Nazareth, childhood home of Jesus, is a plateau watchtower of the Jezreel Plain.
And there is a watchtower put to great use as a storehouse for what
Nazareth deems necessary.
The name Jezreel. Is rather nice, in and of itself.
Leviticus 23
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, These are the appointed feasts of the Lord that you shall proclaim as holy convocations; they are my appointed feasts.
The Sabbath
3 “Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the Lord in all your dwelling places.
The Passover
4 “These are the appointed feasts of the Lord, the holy convocations, which you shall proclaim at the time appointed for them. 5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is the Lord's Passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. 7 On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. 8 But you shall present a food offering to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.”
The Feast of Firstfruits
9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest, 11 and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, so that you may be accepted. On the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12 And on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the Lord. 13 And the grain offering with it shall be two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, a food offering to the Lord with a pleasing aroma, and the drink offering with it shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin. 14 And you shall eat neither bread nor grain parched or fresh until this same day, until you have brought the offering of your God: it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
The Feast of Weeks
15 “You shall count seven full weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering. 16 You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath. Then you shall present a grain offering of new grain to the Lord. 17 You shall bring from your dwelling places two loaves of bread to be waved, made of two tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour, and they shall be baked with leaven, as firstfruits to the Lord. 18 And you shall present with the bread seven lambs a year old without blemish, and one bull from the herd and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 19 And you shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old as a sacrifice of peace offerings. 20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the Lord for the priest. 21 And you shall make a proclamation on the same day. You shall hold a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a statute forever in all your dwelling places throughout your generations.
22 “And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am the Lord your God.”
The Feast of Trumpets
23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of solemn rest, a memorial proclaimed with blast of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25 You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall present a food offering to the Lord.”
The Day of Atonement
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 27 “Now on the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It shall be for you a time of holy convocation, and you shall afflict yourselves and present a food offering to the Lord. 28 And you shall not do any work on that very day, for it is a Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God. 29 For whoever is not afflicted on that very day shall be cut off from his people. 30 And whoever does any work on that very day, that person I will destroy from among his people. 31 You shall not do any work. It is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwelling places. 32 It shall be to you a Sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict yourselves. On the ninth day of the month beginning at evening, from evening to evening shall you keep your Sabbath.”
The Feast of Booths
33 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 34 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths to the Lord. 35 On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work. 36 For seven days you shall present food offerings to the Lord. On the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present a food offering to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly; you shall not do any ordinary work.
37 “These are the appointed feasts of the Lord, which you shall proclaim as times of holy convocation, for presenting to the Lord food offerings, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its proper day, 38 besides the Lord's Sabbaths and besides your gifts and besides all your vow offerings and besides all your freewill offerings, which you give to the Lord.
39 “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the Lord seven days. On the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest. 40 And you shall take on the first day the fruit of splendid trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. 41 You shall celebrate it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year. It is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. 42 You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All native Israelites shall dwell in booths, 43 that your generations may know that I made the people of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”
44 Thus Moses declared to the people of Israel the appointed feasts of the Lord.
Today, I felt the stress of the Year.
I was compelled to add after wishing a friend, "Happy Birthday," to add, "Next year it won't be 2020. Yay!" My sons are working a lot and this makes them fortunate and, yet, they are working 6 days a week in essential industries and feel burning at both ends of the candle.
The weather is changing to the cooler weather we were all concerned for in Covid-19. I love Daylight Savings Time and cherish the sunlight. More sunlight brought more hope. I didn't enjoy having Labor Day announce the end of summer.
Rush hours are there, just smaller. I went into a shop to have a Polaris fixed and the shop worker told me, "Basically, I work alone here." I've seen this happen in a local, patio, restaurant. And seen some difficulty there. Our area has few homeless people. And these last few weeks, I've seen 3 similar to this type situations.
Ok, right I've complained. However... yet...
Being sincere is necessary. Helpful. Being on the Straight Path. And. Just as necessary as looking at God's Good Creation, pleasing to Him, and finding the: "Daily He loadeth us with Benefits."
Psalm 68:19
So, the Scripture is obtained, then we look at God's Word.
Very positive to discuss Leviticus. We are blessed. We've found the impossible-to-do-all the Books of the Law, the Talmud and all of God's perfections. And God places the majority of His Blessings upon the people trying to please God, keep His Law. Father God, upholding the Universe with His Word, is pleased. So much so, Father God invites us to His Kingdom forever. Jesus tells us - Thank God - He has filled every dot and iota of God's Word. He is helping us. Our Advocate.
Double Blessing.
The Word we begin with He says, "The Lord spoke."
We are upheld. Going forth with God. Immeasurably Blessed.
Continue the Word Journey.
We begin seeing God's Word has brought us Celebration and Holiday. Holiday is Holy Day. The word is simply blended.
Blessed are the eyes that did not see and, yet, Believe.
And look to find what God sends.
David looked in the trees filled with wind. Elijah looked to the coast to find a rain shower. Samuel heard God speak as he rested. Hezekiah threw himself on the floor, at the top of his house, to be closer to God. (And overcome the generational problems of having a 'practical' biological father!). The Psalmist spoke of the circles of the deep - unseen - and telling us of an unexplainable presence of Father God. Looking around us to find His provision is the Path and Plan and Blessing of God.
Consider how high and wide and deep are the circles of the deep. We can look to see lightning today
and know the solar flares to the ionosphere and magnetosphere, making lightning a journey of the circles of the deep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkeland_current
The whole is a whole system, Unity.
Unity.
The three near Homeless situations I've seen lately, all the people had leadership of compassion.
The message of hope. One had persistent friendship, practically forcing the conclusion, in a few months of persistance. Another had dignity given and real urging of help via Homelessness networks. Having grown up in the 5th largest city in the USA, even in Teen Bible Studies, we were told to encourage the Homeless to shelters - where real and important help can be given. Our Church partners with others to end Homelessness. It's good to be able to give phone numbers to the shelters. Homelessness has steps to obtain housing and counseling. We have witnessed, in volunteer serving, three different people have an end to Homelessness and have housing. Another message of hope, the formerly Homeless provided with homes - frequently have the remaining Homeless seek to find these solutions. A friendship network.
The weather is changing.
Maybe we can create Daylight Savings Time to be permanent and say more sunlight encourages Health. And until then, realize we want the seasons to advance - ending the time period of Covid-19. The Spanish Flu was basically defeated in two years.
Holidays. Holy Days. Resting.
Holidays, filled with Joy considering Loved ones. Not ordinary time. The Word of God explains "resting" is included. Anticipate rest in the Holidays. Real rest wouldn't be restlessness. God is encouraging us to develop the skill of putting our cares and concerns into His Hands. To actually take a vacation from worrying.
The smaller restaurants and shops. Well, they are open. The investors feel there is hope for the business.
And traveling into Houston last week, we saw working stores with lights on. I saw one business was closed and looked again and saw the Produce Truck loading up. Open is good. Masks are great.
Time.
Rest is carved out about now. Time to spread out gift giving. Stretch the bill paying to cover the gifts. Include your family. Create positive ideas and games to share. Leviticus is explaining to create a plan. Unity.
Abba, Father!
Our Abba, together, we pray in unison with Jesus - to increase the Holy Spirit.
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
Jesus, Son of God - Bless, Heal, Sustain, Comfort, Guide
President Donald Trump, and his family,
Vice President Pence and his family,
The White House Staff,
especially those in need of healing today
God Bless Them!
And God Bless President Trump for free Regeneron for
Us ALL.
Safety and wisdom for:
Governor Abbott
and all 50 United States Governors and our Legislatures
Praying for Elliott, Harby and their family
for complete blessing of healing.
I believe Jesus is healing Elliott.
God Speaking His Word with Strength.
We long for Your Love and help, Father God, to have Your Kingdom,
Power and Glory upon Your Throne.
The Fringe of Your Robe placed upon all of Your Good Creation.
The Balm of Gilead - Jesus - rubbed just where we hurt.
Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts.
We pray more of Your Good Will filling the whole earth with Your Glory.
We will
Remember our answered Prayers.
And live this Day.
Looking in expectation to God's Blessings.
You will strengthen us,
And the ones we Love.
We will Seek You first and find Your Kingdom.
Covering us with the Name and Power of Jesus,
Brave people. Holding up Life for one another.
We are People with the Help of Jesus,
we can make
Redemption
Strength.
Praying the Victory!
And Virus end!
Knowing God is going to bring
us past the storms into
His Plan of desired Haven
in Psalm 107.
Abba, Delta is the mathematical symbol of Change,
we pray to end all storms for us. Amen.
Fruitful Justice for ALL.
For our families and children yet unborn
The Freedom in Jesus we call
Liberty and Justice for All!
Employment with Opportunities for All.
Families held together with Hope and Love.
We ask Jesus to dwell in us and those we Love always,
and helping us find God First.
Moses asked God for Happiness,
we ask You, Father God, for this as well.
And an eye operation going well for Wayne, now, and one for me
in
the next year.
Amen and Alleluia. Amen.
♔ Lord Jesus Saves! †
Alleluia
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