Seldom do readers in this day and age read Your word in the cultural and historic context it was written in; and then match it with other portions of scripture. The result is that we have misinterpreted the writings of Your servants and have come to conclusions that are far removed from the truth. Few realize that when David wrote this psalm, it was the time of the feasts when You commanded all Israel to gather at Jerusalem. Today, because the evil one has cleverly deceived men who read the Bible to think that the New Covenant has cancelled Your instructions to keep Your appointed days; these have failed to understand You and Your word. When Paul, Your bond-servant wrote to the Corinthians saying, "Let us keep the feast (of Unleavened Bread)" not with the leaven of sin but with a pure heart, many have not understood him; choosing rather to think that he was actually teaching that God has done away with the law. Few have the revelation to understand what Paul is teaching—for he could see the glorious connection between what You commanded before Yeshua came to the earth and how You fulfilled and are still fulfilling Your purposes in Him.
Oh Adonai, open the eyes and hearts of those who fear Thee so that they will understand the whole purpose of Your eternal will (as revealed from Genesis to Revelation) for in doing so they will see Your beauty and the glory of Your eternal plan. Hear my prayer, O Saviour. Remove the scales from the eyes of many and then give them courage to fearlessly distance themselves from the traditions of men.
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 now completed 16 days of counting up to the fifty
days to Shavuot (Lev. 23:15-16), the next feast day of the Lord.
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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