On Thursday, we read in Scripture for Today, about Exodus 17:7, Massah means testing,Exodus 17:7, Meribah means quarreling. Perhaps when Father God remembers the Exodus, He remembers that He forgave a lot. On Wednesday, we read in Scripture for Today that Baruch was blessed by God and that is blessed indeed. The Lord promises us in the bible that Israel is blessed by God. In testing and quarrelsome times, the Lord promises that a remnant will always be kept by Him.
After almost 2000 years, on the night of May 14, 1948, when Israel was declared a state, the Jews of Rome had a triumphant parade and marched under the Arch of Titus (celebrates the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple). Their message: "The Empire of Rome is gone, we're still around. Victory is ours." The promises and blessing of God continues, His steadfast love prevails. To see photos of the Arch of Titus and the explanation of the carved frescos of the temple tools removed from the Second Temple, please see Scripture for Today, February 27, 2007.
To see the blessings in Israel today, please see Cool Facts about Israel on Youtube.com :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV6K08RFRQs&NR=1
Psalm 95 (Revised Standard Version)
[1] O come, let us sing to the LORD;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
[2] Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!
[3] For the LORD is a great God,
and a great King above all gods.
[4] In his hand are the depths of the earth;
the heights of the mountains are his also.
[5] The sea is his, for he made it;
for his hands formed the dry land.
[6] O come, let us worship and bow down,
let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!
[7] For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasture,
and the sheep of his hand.
O that today you would hearken to his voice!
[8] Harden not your hearts, as at Mer'ibah,
as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
[9] when your fathers tested me,
and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
[10] For forty years I loathed that generation
and said, "They are a people who err in heart,
and they do not regard my ways."
[11] Therefore I swore in my anger
that they should not enter my rest.
The Brazen Serpent combines the Bronze Serpent held up by Moses to heal sinners and is combined with the cross of Jesus Christ held up to redeem sinners. It is located on top of Mount Nebo, Jordan where Moses saw the Holy Land.
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