"In that day the root of Jesse who shall stand as a signal of the peoples- of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.
In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea."
Who is the root of Jesse that shall stand as a signal of the peoples? Jesus! What does the Lord meant by 'extending his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant'? If we read Acts 3:22-23, "Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you.'" After Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, God had established a new statues for the people to follow, which was the first rescue. After the Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament, God fulfilled the Law and Prophet through Jesus, 'not even an iota nor a dot' (not a slightly difference) shall be removed. We often mistake that those Laws are to be obeyed and those Prophets are prophecies to be fulfilled, but if we look into Luke 24:44, we will see Jesus telling them that "Everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled." That's awesome! If you ever read Pentateuch, the Law of Moses, again we got to look through Jesus' lenses and see what the Law reveals us about Jesus!
In order to fulfill the prophecies, Jesus was cut off from the Heirarchy briefly after He cried, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Even though Jesus was blameless, he had to be cut off from the Heirarchy for the people's sake! God say to us, "I shall be your God and you shall be my people!" Jesus had to be cut off from the Heirarchy briefly so that through his blood, we may enter the Heirarchy to be His royal bride once again! Jesus is our Prince who came to our rescue.
Before we may marry Jesus, we got to learn a lot more about Jesus! We might want to ask Him those questions before marrying Him:
-What type of meat shall fill His belly?
-Does He leave His clothes everywhere?
-Will He want to adopt few children?
-Does He love to ride 250cc Ninja?
-Does He root for Viking?
-Does He have a good relationship with His parents?
-Why did the Law deny the Deaf the right to participate fully in the rituals of the Temple?
Now, which of those questions may help us to know Him more as His bride? I would assume that learning more about the Hebrew Scriptures that includes the Law, Psalms, and Prophets will help us to know Him better. Why did the Law deny the Deaf the right to participate fully in the rituals of the Temple?
Actually, I had no idea! Remember that it only comes from the Deaf's perspective. In non-Jewish's perspective, they might ask, "Why did the Law deny the foreigners?". In women's perspective, they might ask, "Why did the Law deny the women to be the Levites?" All of those people group were denied the education of the Hebrew Scriptures, except the few. Therefore, non-Jewish, women, and the Deaf cannot fully run the rituals in the Temple at that time.
In 355 BC, "The philsopher Aristotle claims that 'Deaf people could not be educated [since] without hearing, people could not learn.' In keeping with this thinking, the deaf son of King Croesus of Lydia is not recognized as his father's heir."
-American Deaf Culture Historical Timeline
Before the Christ, we experienced the relationship brokenness. But after the Christ, we are given the ministry of reconciliation so that we may enter the Hierarchy again and none of us will be the Frost Nips that shall be rejected from the Body of Christ.
May we say, "Ephphatha" for every inch of our 50,000 to 100,000 miles of vein in our Body of Christ to "be opened" so that the blood may flow throughout us once again in our preparation to wed Jesus!
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