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Dor la Dor, Generation to Generation, Psalm 24:6 for Marlene

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let me begin by introducing a few new words in the passage.

A few observations:

(1) There are two different words translated as ‘seeking’ in Psalm 24:6. When the same exact word is repeated in a passage of text, we know that special emphasis is being placed on that particular word for a reason. Scripture is drawing us in close and asking us to focus. It’s a hermeneutic GOD uses in order to get us to pay attention.

Repetition means Something Special!

The Rabbi’s noticed this very early in their studies of scripture which is why Rabbi Eliezer ben Jose ha-Gelili established this as one of his Hermeneutical Rules # for studying the Torah; Rule 3 Ribbuy ahar Ribbuy.

Imagine us having a live conversation and I kept repeating the same word, over and over. Eventually, you would ask me, “Why do you keep saying that?” You would immediately know that I was doing it intentionally, so you would- chances are- ask me about it.

When GOD repeats Himself two or more times in a passage, a paragraph, or even across chapters, that is exactly what He is doing!

There has to have been a few times, when you have been reading the bible and asked yourself, “Why does He keep saying that?, or “He already said that!” and we can usually look directly at the context to gain insight as to why that is happening.

(2) What I find interesting here is that two completely different words are being used to express the concept of ‘seeking.’ So, we have to stop and ask ourselves, Why?

The same exact words repeated within a passage is one thing. But here we have two completely different words, whose meanings are very similar. So what is happening here? Now we really have to look even closer!

The double wording means something much more significant than simply saying “seeking” twice.

Psalm 24:6 is part of a deliberate biblical pattern in which דָּרַשׁ (darash) and בָּקַשׁ (baqash) are placed beside one another intentionally.

So, our next question is…”Have we ever seen these words together before in the scripture?” If so, we gain special insight.

I’m going to pause here a minute so that we can refresh our memory…

THE DOR OF THEM THAT SEEK HIM….

dalet (d) is a door.

The dor will be open to the select and elect of a generation- not to everyone.

Dor in Hebrew is a big word, so we have to spend some time looking at it.

dor is spelled, dalet (d) var (o) reish (r)

dalet (d) in Hebrew not only means poor, it represents a door post, a path, access, movement in and out, a pathway.

vav (0) represents the nail, a man, connection, joining, etc.

and the reish (r) represents man, headship,

Combined, these letters convey the message of access to, or movement toward headship, a path to headship… Regardless of which specific words we use, we arrive at the same understanding: door – connection – headship

Also, we must consider that what headship and leadership mean to us, is not the same thing as it means to GOD, according to His Language.

PSALM 24

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?

4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6 This is the DOR (generation) of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

10 Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

Our FOCUS: This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. (KJV)

To answer your question, we’re going to look for patterns… So, thw first thing we are going to do is to ask ourselves…

1. Where do דָּרַשׁ and בָּקַשׁ appear together?

Psalm 24:6 reads:

זֶה דּוֹר דֹּרְשָׁיו מְבַקְשֵׁי פָנֶיךָ יַעֲקֹב סֶלָה

“Such is the generation of those who seek [דֹּרְשָׁיו] Him, who seek [מְבַקְשֵׁי] Your face…” (ESV)

The closest parallel is extremely important:

PassageHebrew patternSignificance
Psalm 105:4דִּרְשׁוּ יְהוָה וְעֻזּוֹ בַּקְּשׁוּ פָנָיו תָּמִיד“Darash YHWH… baqash His face continually.” Almost the same construction as Psalm 24:6.
1 Chronicles 16:11Same wording as Psalm 105:4Again: darash YHWH → baqash His face.
Deuteronomy 4:29וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּם… יְהוָה… כִּי תִדְרְשֶׁנּוּ בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ“You shall baqash YHWH…and find Him when you darash Him with all your heart and soul.”
Jeremiah 29:13וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּם אֹתִי… כִּי תִדְרְשֻׁנִי בְּכָל־לְבַבְכֶםNearly reproduces Deut. 4:29: baqash Me → darash Me with all your heart.
Zephaniah 1:6לֹא־בִקְשׁוּ אֶת־יְהוָה וְלֹא דְרָשֻׁהוּThe negative counterpart: they neither baqash YHWH nor darash Him.
Judges 6:29וַיִּדְרְשׁוּ וַיְבַקְשׁוּIn an investigation: “they inquired and searched.” This shows the verbs can function together outside devotional language too.
Job 10:6תְבַקֵּשׁ לַעֲוֹנִי… תִדְרוֹשׁBoth used for searching/investigating guilt.
Ezekiel 34:6וְאֵין דּוֹרֵשׁ וְאֵין מְבַקֵּשׁNo one “searched/inquired” and no one “sought” the scattered sheep.

There are additional occurrences of this specific word combination in scripture, but these passages (listed above in the chart) establish the point decisively:

The pairing is intentional Biblical Hebrew, and Psalm 24:6 is especially connected with Psalm 105:4  and 1 Chronicles 16:11. A Hebrew concordance actually groups several of these under a category equivalent to “דרש and בקש together.”

Watch the Deuteronomy–Jeremiah connection:

Deuteronomy 4:29
בקשׁ YHVH → find Him → דרשׁ Him with all heart and soul

Jeremiah 29:13
בקשׁ Me → find Me → דרשׁ Me with all your heart

That looks very much like an established covenantal formula rather than random synonym choice. This is the generation that stands at the door!

Psalm 24 is arranged almost like an entrance liturgy:

Psalm 24:3 asks:

“Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?”

Then vv. 4–5 describe the person who may approach: clean hands, pure heart, no idolatrous vanity, no false oath.

Then v. 6 identifies those people collectively:

זֶה דּוֹר דֹּרְשָׁיו
zeh dor dorshav
“This is the generation of them that seek him…”

There is even a striking sound/word relationship:

דּוֹר — dor — generation
דֹּרְשָׁיו — dorshav — those seeking Him

So the line almost sounds like:

DOR → DORSHAV
THE GENERATION → THE GENERATION THAT SEEKS

And then the verse intensifies it:

מְבַקְשֵׁי פָנֶיךָ
mevaqshei panekha
“that seek Thy face.”

That is crucial. They are not merely seeking information about God. They are seeking פָּנִים — His face/presence.

Let me repeat that: They are seeking His Presence.

Then immediately:

“Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.”
— Psalm 24:7 KJV

That creates a remarkable progression:

WHO MAY ASCEND?
Psalm 24:3

↓

THE CLEAN-HANDED / PURE-HEARTED
Psalm 24:4

↓

THEY RECEIVE BLESSING AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
Psalm 24:5

↓

THIS IS THE DOR — THE GENERATION
Psalm 24:6

↓

THE DOR ARE DORSHAV — THOSE WHO SEEK HIM

↓

THEY BAQASH HIS FACE — SEEK HIS PRESENCE

↓

THE GATES / EVERLASTING DOORS ARE OPENED

↓

THE KING OF GLORY ENTERS
Psalm 24:7–10

There is therefore a profound theological relationship between the generation that seeks and the opening of the gates into the sphere of divine presence.

NOTE: Psalm 24 does not literally say, “God opens the door for those who seek Him.” Rather, the text moves from the people qualified to stand in His holy place to the gates being commanded to open for the King of Glory.

But, as you can see, GOD opens the dor to those that seek Him and He reveals His Presence. The implicit meaning is the connection we need to obtain. The play on words, dor and door; darash and bakash (along with the rhyme and the rhythm).

So the connection that most addresses your question is:

The generation (DOR) who truly seeks (DARASH) Him is the generation prepared to enter His holy place and encounter His Presence; and when that generation seeks (BAKASH) His face, the Psalm immediately turns to the lifting of the everlasting doors for the entrance of the King of Glory.

God is not merely awarding or rewarding “seekers.” He has entered into a covenantal promise to appear before the generations that enter into covenant keeping devotion in pursuit of His Person and Presence.

And there may be an even deeper reciprocal movement here:

MAN SEEKS THE FACE OF GOD — Psalm 24:6
↓
THE DOORS ARE LIFTED — Psalm 24:7
↓
GOD HIMSELF COMES IN — Psalm 24:7–10

So seeking His presence culminates not merely in man reaching God, but in God coming into their midst as the King of Glory.

That makes Psalm 24:6–10 especially powerful:

They seek His face → the gates rise → His Presence enters.

And Psalm 105:4 supplies the continuing command:

“Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.”

So the דור — generation of Psalm 24 is characterized not by ancestry or chronological age alone, but by a spiritual connection, devotion and disposition:

A DOR is identified by what it DARASHES.

דּוֹר דֹּרְשָׁיו — DOR DORSHAV
The Generation = Those Who Seek Him.

That’s pretty amazing, don’t you think?

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This Post was inspired by a bit of spiritual history of a time when Alexander the Great met Shimon HaTzaddik, the High Priest of the Holy Temple. Some call it fiction, and some say its fact. What matters is the insight you perceive from the instruction contained in the message.

Jerusalem continues to stand.


You can read more about this providential encounter at either of these sites below:

https://www.ou.org/judaism-101/bios/leaders-in-the-talmudic-period/shimon-hatzaddik/

https://www.aish.com/dijh/Kislev_21.html?mobile=yes

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ELUL, THE 14TH DAY – A Prayer for Unity and Peace

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Ascending the steps of Jerusalem in Prayer…

September 2nd: READING & PRAYING PSALMS 133-142

Ref: ELUL, OUR 29 DAY BANQUET OF PRAYER… TO HONOR THE KING OF GLORY!

There are fifteen Psalms of Ascent, 120–134 (119–133 in the Septuagint and the Vulgate). Known as songs of ascent due to the tradition of signing these specific Psalms of peace while in route ascending to Jerusalem, or ascending Mount Zion or ascending the steps of the Temple. 

PSALM 133 —A Psalm of Ascent

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!

2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

Verse 1 and 2

The Priest was anointed for Life. This is why the oil was poured over his head at such a level that it ran down from his head and saturated his garments. He was drenched in the anointing oil to such an extent that even his sons were covered under his anointing. The anointing was their inheritance.

Aaron was known for his ability to help the brethren resolve disputes. His talents were utilized by Heaven to restore all levels of relationships; friendships, marriages. His ability to bring people back into right alignments, back into a place unity and friendship was legendary.

At his death it was said that there were 80,000 Aarons at his memorial service. A testimony to the number of marriages he helped and the people he impacted with his ministry. He would go to great lengths to reignite love, peace and kindness. He would appeal to the parties in a dispute and motivate them towards reconciliation, with such finesse that they thought it was their own idea to settle the matter and lay down their animosity and anger.

Their were many facets to the priestly robes, but one we need to recall is the of the ephod. The ephod contained the symbols (stones) of all twelve tribes. So when the oil flowed down Aarons’ garments, it covered the ephod in the same anointing oil. As Aaron was anointed, all twelve tribes were partakers in the same anointing, as one unified nation of people.

Verse 3

Mt Hermon: https://images.app.goo.gl/MH2Uh8J7CWipU46k9

Important pieces of information to know: de in Hebrew is ‘tal’. Mt. Hermon stands 9, 232 feet high and resides in the North. Mt Zion is 2, 510 feet high and resides in the South.

An enormous amount of dew falls on Mt Hermon during the better part of the year. When its not raining, their is dew, and the dew nourishes the land, the plants and fruits thrive.

Zion has a drier climate, less rain, less dew. In a year when the dew comes to Mt. Zion, the fruits and plants prosper and grow, as if a supernatural fertilizer has been poured over the land.

The dew of Heaven is as nourishing as the rain. The entire land is refreshed, prospers and grows. The harvest is bountiful. The symbolism of the dew connects us to spiritual blessings, a refreshing, unity, harmony, growth, prosperity, etc.

OUR PRAYER

Lord, we pray for the unity of your people. Send us our Aarons, with words of peace and reconciliation, words of harmony and love. Send us words and visions of peace in our dreams. Show us every place hat we block and frustrate the bonds of peace. Shows us the people that you are waiting for us to reconcile with. Show us the pathway to unity.

Help us to break down the walls of partition that we have created or the ones we did not build but have allowed to remain. Teach us how to remove them. What shall we do? What are the first steps we need to take?

For every nation that is in a dry and barren place, we seek the anointing. We desire unity LORD, We desire peace for your people. Saturate our dry places with the dew of Heaven, like the dew of Mt. Hermon.

We who are in a dry place, for everyone in a dry place, we beseech you LORD for the blessing, for the rain, for the dew.

May the oil from the bread of Aaron, renew us again.

Amen.


	

	
	




	
	

			
	

				

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And he called the name of that place Bethel:                                                                                           but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.                                                                       Genesis 28:19






And he called the name of that place House of GOD:                                                                                           but the name of that city was called ‘Light’ at the first.                                                                       Genesis 28:19










A few questions have come up regarding “getting into a place where the anointing dwells”.





You have to create a place for the anointing, or allow to designate one.





Is there one place in your home that you can dedicate to the Presence of GOD?  I have a friend who had a nice size walk in closet for her and her husband’s use and that actually became her prayer closet!  (I hope she post a comment on this blog so that everyone will know how sincere I am being).





Laura adorned her closet with comfy pillows against one wall of the closet, underneath her dresses.  She had a pad of blankets on the floor, with her bibles and books and I think I remember a CD player for praise and worship music.





She owned a beautiful 4 bedroom home, with plenty of nooks and cranny’s, but her personal prayer retreat became the closet, and she could be in there for hours.





In one home I had the coziest little bathroom.  There were 2 baths and just me, so the guest bath became a place of solitude.  I loved the position and placement of the room, the windows, the view, the tile and molding.  It was actually all quite nice. It felt like a luxury bath/suana at a really nice hotel.  I owned a sofa that used to be positioned at the end of my bed. It was made of pine wood (a nice aroma) and I always filled it with nice sized, soft pillows and moved it to my spa like bathroom at that time.   I could be in there for hours praying.





Another time, I fell head over heels for a little bench at a Presidential Museum, in the garden area.  It was so secluded, hidden away in a nice little corner where few visitors ever walked.  I used to go there, when I wanted an outdoors garden atmosphere that my concrete garden condo never provided.





I’ve chosen private-never ever used balconies, private prayer walks along a selective path at a dedicated time each day.  





These days, I hide away in my bedroom–the compfiest place of all- ever! Where I’m surround by all my books and pillows and comfortable blankets, in a room that captures the sun and blocks all the outside noise. 





I have another friend, that owns a business where she sees patients on a private individual basis.  There are no other people present during their appointments.  Because of the secluded, one on one nature of my friends business, her place also doubles as a place of prayer in between appointments. The decor is meticulous, from the pleasant aromas, the 5 star personal service, you feel special, cared for and it is like, you are the only person in the world that matters.





Her customers refuse to leave the place and will stretch out their time in her spa for 2-3- 4 hours if she does not stop them. (Next customer is coming folks!)  





Iv’e had special places –my own personal possessions–at the beach for the occasional emergency- this needs to happen today by any means necessary– kind of places for prayer!  





Which, miraculously, always seems to be cleared of people whenever I HAD to get there for a personal emergency discussion with GOD. This is my bursting down the door, kung fu fighting anyone who dares try to stop me- I MUST SEE THE KING–kind of appointment–           A Divine Appointment with GOD – My MOED- on whatever day of the week it is required!





GOD ALWAYS Answers me at the Beach!  It’s a special agreement that we have.





What do all of these places have in common?   





Seclusion, privacy, peace and tranquility.  Customized atmospheres.  Minimal foot traffic, if any.  Each dedicated to a specific, controlled use.  Clean, organized, inviting, no tv’s, no radios, no internet, no outside noise, no common usage whatsoever.  No confusion, no arguments, no bad/profane language, not even a secular book of any kind.  





Pleasant and peaceful colors, scented candles, no common or profane conversations or communications… silence, selective communication or only prayer, praise and worship.





Find a place, that you can dedicate to the anointing as if it was the temple itself.  Once it was my living room, because no one in the house ever spent time there.  I guess it was for decoration purposes only, until it became a place for the anointing.  Then everyone just wanted to sit in it.  I had to redirect them to other places of interest!  (This is not for you, people!).  I said that with love, of course.  🙂 





Take your best, whatever you have and place it there for the King.  Even if it’s only you and your bible.  Make the place your own.  When Heaven sees you at The Place, the Heavenly Court will recognize your intentions, and all of Heaven will come down and grace you with the anointing.





This becomes your secret place.  The place where GOD will meet you, there.  It could be library (some have an adorable quiet, unadulterated atmosphere).  It could be a broom closet in your home. It just has to be set apart for the anointing.  





The more consecrated, dedicated time you spend there in love and thanksgiving (just sheer appreciation and dedication), the more you will see of the Presence of GOD.  The more you pray, praise and worship there, the more you will come into contact with the Power of GOD.





This place can become so powerful that people who don’t know GOD, will feel the Presence of GOD.  Company will start to confess things that you did not even ask or want to know.   People will welcome prayer, be moved to tears, people will want to stay, people that curse will stop.  It’s amazing what you shall behold in this place!





Find Your Special Place at the Beach, the Bathroom, the Balcony, the Garage, the Closet, the Garden… Find Your Place!





Pick a place and just make it The Place…  Make wherever you are The Place!





I can be nicely laid out, but it doesn’t have to be.  Plain is absolutely beautiful and GOD will reside with plain.  It’s certainly His Favorite place.  God just wants to be in the company of His most personal “treasured’ possession… You!





So the next time, when the angels see you headed for the beach… they will just turn toward the direction of where ever your enemies are located, and say,





“We Got This!”





It’s called the The Place of GOD’s Presence…






And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord: Genesis 19:27





And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering,                               and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.                                             Genesis 22:3





Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.                    Genesis 22:4
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son,                                                                        and laid him on the altar upon the wood. Genesis 22:9





And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set;     and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows,                                             and lay down in that place to sleep. Genesis 28:11





But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: Deut. 12:5










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THE DOR OF THEM THAT SEEK HIM….





dalet (d) is a door.












The dor will be open to the select and elect of a generation- not to everyone.





Dor in Hebrew is a big word, so we have to spend some time looking at it.  





dor is spelled, dalet (d)  var (o)   reish (r) 





dalet  (d) in Hebrew not only means poor, it represents a door post, a path, access, movement in and out, a pathway.   












vav (0) represents the nail, a man, connection, joining, etc. 

















and the reish (r) represents man, headship, 





Combined, these letters convey the message of access to, or movement toward headship, a path to headship…  Regardless of which specific words we use, we arrive at the same understanding: door – connection – headship





Also, we must consider that what headship and leadership mean to us, is not the same thing as it means to GOD, according to His Language.





PSALM 24





The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.





2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.





3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place?





4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.





5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.





6 This is the DOR (generation) of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.





7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.












8 Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.





9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.





10 Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.















What can the meaning be of revealing ten generations from Noah to Abraham?





The Rabbi’s say, it is to show us the extent of GOD’s patience and tolerance for man’s behavior.  GOD will wait for His Abraham.





I’ve heard some others ask, “If GOD loves the world, why does he allow so much evil to occur.  I may have said that,  “Evils occur because of the things that we say, allow and do, mankind has dominion over the earth. Our first obligation is to take responsibility for our own actions”  Or, I could respond, “GOD could have been awaiting for you or me to step up like an Abraham, a Sarah, a Joshua, a Deborah!…”





The absolute generosity… 





…patience, mercy, kindness and the love of GOD, to wait for ten generations for one like Abraham!  This is what is being criticized.  GOD had bigger plans than what they could even imagine.





One of the first teachings to be found in Pirkei Avot is, “The world stands on three things: Torah , service, and acts of loving kindness (1:2).  





If this were not true, we would have been abandoned by GOD a long time ago. (Especially, if He had the tolerance level that we have).  





The World Stands on 3 Pillars…





GOD respects, trusts and keeps His Own Word, torah.  GOD serves us, more than we have ever served Him.  His acts of loving kindness are right there in the mirror, right in front of us… We are still here after thousands of years of provoking GOD.  That’s incredible!





Imagine GOD standing behind you while you look into that mirror.  All you see is you.  GOD sees the spiritual potential inside of you that pleases Him.  When he looked at Shem, he saw Abraham, and was willing to see past 9 generations in between, for Abraham to come forth.





Aren’t YOU the One GOD was willing to wait for?





I venture to say, that GOD looked at your great, great, great, great, great…. grandmother and father 10 generations ago and decided, the world would just have to hold on, until you arrived! No matter what the world cooked up in the meantime… We had to wait for you,       the generation of the righteous, the one’s who would seek Him!





YOU are the evidence of ALL of His acts of Loving Kindness, Patience, Tolerance…  





David prayed and GOD kept a promise to David, that He would not remove the Kingdom from Solomon–no matter what.





Is it conceivable that someone in your ancestry prayed and asked GOD to watch over their seed… because they believed GOD for Your Life? GOD was willing to endure whatever, whoever your bloodline produced in order for you to become? Is that possible?





What if someone had prayed… “LORD, if there is no good thing to ever come from their loins, cut off and destroy their seed from the whole earth!”





So here we are…all gathered at the dor, awaiting for the sons of GOD to be made manifest in your generation, in your house, your bloodline, in You!





You are a pillar in the House of GOD, of torah, service or loving kindness, or all of the above.  Without you, the foundation would fall.  GOD waited for you and if you ask Him...        





GOD will wait at the dor, 





…until all of your prayers are answered by Him for your seed and your seeds, seed, for all that seek His Face!












Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.





The entire time you were reading this, it may have sounded like I was just talking.  But, while I was… I was praying for you.





You are a pillar in the House of GOD, a Gate Keeper.  You are the seed or one of the seeds in your generational bloodline that sought GOD. You preserved the spiritual continuity of the bloodline.  Not every one for able.  You were.  Not everyone could or can ascend to the Holy Hill, or stand in the Holy place.  You desire clean hands and a pure heart, You desire to guard your tongue like your life depended upon it (because your spiritual life does).  You will not lift your soul up to vanity or swear deceitfully.  You my dear, are the mighty men and women of the Most High GOD.  





Lift Up Your Heads, Oh Ye Gates and the King of Glory shall come in!

























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WHO SHALL BECOME THE GENERATION OF THE UPRIGHT?





August 30th: TODAY WE ARE READING & PRAYING PSALMS 112-118





Ref:  ELUL, OUR 29 DAY BANQUET OF PRAYER… TO HONOR THE KING OF GLORY!










The Hebrew word that means “generation” is dor (dore).  





We understand the word, generation in English to represent, “a body of living beings constituting a single step in the line of descent from an ancestor, or the average span of time between the birth of parents and that of their offspring.” (Webster’s Dictionary)





In Hebrew thought, ‘dor’ means something more than a biological line of ancestry, or a linear span of time.  It is more than the continuity of a bloodline or DNA ancestry.  





In Psalm 112:2, the scripture reads, “the generation of the upright shall be blessed”, the scripture is referring to continuity that is not limited to successive generations; grandparent, parent, child.  This is about spiritual continuity, that might have to skip a few generations until another arises with the same spirit.  





OUR WESTERN MINDSET TENDS TO TAKE OVER… and we can’t hear the scripture from the Hebrew at all.  The meaning of ‘generation’ in English, is completely different than the meaning of ‘generation (dor)’ in Hebrew.





In a recent blog I wrote called, Connecting the Dots, we reviewed the genealogy of Shem (Genesis 11).  In following the line of descent from Shem to Abraham, what we saw is the anointing transfer from Shem to Eber to Abram.  The anointing did not pass “in single steps from ancestors to ancestor.”





The anointing may have to skip a few generations. The anointing has to be caught.  If the next generation doesn’t want it, they don’t have to have it.  





Not everybody wants it and it’s not for everybody.   





Some prefer a life of idolatry, sin, etc., like Ham, Canaan, Terah… and some of their sons.  





The dor (generation) of the upright shall be blessed, that’s singular not plural.                      The blessing might not pass from dor to dor, the way we are accustomed to process the meaning in our minds.  However, it will pass to the one in the generation who chooses to carry on the continuity of the blessing.  Who will seek the anointing of GOD?





GOD will wait for a ‘dor’ to open, and the King of Glory shall come in!





Psalm 112





Praise ye the Lord. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in               His commandments.





Your seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.





Wealth and riches shall be in your house: and your righteousness endureth for ever.





Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: because you are gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.





A good person sheweth favour, and lendeth: they will guide their affairs with discretion.





Surely you shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.





You shall not be afraid of evil tidings: your heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.





Your heart is established, You shall not be afraid, until you see your desire upon your enemies.





You have dispersed, You have given to the poor; your righteousness endureth for ever; your horn shall be exalted with honour.





The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; they shall gnash with their teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.





AMEN





Additional Insights into the Dor…





I’m sure I have not said it enough yet, but words in Hebrew have far more depth than in any other language.  Hebrew words have spiritual meaning, numerical meaning, symbolic meaning (pictographically), even the shape of each letter is significant.  This means that we basically cheat ourselves out of the richness and depth of meaning, by viewing the Hebrew letters and words in such a common way as we do in English.  It’s too linear, too narrow.





For instance, ‘dor’ is spelled with 3 letters, dalet (d)   vav (o)   reish (r)   in Hebrew. 





Spelled backward we have the opposite of dor,    reish—vav—dalet    (rey’d)





rey’d in Hebrew means to Decline.  





Dor means to move forward in continuity vs rey’d which means to go backward and decline.  If the generation is not moving forward spiritually, all that remains open to them is spiritual decline. Grow or stay stuck and decline.  





Your seed shall be mighty upon earth: is a promise made to those that choose to follow GOD, it’s not a promise to the world at large. They have to choose Him.





Not everyone in Shem’s line chose GOD.  





The generation of the upright shall be blessed.





The generation of the upright, nurtures and grows spiritually, accepts the WORD, pursues it, and honors GOD.  They continue the bloodline of the righteous. 





Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.  1 Cor 15:58





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There are a number of ways to maximize the anointing in your life.  Simple and straightforward to explain, yet difficult to accomplish without a strong commitment to self-discipline.





For anyone that wants to increase the anointing over their life, they will have to equally increase their determination to die to self.  





And therein lies the rub…





For those who have been in my classes, you will have heard me speak often of my bootcamp training days in the anointing (which really never stops).  The biggest challenge for me was “not kicking against the pricks.”  Of course, dying to self is the critical first step we all must accept, in order to place ourselves in a position to walk in the anointing.  





The Yoke Shall Be Destroyed Because of The Anointing…    Isaiah 10:27





I would think that most of our Pastors have labored to teach us the meaning of Isaiah’s message—learning to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit.  





I’m fortunate enough to have had a grandfather who owned a farm, and I can remember him caring for the animals.  Leading his ox by the plow took minimal strength from my grandfather, because his ox was so adapted to the work, he practically led himself.





Obedience is a fundamental standard for qualification.





It was only when I relinquished the reigns, that the anointing was able to flow in my life.    In fact, this particular spiritual character flaw is the gage I use to assess whether or not I am resisting the WORD.  Being willful and resisting instruction will cause us to miss out completely on what GOD is doing.  





When I see my flesh getting in the way, I just stop and obey… I simply do, whatever it is I’m trying to resist doing.  When I’m paying close attention, I can catch myself and stop myself from engaging in small infractions… which in turn, prevent disobedience from escalating.  





Walking in the anointing means not resisting the small directional adjustments the LORD wants to make in our walk. 





Quickly Repent and Keep Moving Forward…





We each know when we are being willful, headstrong, defiant, difficult, etc.  Just stop.            Ask GOD for a better way.  We each know enough of GOD’s Word, in order to be able to respond in a more excellent way, or at the very least, recognize the type of behavior that displeases GOD and stop.  





Whenever we do what is personally difficult, but spiritually better for us and another person, that’s a small adjustment worthy of our time to make, in which we can then give honor GOD.  In taking this simple small step in dying to self, you will protect the anointing on your life and on the lives of others.   





Our Primary Objective, is Not to Grieve the Spirit of GOD.  





Our relationship with GOD becomes the principle thing.  What are we willing to do to please GOD and to preserve the flow of the anointing in our lives?  





GOD calls those who serve Him,  His personal possession (Ex 30:31 KJV).  





Have you set yourself aside for His personal use?   This would mean that we use all of our GOD given talents and abilities for Kingdom purposes.  





How can you serve the Kingdom of Heaven and lift the level of holiness?





Both our strengths and our weaknesses can be used for Heavens purpose.  Our strengths can be used to advance the Kingdom of Heaven, our weaknesses will help us to rely on the Spirit of GOD. 





Just a few more small measures we can take, to draw closer to GOD.