Posted by
Conservative Hippie on Monday, September 14, 2009 6:35:46 AM
I was meditating on Friday morning (9/11) - not that kind of meditation where you stick your tongue out and lean forward like you're going to spew; but the reading of and reflection on reading God's Word. I decided to look up the 9th Chapter & 11th verse of each book in the Old Testament. Some of them stood out more than others. I know the danger of taking a single scripture out of context - heck, some religions have started that way. But I saw a thread that God seems to follow throughout history.
The first one I saw was in Deuteronomy 9:11 - "And it came to pass, at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant." God sets up guidelines for mankind. He lovingly gives us a set of rules - not to suppress us, but to ensure our very existence. He gives us 10 laws to live by. Over the years laws were added and unnecessary additional rules were heaped upon God's people. Jesus narrowed it down to 2: You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your strength, and with all your mind and You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
The second one was in Daniel 9:11 - "Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, and has departed so as not to obey Your voice; therefore the curse and the oath written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against Him." God's people eventually break the law, being in a fallen state because of Adam's origianl sin they choose to disobey. God has to judge the sin because He is holy and can not tolerate it.
The third one was in Amos 9:11 - "On that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, and repair its damages, I will raise up its ruin, and rebuild it as in the days of old." After God's judgement, he doesn't just leave His people lying in the dust and mud. He lovingly restores us, and rebuilds our lives where we are not able to rebuild it ourselves.
So we go from The Law, to Transgression (along with confession), to Restoration. Could the raising of the Tabernacle (in Amos 9:11) be a foreshadowing of The Messiah to come? What do YOU think?
Here's a bonus 9:11 scripture: Zechariah 9:11 - "As for you also, because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit." Any of you Bible scholars know what the waterless pit is? It makes me think of the well that Joseph's brothers threw him into. I assume it was waterless (or low on water) because he did not drown. Please let me know - share your opinions and also let me know if I've taken any of these scriptures out of context. Shalom!