Oh 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.
Caesarea the city built by Herod to brown nose his employers and to make a home away from home for Romans. The most worldly part of Judea.
Notice, the Boot of Caesarea looks like ... Italy.
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,
and His hands formed the dry land.
c. 1966 the remains of Peter's house in Capernaum, Israel. Similar graffiti as Paul's tomb.You are Peter and upon this rock, I will build my ChurchThis Is the Rock that kept Peter's Bones Intact and are what the Altar is Built on Top of:80 feet below the Altar
The Depths of the earth
The actual 'rock' slab ceiling that kept these particular bones - intact.
The slab 'rock' that kept out moisture, thieves. Slab (a rock) helping to preserve Peter's body when the others around him were already dust.The red wall with graffiti saying this is Peter, follower of Jesus Christ. Identical art found to Peter's home in Capernaum.
6 Oh 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.
Today, if you hear His voice,
do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
9 when your fathers put me to the test
and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
A cloud by day!
EXODUS 13:21 ... by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night.IPUWER PAPYRUS 7:1 Behold, the fire has mounted up on high. Its burning goes forth against the enemies of the land.The IPUWER PAPYRUS 7:1 (translator added this remark: "Here the 'fire' is regarded as something disastrous.")
IPUWER PAPYRUS 7:1
After the first manifestations of the protracted cataclysm, the Egyptians tried to bring order into the land. They traced the route of the escaped slaves. The wanderers became "entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in" (Exodus 14:3). They turned to the sea, they stood at Pi-ha-Khiroth. "The Egyptians pursued after them. The Egyptians marched after them."
A hurricane blew all the night and the sea fled.
In a great avalanche of water, "the sea returned to his strength", and "the Egyptians fled against it". The sea engulfed the chariots and the horsemen, the pharaoh and all his host.
10 For forty years I loathed that generation
and said, “They are a people who go astray in their heart,
and they have not known my ways.”
11 Therefore I swore in my wrath,
“They shall not enter my rest.”
The Acts of the Apostles directs prayer upon those in need of prayer.
Not just a 'you' prayer, but a 'we need Jesus prayer':
Abba, Father God
Colossians 3:12
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved,
clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility,
gentleness and patience.
Colossians 1:6
That has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing
throughout the whole world –
just as it has been doing among you
since the day you heard it and truly understood God's grace.
1 John 3:1
See what kind of love the Father has given to us,
that we should be called children of God;
and so we are.
May God have our prayers Joyfully
Please Bless our Nation
and the earth, God's Good Creation.
Help us seek You first.
Thank You,
You have seen us through many times and seasons
with Your Help and Comfort.
All who have had illness and suffered
to be in wellness and Hope.
Elliott as well.
Cover us in the Highest Name of Jesus,
Amen.