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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><u><b>HEDGE</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>,
such*, 3x, Strong's #7753</b></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="center"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">ga</span><u>dar</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">*,
10x, Strong's #1443</span></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">1.
Job 1:10 (1:1-12, ASV '01, #7753) GOD'S </span><u>HEDGE</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
FOR JOB. "Have you not made a </span><u>hedge</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
about him, and about his house, and about all that he has, on every
side? you have blessed the work of his hands, and his cattle is
increased in the land." </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">How
would you like to have God and Satan discussing you behind your back,
as they did for Job? But note this </span></span><u><span style="">hedge</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
that Satan perceived God had placed around His servant Job and all
his goods! Know that the God who is no respecter of persons is
pleased to put a </span></span><u><span style="">hedge</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
around you and me!</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">2.
ISA 5:5 (5:1-30, #4881 from #7753*) GOD REMOVES ISRAEL'S </span><u>HEDGE</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
"And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will
take away the </span><u>hedge</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
of it, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down its wall, and it
shall be trodden down." </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Be
not deceived - God is not mocked. Whatever we a people sow - we shall
surely reap. God's Vineyard Israel forsook His righteous ways, and He
removed their </span></span><u><span style="">hedge</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
If we become inconsistent in our lives, individually or corporately -
this judgment on Israel we will share also! Paul tells us that all
happening to Israel in the Old Testament is a "type" for us to
apply!</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">3.
HOS 2:6 (2:1-23, #7753) GOD </span><u>HEDGES</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
IN SINNERS FROM HIS WAYS. "Therefore, behold, I </span><u>will
hedge</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> up your way with
thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find
her paths." </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Here
is another way that God works a </span></span><u><span style="">hedge</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
Here he applies it inversely! It serves like the Cherubim of the
Garden of Eden to keep us out of God's blessings - even as they kept
Adam and Eve from eating the fruit from the Tree of Life. </span></span><u><span style="">This</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is the goodness of God, if we can receive it!</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">4.
EZE 13:5 (13:1-16, KJV, #1447) </span><u>HEDGES</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
FOR GOD'S PEOPLE: RESPONSIBILITY OF PROPHETS. "You have not gone
up into the gaps, neither made up the </span><u>hedge</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of
Jehovah." </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Here
is another thought on </span></span><u><span style="">hedges</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
God counts on prophets to build up </span></span><u><span style="">hedges</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
so His ;people can stand in the day of battle. Here prophets stand
for any of God's leaders, ministers or pastors. They are expected of
God to serve His people, not themselves.</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">5.
EZE 22:30 (22:23-31, KJV, #1447) GOD'S SEARCH: FOR </span><u>HEDGE-BUILDERS</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
"And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the </span><u>hedge</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not
destroy it: but I found none." </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
verse has been quoted again and again by intercessors. They
understand the seriousness and importance of prayer. Rees Howells
well understood this. Intercessors like Abraham can change wicked
situations and rescue righteous Lot from his evil environment.</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="justify"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
PSA 89:40 (89:38-52, #1447) </span><u>HEDGES</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
BROKEN DOWN: PENALTY FOR FORSAKING GOD'S WORD. "You have broken
down all his </span><u>hedges</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">;
You have brought his strongholds to ruin." </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Once
again, God sets before us the penalty for corporate sin - using
Israel as a "type" of warning on our behalf. You say, "But that
is Old Testament!" Yes, but read the Book of Revelation, and
understand well that the God of the Old Testament is truly the God of
the New Testament also. And - the Father has put all Judgment in the
hands of His Son Jesus, who is soon to return as </span></span><u><span style="">Judge</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
ECCL 10:8 (10:1-20, KJV, #1447) SERPENT'S BITE: PENALTY FOR
BREAKING A </span><u>HEDGE</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
"He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaks a </span><u>hedge</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
a serpent shall bite him." </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Solomon
is a master of creating the aphorism, a maxim, a proverb! Ivan Panin
has a collection of 32 sections of aphorisms, much longer than the
book of Proverbs. But here Solomon wisely warns us not to break down
a </span></span><u><span style="">hedge</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
lest a serpent bites us!</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
</b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Ultimately,
</span></span><u><span style="">God</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is the one who builds for us a </span></span><u><span style="">Hedge</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
But, a </span></span><u><span style="">hedge</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is the reward for a man like Job - one who possesses from his heart a
meaningful Relationship with God. Such a one has with desire made God
his 7-fold Shield: the Shield of the Blood of Jesus at the Brazen
Altar; the Shield of God our Father - a Relationship at the Mercy
Seat; the Shield of the angels of God under the Holy Spirit at the
Menorah; the Shield of the Full Armor of God at the Table of His
Presence; the Shield of the spirit of Faith at the Ark of the
Covenant; the Shield of Integrity and Righteousness at the Laver; the
Shield of Intercession at the Altar of Incense. See Mike Servello's
"The Shield of God's Protection."</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">But
when God is forsaken as our shield, both individually and
corporately; then God in His mercy removes our </span></span><u><span style="">hedge</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of protection to bring us to our senses. Every true child of His, He
chastens or disciplines, that through suffering we might come to
likeness with Jesus. God's goal is to bring </span></span><u><span style="">many</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
sons into glory - into Jesus' likeness. And Jesus as Son of Man
learned obedience through the things He suffered. So we as His
brothers and sisters will find like-results under like-conditions.</span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">And
note, it wasn't in Job's case that the </span></span><span style="">hedge</span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
was removed! It was to make a good man better. (Here is the 7-fold
</span></span><span style="">hedge</span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
that God gave Job: a Mental Hedge; an Emotional Hedge; a Physical
Hedge; a Spiritual Hedge; a Moral Hedge; a Financial Hedge; a
Leadership Hedge.)</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Deep
lessons abide in the Book of Job and Psalm 91. Clear understanding of
the Relationship of God our Shield with His </span></span><u><span style="">Hedge</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
of Protection on our behalf - prove a basis for His blessing.</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">So
- blessings from God upon each of us as we together pursue the path
set before us by His Son!</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%;"><font size="3"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Jim
Watt</span></span></font></p>
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