Tish Ba'Av; Israel's day of sorrows

https://billrandles.wordpress.com/2015/07/21/tish-baav-israels-day-of-sorrows/ ^ | 07-20-15 | Bill Randles

[pastorbillrandles]

How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!

The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.

He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. (Lamentations 2:1-5)

For al of Israel, a solemn day commences at sundown, Saturday July 28, till sundown the 29th It is called Tish B’Av (the ninth of the month of Av) in the Jewish calendar. The day is marked by fasting, mourning and solemn prayers by pious Jews around the world, in commemoration of both the Babylonian destruction of the Temple, in 586 BC, and the Roman destruction of the Temple on the same calendar day in 70 AD.

Not only had those two horrors occurred on that day, but there have been many,many other incredibly horribly occurrences which concern the Jewish people,on this same calendar day through history.

Incredibly , it was on the ninth of Av that;

* The Sages tell us that the 10 Spies discouraged Israel from occupying the Land God gave them, resulting in the forty years wandering in the wilderness.

* 586 BC, Nebuchadnezzar fulfilled the prediction of Jeremiah, destroying the Temple in Jerusalem, killing one hundred thousand Jews, and carrying hundreds of thousands of others off, into Babylonian captivity.

* 70 AD, Titus fulfilled the predictions of Jesus, surrounding the city of Jerusalem, imposing a siege and finally on the day of TishB’Av, destroying the Temple, not leaving One stone upon another.

Two and a half million Jews were killed in this war, by famine, disease, infighting and One million Jews were killed in that war, much of the nation was exiled, and 100,000 Jews sold to Roman slave markets.

* On 132 AD, Tish B’Av, the Bar Cochba revolt was crushed, killing over 100,000 Jews.

* 133 AD, Turnus Rufus plows site of the Temple. The Romans then built on the Holy Site the pagan city of Aelia Capitolina .

*1095 AD, On TishB’Av of that year was the date Pope Urban II called the first crusade, which resulted in the killing of more than ten thousand JEws, and the obliteration of Jewish communities in Germany.

* On TishB’AV 1290, all Jews were expelled from England , property was confiscated and killings of Jews occurred.

* In 1492 on the same date, TishB’Av, all Jews were expelled from Spain, by order of the “Holy order” of the Inquisition. There were forced conversions, family separations, pogroms, and much loss of property.

*In 1914, on Tish B’Av , Britain and Russia declare war on Germany. First World War begins. The First World War led to the Second World War and the Holocaust. Over 400 pogroms immediately following the war in Hungary, Ukraine, Poland and Russia.All but one-third of world Jewry would perish.

*On TishB’Av 1941, Hermann Göring ordered SS general Reinhard Heydrich to make all the necessary preparations for the Final Solution.

*TishB’AV, saw the 1942 mass deportation of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka concentration camp begin.

* On TishB’Av 1994, the deadly bombing the building of the AMIA (the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina) which killed 86 people and wounded some 300 others.

* On TishB’Av 2003, at the Democratic National Convention, Barak Obama was catapulted from relative obscurity to national fame, after giving a speech which electrified the convention. He would go on to become the most avid anti Israel president in American history.

There are many many other calamities that have befallen Israel upon this tragic day. I believe there are several conclusions we can glean from the uncanny circumstances of the day.

* TishB’Av points to the veracity of the Word of God. Moses warned that should Israel break faith with God, That they would be scattered across the Gentile world,

And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; …And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:…(Deuteronomy 28:64-65)

Our God is faithful in Judgement as well as in His promises of mercy.

* Yet in spite of these terrors and calamities, God in mercy has kept his covenant to keep the Jewish people,

This is what the LORD says,

he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the LORD Almighty is his name: “Only if these decrees vanish from my sight,” declares the LORD, “will Israel ever cease being a nation before me.”(Jeremiah 31:34-35)

The Sun, moon and stars would have to perish before God will alow the Jewish people to perish!

* Our God is a merciful Saviour, who will again turn His attention to the Jewish people in Love and mercy-

“At that time,” declares the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”

This is what the LORD says:

“The people who survive the sword will find favor in the wilderness; I will come to give rest to Israel.”

The LORD appeared to us in the past,[a] saying:

“I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. I will build you up again, and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt. Again you will take up your timbrels and go out to dance with the joyful. Again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria; the farmers will plant them and enjoy their fruit. There will be a day when watchmen cry out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Come, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God.’”

We can see by the signs of the times that the Biblical prophecies are being lined up for fulfillment, and the time spoken of in Psalm 102 has come-

Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.

For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.

When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.(Psalm 102:11-16)

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

God will protect Israel in spite of the Iran deal. But shame on those who brought it about.

[SaveFerris]

Yes, the 9th of Av is coming up this weekend.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Considering all the bad stuff that has happened during this past month of Tammuz I’m ready for Tisha B’Av!

[Mom MD]

Hopefully it will not be commemorated this year by the detonation of Iran’s first nuke. But it is coming soon....

[delchiante]

Is this for 2015 ? Because Pope Gregory calendar July 28 isn’t a saturnsday..

The 25th is..

[pastorbillrandles]

This is a reprint of an earlier article, sorry, 2011.

[SaveFerris]

[The 25th is..]

yep

Jewish date 9 Av 5775 Civil date July 25, 2015

Happens over Sat - Sun (here in CONUS)

[delchiante]

No need to apologize.

I use the template of the world calendar to mark the days on our Father’s calendar - so I was reading the article and went, wait!

I figured it was from another year or spell check goof up..

[Nachum]

As we are currently in “The 9 days”, the days leading up to the 9th of Av, it is well known that these are not a good time for the Jewish people.

Was it an accident that Obama signed the monstrous deal with Iran on the 1st of the month of Av, the beginning of the day of mourning of the “9 Days”? Was it also an accident that the most intensive negotiations over “The Deal” began during the beginning of the period of mourning over the destruction of the 1st and 2nd temples beginning on July the 4th?

Today, the 4th of the month of Av, the Obama administration went to the UN to get their vote. Was it an accident that the Obama administration chose this period so close to the 9th, or was it chosen specifically for its symbolic value?

Do they have anything special planned for the 9th of Av (in 5 days)?

[delchiante]

Nothing is accident.

I am in an extremely small minority that believes Judaism and Christianity miss what is really a 4th month chag that bumps up against Av, instead of just 50 days after Passover ( and it would mean there is a count to 50 but it comes After 7 Sabbaths, in Leviticus)
and on that day, the Golden calf was crushed and 3,000 killed -and it would fall on the 29th of the 4th month- leads right into Av. Not 50 days earlier.

And it is because of my understanding of Ezekiel 46’s description of new moon days not being a Sabbath or one of the 6 work days -along with my doubts on the translations of Exodus 19- noting that they arrived in the 3rd month on either the 15th or 16th of the month, not the 1st.
Hence, the phrase ‘that same day’they left Egypt.

Add in the fact Yahshua mentions 30fold/60fold/100fold in His parable of the sower, it would be an incredible link and coincidence to what Israel did before the promised land and how their trek , day by day, is our example and what occurred after those markers were reached.

It would all start with a count to 7 Sabbaths after First Fruits, but that count would have at least 2 new moon days and not exactly 50 total days,with Ezekiel’s template- that is where Judaism and Christianity stop.
But it is ignorance of the new moon day that causes that.
So another 50 days after the 7th Sabbath would be just over 100 days from Passover.

Now, the Messiah mentioning 30 (manna from heaven after 30 days- exodus 16) 60( hearing the law thundering from the Mount- exodus-exodus 19- 3rd month on the anniversary of Israel leaving Egypt (15th) they arrive in Sinai wilderness -60 days- not 50) and 100 (Moses went up the mount soon after the 60th day and was there 40 days/nights- Exodus 24 & 32; 60+40=100 days) things make a little more sense and those nu!bers don’t just seem like they are arbitrary.

I am not sure your faith background but we could see exactly why the Savior used those three ‘folds’ (30/60/100)in His parable and what each related to Israel’s wilderness travel.

if Ezekiel’s calendar template can be believed, and people can see Exodus 19 as having some translation issues-And the King of Kings using those specific markers of 30/60/100 for His parable that scripture says is the key to all parables of the Kingdom-
maybe this is why Israel has been experiencing so much around this time of year.. Completely missing one of His appointed times every year..having it 50 days earlier than Israel did in the wilderness- or a reminder for their Golden calf incident.
All that is dependent on accepting the premise that they miss a Feast of His every year.

Again, I am in an extremely small minority on this and it applies only as a lead in to the 5th month on the biblical calendar and the events that occurred around this time in Israel’s history.

[Nachum]

I always like to delve into theological mysteries of all kinds. My reasoning was less mystical and more political. Just that the enemies of the Jewish people have a penchant for choosing dates that have meaning to attack the Jewish nation.

While I am quite sure, that others may find many numerological and mystical truth, I am only stating an obvious one. That is why, for that reason only I think that the next 5 days may be hard ones to bear.

And- by the way possibly why the Chattanooga terrorist picked this time to attack also.

[Biggirl]

Also for the shooter in the case of the Chattanooga shooting terror attack, the end of the Muslim Ramadam.

[LucyT]

Check out # 10 and # 11.

Thanks, Nachum.

[Old Sarge]

I’m also one of those who is delving into eschatology and the meanings therein.

The writers of old left us clues to follow, telling us what was to come - because Bible prophecy is history written in advance.

But I have to admit my reluctance to talk about it, because the religion threads are among the most toxic and evil places on FR.

[delchiante]

He led me right out of ‘religion’ Sarge by first leading me out of the world by leading to do another job than I was doing.

The less I accepted as truth from the world (even the way it kept time), the more I understand Him -and the more I understand the enemy.

I think it gets toxic because the power and principalities behind this battle are toxic. We sheep are in a spiritual war that some have made physical due to religion throughout the ages.

And the enemy has his hands in every religion. He has a in your face demonic side and a counterfeit righteous side to his kingdom and he is responsible for thousands of denominations. That wasn’t the will of the King of Kings.

The Bride should know the most about the Bridegroom and the more I know about Him, the less this world appears to know.. And I haven’t gotten any smarter.

But I am strange, I admit. today is the 6th day of His 5th month. The 5th day of His work week. The day commemorating Him creating the creatures in the sea and the birds in the air.

Most call it Wednesday July 22, after a false God named Woden and Julius (july) caesar. Most don’t think like that! I would be called loony..

I did up to a couple years ago. But he led me to quit a job stuck in the world system for a job that wasnt. I know now that was a test of faith that I passed. He placed me in a position only to trust Him and not anything in me. And when He supplies those needs like His Word says, tough not to look to Him for everything.

When He led me not to accept the way the world keeps time, I then could see 30/60/100 in Israel’s journey because I let scripture and His Creation tell me how to keep time.some may call it ‘sola scriptura’ to the extreme.

The less conformed one is to the world and its systems,the more one can be transformed by the renewing of their mind- and the more clues one will find. To the point lots of things that people read can be read with new eyesight.

And it is all Him. Because I am still a sheep. Just following Him. And so humbling because had I not done what He led me to do a couple years ago, I would be just like I was-ignorant.
Until He found another way to wake me/shake me..

I know this- it is a battle to unlearn what you have been taught since a child. Almost like one has to become a child again willing and eager to learn.

HalleluYah!

[Old Sarge]

it is a battle to unlearn what you have been taught since a child. Almost like one has to become a child again willing and eager to learn.

[Jedidah]

Amen to your observation about the religion threads. They are toxic, not thoughtful.

Note the two-week period this September crammed with Rosh Hashanah (Feast of Trumpets, judgment), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), and Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles, God dwells with man), the first and last of these under the final two blood moons of the tetrad.

Sheeesh.... The feast days are usually spread out more. I get goosebumps just looking at that calendar. It could be tragic. Or glorious.