the prayers of the righteous

PRAYERS FOR RIVKAH...

Gen 24:12 And he said, YAHWEH, Elohim of my master Abraham, I pray, cause her to meet before me this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

Gen 24:13 Behold! I am standing by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.

Gen 24:14 And let the girl to whom I shall speak this: Please let down your pitcher that I may drink; and she will say, Drink and also I will water your camels; let it be her You have approved for Your servant, for Isaac. And by this I shall know that You have shown kindness to my master.

Gen 24:15 And it happened before he had finished speaking. Behold! Rebekah came out, she who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, the brother of Abraham, with her pitcher on her shoulder.

Gen 24:16 And the girl was very good of form, a virgin, a man not having known her. And she went down to the well and filled her pitcher and came up.

Gen 24:17 And the slave ran to meet her and said, Please let me sip a little water from your pitcher.

Gen 24:18 And she said, Drink, my master. And she hurried and let down her pitcher on her hand and gave him a drink.

Gen 24:19 And she finished giving drink to him. And she said, I also will draw for your camels until they have finished drinking...

Gen 24:58 And they called Rebekah and said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go.

Gen 24:59 And they sent away their sister Rebekah, and her nurse, and Abraham's slave and his men.

Gen 24:60 And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, Our sister, may you become myriads of thousands, and may your seed possess the gate of the ones hating them...

Gen 25:21 And Isaac prayed to YAHWEH on behalf of his wife for she was barren. And YAHWEH was entreated for him, and his wife Rebekah conceived.

Gen 25:22 And the sons struggled together within her. And she said, If this is right, why am I this way? And she went to inquire of YAHWEH.

Gen 25:23 And YAHWEH said to her, Two nations are in your womb; even two peoples shall break from your body. And one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

Gen 25:24 And her days were fulfilled to bear. And behold! Twins were in her womb...

CONCLUSION:

Jas 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much...

when Eliezar prayed to YHVH, his prayer was answered straight away;

when Rivkah's idolatrous family prayed for her, she remained barren;

when Yitchak prayed for Rivkah, she got pregnant and with twins!

MORAL:

1Ti 5:22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure...

This had been all of Rivkah's life until she met and married Yitchak!

The rest is His-story...

post script:

make sure when you ask for prayer, you ask a brother or sister in Messiah Yeshua, who know how to wield the Word of YHVH in the Ruach Hakodesh!

A PSALM, A SONG, OR BOTH...

THE FOLLOWING 6 PSALMS ARE NOT ONLY "PSALMS" - THEY ARE ALSO SET APART AS "SONGS..."

AND SOMETIMES, WE JUST NEED TO ASK OURSELVES WHAT THAT MEANS...AND IN DOING SO, WE FIND THE ANSWER IN THE SONG/PSALM ITSELF...

NOT TO MENTION, WE LOOK AT THE ETYMOLOGY OF THE HEBREW WORD FOR "PSALM AND SONG" AND SEE HOW THE WORDS INTERPLAY AND CONNECT...

Psa 30:1 [A Psalm; a Song of Dedication of the House of David.]

I will exalt You, O YAHWEH; for You have lifted me up and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me...

Psa 48:1 [A Song, A Psalm for the Sons of Korah.]

Great is YAHWEH, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our Elohim, His holy mountain...

Psa 65:1 [To the chief musician. A Psalm and Song of David.]

To You silence is praise, O Elohim, in Zion; and to You is a vow paid...

Psa 67:1 [To the chief musician, for stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song.]

May Elohim be merciful to us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us. Selah...

Psa 68:1 [To the chief musician. A Psalm of David. A Song.]

Elohim rises up and His enemies are scattered; and those who hate Him flee from His face...

Psa 92:1 [A Psalm, A Song for the Sabbath Day.]

It is good to give thanks to YAHWEH, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High...

EVERYTHING CONNECTS:

H4210

מזמור mizmôr miz-more' From H2167; properly instrumental music; by implication a poem set to notes: - psalm.

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H2167

זמר zâmar zaw-mar' A primitive root (perhaps identical with H2168 through the idea of striking with the fingers); properly to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, that is, play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music: - give praise, sing forth praises, psalms.

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H7892

שׁירה    שׁיר shı̂yr  shı̂yrâh sheer, shee-raw' The second form being feminine; from H7891; a song; abstractly singing: - musical (-ick), X sing (-er, -ing), song.

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H7891

שׁוּר    שׁיר^o shı̂yr  shûr sheer, shoor The second form being the original form, used in (1Sa_18:6); a primitive root (rather identical with H7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing: - behold [by mistake for H7789], sing (-er, -ing man, -ing woman).

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H7788

שׁוּר shûr shoor A primitive root; properly to turn, that is, travel about (as a harlot or a merchant): - go, sing. See also H7891.

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H7789

שׁוּר shûr shoor A primitive root (rather identical with H7788 through the idea of going round for inspection); to spy out, that is, (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for: - behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.

Lay it down...

Mat 25:31 But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy cherubs with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.
Mat 25:32 And before Him shall be gathered all the nations; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
Mat 25:33 And indeed He will set the sheep off His right, but the goats off the left hand.
Mat 25:34 Then the King will say to those on His right, Come, the blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Mat 25:35 For

#1 I hungered, and you gave Me food to eat;

#2 I thirsted, and you gave Me drink;

#3 I was a stranger, and you took Me in;

Mat 25:36

#4 naked, and you clothed Me;

#5 I was sick, and you visited Me;

#6 I was in prison, and you came to Me.

Mat 25:37 Then the righteous will answer, saying, Master, when did we see You hungry, and fed You; or thirsting, and gave You drink?

Mat 25:38 And when did we see You a stranger, and took You in; or naked, and clothed You?
Mat 25:39 And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and came to You?
Mat 25:40 And answering, the King will say to them, Truly I say to you, In so far as you did it to one of these, the least of My brothers, you did it to Me...

(Israel benefitted from manna from Heaven; water from the Rock; our true Home is YHVH'S Kingdom; many saints in sick beds and in prison throughout the centuries, have seen the Light of Messiah Yeshua, and have been delivered and healed, and all that He asks is that we do this (unto HIM) for others every chance we get...)

Mat 7:12 Therefore, all things, whatever you desire that men should do to you, so also you should do to them; for this is the Torah and the Prophets...

Joh 15:13 Greater love than this has no one, that anyone should lay down his life for his friends...

1Jn 3:16 By this we have known the love of YAHWEH, because that One laid down His life for us; and on behalf of the brethren we ought to lay down our lives...

LEAVING ALL...

Y'HOVAH'S ACCOUNTING:

Gen 12:1 And YAHWEH had said to Abram, Go out from #1 your land and from #2 your kindred, and from #3 your father's house, to the land which I will show you.

Gen 12:2 And I will make of you a great nation. And I will bless you and make your name great; and you will be a blessing.
Gen 12:3 And I will bless those who bless you, and curse the one despising you. And in you all families of the earth shall be blessed.
Gen 12:4 And Abram went out, even as YAHWEH had spoken to him...

H776

ארץ 'erets eh'-rets From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land): -  X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X nations, way, + wilderness, world.

H4138

מולדת môledeth mo-leh'-deth From H3205; nativity (plural birth place); by implication lineage, native country; also offspring, family: - begotten, born, issue, kindred, native (-ity).

H1

אב 'âb awb A primitive word; father in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application: - chief, (fore-) father ([-less]), X patrimony, principal. Compare names in “Abi-”

H1004

בּית bayith bah'-yith Probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.): - court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings. home[born], [winter]house (-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within (-out).

BO ERETS MOLEDOTH AB BAYITH!

LEAVE THE LAND YOU KNOW, THE MOTHER WHO GAVE YOU BIRTH, THE FATHER WHO BORE YOU, AND THE HOUSE YOU GREW UP IN...(PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE...)

WHEN WE DO ALL AS YHVH COMMANDS - AND WHEN WE DO AS YHVH SPEAKS TO US...

WE WILL BE:

1. PART OF A GREAT NATION

2. WE WILL BE BLESSED
3. OUR NAME WILL BE GREAT
4. WE WILL BE A BLESSING
5. YHVH WILL BLESS THOSE WHO BLESS US
6. YHVH WILL CURSE THOSE WHO CURSE US
7. AND YHVH WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS US

YESHUA'S ACCOUNTING...

Mat 10:37 The one loving father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And the one loving son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me....

Mat 19:29 And everyone who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for the sake of My name, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life...

AND SO WE ADD:

8. WE SHALL RECEIVE A HUNDRED FOLD FOR THE SAKE OF YESHUA'S NAME

9. AND WE SHALL INHERIT EVERLASTING LIFE!!!

AMEIN VAYA AMEIN...AND SELAH...

TO CURSE OR NOT BE CURSED...

Gen 3:9 And YAHWEH Elohim called to the man and said to him, Where are you?
Gen 3:10 And he said, I have heard Your sound in the garden, and I was afraid, for I am naked, and I hid myself.
Gen 3:11 And He said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?
Gen 3:12 And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me, she has given to me of the tree, and I ate.

Gen 3:13 And YAHWEH Elohim said to the woman, What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.

Gen 3:14 And YAHWEH Elohim said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all beasts, and above every animal of the field. You shall go on your belly, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.

***DOES ANYONE NOTICE THE SERPENT DARE NOT SAY ANYTHING TO YHVH, THE LIAR; THE BLAMER; THE DECEIVER; THE MURDERER, THE IMPERSONATOR AND THE BEGUILER OF ALL TIME REMAINS SILENT???***

Gen 3:16 He (YHVH) said to the woman, I will greatly increase your sorrow and your conception; you shall bear sons in sorrow, and your desire shall be toward your husband; and he shall rule over you.

(NO MENTION OF A CURSE ON THE WOMAN WHO WILL BE KNOWN AS EVE - CHAVA IN HEBREW!)

Gen 3:17 And He (YHVH) said to the man, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree about which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat from it, the ground shall be cursed because of you; you shall eat of it in sorrow all the days of your life.

Gen 3:18 And it shall bring forth thorns and thistles for you, and you shall eat the plant of the field.
Gen 3:19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until your return to the ground. For you have been taken out of it; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
(AGAIN, NO MENTION OF A CURSE ON ADAM, BUT THERE IS ON ONE THE GROUND NOW!)

Gen 3:20 And the man called the name of his wife, Eve; because she became the mother of all living.

Gen 3:21 And YAHWEH Elohim made coats of skin for the man and his wife, and clothed them.

Gen 3:22 And YAHWEH Elohim said, Behold! The man has become as one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put forth his hand and also take from the Tree of Life, and eat, and live forever,

(UP UNTIL THE FRUIT FROM THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL HAD BEEN EATEN, THEY COULD HAVE EATEN FROM THE TREE OF LIFE AND BEEN IMMORTAL AND IN BLISS, CARING FOR GAN EDEN!)

Gen 3:23 YAHWEH Elohim sent him out of the Garden of Eden to till the ground out of which he was taken.

Gen 3:24 And He drove the man out. And He lodged the cherubs at the east of the Garden of Eden, and the flaming sword whirling around to guard the way of the Tree of Life...

ADAM HAD TO BE SENT OUT OF GAN EDEN - BUT I HAVE A FEELING, HE DIDN'T GO VERY EASILY, AS THE NEXT VERSE IMPLIES YHVH HAD TO DRIVE HIM OUT - THEN PLACED ANGELS ALL AROUND TO GUARD THE ENTRANCE SO HE COULDN'T COME BACK IN...

HENCE - THE VEIL IN THE TEMPLE BEING RENT WHEN YESHUA DIED ON THE TORTURE STAKE - AND IF WE GO BACK EVEN FARTHER, THE ENTRANCE TO GAN EDEN IS NOW OPEN, TOO, BECAUSE MESSIAH TOLD THE THIEF ON THE CROSS, "TODAY, YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE - GAN EDEN!!!

WHAT THE ADVERSARY, THAT SERPENT OF OLD MEANS FOR EVIL, YHVH ALWAYS USES FOR GOOD - BUT THE POINT OF THIS MESSAGE IS -

THE ONLY ONE CURSED IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE SERPENT AND THE GROUND...AND HE HAD TO CRAWL ON IT, AND EAT FROM IT ALL THE DAYS OF HIS EXISTENCE!

AND WHEN MESSIAH SHED BLOOD AND WATER FROM HIS SIDE WHEN THE ROMAN SOLDIER STABBED HIM, HE REDEEMED WOMAN FROM PAIN IN CHILD BEARING - BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT BRINGS FORTH BLOOD AN WATER IN LIFE-GIVING BIRTH!!!

DOESN'T ANYONE SEE WE HAVE COME FULL CIRCLE AND THE END IS KNOWN FROM THE BEGINNING AND THE BEGINNINNG IS KNOWN FROM THE END???