Ezekiel 47
6. And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the edge of the stream:
7. And when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the stream were many trees on one side and on the other:
8. And he said to me, These waters flow out towards the eastern region, and go down to the Arabah, to the sea; and when they enter the sea, the waters shall be healed:
9. And it shall come to pass, that every thing that lives, which moves, wherever the streams shall come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come there; for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live where the stream comes:
10. And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Ein-Gedi as far as Ein-Eglayim; they shall be a place for spreading nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, a great many like the fish of the Great Sea:
11. But its swamps and its marshes shall not be healed; they shall be left for salt:
12. And by the stream, upon its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for food, whose leaf shall not wither, nor shall its fruit fail; it shall bring forth fresh fruit every month, because the waters for them flow from the sanctuary; and their fruit shall be for food, and their leaves for healing:
Jeremiah 17
7. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord:
8. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, that spreads out its roots by the river, and shall not see when heat comes, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be anxious in the year of drought, nor shall it cease from yielding fruit:
9. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it:
10. I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the inwards, to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
11. As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so is he who gets riches, and not by right; he shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool:
12. A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary:
13. O Lord, the hope of Israel, all who forsake you shall be ashamed, and those who depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters:
14. Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved; for you are my praise:
15. Behold, they say to me, Where is the word of the Lord? Let it come now:
those who depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord
John 8
1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.
2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God[a]; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”
When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman
Luke 13
20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,
24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Amazing how all the words of life flow (rise) together. Right back to the beginning:
Ezekiel 47
1 And he brought me back to the door of the house; and, behold, waters flowed from under the threshold of the house eastward; for the front of the house faced to the east, and water run out from beneath the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar:
2. And he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me around the way outside to the outer gate by the way that faces to the east; and, behold, there ran out water on the right side:
3. And when the man who had the line in his hand went out eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the water; the water reached the ankles:
4. And he measured a thousand, and brought me through the water; the water reached the knees; And he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the water reached the loins:
5. And he measured a further thousand; and it was a stream that I could not pass over; for the water had risen, water to swim in, a stream that could not be passed over:
6. And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the edge of the stream:
Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
Even before King David became king he was known as “the final verdict.” King Saul, his predecessor, was brilliant, but the halachah was determined according to David. We know that David was very humble; he is called “the servant of the L-rd” and “My servant David.”
Where can I find Mashiach?
(The above article ties in all of these concepts. Verdicts, gates, standing straight, Moses, the Law, attitudes, fish...)
Gotta laugh and love the irony though. So many words I myself posted above, yet on two simple commandments hang all the law and the prophets. And that reduces even further to a two-letter keyword/command: DO
So why won't most people see and recognize the Messiah despite all this stuff written about him? A: He grabbed onto the word "DO" and ran with it. And kept going. And going..
2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”Zion = city of David (iyr David, ayin + dalet)
2 Samuel 5
9. So David lived in the fortress, and called it the city of David; And David built around from the Millo inward [toward the house]:
10. And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him:
Tzion = tzadi[k] yud vav nun
vav = "and"
The letters [spelling Zion] make a statement: "A TZADI is a YUD AND a NUN".
Yes, that's the form of the letter tzadi[k]. It is composed of a yud and a nun.
The Tzadik who is a yud and a nun:
Nun also means “kingship.” There is a verse in Tehillim regarding Mashiach that states: “May his name (Yinon) endure forever, as long as the sun.” According to Rashi, Yinon refers to kingship. If we break the word “Yinon” into two—yud and nun—nun means kingship, and putting a yud before a word denotes continuity. Therefore, the name Yinon implies that the kingship of Mashiach will endure forever.
In Aramaic, nun means a fish. Another meaning of nun is a bar nafli, one who has fallen, or a miscarriage. In the Torah portion entitled Balak, the prophet Bilaam prophesizes the coming of two kings. The first one is King David. The second is King Mashiach, who will rise from David’s descendants in the final days.
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/137086/jewish/Nun-Mashiach.htm
[This week's Torah portion is Balak.]
Re the "name" Yinon (Ps 72.17): it is spelled yud nun yud nun. That is as the statement above ("the first one is King David. The second is King Mashiach"). The first yud+nun being King David; the second, King Mashiach. Doubled.
Ezekiel 37
24. And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd; they shall also follow my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them:
25. And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, where your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell in it, they and their children, and their grandchildren for ever; and my servant David shall be their prince for ever:
2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”
What's in a name?
Zion is from tziun (6725):
AV - title 1, waymark 1, sign 1; 3
1) signpost, monument, market
"A TZADI[K] is a YUD AND a NUN".
Which is to say,
A righteous person is a hand *AND* a fish:
James 2
14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
So many fine details. David knew exactly where to dwell. The place has his name (character) embedded in its identity. Just like peace (shalom) is within the "walls of" (letters that comprise) Jerusalem.
Psalm 122
A Song of Maalot of David;
1. I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord:
2. Our feet shall stand inside your gates, O Jerusalem:
3. Jerusalem is built as a city which is bound firmly together:
4. There the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord:
5. For thrones of judgment were set there, the thrones of the house of David:
6. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; those who love you shall prosper:
7. Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces:
8. For my brothers and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within you:
9. Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek your good:
