Favorite Obscure Story

[Guest Eastern Pearl]

Thanks for the BIG welcome Pam and Trav. Been checking the chats as guest since last year but never got to be a member until last April where I posted maybe a couple messages (same name though) except I've changed my email address.

I guess Gary needs to reload his gun... meantime here's something to occupy your time waiting..

Days of the Week

Monday - Wash Day

Lord, help me wash away all my

selfishness and vanity, so I may

serve you with perfect humility

through the week ahead.

Tuesday - Ironing Day

Dear Lord, help me iron out

all the wrinkles of prejudice.

I have collected through the years

so that I may see the beauty in others.

Wednesday - Mending Day

God, help me mend my ways

so I will not set a bad

example for others.

Thursday - Cleaning Day

Lord Jesus, help me to dust

out all the many faults I

have been hiding in the

secret corners of my heart.

Friday - Shopping Day

O God, give me the grace to shop

wisely so I may purchase eternal

happiness for myself and all

others in need of love.

Saturday - Cooking Day

Help me, my Savior, to brew a

big kettle of brotherly love and

serve it with clean, sweet bread of

human kindness.

Sunday - The Lord's Day

O God, I have prepared my house

for you. Please come into my heart

as my honored guest so I may spend

the day and the rest of my life

in your presence.

[IslandRose]

I'm all ready for Monday.

Eastern Pearl!!

Pull up a chair and enjoy your time here with us. :il:

I'm sure Gary will be here soon. He wouldn't let us down........Would ya , Gary?

IR

[traveller]

Mount Moriah

Now, you scholars jump in here and correct my mistakes!! I certainly don't know much about this. Basically, Mount Moriah was first mentioned concerning Abraham and Isaac.

Gen 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only [son] Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

And it was there that God made a promise to Abraham

Gen 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah jireh: as it is said [to] this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.

Gen 22:15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

Gen 22:16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:

Gen 22:17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

Gen 22:18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Solomon's Temple was built there

2Ch 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where [the LORD] appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Now, the purchasing of this threshingfloor is a great and might story and one that I'm afraid I won't be able to tell very well. I will attempt but please know that there is a lot to this than meets the eye. I see more and more everytime I read this.

It began when David decided to take a census. There are various theories why God was displeased with David over this, but many agree that it was pride that prompted David. So, David took the census and then God sent a seer, Gad, to David giving him his choice of 3 kinds of punishments. David chose three days of pestilence to come upon the land. This is where we get the understanding that it's better to be in the hands of our Lord than at man's mercy.

Okay, look at this:

2Sa 24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

2Sa 24:17 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.

2Sa 24:18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

A threshingfloor was used to seperate the chaff from the grain. First, the stalks were laid out on the floor and grain was pulled or broked from the stalks by various methods. Either by dragging a board over it or beating it with sticks or even by walking over it. Then, they used pitchforks to toss broken stalks up into the air. The wind would blow away the chaff and the grain would fall back down into piles. This process went on until the grain was clean.

Another interesting aspect of this whole thing is that Araunah, the owner of the threshingfloor, offered to give it to David for free, but David said no, that he had to buy it at full price.

2Sa 24:24 And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy [it] of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

I think this is saying that a sacrifice to the Lord should be just that. hmmm?

There is a lot of symbolism here. I think God's word is amazing.

[nebula]

Sounds like you got it right to me, Trav!

Cool insight, I might add.

[traveller]

Here

[traveller]

Does anyone have any insight in the above story?

[Guest LadyC]

my favorite obscure story is in numbers 36. zelophehad was a widower with five daughters. when he died, his daughters were left with no inheritance. those girls had a lot of spunk. at a time when women didn't dare talk about their "rights", they challenged tradition! they had to really... only men could inherit property, and their were no male siblings. their father's land was going to be divided up, leaving the girls with nothing to offer as a dowery. so they approached moses with their dilemma, and moses sought out God. the Lord commanded moses to let the girls inherit their land.

but that posed additional problems down the road. when the girls would marry, the land would become their husbands' property, and their father's inheritance would be taken from his descendants. this time it was the girls' uncles who approached moses.

again moses listened to the situation, then sought out God's will. the Lord then instructed moses that the girls must choose husbands from among their first cousins on their father's side, which they did.

the story really is the first 'equal rights' ammendment in the Bible. i think it's an awesome story.

[traveller]

Alright LadyC!! Great story!

[JesusisGod2]

Does anyone have any insight in the above story?

Hi Trav,

I will look at this one tonight and if I see anything I'll share it tommorrow.

But I think you told the story pretty good.

Wilderness = husbands shortcut

I dont see a problem here, we men know where we are going, and no need to ask directions either, we thrive on sight seeing

This is a great thread you have started I am enjoying the stories.

[traveller]

Thanks Kevin. I'm perplexed that the war took such a turn when the outcome looked like a done deal. And the whole thing with the king sacrificing his child on the walls of the gate - it that symbolic? Unusual story. It's interesting that that country to this day still uses that kind of irrigation system. (the trenches)

Anyway, I just thought it would be a good idea to share what we pick up when we read the bible. Different people are led to see different things. God's word is awesome.