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Today's Devotions
Evening
June 9
Matthew 23:37-39 (NIV) 37 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.
38 Look, your house is left to you desolate. 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
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I was meditating on the scripture Jesus referenced when He said "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD." and looked it up online with an eye toward "the stone which the builders rejected" referring prophetically to the Masonic New World Order as "the builders". It's in Psalm 118:
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1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
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2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
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3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
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4 Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
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5 I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
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6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
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7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
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8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
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9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
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10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
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11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
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12 They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
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13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
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14 The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
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15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
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16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
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17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
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18 The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
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19 Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
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20 This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter.
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21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
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22 The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
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23 This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
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24 This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
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25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
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26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
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27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
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28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
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29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
I was meditating on verses 10-12 as referring to Armageddon, specifically as the Second Coming:
10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
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11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
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12 They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
Then I read the rest of the devotional:
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Today's Devotions
Evening
June 9
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Jesus presented Himself to Jerusalem on the Sunday in which the families of Israel selected their lamb for Passover sacrifice. He came into town on a donkey as the kings of Israel did when they were coming in peace. The crowds seemed to be receptively welcoming Him, but Jesus wept and uttered the lament that is our passage for today. He saw that the people were seeking a military savior and not the spiritual Savior. He looked beyond the crowd, caught up in the moment, and could see their next enthusiastic shouts would be Crucify Him! He looked even further into the future and saw the Roman army leveling the city and the Temple.
His heart was to save them from the destruction they were bringing on themselves, both physical and spiritual. The crowd did not have ears to hear or understand. We look back and wonder how they could be so dull in heart. How could they see the miracles and yet insist on their own agenda? Yet, we tend to live in the same pattern. Jesus comes to give us new life and we welcome it with shouts of Hosanna! Before long we are making decisions against our Savior. We are all of like nature. That is why Jesus made this journey to the cross. He came to deliver us from our nature, not material difficulties or hardship.
He longs to gather us, too. What a beautiful picture! The mother hen sees the hawk and calls her chicks under her wings. She is willing to be the one that endures the talons to save her little ones. Won't you run under the wings of Jesus? Those who reject His shelter now will one day see Him coming on the clouds in glory. Then, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that He is the Lord. Why not bow the knee now? It is the only safe place to be.
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When the Word of God comes at you as a living revelation of His Person and purposes,it rocks you to the core. I was particularly struck by His being surrounded by the nations like attacking bees. Militarily speaking, the nations could not conceivably mount an airborne attack until the early twentieth century. "Like bees!"
How about that?
http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/heb/view.cgi?number=01682
The Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's Number: 1682 hrwbd
Original Word Word Origin
hrwbd from (01696) (in the sense of orderly motion)
Transliterated Word Phonetic Spelling
D@bowrah deb-o-raw'
Parts of Speech TWOT
Noun Feminine 399f
Definition
bee
"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the Coming of the LORD!"
Hey, anti-Christian New World Order! Why don't you prosecute Jesus for "hate speech"? No doubt, you'll try:
Revelation 16:12-14 (King James Version)
King James Version (KJV)
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12And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
14For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
Don't you know that the Devil is out of his ever-hating mind? Giftedness and intellect are no substitutes for plain old-fashioned horse-sense. Who, in their right mind, would entertain for a moment the notion that becoming the Adversary of Almighty God would yield any other result than catastrophic destruction? Ever hear of a guy in Exodus called Pharaoh? I believe his last words wereBlub-blub-blub
Isaiah 43 Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; 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. Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 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.
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