Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink you, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
The word “sword” is from the Hebrew word chereb: the written word God puts in hand to become understanding, strength as sweet as honey in the mouth of those He sends to overthrow the wicked, so they rise no more into power. It is One voice of God, beginning in One cherub He sends as His archangel, with the sword in His hand, to raise up many children, His great army against evil.
Jeremiah 25
27 Therefore you shall say unto them, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink you, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then shall you say unto them, Thus says the LORD of hosts; You shall certainly drink.
29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, says the LORD of hosts.
30 Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, says the LORD.
32 Thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.
33 And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground.
34 Howl, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, you principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and you shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
35 And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
36 A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and a howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD has spoiled their pasture.
37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
38 He has forsaken his covert [His sanctuaries now in the possession of thorns and briers], as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
We know from Ephesians 6:17 that the sword is the word of God.
Ephesians 6
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the LORD, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt [the preparation] about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness [equal justice for all, without respect of person];
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace [the way of sustainable civilization: not putting your neighbor under threat: reciprocal security in/of life, liberty, and property];
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith [believing God is with us and in us], wherewith you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts [lies and false accusations] of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation [as the priority protecting and hardening your mind], and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints [who with you are equipped to stand against the wicked];
19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak [this understanding of the word of God, as fire from my mouth].
If the LORD says, “love your neighbor as yourself,” and “greater love has no man than to lay down his life for his friend,” do you and would you? In these illuminations, the LORD tells us the “neighbor” is the one who shows mercy to those who’ve fallen among thieves who’ve wounded them almost to death. He isn’t the priest and Levite that passed by him. He is a Samaritan, an idol worshipper who on him had compassion.
The word the LORD uses, rendered “compassion,” is slagchnizomai, meaning “to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity.” It is the opposite we see from the wicked using every vile way, lies and false accusation against those they’ve already done wrong, while the religious and the so-called pious pass by in silence.
The LORD goes even further in His description of this word and who he speaking of, as Luke uses it two other times. The first time, in Luke 7:13, it’s as He is at the gate of the city and sees a widow whose only son is dead and held in death by Soros. Having “compassion,” He tells her to “Weep not,” and touching the bier (soros) He says to the dead, “Arise.”
The other time is in Luke 15:20, as the father of the prodigal son, seeing him far off coming home, had “compassion” and received him.
Luke 10
17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, LORD, even the devils are subject unto us through your name.
18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank you, O Father, LORD of heaven and earth, that you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in your sight.
22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knows who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see:
24 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them.
25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how read you?
27 And he answering said, You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.
28 And he said unto him, You have answered right: this do, and you shall live.
29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
33 But a certain Samaritan [who is the dead son of the widow and the prodigal, whose older brother {as Judah: leaders as priests and Levites} remained in the churches], as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion [spalchnizomai] on him,
34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever you spend more, when I come again, I will repay you.
36 Which now of these three, think you, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves?
37 And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do you likewise.
38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha [who is now in rebellion against the corrupt status quo] received him into her house.
39 And she had a sister called Mary [who is also in rebellion against the status quo, corrupt leaders in church and state], which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word.
40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, LORD, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, you are careful and troubled about many things:
42 But one thing is needful: and Mary has chosen that good part [which is to hear this word as the word of God, and understand], which shall not be taken away from her.
The “thieves” among which the man fell are precisely defined in the other uses of the word leistes (brigands: a gang of robbers). Luke uses the word two other times; first in Luke 19:46 (quoting Isaiah 56:7 and Jeremiah 7:11) in telling of the degenerate state of LORD’s house, and later, in Luke 22:52, when the LORD says they came against Him, as against a “thief” in the night, after He was betrayed.
The gospels of Matthew and Mark use it (leistes) in the same two ways, while they both additionally describe those crucified with the LORD as “thieves.” John’s gospel differs from the others, first (in John 10) using it telling of the thieves (kleptes) and “robbers,” all who’ve come before Him, whom the people didn’t hear (as the voice of God). He (John) later uses it to describe Barabbas (meaning son and father), whom the people chose when given the opportunity to release Jesus or him. (Can’t help but recognize the similarity, now when the deluded {insane} pop culture and their masters give Brandon and son a pass and [by farce and theater] crucify Trump. Just saying, we all see it! Just saying – the elements are there: betrayal, false accusation, the hunt for associates, and so on. The evil knows we see it, just as we saw them steal the election, and they know we saw them. Now as then, they say, “we know you know, but what are you going to do about it?” And the answer comes back with a spineless whimper, “Nothing.”)
Luke 10
10 After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray you therefore the LORD of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest.
3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
5 And into whatsoever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
8 And into whatsoever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
10 But into whatsoever city you enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
11 Even the very dust of your city, which cleaves on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be you sure of this, that the kingdom of God [the way of peace, not putting your neighbor under threat, mutual security in/of life, liberty, and property: the only way to sustainable civilization] is come nigh unto you.
12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom [the city in flame, whose fire eventually went out], than for that city [because rejecting this peace brings hell where the fires never go out].
13 Woe unto you, Chorazin [those in the furnace of smoke, which keeps your eyes from seeing]! woe unto you, Bethsaida [the house of fish – not seeing the life below the surface of these waters of life, which is the way of peace sent to you]! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre [the false church, the false rock in which people put their trust] and Sidon [who hunt for souls, to make them disciples] at the judgment, than for you.
15 And you, Capernaum [this place in lukewarm and unsustainable comfort, which have received the only lasting comfort, understanding that comes from the LORD’s work and word here unknown, and are rejecting it], which are exalted to heaven, shall be thrust down to hell.
16 He that hears you hears me; and he that despises you despises me; and he that despises me despises him that sent me.
Luke 19
37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
38 Saying, Blessed be the King that comes in the name of the LORD: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke your disciples.
40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
42 Saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things which belong unto your peace! but now they are hid from your eyes.
43 For the days shall come upon you, that your enemies [mixed among you] shall cast a trench about you, and compass you round, and keep you in on every side,
44 And shall lay you even with the ground, and your children within you; and they shall not leave in you one stone upon another; because you knew not the time of your visitation.
45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but you have made it a den of thieves.
47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.
The stones spoken of above in verses 40 & 44, both from the word lithos, are God’s people, in silence, as a house not built. “Holding their peace,” keeping inside the way of peace they’ve received, silenced by those oppressing them on every side, is from the word siopao, meaning forced silence, but not deaf (hearing but not permitted to speak what is heard).
When the LORD speaks from the whirlwind, in Job 38:30, He says “the water are hid as with a stone, the face of the deep is frozen.” The “stone” is the ‘eben He speaks of in verses 6 & 7, which opens the mouth of the sons of God, the morning stars who sing (identically repeat) the words He’s put in their mouths.
Job 38
6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone [‘eben] thereof;
7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
The later verses tell of this occurring when the bands oppressing the stars are released, and those released say, “here we are.”
Job 38
30 The waters [these words from the mouth of God] are hid as with a stone [‘eben – us], and the face of the deep [paniym – this present word, the meaning therein] is frozen [reserved for this purpose].
31 Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion [the sons of God, as many as the stars of heaven]?
32 Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or can you guide Arcturus with his sons?
33 Know you the ordinances of heaven [that this full understanding is reserved for the LORD, to reveal His son at His will]? can you set the dominion [can you set your rule at your will] thereof in the earth?
34 Can you lift up your voice to the clouds [where understanding is held when it leaves the earth], that abundance of waters [the word of God] may cover you?
35 Can you send lightnings [understanding], that they may go and say unto you, “Here we are?” [Do you hear Him speaking?]
36 Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has given understanding to the heart [to lay the foundation of the earth in our minds]?
1 Peter 2
1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speaking,
2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that you may grow thereby:
3 If so be you have tasted that the LORD is gracious.
4 To who coming, as unto a living stone [lithos], disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
5 You also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone [lithos], elect, precious: and he that believes on him shall not be confounded.
7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone [lithos] which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
8 And a stone [lithos] of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness [ignorance] into his marvelous light [opening our eyes by understanding];
10 Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD’s sake: whether it be to the king [I Am], as supreme;
14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
17 Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
20 For what glory is it, if, when you be buffeted for your faults, you shall take it patiently? but if, when you do well, and suffer for it, you take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
21 For even hereunto were you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow his steps:
22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judges righteously:
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.
25 For you were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
The stones are a sign spoken of in Joshua 3 & 6, who, as in Ephesians 6 above, stand to stop the waters (of Jordan – the descent) that carry all into death and hell, so God’s people can cross over them into the promise (this Promised Land).
Joshua 3
17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant [I Am] of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
Joshua 4
1 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying,
2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
3 And command you them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and you shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where you shall lodge this night.
4 Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
6 That this may be a sign [‘owth] among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean you by these stones?
7 Then you shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel forever.
8 And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spoke unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
9 And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
10 For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
11 And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
12 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke unto them:
13 About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
14 On that day the LORD magnified Joshua [Jehovah’s Salvation in the flesh, the son of Joseph, the first king who is Christ, the first of the last] in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
We know from multiple written assertions the sword of God comes from the mouth of those he sends: as stone from who flows His waters. This method is how the LORD pleads the cause of His people, which is the controversy (Jeremiah 25:31 above) He has with the powers now misinforming the world into self-destruction.
Isaiah 49
1 Listen, O Isles [dry places – without this word of God], unto me; and hearken, you people, from far; The LORD has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name [I Am Israel, In whom God prevails and rules the world, settling the controversy as the incompetent and incapable are dethroned].
2 And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand has he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver [among His children] has he hid me;
3 And said unto me, You are my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
4 Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for naught, and in vain [because God’s people refuse to be gathered]: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
5 And now, says the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
6 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the Gentiles [to give understanding to those who don’t God, even those who think they do as they worship idols men put in His place], that you may be my salvation unto the end of the earth [and beginning the new].
7 Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhor, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose you.
8 Thus says the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you: and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to establish the [new] earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
9 That you may say to the prisoners, Go forth [from Babylon and Sheol: confusion and hell]; to them that are in darkness [who, because of their own ignorance, stay hidden], Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
Isaiah 56
7 Even them [the strangers who don’t know God but come and join Him in His ONE BODY] will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.
8 The LORD God, which gathers the outcasts of Israel says, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
9 All you beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all you beasts in the forest.
10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
12 Come you, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
The “house of prayer” is the house of Joseph, and refers us to the promise God made to his son David. The word “prayer,” used twice above in verse 7, is the Hebrew word tphillah, which is said to be from the word palal. It is fully from compounding the words taphas and palal, which tell of the manner of the man of the house, who comes as sudden judgment to overturn the wicked who take it by force (as in Luke 19 above).
From the Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary:
Strong’s 8610 taphas: a primitive root; to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably:–catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, X surely, surprise, take.
Strong’s 6419 palal: a primitive root; to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray:–intreat, judge(-ment), (make) pray(-er, -ing), make supplication.
It (tphillas) is first used in 2 Samuel 7:27 as David prays the LORD, after He, through Nathan, reveals the manner in which He will build His house (family) through raising it and him up at a time then far off (now).
2 Samuel 7
13 He [the seed far off] shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you.
16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you: your throne shall be established forever.
17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O LORD God? and what is my house, that you have brought me hitherto?
19 And this was yet a small thing in your sight, O LORD God; but you have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O LORD God?
20 And what can David say more unto you? for you, LORD God, know your servant.
21 For your word’s sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all these great things, to make your servant know them.
22 Wherefore you are great, O LORD God: for there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
23 And what one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for your land, before your people, which you redeemed to you from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
24 For you have confirmed to yourself your people Israel to be a people unto you forever: and you, LORD, are become their God.
25 And now, O LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as you have said.
26 And let your name be magnified forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of your servant David be established before you.
27 For you, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto you.
28 And now, O LORD God, you are that God, and your words be true, and you have promised this goodness unto your servant:
29 Therefore now let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you: for you, O LORD God, have spoken it: and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed forever.
Daniel 4
34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar [the false prophets whose false teaching caused the desolation of God’s people] lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him that lives forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What do You?
36 At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honor and brightness [understanding taught] returned unto me; and my counselors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.
37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
The passage (2 Samuel 7) above is David invoking (in prayer: conversing with God) the LORD’s promise, knowing it speaks of the king line reestablished now forever, to rule the world in truth, justice, and the American (New Jerusalem) way (manner).
The word “manner,” in 2 Samuel 7:19, is the once used Hebrew word towrah, meaning “probably feminine of 8448 [from 8447 towr: a succession, i.e. a string, or (abstractly) order]; a custom:–manner.”
The word towr (8448) is used once, in 1 Chronicles 17:17, as the same conversation with God is recorded.
1 Chronicles 17
17 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O God; for you have also spoken of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate [towr] of a man [of ‘adam] of high degree [the resurrection of man, the second Adam who is a quickening Spirit], O LORD God.
18 What can David speak more to you for the honor of your servant? for you know your servant.
19 O LORD, for your servant’s sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all this greatness, in making known [by understanding – Your shining light] all these great things.
20 O LORD, there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
21 And what one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make you a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before your people whom you have redeemed out of Egypt?
22 For your people Israel did you make your own people forever; and you, LORD, became their God.
The word (in verse 17 above) rendered “high degree” is ma’alah, meaning “elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms).”
It (ma’alah) is the ten “degrees” the sun when backward in the days of king Hezekiah, which we know speaks of when kingship returned to its state ten kings before, who is Solomon, the seed of David. It’s the six “steps” to the throne, and in Ezekiel, it is the seven “steps” to the gate, whereon is the palm trees (Timmor), which look eastward (to the sunrise of this new day). In Amos 9:6, it’s the “stories” the LORD builds in the heaven (full understanding),
Amos 9
6 It is he that builds his stories [ma’alah – steps, degrees] in the heaven [by His full understanding], and has founded his troop in the earth [His army who receives Him]; he that calls for the waters [bringing into the light the words of wicked men] of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
7 Are you not as children of the Ethiopians [covered in darkness] unto me, O children of Israel? says the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt [haven’t I freed them from the words, the misleading of the oppressors]? and the Philistines [the invading enemy army among us] from Caphtor [whose king {the most confused} sits crowned and ruling over you], and the Syrians [those who exalt themselves and their words above God] from Kir [whose lies upon lies are the wall they and you trust in, separating you from God]?
8 Behold, the eyes of the LORD God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says the LORD.
9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof [reestablishing the king line and gathering all God’s people again into ONE BODY under one king of God’s choosing]; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom [the enemies mixed among us, claiming they are our brothers and countrymen at peace with us, as they are at war destroying our nation and better culture], and of all the heathen [who don’t really know me], which are called by my name, says the LORD that does this.
13 Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper [plowing under the current corrupt crop of leaders], and the treader of grapes [of wrath] him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, says the LORD your God.
Psalms 99
1 The LORD reigns; let the people tremble: he sits between the cherubims [where He manifests His presence]; let the earth be moved.
2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
3 Let them praise your great and terrible name; for it is holy.
4 The king’s strength also loveth judgment; you do establish equity, you execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt you the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
6 Moses [those pulled from the waters below] and Aaron [those who bring this light] among his priests, and Samuel [those who hear this voice as the voice of God, as it is] among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
7 He spoke unto them in the cloudy pillar [from where His understanding is held]: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
8 You answered them, O LORD our God: you are a God that forgave them, though you took vengeance of their inventions.
9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
