📢 Forum Update - Hello everyone! I've made an improvement to the forum that should make following active discussions much easier. Beginning today, forum topics will display the most recent replies first (while keeping the original topic post at the top), so you no longer have to navigate through multiple pages to find the latest conversation. This change also helps improve the browsing experience in long-running discussions with many pages of replies. If you notice anything that doesn't seem to be working correctly or have any feedback, please let me know. — Richard G. There is a lot of believers who believe that the Psalms correspond to years in our calendar. Psalm 122 is very interesting. Psalm 122 New King James Version The Joy of Going to the House of the Lord Yes, this Psalm is written for physical Israel primarily but could it also have an application for spiritual Israel (All the redeemed who have been grafted in?) It could also speak of a third stone temple being built. Aka The Tribulation Temple. Going in the House of the Lord/ascending/going for judgement. Perhaps there is something hinted at there. Psalm 124 is very interesting and speaks of escaping a flood and flying away like a bird. Hmmm...Revelation 12? Would appreciate some ideas or input on this. :feedback That's very kind Heidi and I am eternally grateful. I can see how that would come across, I suppose. All that matters is keeping our eye on the ball. Thanks! Whit Whit, I sincerely apologize to you I knew you didn't mean it the way it sounded All the best to you I am happy that you are excited and feeling good For His invisible attributes, namely, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. Ro 1: 20 None of us were innocent Heidi. Jesus gave all who believe, the gift of eternal Life. God tells us in that scripture, that every man is without excuse because God's Creation is visibly seen everywhere. His creation that works and flows perfectly, draws every heart to the truth of His existence. To a choice for life or death biblically speaking. So I understand the horror of seeing evil and or powerful men overcome and kill the weak at will. But we might confuse those who have no defenses against being dominated and crushed, as them being innocent. In one sense they are innocent, because they are not the aggressors - they just want to live life peacefully. Yet in every generation, rulers with power have destroyed those who are defenseless. It is evil, but God will repay. It could happen here in America! The powers that be are using every means to crush the USA and it's Citizens, past, present and till Jesus calls us up. But all that aside - whether we are rich or poor, "free" or slaves - God has shown every person from all time, that through His Creation, He exists, is real, and is drawing all men to Him through the beauty of all He spoke in to existence. No matter what our standing or lot in life, no matter what country, all men have been given that opportunity to understand through His creation, that there is a One and Only True God. Every man on earth, whether oppressed or not, whether overtaken or not, has seen God's Work! It is up to every man on earth to turn to Him and believe! That is all that is required - to Believe! So, as bad and sad that war and domination, and untimely death is, the one thing that every person is responsible for in their own life, is to submit to God - or not - in seeing all He put His hand to that speaks to all His goodness and reason to believe. Wherever war, disaster, or calamities break out, the one and only important decision for every person, is to Believe, to choose Life, to Believe Jesus is God's Son. Death comes, peacefully or by destruction which is tragic, but all that counts bottom line is, what decision will each person choose for their :bible eternal destiny. Taking lives is horrid, but we are assured that everyone united in Christ, will forever live together with Him, where death can never touch those who are His, again. Heidi, none of us here are excited about the suffering of others and I do not believe that is what Whit is implying. Terrible things are happening all around the world right now and yet we as believers are excited for the coming of our Savior. These are the signs we were told to look for.
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
122 I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go into the house of the Lord.”
2 Our feet have been standing
Within your gates, O Jerusalem!
3 Jerusalem is built
As a city that is compact together,
4 Where the tribes go up,
The tribes of the Lord,
To the Testimony of Israel,
To give thanks to the name of the Lord.
5 For thrones are set there for judgment,
The thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
“May they prosper who love you.
7 Peace be within your walls,
Prosperity within your palaces.”
8 For the sake of my brethren and companions,
I will now say, “Peace be within you.”
9 Because of the house of the Lord our God
I will seek your good.
