Thursday, June 26, 2014

God's Perfect Governing Plan

Psalm 150

Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty firmament!
Praise Him for His mighty acts; 
2 Praise Him according to His excellent greatness!
Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet;
3 Praise Him with the lute and harp!
Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
4 Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
Praise Him with loud cymbals;
5 Praise Him with clashing cymbals!
Let everything that has breath praise the LORD.
6 Praise the LORD!


The word praise is repeated 12 times in this psalm:  TWELVE!!!  
Numbers in the Bible play a very significant role in deeper understanding of the word of God.  For more on the topic of Bible Numerics...not to be confused with the numerology (superstition)...please follow this link:  https://emmausroadministries.wordpress.com/2016/03/20/bible-numerics/

12 is the number of government or administration.  Because of it's position as the very last Psalm, the Holy Spirit is showing us that the "final word" on how best to govern ourselves in everything is to PRAISE THE LORD!!!


Secrets In The Hebrew Language.
The word in Hebrew for "praise" in this Psalm is "halleluia," and looks like this: [הללויה]

Hebrew reads from right to left and is a form of picture writing like Chinese.  The pictures God uses to form words help us understand things from His perspective, something you would never get merely from the definition.  

[ה]=Hei.  It means "grace." 
[ל]=Lamed.  It is a picture of an ox goad.  It means "learn," because you use it to "teach" the ox where to go.
[ו]=Vav means "nail."
[י]=Yod means "open hand, power.

The pictures of this word tell a story:  Grace--hei--is a person, our Lord Jesus.  When "Grace" finds you, you  "learn" of His death and resurrection and what Jesus' sacrifice did for you, you cannot help but lift your hands in praise!!!


Don't the two letters, "lamed [ל]," in the middle of the word look very much like hands raised in praise? [הללויה]. I think so.  

Vav is a picture of a "nail," which reminds you of the One Who was nailed to the cross.
The last two letters, "yod-hei [יה]," spell the short form of God's name:  "Ya."
The two "lamed" are in the middle of the word.  The other letters surrounding these two spell word this word:
Yahweh: [יהוה]
Yod-hei-vav-hei: The Hand of Grace, Nailed in Grace.  For more on that topic, follow this link:  https://emmausroadministries.wordpress.com/2016/02/28/the-name-of-god-yahweh-%d7%99%d7%94%d7%95%d7%94/

Quite literally, when you you lift your hands in praise, YOU ARE SURROUNDED BY GOD!  Kinda gives new meaning to the phrase, "He inhabits the praises of His people."



So, "now that Grace has found you and you've learned of all that Jesus did for you, raise your hands in praise to God and shout, "HALLELUJAH!!!"


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