Truth against the worldPsalm 137 by Ewald Bash, “By the Babylonian Rivers”, KAS DZIEDAJA/CAPTIVITY, Latvian melody
Verse 1:
By the Ba-by-lon-ian ri-vers
We sat down in grief and wept;
Hung our harps up-on the wil-low,
Mourned for Zi-on when we slept.
August 15, 2021
Scripture Reading Isaiah 45:5-9
I have been wondering for some time why there seems to be absolutes only in math and little science. Why 2 people can take the same material and come up with differing opinions. Such as 2 doctors reading the same MRI, CATSCAN, or X-rays and come up with different opinions or why there are differing views as to Scripture verses. What keeps people from seeing the same views? Why do people fall for a fallacy as there being more than 2 genders and cannot view that all races are not alike? How do we determine who is right and what determines to be right? Why do people hold on to a view or even a tradition that seems to others as being ridiculous or a lie? The Lord God guided me in finding answers to all these questions and more in this search.
I found an article searching for what the minds of the world had to say on the question of where our thoughts come from.
August 8, 2021
Scripture Reading: Psalm 9:1-16
“Psalm 9 and 10 are really one Psalm. In several ancient manuscripts and versions, they appear as a single composition. The acrostic structure, though incomplete, points to the same fact. Here we have a mixture of literary types: hymn, thanksgiving, and lament, dealing with both national and domestic [individual] enemies.” – Layman’s Bible Commentary, p. 36
This Psalm, that we know as Psalms 9 & 10, goes quite well with Psalm 137, which we are also covering.
1. Thanksgiving (Ps. 9:1-4)
2. Hymn of Praise (Ps. 9:5-16)
3. Judgment upon the Nations (Ps. 9:17-20)
4. Lament (Ps. 10:1-4)
5. David’s Prayer (Ps. 10:12-18)
August 1, 2021
Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 2:21-25
What do these verses mean? What is Jeremiah saying to the kingdom of Judah? Is it important to know today?
God often pictures Israel as being planted as a noble vine or a goodly tree; a right seed. Jeremiah then asks a disturbing question. How did Israel change from a noble vine into a degenerate plant of a strange [or alien, or foreigner or adulterous] vine?
Could Jeremiah, if he were alive today, ask the same question? Is the House of Judah and the House of Israel turned into a degenerate plant of a strange vine or is it still a noble vine? Is the kingdom likened to a well cultivated vine that has grown into a wild plant? Is the kingdom likened to a filthy object that no amount of washing with soap can cleanse? Is the kingdom likened to a woman who has left her husband for other men? Is the kingdom likened to a person who has lusted after other strange women, like a camel in heat lusts for a mate? Is the kingdom likened to the eagerness of a thirsty traveler who walks the desert searching for water till the sandals drop off his feet? Could the same thing be said of the Israelite nations of today? Are they being turned into a degenerate vine?
July 25, 2021
Scripture Liturgy: Psalm 123: 1-4
This psalm is primarily a lament for the community of Israel, and was likely used in the temple as a liturgy. The first statement is in the first person singular and may have been sung by a priest. The remainder of the psalm is in the first person plural and was probably sung by the congregation.
“Unto Thee … have I lifted up mine eyes” (v. 1). Hard and bitter trial may come in one or more of many ways; but the text points to that of oppression, the cruel treatment of the weaker by the stronger. This may come to us in different forms than the psalmist: the IRS, unfair judges; or more personal problems, such as extreme medical issues and the seemingly endless suffering it brings. Where shall we turn? If there be no escape from it, as there often is not, we must find our refuge in God. When we have vainly looked around for help from man, “we lift up our eyes” to God, to Him that “dwelleth in the heavens.”
July 18, 2021
Greetings Kindred and fellow Sheep. We are on a first name basis here. My name is walter. This Lesson comprises Scriptures that have puzzled me for a long time. This Lesson is not possible without The First 7 Lessons! The Subject is Twins by two different Fathers. From Twins, Lessons 1 and 2, do we recall Two Interlopers into the ancient names of the stars : Greek and Roman Mythology? In Gemini the Greeks named the Twins Apollo and Hercules. The Romans named them Castor and Pollux. The Bible named them Abel and Cain. The Roman names Castor and Pollux identify the figurehead on the ship of Alexandria that carried Paul, his fellow prisoners, and Luke, the beloved physician, off the island of Malta.
July 11, 2021
Deuteronomy 14:21a
There are three separate, diverse groups of people mentioned in verse 21:
July 4, 2021
Scripture Reading: Psalm 43:1-5
The Scripture we read is actually a Part 2, or a continuation of Psalm 42, likely written by one of the sons of Korah (the Korahites accompanied David in his flight beyond the Jordan during Absalom’s rebellion). Psalm 43 is likely a supplementary stanza, added later by the same or a different author. The absence of a title for this psalm, and the recurrence of several phrases, especially the refrain, “Why art thou cast down, O my soul and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God” (v. 5), puts this beyond doubt, as the verse is repeated 3 times. The separation is old since it is found in the LXX (Septuagint). Whoever wrote this psalm (both Psalms 42 & 43), has given immortal form to the longings of the soul after God. He has fixed forever and made melodious the sigh: “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God” (Ps. 42:1).
June 27, 2021
1 Corinthians 12
Diversity of gifts - but the same Spirit; differences in administration, but the same Lord; diversities of operations, but the same God
The diversity of gifts in the church body:
As a body, we need the diversity of gifts. The church is the only place that spiritual gifts will be blessed at their best ... within a group setting.
June 20, 2021
We come to the most challenging part of these lessons on the twins by two different fathers. When the doctrine of “the mother of all living” “who conceived by” [two] was first outlined to me I was struck numb. For a year I was in doctrinal paralysis. My ardent curiosity why someone would believe Cain’s father was Lucifer, not Adam, stirred me. Why were men and women with quiet reputation and ordered lives convicted Adam’s father hood of Cain is a bad paternity rap?! How to move forward I knew not, until I reviewed the nobility of the members of the Berean congregation in Acts 17:10-11.
Most ministers call Abraham a “Jew” without justification or Scriptural evidence. Preachers refer to Moses and the ancient Israelites who came out of Egypt as “Jews.” Why? It is because they are taught to do so in their colleges and seminaries (controlled by jews). The book of Exodus calls them Israelites, the House of Jacob, Hebrews, Israel, and the children of Israel. Never are any of this race called “Jews.”
The 12 tribes heraldry and symbols used by the ancient Israelites have still survived to this day and are found amongst European banners, coat of arms and national icons. Click to view the video ...
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