Our Father in heaven, Thou who causes the sun to shine on the good and the evil; and the rain to fall on the righteous and the unrighteous, when Thou didst create the heavens and the earth, You placed the sun and the moon at the exact distance away from the earth as was needed for us and all that filled it. They were there not just for signs (or moedim's) but also for seasons so that we could live well. Whatever You do is perfect; never to harm us but always to bless.
Yet, days are coming when You will bring judgment upon the earth, at times even striking the sun and the moon and the stars. Natural calamities will strike at an unprecedented rate causing widespread destruction. Yet, Your word tells us that the bond-servants of God will be sealed on their foreheads by Your angels so that no harm comes to them (Rev. 7:3); and then lists the numbers from each tribe who are sealed.
How grateful I am Adonai, because You have shown mercy to me, grafting me into Israel so that in the time of calamity, Your "bond-servants" will be safe. I pray that the many who believe in the saving grace of Yeshua will not deceive themselves just because they go to "church" and say "Lord, Lord!" Rather may they work out their salvation each day with fear and trembling so that You will not need to say, "I do not know you."
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 have just concluded 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. We have completed 13 days of counting up to the fifty
days to Shavuot (Lev. 23:15-16).
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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