07/10/2024
REMEMBER
Shabbat, October 7th: A Day Forever Remembered
Never forgotten, forever remembering the lives taken, all who are still in captivity.
Shabbat, a day of rest on October 7th 2023 will be written in the hearts and minds of many. Today marks the anniversary that weighs heavy entering these High Holy Days
The nations of Yisrael and all over the world looked upon the most evil actions that took place on a Holy Shabbat, commemorated the deadliest year in five decades for those killed in war and terror.
One of the most heart-wrenching events of this invasion was the massacre at an outdoor music festival near Re'im, resulting in countless innocent lives lost. Civilians, including children, were not only caught in the crossfire but deliberately targeted.
On October 7, 2023, Yisrael faced an unprecedented crisis, a day that changed the lives of a nation and touched the hearts of the world.
This was a weekend music festival that took place in the South of Yisrael beginning on October 6th, 2023, and that at 6:29am on the morning became one the main sites attacked on October 7th, resulting in most gruesome death Hamas militant groups launched.
It was a wide-scale operation named "Operation al-Aqsa Flood" against Yisrael from the Gaza Strip. This operation was not just a series of attacks but a meticulously planned invasion that plunged the region into chaos. The initiative began with a massive rocket barrage, where thousands of missiles rained down upon Yisraeli soil, causing significant destruction and loss of life.
Ecclesiastes 9:12
Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come: As fish are caught in a cruel net, or birds are taken in a snare, so people are trapped by evil times that fall unexpectedly upon them.
The assault didn't stop there. Armed militants infiltrated Yisrael, employing various modes of attack, from vehicles to boats and even paragliders. Yisraeli towns and military installations near the Gaza border became war zones, with reports of massacres, hostage situations, and intense street battles.
The aftershock of October 7th is still being felt, not only in the affected areas but throughout the world. The international community responded with a mixture of sorrow, outrage, and calls for peace.
As we navigate the aftermath of this dark day, the stories of resilience, unity, and hope emerging from the shadows serve as a beacon for a better tomorrow.
Remembering October 7th is not just about the pain and loss but also about the unwavering Yisraeli spirit and our shared commitment to healing and peace.
While war still persist and escalate from all sides, we pray earnestly for the peace of Yerushalayim.
This commemoration is a time to weep and a time to come together, a time to show what unites us, not what divides us and a time to demonstrate resilience.
While many stand in torn garments from the pain they cannot bare, we know that soon we all will be reunite with our loved ones.
The tearing of gatments is a symbol of mourning and deep sorrow. As we remember the blood-drenched Yeshua HaMashiach, we cant comprehend a deeper rendering of heart brokenness in the heart of YHVH and of the people who experienced this first hand.
These are tears in the heart of the State of Yisrael, shattered, bereaved, crying bitter tears, refusing to be comforted for its sons and daughters as this great tragedy has befallen them.
Isaiah 40
“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your GOD.
Speak kindly to the heart of Yerushalayim and proclaim to her that her warfare has ended, that her iniquity has been removed. For she has received from Adonai’s hand double for all her sins.
A voice cries out in the wilderness, “Prepare the way of YHVH, Make straight in the desert a highway for our GOD.
Every valley will be lifted up, every mountain and hill made low, the rough ground will be a plain and the rugged terrain smooth. The glory of YHVH will be revealed, and all flesh will see it together.” For the mouth of YHVH has spoken.
A voice is saying, “Cry out!”So I said, “What shall I cry out?”
“All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades.
For the breath of YHVH blows on it.Surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades. But the word of our God stands forever.”
Get yourself up on a high mountain, you who bring good news to Zion! Lift up your voice with strength, you who bring good news to Yerushalayim! Lift it up! Do not fear!
Say to the cities of Yudah:
“Behold your GOD!”
Look, YHVH Elohim comes with might, with His arm ruling for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.
Like a shepherd, He tends His flock. He gathers the lambs in His arms carries them in his bosom, and gently guides nursing ewes.
Who Is Like Him?
Who has measured the waters in the palm of His hand, or measured out heaven with a span, or calculated the dust of the earth in a measure, or weighed the mountains in scales,
or the hills in a balance?
Who can fathom the Ruach YHVH? Or instruct HIM as HIS counselor? With whom did HE consult, and who instructed HIM? Who taught HIM in the path of justice or taught HIM knowledge? Who informed HIM about the way of understanding?
Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and count as a speck of dust on the scales. Behold, the islands weigh as fine dust.
Lebanon is not enough to burn, or its animals enough for a burnt offering. All the nations are as nothing before HIM.
By HIM they are accounted null and void.
To whom then will you liken YHVH?
To what likeness will you compare HIM? To an idol? A craftsman casts it, a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.
One too poor for such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He looks for a skilled craftsman to prepare HIM an idol that will not totter.
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
Has it not been told to you from the beginning?
Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?
HE sits above the circle of the earth, its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. HE stretches out the skies like a curtain,
spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. HE reduces princes to nothing. HE makes the judges of the earth a confusion.
Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely their stem takes root in the earth, when HE blows on them and they wither, and a storm carries them off as stubble.
“To whom then will you liken ME?
Or who is MY equal?” says the Holy One.
Lift up your eyes on high, and see!
Who created these?
The One who brings out their host by number,
the One who calls them all by name. Because of HIS great strength and vast power, not one is missing.
Why do you say, O Yaacov, and assert, O Yisrael, “My way is hidden from YHVH, and the justice due me escapes the notice of my GOD ”?
Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
YHVH IS THE ETERNAL GOD, the Creator of the ends of the earth. HE does not grow tired or weary. HIS understanding is unsearchable. HE gives strength to the weary, and to one without vigor HE adds might.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall, but they who wait for YHVH will renew their strength. They will soar up with wings as eagles. They will run, and not grow weary. They will walk, and not be faint.
Psalms 106:4-5
Remember me, O YHVH, when You favor Your people. Visit me with Your salvation (when You rescue them), That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of YOUR nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance.
Remember me.
Be blessed and stay blessed!
