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1 | what is ... the "nail in His Holy Place? | Ezra 9:8 | teragram123 | 54817 | ||
can anyone expound on this verse for me... what is meant by the "nail in His Holy Place?" Ezra 9:8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. |
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2 | what is ... the "nail in His Holy Place? | Ezra 9:8 | Ray | 54878 | ||
Hi teragram123, For me, the passage shows that both Jew and Gentile, old testament and new, can have a peg, "a place to hang our hopes" so to speak in His holy place. When one considers Isaiah 22:23ff, the idea of the Jews pegging their hope on the Davidic kingdom will find that their hopes are dashed. Isaiah 22:25, "In that day," declares the *Lord of hosts, "the peg driven in a firm place will give way; it will even break off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off, for the Lord has spoken." I was interested in verse nine, the one following the verse you are considering. NASB, Ezra 9:9, "For we are slaves;..." They are looking for a little reviving in their bondage, a little more security. The verse has a different tense in the rendering of the NKJ. Ezra 9:9, "For we were slaves. Yet our God did not forsake us in our bondage; but *He extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to repair the house of our God, to restore its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem." Whether the Jews here, the escaped remnant, "are" or "were" slaves; the passage in John 15:15 is noteworthy. "No longer do *I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you." Ezra 9:8, "But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the Lord, our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our (God) may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage." Job 33:28, "(He) has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, And my life shall see the light." John 9:41, "(Jesus) said the them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, 'We see', your sin remains." Psalm 13 says, "Enlighten my eyes". Psalm 13:5, "But I have trusted in (Thy) lovingkindness; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation. I will sing to the Lord, Because He has dealt bountifully with me." Psalm 14:7, "O that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord restores His captive people, Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad." ***"restores His captive people" has an alternate reading in my study bible of [Or, restores the fortunes of His people]. That rendering would allow for them to no longer be slaves or captive. So what point am I making? We are no longer slaves. God has not forsaken the Jews. He extends to us all His lovingkindnes. He no longer calls us slaves for we are His friends when we do as He commands. Jew and Gentile can peg their hopes on Him. From the heart, Ray |
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