Rev. Ed Sarnella
Sharing an Ancient Song. A
Psalm of Asaph.
1 O God, do not keep silence;
Do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
2 For behold, your enemies make an uproar;
Those who hate you have raised their heads.
3 They lay crafty plans against your people;
They consult together
against your treasured ones.
4 They say, "Come, let
us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be
remembered no more!"
5 For they conspire with one accord;
Against you they make a covenant-
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,
Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek,
Philistia with the
inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Asshur also has joined
them;
They are the strong arm of
the children of Lot. Selah
The above nations named in today's modern language, are:
Edom & Moab are southern
and middle Jordan.
Ishmaelites, Hagrites, and
Amalekites are descended from Hagar and Ishmael, and settled in southern Jordan
and Saudi Arabia. Amalekites being solely in Egypt.
Ammon is northern Jordan.
Its capital today is still Ammon.
Gebal & Tyre are in Lebanon.
Philistia is Gaza.
Asshur is northern Iraq and
western Syria (Assyria)
So in reading and study we
see that Asaph is pleading for deliverance from a coalition which intends to
wipe Israel from the map, who sounds like this?
One thing I like to do is
look at the bible's prophecies and read what God has to say. We know that in the latter days all nations
will be against Israel. (Zechariah 12:3). We also know by reading in Ezekiel 38-39
another, different coalition attacks Israel while Israel is dwelling securely.
We know that battle is going to take place in the latter days because it says
so in Ezekiel 38:16.
We are watching and we shall
see how it goes.
Love, Peace and Joy in Jesus
Christ!