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The Ninth Day Of The Eleventh Month

Bob Neumann, 7/2006

Maybe it is just me but I never really put it all together, still do not. But in the last 48 hours things have lined up strangely. So much so that I am going to place this before the congregation…whatever that may be.

For years I have watched the calendar the world and the church looks at and realized it was not working. Then one day I was amusingly reminded WHO GOD WAS. Not the all-purpose deity of modern religion. Not the celestial Santa Clause yearning for “give me, give me!” prayers. And definitely not the sugar coated JESUS I see all over the AMERIKAN UBERCHURCH.

Daniel spoke of THE ANCIENT OF DAYS. Isaiah quotes HIM as

²⁴ Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies

Jeremiah merely quotes “LORD of hosts, the God of Israel

Today as national Israel is again trying to broker PEACE in a world devoid of PEACE, it is important to consider that just maybe THE GOD OF ISRAEL has HIS OWN AGENDA. That HE HAS HIS OWN calendar and ways of “dividing time”. I had to borrow that from THE BOOK OF DANIEL. So looking at things from HIS VANTAGE POINT we are in the 11th month. The year will be ending a whole lot sooner than some would expect. In three more days we will reach the NINTH DAY of that 11th month.

Anybody notice it as a variation of 9/11?

In Hebrew it is called “Tisha B’Av”. Does not sound anything special…Tisha B’Av…the NINTH OF AV.

Only it has historically been anything but…dull or ordinary.

Most accept the idea that the coincidence of the TEMPLE being destroyed, twice on the same day as interesting. Throw in a whole slew of other anecdotal events…and maybe we see a pattern forming.

What it boils down to is BAD things just seem to happen to “GOD’S PEOPLE”. Or so it seems. But then there is the opinion, mine, that this is the DAY man blows it big time…. Eating the fruit of the FORBIDDEN TREE… Choosing not to ENTER THE PROMISED LAND….

I wonder what could “man” do next to make things theoretically worse than anyone could imagine?

Since 1947 National ISRAEL has been holding on to a small bit of land against all who do not want them there. Over this time ISRAEL has fought all out war against NATIONS and ARMIES superior in size, number, and munitions. Daily they live under siege of rockets, suicide bombers, and global opinion. Imagine what could provoke ISRAEL to make things worse than they already are?

Speculation is all we have, for a few more days. That and a sense of immediacy.

Nothing to warn anyone about….nothing at all…

Except the fact I am looking at the ANCIENT IMAGE of 9/11….and I have learned to appreciate HIS SENSE OF HUMOR…

For what we are about to receive….

Bob Neumann North Carolina

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