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KISLEV 14

Spectator

“A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you.  Only a SPECTATOR shall you be [yourself INACCESSIBLE in the secret place of the most high] as you witness the reward of the wicked.”  (Ps 91:7-8 AMPC, emphasis mine)

In 2Kings chapters 18 and 19, we find the account of an amazing deliverance worked by one angel, at the command of our Creator.  The King of Assyria, Sennacherib, had sent a great army against Hezekiah, the Hebrew King of Judah, and was determined to defeat him.  Hezekiah was a man who loved the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and was devoted to serving Him.  As the city of Jerusalem lay surrounded and besieged by this vast army, Sennacherib’s general sent an insulting letter to King Hezekiah, demanding the complete surrender and submission of Judah to Assyria.  Hezekiah takes this letter to the “House of Yahweh”, spreads it out before our Creator and King (2Kin 19:14), and seeks out our Elohim for divine intervention.  The result?

“And it came to pass that night, that the angel of YHWH went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand [185,000]; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.” (2Kin 19:35 HRVS, insert mine)

This same deliverance is available to those of us who, by choice and obedience, remain fixed in the “secret place of the Most High”.  We live in a place of perfect quarantine, of separation, and sanctification, and nothing comes our way without first passing through the hands of our Creator.   We are surrounded by the loving arms of our Abba Father, our El Gibbor, our Mighty GOD, and nothing, not one thing, is too difficult for Him.

“Thus says YHWH, the King of Yisra’el, and his Redeemer YHWH Tzva’ot {Lord of Hosts}: I am the first, and I am the last, and beside Me there is NO Elohim.  And who, as I, can proclaim—let him declare it, and set it in order for Me—since I appointed the ancient people?  And the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare.  Fear you not, neither be afraid; have I not announced unto you of old, and declared it?  And you are my witnesses.  IS THERE AN ELOHIM BESIDE ME? Yes, there is no Rock; I know not any." (Isa 44:6-8 HRVS, emphasis and insert mine)

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