Post by Mark on Sept 8, 2008 5:32:03 GMT -8
"It is our duty to praise the Master of all, to acclaim the greatness of the One who forms all creation. For God did not make us like the nations of other lands, and did not make us the same as other families of the Earth. God did not place us in the same situations as others, and our destiny is not the same as anyone else's. And we bend our knees, and bow down, and give thanks, before the Ruler, the Ruler of Rulers, the Holy One, Blessed is God. The One who spread out the heavens, and made the foundations of the Earth, and whose precious dwelling is in the heavens above, and whose powerful Presence is in the highest heights. Adonai is our God, there is none else. Our God is truth, and nothing else compares. As it is written in Your 
: ‘And you shall know today, and take to heart, that Adonai is the only God, in the heavens above and on Earth below. There is no other.’"
The word "aleinu" means, "it is our duty," or "it is incumbent upon us." The prayer continues on to declare why this is so. The Aleinu is said to have been written by Yehoshua ben Noon, the Joshua who led the people of Israel into the Promised Land. He declared to all the people who stood before him, "We are not here by chance." Likewise, we stand together to praise the Master of all creation, because it is He who reached down to us, not we who exalted ourselves to His presence. Understanding that our Messiah, together with His disciples, likely prayed the Aleinu three times every day, a powerful connection is made with His statement:
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
(John 15:16)
The Aleinu that is prayed during the Sabbath service (in most Messianic and Reformed Sephardic Synagogues) is only half of the prayer. It continues to declare that Adonai will reclaim the earth to worship Him in harmony.
"Therefore we put our hope in You, Adonai our God, to soon see the glory of Your strength, to remove all idols from the Earth, and to completely cut off all false gods; to repair the world, You holy empire. And for all living flesh to call Your name, and for all the wicked of the Earth to turn to You. May all the world's inhabitants recognize and know that to You every knee must bend and every tongue must swear loyalty. Before You, Adonai, our God, may all bow down, and give honor to Your precious name, and may all take upon themselves the yoke of Your rule. And may You reign over them soon and forever and always. Because all rule is Yours alone, and You will rule in honor forever and ever. As it is written in Your: ‘Adonai will reign forever and ever.’ And it is said: ‘Adonai will be Ruler over the whole Earth, and on that day, God will be One, and God's name will be One.’"
Such is the focused declaration of all the New Testament Scriptures: that Messiah Yeshua is returning and will establish His kingdom upon the earth. That Paul, in Romans 14:11, while he may have been quoting from Isaiah 45:23, the phrase would have been most familiar to his audience from the Aleinu. We bend the knee and bow before the King over kings. He is our God. There is none other. Even so, Melekh Yeshua, come.
: ‘And you shall know today, and take to heart, that Adonai is the only God, in the heavens above and on Earth below. There is no other.’" The word "aleinu" means, "it is our duty," or "it is incumbent upon us." The prayer continues on to declare why this is so. The Aleinu is said to have been written by Yehoshua ben Noon, the Joshua who led the people of Israel into the Promised Land. He declared to all the people who stood before him, "We are not here by chance." Likewise, we stand together to praise the Master of all creation, because it is He who reached down to us, not we who exalted ourselves to His presence. Understanding that our Messiah, together with His disciples, likely prayed the Aleinu three times every day, a powerful connection is made with His statement:
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
(John 15:16)
The Aleinu that is prayed during the Sabbath service (in most Messianic and Reformed Sephardic Synagogues) is only half of the prayer. It continues to declare that Adonai will reclaim the earth to worship Him in harmony.
"Therefore we put our hope in You, Adonai our God, to soon see the glory of Your strength, to remove all idols from the Earth, and to completely cut off all false gods; to repair the world, You holy empire. And for all living flesh to call Your name, and for all the wicked of the Earth to turn to You. May all the world's inhabitants recognize and know that to You every knee must bend and every tongue must swear loyalty. Before You, Adonai, our God, may all bow down, and give honor to Your precious name, and may all take upon themselves the yoke of Your rule. And may You reign over them soon and forever and always. Because all rule is Yours alone, and You will rule in honor forever and ever. As it is written in Your
: ‘Adonai will reign forever and ever.’ And it is said: ‘Adonai will be Ruler over the whole Earth, and on that day, God will be One, and God's name will be One.’"Such is the focused declaration of all the New Testament Scriptures: that Messiah Yeshua is returning and will establish His kingdom upon the earth. That Paul, in Romans 14:11, while he may have been quoting from Isaiah 45:23, the phrase would have been most familiar to his audience from the Aleinu. We bend the knee and bow before the King over kings. He is our God. There is none other. Even so, Melekh Yeshua, come.
