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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

J.R.R. Tolkien was not just a wonderful storyteller, he was also a brilliant scholar of ancient literature. The subtitle of his delightful tale The Hobbit is "There and Back Again. This is a pivate joke that many would not get at first, but what Tolkien did was describe the Literary Structure of many ancient works such as the Odyssey and many of the Psalms. This is called "Chiastic Structure", based upon the Greek letter Chi, which looks like a Big "X". (Chi is the first letter in the word for "Christ", which is why some people use it for "XMAS".

We have already seen how Acrostics don't translate from the Hebrew very well, but the "Chiastic Structure" is quite evident in any translation. The structure is a variation of A, B, C, B, A, or "There and Back Again" and is thematic. I will furnish a couple of links in my next post so you can enjoy looking into this if you would like.

Now, with regards to Psalm 83, we may be seeing a fulfillment of this in our own time. The disgraceful behavior on Sunday of 70 nations parallels this Psalm. The cast of characters parallels Ezekiel 38 (a reversal of the chapter numbers...what a coincidence!) and their attitudes closely resembled that of the "kings of the gentiles" in Psalm 2. It would seem like we have reached "THERE" and it's time to go "Back Again". Keep our Nation in your prayers as we look forward to Friday.

Come and Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem, For Our FRiends in Need, For Persecuted Believers, and For Our Beloved Nation.

God Bless America!

Blessings To All Who Visit This Garden of Prayer.



This Symbol Represents Christians in The Middle East, who desperately need our Prayers.

Hallelujah and Amen

ML/LTOS

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As promised:

http://bible-discernments.com/joshua/whatisachiasm.html

http://myplace.frontier.com/~g.novak/ss/psalms.htm

https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/dcc/psalms-83.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiastic_structure

[trisham]

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[NEWwoman]

Love Tolkien.
Another meaning of Chi is the picture the structure of the X. The First will be Last (downward slant \). And the Last shall be first (upward slant / ).

Joining in prayer, left that other site, for Israel, our beloved America, and all God’s people.

Indeed
O God, do not remain silent;
    do not turn a deaf ear,
    do not stand aloof, O God.

[ConorMacNessa]

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH FOR
THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM!
And for the Preservation of the Valiant
Israeli Nation!

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EEP not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. 2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.

5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:

6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;

8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.

9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:

10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.

13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.

__________________________________________________Psalm 83 (KJV)

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For ML In This Time Of Tribulation.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For the Repose of the Soul of ML's Mom.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For A Rapid Recovery For Our Own Yorkie.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For A Rapid Recovery For Our FRiend Uri'el2012.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For The Safety Of Our Gallant Troops And For The Success Of Their Vital Mission.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For The Repose Of The Souls Of Our Embassy Staff In Libya Who Were Assassinated 11 September 2012.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For The Deliverance Of Our Beloved Nation From The Lion’s Mouth.

PRAYERS ASCENDING ON HIGH For Our Brethren Of All Faiths Throughout The World Suffering Persecution.

We pray in particular on behalf of our brothers and sisters in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Libya and throughout the Mideast. The members of the oldest of our Christian Communities, some of which date from the days of the Apostles, suffer under cruel, merciless and unrelenting persecution. They are Orthodox and Catholic, Protestant and Evangelical, Coptic, Pentecostal, and Baptist. To the persecutors, we are all "Nazarenes."

[blueyon]

praying

[etabeta]

Adding my prayer. God bless.