1.4.25 ~ A Strange Place
Good morning!
Shabbat shalom!
There is a concept in Scripture that God is the shadow of your right hand (Psa. 121:3-5). And that is 100% true!
The psalm says, "He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither sleep nor slumber. The Lord is your keeper. The Lord is the shade of your right hand.
We also see, from yesterday's study, that Babylon, the system that we live in, is a golden cup in the hand/be-yad of the Lord (Jer. 51:7). If this is true, and it is, how could God who keeps us, allow us to get drunk with her Babylonian, maddening/halal ways?
How could it be that God is both the keeper from a wrong step and using Babylon to create a drunken stupor (Eph. 5:18-20)?
Leviticus 26:21-34, combines both thoughts. The way that I act towards my covenant partner is the same way He will act to me. In last night's study at Iglesia Mana Del Cielo, I gave some overarching thoughts on this mirroring action with the Ezer Kenegdo/the help meet (Gen. 2:18,20). Just as the Lord God is to Israel, their ezer/helper, mirroring their actions, the wife mirrors her husband's actions. In both cases, when Israel, God's bride, or the husband, the wife's husband, are walking in godliness, there is support from their mirror. When they are rebellious in their walk, there is opposition. It's God's checks and balance system for us to keep us in alignment in our vertical and horizontal relationship.
Let's go back to Jeremiah 51. His purposes, of waking up His people, are served in the dulled consciousness and drunkenness of the nation. They were allowed to follow this path because the Lord allowed them to pursue pure madness/halal. His "Captain America" shield was removed because they desired the unrestrained lifestyle of Babylon.
As I was watching small amounts of the college football playoffs, I couldn't help but grieve over the constant barrage of 'blew chew' commercials, promoting sexual intimacy outside of marriage, which promotes an obstacle of babylonian proportions for every man. How should we respond to this maddening cup? Jeremiah goes on to tell us...
“Wail for her; take balm for her pain; if perhaps she may be healed for the Lord is about to bring vengeance. Do not be silenced by her iniquity...forsake her...the Lord has revealed our righteousness. Come let us declare the work of the Lord from Tzion...make the arrows bright. Pull out the shields...make the guards strong. Set up watchmen on the walls" (Jer. 51:8-12).
Jeremiah provides the proper response to this madness/halal, with hopes that the madness/halal will turn into praise/halal. Suddenly, the kegs of the world’s intoxication are broken wide open and spilled all over the floor. When Babylonian disaster tries to rise upon the horizon, what must the righteous do? Anything, but remain silent!
Cry out to the Lord. Take pity on those who are about to expire. Offer healing wherever needed. Do something about this madness! Plead on behalf of those incarcerated in the Babylonian prison cell that God might yet spare them. Perhaps God will turn away His wrath. Perhaps. Declare the righteousness of the Lord in Tzion. Purify yourselves. Prepare for His victory.
We are strangers in a strange place (1 Pet. 2:11), but we are not abandoned. Babylon is within our drinking mug also. But, we are here to manifest His righteousness in a world gone mad/halal. We are here to restrain drunken behavior, to resist addictions to power, to clean up the lifestyle vomit of those whose indulgence exceeds their capacity. Silence says, "I'm okay with what you're doing." Failure to act is the equivalent of faithlessness. However, before any of us go on a self-righteous purging of everyone in our concentric circles of influence, make sure you've got the spiritual AA course completed and overcome (Matt. 7:1-4; Rom. 2:1-4; Rev. 18:4).
The King will come sooner than we think. There's work to be done. 2025 is the time we have to work with. Last year is a memory and stepping stone into a better place. Let's live purposefully without any regrets.
Shabbat shalom!
There is a concept in Scripture that God is the shadow of your right hand (Psa. 121:3-5). And that is 100% true!
The psalm says, "He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither sleep nor slumber. The Lord is your keeper. The Lord is the shade of your right hand.
We also see, from yesterday's study, that Babylon, the system that we live in, is a golden cup in the hand/be-yad of the Lord (Jer. 51:7). If this is true, and it is, how could God who keeps us, allow us to get drunk with her Babylonian, maddening/halal ways?
How could it be that God is both the keeper from a wrong step and using Babylon to create a drunken stupor (Eph. 5:18-20)?
Leviticus 26:21-34, combines both thoughts. The way that I act towards my covenant partner is the same way He will act to me. In last night's study at Iglesia Mana Del Cielo, I gave some overarching thoughts on this mirroring action with the Ezer Kenegdo/the help meet (Gen. 2:18,20). Just as the Lord God is to Israel, their ezer/helper, mirroring their actions, the wife mirrors her husband's actions. In both cases, when Israel, God's bride, or the husband, the wife's husband, are walking in godliness, there is support from their mirror. When they are rebellious in their walk, there is opposition. It's God's checks and balance system for us to keep us in alignment in our vertical and horizontal relationship.
Let's go back to Jeremiah 51. His purposes, of waking up His people, are served in the dulled consciousness and drunkenness of the nation. They were allowed to follow this path because the Lord allowed them to pursue pure madness/halal. His "Captain America" shield was removed because they desired the unrestrained lifestyle of Babylon.
As I was watching small amounts of the college football playoffs, I couldn't help but grieve over the constant barrage of 'blew chew' commercials, promoting sexual intimacy outside of marriage, which promotes an obstacle of babylonian proportions for every man. How should we respond to this maddening cup? Jeremiah goes on to tell us...
“Wail for her; take balm for her pain; if perhaps she may be healed for the Lord is about to bring vengeance. Do not be silenced by her iniquity...forsake her...the Lord has revealed our righteousness. Come let us declare the work of the Lord from Tzion...make the arrows bright. Pull out the shields...make the guards strong. Set up watchmen on the walls" (Jer. 51:8-12).
Jeremiah provides the proper response to this madness/halal, with hopes that the madness/halal will turn into praise/halal. Suddenly, the kegs of the world’s intoxication are broken wide open and spilled all over the floor. When Babylonian disaster tries to rise upon the horizon, what must the righteous do? Anything, but remain silent!
Cry out to the Lord. Take pity on those who are about to expire. Offer healing wherever needed. Do something about this madness! Plead on behalf of those incarcerated in the Babylonian prison cell that God might yet spare them. Perhaps God will turn away His wrath. Perhaps. Declare the righteousness of the Lord in Tzion. Purify yourselves. Prepare for His victory.
We are strangers in a strange place (1 Pet. 2:11), but we are not abandoned. Babylon is within our drinking mug also. But, we are here to manifest His righteousness in a world gone mad/halal. We are here to restrain drunken behavior, to resist addictions to power, to clean up the lifestyle vomit of those whose indulgence exceeds their capacity. Silence says, "I'm okay with what you're doing." Failure to act is the equivalent of faithlessness. However, before any of us go on a self-righteous purging of everyone in our concentric circles of influence, make sure you've got the spiritual AA course completed and overcome (Matt. 7:1-4; Rom. 2:1-4; Rev. 18:4).
The King will come sooner than we think. There's work to be done. 2025 is the time we have to work with. Last year is a memory and stepping stone into a better place. Let's live purposefully without any regrets.
Shabbat shalom!
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