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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem

This Chapter is a little tough-going, but introduces a very important Spiritual Principle that permeates History in general, and the Bible in particular. That principle is the use of nations more wicked than God's people being used as a purifying agent, and the purified REMNANT being left. The word for the foreign agency being used of God is the "Scourge" or, a whip. These "Scourges" tend to be pagan nations who have no regard for even the most basic rules of right and wrong. Their behavior totally offends our sensibilities, and we wonder, "Why would God allow those people to triumph at all?"

We have seen this type of geopolitical movement throughout the centuries. Genghis Khan was even nicknamed "The Scourge of God"!

In our own recent memories, we have used the term "The Scourge of Communism", etc. So there is no doubt that this mindset exists in our world-view to this very day.

The Scourge, if it existed independently of any REDEMPTIVE result, would be hopeless, miserable, and a giant, depressing failure on the part of History. There is, however, always a REMNANT. As a former Quilter, I can tell you all about Remnants!

As you know, fabric comes on big rolls or bolts, and patterns call for certain amounts (a six 16 dress would probably take four yards), and a seamstress would only want as much as she needs. So the store clerk will cut off the required amount and put the bolt back on the shelf. Soon, after many cuttings, there is a shred of cloth left on the bolt that isn't enough for any project, so it is pulled off the bolt, measured, priced, and thrown into the bargain bin labeled "REMNANTS". Pretty soon the bargain Bin gets filled up, and the prices goes down again. And Again. They are effectively WORTHLESS.

Then the Quilter comes in. She gathers up as many Remnants as she can and pays the price for them. It seems almost sinful that she would have to pay for something that is going to get thrown out anyway, but she does.

Then the work begins. trimming, designing, cutting off the frayed edges, taking a common thread and joining it all together to produce something really Beautiful, Useful, and Artistic, all at the same time.

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

[stars & stripes forever]

Beautiful illustration about the quilt. We are the remnant of the End Time Church. Thank You.

[givemWatts]

morning, M-L. Amen to this lesson and to your scholarship on the topic.

“Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, who write misfortune, which they have prescribed To rob the needy of justice,

And to take what is right from the poor of My people, That widows may be their prey, And that they may rob the fatherless."

We pray for the fatherless and the widow that the courts would begin to lean in their favor, that the system would yield to Your requirements of not oppressing those mentioned, that their resources would begin to flow as you act as a swift judge against their laws aimed to minimize and defeat Your loved ones.

[Ezekiel]

Then the Quilter comes in.

Now that's just a beautiful allegory. It reminds me of the lady who said [regarding the children's bread not going to the dogs}...

"Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."

It's funny, because how many children are secretly slipping the dog all the "bad" (healthful) stuff? The dog ends up pretty well-fed. :)

[ConorMacNessa]

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

OE unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; 2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! 3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.

19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.

20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.

24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.

26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:

29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.

31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.

32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

______________________________________________Isaiah 10 (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."

[etabeta]

Beautiful introduction to our prayer. God bless.

[Hiskid]

Wonderful.

Amen.

[SisterK]

Amen

tis an honored to be part of a remnant

[Maudeen]

Thank you for your illustration of the remnant. I am no seamstress by any mean. . .can hardly sew on a button. Since the passing of my parents I have taken to rescuing the remnants of perennials at Walmart. . .those plants that have been almost discarded (they never give them away before they die because it is my understanding Walmart can get more from a tax write-off). Not a seasoned gardener, this is my second year of planting these pitiful plants and offering them some fertilizer. . .I have been amazed already this year what these plants have become and the bees are enjoying their beauty as well.