Old Dog V
The Sounds Of Silence
Bob Neumann, Sun, 19 Aug 2001
Sometimes i wonder what ABBA wants of me. Now i am not criticizing THE MOST HIGH GOD. Call it “deeply intrigued” by what is happening in my life, and how it is being done. In the realm of natural events i left my job, my home, my city and all my friends….June 15. Now on August 18 i am fully moved into a new home, have a new job in a new community. In about 60 days all was accomplished….in the natural.
What bothers me is in the realm of the spirit. What follows this paragraph was mostly written on August 13-14. When i tried to send it my pc “burped” and it vanished into the realm of the www. This kind of thing happens when i “get ahead” of whatever timescale ABBA has set in motion. So i watch what takes place while i await the proper time and i usually am amazed. So it is now. From 3 different sources i have been given WORDS from a Mr John Lallier. What he says about south Florida gives rationalization for how i could move expeditiously.
Yesterday my friend and brother, Stephen Bening, shared from Isaiah 21. And the question that THE LORD OF HOSTS asks HIS WATCHMAN. Also yesterday i was sent through two sources a WORD from an old friend Stephen Hanson, “GO FORTH TO BATTLE AND TO TRIUMPH”” Please understand, i was sent out of South Florida to North Carolina for that reason….to destroy the works of the enemy. To put it bluntly…that is what has bothered me. I do not know how THE LORD OF HOSTS wants that done….except by what images i have gotten in the past, do i have a “handle” on how HE OPERATES. So here is what i wanted to share several days ago………
THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE
For years i have moved as THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT has chosen to lead me. Often i have felt like Henry David Thoreau’s “DIFFERENT DRUMMER” moving contrary to the “parade” because I hear a “different cadence” from a “different drummer”. All to often i find myself seeing or listening to “images” in my spirit that can not be classified as “dreams” or “visions”. When these begin to happen I can not hide from them, i have tried, and it does not work. Likewise specific people reenter my life by phone calls and emails. Since June 12 i have had three long periods of time without telephone, emails, and TV. You could call them PERIODS OF SEPERATION….PERIODS IN THE WILDERNESS. Or TIMES OF SILENCE…especially when i hear not the VOICE of MY GOD. The last occurred from July 29-30 till the 14th of August. During those times many tried to contact. My brother Trey Mitchell who I keep trying to contact without success. And my brother John Moore from MONTANA. In the past John always has contacted me as THE MOST HIGH has started me on a new path…or a new set of images. The last was the last week in December 2000….and the movie THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE. Many of you have read his and Bill Burns interpretations from that image. I do not know today what John has been receiving, but we have common images from MOVIES. I also get images from songs, sometime movie songs.
A while back i was in the PLACE of Isaiah 21…THE WATCHMAN whom THE MASTER QUESTIONED. And i wrote it was time for battle…all out warfare…the TIME OF THE DREADWARRIORS. Others also have picked this up. And now i have had some interesting Movie Images and songs…
It was a no brainer why THE MASTER sent me to the “BUCKLE OF THE BIBLE BELT”… lots of religion all over the place…. but it was a hybrid of Laodicea and Sardis ….spiritual blindness in the place where the enemy put his own throne. What i was doing cruising THE GATES made no sense….and then came an image of YUL BRYNER wearing all black driving a horse drawn hearse with Steve McQueen riding shotgun. Had a great song too. But my answer did not come from THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN….but the SEVEN SAMURAI…. I was not there to storm the enemy’s camp….. I was there not to kick down the enemy’s gates….i closed and locked them… The answer came from a “new” movie about a Russian Sniper…and turning the tide of the battle of Stalingrad.
The movie is THE ENEMY AT THE GATE(S). Timely, ain’t it..… All this time though i have had a song and lyrics hitting me constantly….and a Psalm. The Prophet Paul “RHYMIN” Simon and PSALM 49….not a happy marriage of images…i kid you not.…
The Sound of Silence (P. Simon, 1964)
Hello darkness, my old friend,
I’ve come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
The last THING MY MASTER told me to do was to tarry with HIM and to LISTEN TO THE SILENCE. Paul speaks clearly of dreams and visions and i see the many times i have defended the use by THE MOST HOLY SPIRIT of dreams and visions by “SO CALLED CHRISTIANS” that deny the prophetic…deny dreams and visions…and deny that there is A MOST HOLY SPIRIT. And JOB 33 where GOD SPEAKS TWICE…in dreams and night visions.
Hello darkness, my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again, does not bother me when i am chewing on….
1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Darkness does not bother me…any of the four HEBREW definitions. Years ago Dr J R Church taught on the “dark sayings” and it allowed me to “see” them from a “different” vantage point. Later i studied Psalm 49 and all the collateral Old Testament verses that speak of GOD and darkness….in the HEBREW from a Sephardic Rebbe.
It is amazing how much is ignored by Dr Strong and the KJV.
You see, Psalm 49 starts out by addressing all the world….which is the CHURCH….and not ISRAEL…or the GLAMORIZED NORTH AMERICAN CONGREGATION…and ABBA means every man, woman, child…2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together…. the DARK SAYINGS is what follows….
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
YES…I “FEAR” THE MOST HIGH GOD….and HIS DAYS OF JUDGEMENT…but few seem to either notice or care. Without THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB we are all “DEAD MEAT”.… without a relationship with ABBA we all fall short…SELAH.
6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
9 That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.
Behold where the “GOSPEL OF PROSPERITY” has brought us. A “church” that incessantly “brags” about it’s wealth and “blessings”….David asked once “WHY DO THE WICKED PROSPER”….to the amerikan church only the “VERY ELECT” prosper…it is there “witness” of “RIGHTIOUSNESS”……..selah.
10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
How many “ministries” out there have a “MAN’S” name in the letterhead? And so much for that brand of wisdom.
12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
13 This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
Boy, verse 13 nails it….their “prosperity” is their rational of DIVINE APPROVAL is FOLLY. “HONOUR” cuts no deal with THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL…so much for the approval of men…and the rules of men.
14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
In the middle of this 14th verse is a wild image…THE UPRIGHT shall have DOMINION … not the affluent…anyone remember a NT line about “humble yourself in the SIGHT OF THE LORD…and HE will lift you up”…? selah….
15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. AMEN…
And tells us a whole lot of how this PSALM ENDS…….
16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
18 Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
So much for worldly wealth and honors which the church and the professional clergy gloats over. Over a year ago THE MASTER hit me with an image…gather SILVER… which is understanding….without understanding wisdom is useless. Bit then again, without “UNDERSTANDING”….everything perishes…selah.
But Dr Church, and the Rebbe, pointed out the importance of “images”…”patterns”…and “sequences” which i have written and taught in great detail. So if you look at Psalm 49….it has to be part of something. Anyone ever study “SEVENS” in scripture?
If you make Psalm 49 the “shammish” of a seven PSALM MENNORAH…things “HAPPEN”….remember “7”s….
Psalm 46…47…48….49….50…51…52….
Psalm 46
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psalm 47
1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding
Psalm 48
1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5 They saw it, and so they marveled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
Psalm 49
1 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
2 Both low and high, rich and poor, together.
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
Psalm 50
1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
Psalm 51
1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
Psalm 52
1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3 Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him:
7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
It is interesting how the pattern flows….now go back and read just the 7th and 14th and 21st verses in order….but see where it all leads to and this is what is so amazing…
Psalm 53
To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.
1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
6 Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.
Anyone notice…no seventh verse in psalm 53? no place for redemption…for the FOOL .. those with “abominable iniquity”. even the term is frightening. As is THE MASTER’S WORDS to the GOATS….”DEPART FROM ME YOU WORKERS OF INIQUITY, FOR I NEVER KNEW YOU”.
Many people send me daily reports on the troubles in Israel. There are many who predict even greater “TROUBLES”. I can not help but wonder if they know THE WORD OF GOD.… DANIEL’S 70TH WEEK…THE TIME OF JACOB’S TROUBLE? As long as “we” americanski think we are the center of the universe we will miss the fact that GOD said this all will happen. So everytime someone sends me an email for prayer for GOD to INTERVENE and stop it, i shudder. And it takes me back to RHYMIN’ SIMON…
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
‘Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
During my “silence” Sister Edith Jackson sent me something i wrote in 2000 about GRAY STREETS…GRAY PEOPLE…. and i realized the images painted in this song was not new to me…that is unsettling when you read his next verse.…
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence.
Beautiful line…the “naked light”….THE LIGHT of GOD IS PURE…nothing HIDDEN or DISGUISED…TRUTH
“Fools” said I, “You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you.”
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed
In the wells of silence
Ouch…have i been trying to reach THE FOOLS, LORD? i asked….and realized it was not me they were ignoring…but ABBA. and i cried some more.
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
And the sign said, “The words of the prophets
are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.”
And whisper’d in the sounds of silence.
Where are the “highways” and “byways” to the AFLUENT LAODICIAN church? Yes …skid row …which is where the prophets need to be…among the “have-nots” who are lost, hurting…. alone.
Now 1964/65 was an interesting pair of years for Paul and his friend Art.…
Blessed (P. Simon, 1965)
Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit.
Blessed is the lamb whose blood flows.
Blessed are the sat upon, Spat upon, Ratted on,
O Lord, Why have you forsaken me?
I got no place to go,
I’ve walked around Soho for the last night or so.
Ah, but it doesn’t matter, no.
Blessed is the land and the kingdom.
Blessed is the man whose soul belongs to.
Blessed are the meth drinkers, Pot sellers, Illusion dwellers.
O Lord, Why have you forsaken me?
My words trickle down, like a wound
That I have no intention to heal.
Blessed are the stained glass, window pane glass.
Blessed is the church service makes me nervous
Blessed are the penny rookers, Cheap hookers, Groovy lookers.
O Lord, Why have you forsaken me?
I have tended my own garden
Much too long.
Scarey words that end with an intriguing comment….or is it an answer to AMERICA when JUDGEMENT FALLS as the WORD OF THE LORD has come forth over and over since the 1920’s. On a very personal note…1965 saw a song i listened to over and over…the theme song of my youth, long forgotten till this last time of QUIET…
I Am a Rock (P. Simon, 1965)
A winter’s day
In a deep and dark December;
I am alone,
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
I’ve built walls,
A fortress deep and mighty,
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
It’s laughter and it’s loving I disdain.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
Don’t talk of love,
But I’ve heard the words before;
It’s sleeping in my memory.
I won’t disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
If I never loved I never would have cried.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
I have my books
And my poetry to protect me;
I am shielded in my armor,
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.
I touch no one and no one touches me.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
And a rock feels no pain;
And an island never cries.
The PROBLEM is i am not a ROCK….when LOVE…ABBA enters your life it is wonderful. But when you pick up HIS “BURDEN”…HIS “YOKE”…things change. You learn GRIEF. You learn TRAVAIL. You can not have relationship with ABBA without picking up HIS EMOTIONS. My ARMOR is useless…as is my poetry. funny….but those old words are true…
If I never loved I never would have cried.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
but i am not an island sitting all alone, isolated, insulated…
i am not a rock…my tears acknowledge that fact…
But i am happy to declare ABBA…”LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK”….a ROCK THAT NEVER CHANGES…THE ROCK OF ISRAEL WHERE MOSES AND DAVID STOOD ON…….and i do too.
BLESSED BE THE LORD MY ROCK AND MY FORTRESS….
selah dog
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