HARD TRUTH – The Rod of Iron

Old Dog V

HARD TRUTH

Bob Neumann

Once again i sit here in the hour or so before dawn acutely aware i have survived another night. I don’t sleep on the nites i work…and on my so called “nites off” i do not sleep either. You can not DREAM if you do not sleep. Poiniant….be carefull what you ask for because that prayer might be answered. There was a song years ago that had a line about “I thank GOD for unanswered prayers”. Sometimes we pray for the “wrong things” or for things that in themselves are not evil. But just because it is neither “wrong” or “evil” does not make it GOD’S WILL for you. That is why i shun the NAME IT CLAIM IT gang.

Most of the night i have had a “tune” in my spirit. During that time i have “stood”. But the “tune” was there. I “knew” it and also knew i had to deal with it….in it’s “proper time and place”. So now it is a time that i can deal with this.

So let’s deal with “songs in the night”. So here is a PEARL…don’t trample it…

Isa 30

²⁹ Ye shall have a song, as in the night [when] a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel

Now LOOK at Isaiah 30…verses 29 and 30 are the REDEEMER’S answer to all THE TROUBLE the whole chapter 30 is talking about.

TWO MORE PEARLS…ONE at a time…

Ps 42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me

Ps 42:8 [Yet

⁸ the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my prayer unto the God of my life

Ps 42:9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy

Now explain verse 9…and now go on and read verses 10 and 11. This is HARD TRUTH…not LIES that go in so smoothly.

Last PEARL..

Ps 134:1 A Song of degrees.]] Behold, bless ye the LORD, all [ye] servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD

Ps 134:2 Lift up your hands [in] the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.

Ps 134:3 The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.

Now that is the whole psalm 134…my address is 431 Shady Lane…that too is a COSMIC JOKE.

This was a three point lesson…a progression.

Study it. It is really too simple to explain.

The HARD TRUTH is TIME ran out…our time…my time. When you chose to build a tower you count all the COSTS. And accept them.

The TUNE i have been hearing was from a production called LORD OF THE DANCE…it is just a piece that is an “interlude”. A tune put in between two KEY ELEMENTS of the STORY.

Now LORD OF THE DANCE is an ancient GAELIC TRADITION. It tied THE STORY OF REDEMPTION to their PAGAN heritage. Now i just know…deep down in side one of you nice people want to jump up and tell me Bob it is a CELTIC Tradition. Fine, just tell me who were the GAELES…from which the IRISH national language came?

GAELIC?

Actually their traditions are interesting. In it there is a confrontation between GOOD and EVIL…and until PADRIG came and told them of the ECHAD, their traditions has MoghGronw…the DARK LORD…the 3 horned god of the underworld winning yearly. And seeing that they were ancient pagans all famine, plagues, disease etc etc etc proved the DARK LORD seemed to always win.

So they changed their TRADITIONS and instead of an annual cycle of rebirth and death…the HAVE RESURRECTION….and GLORY….FOR MESSIAH CONQUERED DEATH.

GOOD NEWS that they EMBRACED.

So what i was hearing was the INTERLUDE between the “introduction” of MESHIACH … THE LORD MOST HIGH… and HIS CONFRONTATION with HIS ANCIENT ENEMY.… are YOU READY TO RRRRHHHHHUUUUMMMMBBBBBLLLLEEEEEE!!!!

So an ancient tune came to the new world. And like other tunes new words were added, titles changed. Some “authorities” say the WORDS were written by someone not known. Others say it was one of the SHAKER Hymns. Today they call it LORD OF THE DANCE… the SHAKERS called it something else…

SIMPLE GIFTS

‘Tis a gift to be simple, tis a gift to be free ‘Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be And when we find we’re in the place just right We’ll be in the valley of love and delight

Dance, Dance, wherever you may be. I am the Lord of the Dance, said he. And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be, And I’ll lead you all, in the dance said he.

When true simplicity is gained, To bow and to bend, we shan’t be ashamed. To turn, turn, will be our delight ‘Til by turning, turning, we come ’round right

Dance, Dance, wherever you may be. I am the Lord of the Dance, said he. And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be, And I’ll lead you all, in the dance said he.

How ancient is the story of an ongoing battle between LIGHT and DARKNESS? Is it only found in Israel and Ireland? Why are almost all of these “stories” the sides are BALANCED….or tipped towards the BAD GUYS?

Well…maybe for all intents and purposes when the real battle of RAGNEROCK….MEGIDOH…whatever…who cares…The SOLDIERS of THE LIGHT…the SAINTS… do not win. Their people are being slaughtered…waiting for REV 19….. Daniel tells us THE ANCIENT OF DAYS gives VICTORY to THE SON OF MAN who stands by HIS THRONE.

Paul says we are to “put on the whole armor” so we can stand up to the “fiery darts” and “stuff” Paul does not mention.

After all the body armor is mentioned we get a weapon. And the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints

Eph 6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel

Eph 6:20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak

Anyone catch that last part. Paul is in the Laterine Prison under DEATH SENTENCE. It just has not been carried out yet. In fact it may be all his EPISTLES were written while in Prison. Outside of writing his WORK had been strictly infringed upon.

And we think we are being “persecuted” now.

Figure out the song yet?

‘Tis a gift to be simple, tis a gift to be free ‘Tis a gift to come down where we ought to be And when we find we’re in the place just right We’ll be in the valley of love and delight

the first GIFT is SIMPLICITY…no strings no bagage.

The second GIFT is FREEDOM….if you have simple, child like faith you gain your freedom because you placed all you have in HIS HANDS.

The third GIFT is RESURRECTION POWER…when you are “dead in CHRIST”…HE takes you off your cross.

It’s work is over. and suddenly you ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE….we will all be IN THE VALLEY of LOVE and DELIGHT….last verse of Psalm 23…

second verse…

When true simplicity is gained, To bow and to bend, we shan’t be ashamed. To turn, turn, will be our delight ‘Til by turning, turning, we come ’round right

When we get the GIFT of SIMPLICITY…it is because we have finally DIED. So to “bow”, “bend” to HOLY AUTHORITY will not shame us. Because we have TURN…TURN…turned away from our wicked wasys…turned and gone BACK TO GOD…

TESHUVAH….

In turning twice we “come round right”.

Love that line…

now chorus…

Dance, Dance, wherever you may be. I am the Lord of the Dance, said he. And I’ll lead you all, wherever you may be, And I’ll lead you all, in the dance said he.

bottom line….if we get our crosses up that hill and let HIM nail us on…it does not matter where we are or what our situations may be. HE IS WITH US. HE IS THE LORD…of the SONG…of the DANCE….of ALL JOY…

This is THE HARD TRUTH….and if you can get there you can sing and dance.

Ps 149

¹ Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his praise in the congregation of saints

² Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King

³ Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp

⁴ For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation

⁵ Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds

⁶ the high [praises] of God [be] in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand

⁷ To execute vengeance upon the heathen, [and] punishments upon the people

⁸ To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron

⁹ To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD

Ps 150

¹ Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power

² Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness

³ Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp

⁴ Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs

⁵ Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals

⁶ Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD

finally…jerry…

Jer 31

¹⁰ Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare [it] in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd [doth] his flock

¹¹ For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of [him that was] stronger than he

¹² Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all

¹³ Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow

¹⁴ And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD

Jeremiah 31:11…read it…study it…and compare it to Daniel 7:21….

heh…We WIN at the END…no…HE GIVES US THE VICTORY….all we do is STAND…and SOMEONE OVERCOMES…

Rev 17

¹⁴ These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him [are] called, and chosen, and faithful

So people…are you WITH HIM or AGAINST HIM…

again “3’s”…

Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him

Rev 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night

Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death

look up the Greek term here for testimony… find where else the Greek term appears… and guess what “modern term” we use today evolved from it…

NEW RECRUITS need a new mindset…fast…

selah

olddog

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