“Glory to the Precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Ezekiel 34: 14

I will feed them in good pasture, and their fold shall be on the high mountains of Israel. There they shall lie down in a good fold and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen

We, the bride, the church should be filled with righteousness.

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, in the portion of the Bible that we meditated upon in the past days, we meditated that the throne of Christ (grace) should abide in us, the bride, the church.

Next what we are meditating upon is that 1 Chronicles 4: 1 – 9 The sons of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. 

And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites. 

These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi; 

and Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah.

These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem.

And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 

Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 

The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan; 

and Koz begot Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

In the above-mentioned verses, the things regarding the generations of Judah are mentioned and in that a person Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying in 1 Chronicles 4: 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested.

When he prayed in the above-mentioned manner, God granted him what he requested. Also, in 1 Chronicles 4: 11 – 37 Chelub the brother of Shuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 

And Eshton begot Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-Nahash. These were the men of Rechah.

The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were Hathath, 

and Meonothai who begot Ophrah. Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge Harashim, for they were craftsmen. 

The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah was Kenaz. 

The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. 

The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 

His wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.

The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 

And the sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea; 

also Jokim, the men of Chozeba, and Joash; Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-Lehem. Now the records are ancient. 

These were the potters and those who dwell at Netaim and Gederah; there they dwelt with the king for his work.

The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul, 

Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son. 

And the sons of Mishma were Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, and Shimei his son. 

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, nor did any of their families multiply as much as the children of Judah.

They dwelt at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual, 

Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, 

Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 

Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David. 

And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five cities— 

and all the villages that were around these cities as far as Baal. These were their dwelling places, and they maintained their genealogy: 

Meshobab, Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah; 

Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel; 

Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, and Benaiah; 

Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah—

In the above-mentioned verses, name by name their generations have been written. Their father’s house increased greatly. In this manner, the Lord is showing as a pattern the increase of churches in the land. So they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. And they found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, quiet, and peaceful; for some Hamites formerly lived there. These recorded by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and they attacked their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and utterly destroyed them, as it is to this day. So they dwelt in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there. Now some of them, five hundred men of the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir, having as their captains Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. And they defeated the rest of the Amalekites who had escaped. They have dwelt there to this day.

My dear people, the facts regarding what is mentioned above is that the place that we worship the Lord is only the pasture. Sheep means people. The place where the people get the spiritual food is called as pasture. In such places they found out how the foreigner took hold of these places in the days of king Hezekiah and destroyed their dwelling places and destroyed them and he is making the people of God dwell there. In this manner only in our soul the dwelling places which should not be there are destroyed, and we must change as the dwelling place of the Lord and be as those who are filled with righteousness. In this manner, let us submit ourselves.

Let us pray. May the Lord bless you all abundantly. 

       - To be continued