"Broken!" - 2.0

 "In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened," (Ecclesiastes 12:3 KJV)

  "But it was the LORD'S good plan to crush him and cause him grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have many descendants. He will enjoy a long life, and the LORD'S good plan will prosper in his hands. When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. And because of his experience, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins." (Isaiah 53:10-11 NLT)

 As for these four symptoms of growing old, there are oddly certain characteristics that can associate them with the happens on the day, that special day when Jesus allowed Himself to be taken, beaten, nail to a cross, and physically die for our sins. Not that it matters, but this closely is associated with what I said yesterday, regarding Jacob's blessing; there are so many placing in the Bible that speak of Christ and the message of the cross; even Jocob's name! 

 "In that day when the keepers of the house shall tremble," is a really good example of those who were in charge of God's House, which was the Temple. No sooner than when Jesus entered riding upon a donkey, did He go into the Temple a second time, cleansing the Temple and chasing out the money changers. This word "tremble" is the meaning of to shake, or to agitate; specifically, to trouble. Those who were the leaders of the Temple were troubled by what Jesus did, not only for His use of authority, but because of His massive following of the people. 

 "And the strong men shall bow themselves," is those of importance, the leaders of the community and of the Temple, who basically plotted to make things up, which is what this word "bow" actually specifies, to make crooked, falsify, pervert, subvert. In other words, they made it look as if Jesus was trying to tear down the rule of law, causing the Romans to stand on their side. 

 "And the grinders cease because they are few," is the followers of Jesus, those who did not stand up for Him, those who turned their backs on Him; those who praised Him earlier, but shouted, "Crucify Him!" when it time for His judgment. The word "grinders" is odd and quite a strange way to say, "a person of employment," closely associated with, "to be a concubine." Obviously, Jesus came serve and save the lost; but in reality, it is the lost that serve Him and become His bride.

 "And those that look out of the windows be darkened," might be something which is really hard to see, which is the windows that have lattice blocking or obstructing the view. But it is really the "darkened" part of this that makes make sense, because it taken from the words, "who is this, who darkens my counsel with unwise words," which was God's first question to Job. 

 Those who witnessed Jesus' death were thrown into all sorts of difficulties in what had just happened! It was devastating, to say the least. Even though Jesus told His disciples, more than once, everything that was going to take place, when they witnessed it, they couldn't believe it could happen, let along that it was anything good!  

 There are some things we don't get to completely understand, and then there are things we must accept and believe, without completely understanding! If God says it is so, then it is our responsibility and duty to believe it is so, no matter what anyone else might say, no matter how many come against it! If God says that it is so, that is all the proof we need...

"So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. And because you belong to him, the power of the lifegiving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death. The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin's control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins. He did this so that the just requirement of the law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit." (Romans 8:1-4 NLT)