Psalm 46
God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way,
though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
3 though its waters roar and foam,
though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy habitation of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved;
God will help her when morning dawns.
6 The nations rage, the kingdoms totter;
he utters his voice, the earth melts.
7 The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
8 Come, behold the works of the Lord,
how he has brought desolations on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
he breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the chariots with fire.
10 “Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!”
11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
Reported this week from Israel.
Large 1,500-year-old pool and elaborate fountain at the site of an ancient church near Jerusalem. 5th-6th A.D. Byzantine Church and Pools.
The location was a hive of activity between the 4th and 6th centuries B.C. The site is linked to the New Testament account of an Ethiopian Eunuch’s conversion to Christianity by St. Philip the Evangelist. “We believe that some early Christian commentators identified Ein Hanniya as the site where the Ethiopian eunuch was baptized, as described in Acts 8:26–40,” said Jerusalem District Archaeologist Dr. Yuval Baruch, in a statement. “The baptism of the eunuch by St. Philip was one of the key events in the spread of Christianity. Therefore, identifying the place where it occurred occupied scholars for many generations and became a common motif in Christian art.”
Picturing Living Water, Jesus Christ, flowing from the Rock of Living Water the Children of Israel carried to drink from. Continually flowing as The Old Testament. Jesus who can do so much more than we can ask or imagine. We can pray this Living Water flows around us - unceasing spiritual Blessing of God Himself.
Isaiah 55
1 "Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.
3 Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.
Two found Archaeologies ~ House of David
4 Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples.
5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.
6 "Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;
7 let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God,
for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 "For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there
but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout,
giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
11 So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
12 "For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress; instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the LORD,
an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off."
A New Discovery.
Isaiah 55:10
As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater
The 2,700-year-old stamped clay artifact was found during an excavation at the foot of the southern wall of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. In ancient times a seal stamp, or bulla, was used to authenticate documents or items.
“We found the eighth-century B.C.E. seal mark that may have been made by the prophet Isaiah himself - - -
_- - - only 10 feet away from where we earlier discovered the highly-publicized bulla of King Hezekiah of Judah,"
said Dr. Eilat Mazar of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
The half-inch wide oval-shaped piece of clay is inscribed with the name Yesha’yah (Isaiah) in ancient Hebrew script. This is followed by the word nvy, the end of which is slightly damaged. As a result, experts do not know whether the word ended with the Hebrew letter aleph. That letter “would have resulted in the Hebrew word for ‘prophet’ and would have definitively identified the seal as the signature of the prophet Isaiah,” explained Dr. Mazar. “The absence of this final letter, however, requires that we leave open the possibility that it could just be the name Navi.”
“The name of Isaiah, however, is clear,” she added.
Hezekiah and Isaiah are extremely close in life too, as described in 2 Kings.
Father God,
We ask for the Blessing of Your Grace and Mercy. In this season of Lent 2018, the Signature of Isaiah has been found next to that of King Hezekiah at the Royal Bakery.
Because of Your Servant Isaiah, we know You are Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Because of Your Servant Isaiah, we know You proclaim good news to the poor. You bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.
Because of Your Servant Isaiah, we know You are pierced for our transgressions, You were crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on You, and by Your wounds we are healed.
We are Your Beloved Children, who hope in the LORD will renew our strength. We will soar on wings like eagles; we will run and not grow weary, we will walk and not be faint.
Search the book of the LORD, and see what He will do. Not one of these birds and animals will be missing, and none will lack a mate, for the LORD has promised this. His Spirit will make it all come true.
We ask Father God's Blessing upon us. We ask Father God's Blessings on our marriages. Upon our Loved ones. We rejoice in the Goodness of our Good Father, Blessing All of His Children.
Covered in the Name and Glory of Jesus Christ.
Amen.
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