Men and Women of Service & Song

Nehemiah 7:44-46

"The singers: the sons of Asaph, 148.

The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, of Ater, of Talmon, of Akkub, of Hatita, and of Shobai, 138.

The Nethinim [temple servants]: the sons of Ziha, of Hasupha, of Tabbaoth,"

These are they who were kept in captivity by the reign of Nebuchadnezzer.

Now going home!

Your Hand Over Adversaries

Micah 5:8-15

"And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations in the midst of many peoples like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion [suddenly appearing] among the flocks of sheep which, when it goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no deliverer.

Your hand will be lifted up above your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off.

And in that day, says the Lord, I will cut off your horses [on which you depend] from among you and will destroy your chariots.

And I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your strongholds.

And I will cut off witchcrafts and sorceries from your hand, and you shall have no more soothsayers.

Your carved images also I will cut off and your statues or pillars out of your midst, and you shall no more worship the work of your hands.

And I will root out your Asherim [symbols of the goddess Asherah] and I will destroy your cities [the seats of false worship].

And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance upon the nations which would not obey [vengeance such as they have not heard of before]."

The Truth Be Told

Isaiah 28:8-16

"For all the tables are full of filthy vomit, so that there is no place that is clean.

To whom will He teach knowledge? [Ask the drunkards.] And whom will He make to understand the message? Those who are babies, just weaned from the milk and taken from the breasts? [Is that what He thinks we are?]

For it is [His prophets repeating over and over]: precept upon precept, precept upon precept, rule upon rule, rule upon rule; here a little, there a little.

No, but [the Lord will teach the rebels in a more humiliating way] by men with stammering lips and another tongue will He speak to this people [says Isaiah, and teach them His lessons].

To these [complaining Jews the Lord] had said, This is the true rest [the way to true comfort and happiness] that you shall give to the weary, and, This is the [true] refreshing—yet they would not listen [to His teaching].

Therefore the word of the Lord will be to them [merely monotonous repeatings of]: precept upon precept, precept upon precept, rule upon rule, rule upon rule; here a little, there a little—that they may go and fall backward, and be broken and snared and taken.

Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem!

Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol (the place of the dead) we have an agreement—when the overflowing scourge passes through, it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter.

Therefore thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a Stone, a tested Stone, a precious Cornerstone of sure foundation; he who believes (trusts in, relies on, and adheres to that Stone) will notbe ashamed or give way or hasten away [in sudden panic]."

The truth here in Isaiah is this; The Lord was speaking through the prophet Isaiah that who is teachable here? For Him God, it is like walking through tables of vomit, speaking clean pure things, and who is there to hear Him. 

Then, He has just babies there with small dribbles of milk He can speak. Then He pronounces that true rest.... Is to give to the weary.... So they mouth back at Him, "We can do this without all His order and wisdom."

So Here Comes The Rock!

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Just Because

1 Corinthians 1:2-3

"To the church (assembly) of God which is in Corinth, to those consecrated and purified and made holy in Christ Jesus, [who are] selected and called to be saints (God’s people), together with all those who in any place call upon and give honor to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:

Grace (favor and spiritual blessing) be to you and [heart] peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."

Grace, meaning; "power to become happy." Grace, meaning; "favor of God because..." Just because He First loved us...

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Rejecting Knowledge About Jesus

Hosea 4:6

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you [the priestly nation] have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you that you shall be no priest to Me; seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children."

Being elected into office of Priest to Jesus, requires having a teachable spirit.

Here in Hosea, God spoke through him to His people, giving them knowledge about Him and with that wisdom of His Ways, understanding. But, God said they rejected It. With the rejecting of this Knowledge, came a Rejection of God, that causes death. The people die because of no shield of Glory, no protection of; "We know our God will deliver us."

Jesus Is God Come In the Flesh, dying to deliver us from rejection of God, and causing us to be now A Holy Nation of People into Him through Jesus Christ, and making us now, Priest and Kings With Him.... Joint heirs with Christ... Now unto Him All Glory, as our rear guard. Honor, as King of kings, and Lord of lords, and All Praise... He Is The Reigning Kingdom on Earth and in Heaven forever.

PJCopty 

Beasts Were Kings

Daniel 7:12-18

"And as for the rest of the beasts, their power of dominion was taken away; yet their lives were prolonged [for the duration of their lives was fixed] for a season and a time.

I saw in the night visions, and behold,on the clouds of the heavens came One like a Son of man, and He came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him.

And there was given Him [the Messiah] dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, and His kingdom is one which shall not be destroyed.

As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved and anxious within me, and the visions of my head alarmed and agitated me.

I came near to one of those who stood there and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of the things.

These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth.

But the saints of the Most High [God] shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever."

The beasts were kings, and their authority was taking away, but they were allow to live a while as Daniel saw a time and season was fixed for them. But The saints of The Most High got the kingdom forever. He, Daniel got the interpretation  of all this he saw... In our day, we can know The Truth, the Way.... And The Life style of our Kingdom we live and reign with Christ in.

PJCopty

Part Two: the Proud Man

Habakkuk 2:1-5

Habakkuk 2

​"[OH, I know, I have been rash to talk out plainly this way to God!] I will [in my thinking] stand upon my post of observation and station myself on the tower or fortress, and will watch to see what He will say within me and what answer I will make [as His mouthpiece] to the perplexities of my complaint against Him.

And the Lord answered me and said, Write the vision and engrave it so plainly upon tablets that everyone who passes may [be able to] read [it easily and quickly] as he hastens by.

For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end [fulfillment]; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day.

Look at the proud; his soul is not straight or right within him, but the [rigidly] just and the [uncompromisingly] righteous man shalllive by his faith and in his faithfulness.

Moreover, wine andwealth are treacherous; the proud man [the Chaldean invader] is restless and cannot stay at home. His appetite is large like that of Sheol and [his greed] is like death and cannot be satisfied; he gathers to himself all nations and collects all people as if he owned them."

In this part of Jesus' Story, the bad men, are also the proud man. Spirit of pride of life, The Lord says here, consumes, and compromises these men souls. Greed  comes in and kills them.

Moral of this story is; "Jesus will come and gather us up who has Believed He IsGod come in the Flesh."

PJCopty