Psalm 124 is another of the psalms that were sung by the Jewish people heading for Jerusalem to celebrate the Feasts. {WE call them feasts, but to the Jews they are known as "Moeds", or divinely appointed times.} Here is this Psalm:
A Song of Ascents. Of David.
1 If it had not been the Lord Who was on our side—now may Israel say— 2 If it had not been the Lord Who was on our side when men rose up against us, 3 Then they would have quickly swallowed us up alive when their wrath was kindled against us; 4 Then the waters would have overwhelmed us and swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us; 5 Then the proud waters would have gone over us. 6 Blessed be the Lord, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth! 7 We are like a bird escaped from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped! 8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.
They were reminding themselves of the promises of their God to preserve and protect them when they followed Him! At this present time, almost every Islamic group is calling for the total annihilation of the nation of Israel. They are lying by claiming that Muslims have prior claim to Israel when the God of the Bible gave this land to the Jewish people long before Muhammad was even born. In fact, Muhammad formed Islam as a religious entity, a political entity and a civil or cultural entity by combining aspects of Judaism, Christianity and other elements during the 600 AD period. THIS is the promise of God given through the prophet Amos at about 760 BC {yes, almost a thousand years BEFORE Muhammad!}. Amos 9:14-15:
4 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.
15 I will plant them on their land,
and they shall never again be uprooted
out of the land that I have given them,”
says the Lord your God.
THIS is the time being spoken of! Since Israel was again declared a nation in 1948, Jews from every part of the world have been coming back to the land that the God of the Bible had given them. NO nation or people will EVER be able to remove them from the land again! WHEN they try, they will find themselves fighting against the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible and His mighty hosts! Guess who will win THAT fight! Don't get caught on the wrong side of this issue. If you do, YOU will also be on the wrong side of God Himself! What SHOULD you do instead? Agree with the God of the Bible and pray for the peace and prosperity of the nation of Israel and her capital city of Jerusalem! {Psalm 122:6-9; Genesis 12:3} AMEN! Here is Lamb with one of my favorite of their songs, "Dancing In Jerusalem":
Shalom in Him!
