Post by Mark on Dec 10, 2007 7:57:11 GMT -8
One of the things that I'm working on in our community is trying to help those coming from the gentile Church see the beauty and value of the Messianic Liturgy, as taken out of the Jewish Synagogue. I've been writing a paper each week on different prayers and thought some of you might be interested in what I've shared thus far. I'll start posting them in this area, as I go along, hoping that these generate some response of praise to Adonai our God, or stimulate questions on the Judaic perspective of our faith.
"And with joy you shall draw forth water from the fountains of salvation!"
The Ushav-toom Mayim is a celebration song that is commonly sung today at Jewish weddings. There is a dance. In fact, to do an Internet search on Ushavtem Mayim, it is difficult to turn up many results without the word "karaoke" somewhere in the text. It’s appropriate, that we open our Sabbath worship as a wedding celebration: this time of worship is to remind us of our coming Messiah as the Bride Groom who is coming to claim His bride.
To be joyful, be-sah-sone, is commanded of us in the . Deuteronomy 12:7 commands us to rejoice in all that we put our hands to. In Deuteronomy 26:11 we are to rejoice in all that Adonai has given to us.
Part of the Festival of Sukkot (Tabernacles) is a ritual known as the Festival of Drawing Water. The Ushavetem Mayim is sang by a terrific crowd gathered by the Pool of Siloam, where water is drawn and returned to the Temple Mount as a drink offering (along with the required drink offering of wine). It is written in the Mishna, "Whoever has never seen the celebrations of the Festival of the Water Libation-has never experienced true joy in his life."
The Ushavtem Mayim is understood to be a prophetic word that anticipates the coming of the Messiah. In context, Isaiah is warning that the King of Assyria is coming to discipline Israel for her disobedience (Isaiah 10:12). Isaiah 11 is the familiar passage of the "rod of Jesse" that will deliver us according to the Ruakh haKodesh (the Holy Spirit). Isaiah 12, from the which the Ushavtem Mayim is taken (Isaiah 12:3) is a song of celebration, rejoicing in the goodness of the Messiah and of His deliverance.
One of the analogies that Jewish teachers have used to describe is water (mayim). It is like water in that you can’t get all that you need all at once but you need a steady supply. It is like water in that it cools the heat of wrath (Adonai’s wrath against us, as our wrath against each other). It is like water in that you can not plunge it’s depths but you can find strength from even the smallest amount. Paul must have drawn from this old Jewish analogy when he wrote Ephesians 5:26, "…that He might sanctify it and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word…" It is no wonder that such would be fore in his mind, as he compares our relationship with Adonai as that of a marriage, so closely tied to the Ushavtem Mayim.
"And with joy you shall draw forth water from the fountains of salvation!"
The Ushav-toom Mayim is a celebration song that is commonly sung today at Jewish weddings. There is a dance. In fact, to do an Internet search on Ushavtem Mayim, it is difficult to turn up many results without the word "karaoke" somewhere in the text. It’s appropriate, that we open our Sabbath worship as a wedding celebration: this time of worship is to remind us of our coming Messiah as the Bride Groom who is coming to claim His bride.
To be joyful, be-sah-sone, is commanded of us in the . Deuteronomy 12:7 commands us to rejoice in all that we put our hands to. In Deuteronomy 26:11 we are to rejoice in all that Adonai has given to us.
Part of the Festival of Sukkot (Tabernacles) is a ritual known as the Festival of Drawing Water. The Ushavetem Mayim is sang by a terrific crowd gathered by the Pool of Siloam, where water is drawn and returned to the Temple Mount as a drink offering (along with the required drink offering of wine). It is written in the Mishna, "Whoever has never seen the celebrations of the Festival of the Water Libation-has never experienced true joy in his life."
The Ushavtem Mayim is understood to be a prophetic word that anticipates the coming of the Messiah. In context, Isaiah is warning that the King of Assyria is coming to discipline Israel for her disobedience (Isaiah 10:12). Isaiah 11 is the familiar passage of the "rod of Jesse" that will deliver us according to the Ruakh haKodesh (the Holy Spirit). Isaiah 12, from the which the Ushavtem Mayim is taken (Isaiah 12:3) is a song of celebration, rejoicing in the goodness of the Messiah and of His deliverance.
One of the analogies that Jewish teachers have used to describe is water (mayim). It is like water in that you can’t get all that you need all at once but you need a steady supply. It is like water in that it cools the heat of wrath (Adonai’s wrath against us, as our wrath against each other). It is like water in that you can not plunge it’s depths but you can find strength from even the smallest amount. Paul must have drawn from this old Jewish analogy when he wrote Ephesians 5:26, "…that He might sanctify it and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word…" It is no wonder that such would be fore in his mind, as he compares our relationship with Adonai as that of a marriage, so closely tied to the Ushavtem Mayim.