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"Wherefore
He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him,
seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them."
Hebrews
7:25 KJV
"THE WORD
OF GOD IS THAT SEED THAT WE PLANT DAILY IN OUR HEARTS AND IN THE HEARTS
OF OTHERS AND IT IS WATERED BY PRAYER."
"AS WE PLANT SEEDS
OF LIFE IN THE HEARTS OF OTHERS, WE ARE GUARANTEED IN DUE TIME THAT WE
WILL REAP A RIGHTEOUS HARVEST."
BY
EDMUND DESOTO
In
the past seven months, my life has been so busy in ministry that I haven't
had a chance to write about the significance of the anniversaries that
are taking place in Israel right now. This past Monday, June 2nd, marked
a double anniversary:
1- The reunification
of Jerusalem forty one years ago in the Six Day War;
2- And the death of the
prophet Samuel nearly three thousand years ago.
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This
historical "coincidence" is in fact highly appropriate, as the life
and deeds of Samuel are profoundly bound together with the life and renaissance
of Jerusalem, then and now.
Samuel, of course,
was the last judge to lead the tribes of Israel, concluding the historical
period described in the Book of Judges. As such, Samuel, reluctantly,
anointed Israel's first two kings: Saul and David.
I will give
you some quick history of the Temple Mount. When David conquered
the small walled stronghold of Jerusalem from the Jebusites, he expressed
his desire to build a Holy Temple to GOD on Mount Moriah, a plot
of land just north of Jerusalem which David had purchased from a Jebusite
by the name of Ornan.
It was at this
point that Samuel stepped in.
Midrash teaches
us that Samuel met with David and for the duration of one
fateful night the two together poured over an ancient text, known as the
scroll of the Holy Temple.
What
is a Midrash? The term
'Midrash' can refer to a particular way of reading and interpreting a biblical
verse. Thus we may say that the ancient rabbis provided Midrash to Scripture.
This does not mean that any interpretation of scripture is automatically
true rabbinical Midrash.
In
fact, most of what people call 'Modern Midrash' has nothing to do with
the classical modes of literary exegesis that guided the rabbis. Commentary
and Midrash are two different things! In order to get a good idea of what
classical rabbinic Midrash really is, one has to actually study it; No
two or three sentence definition can accurately define the structure of
Midrash.
The scroll had
been handed by God to Moses at Mount Sinai, and it contained the blueprints
for the future Temple. With the advent of the monarchy and triumphant conquest
of Jerusalem, Samuel realized that the historic moment had arrived.
Not only did
he share the Temple Scroll with David, but he also presented innovations
and oversaw the laying of the foundations of the Holy Temple that King
Solomon would eventually complete.
But
Samuel's impact on the history of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple goes far
beyond his personal involvement in the Temple's early construction. Samuel
was consecrated by his mother Hannah, even before he was born, to be raised
and educated in the Tabernacle which at that time stood at Shiloh.
And
the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at
Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land
was subdued before them.
Joshua
18:1 KJV
His upbringing
in the service of The Lord and within such close proximity of His holy
presence had a profound impact on Samuel. As an adult, and in his capacity
as shofet - judge - and prophet over the children of Israel, Samuel
brought the sanctity of the Tabernacle to the people in the form of the
justice that he meted out.
Tirelessly
traveling from town to town he nurtured the villagers' love of the Law
of Moses or (better know as Torah,) love of justice and love for The Lord
at a critical time in the nation's history, as the loosely held together
confederation of Israelite tribes was being beset by an ever increasing
existential threat at the hands of the growing might of the Philistines.
Pressed
by the people, Samuel anointed Saul as king. King Saul's eventual downfall
came as a result, not of a military defeat, [for he had subdued the
Amelekites], but as a result of his failure to mete justice.
The dispensation
of justice would become for King David the true test of his dedication
to the GOD of Israel, and his submission to The Lord's justice would lead
to his acquisition of Mount Moriah.
No figure in
Scriptures is more closely identified with justice than David's son Solomon,
the builder of the first Holy Temple.
The question has
been raised and asked often, "How long will it take to build the Holy
Temple?" I believe with all my heart that once the order is given to built
the third temple, this monumental project, the task of rebuilding the
Holy Temple that was destroyed by the Romans some two thousand years ago,
there will be no shortage of architects and artisans and engineers and
masons on this planet that will make sure this task is completed very swiftly.
But
the true answer to the question "How long?" can only be expressed in the
following manner: As long as it takes for justice, true justice as revealed
to the nations of the world by The Law Of Moses, the word of the living
GOD of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to spring forth from Zion, to be sounded
in Jerusalem. That's how long it will take to build The Lord God's Holy
Temple.
For where there is justice,
GOD will reign.
From where justice spreads
forth, His presence will dwell.
In My Own
Words, EDMUND
DESOTO
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