Proverbs 18 10 The name of the LORD
Proverbs 18: 10 The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run into it and are safe.
YHWH Rohi: The Lord my Shepherd YHWH Shammah: The Lord is There
Ezekiel… A Prophet to Israel in Babylonian Captivity Psalm 137 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the willows we hung our harps, for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion. ” How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land? If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
Ezekiel’s message: 1. Responsibility for Personal Sin: each individual must accept personal responsibility for national calamity 2. Restoration by Divine Grace: repentance of the remnant will result in the re-creation of the nation
The Lord’s Message to the “Shepherds” (Kings) of Israel: Ezekiel 34 …“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock? You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock. You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty. … This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand from them My flock and remove them from tending the flock, so that they can no longer feed themselves. For I will deliver My flock from their mouths, and it will no longer be food for them. ’
“I Will be their Shepherd”: YHWH Rohi: Ezekiel 34 …For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out. As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock…. I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD. I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice. ’… I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest…. And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations. Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people, ’ declares the Lord GOD. ‘You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God, ’ declares the Lord GOD. ”
“I Am the Good Shepherd” Jesus = YHWH Rohi John 10: 1 -5 “Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice… Follow the Voice!
“I Am the Good Shepherd” Jesus = YHWH Rohi John 10: 11 -17 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock. The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me, just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd. The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again. Leadership sacrifices self for the sheep!
“I Am the Good Shepherd” Jesus = YHWH Rohi 1 Peter 2: 25 For “you were like sheep going astray, ” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Ezekiel 48: 35 …and from that day on the name of the city will be: “THE LORD IS THERE. ” YHWH Shammah
Matthew 18: 19, 20 “Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them. ” YHWH Shammah
The Lord is There… 1973… dining room table 1978… ORU 1981… Summer of discontent / Fall of Fulfilment 1987… birthed a new church 1993… Outpouring of Glory … 2007… “Cross the Jordan” … This week with Toby… This week with Kathy Rule… In tomorrow’s dreams & visions… We will NOT “hang up our harps!” We WILL “sing the songs of Zion!”
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