Psalm 83 sounds like it has been ripped from the headlines of our current news! Verses 2-8:
2 For, behold, Your enemies are in tumult, and those who hate You have raised their heads. 3 They lay crafty schemes against Your people and consult together against Your hidden and precious ones. 4 Theuy have said, Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be in remembrance no more. 5 For they have consulted together with one accord and one heart; against you they make a covenant -- 6 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, 7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre. 8 Assyria also has joined with them; they have helped the children of lot [the Ammonites and the Moabites] and have been an arm to them. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
If you are a student of history at all, you know that history continues to repeat itself! Remember that there is NOTHING new under the sun! (Ecclesiastes 1:9) Evil just keeps trying to succeed! The devil actually STILL thinks that he can somehow defeat the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible! And he will KEEP trying right up until he is thrown into the Lake of Fire! Aren't YOU glad that you know how THIS story plays out? WE WIN!!! HALLELUJAH! The most important thing is found in verse 18:
18 That they may know that You, Whose Name alone is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth!
Keep telling "HisStory", lest we forget and become complacent!
Romans 11:26-29 reveals God's plan for Israel! Is God finished with them? ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!
26 And so all Israel will be saved. As it is written, The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will banish ungodliness from Jacob. 27 And this will be My covenant (My agreement) with them when I shall take away their sins. 28 From the point of view of the Gospel (good news), they [the Jews, at present] are enemies [of God], which is for your advantage and benefit. But from the point of view of God's choice (of election, of divine selection), they are still the beloved (dear to Him) for the sake of their forefathers. 29 For God's gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and he does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom he sends His call].
Don't ever let anyone tell you that God is finished with Israel, and don't ever let them tell you that it is too late for YOU! God has called YOU and anointed YOU for a specific roll in His Kingdom! Find out His plan for YOUR life and get to it! AMEN! Verse 36:
36 For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. [For all things originate with Him and come from Him; all things live through Him, and all things center in and tend to consummate and to end in Him.] To Him be glory forever! Amen (so be it).
Numbers tells of the silver trumpets and when they are to be blown. These aren't shofars (ram's horns) but silver trumpets made out of hammered silver. Here are two pictures I found:
Shalom in Him!
