Joel 2:28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. 30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come. 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
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Have you experienced it?! He rescued me! Isaiah 43:1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. 4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life. 5 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; 7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. 8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. 9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 11 I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. 12 I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. 13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? 14 Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. 15 I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. 16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; 17 Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. 18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. 21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. 22 But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. 23 Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. 24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. 26 Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. 27 Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. 28 Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
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Genesis 6:5, “Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.” The first time the word heart is used in the Bible we get a negative connotation because mankind was focused on evil. The Creator Himself will change that if we allow Him, but it must be our choice. Jeremiah 24:7, “I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.”
We move through our lives with the expectation that our Creator exists to make life special for us. What if it’s the other way around?
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We move through our lives with the expectation that our Creator exists to make life special for us. What if it’s the other way around?
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"As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones."
Ps 109
The more I read Scripture, the more it seems to me that there is no room for the cold-blooded, the phlegmatic, and the stoic. The command to "rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep" is abundantly demonstrated by all of God's people throughout time. They ran, they leaped, they prostrated, they wailed, they clapped, they stamped, they danced, they embraced, they struck, they kissed, they spat, they truly followed: "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might" (Ec 9).
It was all under control, but it is false to confuse control with not doing something.
Feelings are like fire: they must be used with control. To use fire or feeling without control is to court disaster. It is foolish both to use it without control, and to not use it. It is a twofold necessity: it must be used - with control.
"And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always." Ex 27
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Thought for Today: Sunday March 26:
Imagine that you had a wealthy relative and one day a solicitor called you and tell you the relative had died and left you a million pounds in the will. The money was now deposited in your bank account and you can draw it any time. I think, you would act on it by faith what the solicitor had told you, was true and that you are now a millionaire. In a Far Greater way, YHVH offers us a gift – the Gift of Salvation in Yeshua Moshiach. Moshiach has done everything possible to provide for you – all you have to do is act on faith and receive your wealth!
SERIES K --- ISRAEL’S GOLDEN AGE --- LESSON 12
ABSALOM HESITATES
ABSALOM’S DEFEAT
From 2 Samuel 17:15-18:18
Hushai immediately reported the matter to Abiathar and Zadok the priests. ‘Ahithophel gave his advice and then I gave mine,’ he said, describing the advice each gave. ‘Hurry and warn David not to spend the night at the fords of the Jordan River. Tell him to move into the desert so that he and his men will not be overtaken and killed.’ Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting at En-rogel, for they did not want to be seen going in or out of the city. A servant girl carried the message to them from their fathers, Zadok and Abiathar. But a boy was watching when they left En-rogel and he reported their movement to Absalom. When Jonathan and Ahimaaz reached Bahurim a man hid them in a well in his courtyard. Then the man’s wife covered the well and spread grain over it to hide the two. When Absalom’s men arrived, they asked the woman about Jonathan and Ahimaaz. ‘Where are they?’ they demanded. ‘They went over the brook,’ she answered. ‘But when they could not find what they were looking for, they went back to Jerusalem.’ After Absalom’s men left, Jonathan and Ahimaaz climbed out of the well and hurried to King David. ‘You must rise up and cross the Jordan River tonight!’ they urged. Then they told David about Ahithophel’s advice. David and his men rose up and crossed the Jordan River that night. By daybreak, not one of them was left on the west side. Back in Jerusalem, Ahithophel felt disgraced because Absalom had refused to accept his advice. He saddled his donkey and returned to his home town and after putting his business in order, he hanged himself. His body was buried in his father’s tomb. By this time David had reached Mahanaim and Absalom had gathered an army and had crossed the Jordan River and set up camp in the land of Gilead. Absalom chose as his general a man named Amasa, son of Ithra the Ishmaelite. Amasa’s mother was Abigail’s daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother. Thus, Amasa was Joab’s cousin. David received a warm welcome when he arrived at Mahanaim. Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the Ammonites, Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim brought supplies for him and his men. These included bedding, basins, cooking pots and bowls, wheat, barley, flour, parched lentils, honey, curds of milk, sheep and cheese. ‘You must need all these things,’ they said, ‘for you must be tired and hungry after your trip through the wilderness.’ David organized his warriors, putting commanders over hundreds and over thousands. Joab commanded a third of them, Abishai the son of Zeruiah a third and Ittai of Gath a third. ‘I will go along with you to the battle,’ David said to his warriors. ‘No, you must not go with us,’ they replied. ‘If we have to flee, the enemy will not care about us. They will be after you, for you are worth ten thousand of us. Stay here in the city and send us help if we need it.’ ‘I will do whatever you think is best,’ David answered. As the troops marched out to battle, David stood at the gate of the city to watch them. ‘For my sake,’ David told Joab, Abishai and Ittai, ‘have mercy on Absalom.’ When David said this, all the men around them heard the order. The followers of David and the followers of Absalom joined battle in the woods of Ephraim. It soon became obvious that Absalom’s warriors were losing the battle, for about twenty thousand of them were killed. Actually, more of Absalom’s men died in the woods than were killed in the fighting. In the heat of the battle, Absalom came face to face with some of David’s men and tried to flee on his mule. As he did so, his thick hair got caught in the branches of an oak tree and his mule ran away, leaving him hanging there by his hair. One of David’s warriors saw Absalom caught in the tree and reported what he saw to Joab. ‘Why didn’t you kill him?’ Joab demanded. ‘I would have given you ten pieces of silver and promoted you to an officer who wears the belt.’ ‘I wouldn’t have killed the king’s son for a thousand pieces of silver,’ the man answered. ‘All of us heard the king tell you and Abishai and Ittai not to harm Absalom. If I had killed him, the king would surely have found out who did it and you would have done nothing to protect me.’ ‘I can’t waste time talking with you here,’ said Joab. He raced to the oak where Absalom was hanging alive and plunged three daggers into his heart. Then ten of Joab’s young armour bearers gathered around Absalom and stabbed him. Joab then sounded the trumpet and his men stopped chasing Absalom’s men. They threw Absalom’s body into a great pit in the woods and heaped a huge pile of stones over it. Meanwhile, Absalom’s men headed for home as fast as they could go. During his lifetime, Absalom had made a monument to himself in the King’s Valley, for he said, ‘I have no son to keep my name alive.’ He called the monument ‘Absalom’s Monument’ and it is still known as that today.”
COMMENTARY
THE KING’S FRIEND
In Bible times the [King’s Friend] was an office held by the man who was chief adviser to the king. Some people believe that the office had its origin among the native Canaanites and was taken over by the Israelites. Such an office did seem to exist in Gerar during Isaac’s time, for King Abimelech had a Friend, Ahuzzath. Even earlier, Judah the son of Jacob, had a Friend named Hirah and Samson’s Friend later married his wife [even though Judah and Samson were not kings, they were leaders; Judah was head of his clan and Samson was Judge of Israel]. David’s Friend was Hushai the Archite. He came from the Archite clan of Benjamin, which lived southwest of Bethel. Hushai was extremely loyal to David. When Absalom rebelled, Hushai turned spy and offered his services to Absalom. Unknown to David’s rebel son, he was the key man in a Jerusalem communications network that got news back to the fleeing king. The fact that Absalom accepted Hushai’s advice rather than Ahithophel’s indicates how persuasive he could be. In fact, the success of the war can be credited to Hushai. David’s oldest son, Amnon, also had a Friend, his cousin Jonadab. Solomon’s Friend was Zabud, the son of Nathan the prophet. If he had responsibility for arranging the king’s many marriages, he must have been a very busy man.
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