September 21, 2007

  • Friday Fly-by

    So I was reading earlier in Ezekiel

     

    Chapter 9 verses 4-6 -- 4And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.  5And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:  6Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

    And I had to stop and make a note to compare it to Revelations chapter 7 verses 2-4 --  2And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,  3Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.  4And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

     

    Now I know that YHWH works in patterns ... was Ezekiel predicting babylon's conquest of Judah in 586ish bc or when antiochus came thru or the 70ad thing or is this also talking about end times or all?  Like each time a destruction comes, it comes in a pattern.... am I making sense of my question?

     

    Actually many times in Ezekiel I am thinking "that's kind of what Revelation says"

    I've just been reading to read and forcing myself not to jot down every verse and thought that stands out.  After I get through the book of Luke (I started in John this time thru), I'll start back at Genesis and go chapter by chapter keeping notes again and reading footnotes/commentaries and if I disagree with any footnotes/commentaries I will try to prove why I disagree.

     

    I've also been doing TorahClass.com, attending Intro to Jewish Roots class on the first day of the week, a once a month Torah Study group here in my part of the metro, a bi-monthly HavDallah get together, and recently celebrated Rosh HaShanah and plan to fast from sundown today to sundown tomorrow for Yom Kippur because even though it falls on a Shabbat I read/heard that YK takes priority over the weekly Sabbath and YK is a fast day while Shabbat is a feast day ...  but either way I am sure a day of fasting would be good for me...I know suppose to be an affliction ... but it may be hard and yet good for me...make sense?

    also a cool place right here in MO  http://ffoz.org/blogs/ and their main site, where you can sign up to be emailed the weekly Torah portion to read and some notes on it  http://ffoz.org/  or download a 5768 dates and readings pdf document http://ffoz.org/_php/download.php?file=Torah-Reading-Schedule-5768.pdf

     

    So tomorrow night, Steak at my home!

    I came across this article below recently and while I am not here to debate about "one regardeth one day and another another day"  but yes we have freedom as of now, but will we always have the freedom to choose which day (I use the word freedom loosely because if we obeyed 4th commandment, we would know what day was the proper day)

    Pope: Sunday Worship a "Necessity"For All

    During a recent mass, Pope Benedict XVI warned against the evils of allowing Sunday to become just a part of the weekend. The pope has been very vocal about Europe's Catholic roots, and is pushing to have them included in the European Constitution. Although laws concerning Sunday worship are currently determined by individual nations, look for the European Union to eventually gain jurisdiction over the workweek, which is one of the reasons why the Catholic Church is so intimately involved with the evolution of the EU.