Shalom,


Psalm 88:18:


18 Lover and friend have You put far from me; my familiar friends are darkness and the grave.


When we visited Israel last year we were taken to the ruins of the house of Caiaphas where Jesus was taken the night that He was betrayed and captured in the Garden of Gethsemane. I shared pictures before of the place where Jesus was held. He had a rope tied around His chest and was lowered through a small opening into a pit below. There were no windows or doors in this pit, which is why they would keep the prisoners tied until they were ready for questioning. Then they would raise them up out of the pit through that same small opening. Here is a picture of this:

This is the hole for lowering into the pit as seen from the top.

This is the hole as seen from inside the pit.

This is a painted picture portraying Jesus tied and lowered into the pit.

Many commentaries say that Psalm 88 refers to Heman, others say it sounds like Job. Once you have seen this dungeon area, you realize that this was also speaking of Jesus! We were shown what the pit looks like from below and we listened to Pastor Bill Novak of The Spoken Word Church read Psalm 88. Here is a very amateur video of this! Remember that the darkness at the end is what Jesus experienced the entire time He was down there!

Thank YOU, Lord Jesus, for paying the ultimate price for ME! I am so grateful to have received YOU as my personal Saviour, and I desire for You to be LORD over ALL of my life! AMEN! If you have never received Jesus as Lord and Saviour, please visit our website at the left and find out how! 


Luke 9:26:


26 Because whoever is ashamed of Me and My teachings, of him will the Son of man be ashamed when He comes in the [threefold] glory (the splendor and majesty) of Himself and of the Father and of the holy angels. 


Jesus had just had the apostles return from their successful mission trip and had  fed the 5,000 men, PLUS women and children, on 5 loaves of bread and three small fish. Why in the world would He have had to warn them about being ashamed of Him? Because He understood the tactics of the enemy! The enemy has one goal: to steal from , kill, and destroy God's people! Stay in the Divine protection of Almighty God, stand on His Word, and EXPECT to be delivered! AMEN!


Micah tells of the judgment of the LORD for the sins of the nation, but Micah 5:2 contains the promise of THE ONE Who is to come! 


2 But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you are little to be among the clans of Judah; [yet] out of you shall One come forth for Me Who is to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have been from of old, from ancient days (eternity).


That ONE is Jesus of Nazareth! He was God the Son. He became the Son of God and then the Saviour of the world! His "goings forth"  were of old because He was often manifest in the earth as the Angel of the LORD (Remember the fiery furnace of Daniel?!!!). NOW He resides in Heaven with the Father and lives IN US, by the Holy Spirit! We are, of ALL people, MOST BLESSED! Amen!


Shalom in Him!