{"id":26,"date":"2011-05-30T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T17:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/2011\/05\/30\/"},"modified":"2020-04-29T13:50:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T13:50:38","slug":"26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/2011\/05\/30\/26\/","title":{"rendered":"Aerial Photos of the flood of 2011 with corrective healing Old Testament verses from Torah"},"content":{"rendered":"

6\/6\/2011
\nContemplations, Images, and Prayers Teachings
\nof the 2011 Pentecost\/Shavuous season.
\nTake Us to the River….<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pictures from the great flood at Vicksburg, MS 2011
\n(The areas of Warren, Issaquena,Yazoo, Sharkey counties
\ngot baptized by \u201cold man river\u201d during Pentecost 2011)<\/p>\n

Our prayers are with the flood victims and also
\nThe tornado victims and the more serious disasters in Tuscaloosa,AL
\nAnd Joplin, MO.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1 Yazoo river backwater flooded areas north of Redwood, MS 4\/1\/2011
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Figure 4 Flooded areas north of Vicksburg around the HWY 61\/HWY3 interesection and the redwood Elementary school. May 14,2011<\/p>\n

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\nFigure 13 Yazoo river flooded areas around Sartaria, MS. For some other pictures backwater floods in this area see the blog posting from two years ago.<\/p>\n

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\nFigure 14 More backwater flooded farm fields north of Redwood, MS.
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Figure 15 Flooded areas around Sartaria.
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\nFigure 18 Flooded areas of Delta National Forest northwest of Redwood, 4\/1\/2011.<\/p>\n

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Figure 24 Steele Bayou, Yazoo river control structure which is located just east of Eagle Lake MS, north of Vicksburg.
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Figure 25 May 14 photo of Steele Bayou control structure
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Figure 26 May 14 photos of backwater levees south of the Steele Bayou structure which protect the area going toward Rolling Fork. The north side of the levees have been reinforced with vinyl covers (looked like for about 1 mile).
\nFigure 27 Backwater area of the Yazoo between Redwood and Yazoo city west of state HWY 3 4\/1\/2011
\nFigure 36 On the west side of the Ms river from Vicksburg at Delta La is where a large number of concrete mats used to stabilized the Ms river banks are stored.
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Figure 37 Flooded areas around Letourneau, MS May 14,2011.<\/p>\n

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Figure 38 Another photo of the same area
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Figure 39 Ms river banks on its east side just north of where the Yazoo river diversion canal enters the river south of the city of Vicksburg.
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Figure 40 Vicksburg waterfront from 2000\u2019 May 14 without telephoto lens, another photo of this area before the floods and some photos of the Vicksburg area with the telephoto lens see the web site:
\nhttp;www.ourprayergroupnews.blogspot.com
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Figure 41 East side of MS river looking south from the downtown area toward the Interstate bridge and the railroad bridge.4\/1\/2011<\/p>\n

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Figure 42 May 14 photo of same area
\nAlong with some
\nKabbalah teachings related to the Torah reading for the week after Shavuous 2011
\nAnd resurrection of some books by my great-grandfather Adoniram Gordon,
\nSon of John Calvin Gordon<\/p>\n

The floods caused the Yazoo river backwater areas north of town to flood.
\nThis farmland grows mainly cotton,soybeans,corn,
\nFarmers who did not have crop insurance lost large amounts of money.<\/p>\n

Booklist of some of the titles authored by A.J.Gordon<\/p>\n

Congregation Worship, Boston 1874
\nEcce Venit, New Yor, Revell, 1889
\nElements of Christian Character, Am. Baptist Pub. Soc, (ABPS) 1895
\nThe Holy Spirit in Missions, Revell 1893
\nHow Christ Came to the Church, (ABPS), 1895
\nIn Christ, or the Believer\u2019s Union with His Lord. Boston 1872
\nThe Ministry of Healing, Revell 1883
\nThe Ministry of the Spirit (ABPS) 1894
\nReasons of Total Abstinence. New York, National Temperance Society and Pub. House n.d
\nRest in Christ London 1902
\nThe Ship Jesus AB Missionary Union, n.d.
\nTwofold Life, Boston 1882
\nWho Shall Come After the King? ABPS, n.d.
\nCoronation Hymnal, ABPS 1894<\/p>\n

Biographies
\nA.J. Gordon, A Biography by his son Ernest B. Gordon, Revell 1896
\nA.J. Gordon, American Premillennialist by Scott Gibson<\/p>\n

Sermons
\nThe Book A.J. Gordon with an introduction by Nathan Wood was republished
\nby Baker Book House, Grand Rapids Michigan in 1951 from an earlier edition Fleming Revell in the Great Pulpit Masters Series.<\/p>\n

I agree with most of the theology in these sermons except the position stated
\nin sermon #15, “The Ordinance of Silence” that the Jewish Sabbath is “outdated”.
\nObviously, it is not “outdated” for the millions of Jews still practicing it
\ntoday. It seems rather egoistical to me for someone to state that the Christian way
\nof worshiping God is the “only way” that is pleasing to God.<\/p>\n

Related work by a friend
\nThe City Without a Church by Henry Drummond
\n(see other earlier postings on this blog for a discussion of some
\nParts of this book).<\/p>\n

35th day of the Omer count
\n(Chol Hamoad)<\/p>\n

Malkuth of Hod (Kingship of obedience)<\/p>\n

Song and praise<\/p>\n

Bible verses corresponding to the Holy Spirit\u2019s 13 corrections to the 13
\nattributes of the long face of the name of God (the Father) Micah 7:18-20 and
\nExodus 34:6-7
\nNote: these corrections (tikkuns) have to do with our human faith and hope in
\nGod (as exemplified in Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, the Messiah Ben
\nJoseph) as opposed to our human love of God as exemplified in King David and
\nhis Son the Messiah Ben David the short face of the name of God (Zeir Anpin)
\nCorrective verse || original verse || Hebrew<\/p>\n

1) \u201cWho, is a God(El) who is like unto You ?|| \u201cYHWH, YHWH, El\u201d|| YHWH,YHWH,El
\n2)\u201dWho pardons iniquity\u201d || \u201cMerciful\u201d || Rachom
\n3)\u201dand overlooks transgressions\u201d|| \u201cand Compassionate\u201d|| v\u2019chanon
\n4)\u201dfor the remnant of his heritage?\u201d ||\u201cslow\u201d || erech
\n5)\u201dwho has not retained his wrath eternally\u201d|| \u201cto anger\u201d || apaym
\n6)\u201dfor He desires kindness*!\u201d|| \u201cand abundant in kindness\u201d ||v\u2019 rav chesed
\n7)\u201dHe will again be merciful** to us;\u201d|| \u201cand Truth\u201d ||v\u2019emet
\n8)\u201dHe will suppress our iniquities***\u201d|| \u201cpreserve of kindness\u201d|| notzer chesed
\n9)\u201dand cast into the depths of the sea all their sins****.\u201d|| \u201cfor thousands ofgenerations\u201d|| l\u2019elpaym
\n10)\u201dGrant Truth to Jacob\u201d|| \u201cforgiver of iniquity\u201d|| naso aon
\n11)\u201dkindness to Abraham*****\u201d|| \u201ctransgression\u201d || v\u2019pasha
\n12)\u201dAs you swore to our father******\u201d ||\u201cand sin\u201d ||v\u2019chatah
\n13)\u201dfrom ancient times*******\u201d|| \u201cbut not all\u201d|| v\u2019naqah<\/p>\n

(erasing them with oneness)
\n*and delights in mercy
\n**compassionate, for he is like the apple tree among the trees of the wood R.
\nShimon Zohar
\n***cancel the judgements of fate,karma,bad luck against us. R.
\nElazer Zohar
\n****where only the sea turtle (turtledove) and the trident of Neptune can
\nretrieve them R. Aba Zohar
\n***** and to all those who love the Messiah and fear the Lord God there is no
\nlove longer than its neighbor R. Jehuda Zohar
\n****** for we all live in the same world and share the same air and have
\nequal right and ability to breath it R. Shimon Zohar
\n******* \u201cBe ye perfect, even as our Father in Heaven is perfect\u201d Jesus
\nChrist<\/p>\n

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Figure 6 First of a series of backwater flooding areas west of HWY 3 south of the Hearn farm and north of the Simrall\u2019s planation. 5\/20\/2011<\/p>\n

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Figure 7 Second photo in the series flying west of HWY 3 and south toward Redwood, MS 5\/20\/2011
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Figure 10 Fifth in the series showing the Steele Bayou flood control structures. As of the date of this photo 5\/20\/2011 they had not overtopped as predicted by the Corps a week earlier. Definitely good news for the people farming from here up toward Rolling Fork, MS .<\/p>\n

What does it mean to be a “real Jew”? According to many Jews it means to
\nhave a Jewish mother and to meditate on the Hebrew Letters in the Torah,
\nby use of whichGod created the Universe.<\/p>\n

According to Saint Paul, Romans 2:28-29 “For the real Jew is not
\nthe person who is one outwardly<\/strong>, nor is circumision that
\nwhich outwardly evident in the flesh. But, the real Jew is one who is
\nso in secret,and real circumcision is one which is of the heart, wrougth
\nby the Spirit, and not the letter<\/strong>, and the communications
\nsuch a person receives comes not from human beings, but from God.”<\/p>\n

Thus, in this famous passage St. Paul has redefined what it means to
\nmeditate on God inwardly (ie, one doesn’t receive the revelation from
\nthe Torah by mediating on the Hebrew letters of the Kabbalah, but from
\nmeditating on love and truth within the human heart.<\/p>\n

I believe God supports St. Paul’s definition of what a Jew is as truthful. But I also believe that there is not just one definition of what a Jew is (just like there
\nis not just one definition of what a Chrsitian is). Therefore, I do not consider
\nthe Jewish Sabbath to be “outdated” as most Christians do. But, I have received
\nmuch benefit from practicing the Jewish Law as a Christian and I think many
\nother Christians can also receive these benefits.<\/p>\n

So, below the Biblical teachings refer to the original Hebrew letters,assuming
\nthis will provide us with wisdom, undrstanding,blessing just as the later
\nChristian\/Greek translation can.<\/p>\n

Bible verses corresponding to the Holy Spirit\u2019s 9 corrections to the 9
\nattributes of the short face of the name of God (the Father) Psalms 118:5-9
\nand Numbers 14:18
\nNote: these corrections (tikkuns) have to do with our human faith and hope in
\nGod (as exemplified in Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, the Messiah Ben
\nJoseph) as opposed to our human love of God as exemplified in King David and
\nhis Son the Messiah Ben David the short face of the name of God (Zeir Anpin)<\/p>\n

Corrective verse ||original verse || Hebrew<\/p>\n

1) \u201cIn distress, I called upon YAH?\u201d|| YHWH,slow || YHWH Erech
\n2)\u201dWith abounding relief YAH answered me”|| \u201cto anger\u201d || Apaym
\n3)\u201dYHWH is with me\u201d || \u201cabundant in kindness\u201d || v\u2019rav chesed
\n4)\u201dI do not fear.\u201d || \u201cbearer of iniquity\u201d || notzer avn
\n5)\u201dWhat can man do to me\u201d || \u201cand transgression\u201d || v\u2019pasha
\n6)\u201dYHWH is for me through my helpers\u201d || \u201che erases\u201d || v\u2019 nkach
\n7)\u201dSo I shall see the downfall of my enemies.\u201d ||\u201cand he does not erase\u201d ||lo ynkach
\n8)\u201dIt is better to take refuge in YHWH\u201d || \u201che accounts the iniquity of the fathers\u201d || poker aonabot al\u2019bnaym
\nThan to rely on man
\n9\u201dIt is better to take refuge in YHWH.\u201d|| \u201cto the third generation and fourth generations\u201d || al shaloshaym than to rely on nobles || v\u2019al rbaym<\/p>\n

According to the Kabbalah (Zohar) taking both of these blessings\/corrections
\ntogether we have the mysterious 22 letter form of the name of God.
\nThe order of the meditations and comtemplations contained in this name comes
\nfrom the Aaronic Priestly benediction given in the book of numbers as
\nexplained (only partially) in the Zohar passage corresponding to the Torah
\nreading of Naso. It is a threefold-contemplation of the passage of God\u2019s
\ngrace three times from the heavens downward to earth. Each passage
\ncorresponding to one of the three sections in the blessing as the name of God
\nYHWH is written and directed through 22 letters (the mystery is what are
\nthese 22 letters?) that are referred to in the Torah passage. The
\nword \u201cletters\u201d when it is mentioned in Jewish writings usually refers to the
\n22 consonants, not the vowels, in the Hebrew language. So, I assume what we
\nare to think about as placed inside our fingers are 22 consonants that are
\ncontained in this passage. There are twelve consonants corresponding to the 3
\ntimes the name of God YHWH occurs in the passage so that , just as we have
\nten fingers on our two hands, the passage means that we being men of God are
\nto look for ten other consonants that these twelve consonants which refer to
\nGod, refer to in the passage. We see that the occurances of the consonants
\naleph, vav and yod (which are important in Old Testament Kabbalistic
\ninterpretation\u2026 the aleph being important as representing a beginning in an
\nend\u2026a letter which contains the vav and yod inside of inside and generates
\nrecursively a tree of meaning. yod being important as representing the ten-
\nfold subjective heavenly form of biblical realization of truth or reality in
\nthe objective world we live in, and the vav being important as representing
\nthe six-fold throne or Son of God inside of the lower earthly realms and also
\nbeing capable of recursively and mathematically generating itself fruitfully
\nas a metaphysical comptemplation of itself*) count up to ten (three in the
\nfirst verse, four in the second, and three in the third verse). So, for
\nmyself this is how I interpret these teachings.<\/p>\n

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Figure 8 Third in the series taken from 2000\u2019 flying south toward Vicksburg while still north of Redwood.
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Figure 9 Backwater levees south of Redwood, north of Vicksburg east of Eagle Lake<\/p>\n

Another possible approach to understanding what the mysterious 22-letter name
\nof God inside of the priestly blessing means which also follow the above
\ninterpretation about the point of the 12 consonants of YHWH is to take these
\ntwelve consonants in the three verses as the root letters of the blessing and
\nthen pair them up which each of the remaining consonants of the Hebrew
\nalphabet as they occur multiplying in the three verses.
\nsee the Jewish Christian prayer posting at:
\nhttp:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/prayers\/message.cgi?105
\nfor more details on this.<\/p>\n

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Figure 11 Next in the series flying south toward Vicksburg and the Port of Vicksburg area. The west sides of these levees are covered\/reinforced by rubber sheets (for about 5 miles according to the Corps press release).<\/p>\n

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Figure 12 Final photo in the series showing the Port of Vicksburg area in the upper right.<\/p>\n

So, considering the 12 consonant letters of YHWH occurring in this blessing
\nand the 30 consonant letters which YHWH blesses we have a total of 42
\nblessing letters in the 42 letter blessing of the name of God in the Bible
\nverses above. Thus, combining these thoughts with those from the ana b\u2019korach
\nprayer in this Shavuous omer count, this meditation is a new unification of
\nthe 22 letter name of God with the 42 letter name of God. May it help both
\nChristians to understand Messianic Judaism and Messianic Jews to understand
\nChristianity.<\/p>\n

In the Naso chapter of the Zohar which explains how the three-fold in three-
\nfold Aaronic priestly benediction is to be meditated on using YHWH the four-
\nletter name of God there is also the explanation of how the name of God YHWH
\nwith the vowels of a..o…ai (Adonai which is written as Yod Yod\u2026reality
\ninside of reality in the Amidah prayerbooks is to be contemplated:<\/p>\n

One considers the four-letter name of God YHWH with the vowels and consonants
\nYud-Vav-Dalet, Hei-Yud, Vav-Aleph-Vav,Hei-Yud while saying and contemplating
\nthe first verse (May YHWH bless you and keep you). The thought process here
\nis held in the spiritual body of the priest in the right shoulder region
\n(compassionate side of the mercy of God) aligned to the right of the third
\nYogic throat chakra center. Then, contemplating the second verse (May YHWH
\nilluminate his countenance toward you and endow you with grace) one
\ncontemplates the name of God YHWH as being Eheyeh, Eheyeh, Eheyeh (I AM who I
\nAM, I will be who I AM, I AM that I AM)\u2026this the redemptive part of the
\nrighteousness of God expressing itself as its Holy Spirit of Truth manifests
\ninside and around the spiritual body of the believer passing before us all as
\na second redemptive time around the throne of God (the second coming of
\nChrist), Then, contemplating the third verse one gazes downward toward the
\n4th Yogic heart chakra (collective realm of God\u2019s Truth inside the priest\u2019s
\nspiritual body) and mentally pronounces and meditates on the name of God YHWH
\nwith the vowels and consonants Yud-Vav-Dalet,Hei-Aleph,Vav-Aleph-Vav,Hei-
\nAleph. The uniting of the name of God expressed in the first and third verse
\n(May YHWH lift His countenance to you and establish Peace inside of you)
\nthrough it being expressed inside of real person in the second verse is the
\nhow the name of God Adonai participates in the blessing of Aaronic priestly
\nbenediction.<\/p>\n

In orthodox Judaism, these blessings also are given by the Aaronic priest
\nduring the Tashlich service which occurs before Rosh Hashanah every year. At
\nthis time of the year, as we stand near a body of water to say them, the
\nemphasis is more on correction through the casting away of our sins instead
\nof the creation occurring during the festival of the \u201cend of the world\u201d
\n(tantric olam) and the laying out of the boundaries of the new one. This
\nfestival of \u201cfirst fruits\u201dof new creation in Christ is mentioned both in the
\nOld and New Testaments as an important one.<\/p>\n

For all those Christians and Jews who have understood the highest and best
\nteachings referred to above about the Aaronic blessing<\/p>\n

Be still and know that: \u201cI AM He who is living, but was dead\u201d Book of
\nRevelations<\/p>\n

welcome to our world of a new creation which is:<\/p>\n

the concept of a concept:<\/p>\n

An end (or purpose) inside of a beginning,
\nA beginning (or meaing of a purpose) inside of an end (or purpose).<\/p>\n

\u201cAn end of the eternity (of the necessity of our future hope),
\nWhich occurs in us at the end of our own faithful thoughts from a world of
\ndesire in our past.\u201d<\/p>\n

I AM He who is living, but was dead
\n* see elsewhere in the ourpraygroup.blogspot.com blog for a discussion about
\nsome interpretations and thought relative to considering the forms of the
\nHebrew consonants as \u2018autiots\u201d when they occur in the first chapter of
\nGenesis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

6\/6\/2011 Contemplations, Images, and Prayers Teachings of the 2011 Pentecost\/Shavuous season. Take Us to the River…. Pictures from the great flood at Vicksburg, MS 2011 (The areas of Warren, Issaquena,Yazoo, Sharkey counties got baptized by \u201cold man river\u201d during Pentecost 2011) Our prayers are with the flood victims and also The tornado victims and the … Continue reading “Aerial Photos of the flood of 2011 with corrective healing Old Testament verses from Torah”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":899,"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}