Sunday, September 16, 2012
What's Your Travail?
I have read in the bible about how the
whole world will experience in the
End Times the sort of travail as
though by a woman.
1 Thesalonians 5:3 KJV
For when they shall say, 'Peace, and Safety';
then, sudden destruction cometh upon them,
as travail upon a woman with child; and
they shall not escape.
This word, 'travail' is Strong's G5604. I find
it strangle it is the Greek word, 'Odin' as it
is pronounced, ō-dē'n, which means = sorrow,
pain, travail
I next looked and found KJV has five variations
of the word, travail. These are:
1) travail - 30 times
2) travailed - 5 times
3) travailest - 1 time
4) travaileth - 7 times
5) travailing -3 times
That's a whopping 46 different variations for
just one word. Seems like a pretty important
word!
Next, I cross-referenced travail* for the whole
bible. This search produced:
(a) Old Testament (Hebrew) for "travail"
(1) H2342 – chuwl [khül] = pain, formed, bring forth,
pained, tremble, travail, dance, calve, grieved,
grievous, wounded, shake, misc
(2) H2470 – chalah [khä•lä'] = sick, beseech, be weak,
grievous, be diseased, wounded, pray, entreat, grief,
grieved, sore, pain, infirmity, entreated, laid, prayer,
sorry, make suit, supplication, travail
(3) H3205 – yalad [yä•lad'] = beget, bare, born, bring
forth, bear, travail, midwife, child, delivered, borne,
birth, labor, brought up, misc
(4) H5999 – `amal [ä•mäl'] = labor, mischief, misery,
travail, trouble, sorrow, grievance, grievousness,
iniquity, miserable, pain, painful, perverseness,
toil, wearisome, wickedness
(5) H6045 – `inyan [in•yän'] = travail, business
(6) H8513 – tĕla'ah [tel•ä•ä'] = travel, travail, trouble
(b) New Testament (Greek) for "travail”
(1) G3449 – mochthos [mo'kh-thos] = travail, painfulness
(2) G4944 – synōdinō [sün-ō-dē'-nō] = travail in pain together
(3) G5088 – tiktō [tē'k-tō] = bring forth, be delivered, be born,
be in travail, bear
(4) G5604 – ōdin [ō-dē'n] = sorrow, pain, travail
(5) G5605 – ōdinō [ō-dē'-nō] = travail in birth, travail
Are you weary? Then, you're in travail.
Are you miserable? Then, you're in travail.
Do you have pain and sorrow? Then, you're in travail.
Do you pray supplications in grief and sickness? Then,
you're in travail.
Do you tremble with grievous, wounded burdens? Then,
you're in travail.
Do your business troubles bring forth misery? Then,
you're in travail.
What sort of travail do you have in your life today?
If in this life we have intolerable anguish, then let us
recognize, as we are seeking Him first in all things,
that our faith is not in vain, and the travail of our
hearts is a mystery best resolved in Christ.
Luke 21:36 NASB
"But keep on the alert at all times, praying that
you may have strength to escape all these things
that are about to take place, and to stand before
the Son of Man."
Saturday, September 8, 2012
The Other Hill City Called Gibeah
Strong's H1390 - Gibah {ghib-aw'} - a hill city
This city was also in the allotment for the Tribe of
Benjamin. It also featured a hill city. It was the birth
place of King Saul.
In 1 Samuel 9:1 we read about Kish as a mighty man of
powerful force. He had a son named Saul. His lineage
was found in verse one:
1 Samuel 9:1 KJV
Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name
[was] Kish, son Abiel, son Zeror, son Bechorath,
son Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
We saw previously how Father-Gibeon-Jehi'el had a
son named Kish. How is it that 1 Sam 9:1 now lists
the father of Kish as Abiel instead of Father-Gibeon-
Jehi'el?
Let's look at the names listed:
a) Aphiah - H647 = "I will make to breathe", rekindled,
refreshed
b) Bechorath - H1064 = "offspring of the first birth"
c) Zeror - H6872 = a bundle, bag, little stone, bindeth
d) Abiel - "El (God) is (my) father"; father of strength
or power
What does this mean?
I believe this is a message describing a hidden truth
of the heavenly lineage of King Saul's dual-nature.
"I will make to breathe this offspring [as] of the first birth
binding a little bundled stone to the father of strength"
I believe there are many dual-natures in the Old Testament
patriarchs. I see how a mirror split between Gibeon (vs) Gibeah
directly split forth from the grandfather.
On the one hand, a righteous branch headed by the Levite
Father-Gibeon-Jehi'el begat his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur.
These were both from his wife [Strong's H4601] Ma'akah.
On the other hand, the dual-nature of Jehi'el was also Abi'el.
Abi'el might have had additional sons with another wife not named.
He was also the father of two sons, Kish and Ner. Kish begat Saul.
Ner begat Abner. This is another indication of a split of families.
The divided houses chose similar paths in two very similar cities.
We read in Judges chapters 19 and 20, all of the horible troubles
and experiences of a Levite traveller with his concubine. As we
discovered in Judges 21, a breach was made by God against the
tribe of Benjamin all focused on the hill city, Gibeah.
Unlike Gibeon, where evil was destroyed and the holy priesthood
was to serve in the tabernacle, the tale of Gibeah was one of folly,
evil and war ending in the deaths of over 50,000 Israelites with
the near extinction of the tribe of Benjamin.
The thought for today: Will we humbly find our peace and serve
the LORD in the tabernacle or shall we pursue civil unrest, unholy
and vile practices only to end up in outright wars that divide
us from the Heavenly Father?
This city was also in the allotment for the Tribe of
Benjamin. It also featured a hill city. It was the birth
place of King Saul.
In 1 Samuel 9:1 we read about Kish as a mighty man of
powerful force. He had a son named Saul. His lineage
was found in verse one:
1 Samuel 9:1 KJV
Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name
[was] Kish, son Abiel, son Zeror, son Bechorath,
son Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
We saw previously how Father-Gibeon-Jehi'el had a
son named Kish. How is it that 1 Sam 9:1 now lists
the father of Kish as Abiel instead of Father-Gibeon-
Jehi'el?
Let's look at the names listed:
a) Aphiah - H647 = "I will make to breathe", rekindled,
refreshed
b) Bechorath - H1064 = "offspring of the first birth"
c) Zeror - H6872 = a bundle, bag, little stone, bindeth
d) Abiel - "El (God) is (my) father"; father of strength
or power
What does this mean?
I believe this is a message describing a hidden truth
of the heavenly lineage of King Saul's dual-nature.
"I will make to breathe this offspring [as] of the first birth
binding a little bundled stone to the father of strength"
I believe there are many dual-natures in the Old Testament
patriarchs. I see how a mirror split between Gibeon (vs) Gibeah
directly split forth from the grandfather.
On the one hand, a righteous branch headed by the Levite
Father-Gibeon-Jehi'el begat his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur.
These were both from his wife [Strong's H4601] Ma'akah.
On the other hand, the dual-nature of Jehi'el was also Abi'el.
Abi'el might have had additional sons with another wife not named.
He was also the father of two sons, Kish and Ner. Kish begat Saul.
Ner begat Abner. This is another indication of a split of families.
The divided houses chose similar paths in two very similar cities.
We read in Judges chapters 19 and 20, all of the horible troubles
and experiences of a Levite traveller with his concubine. As we
discovered in Judges 21, a breach was made by God against the
tribe of Benjamin all focused on the hill city, Gibeah.
Unlike Gibeon, where evil was destroyed and the holy priesthood
was to serve in the tabernacle, the tale of Gibeah was one of folly,
evil and war ending in the deaths of over 50,000 Israelites with
the near extinction of the tribe of Benjamin.
The thought for today: Will we humbly find our peace and serve
the LORD in the tabernacle or shall we pursue civil unrest, unholy
and vile practices only to end up in outright wars that divide
us from the Heavenly Father?
Dual Nature: Father-Gibeon-Jehi'el
1st Chronicles 9:35 KJV
And in Gibeon dwelt the father of
Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name
[was] Maachah.
There are 9 Hebrew words in this verse:
(1) H1391 - Gibown = Gibeon "hill city", pertaining to
a hill, (i.e., built on a hill); a Levitical city of Benjamin
(2) H3427 - Yashab = dwelt, remain, sit, abide, inhabited
(3) H1 - 'Ab = father, founder, progenitor, ruler/chief
(4) H1391 - Gibown = Gibeon "hill city"
(5) H25 - 'Abiy Gib'own = [a compound proper name used
in order to show etymology]: Father of Gibeon
(6) H3273 - Yh-iy'el (or) Yeheal = Jehiel, or Jeiel meaning:
'God sweeps away'; a Levite and a gatekeeper to the
tabernacle; an ancestor to king Saul
(7) H802 - 'Ishshah = woman, wife, married female
(8) H8034 - Shem = name(-d), fame, reputation, renown
(9) H4601 - Ma'akah = Maachah = oppression; various
translation of this name as: Maachah, Maacah, Maachathites
which means: 'pressure (literally, she has pressed)'
Jehi'el was a Levite and a gatekeeper to the tabernacle
and an ancestor to King Saul.
Next, we are provided with the list of sons who were born
to Jehi'el in verses 36 and 37:
[v36] And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish,
and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, [v37] And Gedor, and
Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
Jehi'el = God Sweeps Away
begat
a) Abdon = servile
b) then Zur = rock
c) and Kish = bent (H7027) (or) Cis = 'a snare' (G2797)
d) and Baal = lord
e) and Ner = lamp candle
f) and Nadab = generous, spontaneous, liberal
g) and Gedor = wall, hedge
h) and Ahio = brotherly, fraternal
i) and Zecharia/Zacher = Jehovah-remembers, remembrance
j) and Mikloth = staves, lots; where staves are set apart in
equal units/lots; alone, separate, by itself, being alone, besides
(see H905 - staves)
When we transliterate these three verses together we get:
God sweeps away servile rocks as bent snares lording
[over] lamp candles spontaneously [forming] a hedge
wall [of] fraternal brotherhood [neighborhoods] to set
apart the remembrances of Jehovah.
Will our neighborhoods be swept away as they forget the
LORD in their lives? Or, shall they turn and be made whole
according to His kind rememberances?
And in Gibeon dwelt the father of
Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name
[was] Maachah.
There are 9 Hebrew words in this verse:
(1) H1391 - Gibown = Gibeon "hill city", pertaining to
a hill, (i.e., built on a hill); a Levitical city of Benjamin
(2) H3427 - Yashab = dwelt, remain, sit, abide, inhabited
(3) H1 - 'Ab = father, founder, progenitor, ruler/chief
(4) H1391 - Gibown = Gibeon "hill city"
(5) H25 - 'Abiy Gib'own = [a compound proper name used
in order to show etymology]: Father of Gibeon
(6) H3273 - Yh-iy'el (or) Yeheal = Jehiel, or Jeiel meaning:
'God sweeps away'; a Levite and a gatekeeper to the
tabernacle; an ancestor to king Saul
(7) H802 - 'Ishshah = woman, wife, married female
(8) H8034 - Shem = name(-d), fame, reputation, renown
(9) H4601 - Ma'akah = Maachah = oppression; various
translation of this name as: Maachah, Maacah, Maachathites
which means: 'pressure (literally, she has pressed)'
Jehi'el was a Levite and a gatekeeper to the tabernacle
and an ancestor to King Saul.
Next, we are provided with the list of sons who were born
to Jehi'el in verses 36 and 37:
[v36] And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish,
and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, [v37] And Gedor, and
Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
Jehi'el = God Sweeps Away
begat
a) Abdon = servile
b) then Zur = rock
c) and Kish = bent (H7027) (or) Cis = 'a snare' (G2797)
d) and Baal = lord
e) and Ner = lamp candle
f) and Nadab = generous, spontaneous, liberal
g) and Gedor = wall, hedge
h) and Ahio = brotherly, fraternal
i) and Zecharia/Zacher = Jehovah-remembers, remembrance
j) and Mikloth = staves, lots; where staves are set apart in
equal units/lots; alone, separate, by itself, being alone, besides
(see H905 - staves)
When we transliterate these three verses together we get:
God sweeps away servile rocks as bent snares lording
[over] lamp candles spontaneously [forming] a hedge
wall [of] fraternal brotherhood [neighborhoods] to set
apart the remembrances of Jehovah.
Will our neighborhoods be swept away as they forget the
LORD in their lives? Or, shall they turn and be made whole
according to His kind rememberances?
The Hill City Called Gibeon
What became of the villagers named, Hivites?
What happened for a hill city called, Gibeon?
The Hivites were named by the LORD as a
people living in a place flowing with milk and
honey. He promised to drive out these from
before the Children of Israel as part of the
Promised Land.
Exodus 3:17 KJV
"I will lead you to the land now occupied by
the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites,
Hivites, and Jebusites, a land flowing with
milk and honey."
The Hivites greatly feared the LORD and
believed all of the words spoken by the mouth
of the prophet Moses.
Deuteronomy 20:17 KJV
"But thou shalt utterly destroy them;
namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites,
the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the
Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD
thy God hath commanded thee."
The Hivites knew they would not have success
at defending themselves nor defeating the LORD
in battle. So, they resorted to deception and met
Joshua with the leaders of Israel as though they
were far away travellers. They represented as
a clan of honest Seekers of the LORD. They then
asked for a sworn promise of safety.
Joshua 11:19 KJV
There was not a city that made peace with
the children of Israel, save the Hivites the
inhabitants of Gibeon: all [other] they took
in battle.
When the Amorites heard about the deal that
was made, they sought to destroy the Hivites.
The Hivites cried out to Joshua for his protection.
It was in Gibeon that Joshua spoke to the
LORD commanding the Sun to stand still
on Gibeon when the LORD delivered up the
Amorites for destruction.
The city of Gibeon was probably destroyed but
then rebuilt when it was given by Joshua as
an inheritance to the Tribe of Benjamin.
Next, the rebuilt city of Gibeon was set aside
as one of the thirteen cities dedicated to support
the Tribe of Levi with its pasture lands. This is
how the city of Gibeon was mixed with Levites
within the allotment given to the tribe of Benjamin.
It was used by the Levitical branch in Gibeon as
a Safety City of Refuge.
In Joshua 21:17 we read: "And out of the tribe
of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba
with her suburbs, ... " A total of 13 cities were
provided out of Benjamin to become a place for
the Levites.
The story of redemption is told in the city of Gibeon.
The Hivites were saved as the LORD had mercy on
them to serve in peace as ministers of His tabernacle.
The miracles of the LORD to save us and redeem
us from destruction is His Way of finding a People
to fellowship and delight in worship and praise. Let
us apply the Gospel of Peace to our hearts and minds
as we yield ourselves to serve and follow Him daily.
What happened for a hill city called, Gibeon?
The Hivites were named by the LORD as a
people living in a place flowing with milk and
honey. He promised to drive out these from
before the Children of Israel as part of the
Promised Land.
Exodus 3:17 KJV
"I will lead you to the land now occupied by
the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites,
Hivites, and Jebusites, a land flowing with
milk and honey."
The Hivites greatly feared the LORD and
believed all of the words spoken by the mouth
of the prophet Moses.
Deuteronomy 20:17 KJV
"But thou shalt utterly destroy them;
namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites,
the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the
Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD
thy God hath commanded thee."
The Hivites knew they would not have success
at defending themselves nor defeating the LORD
in battle. So, they resorted to deception and met
Joshua with the leaders of Israel as though they
were far away travellers. They represented as
a clan of honest Seekers of the LORD. They then
asked for a sworn promise of safety.
Joshua 11:19 KJV
There was not a city that made peace with
the children of Israel, save the Hivites the
inhabitants of Gibeon: all [other] they took
in battle.
When the Amorites heard about the deal that
was made, they sought to destroy the Hivites.
The Hivites cried out to Joshua for his protection.
It was in Gibeon that Joshua spoke to the
LORD commanding the Sun to stand still
on Gibeon when the LORD delivered up the
Amorites for destruction.
The city of Gibeon was probably destroyed but
then rebuilt when it was given by Joshua as
an inheritance to the Tribe of Benjamin.
Next, the rebuilt city of Gibeon was set aside
as one of the thirteen cities dedicated to support
the Tribe of Levi with its pasture lands. This is
how the city of Gibeon was mixed with Levites
within the allotment given to the tribe of Benjamin.
It was used by the Levitical branch in Gibeon as
a Safety City of Refuge.
In Joshua 21:17 we read: "And out of the tribe
of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba
with her suburbs, ... " A total of 13 cities were
provided out of Benjamin to become a place for
the Levites.
The story of redemption is told in the city of Gibeon.
The Hivites were saved as the LORD had mercy on
them to serve in peace as ministers of His tabernacle.
The miracles of the LORD to save us and redeem
us from destruction is His Way of finding a People
to fellowship and delight in worship and praise. Let
us apply the Gospel of Peace to our hearts and minds
as we yield ourselves to serve and follow Him daily.
We Are All Clay Vessels
Noah begat Ham, Ham begat Canaan,
Canaan begat the Hivites, Arkits, Sinites.
Genesis 10:17 & 1 Chron 1:15 KJV
"and the Hivites, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,"
H2340 - Hivite = "villagers"
H6208 - Arkite = "gnawing"
H5513 - Sinite = "thorn" or "clay"
Rather than provide details regarding specific individuals,
the writer of Genesis gave the readers guidelines for the
fall of Man as described by the descendants of Canaan.
Transliteral saying:
[Canaan begat] .... villagers gnawing thorns [as] clay [vessels].
The gnawing speaks first to our labors to produce enough to
survive. This is the first level of judgment against Adam who
was limited by the produce of the Earth which yielded thorns:
Genesis 3:18
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth
to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
The next layer of gnawing speaks to the future of Mankind
who has turned away from the LORD when the gnawing to
survive became the gnashing in judgment.
Matthew 8:11-12 KJV
"And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east
and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac,
and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. [v12] But the children
of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
As at the beginning, so also at the end, all flesh is summed
up as clay vessels fit for the Master's design.
Romans 9:21
Hath not the potter power over the clay [G4081],
of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour,
and another unto dishonour?
New Testament (Greek) for "clay"
Strong's G4081 - pēlos (pā-lo's) = clay
Whither shall we go? Shall we submit ourselves to the
LORD or will be be like sheep gone astray? Will we be
gathered together into a vast company of His Peoples,
or will we be scattered, cast and left outside His Mercy
and Grace?
Canaan begat the Hivites, Arkits, Sinites.
Genesis 10:17 & 1 Chron 1:15 KJV
"and the Hivites, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,"
H2340 - Hivite = "villagers"
H6208 - Arkite = "gnawing"
H5513 - Sinite = "thorn" or "clay"
Rather than provide details regarding specific individuals,
the writer of Genesis gave the readers guidelines for the
fall of Man as described by the descendants of Canaan.
Transliteral saying:
[Canaan begat] .... villagers gnawing thorns [as] clay [vessels].
The gnawing speaks first to our labors to produce enough to
survive. This is the first level of judgment against Adam who
was limited by the produce of the Earth which yielded thorns:
Genesis 3:18
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth
to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
The next layer of gnawing speaks to the future of Mankind
who has turned away from the LORD when the gnawing to
survive became the gnashing in judgment.
Matthew 8:11-12 KJV
"And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east
and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac,
and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. [v12] But the children
of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
As at the beginning, so also at the end, all flesh is summed
up as clay vessels fit for the Master's design.
Romans 9:21
Hath not the potter power over the clay [G4081],
of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour,
and another unto dishonour?
New Testament (Greek) for "clay"
Strong's G4081 - pēlos (pā-lo's) = clay
Whither shall we go? Shall we submit ourselves to the
LORD or will be be like sheep gone astray? Will we be
gathered together into a vast company of His Peoples,
or will we be scattered, cast and left outside His Mercy
and Grace?
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