I AM

I AM : M. M. Ninan
Psa 80:8 You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and
planted it
Ezek 17:5-7 "'He took some of the seed of your land and put it in fertile
soil. He planted it like a willow by abundant water, and it sprouted and
became a low, spreading vine. Its branches turned toward him, but its
roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and
put out leafy boughs. The vineyard of the LORD Almighty is the house of
Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden of his delight. And he looked
for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard cries of
distress.
Psa 80:9-14 You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the
land. The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with
its branches. It sent out its boughs to the Sea, its shoots as far as the
River. Why have you broken down its walls so that all who pass by pick
its grapes? Boars from the forest ravage it and the creatures of the field
feed on it.
What a realistic picture of Israel.
This is not an isolated picture. God tried to replant the vine into
several nations.
Amos 9:7 "Are not you Israelites the same to me as the Cushites?"
declares the LORD. "Did I not bring Israel up from Egypt, the Philistines
from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?
He tried with Cushites (Modern South Sudanese), Philistines, and
Arameans (Syrians) and probably many others before coming to
Israel. All civilizations in spite of their revelations went astray.
Instead of the provider, they worshipped the provided and went
after Bacchus, the gods of wine, fertility, and prosperity.
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