There are many ways of looking at the Tanach(Old Testament or Jewish Bible or G-D's Instructions), some of them I have performed. I have taken a look in this different fashions, because I have heard many reasons that this body of knowledge should not be accepted. For example: "It was just written by man.", "It is just a document about the Jews trying to lift themselves above everybody else.", "It is the Word of GOD, recorded at HIS command and written by Moses". An one that I did when I knew I was going to have a child, "What kind of example is GOD as the Father of all?"
I now purpose to seek in this body of work: "What exactly is GOD'S complaint and what can I to do about it?"
Any thoughts on this?
Shalom Shalom,
Yaakov
Love G_D, Seek Truth, Act Justly, then can we hope to find understanding, peace and life.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
"So many arrows and so much trouble in my life!"
What to say, what to say?
If you know the GOD of Abraham, Issac and Jacob, --it is a start. Adam started with more than you or I, because he KNEW GOD and talked with him in the Garden, where he lost his biggest test. So many choose to read the test as "whether or not to eat of the Tree", I seriously, find that the test was not to turn away from GOD. This can only be seen when you are seeking GOD and HIS WORD, because of the subtle way in which it is written: "because you listened to your wife(Eve) and did eat of the tree when I told you, . . . .the ground is cursed . . . ." Every translation I have seen puts this text in almost the exactly the same words and yet we see everything but GOD'S complaint.
The point is every soul on that has ever lived or will live is tested by being: rich, poor, lame, athletic, man, woman, of any race, of any color and circumstance, ailing or vigorous in mind, body, or spirit . . . .
Hold on to GOD with all of your Heart, Soul and Being. Keep HIS Sabbath and keep your hands from doing evil. This is the minimum required by GOD, but never turn away or ignore HIM, what ever HE brings to test you. (For he created the good and the evil.)
I know that this is not a good pep-talk, but it seems to me that all of us should be reminded, what we must do puts our souls at risk and a prize is much greater than possessing the whole earth. If this were not true, I can find no reason for GOD, who knows all and created all for HIS purposes to then create evil on the earth or even to create mankind who has the inclination to do evil at all times. HE would have made US all good without a choice. Therefore HE is seeking those that hold on and do not turn away completely, but when we slip and fall, when we sin, and then being still alive in the flesh, shall turn back to HIM and seek HIM and HIS forgiveness, it is promised to be given and we will be Righteous again.
All of this is for HIS Honor and HIS Glory, Amen.
I hope that this helps you, it is some of what I hang on to myself.
Shalom Shalom,
Yaakov
If you know the GOD of Abraham, Issac and Jacob, --it is a start. Adam started with more than you or I, because he KNEW GOD and talked with him in the Garden, where he lost his biggest test. So many choose to read the test as "whether or not to eat of the Tree", I seriously, find that the test was not to turn away from GOD. This can only be seen when you are seeking GOD and HIS WORD, because of the subtle way in which it is written: "because you listened to your wife(Eve) and did eat of the tree when I told you, . . . .the ground is cursed . . . ." Every translation I have seen puts this text in almost the exactly the same words and yet we see everything but GOD'S complaint.
The point is every soul on that has ever lived or will live is tested by being: rich, poor, lame, athletic, man, woman, of any race, of any color and circumstance, ailing or vigorous in mind, body, or spirit . . . .
Hold on to GOD with all of your Heart, Soul and Being. Keep HIS Sabbath and keep your hands from doing evil. This is the minimum required by GOD, but never turn away or ignore HIM, what ever HE brings to test you. (For he created the good and the evil.)
I know that this is not a good pep-talk, but it seems to me that all of us should be reminded, what we must do puts our souls at risk and a prize is much greater than possessing the whole earth. If this were not true, I can find no reason for GOD, who knows all and created all for HIS purposes to then create evil on the earth or even to create mankind who has the inclination to do evil at all times. HE would have made US all good without a choice. Therefore HE is seeking those that hold on and do not turn away completely, but when we slip and fall, when we sin, and then being still alive in the flesh, shall turn back to HIM and seek HIM and HIS forgiveness, it is promised to be given and we will be Righteous again.
All of this is for HIS Honor and HIS Glory, Amen.
I hope that this helps you, it is some of what I hang on to myself.
Shalom Shalom,
Yaakov
I am not to keep the Sabbath and I don't know where to turn for truth
Trust in the Word of GOD! In Genesis 2:2 "On the seventh day GOD finished that work which HE had been doing, and HE ceased on the seventh day from all the work that HE had done. (3) And GOD BLessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because on it GOD ceased from all of the creation that HE had done." IT is GOD'S Holy Day, --not man's. Keep the Sabbath(Seventh Day) for it is HIS Day, even the ground gets a Sabbath.
Payment for sins, Repent to the GOD Most HIgh and seek HIS Mercy for HIS Name Sake and His Glory, --I believe that we are in the End of Days, so there are special rules for these times. First, when you pray face HIS Holy Mountain (Zion) in Jerusalem, HE Promises to hear prayers sent to that place. Second, trouble will be for the Righteous as well as for the sinner at that time, But if you seek GOD with all of your Heart, your Soul and Being, and Keep HIS LAW and Keep your Hands from doing evil, GOD will take care of you. For it is your SOUL that counts not the body. The difference between a A righteous person and a sinner is ONE SIN or ONE TRUE REPENTANCE to GOD. (Ezekiel 18 --Your answers are here.) Keep in mind that if you repent, you need to strive with all that you are to not do it again. I know of no perfect people in the Bible(Tanach), only sinners and those who repented and tried harder to walk before GOD. --Don't Stop Trying! You don't need lots of books, Study the Writings of Moses with an open heart, and you will go a long way. If that is not enough, Read the Tanach also. Seek the Truth, Always. In Jeremiah, GOD chose him in the womb to be GOD'S Prophet and told him of all the suffering that Israel was going to receive. Jeremiah argued with GOD, not wanting to do this thing. GOD told him to go into the streets of Jerusalem and find a man that executes justice and seeks the truth, if he could find ONE such, GOD would forgive ALL of Israel, --for the righteousness of ONE. In all Jerusalem not one was found. So a King wanted a horse, GOD made a deal for ONE Righteous man, both have been denied success.( The first part, about the King is not in the Tanach but is in Shakespeare's is writings.)
Before the Chosen One Comes to do his job in Jerusalem, all Israel's Children will turn back to GOD and declare will all their Heart and Soul, that GOD is GOD, and follow HIS ways truly. This has never been, even Moses complained about this in Deuteronomy 29, we have the worse pain the world has ever seen coming, in order to make us turn to GOD and Acknowledge HIM as OUR GOD and Follow HIM. JUST TRY HARDER, you can do it, --I know you can if you want to. Take to GOD about it, with you whole heart.
For additional confirmation of what I have written to you prior to this,
you must read Isaiah 56! Even if you are a stranger, you are acceptable to GOD.
Shalom Shalom,
Yaakov
Payment for sins, Repent to the GOD Most HIgh and seek HIS Mercy for HIS Name Sake and His Glory, --I believe that we are in the End of Days, so there are special rules for these times. First, when you pray face HIS Holy Mountain (Zion) in Jerusalem, HE Promises to hear prayers sent to that place. Second, trouble will be for the Righteous as well as for the sinner at that time, But if you seek GOD with all of your Heart, your Soul and Being, and Keep HIS LAW and Keep your Hands from doing evil, GOD will take care of you. For it is your SOUL that counts not the body. The difference between a A righteous person and a sinner is ONE SIN or ONE TRUE REPENTANCE to GOD. (Ezekiel 18 --Your answers are here.) Keep in mind that if you repent, you need to strive with all that you are to not do it again. I know of no perfect people in the Bible(Tanach), only sinners and those who repented and tried harder to walk before GOD. --Don't Stop Trying! You don't need lots of books, Study the Writings of Moses with an open heart, and you will go a long way. If that is not enough, Read the Tanach also. Seek the Truth, Always. In Jeremiah, GOD chose him in the womb to be GOD'S Prophet and told him of all the suffering that Israel was going to receive. Jeremiah argued with GOD, not wanting to do this thing. GOD told him to go into the streets of Jerusalem and find a man that executes justice and seeks the truth, if he could find ONE such, GOD would forgive ALL of Israel, --for the righteousness of ONE. In all Jerusalem not one was found. So a King wanted a horse, GOD made a deal for ONE Righteous man, both have been denied success.( The first part, about the King is not in the Tanach but is in Shakespeare's is writings.)
Before the Chosen One Comes to do his job in Jerusalem, all Israel's Children will turn back to GOD and declare will all their Heart and Soul, that GOD is GOD, and follow HIS ways truly. This has never been, even Moses complained about this in Deuteronomy 29, we have the worse pain the world has ever seen coming, in order to make us turn to GOD and Acknowledge HIM as OUR GOD and Follow HIM. JUST TRY HARDER, you can do it, --I know you can if you want to. Take to GOD about it, with you whole heart.
For additional confirmation of what I have written to you prior to this,
you must read Isaiah 56! Even if you are a stranger, you are acceptable to GOD.
Shalom Shalom,
Yaakov
Monday, March 29, 2010
Things I became aware of while preparing for Passover 2010.
- Behind the command to love the LORD GOD with all of my heart, all of my soul and all of my being, is the to keep and perform Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
- The first example of becoming a Israelite(conversion) is in Exodus in the Commandments(Laws) regarding keeping the Passover Feast.
- The Law:
- (Genesis 17:10) This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. (17:11) And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.(King James Version) ;; (Genesis 17:10) Such shall be the covenant between ME and you and your offspring to follow which you shall keep: every male among you shall be circumcised.(17:11) You shall circumcise the flesh of the foreskin, and that shall be of the covenant between ME and YOU.(Jewish Publication Society 1999)
- (Exodus 12:43) And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: (12:44) But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.(KJV);;(Exodus 12:43)The LORD said to Moses and Aaron: This is the LAW of the Passover offering: No Foreigner shall eat of it.(44) But any slave a man has bought may eat of it once he has been circumcised.(Jewish Publication Society 1999).
- (Exodus 12:48) If a stranger who dwells with you would offer the Passover to the LORD, all his males must be circumcised, then he shall be admitted to offer it; he shall be a citizen of the country. But no uncircumcised person may eat of it. (KJV);;(Exodus 12:48) If a stranger who dwells with you would offer the Passover to the LORD, all his males must be circumcised; then he shall be admitted to offer it; he shall be as a citizen of the country. But no uncircumcised person may eat of it.(JPS 1999)
- (Exodus 12:49) There shall be one law for the citizen and for the stranger who dwells among you.(KJV);;(Exodus 12:49) There shall be one law for the citizen and for the stranger who dwells among you.(JPS 1999)
- (Genesis 17:10) This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. (17:11) And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.(King James Version) ;; (Genesis 17:10) Such shall be the covenant between ME and you and your offspring to follow which you shall keep: every male among you shall be circumcised.(17:11) You shall circumcise the flesh of the foreskin, and that shall be of the covenant between ME and YOU.(Jewish Publication Society 1999)
- I read this as a conversion process going back to Abraham and the making of the Covenant.
- The Law:
- In the Commandments given prior to the Exodus, regarding Passover, is the Bind upon the Hand, and a symbol between the eyes.
- This understanding takes more explanation, and a couple of questions.
- The Law:
- (Exodus 13:9) And this shall server you as assign upon your hand and reminder on your forehead(between your eyes), in order that the Teaching of the LORD may be in your mouth --: that with a mighty hand the LORD freed you from Egypt. (KJV);;(Exodus 13:9) And this shall serve you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead –in order that the TEACHING of the LORD may be in your mouth –that with a mighty had the LORD freed you from Egypt. (JPS 1999)
- (Exodus 13:16) And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.(KJV);;(Exodus 13:16) And it shall be as a sign upon your hand and as a symbol on your forehead that with a mighty hand the LORD freed us from Egypt.(JPS 1999)
- (Deuteronomy 6:8) And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.(KJV);;(Deuteronomy 6:8)Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on you forehead(between your eyes-JPS note d)(JPS 1999)
- (Exodus 13:9) And this shall server you as assign upon your hand and reminder on your forehead(between your eyes), in order that the Teaching of the LORD may be in your mouth --: that with a mighty hand the LORD freed you from Egypt. (KJV);;(Exodus 13:9) And this shall serve you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead –in order that the TEACHING of the LORD may be in your mouth –that with a mighty had the LORD freed you from Egypt. (JPS 1999)
- What I have come to know about this is: Between your eyes is to KNOW or REMEMBER, Up on your hand is that this must control what you do, perform, act upon. (Isaiah 56) 2:Happy is the man who does this, the man who holds fast to it:Who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it. And stays his hand from doing evil.(JPS 1999) I will use the KJV now because I have it in digital form and I must Observe Passover very soon. (Isaiah 56:6) Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; (7)Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.(8)(Isaiah 56:8) The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him. (KJV)
- The Law:
- This understanding takes more explanation, and a couple of questions.
Yom Paesach
Yaakov
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Law, Proof Text or Prophecy, middle of discussion.
It is a good to praise GOD, I think it is questionable to use them(Psalms) as Law, Proof Text or Prophecy. I do find that Prophets speaking in the NAME of the LORD are to be referenced, as long as what was said comes true or does not conflict with the Written TORAH(GOD'S LAW). A lot is made of this in the Tanach.
re: What do you mean " A lot is made of this in the Tanach."(referring to prophecy)
Prophets speak in the Name of GOD, like Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah,... God calls the prophets, prophetesses.
Speaking of Abraham as a prophet(Genesis 20:7) Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
Aaron a prophet(Exodus 7:1) And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Miriam (Exodus 15:20) And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
According to Moses, (Numbers 11:29) And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
So how does being a prophet work?
(Numbers 12:6)(GOD Speaking) And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
(Numbers 12:7) My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
(Numbers 12:8) With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? ***This is the sedition of Miriam and Aaron in Numbers 12.***
How are we to know who is a prophet?
(Deuteronomy 13:1) If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,(Deuteronomy 13:2) And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
(Deuteronomy 13:3) Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
(Deuteronomy 13:4) Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
(Deuteronomy 13:5) And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
***This chapter is our responsibility to know GOD'S Law and to be lead astray, to go against GOD'S Law for anyone else, It Is Our Life(Soul) that is at stake.***
(Deuteronomy 18:18) I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.(Deuteronomy 18:19) And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.(Deuteronomy 18:20) But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.(Deuteronomy 18:21) And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? (Deuteronomy 18:22) When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
(Deuteronomy 34:10) And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
***This is just in the Writings of Moses(Torah), and prophecy is a very serious thing. The First Rule is Someone speaks against or contrary to GOD'S WORD, do not listen(Deuteronomy 13:3) you are being tested. I personally am afraid of leading by word or deed any person from GOD'S Path, and so it is the MAIN reason for seeking the TRUTH in Writings of Moses(Torah) and the Prophets which GOD Appoints. Others can speak prophecy or what seam to be prophecy, but maybe they are only the words quoted from Moses. King David tells King Solomon to hold to the writings of Moses; King Solomon at the dedication of The TEMPLE ask GOD to PLACE HIS NAME THERE, and that the Lord should always hear prayers towards this place, no matter where they are in the world, if they will face this place.
(1 Kings 8:29) That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
(1 Kings 8:30) And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
....(1 Kings 8:33) When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
....(1 Kings 8:48) And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house... ***It is a very long prayer, and refers to many prophecies found in the Writings of Moses(Torah). King Solomon did listen some to what King David instructed him. King Solomon did know that to ask GOD to listen to this place, for even the Curses or Prophecies about being scattered amongst the nations and that GOD would not listen when they cry out in prayer because of their deeds, he knew to get this concession, that GOD would always listen to the prayers offered toward this place.****(1 Kings 9:3) And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. ...
(1 Kings 9:6) But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
(1 Kings 9:7) Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: ***Concession given, but GOD says that we will not hold to HIS LAW and so the need for the place GOD Placed HIS NAME is of GREAT Importance to those who would speak to GOD in these days.
Who is a prophet? Anyone that GOD chooses, and they will speak in HIS NAME and at HIS COMMAND.
Am I understandable? Am I answering the question in a way you can hear? What else should I explain?
Shalom, Shalom,
Yaakov
re: What do you mean " A lot is made of this in the Tanach."(referring to prophecy)
Prophets speak in the Name of GOD, like Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah,... God calls the prophets, prophetesses.
Speaking of Abraham as a prophet(Genesis 20:7) Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
Aaron a prophet(Exodus 7:1) And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Miriam (Exodus 15:20) And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
According to Moses, (Numbers 11:29) And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
So how does being a prophet work?
(Numbers 12:6)(GOD Speaking) And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
(Numbers 12:7) My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
(Numbers 12:8) With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? ***This is the sedition of Miriam and Aaron in Numbers 12.***
How are we to know who is a prophet?
(Deuteronomy 13:1) If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,(Deuteronomy 13:2) And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
(Deuteronomy 13:3) Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
(Deuteronomy 13:4) Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
(Deuteronomy 13:5) And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
***This chapter is our responsibility to know GOD'S Law and to be lead astray, to go against GOD'S Law for anyone else, It Is Our Life(Soul) that is at stake.***
(Deuteronomy 18:18) I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.(Deuteronomy 18:19) And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.(Deuteronomy 18:20) But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.(Deuteronomy 18:21) And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? (Deuteronomy 18:22) When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
(Deuteronomy 34:10) And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
***This is just in the Writings of Moses(Torah), and prophecy is a very serious thing. The First Rule is Someone speaks against or contrary to GOD'S WORD, do not listen(Deuteronomy 13:3) you are being tested. I personally am afraid of leading by word or deed any person from GOD'S Path, and so it is the MAIN reason for seeking the TRUTH in Writings of Moses(Torah) and the Prophets which GOD Appoints. Others can speak prophecy or what seam to be prophecy, but maybe they are only the words quoted from Moses. King David tells King Solomon to hold to the writings of Moses; King Solomon at the dedication of The TEMPLE ask GOD to PLACE HIS NAME THERE, and that the Lord should always hear prayers towards this place, no matter where they are in the world, if they will face this place.
(1 Kings 8:29) That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
(1 Kings 8:30) And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
....(1 Kings 8:33) When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
....(1 Kings 8:48) And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house... ***It is a very long prayer, and refers to many prophecies found in the Writings of Moses(Torah). King Solomon did listen some to what King David instructed him. King Solomon did know that to ask GOD to listen to this place, for even the Curses or Prophecies about being scattered amongst the nations and that GOD would not listen when they cry out in prayer because of their deeds, he knew to get this concession, that GOD would always listen to the prayers offered toward this place.****(1 Kings 9:3) And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. ...
(1 Kings 9:6) But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
(1 Kings 9:7) Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: ***Concession given, but GOD says that we will not hold to HIS LAW and so the need for the place GOD Placed HIS NAME is of GREAT Importance to those who would speak to GOD in these days.
Who is a prophet? Anyone that GOD chooses, and they will speak in HIS NAME and at HIS COMMAND.
Am I understandable? Am I answering the question in a way you can hear? What else should I explain?
Shalom, Shalom,
Yaakov
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