tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post6116469778365613255..comments2024-02-27T06:42:59.658-08:00Comments on Assembly Quest: Psalm 84clumsy oxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-66551614765315918672017-02-12T04:19:34.626-08:002017-02-12T04:19:34.626-08:00There is a Jewish bible translation: Psalm 84:4 As...There is a Jewish bible translation: Psalm 84:4 As the sparrow finds herself a home and the swallow her nest, where she lays her young, so my resting-place is by your altars, Adonai-Tzva’ot, my king and my God. <br /><br />So I wonder if it's just a matter of punctuation? Even the humble sparrow has a home and he is expressing his desire to rest by the altar. And this would strengthen your Robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-61698720067988042312017-02-11T16:29:36.548-08:002017-02-11T16:29:36.548-08:00Perhaps nesting "at or near" the alter r...Perhaps nesting "at or near" the alter rather than "on" the alter is the way to look at this. <br />Yes, I agree with you concerning animal sacrifices in the millennial kingdom.<br /><br />Found this:<br />http://inthebeloved.org/psalm63and84.htm<br /><br />SusanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-18209166127368897682017-02-11T10:11:55.237-08:002017-02-11T10:11:55.237-08:00It's hard to read the last twelve chapters of ...It's hard to read the last twelve chapters of Ezekiel and come away thinking there won't be animal sacrifices in the millennial kingdom.<br /><br />I've been meditating in Psalm 84 for several years, trying to understand how the altar - on which there was to be a continual burnt offering (Exodus 29:42) - is a safe place for the sparrow to nest.<br /><br />There is a juxtaposition hereclumsy oxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-89969223647339050532017-02-05T08:49:57.135-08:002017-02-05T08:49:57.135-08:00Ha ha - yes v.4 I should stop using an iPad to com...Ha ha - yes v.4 I should stop using an iPad to comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-19248863560185577332017-02-05T07:51:14.056-08:002017-02-05T07:51:14.056-08:00"What a difference If we began, continued and..."What a difference If we began, continued and ended each day with these twothoughts before us. Christ is accepted; therefore I am accepted, He is near to God; therefore I am near to God." Wonderful thoughts, Robert!<br />You meant Psalm 43:4, right??? :-)<br /><br />Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-89021006909874468022017-02-05T06:32:23.437-08:002017-02-05T06:32:23.437-08:00I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer...I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)<br /><br />Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD.<br /> (Jeremiah 17:7)<br /><br />The LORD is goodHandWrittenWordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04297262231718600348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-4374761440441102492017-02-05T06:19:37.498-08:002017-02-05T06:19:37.498-08:00Susan - amen to that. I have recommended Newell to...Susan - amen to that. I have recommended Newell to a number of young people recently.<br />Mark - Is it reasonable to assume that the altars were not in use, in view of Psalms 43:7, 51:9, 118:27? <br /><br />Colossians 3:1. I would suggest that to seek those things which are above where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God involves developing a daily mindset (set your mind) where we recognise Robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-15779007029553025972017-02-05T05:25:25.192-08:002017-02-05T05:25:25.192-08:00Concerning being in Christ and having no righteous...Concerning being in Christ and having no righteousness of our own:<br /><br /><br />If God announces the gift of righteousness apart from works, why do you keep mourning over<br />your bad works, your failures? DO you not see that it is because you still have hopes in these works<br />of yours that you are depressed and discouraged by their failure? If you truly saw and believed that<br />God is Susannoreply@blogger.com