April 16, 2009

• We give thanks to you

  Psalms 75:1-10  For the leader. Set to “Do Not Destroy!”A psalm of Asaf. A song: We give thanks to you, God, we give thanks; your name is near, people tell of your wonders.  (2)  “At the time of my own choice, I will dispense justice fairly.  (3)  When the earth quakes, with all living on it, it is I who hold its support-pillars firm.”(Selah)  (4)  To the boastful I say, “Do not boast!”and to the wicked, “Don’t flaunt your strength!  (5)  Don’t flaunt your strength so proudly; don’t speak arrogantly, with your nose in the air!  (6)  For you will not be raised to power by those in the east, the west or the desert;  (7)  since God is the judge; and it is he who puts down one and lifts up another.  (8)  In ADONAI’s hand there is a cup of wine, foaming, richly spiced; when he pours it out, all the wicked of the earth will drain it, drinking it to the dregs.”  (9)  But I will always speak out, singing praises to the God of Ya’akov.  (10)  I will break down the strength of the wicked, but the strength of the righteous will be raised up.

  Adonai will deliver at the right time. For the Jews living in 586 BC, it wasn’t the right time.  But for those living in 722 BC, it was the right time.

  Adonai is sovereign and if you desire to live in rebellion against Him, you will find no help no matter where you look.

  Revelation 14:9-20  Another angel, a third one, followed them and said in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives the mark on his forehead or on his hand,  (10)  he will indeed drink the wine of God’s fury poured undiluted into the cup of his rage. He will be tormented by fire and sulfur before the holy angels and before the Lamb,  (11)  and the smoke from their tormenting goes up forever and ever. They have no rest, day or night, those who worship the beast and its image and those who receive the mark of its name.”  (12)  This is when perseverance is needed on the part of God’s people, those who observe his commands and exercise Yeshua’s faithfulness.  (13)  Next I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: ‘How blessed are the dead who die united with the Lord, from now on!’ ‘Yes,’ says the Spirit, ‘now they may rest from their efforts, for the things they have accomplished follow along with them.’”  (14)  Then I looked, and there before me was a white cloud. Sitting on the cloud was someone like a Son of Manx with a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.  (15)  Another angel came out of the Temple and shouted to the one sitting on the cloud, “Start using your sickle to reap, because the time to reap has come – the earth’s harvest is ripe!”  (16)  The one sitting on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was harvested.  (17)  Another angel came out of the Temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle.  (18)  Then out from the altar went yet another angel, who was in charge of the fire; and he called in a loud voice to the one with the sharp sickle, “Use your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because they are ripe!”  (19)  The angel swung his sickle down onto the earth, gathered the earth’s grapes and threw them into the great winepress of God’s fury.  (20)  The winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood flowed from the winepress as high as the horses’ bridles for two hundred miles!

  Shalom

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