Shields Up! Then Down (Poem)

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‘Shields up!’, one of several urgent commands given,

On the bridge of the starship, Enterprise,

When imminent danger could compromise,

The ship’s safety, thus requiring enhanced protection.

 

Shields down!, the subsequent command issued,

When the challenges were successfully met,

And all known dangers were no longer a threat.

Then normal operations continued. 

 

Shields up!, can you perceive The Lord's command,

Activating Heaven’s protective function,

For Hebrew slaves in Egypt’s land of Goshen,

Before sending the last plagues He had planned? ¹

 

Shields down!, I can imagine Him later saying,

As to the loss of his first born, Pharaoah winced,

And to release all the slaves, he was convinced!

Alas! Hebrews leaving Egypt, no more slaving!

 

This was the first of several ‘Goshen Effects’,

Shelter The Lord promised to provide,

For two groups who with Him are allied,

While by His judgments, lives of other folks are wrecked. ²

 

Shields up! That is what I perceive He might shout,

Before tribulation judgments on Earth are hurled,

After gathering His folks from across the world,

Most fleeing anti-Semitism, no doubt.

 

Back into the promised land, they’ll be crammed,

Even spilling over into neighboring lands.

Protections they’ll have, folks won’t understand,

Till the end of judgments on the world …slammed! ³

‘Shields down!’ Oh no!! That may seem premature!

Once folks realize Israel is protected,

To her food and wealth, armies will be attracted!!!

Yet hidden hands ensure she will endure.

Ponder this:

Why would The Lord appear to lift His shield,

Over lands where His people are crammed,

Making them seem like defenseless lambs?

Ahhh! His strategy—revealed, yet concealed.” ⁴

 

To Amos and Zephaniah, Jewish prophets of old,

He’s given clues between which the wise connect dots,

To perceive some tactics of His strategic plots,

Then help to warn folks who will listen to what will unfold.

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¹ Read this epic story in chapters 1 - 20 of The Book of Exodus, depicted in the movie, The Ten Commandments.

² See: The Goshen Effect (Series) Across the ages, The Lord has been extracting His bona fide saints from humanity, folks who have been/will be resurrected, and immortally transformed to reign with Him during His long-promised Millennial Reign. These topics are discussed extensively throughout this blog.

³ See: The Coming Lame Blame (Poem), and Booty, Pre/Post Millennial Reign (Series).

⁴ See: A People, Un-walled (Series). See also: Ezekiel 38, Zephaniah 3:11-12, and Zechariah chapters 13 and 14. 

⁵ Zephaniah 3 and Zechariah 13:8-9 summarize The Lord’s strategic plan for Israel, a plan that is literally iterated in various forms across the pages of the Old Testament. It points to a meek and humble remnant of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, people over whom He will appoint King David to reign from Jerusalem for a thousand years. (See: Ezekiel 34:24, 37:24-25, Jeremiah 30:9, and Hosea 3:5.) In Matthew 24, Jesus briefly overviews the pending distresses for Jews, while avoiding the details and rationales detailed in The Old Testament. I intuit this distress may correlate with the Ezekiel 38 Russia-led coalition invasion of Israel. For more on this topic, search this blog for Ezekiel 38, Revelation - Future Attacks in Israel and First Ukraine, Next Israel’s Terrain?