Help us never to forget Adonai that the deceiving tongue will be judged by You. Also help us recognize that 'remaining silent' on the truth is as evil as distorting the truth. You have given us the pure word of God. May we fear adulterating it with traditions of men. You have warned us that we should neither add to (lest You add the plagues of Thy wrath) nor take away from Thy word (lest You take away our share from the tree of life and from the holy city) [Deut. 12:32; Rev. 22:18-19]. For with the sharpness of the warrior's arrows and with the never-dying flame of the broom bush so will You punish those who play with Your truth.
Song of Ascents comprises of a collection of 15 psalms from
Psalm 120 to 134. While there are a number of suggestions as to what the
phrase, “Song of Ascents” could mean, one thought is that these psalms were
sung by Israel as they went up to Jerusalem to celebrate the three annual
feasts that the Lord had commanded (Lev. 23; Ex. 23:14).
We are in the midst of the Feast of Unleavened Bread which
started on the 15th day of the first month of the Biblical calendar
(or on the evening of March 30, 2018). During this seven day feast, Israel went
up to Jerusalem singing these Songs of Ascent.
My purpose of posting a verse from these psalms each day (during
these days between the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of Weeks
(Shavuot) which in Greek is called Pentecost) is so that we too—if you are a
son (or daughter) of Israel, even though you once may have been a Gentile but
now through the great grace shown to us by the Father and through the blood of
the Messiah Yeshua—can pilgrim into the presence of the Most High God (for we
are the temple of God and the Holy Spirit dwells in us) singing these psalms to
Him who sits on the throne (in heaven and in our hearts).
Join with me then O son of Israel and let us exalt the name
of our God together as we pilgrim on His appointed feast days just as He
commanded.
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