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Psalms 135 and 136 should be considered together in your study. Each of these Psalms summarize the fifteen Psalms of degrees that we have just finished, from Psalms 120 to 134. Ten of those degrees dealt with the sun moving backward, showing that our Heavenly Father has complete control over the universe. So with that fact in focus, that our Father is in complete control, lets apply this to Psalms 135.

Psalms 135:1 "Praise ye The Lord. Praise the name of the Lord: praise Him, O ye servants of the Lord."

"Hallelujah" is the Hebrew word for "Praise ye the Lord". The Lord is YHVH the Father, the creator of all things. We praise Him because He is worthy to be praised.

Revelation 4:11 "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created."

Your soul was created back in that first earth age with all the rest of the souls, including Satan's. They were created for only one purpose, to give pleasure to the creator. After the rebellion of Satan because of his pride, one third of all those souls followed Satan in rebellion, and that caused the destruction of this earth, and all that was part of that first earth age. God made this earth age for the purpose of giving us the right to chose between Him and his ways and Satan and Satan's ways, so each of us was born in innocence, with that first earth age erased from our memory. Your soul entered into this earth age at conception, innocent of the events of that first earth age, and give free will to chose between God and Satan. That is your choice.

God loves each soul that He created, and He deserves the glory and honor and praise that He deserves from each of us. He loved us so much that He sent His Son Jesus Christ to be offered as the Lamb that would take away the sins of this world age, those sins committed by those souls living in their flesh bodies, that had the free will to chose right from wrong, and because of the sin nature of these flesh bodies, each would sin. That sacrifice was given on the cross of Jesus Christ, and there is salvation in the name of Jesus Christ, for you you pray in Jesus name, you are recognizing before the throne of God, that the blood of Jesus the Savior, is sufficient to take away your sins. You are agreeing that all the prophecies of the Bible concerning the death of Christ are true, and you are claiming all the promises the Lord has made concerning His death, resurrection, and the circumstances surrounding that event.

It is for this reason that we Praise the Lord. On the day of the Lord, John tells us what it will be like in Revelation 5:11; "And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round and about the throne and the beasts and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;"

Revelation 5:12 "Saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb That was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing."

Revelation 5:13 "And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, "Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto Him That sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever."

We are to praise His name continually, for that is the reason for your existence. There are many forms of gods in this world and all of them are given in idolatry, however when you use "Ya" as "YHVH" you are being specific to the one and only true God, Our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The etymology of the Word YHVH is given by God to Moses in Exodus 3:14: "And God said unto Moses, "I AM THAT I AM:" In the Hebrew tongue; " `ehyeh 'asher 'ehyeh", meaning "I will be what ever I chose to be". So many in the English tongue say the sacred name that is in the Manuscripts, when they sing "Hallelujah".

Psalms 135:2 "Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, In the courts of the house of our God,"

This goes not to just the Levitical priests, and those giving duty in the house of the Lord, but it is expanded to all people that have and will ever exist.

Psalms 135:3 "Praise The Lord; for the Lord is good: Sing praises unto His name; for it is pleasant."

It is pleasant that our Lord YHVH is what ever He will be to everyone. "I AM THAT I AM". He will present himself to all people for He is not limited to any one people. His blood is sufficient for all people of ever generation. Our Lord has full control of all things at all times. It is pleasant for we know that in His love of each of us, we individually can call out to Him, and we know He hears our every word. Our Heavenly Father is our closest of kin and He cares for you. He created you soul, and He wants you to love Him in return. We are talking about your soul here, and not your flesh body. The flesh body will perish and go to the grave, but when that happens your soul will return back to the Father that created it in the first place.

Psalms 135:4 "For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto Himself, And Israel for His peculiar treasure."

Our Heavenly Father has claimed Jacob, and those of the tribes of Israel for His own possession. Those tribes do exist today, and they can be identified as we read in Hosea 1:10.

Hosea 1:10 "Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, `Ye are not My People,' there it shall be said unto them, `Ye are the sons of the Living God.' "

The subject is the identifying of the children of Israel in the last days. Then, at that time, they will not know who they are, but they can be identified, but they will be called "the sons of the Living God." "The Living God" is Jesus Christ, who came out of the tomb after there days, and on the fiftieth day ascended into heaven to sit on the right hand of the Father. We call them "Christians", and the Israelite tribe nations are called "Christian nations". Here in Psalms 135:4, God is calling Israel His own peculiar possession.

This is why it is important to recognize the in the Old Testament, the house of Israel, and the house of Judah are handled separately, for the house of Judah, calling themselves Jews deny the deity of Jesus Christ and they denounce Jesus as a nation. In fact you are not allowed to teach one of their nation, within their land of Christ, for it is against their laws of the land. The house of Judah and the house of Israel [the Christian nations], are two separate entities, two separate nations, two separate captivities, for Israel went into captivity to Assyria, and Judah went into captivity to Babylon seventy years later. The joining of these two into one will not occur until the Millennium age of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the day of the Lord.

When Jacob is name in Scripture, it includes all the tribes, of both the house of Judah and the house of Israel. So in this verse we see that both the houses are chosen of the Lord, but the unity will now come under Christ in this earth of flesh man. It just will not happen, for the Kenites are in control of the house of Judah in these latter days, these sons of Satan will not allow it to happen. The Kenites are important for they fulfill the negative part of God's plan. God's Word will be fulfilled exactly as it is written and all will given a opportunity to accept and reject our Lord. The Kenites will assist in bringing about those negative parts of God's prophecies to pass.

However as far as God's election is concerned, God will intercede in the lives of the elect, for they have been judged and found worthy in that first earth age, yet each of them must also go through this age of flesh man, as did our Lord Himself. God will protect His elect like the pupil of His eye.

Psalms 135:5 "For I know that the Lord is great, And that our Lord is above all gods."

The word "gods" as used here is "elohim". So this is saying that our Father is above all of His children. It means those earthly men and women that represents God. You are not to worship or set those super preachers above the lowest of the church, however it goes on everyday in most every church. People like to elevate their preacher, or an evangelist to a greater level. Sure we learn from the and we respect them, but our prayer, praise and reverence is to our Heavenly Father only. It goes against God's Word to call yourself "reverend", only God is has that position to His children. The title to your preacher is "pastor" for his position is to pastor the flock, to feed the sheep out of the Word of God. No man is to be reverenced, not ever the prophets; Don't ever put a man over God. Don't ever worship the man. "Elohim" is God the Father and His children, and it is saying don't put one of God's children over Him. Men are only the vessels that God spoke through.

Psalms 135:6 "Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did He in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places."

What ever God wanted to do in heaven or on this earth, God did it. What ever creature God wanted to create and put in the sky or in the oceans, God did it. God will not allow anyone to get in His way, even though He did allow Satan to rebel against him, Satan has been judged to death, and he is going into the lake of fire at the appointed time. However God is using Satan to test his children to see if the love they have for Him is true. At one time God loved Satan very much, because God created Satan to stand guard on the mercy seat in heaven. God made Satan the full pattern, the most beautiful of all His creation, and gave him the best of everything. Then Satan's pride caused him to rebel and reverenced himself, for he wanted to be worshipped above God. God has free will to do what ever He wants to do.

Psalms 135:7 "He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: He maketh lightnings for the rain: He bringeth the wind out of His treasuries."

Our Heavenly Father controls the weather patterns all over the world, and sets up the conditions to make the lightning's for the rain. The lightning is the only true source of putting natural nitrogen back into the soil. When man tries to do it, it turns out to poison the soil. God can bring His Spirit, the "ruach" out of heaven and share Him with whom ever He desires. You call on the Lord in trouble, and God's Spirit is there to warm your soul and comfort you.

Psalms 135:8 "Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, Both of man and beast."

God did not smite the firstborn man and best of Egypt because He hated them, but because He loved His "peculiar treasure"; He loved His people the Israelites. He wanted to make the point to Pharaoh, "Let My people go!", and if it takes the loss of your firstborn, then that it shall be so. The Lord got Pharaoh's and the Egyptian's attention, and they saw who was God over all.

Psalms 135:9 "Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, Upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants."

God sent ten of His sign [tokens] and wonders before the eyes of the Egyptians before they saw that God meant business. There wasn't a man or woman in Egypt that did not see that God was in control. They had God's people in captivity, and the Father wanted them out of Egypt. The promise land was ready to be occupied, and His Children were being held up from their journey.

God is in control today just as He was then. There is no government in power but that I ordained it to be. God sets up governments, and and He takes them down. The Soviet Union controlled have the surface of the earth, and in a matter of days, it fell.

Psalms 135:10 "Who smote great nations, And slew mighty kings;"

Nations are built up, and nations are tore down; Kings come to their thrones and they die and go to the grave. Why? That God's plan may be fulfilled. All that happens comes to pass that God's will may be fulfilled. As the Israelites passed through the wilderness, those kings and nations that go in their way, God tore them down.

Psalms 135:11 "Sihon king of the Amorites, And Og king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan:"

God controlled each of these kings and kingdoms, and they each stepped aside, or they died.

Psalms 135:12 "And gave their land for an heritage, An heritage unto Israel His People."

Everything that God does is fair and just, and when God took these kingdoms and gave them to Israel, it was for His purpose. It is for this reason that we must widen our mind to the world that was, in that first earth age. We must become aware of the chaos that occurred and the overthrow and rebellion that followed to understand that any soul that comes through this earth age is worthy of its lot. That is why God stated that He hated Esau and loved Jacob while they were still in their mother's womb. Esau was not good in the world that was.

Psalms 135:13 "Thy name, O Lord, endureth for ever; And Thy memorial, O Lord, throughout all generation."

Things that happen on this earth in this earth age are not just accidents. God's order is eternal, from the first earth age, through this age of the flesh and blood men and women, and on into the eternal. Those things that happen are all within the plan of God.

Psalms 135:14 "For the Lord will judge His People, and He will repent Himself concerning His servants."

The Lord will vindicate his people. He will have compassion on His people over the things that will occur. All things have a purpose and will fit into His plan, and it is our duty to understand that plan, and fulfill the purpose that He has put you here on earth for. Our duty is to be a servant in His service. You can't play church and still understand the depth of our Father's Word. It is only with the touching of the Holy Spirit on your mind that opens your spiritual eyes to the truth.

Psalms 135:15 "The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, The work of men's hands."

This is not taken from Psalms 115, but we do have a reference to it. Heathen theology is idol worship, however this Psalms 135 is divine theology. The very words that were spoken to this writer were words from our Heavenly Father: Not some idol or something made of silver and gold.

Psalms 135:16 "They have mouths, but they speak not; Eyes have they, but they see not."

Heathen theology just doesn't amount to anything, for there is no power in the words. There is nothing to it back up, for it is propped up, and just sits on the shelf. There is substance to our prayers to our Heavenly Father, for he hears every word we say, and understands the trouble that we are in. Our Heavenly Father deserves our love.

Psalms 135:17 "They have ears, but they hear not; Neither is there any breath in their mouths."

There is no life to any idol, there just is no thought or intelligence to anything made by man. Anything that you allow to come between you and God becomes your idol.

Psalms 135:18 "They that make them are like unto them."

This comes from Psalms 115:8; "They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them." If you put your trust in any idol, you are no smarter than than hunk of wood that the idol is carved from. Spiritually speaking they are just as blind to the truth as a piece of wood. They just don't know the divine theology or they would not put their hands to making such an stupid thing. They all are just a bunch of idiots.

Anybody living in our generation and aware of the plan of God, should be able to know that something is very wrong with what is going on in the world today. Something spectacular is about to happen in the world, and you ought to know that we are approaching the end of this world age. Its time to wake up, and look around you for the events that are taking place, for the stage is being set for the come of Satan and all his fallen angels, for that final five months of this earth age of flesh man. We are approaching the end of the fifth trumpet today, and the sixth trumpet will sound the coming of the false Christ, Satan, in his role as the Antichrist. Get away from those man made lies, such as the rapture theory, evolution and all the rest of man's wild ideas, for they are on the trail that lead to destruction of your soul.

Anyone that trusts in those blind ideas of man, is just as blind as the man that formed the idea in his or her mind. You simply cannot hear the true word of God, and be stumbling down one of those crooked paths. When you plant seeds of truth and it doesn't take, that is the reason, for the mind of that person is spiritually dead to any truth.

Psalms 135:19 "Bless the Lord, O house of Israel: Bless the Lord, O house of Aaron:"

Bless even the Levitical priesthood, even the ones that are suppose to be teaching the Word of God. The teachers today, just like the Levitical priesthood of old that turned their backs to God, have failed in their duty and their purpose. The time of the failing started in the book of Ezra, when there was not one of the Levitical priests, the sons of Levi, that returned to Jerusalem to set up the temple and its worship. By that time the Kenites had completely taken over control of the religious order as laid down by Aaron.

Ezra 8:15 "And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the People, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi."

So if the Levites were not going back to be the priests in the new Temple, who were the priests, and what would they be teaching?

I Chronicles 2:55 "And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez [Jerusalem]; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hamath, the father of the house of Rechab."

The scribes are the ones that kept the books, they protected the laws of Moses, and saw that the people would do the same. The ones that took over the duties of the scribes were the Kenites, the very sons of Satan through Cain. Hamath is where these people dwelt, and there were not of either the house of Judah or Israel, but the house of Rechab. When these Kenites reestablished the traditions in the Temple after the captivity; it was not the law of Moses but their own traditions and customs that were practiced. This is why the sought to murder Jesus from the start of His ministry. It is why all the children two years old and younger were murdered after the three wise men visited king Herod.

The real teachers began to fail many years ago, the most of the teachers today have built on the traditions that have replaced the true Word of God. People have lost the truth, and have replaced it with their church playhouses. Most just don't care of the in-depth truth of God's Word. However, thank God many men and women are starting to come alive and seek the truth, and study in depth for the truth. When you do see the truth, that is the time to respect Him and become a servant of His, in supporting a ministry. Those that teach the divine theology are doing the work of our heavenly Father.

Psalms 135:20 "Bless the Lord, O house of Levi: Ye that fear the Lord, Bless the Lord."

Psalms 135:21 "Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, Which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye The Lord."

When it says, "out of Zion", this is looking forward to the time with the true Christ will be sitting on His Throne on Mount Zion, and the whole world will be worshipping Jesus the Christ. Once Jesus is there, that throne will never be moved again. Satan will be removed to the pit; our flesh bodies will all be changed into our new incorruptible bodies, good and evil alike for the next thousand years, and Christ ill be on the throne in Zion. This will truly be a blessed time for us to be looking forward to. You will be a part of it, but your learning must be in time to be sealed against the day that Satan shows up to deceive all the people on earth. When you know the truth, you can observe the beauty of God's control of this world age, for everything will go to fulfill His Word to the letter.