Songs of Ascent Psalm 134

Psalm 134 The last of the Songs of Ascent (Psalms 120-134) 

Psalm 134 Praising the Lord in His House at Night

1 Behold, bless the Lord,
All you servants of the Lord,
Who by night stand in the house of the Lord!
2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary,
And bless the Lord.
3 The Lord who made heaven and earth
Bless you from Zion!

I wonder about this focus of the servants of the Lord "who by night stand in the house of the Lord". My thought is it is not just a blessing upon those who do night time prayer watches, but rather it is about the type of "night" that is spoken of in John 9:4 by Yeshua: "While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work."

The context is that Yeshua has just healed the man who was blind from birth. His disciples were asking him if it was the sin of the man or the sin of his parents that caused him to be blind. That was their understanding of health issues, that health issues were directly related to some kind of punishment for sins. Jesus was clarifying to them that illnesses and birth defects are not always as a result of sin.

Yeshua answered them saying, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him. While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

Night is a metaphor for spiritual blindness. In the time Yeshua was walking the streets of Israel, He was saying that while He was there, He was the light that would overcome spiritual "night" for the Jews. It was God who "has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear." Deuteronomy 29:2-4 says this despite seeing all the great miracles God did for them bringing them out of Egypt.

Isaiah 6:9-10 confirms it is still true:  “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ 10 Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”

2 Corinthians 3:14 "But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Messiah can it be removed."

This was so in order that God could use His Chosen People to be the ransom nation to redeem all nations bringing them into the inheritance of Israel, His Chosen People. So when Yeshua walked in human flesh this was the "night" that was on the Jewish people. He was the Light in that night of spiritual blindness, so many thousands of Jews could be the first to enter salvation by faith in Yeshua.

It was in the works of God - healing the impossible physical blindness of the man - that Yeshua and His Jewish disciples must be about. When He left this world, the blindness of most of the Jewish people would remain as the dark night. For His disciples, after He would return to Heaven and the Holy Spirit would be sent upon them, they would be able to do the works of the Father because of His indwelling Spirit. But even so, there would be a limited response from the Jews, because their spiritual night as in place for God's purposes. Not because God hated them, No! He chose them and this was part of being chosen for the sake of salvation in the nations. It was a veil of spiritual blindness that would not be lifted until "the fullness of the Gentiles" had come in.

Many have speculated that the fullness of the Gentiles references the numbers of Christians over all the centuries sent. That God put some number on it. My personal belief is that the fullness of the Gentiles refers to the spiritual maturity level of Christians. It is a level of spiritual fullness only seen in those Christians who recognize God's call to them to become "one new man" along with Messianic Jews in order to fulfill ALL of the Father's work as He returns to restore spiritual sight to Israel.

All that is happening as evil across the world is maturing and reverting to the telling hatred of God that antisemitism has been toward the Jews in all the nations. Now we see the spiritual night has grown past a nation here and a nation there. Now the "night" has grown to a state of global antisemitism. We Christians and Messianic Jews, must do the works of the Father while there is still daylight, because the spiritual night is coming where it will become impossible. Even the two witnesses of Revelation will lie dead in the streets of Jerusalem at that point. Revelation 11

This went deeper than I expected...but when the world grows so spiritually dark "that no man can do the works of the Father" there are still those who stand by night in the house of the Lord. Lifting up holy hands blessing the Lord, and believing that "The Lord who made heaven and earth Bless you from Zion!"

Those found doing this are Zion. I believe the "two witnesses" are "one new man" in Him. Not a literal 2 men, but Jew & Gentile "one new man" in Yeshua.

"And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them."

* FYI I have never seen the 2 witnesses as the "one new man" before, but in writing another article this morning on the justice system, I saw graphics of the 2 witnesses lying dead in the streets as I looked for graphics containing Isaiah 59:14 "So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter."

Then as I was nearing the end of writing this I remembered the 2 witnesses lying dead in the streets, only to be resurrected by God in 3 1/2 days later...just like Yeshua. This being the point when Yeshua returns to the earth.

I am still processing this...as so often, it came not because I was considering the identity of the 2 witnesses, but like it was a download from God because I was pursuing His Word on other things.