mar 19-25 scripture picture chiastic structure
1a.1) Psa 78:5 For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a Torah in Israel;
1a.2) Psa 149:4 For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation;
1b) Lev 26:6, Mat 22:32, Gen 36:7 I will confirm My covenant with you/ God is;
1a) Lev 26:6a For I will look on you favorably and make you fruitful, multiply you;
central axis.1) Lev 26:6b And confirm My covenant with you;
central axis.2) Mat 22:32 God is not the God of the dead, but of the living;
2a) Gen 36:7 For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock;
1c) Pro 28:13 He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy;
1d) Num 3:13a All the firstborn are Mine;
central axis) Num 3:13b On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast;
2d) Num 3:13c They shall be Mine; I am the LORD;
2c) 1 Tim 5:25 Likewise, the good works of some are clearly evident, and those that are otherwise cannot be hidden;
2b.1) Eze 16:62a And I will establish My covenant with you;
2b.2) Eze 16:62b Then you shall know that I am the LORD;
2a.1) Num 7:89 The ark of the Testimony, where God spoke to Moses;
1a) Num 7:89a Now when Moses went into the tabernacle of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice of One speaking to him;
1b) Num 7:89b From above the mercy seat;
central axis) Num 7:89c That was on the ark of the Testimony;
2b) Num 7:89d From between the two cherubim;
2a) Num 7:89e Thus He spoke to him;
2a.2) Mat 7:7, Exo 37:17, Num 6:24-26 The menorah made of ornamented hammered work;
1a) Mat 7:7 Ask, and it will be given to you, seek, and you will find, knock, and it will be opened to you (favor);
central axis) Exo 37:17 He also made the lampstand of pure gold; of hammered work he made the lampstand. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and its flowers were of the same piece;
2a) Num 6:24-26 The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace (blessing).
A pair. The Hebrew roots for humble, and hammered work, pair in a mind-blowing way. Humble is Strong’s 6035, anav, a concrete noun meaning “afflicted;” from Strong’s H6031, anah, the primitive root, meaning “to afflict, to abase, to submit oneself.” The affliction is what humbles the person, and it can come from oneself, making a choice to submit (the afflict of the Day of Atonement, Lev 16:29); or it can be from another, who causes him to be abased when they afflict or oppress him. Hammered work is Strong’s H4749, miqshah, a concrete noun meaning “hammered work,” metal heated in a forge and pounded into shape; from Strong’s H7185, qashah, a primitive root, meaning “to be hard, to be stiff-necked.” Metal is hard, but when it is heated in a forge and hammered, it can be shaped and turned into whatever useful thing the blacksmith is making of it. A person can be stiff-necked, but when he undergoes trials by fire and afflictions, his trials can humble him, turning and shaping him into a flexible and submitted servant for the Master’s use.
Shabbat prophetic message: Israel, you are My firstborn, and by the Passover Lamb I have sanctified you to Myself; You are My people, My children, My chosen, My Bride. Now is the time to confess and forsake your sins and receive mercy, for after this the covered sins will be exposed and brought to light; no longer will one be able to hide sins and prosper. But for you who are Mine, who receive My mercy: I, the Eternal and Self-Existent One, Yehovah Your Redeemer, will confirm and establish My covenant with you, and you will prosper exceedingly, for My favor rests on you. Once you were stiff-necked, but as you are humbled, I am making you into a beautiful lampstand, shining My light to the world by your witness of My Testimony in you.
As I was formatting this post for publication, the Lord showed me that the message also forms a structure. It blows my mind, because structures are Holy Spirit thumbprints on the Word of God:
1a) Israel, you are My firstborn, and by the Passover Lamb I have sanctified you to Myself; You are My people, My children, My chosen, My Bride;
1b) Now is the time to confess and forsake your sins and receive mercy;
1c) For after this the covered sins will be exposed and brought to light;
1d) No longer will one be able to hide sins and prosper;
1e) But for you who are Mine, who receive My mercy;
central axis) I, the Eternal and Self-Existent One, Yehovah Your Redeemer;
2e) Will confirm and establish My covenant with you;
2d) And you will prosper exceedingly, for My favor rests on you;
2c) Once you were stiff-necked;
2b) But as you are humbled;
2a) I am making you into a beautiful lampstand, shining My light to the world by your witness of My Testimony in you.
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