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Jesus Christ Is Lord!
12 September 2010

Did you see this story? I didn’t see it until the following morning.

Asteroid Near-Misses Actually Common, Scientists Say
By Denise Chow
Published September 08, 2010

“Two asteroids swooping past Earth Wednesday may have caught the attention of the public, but events like these are not actually rare, NASA scientists say.
"This is the first time we've seen [two] combined within a 24-hour period, but that's probably because we don't know everything that is out there," said Lindley Johnson, program executive of the Near-Earth Object program at NASA headquarters in Washington.”

They say its common but then say they have never seen it before.

Do you know what the Thummin and the Urim are? They are two stones (lots) that were kept in a bag on the Priest’s breast plate and where used as lots as a way to hear Judgment from God or a Yea or a Nay. The breastplate is called the “Breastplate of Judgment.”

Remember the Greek word tamiyd translated daily sacrifice in Daniel 12:11 and meaning perpetual and continuance? Thummim is a combination of that word (see Deuteronomy 33:8) and Tummiym meaning perfection or complete Truth (absolute Truth.)

Urim is light or flame and the root is to make luminous.

In my letter of the 8th I mentioned the perpetual pattern of the prophet and the King. Christ embodies both these and the Priest. Judgment could only come with the presence of the priest.

To understand you must understand all these verses. I have been contemplating them all over the past several days.

Matthew 5
33Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
34But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
35Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

The Lord Jesus Christ is telling us here that if the lot comes as a Yes we agree that the lot was yes, but further than that our “oath” shouldn’t be attributed as the final sentence.

As in Proverbs 16:
32He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
33The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

Further understanding can be found in 1 Samuel 14 and the improper adding to the lot by Saul through his oath.
Saul’s oath, 24And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.

Verse 27 Jonathan eats Honey and his eyes are enlightened.
From verse 32 through 45 we see the evil king Saul accusing everyone and that once the lot is cast he determines that it means his oath should be fulfilled. (Reminds me of Mordecai and Haman, that had to do with Pur, meaning lot, also)

Then we can look at Christ’s words in Matthew 23: 23.
19Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
20Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
21And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
22And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

This is true wisdom, judgment, mercy and faith. Now you should be able to understand James 2,
12So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
14What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
15If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
17Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

The rebuke is sufficient. Can you smell it, it is a sweet savour?

Hosea 6
1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
4O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
5Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
9And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
10I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

This is the lot for the faithful and the true, Psalms 41.

In the Name of
Jesus Christ My Lord
Thank You My Father