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Age of Reason
17th-century philosophy
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17th-century philosophy in the Western world is generally regarded as being the start of modern philosophy, and a departure from the medieval approach, especially Scholasticism.

Early 17th-century philosophy is often called the Age of Reason or Age of Rationalism and is considered to succeed the Renaissance philosophy era and precede the Age of Enlightenment.

Renaissance philosophy
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Renaissance philosophy was the period of the history of philosophy in Europe that falls roughly between the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment. It includes the 15th century; some scholars extend it to as early as the 1350s or as late as the 16th century or early 17th century, overlapping the Reformation and the early modern era. Among the distinctive elements of Renaissance philosophy are the revival (renaissance means "rebirth") of classical civilization and learning; a partial return to the authority of Plato over Aristotle, who had come to dominate later medieval philosophy; and, among some philosophers, enthusiasm for the occult and Hermeticism.

As with all periods, there is a wide drift of dates, reasons for categorization and boundaries. In particular, the Renaissance, more than later periods, is thought to begin in Italy with the Italian Renaissance and roll through Europe. The English Renaissance is often thought to include Shakespeare, at a time when Italy had passed through Mannerism and to the Baroque. As importantly the 16th century is split differently (see lumpers and splitters). Some historians see the Reformation and Counter-Reformation as being separated from the Renaissance and more important for philosophy, while others see the entire era as one sweeping period.

Age of Enlightenment
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The Age of Enlightenment (or simply the Enlightenment) is the era in Western philosophy, intellectual, scientific and cultural life, centered upon the 18th century, in which reason was advocated as the primary source for legitimacy and authority.

Developing simultaneously in France, Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the American colonies, the movement was buoyed by Atlantic Revolutions, especially the success of the American Revolution, when breaking free of the British Empire. Most of Europe was caught up, including the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Russia, and Scandinavia, along with Latin America in instigating the Haitian Revolution. The authors of the American Declaration of Independence, the United States Bill of Rights, the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, and the Polish-Lithuanian Constitution of May 3, 1791, were motivated by Enlightenment principles.[1]

The "Enlightenment" was not a single movement or school of thought, for these philosophies were often mutually contradictory or divergent. The Enlightenment was less a set of ideas than it was a set of values. At its core was a critical questioning of traditional institutions, customs, and morals, and a strong belief in rationality and science. Thus, there was still a considerable degree of similarity between competing philosophies.[2] Some historians also include the late 17th century, which is typically known as the Age of Reason or Age of Rationalism, as part of the Enlightenment; however, most historians consider the Age of Reason to be a prelude to the ideas of the Enlightenment.[3] Modernity, by contrast, is used to refer to the period after The Enlightenment; albeit generally emphasizing social conditions rather than specific philosophies.

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The Age of Enlightenment (or The Enlightenment for short) was an intellectual movement in 18th-century Europe. The goal of the Enlightenment was to establish an authoritative ethics, aesthetics, and knowledge based on an "enlightened" rationality. The movement's leaders viewed themselves as a courageous, elite body of intellectuals who were leading the world toward progress, out of a long period of irrationality, superstition, and tyranny which began during a historical period they called the Dark Ages. This movement provided a framework for the American and French Revolutions, as well as the rise of capitalism and the birth of socialism. It is matched by the high baroque era in music, and the neo-classical period in the arts.

In his famous 1784 essay "What Is Enlightenment?", Immanuel Kant defined it as follows:

"Enlightenment is man's leaving his self-caused immaturity. Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's own understanding without the guidance of another. Such immaturity is self-caused if its cause is not lack of intelligence, but by lack of determination and courage to use one's intelligence without being guided by another. The motto of enlightenment is therefore: Sapere aude! Have courage to use your own intelligence!"

The Enlightenment began then, from the belief in a rational, orderly and comprehensible universe - and proceeded, in stages, to demand a rational and orderly organization of knowledge and the state, such as found in the idea of Deism. This began from the assertion that law governed both heavenly and human affairs, and that law gave the king his power, rather than the king's power giving force to law. The conception of law as a relationship between individuals, rather than families, came to the fore, and with it the increasing focus on individual liberty as a fundamental reality, given by "Nature and Nature's God", which, in the ideal state, would be as expansive as possible. The Enlightenment created then, the ideas, of liberty, property and rationality which are still recognizable as the basis for most political philosophy even to the present era: that is, of a free individual being most free within the context of a state which provides stability of the laws.

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Deism - Definition
Deism is belief in a God or first cause based on reason, rather than on faith or revelation, and thus a form of theism in opposition to fideism. Deism is usually synonymous with natural religion in 18th century Enlightenment writings. Deism originated in 17th century Europe, gaining popularity in the 18th century Enlightenment especially in America as a modernist movement inspired by the success of the scientific method. Deists emphasize the exclusive application of reason and personal experience to religious questions. Deism is concerned with those truths which humans can discover through a process of reasoning, independent of any claimed divine revelation through scripture or prophets.
The names used for the divinity by Deists include the following:

* Creator (used in the United States Declaration of Independence)
* Divine Author
* Divine Providence (used in the United States Declaration of Independence)
* Divine Watchmaker
* First Cause
* Grand Architect
* Nature's God (used in the United States Declaration of Independence)
* Providence
The root of the word "deism" is from the Latin "deus",

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Enlightenment thinkers reduced religion to those essentials which could only be "rationally" defended, i.e., certain basic moral principles and a few universally held beliefs about God. Aside from these universal principles and beliefs, religions in their particularity were largely banished from the public square. Taken to its logical extreme, the Enlightenment resulted in atheism.

The age of Enlightenment is considered to have ended with the French Revolution, which had a violent aspect that discredited it in the eyes of many. Also, Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), who referred to Sapere aude! (Dare to know!) as the motto of the Enlightenment, ended up criticizing the Enlightenment confidence on the power of reason. Romanticism, with its emphasis upon imagination, spontaneity, and passion, emerged also as a reaction against the dry intellectualism of rationalists. Criticism of the Enlightenment has expressed itself in a variety of forms, such as religious conservatism, postmodernism, and feminism.

The legacy of the Enlightenment has been of enormous consequence for the modern world. The general decline of the church, the growth of secular humanism and political and economic liberalism, the belief in progress, and the development of science are among its fruits. Its political thought developed by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), John Locke (1632-1704), Voltaire (1694-1778) and Rousseau (1712-1788) created the modern world. It helped create the intellectual framework not only for the American Revolutionary War and liberalism, democracy and capitalism but also the French Revolution, racism, nationalism, secularism, fascism and communism.

The Enlightenment was a time when the solar system was truly discovered: With the accurate calculation of orbits, such as Halley's comet, the discovery of the first planet since antiquity, Uranus by William Herschel (1738-1822), and the calculation of the mass of the Sun using Newton's theory of universal gravitation. These series of discoveries had a momentous effect on both pragmatic commerce and philosophy. The excitement engendered by creating a new and orderly vision of the world, as well as the need for a philosophy of science which could encompass the new discoveries, greatly influenced both religious and secular ideas. If Newton could order the cosmos with natural philosophy, so, many argued, could political philosophy order the body politic.

'Racism': History of Hatred
By KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH

''Racism: A Short History'' does not stray beyond Western racism, in part, Fredrickson says, because it has had a wider impact than any comparable ideology, spreading, as it did, with European empires around the globe. But he also believes that racism received its fullest theoretical elaboration in the West because racist ideology developed in societies where it offended against a growing conviction that ''all men are created equal.'' As a result, as the ideology developed, it was also ''condemned and resisted.'' If racism is indeed an ideology that grows up in order to rationalize expulsion, elimination or exploitation, it makes sense then that it is a relatively modern phenomenon in the West. For it is only in the modern period that these offenses against others needed rationalizing.
In,

Prof. Fredrickson’s book, Racism: A Short History

Fredrickson argues that Western racism has two prime strands -- one anti-Semitic, the other white supremacist -- and that anti-Semitism came first. It was only in the 15th century that the religious anti-Judaism of the European Middle Ages -- which allowed that, though Judaism was religiously incorrect, Jews, once converted, were as good as anyone else -- was replaced, in Spain, with something more like racism.

Similarly, when the Atlantic slave trade in Africans began, it largely involved the capture and exploitation of heathens. Even as slaves in the New World came increasingly to be baptized, there was no need to justify their enslavement -- until it was challenged, in the Enlightenment. At that point slavery's defenders needed an ideology. It is something of an irony that the tools with which they addressed this task came increasingly from another side of the Enlightenment, the rationalizing, scientific side that was beginning to treat human beings not (or at least, not only) as God's special creation but as natural creatures whose history could be studied along with that of other organisms. It is in the Enlightenment that the first modern attempts at racial classification, based not on religious ideas but on purportedly scientific ones, were developed. And these naturalistic accounts of the supposed inferiority of blacks and Jews eventually overtook the religious ones that dominated the debates of the early 19th century about slavery.

Fredrickson's idea, then, can be put this way. People everywhere, throughout history, have sometimes been beastly to members of groups they thought of as different. What is distinctive about racism in the West is the development of a full-scale systematic ideology to explain why these others deserved bad treatment. And that theory was necessary only because modern Western societies were unlike most others, which did not share the assumption that human beings were created equal and thus had nothing to explain away.

Isaac Satanow

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Isaac Satanow
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Isaac Satanow (born at Satanow, Poland, 1733; died in Berlin, Germany, 25 December 1805) was a Polish Jewish scholar and poet.

Life

In early manhood he left his native country and went to Berlin in search of learning. There he became the protégé of Isaac Daniel and David Friedländer, who found him employment as a teacher in some prominent families.

Satanow represents a peculiar type. Like Byron, he was, both physically and mentally, a conglomeration of contrasts. He dressed in the garb of the Polish Jew of the period, yet was a thorough German in his actions and habits. Though Orthodox in his beliefs, he nevertheless favored Reform in practise. He was one of the greatest authorities on Jewish tradition and lore, yet he was one of the most free-thinking of philosophers. He was a shrewd physicist and an inspired poet; a realist and an idealist.
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In his Mishle Asaf he so blended the style of the Bible with modern fine writing that the critics of his time were at a loss how to characterize the work. Some were inclined to revere it as a relic of antiquity, while others attacked the author as a literary charlatan who desired to palm off his own work as a production of the ancient writers. Rabbi Joseph of Frankfort gave a clever criticism :

"I do not really know to whom to ascribe these sayings [of the "Mishle Asaf"]; it may be the publisher himself has composed them; for I know him to be a plagiarist. He, however, differs from the rest of that class in this respect, that they plagiarize the works of others and pass them for their own, while he plagiarizes his own works and passes them for those of others."

While writing his Mishle Asaf, a work in which noble thoughts are expressed in the choicest diction, he did not disdain at the same time to write a treatise on how to drill holes through three hundred pearls in one day and how to mix successfully different kinds of liquors. Even in the most earnest and solemn of his writings there can always be detected an undercurrent of the most playful humor.

Satanow as a poet belongs to two distinctly different schools. In his earlier works he followed the theory of the old school, which considered plays on words, great flourish of diction, and variegated expressions as the essential requirements of good poetry; but in his later works he used the simple, forceful style of the Biblical writers, and he may be justly styled "the restorer of Biblical poetry." It is sufficient to compare his "Eder ha-Yeḳar" and "Sefer ha-Ḥizzayon" with his "Mishle Asaf" to see at a glance the difference in style.

Among Satanow's most important works are the following:

* "Sifte Renanot," a brief exposition of Hebrew grammar (Berlin, 1773).
* "Sefer ha-Ḥizzayon" (ib. 1775 [?]), in eight parts: part i., a treatise on criticism and knowledge; ii., on poetry; iii., a collection of proverbs; iv., treatises on different scientific topics: a discussion about the visual and auditory senses, from which he makes a digression, and discusses the inhabitants of the moon; v., discussions on esthetic problems, as love, friendship, justice, etc.; vi., a picturesque description of the universe; viii., discussions on various topics. The whole work is written in a highly ornate style; it does not bear the author's name; but a few hints in some of the poems leave no doubt as to who he was.
* "Imre Binah" (ib. 1784). (
* "Seliḥot," a newly arranged edition (ib. 1785).
* "Sefer ha-Shorashim," in three parts, a treatise on Hebrew roots (ib. 1787).
* "Mishle Asaf," a collection of gnomes, modeled after the Book of Proverbs (ib. 1788-91)
* "Moreh Nebukim," text together with commentary (ib. 1791-96).
* "Zemirot Asaf," with the commentary of Samuel ben Meïr (ib. 1793). This was the first attempt of the Slavonic school to build up a national lyric poetry, although the psalms have the form rather of philosophic reflections than of lyric expression. No references to national history or national lore, and no expressions of patriotism, are to be found in them. They form a simple doxology, and reflect a rational view of nature as opposed to mysticism.
* "Pirḳe Shirah," on the natural sciences.

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Lexicon and thesaurus in two parts by Isaac Satanow for the purpose of instructing the Jewish people in the pure holy language from the German (Yiddish) in order to be able to understand the bible with the commentaries of Rashi, Ibn Ezra, and others. The title page is printed in both red and black, and has a sub-title, Hebraeisch-Deutsches Lexicon. There are introductions from Satanow, in which he elaborates on the benefits of this book, and from the printer. A list of subscribers is followed by the text, in two columns, organized alphabetically. Words are given in square letters followed by definitions in smaller type, with, as necessary, vocalization. In the margins are biblical references. At the bottom of the page are notes in Yiddish. The second part of the book has its own title page, here called Ha-Shorashim entitled Devorim Ahadim. There is another introduction and the text follows the same format. This section concludes with nine pages of sharoshim in six columns. Sefer ha-Shorashim is one of Satanow’s major works. In addition to its lexicographic value this is a physically attractive volume.

Isaac Satanow (1732–1804) was born in Satanov, Podolia, and settled in Berlin in 1771 or 1772, where he served as the director of Society for the Education of the Youth. Among the most prolific of the early Haskalah writers, he did not restrict himself to any particular literary field, but wrote in most of those genres used by the later Haskalah writers. Satanow demonstrated a wealth of knowledge of the Hebrew language, ranking as a model stylist throughout the Haskalah period. He ascribed several of his works to earlier writers, and consequently used fictitious names for the authors of the recommendations for his own books and of their forewords. He wrote a number of books of liturgy, Tefillah mi-Kol ha-Shanah al Pi Kelalei ha-Dikduk (1785), Haggadah shel Pesah (1785); and Selihot (1785); as well as Mishlei Asaf and Zemirot Asaf (4 vols., 1789–1802), collections of proverbs in imitation of the Book of Proverbs. (Satanow adopted the pseudonym Asaf from the acrostic for Itzik Satanow.) The work, attributed to the biblical Asaph son of Berechiah, is written in the style of Proverbs and Psalms. He may have been the first Hebrew writer who sought to break out of the strict framework of biblical style, although he himself was very adept in the biblical style called melizah. Hence he demanded that new words be coined; in Iggeret Beit Tefillah he complains that the vocabulary of biblical Hebrew had not preserved its great lexical range.

All Nations

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Isaiah 40:15
Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales; he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.

Isaiah 40:17
All nations before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

Daniel 4:35
All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: "What have you done?"

Psalm 151

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Psalm 151

Superscription

This psalm was written by King David himself

(even though it's outside the accepted number of psalms)

after he fought against Goliath, and won {by the power of YHVH}.

YHVH Selection of David

I was the smallest among my brothers,

and the youngest in my father’s household.

I used to take care of my father’s sheep.

2 My hands constructed a musical instrument;

my fingers tuned a harp.

3 Who will announce this to my Father?

YHVH himself—he is listening.

4 He himself sent his messenger

and took me from my father’s sheep,

and anointed me with his anointing oil.

5 My brothers were handsome and big,

but YHVH did not approve of them.

David’s Victory over Goliath

6 I went out to meet the foreigner;

he called down curses on me by his idols.

7 But I pulled out his own sword;

I beheaded him and thereby removed reproach from the Yisraylites

Eurasia and thus the Etruscans

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The origin of the Etruscans, one of the most ancient and enigmatic non-Indo-European civilizations.

"The finding has been interpreted as evidence in support of the classical theory that Etruscans may have come from the East through the Mediterranean Sea (Herodotus, Historiae, Vol I, p 94), which currently find little support by archaeologists and historians.2 In favor of the Eastern Mediterranean origin of the Etruscan civilization, the finding that the extent of mtDNA variation observed in Tuscan cattle breeds is similar to that observed in the Near East and much higher than that observed in the rest of Italy and Europe."
Dr. H. H. Otero C. -biochemist-
Argentina

The Etruscan Mystery - Their Origins - The Pelasgians

There were no voiced stops in Etruscan: no /b/, /d/, or /g/; when these occured in foreign words they were usually written P, T and K. Etruscan distinguished between aspirated and unaspirated unvoiced stops: /p/ from /ph/, /c/ from /ch/, /t/ from /th/,like some other languages of the time, including Greek.

The Etruscans: A Population-Genetic Study
Copyright © 2004 by The American Society of Human Genetics. All rights reserved.

In this study, we present the first extensive genetic data on a European population of the pre-classical period, the Etruscans.

The origins of the Etruscans, a non-Indo-European population of pre-classical (pre-Roman) Italy, are unclear. There is broad agreement that their culture developed locally, but the Etruscans’ evolutionary and migrational relationships are largely unknown. In this study, we determined mitochondrial DNA sequences in multiple clones derived from bone samples of 80 Etruscans who lived between the 7th and the 3rd centuries B.C. No significant heterogeneity emerged among archaeological sites or time periods, suggesting that different Etruscan communities shared not only a culture but also a mitochondrial gene pool. Genetic distances and sequence comparisons show closer evolutionary relationships with the eastern Mediterranean shores for the Etruscans than for modern Italian populations. (The ancient inhabitants of the eastern Mediterranean shores, were Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Egyptians, all of whom were Black people).

Various tests show that the Tuscans (see next study below) are the Etruscans’ closest neighbors in terms of genetic distances. Despite that broad similarity, however, Etruscans and Tuscans share only two haplotypes. This finding is difficult to interpret in the absence of data on any other European population of the pre-classical period. One possible interpretation is that all or most European populations of that time period were as different from their modern counterparts as the Etruscans appear to be. This would imply either extensive gene flow or a high rate of extinction of mitochondrial haplotypes, both processes causing a drastic change of the mitochondrial pool in the last 2,500 years. More importantly, a result of that kind would force us to reconsider the universally held assumption that patterns in the DNA of modern individuals reflect the evolutionary processes affecting their prehistoric ancestors. Alternatively, should other ancient populations prove similar to comparable modern ones, one should conclude that the Etruscans’ mitochondrial sequences underwent extinction at a particularly high rate and look for an explanation for that. Until more ancient DNA data become available, both scenarios will remain possible, although we favor the latter.

Etruscans show closer relationships both to North Africans and to Turks than any contemporary population. In particular, the Turkish component in their gene pool appears three times as large as in the other populations. The modern Turks of Turkey (ancient Anatolia), as well as a large portion of the populations of North Africa and the lands East of the Mediterranean Sea; are a hybrid people, derived from the original Black people of those lands and the invading Turks from Asia. The Turks were the last of the White invaders from Asia; they only began to arrive in the early centuries of the current era. Though the Turks of Turkey are a mixed-race people, other Turkish tribes, such as the Jews (Khazars), did not cross-breed with the Blacks of the lands that they invaded to a great extent - they still do not, Israeli and Palestinian people (also of Turkish linage), do not cross-breed to any appreciable degree.

Hattians
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"Hatti", see Hatti (disambiguation).

The Hattians were an ancient people who inhabited the land of Hatti in present-day central part of Anatolia, Turkey, noted at least as early as the empire of Sargon of Akkad ca. 2300,[1] until they were gradually displaced and absorbed ca. 2000-1700 BC by Indo-European Hittites, who adopted their name for the "land of Hatti".

They lived in Asia Minor with their land bounded by Phrygia, Mysia and Caria The Lydians were known as the Luddu in Akkadian While the Egyptian monuments label them as the Luden, the Assyrians called them Ludbu and an ancient town in the area was known as Ludbi. Certainly a Ludbu is attested to on the upper reaches of the Tigris, in the cuneiform.

They joined with the Etruscans who were a certain priestly class from Chaldea with their subjects. Scholars still argue as to whether the Etruscans originated in Asia Minor or south-east Europe, the former theory having gained the predominance. What happened was that the Etruscans, fleeing Chaldea after its fall, migrated to Lydia, where we find the Ludbu. Referring to the Luden, Baker's Bible Atlas notes that they migrated to Asia Minor after being displaced by the Assyrians. Together with the Etruscans they migrated into southern Europe to a district in northern Italy northwest of the Tiber River. Lempriere’s A Classical Dictionary asserts the following:

“Etruria, … The ruling class were immigrants from Lydia, and the Tarquins at Rome were probably an Etruscan family … its influence on Roman rites and ceremonials was very great. From Etruria came the curule chair, the fasces, augurs and haruspices, triumphs, trumpets, and the purple toga [these people were] famous for their superstitions and enchantments.”

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"The date of the founding of Rome is uncertain, but archaeologists estimate its founding to around 753 B.C., although it existed as a village or group of villages long before then. As the Romans steadily developed their city, government and culture, they imitated the neighboring civilization to the north, the Etruscans (former Trojans). Romans are sometimes referred to as "Etruscanized Latins." Roman legend states that Aeneas, founder of the Roman race, was a prince of Troy who was forced to flee that city at the close of the Trojan war against Greece. Rome's founder, Romulus, had a latinized Etruscan name. The Etruscans dominated central Italy, and had already founded many cities, having arrived some 500 years earlier after leaving the city of Troy around 1260 B.C. The Etruscans were greatly influenced by the Greeks, and the Etruscans brought that influence to the city of Rome. The Romans called Etruscans the Tusci, and Tuscany still bears the name. The Etruscan language, once thought lost, is still spoken by the Basques, called Euskara. The first two centuries of Rome's growth was dominated by the Etruscans. The Romans were first a subject people of the Etruscans, but the Romans would later be their conquerors. After many battles with the Etruscans, the city of Rome identified itself as Latin, eventually integrating the Estruscans and remaining peoples in the region. Rome became a kingdom, then an empire.

7The Etruscans are controversial in history. Their language, culture, and apparent departure from history are debated amongst scholars. Descendants of Tiras, the Etruscans did not disappear entirely from history. Their language and people, though a remnant, are the Basques of today. Though the Basques mixed with local populations over the past few millennia, their language didn't die. A number of scholars consider Euskara (Basque language) the closest living relative to ancient Etruscan. Euskara is an isolate language, meaning it did not descend from an ancestor common to any other language family known today. The original Etruscan language (from ancient Etruscans in northwestern Italy) is thought to be an extinct isolate language, and there is agreement that the current Euskara language was already present in Western Europe before the arrival of other Indo-European languages. Another interesting connection is to Georgian (language of Georgians in southern Russia), each of which have linguistic commonalities, prompting scholars to hypothesize Euskara has a relationship to a lost Eurasian superfamily of languages. This further supports the suggestion that Etruscans were originally Trojans. After a succession of wars with the Greeks, around 1260 B.C. thousands of Trojans (speaking an ancient Thracian language) resettled abroad, which included Trojan warriors and families who sailed across the Black Sea to the Caucasus region in southern Russia, and also those who sailed to present-day northwest Italy. Their descendants, the Basques, would eventually migrate into what is present-day southeast France and northeast Spain.

DNA (R1b Y-DNA haplogroup) findings also support a connection between Basques and peoples of Georgia. Haplogroups (i.e., R1b) are used in DNA tests for markers that give a broad or regional picture; haplotypes are one person's results on various DNA tests. Y-DNA is the theoretical most recent common male-lineage. The greatest concentration of the R1b haplogroup maps found a heightened incidence in the Basque region of Spain and in the region east of the Black Sea in southern Russia (present-day Georgia). Both DNA research and language commonalities provide a link to the history of the Basques, and thus the Etruscans." -----From the research of Tim Osterholm

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Etruscan,member of an ancient people of Etruria, Italy, between the Tiber and Arno rivers west and south of the Apennines, whose urban civilization reached its height in the 6th century bce. Many features of Etruscan culture were adopted by the Romans, their successors to power in the peninsula.

Encyclopaedia Britannica

ancient Italic people, any of the peoples diverse in origin, language, traditions, stage of development, and territorial extension who inhabited pre-Roman Italy, a region heavily influenced by neighbouring Greece, with its well-defined national characteristics, expansive vigour, and aesthetic and intellectual maturity. Italy attained a unified ethnolinguistic, political, and cultural physiognomy only after the Roman conquest, yet its most ancient peoples remain anchored in the names of the regions of Roman Italy—Latium, Campania, Apulia, Bruttium, Lucania, Samnium, Picenum, Umbria, Etruria, Venetia, and Liguria

Eurasia - Definition
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Eurasia is the combined land mass of Europe and Asia. Eurasia is alternatively considered to be a continent, or a supercontinent composed of the continents of Europe and Asia.

Due to the perceived cultural differences between Asia and Europe by Europeans, it was traditional to consider the two to be separate continents. This distinction then spread to the rest of the world. Obviously, the idea of "Asia" as a single cultural group is not shared by "Asians". Asia contains a number of distinct major cultural, religious, racial and/or geographical groups, Indian, Arab, as well as East Asians and Southeast Asian among others. In British English, "Asian" often refers to people from the Indian Subcontinent. This is in contrast to American English, where "Asian" tends to refer to East and South East Asians

People of mixed race whose parents are White and East Asian are called Eurasian, though this term was originally used for people of mixed Indian (South Asian) and European ancestry.

The New Encyclopedia Britannica, Volume 6, page 836 relates:

"Khazar, member of a confederation of Turkic-speaking tribes that in the late 6th century A.D. established a major commercial empire covering the southeastern section of modern European Russia...but the most striking characteristic of the Khazars was the apparent adoption of Judaism by the Kagan and the greater part of the ruling class in about 740...The fact itself, however, is undisputed and unparalleled in the history of Central Eurasia. A few scholars have asserted that the Judaized Khazars were the remote ancestors of many of the Jews of Eastern Europe and Russia."

Eurasia
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Eurasia is a supercontinent covering about 52,990,000 km2 (20,846,000 mi2) or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface (36.2% of the land area) located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. Geographically it is a single continent[1], comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia (with Eurasia being a portmanteau of the two); the concepts of Europe and Asia as distinct continents date back to antiquity and their borders are geologically arbitrary. Eurasia, in turn, is part of the yet larger landmass of Afro-Eurasia, whereby Eurasia is joined to Africa at the Isthmus of Suez.

Eurasia is inhabited by almost 4 billion people, more than 71% of the world's population.

Jared Diamond, in his book Guns, Germs and Steel, credits Eurasia's dominance in world history to the east-west extent of Eurasia and its climate zones, and the availability of Eurasian animals and plants suitable for domestication. He associated North Africa in his definition of Eurasia, due to it having a similar climate and peoples.

The Silk Road symbolizes trade and cultural exchange linking Eurasian cultures through history and has been an increasingly popular topic. Over recent decades the idea of a greater Eurasian history has developed with the aim of investigating the genetic, cultural and linguistic relationships between European and Asian cultures of antiquity. These had long been considered distinct.

It formed when Siberia (once an independent continent), Kazakhstania, and Baltica (which was joined to Laurentia, now North America, to form Euramerica) joined. Chinese cratons collided with Siberia's southern coast.

In ancient times, the Greeks classified Europe (derived from the mythological Phoeniciann princess Europa) and Asia (derived from Asia, a woman in Greek mythology) as separate "lands". Where to draw the dividing line between the two regions is still a matter of discussion. Especially whether the Kuma-Manych Depression or the Caucasus Mountains form the south-east boundary is disputed, since Mount Elbrus would be part of Europe in the latter case, making it (and not Mont Blanc) Europe's highest mountain. Most accepted is probably the boundary as defined by Philip Johan von Strahlenberg in the 18th century. He defined the dividing line along the Aegean Sea, Dardanelles, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus, Black Sea, Kuma-Manych Depression, Caspian Sea, Ural River, and Ural Mountains. This distinction between Europe and Asia has spread to the rest of the world, even though Asia contains multiple regions and cultures as large and populous as Europe, and as different and geographically separated from each other as they are from Europe.

Main article: Eurasian (mixed ancestry)

In modern usage, the term Eurasian usually means "of or relating to Eurasia", or "a native or inhabitant of Eurasia".[2] However, it may also refer to a person of both Asian and European parentage, especially in 'New World' countries such as Australia, Canada, and the United States.[citation needed]

West or western Eurasia is a loose geographic definition used in some disciplines, such as genetics or anthropology, to refer to the region inhabited by the relatively homogeneous population of West Asia, South Jersey, Europe and related areas, especially North Africa. The peoples of this region are often described collectively as West or Western Eurasians.

The word "Eurasia" is often used in Kazakhstan as the name of the continent or region in which that country is located.The civilizations in China, India, and Mediterranean, connected by the silk road, became the principal civilizations in Eurasia in early CE times. Later development of Eurasian history of mankind is told in other articles.

Mountain Jews - History and Cultural Relations
The influx of Jews from Iran and the eastern Caucasus into Daghestan took place throughout the entire period of the Achaemenid dynasty (seventh to fourth centuries B.C. ) and Sasanid Persia (third century B.C. to the sixth century A.D. ). The migration of the Jewish population from the southern pre-Caspian area north into the mountains of Daghestan became particularly heavy during the time of Arab and Turk conquests of the eastern Caucasus and the spread of Islam. Religious and political persecution were the basic reasons for the migration of the Mountain Jews from the Transcaucasus into Daghestan and Khazaria, where they found religious tolerance and propitious conditions. A literate, monotheistic people, well versed in Eastern agricultural skills, trade, and crafts, who existed as a distinct community and actively supported the mountain peoples and the Khazars in their wars with the Persian (and later Arab) conquerors, the Mountain Jews were active in the economic and cultural development of the region. Their aristocracy influenced internal and external trade and their rabbis influenced the spiritual life of the pagan mountaineers and the Khazars. Judaism evidently became the state religion in the first half of the eighth century, the formative period of feudalism in Daghestan and the northern Caucasus. There is a legend that has entered the scholarly literature regarding disputations about faith that allegedly took place between the Khazar khans and merchant-missionaries who had entered the country from Persia and Byzantium for the purposes of trade.

The choice of Judaism as the state religion in pagan Khazaria can be explained by the presence in the country of a large local Khazar-Jewish population, of Jewish proselytes among the mountaineers and the Khazars, and by the desire of the Khazar khans themselves to show, by their acceptance of Judaism, that they were politically independent of hostile neighboring states, of the Muslim Arab caliphate, and of Christian Byzantium. Another important factor in the acceptance of Judaism by the Khazar khans was the influence of the Jewish aristocracy: merchants, magnates, and rabbis serving at the courts of the Khazar khans as businessmen and advisers. The acceptance of Judaism by the Khazars led to an inevitable mixture, primarily of the Mountain Jewish aristocracy with the khans who were of the same faith, which in turn contributed to the emergence of a Jewish-Khazar kinship entity. It is therefore not surprising that the rulers of the new dynasty of the Khazar khans, after the reign of the Turk Bulan (who accepted Judaism and underwent the ritual of circumcision), were known under the names Avnil, Izro, Manashir, Obadiya, and Iosif. These names have been preserved unaltered among those Mountain Jews who consider themselves to be Jewish Khazars. There is a tendency in the scholarly literature to evaluate the Khazar state as an ephemeral formation. If that had been the case, the Khazar Khanate would not have been able to defend a wide territory in southern Russia against the incursions of powerful military-feudal states such as the Arab caliphate and Byzantium. Many Muslim Arab and Jewish Khazar historians and geographers—and medieval chroniclers (Persians, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Georgians, and Daghestanis) — testify to the significance of the Khazar Khanate in the regional events of the time, to its widespread trade with the countries of the East and with Russia, and to the role of Judaism in its life.

After the fall of the Khazar Khanate to the Arabs from the south and the Russians from the north toward the end of the tenth century, some Khazars migrated to the Volga and the Crimea, and many Khazar Jews withdrew into the depths of mountainous Daghestan; those who remained in their old haunts found themselves in an oppressive feudal dependency on the Arab rulers of the Caucasus and their local agents. They were forced to bring tribute and other payments, and, to preserve their Jewish faith, to pay a special tax ( j'dzh ); many of them, particularly the converts from among the mountaineers and the Khazars, turned to Islam. The long struggle of the peoples of the Caucasus, the mountaineers and the Khazars, led to the disintegration of the Arab caliphate and the defeat of their agents. They were replaced by new conquerors (the Seljuk Turks, the Persian shahs, and Turkish sultans) and a series of Azerbaijani and Daghestani khanates and overlords. In conditions of feudal disintegration, the Mountain Jews found themselves under the control of local rulers with the legal status of dependent peasants. With the unification of Azerbaijan and Daghestan with Russia in 1813, the Mountain Jews accepted Russian citizenship, the status of "Jew" was imposed on them, and they began to be called into military service. The development of capitalism in Russia and the drawing of the Caucasus and Daghestan into the mainstream of trade and financial relations contributed to the intensive stratification of Mountain Jewish society. The majority, not having their own land, became laborers in the food-processing industries, the vineyards, the wine and liquor factories, and the fishing industries that developed in the region. From among the businessmen and entrepreneurs of the Mountain Jews there emerged merchants and a bourgeoisie.

The social oppression of czarism, to which were added the pogroms (especially in 1905-1907), weighed heavily on the Mountain Jews, and they found themselves particularly impoverished during the years of the civil war and the military intervention in the Caucasus. The White Guard bands of Bicherakov and Denikin, invaded the area in 1918-1920 and were responsible for pogroms and the destruction and looting of a series of Mountain Jewish villages in southern Daghestan: Mamrach, Orog, Garchok, Nyugdi, and others. Consequently, many Mountain Jewish families emigrated to Palestine, then under British mandate. In the period of the October Revolution and the years of the military intervention in the Caucasus, working-class Mountain Jews took an active part in the victory of the Soviets. With the establishment of Soviet power, and in accordance with Leninist nationalities policy, especially regarding the nationalities of the Caucasus and Daghestan, measures were undertaken to revitalize Mountain Jewish culture. Mountain Jewish refugees who had come down from the mountains received economic assistance; new villages were constructed; and new workmen's cooperatives, collective farms, and national (i.e., Mountain Jewish) village councils were created. To achieve these objectives, a special set of measures for economic and cultural transformation was developed. Within this context, subgroups were designated as working class, collective farmers, and intelligentsia. These transformations were attained in the 1920s and 1930s. The plan also considered the interests of the small number of European Jews (Ashkenazim) living among them.

http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2010/08/analysis-of-ashkenazi-jewish-genomes.html
Researchers looked for close to one million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs): common alternative spellings in the genome, analogous to American and British spellings of words such as organize/organise. One measure of genetic diversity in a population is heterozygosity, or how many of the SNPs inherited from the mother and father are different; a more inbred population has less heterozygosity.

"We were surprised to find evidence that Ashkenazi Jews have higher heterozygosity than Europeans, contradicting the widely-held presumption that they have been a largely isolated group," says first author Steven Bray, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in Warren's laboratory.

High linkage disequilibrium can come either from an isolated population (for example, an island whose residents are all descendents of shipwreck survivors) or the relatively recent mixture of separate populations. Bray and his colleagues did find evidence of elevated linkage disequilibrium in the Ashkenazi Jewish population, but were able to show that this matches signs of interbreeding or "admixture" between Middle Eastern and European populations.

The researchers were able to estimate that between 35 and 55 percent of the modern Ashkenazi genome comes from European descent. Although the proximity of the AJ and Italian populations could be explained by their admixture prior to the Ashkenazi settlement in Central Europe (13), it should be noted that different demographic models may potentially yield similar principal component projections (33); thus, it is also consistent that the projection of the AJ populations is primarily the outcome of admixture with Central and Eastern European hosts that coincidentally shift them closer to Italians along principle component axes relative to Middle Easterners. Taken as a whole, our results, along with those from previous studies, support the model of a Middle Eastern origin of the AJ population followed by subsequent admixture with host Europeans or populations more similar to Europeans. Our data further imply that modern Ashkenazi Jews are perhaps even more similar with Europeans than Middle Easterners.Jews are basically Italians and Greeks, the descendants of converts with a little Middle Eastern admix.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1542903/Genes-prove-Herodotus-right-about-Etruscans.html
Genes prove Herodotus right about Etruscans
By Roger Highfield, Science Editor 12:01AM GMT 17 Feb 2007

One of the roots of Roman civilisation has been traced by scientists to western Turkey, confirming an account given more than 2,000 years ago.

Genetics has settled a long- running debate on the origins of the Etruscans, a civilisation that emerged three millennia ago in Italy and profoundly influenced the foundation of the Roman empire.

The study of DNA confirms an account in the 5th century BC by the Greek historian Herodotus that the Etruscan civilisation was founded by seafarers from Turkey.

The Etruscan culture prospered after the 9th century BC in central Italy, and triggered debate for thousands of years among historians and archaeologists.

Now scientists have tracked the DNA passed down from mothers to children in cellular power packs called mitochondria. They confirm a recent and direct genetic input from the near East.

The findings are published in The American Journal of Human Genetics by a global team led by Prof Antonio Torroni, a geneticist at the University of Pavia, Italy.

The team studied mitochondrial DNAs of 322 subjects from three places in Tuscany — Murlo, a town of Etruscan origin in the Siena province; Volterra, a former Etruscan city in the province of Pisa; and the Casentino Valley in the province of Arezzo. The DNA was compared with that of 15,000 subjects from 55 western Eurasian populations.

The study showed that the mitochondrial DNA of modern Tuscans — but not that of surrounding Italian and European populations — retained traces of a relatively recent arrival from the near East. The finding complements one on Italian cattle by the same group, published in The Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

"The Eastern origin of Etruscans, first claimed by the classic historians Herodotus and Thucydides, receives strong independent support," said Prof Torroni.

Pagan Festival on 25 Dec

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The first recorded date of Christmas being celebrated on December 25th was in 336AD in the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine (he was the first Christian Roman Emperor). A few years later Pope Julius I officially declared that the birth of The Messiah would be celebrated on the 25th December. The following Sun-deities were all born on 25 December, according to their legends: Crishna (Vishnu), Mithra (Mithras), Osiris, Horus, Hercules, Dionysus (Bacchus), Tammuz, Indra, Buddha. Therein we also read of the Scandinavian goddess Frigga in whose honor a "Mother-night" festival was held at the winter solstice 25 December, as well as a similar great feast of Yule, where a boar was offered at the winter solstice in honor of Frey .

Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the church ... the first evidence of the feast is from Egypt." (Catholic Encyclopaedia 1911 edition)

There is no authoritative tradition as to the day or month of Christ's birth ... The winter solstice was regarded as the birthday of the sun and at Rome a pagan festival of the nativity of 'sol invictus' was introduced by the Emperor Aurelian on 25th December (Chambers Encyclopaedia 1970)

The Christmas card represented a convenient and sophisticated evolution of the ancient custom of giving blessings or good wishes for the New Year.
"The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain"
Prof. R. Hutton

Sol Invictus
From Wikipedia,

Sol Invictus was the official sun god of the later Roman empire. The cult was created by Aurelian in 274, who made it an official cult alongside the traditional Roman cults. Scholars disagree whether the new deity was a refoundation of the ancient Latin cult of Sol[1], a revival of the cult of Elagabalus[2] or completely new[3]. The god was favoured by emperors after Aurelian and appeared on their coins until Constantine.[4] The last inscription referring to Sol Invictus dates to 387 AD.[5] and there were enough devotees in the 5th century that Augustine found it necessary to preach against them.[6] A festival on 25 Dec. is sometimes thought to be responsible for the date of Christmas

How Did Christmas Come to Be Celebrated on December 25?
Increase Mather, A Testimony against Several Prophane and Superstitious Customs, Now Practiced by Some in New England (London, 1687), p. 35. See also Stephen Nissenbaum, The Battle for Christmas: A Cultural History of America’s Most Cherished Holiday, New York: Vintage Books, 1997, p. 4.

A. Roman pagans first introduced the holiday of Saturnalia, a week long period of lawlessness celebrated between December 17-25. During this period, Roman courts were closed, and Roman law dictated that no one could be punished for damaging property or injuring people during the weeklong celebration. The festival began when Roman authorities chose “an enemy of the Roman people” to represent the “Lord of Misrule.” Each Roman community selected a victim whom they forced to indulge in food and other physical pleasures throughout the week. At the festival’s conclusion, December 25th, Roman authorities believed they were destroying the forces of darkness by brutally murdering this innocent man or woman.

B. The ancient Greek writer poet and historian Lucian (in his dialogue entitled Saturnalia) describes the festival’s observance in his time. In addition to human sacrifice, he mentions these customs: widespread intoxication; going from house to house while singing naked; rape and other sexual license; and consuming human-shaped biscuits (still produced in some English and most German bakeries during the Christmas season).

C. In the 4th century CE, Christianity imported the Saturnalia festival hoping to take the pagan masses in with it. Christian leaders succeeded in converting to Christianity large numbers of pagans by promising them that they could continue to celebrate the Saturnalia as Christians.[2]

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Volume 11 ; page 390.
"During the later periods of Roman history, sun worship gained in importance and ultimately led to what has been called a 'solar monotheism.' Nearly all the gods of the period were possessed of Solar qualities. The feast of Sol and Victus (open unconquered Sun) on December 25th was celebrated with great joy, and eventually this date was taken over by the Christians as Christmas, the birthday of Christ."

garment of divers sorts

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Deuteronomy 22:11
Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, [as] of woollen and linen together.

Learn And Don't Commit The Sins Of Jeroboam the son of Nebat

2010-11-17T08:50:00.000-08:00

1 Samuel 12:21
And turn ye not aside: for [then should ye go] after vain [things], which cannot profit nor deliver; for they [are] vain.

1 Kings 12
1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Yisrayl were come to Shechem to make him king.

2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)

3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Yisrayl came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,

4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.

6 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?

7 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:

9 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?

10 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.

13 And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;

14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from YHVH, that he might perform his saying, which YHVH spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

16 So when all Yisrayl saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Yisrayl: now see to thine own house, David. So Yisrayl departed unto their tents.

17 But as for the children of Yisrayl which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

18 Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Yisrayl stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

19 So Yisrayl rebelled against the house of David unto this day.

20 And it came to pass, when all Yisrayl heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Yisrayl: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

21 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Yisrayl, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

22 But the word of YHVH came unto Shemaiah the man of YHVH, saying,

23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

24 Thus saith YHVH, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Yisrayl: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of YHVH, and returned to depart, according to the word of YHVH.

25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:

27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of YHVH at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their Master, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.

28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Yisrayl, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.

30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.

31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.

32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.

33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Yisrayl: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.

1 Kings 13
1 And, behold, there came a man of YHVH out of Judah by the word of YHVH unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

2 And he cried against the altar in the word of YHVH, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith YHVH; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.

3 And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which YHVH hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.

4 And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of YHVH, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.

5 The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of YHVH had given by the word of YHVH.

6 And the king answered and said unto the man of YHVH, Intreat now the face of YHVH thy Father, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of YHVH besought YHVH, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

32 For the saying which he cried by the word of YHVH against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

33 After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

34 And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.

2 Kings 10:28
So Yehu destroyed Baal worship in

2 Kings 10:29
Howbeit [from] the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Yisrayl to sin, Yehu departed not from after them, [to wit], the golden calves that [were] in Bethel, and that [were] in Dan.

2 Kings 10:30
And YHVH said unto Yehu, Because thou hast done well in executing [that which is] right in mine eyes, [and] hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that [was] in mine heart, thy children of the fourth [generation] shall sit on the throne of Yisrayl.

2 Kings 10:31
But Yehu took no heed to walk in the law of YHVH Father of Yisrayl with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Yisrayl to sin.

2 Kings 15:12
This [was] the word of YHVH which he spake unto Yehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Yisrayl unto the fourth [generation]. And so it came to pass.

Isaiah 1:3
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: [but] Yisrayl doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Isaiah 5:13
Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because [they have] no knowledge: and their honourable men [are] famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

Jeremiah 4:22
For my people [is] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] sottish children, and they have none understanding: they [are] wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Jeremiah 10:14
Every man is brutish in [his] knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them.

Jeremiah 14:22
Are there [any] among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? [art] not thou he, O YHVH our Father? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these [things].

Jeremiah 48:13
And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Yisrayl was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.

Lamentations 3:26
[It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of YHVH

Hosea 2:8
For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, [which] they prepared for Baal

Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy Father, I will also forget thy children.

Hosea 8:5,6
Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
For from Yisrayl was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not The Most High: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

Hosea 10:5,6
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Yisrayl shall be ashamed of his own counsel.

Hosea 13:2
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, [and] idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

Habakkuk 2:18
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

Acts 14:15
And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living YHVH, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

Let The Sinner Decide

2010-10-28T16:07:00.000-07:00

Watch what you say, people are to quick to cast judgment {saying your going to hell} on their fellow sinners.

Repent, point out the sin/breaking of YHVH laws , statute and judgements( according to the bible)to the unjust. Let that sinner decide if they will change and repent .

Out of thine own mouth

2010-10-26T08:46:00.000-07:00

Psalm 141:3 Set a guard over my mouth, O YHVH; keep watch over the door of my lips.

Proverbs 10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.

Proverbs 13:3 He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.

Proverbs 18:21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Matthew 12:36 But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

Matthew 12:37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Luke 19:21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

Luke 19:22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

World English Dictionary
austere (ɒˈstɪə)

—adj
1. stern or severe in attitude or manner: an austere schoolmaster
2. grave, sober, or serious: an austere expression
3. self-disciplined, abstemious, or ascetic: an austere life
4. severely simple or plain: an austere design

James 1:26 If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless.

James 3
3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
4 Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9 Therewith bless we YHVH, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of YHVH.
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

1 Peter 3:10 For, "Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

The Wicked Servant ,That Show's ,No Mercy

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Micah 6:8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth YHVH require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy Father

Zechariah 7:9
Thus speaketh YHVH of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

Matthew 18

23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.

24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his Master commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Master, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

27 Then the Master of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.

28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their Master all that was done.

32 Then his Master, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

34 And his Master was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

James 2:13
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

"The Seven Festivals Of The Messiah"

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The Feasts of the Lord--Part VII (7)
---Study taken from "The Seven Festivals Of The Messiah"
by Eddie Chumney

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT: YOM KIPPUR

"For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse
you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before YHVH. It shall
be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a
statute for ever." -Leviticus 16:30-31

"Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of
atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall
afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto YHVH.
And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement,
to make an atonement for you before YHVH your Father. Ye shall do no
manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your
generations in all your dwellings. It shall be unto you a sabbath of
rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at
even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath."
-Leviticus 23:27-28,31-32

"And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy
convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work
therein." -Numbers 29:7

The Day of Atonement symbolizes the reconciliation of YHVH and all
humanity. Both the Passover and the Day of Atonement teach us about the
forgiveness of sin and our reconciliation with YHVH through The Anointed One
sacrifice. However, although the passover is personally applied to Hebrews whom YHVH has called in this age, Atonement carries immediate universal implications.

Moreover, the Day of Atonement pictures an essential additional step in
YHVH salvation plan not to be found in the symbolism of the Passover.
This step must take place before humanity can experience true peace on
earth. All people suffer the tragic consequences of sin. But sin
doesn't happen without a cause, and YHVH makes this cause clear in the
symbolism associated with the Day of Atonement.

The Day of Atonement involves not only the forgiveness of sin; it
pictures the removal of the primary cause of sin-Adversary and his demons.
Until YHVH removes the original instigator of sin, mankind will simply
continue to fall back into disobedience and suffering. The Day of
Atonement looks forward to the time during which Adversary deception will
be removed and he will no longer be free to influence and deceive
mankind (Revelation 20:1-3).

UNDERSTANDING THE PRIESTLY SERVICE FOR THE DAY OF ATONEMENT

Leviticus chapter 16, specifies the tenth of Tishrei as the date on
which the high priest shall conduct a special ceremony to purge
defilement from the temple and from the people. The heart of the ritual
is that the high priest shall bring a bull and two goats as a special
offering. First, the bull is sacrificed to purge the temple from any
defilements caused by misdeeds of the priest himself and of his
household (Leviticus 16:6). Secondly, one of the goats is chosen by lot
to be sacrificed to purge the temple of any similar defilement
stimulated by misdeeds of the whole Yisraylite people (Leviticus 16:7-8).
Finally, the second goat is sent away, not sacrificed, to cleanse the
people themselves. The goat is marked for 'Azazel" and is sent away to
wander in the wilderness (Leviticus 16:10). Before the goat is sent
out, the high priest lays both his hands upon its head and confesses
over it all the iniquities and transgressions of the Yisraylites,
whatever their misdeeds, and so putting them on the head of the goat.
"And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not
inhabited..." -Leviticus 16:20-22

The Hebrew word for scapegoat is azazel. Azazel was seen as a type of
satan/Adversary(The Greek satyrs and Roman fauns were half man and half goat). The sins of the people and thus the punishment of the people
were laid upon azazel the scapegoat. He would bear the sins of the
people and the punishment of the people would be upon him. Azazel being
sent into the wilderness is understood to be a picture of the Beast being
cast into the lake of fire (Revelation 19:20).

This ceremony can be found in Leviticus 16:7-10. Notice in verse 8, one
lot is for YHVH, and the other lot is for the scapegoat. The high
priest took the two lots, one marked for YHVH and the other marked
for the scapegoat, and placed one upon the head of each animal, sealing
their fate.

YHVH gave this ceremony of the casting of lots during the Day of
Atonement to teach us how He will judge the nations of the world prior
to the Messianic age known as the Millennium. Yahushua taught us about
this in Matthew 25:31-46.

FACE TO FACE

The high priest could only go into the Holy of Holies once a year
(Leviticus 16:2, Hebrews 9:6-7). YHVH issued a warning that no man could
see His face and live (Exodus 33:20). But because on the Day of
Atonement the priest could be in YHVH presence (Leviticus 16:20),
another term for the Day of Atonement is "face to face".

Therefore, when the high priest stood before YHVH on this day, he was
said to be "face to face" with YHVH. Face to face terminology was used
in First Corinthians 13:9-12.

Face to face is an idiom for the Day of Atonement. It was on the Day of
Atonement that the high priest had to go behind the veil of the temple.
At that moment, the nation had to hold its breath because the nation's
fate depended upon YHVH accepting the sacrifice. At that point, the
high priest was "face to face with the mercy seat of YHVH".

When the high priest entered the Holy of Holies, he saw YHVH
presence as a brilliant cloud hovering above the mercy seat (Leviticus
16:2). The word for mercy seat in Hebrew is 'kapporet'. It comes from
the root word 'kaphar', which is the same word used for "atonement".
The mercy seat can also be translated as the seat of atonement. The
mercy seat is described in detail in Exodus 25:17-22 and 37:6-9. This
is the place where Moses met and spoke with YHVH face to face (Exodus
25:22,30:6, Numbers 7:89).

THE GREAT SHOFAR

As mentioned in the last study on the Feast of Trumpets, when the shofar
was discussed, there are three primary trumpets to the Hebrev people and
these three trumpets are associated with specific days in the year.
These three trumpets are:

1. "The First Trump" blown and associated with Pentecost
2. "The Last Trump" blown and associated with Rosh HaShanah, the Feast
of Trumpets
3. "The Great Trump" blown and associated with Yom Kippur, the Day of
Atonement

It is on the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, when the Great Trumpet is
blown. This is referred to in Isaiah 27:13 and Matthew 24:31.

The Day of Atonement was the most solemn of all the feast days. It was
the day of cleansing for the nation and for the sanctuary. On this day
alone, once a year, the high priest entered into the holiest of all, the
Holy of Holies in the temple, within the veil of the temple, with the
blood of the Most High goat, the sin offering. Here he sprinkled the blood
on the mercy seat. The blood of the sin offering on the great Day of
Atonement brought about the cleansing of all sin for the priesthood, the
sanctuary, and Yisrayl as a nation (Leviticus 16:29-34).

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT CEREMONIES

As we look at the ceremony itself, we will be able to see how it points
to the Messiah Himself. In addition, we will be able to see how it
relates to the believers in The Messiah Yahushua.

1. The priest used a golden censer (Leviticus 16:1-2,12-14, Hebrews
9:4) The censer is mentioned in Leviticus 16:12, Numbers 16:46, First
Kings 7:50-51, Second Chronicles 4:19,22 and Hebrews 9:4.

The incense of the golden censer represents the prayers of Biblical Scriptures
believers (Psalm 141:2, Luke 1:5-11, and Revelation 5:8, 8:3-4).

Aaron the high priest typifies the ministry of mediator and intercessor.
Yahushua is our High Priest (Hebrews 3:1) and Mediator (1 Timothy 2:5,
Hebrews 12:24). He lives to make intercession for us (Romans 8:34,
Hebrews 7:22-27).

2. He went within the veil once a year (Leviticus 16:2, Hebrews9:2,7).

By the death of Yahushua, we are free to enter into the veil every day
(Matthew 27:50-51, 2 Corinthians 3:14, Hebrews 4:16, 6:13-19, 10:19-22).

3. He washed himself in water (Leviticus 16:4,24).

For Aaron, this meant he must be absolutely clean in order to make
atonement on behalf of the people of Yisrayl. For the true believers in Christ,
it means we are to be washed by the water of the Word of YHVH as we
approach YHVH as well for the removal of sin from our lives
(John 3:1-5,15, 1 Corinthians 6:11, Ephesians 5:26-27, Titus 3:5,
Hebrews 10:22). For Yahushua, it meant that He was absolutely clean and
without sin when He made the atonement of sacrificing His body on the
cross.

4. He put on holy linen garments (Leviticus 16:4,23).

The priestly clothing is also mentioned in Exodus 28:1-4. In verse 3
they are for glory and beauty. The linen garments speak of the sinless
humanity of the Messiah and His righteousness. These linen garments were
stained with blood while the priest offered the sacrifices. After the
sacrifices were complete, the garments were taken off and new garments
were put on again (Leviticus 16:23-24). Isaiah 1:18 speaks of the
blood-stained garments and the new garments that were put on afterwards.
The white linen garments are clothes of righteousness (Job 29:14, Psalm
132:9, Isaiah 61:10 and Revelation 3:5,19:7-8).

5. At the moment the atonement was made on the Day of Atonement, those
being atoned for were sinless and blameless before YHVH. The
congregation of believers in the Messiah Yahushua is being presented before
YHVH without spot or blemish (Ephesians 5:27) because of the blood of
Christ (1 Peter 1:19).

6. The bodies of the animals were outside the camp (Leviticus 16:27).

The bodies of the sin offering, both the bullock and the goat, were
taken outside the camp where they were burned. Yahushua was crucified
outside the camp or gates of Jerusalem (John 19:17-20 and Hebrews
13:10-13).

7. Many sacrifices were offered (Leviticus 16:1-6,25-27).

Our bodies are to be a living sacrifice to YHVH (Romans 12:1, 1 Peter
2:5). We are to offer up a sacrifice of praise to YHVH (Leviticus 7:12,
Psalm 34:1, 50:14,23, 69:30-31, 107:22, 116:17 and Hebrews 13:15-16).

Yahushua is the sacrifice of YHVH for us who believe on Him (Hebrews
9:26-28, 10:1-10).

8. The year of Jubilee was the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 25:9-11).

This was a year and day of liberty. Yahushua came to preach this liberty
at His first coming (Isaiah 61:1-3, Luke 4:17-21). From Adam, it has
been almost 6,000 years and 120 Jubilees. The number 120 points to the
end of the age of the flesh and the reign of the life of the spirit
(Genesis 6:3). The ultimate fulfillment of the year of Jubilee will
take place at the second coming of the Messiah. The earth will be redeemed
and come into full and complete rest from the curse brought upon it by
Adam's sin. Complete restoration of man's lost inheritance will take
place. YHVH people will be totally set free -- set at liberty, from
all sin, sickness and disease, death, and the curse. Satan, the source
of all these things, will be bound and true rest will be realized. The
tabernacle of YHVH will be with men and He will dwell with them
(Revelation 21:1-4). So, the year of Jubilee and the day of Atonement
speak of the fullness of the redemptive plan of YHVH for his people.

YHVH divinely placed the Day of Atonement before the Feast of
Tabernacles, which is called "The Season of Our Joy." The children of
Yisrayl and the true believers in the Messiah Yahushua could only rejoice once they
were redeemed and their sins forgiven.

In Joel 2:15-16 we read..."Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast,
call a solemn assembly: Gather the people, sanctify the congregation,
assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the
breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out
of her closet."

The Messiah Yahushua spoke of this same event in Matthew 24:27-31. In Matthew 24:31,
the trumpet that is being blown is called by Yahushua The Messiah the great trumpet.
This is the trumpet that is blown on the Day of Atonement. This trumpet
will usher the return of Christ to rule as Messiah ben David, the King,
during the Messianic age.

The Day of Atonement serves as a vital preparatory step in anticipation
of the next milestone in YHVH glorious Holy Day plan, beautifully
depicted by the Feast of Tabernacles.

The Feasts of the YHVH--Part VIII (8)

THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES

The seven-day Feast of Tabernacles pictures the 1,000 year reign of
Yahushua The Anointed One Christ over the earth after His second coming (Revelation 20:4).

This Feast also reflects the "rest" symbolized by the weekly Sabbath
(Hebrews 4:1-11) that celebrates the great harvest of humanity when all
living people will learn YHVH ways. Humanity will at last be restored
to a right relationship with YHVH (Isaiah 11:9-10).

The name of the Feast of Tabernacles derives from YHVH command to
ancient Yisrayl to build temporary "tabernacles," sometimes called
"booths," to live in during the festival.

The Bible emphasizes that, as with booths or temporary dwellings, our
physical life is transitory.

"For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were
dissolved, we have a building of YHVH, an house not made with hands,
eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be
clothed upon with our house which is from heaven." -2 Corinthians 5:1-2

"Speak unto the children of Yisrayl, saying, the fifteenth day of this
seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto YHVH." -Leviticus 23:34

"Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou
hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine." -Deuteronomy 16:13

The Feast of Tabernacles or the festival of "Booths," occurs for seven
days, from Tishrei 15 to 21. There is therefore a quick transition from
the high holidays, with their somber mood of repentance and judgment, to
a holiday of rejoicing and celebration, for which the people are
commanded to build a hut and make it their home. The Bible identifies
the booth with the temporary dwellings in which the Yisraylites lived in
the wilderness after they left Egypt on their way to the Promised Land
(Leviticus 23:42).

YHVH desired that the tabernacle in the wilderness be built because He
wanted to dwell with his people (Exodus 29:44-45). Spiritually
speaking, this physical tabernacle was given by YHVH to teach and
instruct us that He desires to live and dwell with His people by means
of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19, 2 Corinthians 6:1).

UNDERSTANDING THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES

The Feast of Tabernacles completes the sacred festivals of the seventh
month. In contrast to the somber tone of Rosh HaShanah and the Day of
Atonement, the third feast of Tishrei was a time of joy. Yisrayl had
passed through the season of repentance and redemption.

The Feast of Tabernacles is called the "Season of Our Joy." One reason
the Feast of Tabernacles was a time of joy was that after the season of
repentance and the redemption of Yom Kippur came the joy of knowing your
sins were forgiven and the joy of walking with YHVH, knowing YHVH, and
being obedient tYHVH. Historically, the Feast of Tabernacles
commemorates the days in the wilderness of Sinai after coming out of
Egypt. According to all natural laws, the Yisraylites should have
perished, but were instead divinely protected by YHVH. Prophetically,
the Feast of Tabernacles is the festival that teaches on the Messianic
Kingdom and the joy of that Kingdom.

The word tabernacle refers to a temporary dwelling place, which is the
purpose of the booth. The booth symbolizes man's need to depend upon
YHVH for his provision of food, water, and shelter. This is true in the
spiritual realm as well. The booth is the physical body, which is a
temporary dwelling place for our souls and spirits (1 Corinthians
6:19-20). We need the food that the Word of YHVH provides (Matthew 6:11,
4:4, John 6:33-35), the cleansing, rinsing, and washing that the Word of
God brings to our lives (Ephesians 5:26), and the shelter of YHVH
protection over our lives from the evil one (Matthew 6:13, Psalm 91).
Our physical needs will be provided for by YHVH if we seek Him
spiritually (Matthew 6:31-33).

The observance of the Feast of Tabernacles described in Leviticus
23:40-41 can be seen in Nehemiah chapter 8. The temporary dwellings or
booths are described as a part of the festival. This is in remembrance
of when the children of Yisrayl dwelled in booths during their time in
the wilderness (Leviticus 23:43).

Isaiah talked about the tabernacle in Isaiah 4:4-6. The divine order
declares that after judgment, the Day of Atonement (Isaiah 4:4), comes a
tabernacle for a place of refuge (Isaiah 4:5-6). The command to rejoice
at this time is given in Deuteronomy 16:13-15.

A tabernacle is a temporary dwelling place. In First Kings 8:27, at the
dedication of Solomon's temple during the festival of Tabernacles,
Solomon asks, "Will YHVH indeed dwell on the earth?"

The Scriptures say that Yahushua became flesh and dwelt (tabernacled) among
us (John 1:14). He came to earth at His first coming and temporarily
dwelt among men.

UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING OF BOOTHS OR TABERNACLES

The Hebrew word for tabernacle is 'sukkah'. It means "a booth, a hut, a
covering, a pavilion or tent." The Greek word for tabernacle is
'sk'en'e', which also means "a tent, hut, or habitation."

With this in mind, let's look at the context by which the word
tabernacle is used in the New Testament.

1. Yahushua tabernacled among us (John 1:14)

2. Peter spoke about his body being a tabernacle (2 Peter 1:13-14)

3. The apostle Paul told us that our earthly bodies were earthly houses
or tabernacles (2 Corinthians 5:1-5)

4. The tabernacle of Moses was a tent of habitation (Acts 7:44, Hebrews
9:2-8)

5. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived in tabernacles (tents) (Hebrews
11:8-9)

6. The tabernacle of David was a tent or dwelling place (Acts 15:16,
Amos 9:11). This tabernacle was the temple of Solomon (1 Kings 5:2-5,
8:1-21)

7. Yahushua entered the temple on the Feast of Tabernacles (John 7:2,27-29)

8. The Bible speaks of a heavenly tabernacle (Hebrews 8:1-2, Revelation
13:6, 15:5). This heavenly tabernacle will come to earth (Revelation
21:1-3)

9. Yahushua was the true tabernacle of YHVH (Hebrews 9:11)

So, the booth or tabernacle was a temporary dwelling place.
Historically, it was to remind the people of their exodus from Egypt as
described in Leviticus 23:42-43. Prophetically, the tabernacle points
toward the future to the Messianic age, the Millennium. Spiritually, a
tabernacle is supposed to remind us that we are but strangers and
pilgrims on the earth, this being a temporary dwelling place. So the
believer in The Messiah is but a stranger and pilgrim on this earth (Hebrews
11:8-10,13-16, Genesis 23:3-4,47:9, 1 Peter 1:17, 2:11).

The Feast of Tabernacles is the fall harvest festival. It begins on the
fifteenth of the Hebrew month of Tishrei. Like the other pilgrimage
festivals, the Feast of Tabernacles has an agricultural element. It
marks the time of the harvest, the final ingathering of produce before
the oncoming winter. Hence, it is also called the festival of
Ingathering. "And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours,
which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which
is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of
the field." -Exodus 23:16

As just stated, the Feast of Tabernacles is called the Feast of
Ingathering. Yahushua told us that the harvest represents the end of the
age. This is found in Matthew 13:39, Revelation 14:15 and Joel 3:13.
The harvest refers more specifically to the Hebrev's who choose to accept
The Messiah into their hearts and lives (Matthew 9:35-38, Luke 10:1-2, John
4:35-38 and Revelation 14:14-18).

SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES

One of the most outstanding truths of the Feast of Tabernacles involves
the seasonal rains in Yisrayl. The prophet Joel tells us that the former
and latter rain would come in the first month (Joel 2:23). This is
because Passover is the first month in the religious or sacred calendar,
and the Feast of Tabernacles is the first month in the civil calendar.
So Yisrayl has two first months in the same year because of the special
calendar that YHVH set up in Exodus 12:2.

Hosea 6:3 tells us that the coming of the Messiah will be as the former
and latter rain on the earth. His second coming will also be in the
first month of the civil calendar, Tishrei. Yahushua will return to earth
during the fall of the year.

The fullness of this feast in the seventh month will be experienced at
the coming of the Messiah when He will rule and reign on the earth
during the Messianic age, the Millennium. This will be a time of joy
for Hebrev's in Christ and will be the age of Yisrayl glory.

THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FESTIVALS TO THE INDIVIDUAL BELIEVER
IN THE MESSIAH YAHUSHUA AND HOW THEY RELATE TO HIS LIFE

YHVH designed the agricultural and weather seasons in Yisrayl to parallel
the life of every true believer in The Messiah who seeks to love Him and serve Him
with all his heart. With this in mind, let us examine how this is true.

Every time a person receives the Messiah Yahushua as his own Savior, he
spiritually experiences Passover. He is to flee Egypt, the world's evil
system and ways, trust in the Messiah, the Lamb of YHVH, and allow Yahushua to
be the doorpost of his heart. As believers, we are then to seek to live
holy lives before YHVH and experience Unleavened Bread. Just as Yahushua
rose from the dead, we are to consider our former ways dead to us and
experience the newness of life in the Messiah. Once we do this, we can be
immersed (baptized) in the Holy Spirit and have the power of YHVH (the
anointing) in our lives. Spiritually, we have experienced the spring
harvest of Yisrayl in our lives. When we accept Yahushua into our hearts
and lives, He begins to teach us the Bible and show us how much He loves
us, and we begin to grow in the knowledge of Him.

At that time, YHVH will begin to take us on a spiritual journey through
the wilderness of life. Spiritually, we will begin to experience the
dry summer season of Yisrayl. Many things in our lives will not go the
way we expect them to or how we trust YHVH for them to go. In the
process of experiencing life's bitter disappointments and struggles, if
we keep our eyes upon YHVH, He will take us from Passover to Pentecost.
There He will reveal His ways and his Word, the Bible, in a deeper and
more progressive way. By keeping our eyes on the Messiah through life's
struggles, YHVH will not only reveal His Word, the Bible, to us in a
greater way, but He also will refine our faith like fine flour, just as
was done to the wheat during the days of counting the omer between
Passover and Pentecost. Meanwhile, if we put our entire trust in Yahushua
while on our spiritual journey in the wilderness of life as YHVH refines
our faith and reveals Himself to us in a greater way, then our spiritual
journey will not end in the wilderness of life. Instead YHVH will take
us forward to spiritually experience the fall festivals and our
spiritual promised land.

It is when we spiritually experience the fall festivals -- especially
the Feast of Tabernacles, and enter into our spiritual promised land
that YHVH will anoint our lives for Him in an awesome way, as we live and
serve Him, and we will then experience the greatest joy in our entire
lives. Joy unspeakable! But we will experience not only joy, but also
dancing, praise, victory, peace, and the power of YHVH in our lives.
Spiritually, we will be experiencing the fall harvest of Yisrayl. The
rain in the bible speaks of two things: the great outpouring of the Holy
Spirit and an in-depth understanding of Yahushua and his Word, the Bible,
in our lives. Both the anointing of the Holy Spirit and great knowledge
of spiritual truths will be present in our lives in order that we may
accomplish the purpose YHVH has for every one of our lives. Therefore,
we have the anointing of YHVH upon our lives so we may help to do our
part to build up the Body of The Messiah to full maturity and to establish
the Kingdom of YHVH on earth until we come to that day when we will rule
and reign with the Messiah Yahushua, the King of kings and Master of Master's on
earth during the Messianic age, the Millennium, and for all eternity."

"Baruch ha ba b'shem"

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"Baruch ha ba b'shem" YHVH

THE SECOND BOOK OF ESDRAS 5:40-55

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THE SECOND BOOK OF ESDRAS
5:40 Then said he unto me, Like as thou canst do none of these things that I have spoken of, even so canst thou not find out my judgment, or in the end the love that I have promised unto my people.

5:41 And I said, Behold, O YHVH, yet art thou nigh unto them that be reserved till the end: and what shall they do that have been before me, or we that be now, or they that shall come after us?

5:42 And he said unto me, I will liken my judgment unto a ring: like as there is no slackness of the last, even so there is no swiftness of the first.

5:43 So I answered and said, Couldest thou not make those that have been made, and be now, and that are for to come, at once; that thou mightest shew thy judgment the sooner?

5:44 Then answered he me, and said, The creature may not haste above the maker; neither may the world hold them at once that shall be created therein.

5:45 And I said, As thou hast said unto thy servant, that thou, which givest life to all, hast given life at once to the creature that thou hast created, and the creature bare it: even so it might now also bear them that now be present at once.

5:46 And he said unto me, Ask the womb of a woman, and say unto her, If thou bringest forth children, why dost thou it not together, but one after another? pray her therefore to bring forth ten children at once.

5:47 And I said, She cannot: but must do it by distance of time.

5:48 Then said he unto me, Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those that be sown in it in their times.

5:49 For like as a young child may not bring forth the things that belong to the aged, even so have I disposed the world which I created.

5:50 And I asked, and said, Seeing thou hast now given me the way, I will proceed to speak before thee: for our mother, of whom thou hast told me that she is young, draweth now nigh unto age.

5:51 He answered me, and said, Ask a woman that beareth children, and she shall tell thee.

5:52 Say unto her, Wherefore are unto they whom thou hast now brought forth like those that were before, but less of stature?

5:53 And she shall answer thee, They that be born in the the strength of youth are of one fashion, and they that are born in the time of age, when the womb faileth, are otherwise.

5:54 Consider thou therefore also, how that ye are less of stature than those that were before you.

5:55 And so are they that come after you less than ye, as the creatures which now begin to be old, and have passed over the strength of youth.

2 Esdras 2:42-47,48

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2 Esdras 2:42-48

Ezra Sees the Son of YHVH

I, Ezra, saw on Mount Zion a great multitude that I could not number, and they all were praising YHVH with songs. In their midst was a young man of great stature, taller than any of the others, and on the head of each of them he placed a crown, but he was more exalted than they. And I was held spellbound. Then I asked an angel, ‘Who are these, my Master?’ He answered and said to me, ‘These are they who have put off mortal clothing and have put on the immortal, and have confessed the name of YHVH. Now they are being crowned, and receive palms.’ Then I said to the angel, ‘Who is that young man who is placing crowns on them and putting palms in their hands?’ He answered and said to me, ‘He is the Son of YHVH, whom they confessed in the world.’ So I began to praise those who had stood valiantly for the name of the YHVH. Then the angel said unto me, Go thy way, and tell my people what manner of things, and how great wonders of YHVH thy Father, thou hast seen.

Meridian of time

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The term "meridian" comes from the Latin meridies, meaning "midday"; the sun crosses a given meridian midway between the times of sunrise and sunset on that meridian. The same Latin stem gives rise to the terms a.m. (ante meridiem) and p.m. (post meridiem) used to disambiguate hours of the day when using the 12-hour clock.

Reprinted from Meridian Magazine (July 10, 2002)
©2002 by John P. Pratt. All rights Reserved.

Let us begin by considering how the Hebrew calendar indicates a meridian of time, and then discuss the newly discovered witness of the Enoch calendar. It should be noted that the relationship of this meridian to the 7,000-year temporal history of the earth is not discussed,[1] but rather the meridian as indicated on these two calendars.

1. Years as Days
The Lord has told us that he counts years the same way as days. For example, he had the children of Israel consigned to the wilderness for forty years, based on their searching out of the land for forty days. He explicitly stated the he reckoned "each day for a year" (Num. 14:34). Similarly, he had the prophet Ezekiel perform a symbolic act for a specified number of days. The Lord explained, "I have appointed thee each day for a year" (Ezek. 4:6). These verses suggest that the Lord might use a calendar in which he numbers the years in the same way that he instructed us to number days. The 7-year sabbatical cycle supports this interpretation.

The Sabbatical Cycle. The Lord told Moses to count years by sevens, even as days are counted by sevens. Years of the sabbath cycle of 7 years begin in the fall, rather than the spring. Detailed instructions were given as to how to celebrate every seventh year, which was designed to be a year of release, free from work and the cares of the world, even as the weekly sabbath day is a day of rest (Lev. 25).[2] Traditionally sabbath years can be found as being the Hebrew years that are exactly divisible by seven. For example, the year 2001 was the Hebrew year 5761, which began the previous fall on Sat 30 Sep 2000. The number 5,761 is evenly divisible by 7, so that year was the sabbath year which completed a "week" of seven years. All of my calculations agree that the Hebrew tradition is correct. An easy way to remember where we are currently in the sabbatical cycle is that the destruction of the Twin Towers on 11 Sep 2001 occurred in the last weeks of a seven-year period.

It is convenient to label years of the sabbatical cycle as SUNDAY, MONDAY, etc., the same as we do days of the week, so that the sabbath year would be called SATURDAY, the last year of a week of years. The name in all capital letters means that a year is indicated rather than a day. Thus, this year is a SUNDAY, the first year of the 7-year cycle.

The Hebrew Calendar. The Hebrew calendar has every month start near a new moon. Because twelve moons ("months") require only about 354 days, sometimes an entire extra month of 30 days is added so that the year averages 365.24 days. The details of this mechanism are not needed here. It is only necessary to understand that the calendar has a precise formula for chaining together years of six different lengths: 353, 354, 355, 383, 384, or 385 days. Each type of year can only begin on certain days of the week, and they follow a set pattern.

The Hebrew calendar is shown in Figure 1. It has twelve months, with a thirteenth month called Adar 2 added seven times every nineteen years. Most of the feast days are indicated, except that Moses was also told that the first day of every month was also a sacred day. There are two different "New Year's Days" on this calendar. The day 1 Nisan is the first day of the first month, and the beginning of the year for king's reigns and other purposes. The day 1 Tishri is the first day of the seventh month. It begins the year when counting the sabbatical cycle, and it is used by modern Hebrews as the beginning of the civil year.

Figure 1. The Hebrew Calendar

Grand Years. Let us now attempt to use the same pattern employed in naming and numbering days of the Hebrew calendar to naming and numbering years. To my knowledge this has not been done before. I believe I have been successful in fitting the Hebrew calendar template over the years and there is exactly one way that fits perfectly throughout history. It is not my purpose now to publish all those details here, but it suffices to say that there is such a strikingly meaningful symbolism throughout history to make a strong case both that God actually is using the pattern and that he knows the end from the beginning.

The idea then, is to name some year 1 NISAN, and then the following year 2 NISAN, and so on, following the Hebrew calendar pattern. Capital letters will be used to indicate that 1 NISAN refers to an entire year. This numbering of years refers to years which begin on the day 1 Nisan in the spring. On the other hand, the naming of years for the days of the week, which corresponds to the sabbatical cycle, refers to years which begin on 1 Tishri in the autumn. Thus, a SATURDAY year begins in the fall. This is complicated, but it is how the system appears to work. One last needed detail is that the patterns of the six different possible year lengths refer only to years beginning on 1 Tishri.

Let us define a "Grand Year" to be the set of years either from a year 1 NISAN to 1 NISAN or from a year 1 TISHRI to the next 1 TISHRI. Thus, a Grand Year may comprise 353, 354, 355, 383, 384, or 385 years, each being referred to as if it were a day on the Hebrew calendar.

The Chosen Fit. So how do we go about fitting the template of the Hebrew calendar cycle to map a year to a day? The details of this mapping have not yet been published, nor even the template of the perpetual Hebrew calendar, which is the corrected version used in my articles. All that is needed to know for this article is that the pattern is a fixed pattern throughout all of history, and that it only has to be correlated to one day in history in order to be defined for every day.

Passover is the designated feast on the Hebrew calendar which symbolizes the first coming of Christ in the meridian of time.[3] Christ was born, began his ministry, and died at Passover. Thus, an obvious choice is to align the Hebrew year-to-day template so that one of those three years corresponded to the year 15 NISAN. That way, the event would have occurred on the day 15 Nisan of the year 15 NISAN. The choice which results in many key events of history having occurred in "holy years" is to choose the beginning of the Savior's public ministry, Sat 6 Apr AD 30, to have been in a year 15 NISAN. It must be emphasized that once that date is fixed to a point in the template, all years in history are determined; no other choices can be made. While an entire chronology of history is beyond the scope of this article, it seems like one example is in order to show the power of the symbolism of Grand Years.

The Babylonian Captivity. The Lord prophesied through Jeremiah that there would be a seventy-year period when Judah would be taken captive to Babylon (Jer. 25:11). Let us construct a Grand Year mapping which covers that time period, counting back from setting the year AD 30 to be 15 Nisan. The following table summarizes the anchor points, where WEEKDAY refers to the year of the sabbatical cycle, which began the previous autumn, and DAY refers to the Hebrew year beginning in the spring of that year.

Year WEEKDAY DAY Grand Year Length
-899 THURSDAY 1 TISHRI 354 years
-545 MONDAY 1 TISHRI 353 years
-192 THURSDAY 1 TISHRI 385 years
193 THURSDAY 1 TISHRI 354 years

In this table, the astronomical method of listing years is used where the positive years mean AD, and the negative years differ by one from BC years. That is, the year -192 refers to 193 BC. Astronomers prefer this method because it shows the true numerical relationships. The BC method suffers from having no 0 BC year between AD 1 and 1 BC. For example, the number of years separating -192 and 193 can be easily calculated to be 385 years.

Three of the major dates associated with the Babylonian captivity are: 1) when Daniel and the first captives were taken in the first of the seventy years, 2) when the king and most of the city were taken, and 3) when they were released and celebrated at the feast of tabernacles in Jerusalem in the seventieth year.[4] When the years are counted the same as days, starting from 1 TISHRI in -899 (900 BC), a very clear pattern emerges:

Event Gregorian Calendar Perpetual Hebrew Calendar
Daniel taken captive Sat 18 Jun 605 BC pm* Sun 17 Tammuz FRI 1 AB
King Jeconiah captive Sat 10 Mar 597 BC Sat 1 Nisan SAT 9 AB
Feast of Tabernacles Sun 11 Sep 537 BC pm* Mon 15 Tishri THU 10 TISHRI

The notation am* and pm* refers to before 6 a.m. and after 6 p.m., respectively, when the stars (*'s) are shining. The meaning of the seventy years now becomes significant when seen in the light of counting the years the same as days. The years of the sabbatical cycle are indicated as FRI, SAT, and THU and the day/month years are shown as 1 AB, 9 AB, and 10 TISHRI.

What will be obvious to those familiar with the Hebrew calendar is that 1 AB, 9 AB, and 10 TISHRI are all days designated as holy days on the hebrew calendar (See Figure 1). The day 1 AB is the least significant, being the first day of the month Ab, and a minor holy day as was the first day of every month. The second day, 9 Ab, is an annual fast day commemorating the destruction of the temple both in 587 BC and again in AD 70. The day 10 Tishri is the Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the year, being a day for reconciliation with God. Thus, the years marking the 70-year captivity are not only all "holy years," each is also significant in itself: a year of beginning, a year of mourning, and a year of reconciliation with God. It is these significant patterns which suggest that God actually uses this day-to-year reckoning.

Christ born at Meridian of Grand Year. Following the same pattern shows that 6 Apr 1 BC fell in the year called 14 ADAR 2. The Feast of Esther begins on the day 14 Adar, or, in years with the thirteenth month, on 14 Adar2. So the proposed year of the Savior's birth also fell in a "holy year" of the Grand Year, corresponding to the Feast of Esther.

Moreover, that particular Grand Year comprised 385 years. The Feast of Esther that year fell in the 193rd year of the Grand Year, which is precisely the middle year of the 385 years. So the birth year of Christ occurred at the meridian of a Grand Year, which was also a "holy year."

One final point: the name Esther means "A star," so the birth year of Christ was the year of the "Feast of A Star." That seems appropriate, in light of the appearance of the Star of Bethlehem, which heralded his coming. If that was planned, then even Esther's very name was inspired.

Christ born at Meridian of Jubilee Year. The year beginning in Sep., 2 BC was a SUNDAY, the first year of the sabbatical cycle. In fact, it was also a Jubilee year which is always a SUNDAY, occuring every 49 years.[5] The jubilee year was to be announced with the blowing of the trumpet on the Day of Atonement (in September/October) (Lev. 25:9-10). If Christ was born during the night preceding 6 Apr 1 BC, as all of my calculations indicate, then he was born exactly on the meridian day of that Jubilee year, which was also the day of Passover. That is, from 10 Tishri to 15 Nisan is half a solar year. A normal Hebrew year is ten days short of a solar year, to the 5 extra days from the 10th to the 15th is exactly what is required to separate the two days by half a solar year. Thus, the meridian of time is precise down to the very day, not just the year. Now let us turn to another witness of the meridian of time.

2. The Enoch Calendar
In a previous article[6] we have discussed the fact that the Book of Enoch used to be in the Bible and was accepted by the Savior and his apostles as having been written by the antediluvian prophet Enoch, so I will refer to it as if actually written by Enoch. We noted that it describes a calendar, but that it was sketchy on the details of just how to add the extra weeks to its 364-day year in order to keep it aligned with the seasons.

The reader's indulgence is asked in reading through the following overview of how the Enoch calendar works. Only a brief description and a bare minimum of mathematics will be included, needed to appreciate just how precise the meridian of time really is.

Figure 2. The Enoch Calendar

Aligned with New Moon. The Enoch calendar has 364-day years, each comprising four 91-day quarters and exactly 52 weeks (See Figure 2). The year begins in the spring, on a Sunday near the first day of spring on 20-21 March on our calendar. For example, this year it begins on Sunday, 24 Mar 2002. Because the Enoch year has only 364 days, it begins a day earlier every year according to our 365-day calendar. Thus, next year it will begin on Sun 23 Mar 2003. Every few years an entire extra week of seven days is added, so that the first day is always on a Sunday near the spring equinox, when the sun rises due east and appears to enter the northern part of the sky.

The Problem. The big problem which Enoch leaves as an exercise for the reader is just when to add the extra week. Fortunately, Enoch provides the clue needed. He states that the year should also begin near a new moon if possible (Enoch 73:13-14, 12, 16). At first blush that sounds like a tall order, because it might turn out that just when we need to add a week to keep the year beginning at the right season, that the new starting day would fall on a full moon. So how can we be sure that we can always avoid a full moon occurring on the indicated Sunday near the first day of spring?

The Solution. Without going through the derivation, let's just look at the answer. A calendar is a device to replace complicated mathematical calculations with a simple pattern that gives the same result. It turns out that one can use a pattern of adding five extra weeks every 27 years to avoid having the Enoch year start within a day of a full moon all through history.[7] To see how that works, we need to understand realignment cycles.

3. Realignment Cycles
Figure 3. The hands of a clock realign on twelve every twelve hours.
Both the Enoch calendar and the Hebrew calendar realign three cycles, namely the week of seven days, the lunar month of 29.530594 days and the year of 365.2423 days.[8] It is like approximately lining up hands on a clock where the cycles were not simple multiples of each other. In other words, the hands on our clocks line up perfectly twice a day because there are exactly 24 hours in one day (See Figure 3). The hands on a clock using the cycles of the week, lunar month and solar year would never line up perfectly, but over increasingly long intervals, they would line up better and better (See Figure 4).[9]

Figure 4. The Hebrew and Enoch calendars align the week, month and year.
It is easy to have a computer calculate just what are the intervals of time which approximately make these intervals "come out even." Those intervals "realign" the cycles, much like the hands on a clock are realigned at midnight and noon. Periods which align all the cycles better than any shorter period are called "realignment cycles." Calculations show that realignment cycles for the week, month and year include 3, 11, 27, 57, 68, 152, 220, 372, 1,803, 2,023 and 3,454 years.[10] That means that after those numbers of years, that the Enoch and Hebrew calendars will approximately begin to repeat. The longer intervals give the best alignments.

4. Enoch Calendar Realignments
In order to define how the Enoch calendar might work, it is only necessary to derive a simple method of using realignment cycles, so that the Enoch calendar can be determined throughout history. The 27-year cycle mentioned above is one of those intervals. If we were to simply use that table by cycling around it forever, then with each 27-year period, the error would accumulate to become unacceptably large. But it turns out that we can count first 68 years and then 84 years around the 27-year table to achieve the greater accuracy of the 152 year realignment cycle. Then another 68-year period brings the even greater accuracy of the 220-year realignment cycle. Similarly, the counts can be extended to finally reach the 3,454-year realignment cycle, it being the most accurate. There may be more accurate cycles larger than this, but this is the best we can calculate using the orbital accuracies known today.

5. Witness of the Enoch Calendar
So what has all on this got to do with a witness about the meridian of time? Your patience in dealing with these tedious numbers is about to pay off. Having determined the realignment intervals and how to use the 27-year table, we now need only determine when the moon happens to be in the right position to know precisely when to begin the table. The table begins with four consecutive 364-day years, so it needs to start on a day about 23 March, so that the first four years will begin on 23 March, 22 March, 21 March, and 20 March.[11] The Enoch calendar always begins on a Sunday, so it is only necessary to find the Sun 23 Mar days throughout history which are at a new moon.

Before looking at the table of results, allow me to remind you what to expect. We can have the computer search for dates with a new moon. After the first is found, the others will be found separated by realignment cycles. Such dates usually appear to be very random, and one would have to look carefully to notice the realignment interval patterns.

Now let us look at the results. It turns out that if we search from 4000 BC to AD 4000 for Sun 23 Mar with the moon's mean phase at 0.0 days, that not one day in history is found to meet those criteria! If we instead seek for the phase 0.1 days, then the following dates are found:[12]

Date Lunar Phase (days)
Sun 23 Mar -3997 0.1
Sun 23 Mar -3158 0.1
Sun 23 Mar -2566 0.1
Sun 23 Mar -2319 0.1
Sun 23 Mar -1727 0.1
Sun 23 Mar -296 0.1
Sun 22 Mar 296 0.1
Sun 23 Mar 1727 0.1
Sun 23 Mar 2319 0.1
Sun 23 Mar 2566 0.1
Sun 23 Mar 3158 0.1
Sun 23 Mar 3997 0.1
What is supposed to jump out at you in this list is that every negative year has a positive year counterpart (again, astronomical notation of years is used). That is totally unexpected and very significant.

Meridian of Time. Coming back to the concept of the meridian of time, we see that all of the dates are spaced equally around the astronomical year 0, which historians call 1 BC. Indeed it appears that the entire table was designed to emphasize the symmetry around that year. The key lines in this table are those for -1727 and +1727. They are separated by exactly 3,454 years, which was the most accurate realignment cycle found. The amazing coincidence which causes the table's symmetry is that a 3,454 year alignment period just happens to be centered exactly on the year 0. That seems unusual enough as to constitute evidence for celestial planning on the part of the Creator. But the symmetry continues if we look with a higher power microscope.

My model of the Enoch calendar pieces together chains of 68- and 84-year cycles to make ever more accurate chains. In particular, starting in the year -296, one counts to the year +296 with chains of 220, 152, and 220 years, each of which is a realignment cycle. Alternating the lengths is important because one is too long and the other too short, so that will maximize accuracy for every year while building increasingly accurate longer pieces. Each 220 years is counted as 68-84-68, and the 152 as 68-84. That means that the table in detail around the year 0 (1 BC) looks as follows:

Date Count Lunar Phase (days)
Sun 23 Mar -296 start 68 (also 220, 592) 0.1
Sun 22 Mar -228 start 84 0.9
Sun 23 Mar -144 start 68 -0.4
Sun 23 Mar -76 start 68 (start 152) 0.4
Sun 22 Mar -8 start 84 1.1
Sun 23 Mar 8 continue 84 -0.9
Sun 22 Mar 76 start 68 (start 220) -0.1
Sun 22 Mar 144 start 84 0.6
Sun 23 Mar 228 start 68 -0.7
Sun 22 Mar 296 start 68 (start 1431) 0.1

The point of this detail is that the seemingly random-looking periods of counting 68 and 84 years needed to create the longer chains of 152 and 220 years also form a pattern which is exactly centered on the year zero. So even the length of the shorter chains work together to form a perfect symmetry which emphasizes the crossover point at the year 0. To me, this is very strong evidence that orbits of the earth and moon were carefully aligned at the Creation to be centered on Christ's birth at the meridian of time. Looking at it from the laws of physics, I would say that the Creator set the "initial conditions" to be exactly as he wished. Thus, the Enoch calendar bears testimony that the meridian of time occurred in the year 0 (1 BC).

6. Conclusion
Scientists have found a high degree of order in the motion of the planets in the solar system, which they explain with natural laws. That is fine as far as it goes, but they have assumed that the precise orbital periods, such as 29.53059 days for the mean period of the moon's phases, were simply random numbers, resulting from a Big Bang explosion long ago. Books with titles like The Blind Watchmaker have been written to ridicule the idea that God created the heavens to be a precise timepiece. Such groundless diatribe will not withstand the test of time.

If Alma were to refute the agnostic Korihor today with his testimony that "all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator" (Alma 30:44), Korihor would answer that natural laws have explained everything. But given the more precise alignments such as those in this article which depend on the exact values of the orbital periods, Korihor would be stumped. There are no known natural laws to explain the precise values of orbital periods; they are simply assumed to be random, referred to in physics as "initial conditions." He would be unable to muster any refutation except that all the known alignments are merely lucky coincidences. That rebuttal is so unlikely to be true that it is ludicrous. Thus, even today, Korihor should remain mute.

The results summarized in this article indicate that the solar system does indeed constitute an incredibly accurate clock which not only chronicles events perfectly throughout history, but also implies that key events were known ahead of time by the Lord. We should not be surprised because he has told us all along that he knows the end from the beginning. Truly, the Lord meant it literally when he stated that "all things are created and made to bear record of me" (Moses 6:63). The heavens brilliantly declare the glory of God and testify irrefutably that there is a Supreme Creator.

BOOK OF MOSES CHAPTER 7

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BOOK OF MOSES
CHAPTER 7
(December 1830)
Enoch teaches, leads the people, moves mountains—The City of Zion is established—Enoch foresees the coming of the Son of Man, his atoning sacrifice, and the resurrection of the saints—He foresees the restoration, the gathering, the Second Coming, and the return of Zion.

1 And it came to pass that Enoch continued his speech, saying: Behold, our Dad Adam taught these things, and many have believed and become the asons of YHVH, and many have believed not, and have perished in their sins, and are looking forth with b fear, in torment, for the fiery indignation of the wrath of YHVH to be poured out upon them.
2 And from that time forth Enoch began to prophesy, saying unto the people, that: As I was journeying, and stood upon the place Mahujah, and cried unto YHVH, there came a voice out of heaven, saying—Turn ye, and get ye upon the mount Simeon.
3 And it came to pass that I turned and went up on the mount; and as I stood upon the mount, I beheld the heavens open, and I was clothed upon with glory;
4 And I saw YHVH; and he stood before my face, and he talked with me, even as a man talketh one with another, face to face; and he said unto me: Look, and I will show unto thee the world for the space of many generations.
5 And it came to pass that I beheld in the valley of Shum, and lo, a great people which dwelt in tents, which were the people of Shum.
6 And again YHVH said unto me: Look; and I looked towards the north, and I beheld the people of Canaan, which dwelt in tents.
7 And YHVH said unto me: Prophesy; and I prophesied, saying: Behold the people of Canaan, which are numerous, shall go forth in battle array against the people of Shum, and shall slay them that they shall utterly be destroyed; and the people of Canaan shall divide themselves in the land, and the land shall be barren and unfruitful, and none other people shall dwell there but the people of Canaan;
8 For behold, YHVH shall curse the land with much heat, and the barrenness thereof shall go forth forever; and there was a blackness came upon all the children of Canaan, that they were despised among all people.
9 And it came to pass that YHVH said unto me: Look; and I looked, and I beheld the land of Sharon, and the land of Enoch, and the land of Omner, and the land of Heni, and the land of Shem, and the land of Haner, and the land of Hanannihah, and all the inhabitants thereof;
10 And YHVH said unto me: Go to this people, and say unto them—Repent, lest I come out and smite them with a curse, and they die.
11 And he gave unto me a commandment that I should baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son, which is full of grace and truth, and of the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of the Father and the Son.
12 And it came to pass that Enoch continued to call upon all the people, save it were the people of Canaan, to repent;
13 And so great was the faith of Enoch that he led the people of YHVH, and their enemies came to battle against them; and he spake the word of the YHVH, and the earth trembled, and the mountains fled, even according to his command; and the drivers of water were turned out of their course; and the roar of the lions was heard out of the wilderness; and all nations feared greatly, so powerful was the word of Enoch, and so great was the power of the language which YHVH had given him.
14 There also came up a land out of the depth of the sea, and so great was the fear of the enemies of the people of YHVH, that they fled and stood afar off and went upon the land which came up out of the depth of the sea.
15 And the giants of the land, also, stood afar off; and there went forth a curse upon all people that fought against YHVH;
16 And from that time forth there were wars and bloodshed among them; but YHVH came and dwelt with his people, and they dwelt in righteousness.
17 The fear of YHVH was upon all nations, so great was the glory of YHVH, which was upon his people. And YHVH blessed the land, and they were blessed upon the mountains, and upon the high places, and did flourish.
18 And YHVH called his people Zion, because they were of bone heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them.
19 And Enoch continued his preaching in righteousness unto the people of YHVH. And it came to pass in his days, that he built a city that was called the City of Holiness, even Zion.
20 And it came to pass that Enoch talked with YHVH; and he said unto YHVH: Surely Zion shall dwell in safety forever. But YHVH said unto Enoch: Zion have I blessed, but the residue of the people have I cursed.
21 And it came to pass that YHVH showed unto Enoch all the inhabitants of the earth; and he beheld, and lo, Zion, in process of time, was taken up into heaven. And YHVH said unto Enoch: Behold mine abode forever.
22 And Enoch also beheld the residue of the people which were the sons of Adam; and they were a mixture of all the seed of Adam save it was the seed of Cain, for the seed of Cain were black, and had not place among them.
23 And after that Zion was taken up into heaven, Enoch beheld, and lo, call the nations of the earth were before him;
24 And there came generation upon generation; and Enoch was high and lifted up, even in the bosom of the Father, and of the Son of Man; and behold, the power of The Adversary was upon all the face of the earth.
25 And he saw angels descending out of heaven; and he heard a loud voice saying: Wo, wo be unto the inhabitants of the earth.
26 And he beheld Satan; and he had a great chain in his hand, and it veiled the whole face of the earth with darkness; and he looked up and laughed, and his angels rejoiced.
27 And Enoch beheld angels descending out of heaven, bearing testimony of the Father and Son; and the Holy Ghost fell on many, and they were caught up by the powers of heaven into Zion.
28 And it came to pass that the Father of heaven looked upon the residue of the people, and he wept; and Enoch bore record of it, saying: How is it that the heavens weep, and shed forth their tears as the rain upon the mountains?
29 And Enoch said unto YHVH: How is it that thou canst weep, seeing thou art holy, and from all eternity to all eternity?
30 And were it possible that man could number the particles of the earth, yea, millions of earths like this, it would not be a beginning to the number of thy creations; and thy curtains are stretched out still; and yet thou art there, and thy bosom is there; and also thou art just; thou art merciful and kind forever;
31 And thou hast taken Zion to thine own bosom, from all thy creations, from all eternity to all eternity; and naught but peace, justice, and truth is the habitation of thy throne; and mercy shall go before thy face and have no end; how is it thou canst weep?
32 YHVH said unto Enoch: Behold these thy brethren; they are the workmanship of mine own hands, and I gave unto them their knowledge, in the day I created them; and in the Garden of Eden, gave I unto man his agency;
33 And unto thy brethren have I said, and also given commandment, that they should love one another, and that they should choose me, their Father; but behold, they are without affection, and they hate their own blood;
34 And the afire of mine indignation is kindled against them; and in my hot displeasure will I send in the floods upon them, for my fierce anger is kindled against them.
35 Behold, I am YHVH; Man of Holiness is my name; Man of Counsel is my name; and Endless and Eternal is my name, also.
36 Wherefore, I can stretch forth mine hands and hold all the creations which I have made; and mine eye can pierce them also, and among all the workmanship of mine hands there has not been so great wickedness as among thy brethren.
37 But behold, their sins shall be upon the heads of their fathers; Satan shall be their father, and misery shall be their doom; and the whole heavens shall weep over them, even all the workmanship of mine hands; wherefore should not the heavens weep, seeing these shall suffer?
38 But behold, these which thine eyes are upon shall perish in the floods; and behold, I will shut them up; a prison have I prepared for them.
39 And That which I have chosen hath led before my face. Wherefore, he suffereth for their sins; inasmuch as they will repent in the day that my Chosen shall return unto me, and until that day they shall be in torment;
40 Wherefore, for this shall the heavens weep, yea, and all the workmanship of mine hands.
41 And it came to pass that YHVH spake unto Enoch, and told Enoch all the doings of the children of men; wherefore Enoch knew, and looked upon their wickedness, and their misery, and wept and stretched forth his arms, and his heart swelled wide as eternity; and his bowels yearned; and all eternity shook.
42 And Enoch also saw Noah, and his family; that the posterity of all the sons of Noah should be saved with a temporal salvation;
43 Wherefore Enoch saw that Noah built an ark; and that YHVH smiled upon it, and held it in his own hand; but upon the residue of the wicked the floods came and swallowed them up.
44 And as Enoch saw this, he had bitterness of soul, and wept over his brethren, and said unto the heavens: I will refuse to be comforted; but YHVH said unto Enoch: Lift up your heart, and be glad; and look.
45 And it came to pass that Enoch looked; and from Noah, he beheld all the families of the earth; and he cried unto YHVH, saying: When shall the day of YHVH come? When shall the blood of the Righteous be shed, that all they that mourn may be sanctified and have eternal life?
46 And YHVH said: It shall be in the meridian of time, in the days of wickedness and vengeance.
47 And behold, Enoch saw the day of the coming of the Son of Man, even in the flesh; and his soul rejoiced, saying: The Righteous is lifted up, and the Lamb is slain from the foundation of the world; and through faith I am in the bosom of the Father, and behold, Zion is with me.
48 And it came to pass that Enoch looked upon the earth; and he heard a voice from the bowels thereof, saying: Wo, wo is me, the mother of men; I am pained, I am weary, because of the wickedness of my children. When shall I crest, and be cleansed from the filthiness which is gone forth out of me? When will my Creator sanctify me, that I may rest, and righteousness for a season abide upon my face?
49 And when Enoch heard the earth mourn, he wept, and cried unto YHVH, saying: O YHVH, wilt thou not have compassion upon the earth? Wilt thou not bless the children of Noah?
50 And it came to pass that Enoch continued his cry unto YHVH, saying: I ask thee, O YHVH, in the name of thine Only Begotten, even Yahushua The Anointed One , that thou wilt have mercy upon Noah and his seed, that the earth might never more be covered by the floods.
51 And YHVH could not withhold; and he covenanted with Enoch, and sward unto him with an oath, that he would stay the floods; that he would call upon the children of Noah;
52 And he sent forth an unalterable decree, that a remnant of his seed should always be found among all nations, while the earth should stand;
53 And YHVH said: Blessed is he through whose seed Messiah shall come; for he saith—I am Messiah, the King of Zion, the Rock of Heaven, which is broad as eternity; whoso cometh in at the gate and climbeth up by me shall never fall; wherefore, blessed are they of whom I have spoken, for they shall come forth with songs of everlasting joy.
54 And it came to pass that Enoch cried unto YHVH, saying: When the Son of Man cometh in the flesh, shall the earth rest? I pray thee, show me these things.
55 And YHVH said unto Enoch: Look, and he looked and beheld the Son of Man lifted up on the cross, after the manner of men;
56 And he heard a loud voice; and the heavens were veiled; and all the creations of YHVH mourned; and the earth groaned; and the rocks were rent; and the saints arose, and were crowned at the right hand of the Son of Man, with crowns of glory;
57 And as many of the spirits as were in prison came forth, and stood on the right hand of YHVH; and the remainder were reserved in chains of darkness until the judgment of the great day.
58 And again Enoch wept and cried unto YHVH, saying: When shall the earth rest?
59 And Enoch beheld the Son of Man ascend up unto the Father; and he called unto YHVH, saying: Wilt thou not come again upon the earth? Forasmuch as thou art YHVH, and I know thee, and thou hast sworn unto me, and commanded me that I should ask in the name of thine Only Begotten; thou hast made me, and given unto me a right to thy throne, and not of myself, but through thine own grace; wherefore, I ask thee if thou wilt not come again on the earth.
60 And YHVH said unto Enoch: As I live, even so will I come in the last days, in the days of wickedness and vengeance, to fulfil the oath which I have made unto you concerning the children of Noah;
61 And the day shall come that the earth shall rest, but before that day the heavens shall be darkened, and a veil of darkness shall cover the earth; and the heavens shall shake, and also the earth; and great tribulations shall be among the children of men, but my people will I preserve;
62 And righteousness will I send down out of heaven; and truth will I send forth out of the earth, to bear testimony of mine Only Begotten; his resurrection from the dead; yea, and also the resurrection of all men; and righteousness and truth will I cause to sweep the earth as with a flood, to gather out mine elect from the four quarters of the earth, unto a place which I shall prepare, an Holy City, that my people may gird up their loins, and be looking forth for the time of my coming; for there shall be my tabernacle, and it shall be called Zion, a New Jerusalem.
63 And YHVH said unto Enoch: Then shalt thou and all thy city meet them there, and we will receive them into our bosom, and they shall see us; and we will fall upon their necks, and they shall fall upon our necks, and we will kiss each other;
64 And there shall be mine abode, and it shall be Zion, which shall come forth out of all the creations which I have made; and for the space of a thousand years the earth shall crest.
65 And it came to pass that Enoch saw the aday of the coming of the Son of Man, in the last days, to dwell on the earth in righteousness for the space of a thousand years;
66 But before that day he saw great tribulations among the wicked; and he also saw the sea, that it was troubled, and men’s hearts failing them, looking forth with fear for the judgments of the Almighty YHVH, which should come upon the wicked.
67 And YHVH showed Enoch all things, even unto the end of the world; and he saw the day of the righteous, the hour of their redemption, and received a fulness of joy;
68 And all the days of Zion, in the days of Enoch, were three hundred and sixty-five years.
69 And Enoch and all his people walked with YHVH, and he dwelt in the midst of Zion; and it came to pass that Zion was not, for YHVH received it up into his own bosom; and from thence went forth the saying, Zion is Fled.

Carnival a pagan festival

2010-10-04T07:22:00.000-07:00

The roots of Carnival/Apokries in Greece, started in Ancient times, believed to be as a worship to Dionysos, the Pagan God of Wine and Feast. "Apokries" meaning Carnival is essentially a pagan celebration at the beginning of spring, with emphasis on fertility .

Etymology
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The term "Carrus Navalis" (ship cart), the name of the roman festival of Isis, where her image was carried to the sea-shore to bless the start of the sailing season. The festival consisted in a parade of masks following an adorned wooden boat, that would reflect the floats of modern carnivals

Roman and Byzantine period, the carnival was marked as a tribute to the magical qualities of nature - now as with all carnivals, fancy dress is worn with everyone parading their costumes along the carnival route and through the town.

The ancient Roman festivals of Saturnalia and Bacchanalia may possibly have been absorbed into the Italian Carnival. The Saturnalia, in turn, may be based on the Greek Dionysia and Oriental festivals. While medieval pageants and festivals such as Corpus Christi were church-sanctioned celebrations, carnival was also a manifestation of medieval folk culture. Many local carnival customs are based on local pre-Christian rituals, for example the elaborate rites involving masked figures in the Swabian-Alemannic carnival.

The date changes annually, depending upon when Orthodox Paska (Easter) falls. Lent begins 40 days before Paska and is still observed as a period of fasting from animal produce and oil by many Greeks. Carnival is always held on the Sunday before Shrove Monday - a last fling as it were before Lent.

Columbia University Press, CARNIVAL is defined as:

Since the early times carnivals have been accompanied by parades, masquerades, pageants, and other forms of revelry that had their origins in pre-christian pagan rites, particularly fertility rites that were connected with the coming of spring and the rebirth of vegetation.

One of the first recorded instances of an annual spring festival is the festival of Osiris in Egypt; it commemorated the renewal of life brought about by the yearly flooding of the Nile River. In Athens during the 6Th century, a yearly celebration in honor of the Pagan god Dionysus was the first recorded instance of using a float.

It was during the Roman Empire that carnivals reached an unparalleled peak of civil disorder and licentiousness. The major Roman carnivals were the Bacchanalia, the Saturnalia, and the Lupercalia.

In Europe the tradition of spring fertility celebrations persisted well into Christian times, where carnivals reached there peak during the 14Th and 15Th century. Because carnivals are deeply rooted in pagan superstitions and the folklore of Europe, the Roman Catholic Church was unable to stamp them out and finally accepted many of them as part of church activity.

The immediate consequence of of church influence may be seen in the medieval Feast of Fools, which included a mock mass and a blasphemous impersonation of church officials. Eventually, however, the power of the church made itself felt, and the carnival was stripped of its most offending elements. The church succeeded in dominating the activities of the carnivals, and eventually they became directly related to the coming of Lent. The major celebrations are generally on shrove Tuesday (fat Tuesday) Mardi Gras.

Babylon the great is fallen

2010-09-30T01:11:00.000-07:00

Revelation 18

1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and YHVH hath remembered her iniquities.

6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is YHVH thy Father who judgeth her.

9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:

12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.

15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,

16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,

18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for YHVH hath avenged you on her.

21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.

24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:43
Rejoice, O ye nations, [with] his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, [and] to his people.

Psalm 79:10
Why should the nations say, "Where is their Father ?" Before our eyes, make known among the nations that you avenge the outpoured blood of your servants.

Psalm 137:8
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us--

Isaiah 17:5 It will be as when a reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the grain with his arm--as when a man gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.

Isaiah 47:7
And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: [so] that thou didst not lay these [things] to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.

Jeremiah 50:12
Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations [shall be] a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.

Jeremiah 51:25
Behold, I [am] against thee, O destroying mountain, saith YHVH, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.

Jeremiah 51:49
As Babylon [hath caused] the slain of Yisrayl to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth

Jeremiah 51:33
For thus saith the Father of hosts, the Father of Yisrayl; The daughter of Babylon [is] like a threshingfloor, [it is] time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.

Jeremiah 51:64
And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far [are] the words of Jeremiah

Ezekiel 27:30
And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

Hosea 6:11
"Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed. "Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,

Zephaniah 2:15
This [is] the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I [am], and [there is] none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, [and] wag his hand.

Matthew 3:12
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

Revelation 19:2
for true and just are his judgments. He has condemned the great prostitute who corrupted the earth by her adulteries. He has avenged on her the blood of his servants."

Repent Goy Gentiles

2010-09-28T08:19:00.000-07:00

Goy
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This article is about the Hebrew word. For other uses, see Goy (disambiguation).

Goy (Hebrew: גוי‎, regular plural goyim גוים or גויים) is a Hebrew biblical term for "nation". By Roman times it had also acquired the meaning of "non-Jew".

Gentile (disambiguation)
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Gentile in translations of the Bible refers to a non-Jew, a member of non-Israelite tribes.

Gentile may also refer to:

* Gentile (surname), an Italian surname

Gentile
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For other uses, see Gentile (disambiguation).

The term Gentile (from Latin gentilis, by the French "gentil", female: "gentille", meaning of or belonging to a clan or tribe) refers to non-Israelite peoples or nations in English translations of the Bible.

Latin and subsequently English translators selectively used the term gentiles when the context for the base term 'peoples' or 'nations', Hebrew, גוי (goy) and נכרי (nokhri) in the Hebrew Bible and the Greek word ἔθνη (éthnē) in the New Testament, indicated non-Israelite peoples or nations. The term gentiles is derived from Latin, used for contextual translation, and not an original Hebrew or Greek word from the Bible.

Following Christianization of the Roman Empire, the general implication of the word gentile became "non-Jew."

In Saint Jerome's Latin version of the Bible, the Vulgate, gentilis was used in this wider sense, along with gentes, to translate Greek and Hebrew words with similar meanings when the text referred to the non-Hebrew peoples.

The most important of such Hebrew words was goyim (singular, goy), a term with the broad meaning of "peoples" or "nations" which was sometimes used to refer to Israelites, but most commonly as a generic label for peoples. Strong's Concordance defines goy as "nation, people, usually of non-Hebrew people, or of descendants of Abraham, or of Israel, or of a swarm of locusts or other animals (fig.) Goyim = "nations"." Strongs #1471[1]

In the King James Version, Gentile is only one of several words used to translate goy or goyim. It is translated as "nation" 374 times, "heathen" 143 times, "Gentiles" 30 times, and "people" 11 times. Some of these verses, such as Genesis 12:2 ("I will make of thee a great nation") and Genesis 25:23 ("Two nations are in thy womb") refer to Israelites or descendants of Abraham. Other verses, such as Isaiah 2:4 and Deuteronomy 11:23 are generic references to any nation. Typically the KJV restricts the translation to "Gentile" when the text is specifically referring to non-Hebrew people. For example, the only use of the word in Genesis is in chapter 10, verse 5, referring to the peopling of the world by descendants of Japheth, "By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations."[2]

In the New Testament, the word for gentile (ethnos) is used in Greek terms for peoples or nations in general as in John 11:50 ("Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not."). It is translated in Matthew 10:5-6 to indicate non-Israelite peoples:

These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel "

Mat 15:22-28
"And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Master, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

Mat 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Yisrayl. [I was ONLY sent to the lost Hebrev's of Yisrayl]

Mat 15:25 Then came she and worshiped him, saying, Master, help me.

Mat 15:26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. (the dogs are we Gentiles, because he was sent to minister to the Hebrev's)]

Mat 15:27 And she said, Truth, Master: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. [She begged to have crumbs of his Grace, even though she is a Gentile and in his and the Hebrev's eyes not better than a dog, and she received a miracle of love]

Mat 15:28 Then Yahushua answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

Halloween pagan custums

2010-09-24T20:04:00.000-07:00

Repent ,serve, YHVH

Halloween itself originated in paganism,and all its customs are related to pagan belief. Halloween masks and costumes, were used in, pagan ceremony , to hide one’s image , and to change the, personality of the wearer, to allow for communication with the spirit in pagan festivals or in traditional shamanism .

Trick or treat comes to us by way of pagan cults. Pagan celebrations ,were held by, Druids, in honor of Shamhain, their lord of the dead. They believed that Shamhain called together wicked spirits, fairies, witches and elves to harm people. To exorcise yourself of these ghosts, you set out a food treat. If you didn't, they would trick you. Druids might even ask for your child to sacrifice.

Jack-o-lantern is the ancient symbol of a dammed soul. Today ,Adversary Worshipers, have one of their highest, demonic mass, on the eve of October 31st, it ends on November 1st. Haunted houses promotes, demons of fear, rebellion and unclean spirits . Orange, black and red are considered to be the Devil's colors. Children unknowingly(because of pagan traditions pass down their, unlearn ,parents follow) worship and honor demons and so do you when you surrender and partake of pagan worship .

To mask ,is to obscure ,the true identity of the reveler, so that he or she can commit sin in secret, is foolishness . In 800 A.D. All Saints Day was established on November 1 to honor all dead saints . If we pray to dead saints we are into, necromancy ,which YHVH forbids us to do.

This is a reign of evil: Baal, Bacchus and Saturn worship.
ST. JOHN'S EVE (The Two Babylons)

This is the custom of lighting fires at night. Very evil activities go on at this time. The pagans had a festival to Oannes (Tammuz or Nimrod). The Papacy using John the Baptist (Joannes) for Oannes adapted mid summer's day to St. John's Fires. Fragments from the fires were used for casting spells. Druids made blazing fires to Baal on June 24.

Mt Sinai is in Arabia

2010-09-23T17:54:00.000-07:00

The Exodus did not take place in the ,area, that is traditionally, ascribed to it. The Biblical Scriptures states precisely, that Mt Sinai, is in Arabia.

When Moses ,fled from Egypt ,he went to Midian, where Sinai is located. The biblical scriptures ,gives a account ,of how, Moses fled to Midian , and lived there for 40 years , married ,had and raised, two sons. History tells us that the south part of the Sinai Peninsula was, at the time of Moses, was under control by the Egyptians . It was here that he first, encountered, YHVH, in the flaming bush.

Exodus 3:1
"Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of YHVH, [even] to Horeb

Midian is in the Arabian Peninsula, not the Sinai Peninsula.

Midian
From Wikipedia
"Midian (Hebrew: מִדְיָן‎), Madyan (Arabic), or Madiam (Greek Μαδιάμ, Μαδιανίτης for a Midianite) is a geographical place and a people mentioned in the Bible and in the Qur'an. It is believed to be in northwest Arabia on the east shore of the Gulf of Aqaba[1] and the northern Red Sea.[2] Some scholars say it was not a geographical area but a league of tribes"

Exodus 13:18
"But YHVH led the people about, [through] the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Yisrayl went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

The "Wilderness of the Red Sea" is most likely referring to the wilderness which is between the two arms or the gulfs of the Red Sea, called the Sinai Peninsula.

Deuteronomy 1:2
"([There are] eleven days' [journey] from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)"

The Arabian peninsula route would naturally go through Mt. Seir if they went north from Mt. Sinai till they hit the Mountains of Seir, then traveled northwest to Kadesh Bamea.

Kadesh
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"Kadesh (Hebrew: קָדֵשׁ‎), also known as Kadesh-Barnea (קָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ), was a place in the south of Ancient Yisrayl. The name "Kodesh" means holy. The name "Barnea" may mean desert of wandering.

It was an important site in Yisraylite history.[1] Miriam, the sister of Moses, died there (Nu. 20:1), and Moses disobediently struck the rock that brought forth water at this location (Nu. 20:11).

Moses subsequently sent envoys to the King of Edom from Kadesh (Numbers 20:14

), asking for permission to let the Yisraylites pass through his terrain. The Edomite king denied this request.

Since 1905 modern Ain el-Qudeirat in the Wadi el-Ain of the northern Sinai has been widely accepted as the location of biblical Kadesh Barnea. Several Iron Age fortresses have been excavated there. the oldest, a small, elliptical structure dates to the tenth century B.C. but was evidently abandoned for some time after the first fort's destruction. A second fort constructed during the eighth century B.C. (probably during the reign of Uzziah) was destroyed during the seventh century B.C., most likely during Manasseh's reign. Significantly, two ostraca engraved in Hebrew have been recovered there, suggesting the Yisraylites did indeed occupy this site.[2]

Kadesh-Barnea is 11 days march by way of Mt Seir from Horab."

Barnes' Notes on the Bible
"Kadesh is usually identified with Ain-el-Weibeh, which lies in the Arabah, about 10 miles north of the place in which Mount Hor abuts on that valley, (or with Ain-Gadis in Jebel Magrah)"

Numbers 13:26
"And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Yisrayl, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land."

Desert of Paran
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"The Desert of Paran in Arabia or Wilderness of Paran (Hebrew מדבר פארן Midbar Par'an; Douay-Rheims: Pharan), is quite likely the place where the Yisraylites spent part of their 40 years of wandering. King David spent some time in the wilderness of Paran after Samuel died (I Samuel, 25:1). It is also the place where Abraham's wife Hagar and his first son Ishmael were taken (Genesis 21) and it features in the opening lines of the Book of Deuteronomy."

Galatians 4:24,25
"Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children."

Arabian Peninsula
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The Arabian Peninsula (in Arabic: شبه الجزيرة العربية šibh al-jazīra al-ʻarabīya or جزيرة العرب jazīrat al-ʻArab), Arabia, Arabistan,[1] and the Arabian subcontinent[2] is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia. The area is an important part of the Middle East and plays a critically important geopolitical role because of its vast reserves of oil and natural gas.

Arabia Petraea - Definition
WordIQ.com
The Arabian Peninsula is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia.

The coastal limits of the peninsula are: on the southwest the Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba; on the southeast the Arabian Sea; and on the northeast the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf. Politically, the Arabian peninsula is dvided into the following countries:

* Saudi Arabia
* Yemen
* Oman
* United Arab Emirates (UAE)
* Qatar
* Bahrain

The country of Saudi Arabia covers most of Arabia. The majority of the population of the peninsula lives in Saudi Arabia and in Yemen. The term "the Middle East" is sometimes applied to the peninsula alone, but usually refers to a much larger region; the term "Arabia", however, is often used to refer only to Saudi Arabia. At other times the term "Arabia" can stand for the whole Arab World, stretching from Morocco in the west to Oman in the east.
Arabia was also a province of the Roman Empire beginning in the second century AD; it consisted of the former Nabataean kingdom in modern Jordan, Sinai, and northwestern Saudi Arabia. Its capital was Petra and its full name was Arabia Petraea.

Jewish historian Josephus, ca. 100 A.D
"Moses went up to a mountain that lay between Egypt and Arabia, which was called Sinai...."

www.archaeologyexpert.co.uk/TheStonesofExodus.html
"The assumption that the famous biblical Mount Sinai is a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula was the decision of Emperor Constantine’s mother almost 2,000 years after the actual event of the Exodus. According to The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, "The origin of the present Monastery of Saint Catherine on the NW slope of Jebel Musa is traced back to A.D. 527, when Emperor Justinian established it on the site where Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, had erected a small church two centuries earlier." So where is the real Mt Sinai?

In Search of the Real Mt Sinai
For six years between 1761 and 1767, a Danish archaeological expedition investigated Helena’s site and noted the impossibility of it being the authentic location. It was most obvious that the narrow valley, where the monastery was located was simply too limiting in space to accommodate the three million men, women, and children (not to mention all of their livestock!) who accompanied Moses in their flight from Egyptian slavery.

In 1978, archaeologist Ron Wyatt discovered chariot wheel remains deep in the Gulf of Eilat just off the Egyptian coast out from Nuweiba. Wyatt believed, therefore, that the real site of the elusive mountain lay in Arabia on the opposite shore. After studying maps of Saudi Arabia, he concluded that the most likely location was a peak, within a mountain range, known as Jebel el Lawz.
Many archaeologists have used the bible’s accurate text as a geographical guide to locate thousands of archaeological discoveries. Wyatt noted that the text recorded that the Hebrev's would be “out of Egypt” when they were to “serve YHVH upon this mountain.” And that the mountain was “in Midian.” Helena’s mountain is in Egypt thus ruling it out. Midian is in Saudi Arabia but getting in to Saudi Arabia to embark on an archaeological expedition would not prove simple.
Five years later Ron Wyatt crossed into the Saudi desert and after hitchhiking and hiring taxis, he arrived near the mountain. Lying on the ground he saw broken white pillars of marble. Immediately Wyatt recalled the biblical account, “and they built an altar at the foot of the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Yisrayl.”

Ron and his team believed that these lithic artefacts were pieces of a memorial that had once been built near the altar. The stone fragments revealed that the columns were polished marble over half a metre in diameter. Additionally, there were numerous rectangular marble slabs. The slabs lay all around the altar, while some other pieces lay scattered father a field. Bedouin in the area reported that the stone "memorial" had been taken apart and pieces had been used in a mosque in Hagl. Was he standing at the Stones of Exodus?

Corroborating Evidence of the Exodus Stones
Archaeologists must consider every piece of evidential testimony when attempting to locate undiscovered sites. There are many factors that must corroborate before confirming a claim. Wyatt noted the pre-requisites and compared these to the location:

1. The mountain top was blackened
2. There were hundreds of hectares of suitable camping land
3. The mountain range enclosed the area
4. There was a huge rock, split in half
5. Petroglyphs of an Egyptian cow
6. Stones forming a sacrificial altar

This was convincing evidence. An archaeologist from Riyadh University observed these compelling discoveries. He concluded that the style of rock drawings of the bulls and cows on the altar had never been seen anywhere else in Saudi Arabia.

Even a cursory read of the biblical account reveals the perfect description of this site in Saudi Arabia. Sadly for professional archaeologists, politics, religion, and international relationships often prevent honest investigation."

There IS a mountain within what once was ancient Midian that today's Saudi Arabians call "Jebel al Lawz", the mountain of The Law (or, the mountain of The Tablets, upon which The Ten Commandments were written). The Saudis enthusiastically acknowledge that "Jebel al Lawz" is definitely the location of the Biblical Mount Sinai.

antipas.net
Where is Mount Sinai
"Furthermore, the physical description of the mountain and the area surrounding it conform to the Biblical description perfectly. That mountain, in today's northwestern Saudi Arabia, is a non-volcanic mountain which has a blackened top. The mountain appears to have been burnt with fire all over its topmost 25%, which perfectly fits the Biblical description. And, the area immediately surrounding the mountain has enough level plains to provide space for the encampment of up to two million people, a number of people in agreement with the Bible, the potential number of sojourners from out of Egypt. Plus, the mountain in Saudi Arabia has archaeological artifacts conforming to Biblical descriptions; e.g. twelve impressively large, obviously man-made, stone pillars,extremely ancient petroglyphs"

"god of the black stone"

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Elagabal
"Elagabal (Aramaic Ilaha Gabal, the "lord of the mountain"), Syrian sun god. His cult was introduced in Rome by the boy-emperor Heliogabalus (218-222). "

The pantheon of Emesa
All gods of the pantheon of the Arabian city Emesa, in Syria, had Semitic names, with one exception: the supreme god Elagabal. He was a Sun god, which suggests an earlier origin and makes this god a local deity, probably related to similar gods from Canaan. The Aramaic name of Elagabal is Ilaha Gabal, meaning "God of the mountain".

Mountain gods were known in Anatolia, Syria, and Palestine since Hittite times, and they continued to be venerated up until the Roman age. They were often portrayed with eagles. The Syrian Sun-bird was seen as servant and messenger of the god. Later, the worshippers of Elagabal were influenced by the cult of the venerably old Babylonian sun god Šamaš. Elagabal has also been compared to the Chaldaean god Gibil, which can be translated as "god of the black stone". Gebal is a Semitic root which means "to create".

The cult of Elagabal
According to the Greek-Roman historian Herodian, who witnessed how the cult of Sol Invictus (the invincible sun) Elagabal was introduced in Rome by the emperor Heliogabalus (218-222), the worship of Elagabal was not a local phenomenon, but was known in adjacent territories as well. Sacrifices were brought to Emesa by the inhabitants of the surrounding areas. It is believed that the cult of Elagabal was the principal cult of Syria and that Emesa was its main religious center.

The Syrian sun god was also known outside Syria; in the mid-second century CE, a dedication was made to Elagabal in a town called Laurium in Germania Inferior, at the opposite end of the Roman world (more...).

Woerden's Elagabal inscription. Stadsmuseum Woerden (Netherlands). Photo Jona Lendering.
The Elagabal inscription (Stadsmuseum Woerden)

Elagabal had always been worshipped with much pomp and devotion, accompanied by music and dancing. He had no statue, but was venerated as a black stone with a round base and a pointed top. This conic stone, a baetyl, showed several indefinable markings. On coins, it is usually shown with an eagle spreading its wings over the object in a protective way. Such stones were very important in Syrian-Phoenician religion.

Elagabalus or Heliogabalus is a Syro-Roman sun god.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Elagabalus was initially venerated at Emesa in Syria. The name is the Latinized form of the Syrian Ilāh hag-Gabal, which derives from Arabic Ilāh اله "god" and gabal "mountain") compare Hebrew: גבל‎ gəbul and Arabic: جبل‎ jabal), resulting in "the God of the Mountain" the Emesene manifestation of the deity.[1] The cult of the deity spread to other parts of the Roman Empire in the second century. For example, a dedication has been found as far away as Woerden (Netherlands)."

"A temple called the Elagabalium was built on the east face of the Palatine Hill, to house the holy stone of the Emesa temple, a black conical meteorite . Herodian writes of that stone:
This stone is worshipped as though it were sent from heaven; on it there are some small projecting pieces and markings that are pointed out, which the people would like to believe are a rough picture of the sun, because this is how they see them."

Shaving the temples

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Leviticus 19:27
"Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard."

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Round the corners of your heads - This may allude to such a custom as that of the Arabs described by Herodotus. They used to show honor to their deity Orotal by cutting the hair away from the temples in a circular form. Compare the margin reference.

Mar the corners of thy beard - It has been conjectured that this also relates to a custom which existed among the Arabs,

According to Herodotus, the ancient Arabians believed in only two gods:

"They believe in no other gods except Dionysus and the Heavenly Aphrodite; and they say that they wear their hair as Dionysus does his, cutting it round the head and shaving the temples. They call Dionysus, Orotalt/ Allahu Ta'ala; and Aphrodite, Alilat."

Orotalt - The name which the Arabians used to denote Dionysos. According to the historian Herodotus, the Arabians only worshiped Aphrodite (goddess of Love) and Dionysos. Aphrodite was worshiped under the name Alilat, i.e. The Goddess. Herodotus mentions this connection between Dionysos and Orotalt when he was relating the pledge of peace that the Persian king, Cambyses, made to the Arabians so they would assist the Persian army by providing water for crossing the desert of the Sinai Peninsula and thus allowing the Persians to attack King Amasis of Egypt. The two men making the pledge would allow a third man to cut their hands and smear their blood on seven stones, all the while calling on Orotalt (Dionysos) and Alilat (Aphrodite) to witness the pledge. Herodotus says that Orotalt and Alilat were the only two Immortals the Arabians honored and that men would crop their hair like Dionysos by cutting it round the head and shaving the temples.

Laqad sadaqa Allahu rasoolahu alrru/ya bialhaqqi latadkhulunna almasjida alharama in shaa Allahu amineena muhalliqeena ruoosakum wamuqassireena la takhafoona faAAalima ma lam taAAlamoo fajaAAala min dooni thalika fathan qareeban
Transliteration
Allah hath fulfilled the vision for His messenger in very truth. Ye shall indeed enter the Inviolable Place of Worship, if Allah will, secure, (having your hair) shaven and cut, not fearing. But He knoweth that which ye know not, and hath given you a near victory beforehand.

Unworked Square Black Stone ,On A Golden Base

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Rasa’il Ikhwan al-Safa

Magic square
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In recreational mathematics, a magic square of order n is an arrangement of n2 numbers, usually distinct integers, in a square, such that the n numbers in all rows, all columns, and both diagonals sum to the same constant.[1] A normal magic square contains the integers from 1 to n2. The term "magic square" is also sometimes used to refer to any of various types of word square.

Dushara: Encyclopedia - Hubal

El/Ilah "God" Bel/Belshamin Aglibol al-Lat/Alilat? Astarte? Atargatis (Syrian) Athtar Beltis? Bes (Egypto-Arabic) Manah/Manat Nergal Nabu/Nebo Orotalt Sin/Nanna-Suen Shams/Samas Uzza Yaghuth Yarhibol/Malakbel astral & local deities demons In pagan

Dushara
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Đū Shará (Arabic: ذو شرى‎, "Lord of the Mountain"), also transliterated as 'Dusares', was an aniconic deity in the ancient Middle East worshipped by the Nabataeans at Petra and Madain Saleh (of which city he was the patron). He was mothered by Manat the goddess of fate.[1] In Greek times, he was associated with Zeus because he was the chief of the Nabataean pantheon as well as with Dionysus. His sanctuary at Petra contained a great temple in which a large cubical stone was the centrepiece.

This deity was mentioned by the 9th century CE historian Hisham Ibn Al-Kalbi, who wrote in The Book of Idols (Kitab al-Asnām) that: "The Banū al-Hārith ibn-Yashkur ibn-Mubashshir of the ˤAzd had an idol called Đū Sharā."

www.sacredsites.com/middle_east/jordan/petra_ruins.htm
"Located in a remote gorge, northwest of the center of Petra, Al Deir is the largest and most visually stunning of all the structures in Petra. Carved entirely out of the red sandstone of a mountain wall, the temple is 50 meters wide by 45 meters tall and has an 8-meter tall entrance door. Inside the single empty chamber (12.5 by 10 meters), the walls are plain and unadorned except for a niche in the back wall with a block of stone representing the deity Dushara. The chief deities of the Nabataeans were Dushara, Al-Uzza and Allat. The name Dushara means ‘He of the Shara’, referring to the Sharra Mountains on the northern border of Petra. Dushara was symbolized by an obelisk or standing block of stone (and this indicates influences from archaic Sumerian, Egyptian and megalithic cultures) and his symbolic animal was the bull.

The goddess Al-Uzza was symbolized by a lion and was the ‘peoples’ deity, where as Dushara was the god of the nobility and the official cult. The goddess Allat was associated with natural springs, of which there are several in the otherwise extremely arid lands of the Sharra Mountains. "

Maximus of Tyre comments in his book Philosophoumena in the 2nd century AD, “The Arabs serve I know not whom, but I saw this statue which was a square stone.”

The Suda Lexicon, which was compiled at the end of the tenth century, refers to older sources which have since been lost. It states: “Theus Ares (Dushrara); this is the god Ares in Arabic Petra. They worship the god Ares and venerate him above all. His statue is an unworked square black stone. It is four foot high and two feet wide. It rests on a golden base. They make sacrifices to him and before him they anoint the blood of the sacrifice that is their anointment.”

Philip Hammond, comments that:
“the god of the people was Dushares, 'Lord (dhu) of the Shara (Mountains)'. The exact nature of this deity, whether it was a mountain or a solar object like the sun, is still not entirely clear, in terms of the original concepts held about him.” As a contrast, the Sabeans of southern Arabia worshiped the sun cradled in the crescent of the moon.
During this time of Hellenization, Nabataean deities were sometimes depicted in figurative form like those of the Romans. Traditionally, however, Nabataeans worshiped their own gods in symbolic form such as square block or triangular baetyls, sacred meteorites, or abstract stone blocks or pillars, sometimes enhanced with schematic eyes and nose."

Baetyl
"Baetyl (or Baitylos, Beth-El): a venerated stone, believed to be in some sense the "house of god".
"All over the ancient Levant, we find the cultic practice of venerating stones that were believed to be the house of a particular god, a Beth-El. For example, there were baetyls in the Phoenician cities Byblus and Tyre. In the hinterland of these ports, the sun god Elagabal of Emesa was venerated as a conic black stone that was protected by an eagle, the Syrian sun-bird (cf. the standing eagle visible in front of the conic baetyl on the coin). In the third century, the stone was believed to be a meteorite (Herodian, Roman History, 5.3.5) Likewise, the Phrygian mother goddess Cybele was worshipped in Pessinus (later Rome) as a stone; this may have been a meteorite too. "

Herodian, Roman History, 5.3.5
"No statue made by man in the likeness of the god stands in this temple, as in Greek and Roman temples. The temple does, however, contain a huge black stone with a pointed end and round base in the shape of a cone.[1] The Phoenicians solemnly maintain that this stone came down from Zeus; pointing out certain small figures in relief, they assert that it is an unwrought image of the sun, for naturally this is what they wish to see."

The Cults Of The Roman Empire
by Robert Turcan
"The Orontes Pouring into Tiber

But in literary tradition, it was Dusares who appeared as the great god of the Arabs. Tertullian, claiming on the behalf of the Christians the right to have their God(Aplogetica,XXIV,8) enumerates those which the Romans acknowledged for different peoples:
Syria has its Atargatis,Arabia its Dusares...

Like Elagabal or the Baal of Mount Carmel,Dusares-whose name designated him a "lord of the mountain" - was a baetyl , A cube shaped black stone resting on a ground covered with gold sheets....
(Suda,s.v. Theusares).Porphyry (Abstinence,II,56) also tells us that the Arabs of Dumatha annually sacrificed a child at the foot of an "altar which they used as an idol",which again suggests a quad-rangular form. Indeed,it is thought today that among the Nabataeans the baetyl was erected on a cubic block serving as an altar,the motab (or throne) in Aramaic .
Coins from Adraa and Bostra show,in the first instance,a rounded block and,in the second,three baetyls similar in outline to that of Elagabal,but surmounted by discs: one on each lateral baetyl and seven on the central one(formerly interpreted wrongly as a "press" because of the common assimilation of Dusares with the god of wine,or even shewbreads piled on top of one another). It would seem that several baetyls were the object of a cult in Arabia. Hence the reputation for Litholatry which characterized it in Graeco-Latin imag-ination, The Arabs "worshipped a shapeless stone" wrote Arnobius (Against the Nation,VI,11) echoing Clement of Alexandria (Protreptikos,IV,46,1): The Arabs prostrated themselves before a stone ".
For Stephanus of Byzantium (Ethnica,s.v.), "Dousares" is the name of a rock,"the highest peak in Arabia".
In fact, the interpretatio Graeca made Dusares the equivalent of a Dionysus. Already for Herodotus(III,8) the Arabs invoked only two divinities: Dionysus (Orotalt) and Urania , goddess of the sky whom the Father of History calls Alilat (otherwise known as Allat).

This practice of depicting divinity in abstract form reflects the traditions of the desert Arabs and such West Semitic peoples as the Phoenicians and Canaanites

Hamites

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Africa was once known as the Land of Ham. The Egyptians likewise called their own land Kam. Understanding who his[Ham] descendants are, is important for an ,understanding ,the end of modern nations governments ,and the unfolding of ,Biblical Scriptures, prophecy. History often repeat itself ,to understand the present, look to the pass.

Gen 10:6
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

Gen 10:7
And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

Gen 10:8
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Gen 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before The Most High: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Most High.

Gen 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Gen 10:11
Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

Gen 10:12
And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same [is] a great city.

Gen 10:13
And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

Gen 10:14
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

Gen 10:15
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

Gen 10:16
And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

Gen 10:17
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

Gen 10:18
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

Gen 10:19
And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

Gen 10:20
These [are] the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, [and] in their nations.

A descended of Ham,as we are told,was the founder of both Babylon and Nineveh, the two great cities of antiquity which ultimately became enemies of Yisrayl .The phrase "the Tower of Babel" does not actually appear in the Bible; it is always, "the city and its tower" (אֶת-הָעִיר וְאֶת-הַמִּגְדָּל) or just "the city" (הָעִיר). Originally the city receives the name "Babel", from the word from ancient Hebrew, "balal", meaning to jumble.

Babylon is an apostate city frequently mentioned in the Old Testament. From 2nd Kings 17:24 through Zechariah 6:10 there are at least 257 direct references to Babylon . Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary defines ancient Babylon as
"a city devoted to materialism and the pursuit of sensual pleasure"

In the 18th chapter of the Book of Revelation, Babylon epitomizes mankind's final organized rebellion against the sovereignty of YHVH and is utterly destroyed. This parallels to the destruction of ancient Babylon. Isaiah prophesies of the forthcoming destruction and perpetual desolation of Babylon. Babylon was sentenced to be overthrown in a manner similar to the calamity executed upon Sodom and Gomorrah. Look who descended was leading the people.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock. About
Definition of Ham
Easton's Bible Dictionary
warm, hot, and hence the south; also an Egyptian word meaning "black", the youngest son of Noah (Gen. 5:32; comp. 9:22,24). The curse pronounced by Noah against Ham, properly against Canaan his fourth son, was accomplished when the Hebrev's subsequently exterminated the Canaanites. One of the most important facts recorded in Gen. 10 is the foundation of the earliest monarchy in Babylonia by Nimrod the grandson of Ham (6, 8, 10). The primitive Babylonian empire was thus Hamitic, and of a cognate race with the primitive inhabitants of Arabia and of Ethiopia. (See ACCAD.) The race of Ham were the most energetic of all the descendants of Noah in the early times of the post-diluvian world.

HAM [Smith Bible Dictionary]

(hot; sunburnt).

1. The name of one of the three sons of Noah, apparently the second in age. (B.C. 2448.)

Of the history of Ham nothing is related except his irreverence to his father and the curse which that patriarch pronounced. The sons of Ham are stated, to have been "Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan." (Genesis 10:6) comp. 1Chr 1:8

Egypt is recognized as the "land of Ham" in the Bible. (Psalms 78:51; 105:23; 106:22)

The Canaanites

The term Canaanites was given to the various groups that lived in the promised land (Gen 10:15). They are descendants of Noah through Ham. Canaan was cursed to be a slave of his brothers by Noah after the incident when Noah was drunk and lay naked (Gen 9:25). They lived in various places among the other inhabitants of the land, especially on the low land (Num 13:29).

The following are descendants of Canaan (Gen 10:17, 1 Chr 1:15):

The other settlements of the sons of Ham are discussed under their respective names. The three most illustrious Hamite nations -- the Cushites, the Phoenicians and the Egyptians -- were greatly mixed with foreign peoples. [sic] Their architecture has a solid grandeur that we look for in vain elsewhere.

2. According to the present text, (Genesis 14:5) Chedorlaomer and his allies smote the Zuzim in a place called Ham, probably in the territory of the Ammonites (Gilead), east of the Jordan.

Ham as a Nationality:

The name given, in Psalms 105:23,17; 106:22 (compare Psalms 78:51), to Egypt as a descendant of Ham, son of Noah. As Shem means "dusky," or the like, and Japheth "fair," it has been supposed that Ham meant, as is not improbable, "black." This is supported by the evidence of Hebrev and Arabic, in which the word chamam means "to be hot" and "to be black," the latter signification being derived from the former.

The Maasai
Tribal Migration into Kenya
The Maasai
(Kenya Literature Bureau)
Author: S. S. Ole Sankan
"A number of different peoples headed into Kenya; these can be grouped by language: the Cushitics, Nilotes and Bantu. Some Cushitics (a group which includes Somali, Rendille and Boni) left Ethiopia towards north-east Kenya around 2000-1000 BC. Then some Nilotes (a group which includes Maasai, Luo, Turkana, Samburu, Pokot and Kalenjin) left the Nile valley in southern Sudan around 500 BC. Finally some Bantu tribes (a group which includes Kikuyu, Embu, Meru, Akamba, Luyia, Gusii, Taita and Taveta) headed into Kenya from west Africa over the next few centuries.

The Maasai are sometimes called Nilo-Hamitic (the Hamites came from north Africa) and all Maasai tribes share the Maa language (hence their name Maasai; they share the Maa language with the Samburu tribe from whom they split some time ago). They have been proposed as the "Lost Tribe of Israel" because of their history. "

Hamitic
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hamitic is an historical term for the peoples supposedly descended from Noah's son Ham, paralleling Semitic and Japhetic. It was formerly used for grouping the non-Semitic Afroasiatic languages (which for this reason were described as "Hamito-Semitic"), but since, unlike the Semitic branch, these have not been shown to form a phylogenetic unity, the term is obsolete in this sense.

In the 19th century, as an application of scientific racism, the "Hamitic race" became a sub-group of the Caucasian race, alongside the Semitic race, grouping the non-Semitic populations native to North Africa, the Horn of Africa and South Arabia, including the Ancient Egyptians. The Hamitic theory suggested that this "Hamite race" was superior to or more advanced than Negroid populations of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Babylon, "the city and its tower" ,Sodom and Gomorrah ,had a similar Hamitie descended ,leading The world ,when it lost power and was destroyed ,that parallels ,to the modern ,End Times ,scriptures . The daughter of Babylon ,leader ,right now, is a Kenyan/Hamite,the towers, are still trying to be build ,Sodom and Gomorrah ,were well know, for it's wicked gays lifestyle, which America/daughter of babylon, has embodies.

The Crescent Symbol

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Richard TR Murphy
"In ancient Syria and Canna, the Moon-god Sin was usually represented
by the moon in its crescent phase. At times the full moon was placed
inside the crescent moon to emphasize all the phases of the moon. The
sun-goddess was the wife of Sin and the stars were their daughters.
For example, Istar was a daughter of Sin. Sacrifices to the Moon-god
are described in the Pas Shamra texts. In the Ugaritic texts, the Moon-
god was sometimes called Kusuh. In Persia, as well as in Egypt, the
Moon- god is depicted on wall murals and on the heads of statues. He
was the Judge of men and gods. The Old Testament constantly rebuked
the worship of the Moon-god (see: Deut. 4:19;17:3; II Kngs. 21:3,5;
23:5; Jer. 8:2; 19:13; Zeph. 1:5.) "

* The moon god

Throughout the Middle East, from Egypt to Persia, the golden calf represented the moon god, so when the Hebrev's worshiped golden calves, we know this was the moon god. C. L. Woolley found several images of golden calves in his excavations of the royal graves at Ur. That these images are of the moon god can be seen a description found in a Sumero-Akkadian hymn to that god: 'Ferocious bull, whose horn is thick, whose legs are perfected, who is bearded in lapsis, and filled with luxury and abundance.' In Exodus, the Hebrev's built a golden calf, which Moses is said to have destroyed. In 1 Kings chapter 12, we find that the King Jeroboam made two calves of gold, setting one up in Bethel and one in Dan. He made priests and ordained a national feast day to the god symbolized by these calves, and the people came to worship. From this it can be seen that, under Jeroboam, the moon god brought SIN .

Ibn al-Nadim wrote in his book, al-Fahrisit,
" in the month in which the Harranians fasted for thirty days, they honored the god Sin, which is the moon, they fast for thirty days, they look toward Yemen when they fast, and they pray five times a day."

"A temple of the Moon-god has been excavated in Ur by Sir Leonard
Woolley. He dug up many examples of moon worship in Ur and these are
displayed in the British Museum to this day. Harran was likewise noted
for its devotion to the Moon-god. In the 1950's a major temple to the
Moon-god was excavated at Hazer in Palestine. Two idols of the moon
god were found. Each was a stature of a man sitting upon a throne with
a crescent moon carved on his chest".

Many people have been falsely taught that Allah ,is simply, another name, for the Father of the Torah/Biblical Scriptures. This is not true. History reveals that Islam is nothing more than a reformed revival of the ancient idolatrous "moon god" paganism. The crescent moon is the most common symbol of pagan moon worship. The moon god was also referred to as "al-ilah". Originally this was not a proper name of a single specific god, but a generic name meaning "the god". Each local Arab tribe ,would refer to their own, local tribal pagan god, as "al-ilah".

Encyclopedia of Religion, I:117 Washington DC, Corpus Pub., 1979
"Allah" is a pre-Islamic name . . . corresponding to the Babylonian Bel"

The crescent moon and star symbol pre-dates Islam by several thousand years. The ancient celestial symbols were in use by the peoples of Central Asia and Siberia in their worship of sun, moon, and sky gods. The crescent moon and star were used to represent the Carthaginian goddess Tanit or the Greek goddess Diana.

John Gray
The Canaanites, p. 125
""The worship of the Moon (Yerach) and his consort Nikkal (Mesopotamian Nin-gal) and the sun goddess (Shepesh) is attested at Ras Shamra (Ugarit) both in mythological texts and in offering-lists." And even in the Land of Yisrayl, "The basalt figure of a seated god adjacent to a sculpture of hands upraised to a crescent and disc in the Late Bronze Age temple at Hazor probably depicts the Moon-god"

Lunar deity
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In mythology, a lunar deity is a god or goddess associated with or symbolizing the moon. These deities can have a variety of functions and traditions depending upon the culture, but they are often related to or an enemy of the solar deity."

Moon in mythology

"The monthly cycle of the moon, in contrast to the annual cycle of the sun's path, has been implicitly linked to women's menstrual cycles by many cultures, as evident in the links between the words for menstruation and for moon in many resultant languages.[1] Many of the most well-known mythologies feature female lunar deities, such as the Greek goddesses Selene and Phoebe and their Olympian successor Artemis, their Roman equivalents Luna and Diana, Isis of the Egyptians, or the Thracian Bendis. These cultures also almost invariably featured a male Sun god.

Male lunar gods are also frequent, such as Nanna or Sin of the Mesopotamians, Mani of the Germanic tribes, the Japanese god Tsukuyomi, Rahko of Finns and Tecciztecatl of the Aztecs. These cultures usually featured female Sun goddesses.

The bull was lunar in Mesopotamia (its horns representing the crescent)."

Sin (mythology)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Sin (Akkadian: Su'en, Sîn) or Nanna (Sumerian: DŠEŠ.KI, DNANNA) was the god of the moon in Mesopotamian mythology. Nanna is a Sumerian deity, the son of Enlil and Ninlil, and became identified with Semitic Sin. The two chief seats of Nanna's/Sin's worship were Ur in the south of Mesopotamia and Harran in the north."The Semitic moon god Su'en/Sin is in origin a separate deity from Sumerian Nanna, but from the Akkadian Empire period the two undergo syncretization and are identified. The occasional Assyrian spelling of DNANNA-ar DSu'en-e is due to association with Akkadian na-an-na-ru "illuminatior, lamp", an epitheton of the moon god. The name of the Assyrian moon god Su'en/Sîn is usually spelled as DEN.ZU, or simply with the numeral 30, DXXX.[1]

He is commonly designated as En-zu, or "lord of wisdom." During the period (c.2600-2400 BC) that Ur exercised a large measure of supremacy over the Euphrates valley, Sin was naturally regarded as the head of the pantheon. It is to this period that we must trace such designations of Sin as "father of the gods", "chief of the gods", "creator of all things", and the like. The "wisdom" personified by the moon-god is likewise an expression of the science of astrology, in which the observation of the moon's phases is an important factor.

His wife was Ningal ("Great Lady"), who bore him Utu/Shamash ("Sun") and Inanna/Ishtar (the planet Venus). The tendency to centralize the powers of the universe leads to the establishment of the doctrine of a triad consisting of Sin/Nanna and his children.

"Sin had a beard made of lapis lazuli and rode on a winged bull. The bull was one of his symbols, through his father, Enlil, "Bull of Heaven", along with the crescent and the tripod (which may be a lamp-stand). On cylinder seals, he is represented as an old man with a flowing beard and the crescent symbol. In the astral-theological system he is represented by the number 30 and the moon. This number probably refers to the average number of days (correctly around 29.53) in a lunar month, as measured between successive new moons."

The Golden Calf
"The Canaanites were under Assyro-Babylonian dominance from 2200 (allegedly 3000, see ERE) to 1700 BCE. Even by circa 1400 BCE, their influence was still so great that all correspondence with Egypt and the Pharaoh was conducted in Babylonian, and the name of the Moon god Sin formed the basis for the Canaanite names Sinai and the Wilderness of Sin (ERE, Vol. 3, p. 183). The hand of Sin was seen in the cause of Catatonia or madness in children – hence, lunacy is associated with this deity (ibid., p. 527). Sin, Moon god of Harran, was also worshipped at Sam’al at the foot of Mount Amanus (ibid., Vol. 2, p. 295). Sin was the Baal of Harran mentioned in the correspondence at the time of Sennacharib, Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal. Sargon (722-706 BCE) confirmed the exemption Harran enjoyed from taxes as the city of Sin (ibid.). Nabonidas, last king of Babylon (555-539 BCE), rebuilt the temple of Sin at Harran. Sin became identified with Be’el-shamin the owner of the sky from the Syrian dominance at Harran combining the Syrian god with the ancient Moon god. This deity was identified with Zeus by the Greeks from Phoenicia and Palmyra and elsewhere enjoying their patronage, and spread from Mesopotamia into Armenia. Ultimately, he became identified with Anu, Lord of Heaven of Babylon (ibid., Vol. 2, p. 295).

From the earliest times (ca. 4000 BCE), there were triads formed of Enlil, Anu and Enki. The second triad was formed from Ur, Moon god of Ur, Utu, Sun god of Sippar, and Nana, goddess of Erech (ibid., p. 296). The Moon god of Ur can be identified with Sin. The Semitic term Bel derived from Baal was used among the Babylonian Semites in the same sense as it was used by the other Semites, and in addition, used it as master or lord (ibid.).

The cults of Shamash and Sin there deal with the worship of the sun and the moon (ibid., p. 310). The second triad referred to above became known as Sin, Shamash and Ishtar (or also Sin, Shamash and Adad) (ibid., pp. 310-311). So that even by the middle of the second millennium BCE, Sin was a primary deity in both Ur and at Harran. Sin is the god of oracles (the word or divine utterance associated with Messiah and found among the early Sumerians and Babylonians), but Shamash his son carries this aspect also (ibid. and also cf. Vol. 12, pp. 749-752). Shamash is regarded as the brother of Ishtar. Shamash becomes supreme divine judge. Thus, the concept here in the Babylonian system strikes at the concepts vested in the biblical Messiah. Ishtar is the most prominent of female deities in the Assyro-Babylonian pantheon, absorbing the place of all others. Her place as queen of heaven goes back to remote antiquity. She is Venus and appears as Ashtarte (or Easter in the Anglo-Saxon), Nana and Anunitu (ibid.). She is goddess of fertility and worshipped everywhere. She is daughter of Sin and also of Anu. She is also associated with Sirius. She is goddess of sex and appropriates the attributes of Ninlil and Damkina and as daughter of Sin, and from her descent to Hades she is represented by temple prostitution. The lion, normally the symbol of Shamash, is associated with her, as is the dove (cf. ibid.). In this sequence, she then becomes associated with Tammuz or Dumuzi, as the bringer of new life in the spring cults.

This name Sin came into the Old English as a concept of transgression against the Laws of YHVH. It was rendered from the original sunjo as sende in the old-Frisian, and became sonde in the middle-Dutch (cf. The Oxford Universal Dictionary, p 1897). It was associated with the foreign nations as an enclave in transgression against God’s Laws. The Arabs transferred the word to the empire of China as Sin and it seems that Sinim was understood as a far eastern land in the Hebrev/Aramaic (ciyniym SHD 5515 from 5512; cf. Isa. 49:12). This probably came from the concept of the moon and the rising sun with the morning star of Ishtar, rather than from Chinese mythology. Tien was the Chinese supreme heavenly deity."

Shiva
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shiva (pronounced /ˈʃiːvə/; Sanskrit: शिव Śiva, meaning "auspicious one";) is a major Hindu deity, and the Destroyer or transformer of the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. In the Shaiva tradition of Hinduism, Shiva is seen as the Supreme God. In the Smarta tradition, he is regarded as one of the five primary forms of God.
Crescent moon: Shiva bears on his head the crescent moon. The epithet Chandraśekhara (Sanskrit: चन्द्रशेखर "Having the moon as his crest" - chandra = "moon", śekhara = "crest, crown")refers to this feature. The placement of the moon on his head as a standard iconographic feature dates to the period when Rudra rose to prominence and became the major deity Rudra-Shiva. The origin of this linkage may be due to the identification of the moon with Soma,

Rachel Schaus
BellaOnline's Middle Eastern Culture Editor
Symbolism of the Crescent Moon
Ancient History
Is the crescent moon Islamic? Archeologists have found evidence that moon-worship was widespread throughout the whole of the Middle East in ancient times. Statues, hieroglyphic inscriptions, shrines, and numerous clay tablets have the crescent moon symbol. The Sumerians, Babylonians, Akkadians, and ancient Arabians had pagan rituals of worship of the moon god.

In the Ancient Near East, the sun god was the male deity and the moon the female. Together, their daughters were the stars. The ancient Arabs, however, considered the moon god, one of their many gods, as a male deity. South Arabia's stellar religion has always been dominated by the Moon-god in various variations.

Many scholars have also noticed that the Moon-god's name "Sin" is a part of such Arabic words as "Sinai," the "wilderness of Sin," . When the popularity of the Moon-
god waned elsewhere, the Arabs remained true to their conviction that the Moon-god was the greatest of all gods. While they worshiped 360 gods at the Kabah in Mecca, the Moon-god was the chief deity. Mecca was in fact built as a shrine for the Moon-god.

"shall afflict Asshur"

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numbers 24:24
And ships [shall come] from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

Encyclopedia
King Philip's War

King Philip's War, 1675–76, the most devastating war between the colonists and the Native Americans in New England. The war is named for King Philip, the son of Massasoit and chief of the Wampanoag. His Wampanoag name was Metacom, Metacomet, or Pometacom. Upon the death (1662) of his brother, Alexander (Wamsutta), whom the Native Americans suspected the English of murdering, Philip became sachem and maintained peace with the colonists for a number of years. Hostility eventually developed over the steady succession of land sales forced on the Native Americans by their growing dependence on English goods. Suspicious of Philip, the English colonists in 1671 questioned and fined him and demanded that the Wampanoag surrender their arms, which they did. In 1675 a Christian Native American who had been acting as an informer to the English was murdered, probably at Philip's instigation. Three Wampanoags were tried for the murder and executed. Incensed by this act, the Native Americans in June, 1675, made a sudden raid on the border settlement of Swansea. Other raids followed; towns were burned and many whites—men, women, and children—were slain. Unable to draw the Native Americans into a major battle, the colonists resorted to similar methods of warfare in retaliation and antagonized other tribes. The Wampanoag were joined by the Nipmuck and by the Narragansett (after the latter were attacked by the colonists), and soon all the New England colonies were involved in the war. Philip's cause began to decline after he made a long journey west in an unsuccessful attempt to secure aid from the Mohawk. In 1676 the Narragansett were completely defeated and their chief, Canonchet, was killed in April of that year; the Wampanoag and Nipmuck were gradually subdued. Philip's wife and son were captured, and he was killed (Aug., 1676) by a Native American in the service of Capt. Benjamin Church after his hiding place at Mt. Hope (Bristol, R.I.) was betrayed. His body was drawn and quartered and his head exposed on a pole in Plymouth. The war, which was extremely costly to the colonists in people and money, resulted in the virtual extermination of tribal Native American life in S New England and the disappearance of the fur trade. The New England Confederation then had the way completely clear for white settlement.

The Beast II

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Rev 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Rev 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Rev 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
Rev 13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
Rev 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
Rev 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Rev 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
Rev 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Rev 13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Somer Taylor,
Appearance of the Symbol
# The Italian horn looks similar to the horn of an antelope. It is related to the crescent-moon shape. In ancient Europe, including Italy, a moon goddess was worshiped before the advent of Christianity. This goddess was often seen standing on a crescent moon. Once Catholicism became a state religion in Italy, the moon goddess was replaced by the Virgin Mary, who is often depicted standing on a moon.

Diana (mythology)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diana (lt. "heavenly" or "divine") was the goddess of the hunt, being associated with wild animals and woodland, and also of the moon in Roman mythology. In literature she was the equivalent of the Greek goddess Artemis, though in cult beliefs she was Italic, not Greek, in origin. Diana was worshiped in ancient Roman religion and is currently revered in Roman Neopaganism and Stregheria.

Worship of Diana is mentioned in the Bible. In Acts of the Apostles, Ephesian metal smiths who felt threatened by Saint Paul’s preaching of Christianity, jealously rioted in her defense, shouting “Great is Diana of the Ephesians!”

Acts 19:27,28
"So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.And when they heard [these sayings], they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great [is] Diana of the Ephesians.

Luna
Legend has it that the silver corno pays tribute to Luna, the sacred moon goddess, with her crescent moon symbol, who "found all horned animals to be sacred, most likely because the horns pointed toward the moon, The curved amulet, which is shaped like a stretched-out "S," is worn for protection against the "evil eye".

Wikipedia article "Apep"
APEP: Egyptian name, possibly connected to the root pp, meaning "to slither." In mythology, Apep is the personification of evil, seen as a giant snake, serpent or dragon. Known as the Serpent of the Nile or Evil Lizard, he was an enemy of the sun god. There are similarities between Apep and other "chaos dragons" and the Hebrew Leviathan. The serpent was also represented by a circular ball, the "evil eye" of Apep, in numerous temple scenes.

Apophis is the Greek name of the Ancient Egyptian god Apep, "the Destroyer" . Apep symbolizes chaos and destruction

The 7-headed beast of Rev. 13 is a composite of the 4 beasts of Daniel 7, which were the empires of Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome. These same four world ruling gentile kingdoms are described in the second chapter of Daniel .The ten horns, then, are ten kingdoms to arise out of the fourth kingdom, the Roman Empire. The United States [Descended of Rome] is the only nation on the earth known as the "melting pot of the world".Every nation on the face of the earth is represented in the United States [United Nations]. The United States, has all the, elements ,of the 4 beasts.

Mystery Babylon Revealed
by George Kirkpatrick
"The United States did not become a great nation by throwing down other nations to acquire territory. We became a great nation because we annexed, purchased, and developed land. When territories wanted to become part of the United States they were annexed the same way cities annex other towns, or surrounding areas to increase the size of their cities. Examples of these annexations are Texas, Alaska, and Hawaii.
The United States also purchased vast territories. These purchases included the Louisiana Purchase, the Gladstone Purchase, and the Seward Purchase. The United States also developed land. It only took 75 years from the time the United States declared its independence from England until the `49ers began to settle California. The United States has truly become, the Great City."

The founder and first king of Rome was Romulus. The Roman Empire was named after him. His name, the name of a man, also is the name of the kingdom . And every citizen in the kingdom bears the same name ,a Roman. A man named Richard Ameryk,a Welshman and wealthy Bristol, merchant, is were the name America comes from .Like Romans ,Americans ,are named after a man ,that is a descended, of "the name of Latium," ancient Rome.

The founding documents and symbols of the United States of America describe Pagan deities and concepts. America ,very concept of democracy came from the Pagan Greeks and The Pagan Romans.The architects of the United States Capitol building, state capitol buildings, court buildings, libraries, and national banks throughout, America ,modeled their buildings, after Pagan Greek and Roman architecture. The Greek Parthenon and the Pagan Roman Pantheon, has served as the template for many U.S. buildings.

Roman Law dominates the legal system and the courts in America. In Black’s law dictionary, found in every law office of the democracy, there is hardly a page that does not make reference to its Latin origins of legal principles and precepts. Today,schools, and the legal courts, and almost every aspect of the lives of the citizens of the United States, is manipulated, guided, and taxed by a government that ,mirrors ,to ancient Rome.

A Senate for the Free Nation Foundation,
and for a Free Nation As Well
By Phil Jacobson
Republican Rome is famous for its Senate. Roman armies marched under the initials SPQR (in the name of the Senate and People of Rome), an indication of the Senate's high status in Rome's political system. When the framers of the U.S. Constitution adopted the term "Senate" for the upper house of the Federal legislature, they sought to place U.S. Senators in a similar position of prestige. The Republican Roman senators met as a body in Rome to discuss policy. When the American Founding Fathers designed their new system, they were influenced by an admiration of the Roman Republic.

The connections between Rome and American sport is impelling, the Roman numerals,also, all the gladiatorial language and culture, is almost identical. The image of the beast ,could be the media of television, and movies,or images used over the internet. There is an "image" of the ,world, that is presented by TV, and in movies, that promote a certain "biased" racist, point of view. In contrast, to the ,divine point of view ,as contained in the biblical scriptures, and in prophecy, that is properly understood, with History Facts.

The Church Council of Laodicea (Phrygia - western Asia Minor) orders that
religious observances are to be conducted on Sunday and not on Saturday.
Sunday becomes the new Sabbath. The practice of staying at home and resting
on Saturday declared sinful and anathema to Christ. Valens orders a tremendous persecution of non-Christian peoples in all the Eastern Empire.

The European colonists, killed any Native "so called" Indians ,that did not worship , the fake image of Christ/Cesare Borgia. This blasphemous image is set up all over the earth ,as The Messiah . The New World mirrors its Roman ancestry of it's blasphemous claim of ,VICAR OF CHRIST ,and murder innocent men women and children and teaches ,YHVH Laws ,are done away with .

Imperial Rome was the Super Power of the Ancient World. The United States Military is regarded as the most "Capable" military by many leaders and people around the world. The "fire from heaven" depicts modern warfare, military air power,rockets, and bombs, including nuclear weapons, that America has used on The Nations ,to created ,fear.

Who controls ,the world economy, global financial system ,past and present.

Donya-ye-Eqtesad
Is America Falling
Like the Roman Empire?
"There's an amazing resemblance between Americas current situation and the ancient Roman Empire. The Roman Empire fell due to various reasons three of them are worth mentioning: the decline of morality, culture and politics from within; the overly self-confident army and various wars to extend borders; and the financial irresponsibility of the central government."

www.camelotintl.com/romans/slaves
The Roman Slave Trade
The Roman economy was built on a foundation of slavery, which was taken for granted as a normal feature of society.

www.workers.org/2008/us/lehman
Numerous capitalist merchants benefited hugely from the transatlantic slave trade and the industries associated with it. For several centuries the economies of the U.S. North and South were intertwined by slavery. By the mid-1800s, capital investment in slaves was higher than the value of land or any other capital worth.
Southern slave labor made New York City the financial capital of the world.

The word "mark" was translated from the Greek word "charagma" which means a "badge of servitude".
The SSN is part of a ,physical system, badge of servitude, where you have become a, debt by agreement. It's [SSN]primary purpose, is to track individuals, for taxation purposes. If you have an SSN you are a slave by definition. Already, no one can ,economically be successful, in America ,without the mark of ownership by, this beast system , an SSN [social security card number]. The "mark of the beast," then, has direct bearing on the ability to engage in business, or to hold a job and earn a living.

www.roman-colosseum.info
Punishments given to Roman Slaves
The lash was the common punishment; but for certain crimes they were to be branded in the forehead, or the Romans, as for the Greeks, tattooing usually signified
degradation (that is, a lowering of status), because it was a treatment customarily reserved for slaves.
Ancient Romans marked runaway slaves with the letters FUG (for fugitivus).The Romans were record keepers and servants had to be kept track of for their protection as well as their masters.

Stephen Andrew Baldwin,
"Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips are essentially tags that contain an antenna that allow the chip to broadcast and receive radio transmissions to and from readers. The chips have endless uses, including the tracking of anything from products, documents, animals and even humans. Since the RFID chips can process and store information, they can easily be updated to keep data current." The RFID chip itself contains an Electronic Product Code that can be "read" when a RFID reader emits a radio signal.

Microchip implant (human)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"A human microchip implant is an integrated circuit device or RFID transponder encased in silicate glass and implanted in the body of a human being. A subdermal implant typically contains a unique ID number that can be linked to information contained in an external database, such as personal identification, medical history, medications, allergies, and contact information."
"The first reported experiment with an RFID implant was carried out in 1998 by the British scientist Kevin Warwick. As a test, his implant was used to open doors, switch on lights, and cause verbal output within a building. The implant has since been held in the Science Museum (London)"

People ,for years, have been implanting their pets[animal shelters ,increasingly scan pets],and human volunteers [the perfect testing ground] with RFID chips.

NATIONAL MEDICAL DEVICE REGISTRY
medicaldeviceregistry
"The Medical Device Registry is the leading website for registering your implanted medical devices. Information about your device is maintained on this site for your reference and to share with your doctors.

Additional manufacturer and regulatory information about your device can also be found on this site. Registering with the Medical Device Registry is simple and easy. An email address and the device product information, including manufacturer, is all that is required to create an account".

Deuteronomy 11:18
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

The Hebrew word rendered "sign" is presented by the Enhanced Strong's Lexicon to be a sign, a distinguishing mark, an omen, a token. The root word from which it derives implies "to consent" or "to agree". The word translated as "mark" in Revelation and "sign" in Torah are the same word that has simply been written in the separate languages of Hebrew and Greek and translated into English.

The Four Beast

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Dan 7:1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
Dan 7:2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
Dan 7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
Dan 7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
Dan 7:5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
Dan 7:6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
Dan 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Dan 7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great thing.
Dan 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Dan 7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
Dan 7:11 I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
Dan 7:12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
Dan 7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
Dan 7:14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
Dan 7:15 I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
Dan 7:16 I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
Dan 7:17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
Dan 7:18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
Dan 7:19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
Dan 7:20 And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
Dan 7:21 I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
Dan 7:22 Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
Dan 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
Dan 7:24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
Dan 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Dan 7:26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
Dan 7:27 And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Dan 7:28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

1. LION is ancient BABYLON
2. BEAR is ancient MEDO-PERSIA
3. LEOPARD is ancient GREECE
4. DREADFUL BEAST is ancient ROME

The little horn was to develop "among" ten nations of Europe into which Rome divided ,after the breakup of the Roman Empire. A 10 nation military alliance appeared in Europe in 1995, called the Western European Union (or the Brussels Treaty Powers.)

The 10 nations are: Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom . These 10 nations are members of both NATO[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]and the European Union . NATO is an Alliance that consists of 28 independent member countries.

The lion of Daniel 7 has eagle's wings, a further reference to Babylon. Archaeology has revealed that a lion with eagle's wings was a common symbol in Babylonian designs and sculptures. Moreover, the eagle often symbolizes the sun god.

History.—The Medes and Persians overthrew Babylon. Medo-Persia was a dual kingdom, lifting itself up on one side, first the Median branch the stronger, then the Persian, under Cyrus and his successors, rising higher. This two-sided characteristic, noted as a distinguishing mark in the prophecy, was emphasized by the ancient writers also. Æschylus, the Greek poet, who lived in the time of Persia, wrote:
"Asia's brave host,
A Mede first led. The virtues of his son
Fixed firm the empire....
... Cyrus third, by fortune graced,
Adorned the throne."
—"Persœ."

John F. Walvoord
Chapter VI The Medes And The Persians
"Toward the end of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, the Persians began to become a powerful force and under Cyrus II Media was conquered in 549 b.c. and was combined with the empire of the Persians to form Medo-Persia. The combined strength of the Persians and the Medes led to conquest of Babylon in 539 b.c., with the resulting extension of their empire over much of the Middle East until the conquest of Alexander the Great in 331 b.c."

Professor Walter J. Veith, PhD
"After the Medes and the Persians, a third power would arise to take control. Daniel 2 and history both tell us that the Greek Empire came after the Medo-Persian Empire. In Daniel 8, we read in a further prophecy that "Grecia" would subdue the Medo-Persian Empire, and that it also would be divided into four subkingdoms before succumbing to the Roman Empire."

The Temporal Power of the Pope" (London, 1862), p. 122.
"The legions of Rome occupied the circumference of the world. The military roads which sprang from Rome traversed all the earth; the whole world was, as it were, held in peace and in tranquility by the universal presence of this mighty heathen empire. It was 'exceedingly terrible,' according to the prophecies of Daniel; it was as it were of iron, beating down and subduing the nations."

YHVH thy Father will turn thy captivity

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Deuteronomy 30: 1,2,3,4 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither YHVH thy Father hath driven thee, And shalt return unto YHVH thy Father, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; That then YHVH thy Father will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither YHVH thy Father hath scattered thee. If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will YHVH thy Father gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:

Zechariah 2:6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith YHVH: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith YHVH.

Jeremiah 30:3 For, lo, the days come, saith YHVH, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Yisrayl and Judah, saith YHVH: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

Jeremiah 23:3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.

Jeremiah 23:7.8 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith YHVH, that they shall no more say, YHVH liveth, which brought up the children of Yisrayl out of the land of Egypt; But, YHVH liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Yisrayl out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

Isaiah 43:5,6 Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

Ezekiel 36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

Ezekiel 37:21 And say unto them, Thus saith YHVH Thy Father; Behold, I will take the children of Yisrayl from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

Ezekiel 39:27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
28 Then shall they know that I am YHVH their Father, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.

Matthew 24:29,30,31 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Romans 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Yisrayl, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.

Not appropriate behavior for a married person.

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1 Thessalonians 4:3-5

4:3 For this is the will of YHVH, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

4:4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

4:5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not YHVH:

The Bible talks about the fact that if we do something in our thoughts it’s the same as actually doing the deed itself. Flirting is being sexual in your attitude and/or words, so it doesn’t leave out the fact that this is defiling the Marriage Bed — which the Bible warns us against doing!. Tempting someone to flirt with you when you’re married is causing them to sin. Is that something we should do — contribute to tempting someone else to sin? Would that spouse want that to be done to their daughter or son? YHVH doesn’t want it done to His either. If someone flirts with someone who is married, they’re guilty of trespassing into that marriage. They have no business flirting with someone else’s spouse.

The phrase "possess his own vessel" can mean a number of different things.

First, the visual imagery corresponds to the theme of being faithful to a cup—to the marriage commitment we have made. It could be translated, "that each of you should know how to be faithful to his covenant in sanctification and honor."

Second, this phrase refers to self-control, specifically of one's own body. The New International Version translates this verse as, "that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable." Paul, in instructing the entire church—both male and female, married and single—shows it is the duty of all to preserve purity with regard to relationships.

We are responsible to control ourselves ("possess his vessel") in an honorable way without lust or wrong desire. We also have to make sure we do not "go beyond"—cross the line—and defraud or cheat anyone in this matter. It is just as easy to be emotionally promiscuous as physically promiscuous, if not more so. Today, many practice flirting. Along the same lines as emotional promiscuity, this kind of defrauding promises—either blatantly guaranteeing or merely appearing to—one's emotions, commitment, affections, etc., without meaning to or being able to follow through. Flirting gives the appearance of interest, or it may even be genuine interest, where one cannot follow through with his "promises."

Flirting involves sharing intimacy with someone who is not one’s spouse. Flirting can easily lead to lust in the mind of one or both of the parties involved. Any person that flirts with another, also flirts with the danger of causing another to sin. If we lust after another that we are not married to, we commit adultery in our hearts. Those that would use flirtatious means of attraction, are causing a brother or sister to stumble, and therefore would be a sin.

Hidden Animal Ingredients

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Hidden Animal Ingredients In Foods

Albumin - The protein component of egg whites. Albumin is also found in animal blood, milk, plants, and seeds. To thicken or add texture to processed foods.

Anchovies - Small, silvery fish of herring family. Worcestershire sauce, Caesar salad dressing, pizza topping, Greek salads.

Animal shortening - Butter, suet, lard (see lard below). Packaged Twinkies ,cookies and crackers, refried beans, flour tortillas, ready-made pie crusts.

Carmine (carmine, cochineal, or carminic acid) - Red coloring made from a ground-up insect. Bottled juices, colored pasta, some candies, frozen pops, "natural" cosmetics.

Calcium stearate - Mineral typically derived from cows or hogs Garlic salt, vanilla, meat tenderizers, salad-dressing mixes.

Capric acid (decanoic acid) - Animal fats added to ice cream, candy, baked goods, chewing gum, liquor and often not specified on ingredients lists.

Casein (caseinate) - A milk protein. It coagulates with the addition of rennin (see rennin below) and is the foundation of cheese. An additive in dairy products such as cheese, cream cheese, cottage cheese, and sour cream. Also used in adhesives, paints, and plastics.

Clarifying agent - Derived from any number of animal sources. Used to filter wine, vinegar, beer, fruit juice, soft drinks.

Gelatin - Protein from bones, cartilage, tendons, and skin of animals, Much of the commercial gelatin is a by-product of pig skin. Marshmallows, yogurt, frosted cereals, gelatin-containing desserts, molded salads.

Glucose (dextrose) - Fruits or animal tissues and fluids. Baked goods, soft drinks, candies, frosting.

Glycerides (mono-, di-, and triglycerides - Glycerol from animal fats or plants. Processed foods, cosmetics, perfumes, lotions, inks, glues, automobile antifreeze. Used as emulsifier.

Isinglass - Gelatin from air bladder of sturgeon and other freshwater fish. Clarify alcoholic beverages and in some jellied desserts. Rarely used now.

Lactic acid - Acid formed by bacteria acting on the milk sugar lactose. Imparts a tart flavor. Cheese, yogurt, pickles, olives, sauerkraut, candy, frozen desserts, chewing gum, fruit preserves, dyeing and textile printing.

Lactose (saccharum lactin, D-lactose ) Milk sugar - Culture medium for souring milk and in processed foods such as baby formulas, candies and other sweets, medicinal diuretics, and laxatives.

Lactylic stearate - Salt of stearic acid (see stearic acid below). Dough conditioner.
Lanolin Waxy fat from sheep's wool. Chewing gum, ointments, cosmetics, waterproof coatings.

Lard - Rendered and clarified pork fat. Often fat from abdomens of pigs or the fat around the animal's kidneys. Baked goods.

Lecithin - Phospholipids form animal tissues, plants, lentils, and egg yolks used to preserve, emulsify, and moisturize food. Cereal, candy, chocolate, baked goods, margarine, vegetable oil sprays, cosmetics, and ink.

Lutein - Deep yellow coloring from marigolds or egg yolks. Commercial food coloring.
Myristic acid (tetradecanoic acid) Animal fats. Chocolate, ice cream, candy, jelled desserts, baked goods.

Natural flavorings - Unspecified, could be from meat or other animal products Processed and packaged foods.

Oleic acid (oleinic acid) Animal tallow (see tallow below)- Synthetic butter, cheese, vegetable fats and oils, spice flavoring for baked goods, candy, ice cream, beverages, condiments, soaps, cosmetics.

Palmatic acid - Animal or vegetable fats. Baked goods, butter and cheese flavoring.

Pancreatin (pancreatic extract) - Cows or hogs Digestive aids.
Pepsin Enzyme from pigs' stomachs With rennet to make cheese.

Propolis -Resinous cement collected by bees Food supplement and ingredient in "natural" toothpaste.

Rennin (Rennet) - A coagulating enzyme obtained from a young animal's stomach, usually a calf's stomach . Rennin is used to curdle milk in foods such as cheese and junket--a soft pudding like dessert.

Royal jelly - Substance produced by glands of bees. "Natural foods" and nutrient supplements.

Sodium stearoyl lactylate - May be derived from cows, hogs, animal milk, or vegetable-mineral sources. Used in cake, pudding, or pancake mixes, baked goods, margarine.

Stearic acid (octadecenoic acid) - Tallow, other animal fats and oils Vanilla flavoring, chewing gum, baked goods, beverages, candy, soaps, ointments, candles, cosmetics, suppositories and pill coatings.

Suet - Hard white fat around kidneys and loins of animals. Margarine, mincemeat, pastries, bird feed, tallow.

Tallow - Solid fat of sheep and cattle separated from the membranous tissues Waxed paper, margarine, soaps, crayons, candles, rubber, cosmetics.

Vitamin A (A1, retinol)- Vitamin obtained from vegetables, egg yolks, or fish liver oil. Vitamin supplements, fortification of foods, "natural" cosmetics.

Vitamin B12 - Vitamin produced by microorganisms and found in all animal products; synthetic form (cyanocobalamin or cobalamin on labels) is vegan Supplements or fortified foods.

Vitamin D (D1, D2, D3) - D1 is produced by humans upon exposure to sunlight; D2 (ergocalciferol) is made from plants or yeast, D3 (cholecalciferol comes from fish liver oils or lanolin Supplements or fortified foods.

Whey - Watery liquid that separates from the solids (curds) of milks in cheese-making. Crackers, breads, cakes, processed foods in cheese-making.

Prayer / Communication

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Prayer/Communication - Does YHVH hear the prayers of those who do not repent of disobedience to His Law?

Read the following passages of Scripture from your own Bible.

Psalm 66:18; Proverb 15:29; Isayah 1:15-18; Yahchanan [John] 9:31

Muslim's - History of Violent

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Life of Muhammad: 570-632 www.lucidcafe.com/library. The Following are important dates in history before the 10th century which some people have overlooked:

The Jihad against Arabs (622 to 634)
The Jihad against Zoroastrian Persians of Iran, Baluchistan and Afghanistan (634 to 651)
The Jihad against the Byzantine Christians (634 to 1453)
The Jihad against Christian Coptic Egyptians (640 to 655)
The Jihad against Christian Coptic Nubian's - modern Sudanese (650)
The Jihad against pagan Berbers - North Africans (650 to 700)
The Jihad against Spaniards (711 to 730)
The Jihad against Franks - modern French (720 to 732)
The Jihad against Sicilians in Italy (812 to 940)
The Jihad against Chinese (751)
The Jihad against Turks (651 to 751)

Now if you talk after the 10th century do not think the "poor muslims" were out farming while they were killed, take a look at this:

The Jihad against Armenians and Georgians (1071 to 1920)
The Jihad against Mongols (1260 to 1300)
The Jihad against Hindus of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (638 to 1857)
The Jihad against Indonesians and Malays (1450 to 1500)
The Jihad against Poland (1444 to 1699)
The Jihad against Germany (1945 onwards)
The Jihad against Rumania (1350 to 1699)
The Jihad against Russia (1500 to 1853)
The Jihad against Bulgaria (1350 to 1843)
The Jihad against Serbs, Croats and Albanians (1334 to 1920)
The Jihad against Greeks (1450 to 1853)
The Jihad against Albania (1332 - 1853)
The Jihad against Croatia (1389 to 1843)
The Jihad against Hungarians (1500 to 1683)
The Jihad against Austrians (1683)
Jihad in the Modern Age (20th and 21st Centuries)
The Jihad against Israelis (1948 – 2004 ongoing)
The Jihad against Americans (9/11/2001)
The Jihad against the British (1947 onwards)
The Jihad against Denmark (2005 Cartoon Controversy onwards)
The Jihad against Netherlands (2006 onwards)
The Jihad against the Filipinos in Mindanao(1970 onwards)
The Jihad against Indonesian Christians in Malaku and East Timor (1970 onwards)
The Jihad against Russians (1995 onwards)
The Jihad against Dutch and Belgians (2003 onwards)
The Jihad against Norwegians and Swedes (2003 onwards)
The Jihad against Thais (2003 onwards)
The Jihad against Nigerians (1965 onwards)
The Jihad against Canadians (2001 onwards)
The Jihad against Latin America (2003 onwards)
The Jihad against Australia (2002 onwards)
The Jihad against Latin America (2003 onwards)
The Jihad against Europeans (2005 onwards)

The Essence of the Qur’an(from IslamUndressed)

"I am often met with disbelief when describing the violent content of the Islamic sacred works to others. One needs to read the book himself to understand the pervasiveness of violence and prejudice therein. A good summary has been compiled by one Islamic scholar, who precedes it with: “The following is the essence of the Qu’ran, the rest are fairy tales:"

The Islamic scholar who wrote this 'Essence of the Quran' goes through all chapters and cites the important verses from each chapter (sura) of the Quran. The verse number is provided at the end of each verse summary.

Quran Surah 2: The Cow

Don’t bother to warn the disbelievers. Allah has blinded them. Theirs will be an awful doom. 6
Allah has sickened their hearts. A painful doom is theirs because they lie. 10
A fire has been prepared for the disbelievers, whose fuel is men and stones. 24
Disbelievers will be burned with fire. 39, 90
For disbelievers is a painful doom. 104
For unbelievers: ignominy in this world, an awful doom in the next. 114
Allah will leave the disbelievers alone for a while, but then he will compel them to the doom of Fire. 126
The doom of the disbelievers will not be lightened. 162
They will not emerge from the Fire. 167
Those who hide the Scripture will have their bellies eaten with fire. Theirs will be a painful doom. 174
How constant are they in their strife to reach the Fire! 175
Kill disbelievers wherever you find them. If they attack you, then kil them. Such is the reward of disbelievers. 191
War is ordained by Allah. 216
Those who die in their disbelief will burn forever in the Fire. 217
Disbelievers worship false gods. They will burn forever in the Fire. 257
Allah does not guide disbelievers. 264
“Give us victory over the disbelieving folk.” 286

Quran Surah 3: The Family Of ‘Imran
Those who disbelieve the revelations of Allah, theirs will be a heavy doom. 4
Those who disbelieve will be fuel for the Fire. 10
Those who disbelieve shall be overcome and gathered unto Hell. 12
Those who disbelieve, promise them a painful doom. 21
Theirs will be a painful doom. 77
All non-Muslims will be rejected by Allah after they die. 85
Disbelievers will have a painful doom. And they will have no helpers. 91
Disbelievers will have their faces blackened on the last day. They will face an awful doom. 105-6
Those who disbelieve will be burnt in the Fire. 116
The Fire is prepared for disbelievers. 131
We shall cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Their habitation is the Fire 151
Theirs will be an awful doom. 176
Disbelievers do not harm Allah, but will have a painful doom. 177
Disbelievers will have a shamful doom. 178
Disbelievers will go to Hell. 196

Quran Surah 4: Women
Those who disobey Allah and his messenger will be burnt with fire and suffer a painful doom. 14
For the disbelievers, We have prepared a painful doom. 18
For disbelievers, We prepare a shameful doom. 37
Hell is sufficient for their burning. 55
Unbelievers will be tormented forever with fire. When their skin is burned off, a fresh skin will be provided. 56
Allah will bestow a vast reward on those who fight in religious wars. 74
Believers fight for Allah; disbelievers fight for the devil. So fight the minions of the devil. 76
Have no unbelieving friends. Kill the unbelievers wherever you find them. 89
If the unbelievers do not offer you peace, kill them wherever you find them. Against such you are given clear warrant. 91 ( Offering peace in Islam means surrendering. All 67 out of 68 wars of Muhammad were offensive. They are called qazwah (raid, ambush, sudden attack). That is how Muhammad waged his wars. He raided, massacred and looted civilians with no warning. The one defensive war, ‘ditch’ was not fought. That is why the Islamic terrorism ‘jihad’ will continue until the West “offers peace”. This was made clear by Bin Laden.)
Those who oppose the messenger and become unbelievers will go to hell. 115
Those who believe, then disbelieve, then believe and disbelieve again will never be forgiven by Allah. 137
For the hypocrites there will be a painful doom. 138
Allah will gather hypocrites and disbelievers into hell. 140
The hypocrites will be in the lowest part of hell and no one will help them there. 145
You must believe everything Allah and his messengers tell you. Those who don’t are disbelievers and will face a painful doom. 150-151
For the disbelievers, Allah has prepared a painful doom. 161
God will guide disbelievers down a road that leads to everlasting hell. 168-169

Quran Surah 5: The Table Spread
Those who deny Islam will be losers in the Hereafter. 5
Disbelievers are the rightful owners of Hell. 10
Those who make war with Allah and his messenger will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. That is how they will be treated in this world, and in the next they will have an awful doom. 33 (Anyone who resist Islam is deemed to be making war with Allah)
Disbelievers will have a painful doom. 36
Disbelievers will want to come out of the Fire, but will not. Their will be a lasting doom. 37
Life for life, eye for eye, nose for nose, ear for ear, and tooth for tooth. Non-muslims are wrong doers. 45
Christians will be burned in the Fire. 72
Christians are wrong about the Trinity. For that they will have a painful doom. 73
Disbelievers will be owners of hell-fire. 86

Quran Surah 6: The Cattle
Many generations have been destroyed by Allah. 6
Allah will torment those who deny his revelations. 49
Those who disbelieve will be forced to drink boiling water, and will face a painful doom. 70
When nonbelievers die, the angels will deliver to them doom and degradation. 93
Allah chooses to lead some astray, and he lays ignominy on those who disbelieve. 125
Allah will send everyone the Fire, except those he chooses to deliver. 128

Quran Surah 7: The Heights
How many a township have We destroyed! As a raid by night, or while they slept at noon, Our terror came unto them. 4-5
Allah has made devils the protecting friends of disbeliveers. 27
Disbelievers choose devils as protecting friends and believe they are rightly guided. 30
Only believers go to heaven. 32
Disbelievers are the rightful owners of the Fire. 36
Entire nations have entered the Fire. Some get a double torment. 38
Disbelievers will be excluded from heaven. Theirs will be a bed of hell. 40-41
Those in the Fire will cry out to those in heaven, saying: “Pour water on us.” But Allah has forbidden that to disbelievers. 50
Those who deny Muhammad’s revelation are evil. 177

Quran Surah 8: The Spoils of War
Allah will throw fear into the hearts of the disbelievers, and smite their necks and fingers. 12
Disbelievers will be tormented in the Fire. 14
When you fight with disbelievers, do not retreat. Those who do will go to hell. 15-16
Taste of the doom because ye disbelieve. 35
Those who disbelieve will be gathered into hell. 36
The angels smite the face and backs of disbelievers, saying: “Taste the punishment of burning!” 50
The worst beasts in Allah’s sight are the disbelievers. 55
Exhort the believers to fight. They will win easily, because disbelievers are without intelligence. 65
A prophet may not take captives until he has made a slaughter in the land. 67
Surah 9: Repentance
Give tidings (O Muhammad) of a painful doom to those who disbelieve. 3
Slay the idolaters wherever you find them. 5
Don’t let idolaters tend the sanctuaries. Their works are in vain and they will be burned in the Fire. 17
Give tiding of a painful doom to Christians and Jews. 34
If you refuse to fight, Allah will afflict you with a painful doom. 39
Disbelievers go to hell. 49
Those who vex the Prophet, for them there is a painful doom. 60
Those who oppose Allah and His messenger will burn in the fire of hell. 63
Allah promises hypocrites and disbelievers the fire of hell. Allah curses them. They will have a lasting torment. 68
Fight the disbelievers and hypocrites. Be harsh with them. They are all going to hell anyway. 73
Allah will afflict disbelievers with a painful doom in this world and the Hereafter. 74
For disbelievers there will be a painful doom. 90
Don’t pray for idolaters (not even for your family) after it is clear they are people of hell-fire. 113
Fight disbelievers who are near you, and let them see the harshness in you. 123

Quran Surah 10: Jonah
Disbelievers will have a boiling drink and a painful doom. 4
Those who neglect Allah’s revelations will make their home in the Fire. 7-8
Allah has destoyed entire generations. 13
Those who disbelieved will face a dreadful doom. 70
Allah drowned those who disbelieved his revelations. 73
Moses asked Allah to harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they would not believe until they saw the painful doom. 88

Quran Surah 11: Hud
Disbelievers wil1 end up in the Fire. 17
Those who oppose Islam and disbelieve in the Hereafter are guilty of the greatest wrong. 18-19
Those in the Fire will suffer as long as the heavens and earth endure. 106-7
Allah will fill hell with humans and jinn. 119

Quran Surah 13: The Thunder
Disbelievers are the rightful owners of the Fire 5
Allah does not hear the prayer of disbelievers. 14
Those who do not answer Allah’s call will go to hell. 18
Disbelievers will be tormented in this life, and suffer even more pain in the Hereafter. 33-34
The reward for disbelievers is the Fire. 35

Quran Surah 14: Abraham
Woe unto the disbelievers. Theirs will be an awful doom. 2
Allah sends some people astray. 4
Those who are in hell will be forced to drink festering water which they can hardly swallow. They will want to die, but they will not be able to. Theirs is a harsh doom. 16-17
Allah sends wrong-doers astray. He does whatever he likes. 27
Those in hell will be chained together. Their clothing will be made of pitch and fire will cover their faces. 49-50

Quran Surah 15: The Rock
Let the disbelievers enjoy life and let false hope beguile them. They will come to know! 2-3
Iblis will lead humans astray. Only perfect Muslims will be safe from him. The rest will go to hell. 39-43
Allah’s doom is a dolorous doom. 50

Quran Surah 16: The Bee
Allah could have led everyone to the truth, but he chose not to. 9
Those who don’t believe in the Hearafter are proud. 22
Disbelievers are evil and will dwell in hell forever. 27-29
Disbelievers are liars. 39
Allah will add doom to doom for those who disbelieve. 88
Those who oppose Islam will face an awful doom. 94

Quran Surah 17: The Children of Israel
Allah made hell to be a dungeon for disbelievers. 8
Allah has prepared a painful doom for those who disbelieve in the Hereafter. 10
Allah destroyed entire towns. 16
How many generations Allah has destroyed since Noah! 17
Allah intends to burn people in hell. 18
Allah makes it so that unbelievers cannot understand. 45-46
Allah will destroy every town before the Day of Resurrection. 58
Allah will send disbelievers astray. Then he’ll burn them in hell, increasing the flames from time to time. 97-98

Quran Surah 18: The Cave
Allah has prepared a Fire for the disbelievers. When they want a shower, Allah will give them a shower of molten lead to burn their faces. 29
Those who are condemned to the Fire know they will have no way to escape. 53
The worst wrong is to forget Allah’s revelations. Allah covers their hearts and makes them deaf so that they will never believe the truth. 57
There is an appointed time in which the doomed will find no escape. 58
Allah has destroyed many towns. 59
On a certain day, Allah will present hell, in plain view, to the disbelievers. 100
Allah will welcome the disbelievers into hell. 102
Hell is the reward for disbelievers because they made a jest of Allah’s revelations and messengers. 106

Quran Surah 19: Mary
Allah will pluck out from every sect those who should burn in hell. 69-70
Allah will record what disbelievers say and then prolong their torment. 77-79
Allah has sent the devils on the disbelievers to confuse them. 83
Allah has destroyed many generations. 98

Quran Surah 20: Ta Ha
Those who do not believe Allah’s revelations will face doom in the Hereafter. 127
Allah has destroyed many generations. 128

Quran Surah 21: The Prophets
Allah destroyed entire towns, yet the people still disbelieved. 6
The people cried out for mercy, but Allah killed them anyway. 15
Disbelievers will not be able to put out the fire on their faces and backs. They will be stupefied and no one will help them. 39-40
Allah gave judgment and knowledge to Lot . He was a righteous man. (Genesis 19:7-38) 75
Every person alive at the time of the flood was evil. So Allah drowned them all. 77
The disbelievers will stare in terror at what Allah has in store for them. 97-99
Quran Surah 22: The Pilgrimage
The devil will guide some to the punishment of the Flame. 3-4
Those who turn from the way of Allah will face ignominy in this world and burning in the next. 9
Whoever thinks that Allah will not give Muhammad victory should go hang himself. 15
Disbelievers will wear garments of fire, boiling fluid will be poured on their heads, their bellies and skin will be melted, they will be tormented with iron hooks, and when they try to escape they will be driven back with the taunt: Taste the doom of burning. 19-22
Allah will provide the disbelievers with a painful doom. 25
How many towns Allah has destroyed! 45
Those who disregard Allah’s revelations are the owners of the Fire. 51
Those who disbelieve Allah’s revelations will have a shameful doom. 57
Those who disbelieve Allah’s revelations will burn in the Fire. 72

Quran Surah 23: The Believers
Allah told Noah not to bother pleading for the people he was about to drown. 27
Those who don’t believe in the Hereafter will receive extreme punishment from Allah. 74-77
When fire burns their faces, they will be glum. 104
Disbelievers will not be successful. 117

Quran Surah 24: The Light
Scourge adulterers and adulteresses with 100 stripes. Do not show them any pity. Have a party of believers watch the punishment. 2
Only adulterers can marry adulteresses. Believers are not to marry them. 3
Vile women are for vile men, and vile men for vile women. 26
Believing women must lower their gaze and be modest, cover themselves with veils, and not reveal themselves except to their husbands, relatives, children, and slaves. 31
Disbelievers are miscreants. 55
Disbelievers will never escape the Fire that will be their home. 57
It’s okay for believers to own slaves. 58
The only true believers are those who believe in Allah and his messenger. 62

Quran Surah 25: The Criterion
Those who deny the coming of the Hour will be chained together and burned with fire. They will pray for their own destruction. 11-13
Allah will force the evil-doers to taste great torment. 19
It will be a hard day for disbelievers and wrong-doers. They will gnaw on their hands and wish they had chosen Islam. 26-27
Those who deny Muhammad’s revelations will be destroyed. 36
Allah drowned everyone in the flood of Noah, and has prepared a painful doom for evil-doers. 37

Quran Surah 26: The Poets
Allah destroyed the people in Lot ‘s town with a dreadful rain. 172-3
Many will not believe until they see the painful doom. 201
Those who believe in another god are doomed. 213

Quran Surah 27: The Ant
Allah leads those who do not believe in the Hereafter astray by making things work out OK in this life, so that he can torment them forever in the next. They will get the worst punishment and will be the greatest losers. 4-5
“Allah destroyed them and their people, every one.” 51
But he “saved those who believed.” 53
Allah sent a dreadful rain on “those who stayed behind.” 58
Whoever does something wrong will be thrown into the Fire. 90

Quran Surah 28: The Narrative
Allah has completely destroyed many communities. 58
Allah will taunt Christians on the day of their doom, saying: Where are My partners whom ye imagined? 62-64
Allah caused the earth to swallow Korah. 79-81
Never help disbelievers. 86 (Can Muslims in countries ruled in by non-Muslims be loyal to their country?)

Quran Surah 29: The Spider
Those who disbelieve in the revelations of Allah have no hope of mercy. For such there is a painful doom. 23
Only wrong-doers deny the revelations of Allah. 49
Those who disbelieve in the revelations of Allah are the losers. 52
The doom of hell will come upon disbelievers suddenly, when they least expect it. 53-55

Quran Surah 30: The Romans
Allah will tear Christians apart for ascribing partners to him. 13-14
Disbelievers will be brought to doom. 16
It’s OK to own slaves. 28
Allah does not love disbelievers. 45
Allah seals the heart of disbelievers. (And then he burns them in the Fire.) 59

Quran Surah 31: Luqman
Those who mislead others from Allah’s way and mock Islam will have a painful doom. 6-7
Allah will give disbelievers a little comfort for a little while, and then he’ll torment them forever with a heavy doom. 23-24

Quran Surah 32: The Prostration
Allah will fill hell with the jinn and mankind together. 13
Allah: Taste the doom of immortality because of what ye used to do. 14
Those who used to deny the Fire will be tormented in it forever. 20
The worst thing you can do is to deny the revelations of Allah. 22

Quran Surah 33: The Clans
Don’t obey disbelievers. 1 (Can Muslims in countries ruled in by non-Muslims be loyal to their country?)
Allah makes the deeds of unbelievers fruitless. 19
Allah cast panic into the hearts of the disbelievers. He killed some, and enslaved others. 25-26
Allah gave Zeyd’s wife, his own daughter in law to Muhammad in marriage. This was so that all Muslims would know that it’s OK to marry your adopted son’s ex-wife. 37
Ignore disbelievers and their poisonous talk. 48
It’s OK to own slaves. 50
Allah says it is lawful for Muhammad to marry any women he wants. 50-51
It’s OK to own slaves. 55
Those who malign Allah, Muhammad, and Muslims will be cursed by Allah in this life and with doom in the Hereafter. 57
Those who oppose Islam will be slain with a fierce slaughter. 60-61
Allah has cursed the disbelievers, and has prepared for them a flaming fire, wherein they will abide forever. 64-65
The disbelievers will be burned in the Fire with a double torment. 66-68

Quran Surah 34: Saba
Those who challenge the revelations of Muhammad will have a painful doom. 5
Those who disbelieve in the Hereafter will be tormented. 8
But some of the jinn Allah burned with flaming Fire. 12
Those who strive against Allah’s revelations will be brought to the doom. 38
Those who worshipped the jinn will taste the doom of the Fire. 41
Allah hates those who ignore his messengers. 45
Those who are cast into hell be terrified when they see that they have no escape. Then they will believe. But it will be too late. 51-52

Quran Surah 35: The Angels
Those who disbelieve will have an awful doom. 7
Allah sends whoever he wants astray. 8
Allah hates disbelievers. 26
Disbelievers will burn forever in the fire of hell. Allah will keep them alive so that he can torture them forever. When they repent and ask for mercy, he will ignore them. 36-7
He who disbelieves, his disbelief will be on his own head. 39
Allah has blinded the disbelievers so that they cannot see the truth. So it don’t bother warning them.

Quran Surah 36: Ya Sin
They will go to hell anyway. 8-10
Allah has destroyed many entire generations. 31
If Allah feels like it, he will drown everyone. 43
Allah will burn the disbelievers in hell. 63-4

Quran Surah 37: Those Who Set The Ranks
Those who refuse to believe in Muhammad’s revelations will face a painful doom. 31-38
Those in hell must eat from a tree with the heads of devils, and then drink boiling water. After that they return to hell. 62-68
Allah drowned everyone except Noah and his family in the flood. 82
Allah tells Abraham in a dream to sacrifice his son. (But is the son Ishmael or Isaac?) 102
Allah killed everyone in Sodom except for Lot and his family. 136
No one is against Allah, except those who burn in hell. 162-3

Quran Surah 38: Sad
Allah has destroyed many generations. 3
Those who doubt will soon taste Allah’s doom. 8
Those who deny the messengers deserve doom. 14
Those who wander from the way of Allah will have an awful doom. 26
Those who disbelieve will burn in the Fire. 27
The transgressors will roast in the Fire and be forced to drink boiling liquids followed by ice cold drinks. 55-9
Iblis asks Allah to let him hang around and mislead humans. Allah allows him to do so, and Iblis leads all humans to hell except for the single-minded slaves. Allah agrees, and plans to fill hell with Iblis and his followers. 79-85

Quran Surah 39: The Troops
Tell the disbelievers to enjoy themselves now, because later they will be owners of the Fire. 8
The losers will be those who lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. They will be surrounded by fire. 15-16
No one will be able to help those that Allah torments in the Fire. 19
Woe unto those who forget Allah. They are in plain error. 22
Allah sends some people astray. For them there is no guide. 23
The worst thing you can do is tell a lie against Allah. The home of disbelievers is hell. 32
Allah sends some people astray. For them there is no guide. 36
Surrender to Allah before he sends the doom upon you suddenly. 54-55
Those who lie about Allah will be sent to hell and will have their faces blackened. 60
Losers are those who disbelieve the revelations of Allah. 63
Those ascribe a partner to Allah (like the Christians) will be among the losers. 65
Those who disbelieve will be driven into hell. 71-72

Quran Surah 40: The Believer
Allah sent an awful punishment at the time of Noah. 5
Those who disbelieve are the owners of the Fire. 6
Allah greatly abhors those who disbelieve. 10
When the doom comes, the hearts of the doomed will choke in their throats, and no one will help them. 18
Those who ignore Allah’s “clear proofs” will be seized and punished severely. 22
Those that Allah sends astray will have no helper or guide. 33
Allah deceives those who doubt. 34
The prodigals will be owners of the Fire. 43
The doomed will be exposed to the Fire morning and evening. 46
Those in hell will beg to be relieved from the Fire’s torment for just a day. But the prayer of a disbeliever is in vain. 49-50
Those who bicker about Allah’s revelations are filled with pride. 56
Those who scorn Allah will go to hell. 60
Those who deny the revelations of Allah are perverted. 63
Those who deny the Scripture and Allah’s messengers will be dragged through boiling water and thrust into the Fire. 70-72
Allah will taunt the Christians in hell, saying: Where are all my partners that you used to believe in? 73
Thus does Allah send astray the disbelievers (in his guidance). 74
Those who scorn will go to hell. 76
When they see Allah’s doom they will believe in Allah. But their faith will not save them. The disbelievers will be ruined. 84-85

Quran Surah 41: Fusilat
Woe unto the idolaters who disbelieve in the Hereafter. 6
Allah will make life miserable for those who deny his revelations and then he will torment them forever in the Hereafter. And they will not be helped. 15-16
The enemies of Allah will be gathered into the Fire where their skin, ears, and eyes will testify against them. 19-20
Allah will make those who disbelieve taste an awful doom. Their immortal home will be the Fire, since they denied Allah’s revelations. 27-28
Those who disbelieve will taste hard punishment. 50

Quran Surah 42: The Counsel
While some lounge in the Garden, others will roast in the Flame. 7
Those who argue about Allah will have his wrath upon them. Theirs will be an awful doom. 16
Allah sometimes kills people for misbehaving. 34
Allah sends some people astray and then punishes them for it by burning them in the Fire. 44-46
Allah makes some people barren. (Whenever he feels like it.) 50

Quran Surah 43: Ornaments of God
When the Egyptians angered Allah, he drowned them all. 55
Those who argue and do wrong will have a painful doom that will come upon them suddenly. 65-66
The guilty are tormented forever in hell. Allah will not relax their punishment. 74-75

Quran Surah 44: Smoke
Those in torment will claim to believe and ask Allah for relief. But he will refuse since they will return to their disbelief. 11-16
Those in hell must eat from a tree like molten brass that burns their bellies. Then boiling water will be poured on their heads. 43-48

Quran Surah 45: Crouching
Those who hear and reject Allah’s revelations are sinful liars. Give them tidings of a painful doom. 7-8
Those who joke about Allah’s revelations will go to hell. Theirs will be an awful doom. 9-10
Those who disbelieve in Allah’s revelations will have a painful doom of wrath. 11
Allah sends some people astray, making it impossible for them to hear or see. 23
Those who disbelieve are guilty folk. 31

Quran Surah 46: The Wind-Curved Sandals
Disbelievers will be rewarded with the ignominious doom of the Fire. 20
The guilty will face a wind with a painful torment. 25
Allah has destroyed entire towns. 27
Allah will taunt the disbelievers that he torments in the fire, saying: “Taste the doom for that ye disbelieved.” 34

Quran Surah 47: Muhammad
Allah makes the works of disbelievers vain. 1
Those who disbelieve follow falsehood. 3
Smite the necks of the disbelievers whenever you fight against them. Those who die fighting for Allah will be rewarded. 4
Allah will damn the disbelievers and make all their actions fruitless. 8-9
Disbelievers may eat and be happy now, but the Fire will be their final home. 12
Those in the Garden will drink delicious wine, while those in the Fire will drink boiling water that will tear apart their intestines. 15
Allah curses people by making them deaf and blind. 23
Angels will gather them together and smite their faces and backs. 27
Allah will make the actions those who disbelieve fruitless. 32
Those who disbelieve will never be pardoned by Allah. 34-35

Quran Surah 48: Victory
Those who think an evil thought concerning Allah will be cursed and sent to hell by him. 6
Allah has prepared a flame for the disbelievers. 13
If you refuse to fight for Allah, he will punish you with a painful doom. 16-17
But if you’re willing to fight for Allah, he will provide you with lots of booty. 19-20
Allah punished those who disbelieved with a painful punishment. 25
Those with Muhammad are ruthless toward disbelievers and merciful toward themselves. 29

Quran Surah 49: The Private Apartments
Do not lift your voice when in Muhammad’s presence. Those who subdue their voices are righteous and will receive an immense reward from Allah. 1-3

Quran Surah 50: Oaf
Allah has destroyed many entire generations. 36

Quran Surah 51: The Winnowing Winds
Accursed are the conjecturers who ask: When is the Day of Judgment? It is the day they will be tormented by the Fire. 10-14
Woe to the disbelievers. 60

Quran Surah 52: The Mount
Those who deny the existence of hell will be thrust into its Fire. 11-16
Those who disbelieve are trapped. 42

Quran Surah 54: The Moon
Allah sent a storm of stones on Lot’s folk, killing all but Lot ‘s family. 34
The suffering in hell will be more wretched and bitter than anything experienced on earth. 46-48
Allah destroyed many people, but does anyone remember anymore? 51

Quran Surah 55: The Beneficent
The guilty deny hell. But after they die they go circling between it and fierce, boiling water. 43-44

Quran Surah 56: The Event
But those on his left hand will face scorching wind, scalding water, and black smoke. 42-43
Those who deny Allah and the Hereafter will eat from the Zaqqum tree and drink boiling water. 51-54
Allah will welcome the rejecters and erring with boiling water and a roasting in the hell fire. 92-94

Quran Surah 57: Iron
The home of disbelievers is the Fire, a hapless journey’s end. 15
Those who disbelieve and deny Allah’s revelations are the owners of the fire. 19

Quran Surah 58: She That Disputeth
For disbelievers is a painful doom. 4
For disbelievers is a shameful doom. 5
Don’t make friends with Allah’s enemies. For those who do so, Allah has prepared a dreadful doom. 14-15
Those who turn others away from the way of Allah will have a shameful doom. They are rightful owners of the Fire. 16-17
Those who oppose Allah and His Messenger will be among the lowest. 20
On the Last Day good Muslims will not love their non-Muslim friends and family members, not even their fathers, sons, or brothers (or their mothers, daughters, or sisters). 22

Quran Surah 59: Exile
Allah cast fear into the hearts of the disbelieving People of the Scripture. Their home in the Hereafter will be the Fire. 2-3
The disbelieving people of the Scripture are liars. 11
The devil and disbelievers will be in the Fire. 16-17
The owners of the Garden and the owners of the Fire are not equal. 20

Quran Surah 60: She That is to be Examined
Don’t be friends with disbelievers. They are your (and Allah’s) enemy. 1
Don’t be friends with those who have warred against you because of religion. Whoever makes friends with them is a wrong-doer. 9
Don’t be friends with those who disbelieve in the Hereafter. They are Allah’s enemies. 13

Quran Surah 61: The Ranks
Allah loves those who fight for him. 4
Allah leads some people astray. 5
The worst thing you can do is tell a lie about Allah. 7

Quran Surah 62: The Congregation
A hypocritical Jew looks like an ass carrying books. Those who deny the revelations of Allah are ugly. 5

Quran Surah 63: The Hypocrites
Allah seals the hearts of those who believe and then disbelieve so that they can understand nothing. 3
Disbelievers are perverted. They are the enemy, confounded by Allah. 4
Don’t bother to ask Allah to forgive the disbelievers. He will never forgive them. 6

Quran Surah 64: Mutual Disillusion
Those who disbelieve will have a painful doom. 5
Those who disbelieve are the owners of the Fire. 10

Quran Surah 66: Banning
Muhammad’s wives need to be careful. If they criticize their husband, Allah will replace them with better ones. 5
The fuel of the Fire is men and stones. 6
Be stern with disbelievers. They are going to Hell anyway. 9
The wives of Noah and Lot (who were both righteous) betrayed their husbands and are now in the Fire. 10

Quran Surah67: The Sovereignty
Disbelievers will go to hell where they will hear its roaring and boiling. 6-7
Who will protect the disbelievers from a painful doom? (Nobody) 28

Quran Surah 69: The Reality
Those who do not believe in Allah will be chained up and cast into hell-fire where they will eat filth. 30-35

Quran Surah 71: Noah
Those that Allah drowned in Noah’s flood were then tortured forever in the Fire. 25
Noah asked Allah to drown all the disbelievers. 26

Quran Surah 72: The Jinn
The fires of hell will be fueled with the bodies of idolators and unbelievers. They will experience an ever-greater torment. 15-17
Those who disobey Allah and his messenger will dwell forever in the fire of hell. 23

Quran Surah 73: The Enshrouded One
Allah will take care of the deniers. He will tie them up, burn them in a raging fire, and feed them food that chokes them. 11-13

Quran Surah 74: The Cloaked One
The last day will be a day of anguish for disbelievers. 9-10
Those who are stubborn to Allah’s revelations will face a fearful doom. 16-17
The fire of hell shrivels humans and spares nothing. 27-29
Allah has appointed angels to tend the Fire and has prepared stumbling blocks for those who disbelieve. He sends some people (whoever he wants) astray. 31
Allah is the font of fear. 56

Quran Surah 76: “Time” or “Man”
Allah has prepared chains, manacles, and a raging fire for the disbelievers. 4
Don’t obey disbelievers. 24

Quran Surah 77: The Emissaries
Allah destroyed “the former folk.” 16
Woe unto the repudiators on that day! 19, 24, 28, 34, 40, 45, 49

Quran Surah 79: “Those Who Drag Forth”
Those who rebel will go to hell. 37-39

Quran Surah 80: “He Frowned”
Disbelievers are wicked people. On the last day they will be in darkness and have dust on their faces. 40-42

Quran Surah 82: The Cleaving
The wicked will burn in hell forever. 82

Quran Surah 84: The Sundering
Some folks will be thrown into a scorching fire. 11-12
Disbelievers will be given a painful doom. 22-24

Quran Surah 87: The Most High
Those who are flung into the great Fire will neither live nor die. 12-13

Quran Surah 88: The Overwhelming
On that day many will be sad and weary. Scorched by the fire, drinking boiling water, with only bitter thorn-fruit to eat. 2-7
Allah will punish disbelievers with the direst punishment. 23-24

Quran Surah 89: The Dawn
Allah poured on them the disaster of His punishment. 13

Quran Surah 90: The City
Those who disbelieve Allah’s revelations will have the Fire placed over them like an awning. 19-20

Quran Surah 92: The Night
Those who deny Allah’s revelations must endure the flaming fire. 14-16

Here’s the bottom line, Suras 9 and 5, the most violent and vile of Suras are the last spoken by Muhammad, and they abrogate all previous verses in conflict with them. Do not allow Muslim apologists to deceive you by citing verses abrograted by verses in Suras 9 and 5.

Yaaqov and Esau

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Yaaqov and Esau started fighting before they were born:

Bereshit (Genesis) 25:21-23 And Isaac entreated YHVH for his wife, because she [was] barren: and YHVH was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so, why [am] I thus? And she went to inquire of YHVH. And YHVH said unto her, Two nations [are] in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and [the one] people shall be stronger than [the other] people; and the elder shall serve the younger. These two, Yaaqov and Esau, are going to be fighting throughout history The reason is that both houses were to fight over the birthright. Esau had lost it twices, and his descendants continually desired to take it back.

Bereshit (Genesis) 25:25,26
"And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. And the first twin came out red, all over like an garment and they called his name Esau . And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel ; and his name was called Jacob : and Isaac [was] threescore years old when she bare them

The first mention of the word Edom is found in: Bereshit (Genesis) 25:30 ,31
"And Esau said to Yaaqov , Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red [pottage]; for I [am] faint: therefore was his name called Edom

Yaaqov said, Sell me this day thy birthright. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. Edom is the name which was given to Esau, the first-born son of Yitzchak , on the day he sold his birthright to Yaaqov for a mess of pottage.

Genesis 27
1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.

2 And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:

3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;

4 And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.

5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.

6 And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,

7 Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before YHVH before my death.

8 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy Dad, such as he loveth:

10 And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.

11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

12 My Dad peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.

13 And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.

14 And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his Dad loved.

15 And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son:

16 And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck:

17 And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

18 And he came unto his Dad, and said, My Dad: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?

19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

20 And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because YHVH thy Father brought it to me.

21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him.

24 And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

25 And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank.

26 And his Dad Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.

27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which YHVH hath blessed:

28 Therefore YHVH give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be master over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

30 And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

31 And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his Dad, and said unto his Dad, Let my Dad arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.

32 And Isaac his Dad said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.

33 And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.

34 And when Esau heard the words of his Dad, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his Dad, Bless me, even me also, O my Dad.

35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.

36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy master, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son?

Genesis 27:38
And Esau said unto his Dad, Hast thou but one blessing, my Dad? bless me, even me also, O my Dad. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

Hebrews 12:17
For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears

Genesis 27:39,40,41
"And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck."

41 And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his Dad blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my Dad are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

The Torah repeats the association of Edom with Esau in:

Bereshit (Genesis) 36:1
Now these [are] the generations of Esau, who [is]Edom

Bereshit (Genesis) 36:8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau [is] Edom

Bereshit (Genesis) 36:43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these [be] the dukes of Edom , according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he [is] Esau the father of the Edomites.

The capital of Edom was probably Bozrah (see especially Amos 1:12, "the palaces of Bozrah," similar to the palaces of other capital cities mentioned in this prophecy). Bozrah was the principal city, the other cities of Edom being called Bozrah's cities: "For I have sworn by myself, says YHVH, that Bozrah shall become a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse; and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes" (Jer. 49:13). Among the other cities of Edom mentioned in the Bible are Teman, which is used as a parallel for Bozrah (Amos 1:12), and Dedan (Jer. 49:8). The principal cities of Edom, which were also the royal cities, can be learned from the list of kings, who reigned "before king Saul reigned over the Hebrews" (Gen. 36).

Edom was conquered after a decisive defeat in the Valley of Salt. According to Samuel 8:13 it was King David who defeated Edom in the Valley of Salt, slaying 18,000 Edomites. According to Chronicles 18:12, "Abishai son of Zeruiah slew 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt," and according to Psalm 60:2, it was also Joab who defeated Edom . The war was attributed and credited to King David , and the victories of Joab, his military commander.

King David did not leave the Edomites monarchy in power, but made Edom into anprovince ruled by appointed governors Sam. 8:14; Chron. 18:13). There is additional information about this battle in Kings 11:15–16 which states that "For six months did Joab remain there with all Ysrayl, until he had cut off every male in Edom." His reasons for turning Edom into a province which rendered tribute and was ruled by governors were probably primarily economic. Edom controlled the trade routes, both overland the "King's Highway" and maritime the port of Ezion-Geber-Elath. The Hebrew rule of Edom by means of governors lasted throughout King David's reign and apparently also through most of King Solomon's time, until Hadad, a descendant of the last Edomites king, rebelled against Solomon.

In the Biblical Scriptures Edom is described as the eternal enemy of The Hebrews and Judah, Amos 1:11; Ezek. 35:5 . Edom not only always try's to oppressed Ysrayl, but at the time of the destruction of the First Temple took advantage of the situation and seized control of parts of Judah (Ezek. 25:12; 35:5, 10, 2; Obad. 11–16), and Edom also took part in the destruction of Jerusalem (Ps. 137:7; Obad. 11) .

Jeremiah Prophesies: Edom to Become a Wasteland

Jeremiah 49:7-22
Concerning Edom. Thus says YHVH of hosts: "Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished? Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time when I punish him. If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, would they not destroy only enough for themselves? But I have stripped Esau bare, I have uncovered his hiding places, and he is not able to conceal himself. His children are destroyed, and his brothers, and his neighbors; and he is no more. Leave your fatherless children, I will keep them alive; and let your widows trust in me." For thus says YHVH: "If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink. For I have sworn by myself, says YHVH, that Bozrah shall become a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse; and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes." I have heard tidings from YHVH, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: "Gather yourselves together and come against her, and rise up for battle!" For behold, I will make you small among the nations, despised among men. The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill.

Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, says YHVH. "Edom shall become a horror; every one who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters. As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighbor cities were overthrown, says YHVH, no man shall dwell there, no man shall sojourn in her. Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a strong sheepfold, I will suddenly make them run away from her; and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me? Therefore hear the plan which YHVH has made against Edom and the purposes which he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman: Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. At the sound of their fall the earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea. Behold, one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle, and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her pangs."

In Ezekiel 35:15 the prophecy against Esau’s descendants is directed against "mount Seir and ,all Edom " . The prophet also directs his Esau prophecies against ,Teman , in Ezekiel 20:46 and in 25:13. Teman was Esau’s grandson through Eliphaz (Gen. 36:11).

Amos 1:11-12 Thus saith YHVH; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four , I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

Tehillim (Psalm) 137:7 Remember, YHVH, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem ; who said, Rase [it], rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof.

During the Babylonian Exile of the Hebrews, which is traditionally dated to 586-539, the Edomites looted Judah and settled in the northern Negev (Ezra, 35.10-12; cf. Psalm , 137.7). Maybe as a retaliation, Edom was invaded by the Babylonian king Nabonidus in 553 (Nabonidus Chronicle); he even proceeded further to the south, to the Arabian town Tema and beyond, eventually reaching Iatribu (modern Medina). After the Persians had taken power; the Arabian tribe of the Nabataeans, invaded Edom, and seized power.

Diodorus, Library of World History, 19.94-100
"Many Edomites moved to the newly acquired land in the northern Negev, because in the Hellenistic age (which starts with the conquests Alexander the Great in 333), the name "Idumea" refers to the Negev. The new capital was Hebron; other towns were Marisa and Beth-Sur. The Edomite homeland had been taken over by the Nabataeans, who repelled Greek attacks".

1 Maccabees Apocrypha
"1 And it happened, after that Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian, who came out of the land of Chettiim, had smitten Darius king of the Persians and Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece, 2 And made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the kings of the earth, 3 And went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him; whereupon he was exalted and his heart was lifted up. 4 And he gathered a mighty strong host and ruled over countries, and nations, and kings, who became tributaries unto him. 5 And after these things he fell sick, and perceived that he should die. 6 Wherefore he called his servants, such as were honourable, and had been brought up with him from his youth, and parted his kingdom among them, while he was yet alive. 7 So Alexander reigned twelves years, and then died. 8 And his servants bare rule every one in his place. 9 And after his death they all put crowns upon themselves; so did their sons after them many years: and evils were multiplied in the earth."

Rome was founded by the children of Esau, and Rome was identified as one of the cities of the chiefs of Esau enumerated at the end of Genesis 36 (these identifications occur not only in the Midrashim and the Talmuds but also in the Palestinian Targums of the Torah and in the Targums to Lamentations and Esther .

Kittim - A place-name in the Aegean Islands, perhaps Kition in Cyprus, that in Dead Sea Scrolls texts serves as a code word for "Romans"

Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 13.257-258
"As long as the Ptolemies, descendants of Alexander's general Ptolemy I Soter, controlled this area, the situation remained quiet, but they lost their Asian possessions to the Seleucids after the Fifth Syrian War (202-195). The Jews revolted against their overlords (the Maccabaean Revolt) and their leader, Judas, invaded Idumea in 167, sacking Hebron (1 Maccabees, 5.3). John Hyrcanus (r.134-104) subdued the Idumeans and forcibly converted them to Judaism:.

The Hebrew name, "Edom," sometimes is written in its Greek form, "Idumea." These are the same name, but written in different languages . Once you understand that the prophecies regarding Esau come under all of these various names, it is apparent that the Bible is full of prophecies against Esau’s descendants in the latter days. Many do not realize this, because many prophetic statements are directed at one of the other names: Edom, Idumea, Seir, Teman, Kittim or Amalek. In the first millennium many of the Edomites and Canaanites who had adopted Judaism migrated to Khazaria, absorbed into the general population, and later adopted the name Aslenaz, or Ashkenazi Jews .

The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1925 edition, Vol. 5, p. 41, which says, "Edom is in modern Jewry."

Canaanite, Khazar, and Edomite, are names that accurately describe the people who call themselves, Jews. Modern Jewry is, those who adhere to Judaism and reject Yahushua and is the only modern nation that can fulfill the prophecies of Edom

Ovadiah 1:17-21 "But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph aflame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be [any] remaining of the house of Esau; for YHVH hath spoken [it].And [they of] the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and [they of] the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin [shall possess]Gilead. And the captivity of this host of the children of Ysrayl [shall possess] that of the Canaanites, [even] unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which [is] in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be YHVH" .

Malachi
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YHVH Love for Jacob
The burden of the word of YHVH to Yisrayl by Mal'achi.
I have loved you, saith YHVH. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith YHVH: yet I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith YHVH of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom YHVH hath indignation for ever. And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, YHVH will be magnified from the border of YHVH.

Revelation 2:9, "I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not but are a synagogue of Satan." And 3:9, "I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie; indeed I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved thee .

Ramadan , a pagan Arabian ritual

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In pre-Islamic times, Ramadan became a pagan Arabian ritual and was practiced by the pagan Arabians with the same features and characteristics as the Islamic Ramadan. The pagan Arabians in the pre-Islamic period fasted in the same way Muslims fasted today, as originally directed by Mohammad. Pagan Arabian fasting included abstinence from food, water, and sexual contact ,the same way as practiced by Islam.

Ibn al-Nadim wrote in his book, al-Fahrisit,
" in the month in which the Harranians fasted for thirty days, they honored the god Sin, which is the moon, they fast for thirty days, they look toward Yemen when they fast, and they pray five times a day."

Harranian fasting is also similar to that of Ramadan in Islam in the fact that they fast from before the sun rises until the sunset, just as the Muslims do during the days of Ramadan. In addition to the feast during Ramadan, the Harranians had five prayers which they repeated day and night. Each had to be preceded by ablutions, which were ceremonial washings. The same system of five prayers each day, preceded by ablutions, was copy by Mohammad.

According to Ibn al-Nadim, the Harranians called the feast al-Feter عيد الفطر , the same name by which the feast of Ramadan is named.

"region is called Arsareth "

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The historical records about the arrival of the native people of the western world are found in the book of 2 Esdras from the Apocrypha, chapter 13, verses 40:46:

2 Esdras 13:40 Those are the ten tribes, which were carried away prisoners out of their own land in the time of Osea the king, whom Salmanasar the king of Assyria led away captive, and he carried them over the waters, and so came they into another land.
2 Esdras 13:41 But they took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt,
2 Esdras 13:42 That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land.
2 Esdras 13:43 And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow places of the river.
2 Esdras 13:44 For the most High then shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed over.
2 Esdras 13:45 For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth.
2 Esdras 13:46 Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come,

After the death of King Solomon, the Twelve Tribes of Yisrayl split into two kingdoms: the Southern Kingdom of Judah, composed of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi; and the Northern Kingdom of Yisrayl, composed of the other tribes. The ten tribes you are reading about in 2 Esdras 13:40 are the ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Yisrayl. For breaking the laws of YHVH, they were held captive under the Assyrian people.

These ten tribes, after being held captive by the Assyrians, decided to leave the heathen they were amongst, and as the scripture says, they went forth "into a further country where never mankind dwelt". This is talking about a land that previously man never lived in. At this point in history, North/South/Central America, the West Indies, Puerto Rico, Hispanola, Cuba, and surrounding islands had no inhabitants. This is where the ten tribes came to, and they became the native people of these lands.

The purpose of the ten Yisraylite tribes coming to the Americas and surrounding islands was to keep the laws, statutes, and commandments of YHVH which they never kept in their own land.

The way the ten tribes came over here was by using information from King Solomon's naval fleets.

The region that they reached, which is the Western Hemisphere, is referred to by the Bible as "Arsareth", which means "New Found Land".

It says "Then dwelt they there until the latter time", this lets you know that this is where these ten Yisraylites tribes would be found at in the last days, which is now.

Masons Demonic Cult

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Exodus 20:3-5
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I YHVH thy Father am a jealous Father, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Matthew 7:21,22,23
"Not every one that saith unto me, Master, Master, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Master,Master, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."

2 Corinthians 6:14
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?"

Masons { DEUS MEUMQUE JUS } have mixed, idolatry, paganism, the occult, Gnosticism, Kabala, fertility cults, Satanism, spiritualism,and demonology, with biblical scriptures . They do not worship YHVH ,and the teaching, from Yahushua The Hebrev Messiah .

Rev. E. Cahill in Freemasonry and the Anti-Christian Movement:
"Most of the Masonic symbolism, in its original and proper meaning, refers primarily to the Solar and Phallic worship. This fact is testified to by the great authorities of Anglo-American Freemasonry — Pike, Mackey, Thomas Webb Smith, William Preston, Hutcheson, etc. Jean B. Marie Ragon, the 'Sacred author" adds his testimony to that of the Anglo-American writers. Ragon expressly says that the Masonic god is the God of the Pyramids, thus identifying the Masonic cult with the religion of the ancient Egyptians. The Masonic deity, called the Great Architect,is closely connected with the most hideous and degraded of the pre-Christian cults, one of which is commonly believed to betray the direct and immediate influence of the Evil One."

Historian Edith Starr Miller Occult Theocracy,
Albert Pike,formal written instruction to the "23" Supreme Councils of the world:
"That which we say to the crowd is 'we worship God', but it is the God that one adores without superstition. To you, Sovereign Grand Inspectors, General, we say this, that you may repeat it to the brethren of the 32nd, 31st, and 30th degrees, the Masonic religion should be, by all of us initiates of the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the Luceferian doctrine.If Lucifer were not God, would not Adonay (the God of the Christians), whose deeds prove his cruelty....and hatred of man, barbarism and repulsion for science, would Adonay and his priest calumniate him? Yes, Lucifer is God, and unfortunately, Adonay is also God. For the eternal law is that there is no light without shade, no beauty without ugliness, no white without black. Thus, the doctrine of Satanism is heresy; and the true and pure philosophic religion is the belief in Lucifer, the equal of Adonay; But Lucifer, god of light and god of good, is struggling for humanity against Adonay, the God of darkness and evil."

Freemasonry goes by different names, including the Scottish Rite, Masonry, Blue Lodge, Eastern Star (for women),"sons of light," and Shriners. The actual title of the Shriner organisation is the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. The Shrine is openly evocative of Arab culture and the “shrine” in Masonry is the sacred shrine of Islam in Mecca. A Shrine initiate must swear the usual oath on the Koran, in addition to the Bible(Shrine Ritual Monitor, Allen Publishing, pages 35-39). Muslims, of course, deny the deity of Yahushua and His Resurrection.

Freemasonry teaches that there are two basic Gods: Adonay, the god of the Christians, a god of evil and Lucifer, a separate god of good. Great Architect of the Universe” is not ,YHVH ,worshiped by the Hebrev's. Palladium rite, The traditional Palladium imprecation is: "Glory and Love for Lucifer! Hatred! Hatred! Hatred! To God accursed! Accursed! Accursed!". Masonry claims to have ancient roots but there is no indication of any Masonic types of activity before the Middle Ages. Pagan worship has been around since ,Tubal-Cain ,which Masons ,practices and follow.

Rollin C. Blackmer, The Lodge and the Craft: A Practical Explanation of the Work of Freemasonry,
"The lodge is a representation of King Solomon's Temple and the Temple was calculated to symbolize the maternal human body, wherein the candidate must enter to be born again . The uterus and vagina represent the porch of the Temple, the pillars of the porch represent the fallopian tubes, the network, the broad ligament with its accompanying blood vessels ... and the pomegranate, the ovary and its exuberant seeds, the ova cells."

All Masonic symbols have two meanings. The outer meaning, called and referred to as "exoteric", and the inner one called, "esoteric", a hidden meaning.In the first degree, the letter "G" represents deity, that is, God. The second degree, represents "geometry," the first and noble of sciences, by means of which the secrets of the universe may be discovered . The symbol represents reproduction. The letter "G" in the center is that of the phallus, the presentation of deity in the Egyptian fertility cults.

The compass represents the dominant active male, " reproductive principal. The square inverted represents the passive, receptive, female "reproductive principal ". The combination, thus arranged, represents the sun penetrating and impregnating the earth to bring forth new life. 33rd Degree Mason, Arthur Waite, quotes Eliphas Levi [also 33rd Degree], telling us that the letter "G" stands for Venus, and that Venus' symbol is a lingam, a stylized phallis.

Masonry also teaches Satanic lore about the Yin and Yang symbols. Freemasonry depicts Yin and Yang symbol ,used to represent ,bisexuality and homosexuality ,within today's, New Age Movement. Masonic author, Manley P. Hall, 33 Degree Mason, states that "the torches represent the occult arts and sciences, the doctrines and dogmas by the light of which Truth is made visible."

http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masonicmuseum/statue_of_liberty.htm
The Statue of Liberty.
Frederic Bartholdi was one of the early members of Lodge Alsace-Lorraine, Paris (Oct. 14, 1875) which was composed of prominent intellectuals, writers and government representatives. When his famous statue "Liberty Enlightening the World" was achieved, Bartholdi convened his Lodge to review it, even before the statue was shown to the U.S. committee. On June 19, 1884, the Lodge, as if it were a pilgrimage, went in a body to review his masterpiece. On July 4th, 1884 the finished statue was presented to the American Ambassador in Paris, Levi Morton. On August 5th, 1884, the then Grand Master of Masons in New York, William A. Brodie laid the cornerstone of the pedestal of the statue of "Liberty Enlightening the World" with full Masonic ceremony.

Oliver, Signs and Symbols , Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co., p. 14
"It is remarkable that in all the ancient systems of mythology, the Great Father, or the Male Generative Principle [Phallus] was uniformly symbolized by a point within a circle. This emblem was placed by the Scandinavian priests and poets on the central summit of a rainbow, which was fabled to be a bridge leading from earth [Female Vulva] to heaven [Great Father's Phallus].

The Tau-Cross was originally created to worship the Babylonian god, Tammuz , a worship highly condemned in the Biblical Scriptures . The form of this cross was X or +, a form familiar to the people of that day. But as the Greek letter tau subsequently assumed the form which is still preserved in the Roman T. The tau or tau cross was made also to assume the same form; the mark tau is now universally recognized in this form, T.

Waite, op. cit., p. 440
"The 25th degree of the Scottish Rite is called "Knight of the Brazen Serpent." Again Waite describes this degree and reveals to us that the twelve signs of the Zodiac are illustrated and a Tau Cross, encompassed by a Serpent is in the East. The Master retires to call upon God and then . . . "returns bearing a Symbol of Salvation, being a Brazen Serpent entwined about the Tau Cross . . . It is given thereafter to the Candidate, as a symbol of faith, repentance and mercy"

the Templar's Chart
KNIGHTS OF THE BRAZEN SERPENT.

Decorations.

The Lodge is festooned with red; above the throne is a transparency resembling the burning bush, and the All Seeing Eye. In the centre of the Lodge is a cone representing a mountain, on which is a cross with a serpent entwined thereon, over which are the letters V and C. At the food of the mountain a lamb. The Lodge is lighted by a single flambeau. The Chief Officer receives the appellation of Most Powerful Grand Master. The Wardens are called Ministers, and the Brethren, Knights. There is also an Inspector, the candidate a traveller.

Clothing.

A scarlet sash, on which is painted or embroidered the motto, - Virtue and Courage. The jewel is a serpent entwined around a rod terminating in a T; it represents the serpent that Moses set up in the wilderness in the camp of the Yisraylites, by looking upon which they were healed of the wounds caused by the serpents that had pursued them in the Desert. The brazen serpent was afterward carefully preserved in the Temple, but as it finally became an object of idolatry to the Hebrev, Hezekiah, king , caused it to be broken in pieces.

Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma,
The god Jupiter Ammon's picture was painted with the sign of the Ram or Lamb.Jupiter Ammon is "the same as Osiris, Adoni, Adonis, Atys, and the other Sun Gods . Jupiter Ammon is "painted with horns" he is the "same as Ba'al or Moloch . The Greeks call Bel 'Beliar,' and Hesychius interprets that word to mean a Dragon or great Serpent . His ceremonies "consisted in clothing the Initiate with the skin of a white lamb. And in this we see the Origin of the Apron of white sheep-skin used in Masonry" .

Ba'al worship is condemned by the Biblical Scriptures,(1 Kings 16:30-33; 22:53; 2 Kings 17:16)

Dave Hunt and Ed Decker,
"the Serpent is regarded as The Shining One ,the Holy wisdom itself. Thus we see that the Serpent on our apron denotes that we are encircled by the Holy Wisdom. The snake is peculiarly associated with (the Hindu god) Shiva, the Destroyer, whose close symbolic association with the third (Masonic) degree is obvious.He is depicted making the (sign) of a Master Mason"

The five-pointed star ,Pentagram ,is found on most Masonic memorabilia and represents the blasphemous, witchcraft .The Pentagram in Babylonian drawings, marks the path the planet Venus makes on its travels. It was a secret Pagan symbol of the Pagan Goddess Ishtar. It was used as a symbol of all five visible planets in some cultures, or as just the planet Venus, and a general symbol for the Pagan Goddess.The God in Witchcraft almost always has horns or antlers. The five-pointed star within a circle was the Egyptian symbol of the Duat.The stars were called the "Followers of Osiris and represented the souls in the underworld. The Egyptian symbol for the stars was a symbol five-pointed line drawing.

Satanism
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A goat's head inscribed in a downward-pointing pentagram, from La Clef de la Magie Noire by the Rosicrucian Stanislas de Guaita (1897).

Satanists use a pentagram with two points up, often inscribed in a double circle, with the head of a goat inside the pentagram. This is referred to as the Sigil of Baphomet. They use it much the same way as the Pythagoreans, as Tartaros literally translates from Greek as a "Pit" or "Void" in Christian terminology (the word is used as such in the Bible, referring to the place where the fallen angels are fettered). The Pythagorean Greek letters are most often replaced by the Hebrew letters לויתן forming the name Leviathan. Less esoteric LaVeyan Satanists use it as a sign of rebellion or religious identification, the three downward points symbolising rejection of the holy Trinity and the horns pointing up in defiance of conventional religious (spiritual) dogma.

Masonic Secret Handshake:
The secret Masonic handshake is a special type of handshake shared between freemasons. The handshake has special significance for masons and also allows masons to recognize each other. Even though popular culture makes a great deal out of the secrecy of Masonic handshakes – and other so-called “secret” handshakes belonging to social groups and fraternities – in fact Masonic handshakes are not so secret. They are described in many books and pamphlets that are widely available.

In fact, there is not even one secret Masonic handshake that is recognized by all masons. Each Masonic degree has its own handshake, full of symbolism and its own unique attributes. The special grip or handshake of an entered apprentice, for example, consists of pressing the thumb against the top of the joint of the first knuckle. This handshake is known sometimes as the “Boaz.” When the entered apprentice first receives his degree, the Worshipful Master gives the new mason this handshake as a sign of “brotherly love and friendship.”

The Eye of Providence, The Illuminati eye , or the all-seeing eye TGAOTU doesn't represents YHVH . This "eye" or the Ajna chakra {Third eye}, is felt to be the point of contact between humans and Lucifer consciousness. It is supposedly located in the forehead, above and between the two visible eyes. To open the eye a little is to experience psychic powers. To open it completely is to have the mind flooded with pure Luciferic consciousness. This is why one of the Masonic symbols is the all-seeing-eye.

The Masters Carpet, by Edmond Ronayne, Past Grand Master of Lodge 639 in Chicago, pages 301, 302:
"The Lodge room then is brought us a symbol of the universe, governed by the Sun God, and it's cubicle form expressed in the language of the ritual is made to represent the united power of light and darkness, and the constant conflict which is supposed to be always going on between them. In other words the lodge room is the real heaven (in miniature), where the god of nature G.A.O.T.U. always presides, where his symbol is always displayed, where his worship is always practiced." The black and white tiles on the floor of the lodge are meant to represent the "God of forces" in the form of dark and light squares or positive and negative.

The day of YHVH

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Isaiah 13:10
"For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine."

Isaiah 24:19
"The earth is broken asunder, The earth is split through, The earth is shaken violently."

Isaiah 34:4
"And all the host of heaven will wear away, And the sky will be rolled up like a scroll; All their hosts will also wither away As a leaf withers from the vine, Or as one withers from the fig tree."

Micah 1:4
"The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place."

Zephaniah 1
"The great day of YHVH is near, near and hastening fast; the sound of the day of YHVH is bitter, the mighty man cries aloud there. A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness, a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the lofty battlements. I will bring distress on men, so that they shall walk like the blind, because they have sinned against YHVH; their blood shall be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung. Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of YHVH. but the whole earth shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy; for He will make and end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the earth.."

Zephaniah 3:8-20
"Therefore wait for me,' says YHVH, 'for the day when I arise as a witness. For my decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them my indignation, all the heat of my anger; for in the fire of my jealous wrath all the earth shall be consumed. 'Yea, at that time I will change the speech of the peoples to a pure speech, that all of them may call on the name of YHVH and serve him with one accord. From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, the daughter of my dispersed ones, shall bring my offering. 'On that day you shall not be put to shame because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain. For I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of YHVH, those who are left in Yisrayl; they shall do no wrong and utter no lies, nor shall there be found in their mouth a deceitful tongue. For they shall pasture and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.'

"Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Yisrayl! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! YHVH has taken away the judgments against you, he has cast out your enemies. The King of Yisrayl, YHVH, is in your midst; you shall fear evil no more. On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem: 'Do not fear, O Zion; let not your hands grow weak. YHVH, your Father, is in your midst, a warrior who gives victory; he will rejoice over you with gladness, he will renew you in his love; he will exult over you with loud singing as on a day of festival. 'I will remove disaster from you, so that you will not bear reproach for it. Behold, at that time I will deal with all your oppressors. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth. At that time I will bring you home, at the time when I gather you together; yea, I will make you renowned and praised among all the peoples of the earth, when I restore your fortunes before your eyes,' says YHVH."

Joel 2:30-31,32
"And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of YHVH come. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of YHVH shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as YHVH hath said, and in the remnant whom YHVH shall call.

Joel 3
"1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Yisrayl, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head; 5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: 6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. 7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: 8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for YHVH hath spoken it.

9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:

10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O YHVH.

12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of YHVH is near in the valley of decision.

15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.

16 YHVH also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but YHVH will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Yisrayl.

17 So shall ye know that I am YHVH your Father dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.

18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of YHVH, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.

21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for YHVH dwelleth in Zion. "

Zechariah 14:12
"And this shall be the plague wherewith YHVH will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth."

Matthew 24:29
"Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:"

Acts 2:19,20
"And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the YHVH come."

2 Peter 3:7
"But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men."

2 Peter 3:10
"But the day of YHVH will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up."

Revelation 6:12,13
"I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood;and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind."

Revelation 8:12
" The fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way."

That day and that hour knoweth no man

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Matthew 24:36
"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."

Mark 13:32
"But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father."

Acts 1:7
"And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power."

" warn the wicked "

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Ezekiel 3:18,19,20,21
"When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul."

Luke 19
19:12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

19:13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.

19:14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this [man] to reign over us.

19:15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

19:16 Then came the first, saying, Master, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.

19:17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

19:18 And the second came, saying, Master, thy pound hath gained five pounds.

19:19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

19:20 And another came, saying, Master, behold, [here is] thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:

19:21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

19:22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, [thou] wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:

19:23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

19:24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give [it] to him that hath ten pounds.

19:25 (And they said unto him, Master, he hath ten pounds.)

19:26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.

1 Timothy 5:20
"Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear."

2 Timothy 4:2
"Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine."

Non believers

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Atheism
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Atheism, in a broad sense, is the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.[1] In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities.[2] Most inclusively, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist.[3] Atheism is contrasted with theism,[4] which in its most general form is the belief that at least one deity exists. The term atheism originated from the Greek ἄθεος (atheos), meaning "without gods", which was applied with a negative connotation to those thought to reject the gods worshipped by the larger society

How ironic, most non believers ,spend ,much of their life ,fighting ,against ,something they don’t even believe exists. Non believers, have no clue to how the universe came into existence . Non believers ,can’t answer ,one of the most important philosophical questions pertaining to our own existence ,"How we got here". Labels are just meaningless , non believers are just ,rebels .

JW ,Cult, Man-Made Religions

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Deuteronomy 13:1,2,3
"If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder. And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for YHVH your Father proveth you, to know whether ye love YHVH your Father with all your heart and with all your soul.

Matthew 7:15
"Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

Matthew 24:24
"For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect."

2 Peter 2:1,2
"But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying YHVH that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of."

1 John 4:1
"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of YHVH: because many false prophets are gone out into the world."

Jehovah's Witnesses, also known as the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society (with headquarters in Brooklyn, New York), was officially founded in 1884 (originally the Zion's Watch Tower in 1879), officially adopting the name of Jehovah's Witnesses in 1931, by Charles Taze Russell (1852-1916). In 1870, Russell was exposed to the teachings of William Miller, one of the founders of the Second Adventist Movement. Russell originally denied the doctrine of Hell, and would go on to reject nearly every other Biblical Scripture doctrine. He would add many physically and spiritually false doctrines to his brand of worship. Many of these unique and bizarre teachingcan be found in his six volume series titled, Studies in the Scriptures.

JW leadership claims to be the sole Christian religion and authority on the earth today, as well as {God's mouthpiece} or prophets . JWs have their own translation of the Scriptures (New World Translation, published in 1961), which reflects the interpretations of the group's leaders. The JWs' New World Translation greatly perverts the Scripture , and the interpretation of the Bible, not the Bible itself, is the final authority . The Watchtower magazine is one of the JWs main sources of doctrine, and is considered authoritative by its members.

Russell declared that the Second Coming had taken place invisibly in October 1874. He claim that in 1914 the faithful (the 144,000) would be translated to heaven and the wicked destroyed. Armageddon (which began in 1874) would culminate in 1914 with the complete overthrow of earth's rulers and the end of the world. C.T. Russell, died in 1916 , two years ,after he claim ,Armageddon was going to happen.

Cults are founded upon false prophet and prophecies, that lead astray ,misguided people ,and serve false gods. Their prophecies , don't come to pass and they contradict YHVH Laws ,statues and judgment . They deny Yahushua The Hebrev Messiah ,{The only anointed one}, has come in the flesh . All man-made religions and philosophies are false teaching .Many cults use, the Bible and Bible terminology, to wheel in victim who are lost ,they combine biblical truth mixed with error and falsehood . Cult leaders ,added, changed, or eliminated those things{ the fundamentals of Bible doctrine} ,that goes against their twisted views.

V in ancient Hebrev

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Most linguists assume that the letter Vav was pronounced as W in ancient times.
In Modern Hebrew it is pronounced V.

Recently linguists have reconsidered this position and some now think it may have been V in ancient Hebrew as well.

Our main knowledge of ancient Hebrew pronunciation comes from the living traditions of Jewish communities throughout the world, which preserve vastly different pronunciations of Hebrew.

Of all these traditions, only the Yemenite community pronounces Vav as "W", possibly under the influence of Arabic. All other Jewish communities pronounce(d) the letter as "V".

Some linguists suggest that the different pronunciation traditions of modern Jewish communities actually preserve differences from ancient Hebrew.

We know that the ancient Israelites spoke a number of dialects of Hebrew and some of these dialectic differences expressed themselves in varying pronunciation of the consonants.

So for example, the Gileadites said "Shiboleth" while the Ephraimites said "Siboleth" (Judges 12:6). It is possible that some ancient Israelites said "W" while others said "V".

The main support for this comes from the fact that Oriental Jews, who spoke Arabic as their day to day language (up until 1948), continued to pronounce the Hebrew letter Vav as "V" even though this sound is not found in spoken Arabic.

At the very least it proves this pronunciation predates the Islamic conquests.

Modern Hebrew pronunciation is roughly a mix of the Ashkenazic pronunciation of the consonants and the Sephardic pronunciation of the vowels.

Modern Hebrew pronunciation has the following sounds:
Aleph - no sound, used as a vowel holder, like in English "Eat"
Bet Degusha - B
Bet Rafa - V
Gimel - G (as in "give")
Dalet - D
He - H (as in "hello"); in Tel Aviv it is identical to Aleph
Vav - V (identical to Bet Rafa)
Zayin - Z
Chet - CH (as in German "Bach", Scottish "Loch"); some pronounce it like a hard "H" or Mexican Jota
Tet - T (identical to Tav)
Yod - Y (as in "yellow")
Chaf Degusha - K (as in Karaite)
Chaf Rafa - CH (as in German "Bach", Scottish "Loch")
Lamed - L
Mem - M
Nun - N
Samech - S
'Ayin - identical to Aleph; some pronounce it like Arabic 'Ayin, a gutteral sound.
Pe Degusha - P
Pe Rafa - F
Tsadi - TS (as in "cats")
Kuf - K (identical to Kaf Degisha)
Resh - R (like the French "R"); some pronounce it like the Arabic "Ra".
Shin - SH
Sin - S
Tav - T
The vowels are as follows: Patach, Kamatz, Chataf-Patach = A as in "father"
Tsere, Segol, Chataf-Segol = E as in "help" (approximately) Holam, Kamatz Katan (when recognized),
Chataf-Kamatz = O as in "cold"
Shuruk, Kubutz = OO as in "cool" (approximately)
Chirik = ee as in "feed"
Sheva Na' = i as in "if"
Sheva Nach = no sound

If you look closely you will see Modern Hebrew has 26 separate sounds whereas "standard"

Biblical Hebrew (the dialect most of the Tanach is written in) had approximately 36 sounds (or according to some opinions 41 sounds).

The biblical lineage is not through the mother

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In the Torah ,Old Testament speaks of the lineage of the fathers.The Tanakh records descent in a patrilineal manner. The biblical lineage is through the father, not the mother. Jacob became Yisrayl and Yisrayl's son's were the original 12 tribes . Deutoromony, Nehemiah and other chapters talk of the son of Jesse, son of Abraham, Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel .

When The Kenites became know as " Scribes" they began teaching , whats know as , The Oral Law . The traditions decrees, { Aggadah } customs, and other man-made laws was passed down from The Kenites people , and became greater than , following Father YHVH Laws . They do not love Father YHVH, nor did they care for His commandments , they claimed to be " keepers of the Law " , they were actually perverter's of the Law through their , Oral traditions. The Talmud

Under the Asmonean rule the Sopherim ,The Scribes ,became the leaders of a new party called , " The Pharisees " . When the Kenites under the tittle of ,Scribes / Pharisees ,were admitted to the Sanhedrin , they began to make void the precepts of the Law . The "Traditions of the Elders" / " Oral Law " customs and interpretations, became greater then ,the teaching that Moses.

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The Wisdom of Solomon, Chapter 14

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The Wisdom of Solomon, Chapter 14

The Wisdom of Solomon 14:1 Again, one preparing himself to sail, and about to pass through the raging waves, calleth upon a piece of wood more rotten than the vessel that carrieth him.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:2 For verily desire of gain devised that, and the workman built it by his skill.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:3 But thy providence, O Father, governeth it: for thou hast made a way in the sea, and a safe path in the waves;
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:4 Shewing that thou canst save from all danger: yea, though a man went to sea without art.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:5 Nevertheless thou wouldest not that the works of thy wisdom should be idle, and therefore do men commit their lives to a small piece of wood, and passing the rough sea in a weak vessel are saved.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:6 For in the old time also, when the proud giants perished, the hope of the world governed by thy hand escaped in a weak vessel, and left to all ages a seed of generation.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:7 For blessed is the wood whereby righteousness cometh.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:8 But that which is made with hands is cursed, as well it, as he that made it: he, because he made it; and it, because, being corruptible, it was called god.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:9 For the ungodly and his ungodliness are both alike hateful unto YHVH.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:10 For that which is made shall be punished together with him that made it.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:11 Therefore even upon the idols of the Gentiles shall there be a visitation: because in the creature of YHVH they are become an abomination, and stumblingblocks to the souls of men, and a snare to the feet of the unwise.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:12 For the devising of idols was the beginning of spiritual fornication, and the invention of them the corruption of life.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:13 For neither were they from the beginning, neither shall they be for ever.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:14 For by the vain glory of men they entered into the world, and therefore shall they come shortly to an end.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:15 For a father afflicted with untimely mourning, when he hath made an image of his child soon taken away, now honoured him as a god, which was then a dead man, and delivered to those that were under him ceremonies and sacrifices.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:16 Thus in process of time an ungodly custom grown strong was kept as a law, and graven images were worshipped by the commandments of kings.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:17 Whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they took the counterfeit of his visage from far, and made an express image of a king whom they honoured, to the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:18 Also the singular diligence of the artificer did help to set forward the ignorant to more superstition.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:19 For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:20 And so the multitude, allured by the grace of the work, took him now for a god, which a little before was but honoured.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:21 And this was an occasion to deceive the world: for men, serving either calamity or tyranny, did ascribe unto stones and stocks the incommunicable name.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:22 Moreover this was not enough for them, that they erred in the knowledge of YHVH; but whereas they lived in the great war of ignorance, those so great plagues called they peace.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:23 For whilst they slew their children in sacrifices, or used secret ceremonies, or made revellings of strange rites;
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:24 They kept neither lives nor marriages any longer undefiled: but either one slew another traiterously, or grieved him by adultery.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:25 So that there reigned in all men without exception blood, manslaughter, theft, and dissimulation, corruption, unfaithfulness, tumults, perjury,
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:26 Disquieting of good men, forgetfulness of good turns, defiling of souls, changing of kind, disorder in marriages, adultery, and shameless uncleanness.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:27 For the worshipping of idols not to be named is the beginning, the cause, and the end, of all evil.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:28 For either they are mad when they be merry, or prophesy lies, or live unjustly, or else lightly forswear themselves.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:29 For insomuch as their trust is in idols, which have no life; though they swear falsely, yet they look not to be hurt.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:30 Howbeit for both causes shall they be justly punished: both because they thought not well of YHVH, giving heed unto idols, and also unjustly swore in deceit, despising holiness.
The Wisdom of Solomon 14:31 For it is not the power of them by whom they swear: but it is the just vengeance of sinners, that punisheth always the offence of the ungodly.

Apocrypha: 2 Esdras Chapter 7

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Apocrypha: 2 Esdras Chapter 7

1 And when I had made an end of speaking these words, there was sent unto me the angel which had been sent unto me the nights afore:

2 And he said unto me, Up, Esdras, and hear the words that I am come to tell thee.

3 And I said, Speak on, my master. Then said he unto me, The sea is set in a wide place, that it might be deep and great.

4 But put the case the entrance were narrow, and like a river;

5 Who then could go into the sea to look upon it, and to rule it? if he went not through the narrow, how could he come into the broad?

6 There is also another thing; A city is builded, and set upon a broad field, and is full of all good things:

7 The entrance thereof is narrow, and is set in a dangerous place to fall, like as if there were a fire on the right hand, and on the left a deep water:

8 And one only path between them both, even between the fire and the water, so small that there could but one man go there at once.

9 If this city now were given unto a man for an inheritance, if he never shall pass the danger set before it, how shall he receive this inheritance?

10 And I said, It is so, YHVH. Then said he unto me, Even so also is Yisrayl's portion.

11 Because for their sakes I made the world: and when Adam transgressed my statutes, then was decreed that now is done.

12 Then were the entrances of this world made narrow, full of sorrow and travail: they are but few and evil, full of perils,: and very painful.

13 For the entrances of the elder world were wide and sure, and brought immortal fruit.

14 If then they that live labour not to enter these strait and vain things, they can never receive those that are laid up for them.

15 Now therefore why disquietest thou thyself, seeing thou art but a corruptible man? and why art thou moved, whereas thou art but mortal?

16 Why hast thou not considered in thy mind this thing that is to come, rather than that which is present?

17 Then answered I and said, O YHVH that bearest rule, thou hast ordained in thy law, that the righteous should inherit these things, but that the ungodly should perish.

18 Nevertheless the righteous shall suffer strait things, and hope for wide: for they that have done wickedly have suffered the strait things, and yet shall not see the wide.

19 And he said unto me. There is no judge above YHVH, and none that hath understanding above the Highest.

20 For there be many that perish in this life, because they despise the law of YHVH that is set before them.

21 For YHVH hath given strait commandment to such as came, what they should do to live, even as they came, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.

22 Nevertheless they were not obedient unto him; but spake against him, and imagined vain things;

23 And deceived themselves by their wicked deeds; and said of the most High, that he is not; and knew not his ways:

24 But his law have they despised, and denied his covenants; in his statutes have they not been faithful, and have not performed his works.

25 And therefore, Esdras, for the empty are empty things, and for the full are the full things.

26 Behold, the time shall come, that these tokens which I have told thee shall come to pass, and the bride shall appear, and she coming forth shall be seen, that now is withdrawn from the earth.

27 And whosoever is delivered from the foresaid evils shall see my wonders.

28 For my son Yahushua shall be revealed with those that be with him, and they that remain shall rejoice within four hundred years.

29 After these years shall my son the anointed one die, and all men that have life.

30 And the world shall be turned into the old silence seven days, like as in the former judgments: so that no man shall remain.

31 And after seven days the world, that yet awaketh not, shall be raised up, and that shall die that is corrupt

32 And the earth shall restore those that are asleep in her, and so shall the dust those that dwell in silence, and the secret places shall deliver those souls that were committed unto them.

33 And the most High shall appear upon the seat of judgment, and misery shall pass away, and the long suffering shall have an end:

34 But judgment only shall remain, truth shall stand, and faith shall wax strong:

35 And the work shall follow, and the reward shall be shewed, and the good deeds shall be of force, and wicked deeds shall bear no rule.

36 Then said I, Abraham prayed first for the Sodomites, and Moses for the fathers that sinned in the wilderness:

37 And Yahushua after him for Yisrayl in the time of Achan:

38 And Samuel and David for the destruction: and Solomon for them that should come to the sanctuary:

39 And Helias for those that received rain; and for the dead, that he might live:

40 And Ezechias for the people in the time of Sennacherib: and many for many.

41 Even so now, seeing corruption is grown up, and wickedness increased, and the righteous have prayed for the ungodly: wherefore shall it not be so now also?

42 He answered me, and said, This present life is not the end where much glory doth abide; therefore have they prayed for the weak.

43 But the day of doom shall be the end of this time, and the beginning of the immortality for to come, wherein corruption is past,

44 Intemperance is at an end, infidelity is cut off, righteousness is grown, and truth is sprung up.

45 Then shall no man be able to save him that is destroyed, nor to oppress him that hath gotten the victory.

46 I answered then and said, This is my first and last saying, that it had been better not to have given the earth unto Adam: or else, when it was given him, to have restrained him from sinning.

47 For what profit is it for men now in this present time to live in heaviness, and after death to look for punishment?

48 O thou Adam, what hast thou done? for though it was thou that sinned, thou art not fallen alone, but we all that come of thee.

49 For what profit is it unto us, if there be promised us an immortal time, whereas we have done the works that bring death?

50 And that there is promised us an everlasting hope, whereas ourselves being most wicked are made vain?

51 And that there are laid up for us dwellings of health and safety, whereas we have lived wickedly?

52 And that the glory of the most High is kept to defend them which have led a wary life, whereas we have walked in the most wicked ways of all?

53 And that there should be shewed a paradise, whose fruit endureth for ever, wherein is security and medicine, since we shall not enter into it?

54 (For we have walked in unpleasant places.)

55 And that the faces of them which have used abstinence shall shine above the stars, whereas our faces shall be blacker than darkness?

56 For while we lived and committed iniquity, we considered not that we should begin to suffer for it after death.

57 Then answered he me, and said, This is the condition of the battle, which man that is born upon the earth shall fight;

58 That, if he be overcome, he shall suffer as thou hast said: but if he get the victory, he shall receive the thing that I say.

59 For this is the life whereof Moses spake unto the people while he lived, saying, Choose thee life, that thou mayest live.

60 Nevertheless they believed not him, nor yet the prophets after him, no nor me which have spoken unto them,

61 That there should not be such heaviness in their destruction, as shall be joy over them that are persuaded to salvation.

62 I answered then, and said, I know, master, that the most High is called merciful, in that he hath mercy upon them which are not yet come into the world,

63 And upon those also that turn to his law;

64 And that he is patient, and long suffereth those that have sinned, as his creatures;

65 And that he is bountiful, for he is ready to give where it needeth;

66 And that he is of great mercy, for he multiplieth more and more mercies to them that are present, and that are past, and also to them which are to come.

67 For if he shall not multiply his mercies, the world would not continue with them that inherit therein.

68 And he pardoneth; for if he did not so of his goodness, that they which have committed iniquities might be eased of them, the ten thousandth part of men should not remain living.

69 And being judge, if he should not forgive them that are cured with his word, and put out the multitude of contentions,

70 There should be very few left peradventure in an innumerable multitude.

Apocrypha: 2 Esdras Chapter 6

2010-07-28T10:00:00.000-07:00

Apocrypha: 2 Esdras Chapter 6

1 And he said unto me, In the beginning, when the earth was made, before the borders of the world stood, or ever the winds blew,

2 Before it thundered and lightened, or ever the foundations of paradise were laid,

3 Before the fair flowers were seen, or ever the moveable powers were established, before the innumerable multitude of angels were gathered together,

4 Or ever the heights of the air were lifted up, before the measures of the firmament were named, or ever the chimneys in Sion were hot,

5 And ere the present years were sought out, and or ever the inventions of them that now sin were turned, before they were sealed that have gathered faith for a treasure:

6 Then did I consider these things, and they all were made through me alone, and through none other: by me also they shall be ended, and by none other.

7 Then answered I and said, What shall be the parting asunder of the times? or when shall be the end of the first, and the beginning of it that followeth?

8 And he said unto me, From Abraham unto Isaac, when Jacob and Esau were born of him, Jacob's hand held first the heel of Esau.

9 For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth.

10 The hand of man is betwixt the heel and the hand: other question, Esdras, ask thou not.

11 I answered then and said, O YHVH that bearest rule, if I have found favour in thy sight,

12 I beseech thee, shew thy servant the end of thy tokens, whereof thou shewedst me part the last night.

13 So he answered and said unto me, Stand up upon thy feet, and hear a mighty sounding voice.

14 And it shall be as it were a great motion; but the place where thou standest shall not be moved.

15 And therefore when it speaketh be not afraid: for the word is of the end, and the foundation of the earth is understood.

16 And why? because the speech of these things trembleth and is moved: for it knoweth that the end of these things must be changed.

17 And it happened, that when I had heard it I stood up upon my feet, and hearkened, and, behold, there was a voice that spake, and the sound of it was like the sound of many waters.

18 And it said, Behold, the days come, that I will begin to draw nigh, and to visit them that dwell upon the earth,

19 And will begin to make inquisition of them, what they be that have hurt unjustly with their unrighteousness, and when the affliction of Sion shall be fulfilled;

20 And when the world, that shall begin to vanish away, shall be finished, then will I shew these tokens: the books shall be opened before the firmament, and they shall see all together:

21 And the children of a year old shall speak with their voices, the women with child shall bring forth untimely children of three or four months old, and they shall live, and be raised up.

22 And suddenly shall the sown places appear unsown, the full storehouses shall suddenly be found empty:

23 And tha trumpet shall give a sound, which when every man heareth, they shall be suddenly afraid.

24 At that time shall friends fight one against another like enemies, and the earth shall stand in fear with those that dwell therein, the springs of the fountains shall stand still, and in three hours they shall not run.

25 Whosoever remaineth from all these that I have told thee shall escape, and see my salvation, and the end of your world.

26 And the men that are received shall see it, who have not tasted death from their birth: and the heart of the inhabitants shall be changed, and turned into another meaning.

27 For evil shall be put out, and deceit shall be quenched.

28 As for faith, it shall flourish, corruption shall be overcome, and the truth, which hath been so long without fruit, shall be declared.

29 And when he talked with me, behold, I looked by little and little upon him before whom I stood.

30 And these words said he unto me; I am come to shew thee the time of the night to come.

31 If thou wilt pray yet more, and fast seven days again, I shall tell thee greater things by day than I have heard.

32 For thy voice is heard before the most High: for the Mighty hath seen thy righteous dealing, he hath seen also thy chastity, which thou hast had ever since thy youth.

33 And therefore hath he sent me to shew thee all these things, and to say unto thee, Be of good comfort and fear not

34 And hasten not with the times that are past, to think vain things, that thou mayest not hasten from the latter times.

35 And it came to pass after this, that I wept again, and fasted seven days in like manner, that I might fulfil the three weeks which he told me.

36 And in the eighth night was my heart vexed within me again, and I began to speak before the most High.

37 For my spirit was greatly set on fire, and my soul was in distress.

38 And I said, O YHVH, thou spakest from the beginning of the creation, even the first day, and saidst thus; Let heaven and earth be made; and thy word was a perfect work.

39 And then was the spirit, and darkness and silence were on every side; the sound of man's voice was not yet formed.

40 Then commandedst thou a fair light to come forth of thy treasures, that thy work might appear.

41 Upon the second day thou madest the spirit of the firmament, and commandedst it to part asunder, and to make a division betwixt the waters, that the one part might go up, and the other remain beneath.

42 Upon the third day thou didst command that the waters should be gathered in the seventh part of the earth: six parts hast thou dried up, and kept them, to the intent that of these some being planted of YHVH and tilled might serve thee.

43 For as soon as thy word went forth the work was made.

44 For immediately there was great and innumerable fruit, and many and divers pleasures for the taste, and flowers of unchangeable colour, and odours of wonderful smell: and this was done the third day.

45 Upon the fourth day thou commandedst that the sun should shine, and the moon give her light, and the stars should be in order:

46 And gavest them a charge to do service unto man, that was to be made.

47 Upon the fifth day thou saidst unto the seventh part, where the waters were gathered that it should bring forth living creatures, fowls and fishes: and so it came to pass.

48 For the dumb water and without life brought forth living things at the commandment of YHVH, that all people might praise thy wondrous works.

49 Then didst thou ordain two living creatures, the one thou calledst Enoch, and the other Leviathan;

50 And didst separate the one from the other: for the seventh part, namely, where the water was gathered together, might not hold them both.

51 Unto Enoch thou gavest one part, which was dried up the third day, that he should dwell in the same part, wherein are a thousand hills:

52 But unto Leviathan thou gavest the seventh part, namely, the moist; and hast kept him to be devoured of whom thou wilt, and when.

53 Upon the sixth day thou gavest commandment unto the earth, that before thee it should bring forth beasts, cattle, and creeping things:

54 And after these, Adam also, whom thou madest master of all thy creatures: of him come we all, and the people also whom thou hast chosen.

55 All this have I spoken before thee, O YHVH, because thou madest the world for our sakes

56 As for the other people, which also come of Adam, thou hast said that they are nothing, but be like unto spittle: and hast likened the abundance of them unto a drop that falleth from a vessel.

57 And now, O YHVH, behold, these heathen, which have ever been reputed as nothing, have begun to be master's over us, and to devour us.

58 But we thy people, whom thou hast called thy firstborn, thy only begotten, and thy fervent lover, are given into their hands.

59 If the world now be made for our sakes, why do we not possess an inheritance with the world? how long shall this endure?

Itching ears

2010-07-24T03:13:00.000-07:00

2 Timothy 4:3-4 (King James Version)
"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables."

Itching ears
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia,
Itching ears is a term used in the Bible to describe a person who seeks out messages that please them and fit their lifestyle, as opposed to seeking a truth that might make them uncomfortable.

False Doctrine And Theory Of Scientology

2010-07-19T05:10:00.000-07:00

The Biblical Scriptures, teaches, YHVH ,is the sovereign and only creator of the universe and mankind was created by him . Scientology categorically denies the existence of YHVH . Scientology believes that there are multiple gods and that some gods are above other gods. Those who believe in ,YHVH, The one true Father, cannot believe the false concept of, God , taught in Scientology. Scientology denies the deity of, Yahushua The Messiah . If anyone compare the teachings of Scientology with the Biblical Scriptures, you'll see , the two have very little, if anything, in common.

Matthew 24:24
"For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect."

L. Ron Hubbard:
"Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion"

Every aspect of Scientology has some sort of fee associated with it.

L Ron Hubbard:
"Man is basically good but he could not attain expression of this until now. Nobody but the individual could die for his own sins -- to arrange things otherwise was to keep man in chains."

1Peter 3:18
King James Bible
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to YHVH, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

Scientology beliefs and practices
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Scientology is defined as a set of beliefs written by science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard. Scientology describes itself as the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, others, and all of life. One purpose of Scientology, as stated by the Church of Scientology, is to become certain of one's spiritual existence..One belief of Scientology is that a human is an immortal alien spiritual being, termed a thetan, that is trapped on planet Earth in a physical body. Hubbard described these "thetans" in "Space Opera" cosmogony. The thetan has had innumerable past lives and it is accepted in Scientology that lives preceding the thetan's arrival on Earth lived in extraterrestrial cultures. Descriptions of space opera incidents are seen as true events by Scientologists.[2]

Scientologists believe that an individual should discover for himself/herself that Scientology works by personally applying its principles and observing or experiencing desirable results.[citation needed] Scientology claims that its practices provide methods by which a person can achieve greater spiritual awareness.[3] Two primary methods of increasing spiritual awareness are referred to in Scientology as "Auditing" and "Training".[citation needed] Within Scientology, progression from level to level is often called The Bridge to Total Freedom. Scientologists progress from "Preclear", to "Clear", and ultimately "Operating Thetan"."

Vulgar and Abusive language

2010-07-05T04:53:00.000-07:00

Matthew 12:36
"But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment."

Luke 6:45
"A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh."

Romans 3:13,14
"Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:"

Colossians 3:8
"But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth."

Ephesians 4:29
"Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers."

1 Peter 3:10
"For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:"

James 3:9,10,11,12,13
"Therewith bless we YHVH, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of YHVH . Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh. Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

lack of knowledge

2010-06-21T04:40:00.000-07:00

Hosea 4:6
" My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy Father, I will also forget thy children. "

One Father

2010-06-18T06:14:00.001-07:00

Matthew 23:9
"And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven."

" Be content with such things as ye have "

2010-05-22T04:36:00.000-07:00

Proverbs 23:4
"Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom."

Hebrews 13:5
"Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for YHVH hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."

1 Timothy 6:9
"But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition."

1 Timothy 6:10
"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."

1 Timothy 6:17
"Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living YHVH, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

"Mother earth " comes from a pagan goddess idea

2010-05-08T03:15:00.000-07:00

Give YHVH his glory,he created heaven and earth, keep his ,Commandments . The whole concept of "Mother earth " comes from a ," Pagan goddess ", idea .

The Gaia Hypothesis Effect on Attitudes About the Earth Mother

The earth itself has come to be known by Pagans and non-Pagans alike as Gaia, the Greek earth mother goddess who was born from the formless void known as Chaos. Her name became well known through the Gaia Hypothesis brought forth in the 1960s by Dr. James Lovelock.

Gaia (mythology)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gaia (pronounced /ˈɡeɪ.ə/ or /ˈɡaɪ.ə/; from Ancient Greek Γαῖα "land" or "earth"; also Gaea or Gea, from Koine and Modern Greek Γῆ^[2]) is the primal Greek goddess personifying the Earth, the Greek version of "Mother Nature".

Gaia is a primordial deity in the Ancient Greek pantheon and considered a Mother Goddess or Great Goddess.

Her equivalent in the Roman pantheon was Terra Mater or Tellus. Romans, unlike Greeks, did not consistently distinguish an Earth goddess (Tellus) from a grain goddess (Ceres).^[3]

Women in Prehistory
The Venus of Willendorf

Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe

The concept of an Earth Mother or Mother Goddess or Great Goddess derives primarily from the Greeks. In the Theogony, written in the early 7th century BCE, the poet Hesiod named the "deep-breasted" Earth Gaea, "a firm seat of all things for ever," who, after emerging out of Chaos, brought forth "starry Ouranus" (the sky), Mountains, the sea, and, after having lain with Ouranus, a number of non-cosmological Titans.

Plato (c. 427-347 BCE) in the Timaeus (40e) calls her Ge. According to Pausanias in his Description of Greece (2nd century CE), there was an altar and sanctuary dedicated to Gaia (the Gaeum) at Olympia (V.14.10), and another, known as the Gaeus, near Aegae in Achaia (VII.25.13). There was also a sanctuary of Earth the Nursing-Mother near the entrance to the Acropolis in Athens (I.22.3).

The Romans worshipped her as Tellus, or Terra Mater, whom Varro (116-27 BCE) called "the Great Mother."

In De rerum natura, the Latin poet Lucretius (died c. 55 BCE) calls the earth Tellus and refers several times to her as Mother Earth or the Great Mother, stating that "she alone is called Great Mother of the gods [Magna deum Mater], and Mother of the wild beasts, and maker of our bodies" (II.597-599).

The cult of the Great Mother [Magna Mater], later identified with the mother-goddess Cybele (and by the Greeks as Rhea), was established in Rome by the 3rd century BCE. The Greek satirist Lucian (120-c.190 CE) mentions the "Great Mother" in his dialogue Saturnalia (12).

Let the woman learn in silence

2010-05-05T02:48:00.000-07:00

1 Timothy 2:11,12,13,14,15
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve . And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

1 Corinthians 14:34
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

Oligarchy

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Oligarchy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

An oligarchy (Greek Ὀλιγαρχία, Oligarkhía) (oligocracy) is a form of government in which power effectively rests with a small elite segment of society distinguished by royalty, wealth, family ties, military might, or religious hegemony. The word oligarchy is from the Greek words for "few/one" (ὀλίγος olígos) and "rule" (ἀρχή arkhē). Such states are often controlled by politically powerful families whose children are heavily conditioned and mentored to be heirs of the power of the oligarchy.

Oligarchies have been tyrannical throughout history, being completely reliant on public servitude to exist. Although Aristotle pioneered the use of the term as a synonym for rule by the rich, for which the exact term is plutocracy, oligarchy is not always a rule by wealth, as oligarchs can simply be a privileged group. Some city-states from ancient Greece were oligarchies. The combination of the words plutocracy and oligarchy make the word plutarchy.

He Shall Rule Them

2010-04-17T06:17:00.000-07:00

Psalm 2:9
You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.

Daniel 2:44
And in the days of these kings shall the Father of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

Daniel 7 :13,14
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him .And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

Obadiah 1 :20,21
And the captivity of this host of the children of Yisrayl shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be YHVH .

Revelation 2:27
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

Revelation 12:5
And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to YHVH and to His throne.

Revelation 19:14,15
And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty YHVH .

Mormons ,do not worship ,YHVH or follow ,the Messiah

2010-04-03T03:26:00.000-07:00

Mormons ,do not worship ,YHVH or follow ,the Messiah Yahushua ,words . Mormonism teaches, "God used to be a man on another planet who became a god and brought one of his wives with him to this world ". Mormons , like Catholic's and Christians , frequently misrepresent scripture , and take verses out of context , to fit ,there twisted , belief system.

The Biblical Scriptures teaches

YHVH is a Spirit."

John 4:24
YHVH is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Deuteronomy 4:39
"Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that YHVH he thy Father in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else ".

1 Chronicles 17:20
"O YHVH, there is none like thee, neither is there any Elohim beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

Isaiah 43 : 10
"Ye are my witnesses, saith YHVH, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no Elohim formed, neither shall there be after me.

Isaiah 44:6
"Thus saith YHVH the King of Yisral, and his redeemer YHVH of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no Elohim ".

Zechariah 14:9
"And YHVH will be king over all the earth; in that day YHVH will be the only one , and His name the only one

Matthew 7 :21 ,22 ,23
"Not every one that saith unto me, Master , Master, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven . Many will say to me in that day, Master , Master , have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Revelation 22:8,9

"And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship
YHVH

Mormons teaches

The Mormon god was a man who became an angel, and then he became a god. "The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's" (Joseph Smith, Doctrine and Covenants, 130:22)

"In the beginning, the head of the gods called a council of the gods; and they came together and concocted a plan to create the world and (the) people in it."

There are many, many gods.
Planet Earth has only one male god (and his goddess wives) but...
other gods rule over other planets.
If you become a good Mormon, you can become a god and can make spirit babies for your own planet!

"The times of the Gentiles be fulfilled"

2010-03-17T07:21:00.000-07:00

Psalm 119:118
"Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood."

Luke 21
²⁰And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

²¹Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

²²For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

²³But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

²⁴And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

The " fall by the edge of the sword", prophecy,and the destruction of Jerusalem, was fulfilled in 70 AD. Almost , 1,100,000 ,Hebrews ,was murder or perished, in the siege of Jerusalem, in the year 70 AD . History shows and claims ,over ninety thousand Hebrews, then were sold for slaves , around the world.

Trodden
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/trodden?jss=0

"that has been stepped on," 1545, from pp. of tread. The pp. was alt. from M.E. treden under infl. of M.E. pps. such as stolen from steal.

The Hebrew Messiah Yahushua ,declared, Jerusalem will remain in Gentile control until the "time of the Gentiles" is completed . The Gentiles have stolen , and controls ,The Holy Land . In 5/14/48 ,The new state of Israel is proclaimed by The United Nations, and not by, YHVH . The Israeli government signed with the Vatican on December 30th, 1993, control over , the entire Old City of Jerusalem . The Vatican serves as "custodians" . The United Nation , The United States , The Arab nations, and the European Union, have been calling for a ,division of Jerusalem, to create , a capital of a Palestinian State , in The Holy Land.

Was ,Saint Patrick ,Really A Saint

2010-03-12T05:41:00.000-08:00

Wikipedia :

Saint Patrick's Day (Irish: Lá 'le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig), colloquially Paddy's Day or St. Patty's Day, is the feast day which annually celebrates Saint Patrick (373-493), the patron saint of Ireland, on March17, the day on which Saint Patrick died...It became a feast day in the universal church due to the influence of the Waterford-born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding, as a member of the commission for the reform of the Breviary in the early part of the 17th century...

One traditional icon of the day is the shamrock. This stems from a more bona fide Irish tale that tells how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity. He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity. His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.

Patrick’s church was a fervent promoter of monasticism and the veneration of saints and relics. To his credit, Patrick worked to build "a Christian culture, where slavery and human sacrifice became unthinkable, and warfare... diminished markedly," however, he had far less success in transforming the sexual mores of the Irish or their attraction to pagan customs (How The Irish Saved Civilization,Cahill, 1995, p. 148). It is noted that "the Irish never troubled themselves overmuch about eradicating pagan influences, which they tended to wink at and enjoy. The pagan festivals continued to be celebrated" (ibid. pp. 148–9). Historians acknowledge that the Christianity that emerges from Patrick’s efforts is a "characteristically Irish melange [mixture] of pagan and Christian" beliefs and practices (ibid.).

The church established by Christ was not monastic, did not venerate crosses or relics and did not pray to saints. These were all innovations absorbed into Patrick’s church from pagan sources—between 350–450AD. (Winnail, D. Behind the Mists of Ireland. Tomorrow's World. Jan-Feb 2000).

Wikipedia

"St. Patrick really wasn't Irish , his father was an Italian named Calpurnius, who was said to be crafty in war and an official for the Roman government. His mother is assumed to be Scottish. His real name was Maewyn, but he called himself "Patricius" which in Latin meant well-born."

Saint Patrick is most known for" driving the snakes" from Ireland. There are no snakes in Ireland, there probably never have been . In many old pagan religions, serpent symbols , were often worshipped. Driving the snakes from Ireland was probably symbolic of putting an end to that ,pagan practice. The Ancient Hebrews did not worship or consider that YHVH was part of a trinity. The observation of any holiday, intended to celebrate, ones who used a green leaf clover ,to mislead people ,about the nature of YHVH ,is a sin.

To ,venerate crosses or relics , goes against The Laws Of YHVH . Anyone ,who promote pagan concepts or pagan ideas, [Greco-Roman trinity ] as part of the sound , biblical scripture doctrine, is a liar and a deceiver.

Don't Put Your Trust In [Or Go To] Psychic

2010-03-10T22:57:00.000-08:00

Leviticus 19:31

"Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am YHVH your Father."

Leviticus 20:6

"‘And the person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people."

Deuteronomy 18:10,11,12

"¹⁰ There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,
¹¹ or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.

¹² For all who do these things are an abomination to YHVH, and because of these abominations YHVH your Father drives them out from before you."