RR Psalm 37:9 Part 7
Shalom,
Today is the first day of Sukkot. It is also the second anniversary of the October 7th massacre. Please join me and Jan, and many others, in praying for the release of all of our hostages.
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Psalm 37:9 For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for Adonai—they will inherit the land.
How many ways are there to say the same thing? Apparently, from the substance of this Psalm and many other Scriptures, there are endless possibilities. Compare and contrast that good will triumph over evil, right over wrong, righteousness over sin, God (and His purposes) over God’s enemies (and their purposes). And so it goes.
The enemies of God have a promised destiny… separation from God for all eternity. Rev 21:8 “But for the cowardly and faithless and detestable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars—their lot is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
The righteous also have a promised destiny… to be with the Lord, in His presence, for all eternity. Psalm 92:13(12ff) The righteous will flourish like a palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.14 Planted in the House of Adonai, they will flourish in the courts of our God. 15 They will still yield fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and freshness. 16 They declare, “Adonai is upright, my Rock—there is no injustice in Him.”
The contrast of the “cut off” status of evildoers is compared to the “waiting” of those who will “inherit the land.” So, let’s take a moment to discuss the art of waiting. In English, “waiting” could be defined as biding time, doing nothing over time spent, until someone or something else is finished. Biblical “waiting” is anything but passive. As we will see, biblical waiting is quite active.
The Hebrew Shoresh is Qavah (Quf-Vav-Hey) and means to hope in or to look forward with expectation. The Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah (The Hope), is taken from this Shoresh. As the poet, Rudyard Kipling, puts it, “Don’t get tired of waiting.” The lyric to Hatikvah puts it like this…
As long as in the heart within,
The Jewish soul yearns,
And toward the eastern edges, onward,
An eye gazes toward Zion.
Our hope is not yet lost,
The hope that is two-thousand years old,
To be a free nation in our land,
The Land of Zion, Jerusalem.
And look what the Lord has done with that hope. Ephesians 3:20a Now to Him who is able to do far beyond all that we ask or imagine! Yes, look what the Lord has done! And we have seen nothing yet! When God pours out His Spirit on the whole house of Israel, the worldwide revival has begun! Ezekiel saw it (read the entire context of Ezekiel 37), and now we see it too.
Ezekiel 37:6 “I will attach tendons to you, bring flesh on you and cover you with skin. Then I will put breath (Spirit) in you. You will live. You will know that I am Adonai.”
In Hebrew we say, “Yeshua HaMashiach Hu Adonai,” meaning “Yeshua the Messiah, He is the Lord.” We know it, and soon all Israel will know it too. Paul also wrote about the salvation of all Israel…. Romans 11:15 For if their (Jewish people) rejection leads to the reconciliation of the world, what will their (Jewish people) acceptance be but life from the dead? Meanwhile, we wait, but not just wait, we wait with expectation. Shalom shalom.
Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Tue7 Oct 202515th of Tishrei, 5786 Sukkot I
Le 22:26-23:44, Nu 29:12-16 Zech 14 Rev 7:9-17
Today is the first day of Sukkot. It is also the second anniversary of the October 7th massacre. Please join me and Jan, and many others, in praying for the release of all of our hostages.
________
Psalm 37:9 For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for Adonai—they will inherit the land.
How many ways are there to say the same thing? Apparently, from the substance of this Psalm and many other Scriptures, there are endless possibilities. Compare and contrast that good will triumph over evil, right over wrong, righteousness over sin, God (and His purposes) over God’s enemies (and their purposes). And so it goes.
The enemies of God have a promised destiny… separation from God for all eternity. Rev 21:8 “But for the cowardly and faithless and detestable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars—their lot is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
The righteous also have a promised destiny… to be with the Lord, in His presence, for all eternity. Psalm 92:13(12ff) The righteous will flourish like a palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.14 Planted in the House of Adonai, they will flourish in the courts of our God. 15 They will still yield fruit in old age. They will be full of sap and freshness. 16 They declare, “Adonai is upright, my Rock—there is no injustice in Him.”
The contrast of the “cut off” status of evildoers is compared to the “waiting” of those who will “inherit the land.” So, let’s take a moment to discuss the art of waiting. In English, “waiting” could be defined as biding time, doing nothing over time spent, until someone or something else is finished. Biblical “waiting” is anything but passive. As we will see, biblical waiting is quite active.
The Hebrew Shoresh is Qavah (Quf-Vav-Hey) and means to hope in or to look forward with expectation. The Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah (The Hope), is taken from this Shoresh. As the poet, Rudyard Kipling, puts it, “Don’t get tired of waiting.” The lyric to Hatikvah puts it like this…
As long as in the heart within,
The Jewish soul yearns,
And toward the eastern edges, onward,
An eye gazes toward Zion.
Our hope is not yet lost,
The hope that is two-thousand years old,
To be a free nation in our land,
The Land of Zion, Jerusalem.
And look what the Lord has done with that hope. Ephesians 3:20a Now to Him who is able to do far beyond all that we ask or imagine! Yes, look what the Lord has done! And we have seen nothing yet! When God pours out His Spirit on the whole house of Israel, the worldwide revival has begun! Ezekiel saw it (read the entire context of Ezekiel 37), and now we see it too.
Ezekiel 37:6 “I will attach tendons to you, bring flesh on you and cover you with skin. Then I will put breath (Spirit) in you. You will live. You will know that I am Adonai.”
In Hebrew we say, “Yeshua HaMashiach Hu Adonai,” meaning “Yeshua the Messiah, He is the Lord.” We know it, and soon all Israel will know it too. Paul also wrote about the salvation of all Israel…. Romans 11:15 For if their (Jewish people) rejection leads to the reconciliation of the world, what will their (Jewish people) acceptance be but life from the dead? Meanwhile, we wait, but not just wait, we wait with expectation. Shalom shalom.
Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Tue7 Oct 202515th of Tishrei, 5786 Sukkot I
Le 22:26-23:44, Nu 29:12-16 Zech 14 Rev 7:9-17
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