4kR500zI~331/ with the highest fatality rate among children under age 5.
Europe: No Decline After Vaccination
Throughout the Western world, epidemics were more severe in highly-vaccinated populations.
 
Dr. G. W. Harman published an article in the 1900 medical journal Medical Brief (https://list.mailexpress.com/l....inks/xr4kR500zI~331/
entitled “A Physician’s Argument Against the Efficacy of Virus Inoculation,” highlighting widespread smallpox cases among vaccinated individuals in England, France, and Germany.

The death rate for smallpox declined after 1872, but there is no evidence that vaccination had anything to do with it. In the early 1900s, death from smallpox all but vanished from England...'

On this date in history, 01/16/1788: Federalist No 39 on the plan of government and republican principles is published in the Independent Journal. #otd #tdih #federalistpapers https://www.historycarper.com/....1788/01/16/federalis

Leviticus 23:4, “These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.” Literally — “These are the appointed times of יהוה set apart assemblies (rehearsals or readings) which you will call out at their appointed time.”