Bible TimePsalm 74: Smashed Teleprompter
One of the glass plates on Obama's teleprompter fell off during a speech.
Psalm 74
Theoretical Time:
- 13000-06-24 07:1:14 AA
- 2009-07-14 00:03:42 TMMT
- 2009-07-13 21:42:48 GMT
- 2009-07-13 17:42:48 EDT
Psalms 74
1God, why? Have you cast us off forever? Why has your anger become inflamed against the sheep of your flock?
2Remember your congregation which you have possessed of old; the tribe of your inheritance, which you have redeemed; this mount Zion, in which you have lived.
3Exalt your servants over those who are carried away by power; all those who oppress are enemies of your sanctuary.
4Your enemies exalted themselves in the middle of your feasts; they set up their banners for signs.
5You know this, as the exalted one who sits on high: they have hewn down the doors with axes as they would cut the trees of the forest.
6They have destroyed everything with axes and hammers.
7They have set fire to and burned your sanctuary; they have defiled the dwelling place of your name on land.
8They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together; let us abolish all the feast days of god from the land.
9They did not see its wonders; for there is not any prophet any longer, nor is there among us any wise man.
10God, how long will the adversary disgrace? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
11Why withdraw your hand, even your strength from the middle of your congregation?
12For god is our king, who of old has commanded the salvation of Jacob.
13You divided the sea by your strength: you broke the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces, and you gave him as food to a strong people.
15You opened the fountains in the valleys; you dried up mighty rivers.
16The day is yours, the night is also yours; you have prepared the light and the sun.
17You have set all the borders of the land; you have made summer and winter.
18Remember this, that the enemy has disgraced, Yahvah, and that the foolish people have blasphemed your name.
19Do not deliver to destruction the soul that confesses to you; do not forget the souls of your poor forever.
20Respect your contract, Yahvah; for the habitations of the land are full of ignorance and cruelty.
21Do no let the oppressed return ashamed; let the poor and needy praise your name.
22Arise, god, plead your own cause; remember how the foolish man disgraces you daily.
23Do not forget the voice of your enemies; the tumult of those who rise up against you, ascend continually.
Smashed Teleprompter
Verse 2 calls for God to remember the "tribe of your inheritance." The tribe being indicated is the tribe with the inherited land promises of Abraham, who's name means to "forget." That tribe is Manasseh.
Verse 3 is speaking to it again, with those carried away with "Power" a synonym for the word Rome. (Now the United States.)
Verse 4 turns to the issue of banners, set up for signs. The fulfillment headline involves a glass banner set up in front of Obama during a speech.
Further verses in the first paragraph speak to the things Obama has done.
By Verse 12 the Psalm turns to the answer. Jacob, mentioned in this verse, is the patriarch with 12 sons, which become 13 after his death-bead rearrangement of Joseph. In this application we know that the indicated 13 is the 13 colonies, another point of connection from the story to the ground.
By verse 13 the subject of the Psalm turns to breaking. By verse 14 the breaking is now into pieces, and that is given as food to a strong people. The video of the smashed teleprompter was on the networks and Internet for a day, as food, to the people. Even if the People did not know what to make of it.
The BBC covered the episode. CNN's version follows here.
The Psalm continues, and is a request to not deliver to destruction those who confess Him, nor the poor. (Obama does not, his banner is being smashed.) The Psalm ends with a prayer.
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23Do not forget the voice of your enemies; the tumult of those who rise up against you, ascend continually.