07/18/2007 II Kings Chapters 1-4

2:13 - He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
{is this mantle a cloak over another robe?  or did Elijah go to heaven nude?}

2:21-22 - And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.  So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
{ I was just asking why?}

link to verses 23-24  -- talk about a lesson in name calling/poking fun

4:42-44 - like 5 loaves and 2 fish and the other feeding miracle

07/19/2007 Chapters 5-7

5:18 - In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
{that even though he has to be there when his king in syria worships not the true God, then Naaman wants it to be known that he no longer wroships a false god, but the true God...but since he is a "right hand" man to the king, he will have to be there, but again he wants to be forgiven and it be known he is not worshipping a false god}

6:26-29 {talk about gory}

07/20/2007 Chapters 8-10

see notes in the kings listings below

07/21/2007 Chapters 11-13

13:5 - (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
{who is this?  Joash}

13:21 - And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
{talk about Power!}

07/22/2007 - Chapters 14-16

14:3 - And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
{this is why it is so important for parents to set the example....he didn't copy his great, great (more greats) grandpa, but his immediate dad whom he observed day in and day out}

15:12 - This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
{see kings list below to see, that Jehu's great, great grandson was the last ruler from his loins}

07/23/2007 Chapters 17-19
 17:23 - Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
{unto this day here must mean unto the day of this record being written down, yes?  Dake's says after all tribes were taken captive for sure...maybe when they were starting to go back or had been for a while?}

17:39 - But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

19:3 - And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah (to Isaiah), This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

{is this where Isaiah 66:9 - Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. comes into play? }

19:12 - Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
{hmmm, Eden....hmmm...}

19:34 - For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

07/24/2007 Chapters 20-22
20:3 - I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

20:7 - And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
{and people find naturopath ways weird...}

20:15 - And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
{this turned out to be the wrong move}

20:19 - Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
{eh who cares if everyone and everything gets carted off to Babylon...at least there will be good peace during my lifetime...how many of us only care about ourselves?  OUCH}

20:20 - And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
{what? before the romans became famous for their aquaducts?  really?  the Judahites had a way to bring water into the city...well I'll be...but not a monkey's uncle...maybe an aunt someday}

22:13 - Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.
{isn't it incredible that we can enter HIS throne room boldly and do not need a priest to inquire of HIM on our behalf?!}

22:14 - So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
{a prophetess who is righteous...interesting....seeing as how Debi Pearl can't stand women prophetess's...}

22:18-20  {so here, Josiah was going to be given peace in his lifetime but this desolation would come later...but at least Josiah didn't respond with, "oh well at least there will be peace in my lifetime"  w/o a care in the world for those who would suffer after he was gone}

07/25/2007 Chapters 23-25 end of II Kings

23:21 - And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.

25:3 - And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
{Av 9?  yep sure nuf see link to the right} http://www.xanga.com/Godpickedme/606004893/av-9-what-happened-on-the-9th-of-av.html

25:17 - The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
{compare with first account I Kings 7:16 - And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits }  Did you notice the brass chapiter is shorter?  see  feast II account that explains more}

King over All 12 tribes
Saul - must have been good in the beginning to be made king, but then became disobedient.
David - good, had a little set back, but repented and remained obedient
Solomon - good at first....then let his many wives from many cultures lead him astray.

King over House of Judah
Rehoboam - only has Judah and Benjamin to rule over because of his father's sin.
Abijam - did evil {he and his son, Asa, have the same mother..I Kings 15:2 and 10}
Asa - does right
Jehoshaphat - did right and made peace with the king of Israel (ahab)
Jehoram - did evil, (married a daughter of Ahab.{II Kings 8:26}..so the king of Israel Jehoram (aka Joram) would be his nephew by marriage -
Ahaziah (yet a different person with the same name as a prior king of Israel...read my, it's all relative post for more) - did evil II Kings 8:27
Athaliah (Ahaziah's mom) -
Jehoash (or Joash, Ahaziah's youngest son?) - did right
Amaziah - did right
Azariah (also known as Uzziah) - did right
Jotham - did right
Ahaz - did evil (even though his daddy, or his example, did right)
Hezekiah - did right
Manasseh  - did evil
Amon - did evil
Josiah - did right {even though his dad and grandpa did evil...so inspiring}
Jehoahaz - did evil
Eliakim (Jehoiakim) also a son of Josiah - did evil
Jehoiachin - did evil
Mattaniah (a son of Josiah, brother to Jehoahaz)(and king of babylon changed his name to Zedekiah) -  did evil

King over Israel
Jeroboam - rules over Israel (the other 10 tribes).  he makes golden calves to be worshiped in Dan and Bethel and appoints whomever to be the priests and ordains his own feast to be observed by the people he rules over. not sure why the LORD would make a way for someone bad to begin with to be given a shot at being king...no respector of persons at work here...
Nadab - did evil
Baasha(not Nadab's son, because Baasha wiped out the house of Jeroboam as prophesied by Ahijah) - did evil
Elah - evil
Zimri (not Elah's son, but his servant who smote him and slew the house of Baasha as prophesied by Jehu) - reigned 7 days
Omri(captain of the host is made king)- does worse evil than those before
Ahab - did evil more than the rest (Jezebel was his wife)
Ahaziah - did evil
Jehoram(a different one II Kings 1:17 so my question is how can his reign begin in the seocnd year of Jehoram of Judah and also the 18th year of Jehoshaphat of Judah? II Kings 3:1 & II Kings 8:16 calls him by the name of Joram...) - did evil
Jehu - (not a descendent of Ahab) - II Kings 10:18-31
Jehoahaz -  did evil
Jehoash (Joash, again it's all relative...geesh talk about not unique thinking) - did evil
Jeroboam (the 2nd, but not from the same family LOL...) - did evil
Zachariah - did evil (and he had a nice name too)
Shallum the son of Jabesh -
Menahem the son of Gadi  - did evil
Pekahiah - did evil
Pekah the son of Remaliah  - did evil
Hoshea the son of Elah  - did evil

6 years ago today, my precious son decided to exit the womb and enter the world...exactly 4 weeks before his due date.

Here he is May 8, 2001 in utero: weighing in at 1.5 pounds

Out of the womb 24 hours now:  weighing in at 5 pounds 10 ounces

5 weeks old celebrating maternal grammy's 47th birthday:

My mom can't remember exactly how old I am here but it's late autumn time of 2001:

My first valentine's day (this was before mom found out this was not a true holiday) and I was going to eat dinner with mom's sisters so she dressed me up for the occasion: 6.5 months old

I've been jumping a while but now I really got the hang of it:

Trying to do like my dad does, I don't think anyone caught me doing this:   oops guess I was wrong!

My official first birthday: 7-31-02

My party that weekend:  I had to give my guest something worth their while:  such a show-off this was the first time he did this w/o needing a hand-hold help:

Look at me I'm 2!

my fave gift this year:

3 already!

I'm 4 years and 2.5 months here:  mom forgot to scan my 4th party pics at Grammy's yesterday:

Here is me and my 5th birthday "all gifts photo", mom thinks it is silly to photo me with each and every gift...and she is right!  Weighed in at 40 pounds and 41 inches tall.

And my latest adventure...bye bye thick, shiny, hair....hello trying to look like daddy.  Oh and I currently am 45 inches tall and weigh 44 pounds.

Mom says she will get on here later and edit to add some photos from my 6th birthday party....so stay tuned.

In the words of my son, "I am one sharp looking boy!"

He is such a cutey!  Can't ya now see why I want more of these?  After all the duggars just had #17 and within 5 minutes of the birth are already talking/planning to have another one...so it can't possibly be because the world is gonna end soon as the reason why we aren't being blessed with another.

On the board today:

Biblical High Holy Days:

he drew a line graph showing Passover, Unleavened Bread, and how Firstfruits falls on the first day of the week immediately after Passover, so therefore it could fall the day after or up to a week after Passover, just depends on when Passover was...then the counting of the Omer and up to Shavuot...then into Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah), Yom Kippur, and Sukkot....so yeah exciting stuff.  I'll try to keep up with it all by posting it here.

Biblical calendar:

Lunar-Rosh Kodesh

alternating 29-30 days per month {because the moon cycle is like 29 1/4 days, and this makes me wonder why they ever decided to base dates on the sun...duh it comes up every day, sure longer than some, but really?  I mean if we didn't spring forward and spring back, would we notice a time shift?  or if we didn't use clocks, would we notice some days have more sunlight than others? sometimes I think people's minds are lights on noone home when they come up with these ideas LOL}

there is a 13 month to the Biblical calendar every 3 years (which is why hanukah is close to xmess some years and far away others)....oh and our instructor said you know it's not just the Jewish or Hebrew calendar, rather it's the LORD's calendar, the Biblical Calendar.   Good point.

the calendar is completely corrected (back on track?) every 19 years.

Judaism is a way of life not a doctrine based thing like christianity.

Counting of the Omer 7 weeks and 1 day  = 50 days...a pilgrimage to Jerusalem on Shavuot....good for business also...and this was when the Torah was given...but ask a christian and they will say oh yeah pentecost the birth of the church in acts 2....but the tongues of fire mirrors (he said something about Mount Sinai....was there fire or just smoke?)....and then the Torah was written on stone tablets but now is written on our hearts.  Jeremiah 31:31-34 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.  And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

{someone brought up the 2 sticks and how christians think it means Jews and Gentiles being one...but really it means the 2 houses being as one again....Ezekiel 37:16-17 - Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions: And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.   and some say the church is the bride of Christ....no not the church...but Israel...and we have been grafted in or are a part of that when we are in Yeshua...not seperate, not like HE has 2 brides...I Timothy 3:2, 3:12, and Titus 1:6}

In Genesis 49:3-5  we can read about Judah getting the kingly rights and also it is mentioned here...I Chronicles 5:1-2  {my Dake says: reuben lost the birthright through sin and the blessings passed on to others.  unstable as water, he did not posess the traits of priest, prophet, or king.  that is why his geneology was not given first.  Judah inherited the kingly rights(Genesis 49:10)  and Joseph the other blessings of the birthright.

Priest - ministered to God on behalf of the people
Prophet - ministered to the people on behalf of God
King - administration

isn't our government 3-fold?  ah ha....must be a good system...LOL

Yeshua is all 3 to us.

Praise be to Yeshua!

PS I find that by actually reading the OT so much in the NT is made clear...just in case anyone here struggles with "getting thru" the OT and mostly just reads the NT...be of good cheer, lots of goodies in the pages of the OT...may answer some questions you have as you read the NT as well.

I just listened to this...what a blessing!

http://graftedin.com/torahtalk/Entering.mp3

tell me your thoughts

EU unveils bulky new treaty draft

The EU has kicked off its procedural journey towards a new Treaty with 277 pages of draft Treaty text. At the EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, the Portuguese Presidency presented a full draft version of the new Treaty, which is intended to replace the failed EU Constitution. The core of the text has 145 pages, accompanied by 132 pages of protocols and declarations. The rejected Constitution had 475 pages of text. The Reform Treaty merely amends the existing Maastricht and Rome Treaties, which will legally continue to exist under different names.

Family Fun Night

July 12th, 2007  (funny saw part 12 on the 12th)

HoLy FiRe WiTHiN

Covered in this mission:
-What keeps us from receiving God's chastening?
-The most outstanding attribute of God
- How to receive the fire of God upon your life

All of God's people require chastening at one time or another.

Pride keeps us from receiving chastening and by doing so we are forfeiting a benefit of HIS Holiness.
-humble yourself and accept the chastening

Habakkuk 2:1 - I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

God speaks to us in 2 ways:
- pictures in spirit (visions, dreams, etc)
-Words

Isaiah (Ben Amos)  6:1 - In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. (about 740 BC)

II Corinthians 3:18 - But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

We need a fresh vision of HIS Glory

II Chronicles 26:4-5 - And he(Azariah/Uzziah) did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.  And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.

Notice the kings first duty was to seek the LORD in order to prosper...not the betterment of the people, good of the country, or having a profitable ministry caused him to prosper.   Reminds us to seek HIM first and then we shall succeed in the avenue HE has called us to.

II Chronicles 26:16 - But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

Wow isn't he religious?  I mean he is going into the temple to burn incense (isn't that the priests job?)  ...so here Pride enters Uzziah's heart.

verses 17-19:  17And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:   18And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.   19Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.

A spirit of Pride and Religion cover each other up.  The strongest spirit of pride can be found in the church.

Pride must die to have a fresh vision of the LORD.  Look what pride got Uzziah - leprosy, dethronement (can't have a lepor as a king so they made his son reign while they put the old man out of sight, out of mind), and ultimately death.

Isaiah 6:1-4 - In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.   Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.  And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.  And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

In Hebrew they wrote something 2-3 times to emphasize like we do with bolding and underlining and CAPITALIZING and exclaimation points.  So it's not like the seraphims said it 3 times like we do in the song, but rather they were screaming louder than we can imagine, in a booming voice that shakes everything,  "HOLY!!!"
They can't emphasize it enough really the magnitude in which the seraphim are expressing HIS Holiness.  (Holy is the LORD God Almighty, the earth is filled with HIS Glory)

So Isaiah sees these seraphims and John also sees them but calls them the 4 creatures in Revelation.

Notice they are not crying "Power" "Love" "Light" "Faithful"  these are all attributes of God, but Holiness stands out above all the rest.

Isaiah 6:5 - Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

Isaiah is a preacher of righteousness.  Yet here he is no longer saying woe to the drunkard and the proud but rather woe is me.  He realizes who it is he really is and who it is he is before Holy God.  Shriek of terror....
undone = coming apart at the seams in Hebrew

Isaiah 6:6-7 - Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:  And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
(Cleansing)

Isaiah 6:8-10 - Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.  And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.   Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

Satelite waves need a receiver.  Here Isaiah is like a receiver.  Only 1 being in the universe at that time heard the question and instruction because he humbled himself to be purged/cleansed.

Revelation 3:19-20 - As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.   Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

IF  anyone...the problem is no one's hearing.

Isaiah had been cleansed/refined.

Isaiah was:
#1) humbled/refined
#2) passionate to do Holy works

Open door = nothing hidden but a secret closet is a place you still own and HE will not be second place.

Dine with him

Jeremiah 15:16 - Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

Jeremiah too, was refined. And persecuted.

Jeremiah 20:8-9 - For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.   Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay

Here we see a futile promise, I tried to stop preaching.

John Bevere said that the stupid, weak him tries to make him be quiet.  And reminds us not to rebuke those in authority over us....(like sure your pastor may do something wrong but don't rebuke him in front of everyone, just like with a child, just the two of you, don't single out and embarrass)

Remember John the Baptist was sent to the desert not the cemetary, er that should have been seminary.

There are two types in the church today:
1 - saved but complain during trials
2 - saved and in those same trials, meditate on the LORD and speak to one another

Malachi 3:13- 4:4 - sinners seem fine...before the refining you couldn't tell difference between those who did and did not love/know God

Luke 24:13-15 - And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.  And they talked together of all these things which had happened.  And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.   (When they were speaking to each other the Word of the LORD, because they feared HIM, then HE drew near....SELAH!)

verse 27: And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

verses 31-32 - And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.  And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

Find someone to speak the Word to you, back and forth for comfort and fire instead of complaining.  What we do in trials determines if fire burns in our heart.

Pursue Holiness in the fear of the LORD.

Fear the LORD and meditate on HIS Word.

Ecclesiastes 12:13 - Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

May your heart hasten to obey!

I hope my sharing my notes on this series with you was comforting and fuel for the fire. 

Is your heart ablaze?

07/11/2007 I Kings

Chapter 1 - in the last book Absalom sought to be king, now we see Adonijah, his brother, seeking to be king...man talk about impatient children, can't wait for their dad to say who will reign in his place...sure he told Bathsheba but apparently not anyone else, most likely to spare Solomon's life, if people knew he would be the next king, they would probably try to kill him before he could take the throne.

verses 20-21: And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.   Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.

verse 33:  The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
{sign of the new king given by king David...hmmm others thinking what I am thinking?}

Chapter 2 - like how Solomon puts an end to those who weren't truly obedient to his dad.

3:14 - And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
 
4:20 - Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

4:25 - And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
{good times while Solomon reigned, hold your hats, bad times are coming....when they say peace...1 Thessalonians 5:2-4}

07/12/2007 Chapters 5-7

5:3 - Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
{reminds me of Romans 16:20 - And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.}

5:11 - And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
{who the free masons claim as their founder/inspiration}

6:12-13 - Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:  And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

7:15-16 - For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.  And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:
{for the temple and important to remember  oh and see THIS for a fascinating video that talks about these pillars }

7:21 - And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

7:32-33 - And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.  And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.
{wheel in the middle of a wheel ?}

{Why is he remaking all the things they made out of gold and such in the desert?}

07/13/2007 Chapters 8-10
8:22 - And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
{I've attended assemlies, nazarene, methodist, and now a baptist church on sundays and a Home Church on thursdays and before the only congregation I saw lifting their hands was the Assemblies, in fact the other pastors had told us we could be walked out the door for lifting hands in their services. 
The last time I attended a local nazarene church I can't recall if during songs or even the preaching if anyone had uplifted hands, but at my cousins methodist church in Iowa over the past few years they've had rotating pastors who have a little background in the pentecostal movement....and they have "breathed" new life into the sometimes stuffy services and people were closing their eyes and lifting their hands.  And even at this baptist church.  Now I am not saying you have to lift your hands and close your eyes when singing to YHWH, but when the Spirit moves you to do so- by all means we should be allowed to and not have a pastor say , "that's what the pentecostals do and we won't have that here."}

8:43 - Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

8:54 - And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.

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:
{can't remember the century but there was the time the church wanted to seperate itself from anything Israelish is nature (true day of the Sabbath and traded Passover for ishtar, etc....and during WWII when the Jews (and yes other social groups) were in danger of being completely irradicated, I think those would fit this their name being a byword description}

9:28 - And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
{I like that Digging for Truth show, he tried to locate Solomon's Mines in one episode}

10:12 - And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
{red sandalwood}

10:14 - Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
{the reference of Solomon and the weight of gold six hundred and sixty-six}

10:21 - And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
{I prefer either white gold or silver in jewelry}

07/14/2007 Chapters 11-13
11:39 - And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
{!!!}

12:8 - But he(Rehoboam) forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:

12:19 - So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
{so when they say "unto this day" does that mean even today or until the day this record was written down to always be remembered?  oh and there is that # again 1219...my b-day is 12/19 and my initials are the 19th and 12th letters of the alphabet - and yes even my maiden name initials were the same}

12:28 - Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
{anyone else having Aaron and the Israelites in the desert flashbacks?  for more read the Heart Ablaze series in the left hand column}
{oh and 1228 was a house number I spent ages 7.5-14.25 in}

12:31 - And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
{found this interesting to be pointed out but what about that guy before who set up his own priest in his house...was that "priest" a levite and they were worshipping idols then too}
{Judges 17:13 said the priest he had was a Levite but it was still a graven image...ugh.}

12:33 - So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
{beginning of man's tradition?  here is a feast he ordained, not ordained by YHWH}

13:2 - And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.  {this comes true, I read about it today in the last 3 chapters of II Kings...but you'll have to wait until I post it either tomorrow or 7/27} oh and Josiah means  the Lord burns; the fire of the Lord

13:26 - And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
{oh this boils my blood...this prophet lied and told the man of God that an angel told him it was ok to go eat/drink with him...even though the man of God was told not to before he came to Bethel.  So now this smug old prophet is all like oh well the man of God disobeyed...makes it look like maybe what he told Jeroboam could be incorrect cuz here we have a man of God disobeying...again this boils my blood, hope the prophet gets his "just" desserts.}

07/15/2007 Chapters 14-16

14:4a - And Jeroboam's wife did so,{did what her husband told her to do even though it involved trying to trick a man of God}

14:23 - For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

15:5 - Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

15:14 - But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.

16:34  - In his(Ahab) days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
{where was this in Joshua...find  here it is}

07/16/2007 Chapters 17-19

17:24 - And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
{as a mom I can see how bringing her son back to life would seem more of a miracle but the never ending barrel of meal and oil is also a big deal}

18:21-39
{my MIL thinks they should have a standoff like this over there....call all the false gods followers together with the true and have it proven once and for all who is God!}
{I also like it when Elijah taunts them - maybe your god is on vacation...LOL}

19:20 - And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
{it was ok for him to go say goodbye to his family before following Elijah...}

07/17/2007 Chapters 20-22

20:34 & 42  {yeah, you thinking what I am thinking?}

21:29 - Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
{scary!}

22:19 - And he(king of Israel) said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
{Isaiah saw the same thing...too cool!}

DS got his hair cut off due to bribery ($100) and family pressure...oh and here's II Samuel

07/03/2007 Chapters 1-3

1:26 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
{May I be the human who my DH says loves him more than any other}

3:36 - And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
{oh to have a leader that does right}

07/04/2007 Chapters 4-6

6:11 - And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.

07/05/2007 Chapters 7-9

7:10 - Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

7:29 - Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

07/06/2007 Chapters 10-12

11:2-4 - And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.  And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
{Jon Bevere would remind us of James 1:14 - But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed}

11:8 - And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
{King David was hoping Uriah would have relations with his wife and maybe it would seem to Uriah the baby was his, King David had not repented yet and was trying to cover his hiney}

11:13 - And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
{again King David was hoping that while Uriah was drunk he would automatically go home and sleep with his wife}

11:15 - And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
{So it boiled down to killing the guy, so Bathsheba would be free to become his wife and maybe no one would calculate back from when the baby was born to find out it wasn't Uriah's baby...but alas the child will die anyway}

11:27 - And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

12:14 - Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
{the thing he tried so hard to either make appear right and/or cover up,  but I notice that King David is being chastened in this chapter, but his life spared because his sin has been put away because he confessed/acknowledged that he had sinned, but the chastisement stood}

{also he fasted and wept because hey the LORD could be gracious...but once it was certain the child had died, David goes and worships at the house of the LORD, that takes true Grace to not
get angry with YHWH...after all he was already told what the outcome would be}

12:24-25 - And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.  And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
{so Solomon and Jedidiah are one in the same...also a blessing after repenting and not getting angry at the LORD for HIS just chastising}

07/07/2007 Chapters 13-15

13:5 - And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

13:32 - And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

13:39 - And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
{so was jonadab conspiring to kill amnon from the beginning?  seems that way to me...either that or he is just one of those types who plays both sides...ya know}

MH's comments on 14:25-27 - Nothing is said of Absalom's wisdom and piety. All here said of him is, that he was very handsome. A poor commendation for a man that had nothing else in him valuable. Many a polluted, deformed soul dwells in a fair and comely body. And we read that he had a very fine head of hair. It was a burden to him, but he would not cut it as long as he could bear the weight. That which feeds and gratifies pride, is not complained of, though uneasy. May the Lord grant us the beauty of holiness, and the adorning of a meek and quiet spirit! Only those who fear God are truly happy.

15:16 - And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
{from A Heart Ablaze part 7 -

The Creator of all the universe is  most beautiful.

Everyone in heaven wants to be in HIS throne room and do not want to be anywhere else. 

Do you want to follow The LAMB wherever HE goes or take care of the house?  just food for thought}

15:26 - But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
{that we would all be so willing to place our life in HIS hands this way}

07/08/2007 Chapters 16-18

17:23 - And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
{put his household in order - like our wills maybe?}

18:9 - And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
{remember he was so vain about his hair...look what it got him...reminds me of something that happened to my cousins, they were riding in a canoe and one of the gals got her hair caught on some branches}

07/09/2007 Chapters 19-21

19:28 - For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?
{I say this very thing to Yeshua concerning a matter that is weighty...HE has given me salvation what more can I ask?}

21:22 - These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
{five smooth stones}

07/10/2007  Chapters 22-24

22:28 - And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.

23:3 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
{that all in position of leadership would head this}

So I attended Shabbat service at the church I've been going to their Shoresh Bible Study and INtro to Jewish Roots classes on sundays.

It was fun...the dancing and a guy was their who just got back from a missions trip in Ireland.

He said kids over there are basically abandoned by their parents...lots of kids are sent to "Drop-in" centers to watch them while their parents either work or just don't want to and/or have time to "parent".

Also he said that in jr high they have to take a test that determines what their job will be when they are adults...talk about the prussian school model.

today is 07/21/2007 --- forgot to add this last night--

then on the way home the talk radio's local news clip at the top of every hour, said a school district close by is deciding to supply every student with a laptop in hopes that it will motivate them to do their school work and motivate them to use the internet for research (are they also supplying every house in the district with internet access for this?)....yeah we don't have fine arts and most sports programs fees come out of the parents pockets and supposedly teachers don't make very much money, but let's take our school budget (aka property tax dollars) and spend it on kids getting laptops - nevermind that they are wanting to do this for mostly high schoolers who will most likely only use it for games, chat rooms, myspace, and instant messaging.....Does anyone else find this absurd?

speaking of property tax....now every year we have to pay a pet license (aka another tax), even for animals that are inside and prove every year that we vaccinate our animals...again even for inside pets....

I want to move to the country really, really badly...but alas DH is a city dweller and is afraid he would be bored in the country...I know just get him out to a farm somewhere where there is target practice and fishing and anything else a typical country life can offer and maybe he'll change his mind...but DH is on the extra board....he went to work at 3pm on thursday was home by midnight...and went to work last night at 11pm....still waiting on him to get home....and who knows when he'll be called in to work again...he is not allowed to have a life, he can only sit and wait for the phone to ring telling him he needs to get to work within the hour.

well, 07/18 was my dad's 62nd b-day....he wants to go 90 minutes away to where his mom & brother & grandparents are buried to check on the graves and to see the sites in a town he spent many years of his life in and we'll treat him out to eat.   I better go get ready, my sister will be here to pick me up in 1.5 hours.   I hear a vehicle, may be DH now.