The Book of Beginnings
creation and its restoration
Genesis, the first book of the Bible, has been the target of countless attacks, but the truth of its teachings has remained unassailable. Because Genesis is the beginning and lays the foundation for "The Story the Bible Tells".
Of all the countless printed books, the Bible is and was the bestseller. It belongs to millions, but few actually read it, let alone read it with understanding or recognize the story it tells. Many causes contribute to this lack of understanding; the main thing is perhaps the prevailing misinterpretations.
One can speak to men and women in different walks of life, coming to them with the conviction that they have not rejected the Bible or its teachings, but have questioned the misrepresentation of its truths. The interpretation and teaching of the message contained in this book as presented by Judeo-Christian theologians and teachers has failed to make a rational appeal; and has often closed the book to intelligent thinkers.
From this point of view, we interview scholars and discuss with many about the meaning of various passages in the Bible. The result was a belief that a simple outline that highlights and highlights the human characters in this unique story can be the means to inspire a sympathetic interest in this book of books that no longer exists today. And moreover, that it can inspire a desire for a deeper study and fuller understanding of the Bible.
A Bible
It is amazing how many of our brothers and sisters who call themselves "Christians" know absolutely nothing about the Bible or who it is and for whom it is intended. When confronted with any Scripture, they ALWAYS attack whoever tried to impart knowledge to them. But you will find that they never explain what they believe to be the truth. It's just that the author is wrong and they're all sorts of bad people. Which only shows their ignorance.
Oh, they say they're going to pray for this bad person, that their God is going to lead them on the way forward, but they're not praying to Yahweh, they're praying to a false god; someone who has already led them astray. For they were led and heard Jewish fables which Scripture tells us will lead a man/woman away from the truth.
“I adjure you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who at his coming and his kingdom shall judge the living and the dead; preach the word; immediately in season, be out of season; rebuke, rebuke, admonish with all long-suffering and teaching. FOR THE TIME WILL COME WHEN THEY WILL NOT SUPPORT SOUND DOCTRINE; BUT AFTER THEIR OWN ACHIEVEMENTS, THEY WILL ASSEMBLE TOGETHER WITH ITCHING EARS; AND THEY SHALL TURN OFF THEIR EARS FROM THE TRUTH AND THEY SHALL BECOME FABLES.” (2 Timothy 4:1-4)
If I am to be a good steward of the Lord, what should I do if I believe people are deviating from the word of the Lord?
“This witness is true. Therefore rebuke them severely, that they may be firm in the faith; NOT TO HEAR JEWISH FABLES AND COMMANDMENTS FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE SLAVES TO THE TRUTH.” (Titus 1:13-14)
What reward will I get if I show them the truth and convince them to learn to survive?
“Brothers, if one of you strays from the truth and another converts him; Know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.” (James 5:19-20)
They are like the Pharisees, scribes and Sadducees of the time of Christ,
"For if you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me." (John 5:46)
Those who try to teach the wicked and deceived the truth, those who are still in the world, hate them with an undying passion, because they point out their own mistakes, and therefore, because of their own pride, do not allow them. see the truth will hate him as the world hates Christ.
"Because that's the message you've heard from the start: that we love each other. NOT LIKE CAIN THAT WAS EVIL (Satan the father of the Jews) and killed his brother. And why did you kill him? Because his own works were evil and his brother's righteous. DO NOT BE AMAZEED MY BROTHERS IF THE WORLD HATES YOU. We know that we passed from death to life BECAUSE WE LOVE THE BROTHERS (the white Anglo-Saxons, Germans, Scandinavians, Celts and the like). HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE HIS BROTHER REMAINS IN DEATH.” (1 John 3:11-14)
Which shows exactly what the Lord was talking about when He spoke these words:
"MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED FOR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE:
And why are they destroyed for lack of knowledge? "SINCE YOU HAVE REFUSED KNOWLEDGE, I WILL ALSO REFUSE YOU FROM BEING MY PRIEST:
This refers to what the Lord said in Exodus 19:5-6: “Now then, if ye obey my voice faithfully, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be my peculiar possession among all nations; for all the earth is mine, and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy people. These are the words that you are to speak to the children of Israel.”
“Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. As they multiplied, they sinned against me; therefore I will turn your glory into shame. They eat up the sins of my people and set their hearts on their iniquities. And there will be as people as as priests, and I will punish them for their ways, and I will reward them for their deeds. For they will eat and not be satisfied; they will prostitute themselves and not multiply, because they have stopped listening to the LORD. Prostitution, wine and new wine conquer the heart. My people seek counsel from their stores, and their staff declares to them, Because the spirit of fornication has led them astray, and they are whoring under their God.” (Hosea 4:6-12)
When informed of this, they become even more belligerent and say I've read it all; and that's the problem, they read and don't understand anything that's written. It's beyond them, slipping through the night, so to speak.
There is a growing and growing need for our people to know their racial and spiritual identity in God's plan! Millions of our white Caucasian Christians yearn and seek, thirst and swoon for deeper meaning in their lives!
They seek to find meaning behind their existence and to be like the children of light on this earth. why was i born Where am I from? Why I'm here? Where am I going? What is my ultimate ending? Who were my ancestors? What is God's will for my life?
These and many other questions move in the hearts of many of our young people! Behind all this turmoil, uncertainty, confusion, frustration and confusion is the unmistakable truth that our people are searching for their ancestral roots, for their identity.
MANY ARE LEAD TO FALSE GODS BECAUSE THE CLERGY OF ORGANIZED RELIGION, EVANGELISTS AND TEACHERS HAVE FAILED THE COMMISSION THEY CLAIM THAT WAS GIVEN TO HIM BY GOD ALMIGHTY AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST; BUT YOUR WORKS PROVE THAT THIS IS A LIE, YOUR WORKS PROVE THAT YOU REALLY WORK FOR SATAN!
America almost lost two generations! White Christians alive today are a people separated and alienated from their history, culture and heritage in Jesus Christ.
We will never be able to understand how those who teach in organized religion know so much scripture by heart, but never come to any knowledge or understanding of what the Bible really is.
Then, when the truth is presented to them, they will simply close their eyes and plug their ears so they cannot see or hear that truth! And start screaming to the high heavens; I have no desire to stuff my mind with such racist garbage and thereby deny Almighty God, His Word, the Lord Jesus Christ and the history of His people Israel.
“For the Lord has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep and has closed your eyes: he has covered the prophets [clerics] and your rulers [government and church leaders], the seers [shepherds, preachers, etc.]. And the vision of all of you is like the words of a sealed book that people bring to the instructed [ministers, pastors, ministers, teachers, etc.] and say, "Read this, please!" and he says, "I can not because it is sealed... Therefore said the Lord: Though this people draw near to me with their mouths, and honor me with their lips, yet their heart is far from me... therefore... their wise men become perish, and their understanding of their prudence [cautiously] will be hidden.” (Isaiah 29:10-14)
Zechariah told us:
"But they refused to hear... and stopped their ears lest they hear. Yea, they made their hearts like diamonds lest they hear the law, and the words which the Lord Almighty sent into his mind the earlier ones Prophets...” (Zechariah 7:11-12)
This truth is:THE HOLY BIBLE IS THE BOOK OF THE RACE ADAMS, THE ANGLO-SAXONS, GERMANS, CELTS, SCANDINAVIAN AND ASSOCIATED WHITE NATIONS OF THE WORLD!
“This is the book of the generations of Adam [his race]. In the day that God created man, He created him in the image of God, male and female He created them, and blessed them, calling His name Adam those who were created.” (Genesis 5:1-2)
So it is quite clear that the Holy Bible is the book of the race of Adam. This is the statement in Genesis 5:1. The Bible is the family of one race, the race of Adam. That's what the Bible claims! Therefore we must recognize that this fact becomes one of the most important of all our Christian premises.
They have been stripped of their racial and spiritual heritage by enemies who distort the culture of Christianity. Our people are lost, they have been blinded by the knowledge of truth, their minds have been denied and they have lost the ability to think conceptually, the media, the public schools, the denominational pulpits, the university and college classrooms have cut them off , and it has blotted out from the minds of our people all truth and knowledge of their past heritage, their duty, and their purpose in God's plan. Our Caucasian Christian people have been stripped and dispossessed of their racial and spiritual heritage, becoming slaves to the elite money-lords of this nation and the world. The time has come for Anglo-Saxons, Celts, Germans, Scandinavians, Norsemen, Slavs and kin to rise up and claim their birthright under Jesus Christ!
It becomes a foundation of truth upon which to build our faith! The implications of this biblical premise, this starting point in our Christian thinking and understanding of Scripture, are critical to the preservation of our Christian faith and the race of Adam: the white race!
When we understand what this Divine Truth means: "This is the book of the generations of Adam [his race]," we will see a revival of our Christian faith in a world that embraces both Jesus Christ our Savior and the Bible!
Since the scriptural explanation is that the Bible “...THE BOOK...VON...ADAM…” it becomes imperative that we explore, ponder, and examine everything about the man Adam. Our first great clue to understanding the man Adam is to know the meaning of his name.
The word Adam is translated from a Hebrew word "aw-damn" or "aw-dam". (#119 and #120 in Strong's Concordance) The word "Adam" means "FLUSHED" (#120), "TO SHOW BLOOD(on the face)RINSE OR STAY PINK,BE(Completed)ROT(redhead)." This clearly shows the Hebrew meaning of the word "ADAM' marks it asWHITE MAN.Adam was red... he could blush... he could show blood on his face. Adam was the beginning of the White Race on this earth.
Therefore, the Holy Bible is the history of the White Race; Later known as "Anglo-Saxons“after Isaac, as Scripture records. Because God said:
"...IN ISAAC YOUR SEEDS WILL BE CALLED.“ (Genesis 21:12)
"And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying...AND YOU[Sons of Israel and others]WILL PUT MY NAME[CRISTO-ian]ABOUT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL;and I will bless them.” (Numbers 6:22, 27)
THE BIBLE IS NOT THE STORY OF ANOTHER RACE, AND ANYONE TRYING TO MAKE THE BIBLE A MULTIRATIC BOOK IS TEACHING THE OTHER TEACHING FROM WHAT THE BIBLE ITSELF TEACHES.
The story begins in Genesis and ends in Revelation. It's interesting and the history of a race of people; despite the cries of the Judeo-Christian clergy to the contrary, and absorbing for those who have learned his true identity and absorbing interest from beginning to end.
In Genesis we have a fascinating account of the creation of the heavens and the earth. Then we are shown that a cataclysm overtook this creation and created chaos. Immediately afterwards we receive a report of the restoration of order and perfection; and we are informed of the sequence of events in that restoration; and the birth of the species Adam, with explicit instructions for their behavior and habits. We are clearly shown that the disobedience of the man Adam to the divine commandments is responsible for his suffering and sorrow; and we are given an overview of the establishment of the government in the country and the record of the disasters that followed the misgovernment.
Then came the call of an individual whose posterity would develop into a Kingdom race. We are told how this race was formed into a kingdom; a race and kingdom whose responsibility it was to administer the law with justice; and create peace on earth.
It then follows the history of this breed in its many departments and details; the activities of the surrounding nations, for they are instrumental in influencing God's plans and purposes for his people and their destiny. We have the story of a line of rulers and the final advent of the King of kings.
The Bible also chronicles history and gives messages of great reform as prophets denounced national sins and called on people to correct their behavior and practices. Woven through its pages are the warp and weft of his people's history and destiny as God calls both individuals and nations to responsibility.
From the Old to the New Testament, the theme of the story is the same. The failure to see the continuity of this story has led to many misunderstandings. The story ends with the establishment of the kingdom, with peace and happiness on earth. We will be shown the perfection of the Kingdom Age when all will enjoy the rewards of their labor. Sickness, suffering and death will no longer dominate. Then that utopia will be ushered in, which people longed for, but which in their own strength and power lay beyond their realization.
The story is not only fascinating, it's true. Each of us an actor in the greatest drama of all time. The massage, told in detail, is more moving than any story that a human being can write. The past of God's people Israel is recorded; the gift is given; the future is predicted; everything with unmistakable precision. The student and the reader can clearly understand the full message.
The creation of heaven and earth
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
The Hebrew word here translated "create" means to prepare, to mold, or to form.
Our purpose is to show the scientific accuracy of the origin of heaven and earth as presented in this first verse of Genesis.
Here is a statement: "In the beginning". When and where that beginning was we do not know, but that there was a beginning is both the Bible and science agree. This statement takes us back into the dark past, spanning eons of years. It is beyond the reach of human mind and understanding. However, there are blank pages on which science can write its investigative notes, covering the creation of the heavenly bodies and everything that mineralogists and geologists believe to be the antiquity of the earth. No one can deny the assertion of a beginning made here. It is not repugnant even to a reasonable person. Even science agrees that there must have been a first cause that brought about the creative act. The Bible declares, "God created." The result of this creation were the heavens and the earth.
The existence of a Creator must be accepted or rejected. The inclusion of such a breeder puts us on a solid footing. Rejection leaves us with a thousand unanswered problems:
“And the earth how desolate and empty; and darkness lay upon the deep."
This second verse shows the earth in a state of confusion and chaos. Scientific research has proven that this was the state of the world at some point in the distant past. However, both Isaiah and Jeremiah strongly state that the earth was not created in a state of confusion and emptiness, but was created by God in perfection and ready for arbitration. This chaotic state described in the second verse arose as a result of a prehistoric cataclysm brought on by a rebellion.
The creation account in this first chapter of Genesis implies two kinds of activity: first, a renewal of an earlier creation, like heaven and earth, with its plant life; second, a new creation, such as animal life and human beings. (The reason for creation is given at Revelation 4:11. The Creator is referred to as the Son through whom God made all things. (See John 1:1-3; Ephesians 3:9; Isaiah 44:24) explained Isaiah the earth was not created in vain, i.e., "tohu" or destruction (Isaiah 45:18) Jeremiah said the earth became a annihilation, i.e., confusion and emptiness, in the destruction of a pre-Adamic race, when their cities were cut off and that Life died out of the land (Jeremiah 4:23-28).
Beginning in the third verse, we have, in a very condensed form, a true scientific account of the renewal of an earlier creation while bringing it back to perfection. Here is the history of the various stages of this new development. Then there is a statement of the fact that a new creation has arisen in the form of life, both animal and human.
The man whom God created in Genesis 1:27 was told:
“And God blessed them, and God said unto them: Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over all living things. moving over the earth.” (Genesis 1:28)
That this meant that people would actually fill the earth with people who had been destroyed is shown from the following verse:
"And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth." (Genesis 9:1)
God had destroyed man from that part of the earth and Noah and his sons were instructed to "replace" what was there before but had been destroyed.
And the Spirit of God moved on
the face of the water
This planet was struck by a physical cataclysm in prehistoric times. Now was the time when chaos would give way to order. The beginning of this restoration is said to have taken place when the Spirit of God began to meditate on the debris of this part of His universe.
Some men attribute the orderly creation, with its intricate form and mathematical and scientific precision, to sheer chance. The true scientist knows otherwise, even if he does not recognize God as the Creator. He sees the intricate workings of the universe, its perfect and delicate balance, with its wonders realized as the telescope scans the sky and the microscope details the invisible. Let those who attribute this to mere coincidence answer the question a godly teacher asked a class:
“How long would it take a blind giant pounding an anvil to make a clock?
Until an answer to this question can be given, it is foolish to attribute orderly creation to undirected titanic forces.
As order emerged from chaos, light became visible on earth. With the emergence of light, its opposite appeared and darkness arose. (Isaiah 45:7) When the rotation began, a line of demarcation was drawn between the light and the dark. With the conclusion of this first period of activity, an era ended.
The report tells us that evening and morning were the first day. The Hebrew word here translated "day" can easily be translated as age or period. Peter (2 Peter 3:8. Remember that the Christian dispensation was called the day of grace, but that day has now lasted nearly two thousand years. Hebrews 11:3 refers to the time of the renewal of creation: “By the By faith we understand that the worlds (i.e., the ages) were formed by the Word of God.”) defines a day with the Lord as a thousand years and a thousand years as a day. Regardless of the time given to this first period, it eventually came to an end with an orderly process throughout its duration. This marked the beginning and end of an era.
Then a new period began. During this time the waters that were above the earth were separated from those that were above the firmament, and the great expanse of air was placed between them. Thus was created a physical condition very different from that which exists today.
"And God said, Let there be a plain in the midst of the water, and divide the water from the water. AND GOD MADE THE COMPANY AND SEPARATE THE WATER THAT ARE UNDER THE COMPANY FROM THE WATER THAT ARE ABOVE THE COMPANY: and so it was.” (Genesis 1:6-7)
The gases that make up the air we breathe were created at this time in their correct chemical composition.
The whirling sheet of water, hundreds of miles above the earth, has formed a canopy around the world, restrained, like Peter (2 Peter 3:5-6. Job also likens the sheet of water above the firmament to a molten mirror. (Job 37: 18) With this he refers to the heaven of the antediluvian time, tells us, to the day of destruction that came at the time of the Deluge. We will talk about this change.
We can only speculate as to the nature of the forces that propelled this mass of water, whose height stabilized it like a kind of canopy above the earth, and that formed the gases that make up the atmosphere. However. It is clear that they were titanic in both power and activity.
The era ended with the same scientific and orderly progress as in the first period.
The land prepared for dwelling
The second age ended with the separation of the waters on earth from the waters above, with the firmament in between. During this time, the earth itself was being prepared for the emergence of life. The waters on earth were gathered into seas and dry land appeared.
The first life form to appear on Earth was vegetation. The great expanse of water above the firmament acted like the glass of a gigantic greenhouse, so that the tropical conditions of the world prevailed. The result was lush vegetation.
This age is due to the emergence of our coalfields. Its structure indicates rapid growth in a tropical era when vegetation reached enormous proportions. That this condition was worldwide is evidenced by the fact that coal deposits formed during this period can be found in all regions from the Arctic to Ecuador and from Ecuador to Antarctica. Science agrees that such a condition existed in prehistoric times.
The rapid growth of this new vegetation on virgin soil reached gigantic proportions only to be buried under new deposits on which new growths appeared, which in turn disappeared under even later vegetation.
A significant statement is made of the orderly course of this vegetation: "Each gives seed according to its kind." This precludes the possibility of one plant form and species evolving into another. Today, the process of selecting and propagating new species by scientific methods does not violate this law. Left to its own devices, such a new development would revert to its original state and continue to produce seeds of its kind. Man can hinder or hasten, but he cannot change this immutable law of God. (Through a process of trial and error, man strives to perfect his own undertakings. Because of this apparent development within the limits of his activities, he attributes the same process to all of creation. Isaiah 55:8-9 declares that there is one enormous difference between man's ways and God's ways)
This era is finally over and the conditions for the events of the next period are ready.
It is good to remember that the order of creation as presented in the first chapter of Genesis is in absolute agreement with the true facts presented by science. First the creation of heaven and earth, then the plant world, then life in the sea and in the air, then on land and last but not least the creation of man.
The placement of the orbits of the celestial spheres
Astronomy tells a wonderful story about the alignment of the planets in the sky in early Adamic times. Thus began a new rotation of cycles, the progress of which is marked on the dials of heaven. Shown here are the advanced ages up to and including the predefined time and beyond into the future. The movement of celestial bodies would suggest that such a realignment of the planetary system as illustrated here has taken place.
The statement is made: "He also made the stars." This is obviously a reference to a distant time in the past when the celestial bodies were created.
"These are the generations of HEAVEN and EARTH WHEN THEY WERE CREATED, on the day that the Lord GOD created earth and heaven." (Genesis 2:4)
“Thus says the Lord God, who created and divided the heavens; who spread the earth and what comes out of it; He who gives breath to those who are upon him and spirit to those who walk in him. (Isaiah 42:5)
“Come down, O heavens, from on high, and let the heavens pour out righteousness; let the earth open and bring forth salvation, and righteousness arise together; I THE LORD CREATED IT.” (Isaiah 45:8)
“I made the earth and created man on it; (Isaiah 45:12)
“For thus saith THE LORD, WHO CREATE HEAVEN; The true God who formed and made the earth; he founded them, he did not create them in vain, but made them inhabited. I am the Lord; and there is no other.” (Isaiah 45:18)
The sun and moon have been obscured by the surface of water above the earth, and so their glow is called "the greater light that governs the day, and the lesser light that governs the night." (Genesis 1:16) This defines the exact result of the scattering of light from above, as the sun and moon each alternately illuminated and penetrated the canopy with their light.
These celestial bodies were created to separate day and night, seasons, days and years. A book could be written outlining the truths contained in this statement. Suffice it to say that the constellations were made and the present zodiac with its named divisions laid in a girdle round the celestial expanse. The revelations were made to the ancients in great pictorial groupings of stars, and they have since agreed on the vast extent of the history of Adam's types.
The control of seasons, days and years is well understood. This period did not mark the beginning of the creation of celestial bodies or light, but it did mark the beginning of cycles in their relationship to the earth and their orbit in order for them to reign as intended here. Light existed before, but now began the orderly process of the planets and the earth, in their relationship to one another and to life on earth, as they moved through the ages to come. (The testimony of the stars confirms in every detail the story the Bible tells. Job refers to some of these heavenly signs. (Job 9:9; 38:31; see also Amos 5:8) Man's life lasts but one day measured against the major equatorial year. This year lasts 25,827 Earth years. Divide this time by 365 ¼, the number of days in a solar year, and you get 70 years plus the gestation period.)
The Children of Israel and the Zodiac
Por: Rev. Bishop J.H. everyone
The psalmist said: “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows his handwork. (Psalm 19:1) In this text of Scripture we have two clauses, the second tells us that the firmament shows or reveals the work of God; or in other words, when we look up at the bright sky on a dark night, it is revealed to us who dwell on earth
The work of God.
David was so amazed at the stupidity of it all that he, along with all mankind, looked so small that he exclaimed:
"When I consider your heavens, the word of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have set up, what is man that you remember him?" (Psalm 8:3-4)
The first part of the sentence does not tell us that the heavens show or reveal the glorious work of God, but that they "explain" something, and that is the truth we are contemplating and drawing your attention to. ; that the heavens not only show the work of God, but also proclaim his glory. Now, in order for the heavens to proclaim, proclaim, or narrate anything, there must be some way of making it known to us; and that is what the psalmist meant when he said:
"Day after day utters words, and night after night shows knowledge. There is no speech or language where your voice will not be heard. His line has spread throughout all the land, and his words to the ends of the world.” (Psalm 19:2-4)
Since Scripture tells us that the heavens have power to declare the glory of God, we are led to understand that somehow, in some way, the heavens were endowed with the power of speech or language by which to declare can these things; and that his voice and his words spread throughout the country. For nothing can be explained without language, language, words or voice to proclaim what needs to be known.
So we must strive to learn the language in order to understand what heaven is proclaiming. Why were the stars and other lights in the firmament created? One reason, of course, is that they should be lights to separate day and night. However, in the next verse there are four more reasons: "Let them be warnings, and for times, and for days, and for years."
To take the last of these reasons, "for years" we find Mazzaroth, or the twelve signs of the Zodiac, as the apparent path of the sun on the wall of heaven as seen from earth as it makes its annual revolution around the sun . The progress of the earth is or can be calculated each night through the twelve constellations or stellar groupings which it passes through month after month as it embarks on an annual journey of 365 days and a fraction.
As for the third reason, "for days", in the 89ºPsalm regarding the covenant promises to David regarding the eternity of his seed and throne we have this:
“And I will keep his seed forever, and his throne like the days of heaven... His seed will be forever, and his throne like the sun before me. It will last forever, like the moon.”
Here are three phrases used in connection with "forever": 1). "like the days of heaven", 2). "like the sun" and 3). "Like the moon". They are all astronomical phrases; the sun is the light of the earth during the day; the moon, its night light; "the days of heaven" are produced by the daily motion of the earth about its axis; Days calculated by celestial or celestial movements, time itself being just a record of astronomical movement.
The lights in the expanse of heaven were also "for the seasons," dividing the year into spring, summer, fall, and winter. These are determined by the length of time it takes for the earth to move through the three constellations of the zodiac.
But first the lights in the firmament were "for signs," and once we learn the signs we will be able to understand what heaven is proclaiming. "What!" Someone yells, "Are you learning the signs?" Yes, learn the signs. People say, "I can read music." But, we ask, how can they read sheet music without first learning the signs? It is impossible to read it any other way; Signals such as a high and a low break, different notes and rests must be understood by the music player. For example, we now communicate with you through signals. The letters themselves on this page are a series of random characters, word marks, to convey our thoughts to you.
Likewise, the stars in the sky are for signs. The names of the constellations show the glory of God, since, we will show, they indicate the same general and basic facts recorded in the Bible.
The name Mazzaroth, if translated and not transcribed, would have rad "the twelve characters". (Job 38:32) The twelve constellations that form the circle of the zodiac appearing in their seasons in the visible sky have been called “the twelve signs” at all times by all nations everywhere. These twelve signs correspond to and are perfectly analogous to the twelve sons of Jacob; the twelve patriarchs or heads of the twelve tribes of Israel. The name of each sign is associated in some way with one of the tribes of Israel.
In some cases the name of the constellation contains the meaning of a tribe's name or refers to a particular historical fact or prophetic statement relating to one of the tribal chiefs to identify him with one or the other of the twelve sons of Jacob.
It is said of Reuben, the firstborn of Leah and Jacob:
“Unstable as water, you won't stand out; because you went to your father's bed; then you have defiled him. (Genesis 49:4)
Ruben is identified with Aquarius, the man of the water. The name Reuben means "Behold the man" or, as Leah said at his birth, "Behold a man," but he turned out to be a man unstable as water. Aquarius, the man of water, literally means "poured like water," and the sign is always depicted as a man pouring water. Reuben, the man who is fickle as water, thus became Aquarius.
Another of these twelve signs is called Gemini, meaning “brothers united”. It is a remarkable fact that when Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah, was born, his mother said, "Now this time my husband will come to me because I have borne him three sons."
Hence she called his name "Together" or "Levi" since "Levi" means united, as the marginal reading shows. But it is also a fact that while Lah, who felt hated, was delighted at the birth of Simeon, her second son, she could not feel that her husband was truly united with her until Levi was born. Another notable feature of these two sons is found below:
“Simeon and Levi are instruments of the cruelty of the brothers in their homes. O my soul, enter not into its mystery; do not ally yourself with their assembly, my honor; for in their anger they killed a man... Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and his anger because he was cruel.” (Genesis 49:5-7)
These brothers correspond to the constellation of Gemini.
Of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, it says:
“Judah is a young lion; from the spoils, my son, you have risen; he bent down, he lay down like a lion and like an old lion; Who will wake him up?” (Genesis 49:9)
In the zodiac there is a constellation called Leo, which means "the lion". In diagrams or maps of the celestial sky, Leo is always represented by the figure of a large, rampant lion standing on its hind legs and leaping with one front leg raised, ready to attack a wriggling serpent. The standard of Judah's family was always a lion, and under this banner the tribes of Issachar and Zebulun gathered with Judah, encamped, and marched beside him during the forty years of their wanderings in the wilderness. Paul says, "It is evident that our Lord descended from Judah." (Hebrews 7:14), which is why he is called “the lion of the tribe of Judah.”
Of Zebulun it is written:
“Zebulun will dwell in the port of the sea; and he will go into a port for ships. (Genesis 49:13)
The counterpart of Zebulun is the constellation or sign of Cancer, meaning Cancer, dweller of the sea, not dweller of the deep sea, but dweller of the coast, dweller of the air or harbors. This sign of Cancer also illuminates the north course of the sun in summer. It is therefore the sign of the summer solstice, which when reached, like the harbor or port, is the point at which the sailor must turn back and return again.
"Argo", meaning ship, is one of the decanters or laterals of the constellation of Cancer; the sea creatures. Ships and their crews always come and go from seaports. This emphasizes the fact that the signs of the stars in the sky confirm the prophecy: “Zabulun will dwell in the harbor of the sea; and he will go into a port for ships.
"Dan", it says:
“By the wayside there will be a serpent, a viper by the wayside, biting the horse’s heels so that its rider falls backwards.” (Genesis 49:17)
On the edge is "Snake Arrow" instead of "Viper". Also in the heavens among the twelve signs there is one named Scorpio, the scorpion. One of the decanters of the Scorpio constellation is Hercules, the strong man wounded in the heel; and also Ophinchus, wrestling with the serpent, is pricked in the heel. Woe to those who go to war with Dan, for he and Scorpio are figuratively one and the same.
The forty-ninth chapter of Genesis says of Gad:
“A force will overcome him; but he will win in the end. (Genesis 49:19)
And in Deuteronomy we read, “Blessed is he who glorifies God.” Take the name Gad and reverse it like the Hebrew, reading right to left, and you get Dag, which means fish in Hebrew. Among the twelve constellations we have Pisces, always represented by two swimming fish, one in the north and the other along the ecliptic.
It was prophesied of Joseph:
“Joseph is a fruitful branch...whose branches run over the wall; the archers grieved him greatly and shot him and hated him; but his bow remained strong, and the arms of his hands were strengthened by the hand of the mighty God of Jacob. (Genesis 49:22-24)
Joseph corresponds to Sagittarius to Archer. The victorious archer in heaven found his complement in Joseph, the victorious archer of God's chosen people. Joseph's bow remained strong, and the arms, his fighting strength, his ammunition of war, the arms of his hands that hold the bow and nod the arrow, are strengthened by the mighty God of Jacob:
“Yes, by the God of your father, who will help you; and from the Almighty, who will bless you with blessings from heaven above, blessings from the deep (the ocean) that lies below, blessings from the breast and the womb; the blessings of your father outweighed the blessings of my ancestors to the ends of the everlasting hills; they will be on Joseph's head and on the head of him who has separated from his brethren.” (Genesis 49:25-26)
Being a descendant of the house of Joseph means enjoying all blessings. Joseph had two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, whose mother was an Egyptian princess, daughter of a prince of On, as read in the margin. When Joseph went to visit his dying father, God revealed to him that Joseph's sons would inherit the Abrahamic firstborn blessing, the firstborn blessing in place of Reuben. Consequently, these Egyptian-born sons of Joseph were entirely adopted by Jacob.
"And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine." (Genesis 38:5)
"Now, the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn), but because he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel." (1 Chronicles 5:1)
And in conferring the birthright upon the sons of Joseph Jacob said:
"God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has sustained me all my life to this day, the angel who saved me from every evil, bless the young and my name (Israel) be in them called, and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow en masse in the midst of the land... he (Manasseh) also shall become a people (a divided nation), and he also shall be great; but verily his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall be multiplied nations. And he blessed them that day, saying: In you shall Israel (the rest of the tribes) bless, saying, God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh; and set Ephryon before Manasseh.” (Genesis 48:15-20)
Further confirmation of this transmission of the birthright is found at Jeremiah 31:9: "I am the father of Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn."
With these points clear, we now come to the subject of another constellation that is praised throughout the house of Joseph-Israel. The bull is represented on the plane by the head, horns, shoulders and front legs of a mighty bull charging and advancing with masterful energy.
“His glory is like the firstborn (birthright) of his young bull, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns (the wild ox); with them he will push the peoples (nations) against each other to the ends of the earth; and there are the ten thousand of Ephraim, and there are the thousands of Manasseh. (Deuteronomy 33:17)
Bulls were Ephraim's tribal flag, standard, or heraldic standard.
"Verily I fed Ephraim with such lamentations... I was disciplined like an untamed ox." (Jeremiah 31:18)
"Many bulls surrounded me, strong bulls from Bashan surrounded me." (Psalm 22:12)
Bashan was part of the territory belonging to the land inherited from Ephraim.
“Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are in the mountain of Samaria (both the land and the capital of Ephraim or Joseph-Israel were called Samaria), who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say their Gentlemen: Bring and let's drink. The Lord God has sworn by his holiness, behold, the days will come upon you when he will take you away with hooks and your offspring with hooks. And you will go out through the breaches, every cow in what is before her. (Amos 4:1-3)
“Though you, Israel (the northern house of Israel), play the harlot, let not Judah be offended, and come not to Gilgal, and go not up to Beth-Aven (the house of vanity), nor swear that the Lord liveth . Because Israel flinches like a rebellious heifer; now the Lord feeds them like a lamb in a spacious place. Ephraim joined Idols; leave him in peace. (Hosea 4:15-17)
The idols associated with Ephraim-Israel (the northern house of Israel) were the two golden calves that the first king of the house of Israel, Jeroboam, an Ephraimite of the house of Joseph, set up, one in Bethel and one in Dan, with it they worship him. The calf or ox was the emblem of Ephraim's standard under which that tribe marched in the wilderness for forty years.
Since there were two tribes for Joseph, Manasseh had his tribal allotment as did Ephraim (see Joshua 17:1), and there were only twelve divisions or allotments in the land of his inheritance, one tribe, Levi, had no land share. Levi was therefore united with Simeon.
The creation of animal life and man
The beginning of this era, with tropical conditions and swampy vegetation on land and rapid growth and decay, found that the water and air were able to sustain a higher order of existence than plant life.
As the vegetation grew to unusual proportions, we found that the pristine conditions of a new world allowed the existence of great sea monsters and flying creatures from prehistoric times. The account states that the waters were brought forth abundantly after their kind BY THE ACT OF GOD'S CREATION. This is not consistent with the theory of evolution, which states that one species changes into another over time.
It is an interesting fact that the real discoveries of science have never discovered the so-called missing link between species. The theories were accepted as fact, but the law of "each according to his kind" still applies because of the evidence provided by the continuation of propaganda in accordance with this immutable law. (For more on the nonscientific facts about the theory of evolution, see Chapter 9, “God's Great Proof of the Great Pyramid,” by George R. Riffert.)
The capture and destruction of millions of these creatures, no doubt due to the great disturbances and upheavals of the earth in those early days, led to the formation of many of the great petroleum deposits that are not being exploited for our use. A new order emerged from this, as conditions were created for the existence and maintenance of life on Earth.
It is very probable that during the first part of this new period the lower kind of animals appeared, such as those which could live and thrive in moist tropical vegetation; and it appears that this era was when great prehistoric mammoths roamed the earth. As age advanced and conditions improved, a higher order of animal life was created until the time came when it was favorable for human existence.
The time of human existence
The triune God created man; Body, soul and spirit, male and female, he created them. He gave them dominion over the earth, the air, and the sea. The food for man and beast was the seed, which contained herbs and the fruit of every tree.
Then we have the record of an age of calm. (Likewise, God requires men and nations to have a seventh rest at the end of six working days. This rest period applies not only to the succession of days but also to that of years and ages.) In the seventh time period, after God finished his work, he finished all his work. Creation was now complete. It is probable that during this Sabbath of rest man lived for the time of its duration in perfect harmony with God and His laws. Only at the end of this period of perfection did events occur that disturbed this harmonious relationship. Human history began with man's disobedience, man's disobedience; that is, in terms of the chronology of the race. From then on, man's activities and his life are limited in time.
This first chapter of Genesis presents in a condensed form the basic principles of creative action, which in no way contradict the true discoveries of science. Scientific research has shown that life on earth originated in the same order as given here in the book of Genesis.
Man's original home
Here begins what is often referred to as a separate creation account, but is really just a summary of the creation story from the perspective of another branch of scholarly research, the Department of Human History. (Let us be clear that the chronology as far as the human race is concerned begins with the fall of Adam. Before that date the Bible gives very little time.)
Here is a summary of the renewal of earth and heaven. The account presents the fact of the introduction of life. First, plant life or the beginning of luxuriant vegetation, the first principle of life to appear in this new age.
The first humans were on earth
Long before Adam and Eve
Were there humans before Adam and Eve? This question is almost always asked whenever atheists and agnostics try to confuse or confuse a new Christian!
It comes from a reading of:
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them, and God spoke to them. Be fruitful, multiply andTRACKINGthe earth..." (Genesis 1:27-28)
Humans have theorized for years on the possibility that another race of humans could coexist on Earth during the time of Adam. It must be recognized that there is considerable evidence showing that not only was the earth inhabited by races, but that race or races were evidently destroyed when the earth became empty and formless. But first let's look at the word "TRACKING“:
replenishment:
1). complete or completeONCE AGAIN,according to ProvisionANEW SUPPLY.
two). take care ofonce again...o.ä.
3). vonPeople.(New World Dictionary of the American Language, Second Edition, page 1205)
Jeremiah the Prophet briefly refers to the existence of such races, but states that as a result of the earth becoming empty and formless, that race(s) was (are) evidently destroyed.
“I saw the earth, and behold, it was waste and empty; and the heavens, and they had no light. I looked at the mountains and behold they trembled and all the hills moved slightly. I saw and beholdTHERE IS NO MAN... I saw, and behold, the fruitful place was desert, andALL THEIR CITIES WERE DESTROYED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD AND BY HIS VIOLENT WRATH... Therefore the earth will mourn,AND THE SKY ABOVE WILL BE BLACK..." (Jeremiah 4:23-28)
Job also refers to a bygone age, an earlier time:
"Consult...VONTHE OLD AGE, and get ready for theLOOK FOR YOUR PARENTS.“ (Joh 8:8)
Job then reports:
“They were lonely because of need and hunger; Escape to the desertEMPREVIOUS SEASONDESOLATION AND DESOLATION.“ (Jo 30:3)
Solomon reports:
„THERE IS NO MEMORYPREVIOUS THINGS…” (Exodus 1:11)
David reports:
“Then the earth trembled and trembled; also the foundations of the hills moved and were shaken because he was angry. smoke rose from his nostrils, and consuming fire issued from his mouth; Embers were kindled by her. He also bowed the heavens and came down; and darkness was under their feet. And he rode on a cherub and flew; yes, he flew on the wings of the wind. He made the darkness his secret place; his pavilion was around himDARK WATERand thick clouds from the sky. With the brightness that was before him, his thick clouds passed, hailstones and fire coals. The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire. Yes, he shot his arrows and scattered them; and he hurled lightning and made them stagger. Then the channels of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at your reproof, O Lord, in the breath of the breath of your nostrils.” (Psalm 18:7-15)
Isaiah said:
„...LET THEM SHOW YOUTHE PREVIOUS THINGS...“ (Isaiah 41:22);
Once again:
„REMEMBERTHE PREVIOUS THINGSEARLY... AND FROM OLD TIMES..." (Isaiah 46:9-10)
Then Isaiah relates a very telling statement from God:
"Behold,I CREATE NEW HEAVEN(NOTE: a plural sky: more than one)AND A NEW EARTH: ANDTHE OLDWILL NOT REMEMBER, does not occur to me.” (Isaiah 65:17)
Then we have the law of God to confirm the existence of people other than Adam. Cain's wife, which is another question in itself.
"And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord... And Cain knew his wife..." (Genesis 4:16-17)
Now most "preachers" will repeat that old tired old statement that does not stand up to scrutiny, hence the instinct of atheists and agnostics for this fact, giving them more fuel for the consternation they are causing Christians. - new: "Cain's wife was his 'sister'." Choosing to completely ignore God's law in relation to this situation.
“The nudity of your sister, your father's daughter, or your mother's daughter, whether born at home or outside; You shall not uncover her nakedness... The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, your father's daughter, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness". (Leviticus 18:9, 11);
“And if a man takes his sister, or his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and sees their nakedness, and she sees his nakedness; it's a perverse thing; and they will be cut off in the sight of their people; discovered his sister's nudity; he will bear your guilt. (Leviticus 20:17)
I can just hear the atheists and agnostics screaming
"But Cain broke God's law once before, so why shouldn't he do it a second time?" and well he can; and there is sufficient evidence that he sinned again and again,BUTnow a second, third, and even a fourth person must agree that he is breaking the law of God. His sister, father (Adam), and mother (Eve) must also agree to this violation of God's law, not just Cain: which would be consistent with the period in question if it were a violation of Scripture. So this answer is totally unacceptable. So the only logical answer to the question is: Not only did humans exist on earth before (Genesis 1:2)BUT THERE ARE OTHER GIFTS WHEN GOD "FORMED" A "MAN" TO LIBERATE THE EARTH AND WHO WAS FIRST CALLED "ADAM".Genesis 2:19.
God is now planting a garden in Eden. It took three things to succeed: plants, moisture, and a man to cultivate the soil. The first two mentioned were made available. The record contains the details of man's creation. We are told that man's body was formed from dust. Science agrees, since the components of the body are all of Earth origin. The quickening spirit was the life of God. Life is a mystery that not even science can solve. Here it is declared as an act of God. The result was that man became a living soul. (See 1 Corinthians 11:7-8. While our Lord took upon himself the image and habits of man and stripped himself of his glory (Philippians 2:6-8), yet he was the image of the Father and not (Hebrews 1 Cor :3; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Colossians 1:15) The Bible declares that born-again man (man Adam) will receive a glorified body (Romans 8:23; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52) equal to the earthly picture is like the glorified body is the testimony of John in Revelation 1:12-16)
To prove this, we present Ezekiel 31 here to show that the trees in the Garden of Eden were not wooden trees but human beings.
Please open the book of Ezekiel with us; to chapter 31, where we read:
"And it came to pass that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his crowd, Whom are you like in thy greatness? Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar (tree) in Lebanon, with fair branches, and with a shady shroud, and of tall stature, and his crown was among the thick boughs, sending out his little rivers to all the trees (people) of the field, his height was exalted above all the trees (people) of the field, and its branches grew and its branches became long because of the abundance of the waters when it budded, and all the birds of the sky nested in its branches, and under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth to theirs boys, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations (countries). So he was beautiful in his greatness, in the length of his branches, for his foot was great wa ers. we change and go to the Garden of Eden) The cedars (people) inGARDEN OF GODcouldn't hide him: the firs (people) were not like his branches (see the comparison so we know there were other people to compare with him), and the chestnut trees (his children - or people) were not like its branches (their children - or people);YET NO TREE IN GOD'S GARDENwas similar to him in beauty (You see, we know the trees in the garden were people because they weren't like the Assyrians in beauty - because they were a different color, not white. That's not racist, it's even simple a fact even though you don't like it. For God has never cared what we like or dislike when He speaks, we accept or reject to our detriment). I made it beautiful (white) by the multiplicity of its branches: so thatALL TREES(People)OF EDEN WHO WERE IN THE GARDEN OF GOD, ENVY HIM(Trees cannot envy each other, only humans can). Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because you rose high and he lifted his crown between the thick branches and his heart (trees have no heart) rose to his height; I therefore delivered him (now God speaks of Adam) into the hands of the mighty of the Gentiles: He will surely deal with him: I expelled him (I expelled Adam from the Garden of Eden because of his disobedience to Almighty God) for your evil. And strangers (people of other races), the terrible of the nations, cut it down and left it behind: Over the mountains and in every valley its branches have fallen (Behold, he compares it again to a tree) from all the rivers of the land of the earth; and all the people of the earth descended from his shadow and left him (Here is the departure of the various races who left the garden of God - the Garden of Eden - and were scattered throughout the earth, far from Adam and his people. So, God has separated the races so that they cannot mix, which is against God's law from species to species). On its downfall all the birds of the air will stand and all the beasts of the field will be on its branches (Here God says that the children of Adam would always be drawn to the black race - the beast of the earth); Lest any of all the trees by the water be exalted because of their height, nor lift up their crown among the thick boughs, nor their trees rise up in their height, all who drink water: for they will all be consigned to death (All mankind will be given up because of Adam's sin die), to the lower parts of the earth (in other words, all men everywhere, no matter what race would die in their day), to the sons of men, to those who descend into the pit (tomb). Thus speaks the Lord God; On the day that he (Adam) descended into the tomb (pit), I caused mourning: I covered the deep for him and held back his floods, and the great waters became still: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees (people) of the field fainted to him (here again, trees don't faint, only people do). I made the nations tremble at the sound of his fall (when Adam fell, all the different races and nations on earth knew of his fall and trembled with fear and grief) as I hurled him down into Hell (the grave) with these those into the drive hell. and all the trees of Eden (people), the chosen and best of Lebanon, all who drink water shall be comforted (again, trees cannot be comforted) in any part of the earth. They also went down to hell (the grave) with him, those who were killed by the sword (in other words, all will die and go to the grave); and those who were his arm, who dwelt under his shade among the Gentiles (Here we are told that the trees of the garden were people of other races, except Adam, who was a white man, whether he likes it or not, whether he love it or not) . For whom are you so in glory and greatness among the trees (people) of Eden? yet you will be brought down with the trees (people) of Eden to the lowest parts of the earth; you will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. (Now God goes back to Pharaoh, to whom He compares Adam and the Assyrians.) This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord God.” (Ezekiel 31)
Here is further evidence that atmospheric conditions differed in many respects from what is now known to be normal. It did not rain, but a mist rose from the earth and watered the ground. This condition lasted until the time of the Deluge, which led to the physical changes that led to the climatic conditions known today.
However, we must remember that God breathed His Spirit into Adam, but not into any of the other men and women He created.
“And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” (Genesis 2:7)
The narrative has now narrowed from the broader aspect of heaven and earth and the earth as a whole to the garden of the Lord. From that moment on, the Bible deals with the story of the man Adam and his descendants. He deals with the other races and peoples only when they come into contact with his people Israel.
Geographical conditions on Earth in the early stages of man's existence were very different from those depicted on our modern maps. The flood causes major changes in topography. Volcanic and seismic disturbances contributed to these changes. Before the Flood, much more of the earth was dry land than it is today. The sky of the antediluvian itself was different from the expanse of blue we see today. More will be said of these conditions when the account of the Flood is given.
Man's only method of remembering his ancient homeland is through current rivers and places with old names. This is evidenced by US locations and cities named after old houses in old countries. Names do not indicate the identity of geographic locations.
According to the report, the water was collected in a place called the seas. Eden might be over or near the shores as the river flowed through the garden to the sea, but outside of Eden it divided into four heads and encircled the lands of the earth. Beautiful trees and food trees have been planted in this garden. There were people too.
The CAINanitic Civilization
God's law became man's law. The positive law was to eat the fruits of the garden and live. The negative law was to abstain from forbidden fruits and thus avoid death. Failure to obey the first law meant physical suffering. To disobey the second meant spiritual suffering and death. Obedience to God as an act of will required man to keep his laws. In obedience lay life and happiness; in disobedience anger and death. Man had free will and depending on his choice, good or evil entered his life.
God let Adam fall into a deep sleep. Here is the first record of a surgical procedure in which deep sleep, perhaps under anesthesia, prevented the patient's physical suffering. Woman is created by being taken out of man.
During the years that made up the Sabbath of rest, this first couple enjoyed a happy existence in the garden of God. The account now introduces to us another being and personality besides God and the Adamic family. This being is not inferior to man, but appears to possess great wisdom and is better informed than man himself. He came into this Adamic realm from beyond its borders. It neither arose nor was created in this time of renewal and activity.
Apparently, this personality had the power to seize sentient beings. For this purpose he chose the serpent. We know the serpent is short-lived, but this evil personality has continued through the ages. From this day to this day, he is the instigator of sin and anger. Between him and the woman's seed, God declared enmity forever.
The Bible is clear in its statements about the workings of an evil personality who is not part of human creation and has great power. He gained support and control in this new order when he tempted Adam and Eve and caused them to fall. From that day until now, the spiritual forces of evil worked to destroy Adam's kind. (If death means only a change of life to another, then there is no death as declared by God. The Hebrew word "muth", translated as "to die", means "HEAR, LIVE, PASS". Christ came, to give immortality. Apart from Him, the Bible declares there is no immortality for our Israelite people and for Adam's kind (2 Timothy 1:10-13; Luke 8:52). For the condition of this sleep see Psalm 146 :4; 6:5; 115:17; Ecclesiastes 1:1; 9:5-6, 10) The hope of the kind of Adam is in the resurrection. (John 11:25) (See also Ephesians 6:12; Matthew 4:11; Job 1:6-12)
Yielding to temptation brought them knowledge and understanding at the price of disobedience to God. The subtle hint that man would not die was contrary to God's declaration, "Thou shalt die." To end the argument, he presented Adam and Eve with the incentive: "You will be like gods." In these two statements are found the basic principles of all false religions and teachings.
The woman transgressed and her husband followed her example. (1 Timothy 2:14) Now having lost their state of innocence, they were ashamed and afraid to meet God. The tempter had carefully concealed the fact that this would be the result of attaining forbidden knowledge.
Now comes the verdict. Woman must be subject to man and bear children in sorrow and pain. Man must work and toil in a land cursed by sin. The end of all this toil and pain is death.
The chronology of the serpent line begins with this event. From now on, human activities are subject to time limits. After the physical creation has been destroyed, God begins to redeem His work. The time for this activity is almost up. The age of human suffering and fear will soon be over when we reach the end of the current order.
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In the oldest scripture of the Holy Scriptures we learn from the Book of Job,
"And the Lord said to Satan, Where are you from? Then Satan answered the Lord and said, Of roaming the earth and walking in it." (Job 1:7)
Satan was expelled from heaven and lives on earth from now on. Peter confirms this in the New Testament:
"Your adversary the devil roams like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." (1 Peter 5:8)
There are some who say that neither angels nor satan can procreate. But where is that in Scripture? The only reference to those in heaven is where it is recorded that men and women are not married: Matthew 22:29-30:
“Jesus answered them, You err, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels of God in heaven.” (KJV)
Markus 12:25:
“For when they rise from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; but they are like the angels in heaven.” (KJV)
Lukas 20:34-35:
“And Jesus answered and said unto them, The children of this world marry and are given in marriage; (KJV)
In none of these verses is there a word that says they couldn't have children if they wanted to. Only they do not marry and do not marry. So it's safe to assume they could have children or procreate if they wanted to; but apparently they are taken away from the desire to have sex. Therefore, those who base their belief that an angel or spirit or whatever could not procreate are wrong; and not proven in the scriptures.
“When man was fallen by evil angels, it was decreed with fair decency that other angels, holy and unfallen, should serve God to right the wrongs done to men by their fallen spirits of the same kind. By the command of Jehovah they rescued righteous Lot from doomed Sodom, Jacob from his murderous brother (Genesis 19:32)..." (from Fausset's Bible Dictionary)
We can see in these few Bible commentaries and Bible dictionaries that angels have human bodies and can come to women and undermine or deceive them as one of them did to Eve.
Other scriptures, both in the Old and New Testaments, tell more about Satan's activities, his authority and power, and his ultimate destruction. For our purposes, the scriptures used here are sufficient to establish Satan's arrival on earth anywhere before Genesis 3:1. Although not reported here, other scriptures provide ample evidence that the event certainly took place.
This is an overriding principle that we must recognize and accept that all Scripture testifies to every part of Scripture. This principle is evident in the case of Satan's advent; it is obvious and necessary in other cases, which we shall see shortly.
An all-out war of words is being waged in Israel's circles of truth, also known as Israel's identity. Parties on both sides of the issue have drawn a line in the sand, and ideologically clenched fists are being shaken by outraged participants.
Each participant, in their own way, is trying their best (or perhaps their worst) to spill ideological blood in the most brutal of ways. They aim their cutting rhetoric at nothing less than the proverbial jugular of their opponents, killing what they believe is suppressing heretical influences.
Both sides make lengthy and controversial attempts to prove their undying beliefs on the matter. For these opposing proponents, there is not and cannot be a common middle ground for compromise. This is a subject on which someone is either totally right or totally wrong; no middle gray areas.
Many simply don't have a deep understanding of the subject, but will eventually find themselves on one side of the fence or the other. If anyone tries to jump the fence on this matter, they will only find themselves with their pants torn and engaged in the most inconvenient place.
As with all controversies, there is usually a right side and a wrong side to consider. And it is clear that the Jews use their provocateurs to create constant friction between the two sides, to the point where neither side deviates the slightest from their core beliefs. In this study, we will examine who is wrong about thisTHE GREATEST OF ALL PROBLEMS,at least some believe it's the biggest problem of all.
The concept of the two seedlines is; that Satan once reigned supreme in Yahweh's dimensions. In times past, dissatisfied with his high position, he tried to usurp the position of the Lord. Satan (the shining one)
"And no wonder, for Satan himself turns into an angel of light." (2 Corinthians 11:14)
convinced 1/3 of the angels of Yahweh to join him in his rebellion.
This rebellion is recorded at Revelation 12:7-9:
“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, and they could not prevail; neitherYOUR PLACEmore found in heaven. ANDTHE GREAT DRAGONIt was expelledTHE OLD SERPENT CALLED DEVIL AND SATAN,who deceives the whole world: he was cast down to earth, and his angels were cast down with him.
If you look very carefully, if you have a KJV with a good central reference (cf. Older World, Southwestern, or later Zondervan Classic), this verse takes you to Genesis 3:1, 4 (2 Corinthians; 2 Peter 2: 4; Jude 6; Revelation 12:9), so there is no question here who the serpent of Genesis is. If you do not understand this connection with the passage quoted above and theLINEGenesis 3:1, 4, you have completely lost sight of the whole story. Yahshua the Messiah, who is the Incarnate Lord, speaks of this fall of Satan in Luke 10:18:
"...I 'saw' Satan fall from heaven like lightning."
This is over; not something in the future.
Considered: Strong's Concordance: #2334 theoreo (theh-o-reh'-o); from a derivative of 2300 (perhaps by adding 3708); to be a viewer of, i.e. distinguish, (literally, figuratively [experience] or intensely [recognize]): KJV - see, contemplate, observe, perceive, see. Compare 3700.
Lightning: Strong's concordance: #796 astrape (as-trap-ay'); from 797; Beam; analog Brightness: KJV flash, intense brightness.
Case: Strong's Concordance: #4098 pipto (pip'-to); a reduced and contracted form of peto (pet'-o); (which occurs only alternatively at certain times); probably similar to 4072 for the idea of descending; fall (literally or figuratively): KJV-- fail, fall (fall), light up.
Christ said:
“Father, glorify your name. Then a voice came from heaven and said: I have already glorified him and will glorify him yet. Hence the crowd that was present and heard it said that it thundered; others said: An angel spoke to him. Jesus answered and said, This voice did not come for my sake, but for your sake. Now is the judgment of this world, now shall the prince of this world be cast out." (John 12:28-31; Luke 10:18; John 14:30; 16:11; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 6:12 ) (King James Version)
The concept of the two seed lines further states that when Satan fell, Satan with the rest of his satanic beings left the spiritual dimension and entered the physical dimension as men:
"ETHE ANGELS WHO DO NOT HAVE THEIR FIRST STATEbut left his own dwelling (or main reference point of the KJV), which he kept in eternal chains in darkness (no more access to Yahweh's dimension) until the judgment of the great day.” (Jude 1:6)
We know that these fallen angels lived as humans in Yeshua's day, for the central reference of the KJV takes us to John 8:44, where Yeshua said to the "Jews":
"YOU ARE FROM YOUR FATHER THE DEVIL, and the lust of your father ye shall do. He was a murderer from the start and didn't follow the truth because there is no truth in him. If he speaks a lie, he speaks his own language, for he is a liar and the father of lies” (John 8:44; see also (Matthew 3:7; 11:12; 12:39; 12:45; 23:15); Luke 9:41; 10:25; Acts 1:6; 2:40; 13:6-10; Romans 2:14; 4:15; 7:7; 1 John 3:4; 3 : 10)
Another cross-reference in Jude 6 is 2 Peter 2:4:
"For if God did not forgive the angels who sinned, but cast them into hell and delivered them over to the (earthly) chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment."
Fallen angels had the power to shapeshift into human form as recorded in The Lost Books of the Bible and The Forgotten Books of Eden.
In “Testament of Reuben,” 2:18-19, p. 223:
“For this they (the women) put on the watchmen (fallen angels) that were before the deluge;BECAUSE THEY HAVE TAKE HUMAN FORM,and appeared to them when they were (possibly not) with their husbands. And the women, coveting its forms in their minds, gave birth to giants, for the guardians appeared to them as reaching to heaven.
With this extraordinarily remarkable passage, we can better understand what is meant by the fallen "angels that did not keep their first estate" in Jude 6. This passage also serves as a paradigm or model, a posteriori, for what happened earlier with the satanic deception of Eve in the Garden of Eden. We are now more aware of the war that led to the fallen angels becoming earthbound or "chained," which is an essential element in the concept of the two-seed doctrine.
Now that we know who the players are, let's continue with the narrative that led to the two seeds of Genesis 3:15. It is simply amazing what various irrational, absurd, absurd, and distorted arguments opponents of the Two Seedlineage teachings put forward to support their unfounded, unfounded, and uncertain positions. We'll see some examples of this shortly after carefully going through the basic story step by step.
NOW MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT THOSE WHO DO NOT TRUST THE TWO LINESE SEED THEORY ARE SINCERE AND FAITH PEOPLE OF YAHWEH. WE JUST DON'T AGREE WITH THEM AND BELIEVE THAT THEIR TEACHING IS IN FAILURE; AND NOT INTENTIONALLY FALSE TO DECEIVE.
In Genesis 2:16-17 we see where Yahweh teaches Adam before the creation of Eve. You see, there was already a danger that Adam might corrupt himself by eating the forbidden fruit by mixing with the other races that were created before Adam was born.EDUCATED,even before Eva entered the picture.
What is important to see here is that Yahweh had a very important reason for teaching Adam at this time, since there were many different women of his kind (Pre-Adamites; a book entitled "Pre-Adamites" or a demonstration of existence). of men before Adam; together with a study of their ancient status and racial kinship and progressive spread across the earth, by Alexander Winchell, LL. D., and edited by S.C. Griggs and Company, London: 1880, with 500 pages.
Another book called Adam and The Adamite or The Harmony of Scripture and Ethnology by Dominick Meausland, Q.C. LL. D., London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington St. England 1864) roaming the garden to stimulate his natural male instincts).
“And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, You may eat of any tree in the garden, but you shall not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it you will surely die." (Genesis 2:16-17)
The remainder of Chapter 2 deals with the creation of Eve, a "fit worker" for Adam who was genetically like him, or as Genesis 2:23 puts it:
"And Adam said, Now this is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man." (Genesis 2:23)
You will find that a good KJV cross-referencing system (as mentioned earlier) has Ephesians 5:30 in that verse and it says:
"For we are members of his (Yeshua's) body, his flesh and bones (of the same race)."
To better understand the setting or background of this story, it is necessary to consider Genesis 2:8-9:
"And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed, and life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (three kinds of trees in all)."
We must look for something here that has the knowledge of good and evil. This knowledge of good and evil is theSIGNof angels. Therefore, this tree that has the knowledge of good and evil must be an angel at some level.
If Revelation 12:9 is true, he is the original organizer of the rebellion in heaven, the old serpent himself. To prove that angels have knowledge of good and evil, let's look at 2 Samuel 14:17:
“Then your maid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comforted; thenLIKE AN ANGEL OF GOD, SO IS MY LORD THE KING TO DISCRIMINATE GOOD FROM EVIL:therefore the Lord your God will be with you.” (KJV)
"And now your servant says, 'May the word of my lord the king bring me rest unto my lordTHE KING IS LIKE AN ANGEL OF GOD WHEN HE DISTINCTS GOOD FROM EVIL.The LORD your God be with you'” (NIV).
We would also like to draw your attention to the following verses:
“To get this way of speaking, your servant Joab did this; and my lord is wiseBY THE WISDOM OF AN ANGEL OF GOD TO KNOW ALL THINGS ON EARTH.“ (2 Sam 14:20)
“And your servant slandered before my lord the king; but the king, sirHE IS LIKE AN ANGEL OF GOD:therefore do what pleases you." (2 Samuel 19:27) (JV)
Now that we understandTHE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL and THE SERPENT are the same,We're in a better position to understand who the players are in this episode. Now let's look at what Genesis 3:1-3 says:
“Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field that the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Is it so that God said, You shall not eat of every tree in the garden? We may eat in the garden, but God said of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden: Do not eat of it or touch it, lest you die. (KJV)
"Now the snake was more subtle than any beast of the field that the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, 'Did God really say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden?'" Said the woman to the snake: "Of the fruit of the trees in the garden we can eat; but of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, God said, 'You shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.'" ( NAS)
“Now the serpent was more subtle than any wild beast that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman: Did God really say: 'You shall not eat from any tree in the garden?' Fruit from the trees of the garden, but God said: Of the tree that is in the middle of the garden you must not eat, and you you must not touch it or you will die.” (NIV)
The KJV central reference says you will find thisLINEof Genesis 3:1 is the sameLINEfrom Revelation 12:9, who organized the rebellion against the Lord.
If you look again, it shows that tooLINEof Genesis 3:1 is the sameLINEfrom 2 Corinthians 11:3, which says:
"But I fear that somehow, just as the serpent deceived Eve with his cunning, your mind may also be corrupted by the simplicity that is in Christ (Yeashua)." (KJV)
Immediately opponents of the two-seed doctrine will groan and groan and say such things, this passage only speaks of spiritual deception. Let's see if this assumption is correct. Remember, this was the warning!:
"But of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, the Lord said, 'YouDO NOT EAT OR TOUCH IT,so you don't die."
What did Eve do?COME ON?, and what EveBEAT?
The Hebrew word for "eat" is #398, akal, to eat; also to lie down.
Food: Strong's Concordance #398 'akal (aw-kal'); a primitive root; eat (literally or figuratively): KJV‑‑X in all, burn, consume, devour (‑er, on), dine,COMES(-er, above), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise (-action, abundance), (LAY DOWN) meat, X enough.
To prove that this is often the case, we will use some examples from Scripture. First, we use a supporting scripture, Proverbs 30:20:
“Such is the way of the adulterous woman; sheCOME,and wipes his mouth and says: I have done no wrong.
"And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did itCOMESand they worshiped their gods.” (Numbers 25:2)
With this final verse of Numbers 25:2, the Wycliffe Bible Commentary says the following on page 145:
“They called the people to the sacrifices of their gods.SHEis feminine and refers to the daughters of Moab, with whom the men of Israel committed fornication. Balak, with Balaam's advice."
We also have the testimony of Numbers 5:11-13:
"And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If a man's wife goes away and sins against him,AND A MAN LIES WITH HER CARNALLY,and be hidden from the eyes of her husband and kept near,AND SHE DIRTY..." (KJV)
Proverbs 19:28:
"The evil witness despises judgment, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity." (KJV)
Proverbs 9:17:
"Stolen water is sweet, and bread (EATEN) in secret is nice."
It can be clearly seen that the word "COMES" (#398, akal) means intercourse in Hebrew in each of the above verses, which is what it means in Genesis 3:3 where Eve is confronted with Satan. The scripture we examine is:
"You should notCOMEShis, neither do youBEATthis lest they die. not just the wordCOMESsometimes have sexual connotations, but so does the wordBEATthat is, #5060 negates, touch; also to have sex.
Play: Strong's Concordance #5060 Nega` (naw-gah'); a primitive root; properly TOUCH, i.e. lay on hand (for what purpose; euphem.,lie with a woman); implicitly reach (figuratively arrive, acquire); fierce, hit (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.): KJV‑‑ hit, (X can) knock down (fall), hurl, come (near), approach (near), rise, pass,,BRING TOGETHER,near, torment, to reach (above), to strike, to strike, to touch.
Now let us use the following Scriptures to prove and support this. In Genesis 26:10-11 we find:
"And Abimelech said, What have you done to us?SOME PERSONS MAY HAVE LOW WARRANTY(Others)WITH YOUR WIFE,and you should have brought guilt upon us. And Abimelech commanded all his people, saying, He thatTOQUEThat man or his wife will surely be killed." (KJV)
Genesis 20:6:
“And the Lord Almighty said to him in a dream: Yes, I know that you speak these things with the sincerity of your heart; for I also prevented you from sinning against me; that's why I didn't allow youBEATThe."
Genesis 26:28-29:
"...Now let there be an oath between us, yes, between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you that you will not harm us as we have not doneTOUCHEDyou (Rebeca), and since we have only done you good and sent you away in peace..."
Proverbs 6:29:
“So whoever marries his neighbor's wife; everyone whoTOQUEshe will not be innocent."
pay attention to the wordBEATof Genesis 3:3 is the same word #5060TOUCH, TOUCHorTOQUEin these reference verses just quoted.
So both wordsCOMESeBEAThave sexual connotations, regardless of what opponents of the Two-Seedlineage Doctrine tout.WITH THESE REFERENCES WE CAN CONFIRM THAT EVE HAS A SEXUAL ENCOUNTER WITH THE SNAKE(An angel or someone from another race)IN THE GARDEN.Even if opponents of the two-line doctrine disagree, this will not change the biblical facts. Genesis 3:13 says:
"...And the woman said, the snakeCHARMEDme and I didCOMES."
IT IS ABSURST TO SAY THAT EVA WAS DECEILED INTO EATING ORDINARY FOODwhen the Lord had already approved eating from the fruitful trees of the garden in Genesis 1:29.
Opponents of the two-seed doctrine are always quick to hit back, arguing that if Adam and Eve could eat from any other tree in the garden, that would mean they could have sex with whoever they wanted.
If trees represented people in one place, they would have to represent people everywhere, and that would be highly immoral. This is a completely wrong assumption, since Hebrew sometimes speaks of real woody trees and sometimes of idiomatic trees.
We use Wilson's Old Testament Word Studies by William Wilson (a Hebrew reference work), page 453 under the heading “BAUM."
1). Strong, robust and powerful trees.
two). A Tamarisk (flowering), Munica, Tamarix, Linn. So maybe some big tree, and together trees, a grove, a grove.
3). A tree; often collecting trees; Green trees the righteous, dry trees the wicked, Ezekiel 20:47; 17:24, every tree of the field, every man, the tree high, lofty and mighty, the low tree, the weak and despicable.
4). Pl. leafy trees.
More information on "Men Walk Like Trees"; see Mark 8:24. All of this goes to show that anyone wishing to argue seriously should know what they are talking about, if this passage meant Adam and Eve could have sex with anyone in the garden it would have said "All the (literal) beasts or trees of the field".
If a person cannot separate the literal language from the idiomatic language of Scripture, he simply cannot understand the Bible. In this case, it may be advisable not to comment.
George M. Lamsa (an expert on Bible idioms) says the following in his book Idioms In The Bible Explained:
Garden: Genesis 2:8; Metaphorically a wife; a family.
Tree of Life in the middle of the garden. Genesis 2:9; Sex; posterity, offspring.
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil: Genesis 2:9; Moral Laws; the knowledge of good and evil.
The Tree of Life: Genesis 2:9; Eternal life.
The tree of good and evil. Genesis 2:17; Metaphorically speaking, intercourse.
We are now approaching one of the most misunderstood isolated biblical passages in all of the Bible. If we approach it too hastily, we'll run over it so quickly that we'll never understand its real meaning.
There was a time when we were convinced that Genesis 3:15 was a mistranslation, but upon further research we found it to be very accurate. We will present different interpretations of Genesis 3:15 from different translations:
"And I will set enmityBETWEEN THEMeTHE WOMAN,eBETWEEN YOUR SEED AND YOUR SEED; THEyou will bruise your head and you will bruise his heel. (KJV)
"EI WILL BECOME ANTIMY BETWEEN YOU AND THE WOMAN AND BETWEEN YOUR SEED AND HER: HEwill crush your head and you will crush his heel.” (ASV)
"EI WILL PLACE ANIMALITY BETWEEN YOU AND THE WOMAN AND BETWEEN YOUR SEED AND HER SEED; HEhe will crush your head and you will crush his heel.” (IM)
"EI WILL PLACE ANIMALITY BETWEEN YOU AND THE WOMAN AND BETWEEN YOUR SEED AND HER SEED;HE will crush your head and you will crush his heel.” (SHIP)
"EI WILL PLACE ANTIMY BETWEEN YOU AND THE WIFE AND BETWEEN HER OFFspring AND HER; Hewill crush your head and you will crush your heel.” (NIV)
"FROM NOW THEY AND THE WOMAN WILL BE ENEMIES, ALSO THEIR DESCENDANTS AND HER.You'll kick his heels, but he'll crush your head." (TLB)
"EI WILL PLACE A RIGA BETWEEN YOU AND THE WOMAN, BETWEEN YOUR BROOD AND HER; SHEyou will bruise your head and you will be bruisedBY YOUcalcanhar." (James Moffett, Harper & Brothers Publishers, Nova York und Londres)
If there weren't two separate sperm lines and it wasn't a sexual act that Eve committed; then the following verses would be meaningless and not included in Scripture, for without a sexual act the information is useless and meaningless.
"TO THE WOMAN HE SAID: I WILL GREATLY STRENGTHEN HER PAIN AND HER CONCEPTION..." (Genesis 3:16) (KJV)
Conception: Strong's Concordance #2032 herown (hay-rone'); or heraown (hay-raw-yone'); from 2029; PREGNANCY: KJV – conception.
Conception: Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition #2032 herown or heraown-PHYSICAL CONCEPTION, PREGNANCY,conception.
Let us now follow the appropriate sequence of events. It's about putting events in the right order.
* General renovation of the property.
“And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, andTRACKINGthe earth..." (Genesis 1:28) (KJV)
* War in Heaven.
"And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels." (Revelation 12:7) (KJV)
* Satan and 1/3 of the angels are cast out and bound to the earth.
“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, and they could not conquer; neither was their place found in heaven. AndTHE GREAT DRAGON WAS STRIVED FOR, THE OLD SERPENT CALLED THE DEVIL AND SATAN WHO DECEIPT THE WHOLE WORLD;" (Revelation 12:7-9) (KJV)
* Adam and Eve were formed in the image of Yahweh.
"And the LORD God formed man from the dust of the earth..." (Genesis 2:7) (King James Version)
* Satan deceived Eve and caused a1stPREGNANCY.
"...She conceived and gave birth to Cain and said I have conceived a man from the Lord(She didn't say that she got a husband from Adam, but what she thought was a lord, because he had betrayed her.). ESHE GAVE AGAIN TO HER BROTHER ABEL(Apparently Cain and Abel were twin brothers and were born twins within minutes. But Abel was Adam's son, which sometimes happens when a woman has sex with two different men that she becomes pregnant with both of them. This has been proven to be true ; although it doesn't happen very often, it does happen). And Abel was a shepherd, but Cain was a tiller of the soil.” (Genesis 4:1-2) (KJV)
* Cain kills Abel.
“And Cain spoke to his brother Abel; and it came to pass while they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.” Genesis 4:8) (KJV)
* Adam met Eve for the second time.
“And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare him a son, and called his name Seth. (Genesis 4:25) (KJV)
Seth was born asERSATZto Abel. (Genesis 4:25)
Once these events are put in the correct order, all confusion with Genesis 4:1 disappears. Once we learn that Adam knew Eve had nothing to do with Cain's birth, everything becomes crystal clear. In most cases the logical conclusion that Cain was Adam's son would be appropriate, but not with this verse. ÖCONCEPTin that verse had absolutely nothing to do with thatCONSEQUENCE.Now let's read this verse in a new light, but from an ancient truth:
"And Adam knew Eve his wife... and (she next) bore Cain, and said: I have received my first (male child), a male, to present to Yahweh as the firstborn. And she again bore his (½ ) Brother Abel.
We changed the words a bit to make the meaning eminently clearer and worthy of the truth. Once the true sequence of events in this verse is understood, a new understanding of what is happening in the world today opens up.
There is very clear evidence that the "Jews" of today are descendants of Cain. We have nothing less than the words of Yeshua the Messiah Himself about it.
Once it is understood that "Jews" are devils walking around in leather shoes, we can begin to see the guiding hand of the great world conspiracy and all the monstrous problems we face today.
Without an understanding of the two seed lines, we are at a disadvantageous loss in knowing who the enemy is. Knowing or not knowing is the difference between the brightest day and the darkest night. The misunderstanding of this verse is one of the reasons the Lord says in Hosea:
"My people will be destroyed for want of knowledge..." (Hosea 4:6) (KJV)
“So who benefits from this falsification of Scripture and where can you expect this Seedline doctrine to be taught? A Seedline professor correctly pointed out that this hypothesis is not of modern origin: 'The historicity of a sexual interpretation of original sin can be documented from the literature of antiquity and proves beyond doubt that this belief is not of modern man.' (Scott Stinson, "The Serpent and Eve," The Vision (Schell City, MO: The Church of Israel, July 1998, Vol. 2, Number 8), p. 28)
That is true, but from "what ancient literature" was this hypothesis drawn? The same Seedliner has documented several cases, and in all cases the material came from Judaites in the post-Babylonian captivity. (Here we really have to disagree with Mr. Weiland, for at no time historically the Judaites were Jewish. There may have been some who converted to Judaism but few and certainly never the entire tribe of Judah)
"In other words, by Judaites raised in the Babylonian traditions. Among other things, this seedliner quoted rabbis citing the Talmud as 'evidence' of their belief in the seedline: '...(the seedline hypothesis) was a common doctrine among the (post-Babylonian) rabbis of antiquity... At one point we read: "Rabbi Johanan explained. When the serpent copulated with Eve, he filled her with lust." (Yebaroth 103b) Another rabbi explains: 'So I came to know that in intercourse with Eve the serpent injected her with impurities.' (Haye Sarah 126a) Finally another replies: "You said correctly that when the serpent had carnal intercourse with Eve, it injected her with impurities." (Haye Sarah 126b) (Scott Stinson, "The Serpent and Eve", The Vision (Schell City, MO: The Church of Israel, July 1998, Vol. 2 Number 8) p. 28)
This seedliner also cited several other Babylonian-influenced works from antiquity:
“This interpretation (seedline) is confirmed in the ancient literature of Israel, particularly in the commentaries on the Hebrew Bible written in Aramaic, commonly known as Targums. The commentaries were written after the (remnant, people of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi) returned from Babylon... One text gives this interpretation of Genesis 4:1: “And Adam knew Eve his wife, who was pregnant of the Sammael the angel, and she conceived and bare Cain; and he was like heavenly beings and not like earthly beings, and she said: I have obtained a man, the angel of the Lord.” (Jonathans Targum on Genesis 4:1) Another ancient commentary gives a similar interpretation of the same passage: 'And Adam knew his wife Eve, who had coveted the angel; and she conceived and bare Cain; and she said: I have acquired a man, the angel of the Lord..." (Palestinian Targum on Genesis 4:1) In another rabbinical work we find a similar interpretation... And she saw that her image was not of earthly beings was, but heavenly beings, and she prophesied, saying: I have obtained from the Lord a man.” (Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer, 21) A rabbinical source says: 'Eve begot Cain from the filth of the serpent, and therefore all came from him evil generations, and on its side is the dwelling place of spirits and demons.' (Ahare Moth 76b) A similar explanation for the evil deeds of Cain's lineage is found elsewhere where we read: "For two living beings had intercourse with Eve, and she conceived by both, and bare two sons, one to the other, and so are their characters. On Cain's side are all the homes of the evil species, where evil spirits and demons come from. (Bereshit 36b) (Scott Stinson, "The Serpent and Eve", The Vision (Schell City, MO: The Church of Israel, July 1998, Volume 2 Number 8) pp. 28-29)
Now we know that Christ said in John 8:44 that Jews are liars, but that means that sometimes a liar will not tell the truth. Therefore, one of the first things that alerts those who oppose a literal physical lineage brought forth by Satan is that the information is found in the Talmud. This is a really sneaky, deceptive method used by many to make themselves guilty through association. The question must be asked, "Is every word in the Talmud wrong?"
This idea is based on the assumption that if found in the Talmud, it is automatically wrong. For anyone using this approach, we would challenge you to prove every word of the Talmud false. It's just not possible, even if it's a collection of the most foul and blasphemous writing ever assembled. Not only is there evidence in the Talmud supporting Eve's deception, but the evidence can also be found in The Lost Books of the Bible and The Forgotten Books of Eden, The Protevangelion 10:1-10:
“And when her sixth month came, Joseph returned from building houses abroad, which was his trade, and entering the house he found the virgin fully grown. Then he slapped her in the face and said: With what face can I look up to her? Lord my god? Or what should I say about this young woman? Because I conceived her as a virgin outside the temple of the Lord my God! And I didn't hold her like that! Who cheated on me like this? Who has done this evil in mine? house and seduced her, virgin of mine, have you defiled her?IS THE STORY OF ADAM NOT ACCURATELY REALIZED IN ME? FOR AT THE SAME MOMENT OF HIS REST, THE SNAKE COMES AND FIND EVE ALONE AND SEDUCES HER. IT HAPPENED TO ME THE SAME WAY.Then Joseph got up from the ground, called them and said: O you who are so favored of God, why did you do that? Why did you humble your soul that you were brought up in the holy of holies and received your nourishment from the hands of angels? But she tearfully replied: I am innocent and I don't know a man."
Some even cite the spirit and the flesh as the two seeds. This is one of the most ridiculous and misguided uses of Scripture to come from someone claiming to be inspired. It is so meaningless that we do not associate the holy name of Yahweh with it. If one believes that the two seeds of Genesis 3:15 are like this, the verse should be read like this:
“And the Lord God said unto the flesh of Eve, Because thou hast done this, thy flesh is cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; and your flesh shall fall upon his belly, and dust shall devour your flesh every day. of your life: And I will put enmity between the flesh of the woman and the spirit of the woman, and between the offspring of her flesh and the offspring of her spirit; and the offspring of her spirit shall trample their offspring from their flesh, and their son thine flesh, will stamp on the heel of the son of your spirit.
Among other very important details that opponents of the two-seed doctrine fail to explain is: Why was Cain excluded from Adam's genealogy in the first place? Genesis chapter 5 gives the genealogy from Adam to Shem, Ham and Japheth, and Cain is not mentioned once!WEIL?
Other biblical genealogies are detailed and never omit a son! (Especially a firstborn son) If you read Genesis 4:1 correctly as described, it's not there either. Why was Cain left out completely? Cain's descendants are mentioned separately in Genesis 4:17-24 and Adam is not listed as Cain's father!WEIL???
The next place we find Cain in Scripture is Genesis 15:19, and we need to read verses 18 through 21:
"On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: I have given this land to your descendants, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates: to the Kenites, the Kenizites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim and the Ammonites and the Canaanites and the Girgashites and the Jebusites.” (Genesis 15:18-21) (KJV)
One of these nations among the Canaanites was theQUENITEN(#7017 Strong's) which wereDESCENDANTS OF CAIN.There Kain was outSATANIC ASSOCIATION,he would infect your satanic bloodAMONG ALL THESE TEN NATIONS.And the "Kenetians" were Edomites.
In Peake's Commentary on the Bible, page 116, we find the following about this mixed group of nations mentioned in Genesis 15:19-21:
“When the Israelites entered Canaan, they found there aVERY MIXEDpopulation commonly referred to by the term Amorite or Canaanite".
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible, abridged by Ralph Earle, page 38 says:
Queneus
"The Kenites. Here ten nations are mentioned, though later only seven are counted; see Deuteronomy 7:1; Acts 13:19. Probably some of them existed in Abraham's timeMIXEDwith others before the time of Moses, leaving only seven of the ten.
Queue:
“[KEE Nights] (Forge) – the name of a wandering tribe of people associated with the Midianites (Judges 1:16) and later the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15:6). The Kenites lived in the desert regions of Sinai, Midian, Edom, Amalek, and Negev. The Bible first mentions the Kenites as one of the groups living in Canaan in Abraham's day (Genesis 15:19); their territory was to be taken by the Israelites (Numbers 24:21-22 ) The Kenites were metalworkers who may trace their ancestry to TUBAL-CAIN (a descendant of Cain) (Genesis 4:22) (from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary ) (Copyright (C) 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)
The next mention of Cain's seed is in 1 Chronicles 2:55:
"EThe families of the writerswho dwelt in Jabez; the Tyrathites, the Shimeathites and the Suchathites.THOSE ARE THE QUENITESwho was of Hemate, the father of the house ofRECHAB." (KJV)
The Wycliff Bible Commentary, Editors: Charles F. Pfeiffer & Everett F. Harrison has this to say on page 8, and this quote covers Genesis 3:14-15:
"CURSED(arur)you're the oneThe Lord has chosen the author and instigator of temptation for a special condemnation and humiliation. From that moment on, he has to crawl in the dust and even feed on it. He would fall from grace and hatred would be directed at him from all directions. People would always see him as a symbol of the humiliation of the one who slandered God (cf. Is 65:25).HE SHOULD REPRESENT NOT JUST THE SNAKE RACE BUT THE POWER OF THE EVIL KINGDOM.As long as life went on, people would hate him and try to destroy him.I WILL PUT HOSTILITY.The word "êbâ" signifies the blood feud that runs deeper in the heart of man (cf. Numbers 35:19-20; Ezekiel 25:15-17; 35:5-6).YOU WILL WORRY(shup).A PROPHECY OF A CONTINUED BATTLE BETWEEN THE WOMAN'S OFFspring AND THE SNAKE TO DESTROY EACH OTHER.The verb shûp is rare (cf. Job 9:17; Psalm 139:11). This is the same in both clauses.
"When translated 'crush,' it seems appropriate to refer to the serpent's Had, but not so accurately translated as waiting, aiming, or (LXX) watching. The Vulgate comes primarily with "conteret," "squashed," and in that famous passage,CHAMADO O PROTEVAGEFIUM,'FIRST GOSPEL,'the announcement of a long struggle, perpetual antagonism, wounds on both sides, and ultimate victory for the woman's seed.
“God's promise that the serpent's head would be crushed pointed to the coming of the Messiah and guaranteed victory. Thus certainty, as a blessed hope of salvation, came to the ears of the first of God's creatures."
A Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, Band 3, Seite 782:
"KENITES: meaning (metal workers, blacksmiths). Clan or tribal name of semi-nomadic peoples of southern Palestine and Sinai. The Aramaic and Arabic etymology of the root 'gyn' shows that it has to do with metal and the word metal (i.e. word from this root " Spear"). This probably indicates that the Kenites were metallurgists, especially since Sinai and Wadi 'Arabah were rich in high-grade copper ore. W. F. Albright has referred to the mural of Beni Hassan in Egypt (19th century BC). )
"As an exampleWONDERFUL GROUP OF FORGES.This mural depicts thirty-six men, women and children in characteristic Semitic garb leading laden donkeys along with other animalsMUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,Weapons and an item identified by Albright asSIGN.He further noted that the three sons of Lemech (Genesis 4:19-22) were responsibleHEAR(Cheers),MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS(cheers) andMETALWORKING(Tubal-Cain or Tubal,THE BLACKSMITH), the three professions that appear most clearly in the mural... 2. Quoting from the same article:OLD MONARCHY.During this period there was a significant concentration of Kenites in the southern territory of Judea. This is evident from 1 Samuel 15:6 quoted above, and also from David’s dealings with them.”
Post-exilic references. In 1 Chronicles 2:55, theFAMILIES OF SCRIPTERSwho live in Jabaz are considered Kenites. Apparently some Kenites had given up during times of kingship and exileNOMAD TOOLand adopted a more sedentary but equally honorable attitudePROFESSION (?) OF THE SCRIBE.
Peake's Commentary on the Bible, page 114:
“The etymology of the name suggestsWHO WAS A BLACKSMITH OR ARTIST,a theory supported by the connection with the Wadi 'Arabah, where there were deposits of copper mined by Egyptians since the middle of the third millennium.
Or Jamieson, Fausset & Brown Commentary On The Whole Bible has this to say about Kenite, page 293:
"THE SCRIBE'S FAMILIES;civil or ecclesiastical officials of Kenite origin,WHO ARE CLASSIFIED HERE AS THE TRIBE OF JUDAS, NOT DESCENDANTS OF THEM,but as residents in their territory and to some extentBUILT-INwith your people."
Matthew Pool's Commentary on the Holy Bible has this to say about the Kenites, Volume 1, page 778:
"THE SCRIPTERS;to be bourgeoisWHO ARE PUBLIC NOTARIES WHO WRITE AND SIGN LEGAL REGULATIONS; OR CHURCH...and are not mentioned here as being of the tribe of Judah, but because They dwelt among them and were probably confederate with them through marriages and in a sense incorporated with them. Who dwelt, or rather dwelt; Hebrew, were residents. To the other translation that dweltIT COULD INDICATE THAT THESE DESCENDATIONS WERE FROM JUDAH, WHAT THEY WERE NOT;but its translationIT MEANS JUST WORKING WITH YOU,for which reason they are called here with them.
All these things that Jews are doing here in America today. And because the Christians have listened to the lying, deceitful, and treacherous priests of Baal, the Judeo-Christian clergy, they have nearly destroyed our nation and are rapidly destroying our people.
Now that we have a solid foundation in Scripture for the doctrine of the two seeds, let us tell the story in a different way. In this narrative, the only important fact revealed in the above passages is this: Yeshua our Messiah exposed the "Jews" for what they were many years ago.
You could spend thousands of dollars on books to bring the story up to date, and it's still the same old story from two thousand years ago, some people today have the audacity to insinuate that our Savior didn't know what He was talking about . We will begin this portion of our study with Genesis 3:14-15.
“And the Lord said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle and above every beast of the field; you shall walk on your belly, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your (Kenite - "Jewish") seed and her (white) seed; she will crush your head and you will crush her heel.”
Read the second paragraph above again. The central KJV reference then leads us to Revelation 12:9:
“And the great dragon was thrown down, that old serpent, called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world;
Next we go unaided to Matthew 3:7:
"But when he (John the Baptist) saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them:DIE GENERATION(Kinder)OF VIPERS,How can you, who are evil, speak good, because from the fullness of the heart (genetic intellect) the mouth speaks? A good man takes good from the good treasury of his heart; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasury brings forth evil.”
From here the central KJV reference takes us to Matthew 13:38:
“The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom (Israelites); but the weeds (Jews) are the children of the wicked.”
As we read Colossians 2:15 we can see how Yahshua put the Satanic/Jewish/bloodline into open shame and stripped them of their authority.
"And having corrupted principalities and powers, he exposed them openly and triumphed in them."
We will now go to Luke 11:49-51 and use that passage in place of Matthew 23:34-36, as there are problems with Matthew's version.
"Therefore also the wisdom of God says: I will send prophets and apostles to them, and some of them will kill them and persecute them, that the blood of all the prophets, which has been shed from the foundation of the world, might be required ( έκζηέ_, for an account of ) to demand this generation (#1074, genea); From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation (# 1074, Genea).”
Here Yahshua accuses the "Jews" of murdering Abel. It would have been criminally illegal for Yahshua to make such an allegation if it were not true. The only way He could have legally brought such a serious charge would have been if the "Jews" of His day had been descendants of Cain, since there was no other person in all of history responsible for Abel's murder apart from Cain.
How the serpent deceived Eve
The next passage we will consider is 2 Corinthians 11:2-3:
“...because I betrothed you to a husband to present you to Yahshua as a chaste virgin. But I fear that their minds would somehow be corrupted by the simplicity that is in Yahshua, since the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning.”
Anti-seedliners really like to jump on this one and proclaim that it's all about mind seduction. It appears that according to this passage, Eve was a "chaste virgin" before she was deceived by Satan. So was Eve a physically chaste virgin? Or a spiritually chaste virgin? It should be obvious that Paul is telling the Corinthians that he did not want their minds to be hurt as Eve was physically hurt. Why use the term "chaste virgin" when Eve was not physically abused? Notice that Paul tells these Corinthians that he married her to a husband. He says he would prefer they didn't marry another husband like Eve. In other words, "I got you engaged to a husband"...not like "Eva." Paul was simply implying that after her encounter with Satan, Eve was no longer a chaste virgin.
The Greek proves Eve
Been tricked mentally and physically
Anti-seedliners just didn't do their homework on the Greek in this passage. If he had been talking about being mentally “deceived” by words, he would have used word #538, apatao, meaning to deceive, to bring, to deceive, or to lead astray. Or, if Paul meant spiritual deception, he probably would have used #5422 or #5423 as in Galatians 6:3 and Titus 1:10. Instead of the word #1818, expatation is used. US. Vine explains it this way in his “An Expository Dictionary Of New Testament Word,” page 112:
“Expansion is aSTRENGTHENEDForm of apatao...translated "to deceive," 2 Corinthians 11:3; the most appropriate translation would be "how the serpent utterly deceived Eve." So in 1 Timothy 2:14, at best error, thisBUT STRONGthe form is used to deceive Eve from Satan, literally completely deceived; OEASIERVerb apatao, used by Adam.”
If it had been a mental seduction, the word #538 apatao would have been used. US. Vine repeats his explanation of how the Greek words are usedSATURDAYeEXPATONon pages 278 and 279 under the word "deceive". Under the heading "Verbs" the word apatao says the following:
“...of those who 'deceive with vain words' and belittle the true character of the sins mentioned, Ephesians 5:6...of the fact that Adam 'was not deceived', 1 Timothy 2:14, R.V. (Compare what is said about Eve; if explained below...”
Then Vine continues:
„EXAPATÃO... INTENSIVE...means forCOMPLETELY DECIDE, COMPLETELY DECIDE...”
Thayer in his "Greek Lexicon" and Dr. Spiros Zodhiates in his "Word Study Dictionary N.T." I agree with W.E. tendril.
An uncertain sound
We shall shortly see an excellent example of a "trumpet" with an "uncertain sound". Since we understand that we are in a WAR in which the "Jews" carry out their plan to wipe out the white Israelite peoples, any rhetorical proclamation that would help such a cause would be most insidious and inappropriate. Jeffery A. Weakley, an ardent, caustic anti-seedliner, says so in his book The Satanic Seedline, Its Doctrine and History on pages 30-31L
“Results of Satanic Bloodline Doctrine. The results of the Satanic Seed teaching (if accepted as true) should speak for themselves. Most seedliners today hate Jews (whom they claim to be) because of their ethnic background. For this very reason, they honor the white races for their ethnic origins. This easily leads to racial worship. They emphasize the physical aspect of God's Word (i.e., the physical lineage of Israel), which is ignored by most churches today, so much that they forget or neglect the spiritual aspect, which is more important (Galatians 3:26-29). . . They make the words of 1 Samuel 16:7 true: “...for the Lord sees not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.'
“Many seedliners even say that only white people (Israelites) can have eternal life with Christ. It is now clear that only Israelites can be "saved" (Galatians 4:5), but that does not mean that other races cannot be born again. Our eternal life is the result of our election by God to receive His Son by faith. If the Scripture is to be accepted,WE MUST CONCLUSIONthese peopleALL RACEScan be reborn. “Then Peter opened his mouth and said: Truly I see that God does not look at persons. ... Seedliners who worship their race are no different from those who claim to be Jews. Today's Jews are proud of their race (here we can see how this guy continues the lie that Jews are a race when they are not, they are a people who have the same religion called Judaism) and think they are better than everyone else. Even the Jewish religion (Judaism) teaches that Jews are racially superior. This ridiculous belief was taught at the Baptist Bible College I attended. There is no doubt that God chose Israel to be his people, but I find nowhere that it was because Israel was a superior race. Therefore, the idea of a master race, whether seedliner or Jew, is inconsistent with the teachings of the Word of God.”
The answer is found in Genesis 49:27; Benjamin is the wolf. The Romans were Benjaminites. The Romans to whom Paul preached were Israelites from the tribe of Banjamin. Do you know someone named Wolf/Wolfe?, undoubtedly a Benjaminite.
"The name 'Wilson' also means 'son of the wolf'. Since Serah-Judah also settled in this area, some of the Romans may be of the House of Serah/Judah. When Romans 10:12 says, "For there is no difference between Jews and Greeks..." it indicates that there is no difference between the tribe of Dan and the tribe of Judah, for both are Israelites. The term "Jew" needs to be qualified as there were real Israelites from the tribe of Judah and some fake people who claimed to be from the tribe of Judah but lied about it. (Revelation 2:9; 3:9)
"Since the word 'Greek' occurs three times in these passages, let us inquire who the Greeks were. Some of the tribe of Dan left Egypt before the Exodus. Since the Hebrew script has no vowels, it is written simply as "dn." Variations of the name can be Dan, Den, Din, Don or Dun. Do you know someone by the name Dunn, Dunbar, Duncan, Dunham or Dunlap? Genesis 49:17 says, "Dan shall be a serpent in his way..." Judges 5:17 indicates that Dan literally lived in his ships. Dan snaked his ships like a snake through all the lanes of the river and put up a plaque with his name on it.
The riverEube is named after him. The name McCARRYAld means "son of Don or Dan". Paul preached in a place called 'Mace'CARRYwas in Greece. (Acts 16:9-12) We know you know the story. When Paul preached to the Danites there, he preached to the Israelites.
“We're glad you quoted Colossians 3:11. What this verse is essentially saying is: There is no "difference" between a genuine member of the Israelite tribe of Judah and the Israelite-Greek tribe of Dan; there is no "difference" between a circumcised Israelite and an uncircumcised Israelite; there is no "difference" between a barbarian Israelite and a Scythian Israelite; there is no "difference" between a slave Israelite and a free Israelite, for Christ (Yahshua) is genetically a brother or kin of all of them. Galatians 3:28-29 further indicates that there is no genetic "difference" between an Israelite man and an Israelite woman, for if you are a genetic relative of Christ (Yahshua), you are the sperm of Abraham and part of Yahweh's covenant . to Abraham.
“There is another group we should talk about and that is Serah/Judah. There is much evidence that some from Serah/Judah, like Dan, left Egypt before the Exodus. If you examine 1 Chronicles 2:6 you will find that Zarah had a son named Dara. In 1 Kings 4:31 his name is written Darda. This branch of Zerah/Judah came out of Egypt as we say BEFORE the Exodus. Today the area where they settled is called DARDAnelles, although they are long gone. They were Trojans and founded the city of Troy, where they lived for four hundred years.
The Israelites/Trojans then moved to Italy and while some stayed in Italy others returned to the Aegean, built hundreds of ships and sailed to Britain. This part of the story of Serah/Judah is fully documented by both Scripture and secular history, there are no missing links. In other words, it is an absolute historical fact that Zerah/Judah came to Britain. Scottish Highlanders wore kilts like the Trojans. In his 1999 book The Bible Is History by Ian Wilson, page 87, it was discovered that the Israelites of Canaan also wore kilts; it was an Israelite way of dress from the beginning.
"Regarding the 'barbarians' and 'Scythians': In Jeremiah 51:20 the Lord said to Israel, 'You are my battle-axe and my weapon of war; for with you I will crush nations and destroy kingdoms with you.” Judah was the fighting tribe.
The barbarians of Paul's time were the Germanic tribes and are correctly described as such in Jeremiah. Our ancestors were the same barbarians as we are Germans and of the tribe of Judah. The Scythian name is one of the names by which the Israelites were called after they separated from the Assyrians. Therefore, the Scythians mentioned in Colossians 3:11 are definitely Israelites. In fact, all of the biblical references you cited spoke only of the Israelites.”
Weakley accuses us, Two Seedliners, of taking the scripture out of context, but who really is, because he proved itABSOLUTELY NOTHINGDo you support your thesis with reference to Galatians 3:26-29? Jeffrey A. Weakley then proceeds on pages 14 through 20 to attempt to prove that the Two Seed Doctrine (according to his assumption) must be false. In doing so, he presents part of the history of the identity movement that we think you will find interesting; although, as in his earlier claim, his conclusions are flawed:
“The Origin of False Teachings: If, as I contend, the satanic Seedline doctrine (as taught by Seedliners) is not found in Scripture, and since it was not taught as correct by any of the early Church Fathers, how did he then found? Your way into the Christian belief system known as "Identity"? To find the answer, we need to define identity properly. There are at least three specific belief systems that are very similar and yet distinctly different. There are Anglo-Israeli, British-Israeli and Christian-Israeli faiths. Identity can encompass all three of these beliefs, depending on how they are taught. For a definition of identity, we turn to the man who popularized the term in America more than 50 years ago (see The National Christian, 1991 Edition, p. 25).
“That man is Howard B. Rand. “The preaching of identity has gone on for years. This led to millions of Anglo-Saxons becoming acquainted with the fact that they are direct descendants of the Kingdom of Israel, from the ten northern tribes (this author, like all who try to denounce Christian identity beliefs, never mentions that Judah, Benjamin , and Levi were also taken into Assyrian captivity with the other ten tribes, but some hundred years later) ... Thus the Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Scandinavian, Celtic, Norse, and Slavic peoples stand out as Israel in these last days" (Study in Revelation, by Howard B. Rand, p. 115)
“Identity, then, is the belief or teaching that the Anglo-Saxons and allied peoples are the physical descendants of the northern ten-tribe kingdom of Israel in the Old Testament. (He's wrong here, we believe all 13 tribes are Israelite.) I would note here that many believe Wesley founded Swift Identity (see James Corcoran's Bitter Harvest, p. 38) in 1946, and others that the 'Identity Movement' was conceived and first broadcast by three men with right-wing extremist passages. Wesley Swift, Bertrand Comparet and William Gale.' (See God, Guts, and Guns, by Philip Finch, p. 68) While this view is held, it is simply the product of under-research and lack of all the facts. The simple fact is that the term "identity" used to describe Anglo-Saxon history was in use as early as 1884 when Elieser Bassin used it. He shares how he learned from others before him. However, it was Howard B. Rand who called Anglo-Israeli history "identity". "Two sons were born of Adam and Eve, and they were named in their order: Cain and Abel." (Primo-Genesis, by Howard B. Rand, p. 41) The satanic seed was introduced into the doctrine of identity with San Jacinto, the captain a Wesley A Swift. In fact, San Jacinto Capt claimed to have founded Wesley Swift (in Identity) (see States Committee, by Cheri Seymour, p. 83).
In any event, Wesley Swift introduced the Seedline doctrine to Gerald LK Smith (see Gerald LK Smith's Besieged Patriot, pp. 238-239) and shortly thereafter to Jacinto Capt (father of E. Raymond Capt, who wrote many notable books on archaeology). P Gale to Swift. Years later, Richard Butler took over the Church of Swift (now known as the Aryan Nations).
"As this is not meant to be a history of the Identity Movement, I will stop here, but suffice it to say that the Seedline Doctrine permeated Identity through the influence of Captain San Jacinto, Wesley Swift and William P. Gale. Where did you get this belief from? Capt and Swift got it from the Ku Klux Klan (they were members; see Committee of the States by Cheri Seymour, p. 84).
Genesis 3:16 has many sons descended from Satan, not just Cain. This is never mentioned by individual seedliners. In fact, there are many sons and daughters of Satan, but they are not called that.
We find the first mention in:
"Some men,THE CHILDREN OF BELIAL,came out from among you and drove out the inhabitants of their city, saying: Let us go and serve other gods that you do not know. (Deuteronomy 13:13)
Now who is this Belial you ask? Let's look at some Bible commentaries and see what they have to say.
Belial:
[BEE lih uhl] (uselessness);AN OLD TESTAMENT TERM DEFINING A PERSON AS WITHOUT GOD OR WITHOUT LAW.The NKJV translates corrupt (1 Samuel 2:12), perverts (Judges 19:22), rebels (2 Samuel 20:1), scoundrels (1 Kings 21:10,13), worthless men (1 Samuel 30 :22). and worthless bandits (2 Samuel 16:7). A "daughter of Belial" (1 Samuel 1:16) (KJV) means a wicked woman (NKJV, NIV), one who is mean (RSV) and worthless (NASB).
BELIAL SOMETIMES TAKES THE FORM OF A PROPER NAME(or a personification),APPLIED TO A DEMON OR SATAN(Johannes 1:15).MANY scholars BELIEVE BELIAL IS ANOTHER NAME FOR SATAN.(do Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary) (Copyright (C) 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)
Belial:
BE'LIAL (be'li-al; "uselessness, evil"). Belial is often used as a proper name in the KJV, but is certainly not to be considered as such in the OT because its meaning is "uselessness" and hence "stupidity, lawlessness."
The expression "son" or "man of Belial" is simply to be understood as denoting a worthless and lawless subject (Deuteronomy 13:13; Judges 19:22; 20:13), cf. etc)
In the NT the term appears (in the best manuscripts) in the form of Belias, not Belial as presented in the KJV.THE TERM AS USED IN(2 Corinthians 6:15),IT IS COMMONLY UNDERSTOOD AS THE PERSONIFICATION OF ALL THAT EVIL APPLIED TO SATAN.
Belial occurs only once in the NASB and NIV (2 Corinthians 6:15). Elsewhere in these translations, the Hebrew terms translated in the KJV as "sons [or sons] of Belial" are given as "worthless men," "worthless companions," or "wicked men," often with a marginal meaning , "lit., sons of Belial." (from New Unger's Bible Dictionary) (Originally published by Moody Press of Chicago, Illinois. Copyright (C) 1988.)
Belial:
(Uselessness): imprudence, illegality. Not necessarily a proper noun, but used for personalization. [Beli] = "without" and [ya'al] "benefit", i.e. it is useless. "A man of Belial" is a worthless and lawless fellow (Deuteronomy 13:13; Judges 19:22; 1 Samuel 2:12). Later, [raqa'] ("vain fellows" (2 Samuel 6:20), [hareeqiym]) and "fool" were used instead: (Matthew 5:22). [Nabal] (=fool) is called "man of Belial" (1 Samuel 25:25) In the New Testament, "Beliar" is the form in some older manuscripts (2 Corinthians 6:15)AS SATAN STANDS AGAINST GOD, THE ANTICHRIST AGAINST CHRIST, SO BELIAL MUST REPRESENT ALL PERSONIFIED ANTI-CHRISTIAN DEFINATIONS AS OPPOSED TO CHRIST.(aus Faustets Bibellexikon)
As we read the Scriptures after Deuteronomy 13:13, we see that the Lord commands the children of Belial to be destroyed, every man, woman, and child and all their possessions:
“Then you should research and research and research; and behold, if it is true and right that such an abomination was committed among you;WILL SAFELY INJURY THE RESIDENTS(Yahweh says here, all townspeople, the men, women and children are so evil)THE CITY TO THE SWORD, COMPLETELY DESTROY THEM, AND ALL THAT IS IN IT AND HER CATTLE, TO THE SWORD.And you shall gather all their spoils in the midst of their streets, and burn the city with fire and all its spoils at once to the LORD your God; will not be rebuilt. And none of the cursed shall seize your hand, so that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and have mercy on you, and have mercy on you, and increase you, as he swore to your fathers; If you will obey the voice of the LORD your God to keep all his commandments, which I command you today to do what is right in the sight of the LORD your God.” (Deuteronomy 13:14-18)
The men and women of Belial were and are gay, as the following verse testifies:
"While they were rejoicing, behold, the men of the city, some of the sons of Belial, surrounded the house and knocked at the door and spoke to the old man who owned the house, saying:INTRODUCE THE MAN WHO ENTERS YOUR HOUSE SO WE CAN KNOW HIM.“ (Richter 19:22)
The owner of the house asked the gays to go away and leave him and the man alone and not do such evil.
“And the man who owned the house went out to them and said to them, No, my brethren, no, I beg you, do no evil; See that man entered my house, don't do this madness. Behold my daughter, a maiden, and her concubine; now I will bring them out and humble them and do with them what seems good to you; but don't do something so heinous to this man. But the men would not listen to him; and they knew her and mistreated her all night till morning; and when morning came they let her go. So the woman came at daybreak and fell (she died from the abuse) at the door of the man's house, where her master was, until morning. And his master rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go on his way; and behold, the woman his concubine fell at the door of the house, and her hands were on the threshold. And he said to him, Get up and let us go. But nobody answered. Then the man put her on a donkey, and the man got up and put him in his place. ANDWHEN HE WENT INTO HIS HOUSE, HE TAKES A KNIFE, AND HE LEADS HIS CONCUBINE, AND BREAKS HER INTO TWELVE PIECES WITH HER BONES, AND SENT HER TO ALL THE COASTS OF ISRAEL.“ (Richter 19:23-29)
When he sent the pieces of the woman to the twelve tribes, one can imagine the consternation they felt. It caused so much anger that they held a meeting with all the tribes to see what they would do with these evil men.
“And it came to pass that all who saw it said, Such has not happened or been seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day; their thoughts." (Judges 19:30)
So the tribes of Israel came together and it was decided that they would destroy the wicked men who had committed this terrible act. They told Benjamin in town to:
"Now deliver us the men of Belial who are in Gibeah, so that we can kill them and keep evil out of Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel.” (Judges 20:13)
But the Benjamites did not want to hand over the wicked sons of Belial to the other Israelites. And because they did not forsake the wicked, the sons of Satan, the Jews, who were called "Belial," all but a few of the tribe of Benjamin were destroyed.
"Now deliver us the men of Belial who are in Gibeah, so that we can kill them and keep evil out of Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel.” (Judges 20:13)
So why didn't they listen to their brothers:
"And the children of Benjamin said, They will be struck down before us as at the beginning. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee and bring them out of the city into the highways! And all the men of Israel arose from their places, and stood in formation at Baaltamar; and the ambushes of Israel left their places from the meadows of Gibeah. And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men from all Israel, and the battle was hard; but they did not know that evil was near them. And the LORD struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjaminites that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men; all these torn from the sword. Then the children of Benjamin saw that they were defeated; because the men of Israel yielded to the Benjamites, trusting in the ambush they laid at Gibeah. And those who were assailed hastened and advanced to Gibeah; and the assailants advanced and smote the whole city with the edge of the sword. Now there was a determined sign between the men of Israel and those lying in wait to let a great blaze of smoke go up from the city. And when the men of Israel went out to battle, Benjamin began to strike and slay about thirty men of Israel; But when the flame began to rise out of the city like a column of smoke, the Benjamites looked back, and behold, the flame of the city went up to heaven. And when the men of Israel returned, the men of Benjamin marveled, for they saw that calamity had come upon them. Therefore they turned their backs on the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the struggle caught up with them; and those who came out of the cities were destroyed in their midst. So they surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily trampled them against Gibeah at sunrise. And eighteen thousand men fell from Benjamin; all these were brave men. And they turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; and they gathered from them five thousand men in the highways; and he pursued them hard to Gidom and killed two thousand of them. So in that day of Benjamin fell only twenty-five thousand men drawing the sword; all these were brave men. But six hundred men turned back and fled into the desert to Rimmon Rock, and they stayed on Rimmon Rock four months. And the men of Israel came back against the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, and the men of every city like the beast, and all who came near; they also burned down all the cities into which they came.” (Judges 20:32-48)
The children of Israel killed so many of the tribe of Benjamin that they feared Benjamin would cease to be a tribe; So they went to the Lord and asked how they could remedy the situation, since they had sworn not to give their daughters to Benjamin in marriage. And the Lord told them what to do, and they did it, so Benjamin remained a tribe in Israel.
Sons or daughters are also mentioned in the following scriptures: 1 Samuel 1:16, 10:27, 25:17, 25:25, 30:22; 2 Samuel 16:7, 20:1, 23:6; 1 Kings 21:10, 21:13; 2 Chronicles 13:7; 2 Corinthians 6:15. And every time they are mentioned, they are evil and must eventually be destroyed.
There is no doubt that these are the children of Satan, just like Cain. They were the descendants of Cain.
Belial:
(be'‑li‑al), (bel'‑yal) (beliya'al; Beliar): This name, which occurs very frequently in the Old Testament, has the meaning of "unusable" (cf. (2 Samuel 23:6) so in Phrases like "sons of Belial" (Judges 20:13; 1 Samuel 10:27, etc.), "men of Belial" (1 Samuel 30:22; 1 Kings 21:13, etc.), that the The English Revised Version generally retains the Standard American Revised Version more correctly translates "lowly fellows" (ie, "daughter of Belial" (1 Samuel 1:16), "wicked woman") There is no suggestion for a proper name here.AFTER HOWEVER„BELIAL”BECAME A PROPER NAME FOR SATAN OR THE ANTICHRIST(hence often found in Jewish apocalyptic writings (should be translated as Israelites), e.g. in XII P, Book of Jub, Asc Isa, Sib Or). It is in this sense that Paul used the word in 2 Corinthians 6:15, "What agreement is there between Christ and Belial?" (Beliar). Bousset believes that Paul's "man of sin" in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, where some authorities read "man of lawlessness," is a translation of that term. At least the meaning is similar. To seeANTICHRIST; MAN OF SIN. JAMES ORR(da International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Elektronische Datenbank Copyright (C) 1996 by Biblesoft)
We got this from another comment on the word Belial:
David, "what a mean creature he is!" "Lord, what is man," we may say as we read this story, "what a wicked creature he is, when he yields to the lusts of his own heart!"SINNERS ARE HERE CALLED CHILDREN OF BELIAL, THIS IS UNRELATED PEOPLE, MEN WHO CANNOT BEAR THE YOKE, CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL(for he is Belial), resembling him and uniting with him in rebellion against God and his government. (from Matthew Henry's commentary)
So we can see seedliners avoiding passages they cannot explain and sticking to those that can be explained, showing that their beliefs are fallacious.
We are at war
We would like to remind those who are unaware that we are in aGUERRA;not Afghanistan. TheGUERRAhas been around for about 7,000 years. TheGUERRAlies between theGENETICchildren of Yahweh and ofGENETICchildren of Satan; TheGUERRAstands between the White Children of Adam and Eve and the descendants of Satan through Cain, known today as "Jews." Yes, the "Jews" are the literal descendants of Satan walking around in shoe leather today. The "Jews" of today and the scribes and Pharisees of the time of Messiah are not to be confused with the true tribe of Judah.
The religion practiced by the Pharisees of Jesus' day was based solely on the Babylonian Talmud. This, according to Rabbi Morris Kertzer,
“The Talmud consists of 63 books with legal, ethical and historical writings of the ancient rabbis. It was published five centuries after the birth of Jesus. It is a compendium of law and tradition.IT IS THE LAW THAT FORMS THE BASE OF JEWISH RELIGIOUS LAW AND IS THE TEXTBOOK USED IN THE TRAINING OF RABBISTS.”
During his lifetime, Michael Rodkinson, the false name of a "Jew" who was one of the world's leading authorities on the Talmud, wrote The History of the Talmud. This classic on the subject was written by Michael Rodkinson in collaboration with the famous Rabbi Isaac M. Wise.
In his "History of the Talmud" Michael Rodkinson says on page 70:
“Is the literature with which Jesus was familiar in his early years still in the world? Is it possible for us to get to this? We can check the ideas, the statements, the ways of reasoning and thinking for ourselves,IN MORAL AND RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS,that were current in their time, andDURING THE Thirty Years of Silence MUST IT have been judged by him as he contemplated his future mission?The learned class of Jewish rabbis responds to such inquiriesANSWER, KEEPING THE TALMUD...and this makes the question interestingFOR EVERY CHRISTIAN.What is the Talmud?THE TALMUD IS THEN THE WRITTEN FORM of what in Jesus' day were called the traditions of the ancients, and to which he frequently alludes.”
Arsene Darmester says in The Talmud:
"Judaism finds its expression in the Talmud, it is not a distant hint and faint echo of it, but ... it was embodied by taking shape, passing from a state of abstraction into the realm of real things. The study of Judaism is that of the Talmud as the study of the Talmud is that of Judaism...they are two inseparable things...they are one and the same...the Talmud is a complete expression of the Religious Movement, and this codex constitutes infinite assumptions and minute ceremonies in its perfection represents the whole work of the religious idea... The miracle was accomplished through a book, the Talmud...
“The Talmud consists of two distinct parts, the Mishnah and the Gemara; The former the text, the latter a commentary on the text... By the term Mishnah we mean a collection of traditional regulations and laws, encompassing all branches of legislation, civil and religious...
“This codex, the work of several generations of rabbis...nothing can reach the meaning of the Talmud unless there is ignorance about it...This explains how it happens that a single page of the Talmud contains three or four different ones Languages, or rather specimens of a language, in three or four stages of degeneration...many Mishnah of five or six lines are accompanied by fifty or sixty pages of explanation...it is the law in all its authority; it constitutes dogma and worship; is the fundamental element of the Talmud...
"The daily study of the Talmud, beginning with the Jews at the age of ten and ending with life itself, was necessarily a rigorous gymnastics for the mind, a thought which attained incomparable subtlety and insight ... to enter into Judaism 'Corpus' to erect Juris Ecleastict!'”
John Lightfoot understood this when he wrote in his A Commentary on the New Testament From the Talmud and Hebraica, Volume 3, page 334, in reference to John 8:37:
“From all this time it is evident that the current trend is in the speech of our RedeemerSHOW THE JEWS THAT YOU ARE THE SEED OF THIS SERPENTthat was bruising the heel of the Messiah: what else could it mean, ver. 44. "Ye are of your father the devil," but this, viz. 'Are you the seed of the serpent?'”
Now let's look at John 8:38. As we do so, recall that the "Jews" in verse 41 were very defensive about the implication of being "born of fornication." To be born of fornication means to be born of an impure racial union, Greek #4202. Physician Spiros Zodhiates in his New Testament Word Study Dictionary, page 1201:
"At John 8:41 'We were not born of fornication' means: 'We are not false children born of a concubine, but we are the true seed of Abraham.
Of course, the Arabs can claim Abraham as their father. We also know that by the time of the Messiah the "Jews" had been drinking Edomite blood and could therefore claim Abraham and Isaac as their fathers. The Schelanite Judaites can even claim to have an affinity with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Judah, but that doesn't make them the true tribe of Judah. Let us now read this passage with the following in mind:
“They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Yahshua said to them: If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham."
Verse 39 really clears up the whole problem. The Holy Bible New Century Version puts it nicely in verse 39:
“They answered: 'Our father is Abraham. Jesus said, "If you were really Abraham's children, you would do the things that Abraham did.
A “Commentary on the Bible,” edited by Rev. J. R. Dummelow M.A., page 789 comments on John 8:37 thus:
"Their desire to kill Christ, Abraham's promised Seed, proved that they were not Abraham's children, but Satan."
"Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible," summarized by Ralph Earle, agrees with Dr. Lightfoot at John 8:37 as quoted above:
"My word has no place in you. Or: 'This teaching of mine has no place in you.' Ye hear the truths of God [Yahweh], but ye hear them not; the word of life does not affect you. And how can you if you want to kill me for telling you this truth? It is clear from what is said here, says Dr. Lightfoot that the whole tendency of our Savior's speech is to show the Jews that they areSEEDS OF THE SNAKEwhich should hurt the heel of the Messiah. Also, what could it mean? 44: “You are from your father the devil”, meaning “You are theSNAKE SEED?'"
Perhaps at this point it is good to consider Lightfoot's story. For this we go to his “A Commentary on the Hew Testament from the Talmud and Hebraica”, Volume 1, in the introduction, pages iii & iv:
“Lightfoot was one of the many sincere Christian scholars of his day. Master of St. Catherine Hall, Cambridge, he had the classical scholarship of that day. He was at home in Latin and Greek and not only mastered classical Hebrew but also Mishnaean Hebrew and Talmudic Aramaic. We are reminded of his older contemporary Lancelot Andrews, one of the translators of the King James Version of the Bible, who composed prayers for himself in Hebrew!
"In addition to Lightfoot's scholarly writings and prolific teaching, he attended the Westminster Assembly, which met from 1643 to 1649. He belonged to the Eurasian Party, which advocated an established church, and this is reflected in the present work in his letter of thanks. to Gilbert, whom Lightfoot says was "by divine providence Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England". Lightfoot has been through hard times. Born in the last days of Queen Elizabeth, he was a boy when the King James Version was published. He sat in Westminster Assembly while the Long Parliament beheaded King Charles I and somehow survived the Restoration under Charles II, maintaining a true Christian witness and making an important scholarly contribution to the study of Scripture. Hardly anyone would have guessed from his commentary what turbulent times he lived in. A point of interest. In the days of Oliver Cromwell, when Lightfoot was at the height of his power, Jews were allowed back into England after 250 years of ban.
From Lightfoot's comments on John 8:37 we can clearly see that he understood the "Jews" as suchSEEDS OF THE SNAKEfrom Genesis 3:15. This is the same position held by the teachers at Two Seedline.
So it seems that Lightfoot has understood the principle of Two Seedline! But Mr. Jeffery A. Weakley, a passionately caustic anti-seedliner, says in his pamphlet, The Satanic Seedline, Its Doctrine and History, page 15:
“The Satanic Seedline Doctrine was brought into identity doctrine with San Jacinto Capt and Wesley A. Swift. In fact, the San Jacinto captain claimed he founded Wesley A. Swift... Anyway, Wesley Swift hired Gerald L.K. the Seedline Doctrine. Smith... From there Swift formed Bertrand Comparet... and shortly thereafter the captain of San Jacinto... introduced William P. Gale Swift..."
I contend that the Two Seed Lineage Doctrine is and has been around for a long timeNOthe invention of Capt, Swift, Comparet, or Gale, as Weakley sporadically suggests. Now some quotes from other comments on John 8:37:
“Matthew Henry's Commentary”, Volume 5, Page 997:
"Now Christ refutes this argument and exposes his vanity by a clear and convincing argument: 'The children of Abraham will do the works of Abraham, but you do not the works of Abraham, therefore you are not the children of Abraham. ' : If you were Abraham's children, Abraham's children who could claim a share in the covenant made with him and his seed that would truly honor you, then you would do the works of Abraham, for only those of Abraham's household do the way of the Lord, as Abraham did, God [Yahweh] would fulfill what he said, Genesis 18:19.”
„The Interpreter’s Bible“, Band 8, Seite 605:
“Christ's answer to them, however, is grim indeed. You are not of God. You are from your father the devilAND YOUR NATURE SHOWS IN YOU.He was a killer from the start; and you seek to kill me; It has nothing to do with the truthAND LOYALTY TO HIS BLOOD AND ANCESTORS,if and because I tell you the truth, you don't believe it, you resent it, you throw it away from you.
„Peake's Commentary on the Bible“, Seite 855:
“The Jews referred to themselves as 'the descendants of Abraham'; this leads to a second point. If they were really Abraham's children, they would resemble their father; but in attempting to kill an innocent man whose only crime is telling the truth, they are as different from Abraham as could be. Jesus [Yahshua] is the Son of God and proclaims the truth He receives from God; but who can her father be? The charge is brushed aside with a sneer; they [the Jews] are children of God; Jesus) is implied [by the Jews]) was born of fornication. This slander was later topical; it was probably used in anti-Christian propaganda in the time of John and perhaps earlier. But they [the Jews] are not children of God; if they were, they would love his son... No, their father is the devil; therefore they seek to kill, preferring lies to truth..."
In fact, the equivalent Hebrew word for #6086 (tree) in Greek is #3586 meaning the same thing. However, the problem with understanding the "trees" of Genesis 3 lies in the Hebrew language. George M. Lamsa, in his booklet Idioms In The Bible Explained, points out on page ix that both the "tree of knowledge" and the "tree of life" have sexual connotations. Furthermore, Lamsa said this in her introduction:
“I have chosen the King James Text to select phrases quoted in this book (unless otherwise noted) because the King James Text is the most widely used translation of the Bible in the English-speaking world. In addition, the translators of the King James Version were more faithful to the texts they translated into English, making fewer additions and omissions than translators and proofreaders of later English versions. They literally translated many Eastern idioms and metaphors without knowing their true meaning. For example, "You have to deal with snakes." They didn't know that the word "snake" referred to "an enemy." "Beware of dogs" was not understood as "beware of gossip" in the Semitic languages.
So we can quickly see that Weakley takes the idioms of Genesis 3 literally, just as the KJV translators did when they translated many of the Hebrew and Greek idioms literally. The bottom line is that if a person doesn't understand the language, in many cases they can't understand the Bible. As you go along, you'll find that Weakley found many idioms in various places during his research and refused to accept their meanings. He mostly did thisBECAUSE LITERAL MEANING OVERCOMES PICTURED MEANING.
Literal trees or figurative trees?
Perhaps we can find out what the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" is if we first explore the meaning of the "tree of life." In both cases, the word for tree is #6086, which meansLITERALLYa hardwood tree. In the various commentaries and dictionaries of the Bible there are endless ideas as to what the "tree of life" might be.
It really goes back to Weakley's definition of a timber tree. As mentioned earlier, the corresponding Greek word is #3586 and literally means a wooden tree. at dr. Spiros Zodhiates, he says this on page 1023 about #3586, (xulon)
“In Revelation 2:7; 22:2, 14 it is conceivable that the 'tree of life' is an allusion to the cross and could be translated as 'wood of life' (a.) September: Genesis 1:11-12, 2:9.”
That makes perfect sense, in other words, the wooden tree represents the wooden cross (whatever kind of device) on which our Messiah accomplished salvation! And how else do we "eat" from the "Tree of Life" if not by partaking of Holy Communion? From what some Bible scholars have understood, let us consider some of their comments:
“Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary,” page 1072, under the heading “TREE OF LIFE:”
“The inability of Adam and Eve to eat from this tree after their sin showed their failure to attain immortality or eternal life. Because of their sin, they were subject to death and death. This state lasted until the coming of Jesus Christ [Yahshua], the second Adam, who would offer eternal life to all [of Adam] who believe in him.” (1 John 5:11-12)
„Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy Bible“, Band 3, Seite 1008:
“...that they may have a right to the tree of life; to Christ who was previously named, the tree of life, [Revelation 22] Ver. 2, Power of Promise, chap. ii. 7, since none of our works are eligible for purchase. And you can enter the city through the gates..."
"A Commentary on the Bible," edited by Rev. J.R. Dummelow M.A., page 10:
“... the fruit of his perfect obedience and are entitled to itTREE OF LIFE.“As in Adam all die, so in Christ all are made alive.
Now can you see that by refusing to see the Hebrew language, Weakley insists that our Messiah was a tree of wood? Not only was our Savior not a tree of wood, He was not "the tree of the knowledge of good and evil." Continuing the theme of the "Tree of Life," let us cite a few different passages in which it is mentioned:
“For (Israel) who will dwell in the world in the last days, much great misery will be done because they walked with great pride. But understand yourself and seek the glory of those like you. For you it's an open paradiseTHE TREE OF LIFEis planted, the time to come is prepared, much is prepared, a city is built, and rest is permitted, yea, perfect goodness and wisdom.” (2 Ezra 8:50-52)
Testament of Levi as found in The Lost Books of the Bible and The Forgotten Books of Eden:
“And he will open the gates of Paradise and remove the threatening sword against Adam and give it to the saints to eatTREE OF LIFE,and the spirit of holiness will be upon them. And Beliar will be bound by him, and he will give his sons power to trample down evil spirits. And the Lord (Yahweh) delights in his children and delights in his beloved forever. Then Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will rejoice, and I will rejoice, and all the saints will clothe themselves in joy. And now, my children, you have heard it all; Therefore choose for yourselves either light or darkness, or the law of the Lord (Yahweh), or the works of Beliar.” (Testament of Levi 5:26-30)
As soon as we understand thatYAHSHUA O MESSIASand theTREE OF LIFE,our perception opens to us and our understanding comes alive. Notice that verse 30 speaks of both "light" and "darkness"; the same forces that are at WAR in our world today. Beliar is another name for Satan. These two trees in Eden were not literally timber trees, but walking, talking, and breathing metaphorically idiomatic trees representing genetic humans. The "Tree of Life" was Yahshua the Messiah and the "Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil" was Beliar or Satan.
These family trees are described by Markus:
“And he came to Bethsaida; and they brought to him a blind man and asked him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the city; and when he spat in his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything. And he looked up and said, I seeTHE MEN WALLED IN THE TREES.“ (Markus 8:22-24)
It appears that this formerly blind man had better eyesight than today's anti-seedliners. It's just amazing how today's anti-seedliners dance up and down insisting that there is only one seed in Genesis 3:15, and that seed is only one man, Yahshua. He takesTWOTerENMITY,because enmity means:MUTUALHate. Mutual means: give or feel each other in equal amounts.
The word for “enmity” in Genesis 3:15 is Hebrew #342 and is also found at Numbers 35:21-22; Ezekiel 25:15; 35:5-6, and in all cases two parties are involved. Thus, Genesis 3:15 could speak of “a seed” only if the Savior hated Himself.
Now can you see how ridiculous this premise that anti-seedliners are promoting is? You've really cornered yourself! So they complain and rave that Eva's seduction is nothing sexual, it's just spiritual seduction. They insist that this is all an invention of the two seedliners.
That there are others who interpret the seduction of Eve sexually, see The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, vol. R-Z, page 696. Although this publication in any case does not take a position on it in any way, it points out that this is one of the interpretations;
"Sexual knowledge. The tree of knowledge is the means to sexual knowledge. Proponents of this interpretation have pointed out that the verb (Strong #3045), “to know,” is a common euphemism for intercourse (Genesis 4:1; 19:5). When Adam and Eve attained the knowledge of good and evil, they realized their nakedness and experienced shame. Finally, several parallel passages containing the phrase "to know good and evil" can reasonably be interpreted as referring to sexual knowledge. (Deuteronomy 1:39; 2 Samuel 19:35; "1QSa", short for "rule of assemblies". (?))
Matthew Poole says in Deuteronomy 1:39:
“I had no knowledge between good and evil; a common description of the condition of infancy, such as Jonah 4:11.
An unnamed anti-seedliner said:
“Most seedliners err on this point, associating the act of eating or touching the fruit of the tree with sexual intercourse. But when Adam received his instructions from God, there was no woman for intercourse, so how could these words be made to imply sexual activity? Where are these speculators (i.e. Two Seedliners)?”
We will see below that this is not speculation on our part that the words "eat" and "touch" have sexual connotations. The first of the anti-seedliners, as far as I know, is Stephen E. Jones, who challenges the two seedliners in his 1978 book The Babylonian Connection.
So you may be wondering what is the purpose of writing about this in the first place? The answer to this question is: I am bound by the law of Yahweh to bear witness to the truth to the best of my knowledge and belief. In other words, if I know a crime has been committed, is about to be committed, or is in danger of being committed, if I don't tell what I know, I am just as guilty as the person who committed it. the crime.
In this case we are not talking about a single crime, but about tens of thousands of crimes. News of these crimes was hidden from the public by the mainstream media and writers of the past. The law of witnessing a crime is found at Leviticus 5:1, where it says:
“And if a soul sins, and hears the voice of an oath, and is a witness whether it saw it or knew it;IF HE SAID NOThim, then he shall bear his guilt.
A second Scripture that commands us to clarify the truth is found at Ephesians 5:11, where it says:
"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but correct them."
The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, edited by Jerome H. Smith, states on page 132:
"... such a person will bear his iniquity - he will be found guilty in the sight of God for the transgression which he has endeavored to conceal, and must expect to be punished for concealing the iniquity with which he has committed was familiar."
I therefore refuse to stand by and share the blame for these crimes with our enemy. The anti-seedliners share these crimes equally with the "Jews" by failing to identify the enemy. By adopting this attitude, they are actually doing more harm than the "Jews" are realizing. They practically participate in these "Jewish" crimes.
Having spent a lot of time studying in recent years and knowing the nature of the enemy, I feel it my duty to inform everyone I can about our opponent and his intentions. I find it very difficult when there are intruders in the background suggesting we have no enemy. Anti-seedliners vehemently deny this message and will do anything to discredit this obvious truth.
One of the sneaky tricks employed by anti-seedliners is to point out that the two seed lineage message is found in the Babylonian Talmud. By doing so, they hope to catch you off guard by suggesting that everything in the Talmud is 100% false. Its aim is also to establishDEBT BY ASSOCIATION.If such a maneuver is practiced, the bottom of the barrel will be scraped. Stephen E. Jones used this type of trick in his book The Babylonian Connection, page 142, when he quoted from the Talmud, Yebamoth, 103-103b:
“When the serpent copulated with Eve, he filled her with lust. The lust of the Israelites who remained on Mount Sinai has an end; the lust of the idolaters who did not remain on Mount Sinai has no end.”
Again Jones quoted Yebamoth, 63a:
"R. Eleazar further explained: What does the text of Scripture mean: 'Now this is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh?'"
Jones then added a "Jewish" footnote:
"This teaches that Adam had intercourse with all animals and beasts, but found no satisfaction until he lived with Eve."
From "The Talmud Unmasked" by Rev. I.B. Pranaitis, p. 52. If so, none of them quote that passage accurately; how to use proper italics where they appear. I will now quote this passage exactly as Pranaitis presents it:
“In the Zohar (In, 28b) we read: 'Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field, etc. (Gen. III, I) 'Subtler', standing for evil; "than all animals," i. H. the idolatrous people of the earth. For they are children of the old serpent who tempted Eve. The best argument used by the Jews to prove that Christians are of a race of the devil is the fact that they are uncircumcised. Gentile foreskins prevent them from being called children of God Most High.
“For through circumcision the name of God; Shaddai, is completed in the flesh of a circumcised Jew. The form of the letter Ish is in his nostrils, the letter Daleth in his (bent) arm, and ain appears in his genitals by circumcision. Thus, in uncircumcised Gentiles, as in Christians, there are only the two letters Isch and Daleth forming the word Shed, meaning devil. They are therefore children of the devil Sched.”
A "Jew" could be circumcised a hundred times and that would not put him under the covenant. If anything, this passage proves Two Seedline, since the “enmity” of Generis 3:15 is clearly evident and at work here; but the "Jews" did it the other way around, for they are the children of the devil. Ted R. Weiland in his booklet "Eve, Did She Or't She?" quotes another passage from the Talmud, Shabbath 146a:
"For when the serpent came upon Eve, he filled her with lust."
If the anti-seedliners' intent is to use the tired old accusation of association guilt, they could have used more Talmudic references. Here are some passages they could have used for their ambiguous claims:
"The idea is that the serpent infected Eve (i.e., mankind) with lust from which, however, those who accept the moral teachings of the Torah are delivered." (Shabbat 146a)
“With the curse, we start with the minimum; first the serpent was cursed, then Eve, then Adam!” (Berachoth 61a)
“I will kill Adam and marry Eve; But now I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed. Likewise we find Cain, Qur'an, Balaam, Doeg, Ahithophel, Gehazi, Absalom, Adonijah, Uzziah and Haman turning their eyes to what was not fit for them; what they sought was not given them, and what they had was taken from them." (Attica 9b)
"When the serpent came to Eve, he filled her with filthy lust." (Avodah Zarah 22b)
Is there any truth in the Talmud?
Anti-seedliners base their entire argument on the premise that whatever is found in the Talmud must be dead wrong. In fact, that's the ace up their sleeve, they think so. All they have to do is point out that the doctrine of the two seed lines is found in the Talmud and the doctrine is magically condemned in the minds of many people. It is not my intention here to defend and endorse most of the content of these books. It is generally accepted that they are the most evil books ever written. But we must give even the devil his fair share. If the doctrine of the two seed lines is condemned as part of the Talmudic writings, then its entire content is condemned. Let's take a look at some passages found in it:
“... Judah [is called] a lion cub; from Dan [it is said] Dan shall be a serpent, Naphtali [is called] a loose doe; Issachar is a strong donkey; Joseph, a firstborn ox; Benjamin is a wolf that devours. [Of those sons of Jacob, where a comparison with a beast is written] in connection with them, it is written; but [in cases where such a comparison is not written] there is the text: What was thy mother? A lioness; she was one of the lions, etc." (Attica 11b)
Well, what do you know; Who would have thought there was such a thing in the Talmud? It seems that anti-seedliners have to reject the main tenants of Israeli identity because they are found in the Talmud. Maybe they need to go back to Church Judaism. You must take a black permanent marker and erase the entire chapter of Genesis 49 along with all cross references just because it is found in the Talmud. If they wipe out Judah, the Redeemer goes. Are you beginning to see how ridiculous the argument the anti-seedliners are making is? You can now see how dangerous the ruse isCONNECTION ERRORcould it be? It's actually a kind of "Jewish" trick. Let's see what else we can find in the Talmud:
“He is worthy of an inheritance from two tribes: He is worthy of an inheritance like Joseph, as it is written: Joseph is a fruitful branch...whose branches extend over the wall; he is also worthy of the inheritance of Issachar, as it is written: Issachar is a strong ass. There are those who say: His enemies will fall before him, as it is written: With them he will oppress people to the ends of the earth. He is worthy of being understood like Issachar, as it is written: And the sons of Issachar, who were men who understood the times, to know what Israel should do. (Baba Kama 17a)_
Isn't it just amazing what is found in the Talmud? If we use the anti-seedliner argument, we're going to get into all sorts of trouble. If we apply their hypothesis, we must destroy most of Yahweh's written Word. A very adamant and uncompromising anti-seedliner is Lieutenant Colonel Jack Mohr, AUS Ret. Who wrote a pamphlet called “Same of Satan, Literal or Figurative”? He used the same time-honored tacticCONNECTION ERRORwhen he said on page 8:
"Well, I think that's very unlikely, since it's the same teaching found in the Babylonian Talmud and in most pagan 'phallic religions' of the Far East. Wise [James E. Wise] implies that theFRUITfrom the trees of the knowledge of good and evil it was sexual union, although the Hebrew word for "fruit" as used here (#6529) means "branch"; fruitful; reward.' There is almost no room for a sexual interpretation of the word here unless your mind is sexually oriented. So I think you can see sex in everything. right theSEEDLINER SEE SEX IN THIS PASSAGE.Shows where her mind is, doesn't it? (Note: Gesenius includes "descendants" for #6529)
Incidentally, judging by his article, Jack Mohr believes that the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil were wooden trees; that the snake was an ordinary snake and the fruit was just some kind of fruit from a fruit tree. Thus, in implying this, Jack Mohr makes the tree of life (the Messiah) a tree of wood. You'll also notice Jack Mohr pointing the finger at James E. Wise. It seems like Anti-Seedliner is okay with naming, but Two Seedliner is anathema. More on Jack Mohr later, but now back to the Talmud:
“And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, and Erman, and Calcole, and Darda, five in number. Why the sentence: five in all? For all five were equally destined for the world to come..."
Should we now throw away the entire Serah branch of Judah because it is found in the Talmud? If you listen to the anti-seedliners, this is their premise. In other words, the mere mention of anything found in the Talmud automatically marks it as an evil teaching.
“Why are the years of Ishmael mentioned? To count the years of Jacob after them, as it is written: And these are the years of Ishmael's life, one hundred and thirty-seven years. How much older was Ishmael than Isaac? Fourteen years old, as it is written: And Abram was eighty and six years old when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram; and it is also written: And Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him, and it is written: And Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth. How old was Ishmael when Jacob was born? Seventyfour. How many years does he have left to live? Sixty-three; and it was taught that Jacob our father was three and sixty years old at the time he was blessed by his father. About that time Ishmael died, as it is written: Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob...so Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahlath, daughter of Ishmael, son of Abraham, sister of Nebaioth.
"Now since it is said 'daughter of Ishmael', do I not know that she was Nebaioth's sister? This tells us that Ishmael married (betrothed) her and then died, and Nebaioth her brother gave her to wife. Sixty-three and fourteen years to the birth of Joseph make seventy-seven, and it is written: And Joseph was thirty-three years old when he presented himself to Pharaoh. That's one hundred and seven. Add seven years of plenty and two years of famine, and we have a hundred and sixteen, and it is written: And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How many days are the years of your life? And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my journey are one hundred and thirty years.
“But [we just saw] that they were only one hundred and sixteen? We must therefore conclude that he spent fourteen years in the house of Eber as it was taught: “After Jacob our father went to Aram Naharaim for two years. boar died 'Then he left where he was and came to Aram Naharaim. It follows that he was seventy-seven years old when he was at the well. And how do we know he was seventy-seven years old? As it was taught: 'We find that Joseph was absent from his father twenty-two years, just as Jacob our father was absent from his father.' But was Jacob's absence thirty-six years? So it must be that the fourteen years he was in the Eber house are not numbered.
While I have not checked this entire passage for errors, it appears that this portion of the Talmud can be used as a valuable tool in discovering much-needed chronology. While I know that the "Jews" cannot call Jacob their father by covenant, the evidence presented here can be used to corroborate much that is not recorded in our current Bibles.
Therefore, I believe that some Talmudic passages would be credible for our research if we are careful how we use them, the doctrine of the two seed lines without exception. I have several other Talmudic passages that I could cite to support my position, but I think you can see my point now. In fact, if I took key words from the Old Testament and ran them in search mode on my computer from my CD-R copy of the Talmud, I could undoubtedly find at least 500 examples of truth contained within. these writings. While I don't recommend the Talmud as a good source of inspiration, it's not 100% completely false information as anti-seedliners claim. I only wish I had a copy of The Zohar on CD-R. Some may judge me for studying the Talmud, but how else could we be "wise as serpents" if we don't know what the enemy has written? After all, I don't hear anyone judging Rev. I.B. Pranaitis, Henry Ford or Elizabeth Dilling.
This is the seventh in a series of special warnings to all anti-seedliners who object to the claim that there are literally walking, talking, breathing, genetically satanic humans among us in the world. To declare otherwise is a declaration that we have no enemies. and neutralizes and undermines our defenses against them. Granting such a position is beyond responsible understanding, and only those who accept the duty of pointing out and identifying the enemy are Israel's true guardians. To blatantly obstruct the message of the True Guardians' warnings is the height of treason. The verdict for interfering with the true Guardian in his assigned duty is not very fair. But unfortunately many do. Again, we want to warn you, we are at WAR. This WAR has lasted for over 7,000 years. It is a WAR between Yahweh and his sons and Satan and his sons. It's a life and death struggle for one or the other.
By analyzing some of the writings of the unique seedliners in their anti-seedline argument, some interesting observations can be made. We note that they are working with a limited source of information. It is apparent that they only use Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible along with an untitled Bible dictionary.
It also appears that they are quoting the King James Version in full. Armed with this limited source of data, they wish to dictate to everyone else their own unqualified views based on their personal reasoning. From what we've seen so far, when they don't like what they're reading in Strong's book, they switch to this untitled Bible dictionary to choose what best suits "their" tastes. It's noticeably oblivious that they made this out of the meaning of Seth's name.
To show you the next passage in his writings, it is necessary to quote a few paragraphs from a pamphlet, "Seeds of Satan, Literal or Figurative," page 11:
“...But Wise (James E. Wise) again, without biblical support, states that when Eve declared, 'I have got a man of the Lord', she mistook Cain for her firstborn and she thought he was the promised seed , they more He later conceded that Abel, not Cain, was the promised seat. So if Abel was his promised seed, then Cain would have to be the seed or offspring (sic, offspring) of the serpent. There is absolutely no biblical evidence that Eve thought Abel was the "promised seed." from Abel, whom Cain killed.” She only claims that God gave her a son to replace the one who was killed. Nothing is said here about "promised seed." 1 John 3:12 does not clearly indicate that Cain was the offspring or progeny of evil. The Bible Dictionary says that the word Cain means “acquisition,” meaning “the act of having something of one's own; to obtain or gain by one's own efforts.' Seth means “to make up; Spross', has nothing to do with being the replacement as Wise claims. We wonder where this man got his information from or if he just made it up, the latter seems the most likely.”
The last statement here, regarding Seth's name, strongly suggests his own theological dishonesty. We will show you why. As we know, they have, by their own words, a Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible and an untitled Bible dictionary. They said on page 3: "The word 'snake' used here and in this chapter is #5175 in Strong's Concordance..."
From this statement we can irrevocably conclude without any doubt that they have a copy of Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The question is, why didn't they quote it in this case? Again, your statement is:
“Seth means 'compensate; Spross', has nothing to do with replacement, as Wise claims.
This is what Strong's Concordance says about the name Seth: #8352...Seth, shayth; from #7896; put, d. H. replace, Seth, third son of Adam: Seth, Sheth. If you look very closely, he speaks of the meaning of "spare" and makes absolutely no mention of "makeup" or "sprout".
You can even go to the word #7896 from which #8352 was taken and it doesn't suggest such a meaning. Furthermore, "Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament" agrees with Strong on both words. The number 7896 can be found on page 819 of Gesenius. By examining 33 phrases from Bible dictionaries and encyclopedias in which it only remotely suggests a meaning of "scion."
These last meanings appear to be an invention of a person named Ewald, see Ungers, page 999. Apart from these two references, almost all other dictionaries/encyclopedias and commentaries generally agree on the meaning of Seth as 'substitute'. ' or 'instead of'. We contend that these professors had both of these meanings in front of them, but they dismissed Strong's in favor of their untitled Bible dictionary, seemingly to clarify their point of view that they thought no one would ever notice. This is the epitome of brazen, brazen, brazen betrayal and deceit of the foulest variety.
Now some evidence to show that James E. Wise was correct in his statement that Seth was a "replacement" or "appointed" in Abel's place.
“The Pictorial Bible Dictionary,” by Merrill C. Tenny, Editor-in-Chief, page 774: “SETH (seth, Heb. Sheth [so KJV in Numbers 24:17; 1 Chronicles 1:1) … His name (meaning 'appointed'), i.e. "replacement") means that it is "ERSATZ' to Abel (Genesis 4:12). His birth commemorated the tragic loss of man's divine image (Genesis 5:1). He became the founder of the line of faith” (Genesis 4:25; Luke 3:38).
“The Wycliffe Bible Commentary,” page 11: “The Hebrew word bears a striking resemblance to the word shat, which is translated “appointed” or “et.” . He was 'destined' or 'appointed' to take up Abel's word and mission.”
Adam Clarke's Commentary, summarized by Ralph Earle: Eve must have received divine communication on this occasion, otherwise how could she have known this was a sonAPPOINTED ON THE SITEfrom Abel to continue this sacred line through which the Messiah would come?
“Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Bible,” Volume 1, Page 14: “INSTEAD OF ABEL; to succeed his father Adam, as Abel should have done in the priesthood, and the stewardship and care of sacred things in the Church of God.”
"The New World Dictionary Concordance to the New American Bible," page 619: "... The name is explained in popular ethnology, which regards it as deriving from the verb sith,SUBSTITUTE. Eve explained, “God gave me another seedNOT PLACE OFAbel.
Let's see what Identity Preacher said about Wise on page 12:
“But let's look very closely at Genesis 4:1 and see what it really says, not what some [wise] man thinks it says. Read it yourself, it's very clear. I can find no indication in this chapter that even [sic. Eve] thought Abel was the "promised seed." As he [Abel] could have been when he was killed. Do you mean that God gave Eve a "promised seed" only to be murdered? Doesn't make much sense, does it? The promised seed was "Seth," which God gave him to take the place of Abel. It has become gross assumption on the part of the author [Wise] when he asserts, "Thereafter, Cain could only have been the descendant of the serpent." a', we see verse 12 in its context, cannot be taken out of its proper context , just to prove a point someone might want to make..."
This author, we believe, is completely lacking in insight. We read several references showing that SethERASan appointed seed instead of Abel, and this is the very meaning of Seth's name. If Abel wasn't onePROMISED SEEDS, it would not be necessary for your blood to cry out from the earth.
Then why did the blood of Abel flow from the ground? Abel's blood cried out for revenge. Seth became Abel's blood avenger. Yahshua became the final avenger of that blood, and in time will destroy all of Cain's descendants. This whole war is a blood feud. The blood avenger is mentioned in Numbers 35:19:
"The avenger of blood himself will kill the murderer: if he finds him, he will kill him."
If someone shoots themselves in the foot long enough, they will find that they have no leg to stand on. That's exactly what Jack Mohr does when he shoots himself in the foot again on page 20. As he tries to show you his thoughts on race, where we think he's making mistakes again. He said that:
"Here we go again with Wise (James E. Wise) making a few more 'guesses' when he asserts the wordGENERATIONcould be translatedRACE. If you check your Strong's Concordance, you will find that the word generation has five meanings. In the Old Testament we find the Hebrew word ('daur' #1755, meaning 'an age; a dwelling place; 'posterity') used in Genesis 7:1 thus: 'And the Lord said to Noah: Come thou, and thy whole house in the ark; 'Cause I saw you in it right in front of meGeneration.” 9 Nothing to do with RACE!) We find a second meaning for the word in Daniel 4:3, where the word (#1850 “give” means “generation”). In the New Testament three Greek words are used forGeneration. In Matthew 1:1: “The book ofGENERATIONof Jesus Christ...” Here is the word “Genesis” (# 1078), meaning “birth; figurative, nature; Generation'). In Matthew 3:7 we read: “OGENERATIONof serpents, who taught you to flee from the coming wrath?' (Here is the Greek word 'gennema:' #1081, meaning: 'offspring: bring forth; fruit; procreation') Finally, in Matthew 12:41 we read: 'The men of Nineveh will stand up with it in judgmentGeneration, and will condemn them.' (Here is the word 'genea' #1974 [sic, #1074], meaning: 'a generation; an age; nation; time'). This is the only time in the entire Bible where the WordGENERATIONcould mean RACE, but we can see from the context that it's not meant that way here. Once again, Wise gave "false testimony" about what a word means.
As you will see shortly, the "false witness" is not James E. Wise but Jack Mohr. Let's start with the Hebrew word #1755, which Jack Mohr misinterprets. "Wilson's Old Testament Word Studies," p. 184, says this about this word. (The Hebrew characters are exactly the same as in Strong): "...an age, a generation of menA RACEof contemporary man, Genesis 6:9, or implied conformity, Proverbs 30:10-14. Thus, from this disputed passage, Isaiah 53:8, "his generation" can be understood.THE RACEcorresponds to Messiah, equivalent to “the Seed,” verse 10: Genesis 6:9, all generations, Heb. generation and generation; every generation. heb. Id... Daniel 4:3, 3, 34, 34.” Continuing now with the “Hebrew-Chaldean Lexicon of Gesenius of the Old Testament,” Hebrew Word #1755. Among the other meanings, Gesenius says on page 194: “The idea of age or generation is often neglectedA RACE OF MEN...”
We will not go into all of Strong's numerical references that Jack Mohr mentions here. From this last example, however, it should be apparent that he hasn't the faintest idea what he's talking about about the Old Testament.
Let's see what he says about the New Testament in addition to what was quoted above. If you recall, he says that the only verse in the Bible that can be translated as "race" is Matthew 12:41, and there he explains that it doesn't mean "race" in that case either. In other words, he's basically saying that there isn't a single example in the entire Bible that relates to race.
Now this bold statement. Let's see if it holds up under the magnifying glass. In The Complete Word Study Dictionary, New Testament by Spiros Zodhiates, the Greek word no. 1078, Genesis, is described in part as follows: “In passive Genesis it meansRACE,ANCESTRY, equivalent to gena (#1074), genealogy, genealogy book..."
Zodhiates then describes the word Geek #1974, partly Genea: "Metaphorically spoken by people of any generation or age, living in any epoch,A RACEor class...” You can see very clearly why these two words imply Genesis and Genea, contrary to what Jack Mohr saysRACE.
On page 22 of the Jack Mohr booklet it says:
“God designed His people Israel as a 'special and holy people,' to be 'a chosen people,' according to 1 Peter 2:9GENERATION, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a special one (set apart for a special purpose); that you (Israel) should proclaim the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.'”
If Jack Mohr had an American Standard Version Bible, he might have noticed that the "chosen generation" is translated as "chosen race" in that particular verse. He is very wrong when he says:
"This is the only time in the whole Bible where the word 'generation' can mean 'race,' but we can see from the context that's not what it means here." Apparently he doesn't know how races are used in the Bible finds. Let's turn to the word "generation" in W.E. Vine's "An Expository Dictionary Of New Testament Word" takes us to page 291 for the word "gentle."
Here is what is written under that heading: “GENOS...as ginomai means to become one family, Acts 4:6. 'Relationship;' 713, R.V., 'race' (A.V., 'kin'); 13:26, "tribe"; (b) descendants, Acts 1728: Revelation 22:16; (c) a nation,a race, Marcos 7:26, R.V., „RACE(A.V., "nation"); Acts 4:36, R.V. "(a man from Cyprus) by race", A.V., "from the country of Cyprus;" genos does not mean a country, the word means kin (Jews [?]) had settled in Cyprus since or even before the reign of Alexander the Great); 7:19. Camper,'RACE' (A.V., 'parents'); 18:2, 24, R.V., 'AFTER RACE(AV, 'born'); 2 Corinthians 11:26, “compatriots”; Galatians 1:14, R.V., "countrymen" (A.V., "nation"); Philippians 3:5, “camp”; 1 Peter 2:9 R.V., “RACE(A.V., "Generation"); (d) a gentle type, class, Matthew 13:36, “gentle”; in some manuscripts. In q7;21, A.V., 'kind;' Mark 9:29, “kinds,” 1 Corinthians 12:10, 28 “kinds” (A.V. “differences”); 14:10 (idem)…” With that kind of background you should be able to find hundreds of passages about races. Jack Mohr could not be more wrong in his claims about these Hebrew and Greek words. Now who is really the one who is "guessing" and "intellectually dishonest"?
It should be noted that Jeffrey A. faintly commends Jack Mohr for his experience regarding the so-called subject fallacy of the Seedline doctrine. This is what he said in his The Satanic Seedline, Its Doctrine and History on page 29:
"There are other arguments, but the ones raised here are the most important ones I've found. If you have encountered a dispute and are seriously looking for an answer, I suggest that you first study it thoroughly in God's Word (look up definitions, check parallel passages, make sure you disagree, etc.). After that I suggest you approach men like Pete Peters, Dan Gentry, Earl Jones, Jack Mohr, etc…” We believe the old adage still holds true: like makes like!
confusion about trees
On page 6 of the booklet, "Seeds of Satan, Literally or Figuratively?" Jack Mohr goes on to criticize James E. Wise. As we shall see, your criticism of what Wise said is totally unjustified. This is what Jack Mohr says in his alleged guess:
“Wise then makes some very positive statements that I don't think he can back up with Scripture. At least he doesn't do that here. He says: “Therefore (because of the explanation he gave) what is spoken of or called the 'tree of the knowledge of good and evil' was the devil. Elsewhere he is called the Devil, Belial, etc. ' But there is no Scripture to support your claim, no matter how much you want to believe it exists. The idea that Satan or the devil was Eve's tempter in the garden may fit your theological concept, but it is not what the Word says.
In the little book, Jack Mohr called our Messiah, our Redeemer, our Savior a wooden tree. Besides our Redeemer, who is the “tree of life”? How else do we eat of Him but through communion? How much more blasphemous can you do than that? Jack Mohr is completely inaccurate when he claims that walnut, peach, and apricot trees are not mentioned in Scripture. He just wasn't looking. these trees are included in Genesis 1:29, which says:
"And the Lord said, Behold, I have given you every herb that produces seed, which is on the face of the whole earth, andEVERY TREEproduce seeds; for you it will be for meat.
Jack Mohr hints that this may not contain pecans, peaches or apricotsHAVE THE SEEDS. He is not only blasphemous, but also completely inexperienced in the word of Yahweh, it seems to us. However, since all trees that “bearing seed” in Genesis 1:29 were eaten by Yahweh for food, the trees in Genesis 3 could not be fruit trees. Why would the Lord allow the fruit of the trees of Genesis 1:29 to be eaten and then deviate from His own Word and make it illegal in Genesis 3 to eat from any of the trees? Talking about something that "doesn't make the slightest sense," as he himself said several times in the booklet. There simply is no better argument that the trees in Genesis 3 were not timber trees than this passage. As he himself said, "God is not the author of confusion."
We wonder how Jack Mohr would have interpreted Mark 8:22-24, which says:
“And he came to Bethsaida; and they brought to him a blind man and asked him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the city; and when he spat in his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything. And he looked up and said, I seeMEN WANT TO WALK TREES.“
This raises an interesting question: if man were born blind, how would he know what a tree looked like to describe humans as walking trees? It is evident that the man was not blind in the sense that he could not see with his eyes, but that he was blind to the Word of God and could not understand what they were telling him. When Christ opened his eyes he could see a little, but then he could see fully what was given to him.
Interestingly, the word tree in this passage also means a solid wood tree. Now let's look at Strong's, Thayer, and Zodhiates to see what they have to say about the Greek word #1186; Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible: "#1186... Dendron de drus (an oak); a tree: tree”.
Thayer Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, page 128: "#1186 ... grow in the shape and size of a tree."
The "Complete Dictionary of Words, New Testament" by Spiros Zodhiates, TH.D.: "#1186...dendron...neut. content. A tree... "to become a tree" (A.T.) means to become like a tree in size (cf. Mark 4:32). 'I see men as trees' doesn't mean clearly, of an unusual size."
Question: When was the last time you saw a massive oak tree, about 50 meters tall and with a trunk 1.5 meters in diameter, right down the street pull up its roots and start running? It is evident that the Bible often uses figurative language when speaking of "trees." Hence the answer to Lieutenant Colonel Jack Mohr's question about his thesis "Seed of Satan, Literal or Figurative?" It seems that Jack Mohr makes a mistake again, arguing about the word "tree" in Genesis 3:17 like this:
“Although Eve was warned by God not to eat of the 'tree of the knowledge of good and evil,' He reportedly told her not to 'touch' it (see Genesis 3:17). the one who added the "touching business" when speaking to the snake. Like many of our people, she felt she had to add something to the Word of God. The author (James E. Wise) then proceeds with "conjectures" since he has no biblical proof that the "trees" in the garden were not made of "sap, bark, and foliage." These trees were not really trees, since trees cannot "distinguish between good and evil." However, nothing in this scripture indicates that these "trees," whatever they were, should make any distinction. The word TREE, as used in this passage, comes from the Hebrew word “ets”, #6095, meaning “a tree for strength; hence wood; Strength; help; Share; Wood; Tree; Wood.' There is absolutely no indication here that it refers to a "person" or "being" of any kind, such as a "serpent" or "Satan." They were endowed with the gift of speech. Show me wherever the Scriptures say so.”
It is noteworthy here that Mohr says the word for “trees” in Genesis 3:17 is #6095. It's not, but it's #6086. It's from #6095, but it's not #6095.
The Hebrew word #6095 is atsah, not ets. In fact, Mohr applies ets correctly here, but then goes on to use Strong's definition of atsah. Quite a deceptive maneuver, or quite a mistake, we'd say. Anything to get your point across. There can be a big difference between #6086 and #6095. This is what "Wilson's Old Testament Word Studies" has to say about the word "tree" on page 453 (in this case the Hebrew characters are identical to Strong's #6086):
"...a tree; often collectively trees: Genesis 1:11 etc. Figuratively speaking,TREES REPRESENT MEN, green trees the righteous, dry trees the wicked, Ezekiel 20:47; 17:24, all the trees of the field, all the people, the high tree the high and mighty, the low tree the weak and the low..."
From this definition by Wilson, we can clearly see that the Hebrew word #6086, ets, as used at Genesis 3:17, can be used both literally and figuratively. Mohr's argument that it can only mean a literal "tree" is completely flawed. This applies to all other anti-seedliners who use this sticking point to establish a false premise. Considering the danger to life and limb of carrying the message of the two bloodlines, it is quite reckless on the part of the anti-seedliners to harass the messenger in his duty to his maker and his kingdom. In this way, anti-seedliners support and encourage the enemy in this time of war. It is the same as defecting to the side of the enemy when the lives of millions of our brothers are at stake. Such false teaching is indeed more harmful than the evil that the satanic enemy can bring.
WE HAVE AN ENEMY. it's bad enoughTHAT WE OWEliving under the enemy's political, religious and monetary system, but it is unbearable while all this is happening to have distractors, scorns and detractors on the sidelines proclaiming that there is no enemy; that they, the "Jews" (Revelation 2:9, 3:9) are somehow just ordinary people who have become wicked. We do not know how these conflicting debaters ignore the fact that they and their continued bloodline have remained corrupt from generation to generation for thousands of years. It is quite evident that the "Jews" retained an inbred genetic trait embedded in their nature and clearly inherited from their ancestors. So there isTWO GENETIC NATIONS AT WAR WITH EACH OTHER, according to Genesis 3:15, and this WAR will not end until one side or the other is completely destroyed. At the moment, our team is fast winning.
Obviously, anti-Seatliners never read Josephus, Kriege 2:8:2. Josephus makes it clear that the Pharisees and Sadducees were essentially non-Israelites by birth. Let's read this passage:
“For among the Jews there are three philosophical sects. The followers of the first of these are the Pharisees; the second the Sadducees; and the third sect, thePRESENTEDto a stricter discipline they are called Essens.THE LAST ARE JUDAH BY BIRTH, and seem to have a greater affection for one another than the other sects.”
It seems that of these three sects mentioned only the Essenes could claim to be full-blooded Israelites; that many, perhaps most, were Pharisees and SadduceesNONEtrue Israelites, nor of the true tribe of Judah. Why didn't Josephus mention the Pharisees and Sadducees as beings?Judah by birth? We know from John 8:33 and 37, this version shows that the scribes and Pharisees could be real Israelites. Of course, the Arabs can claim Abraham as their father. We also know that by the time of the Messiah the "Jews" had been drinking Edomite blood and could therefore claim Abraham and Isaac as their fathers. The Schelanite Judaites can even claim an affinity with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Judah, but that doesn't make them the true tribe of Judah. As proof that the "Jews" are not who they say they are, we will not cite John Lightfoot's A Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Hebraica, Volume 2, pages 7-9:
“...Common people as far as the priesthood is concerned: those whose fathers are of priestly descent, but whose mothers were not worthy to be received into the priest's marriage bed...like those born in wedlock; but what was illegal... bastards: like those who came from a certain mother but from an insecure father... those who gathered on the streets whose fathers and mothers were insecure. (See Ezra: chapters 9 and 10)
"A polluted generation (RACE) As a matter of fact! And therefore brought out of Babylon in that common basin, according to the opinion of the Hebrews, that all the Jewish seed left there might not be defiled by it... Therefore he brought them to Jerusalem, and where the care might be of the Sanhedrin [Sanhedrin] taken who is fixed there that theTHE LEGAL CANNOT MARRY THE ILLEGITARY...
“How great care must be taken in pure-blood families to keep themselves untouched and pure from this impure water; and to establish among themselves genealogical parchments from generation to generation as faithful witnesses and enduring memorials of their rightful lineage and free blood.
"Hear a complaint and account of his case: 'R. Johanan said: At the temple it is in our hands to find out who is not pure in the land of Israel; but what shall I do when the leading men of this generation are in hiding? (That is, if they are not of pure blood and yet we are not allowed to speak openly about them) "He was of the same opinion as R. Isaac, who said... A family (of polluted blood) lying hidden, let - o remain hidden. Abai also said: We learn this also by tradition, that there was a certain family called the family of Beth-Zeriphua beyond the Jordan, and a son of Zion removed them." (The Goss is, Some eminent man explained them by a public proclamation for unclean.) "But he caused another so" (i.e., unclean) to "come near." And there was another which the sages would not manifest.'
“...When it was especially above the Sanhedrin (Sanhedrin), it was established in Jerusalem to keep pure families still pure, so much as there was in them; and when they prescribed canons to preserve the legitimacy of the people (which you can see in the things that follow in the supposed place) it was necessary to make public records of family trees with them: from which it might be known which family was pure, and what that contaminated. So this of Simon Ben Azzai deserves our attention: “I say (he says) a genealogical scroll in Jerusalem, in which it was so written; 'N., a strange woman's bastard.' Notice that even a bastard was written in their genealogy books, that he might be known as a bastard, and that the purest of families might beware of seed contamination..."
From this it should be evident that the Jews returning from Babylonian captivity up to the time of the Messiah did not keep their family genetics pure. Now you can see how far Ted R. Weiland went in his book Eve, Did She Or Didn't She? when he falsely tried to prove that the scribes and Pharisees were true Israelites by making the following statements?
Page 68: “Seedliners claim that because the Pharisees and their ancestors were accused of murdering all the righteous from Abel to Zechariah, they cannot be Israelites but must be Cainites of Satan's seed. The truth is that because the Pharisees and their ancestors were appointed to murder righteous martyrs, they cannot be Cainites.BUT THEY MUST BE ISRAELITES INSTEAD.“
Page 94: “The seedliners teach that the Pharisees were Cainites of the bloodline of Satan while Matthew 3:7-8; 27:6-10; John 7:19; 8:28-37; Acts 4:5-10, 24-35 and 7:2-52 state that the Pharisees were Jews of Jacob/Israel descent.”
While Ted R. Weiland is wrong, he's not entirely wrong. However, your mistake is grave to the point of disaster. For clarification, we refer again to John Lightfoot's "A Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Hebraica," Volume 2, page 78:
“Truly there was a certain remnant among them that was to be gathered by Christ, and when this was gathered the remnant of the nation was delivered up to eternal destruction. This is...the remnant of the apostle, Romans 11:5, which was then when he wrote these things; which should then be gathered before the destruction of that nation.
We are sure that the Messiah wasNOThey gathered a bunch of bastards who were mostly Pharisees and Sadducees. Anti-seedliners really have a problem with Genesis 3:15 and 4:1 because if Cain were the son of Adam, there would be no difference between the serpent's seed and the woman's seed. If such a thing were true, which is not the case, we might as well invite the descendants of Cain to our churches and identity gatherings. Recently, John Hagee had about ten "Jewish" teachers and advisors. Insight On The Scriptures, Volume 2, pages 887 and 889 says the following about the serpent's seed:
“...Jesus identified the Jewish religious leaders of his day as part of the serpent's seed, saying to them: 'Serpents, descendants [Gr., gen-ne'ma-ta, begotten'] of vipers, how shall ye do that? flee from the court of Gehenna? Matthew 23:33, Int.” … “Enmity between the two seeds. The great serpent, Satan the Devil, produced a “seed” that manifested the bitterest enmity against those who, like Abraham, served God by faith, as the Bible record amply testifies. Satan tried to block or prevent the development of the woman's seed (compare Matthew 13:24-30).
This is what John Lightfoot has to say about Matthew 3:7 in his A Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Hebraica, Volume 2, pages 77-78, where John the Baptist called the Pharisees and Sadducees "Vipers" called :
“Not so much 'the seed of Abraham,' in which you boast, but 'the seed of the serpent'... A diametrically opposed nation and posterity, and an enemy of that woman's seed, andWHAT WAS BLOWING YOUR HEEL... It follows, not directly, that this nation was rejected and given over to a depraved mind,EVEN BEFORE THE COMING OF CHRIST.
"They weren't just... one generation (RACE), but ... a descendant of vipers, snakes born of snakes. It is also no wonder that they were rejected by God long after they had rejected God and the Word of God through their traditions...IT WAS VERY, A CERTAIN REBEMBLE AMONG THEM THAT WERE GATHERED TO CHRIST: AND WHEN THIS WAS GATHERED, THE REST OF THE NATION WERE PREPARED TO EVERLASTING DAMAGE...”
Again on page 83 of the same book, John Lightfoot says the following:
“The war formerly proclaimed in Eden between the serpent, the serpent's seed, and the woman's seed, Genesis 3:15, is now taking place; when this promised seed of woman goes out into the field (inaugurated by baptism and anointed by the Holy Spirit for the public office of her ministry) to wrestle with the old serpent and finally crush his head. And as the devil always was a very rash spirit, he now assumes a more hardened audacity than ever to wage war himself against the war which he knew was the Son of God, because he had been since that ancient proclamation of that war knew well enoughTHAT HE BREAKS THE HEEL.“
In Matthew 3:7; 12:34 and 23:33 both John the Baptist and Yahshua called the Pharisees and Sadducees "a generation (RACE) of vipers," and at Matthew 12:39 Yahshua spoke of them as "a wicked and adulterous (bastard) generation (RACE)" (meaning adulterous mixed... unclean, bastard). The following are some observations from various comments:
"Adam Clarke's", abbreviated from Earle, page 770:
“An evil and adulterous generation. Or "race of men". Our Lord calls the Jews an adulterous race.
"Adam Clarke's", abbreviated from Earle, page 770:
“O snake generation. A terribly powerful speech. A snake spawn, from a snake line. Like their fathers, they were children ofMALIGN.“
“Matthew Henry”, Vol. 5, page 24:
“The title he gives you is O Serpent Generation. Christ gave them the same title; Matthew 12:34; 23:33. They were like vipers; though deceitful, yet poisonous and poisonous, and full of malice and enmity to all that was good; they were a spawn of serpents, seed and offspring of those who were of one mind; was raised with them to the bone.
“They boasted that they were the seed of Abraham; but John showed them that they were the seed of the serpent (compare Genesis 3:15); from his father the devil (John 8:44). They were a vicious bunch, they were all the same; Although they are enemies of each other, they unite in mischief. Monitoring:A GENERATION OF PERVERSE IS A GENERATION OF VIPERS AND IT SHOULD BE SO GIVEN...”
"Matthew Henry," Vol. 5, page 175:
“He condemns the demand as the language of a wicked and adulterous generation, v. 39. He lays the charge not only on the scribes and Pharisees, but on the whole people of the Jews; they were all like their leaders, a seed and a succession of evildoers: they were indeed a wicked generation, who not only hardened themselves to the conviction of Christ's miracles, but set out to revile him and despise his miracles. They were an adulterous generation... Like an adulterous generation; degenerated so miserably... that Abraham and Israel did not recognize them.”
"Matthew Henry," Vol. 5, page 174:
“They were a serpent generation: John the Baptist had called them that (Matthew 3:7), and they were still the same; for can the Ethiopian change his skin? People viewed the Pharisees as a generation of saints, but Christ calls them a serpent generation, the serpent's seed that had enmity against Christ and His gospel. Well, what would you expect from a snake generation, other than what is venomous and evil? Can the viper be anything other than poisonous?”
„Jewish”proselytize
This is another aspect that needs to be examined in relation to the accursed "Jewish" nation at the time of the Messiah. Without this understanding, it is difficult to understand the conditions surrounding the "Jewish" nation at this time. Once that vision is grasped and understood, a very different vision is perceived. This is a theme that hasNOwas in some way addressed by nominal church ministers or, for that matter, by those who understand the message of Israel's identity. It's crucial that we understand the complexities of this time, because if we don't, we just can't understand the elements that came into play at that time. Once we understand that, we won't be inclined to make ridiculous statements like the ones that some of the preachers spat (spit). (Proverbs 26:11; 23:8; 2 Peter 2:22)
First we present the general story and then we present the documentation. First, consider the Scripture in which the Messiah condemned the “Jews” for their proselytization, Matthew 23:15:
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cross sea and land to make a proselyte, and when he is made you make him a child of hell twice as much as yourself.”
In Matthew chapter 3 we are told of John the Baptist and his efforts to prepare the way for the Messiah through conversion and baptism. It seems that according to the story, this is where the Pharisees and Sadducees came and asked John what he was doing. John bluntly told the "Jews" that he did not baptize "Vipers."
Why were the Pharisees and Sadducees so interested in what John the Baptist was doing? Many may not know that the Pharisees and Sadducees also baptized their converts. The requirement for becoming a "Jewish" proselyte was, first, to be circumcised, and second, when the wound was healed, the candidate was baptized.
The "Jews" mistook their candidate for a Gentile when he went down into the water and for an Israelite when he came back. This is fantastic as a non-Israelite could be baptized thousands of times and that would not make him an Israelite. And who exactly did these “Jews” baptize and proselytize? Many belonged to the seven Canaanite nations. Here are some excerpts from pages 55 to 63 of A Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Hebraica, Volume 2, by John Lightfoot:
“Whenever a Gentile takes hold of and joins the covenant of Israel and places himself under the wings of divine majesty and takes upon himself the yoke of the law, voluntary circumcision, baptism and offerings are required. .This was a general axiom... No one is a proselyte until he is circumcised and baptized... [because no man becomes a proselyte without circumcision and baptism] of the Sanhedrin...
"With a proselyte, if his sons and daughters also become proselytes, they are fine with what their father does...he needs no baptism...for his mother's baptism serves as baptism for him... .'If a one Israelite takes a Gentile child...or finds a Gentile child and baptizes it in the name of a proselyte; behold, he is a proselyte'...
“First, baptism is seen as inseparable from the circumcision of proselytes. There was actually a small gap in time; for 'they were not baptized until the pain of circumcision was healed, because water might injure the wound,' but surely baptism always followed...
“Secondly, observing from these things how well known and common the use of baptism was among the Jews, the reason why the Sanhedrin through its messengers asked John, not about the purpose of baptism, but about the authority, seems very simple of the Baptist; not what baptism meant, but where he was permitted to baptize, John 1:25...
“For the reception of a proselyte was not considered an easy matter... Proselytes are dangerous to Israel, like the itch... When a proselyte should be circumcised, they first asked him the sincerity of his conversion to Judaism: if he did not offer himself to proselytism , to gain riches, out of fear or out of love for an Israelite woman...
“As soon as he is healed from the circumcision wound, they bring him to baptism; and bound in the water, they teach him again some heavier and some lighter commandments of the law. What has been heard... he rushes down and goes up, and behold, he is like an Israelite in all things...
“...but a proselyte was baptized not only to wash away this Gentile pollution, nor only to be transplanted into the religion of the Jews; but which he could transmit by the most accurate rite of translation possible to an Israelite who, being married to an Israelite woman, could produce free and lawful seed and offspring without blemish.
“Therefore servants received into families were baptized; and also servants who were to be released: not so much because they were defiled with pagan impurity, but because by that rite... their children are passed as Israelites. And that is why the sons of the proselytes in the following generations were circumcised but not baptized.
“They were circumcised to bear the duty of the law; but they did not need baptism because they were already Israelites. [Ox dung!] … The baptism of the proselytes was the initiation of the Gentiles into the Jewish relationship …”
From this you can see that things were not what we think they were at that time. The people of this "Jewish" nation were so genetically corrupt that there were hardly any full-blooded Israelites among them. Here you have the facts in front of you, saving you a lot of homework on your part. All you have to do is check them out.
It seems that for some who follow the anti-seedliners' teachings, the time has come to wake up and get the wax out of their ears. Here is strong evidence that seed opponents are not as informed as they should be. Not only are the Judeo-Christian clergy of today oblivious to the conditions in this nation, but we also have those in Israeli identity who have been trained in Judeo-church theological centers who are not much better.
It takes a lot of time, effort, sweat and blood to put together surveys like this one. Also, you have to be blind if you can't see the parallel between what's happening today, with all the interracial marriages, and the Jews of yesteryear who took strangers' wives and husbands. They married others, often descendants of the seven Canaanite nations. There were some full-blooded Benjaminites who were still in Galilee, from whom Yahshua took all but one of his disciples, for there were some Essenes in Judea.
Anti-Seatliners seem to completely ignore the Messiah's commission at 1 John 3:8 to destroy the works of Satan:
“Whoever commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil.”
When he came, Yahshua was in the midst of Satan's genetic offspring through Cain, appropriately called "Vipers." MessiahONESELFhe called them "vipers," as did John the Baptist. Thus, the Messiah was in the area of the geographic headquarters where the demons lived. If the devil's headquarters were anywhere else in the world, he would be there.
If He was going to destroy the works of the devil, He had to be where the devils thrived, which He was. If you examine the next verse (V.0) you will find that whether someone is a genetic child of the devil or a genetic child of Yahweh depends on the sperm or "seed". He speaks of the sons of Yahweh and says: "His seed abides in him". However, anti-seedliners insist that "semen" is spiritual. Let's look at the Commentary of Matthew Henry, who has this to say about this passage, Vol. 6, pages 1076-1077:
“Of the distinction between the children of God and the children of the devil. They have their own characters. Thereby the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed, ver. 10. In the world there is (according to the ancient distinction) the seed [sperm] of God and the seed [sperm] of the serpent”. .and he belongs to the party and interests of the devil's realm. He is the author and patron of sin, and was a doer, tempter, and instigator of it, even from the foundation of the world.” … “The devil plotted and sought to interfere with the work of God in his world. The Son of God waged a holy war against him.” … “This showed that he was the firstborn of the serpent's seed; even he, the eldest son [Cain]...was of the wicked. He imitated and resembled the first evil man, the devil.”
"A Commentary on the Bible," by Matthew Poole, Vol. 3, pp. 935-936 comments:
“And such a sinner, he says, is of the devil; as if born of him, where his son is truly conformed to him and has his sinful nature... After what has been said, he reduces all men to his own family and father, and concludes that it it is obvious what they belonged to ; that is, he shows and gathers those who do not belong to God and his family for the aforesaid reasons, since two fathers and families share the world to which they must be reckoned; that is, they do not belong to God, and consequently to the worst of parents, who, first, generally do not work justice; Since the devil is the first sinner, they are his offspring... Showing that he came from that evil, from the seed of the serpent: so early was that seed sown, and so old was the enmity between seed and seed.
The question of the two seed lines is of utmost importance in our time as we begin to see the culmination of this ancient "enmity" coming to a head. Although it has been festering just below the surface for several thousand years, it is at its peak today. It's like a giant abscess getting ready to erupt and spill all its dirty, contagious, tainted, putrid poison. And while these great evil underground forces are at work, Judeo-Christian Churchism sits idly by and pretends everything is fine.
In fact, the infection is spreading among them through this huge abscess, and they consider it "Christian." As if that wasn't enough, anti-seedliners dispute the cause of the infection. To the anti-seedliners, it's just a theological pun. They just haven't done their homework on the subject. To show this we cite no other than Dr. Lightfoot in his A Commentary on the New Testament Talmud and Hebrew, Volume 2, pages 367-369 on Matthew 27:38-46:
“Among the monsters of the Jewish defeats before the destruction of the city, the multitude of robbers and the terrible massacres they committed deservedly claim the first notice; which you can rightly ascribe to various originals along with the just vengeance of God against this evil nation.
1). No wonder this nation was immeasurably rich in aTRAMPdissolute and lascivious type of young man; since, throughPOLYGAMY AND THE DIVORCE OF THEIR WIVESfor pleasure and the nation's unspeakable vice of fornication and fornication could not help but constantly crop upMallard, and an offspring born only to beg or prey, wanting both sustenance and naïve education.
2) The foolish and sinful indulgence of the Council could only feed all kinds of thingsthrows by bad men, while they seldom kill anyone, though never as viciously as a Jew; which must not be touched under any circumstances...THE POWER OF DARKNESS, Lukas 22:53.
God, who of old foretold that theTHE SNAKE MUST STRIKE THE HEEL OF THE PROMISED SEED, and now that the time has come, she has loosed the devil's chain which divine providence had in her hand concerning men; that all the power and rancor of hell may freely and unreservedly attack Christ; and that all the wickedness that was in the devil against all God's elect would be gathered up and gathered in one head, might be hurled against Christ at one blow and beginning without measure.
If you listen to the anti-seedliners, they will claim that "no power from hell" was at work in the crucifixion of the Messiah. They attribute it all to some kind of "spiritual" ploy and make fun of the basic principles of Scripture.
„Jahschua'Heel wounded by Judas!!!”
We have a direct connection to Judas and the "snake" here when we read John 13:18:
“I am not speaking of all of you: I know who I have chosen; But in order that the scripture might be fulfilled, he who eats bread with me has increased his breadTO JUMPagainst me."
THE SCRIPTURE HERE SPOKEN, FULFILLED IN JUDAS THE JEW, WAS GENESIS 3:15!MAKE THE SOUND'SPIRITUAL'? Judas was a Kenite Canaanite "Jew-devil," a Satan-begotten descendant of Cain! However, there is a problem here because it says that "he (Judas, the Jew) lifted up his heel against me," whereas Genesis 3:15 says that "you (the seed of the serpent) trampled on his (Yahshua's) heel." shalt.” Is it the “heel” of Judas or Yahshua that is affected? We are sure that John 13:18 refers to Genesis 3:15 as indicating that it is a fulfillment of Scripture .Tell us what other scripture could it be?There isn't another scripture, Psalm 41:9, that reads similar to John 13:18, but John 13:18 is not a fulfillment of Psalm 41:9, in indeed fulfills Psalm 41:9 this is not a prophecy about anything. The prophecy then can only be Genesis 3:15! And Genesis 3:15 is definitely a prophecy. So there must be a slight mistranslation in Genesis 3:15 Let's try to put it in a way that makes some sense:
“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; she (her seed) will hit your hand, and your heel (will rise up and) hit him (her seed).”
It is not the serpent's seed that would hurt Yahshua's heel, but the serpent's seed will lift its heel and hurt Yahshua (the woman's seed). Now, Yahshua is not the only seed of woman. All of Eve's descendants are the seed of the woman. Once we understand that it is the seed of the serpent (in the person of Judas) that would lift up the heel against the Messiah, we can better understand Isaiah 53:5:
“But he was pierced because of our transgressions, he was bruised because of our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and by his wounds we are healed.”
A good commentary on John 13:18 is from "Jamieson, Fausset & Brown "Commentary On The Whole Bible", page 1058:
“I'm not talking about all of you; the "happy are you" from v. 17, which is not an assumption applicable to Judas. I know who I chose; in a higher sense. But that the deed may be fulfilled, i.e. his number one added, without accident or error, which is not mine, but only that he may fulfill his intended destiny. Who eats bread with me; 'ate of my bread.'
“It was Judas who lifted his heel against him and struck him. It should probably be pointed out here what "heel lift" means. It is described as someone kicking the person who is feeding them. Judas, who planned to betray Yahshua while eating the sacrificial meal, did just that, and this is known as "lifting his heel." That "heel" in John 13:18 is the same "heel" in Genesis 3:15. This type of action was considered one of the most offensive things a man could do. Of course, what else would you expect from the devil?
“Several interesting statements are made immediately prior to this 'lifting up of the heel' on the part of Judas to partake of the Last Supper. They had a foot washing class with Yahshua. Verse 10 says, “Yahshua said to him, He who is washed need not wash his feet, but is clean (pure) all white; and you are pure (pure), but not quite". Yahshua indicates that all disciples are clean (pure).RASSLICH, but no washing would make Judas clean (pure).
"A second statement on this 18thºAlso interesting is the verse that says, "I am not speaking of you all." Again Yahshua excludes Judas from others. "I know who I chose." I am not mistaken in my choice. I knew what was going to happen from the beginning of the serpent's enmity. I chose the beginning of the snake enemy. I chose Judas as the "serpent," clearly foreseeing that he would lift his heel and set Me free. Didn't I foretell this at the time of the curse on the "serpent"?
Matthew 26:14-16:
"Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said to them, 'What will you give me, and I will hand him over to you? And they made a pact with him of thirty pieces of silver. And he's been looking for an opportunity to betray him ever since."
If you cannot see that "Jew" is written by that "serpent," Judas, throughout this action, you must be blind. Because the Jews are the most treacherous people that ever existed in the history of the world. However, Judas only carried out the commands of his father (the devil), John 12:4-6:
"Then one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot son of Simon, who wanted to betray him, said, 'Why wasn't this oil sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor? that he saidNOT THAT HE CARES ABOUT THE POOR, but whyHE WAS A THIEFand had the bag and exposed what was in it.
This "Snake Jew" was not just a traitor, he was a thief; just like the "Jewish" IRS and Federal Reserve System of today. Here is further evidence that Judas was a descendant of Satan:
“Like the spirit that is in the children of Yahweh (seed of the woman), so there is an antispirit in the children of the 'serpent.' So it was natural for Judas to betray Yahshua. It says here that the devil put it into Judas' heart to betray the Messiah. Satan's children have a specific nature about them and respond in predictable patterns of behavior under different circumstances. The Messiah understood exactly what pattern of behavior is further evidence that the "Jews" are a satanic bloodline. You cannot change the nature of a rattlesnake, nor can you change the nature of a "Jew." So much for “Jews for Jesus?”” (See also Jeremiah 13:23)
All of this is completely foreign to anti-seedliners. On page 83 of Volume 2, Lightfoot goes on to say of this nation:
“That the nation under the Second Temple was devoted beyond measure to the magical arts… That it was given beyond measure to the ease of believing in all kinds of illusions. And it can be safely conjectured that these voices, which they believed to be heavenly, and which were notated by the name of Bath Kol, were formed in the air by the devil to deceive men, or by sorcerers of devilish art to trick theirs to promote own affairs . ... The same as I judge of the Bath Kol is [in my opinion] also of the frequent appearances of Elijah, with which the Talmud abounds everywhere; namely that in many places the stories are false and for the rest his appearance was devilish.
The "magical arts" used by the "Jews" are called "Kabbalah" (sometimes spelled Cabbala, Kabbalah, or Qabbalah). According to Warren Weston in his "Father of Lies," page 51:
“The four collections of works that make up dogmatic Kabbalah are:
1). The Sepher Yetzirah, or "Book of Formation": deals with the cosmogony symbolized by ten members and twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, which it calls the "thirty-two paths" or symbols, the esoteric zero being thirty- three in all... All of Kabbalah is generally divided into four headings: (1) Practical Kabbalah; (2) the literal Kabbalah; (3) the unwritten Kabbalah; (4) the dogmatic Kabbalah...
two). The Zohar, or Book of "Magnificence," itself consisting of five major books (among other treatises)...These five are Siphra Dtzenioutha, or "Book of Hidden Mysteries"; they are: Siphra Dtzenioutha or 'Book of Hidden Mysteries'; ' Idra Rabba Qadisha or 'great holy assembly'; Idra Zuta Qadisha or "Lesser Holy Assembly"; Beth Elohim or "House of Elohim"; and the "Book of Soul Revolutions".
3). The Sepher Sephiroth or 'Book of Numbers' (or Emanations)... Sephira, 'number' (singular); Sephiroth (plural).
4). The Ash Metzareph, or 'Cleansing Fire', which deals with alchemy."
While a majority ofFORMof Kabbalah can be traced back to the second century, the substance appears to be of distant antiquity, possibly as distant as Cain. In the book "Trail of the Serpent" by Miss Stoddard, page 25, Kabbalah is described:
"The practical or magical Kabbalah, with its combinations and correspondences, was the astrological, magical, and magnetic basis used by the alchemists and magicians of the Middle Ages to perform their transmutations and incantations. It was imbued with 'liquid magic' originating from very ancient cults and still practiced at the time of the Captivity among the Persians and Chaldeans. Today, all Rosicrucians and Kabbalistic sects use this magical Kabbalah in their works of divination, clairvoyance, hypnotic and magnetic healing, making talismans, and betrothaling their mysterious masters. As the Jewish writer Bernard Lazare put it, 'The secret societies represented the two sides of the Jewish spirit, practical rationalism and pantheism, that pantheism which, metaphysically reflecting belief in one God, sometimes ended in Kabbalistic theurgy.'”
Jews believe in over thirty gods!
NowTHIS SEPHIROTH OR THE WORLD OF EMANATIONS OR THE ATZILLATIC WORLD BROUGHT THREE WORLDS IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER: OF CONNECTION[Kopulation]OF THE KING AND QUEEN OR THE BRIATIC WORLD, ALSO CALLED THE THRONE, WHICH IS THE ABOVE OF THE PURE SPIRITS, AND WHICH, LIKE THEIR PARENTS, CONSISTS OF TEN SEPHIROTH OR EMANATIONS.
The Briatic World gave birth in turn (2). The Word of Formation or the Jetziratic World, which is the Abode of the Angels and is also made up of ten Sephiroth; while Jetziratic World was delivered again. (3). The world of action or Asiatic world, also called the world of Keliphot, which contains the spheres and matter and is the dwelling place of the prince of darkness and his legions.
Or as the Zohar describes it: “After the Sephiroth and forBY YOUGod made use of the throne (the world of creation) with four legs and six steps, thereby making ten (the decade of Sephiroth that every world has)... For this throne and ministry he formed the ten hosts of angels ( the world of formation), Malachim, Arelim, Chajoth, Ophanim, Chashmalim, Elim, Elohim, Benei Elohim, Ishim and Seraphim, and for their service he in turn made Samaël and his legions (the world of action) like them were the clouds on which angels ride in their descent to earth, serving as it were their horses. Therefore it is written: 'Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud and will enter Egypt.'” ((Isa. xix, 1) (Sohar ii, 43a))THERE ARE, For this reason,FOUR WORLDS, each of which has a separate Sephiric system composed of a decade of emanations.
(1). The Atzilatic world, which is alternately called the world of emanations, of the image (== with prefix) and of the heavenly man, who, by virtue of being a direct emanation of God and intimately connected with the Deity, is perfect and unchanging.
(two). The Briatic world, called the world of Creation and the Throne, which is the immediate emanation of the first, and whose ten Sephiroth, more remote from En Soph, by the substances of which they are composed, of a more limited and circumscribed one Potency are of a purest nature and without any admixture of matter.
(3). The present world, called the world of formation and the world of angels, which arose from the earlier world and whose ten Sephiroth, although of even less refined substance than the former, being further removed from the original source, are still without matter. . In this world of angels live those intelligent, disembodied beings who are clothed in a luminous robe and take on a sensual form when they appear to man. AND;
(4). The Asiatic world, called world of action and world of matter, which arose from the earlier world, whose ten Sephiroth are composed of the crudest elements of all three earlier worlds, and which perished because of its materiality and weight. Their substances consist of spatially limited matter that can be perceived by the senses in a variety of forms. Subject to constant change, generations and corruption, it is the dwelling place of the evil spirit.
Before we leave this teaching on the creation of the Supreme Being's relationship with the universe, we need to reiterate two things.
(1). Although the trinity of Sephiroth gave birth to the universe, or in other words is an evolution of the emanations and therefore a further extension of the deity itself, Kabbalists are not to be supposed to believe in a trinity in our sense of the word. His view on this subject is better understood from the following observation in Sohar: "Whoever wishes to have a perception of sacred unity, consider a flame rising from a burning charcoal or a lighted lamp. He will first see a double light, a bright white light and a black or blue light; the white light is at the top and rises in a direct light, while the blue or dark light is at the bottom and looks like the former's chair, but both are so closely connected that they only form a flame... The one through the blue or dark light but is again connected to the underlying burning matter, the white light never changes color, it always remains white, but different shades are observed in the lower light, the lower light also takes two directions, above it is with associated with white light, with fiery matter below, all blending into one (Zohar, in, 51a)
(2).CREATION OR UNIVERSE IS SIMPLY THE DRESS OF GOD WOVEN OF DEITY'OWN SUBSTANCE; OR, AS SPINOZA PUT IT, GOD IS THE INGREDIENT BASE OF THE UNIVERSE.For the hidden of all hidden sent to reveal himself to usTHE TEN EMANATIONS CALLED THE FORM OF GOD, THE FORM OF HEAVENLY MAN,However, since even this luminous form was too dazzling for our vision, it had to take another form or wear another dress made up of the universe.THE UNIVERSE,therefore orTHE VISIBLE WORLD,it is another extensionTHE DIVINE SUBSTANCE,and isCALLED KABBALAH„THE VEST OF GOD."
Thus we are told: “When the unseen of all unseen wished to reveal himself, he first made a point [the first sephira], formed it into a sacred form [the totality of the sephiroth], and covered it with a rich and splendid that is the world ." (Zohar, in, 2a)
(3). The Creation of Angels and Humans.
The various worlds which emanated successively from the En Soph and from each other and which maintain the deity relationship of the first, second, third and fourth generations are, with the exception of the first (the world of emanations), beings inhabited by spiritual beings of several grades. “God quickened every part of the firmament with a spirit of its own, and immediately all the heavenly hosts were before him. This is what the psalmist means when he says: (Psalms xxxiii, 6) 'By the breath of his mouth all his hosts were made.'" (Sohar, iii, 68a)
These angels are of two kinds, good and evil; They have their respective lords and occupy the three habitable worlds in the following order. As already mentioned, the first world, or the archetypal human being in whose image everything is made, is not occupied by anyone else. The angel Metatron occupies the second or Briatic world, which is the first habitable world; he alone makes up the world of pure spirits. He is the robe of the visible manifestation of Deity; his name is numerically equivalent to that of the Lord. (Zohar, III, 231a)
He rules the visible world, preserves the unity, harmony, and revolutions of all spheres, planets, and celestial bodies, and is the captain of the myriads of angelic hosts that populate the second habitable or nowziratic world, and who are divided into ten ranks., Answer to the ten Sephiroth .EACH OF THESE ANGELS ARE PLACED IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE UNIVERSE. ONE HAS CONTROL OVER ONE SPHERE, ANOTHER OVER ANOTHER HEAVENLY BODY; ONE ANGEL CONTROLS THE SUN, ANOTHER FOR THE MOON, ANOTHER FOR THE EARTH, ANOTHER FOR THE SEA, ANOTHER FOR THE FIRE, ANOTHER FOR THE WIND, ANOTHER FOR THE LIGHT, ANOTHER FOR THE SEASONS,etc.,; and the question of the doctrine of the Trinity elsewhere in the Sohar, however, is discussed in greater detail below, where we shall refer to Kabbalah's relation to Christianity.
The Kabbalistic description of Metatron comes from Jewish Angelology, which is much older than this Theosophy. Thus Ben Asai and Ben Soma already regard the divine voice as Metatron. (Beresh. Rab., Parsha V) He is called the Great Teacher, the Master of Masters, and for this reason Enoch, who walked in close fellowship with God and taught mankind by his holy example, is paraphrased by the Chaldean paraphrase of Jonathan b. Uzziel for being given the name Metatron the Grandmaster after his transplant. (Gen. V, 24) Metatron is also the angel of the present, the angel of the Lord sent to go before Israel; (Exod. xxiii, 21) he is the visible manifestation of the Deity, for in him is the name of the Lord, His name and that of the Deity are identical inasmuch as they have the same numerical value (namely: and are the same as according to the exegetical rule named Gematria, 10 + 4 + 300 = 314; 50 + 6 + 200 + 9 + 9 + 40 = 314. ((See Rashi in Exod. xxiii, 21, and Sanhedrin 38b))
So exalted is the position of Metatron in ancient Jewish angelology that we are told that when Elisha b. Abnya, also called Acher, saw this angel, who ranks first after the deity, he exclaimed: "Perhaps, but far from it,THERE ARE TWO HIGH POWERS.”(Talmud, Chagiga, 15a) The etymology is very controversial; but there can be no doubt that it must be derived from metator, messenger, spy, forerunner, as shown by Elias Levita and asserted by Cassel. ((Ersch and Gruber's encyclopedia, section II, vol. xxvii, s.v.; Jews, p. 40, note 84))
Sachs ((Betrage zur Sprach- und Alterthumsforschung, vol. in, Berlin 1852, p. 108)) correctly states that this etymology is derived from the passage from Siphra, (cited in Kaphter-Va-Pherach, c. x, p. 34b) is fixed. the finger of God was the messenger or guide to Moses, and it showed him all the land of Israel. Termination was appended to get the same numeric value.
His descent from the angel is immediately below the divine throne held by Frank, (Kabbalah, p. 43) Graetz (Gnosticism, p. 44) and others, was explained by Frankel ((Zeitschrift, 1846 vol. III, p. 113 )) and Cassel, (Ersch and Gruber's Encyklop. Section II, Vol. xxvii, p. 41) are in contrast to the word form and description of Metatron.
THESE ANGELS derive their names from the celestial bodies they are guarding.Hence one is called Venus, another Mars, another the substance of heaven, another an angel of light, and another an angel of fire. (Comp. Soharin, 42 etc.) The demons, who form the second class of angels, which are the grossest and most defective of all forms, and who are sheaths of being, inhabit the third habitable or Asiatic world.
They also form ten levels corresponding to the decade of the Sephiroth, in which darkness and impurity increase with the descent of each level. The first two degrees, then, are nothing but the absence of all visible form and organization, which Mosaic cosmology describes in the words before the hexahemeron and translates the Septuagint.
The third degree is the dwelling place of darkness, which is described in the book of Genesis as covering the face of the earth in the beginning. Then follow seven infernal halls == hells occupied by demons who are the incarnation of all human vices and who torment those poor deluded beings who get lost in this world. These seven halls of hell are divided into infinite compartments to provide a separate torture chamber for each type of sin.
The prince of this region of darkness, who is called Satan in the Bible, is called Samaël == angel of poison or death by the Kabbalah.HE IS THE SAME EVIL SPIRIT, SATAN THE SNAKE, THAT SEDUCES EVE.He has a wife who is called the whore or woman of whores, but both are generally represented united by the one name of the beast. (Compare Zohar, ii, 255-259, with in, 35b)
However, the whole universe was incomplete and only received its final blow when man was formed, who is the pinnacle of creation and the microcosm that unites all beings in their entirety.
"THE HEAVENLY ADAM(the ten Sephiroth), who emerged from the supreme primordial darkness (the En Soph),HE CREATES THE EARTHS ADAM.(Sohar, II, 70b)
“Man is both the origin and the highest degree of creation, which is why he was formed on the sixth day. As soon as man was created everything was complete, including the upper and lower worlds, for everything is contained in man. He unites all forms in himself." (Zohar, iii, 48a)
Man was created with abilities and qualities far beyond those of angels. The bodies of the protoplasts were not made of the coarse matter that makes up our bodies.BEFORE THE FALL ADAM AND EVE WERE PARTICIPATED IN THE ethereal phosphor in which the heavenly spirits are clothed and which is not subject to either the will or sensual desires.
They were the envy of the highest ranking angels. However, the case changed everything, as we are told in the following passage:
“When Adam dwelt in the Garden of Eden, he was clothed in the heavenly robe, which is a robe of heavenly light. But when he was expelled from the Garden of Eden and subjected to the needs of this world, what is written, "The Lord God made tunics of skins for Adam and his wife, and clothed them" (Gen. III, 21), for before they had robes of light , light from that light that was borne in the Garden of Eden.” (Sohar, II, 229b)
The skin clothes, therefore, signify our present body, given to our first parents to adapt them to the changes brought about by the Fall. But even in their present form, the righteous are superior to the angels, and each human being is still the microcosm, and each limb of his body corresponds to a part of the visible universe.
what is the man Is he just skin, flesh, bones and veins? NO! What makes the real man is the soul, and these things called skin, flesh, bones, and veins, all of that is just a garment, it's just man's clothes, not man himself. When the man goes, he puts off these garments in which the Son of Man is clothed. But all these bones and sinews are formed in the Mystery of the Highest Wisdom after the heavenly image.
The skin represents the firmament stretching far and wide, covering everything like a robe, as it is written, 'Spreading out the heavens like a curtain.' (Psalm clv, 2) The flesh represents the putrid part of the world... the bones and veins represent the heavenly chariot, the inner powers, the servants of God... But these are the outer garments, for the inner part is the deep mystery of the heavenly man. Everything here below as above is mysterious.
This is why it is written, "God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him"; (Gen. in, 27) repeating the word God twice, once for man and once for woman. The mystery of earthly man lies behind the mystery of heavenly man.
And as we see various signs in the firmament above, covering all things formed by the stars and planets, and containing secret things and deep mysteries to be studied by those who are wise and experienced in these signs; so is it in the skin that covers the body of the Son of man, and which is like the sky that covers all things, signs and marks, which are the stars and planets of the skin, denoting secret things and deep mysteries, of which the wise be attracted who know how to read the mysteries in the human face." (Sohar, ii, 76a)
He is still the presence of God on earth [here the humanistic religion was born. This man is God!], and the shape of the body represents the Tetragrammaton, Jehovah's most sacred name.
So the head is the form of the arms, and the shoulders are like the breast of the Sephiroth from which it emanates,EACH SOUL HAS TEN FORCES, WHICH ARE DIVIDED INTO A TRINITY OF TRIPLE HEADS, REPRESENTED EACH BY:
(1) The spirit, which is the highest degree of being, and which corresponds to and is operated by the crown, represents the highest triad in the Sephiroth called the Intellectual World;
(2) The soul, which is the seat of good and evil and moral qualities, and which corresponds to and is operated by Beauty, represents the second triad in the Sephiroth called the moral world; It is
(3) The grossest spirit, which is immediately connected with the body, is the direct cause of its lower functions, instincts, and animal life, and corresponds to and is operated from the basis which constitutes the third triad in the Sephiroth, called the material world.
In its pristine state, each soul is androgynous and is separated into male and female when it descends to earth to be born into a human body. We have seen that in the spirit world the souls of the righteous are superior in dignity to the heavenly powers and ministering angels. It may be asked, then, why do these souls leave such a abode of happiness and come to this vale of tears to dwell in earthen tabernacles?
The only answer is that these lucky souls have no choice in the matter. Indeed, we are told that before assuming a human body, the soul appeals to God: “Lord of the universe! I am happy in this world and I don't want to go to another world where I will be a servant and be exposed to all kinds of pollution". (Zohar, II, 96)
And can you be surprised by this pathetic ejaculation? If your philanthropic feelings and your belief that our Heavenly Father commands all things for the sake of His children urge you to ask for a gracious explanation of this mystery to soften your compassion and calm your faith, then accept this parable. :
"A SON WAS BORN OF A KING; HE SEND HIM TO THE COUNTRY TO BE RECEPTED AND CARE UNTIL HE IS ADULT, AND ESTABLISHED IN THE CEREMONIES AND USES OF THE ROYAL PALACE. WHEN THE KING KNOWS HIS SON'S EDUCATION IS OVER, WHAT DOES HIS PATERNAL LOVE TAKE HIM TO? FOR YOUR SON'BECAUSE HE SEND HIS MOTHER AFTER THE QUEEN, BRING HIM TO THE PALACE AND HAVE FUN WITH HIM ALL DAY.
“So the saint, blessed be he, hath a son by the queen [Here the Jews say it is all right for a man to sleep with his own mother!]: This is the heavenly and holy soul. He sends him to the country, that is, to this world, to grow up and learn the ways of the court. When the king hears that his son grew up in the country and that it is time to take him to the palace, what does his love for his son make him do? He summons the queen for his sake and leads him to the palace.” (Zohar, in, 215b)
As already mentioned, before descending into the world, the human soul is androgynous, that is, composed of two components, each of which encompasses all the elements of our spiritual nature.
So Zohar tells us:
"Each soul and spirit, before entering this world, consists of a man and a woman united in one being. When he descends to this earth, the two parts separate and give life to two different bodies.
“At the time of marriage, the Saint, blessed be He, who knows all souls and spirits, unites them again as they were before, and they again form one body and one soul, forming, as it were, the right and left sides of an individual; hence 'There is nothing new under the sun.' (Ecl. in, 9) This union, however, is affected by man's deeds and the ways in which he walks. The soul carries its knowledge with it to earth, so that 'whatever it learns down here it already knew before it set foot on this world.'" (Sohar, iii, 61b)
Since both the form of the body and that of the soul are made in the image of the heavenly man, a figure of the coming body, to clothe the newly descended soul, is sent from the heavenly regions to hover over the man's bed and of the female in mating, so that conception forms according to this pattern. “In the conjugal relationship on earth, the Saint, blessed be He, sends a human form bearing the imprint of the divine seal. This figure is present in the sexual relationship and, if we were allowed to see it, we would perceive a similar image above our heads as a human face; and in this image we are formed. Until this image is sent from God and descends and hovers over our heads, there can be no conception, for it is written, 'And God created man in his own image.' (Gen. in, 27)
This image welcomes us when we are born, evolves with us as we grow up, and accompanies us as we leave this life; as it is written: “Verily man walked in an image”: (Psalm xxxvii, 5) and this image is from heaven. When souls are about to leave their heavenly abode, each soul appears individually before the Holy King, clothed in an exalted form, with the attributes with which they should appear in this world. In this sublime way the picture proceeds. It is third after the soul and precedes it on earth; is present at conception, and there is no conception in the world where this image is not present.” (Sohar, iii, 104a-b)
All human faces can be divided into the four primeval face types that appeared in the vision of the prophet Ezekiel on the mysterious chariot throne, namely human face, lion face, ox face and eagle face. Our faces resemble them more or less according to the intellectual or moral standing of our souls; "And the physiognomy does not consist in the external features, but in the features that are mysteriously drawn in us; and only through the spirit do the features have meaning. All those spirits and souls that emerge from Eden (the highest wisdom) have a special form that is reflected in the face. (Zohar, II, 73b)
The face thus illuminated by the peculiar spirit that inhabits the body, in the mirror of the soul; and the shape of the head indicates the man's character and temperament. A bulging forehead is a sign of a cheerful and deep spirit, as well as excellent intellect; a wide but flat forehead indicates stupidity and stupidity; while a flat forehead, compressed laterally and spiraling, indicates narrow-mindedness and vanity. (Cf. Sohar, ii, 71b, 75a)
As a necessary condition of free existence and moral being, souls are endowed from the very beginning by Divinity with the power to stay in close proximity to the primordial source of infinite light from the beginning, with the power to stay in close proximity to the primal source of the Infinite Light from which they emanate and to alienate themselves from that source and pursue an independent and opposite course.
Hence Simon ben Jochai said: “If the Holy One, blessed be he, had not put in us both the good desire and the evil desire, which are called light and darkness, created man would have neither virtue nor vice. For this reason it is written, 'Behold, I set before you this day life and good and death and evil.' (Deut. xxx, 15) The disciples answered: “Why all this? Wouldn't it be better if there were no reward and punishment, for then man would be incapable of sinning and doing evil. He answered: It was just and right that he should be created as he was created, because the law was created for him, in which are written punishments for the wicked and rewards for the righteous; and there would be no reward for the righteous and punishment for the wicked except for created man.” (Zoharin, 23a)
Their independence is so complete that souls, even in their pre-existing state, can choose and do whatever path they wish to follow.
"All the souls who are not innocent in this world have already alienated themselves in heaven from the Holy One, blessed be he, they have plunged into an abyss in their own existence, awaiting the moment when they will descend to earth. . Such were the souls before they came into this world.” (Sohar, III, 61b)
(4). The fate of man and the universe.
Since the En Soph represented the microcosm of man, and since deity is reflected in this epitome of the universe more than in any part of creation, all things seen and unseen are destined to help him pass his probationary state down here in the gathering of those experience to which your soul was sent, and by returning in a pure state to that source of light from which your soul arose.
This destiny of man, the reunion with the divinity from which he arose, is the constant desire of both God and man, and an essential principle of the soul, underlying its essence. Shedding this blind force of our nature,WHAT DETERMINES OUR ANIMAL LIVES[Here Darwin had the idea for the origin of the species] which never leaves this earth and which therefore plays no role in our spiritual being, the soul has two kinds of powers and two kinds of feelings.
It has the ability of that extraordinary prophetic knowledge bestowed upon Moses in an extraordinary manner called the shining mirror (speculator) and the general knowledge called the non-luminous mirror, respectively represented in the earthly paradise by the tree of life. and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; and it has the superior feeling of love and the lower feeling of fear. Now the full fruit of this higher knowledge and feeling of love can only be reaped when the soul returns to the infinite source of light and is clothed in that luminous robe which the protoplasts lost during the fall.
So tell us
“Come and behold, when the soul reaches the place called the Treasure of Life, she delights in a bright and shining mirror that receives her light from the highest heaven. The soul could not endure this light except for the luminous cloak that it has For just as the soul, when it is sent to this earth, puts on an earthly robe in order to maintain itself here, so it receives a light robe above so that it can can look without harm in the mirror whose light emanates from the Lord of Light, so did Moses could not approach to see the light above, which he saw without putting on so ethereal a robe: as it is written: “And Moses went into the midst of the cloud” (Exodus 24:18), which must be translated by the cloud with which he covered himself as if clothed in a robe. By this time Moses had laid aside almost all of his earthly nature; as it is written: "And Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights" (ibid.); and so he approached the high dark c where D God is enthroned. In this way the departed spirits of the righteous in the upper regions clothe themselves in luminous robes to be able to bear the light that flows from the Lord of Light.” (Zohar, in, 65b, 66a)
“The twin feelings of love and fear are meant to help the soul reach its high destiny when it no longer looks through the dark glass, but looks face to face in the presence of the luminous mirror that pervades all acts of obedience. and worship. And although perfect love, which is to serve God out of pure love, as that higher knowledge, must be man's lot in heaven, yet the soul can achieve something of it on earth and strive to serve God out of love and not out of love out of fear. , for thus on earth she will have a foretaste of her union with Deity, which will be so delightful and indissoluble in heaven.
“But the service that comes from fear is not to be despised, for fear leads to love. Although those who obey God out of love have reached the highest level and are already among the saints of the world to come, it must not be assumed that worshiping God out of fear is not worship. Such a service also has its value, although in this case the union of the soul with the deity is small.
“There is only one degree superior to fear: that is love. In love lies the mystery of divine unity. It is love that unites the higher and lower grades; raises all to that position where all must be one. This is also the secret of the words: "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one God." (Zohar, II, 216a)
Now let's look at an example of what is contained in Kabbalah. We now quote from The Esoteric Tradition, by G. de Purucker, Volume 1, page 62:
“Turning to the Jews, one can find in the Zohar; a Hebrew word meaning "splendour," which is perhaps the greatest textbook of Jewish Kabbalah and which has already been mentioned, a statement stating that the man who understands the Hebrew Bible in its literal sense is a fool. "Each of his words," says the Zohar in this context, "has a secret and exalted meaning which the wise [ie, initiates] know." One of the greatest Jewish rabbis of the Middle Ages, Malmonides, who died in 1204, writes:
“'We must never take literally what is written in the book of creation, nor have the same ideas about it as men do. If it were otherwise, our learned ancient sages would not have gone to such great labor to hide the true meaning and keep themselves ahead of the work, to hide the true meaning and keep themselves prominent in the sight of the people, unlearned the veil of allegory that conceals the truths contained therein.
“Taken literally, this work contains the most absurd and far-fetched ideas of the divine. Those who can guess the true meaning must guard their knowledge carefully so as not to give it away. This is a rule taught by our sages, especially in connection with the six-day work..."
It is true that most of the Bible is written in allegory and symbolism, and unless we understand it, we cannot understand the message it contains. The "Jews", on the other hand, assign a hidden meaning to every word and sentence. Their views of Scripture are so alien to our perspectives that we would not recognize them.
Nevertheless, their view is not always entirely wrong. From the foregoing, it is clear that "Jews" do not believe in six creations around the clock, as some Christian fundamentalists do. If we take the same stance as anti-seedliners like Ted R. Weiland, Jeffrey A. Weekley, Stephen E. Jones, Jack Mohr, Charles Weisman, etc. that anything found in "Jewish" scriptures is evil, do we have to take the opposite position and start defending a six, twenty-four hour creation as well.
Now can you see how absurd some of the anti-seedliner positions are? You must remember, as we have already shown, if we throw away everything found in the Talmud and other "Jewish" scriptures, we must throw away most of the contents of our Bibles, along with the truth of our identity. . One thing that strikes us about anti-seedliners is that they are oddly silent about "Jewish" history and never seem to quote from "Jewish" history books. This should give us a warning sign that they are not as knowledgeable about their subject as they claim to be. And that hardly qualifies them as students who have studied to prove themselves recognized. (2 Timothy 2:15) As we have said many times before, we need a Bible in one hand and a history book in the other (Jewish history books are no exception).
Referring again to John Lightfoot's "A Commentary on the New Testament from the Talmud and Hebraica," Volume 2, page 209:
“This nation and generation can literally be called adulterers; for what else, I implore you, was their irreligious polygamy but perpetual adultery? And what else was the usual practice of divorcing their wives, no less irreligious, at the foolish or impish will of every man?
Proselytes for Profits
Again in Lightfoot, Volume 2, pages 295-297 to Matthew 23:13-14:
"Under the pretense of great devotion, but above all under the beautiful display of long prayers, they attracted to themselves the thoughts of pious men, especially women, and among them the richest widows, from whom they elicited or snatched by subtle enticements their goods and properties. Nor did they want webs of false authority when, from the chair, they pronounced at will the dowry and fortune of a widow, and usurped the power to determine these matters...
“Yet in their manufacture they expended their greatest efforts for their own benefit, in one way or another emptying their purses, having drawn the semblance of religion, or deriving some benefit or benefit from it for themselves, they. The same covetousness, then, in devouring widows' houses under the veil of hypocrisy, which our Savior condemned in the preceding section, He here condemns in the pursuit of proselytes; the scribes and Pharisees made every kind of effort to get them into their religion, the greater drought they had to gain and more purses to fish with. more sons of hell than themselves.' Because when they lured them into their net after catching their prey, they no longer cared what happened to them (so Judeo-Christian ministers play on television and radio). They can perish in ignorance, superstition, atheism, and all kinds of wickedness: the scribes and Pharisees didn't care; just let them stay in Judaism to master their conscience and purse.
Arab proselytes to Judaism
The main index of Heinrich Graetz' History of the Jews is in Volume y, and on page 512 the various persons proselytized by "the Jews" throughout their long history are listed. The list is too long to list here. Enter Volume 3, pages 60-62 under the heading "Arabs Convert to Judaism" (about AD 450500):
“Fortunately, the Arab Jews remembered the genealogy of the Arabs as given in the first book of the Pentateuch and used it as a tool to prove their kinship with them. The Jews were convinced that they were related to the Arabs on two fronts, through Yoktan and through Ishmael. Under his guidance, therefore, the two main Arab tribes traced the lineage back to these two ancestors, the true Arabs (the Himyarites) presuming descent from Yoktan; the northern pseudo-Arabs, on the other hand, derive their origin from Ishmael. Given these points of contact, the Jews had ample opportunity to multiply the evidence of their kinship.
“Arabs loved pedigrees and were delighted to be able to trace their lineage and history back to ancient times; consequently all this seemed natural and flattering to them. Consequently, they strove to reconcile their genealogical records and traditions with the Bible accounts. Although their traditions spanned less than six centuries, to their ancestor Yarob and his sons or grandsons Himyar and Kachtan on the one hand, and to Adnan on the other, this fact was not an impediment despite their utter disregard for historical accuracy. The southern Arabs unscrupulously called themselves the Kakhtanites and the northern Arabs the Ismailites. They willingly granted the Jews the right to relate, i.e. equal rights and all the benefits that entailed.
“The Arabs maintained close ties with the Jews, and the sons of the desert, uninspired by their unpoetic mythology, received much instruction from Judaism. Under these circumstances, many Arabs could not help but develop a special affection for Judaism, and some embraced that religion, although their conversion was not considered by the Jews. Since they practiced circumcision as Gentiles, their conversion to Judaism was particularly easy. Among the Arabs, the members of a family were inextricably linked and, according to their philarchical constitution, individuals identified with the tribe. This meant that when a chief became a Jew, his whole clan immediately followed him, the wisest, into the flock of Judaism. Several Arab tribes are specifically reported as having converted to Judaism; such were the Benu-Kinanah, a warlike and quarrelsome clan related to the most respected Korashites of Mecca, and several other families of the Aus and Chazaraj tribes in Yathrib.
“Most memorable in Arab history, however, is the conversion of the powerful king of Yemen. The princes or kings of Yemen were called Tobba, and sometimes ruled all of Arabia; they traced their historical origin to Himyar, their legendary origin to Kachtan..."
This is just one example of the extensive amount of "Jewish" proselytization in history. This is the kind of story where the anti-sea liner is mute. Your incompetent and incompetent comments are a testament to your immaturity on the matter. You may find it inappropriate to mention the names of anti-seedliners. Before we put it in the iota, Jeffery A. Weakley wrote in his book The Satanic Seedline, Its Doctrine and History on page 29:
“If you have encountered a dispute and are seriously looking for an answer [against Two Seedline], I would suggest that you study it thoroughly in God's Word first (look up definitions, check parallelisms, pay attention to context, etc.). So we suggest you get in touch with men like Pete Peters, Dan Gentry, Earl Jones, Jack Mohr etc..."
From Jeffrey A. Weakley's comment here there is little doubt as to where Pete Peters and the other three people mentioned stand on Two Seedline. After Weakley wrote a book against the Two Seedlines Doctrine, you wouldn't expect him to recommend anyone who disagreed with him, would you? Jeffrey A. Weakley as an anti-seedliner, and he knew Pete Peters was an anti-seedliner too. At this time there is no public evidence that Pete Peters has changed his stance on the matter and we do not believe he will. He may make all sorts of derogatory statements about "the Jews," but he will never say, like our Messiah did, that they areGENETIC SATANIC.
Right now, the enemy in this war is aiming to convince every white man to jump into bed with a member of a different race (especially women, as they are easier to fool). As all of this is happening, the anti-seedliners proclaim: There is no enemy. They may deny that they are making such a claim, but by contradicting the truth of Two Seedline, they are essentially making such a claim. That's why all the blood of these white victims of "Jewish" propaganda is on your hands.
In fact, they support and abet the enemy in his cruel plan to annihilate the white race of Israel. Next time you see the product of an intermarriage, thank the anti-seedliners for their part in aiding the enemy in his diabolical conspiracy.
Furthermore, those who support anti-seedliners become accomplices after the fact. If you're not sure how your pastor feels about this, you might want to ask him. Write to him and tell him you'd like to support him, but you can't until he's teaching Two Seedline. After all, it's your children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren who could be upset as a direct or indirect result of the anti-seedliner message.WAKE UP WE ARE AT WAR!
We really can't see much difference between some of the preachers of Christian identity and John Hagee, since both teach that "Jews" are "God's chosen people." John Hagee said:
“Let me tell you this: Genesis 12:1 and 3 says, 'I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse anyone who curses you.' If something in you rejects the Jewish people, it is a demonic spirit. According to the Word of God, the Jewish people are the apple of God's eye. The nation of Israel is the object of God's affection. For David said, "Whoever preserves Israel (and the term 'preserve' was a military expression), he who defends Israel, does not slumber or sleep." Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and Jesus Christ were all Jews.
Ted R. Weiland makes parallel statements about Hagee in his pamphlet "Eve, Did She Or Didn't See?", pages 68 and 94:
“Seedliners claim that because the Pharisees and their ancestors were accused of murdering all the righteous from Abel to Zaharias, they cannot be Israelites but must be Cainites from Satan's seed. The truth is that because the Pharisees and their ancestors were accused of murdering the righteous martyrs, they cannot be Cainites.BUT THEY MUST BE ISRAELITES INSTEAD"..." The seedliners teach that the Pharisees were Cainites of the bloodline of Satan while Matthew 3:7-8, 27:6-10; John 7:19, 8:28-37; Acts 4:5-10, 24-35 and 7:2-52 state that the Pharisees were Judaeans of Jacob/Israel descent.
Essentially what Hagee and Weiland are doing is putting their stamp of approval on our children who marry a cursed descendant of Cain, a "Jew." We really couldn't tell much of a difference between these two. Once again Weiland will try to imply that Cain was the son of Adam with the same genetics as Abel. If that were true, it would sanction our children's marriage to a "Jew" again. To see if that's right, let's put it through its paces. Insofar as Weiland and Hagee imply that the "Jews" were "chosen by God" at the time of the Messiah, then according to Scripture we can only be blessed if we bless the "Jews" or the Whole - Powerful is a liar. .
In 1948 the State of Israel was supposedly born. For 53 years, the United States has been pumping money into Israel (Israel's lie) in enormous amounts (billions and billions upon billions). Sums of money that the average person cannot even imagine. No other nation in history has spoiled a people like the United States has spoiled Israelis. If Israelis are God's chosen and if the words of the Almighty are true, America should have blessings never before conceived. Let's take a look at what these blessings consist of:
1). We are blessed with an ever increasing abortion rate; Well, praise be to God for this blessing.
two). We are blessed with an ever increasing divorce rate; Isn't that just a wonderful blessing? Let's praise God for that too.
3). We are told that homosexuality and lesbianism are on the rise; what wonderful blessings there are. Let us once again praise God for these glorious blessings.
4). Every day the rape increases; Isn't it just amazing what God does for us?
5). Drug addiction spirals out of control; isn't it a fabulous and wonderful blessing?
6). Personal debt is through the roof;
7). Robberies and break-ins are on the rise.
8th). Children and young people commit serious crimes at a young age; What a wonderful new trend for the future.
If all of these things are blessings, we would really hate to see what a curse looks like. It seems that we did better when we didn't bless the "Jews" so much. What does it all boil down to? Just that; If the "Jews" are "God's chosen people," as Weiland and Hagee claim, Yahweh is a liar, for under that privilege we should be the most blessed nation on earth in all of history, for no nation has ever done more than that. for the "Jews" than for us. Now, Ted R. Weiland may deny that he implied or said any such thing, but if you look at his pamphlet Eve, Did She Or Didn't She?
The theory of mental seduction
The anti-seedliners' main argument is that Eve was seduced "mentally" rather than physically. That's ridiculous. James 1:14-15 outlines seven specific steps in the sin process as follows:
“But every man is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own lust. Then, after lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin once accomplished produces death.”
The seven steps are: (1) temptation; evil thought, (2) gone; strong imagination or fantasy, (3) lust: lust for seeing, (4) seduced: weakness of will, (5) receiving lust: yielding, (6): committed sinful act, (7) death: result of actual sin.
The anti-seedliners not only err on the side of Eve's complete mental and physical seduction, but also accuse the Almighty of an unjust punishment for their sin. To see this we need to read Genesis 3:14-16:
“And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle and above every beast of the field; You will walk on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. and I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; it will bruise your head and you will bruise its heel. To the woman he said: I will greatly multiply your pain and conception; in pain you will give birth to children; and your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.
From this we can see that the serpent, the woman, and Adam were punished in that order for their participation in this deception.
Yahweh always punishes in the same way. The Bible makes it clear that when a man kills another in premeditated murder, his life is required in return. Yahweh always applies appropriate punishment to the crime. There is not a single instance in all of Scripture where this is not true. Eve's punishment in verse 16 is: (1) to bear children in sorrow, (2) her desire should be reserved for her husband, and (3) she should bow to her husband's authority.
Now let's focus on the punishment of "bearing children", "in grief". The word "sadness" is #6093 in Strong. It means "trouble, that is toil or pain..." Gesenius has it for Genesis 3:16, "...they suffer, and thy conception"; Hendiadys for the pain of your conception.' ) In other words, “the pain of your conception ;” not "your pain and your conception".
Therefore, there are three separate conclusions that can be drawn biblically from Yahweh's preaching to Eve: (1) that Eve would bear children in pain; that the pain would affect the very part of the body where the sin happened. (2) That her [sexual] desire would return to her husband (why did Yahweh mention this if she was always faithful to Adam?). It is implied here that Eve's wish was for someone else. (3) That Eve would return and place herself under her husband's authority instead of under the serpent's influence.
If only Eva had been guilty of a mental crime, as the anti-seedliners so vociferously proclaim. It would have been most unfair for the Lord to punish them by having them bear children with physical paint. In his pamphlet "Eve, Did Se Or Didn't She?" by Ted R. Weiland, he implies that Yahweh is unjust in his punishment, where he says this on page 29:
"The Bible is always your best commentary and clearly testifies that Eve was spiritually deceived and not sexually enticed."
Not only that, but Dan sometimes ridicules Gayman's work "The Two Seeds of Genesis 3:15" on page 16, where Gayman said:
“Why did Almighty God use the pain of childbirth in the divine punishment inflicted on the woman Eve at Genesis 3:16? What is the purpose of using the word conception? What about the use of the word desire? The truth is that God matched the punishment to the crime.”
One thing is certain: Weiland's "hypothesis" about the Genesis 3:16 account certainly does not fit the crime. If that were so, if women had children, they would experience severe psychological anxiety without physical pain. Stephen E. Jones says in his The Babylonian Connection (a work rejecting Two Seedline), page 42:
“We conclude that when Eve explained to God that the serpent had 'deceived' her, she meant that He had mentally deceived her. He has falsified the truth of God's Word by preaching a different Jesus (God), a different spirit, and a different gospel, just as Satan's servants have done throughout the ages. And when Eve believed Satan's teaching, she too was corrupted. Nawshaw, as used in Genesis 3:13, had nothing to do with physical deception.”
In his pamphlet, The Satanic Seedline, Its Doctrine and History, Jeffrey A. Weakley copies the same argument that Eve was spiritually deceived on pages 7-8. Here are some excerpts:
"The seedliners will insist that it be translated as 'seduce' and they define it as physical sexual seduction because the English word 'seduce' can mean that. But can the word "deceive" mean sexual seduction? ... Summarizing all these definitions as synonyms, one concludes (if he is honest) that Eva was mentally deceived, NOT SEXUALLY SEDUCTED! does not agree with Scripture; Eva was not sexually seduced but mentally betrayed.”
Lieutenant Colonel Jack Mohr says in his "Seed of Satan, Literal or Figurative?", implying a purely mental seduction of Eve.
“At 2 Corinthians 11:3 the same biblical writer points out that Eve was deceived in her mind, not in her genitals.”
Charles Weisman used the same argument as Stephen E. Jones, Ted R. Weiland, and Lieutenant Colonel Jack Mohr at a Pete Peters camping retreat. The following is an excerpt from a tape recorded at that meeting, when Weisman made a lengthy presentation attempting to dismiss Two Seedline's message:
"Um 2nd1 Corinthians 11:3 Paul is concerned that the Corinthians would lose faith and said, "But I am afraid that their minds will somehow be corrupted..." So he interprets this verse as something mental, a mental illusion, a mental deception, a deception , deceive, and that is what the word means.”
Not only did Weisman, like Weiland, Weakley, Jones, and Mohr, use the same argument that Eve was only "spiritually" deceived, but on the same tape he implies that the Pharisees and Sadducees were real Israelites at the time of the Messiah:
“Now let's go to Matthew 23. That's one of the questions a guy who wrote me a letter asked, where it says in verse 35, 'On you be all the righteous blood that is shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, the blood of Zechariah , the son of Barachias, whom you killed between the temple and the altar. and tell the Jews with whom you [sic., He speaks] that they are responsible for all that were murdered in the land, even for the righteous Abel. Now, Christ is speaking here of a coming judgment upon Adamic man. And that judgment includes the murderers recorded in the Old Testament. Jesus did not tell these Jews that they were responsible for Abel's death. you He] said all his [sic his] blood shall be on you. That is why they are judged. All...all...blood spilled...innocent blood...will fall upon...this...this people. And these people were the last of the Israelite order. And they were the last true representatives of the Adamic race under God's ancient order. Therefore it was they who could be judged. So he's not really saying that they were responsible for Abels' death, but it would affect them. But he says they were guilty of killing Zechariah, which is in 2 CorndChronicles 24:21. You were stoned by this people or by this... this nation. And in verse 31 [Matthew 23:31] Christ says to them, 'Therefore you bear witness to yourselves that you are the children of them that killed the prophets.' So it's quite identifiable who He's talking to.IS'I'm talking to the Israelites. Just as Stephen said to the same people, "Which father did you not persecute, Israelites?" These are the people that Jesus came to, spoke to and judged. They were not descendants of Cain, but Israelites, since only Israelites could be judged, not half-bloods.”
Christ said not to judge anyone:
“You judge by the flesh; I do not judge anyone.” (John 8:15)
Again to a second witness:
“And if anyone hears my words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.” (John 12:47)
There is pretty good evidence that the words "son of Barachiah" were never in the original scriptures. "A Commentary on the Bible," edited by Rev. J.R. As Dummelow points out on page 701:
„ZAHARIAS SON OF BARAQUIAS: Jesus probably said 'Zachariah' as in Luke, without mentioning the father's name, but the evangelist or one of the first copyists who found it necessary to distinguish between the twenty-nine Zechariahs in the Old Testament and the canonical understood prophet as to understand added the words 'son of Barachias...'.”
The problem is that most of the prophets acted after Zechariah from 2 Chronicles 24:21. Thus, it is more likely that Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, is mentioned at Matthew 23:35 (see Protevangelion, chapter 16). In this case Yahshua really means all the righteous blood from Abel to Zechariah. Furthermore, as we have already pointed out, Josephus makes it quite clear that, save for a few, most Pharisees and Sadducees were not of the tribe of Judah by birth, Josephus War 2:8:2.
Therefore, Weisman's argument against the Two Seed Lineage Doctrine is dead wrong. This also shows that it is very likely that Weiland repeated Weisman when he falsely but clearly asserted; the Pharisees and Sadducees were true descendants of "Jacob/Israel," pages 68 and 94 of his pamphlet Eve, Did She or Didn't She?
Charles Weisman concluded his totally flawed presentation against the Two Seedline Doctrine with the following words:
“Why does this doctrine [of the two seed lines] exist today? Well, it exists because we have a tendency within us not to want the evil and troubles to come from within; we want them to come out. So if you tell someone an untruth, problems that come from the outside, other people from other groups will accept it, but if it comes from the inside, it's less likely to be accepted. Sam's problem when you try to tell people about the corruption and evil in the American government.
"They just can't accept it, but if you tell lies about any foreign country or about any Saddam Hussein, they will accept it because now the corruption is coming from the outside. We find it difficult to accept that the problems come from within ourselves, our family, our government, our nation, our race.
"It's more attractive and acceptable if they come from the outside. The Cain satanic bloodline has problems and evil that comes from outside; an external source, namely Satan. Who Were the Enemies of Israel in the Bible? Most of them were descendants of the Adam [bull dung] race. The Midianites, the Moabites, the Amorites, the Edomites, the Amalekites, even many of the Canaanites.
“Remember that Esau was your brother, as was Cain, and also Canaan, and also those who stoned the prophets and killed Christ. The truth is that all of the evil associated with Jews today comes from within.
“That is to say, it comes from the people of the race of Adam; those rejected by God, cursed by God, cast out, etc. That is part of what defines the Jew today. A sort of outcast of the Adamic race.
“God throughout history pruned His vine and separated people like Cain, Canaan, Esau and others from the original tribe of Adam. In summary, the Satanic Seed doctrine is not biblical, it is not logical; It is a false doctrine that I think we must put aside and turn to the truth of what God really did on earth..."
Again, I cannot stress the importance of understanding the formidable enemy we are dealing with. In order to understand our current WORLD PROBLEMS, it is imperative that we understand two things: 1) that white Europeans and their relatives around the world are the true racial Israelites of the Bible and 2) who are the true enemies of Israel. Knowing one without knowing the other is insufficient. Misidentifying the enemy of biblical Israel is a criminal offense as it can mean the difference between life and death for our people.
Death is not always so obvious to the eye. When a white man marries a member of another race, it causes the death of the spirit that was breathed into our ancestor Adam. If you are invited to a wedding between a white person and a non-white person, you are not attending a wedding, you are attending a funeral. If the 23 chromosomes of the male sperm of a non-white male fuse with the 23 chromosomes of a white egg, it will bring about the death of the 23 chromosomes of the white egg (and vice versa). Numbers 25:1-9 (especially verse 9). In this chapter, sexual relations with non-Israelites were considered "death."
If you thought the bombing of the Twin Trade Towers in New York was horrific, think death by miscegenation. That should give you an idea of what kind of war we are in and who the players are. Well, the key to understanding WAR is found in Genesis 3:15. Anti-seedliners support and abet Israel's worst enemy by denying the truth of this passage. In fact, anti-seeds are doing more damage than the "Jews" themselves. They call us Two Seedliners "Seedliners," so we can only call them "anti-seedliners."
„My father”against„Your father”
John 8:38 is one of the most important supporting passages for Genesis 3:15:
“I (Christ) speak what I (Christ) saw with my father (Almighty God): and you (Jews) do what you (Jews) saw with your (Jewish) father (the devil).”
You will first notice that one "father" is capitalized and the other is not, as correctly applied by translators. From this it should be clear that the FATHER of the Messiah was not the same "father" of the so-called "Jews".
Hence Scripture speaks of two separate genealogies. You could argue that "that speaks in a 'spiritual' sense". However, take a look at the next verse, which says, "Abraham is our father." That hardly sounds "spiritual," does it? It is not "spiritual" here, nor is it "spiritual" in John 8:44 where Christ tells certain people, later called "Jews," who his Father really was and is.
It also states "my father" and "your father," indicating that our Savior had a genetic father distinct from the so-called "Jews." the Greek word for "mine" is #3450, while the word for "thy" is #5216. Surely this language should be clear enough to understand that the "Pharisees", "scribes" and "Sadducees" (the Jews) for the most part were definitely NOT if they were of the same bloodline as our Messiah. Yet despite this evidence, anti-seedliners falsely claim this.
"SE"
John 8:39 says, “'IF' you were 'sons' of Abraham, you (Jews) would do the works of Abraham.” Then verse 42 says, “If God were your Father (Jews), you would (Jews) love me.”
Questions;
1). Did so-called "Jews" ever do the works of Abraham?
two). Did these same "Jews" ever love Him?
To understand what these passages mean, it is necessary to qualify the Greek word "IF". There are actually two Greek words that are translated "SE" in our English versions, and they are quite different. In fact, unless we examine the true meaning of these words in Greek, we cannot understand what happened in the 8th centuryºChapter of John.
The single "SE" word is #1487 and the other "IF" word is #1437 in Strong's Concordance. In this case, we are particularly interested in #1487. US. Vine doesn't handle any of them. Strong's explanations also do little to make them comprehensible.
After researching several Greek reference books, I found out that Dr. Spiros Zodhiates had the best general definitions for these two meanings in his Complete Study Dictionary of New Testament Words. On pages 504 and 493 he says the following about these two Bible words translated "IF":
#1487: ...el: conditional subjunctive. If. As such it expresses a condition merely hypothetical and separate from all experience, pointing to a merely subjective possibility and distinct from man (1437) when, implying a condition that experience must determine, i.e. an objective possibility, always referred to as something future..."
#1437: ...man...differs from el because el expresses a condition that is merely hypothetical, a subjective possibility; Man implies a state to be determined by experience, an objective possibility, and is always related to something future...
From this we can see in Greek that these two words are either a "hypothetical" IF or a "future" IF. As an example for a “future” SE, one could say: If you turn on the intuition, maybe you can turn on the motor. But the IF in our passages above is #1487, a "hypothetical" IF in nature. So these verses can be read something like this:
Verse 39 says, "If you were (hypothetically) Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham." And verse 42 says, "IF (hypothetically) God (Yahweh) were your Father, you would love me."
This of course strongly suggests that most Pharisees, scribes and Sadducees were NOT the true children of Abraham from pure genetic seed! In the face of these explanations of our Savior, the so-called “Jews” said in verse 41, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, namely God.”
The so-called "Jews" would not have made such a statement if it had not been implied in our Savior's discourse in chapter 8 of John, for "fornication" means miscegenation. Yes, they understood His words very well and knew what the word "dl" (IF) meant, although the anti-seedliners today don't seem to get it. The "Jews" not only understood the thrust of Christ's words, but also the sarcasm with which they were spoken. There used to be a sticker that said, "If you're so smart, why aren't you rich?" Christ said, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham."
In other words, "Put it on or shut up!" How much more evidence does it take to convince anti-seedliners that these so-called "Jews" were not genuine full-blooded descendants of Abraham? We acknowledge that verse 37 says, "I know that you are Abraham's seed," but it does not say "pure seed" and "never in bondage," which John 8:33 confirms. The Hebrew word "Arabs," no. 6154, means "a mixed or mixed race." The Esau-Edomite "Jews" and the Arabs have one thing in common; they are all “mamzer” (bastards).
"VON"
In John 8:47 Christ says to the “Jews”: “He who is (genetically) OF God hears the words of God: THEREFORE YOU HEAR THEM NOT; BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT (genetically) OF GOD.”
"The Complete Word Study Dictionary, New Testament," by Dr. Spiros Zodhiates, devotes five pages to Devine, explaining the word 'OF' as used in Greek, pp. 529-534. Obviously we cannot quote the entire document here, but only what is relevant to John 8:44:
"#1537 ... preposition governing the genitive, meaning principally of, of, how such objects are spoken of as being before another ... Of the origin or source of anything, i.e. the primary, direct and immediate source .. . FROM PERSONS, PLACE, FAMILY, CONDITION, MEANING, WHERE IT IS DERIVED FROM OR TO WHOM IT BELONGS... From the source, i. ”
"The New Testament Greek Study Aids" by Walter Jerry Clark says on page 230 about the word Greed _κ: "OUT OF... WITH THE GENITIVE: BY MEANS OF, OUT OF." Richard A. Young's "Middle New Testament Greek" , page 95, says the following about the Greek word _κ: "_κ" usually conveys special extensions "from" or "from". call his son out of Egypt.” (Matthew 2:15) From The Greek to English Interlinear by George Ricker Berry, page 31 of his Greek-English New Testament Lexicon, we have this in _κ: “_κ, or before a vowel, _ξ, a genitive dominant preposition, from.” The Thayer Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, page 189 expresses _κ thus: “...from, as a separation from something with which you have a have close connection. ..” John 8:47 has the same connotation as John 8:44, meaning a chip from the old block. When it is said that "Jews" are not "FROM" God (Yah), it means genetically. But only those of us who are genetically "FROM" God (Yahweh) can hear and understand His Word.
John chapter 10 warns us of just that. At John 10:26-27, Christ says the same thing to “the Jews,” but puts it a little differently: “But you (Jews) do not believe, because you are not my sheep, as I told you. My sheep hear my voice, I know them and they follow me.”
You may be wondering why we are so adamant about the two-line doctrine. The reason for this is that if the enemy is not properly identified, the identity message will be neutralized. It also tends to open the door for the enemy to sneak into our midst. Once the enemy has established a bridgehead between us, they can spread all sorts of misleading information and false teachings ("leaven").
The "Jews" in Herbert Armstrong's camp are a good example of this. It should be obvious that the "Jews" would benefit most from an anti-Seedline message. If the enemy can influence those in Israel's identity, directly or indirectly, so that there is no "serpent seed," he has them right where he wants them. Once the enemy has convinced the identity-conscious people that there are no "seeds (sons) of the serpent," the "non-devil doctrine" inevitably follows.
Once this false premise is established, the next step is usually to identify the "devil" as the "flesh." While it is true that we are at war with the flesh, this is not the same WAR that is being waged against "the seed (children) of the serpent."
Identifying the flesh as the satanic enemy is grossly diverting our energy. As the anti-seedline people attempt to analyze their own individual, personal, carnal issues, the true enemy destroys their agenda to destroy the White Race. You can't be more neutral. Paul speaks of him as "one who beats the air". David said this about the enemy, Psalm 139:21-22, which I'm sure he wasn't talking about his "flesh":
"Do I not hate, Lord, those who hate you? And am I not sad for those who rise up against you? I hate them with a PERFECT HATE: I consider them my enemies.”
Certainly the "devil" and the "flesh" cannot be the same. However, that is what some claim to be in the identity movement. They try to claim that the two seeds of Genesis 3:15 were the "seeds of the spirit against the seeds of the flesh." They are basically saying that the "tree of knowledge" was the law, and when Eve ate from it, it brought death; that the "enmity" between "Your seed and their seed" of Genesis 3:15 is the enmity between "flesh and spirit." THIS IS SIMPLY STUPID!!!
In other words, the flesh represents a lineage of seeds. They separate verse 15 from 14 as if it didn't exist. Yahweh directed His dialogue from the "serpent," not the "flesh." Let's read the whole passage, Mr. Seeder:
“And the Lord said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle and above every beast of the field; You shall have God in your belly, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life; and I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; it will bruise your head and you will bruise its heel.”
Now if it is a war between "spirit" and "flesh" it would have to be read as follows.
“And the Lord God said unto the flesh of Eve, Because thou hast done this, thy flesh is cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; and your flesh shall fall upon his belly, and dust shall devour your belly all the days of your life; And I will put enmity between the flesh of the woman and the spirit of the woman, and between the offspring of her flesh and the offspring of her spirit, and the offspring of her spirit will crush the heads of the offspring of her flesh, and the offspring of her flesh will be the offspring of his mind hurting the heel.”
LOOK HOW STUPID THIS IS, AND FOR ANYONE SPREADING THIS ABSURD, SPREADING FALSE TEACHINGS AND FALSE TEACHING THAT IS NOT IN THE SCRIPT.
Ö„tree of law”hypothesis
Although some in Identity do not say this in reference to a "tree of the law," they strongly suggest that this was the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" that Eve ate from in the garden. Quoting from Ted Weiland's book of the same name from his series of ten cassettes, pages 40-44, we are sure you will have to agree with our analysis of what he essentially says:
"There is no Scripture that tells us categorically what the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was...Genesis 3:22 plainly reveals that the knowledge of good and evil is not in a demon of darkness, but in our all-knowing God, Yahweh... God's own law is good because it reflects Yahweh's nature. Therefore, Yahweh uses it as the vehicle by which the knowledge of good is imparted to man. The knowledge of evil is also imported through the law...
“Also, Genesis 3:6 describes the tree. the knowledge of good and evil as understanding, pleasing to the eye and good to eat. These attributes also describe God's law... At this point someone will probably ask, "If the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was God's law, wouldn't that make God's law evil because God didn't want Adam?" ? and Eva to take part in it?'...
“There may be Christians, especially those who understand the vital goodness and importance of God's law for us today, who may still find it difficult to accept that the Lord would forbid His law from Adam and Eve. Such Christians should remember that when God forbade Adam and Eve to eat from the tree of life, this prohibition did not make the tree of life evil...
"Then why would the Lord want to keep Adam and Eve away from His law?" Perhaps God first forbade Adam and Eve from knowing good and evil through His law because He knew, and He knew, that He would hold them accountable the suffering and death that would result... On the other hand, if eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was an illegal participation in God's law, then there is a connection between Adam's sin and Eve. and all other sins.”
Now let's clear all this jargon. What are the consequences of what he says? He concludes that Yahweh deliberately withheld His law from Adam and Eve so that they would not be condemned for their sins; that although they did not know the law, they were innocent that participating in the law caused death. If he is right (Yahweh forbid) and Adam and Eve never ate from "the tree of the law" (as Stephen E. Jones calls it), we could live in innocence today and partake in all kinds of immorality, but we would not of Yahweh to be considered a sin because we never eat from what is called the "tree of the law." Wouldn't all homosexuals today love this situation?
Tree of the law eating theory
This idea does not come from Weiland or Stephen E. Jones, in his book The Babylonian Connection, pages 60-61, he states in part:
“The tree of life (grace) and the tree of knowledge (law) were both planted by God in the same garden. They grew up together. The Tree of Law provided the righteous standard; the tree of grace provided the means by which the standard could be reached... First they disobeyed God by eating of the tree of law, and by that act they were made mortal. Then their eyes were opened to see both good and evil, and they realized their mortality as opposed to God's immortality...Because they broke His law, they became naked (mortal) and without excuse.” (What a bunch of mendacious, fraudulent Antichrist propaganda).
All of this is absolutely absurd as there is no biblical support for ideas such as a "tree of law" or a "tree of grace" or that the two seeds of Genesis 3:15 are representative of the "seeds of the flesh". and “seed of the spirit.” The term for seed in both the woman and the serpent is #2233 zera, and it is the same word used in Genesis 13:16 where Abram is promised by the Almighty that his "Same" "like the dust of the earth" would become." ."
If Abraham did have a literal "seed," then the serpent of Genesis 3:15 must also have a literal "seed." So where is the "seed" of the serpent? They speak of "taking away", "adding" or "twisting", that is the height of absurdity. So it is obvious that the "woman," the "serpent," and "Abraham" literally must have "seeds" (children).
Hence the assertion that the "woman" should have only one "seed" is also outrageously unreasonable as it does not follow verbatim. She was to have a single sort (species; similar type) of "seed" over Seth, one "seed" of which was to injure the serpent's head. All of this leaves us wondering who will be next to repeat the same flimsy argument. Stop and reflect: Without the serpent's “seed” Christ's heel could not be injured; and without hurting his heel we have no salvation.
Perhaps we should be a little more careful about how we interpret Genesis 3:15. To reiterate, IF THERE HAVE NOT BEEN A LITERAL GENETIC TEN of the "snake" hurting our Savior's "heel" then WE HAVE NO SOLUTION!!! It seems that the anti-seedliners have placed themselves in a corner from which there is no escape.
„A killer from the start”
Again, we cannot stress the importance of understanding the formidable enemy we must fight. To understand our current WORLD PROBLEMS, it is imperative that we understand two things: (1) that white Europeans and their kin around the world are the true racial Israelites of the Bible and (2) who are the true enemies of Israel. Knowing one without knowing the other is insufficient. Misidentifying the enemy of biblical Israel is a criminal offense as it can mean the difference between life and death for our people.
Death is not always so obvious to the eye. When a white man marries a member of another race, it is in the death of the spirit that was breathed into our ancestor Adam. If you are invited to a wedding between a white person and a non-white person, you are not attending a wedding, you are attending a funeral. If the 23 chromosomes of the male sperm of a non-white male fuse with the 23 chromosomes of a white egg, it will bring about the death of the 23 chromosomes of the white egg (and vice versa).
This process is now happening every few minutes in white countries. It is called "plague" in the Bible, Numbers 25:1-9 (especially verse 9). In this chapter, sexual relations with non-Israelites were considered "death."
Speaking of Pearl Harbor, it's important to understand all the facts surrounding the "sneak attack." While 95% of all respondents opposed war in 1939, around 90% said they would be willing to fight if attacked directly.
Based on this information, the Jews did everything they could to incite Germany or Italy to attack America. However, the bait was rejected because Hitler was then trying to negotiate a peace with England, which was categorically rejected by the Jewish lackey Churchill.
Thus, Jewish attention turned to Japan, which had a mutual defense pact with Germany and Italy. Japan was involved in a war with China, which Roosevelt and the Jews tried to use as a pretext for American intervention, even though events in Asia were none of America's business. However, Jewish, not American, interests were what worried Roosevelt, and in July 1941 he froze Japanese assets in the United States and imposed a trade embargo.
This was reason enough to declare war, but Japan humbly suggested sitting down and negotiating differences between the US and Japan. Instead of accepting the offer, FDR insulted Japanese Ambassador Nomura and refused to meet Prime Minister Konoye.
As a result, Konoye and his "peace party" were replaced by General Tojo and his "war party," but Japan continued to make peace offers, only to see them all categorically rejected. FINALLY, ON NOVEMBER 26, 1941, ROOSEVELT SENT AN ULTIMATUM TO JAPAN EQUIVALENT TO A VIRTUAL DECLARATION OF WAR.
This ultimatum, according to Professor Harry Elmer Barnes, was actually drafted by the Jew Harry Dexter White [Weiss] in collaboration with the Jewish Treasury Secretary Harry Morgenthau. It was this ultimatum, written by two Jews, that forced Japan to attack or "lose face," which in the Eastern view is a fate worse than death.
THE FINAL EPISODE OF THIS DISGUSTING CHAIN OF EVENTS IS THAT AT LEAST 12 HOURS BEFORE THE COUP WASHINGTON KNEW OF THE IMMEDIATE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR BUT REFUSED TO WARN THE MILITARY OFFICIALS THERE [What other name could it be known for than BETRAYED].
THE US WAS WARNED AS THE JAPANESE MESSAGING CODE HAS BEEN CRACKED, ALLOWING AMERICA TO MONITOR JAPANESE BROADCASTS. NO WORD WAS SENT TO PEARL HARBOR FROM FDR AND THE JEWS WHEN THE NEWS DISCOVERED THAT THE ATTACK SHOULD BE CANCELED WHEN THE AMERICANS ARRIVE AND ARE READY.
Hence, international Jewry was able to lure America into World War II through the “back door”; A war that would cost millions of lives and billions of dollars. The end result of the war would be a world under the total subjugation of the Jews to their twin arms, Communism and Zionism.
These facts were hushed up and ignored in the mass media, Charles Lindberg, for example, saw where the finger of evidence was pointing. In his "War Diaries," he claims that "Jews, the Roosevelt administration, and British sympathizers conspired to encourage United States entry into World War II."
Lindberg and other patriots attempted to thwart Jewish war plans by forming the America First Committee. The committee found widespread support but could not overcome the billions spent by Jews brainwashing the public into accepting the post-Pearl Harbor war. And it is Judaism that has best understood why the US entered World War II.
The American Hebrew, in a July 24, 1942 editorial, stated:
"Whenever an American or a Filipino has fallen on Bataan or Corrugator or any other of the now historic sites where MacArthur's men fought their remarkable battle, their survivors could have said with truth: The real reason this boy in death was Hitler's death. The anti-Semitic movement was successful in Germany. [Can't you see that? World War II was because Germany and its people were successful in their attempts to get rid of the International Bankers Rule Jews from your country; God, what does it take America to understand?]."
The above quote from a Jewish newspaper is an admission that the US only entered World War II at the behest of world Jewry; a Jewish war declared in 1933!!! Of course, this admission was intended solely for consumption by a Jewish audience to keep them informed, which makes it all the more revealing.
“And Israel dwelt in Shittim, and the people began to prostitute themselves with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate and bowed down to their gods. And Israel was joined to Baal-Peor; and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. And the Lord said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel. And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Kill each of his men who are in alliance with Baal-Peor. And behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought a Midianite woman to his brethren in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping at the door of the tabernacle. And when Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw this, he got up from the assembly, and took a javelin in his hand; And he went after the man of Israel into the tent and pierced both the man of Israel and the woman in the belly. So the plague was removed from the children of Israel. And those who died of the plague were twenty and four thousand.” (Numbers 25:1-9)
If you think the bombing of the Twin Trade Towers in New York was horrific, think of the deaths caused by miscegenation. That should give you an idea of what kind of war we are in and who the players are. Well, the key to understanding this WAR is found in Genesis 3:15.
Anti-seedliners support and abet Israel's worst enemy by denying the truth of this passage. In fact, anti-seeds are doing more damage than the "Jews" themselves. They call us Two Seedliners "Seedliners," so we can only call them "anti-seedliners."
Although the current war over "terrorism" plays a major role, it is but a skirmish compared to the great 7,000-year WAR of "sons of darkness" against "sons of light" described in Genesis 3:15 is predicted. Every night white women go to bed and wake up pregnant with a member of a different race.
In this greater war, we are rightly suffering tens of thousands of casualties. As this war rages on in full force, the Judeo-Christian Church sits idly by claiming its Christian nature and claiming that as long as the other person has been "saved," all is well.
And in the face of this great danger, seed opponents refuse to name the real enemy. They insist that everything is a "flesh" or something "spiritual" problem. Oh, they will appreciate that Genesis 3:15 speaks of a "seed" in the form of the Messiah, but they stubbornly deny that the "serpent" also has "seed." We will repeat it again: If there was no "seed" of the serpent to tread on Messiah's heel, then we have no salvation. Now we would say that this is a very dangerous and irresponsible position.
One person writes, "It's 99.9% religion, not race." This is also a very risky position. We answered him and said that maybe he would point his sword at religion, but we would point ours at a walking, talking, breathing genetic enemy. We do not know how he takes religion from the "seed" (zera). In addition, he also had a lot of training in a seminary (cemetery). Well, the topic "seminar" is now the focus. One thing that struck us in the Anglo-Israeli Embassy is that many who have been trained in seminars are the same ones opposed to Two Seedline.
We believe this is because in the various seminaries of the Church students are taught a religious system called "hermeneutics." Let's also look at this system. We think you'll find that it doesn't have a very commendable track record. The biggest problem with people who come to Identity is that they tend to bring with them the tenets of their former Judeo-Christian church. With the identity message, you have to wipe the slate completely clean and think about everything from a new perspective.
It seems like everything is 1800what we have always been taught. Our Savior instructed us that we must become like a “child” or we will not be fit for the Kingdom. (Matthew 18:3) The child has a clear mind, free from preconceptions. Even Paul had to go to Arabia for three years to get rid of his Parseism. (Galatians 1:17-18)
The problem with Identity is that many people have still not been in the desert, especially alumni of seminary who are constantly patching the scriptures and trying to put new wine (doctrines) in old wineskins. (Luke 5:36-39) To address this issue of “hermeneutics,” let us first begin with a quote from Encyclopedia Britannica, Ninth Edition, 1894, Volume 11, page 671, subject “Hermes”:
"... the name Hermes seems, during the third and following centuries, to have been regarded as a convenient pseudonym to place at the head of the numerous syncretic writings which attempted to combine Neoplatonic philosophy, Philonic Judaism, and Kabbalistic theosophy , and thereby offer the world an acceptable substitute for Christianity, which at that time was beginning to give hints of the superiority it would later attain...
"The association of Hermes with alchemy will explain what is meant by hermetic sealing and explain the use of the term 'hermetic medicine' by Paracelsus and for the so-called 'hermetic masonry' of the Middle Ages. .."
Anti-Seedliners accuse Two Seedliners of using Talmudic teachings while many of them were trained in "Kabbalistic-Theosophical" thinking seminars. For more information on this type of teaching, we now cite The New International Dictionary of the Christian Church, J.D. Douglas General Editor, page 466, subject "Hermetic Books":
"is a collection of writings dealing with religious and philosophical subjects, reflecting a certain syncretism with reference to Platonic, Stoic, Neo-Pythagorean and Eastern religious thought. The collection dates from the second or third century and is attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, a later name for the Egyptian god Thoth, who was considered the source and protector of all knowledge. The literary form of the Hermetic books is basically that of the Platonic dialogue. The most important of the various writings is 'Poimandres', which speaks of the ascent of the soul to God through the various spheres of the planets."
We find more about this type of teaching in The Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary, page 558:
“Hermeneutics … the principles and methods used in interpreting Scripture. Biblical scholars believe that a biblical text should be interpreted according to the language in which it was written, its historical context, the identity and intent of the author, its literary nature, and the situation to which it was originally addressed.
That all sounds good, but let's delve a little deeper into The Illustrated Hand-Book To All Religions, © 1877, excerpts from the "Foreword":
“...The early Church, for example, seems to be a heap (an assemblage or heap) of dissenters whose names and titles are almost innumerable. However, there were actually only two major parties; the orthodox Christian on the one hand and the heretic on the other; and these last, amid infinite variety, are all reduced to two; the Gnostics, who corrupted the Gospel with a mixture of Greek philosophy or Persian Magianism, or both; and the Artians, lost in speculation about the divine nature and especially the two natures of Christ. All the controversies of the Reformation revolved around the question of sacramental grace. And in our own day, apart from individual disputes, eccentricities, and errors, there are only three important doctrinal differences throughout Christendom, namely, the sacramental system of the Greek and Roman churches, the evangelical teachings of the Protestants, and the rationalist creed of the Neologians ..."
We really need to investigate this "Gnostic" thing. We find this in the same book on pages 210-216:
“Simon Magus is the well-known founder of the Gnostics; but Gnosticism was nothing but the philosophical system of the time leavened with a slight addition of Judaism and an even smaller helping of Christianity. It showed its beginnings in Alexandria, from where it spread to Eastern Christianity.
“Alexandria was then the great seat of philosophy. It contained a large number of Jews; and being the great center of commerce it was naturally much frequented by the early Christians... Among the intellectual idlers of a prosperous city, Platonic philosophy had replaced the crude and vulgar forms of ancient Egyptian superstition.
“The Alexandrian Jews were infected with it; for their language was Greek, and many of them had an extensive knowledge of pagan literature. On the other hand, the Platonists studied the Jewish Scriptures and saw in them traces of a pure and sublime theology...they even claimed that Plato was borrowing from the writings of Moses.
“So a compromise was attempted between the creeds of Moses and Plato. There was a third element of error in Persian or magical teachings; for Alexandria, on the one hand open to the teachings of Greece, on the other hand was equally exposed to the fantastic theories of Orientalism. And so from these three sources; the philosophy of Plato, the religion of Moses and the superstition of the Magi, a new system was created; this was Gnosticism...it did not originate within the Christian church, but soon infected the pure flow of gospel truth...It was undoubtedly the most formidable foe the early church had to contend with...
“The Gnostics practiced magic, which they learned in the East... Christianity, as soon as it arose, the Gnostics incorporated into their system, but not only to corrupt it, but to subvert it... but they (the Gnostics) also taught that the body of Jesus was a spirit and that Christ was not born or suffered on the cross (stake)...
“Thus the doctrine of atonement and belief in Christ's death found no place in their system... It is clear from Paul's first letter to the Corinthians that Gnosticism had already manifested itself in Greece. He repeatedly used the term Gnosis in a peculiar sense, such as is asserted by a certain portion of 1 Corinthians 8:1... The Gnostics denied that there was any resurrection of the body... The Christians said of a resurrection which they interpreted figuratively; According to them, the Gnostic rose from death to life as he was initiated into his mysteries and perfected in his knowledge...
“Simon Magus was probably the first of the Gnostics to plant the name of Christ in their system; He and his followers claimed that Jesus' body was a spirit...but they totally denied the doctrine of his atonement. In fact, when a Christian embraced Gnostic views, he ceased to be a Christian, for he renounced belief in a Savior and hope in a resurrection.
In the first century the Church of Christ unanimously agreed with this view of the Gnostic system: namely, that the Gnostics were not Christians...were, we may say, adopted by large numbers of people who imperfectly understood them.
“And yet they wanted something more specific, more religious. This the Jew provided, and Gnosticism was formed... Gnosticism was an attempt (inasmuch as it assumed Christian garb) to reach a compromise between the Gospel. And paganism refined by philosophy and fermented by Judaism... From his dying ashes, Muhammad kindled a new and fiercer flame. Gnosticism, with its magic, its angelic powers, its mystical dogmas, its mock contempt for the body and death, and its real licentiousness, was assimilated into the system of the deceivers or fanatics of Mecca.”
Jeffery A. Weekley, along with several other anti-seedliners, accused us of practicing Talmudic Judaism. Now we ask, who really practices the religion of "Judaism"? Again on page 488 of the same book we read:
"Anti-Trinitarians ... Cerinthus was undoubtedly a contemporary of John, although he may have lived after the apostle's death. He was a Jew who had studied philosophy in Alexandria but lived most of his life in Asia Minor. His system was probably a mixture of Judaism, Gnosticism and Christianity. Irenaeus makes him a complete Gnostic when he speaks of him. “He taught that the world was not made by the supreme God, but by a certain power (the demi-urges) which is separate from and beneath him and does not know him. He assumed that Jesus was not born of a virgin, but the son of Joseph and Mary; born quite like other people..."
As a Jew, Simon Magus was only expressing what he had been taught by the Jewish elders, whom Christ condemned as undermining the word of God and as doctrine teaching the doctrines of men.
The Jews believe
into over thirty gods!
NowTHIS SEPHIROTH OR THE WORLD OF EMANATIONS OR THE ATZILLATIC WORLD BROUGHT THREE WORLDS IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER: OF CONNECTION[Kopulation]OF THE KING AND QUEEN OR THE BRIATIC WORLD, ALSO CALLED THE THRONE, WHICH IS THE ABOVE OF THE PURE SPIRITS, AND WHICH, LIKE THEIR PARENTS, CONSISTS OF TEN SEPHIROTH OR EMANATIONS.
The Briatic World gave birth in turn (2). The Word of Formation or the Jetziratic World, which is the Abode of the Angels and is also made up of ten Sephiroth; while Jetziratic World was delivered again. (3). The world of action or Asiatic world, also called the world of Keliphot, which contains the spheres and matter and is the dwelling place of the prince of darkness and his legions.
Or, as Zohar describes it:
"After the Sephiroth and upBY YOUGod made use of the throne (the world of creation) with four legs and six steps, thereby making ten (the decade of Sephiroth that every world has)... For this throne and ministry he formed the ten hosts of angels ( the world of formation), Malachim, Arelim, Chajoth, Ophanim, Chashmalim, Elim, Elohim, Benei Elohim, Ishim and Seraphim, and for their service he in turn made Samaël and his legions (the world of action) like them were the clouds on which angels ride in their descent to earth, serving as it were their horses. Therefore it is written: 'Behold, the Lord rides upon a swift cloud and shall enter Egypt.'” ((Isaiah xix, 1) (Sohar ii, 43a))
THERE ARE, For this reason,FOUR WORLDS, each of which has a separate Sephiric system composed of a decade of emanations.
(1). The Atzilatic world, which is alternately called the world of emanations, of the image (== with prefix) and of the heavenly man, who, by virtue of being a direct emanation of God and intimately connected with the Deity, is perfect and unchanging.
(two). The Briatic world, called the world of Creation and the Throne, which is the immediate emanation of the first, and whose ten Sephiroth, more remote from En Soph, by the substances of which they are composed, of a more limited and circumscribed one Potency are of a purest nature and without any admixture of matter.
(3). The present world, called the world of formation and the world of angels, which arose from the earlier world and whose ten Sephiroth, although of even less refined substance than the former, being further removed from the original source, are still without matter. . In this world of angels live those intelligent, disembodied beings who are clothed in a luminous robe and take on a sensual form when they appear to man. AND;
(4). The Asiatic world, called world of action and world of matter, which arose from the earlier world, whose ten Sephiroth are composed of the crudest elements of all three earlier worlds, and which perished because of its materiality and weight. Their substances consist of spatially limited matter that can be perceived by the senses in a variety of forms. Subject to constant change, generations and corruption, it is the dwelling place of the evil spirit.
Before we leave this teaching on the creation of the Supreme Being's relationship with the universe, we need to reiterate two things.
(1). Although the trinity of Sephiroth gave birth to the universe, or in other words is an evolution of the emanations and therefore a further extension of the deity itself, Kabbalists are not to be supposed to believe in a trinity in our sense of the word. His views on this subject are better understood from the following observation in Zohar:
“Whoever desires a perception of sacred unity, consider a flame rising from a burning coal or lamp. He will first see a double light, a bright white light and a black or blue light; the white light is above and it rises in direct light, while the blue or dark light is below, and seems to be the chair of the first, but both are so intimately connected that they represent only a flame. dark light, in turn, is associated with the burning matter, which is again below White light never changes color, it always remains white, but different shades are observed in the lower light, while the lower light also takes two directions, above it is with white Light associated and below with fiery matter. This is now constantly consuming itself, and it rises ceaselessly into the upper light, and so everything merges into one.” (Sohar, In, 51a)
(2).CREATION OR UNIVERSE IS SIMPLY THE DRESS OF GOD WOVEN OF DEITY'OWN SUBSTANCE; OR, AS SPINOZA PUT IT, GOD IS THE INGREDIENT BASE OF THE UNIVERSE.For the hidden of all hidden sent to reveal himself to usthe TEN EMANATIONS CALLED THE FORM OF GOD, THE FORM OF HEAVENLY MAN,However, since even this luminous form was too dazzling for our vision, it had to take another form or wear another dress made up of the universe.THE UNIVERSE,therefore orTHE VISIBLE WORLD,it is another extensionTHE DIVINE SUBSTANCE,and iscalled Kabbalah„THE VEST OF GOD.”
Thus we are told: “When the unseen of all unseen wished to reveal himself, he first made a point [the first sephira], formed it into a sacred form [the totality of the sephiroth], and covered it with a rich and splendid that is the world ." (Sohar, Em, 2a)
(3). The Creation of Angels and Humans.
The various worlds which emanated successively from the En Soph and from each other and which maintain the deity relationship of the first, second, third and fourth generations are, with the exception of the first (the world of emanations), beings inhabited by spiritual beings of several grades.
“God quickened every part of the firmament with a spirit of its own, and immediately all the heavenly hosts were before him. This is what the psalmist means when he says: (Psalm xxxiii, 6) “By the breath of his mouth all were made his host. '" (Zohar, iii, 68a)
These angels are of two kinds, good and evil; They have their respective lords and occupy the three habitable worlds in the following order. As already mentioned, the first world, or the archetypal human being in whose image everything is made, is not occupied by anyone else. The angel Metatron occupies the second or Briatic world, which is the first habitable world; he alone makes up the world of pure spirits. He is the robe of the visible manifestation of Deity; his name is numerically equivalent to that of the Lord. (Zohar, III, 231a)
He rules the visible world, preserves the unity, harmony, and revolutions of all spheres, planets, and celestial bodies, and is the captain of the myriads of angelic hosts that populate the second habitable or nowziratic world, and who are divided into ten ranks., Answer to the ten Sephiroth .EACH OF THESE ANGELS ARE PLACED IN A DIFFERENT PART OF THE UNIVERSE. ONE HAS CONTROL OVER ONE SPHERE, ANOTHER OVER ANOTHER HEAVENLY BODY; ONE ANGEL CONTROLS THE SUN, ANOTHER FOR THE MOON, ANOTHER FOR THE EARTH, ANOTHER FOR THE SEA, ANOTHER FOR THE FIRE, ANOTHER FOR THE WIND, ANOTHER FOR THE LIGHT, ANOTHER FOR THE SEASONSetc., and the question of the doctrine of the Trinity elsewhere in the Zohar, however, is discussed in more detail below, where we shall refer to Kabbalah's relationship to Christianity.
The Kabbalistic description of Metatron comes from Jewish Angelology, which is much older than this Theosophy.
Thus Ben Asai and Ben Soma already regard the divine voice as Metatron. (Beresh. Rab., Parsha V) He is called the Great Teacher, the Master of Masters, and for this reason Enoch, who walked in close fellowship with God and taught mankind by his holy example, is paraphrased by the Chaldean paraphrase of Jonathan b. Uzziel for being given the name Metatron the Grandmaster after his transplant. (Genesis V, 24)
Metatron is also the angel of the present, the angel of the Lord sent to go before Israel; (Exodus xxiii, 21) he is the visible manifestation of the Deity, for in him is the name of the Lord, his name and that of the Deity are identical inasmuch as they have the same numerical value (namely: and are the same according to the exegetical rule called Gematria , 10 + 4 + 300 = 314, 50 + 6 + 200 + 9 + 9 + 40 = 314. (See Rashi on Exodus xxiii, 21 and Sanhedrin 38b)
So exalted is the position of Metatron in ancient Jewish angelology that we are told that when Elisha b. Abnya, also called Acher, saw this angel, who ranks first after the deity, he exclaimed: "Perhaps, but far from it,THERE ARE TWO HIGH POWERS.”(Talmud, Chagiga, 15a)
The etymology is very controversial; but there can be no doubt that it must be derived from metator, messenger, spy, forerunner, as shown by Elias Levita and asserted by Cassel. (Ersch and Gruber's encyclopedia, section II, vol. xxvii, s.v.; Jews, p. 40, note 84)
Sachs (Posts on language and antiquity research, vol. I, Berlin 1852, p. 108) correctly notes that this etymology is derived from the passage from siphra, (cited in Kaphter-Va-Pherach, c. x, p. 34b) dem Finger set is God's messenger or guide to Moses, and he showed him all the land of Israel. Termination was appended to get the same numeric value.
His descent from the angel is immediately below the divine throne held by Frank, (Kabbalah, p. 43) Graetz (Gnosticism, p. 44) and others, was explained by Frankel (Zeitschrift, 1846 vol. III, p. 113) and Cassel, (Ersch and Gruber's Encyklop. section ii, vol. xxvii, p. 41) are in contrast to the word form and description of Metatron.THESE ANGELS derive their names from the celestial bodies they are guarding.Hence one is called Venus, another Mars, another the substance of heaven, another an angel of light, and another an angel of fire. (Comp. Sohar In, 42, etc.) The demons, which form the second class of angels, which are the grossest and most defective of all forms, and who are sheaths of being, inhabit the third habitable or Asiatic world.
They also form ten levels corresponding to the decade of the Sephiroth, in which darkness and impurity increase with the descent of each level. The first two degrees, then, are nothing but the absence of all visible form and organization, which Mosaic cosmology describes in the words before the hexahemeron and translates the Septuagint.
The third degree is the dwelling place of darkness, which is described in the book of Genesis as covering the face of the earth in the beginning. Then follow seven infernal halls == hells occupied by demons who are the incarnation of all human vices and who torment those poor deluded beings who get lost in this world. These seven halls of hell are divided into infinite compartments to provide a separate torture chamber for each type of sin.
The prince of this region of darkness, who is called Satan in the Bible, is called Samaël == angel of poison or death by the Kabbalah.HE IS THE SAME EVIL SPIRIT, SATAN THE SNAKE, THAT SEDUCES EVE.He has a wife who is called the whore or woman of whores, but both are generally represented united by the one name of the beast. (Compare Sohar, ii, 255-259, with I, 35b)
However, the whole universe was incomplete and only received its final blow when man was formed, who is the pinnacle of creation and the microcosm that unites all beings in their entirety.
"THE HEAVENLY ADAM(the ten Sephiroth), who emerged from the supreme primordial darkness (the En Soph),HE CREATES THE EARTHS ADAM.(Sohar, II, 70b)
“Man is both the origin and the highest degree of creation, which is why he was formed on the sixth day. As soon as man was created everything was complete, including the upper and lower worlds, for everything is contained in man. He unites all forms in himself." (Zohar, iii, 48a)
Man was created with abilities and qualities far beyond those of angels. The bodies of the protoplasts were not made of the coarse matter that makes up our bodies.
BEFORE THE FALL ADAM AND EVE WERE PARTICIPATED IN THE ethereal phosphor in which the heavenly spirits are clothed and which is not subject to either the will or sensual desires.
They were the envy of the highest ranking angels. However, the case changed everything, as we are told in the following passage:
“When Adam dwelt in the Garden of Eden, he was clothed in the heavenly robe, which is a robe of heavenly light. But when he was expelled from the Garden of Eden and subjected to the needs of this world, it is written, 'The Lord God made tunics of skins for Adam and his wife, and clothed them' (Genesis 3:21), for before they had robes of light , light from that light that was used in the Garden of Eden." (Sohar, II, 229b)
“The skin clothes therefore signify our present body, given to our first parents to adapt them to the changes brought about by the Fall. But even in their present form, the righteous are superior to the angels, and each human being is still the microcosm, and each limb of his body corresponds to a part of the visible universe.
"What is the human? Is he just skin, flesh, bones and veins? NO! What makes the real man is the soul, and these things called skin, flesh, bones, and veins, all of that is just a garment, it's just man's clothes, not man himself. When the man goes, he puts off these garments in which the Son of Man is clothed.
“Yet all these bones and sinews are formed in the Mystery of the Supreme Wisdom after the heavenly image. "The skin represents the firmament, stretching far and wide, covering everything like a robe, as it is written, 'Spreading out the heavens like a curtain.' (Psalm clv, 2) The flesh represents the decayed part of the world... the bones and veins represent the heavenly chariot, the inner powers, the servants of God... But these are the outer garments, for the inner part is the deep mystery of the heavenly man. Everything here below as above is mysterious.
“Therefore it is written, 'God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him'; (Genesis I, 27) repeat the word God twice, once for the man and once for the woman. The mystery of earthly man lies behind the mystery of heavenly man.
“And as we see in the firmament above various signs, covering all things formed by the stars and planets, and containing secret things and deep mysteries, to be studied by those who are wise and experienced in these signs; so is it in the skin that covers the body of the Son of man, and which is like the sky that covers all things, signs and marks, which are the stars and planets of the skin, denoting secret things and deep mysteries, of which the wise be attracted who know how to read the mysteries in the human face." (Sohar, ii, 76a)
He is still the presence of God on earth [here the humanistic religion was born. This man is God!], and the shape of the body represents the Tetragrammaton, Jehovah's most sacred name.
So the head is the form of the arms, and the shoulders are like the breast of the Sephiroth from which it emanates,EACH SOUL HAS TEN FORCES, WHICH ARE DIVIDED INTO A TRINITY OF TRIPLE HEADS, REPRESENTED EACH BY:
(1) The spirit, which is the highest degree of being, and which corresponds to and is operated by the crown, represents the highest triad in the Sephiroth called the Intellectual World;
(2) The soul, which is the seat of good and evil and moral qualities, and which corresponds to and is operated by Beauty, represents the second triad in the Sephiroth called the moral world; It is
(3) The grossest spirit, which is immediately connected with the body, is the direct cause of its lower functions, instincts, and animal life, and corresponds to and is operated from the basis which constitutes the third triad in the Sephiroth, called the material world.
In its pristine state, each soul is androgynous and is separated into male and female when it descends to earth to be born into a human body. We have seen that in the spirit world the souls of the righteous are superior in dignity to the heavenly powers and ministering angels.
It may be asked, then, why do these souls leave such a abode of happiness and come to this vale of tears to dwell in earthen tabernacles? The only answer is that these lucky souls have no choice in the matter. Indeed, we are told that before assuming a human body, the soul turns to God:
"Lord of the universe! I am happy in this world and do not want to go to another world where I will be a slave and be exposed to all kinds of pollution." (Zohar, II, 96)
And can you be surprised by this pathetic ejaculation? If your philanthropic feelings and your belief that our Heavenly Father commands all things for the sake of His children urge you to ask for a gracious explanation of this mystery to soften your compassion and calm your faith, then accept this parable. :
„A SON WAS BORN OF A KING; HE SEND HIM INTO THE COUNTRY TO BE RECEPTED AND CUSTOMER UNTIL HE IS FULFILLED AND ESTABLISHED IN THE CEREMONIES AND OCCUPATIONS OF THE ROYAL PALACE. WHEN THE KING KNOWS HIS SON'S EDUCATION IS OVER, WHAT DOES HIS PATERNAL LOVE TAKE HIM TO? FOR YOUR SON'BECAUSE HE SEND HIS MOTHER AFTER THE QUEEN, BRING HIM TO THE PALACE AND HAVE FUN WITH HIM ALL DAY.
“So the saint, blessed be he, hath a son by the queen [Here the Jews say it is all right for a man to sleep with his own mother!]: This is the heavenly and holy soul. He sends him to the country, that is, to this world, to grow up and learn the ways of the court. When the king hears that his son grew up in the country and that it is time to take him to the palace, what does his love for his son make him do? He summons the queen for his sake and leads him to the palace.” (Sohar, In, 215b)
As already mentioned, before descending into the world, the human soul is androgynous, that is, composed of two components, each of which encompasses all the elements of our spiritual nature.
So the Sohar tells us: “Before entering this world, every soul and spirit consists of a male and a female united in a single being. When he descends to this earth, the two parts separate and give life to two different bodies.
“At the time of marriage, the Saint, blessed be He, who knows all souls and spirits, unites them again as they were before, and they again form one body and one soul, forming, as it were, the right and left sides of an individual; hence 'There is nothing new under the sun.' (Ecl. In, 9) This union, however, is affected by man's deeds and the paths he treads. The soul carries its knowledge with it to earth, so that 'whatever it learns down here it already knew before it set foot on this world.'" (Sohar, iii, 61b)
Since both the form of the body and that of the soul are made in the image of the heavenly man, a figure of the coming body, to clothe the newly descended soul, is sent from the heavenly regions to hover over the man's bed and of the female in mating, so that conception forms according to this pattern.
“In the conjugal relationship on earth, the Saint, blessed be He, sends a human form bearing the imprint of the divine seal. This figure is present in the sexual relationship and, if we were allowed to see it, we would perceive a similar image above our heads as a human face; and in this image we are formed. Until this image is sent from God and descends and hovers over our heads, there can be no conception, for it is written, 'And God created man in his own image.' (Genesis I, 27)
“This image welcomes us as we enter the world, evolves with us as we grow up, and accompanies us as we leave this life; as it is written: “Verily man walked in an image”: (Psalm xxxvii, 5) and this image is from heaven. When souls are about to leave their heavenly abode, each soul appears individually before the Holy King, clothed in an exalted form, with the attributes with which they should appear in this world. In this sublime way the picture proceeds. It is third after the soul and precedes it on earth; is present at conception, and there is no conception in the world where this image is not present.” (Sohar, iii, 104a-b)
All human faces can be divided into the four primeval face types that appeared in the vision of the prophet Ezekiel on the mysterious chariot throne, namely human face, lion face, ox face and eagle face. Our faces resemble them more or less according to the intellectual or moral standing of our souls;
"And the physiognomy does not consist in the external features, but in the features that are mysteriously drawn in us; and only through the spirit do the features have meaning. All those spirits and souls that emerge from Eden (the highest wisdom) have a special form that is reflected in the face. (Zohar, II, 73b)
The face thus illuminated by the peculiar spirit that inhabits the body, in the mirror of the soul; and the shape of the head indicates the man's character and temperament. A bulging forehead is a sign of a cheerful and deep spirit, as well as excellent intellect; a wide but flat forehead indicates stupidity and stupidity; while a flat forehead, compressed laterally and spiraling, indicates narrow-mindedness and vanity. (Cf. Sohar, ii, 71b, 75a)
As a necessary condition of free existence and moral being, souls are endowed from the very beginning by Divinity with the power to stay in close proximity to the primordial source of infinite light from the beginning, with the power to stay in close proximity to the primal source of the Infinite Light from which they emanate and to alienate themselves from that source and pursue an independent and opposite course.
Hence Simon ben Jochai said:
“If the Holy One, glorified be He, had not put in us desires both good and evil, which are called light and darkness, created man would have neither virtue nor vice. Therefore it is written, 'Behold, I have set life and good and death and evil for you today.' (Deuteronomy xxx, 15) The disciples answered: “Why all this? Wouldn't it be better if there were no reward and punishment, for then man would be incapable of sin and doing evil.” It was just and right that he was created as he was created, for the law was created for him in which are written punishments for the wicked and rewards for the righteous; and there would be no reward for the righteous and punishment for the wicked, but for created man." (Zohar In, 23.)
Their independence is so complete that souls, even in their pre-existing state, can choose and do whatever path they wish to follow.
"All the souls who are not innocent in this world have already alienated themselves in heaven from the Holy One, blessed be he, they have plunged into an abyss in their own existence, awaiting the moment when they will descend to earth. . Such were the souls before they came into this world.” (Sohar, III, 61b)
(4). The fate of man and the universe.
Since the En Soph represented the microcosm of man, and since deity is reflected in this epitome of the universe more than in any part of creation, all things seen and unseen are destined to help him pass his probationary state down here in the gathering of those experience to which your soul was sent, and by returning in a pure state to that source of light from which your soul arose.
This destiny of man, the reunion with the divinity from which he arose, is the constant desire of both God and man, and an essential principle of the soul, underlying its essence. Shedding this blind force of our nature,WHAT DETERMINES OUR ANIMAL LIVES[Here Darwin had the idea for the origin of the species] which never leaves this earth and which therefore plays no role in our spiritual being, the soul has two kinds of powers and two kinds of feelings.
It has the ability of that extraordinary prophetic knowledge bestowed upon Moses in an extraordinary manner called the shining mirror (speculator) and the general knowledge called the non-luminous mirror, respectively represented in the earthly paradise by the tree of life. and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; and it has the superior feeling of love and the lower feeling of fear. Now the full fruit of this higher knowledge and feeling of love can only be reaped when the soul returns to the infinite source of light and is clothed in that luminous robe which the protoplasts lost during the fall.
So tell us
“Come and behold, when the soul reaches the place called the Treasure of Life, she delights in a bright and shining mirror that receives her light from the highest heaven. The soul could not endure this light except for the luminous cloak that it has For just as the soul, when it is sent to this earth, puts on an earthly robe in order to maintain itself here, so it receives a light robe above so that it can can look without harm in the mirror whose light emanates from the Lord of Light, so did Moses could not approach to see the superior light he saw without donning such an ethereal robe: as it is written: “And Moses went into the midst of the cloud” (Exodus 24:18), which must be translated as means of the cloud. with which he wrapped himself as if he were clothed in a robe. By this time Moses had laid aside almost all of his earthly nature; as it is written: "And Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights" (ibid.); and so he approached that dark cloud where God is enthroned. In this way the departed spirits of the righteous in the upper regions clothe themselves in luminous robes in order to be able to bear the light that flows from the Lord of Light.” (Sohar, In, 65b, 66a)
The twin feelings of love and fear are said to help the soul reach its high destiny when it no longer looks through the dark glass, but sees face to face in the presence of the luminous mirror that reflects all acts of divine obedience and worship penetrates. And although perfect love, which is to serve God out of pure love, as that higher knowledge, must be man's lot in heaven, yet the soul can achieve something of it on earth and strive to serve God out of love and not out of love out of fear. , for thus on earth she will have a foretaste of her union with Deity, which will be so delightful and indissoluble in heaven.
“But the service that comes from fear is not to be despised, for fear leads to love. Although those who obey God out of love have reached the highest level and are already among the saints of the world to come, it must not be assumed that worshiping God out of fear is not worship. Such a service also has its value, although in this case the union of the soul with the deity is small.
“There is only one degree superior to fear: that is love. In love lies the mystery of divine unity. It is love that unites the higher and lower grades; raises all to that position where all must be one. This is also the secret of the words: "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one God." (Zohar, II, 216a)
Then in the same book we read this on page 500:
"New Platonists or Ammonians: so named by Ammonius Saccas, who taught with the greatest acclaim in the Alexandrian school about the end of the second century. This learned man attempted a general reconciliation of all sects, whether philosophical or religious. He held that the great principles of all philosophical and religious truths were to be found alike in all sects, and that they differed only in the manner of expressing them...
"Ammonius believed that true philosophy derived its origin and consistency from the Eastern nations, that it was taught to the Egyptians by Hermes, brought by them to the Greeks, and preserved in its original parity by Plato, the best interpreter was by Hermes and the other oriental sages. He preserved in their original integrity, in accordance with this ancient philosophy, all the various religions previously dominant in the world; but unfortunately it happened that the symbols and fictions, under which the ancients transmitted their commandments and teachings in the old way, were misunderstood by priests and people in the course of time ...
“By taking these principles for granted, Ammonius linked the sentiments of the Egyptians to the teachings of Plato; and to complete this conciliatory scheme he interpreted, by art, invention, and allegory, the tenets of the other philosophical and religious sects, which seemed to bear some resemblance to the Egyptian and Platonic systems..."
We learn more on this subject in Collier's Encyclopedia, © 1981, Volume 2, pages 373-375. This time we see a Catholic priest bringing to this church exactly what Protestants are doing to this day. This quote is excerpted from his article on “St. Thomas Aquinas":
"From the earliest days of his teaching, it was clear to his contemporaries that he was laying the foundations for a true revolution in theology and philosophy... His meeting in Orvieto with his fellow Dominican Wilhelm von Moerbeke resulted in the translation of William draws from the writings of Aristotle, from the Greek originals and from the series of commentaries by Thomas, which carefully attempt to approach the essential teachings of Aristotle...
In short, Thomas broke radically with the so-called Augustinian tradition, which was essentially a form of Neoplatonism, albeit a Platonism in which many Aristotelian ideas had found a place. His work represents the renewal of Christian thought in the light of a metaphysics and a theology whose conceptual systematization emerges from the principles of Aristotle...the relation between an essence and the act of existence realizing it...His philosophical debt to Aristotle should not be minimized. It is enough to read his theological works to appreciate the esteem he had for the philosopher..."
We find more on “hermeneutics” in the Encyclopedia Britannica, 9th edition, 1894, volume 11, pages 664-665:
“...He (Hillel) was also the first to formulate certain rules according to which the development of rabbinic law should proceed. These interpretative canons were seven in number, later increased to thirteen by Rabbi Ishmael by adding seven new rules and omitting the sixth, and attempted to build biblical justifications for commandments whose implicitness was to be demonstrated in the Law. ...
“This respect for her, never entirely denied, eventually took shape in the improved rabbinic hermeneutics of the Middle Ages. In the writings of rabbis such as Saadias Gaon, Jarchi, Fashi, Kimchi, Maimonides, Abarbaned (a series of expositors that have evolved since the 10thºfor the 16thºAt the beginning of the twentieth century we find, alongside traditional rules and explanations, a scholarly recognition of the interpreter's duty to convey the literal sense, as well as a practical application of the principles of grammatical and historical exegesis of the Old Testament... Hermeneutics developed among the Jews-Hellenistic had distinct characteristics of their own .
“Based on the exclusivity of the rabbinic devotion to Old Testament revelation and the pure Hebraism of the native Jews, these interpreters brought a number of ideas to the study of the sacred books derived from Hellenic culture. They had to develop a hermeneutic process that would reconcile their new ethnic learning with the traditional assessment of the Jewish scriptures.
"For the theosophical Hellenist, and especially for the Alexandrian Jew, it was often an impossibility to accept the simple meaning. A reconciliation was sought through allegorical interpretation. Rabbinic exegetes also followed this method. It is embraced by halakhic hermeneutics and is evident in the distinction made by Palestinian Jews between the body and soul of the text...
“The chorypheus in this hermeneutic practice was Philo (born perhaps about 20 BC), although he had predecessors in Aristobulus (180 BC), Josephus and others. He devoted himself mainly to uncovering the Pentateuch in order to explain the realism and anthropomorphism of the Old Testament in order to adapt it to the philosophy of the time.
"Wishing to uphold the Alexandrian Jew's respect for Moses as the most inspired prophet of God and the oracle of all mysteries, together with his adherence to current Platonism and Theosophy, he assumed that the Mosaic Scriptures contained a twofold kind of doctrine, a representation contained popular understandings of God and divine things, and was mediated in rabbinic hermeneutics by the Kabbalists of the Middle Ages, who used the means of artificial interpretation to find an Old Testament basis for their mixture of Neoplatonists, Gnostics and Sabaeans... through combinations and permutations of letters, the exchange of words of equal numerical value, and similar devices, NEW MEANING WERE DRAWN OUT where the original sense seemed bad, and acceptable meanings found WHERE INJURY WAS FELT..."
We will now see more about how the "Jewish" Kabbalah fits into the "Encyclopedia Britannica", ninth edition, 1894, volume 13, page 822:
"In order to attain these heavenly mysteries, which alone make the Torah superior to profane codes of law, certain hermeneutical rules are applied, of which the following are the most important.
(1) Words from different verses in the Hebrew Scriptures that are supposed to contain a hidden (difficult to understand) meaning are placed one on top of the other, and the letters are formed into new words by reading them vertically.
(2) The words of the text are arranged in squares so that they can be read vertically or in bustrophedon 9 alternately right-to-left and left-to-right.
(3) The words are connected and re-divided.
(4) The first and last letters of several words are combined into separate words.
(5) Each letter of a word is reduced to its numerical value, and the word is explained by another of the same set.
(6) Each letter of a word counts as the first letter or abbreviation of a word.
(7) The twenty-two letters of the alphabet are divided in half; one half laid on top of the other; and the two letters thus joined are interchanged. By this permutation (modification), Aleph, the first letter of the alphabet, becomes Lamed, the twelfth letter; Beth becomes a meme and so on. This cipher alphabet is called Albam, from the first interchangeable pairs.
(8) The switching (back and forth) of the twenty-two letters is done by the last letter of the alphabet taking the place of the first, the penultimate (penultimate) taking the place of the second, and so on. This cipher is called Atbash. These hermeneutic canons are much older than Kabbalah. They have always been purchased in synagogues and used by Christian fathers to interpret the Holy Scriptures. Thus Canon V, according to which a word is reduced to its numerical value and interpreted by another word of equal value, is recognized in the New Testament..."
You understand the meaning of what you have just read, for if this is true of "Jewish" hermeneutics and Kabbalah, then with their Chaldean mumbo-jumbo they have misinterpreted or even altered some of the meanings of the Hebrew Scriptures.
The following shows that this is the case:
Deuteronomy 23:7
Have you ever wondered about this verse and its apparent contradiction to what the rest of Scripture says about Edom? Well, many of us do. As we have said before, there are approximately 27,000 transnational errors in our current Bibles. A few different translations by different translators have attempted to resolve many of these discrepancies, but the errors are too numerous and overwhelming. The translation of Deuteronomy 23:7 is one of them. I'll start by quoting this passage:
“You shall not detest an Edomite; for he is your brother; you shall not abhor the Egyptians; because you were a stranger in their land."
This verse teaches that we are to welcome all Edomites into our assemblies with open arms and no questions asked, and that we are somehow guilty of a terrible and despicable sin if we harbor even one evil thought against them.
I ask you: Isn't that the impression you had when you first read this passage? Remember the feeling of guilt, filth, and condemnation that came over you for giving the Edomites even the slightest hint of a derogatory thought that the Lord might suddenly kill you on your way for dealing with the blinked eyes?
If that was your reaction when you read this passage in the past, forget it, for that is not what this verse is saying; not even remotely. I came across this verse many years ago while listening to a presentation by an identity speaker referring to the Edomites and using this verse as one of his points. It was then that I decided to look up the Hebrew meaning of the word "Edomite" myself. I found Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible", I attributed the term "Edomite" to the Hebrew word "130" which means:
“130...Edômîy...Edôwmîy, ed-o-mee': father's name [derived from father's name] of #123; an Edomite or descendant (or inhabitant of) Edom: Edomite. See No. 726, who had the following to say:
#726...Arôwmîy, ar-o-mee'; A typo for #130; an Edomite (as in the margin): Syrian.
The truth hit me immediately (and that was about 15 years ago) that if the correct translation was "Syrian" instead of "Edomite" it would make a world of difference. In the years since that time, I have pointed out this typographical error to many of our belief. I knew then that it would make more sense if Deuteronomy 23:7 was properly read as “Syriac” rather than “Edomite,” since the Syrians were Abraham's relatives, in which case this verse would read, “Thou shalt not detest a Syrian: because he is your brother you shall not detest an Egyptian; because you were a stranger in their land."
Over the years we have been content that the word should have been Syriac instead of Edomite. We remember a part that challenged me and indicated that it was just a typo and didn't really mean anything. Eventually, I concluded that proving this claim would be difficult and decided not to openly raise the issue further.
That is, until recently, while preparing for this lesson, I accidentally discovered what WRITING ERROR was. Now I will reveal to you how I made this discovery. When I decided to tackle the subject of Esau, I was in the process of reading anything and everything I could find on the subject. I was reading The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Volume E-J, Page 24, under the heading Edom, when I read this:
"...there are places where, due to the similarity between the letters _ (d) and _ (r), the text is misread as __À, 'Aram' (i.e. Syria), and ____À, 'Aramean' (i.e. Syrian) , for __À, "Edom," and ____À, "Edomites," such as 2 Kings 16:6; 2 Chronicles 20:2 where the KJV followed the MT but the RSV followed a modified text.
“Note: I have followed the Hebrew characters as faithfully as possible on my computer; Maybe I was wrong... The most important thing to note here is the similarity between the letters _ (d) and _ (r). You can see very easily that a small misspelling can change the word from Edomite to Samian or from Syriac to Edomite. I'm going to enlarge these two Hebrew letters and place them side by side so you can see the difference between them:
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With this small change in the Hebrew script, the word can be changed from Syriac to Edomite! Think so, SyRI am hereDleave out This slight change above changes the Hebrew "r" sound to a "d" sound.
As I originally wrote this, it is now clear to me that the small remnant of Judah from Jerusalem who went into the Babylonian captivity spoke Hebrew when they entered and spoke Chaldean when they left 70 years later.
In addition, when entering, they used a round Hebrew style for writing, and when they left, they used a square Hebrew style. Is it possible that changing from a round style to a square style caused such an error? Well, if so, how many other errors are there because of that? After all, it is absurd to think that we should not "detest" an Edomite if the Almighty Himself hates him.
“AND I HATED ESAU and destroyed its mountains and inheritance for the dragons of the desert. Whereas Edom says: We are poor, but we will return and build the desolate places; Thus says the Lord of hosts: They will build, but I will tear down; and they will call them "the limit of wickedness" and "the people" against whom the Lord rebels forever." (Malachi 1:3-4)
"And Edom said to him, 'You shall not pass by me, lest I come out against you with the sword...' And he (Edom) said, 'You shall not pass. And Edom went out against him with a great multitude and with a mighty hand. Thus Edom refused to allow Israel passage across its frontier: therefore Israel withdrew from it. (Numbers 20:18-21)
of the Edomites
[EE dum ites] Descendants of Edom or ESAU; an ancient people who were enemies of the Israelites. During the days of Abraham, the region that later became home to the Edomites was occupied by more than one tribe of non-Israelite peoples. When Esau moved to this region with his family and possessions, the HORITES were already living in the land of Genesis 36:20.
Edom and Israel after Kadesh Barnea. After years of wandering in the desert, Moses wanted to lead Israel to Canaan, through Edom to Moab. However, the king of Edom denied them passage (Numbers 20:14-21) and forced them to bypass Edom and Moab through the desert to the east (Judges 11:17-18). Later, traveling north to Abel's Acacia Grove in the plains of Moab opposite Jericho (Numbers 33:48-49), Balaam prophesied that Israel would one day possess Edom (Numbers 24:18).
From Conquest to Division. By dividing the land of Canaan after the conquest, Joshua established the frontier of Judah west of the Dead Sea and the frontier of Edom (Joshua 15:1,21). During Saul's reign, Israel fought against Edom (1 Samuel 14:47). But the Edomites sometimes served in Saul's army (1 Samuel 21:7; 22:9).
David conquered Edom along with several other adjacent lands and stationed troops in the land (2 Samuel 8:13-14). Years later, Solomon promoted the construction of a port on the north shore of the Red Sea in Edomite territory. He also built a smelter nearby as a significant part of his developing copper industry. (1 Kings 9:26-29).
After the division. During the divided kingdom period, several hostile encounters took place between the nations of Judah or Israel and Edom. During Jehoshaphat's reign, the Edomites invaded Judah but were pushed back. (2 Chronicles 20:1, 8). An attempt to reopen the port of Ezion Geber failed (1 Kings 22:48); and the Edomites joined with those of Judah in Jehoshaphat's movement to put down the rebellion of Mesa of Moab. (2 Kings 3:4-5) During Joram's reign, Edom broke free from Judah's control (2 Kings 8:20-22), but fell back under Judah's control when Amaziah Selah, its capital, attacked and conquered. Edom was conquered from about 736 BC. a vassal state of Assyria.
Edom, home of the Nabataeans. After the fall of Judas in 586 B.C. Edom rejoiced (Psalm 137:7). The Edomites settled in southern Judah as far south as Hebron. The Nabataeans occupied ancient Edom from the 3rd century BC. and continued their civilization into the 1st century AD. In the period from about 400 to 100 BC. BC Judas Maccabeus subdued the Edomites and John Hyrcanus forced them to be circumcised and then made them part of the Jewish people. The Herod family of New Testament times was of Edomite origin.
Since no written Edomite records have been found, knowledge of the Edomites comes primarily from the Bible, archaeological excavations of their ancient cities, and references to Edom in Egyptian, Assyrian, and Babylonian sources. (from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary) (Copyright (C) 1986, Nelson Thomas Publishers)
E'DOMITES (e'do-mits). The descendants of Esau who settled in southern Palestine and later came into conflict with the Israelites (Deuteronomy 23:7); often just called Edom (Numbers 20:14-21; 24:18; Joshua 15:1; 2 Samuel 8:14); etc)
Country. Edom ("Idumaea", KJV) lay on the southeastern border of Palestine (Judges 11:17; Numbers 34:3) and was properly called the land or mountain of Seir (Genesis 36:8; 32:3; Joshua 24: 4 ; Ezekiel 35:3, 7, 15). The land lay along the Israelites' route from Sinai to Kadesh-Barnea and thence back to Elath (Deuteronomy 1:2; 2:1-8), that is, along the east side of the great valley of Arabah. North of Edom lay the territory of Moab, the border of which seems to have been the "brook Zered." (Deuteronomy 2:13-14, 18).
Edom's physical geography is somewhat peculiar. Along the western base of the range are low limestone hills. This is followed by high masses of igneous rock, mostly porphyry, topped by colorful red sandstone in jagged ridges and sheer cliffs with deep gorges in between.
The final layers give the mountains their most distinctive features and colors. The average elevation of the peak is about two thousand feet above sea level. Along the east side runs an almost unbroken chain of limestone, a thousand feet or higher than the other. This ridge descends into the Arabian desert plateau with a slight incline. Though Edom is so wild, rugged, and almost inaccessible, the deep valleys and flat terraces along the mountainsides are covered with fertile soil, which is now lush with trees, shrubs, and flowers.
People. The Edomites were descendants of Esau or Edom who drove out the original inhabitants, the Horites. (Deuteronomy 2:12) A statement in Genesis 36:31) serves to establish the period of the dynasty of eight kings.
They "reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel"; that is, before the time of Moses, who can be considered Israel's first virtual king. (cf. Deuteronomy 33:4-5; Exodus 18:16-19). It also appears that these kings were elected. The chiefs ("dukes", KJV) of the Edomites are mentioned in (Genesis 36:40-43) and were probably minor chiefs or sheikhs of their various clans.
Story. Esau's bitter hatred of his brother Jacob, who had fraudulently procured his blessing, seems to have been inherited by posterity. The Edomites steadfastly refused to let the Israelites pass through their land. (Numbers 20:18-21) We hear nothing more of the Edomites for a period of 400 years. They were then attacked and defeated by Saul. (1 Samuel 14:47)
Some forty years later, David routed their army in the “valley of salt,” and their general Joab, after victory, annihilated almost the entire male population (1 Kings 11:15-16) and established Jewish garrisons in all the strongholds. from Edom. (2 Samuel 8:13-14)
Hadad, a member of the royal family of Edom, fled to Egypt with some followers, where he was kindly received by the pharaoh. After David's death, he returned and tried to incite his countrymen to rebel against Israel, but when he failed in this attempt, he went to Syria, where he became one of Solomon's greatest enemies. (1 Kings 11:14-22)
In the reign of Jehoshaphat (875 BC), the Edomites tried to invade Israel along with Ammon and Moab, but were miraculously destroyed in the Valley of Berakah. (2 Chronicles 20:22, 26). A few years later they rose up against Joram, elected a king, and maintained their independence for half a century. (2 Chronicles 21:8)
They were then attacked by Amaziah and Selah, their great stronghold, was taken (2 Kings 4:7; 2 Chronicles 25:11-12). However, the Israelites could never fully subdue them again. (2 Chronicles 28:17)
WHEN NEBUCHADONOSARUS BEGAUSED JERUSALEM, THE EDOMITES JOINED HIM AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN THE PREDAGING OF THE CITY AND THE ISRAELITE MATERIALS. HIS CRUELTY AT THIS TIME SEEMS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN (Psalm 137).
BECAUSE OF THESE ATROCITIES AGAINST THE ISRAELITES ON THE DAY OF THEIR DOWN, THE EDOMITES WERE SO FEARLY DENUNCED BY THE DEAD PROPHETS. (Isaiah 34:5-8; 63:1-4; Jeremiah 49:17; Lamentations 4:21; Ezekiel 25:13-14; Amos 1:11-12; Obadiah 8-10, 15
At the conquest of Judah, probably as a reward for their services during the war, the Edomites were permitted to settle in southern Palestine and all the plateau between him and Egypt; but about the same time they were driven out of Edom by the Nabataeans.
They continued to thrive for over four centuries. But during the warlike rule of the Maccabees they were again completely subdued and even forced to submit to Jewish laws and rites and to submit to the rule of the Jewish prefects.
THE EDOMITES WERE THEN INCORPORATED INTO THE JEWISH NATION, AND THE WHOLE PROVINCE WAS FREQUENTLY CALLED “IDUMEA” BY GREEK AND ROMAN WRITER.
Immediately before Titus's siege of Jerusalem, twenty thousand Idumeans were admitted into the Holy City, which they filled with robbery and bloodshed. From that point on, the Edomites disappear from the pages of history as a distinct people. Biblical evidence that they were idolaters (2 Chronicles 25:14-15, 20) is amply confirmed and illuminated by discoveries at Petra.
For a discussion of the degrading practices of the Edomite religion, see George L. Robinson, The Sarcophagus of an Ancient Civilization. (Bibliography: D N Freedman and E F Campbell, eds., Biblical Archaeologist Reader 2 (1964): 51-58; T C Vriezen, Oudtestament Studien 14 (1965): 330-53; N Glueck, The Other Side of Jordan (1970) ; D.J. Wiseman, ed., Peoples of Old Testament Times (1973), pp. 229-58). (from New Unger's Bible Dictionary) (Originally published by Moody Press of Chicago, Illinois. Copyright (C) 1988.)
Not only that, some of the early church fathers may have followed this system of interpretation to some degree. Is it any wonder that we occasionally have to deal with difficult and questionable passages of the Bible? In some passages we must ask ourselves whether what we are reading is "breath of the Lord" or "false prophecy" by a "false writer" (Ezekiel 13:6; Jeremiah 14:14; Zechariah 10:2?)
We are instructed in Scripture to verify everything with witnesses. So when faced with a difficult passage, we must consider the CONTEXT in which it is written. If we consider what we now know as so-called "Christianity" we learn that it is a mixture of Aristotelian logic, "Jewish" hermeneutics, Greek philosophy, Persian Magianism, Judaism, Platoism, Gnosticism, Eastern mysticism, Spinozism, Maimonidesism and Kabbalism , what should we do with all this? Now do you understand why we must do what our Messiah taught and start over? Indeed, the Scriptures describe our "righteousness" as a dirty cloth. (Isaiah 64:6)
„a row of seeds”a teaching of the Antichrist
That's a very serious accusation, but it's true, as you'll soon see. Perhaps it would be good if the term "a seedline" were defined. It can be called a "non-seedline" or "anti-seedline" depending on how far it can be taken. If it is taken to the extreme to reduce the "two seeds" of Genesis 3:15 to the "flesh" and the "spirit," as Ted R. Weiland did, then it would have to be considered "anti-descent." . ”
When this extreme position is taken, even the "seed" of Messiah is denied. In fact, this attitude would have to be defined as "anti-seedline," making their position not only "anti-seedline," but also "antichrist." We will now show why this happens.
When we started researching Two Seedline and realized how severe the impact was; Even as we consider those who reject this teaching, it never occurred to us that such a teaching could be "Antichrist." As we examined the position of the "unique seed" the thought that it might be the "antichrist" slowly dawned on us, along with the realization that the matter of the two "seeds" of Genesis 3:15 was even more serious is as we previously considered. Let's put it that way. There are certain basic principles of our "Christian" faith.
These beliefs are as follows: We believe that the Lord created all things visible and invisible; that He BECAME FLESH and dwelt among us, and that He was of one substance to be man and Yahweh when He took on this flesh; that He suffered and died IN THE FLESH at the hands of unholy men; that he was resurrected IN THE FLESH (John 2:19-21), that he ascended IN THE FLESH into heaven; that from there He will return IN THE FLESH to judge the living and the dead.
Each of these principles is essential and indispensable to the Christian faith. Consequently, anyone who denies these fleshly manifestations of Yahweh is an "antichrist." must come; and even now it is already in the world.”
The denial of the TWO "seeds" mentioned in Genesis 3:q5 is also perverse, for if there were no "seed" of the serpent to strike Hell of Messiah (betrayal and crucifixion) we would have no salvation. Unless he was hurt for our misdeeds, we have nothing to look forward to except the grave.
It is blasphemous to conclude that He was not harmed, but insist on doing seedliners, i.e. anti-seedliners. It is just as blasphemous to say that the Word did not become flesh as to imply that He was not smitten, but the anti-seed position boils down to that. To reject “two seed lines” is to reject Isaiah 53:5: “But he was pierced because of our transgressions, he was crushed because of our iniquities; the penalty of our peace was upon him; and by his wounds we are healed.”
To deny "two seed lines" is to deny the "bruising" of our Savior, for it was the serpent's "seed" that would smite Him. Judas Iscariot came from this "line of descendants." If there weren't a "snake seed" to beat him, we wouldn't have salvation. In short, it is an anti-Christian religion. And they should be ashamed. Again, if there is no "seed" of the serpent, there has been no wound.
If there were no bruises, then there is no salvation. So, let's reiterate, seedliners and anti-seedliners (or whatever you want to call them) teach an "antichrist" (anti-Messiah) doctrine that denies "Two Lineages."
There are those who advocate that we two seedliners make a truce with the individual seedliners. That is, anti-seedliner, for the sake of the identity message. To which we reply: MUST WE ALSO MAKE A TRUTH WITH THOSE WHO DECLARE THAT YAHWEH DOES NOT COME IN THE FLESH? DO WE TRACK WITH THE JEWS WHO MURDERED YASHUA, OUR SAVIOR, REDEEMER AND KING? Now, we don't know about you, but we will never declare a truce with them, and if the identity message falls within the teaching of the two seed lines, then it must fall.
Three doctrines stand or fall together
While several doctrines are taught in Genesis 3:15, three of them stand or fall together. These three basic teachings are the incarnation, crucifixion and resurrection of our Messiah. They are interdependent. Each is equally important and cannot be separated from the other two.
Since both the "wounding" (betrayal and crucifixion) and the "birth" of Yeshua (the coming of Yahweh in the flesh) are prophesied in Genesis 3:15, they rise and fall together. So we repeat, these three principles in Genesis 3:15 stand and fall together. Without the incarnation there could be no "wounds"; without the "bruising" the crucifixion or resurrection could have no meaning.
Remove an item and we have nothing, zip, null. Hence Genesis 3:15 contains the incarnation, death, and resurrection in a single verse. Why else would the Lord be so anxious to preserve Cain and his posterity (Genesis 4:15, 23-24) if not to prevent the serpent seed from being cut off before the fulfillment of Genesis 3:15? In order for Yahweh to fulfill His promise, the SERPENT SEED LINE had to be preserved, as had that of the WOMAN.
Genesis 3:15 is also unique in that it speaks both generally and specifically. It usually speaks of a "hate" WAR between two genetic groups of people; it speaks explicitly of an individual "evildoer" (traitor) of one group and an individual redeemer of the other. Genesis 3:15 predicts, among other things, the outcome of this seemingly endless war.
While there is much conflict in this war between the two "seeds," there are two specific significant events; the "heel wound" and the "head wound". The heel strike of our sinless Messiah was only temporary when he was resurrected. The blow to the head of the serpent and its seed will be fatal and final for all who belong to this genetic lineage and for those who aid them in their efforts to destroy the White Race.
Resurrection is implied at Genesis 3:15 because the "heel strike" was not fatal to the Messiah. We repeat again, Incarnation, Crucifixion and Resurrection cannot be taught separately. Either we have ALL THREE or we have NONE. To teach one or two of these three elements alone is nonsense and heresy. This is essentially what seedliners, i.e. anti-seedliners, do. It all boils down to this: if a person cannot understand all the implications of Genesis 3:15, they cannot understand the rest of the Bible.
So it is obvious that the only seedliners with some of your irrational statements about this verse do not understand the implications of this crucial and fundamental passage. With the prophecy that the serpent's seed (power) would be completely crushed, it is no wonder they are sensitive to the word "genocide" and create so-called "hate" laws. No wonder they scream "never again".
It seems that deep in their satanic mind they are already aware of their final destination. (See the following verses, for they all speak of the total destruction of the Jews: Deuteronomy 28:1-14; 32:39-43; Judges 5:31; Job 11:20; 18:5-21; 21:17 - 21; 21:30; 31:4; Psalm 1:1-6; 9:5-6; 9:16-17; 11:5-6; 31:17-18; 34:21; 37:8-22 ; 37:34-38; 50:16-21; 58:10; 68:1-2; 74:22-23; 75:10; 92:7-11; 101:7-8; 104:35; 106 :18; 112:10; 139:19-22; 145:20; Proverbs 1:22-32; 2:22; 5:22-23; 10:30; 11:5-7; 13:9; 21 : 7; 24:20; 2 Ezra 13:9-11; Barnabas 12:9; Ecclesiastes 8:10; Isaiah 1:24; 11:4; 14:1-30; 34:5-8; 65:12-15 ; 34:4-10; Jeremiah 6:26-30; 8:10-13; 49:7-18; Ezekiel 5:11-17; 25:1-14; 35:1-15; 36:1-5 ; Obadiah 1:1-21; Zephaniah 1:3-6; 14:21; Malachi 1:3; 4:1; 5:9; Matthew 3:12; 12:39; 13:24-30; 13:36 -42; 13:47-50; 17:17; 21:41; 21:41; 22:44; 23:15; Mark 4:11-12; 12:36; Luke 19:14; 19:27; 9 :41 ; John 5:28-29; 15:6; 19:13-15; 2 Thessalonians 2:8-9; 2:9-12; Jude 1:1-12)
definition of„Antichrist”
You can look it up in almost any Bible commentator and dictionary, and the definition of the term "antichrist" is almost universally given as someone who denies that the Lord has come in the flesh. If this is an adequate definition, it follows that according to the "anti-seedliner" position, He was neither "stricken by the serpent's seed" (betrayal and crucifixion) nor raised from the dead after three days.
This denial of a literal "seed" of the snake, proposed by a seedliner, forces the same conclusion as that which has been defined as„ANTICHRIST,”by placing them in the same category (which they claim to be; there never was a literal "seed of the serpent"), the only seedliners were also guilty of claiming that the Lord did not come in the flesh. While some commentaries point to the Gnostics referring to this day as the "Antichrists," other commentaries point to the "Jews." In fact, there were "Jewish" Gnostic groups, so both are probably true.
For the last 2,000 or so years, "Jews" have practically fulfilled this definition of being "antichrist." So if the pioneers want to take the same position as the "Jews," let them be "marked" for who they really are. Since John Wilson and Edward Hine first brought Israel's identity message to us, we have had to go through a refinement process to remove some false assumptions; the claim that today's "Jews" are part of the Real Israel is one of them.
With the teachings of men like Bill Gale, Bertrand L. Comparet, Wesley A. Swift, and San Jacinto Capt., the "Jews" were more correctly identified as Israel's formidable and ancient enemy. Admittedly, before we knew anything about the message of Israel's identity and the two seeds of Genesis 3:15, we too unknowingly had the same view of the "antichrist" described here as "one seed," and we knew it no better, since that is all they have ever taught in the Judeo-Christian churches we have visited up to this point.
We must emphasize here that we owe a great debt of gratitude to British Israel. However, there are some areas on which we cannot agree:
(1) We cannot take the position that the great German people are Assyrians, for they really belong to the tribe of Judah;
(2) We cannot agree with British Israel that Cainite "Jews" are under the covenant of our fathers;
(3) Since British-Israel ignores Two Seedline, we can't agree with that either; and (this was added by me just to be clear)
(4) That England is Ephraim and America is Manasseh, for we believe that America is Ephraim and England is Manasseh.
The only thing we learned as we walked into this message of Israel's identity was that it was necessary to unlearn many things we thought we knew and start over. This is what many people who come into this message deny. After his conversion, Paul had to go into the desert for three years to be transformed. (Galatians 1:17-18)
Three years would have been a reasonable amount of time for him to look at all the OT writings (that were then available to him) in a new light. Why should we be different from Paul? The problem is that this identity movement has many people who haven't been to the wilderness (identity pastors without exception).
Let's read some commentary to understand the implications of what is called "Antichrist." There are many opinions along these lines, but let's focus on the definition of denying that the Lord came in the flesh to dwell among us and read the other three passages about it, found in 1 CorstJohn:
“Little children, it is the last time; and since you have heard that the antichrist is coming, many antichrists have already arisen; by which we know it is the last time.” (1 John 2:18)
“Who is a liar but he who denies that Yeshua is the Christ? He is the Antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.” (1 John 2:22)
“For many deceivers have come into the world, who will not confess that Yeshua the Christ has come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.” (2 John 1:7)
The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, Volume 1, Page 179 says the following on the subject of Antichrist under “Scriptures”:
“...1 John 2:22 defines the Antichrist as one who 'denies that Jesus is the Christ.' Such a person "denies also the Father and the Son." According to John's definition, an antichrist is anyone who denies that Jesus is God and Christ. In 1 John 4:3 reference is made to the "spirit of antichrist" which again is described as coming in the future and also "not yet in the world". who is a denier of the deity of Jesus Christ.
“In 2 John 7 a more specific reference is made to the contemporary rejection of Christ by those who deny the reality of the incarnation: 'For many deceivers have gone out into the world, people who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; this is the deceiver and the antichrist.” From these four passages it is clear that antichrist as defined by John is primarily a theological concept and refers to the rejection of Christ OR a heretical view of him.
"The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Volumes A-D, page 142 says the following about the 'Antichrist': "...Polycarp agrees with Johannie's letters, however, that the Antichrist is the SPIRIT OF HERESIAH, whoever denies the true incarnation, it is indeed an antichrist, and whoever denies the RESURRECTION and JUDGMENT is the firstborn of Satan.” (Policy Philippians 7:1)
In Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Apostolic Church, Volume 3, under the heading Antichrist, we find some interesting information. Although Hastings uses the words "Jew" for an Israelite and Judaism for the beliefs of the Israelites, he has some interesting statements to shed light on the subject. Interestingly, Hastings connects the Antichrist theme to the temptation in Genesis 3.
So there seems to be a close relationship between the Two Seedline doctrine and the Antichrist theme. Reading excerpts now from 67-68:
“...Although the word 'Antichrist' does not occur until we come to the Epistles of John, we have much evidence in pre-Christian (should be Israelite) Jewish literature, canonical and extra-canonical, that there is a widespread notion of a supreme adversary, the should rise up against God, his kingdom and his people, or his Messiah. The threads that made up the idea were varied and strangely intertwined, and much obscurity still lingers on the subject... Traces of this dragon myth appear here and there in the Old Testament, for example in the story of the temptation in Genesis 3 where, as in Revelation 12:9; 20:2, the serpent = the dragon; and in later apocalyptic literature a dragon represents the enemy forces rising up against God and his kingdom (Ps. Sol. 2:29). the idea of a conflict between God (Yahweh) and the dragon was transferred from cosmogony to eschatology and presented as the culminating episode of the end times. (Isaiah 27:1; Daniel 7) ... Alongside the myth of the dragon must be placed the idea of Beliar (Belial), a contribution to Jewish thought (it should be Israelite) on the side of Persian dualism, with its idea of an adversary who not only embodies the natural forces of chaos and darkness, as in the Babylonian story of creation, but also all hostile powers of moral evil...
“And in the gap between the Old Testament and the New Testament, Beliar is often used as a synonym for Satan and the devil or archdemon. (eg, Jubilees, 15; cf. 2 Corinthians 6:15) Beliar's idea was a much later influence on the dragon myth, for Babylonian religion offers no real parallel to belief in the devil, and the derivation suggested by Cheyne Named Belili, goddess of the underworld... has little to recommend. But a later merging of Beliar with the dragon was very natural, and we have a striking illustration of it when in Wisdom 2:24 and elsewhere the serpent of temptation is identified with the devil. Compare Revelation 12:9; 20:2, where "the dragon, that old serpent" is explained as "the devil and Satan"...on the differences between Judaism (correct this time) and Christianity, and especially on the differences in their conception of the Messiah himself.
“At the same time, it should be noted that there is nothing in the New Testament as a whole that amounts to a unified presentation of the antichrist idea. Elements of the conception appear in the Gospels, in the Pauline epistles, in the Apocalypse, in the Johannine epistles, but in each group of writings it is treated differently and with more or less divergence from earlier Jewish (Israelite) forms... In the Throughout the gospels it is evident that Jesus established the existence of the kingdom of evil under the control of a supreme personality also called the devil (Matthew 4:1; 13:29 etc.), Satan (Matthew 4:10; 12:26 ; Luke 10 :18 etc) 2:14)..."
With this quote on the subject of "Antichrist" we should slowly get an idea of what it is all about. To delve a little deeper into this topic, let's consider the term "Belial." Here we quote again from the same volume in Hastings, page 140:
“BELIAL... If we take the meaning of 'unserviceable' we find that the usual use of 'Belial' in the Old Testament fits it very well; 'Sons of Belial' from 'Men of Belial' means 'worthless or wicked men', according to the common Hebrew idiom replacing a genitive with an adjective.
“However, the word is used twice in the Old Testament as a quasi-proper noun. At Psalm 18:4 we read of “the cords of death,” “the chains of Belial,” “the cords of Sheol,” “the snares of death”; here Belial = the underworld. Again, in Nahum 1:15 we say that Belial will no longer pass through Judah; he's totally cut off. In this passage Belial corresponds almost exactly to Pau's "man of lawlessness, man of perdition" (2 Thessalonians 2:3). be a later interpolation, probably from 1stCent. A.D ... Belial is Antichrist ... There are many forms of this name, mainly due to phonetic fluid interchangeability: Belial, Beliar, Beliam, Belian, Beliab, Belias, Berial.”
No, we need to explain why Nahum 1:15 speaks of Belial because that word is not used in the KJV. The verse in the King James says:
“Behold, on the mountains are the feet of him who brings glad tidings, who proclaims peace! O Judah, keep your solemn feasts, fulfill your vows; for the wicked will never pass you by again; he's totally cut off.
So, turning to Strong's Concordance, we can see where Belial comes in: Strong's Concordance #1100: beliya` al (bel-e-yah'-al); from OT:1097 and OT:3276; no gain, no value; by extension, destruction, malice (often associated with OT:376, OT:802, OT:1121, etc.): KJV – Belial, evil, mischievous, evil (men), perverted. (Strong's New Exhaustive Numbers and Biblesoft's Concordance to the Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright (c) 1994, Biblesoft and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
For another definition of 'Belial' we use The Revell Bible Dictionary, page 143: 'Belial … As a proper noun, a name for Satan. In common usage, a Hebrew word for "worthless." The phrase "sons of Belial" appears several times in the Old Testament. (Deuteronomy 13:13; 1 Samuel 2:12; 2 Chronicles 13:7) Modern translations generally translate simply "worthless people," since belia'al means "worthless" or "lawless."
The proper name is retained, however, in 2 Chronicles 6:15, where Paul rhetorically asks, "What harmony is there between Christ and Belial?" In second-century Jewish (Israelite) literature, Belial (or Belial) was a name for Satan. In the passage from 2 Corinthians, Paul exhorts Christians not to compromise with the ways, practices, or peoples of SATAN.”
Even the Talmud refers to the sons of Satan: Talmud:
"... CERTAIN CHILDREN OF BELIALS have come forth from among you." (Mas. Berachoth 31b)
Talmud:
"...But is it written, sons of Belial?" (Mas. Sabbat 55b)
Talmud:
"Mishnah. The inhabitants of a deceived city have no part in the world to come, as it is written: CERTAIN MEN, THE CHILDREN OF BELIAL, went out from among you and removed the inhabitants of your city. (But. Sanhedrin 111b)
Talmud:
"THE CHILDREN OF BELIAL MARK CHILDREN WHO HAVE CAST THE HEAVENLY YOKE FROM THEIR NECKS." (But. Sanhedrin 111b)
Talmud:
"Some base mates have left." Note 17: Deuteronomy XIII, 14. The lesson is based on the occurrence of the word 'basis' (Heb. Belial) in both contexts.” (Mas. Baba Bathra 10a)
Then we have the testimony of the Jews that they know there is no chance for them to enter the kingdom of God: Talmud: MISHNA. The inhabitants of a deceived city have no share in the world to come, as it is written CERTAIN MEN, THE SON OF BELIAL, went out from among you and removed the inhabitants of their city.18 Footnote: “(18) Deuteronomy XIII, 14. THE DEDUCTION IS FROM THEY GO OUT OF THEM AND INDICATE THAT THEY HAVE LOST THEIR PART IN THE WORLD TO COME (Rashi and Yad Ramah). BERTINORO DERIVES FROM THE BELIAL WORD kghkc TO READ KGH HKC “WITHOUT ASCENT” ie. H. THAT HE SHALL NEVER RISE FROM THE GRAVE INTO THE WORLD TO COME.” (But. Sanhedrin 111b)
Again, The Revell Bible Dictionary has a good definition of the word "Antichrist" on page 73: "Antichrist An opponent of Christ or a substitute for Christ. The name, coined by John and found only in his letters, is rooted in ancient biblical prophecies about an evil person who will appear at the end of history to rally mankind against God.
"John also speaks of 'many antichrists' and of an antichrist spirit active before the end of time. (1 John 2:18; 4:3) These antichrist false teachers can be recognized by the fact that they deny Jesus as God incarnate. These people are 'crooks' who may pose as Christians, but whose true character is revealed by their refusal to affirm the full divinity of Jesus Christ.”
It is important to note here that refusing to correctly identify the two "seeds" of Genesis 3:15 is to deny the deity of the Messiah. To properly identify our Redeemer, it is necessary not only to confess Him as Lord in the flesh, but also to identify Him as the one who was "bruised" by the serpent's seed of Genesis 3:15 for our iniquities.
Unless He was smitten as such, He is not Lord in the flesh. We must also acknowledge His resurrection. If he was not wounded (died in our place). He couldn't be resurrected. If He died in our place and rose again, He is not Lord in the flesh. The only seedliners deny his injury.
If he suffered a literal physical death and died, then the serpent is also a literal physical seed. By teaching against Two Seedline, the seedliners, i.e. anti-seedliners, became ANTICHRIST. And that voluntarily.
The fact that our people Israel are at WAR with the bloodline of Satan needs to be emphasized again. This WAR began in Genesis 3:15 in the Garden of Eden and has continued for over 7,000 years. This AR sits between two "hate groups"; a good hate group and a bad hate group.
Some may reply that all "hate" is unchristian, and THAT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. On one side are the literal "sons of Satan"; on the other side are the true "sons of Yahweh." Among the “carnal sons of Yahweh is the Messiah Himself. Therefore, our Redeemer is a member of the good “hate group.”
Again, he is not ashamed to be considered a member. (Hebrews 2:11) Hatred is bad when directed in the wrong direction. However, if our hatred is properly expressed, it will not affect the innocent. If we direct our hate where it is needed, some of our problems with our common enemy can be solved.
The only seedliners (anti-seedliners) express their hatred of meat; The Two Seedliners express their hatred for the literal, walking, talking, breathing genetic children of Satan. If our "meat" is the problem, we had better get our "meat" out of today's satanic banking system.
Perhaps someone should cut off their "carnal" fingers to avoid paying illegal income taxes to the IRS, which in turn supports murderous abortion of white children by making them accomplices after the fact. According to anti-seedliners (who teach that the flesh is the problem), we should be looking at those fingers and "hating" them rather than identifying the real enemy. Mother of all nonsense.
Speaking of absurdities, we have to report on another situation that happened while researching the Two Seedline theme. When I wrote several short articles on the subject about five years ago, I noticed that there were a number of scattered critics who spoke out against it.
Because of the seriousness of the subject, we have collected these several small articles and called them Research Papers Proving Two Seductions of Eve. Later, Ted R. Weiland obtained a copy of these writings and tried to fool me. Now I will tell about such a case, and you can assess the situation for yourself and determine who is really reckless reckless in this topic.
On page 4 of my "Research Papers Proving Eve's Seduction by Two Seeds" I said in part the following:
“Then it is absurd to say that the woman has no seed. The woman contributes just as much to the genetic make-up of the offspring as the man. The question at this point is whether the serpent has seeds or "children"; Who fathered them and cared for them? To do this, it is important that we first go to Genesis 3:13, where it says, “And the Lord said to the Lord, What have you done? And the woman said: The snake deceived me, and I ate. You will find that Eve said to Jehovah: 'The serpent deceived me.' It is #5377; 'nâshâ, naw-shaw'; a primitive root; to mislead, that is, (mentally) to deceive, or (morally) TO SEDUCE: to mislead, to deceive, x severely, x wholly.'
“The word seduce can mean to seduce, which in turn means to make (a woman) renounce her chastity … to seduce into illegal sex. It can also mean being mentally seduced (and I contend that one is mentally seduced before the physical act). We must be wise enough to tell the difference. Now that we've covered the word cheated, let's not cover the word eat. EAT in Strong's Concordance is #398 and means: ''akal,'aw-kal; a primitive root, eat (literally or figuratively): -x at all, burn, consume, devour (er, on), dine, eat (-er, on), feed (with) food, x free, x in.. . wise (-action, abundance), (LAY) flesh, x abundance' [x = Hebrew expression]. In this particular verse, eat might mean what it says, but it's better translated in layman's terms. Now that we have consulted Strong's Concordance as to the meaning of these two words, let us try to determine what Eve actually said: "THE SNAKE DELAYED ME, AND I LIED UP." At this point it may be said that we expand the Hebrew meaning of the word "eat."
At this point, let me add the following to this discussion: Strong's Concordance #2233 zera` (zeh'‑rah); from OT:2232; SEEDS; figurative fruit, plant, sowing time, posterity: KJV‑X carnal, CHILD, fertile, SEED (time), sowing time. #2232 zara` (zaw-rah'); a primitive root; sow; figuratively, sow, plant, bear fruit: KJV - bring forth, receive seed, sow (-er), bring forth. (Strong's New Exhaustive Numbers and Biblesoft's Concordance to the Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright (c) 1994, Biblesoft and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
The portion Weiland quoted from my work was the portion I took from Strong's Exhaustive Bible Concordance on Hebrew word #398, akal, plus the sentence before it and the last two sentences after it. Then, on pages 24-25, Weiland commented that:
“Seedliners extend the Hebrew meaning of the word “eat”. Any linguist would argue that the Hebrew word "akal," which translates as "eat," has been distorted to mean something it doesn't mean. The word "layman" is not part of Strong's definition of the Hebrew word "akal". The definition is just the word or group of words that precedes the colon.
“In the preface to his Hebrew and Chaldean Dictionary, Mr. Strong explained that what follows the colon are translations of the translators of the King James Bible: “6. Finally (after the punctuation mark:-) all the different translations of the word in the authorized English version are given, arranged in alphabetical order of main terms...'
"Sir. Strong also explains his use of brackets around the word 'Lay:''() (brackets) ... denoting a word or syllable sometimes given in conjunction with the noun to which it is attached.' This is demonstrated in the following passage from Hosea: "I (Yahweh) drew them with cords of men, with chains of love; (Hosea 11:4)"
"In other words, the word 'lay' as used by James Strong is in no way a definition or substitute for the word 'eat' and cannot be used in the manner dictated by the previous seedliner."
"Regarding the word 'deceived' in Genesis 3:13, a seedliner (Nord Davis) speculated: 'When Eve was interrogated (by Yahweh), she is quoted as saying, 'Nachash deceived (Strong's word #5377, nasha, sexually seduced me) and I ate, Genesis 3:13.' For this line writer (Nord David) to include the word "sexual" in Strong's definition borders on dishonesty. Strong's Concordance does not say "sexually" seduced.
Weiland should have mentioned Proverbs 30:20: “Such is the way of the adulterous woman; she eats and wipes her mouth and says: I have done no wrong. Which proves that the word "eat" means sexual acts. For what else could be inferred from the speech of an adulterous woman; because that's why she has sex with someone else, that's why they call her an adulteress.
With Nord Davis dead and unable to fight back, I must answer for him; Nord can check Mr. Weiland, Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament, as it says "sexual pleasures" for Hebrew word #398, akal.
There are four meanings of the word akal, and number three says this, page 43: “(3) to enjoy anything, such as happiness, Job 21:25; the fruit of good or bad deeds, SEXUAL PLEASURES.” (Proverbs 30:20 (cf. 9:17...5:20) This meaning can also be found in “Wilson's Old Testament Word Studies” in the topic “to eat”, page 141 , to be checked.
Furthermore, in his Idioms In The Bible, George M. Lamsa points out with regard to Proverbs 9:17 that “stolen love” and “secretly making love to another woman appear pleasant.”
This is the same word Eve used when she said, Genesis 3:13, "...the serpent deceived me, and I did Akal." So who really is the one "verging on dishonesty"? such spurious and minute arguments about "punctuation," "colon," and "parentheses" have little or no meaning in this case. Remember the statement about "any linguist" above? Well, in Gesenius a qualified "linguist" or not? From this we can conclude one of two things: either Weiland does not have a lexicon of Gesenius or he refused to use one.
In fact, Weiland's explanation of the components of Strong's definition is correct. His real fault lies in his disdain for idioms. Just as he rejects the entire Talmud, which contains many principles of Israel's identity, he wants to reject all valid Hebrew idioms.
Weiland should also look for idioms in Strong at the beginning of the "Hebrew And Chaldee Dictionary" under "Signs Employed", especially in "X". To the extent that Weiland disapproves of idioms (such as Genesis 49:9 17, 21, 22, 27) by his own standards, we should start looking for the "lost tribes" at the Bronx Zoo.
Mister. Not only does Ted R. Weiland take these things completely out of context, he also makes some of the most blasphemous statements against the Almighty I have ever seen in his book Eve, Did She Or Didn't She? on pages 4 and 5.
Here are some excerpts from their remarks, trying to put their own bizarre and made-up words into the mouths of the Two Seedliners: "Yahweh himself is a sexual deviant"... "Yahweh had sexual relations with women and had children"... "Yahweh is a liar" ... "The Bible is not trustworthy" ... "Adam was a sodomite ..." ... "Both Adam and Eve were abominations in the sight of Yahweh" ... "Adam and Eve were permitted by Yahweh to have sexual relations with different partners ... or people of other races" ... "Yahweh was the originator and even encouraged the exchange of marriage partners for heterosexual and homosexual purposes" ... "Yahshua carried the genes of someone of another race" ... "All Israelites are the seed Satan's"... "Satan could, and possibly did, have sex with some of the Corinthian Christians, both male and female"... "Yahshua the Christ has had and has sexual relations with His followers."
Now Weiland claims that we two seedliners imply these things just quoted. In my entire life I have never read or heard of either seedliner making such suggestions. Therefore, these statements belong only to Weiland and Weiland, and he must take responsibility for them. They are his invention and he owns them by copyright, Library of Congress, #00-090494. Weiland's comments indicate that I personally make such claims, since he quotes me several times (and mostly out of context) in this book.
Weiland not only quoted me, but many other prominent Two Seedliners as well. He tries to make it seem like he's not pointing fingers or naming names. He does this by putting a number at the end of each quote and then listing them at the end of the book. Let's look at some of the people besides me whom he accuses of such blasphemy on pages 105-115: Dan Gayman, Gladys M. Demaree, Bertrand L. Comparet, Jarah B. Crawford, Nord W. Davis, B.J. Dryburgh, Dewy Tucker, James E. Wise, Scott Stinson, Norman Moody Rogers, and Arnold Murry. How dare Weiland put such blasphemous words in our mouths. Not only that, some of these people are dead and can't fight back, and if they've said such blasphemous things, why doesn't Weiland quote the book, chapter, and verse? He doesn't do it because he can't.
In his blindness, Weiland stumbles
By some valuable information
Favoring of two leading lines
Despite Weiland's persistent and determined quest to destroy the Two-Seedline Truth, he inadvertently stumbles upon some valuable evidence that helps substantiate Eve's sexual encounter with Satan, though he ridicules her as "influenced by Babylon."
But before you get that second-hand quote from "Eve, Did She Or't She?" In relation to this information data, you need some background information. According to Weiland's source notes, it was written by Scott Stinson in an article entitled "The Serpent and Eve."
In this article, Stinson talks about the contents of several Targums. For a brief explanation of what a targum is, I quote from The New Concise Bible Dictionary, editor Derek Williams, pages 541-542:
"TARGUM: An Aramaic translation or paraphrase of part of the Old Testament. There are targums for all OT books except Ezra, Nehemiah, and Daniel. They arose as the synagogue developed after the exile, when Aramaic began to replace Hebrew as the language of the Jews. It therefore became customary for the reading of the Hebrew Scriptures in synagogue services to be followed by an oral translation into Aramaic. Over time, these translations became more solid and traditional, and were probably adopted in writing by the 2nd century.ndone hundred. B.C
"Even the most literal targums updated place names, smoothed out textual difficulties, and clarified obscure passages. Some of the Targums paraphrases significantly expand the text, alter the text significantly, and insert additional material ('midrash'). Their value today is that they provide important evidence for the colloquial language of ancient Palestine and thus for the study of the language and context of the New Testament. They also offer important testimony to the OT text.”
These Targumim include the "Targum of Onkelos" and the "Pseudo-Jonathan Targum". Weiland is definitely of the opinion that these Targumim were and are "Babylonian influenced". I prefer not to believe, as the Targumins only appeared in Babylon after their return from exile.
They were born out of necessity; not just any Babylonian religious system. Because the books of Daniel, Ezra, and Nehemiah were not written entirely in Hebrew, they did not require Aramaic targums. When the exiles returned speaking Aramaic, a translation from Hebrew into Aramaic became necessary.
Since the Scriptures were read publicly, both in their ancient Hebrew and in Aramaic, any variation of the text would have been censored and censured as they had very strict rules as to how this was done. Scott Stinson points out that the Targums and Hebrew as we know it today disagree on the Temptation story.
Quoting Scott Stinson indirectly from Weiland's book, page 96:
“This interpretation (seed lineage) is confirmed in the Hebrew Bible, which is written in Aramaic and is commonly known as the Targums. These commentaries were written after the return (of the house of Judah) from Babylon... One text gives this interpretation of Genesis 4:1: “And Adam knew Eve his wife, pregnant by the angel Sammael, and she conceived and Cain gave birth to Light; and he was like heavenly beings, and not like earthly beings, and she said, I have acquired a man, the angel of the Lord. ' (Targum from Jonathan to Genesis 4:1)
“Another ancient commentary gives a similar interpretation of the same passage; “And Adam knew his wife Eve, who had coveted the angel; and she conceived and bare Cain, and said, I have acquired a man, the angel of the Lord...” (Palestinian Targum on Genesis 4:1) She saw that her image was not of earthly beings, but of heavenly beings, and she prophesied and said, 'I have got a man from the Lord.' (Pirke by Rabbi Eliezer, 21)
"A rabbinic source says: 'Eve begot Cain from the dung of the serpent, and therefore all the evil generations descended from him, and on their side is the dwelling place of spirits and demons.' (Ahare Moth 76b) A similar explanation for the evil deeds of Caine's lineage is found elsewhere. We read: “Two beings had intercourse with Eve, and she conceived by both and bore two sons. Each followed one of the male parents back and forth, and their characters as well. On Cain's side are all the abodes of the evil species, from which come evil spirits and demons." (Bereshith 36b)
Rather, the actual “Babylonian-influenced words” that Ted R. Weiland is referring to are the system of Kabbalistic numerology used by the priesthood from then to now to assign a hidden secret meaning to every letter, word, phrase, and phrase of the Old Testament. Reading Targums in public is hardly a "secret". Apparently, Weiland is unaware that the Aramaic Targums heavily influenced the Greek Septuagint version of the Old Testament, which is also believed to be Targum.
Of course, Weiland also ignores the fact that most of the Old Testament quotations found in the New Testament come primarily from the Septuagint. By Weiland's premise, we must discard all of these Old Testament quotations in our New Testament because they come from Aramaic targums that are said to be "Babylonian-influenced". testament, as recorded at Luke 4:17-21, he may have read a targum.
If he had read directly from the Hebrew, people would have asked for an interpreter. What Ted R. Weiland, along with several other pioneers, is trying to do is condemn everything written in the Talmud, Kabbalah, Zohar, Targum, and other "Jewish" literature as 100% false, and what we must consider as 1800contradicts SUCH INFORMATION from NY.
If we took such a position, we would also have to condemn most of the tenets of the Christian message of Israel, since hundreds of references in the Talmud are parallel identity beliefs. So I believe Scott Stinson has presented some relevant and credible evidence regarding Genesis 4:1.
If your research evidence is correct, someone changed the meaning of Genesis 4:1. I will continue to develop, expand and flesh out the theme of these Targums later. While seedliners (anti-seedliners) complain and rave that the two seed lineage doctrine is "Babylonian influenced," there is a reference to Genesis 3:14-15 on page 8 of the Wycliff Bible Commentary that they do not agree to make this statement:
“Cursed (_arû) art thou. The Lord has chosen the originator and instigator of temptation for a special condemnation and humiliation. From that moment on, he has to crawl in the dust and even feed on it. He would rather fall from grace and hate be directed at him from all sides.
“Man always regarded him as a symbol of the humiliation of the one who slandered God. (cf. Isaiah 65:25) HE SHOULD NOT ONLY REPRESENT THE SNAKE RACE BUT THE POWER OF THE EVIL EMPIRE. As long as life went on, people would hate him and try to destroy him. I WILL PUT HOSTILITY. The word __bå denotes the blood feud that sits deepest in people's hearts. (cf. Numbers 35:19-20; Ezekiel 25:15-17; 35:5-6) It is the same in both clauses.
"When translated 'crush' it seems adequate for referring to the snake's head, but not so accurately for describing the snake's attack on the man's heel. It is also translated as "wait, aim, or (LXX) watch." The Vulgate translates it primarily as "conteret," "wound," and in the other clause, as "insidiaberis," "to wait." So we have in that famous passage called "Protevangelium," "first gospel," the proclamation of a long struggle, continued enmity, wounds on both sides, and final victory for the seed of the woman. God's promise that the serpent's head would be crushed portended the coming of the Messiah and guaranteed victory. This certainty came to the ears of God's first creatures as a blessed hope of salvation.
This passage explains everything, hoping to identify the counterfeit Judaites ("Jews") as the "race of the serpent" and the seed of Eve as the Anglo-Saxon descendants of the Israelites. Verily, the starting position is built on mistakes, and to maintain it, therefore, it becomes an endless necessity to build upon it, one mistake at a time.
The Snake's Agenda'Together
According to some seedliners (anti-seedliners), the only seed of Genesis 3:15 is “Jesus Christ” exclusively and solely. For the rest of those who ascribe to the seed of this verse the so-called "seed of the spirit and seed of the flesh," they deny the Messiah himself. There are not only children (seeds) of the serpent of this "First Gospel," but his seed has one Agenda.
On a prison list, some are taking a university course in business administration and have sent in a copy of a page from one of their books on “Your Career Future Begins Now”, Chapter 1, Page 11. See how serious this WAR of Two Bloodlines is that the only seedliners (anti-seedliners) challenge:
“The United States is experiencing a new demographic tradition: it is becoming a society composed of people from different cultures. In the coming decades, the United States will continue to move from a white-dominated society rooted in Western culture to one shaped by three major racial and ethnic minorities: African American, Hispanic American, and Asian American. All three minorities will increase in size and proportion of the population, while the white majority will shrink relative to the total. Native Americans and people with roots in Australia, the Middle East, the former Soviet Union and other parts of the world will continue to enrich the fabric of American society.
“The workforce of the past was dominated by white males who are retiring. They will be replaced by a multicultural workforce beginning their careers in entry-level jobs in 2000. The proportion of white Hispanics will fall from 77% in 1997 to 74% in 2005. Diversification leads to new ideas, new ways of doing things and greater income equality between ethnic groups.
“Multiculturalism only exists when all major ethnic groups live in one area; B. a city, a country or a census district, are represented about equally. Due to current demographic changes, the trend in the United States is towards more multiculturalism, although the degree varies in different parts of the country.
“Four of New York City's five boroughs rank in the top 10 most ethnically diverse boroughs in the country. People from all backgrounds have long been drawn to San Francisco County, and unsurprisingly, it's the most diverse county in the country. The proportions of the major ethnic groups are closer there than elsewhere. The least multicultural region is a broad swath stretching from northern New England to the Midwest and Montana. These counties have fewer people than whites. Counties with the lowest diversity are in the agricultural center; in Nebraska and Iowa.
Does this agenda sound like a mere “meat” issue, as the anti-seedliners claim? What a stupid assumption. By denying the doctrine of the Two Seedliners, and those that the Anti-Seedliners do, they are actually helping to further this agenda of the Serpent's seed (children).
Although the enemy is now screaming "equality," in the end it will demand the total annihilation of the white man. Once he brought about the mingling with the whites, he essentially annihilated them. So there is only one solution to the problem, and that is complete segregation of whites from other races.
And if that doesn't happen in the near future, we have no destination. Possibly, with an understanding of the Two Seedline Doctrine, we can prevent, completely stop, and reverse the next cataclysm for our race. If we ever get out of this dilemma, it won't be thanks to those fighting the Two Seedline message.
There are some who not only deny that this WAR exists, but deny who are the key players providing all the means and those who are directing it. This WAR began in Genesis 3:15 and the opponents are the "seed" (sons) of the serpent and the "seed" (sons) of the woman. This is a WAR without borders for both sides.
This is NOT a WAR where you pray for the enemy or try to convert them to "Christianity"! If many of the "Jews" were not "seeds of the serpent," there would be no need for our Messiah to speak in parables. At Matthew 13:10-15 we are told in no uncertain terms that he spoke to them in parables to keep them from conversion.
Shortly after this parable, He likened the "Jews" to "weeds" and referred to them as "sons of the wicked." At Matthew 13:38 the terms "seed" and "children" are used interchangeably since it says "seeds are... children."
If one examines the word "children," no. 5207, in "Study of the New Testament Word" (in Greek) by Spiros Zodhiates, page 1404, one will find that it means: "(A) A male descendant... (B) In a broader sense, a descendant, pl. Descendants, posterity..."
It could have been figurative if the word "seed" had not been used interchangeably with "children". In their effort to deny Two Seedline, anti-0 seedliners deny this Greek meaning. Moreover, in the same verse, according to Zodhiates, page 1198, the word "wicked" No. 4190 is used with the definite article "ho" and means: "...EVIL, SATAN..." Denying these Greek meanings, Anti-seedliners deny the words of the Messiah himself.
Also, the word “wicked,” #4190, is used with the DEFINITE ARTICLE “ho” at Matthew 13:19; Ephesians 6:16; 1 John 1:13-14; 3:12; 5:18, and it also means "Satan." As it says in 1 John 3:12:
"Not like Cain, who was of the wicked..."
It means exactly what it says: "Satan." Richard Trench's New Testament Synonyms confirms what Zodhiates says about the word "evil" (Greek no. 4190) on page 330:
"Satan is emphatically ho poneros as the first author of all evil in the world."
In his Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, George Ricker Berry, on page 82, describes ho poneros as "...the wicked one, that is, Satan..." W.E. vine in his Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words under “wicked” at Matthew 13:38 says:
"...and in what follows (the verse is quoted) where Satan is spoken of as 'the (or that) evil one'..." When speaking of Satan, go to Matthew 13:19, where the same Greek word # 4190 is used and says, "...then comes the wicked one..." Then compare the parallel passage at Luke 8:12 which says, "...then comes the devil..." So the conclusion must be: The "seed" or the "children" in Matthew 13:38 planted by the "wicked one" are the genetic offspring of Satan! This lineage of the weed is also explained in the Aramaic Targums. (If you listen to the anti-seedliners, they will argue that "wheat and tares" in Matthew 13 are only figurative or spiritual; the same position as the so-called "Jewish-deo-non-Christian" churches.)
Targuns aramaicos e
Its context with Genesis 4:1
After years of research on the subject of the two-seed doctrine, the Aramaic Targums seem to contain the missing ingredient to put this passage in perspective. Ted R. Weiland, in his booklet "Eve, Did She Or't She?" had all this information in front of him, but he dismissed it, claiming it was "Babylonian influence". (Page 96) This is one of the favorite tricks of seedliners (anti-seedliners) in their quest to deny one of the fundamental truths of Scripture.
Since there are indications that the "Jewish" Masoretic scribes hermeneutically manipulated the Hebrew text with their mystical-kabbalistic-Babylonian system of thought, we are left with the Aramaic Targums as an alternative testimony. A very concise article on Targums from Collier's Encyclopeædia 1980 Edition Volume 4 Page 127 under the heading 'Bible'. Like many of the references, this quote is informative but doesn't support it 100%:
“The Aramaic Targums. During the middle of the first millennium B.C. A Syriac language called Aramaic gradually became the dominant commercial and vernacular language throughout the Middle East. As Jews adopted this language, they forgot Hebrew and became less and less able to understand the scriptures read to them in the synagogue. Finally, a translator was needed to translate the text into Aramaic as it reads in Hebrew. The translator was known as Torgeman and his translation as Targum.
“Over time, the Aramaic Targum was standardized and eventually written down. The oldest written Targum we have is a manuscript of the Book of Job discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran. It was around the first century B.C. Written about 1000 BC, but most of the other surviving Targums were written later among the Aramaic-speaking Jews of Babylon. Aramaic targums usually paraphrase rather than translate literally. They bring a lot of explanatory material and homilies (sermons) that reflect the thinking of the time. Many Hebrew Bibles today still bear the Aramaic Targum alongside the Hebrew text.
“The Septuagint or Greek Version: The Greek version of the Old Testament began as a targum for Jews living in the Greek-speaking areas of the Middle East. Probably before the 3rd century B.C. BC individual Greek translations of the Hebrew Scriptures circulated. According to tradition, dissatisfaction with the unofficial nature of these translations developed, and an official version was prepared by a committee of 70 or 72 eminent scholars for the library of King Ptolemy Philadelphos (285-247 BC) in Alexandria. This translation became known as the "Version of the Septuagint", Latin "Septuagint". It is more likely that the Septuagint represents a revised grouping of the synagogue's informal oral translations into Greek.
“The Jews initially welcomed the Septuagint. However, with the rise of Christianity, it became primarily associated with the Christian church. The Jews rejected it and prepared other Greek translations. MOST OF THE QUOTATIONS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT APPEAR IN THE NEW TESTAMENT ARE FROM THE SEPTUAGINTA...
The Hebrew Text and Textual Criticism
“All the original manuscripts of the Old Testament are currently lost. We only have late copies in Hebrew or several old versions. Hebrew texts are the product of generations of scribes and are sometimes greatly altered and corrupted. Because many errors have crept into the manuscripts, the task of Old Testament textual criticism is to restore as far as possible the words written in the earliest phase of literary preservation.
"Texts of the Sopherim (scribes): For several centuries the text of the Old Testament books seems to have remained relatively fluid. The scribes of the Earth Period (ca. 500 BC to 100 AD), known as the early Sopherim, ALTER THE TEXT IN MANY WAYS, BY HEARING, READING OR WRITTEN ERRORS.
“THE WORDS WERE FAULTS; THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE WORDS WAS MADE WRONG; WORDS, LINES OR WHOLE PAGE HAVE BEEN OMITTED, REPEATED OR MOVED; OBSCURE AND OFFENSIVE WORDS HAVE BEEN 'FIXED;' EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION ADDED: DUPLICATE READINGS RECORDED; AND THE MARGINAL NOTES WERE LATER CONSUMED WITH PART OF THE ORIGINAL TEXT AND INSERTED IN THE WRONG PLACES. All these factors resulted in very different lyrics..."
From this we can see that the Septuagint was considered a targum. Today many swear by the KJV Targum or the RSV Targum. "Targum" simply means a translation. Furthermore, we conclude that most Old Testament quotations found in the New Testament come from the Targum of the Septuagint.
By your self-invented criterion, if the Targums are "Babylonian influenced," as Ted R. Weiland claims, we must refute all of those Old Testament quotes found in the New Testament of our Bibles. Many today claim that some of our Bibles are "inspired of God" and free from error.
This is fully true of the original manuscripts, but it can hardly be applied to later corrupted translations or copies. Can we claim that our translations (Targums) are completely "god-breathed"?
Could the Messiah have quoted a Targum?
From the Collier's Encyclopedia commentary above, it may appear that the Targums did not commit themselves to writing until the "Jews" returned to Babylon after the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus. Note that Collier's says "Surviving the Targums". We will not argue that when our Savior quoted Isaiah 61:1, found at Luke 4:16-23, he was probably reading a targum. This passage says:
“And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up; and as was his custom, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and got up to read. And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. And when he opened the book, he found the place where it was written.
“The Spirit of the Lord IS upon me because He has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to deliver the oppressed. Preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And he closed the book and gave it back to the minister and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were upon him. And he began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is being fulfilled in your ears."
Consulting various commentaries such as "Jamieson, Fausset & Brown's Commentary On The Whole Bible" or "Matthew Poole's A Commentary On The Holy Bible" will indicate that this passage is from the Septuagint. If you read this passage again, you will find that everyone in that synagogue, without exception, understood every word of the Savior. Regardless of the language, we are told at Matthew 26:73 that there was a striking difference in accent between Jerusalem and Galilee.
Gospel Light, by George M. Lamsa, introduction, page 26:
“...The translation of the Old Testament known as the Septuagint was made by Jews into Greek for Jews who understood neither Aramaic nor Hebrew. THIS GREEK Scriptural TEXT WAS NOT USED IN PALESTINE WHERE IT WOULD NOT BE UNDERSTOOD AND WHERE THE ORIGINAL TEXTS ARE COMMONLY USED. It is noteworthy that the Greek Septuagint was not accepted or used by Eastern Christians.
"That's how it is today. The Eastern version of the Old Testament is the authoritative text of the Nestorians, Roman Catholic Chaldeans, Jacobites, and other Christian groups, and in its antiquity it enjoys strong support from all, theological differences notwithstanding. The Septuagint was rejected in part because it contained the books of the Apocrypha, which were not included in the Jewish canon. This question was discussed in the Jewish Council of Jamnia in AD 90 and decided in favor of the Palestinian decision. Only after St. Jerome had created the Latin Vulgate in the 4th century AD. that the Apocrypha were accepted as canonical by the Roman Catholic Church.”
It should be noted that Lamsa is somewhat biased towards Aramaic since that was the language of its original origin. It seems that the Almighty used the language barrier between Aramaic and Greek to separate the gospel message from the Israelite "Jews" to the "lost sheep of the house of Israel".
The "Jews" continue to use the Aramaic Targum to this day, while the Greek served as a means of spreading the gospel among the true Israelite peoples. But that is no reason to reject the Aramaic targums as useful witnesses. Furthermore, just because the "Jews rejected the apocryphal books, there is no reason to reject them as well. It's obvious why they would reject them if we took the time to study them. We could point out several passages, but that is not our topic.
Strict rules for Targums
"The Encyclopedia Britannica", ninth edition (1894), volume 23, page 68:
"Ancient public use of the Targum. When reading the Holy Scriptures in synagogue services, the following rules were to be observed: I. Of the Law (Pentateuch).
(1) The private called to the law (which contains mainly halachic matter) read a verse from it which the official Methurgeman or Torgeman (translator) immediately paraphrased;
(2) while the reader of the Law could not take his eyes off the written parchment, Methurgeman was forbidden not only to read a written Targum but even to look at the sacred text:
(3) each of them had to wait until the other finished reading or translating;
(4) one was not allowed to raise his voice higher than the other;
(5) a certain number of passages could be read but not translated; these were: (a) those which might cast a negative light on a tribal father or eminent teacher... (b) those which might encourage the ignorant to believe that there is some truth in idolatry; (c) those who might offend propriety... (d) those designated by the Lord Himself to be read only in Hebrew (as a priestly blessing, Numbers 6:24-26); (6) the translator was not permitted to give a literal translation or to add anything that had no basis in the divine Word; he had to reflect the spirit of the letter.
"II. Regarding the Prophets.
(1) The person called to read the prophets (which contain mainly agamic content) can read three verses of which the translator, who may be the reader himself, has endeavored to render the meaning as well as possible ;
(2) the translator was allowed to read a volume of Targum and also look into the book restricting the prophetic texts;
(3) if the reader and the translator are two different persons, they have observed the third rule given above in the case of reading the law;
(4) Here too certain passages were not allowed to be translated: (a) as reflected in great men of the Israelite nation; (b) how to offend decency; (5) any sufficiently intelligent person can read and of course paraphrase the part of the prophets..."
This brings us to a very critical and vital cornerstone of all Scripture. The following passages from the Aramaic Targum are quoted by Scott Stinson in an article entitled "The Serpent and Eve" in The Vision, July 1998, Vol. 2, No. 8, pages 28-29:
Targum from Jonathan to Genesis 4:1:
"And Adam knew his wife Eve, who was with child by the angel Sammael, and she conceived and bore Cain, and he was like heavenly beings, and not like earthly beings, and she said, I have acquired a man, the angel of the Lord. .."
In another rabbinic work: Pirke by Rabbi Eliezer, 21:
"And she saw that her image was not of earthly, but of heavenly beings, and she prophesied, saying, I have got a man from the Lord."
From these references it is clear that the problem with Genesis 4:1 is that some words were omitted from the Hebrew text. Now quote the King James Version and add any words in quotation marks that may be required from Jonathan's Targum to make sense:
"And Adam knew his wife Eve, 'who was with child by Sammael,' and she conceived and bore Cain, 'and he was like the heavenly beings, and not like the primitive beings,' and she said, 'I have got a man of the' angel of the Lord".
Once we realize that there is a discrepancy between the Masoretic texts and the Septuagint as opposed to the Aramaic Targums at Genesis 4:1, certain comments made by various Bible scholars begin to make sense. Many of the top Hebrew scholars confirm that there is a problem with Genesis 4:1!
The Interpreter's Bible, a twelve-volume collaborative work of 36 "advisory editors" plus 124 other "collaborators," makes the following observation on this verse, Vol. 1, page 517:
“Cain seems originally to have been the ancestor of the Kenites... The meaning of the name is 'metal worker' or 'smith'; here, however, it is presented as a derivation of a word meaning "acquire," "attain," one of the popular etymologies found frequently in Genesis; hence the mother's words I HAVE A MAN OF THE LORD (KJV) are a translation to LXX and vulg. From 'eth Yahweh', which literally means 'with Yahweh', and therefore UNDERSTANDABLE here (the [RSV] help is not in Hebrew). It seems likely that 'eth' must therefore be 'oth', 'the sign of Yahweh', and that the words are a gloss..."
Another scholar: Clarke's Commentary, Vol. 1, p. 58, suggests a contextual problem with Genesis 4:1 as opposed to 1 John 3:12 and is aware of the meaning of the Greek word "evil" in that meaning "Satan " consciously. says the following:
“...If she had not been under divine inspiration, she could not have named her son (even if he were the promised seed) Jehovah; and that she was not under such influence her error sufficiently proves, for Cain, so far [distant] from the beginning of the Messiah, was of the wicked; 1 John 3:12..."
To show you that Aramaic was one of the languages spoken in this geographic area at the time of our Messiah, we now quote from The World Book Encyclopedia, © 1981, Volume 1, Page 551:
"Aramaic ... is an ancient Semitic language spoken around 700 BC. was spoken throughout the Middle East. to 700 AD Jesus spoke an Aramaic dialect. At the time he lived it was the popular language of Palestine. The books of Ezra and Daniel were partly written in the western dialect of Aramaic, with Arabic eventually taking the place of Aramaic except in a few outlying villages.
Now let us observe in Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, page 167, how some scholars believe that some New Testament passages are influenced by the Targums:
“Some New Testament writers indicate knowledge of the Targum interpretation in their Old Testament quotations. For example, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay” (Romans 12:19; Hebrews 10:30) is a quote from Deuteronomy 32:35; but it agrees neither with the Hebrew text nor with the Greek text of the Septuagint. This particular phrase is from the Targum. Again, the words of Ephesians 4:8, “when he ascended, took captives captive, and gave gifts unto men,” are taken from Psalm 68:18. But the Hebrew and Septuagint texts speak of receiving gifts. Only the targum in this text mentions giving gifts.”
If there were no written Targums then, how could the New Testament writers have quoted from them?
Perhaps one of the most notable observations is made in a book entitled Introduction to the Old Testament by R.K. Harrison, pages 25 and 231. Here are two excerpts:
"Among other considerations, there are numerous traces in the LXX of the influence of the Aramaic Targums, which makes the problem of the agreements between the Samaritan Pentateuch and the LXX of considerable complexity... It can be shown that many of the quotations are from the New Testament scriptures originally from one or more Aramaic sources, or perhaps even from oral, memory, or private translations..."
With this evidence we can see that the Septuagint was influenced by the Aramaic Targums, the same Targums that Ted R. Weiland claims were "Babylonian influenced." So if the Aramaic Targums are unreliable, so is the Septuagint. Furthermore, if the Septuagint is unreliable, then so are our current New Testament translations where they quote the Old Testament! In addition, there is a footnote at the end of Job chapter 42 in the Septuagint which reads in part:
"This is translated from a book into the Syriac language..." [Some refer to Aramaic as Syriac].
If this is the case, according to Weiland's criteria, the book of Job is also "Babylonian in character". Since a Targum of Job written in Aramaic was found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, this is confirmation that the footnote at the end of Job in the Septuagint is probably correct, although we must reject the statement in the same footnote that implies, that Job was an Edomite who kidnapped an Arab woman.
The need for a paraphrase (Targum)
When written material is translated from one language to another, some things don't express well in the secondary vocabulary. A comprehensive understanding of the original language therefore sometimes requires extensive paraphrasing in the latter. This applies in particular to translations from Hebrew. In other words, without a paraphrase, much of the original meaning of the primary thought would be irretrievably lost. Therefore, it would have been impossible to translate the Hebrew into Aamish without partially paraphrasing it. To have translated it word for word would have missed much of the meaning of the text.
Much more could be presented about the Aramaic language in the Bible, but that will suffice for now. The matter is mentioned as early as Genesis 31:46-47, where Jacob used a different name for a cairn than that of Laban. Most think that Laban spoke in Aramaic and Jacob in Canaanite. Since Laban had entered paganism, it is easier to believe that he was the one who spoke Canaanite and Jacob spoke Aramaic.
From this we can conclude that to dismiss as "Babylonian influence" all the evidence found in the Aramaic Targums is absurd. Where is the old admonition that we shout "study to pass"?
It must be understood that we are at WAR, and this is not referring to the war between "spirit and flesh" as the anti-seedliner does. Yes, there is a war between the spirit and the flesh, and we're not going to discredit it one bit, but the WAR spoken of is a different conflict altogether. THE WAR between the "Seed of the Serpent" and the "Seed of the Woman". How can anyone deny that Genesis 3:15 mentions two seeds? But deny it! They use some of the most fantastic arguments to refute this fact.
Most anti-seedliners attribute the evil coward "Jews" to Esau, which we will not disagree with. But if you look at the various wives Esau married, he will find that they were primarily from the ten Canaanite nations of which the Kenites formed a part Genesis 15:19. Checking Strong's number for Kenite, it's #7017 and #7014. If you then examine these numbers, you will find that they mean Cain, the one who murdered Abel.
Well, if you believe that Satan or Adam were Cain's father, Scripture definitely proves that Cain's blood flowed in the veins of Esau's children. This fact is confirmed by the Messiah himself at Matthew 23:35.
The very nature of Cain was revealed in Doeg the Edomite, who killed 85 of Yahweh's priests from the "linen ephod" at King Saul's command, 1 Samuel 22:17-18. This leaves the whole matter dependent on Genesis 4:1, for which both the Masoretic and Septuagint texts are ambiguous indistinct. Fortunately, we have a testimony that is far clearer than the usual accepted version of this verse, and that is contextually consistent with the rest of Scripture. Let's have a look:
„Targum von Jonathan in Genesis 4:1:
“And Adam knew his wife Eve, who was with child by the angel Sammael, and she conceived and bare Cain; and he was like heavenly beings, and not like earthly beings, and she said, I have acquired a man, the angel of the Lord."
Whether or not we agree with this translation depends on how much we want to make this passage consistent and measure it against the rest of the Word. If anti-seedliners do not accept this translation, one would think they would at least acknowledge that the "Jews" are descendants of Cain.
They just don't believe their Bible. Therefore, yours requires the Almighty to accept your personal dogmas and opinions on the scriptures. One such passage of Scripture that anti-seedliners vehemently regard as an exception to evidence for the two-sealine doctrine is Matthew 13:24-30, 37-43 on the "wheat and tares." While Stephen E. Jones and Jeffrey A. Weakley avoid commenting on the subject, Lieutenant Colonel Jack Mohr and Ted R. Weiland go straight where angels fear to tread.
Before examining Matthew 13:24-30, 37-43 it would be wise to read:
“He suggested another parable to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; but while the people slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way. But as the grass grew and bore fruit, so did the weeds. Then the servants of the father of the family came and said to him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then where did the chaff come from? He told them that an enemy did this. The servants said to him, Shall we go and fetch them? But he said: No; lest you uproot the wheat with the weeds. Let both grow together until harvest: and at harvest time I will say to the reapers: First gather the weeds and bind them in bundles to burn; but gather the wheat into my barn. said to them: WHO SOWS THE GOOD SEED IS THE SON OF MAN. THE FIELD IS THE WORLD; THE GOOD SEED ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM; BUT THE JOIO ARE THE CHILDREN OF EVIL; THE ENEMY WHO SOW THEM IS THE DEVIL; The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. So since the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so it will be at the end of this world. The Son of man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all evildoers and evildoers; And he will throw them into the fiery furnace; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."
It's just amazing what different interpretations anti-seedliners give to this passage, most of which they brought with them from Judeo-deo-non-Christian churches and seminaries. Thus, Lieutenant Colonel Jack Mohr, a vehement anti-seedliner, comments in Seed of Satan, Literal or Figurative?, page 15, on the words "weeds" and "children" in this passage of Scripture in Matthew 13:
“Apparently the disciples were fascinated by this parable but could not understand its meaning. Then Jesus explained to them and told them that the "weeds" (#2215: "Zizanion", a false grain called "weeds" which looks like wheat) were the "sons of the wicked one". ' is in Greek (#5207: 'hulos', meaning 'immediate, distant, or figurative kinship'. So if the word can refer to 'figurative kinship', why are seedliners so adamant that it means 'literal kinship'?' "
Lieutenant Colonel Jack Mohr checked Thayer's Greek-English dictionary; The Complete Word Study Dictionary New Testament, by Spiros Zodhiates; or An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words, by W.E. Rather than the restricted definition found in Strong, Vine would have found the primary meaning for the word "children" #5207 to mean: "(A) A male descendant... (B) Broadly speaking, a descendant, Pl .descendants, descendants". (This definition is from Zodhiates, and others agree)
There is a secondary figurative sense that can be used, for example: The disciples were called "sons of thunder". If Mohr had read Strongs more carefully, he would have noticed that 'immediate relationship' was mentioned there first. The immediate family would be one's own child. Strong gave Mohr three possibilities, and he dismissed the first two, implying that "figurative kinship" was the only one mentioned. Such a maneuver is hardly honest! Evidently Mohr had already decided what he thought should be.
Second, Mohr forgets that Messiah Himself said, "Seeds are... children." Therefore, “seeds” and “children” cannot be separated. Therefore, it is very important to find out what the word "seed" means. The Greek word for "seed" is #4690, and it is sperm. Here comes the English word "sperm". According to Zodhiates, page 1304,
“Sperm... Also used figuratively to be alive like man's seed; that is, posterity or descendants.
In this case, “figuratively” means comparing man's seed to agricultural seed, and that is exactly what this parable does, comparing Satan's offspring to tares (weeds).
Third, we need to examine who is responsible for planting the genetically weed-like humans. In the parable of the tares and wheat, the word “wicked” is #4190 and is used with the definite article “ho” at Matthew 13:19; Ephesians 6:16; 1 John 1:13-14; 3:12; 5:18, and it means "Satan." as in 1 John 3:12, where it says, "Not like Cain WHO WAS OF THE EVIL..." it means exactly what it says, "Satan." Also the word "wicked", #4190, in the same verse, according to Zodhiates, page 1198, is used with the definite article "ho" and means "...the wicked one, Satan..."
Richard Trench's New Testament Synonyms confirms what Zodhiates says about the word "evil" (Greek no. 4190) on page 330:
"Satan is clearly not a poneros as the first author of all evil in the world."
In his Greek-English New Testament Lexicon, George Ricker Berry describes ho poneros on page 82 as “...the outlaw. that is, Satan..." W.E. Vine says in his Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words under “wicked” at Matthew 13:38: “…and hereafter [the verse just quoted] where Satan is spoken of as “the (or that) evil one.” ..” Another way to confirm that the “evil” in Matthew 13:38 is talking about Satan is to go to Matthew 13:19 where the same word Greed #4190 is used and says, “… then comes the wicked one...." Then compare the parallel passage in Luke 8:12 which says: "...then comes the devil..." Conclusion: The "seed" or "children" in Matthew 13:38, which is from " wicked" were planted, the offspring are Satan's genetics!
In his attempt to spiritualize the "weeds" of Matthew 13 and take a figurative view, Ted R. Weiland in his book Eve, Did She Or't She? states, in a rejection of a quote by James E. Wise:
“Furthermore, if the sowers' interpretation of the parable of the tares and the wheat is correct, and if the tares in Matthew 13 represent the entire seed of Satan through Cain, then there is no alternative but to accept that the wheat represents the entire seed of Satan represents seed: the physical lineage of the seed. from Eve to Seth.
“The wheat in this parable represents the children of the kingdom, and by this interpretation the wheat would automatically be children of the kingdom by inheritance, that is, they would be saved by race or lineage. If this is true, then Yahshua's death, burial and resurrection were entirely unnecessary. Of course, this hypothesis contradicts the whole Bible..."
Well, what do you know, except for the last two sentences, Weiland did something right! After all, Hebrews 12:8 says we are "children" or "bastards," and there's something in between. And all this crap about "born again" (John 3:3) is a totally wrong translation and interpretation.
This verse does not say "born again" but "born from above". In fact, when someone checks this verse, someone says that one must be "born of the right race." To show this, let's examine the meaning of the word "born" as used at John 3:3, which in Greek has Strong number #1080.
For that we go to The Complete Word Study Dictionary New Testament, by Spiros Zodhiates, page 364. Zodhiates tells us that this word means "generation, kind, lineage"... and the primary definition is: "spoken by men, to procreate." … “One speaks of women who beget, give birth” … “be begotten” … “be born, as is commonly used …” In other words, if a White Adamic man is born in the flesh, he is also born of the spirit born. Other races were not "born" of this spirit and never can be.
"Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it." (Ecclesiastes 12:7)
Zodhiates points out that "born," as used here (#1080), gennao, comes from #1085, genos, which in turn means "offspring, posterity... family, lineage, pedigree..." Strong's, but you must go to # 1085 for the full meaning. If you just check word #1080, Gennao, you won't understand the full implications since you are talking about race. John 3:31 makes it clear that there are "heavenly" people from above and people "from the earth...earthly..." Our Savior said to the Jews, John 8:23:
“You are from below; I am from above: YOU ARE OF THIS WORLD, I AM NOT OF THIS WORLD.”
Like us, he was born from above; that is, of the White Race.
We don't want to give the impression that we are unconvertible. There is no question, as the whoremongers of Babylon imply, that one must "accept the Lord Jesus Christ as our personal Saviour."
It's not whether we accept Yahshua, but whether He accepts us and calls us to be His servants. He has accepted us since He died for our salvation two thousand years ago. To be truly converted, we must accept His salvation that brings fellowship! Conversion does not consist in being "born again of the Spirit" but in "turning back" (an about-face).
Where we have been “sinners” (breakers of Yahweh's law) in the past, we are doing a 180 degrees and beginning to keep His laws as best we can. There are many reading this who have experienced conversion. Whatever prayer we offered at that time needed the Spirit to intercede for us. (Romans 8:26) It's just a guess as to what kind of "groaning" the Spirit might have "uttered," but perhaps it could have gone something like this:
“Here is an Israelite under the Abrahamic covenant who has come to the conclusion that he is a lawbreaker and wants to claim the blood of redemption in his faith. He/she next promises to do his/her best, based on the light of the written Word, to reject the leaven of the Pharisees and return to the faith of the patriarchs.”
Do not worry about the exact words you prayed at your conversion, as the Spirit has interceded for you and presented you properly before the throne. Also, don't worry about all of your family members who have never been converted. If they are not converted in this life, they will be in the next, for it is written:
"... every [Adamic] knee shall bow before me, and every [Adamic] tongue shall confess to God." (Romans 14:11)
Some of us Adamite-Israelites will send our sins to judgment, while other Adamite-Israelites will have their sins follow them to judgment. (1 Timothy 5:24) And this is no sign that the latter are assigned to a fiery hell. They will also be in the kingdom. But aren't you glad you paid the bill in advance?
To show you that Ted R. Weiland still stands by the parable of the wheat and tares he learned at his Christian Leadership College in Denver, Colorado, the following statement he made in his Eve, Did She Or Didn't she? Page 72:
“Instead, this parable [of wheat and tares] simply contrasts the righteous Israelites with the wicked Israelites.”
To believe such a thing, Weiland implies that agricultural wheat has the same genetics as weeds. If, as he claims, the only difference between the wheat and the tares is the "righteous" and the "wicked" Israelites, he is essentially claiming that the wheat and the tares (weeds) are genetically identical. With this conclusion, it seems that the Messiah is somewhat incapable of presenting his teachings in parables. Or rather, is Weiland the one unable to understand her?!?! Yahshua said he spoke in parables so that some, the Jews, would not understand. For Yahshua never intended to convert the Jews.
“For the heart of this people is hardened, and their ears are dull from hearing, and their eyes are closed; SO THAT YOU WILL NOT SEE WITH YOUR EYES AND HEAR WITH YOUR EARS AND WITH YOUR HEART UNDERSTAND AND BE CONVERTED AND I WILL HEAL YOU. (Matthew 13:15)
The truth is that the wheat and the tares are NOT genetically identical, nor are the serpent's seed and the woman's seed which constitute the wheat and the tares. They might have had the same mother, but they certainly had different fathers! Through false teachings like these, individual seedliners do more harm to Israel's identity than good! It sometimes seems that these false teachings are premeditated and intentional.
Jack Mohr earns his two cents by saying in his Seed of Satan, Literal or Figurative?, page 15:
“In no way does this parable [of the wheat and tares] indicate race-specific people who are the literal descendants of Satan from his union with mother Eve.”
Also, on pages 15-16, Mohr has his own confused idea of what he thinks the parable of the tares and wheat is:
“The 'weeds', those who flout God's law and refuse the reapers, who will be 'angels', not 'white Israelites out for revenge'... This is one of the biggest problems of the Seedline people. They are more concerned with "pulling up the weeds" they say are the Jewish people than (sic, probably than) with putting their own house in order and rightly relating their own Israelite people As a result, we find that the seedliners are doing exactly what Yahshua warned them against, 'rooting up the wheat along with the tares...the process of 'rooting' is taking place, it will' white Israelites' among the 'weeds'. who will be uprooted along with the other enemies of Yahweh.'”
Two questions: Where in the Bible does Mohr get his evidence to support these claims? Where is your confirmation that this parable of the wheat and tares is not racial? As previously documented, the words #4690 mean "seeds" and #5207 mean "children", "kinship" and "posterity". How much more racial can it be??? In addition, if you read some of Jack Mohr's other publications, you will find that he takes a very peculiar position on the subject of race and speaks with both sides of his mouth on the subject. Remember that the scriptures say, "A double-minded is unstable in all his ways" (James 1:8).
Further evidence of the meaning of the term "seed" can be found in The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, Volume Q-Z, pages 328-329:
“SEED...is used to denote both agricultural and human seed, the latter both in the strict physical sense and as a description of the descendants of a common ancestor...the Israelite was commanded not to mix his seed in any field or vineyard , but planting only one fruit (Leviticus 19:19; Deuteronomy 22:9), a framework [critical observation] parallel to that relating to the mingling of human seed through intermarriage with other nations. In the parable of the wheat and tares, Seth, the son of Adam, is the common ancestor of the "wheat." The common ancestor of the weeds is Cain, the son of Satan through Eve.
Although many commentaries touch on the subject of weeds, there is a very good description of the term in Henry Gehman's The Westminster Dictionary Of The Bible, page 591:
"Weed. The playback of Gr. Zizanion at Matthew 13:25-27, 29, 30 R.V. Marg Darel. The tara (Vicia sativa), a vetch whose bluish-purple or red feathered and papilion-like flowers would be easily distinguished from wheat. The GR. The word zizarion, probably of Semitic origin, corresponds to Arabic. Zuwan., denoting Lolium, and the Talmudic zonin. The bearded weed (Loium temulentum) is a poisonous weed, almost indistinguishable from wheat so long as the 2 are only in the leaf, but can be separated without difficulty entering the ear (cf. Vs. 29:30).”
The "weed" poison is caused by a fungus.
“The chaff (tare) harbors an ergot-like rust fungus that infects the seeds. The fungus is a serious poison when ingested by animals or humans” (Picture Bible Dictionary, by Merrill C. Tinney, p. 668).
From this description we can easily apply the term "tares" to "Jews". Since the "Jews" represent some members of the tribe of Judah who did not keep their lineage pure, they would of course appear as a royal blue fake, which in turn serves to identify them with the weed.
But the color red is even more significant as it can represent the communism of which the "Jews" are the inventors. Not only that, it is the color of Esau from which they descended. It is also the color of the "red kite" of Revelation 12:3, which represents Herod, the "Jewish" proselyte of the Edomites who attempted to murder the boy Immanuel shortly after his birth. (For the lineage of Herod's father and mother see Josephus' Wars 1:6:2; 1:12:3; Antiq. 14:1:3; 14:8:1; 14:7:3; 14:12:1 ) In addition, the poison of the seed of weeds (weeds) would be representative of the poison; "leaven of the Pharisees" with which the Jewish Church is so infected today. Who said the "weeds" didn't represent the "Jewish" people???
Della Stanley, in her book Adam's Tree, (1975), pp. 170-173, puts it nicely on the parable of the wheat and the tares at the end of chapter 34 and the beginning of chapter 35, entitled 'Pharisees and Scribes - a Generation of Vipers.” We will cite excerpts from these few pages as a critical review to counter the anti-seedliners' arguments:
“...Jesus gave the people another parable about the wheat and the tares. He compared the kingdom of heaven to a man sowing productive seed in his field. But while his men or servants were sleeping, an enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat. As the plants grew and bore fruit, so did the weeds. The servants wanted to go and gather the weeds, but the man said to wait until harvest. So he instructed the reapers to first gather the weeds (the rapture) and tie them in bundles to burn; and gather the wheat into your barn. (Matthew 13:24-30) ...
“...When Cain killed Able, he was cursed and banished from the presence of God, and the curse was never lifted. And at that time the seed of man was divided into two groups: the seed of Seth, who replaced Abel, who were the sons of God; and the descendants of Cain, who became the devil's children.
“Generations later, Canaan son of Ham was cursed. And the curse was never lifted, so their descendants became the devil's children [by interbreeding with the Kenites, Genesis 15:19]
“Nimrod was another descendant of Ham; and he built cities including Babylon. When the Israelites under Joshua drove some of the Canaanites out of the land of Canaan, they were scattered and some went to Babylon. Later still were the Shelanites, descendants of Shelah son of Judah, of the house of Jacob, whose mother was a Canaanite...nor were they permitted to rule over the house of Judah.
“The people who were taken in captivity to Jerusalem in the 6th century B.C. were NOT of the house of Israel but were remnants of the house of Judah. But it was the royal house of Zedekiah and his followers that God said, "I will deliver them up to be removed in all the kingdoms of the earth for their pain, to be a proverb, a rebuke, a scorn, and a curse." . .' were chiefly the members of the house of Zedekiah and his followers who mingled with the accursed descendants of Canaan [who also mingled with the Kenites, the descendants of Cain].
“After the return of the Jews to Jerusalem, various sects arose, called Pharisees, Sadducees, Herodians, and Scribes...John the Baptist called these people a generation [race] of vipers. Jesus called them hypocrites and children of the devil; and warned his disciples to beware of their teaching. He speaks of Satan and his kingdom in Luke 11:18... And wherever He went, the scribes and Pharisees followed Him and opposed everything He did.
“There was a great division among the Jews because of the words of Jesus. Some believed and some didn't. They approached him and said: "How long will you keep us in doubt? If you are the Christ, tell us openly.' Jesus replied, "I have already told you, but you do not believe...because you are not my sheep. My sheep hear my voice... and follow me. And I give them eternal life... and I and my Father are one.' (John 10:24-30) And the Jews took up stones to stone him... But Jesus said, “If God were your Father, would you then love me? devils, and ye shall do the lusts of your father..."
What Della Stanley failed to explain was that of the two factions (one favoring diplomacy with Babylon, the other with Egypt), the House of Zedekiah favored the latter. After Nebuchadnezzar captured Zedekiah and killed his seventy sons and gouged out their eyes, the rest of his surviving family forced Jeremiah to accompany them to Egypt, which he had warned them against.
After Jeremiah sailed to Ireland with Tea Tephi, the rest fell under the judgment that a third died by the sword, a third by the plague, and a third were captured and taken to Babylon. Indeed, a small group ended up at Elephantine, Egypt, where they built a temple in the style of Solomon's Temple (see Elephantine papyri) and by mingling with African Kushite types (e.g. Sammy Davis Jr.) to form Falasha (black) mestizos. ) "Jews".
You can't find a lazier "bad fig" than this one. Then how stupid is Ted R. Weiland's remark, already quoted from his Eve Did She Or Didn't She?, page 72, but let's finish it this time:
“Instead, this parable [of wheat and tares] simply contrasts righteous Israelites and wicked Israelites, much like the good and bad cowards in Jeremiah 24.”
You can see why Weiland has no idea why Zedekiah's house was considered "naughty cowards." Although Della Stanley did very well, she should have primarily associated the "bad figs" with Elephantine in Egypt.
Since many misinterpret Genesis 3:15 as a personal war between spirit and flesh, I urge you loudly to share that the "enmity" mentioned in this passage is a WAR of "hatred" against death between two walking, talking, breathing genetic family lines; and this "hatred" was brought there by the Almighty Himself.
Because anti-seedliners stubbornly and arrogantly refuse to identify our enemy, they classify themselves as those who "do not serve him." The message is an invitation to catastrophe. Genesis 3:15 says "I WILL PUT" and our Creator never put "enmity" between our spirit and our flesh. Before making any such statement, they should pause and consider what they are blaming Him of, as this makes Him responsible for all the sins that man has committed and continues to commit.
Furthermore, if the enemy can wrap us up in ourselves and convince us that the only war we fight is a "spiritual war" between the spirit and the flesh, we are of no use to the Almighty or to ourselves.
In this article, we will expand on where Ted R. Weiland foolishly attempted to make it appear that the only difference between the "wheat and tares" of Matthew 13 is the "righteous Israelites" and the "wicked Israelites" (see above). in his Eve, Does she or does she not?, page 72:
“Instead, this parable (of wheat and tares) simply contrasts righteous Israelites and wicked Israelites, much like the good and bad cowards in Jeremiah 24.”
It's obvious that Weiland hasn't the faintest idea why Zedekiah and company were listed among the "evil cowards."
We note that there were two factions in Jerusalem: one favored diplomacy with Babylon; the other with Egypt, the house of Zedekiah defending the latter. After Nebuchadnezzar captured Zedekiah, killed all of his sons, and gouged out their eyes, the rest of this group, against his warning, forced Jeremiah to accompany them to Egypt. After Jeremiah sailed to Ireland with Tea Tephi, they fell under the judgment of the sword, famine, and plague.
If he had carefully read and studied Jeremiah 24:8-9, he might have understood the prophet's true message regarding “bad figs,” which states: “And since the bad figs are so bad that they cannot be eaten; Verily, thus says the Lord: So I will give to Zedekiah king of Judah, and to his princes, and to the remnant of Jerusalem, who are left in the land, and who dwell in the land of Egypt. And I will deliver them up to be removed in all the kingdoms of the earth because of HIS injury, to be a disgrace and a proverb, a mockery and a curse, in all the places where I will bring them.
In analyzing this passage, we see that Jeremiah's prophecy was divided into four categories:
1). Zedekiah and some of his household;
two). Below him there are “princes” (better translated “rulers”);
3). The rest of Jerusalem, which included Hittites and Amorites (Ezekiel 16:3-4) who had "disfigurement of the face" (Ezra 9:1, 7) and were referred to as "wild grapes" (Isaiah 5:2), and
4). who live in Egypt.
Anti-Seed and Antichrist followers refuse to address these four categories in their proper context. Zedekiah was 32 years old when Nebuchadnezzar killed all his sons and dug out his eyes, leaving only his daughters (the tender branches of Ezekiel 17:22). Aside from Tea Tephi and her sister, we don't know how many.
The "princes" were simply the political and religious leaders under Zedekiah, not necessarily members of the royal family. After the campaigns of 605 and 596 B.C. by Nebuchadnezzar and the removal of the royal family of Jehoiachin along with 7,000 soldiers from Judah and their best craftsmen, only the worst quality of people was left in Jerusalem. (2 Kings 24)
Moreover, after Jerusalem was emptied of most of its population, the surrounding peoples moved into their empty homes as a refuge from Babylon, considering it safe after Zedekiah was proclaimed king by NEBUKODONESAR. Even during the reign of Jehoiakim, after Nebuchadnezzar's first campaign in 605 B.C. BC, there were the Rechabites of Jeremiah 35:11 who went to Jerusalem, descendants of the Kenites of 1 Chronicles 2:55 and Genesis 15:19, or of Cain."
In Joshua 15:63; Judges 1:19 and 2:2-3 tell us that Judah would not drive out the "dwellers of the land" (Jebusites and others), and these would remain as THORNS and fetters between them. Surely they must have been part of the "residue" that makes up the "evil figs". Then we must remember the descendants of Shelah son of Judah by Shuah the Canaanite.
We must also remember Solomon's affairs with non-Israelite wives (1 Kings 11:1-9). No doubt he had descendants of those women who lived in Jerusalem in Jeremiah's day (Nehemiah 13:26). The idolatry manifested among all the wicked kings of Judah emanated from Solomon's wives.
Therefore, to believe that Jerusalem, as the anti-seedliners proclaim, consisted only of pure-blooded Israelites ("righteous" and "evil") is just a Mickey Mouse childhood dream on the level of Alice in Wonderland or the Oz. The fourth category, classified as "wicked cowards" (Jeremiah 24:8), included "those who dwell in Egypt."
Two elements in Jeremiah's prophecy
While Jeremiah 24:8-10 and 44:7,12,14,26-30 seem to indicate that all "evil cowards" at that time would die by the "sword", "famine" and "plague" on the other hand both contain passages a clause that the "evil cowards" would be cast into all "nations" and "kingdoms" of the earth as a "proverb", "provocation" and "curse". (Jeremiah 24:9; 34:17; 44:8). Clearly, then, these prophecies are being fulfilled in both the short and long term. Matthew Henry's Commentary, Vol. 4, pp. 564-565 comments on Jeremiah 24:9-10 as follows:
“No doubt this prophecy was fulfilled in the men of that generation; However, since we read no appreciable difference between Jeconiah's captivity and Zedekiah's, it is likely that this has a typical reference to the final destruction of the Jews by the Romans, who cared for those who believed but those who did They persisted in unbelief and were carried to all lands for a provocation and a curse, and so they remain to this day.
Rather, he sifted out the racially unclean.
The "evil figs" of Egypt
When we first looked at this subject, we were convinced that the party that forced Jeremiah to accompany them to Tahpanhes in Egypt were the ones who eventually arrived and established a "Jewish" colony at Elephantine, Egypt . This view does not hold water, however, as some biblical references, such as the Pictorial Bible Dictionary, edited by Merrill C. Tenney, published by the Southwestern Company in 1966, at page 239 also support this position. Rather, it was above all the “Jews who returned to Jerusalem from all nations and tried to get to Egypt, who worshiped the “queen of heaven”” who fell under the curse of the sword, famine and plague.
The Penguin Historical Pictorial Atlas of Ancient Egypt says on page 120 under the heading "The Saite Monarchy":
"... As early as 615 BC. There is evidence of Greek trading activity in Naukratis, and during the reign of Amasis (570-626 BC) it was officially established as a center of Graeco-Egyptian trade (party of course to keep themselves directly in check). Other Greek communities settled in Memphis and elsewhere alongside Phoenician and Jewish immigrants.
In The Bible Is History, page 168, Ian Wilson lists some of the "Jewish" immigrants to Egypt who were contemporary with the wicked king of Judah, Manasseh. We will now present various documentaries for this period:
From Eerdman's Dictionary Of The Bible (2000), page 391, we get the following:
“ELEFANTINO...PAPYRI, a large number of papyrus documents and fragments written in Aramaic in the 5th centuryºcentury B.C. discovered on Elephantine, an island in the Nile opposite Aswan (biblical Syene) which became an asylum for Jewish refugees after the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem. (Compare Jeremiah 43-44)
From The Tyndale Bible Dictionary by Elwell and Comfort (2000), under the same heading, pages 419-420:
“PAPIRI ELEFANTINO, Aramaic documents from the 5th century BC. BC, discovered on Elephantine, an island in the Nile. At the time of writing, Elephantine was a Persian military outpost partially occupied by a group of Jewish mercenaries and their families. The more than 100 documents belong mainly to three archives; two confidants (related to family) and a fellowship. The archives they contain may contain complete parchments still bound and sealed at the time of their discovery, in addition to numerous fragments and broken papyri.
“The manuscripts are of considerable archaeological importance. Predating most Dead Sea Scrolls by several centuries, they depict the social, political, and religious life of a Jewish community outside of Palestine. Several points of contact are made with the books of Ezra and Nehemiah..."
The biggest problem in the world that has been with us for over 7,000 years. We face this big problem every day of our lives and we face it from every direction. Try as we may, it cannot be avoided. As we try to rationalize this issue, there are busybodies on the sidelines who scoff at our efforts.
They take every opportunity to disparage and ridicule the efforts of those who expose the enemy's nature. The most important of them at the moment is Ted R. Weiland. Stephen E. Jones held the top spot until Weiland. You might think pointing fingers and naming names isn't cool, but Ted R. Weiland in his book Eve, Did Se Or Didn't She? told me to point my finger. Let's see what he said on page 1:
“If the seedliner assessment of what happened in the Garden of Eden can be shown to be biblically correct, then we, as followers of the Word of God, have a duty to accept and teach it, no matter how heterodox or unpopular that teaching may be. . Spiritual leaders are admonished by the Scriptures to confront false teachings, especially teachings that are detrimental to the gospel of Yahshua the Christ.” (Titus 1:7-14)
What Weiland intended with this passage was to justify his own, personally made-up view. This passage says in part, "Therefore rebuke them severely, that they may be firm in the faith." That is exactly what we did in this study. The anti-seedliners' position is completely irresponsible, and before we're done we'll see just how false their claim is.
At the beginning of his book, on page 2, Ted R. Weiland plays with words to discredit the two-seed doctrine of Genesis 3:15. Of the words he plays with, "facts, theories, and hypotheses," he sticks to the last. In his attempt to play with words, he forgets the most important thing; This is to verify your premise. No matter how many clever words one uses, if the premise is wrong, the conclusion will be wrong. As we shall see later, Weiland did not verify his premise.
Ted R. Weiland not only characterizes the truth of Genesis 3:15 as a hypothesis, but also accuses The Two Seedliners, page 2:
"...who continue to ignore clear textual intentions, who disregard Hebrew and Greek language principles and rules of consistency, and who assume a literal interpretation of clearly non-literal statements."
If anyone disregards Hebrew and Greek, it's Ted R. Weiland! He disregarded the Greek when he mocked John 8:44, where our Savior said directly to "the Jews," "Ye are of your father the devil." The Greek word for the word "of" means in this "Sons of a Father" case discussed above.
In addition to his accusation that we disregard the principles of Hebrew and Greek, Weiland accuses the Two Seedliners of misinterpreting the literal and non-literal Hebrew and Greek idioms. Then Weiland says on page 3:
“However, as Bible Students already know, there is no scripture that specifically teaches any of these false conclusions.”
Inasmuch as he requires Scripture to teach "specifically," this is positive evidence that Weiland himself has a complete disregard for the Hebrew and Greek languages as far as the doctrine of the two seeds or any other doctrine is concerned. He makes the same claim again on page 7, where he says:
"If these claims were true, surely God would have inspired his scribes to warn his people of these dangers somewhere in the Bible."
Weiland apparently forgets that Matthew 13:34-35 says:
“Jesus spake all these things in parables to the multitude; and he spoke not to them without parables. So that what the prophet said may be fulfilled..."
SPEAKING IN LIKES IS HARD TO SPEAK "EXPRESSLY". For this reason, Ted R. Weiland completely disregards the parable of WHEAT AND WEEDS in Matthew 13, demanding that it be translated "specifically." Not only did Yahshua speak in parables, but all the prophets did the same.
So when Weil expects the writing to be "explicit," he's suffering from a voodoo-induced hallucination. It seems that whether a script is literal or non-literal depends on how the sage Weiland interprets it. Is this "correction" strong enough? (Titus 1:13) It also appears according to his book on page 1 that he is the only one authorized to issue a "correction"!
life outside the garden
Adam and Eve were expelled from the garden and a new order began. Now that they have attained the knowledge of good and evil, they must be protected from eating of the tree of life. It would have meant endless suffering to live forever in his present state of physical depravity. Driven from the garden, they were given a merciful death that would end a time of burden and sadness. In that death they were promised the coming of redemption if, in the resurrection, they could gain eternal life freed from guilt and sin. (To redeem means to rend, to lose, or to redeem. The first death need not be feared, for from it the Lord can redeem the Israelite. There is no salvation from the final death. This is called the second death. (See Matthew 10:28. )
The man Adam came to a personal and experimental knowledge of good and evil through disobedience; good, by obedience; evil, through disobedience. Henceforth he was responsible for making known all good and desisting for all evil that was made known.
Two sons were born to Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel. Because of envy and strife, the result of sin, Cain killed Abel. God respected Abel's sacrifice because he, Abel, recognized his mistakes but rejected Cain's self-righteousness. The first killer left the presence of God. He left around the garden where the cherubim were and went into the land of Nod. Now Nod wanders, so in the land of wanderers Cain took his restless way.
We have seen how the Bible's narrative narrows from the creative activities of heaven and earth to the Garden of Eden. Now we see the garden closed to man, but the account shows man near the entrance to his former paradise. After committing murder, Cain would no longer stand in the presence of the Lord or witness to His glory manifested through the cherubim that guarded the path to the tree of life.
As man turned from God, the land of Nod, or the place of restless wandering, mental, physical, and spiritual, became the home of unregenerate man. Here people began to build houses. This is how an ancient civilization was born. (Man has now begun his efforts to return to that state of perfection which was his before he lost Paradise. Evolution, instead of being a sign of progress, is merely evidence of a fallen state, with desire to regain that perfection that ever existed Job 30:1-8 clearly shows that the so-called cliff dwellers and prehistoric humans, rather than being a stage in the progression of evolution, were just degenerates who fled to live in the wilderness. )
The Biblical story of creation
Who knows how many children learned that Eve ate an apple even though God told her not to. What an embarrassment for religion teachers today. How many sermons have been preached about sin in the garden by "ministers" who have no idea what that sin was?
Open your Bible, PRAY for the Holy Spirit to show you the truth, and I'll tell you what I found out from the study. I sincerely hope that you will NOT take my word for it without checking it out for yourself. The following is not contradicted anywhere in God's Word. On the contrary, many of the hard-to-understand passages from Jesus' words and parables and the writings of Paul, Peter and James are clarified.
In the first chapter we learn that there was a geological age before this one and that God destroyed his original creation. That in itself is an amazing statement, but God's Word explains it for those with "eyes to see."
Also in Genesis 1 we saw the CREATION of the second (present) age of earth and heaven, down to man of the sixth day (the races of today) and after the seventh day the CREATION of Adam (man of the eighth day). , and his wife Eve.
We find that this Adam was made a special servant of God, for through his seed Christ himself would come. This man was special. We find that even the ORDER of creation was different in Genesis chapters 1 and 2. God gave Adam and Eve completely different instructions from man on the sixth day, preparing for them a special place to live, separate from the rest of creation.
Now, as we delve into Genesis chapter 3, the first questions to ask yourself are: Was Satan aware of God's plan? Was Satan aware of God's plan in the first age? Does Satan ALWAYS try to destroy God's plan? Finally, if Satan was aware that God's plan was to send Jesus in the flesh through the seed of this particular creation at a later date, what is the best way for Satan to stop that plan?
When we get to chapter 6 of Genesis we will see that the fallen angels of Satan deceived the daughters of Adam (actually ALL except Noah's family) to create the "giants" which was the cause of the Flood. This was just a continuation of Satan's attempt to mortally corrupt the seed line through which the Messiah would come. OL' Scratch has not given up until today!
Remember Genesis 2:9 that in the garden was "the tree of LIFE" (which we find many places in the New Testament as Jesus) and "the tree of the knowledge of good and evil" (that old serpent, Satan, the deceiver, the destroyer, the devil, the beast, Lucifer, the king of Tire, etc.) Genesis Chapter 3 This old serpent was right in the garden. He was not a physical "snake" but a spiritual one. The word translated "snake" is nachash in Hebrew and there are four words, each with different meanings.
The word is generally accepted as "that which glitters" in most texts. Strong's #5172 nachash (naw-khash'); a primitive root; correct, to whistle, i.e. to whisper a (magic) spell; general to predict: KJV‑‑X certain divine enchanting (use) X enchantment learn through experience X actual observe diligently. (DID) Strong's #5173 nachash (Nah.'-ash); from #5172; an enchantment or premonition: KJV–enchantment. (DID) Strong's (Aramaic) Nechash #5174 (nekh-awsh'); corresponds to #5154; Copper: KJV - Brass. (DID) Strong's #5175 nachash (naw-khawsh'); from #5172; a snake (of its hissing): KJV-- snake. (DID) So Satan was a charmer. A silver-tongued demon as he is today. Let's look at verse 3:
See the words used for eat and touch. a primitive root; eat (literally or figuratively): KJV‑‑X at all, burn, consume, devour (‑er, up), dine, eat (‑er, up), feed (with), nourishment, X freely, X in.. . wise (action, abundance), (LAY) meat, X enough. (HAT) OUCH--Strongs #5060 Naga (naw-gah'); a primitive root; correct, to touch, i.e. to lay hands on (for whatever purpose; euphemism., to lie down with a woman); implicitly reach (figuratively arrive, acquire); fiercely, hit (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.): KJV‑‑ hit, (X be able to) knock down (put down), throw, approach (approach), stand up, happen, join, get close, plague, , reach (up), hit, hit, touch. (DID) Isn't it strange that naga (touch) means lying with a woman? In verse 6 we see that Eve ate of the "fruit of the tree" and ALSO gave Adam the same fruit and he ate too. is that weird for you
See what Eve said to God in verse 13: "The serpent deceived me... just see what the Hebrew word means - deceived - Strong #5377 nasha' (naw-shaw'); , (mentally) deceive, OR (morally) SEDUCE: KJV – deceive, deceive, X strong, X utterly divine zeal, I am jealous of you for having betrothed you to a husband to pretend you are a chaste virgin by your cleverness To present Christ so that your mind may be corrupted by the simplicity that is in Christ.
What do you think the Greek word translated "deceived" means here? Strong's exapation #1818 (ex-ap-at-ah'-o); from 1537 and 538; completely seduce: KJV – seduce, deceive. (DID) Note that it has only one meaning. "to be completely deceived" Look at verse 16 now. Notice that God says, "I will greatly multiply your pain and conception..." I think it is clear here that Eve was pregnant! Look at the word conception. It's definitely present, not future.
Strong's # 2032 herown (hay-rone'); or heraown (hay-raw-yone'); from No. 2029; Pregnancy: KJV– conception. (DID)Strongs #2029 harah (haw-raw'); a primitive root; be (or become) pregnant, become pregnant (literally or figuratively): KJV--is, be pregnant, become pregnant, progenitor. (DID) Also in verse 15 God tells Satan that He will put enmity (hatred) between their seed and His (Satan's) seed.
Every Christian accepts their seed as Christ, but they gloss over the phrase dealing with Satan's seed. Christ himself spoke about it in many places. See especially the parable of the weeds Matthew 3:24-42. So Eve was pregnant with twins, but not with the same father. The medical term is "paternal twins" and is not uncommon among prostitutes today. In 1990, Reader's Digest published the story of a woman in Thailand who gave birth to twins of two different races, one Asian and one black. But does God's Word indicate that they were twins? I think so.
In Genesis 4:1-2 we read: “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord; (King James Version)
See Hebrew phrase for English "and again" Strong #3254 Yacaph (yaw-saf'); a primitive root; add or increase (often adverbial, keep doing): KJV-- add, X again, X more, X stop, X come more, + conceptualize again, continue, exceed, X beyond, X collect, get more, give more , X henceforth, increase (more and more), connect, X longer (bring, do, do, a lot, put), X (that, much, even) more (and more), continue (additionally), lengthen, put, be [stronger-], X still, yield. (DID) So the Hebrew says she continued in labor... Is there any other evidence? I'm glad you asked. It is evident that Cain and Abel were of the same age. Why?
Look at verses 3 and 4 and you will see that they both presented their offerings to God at the same time. In Hebrew traditions, a man becomes in charge (bar mitzvah) at the age of 13. They obviously became responsible at the same time! We know that Cain killed Abel. Was this because Abel was Adam's firstborn and the beginning of Christ's promised seed?
It is written that Cain and his sacrifice were "unacceptable" to God. Adam thought Cain was his firstborn? No he did `nt. Cain didn't look like Adam at all. From where I know this? Read 4:25 and 5:3. Genesis 4:25 And Adam recognized his wife; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth. For God, she said, gave me another seed in the place of Abel, whom Cain killed. (KJV) Genesis 5:3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own image, after his own image; and called his name Seth: Is there any other proof that Cain was NOT the son of Adam? I'm glad you asked!
Note that Genesis chapter 5 is the genealogy of Adam. Cain is not listed in this genealogy. You know why? Cain was NOT the son of Adam! Cain has his own genealogy in Genesis chapters 4:17-24.2) See John 8:44, the words of Jesus “You are from your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the start and will not discover the truth because the truth is not in him. If he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own, because he is a liar and the father of lies.” (King James Version) 3) See Matthew 13:38, the words of Jesus “The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the weeds are the children of the wicked;" (KJV)
Note the Greek word for "seed" used in this parable. Strong's Sperm #4690 (sper'-mah); from 4687; something sown, d. H. semen (including male "sperm"); implied descendants; specifically a leftover (figuratively, like keeping it for planting): KJV – trouble, seed. interesting huh? See 1 John 3:12 “Not like Cain, who was of the ungodly and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? For his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.” (KJV) The English word “from” here is the Greek word ek, meaning “from the immediate origin”.
1 John 3:12: “Not like Cain, who was of the wicked one and killed his brother. And why did you kill him? For his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous."
Are the children of Cain still with us? I'm glad you asked. Yes they are.
Do you know who the QUENITES are? You need to. It's the Hebrew word for Cain! #7014 Strong's Qayin (kah'‑yin); the same as #7013 (having an affinity match with 7069); Kajin, the name of the eldest son, also from a place in Palestine and from an eastern tribe: KJV– Kain, Kenite (-s). (DID) The Kenites were the ones who killed Jesus and with whom Jesus spoke in John 8:44. Cain killed Adam's firstborn and his sons killed the only begotten Son of God! Note that knowing who the Kenites are is worthy of a special blessing from the Father. You can see this in Revelation 2:9 and 3:9.
Only the churches in Smyrna and Philadelphia received God's blessing. They taught who were those who "claimed to be of Judah and are liars!" (I believe this is DAN ~Lu's tribe) Read it yourself. You must devote special study to the books of Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua and Jeremiah as the Kenites are mentioned by name. In the time of Ezra-Nehemiah they were temple servants or nethinim, and in the time of Jesus they were the scribes. I bet you never thought about that, did you?
There are still some difficulties, for the Word says that all died in the deluge of Noah's day - didn't they? Wouldn't that include the Kenites and indeed all other races? Well, if you take the man's tradition, yes. BUT WE ACTUALLY KNOW THAT THE KEENITE AND OTHER BREEDS GO DOWN THE FLOOD. THE BEAUTIFUL PART IS THAT THE BIBLE SHOWS YOU HOW.
Biblical Creation; an interim report
The ideas presented with apparent boldness in the earlier parts of this treatise made some howl in disbelief and even hinted at heresy. For the most part, these are the ones who have filled themselves with the "loving" traditions of the people so prevalent in the theological cemeteries (pardon the faux pas) of the "religions" of the world, and have become greatly taught the lore of the People. . I don't apologize for that.
I will discuss my father's word as it is written with you or anyone else in great detail, with patience and love; but I will not spend a moment arguing about the man's comments. To these unbelievers I make this offer: let us confine the proof of our ideas to the WORD of God AS IT IS WRITTEN, and so know both what was and what will be. This approach is very biblical. 2 Timothy 2:15:
"Do your best to present yourself to God as approved, a worker with nothing to be ashamed of, handling the word of truth rightly." (KJV)
Psalms 119:160:
"Your word is valid from the beginning, and each of your just judgments lasts forever." (KJV)
There are many other references that could and should be understood. Many people sit in graveyard classes (seminaries where the Word of God is taught through deceit and deception) to learn the Word of God so they can prepare to teach and preach. Saul of Tarsus is a particularly great example of someone coming from Babylonian denominationalism.
He was tutored in the graveyard by Gamaliel, the “great teacher of the law” (Acts 5:34) (see Matthew 23:27, and you will understand my faux pas in the Pharisee school, (Acts 22:34). Saul and his zeal for “God” with what He learned (from men), read Acts chapters 8 and 9.
Notice that it took a visit from the LIVING WORD Himself to open Paul's spiritual and physical eyes. The problem wasn't that Paul didn't know WHAT the Word of God said: it was that he was never taught to BELIEVE what it said or to interpret it without the bias and blindness of human tradition.
It has been said that those who do not understand and heed the lessons of history are doomed to repeat their mistakes. We see it so often today with well-meaning but blind men of God who teach the traditions of men learned in the major seminaries: we hold up men as beacons of truth rather than the living Word; We hear of "that great old preacher" or "that great church" all the time, not realizing that such commentaries are firmly rooted in the teachings of Josephus (a Pharisee) or in the works of early church fathers like Origen, Aristotle and Jerome. These writings may be 99% biblical, but they sometimes smell like the Pharisaic leaven (perhaps accidentally) added to the bread of life.
The overwhelming evidence that clearly indicates that many of these early Christian writers borrowed heavily from the early Latin texts of the Pharisees, such as the Mishnah, Juchasm, and Porta Moses, is ignored. The lesson should be clear: we must be careful to use the WRITTEN WORD as our guide, or we shall surely fall into the same pit as Paul.
One may rightly ask, "What problem does he have with the Pharisees? My friend, Jesus' words were full of contempt for the denominations of that time. We could literally spend hours reading about it in the gospels, because when Christ didn't work his miracles, he was teaching against the Pharisees. It began in Matthew 5 (see especially verses 19-20) and finally ended in John 19:31.
Who do you think was responsible for his crucifixion? Who else but the denominations of that day led by the Pharisees? Are you allowing the traditions of the denominational world to crucify Him again in your heart by refusing to believe His Word?
I sincerely hope that the above comments will not be misunderstood. I am certainly not suggesting that one should not read all matters that may be presented, including the comments. The point I want to emphasize is precisely this: the Word of God that we now have is sufficient and complete.
There is NO contradiction in its loudness. Problems always arise when any tradition of man is printed on the pages. The Word will ALWAYS spit out traditions when you seek the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Finally, I'm not asking you to take my words any more than any other man's words. But I ask you to step into the WORD that counts, the WORD of the living GOD, and decide for yourself what you want to accept. Except for Jesus, there will be no Scriptural Advocate at trial to defend your faith. Make sure you know His WORD. These studies in Genesis are very important in understanding God's plan. Indeed, if we don't understand the beginning, how are we supposed to understand "the rest of the story"?
We shall not see the design repeated in the persons of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. We cannot understand the prophetic books or even the textbooks of Job, Jonah, Hymns, Esther and Ezra. We will miss the deeper truths in Jesus' parables, for He taught and confirmed "that which was from the beginning."
They didn't recognize him when he first came. In fact, they killed him. Will you bet your spiritual life that they will recognize Him a second time? Jesus Himself said this to the Pharisees in John 5:43: “I came in the name of my Father, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him." (King James Version)
For the coming days we will need a lot of knowledge. If we know who the Kenites are (Revelation 2:9 and 3:9), we can recognize our adversary and don the gospel armor of Ephesians 6:12-18. God is really calling an end time army. END OF COMMENTS
Biblical creation
Understanding genealogies A quick review
In Part 1 we established from Genesis 1 the existence of the first age of earth and heaven, its destruction in ancient times, and the establishment of the second (the present) age of earth and heaven. Furthermore, we discover that the earth was NOT created or destroyed "tohu va bohu", but WAS so.
We use this knowledge to understand some "problematic passages" in 2 Peter, Jeremiah, and Isaiah. Although we chose not to go through some of Jesus' parables with this knowledge, if you did it alone you would see a great light dawn in your spirit. Much more would make perfect sense. In part 2 we talked extensively about the days of creation and realized that there were NOT just six days of creation, but EIGHT.
A newcomer reading Chapters 1 and 2 can see that the order of creation described in Chapter 1 differs from the order described in Chapter 2; That the instructions given to the man were different; That the Hebrew words used for “create” and “man” in chapter 1 are different from the words used for “form” and “Adam” in chapter 2.
Since we have begun to accept that ALL of God's Word is true, we cannot be forced to accept that only one of the first 2 chapters is true: no, on the contrary, we must say, "God is true and everyone is man a liar. “1 and 2 are TRUE.
Since both chapters are true, our only option is that they describe two separate creations, one on the SIXTH day and one on the eighth day, exactly as written. This creation on the eighth day of the promised seed is eloquently mentioned in 2 Peter 2:5:
"And he did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing the deluge upon the world of the ungodly."
You should notice that the word "person" in your KJV is italicized, meaning it's not in the original language. Noah was described as the "eighth" because he was of eighth-day creation and had promised God to preserve that lineage until the birth of the Messiah.
In Part 3 we see that the "original sin" was physical adultery on the part of the first of creation on the eighth day, the "chosen one" of God. We find that physical adultery was preceded by spiritual adultery, namely, not believing in God; Eve listened to the father of lies, the devil, also known as the father of the Kenites (Cain), and took his word instead of God's.
We have also started tracing the genealogy of Adam and Cain. We find that although Cain was the son of Eve, he was not the son of Adam. Cain was the firstborn son of Satan, and it was his sons the Kenites who killed Christ.
It is the children of the Kenites who work today to destroy the sheep of Christ through lies and the tradition of men through commentary. We are in a spiritual war: no one should go into battle without knowing who the enemy is and how to spot them. We must know the type of their weapons and have the right weapons to defeat them. Many today go into battle behind a flag raised by the enemy themselves, believing they are running to safety.
understand genealogy
We have a saying "like father, like son" or "He's a piece of the old block". The study of genealogy is often a dry and open-ended subject, but virtually all of us want to know who our ancestors were and how they fit into history. God's Word uses genealogy for a special reason. The WORD chapters devoted to the fact that so-and-so fathered so-and-so page after page are often overlooked.
The Holy Spirit did not place these chapters to fill the space. They are there so that we can examine the WORD for ourselves. The first genealogical list is found in Genesis chapter 4.
I'm not surprised that Cain's genealogy is listed first. He was the first child born in this earthly age. His father was not Adam but Satan. (John 8:44, Matthew 13:38, 1 John 3:12) Cain, we discover, evidently did not resemble Adam at all (Genesis 5:3). Genesis chapter 4 begins with the birth of the first twins (see Part 3), and we now take up the account of the first murderer, beginning with Genesis 4:3:
“And it came to pass in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD from the fruit of the land. (Genesis 4:4) And Abel brought his offering from the firstborn of his flock and from their fat: (Genesis 4:5) But he had no respect for Cain and his offering (KJV)
Many did not see why Cain's offering was unacceptable. However, it is clearly written why. God requires a blood sacrifice. That's right, you say, but the blood sacrifice law isn't enacted yet! Yes it was, my friend. Not only was it previously written, but it was also demonstrated by God Himself. How do you think Abel knew about this? WHERE IT IS WRITTEN, you protest, PROOF!
OK, look at Genesis 3:21, "And the Lord God made garments of skins for Adam and his wife, and clothed them." (KJV) Think for a moment that these animals gave up their skins without her Losing life and blood? So it is clearly written here that God Himself showed Adam and Eve the acceptable demand for forgiveness. If so, it was both a physical and spiritual "covering" that was acceptable to God.
Now think for a moment. Can you imagine the impression that act must have made on Adam and Eve? You had NEVER seen death until now, but here is a totally innocent being shedding his blood for YOUR sins. Does that remind you of anything?
It should remind you of Christ coming through the descendants of Adam and Eve to pay for all the sins of all mankind. Sure, Adam and Eve told Cain and Abel what God expected, but only Abel believed. Cain wanted to do it his way. Cain felt, as his descendants feel the Kenites today, that when the WORD of God does not agree with what they think, they are right and God is wrong.
Scottish children. TSK tsk. Well, Cain wasn't happy at all (Genesis 4:5) when God accepted Abel's offering and rejected his (Genesis 4:4). God did not punish Cain (Genesis 4:6), but (Genesis 4:7) gave him advice and showed him the way to be acceptable, but to no avail. So Cain "talked" (Genesis 4:8) to his brother Abel, killed him, and then tried to lie to GOD about it (Genesis 4:9).? WOULD YOU TRUST A KENIT TO TELL YOU THE WORD OF GOD.
Now we will see why the Kenites are also called "horsemen" (from the word "Rehab" used in 1 Chronicles 2:55). "And the families of the scribes that dwelt in Jabez: the Tyrathites, the Symathites, and the Suchathites. These are the Kenites, who came from Hemate, the father of the house of Rechab." 1 Chronicles 2:55 (KJV) Strongs # #7017 Qeyniy (kay-nee'); or Qiyniy (1 Chronicles 2:55) (kee-nee'); patronymic of #014; a Kenite or member of the Kajin tribe: KJV-- Kenite. The root of Word #7014 is: Strong's #7014 Qayin (kah'‑yin); the same as #7013 (having an affinity match with #7069); Kajin, the name of the firstborn, also from a place in Palestine and from an eastern tribe: KJV-‑Cain, Kenite (-s).Strong's #7394 Rekab (ray-kawb'); from #7392; Knight; Recab, the name of two Arabs and two Israelites: KJV‑Rehab. The #7392 root is: Strong's #7392 rakab (raw-kab'); a primitive root; ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causal, put on (to ride or generally), send off: KJV-- (put on [horse]), load, raise [oneself], put on [horse], (cause, make) ride (in turmoil) , a, -r), set.
Well, Cain's occupation was a farmer at first. (Genesis 4:2) This destroyed Cain's way of earning a living. We see in Genesis 4:12 that God removed this option: Cain would NEVER sow seed that produces food again.
Don't let THIS point get over your head. Think of the teaching parables Jesus used. (See Matthew 13 for several examples.) To this day, the Kenites earn their living through the labor of others. They make their living from usury (interest) and idle gossip (lies, even religious lies) and policies like the NEW WORLD ORDER (taxes), but never by “the sweat of their brow” like Adam and his seed (Genesis 3:19) .
KENITES earn their living by "riding" (rechab) on the backs of everyone else's work. In Genesis 4:13-17 we find several amazing things. 1). Cain was afraid of being killed. (Genesis 4:14). If there were no other humans (i.e. the creation of the sixth day), who would kill him? We see in Genesis 5:3 and 4 that there were no other Adamic descendants (day eight). Cain feared the creation of the sixth day, that's for sure. From these peoples Cain met his wife (Genesis 4:17). Cain received a “mark” of protection from God Himself (Genesis 4:15). 3)
Cain built a CITY (Genesis 4:17). Isn't that strange? A CITY! Who would live in it if there weren't other people? What good would a CITY be? Who on earth would feed him while he built it? Have you ever tried laying brick and mixing mud yourself? It is not easy. Have you thought about the logistics of gathering materials for the roads, buildings and walls?
God's WORD is never less true and accurate. Cain built a city. However, common sense will tell you that Cain had considerable help from the sixth day crew. What do you think made it possible for a FARMER to know HOW to build a city or what a CITY is? How did he know how to calculate weights, measures and angles? How did he survive alone?
I believe the key lies in the mark that God has placed on him. I believe that brand was knowledge and the superiority that knowledge brings to people. Cain was readily accepted by the sixth-day people because he could teach them how to farm, taught them how to train animals for work, and taught them great finesse with weapons, how to kill their sister tribes, and theirs get goods. , etc. All for one price, but all for one price. We now come to the listing of Cain's lineage in Genesis chapter 4.
First, note that Cain has his own genealogy and it is listed separately from Adam's (chapter 5), which we will cover in the next part. The reason should be clear to everyone by now. Cain was not the son of Adam. Cain was the son of Satan. (John 8:44, 1 John 3:12)
Second, note carefully how closely the names of Cain's descendants in Genesis 4 mimic the names of Adam's children in Genesis 5. You should remember this fact.
The Kenites are great imitators. THEY LIKE TO BECOME GREAT MEN OF GOD. They were the ones leading the church when Jesus came. (Matthew chapter 23 and John chapter 8). Her father killed Adam's firstborn son.
They killed God's firstborn son and to this day sow confusion among God's people to keep them from seeing the truth. Strange but very true, my friend, strange but true. Some of the words above are the words of the man. Never take anyone's words without proving them yourself in the one true WORD. May the Holy Spirit guide you in your search.
Biblical Creation The Seed of Woman
In Part 4 we talk about the "seed of the serpent" and trace the genesis of Cain through the Word of God from the beginning in Genesis to the end in the book of Revelation. The simple fact that there is an opponent to God's plan of salvation is easily accepted.
The revelation that such an adversary has PHYSICAL offspring among us is a harder pleasure, but the fact that God allows such an abomination to coexist with us is unthinkable to many. However, it is a true fact, as we have shown. One may not understand why, but it is only because they did not use their own minds, but allowed the traditions of the people to serve as their interpreters of God's WORD.
Think about it. We began this series with a 2-part thesis that we will repeat here: Thesis Part (A) THE WHOLE WORD OF GOD IS TRUE. Part of thesis (B) SOME WORDS OF THE MAN ARE TRUE. We will continue to use the same rules. The offspring of the serpent and the woman are first mentioned in Genesis 3:15:
"And he will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel." (KJV)
Isn't that a promise of the living God? The message is so clear that even a child can understand it. First notice with whom God was speaking. (Previous verse: {Genesis 3:14} "...God said to the serpent...") The message is for Satan. God does not speak to the woman until Genesis 3:16. Now stop and think for a minute. If this is the Word of God, aren't the seed (children) of the serpent still here with us? Of course they are. We identified them as the Kenites in Part 4.
The seed (children) of the woman is thus brought into conflict with the seed (children) of the serpent. Notice something else at Genesis 3:15. God said that HE (GOD) would bring "enmity" between the children. This word is Strong's #342 'eybah (ay-baw'); from No. 340; Hostility: KJV – enmity, hatred. The root word is Strong's #340 'ayab (aw-yab'); a primitive root; hatred (as someone from an opposing tribe or party); hence to be hostile: KJV - to be an enemy. God also made a prophecy about children. God said (Genesis 3:15) "that the seed of the woman would 'crushed' the head of the seed of the serpent, and that the seed of the serpent would 'crushed' the heel of the seed of the woman."
The word bruise is Strong's number 7779 shuwph (shoe); primitive root; right, open your mouth, i. H. grasp; figuratively, overwhelm: KJV – break, crush, cover. The word "head" is Strong's #7218 ro'sh (roshe); from an unused root that seems to want to shake; the head (as the easiest to shake), whether literal or figurative (in many uses, of place, time, rank, etc.): KJV--band, beginning, captain, capital, chief (-est place, man, things) ,society, end, X every [man], excellent, first, vanguard, ([his]) head, height, (on) great (part est, [priest]), X lead, X poor, chief, ruler , sum , above. The word "heel" is Strong's #6119 "aqeb (aw-kabe)"; or (feminine) `iqqebah (ik-keb-aw'); from #6117; a heel (like protruding); hence a clue; figuratively the rearguard (of an army): KJV-- heel, [horse] hoof, last, lying in wait [incorrect for #6120], (step). The root word is Strong's #6117aqab (aw-kab'); a primitive root; correct, swell or increase; only used as designation for #6119 to grab heel; figuratively walk around (as if tripping over heels); also included (as if held by the heel): KJV-- take by the heel, stay, displace, X total. (DID) All of this is presented in detail so that we can understand the following truths.1)
God promised an ongoing destiny and enmity between the serpent's offspring and the woman. This animosity began in earnest when Cain killed Abel.2) From the moment God made this promise, we accept that BOTH the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent must be kept PURE to the end for it to be fulfilled which we find in the book of Revelation chapter 20 where the seed of the serpent is finally destroyed. PLEASE do not miss these points. See the parable of the sower (Matthew 13:24-30) and Jesus' very simple explanation (only for those who LISTEN) at Matthew 13:36-43.
What can we learn from Genesis 3:15 and the words of the Master in Matthew? WE MUST see that BOTH were not only sown here after the Flood, but continue to this day by the works of their fathers (read John 8 esp. 8:44).
Keep that in mind as we discuss the Flood in Part 6. The second Genesis is that of Adam presented in Genesis 5. It is significant that Genesis 4 about the serpent is listed first (in Genesis 4) because it brings forth additional truth. Spoken by Jesus in Matthew 19:30 "But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first."
Therefore, the seed of woman will be first in the kingdom of heaven. Continuing with Adam's lineage, we see that it continued with Seth (Genesis 5:4) because Abel was murdered and Cain was not Adam's descendant.
We mentioned earlier that we should note the similarity between the names of the sons of Adam and the names of the sons of Cain in chapter 4. We should see from this how the seed of the serpent loves to imitate the sons of God. However, they denounce their works. You have great words that (to the lazy ones) sound very biblical.
They love to be called "great men of the Lord." The problem is that they are the WRONG Lord's mighty men. We must be smarter than the serpent and only follow the Word of God. Don't be fooled by these Kenites and their false teaching, the comments of the people. Jesus taught many times how to deal with them. He did NOT say to destroy them.
Genesis. 4:15
"And the Lord said to him, Whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be upon him sevenfold.
Are you now beginning to see what the mark of Cain was? Jesus told us: LEAVE THEM ALONE! (Matthew 13:28-30)
28: "He said to them, 'An enemy has done this. The servants said to him: Do you want us to gather them together?
29: But he said: No; lest you uproot the wheat with the weeds. 30: Let both grow together until harvest; and at harvest time he will say to the reapers: First gather the tares and tie them in bundles to burn; but gather the wheat into my barn."
Jesus also told us (Matthew 7:15-20) that we should be fruit inspectors.
15: "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but are ravening wolves on the inside.
16 You shall know them by their fruit. Do people gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?
17 So every good tree bears good fruit; but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
18: A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit.
19 Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
20 Therefore you shall know them by their fruits. (KJV) He said, "You shall know them by their fruit." Don't miss the mention here in Matthew of "good trees and bad trees."
That should draw your attention straight to Genesis 2:9, the two trees in the garden. Have you smelled any rotten apples lately? Our Master instructed us on how to deal with them in God's way: Matthew 10:16 “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.”
Finally, when the serpent's seed came to bring Jesus to be crucified, our Master gave us a great exemplary lesson: Matthew 26:52: “Then Jesus said unto him, Put thy sword back in its place; for all who, taking the sword, perish by the sword: Remember God's words in Genesis 4:15 "DO NOT KILL CAIN." Jesus said to Peter, DO NOT KILL THE CHILDREN OF CAIN.
So we must IDENTIFY them, TEACH the truth against them, resist them totally by the Word of GOD, but otherwise LEAVE them alone. As we see the Kenite New World Order unfold before our eyes, we would do well to remember and follow Jesus' example. Let God do the physical battle. He promised.
"IT IS WRITTEN, VENGEANCE IS MINE, FOR THE REWARD, SAITH THE LORD." (Romans 12:19)
Within the line of Adam we see ALL the great men of God up until the birth of the Promised One - JESUS, the Messiah, the SON of GOD. Someone is tempted to break the line with Jesus, but the Word of God is not. You see, there were many bifurcations in the seed line. At each of these forks, the Kenites did their best to destroy them. They failed and they never will. We see a bifurcation in the story of Noah. This one is great and will be covered in the next part. The second fork was at Noah's sons.
Another big one was with Peleg. The one we are most familiar with was Abraham, then Isaac, and finally Jacob and Esau. The story of Abraham's seed is probably the most misunderstood. Some learned theologians in commentaries call Abraham a Jew.
Some call him an Israelite. Very few know that Abraham was a Hebrew (Genesis 14:13). He was neither an Israelite nor a Jew, for Israel (Jacob) was his grandson and Judah was his great-grandson! Don't we see from this that the children of Abraham were all Hebrews? Have we forgotten that besides Isaac, Abraham had SEVEN sons? (Genesis 16:16), Genesis 25:1-2).
ALL of these and their descendants are Hebrews, but NONE of them are Israelites or Jews. You see, God promised Abraham that Abraham's seed would be numbered like the sand of the sea and the stars of the sky (Genesis 22:17) and the dust of the earth (Genesis 13:16). .
Let's see: "The sand of the sea". Hmm... Isn't that where John saw the beast rise? COURSE IS. Revelation 13:1
"And In stood on the sand of the sea and saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on its horns ten diadems, and on its heads a name of blasphemy."
How about "the dust of the earth"? Hmmm... didn't we just read that in Genesis? 3:14? NATURALLY
“And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because you have put a tombstone on this, you are cursed above all cattle and above every beast of the field; you shall crawl on your belly, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life. (King James Version) The Little Satans eat everything we produce, or at least try to. How about "the stars of heaven"? understand... in Daniel 12:3 we find: “And the wise shall shine like the splendor of the firmament; and those who lead many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever. (KJV)
So we see God's prophecy that most of Abraham's descendants would do the work of the Kenites, deceiving themselves into worshiping the ways of this world. Mostly, since the combination of dirt and beach sand will likely far outweigh the "stars in the sky." Definitely something to think about.
It would not be right to leave the subject of Adam's seed without pointing out something else. That is, God promised that the seed of Abraham would be Genesis. 22:17-18:17: This blessing will bless you, and the multiplication of In will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven and like the sand on the seashore; and your seed will possess the gate of their enemies; 18: And through your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you obeyed my voice. (KJV)
God passed this promise to Jacob when he changed his name to Israel Genesis 28:14:
“And your seed shall be like the dust of the earth, and shall be scattered west, and east, and north, and south; and in you and in your seed shall all families of the earth be blessed."
Who passed it on to the sons of Joseph, Ephraim, and Manasseh in Genesis 48:
16: The angel who saved me from all evil, bless the young; and my name shall be named in it, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and grow in abundance in the midst of the earth.
17: And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraim's head, he was displeased; and he lifted up his father's hand to bring them from the head of Ephraim to the head of Manasseh.
18 And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; Put your right hand on his head.
19. And his father refused, saying: Know, my son, know: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great; but his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will be multiplied nations.
20. And he blessed them that day, saying: In you shall Israel bless, saying, God make you like Ephraim, and like Manasseh; and put Ephraim before Manasseh. (KJV)
Note especially verse 16 "LET MY NAME NAME UPON THEM"!! WHO?? Ephraim and Manasseh, that's WHO. Joseph's children are ISRAEL, which means "the people of GOD" in Hebrew. Now the man is telling you that THE JEWS are God's people. But as you can see in the first verse of Genesis 49, it is Jacob who blesses Judah and the rest of the tribes. The WORD shows us that His name of blessing Israel has already been given: TO EFRAIM AND TO MANASSE.
Now, these promises that God made to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are absolutely wonderful and are physical and national blessings. If you listen to the man, he'll say it was the Jews who got them. Such rubbish. You would have to believe God lied to believe that.
No, my friend, look at the nations of the earth today. You must be able to find God's people. They would be the ones who would be a blessing to other nations on earth; They would own the gates of their enemies. They would be a Christian nation. They would nourish the earth with their gift. They would have vast natural resources. They would expend time and effort sending missionaries to Earth. You would be the envy of all nations. Hmmm. Look in the mirror and thank God.
Biblical creation
The Deluge and Aftermath It amazes me how few people will actually study the WORD of GOD using their own gray matter and available study tools. Most people would not dream of having a "great man of standing" managing their checkbook for them or telling them what assets they own or how to conduct their personal lives.
These same people, however, apparently have no problem with being told how to believe God's Word by "men of great standing." Knowledge of our Father's word is the most important thing any of us can possess. Don't let people steal this blessing from you. STUDY THE WORD OF GOD. YOU AND GOD MAKE THE MOST In this final part we will cover the following points: 1) The presence of the various races on earth BEFORE and AFTER the Flood, including the Kenites (Cain = serpent seed = son of Satan). ) THE REASON for the Flood .3) THE WAY God saved ALL races for posterity.4)
The character of Noah's seed and the nature of the son of Ham, (Cush) Canaan. We are all familiar with the human account of the Flood. Most were taught by man's understanding that all mankind was destroyed except for Noah and seven others, and as a corollary all present races are descended from Noah's sons.
Not only is this teaching absurd to anyone using their own brains, but it is itself an admission by Christians that evolution is true. What is meant by this statement is that many of the man's favorite comments say that "environmental factors must have played a part in the current complexion and physical characteristics of many races".
This is the blatant admission of "Christians" that humans mutate just as evolutionists claim. The Word of God does not even consider the thought of man physically mutating. that is, Genesis 2:21 "And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept, and he took one of his ribs and shut the flesh in its place."
The word translated here as "ribs" is #6763, "tsela", which comes from Strong's root word #6760 "tsala".
(tsaw-lah'); a primitive root: probably curved; only used as a noun for #6763, limp (as if it were one-sided): KJV--halt. (DID) This is particularly interesting in light of the account of the creation of woman; For example, as we see in the creation of man on the sixth day in Genesis 1:27, both male and female were created by God at the same time. However, on the eighth day of Adam's creation, it becomes clear that Adam was originally alone and God created special animals and plants for him BEFORE the female EVA was born.
As we see in verses 2:21-22, Eve was apparently created from the SAME DNA that Adam had. This Hebrew word "curve" evokes the familiar image of the "curve" present in the DNA double helix of all humankind. This strand of DNA therefore carries the Genesis signature, which determines the physical characteristics of each subsequent Genesis generation of offspring. TYPE BY TYPE.
Why is he emphasizing that, you might ask. Is he racist in any way? No, my friend, it was God who created the races. He loved her very much. He blessed them (Genesis 1:28). God gave them all of His creation to own. God was very pleased with them just as He created them (Genesis 1:31). I'm in too.
The reason for emphasizing the separate identities of the races and their pre-Flood origin is to represent the fact that the races are still here. Somehow they made it. It is important to understand the separate identity of races in order to truly understand the lie of man, which claims that sunlight and geography caused people to change and become red, brown, black, or yellow. Can't you see the truth in God's Word? In all of recorded history, no racial mutation is known to have occurred. Don't be part of the lie. Get out of Babylon.
In parts 3 and 4 we look at the descendants of the serpent seed, the Kenites. We trace them back from their carnal father Cain (Genesis 4) to Genesis 15:19, to Numbers 24:21; Judges 1:16; 1 Chronicles 2:55; Jeremiah (chapter 35 all) to John 8:44 and finally to Revelation 2:9 and 3:9.
We traced them using Strong's dictionary to see that the English words 'Cain' and 'Kenite' are the only Hebrew words: Strong #7014 Qayin (kah'-yin); the same as #7013 (having an affinity match with #7069); Kajin, the name of the firstborn, also from a place in Palestine and from an eastern tribe: KJV-Kain, Kenite (-s). (DID) It is important to keep this in mind when speaking of the Deluge, for the WORD is clear: The Kenites went over the other side of the Deluge. Likewise, the various races went through the flood. You're all with us today, aren't you? Before we look at how the Word of God itself tells us how the Kenites and other races went through the Flood (yes, it says here in Genesis), let's first ask a few questions.
God Himself promised a sevenfold penalty for anyone who killed Cain; Genesis 4:15:
"And the Lord said to him, Whoever kills Cain, vengeance shall be upon him sevenfold.
He (God) even put a shield on Cain to protect him! 1) So, would God kill Cain or his descendants? Cain was already guilty of unrepentant murder and blasphemy in Genesis 4:15.
In order for God to kill Cain, God would have to resort to His Word. This is not a possibility because; 2) God promised Cain's father (Satan) that God would "put enmity between the seed of the woman and his (Satan's) seed." (Genesis 3:15) The word for "seed" is "zara" or offspring - see Strong's #2233. For this to be true, as is all of God's Word, BOTH the seed of Satan and the seed of the woman must arise exist on both sides of the tide, and indeed, as we have already shown, to this day. The Word clearly teaches that the salvation God offers through His Son Jesus is universally applicable to all mankind. So Jesus is our “ark”. So we will see that God provided an ark for mankind through the hands of Noah, and that ark saved all mankind. God uses teachers in the same way today, and sometimes in ways as strange as Noah's Ark must have seemed to them. The Word also declares that "God never changes" (Psalm 102:27) and that "Jesus is the same forever." (Hebrews 13:8)
god is true Such is His Word. All of it. Let us now look at the 6th chapter of Genesis with open eyes. We will first show the REASON for the flood. While it is true that man was (and is today) full of sin against God, a very special kind of sin was committed. Not only was man a sinner, but the purity of Adam's seed had all but vanished. If that seed was totally corrupted, then God's promise of Genesis. 3:15 would fail as there would be no more descendants of Adam to fulfill the promise. Keep that thought in mind as we proceed.
In the first two verses of chapter 6 we see the nature of the second attack on Adam's lineage by Satan and his henchmen. We see this in the tenth generation (Noah's was 10ºGenesis of Adam), the "sons of God" had PHYSICALLY deceived the women of Adam's lineage to the point where only the family tree of Noah's family was not defiled by these fallen angels. These “sons of God” were not flesh, just as the “son of God” whom Nebuchadnezzar saw walking in the furnace with the 3 sons was not flesh, Daniel 3:25, or the “sons of God” mentioned in Job 1:6; 2:1; or 38:7 or Psalm 29:1; 89:6 were flesh.
These were beings with spiritual bodies. These particular ones in Genesis 6 were the spirit messengers or angels of Satan. Jude in verse 6 clearly points to an outbreak of fallen angels and claims that their sin was similar to Sodom's in Jude 7. Furthermore, the time of an outbreak of fallen angels is given in 2 as “in the days of Noah” Peter 2:4-7. Although they were spiritual beings, these "sons of God" had very physical characteristics. The same happened to almost all spiritual beings who visited man. Do you remember the three who came to Abraham in the plain (Genesis 18:8) and had dinner with Abraham? In verse 4 we find that the words "sons" and "were" are in italics, meaning they are not in the manuscripts. If we leave them out and read the verse, we discover that the descendants of these fallen angels and carnal women did not "become" powerful men of old, they WERE THE SAME as they were of old. (Remember Part 1 on Genesis 1:2?). Apparently it was a similar flight of these fallen ones that caused the destruction of "the world of old" (2 Peter 3:6).
As we continue, we see that these crossbred hybrids were an abomination to God, who commanded his creation to reproduce "species after species." (Genesis Chapter 1) They were giants, certainly both in their meanness and in their physical size. In the end they would surely wipe out ALL of Adam's children. God decided to intervene to destroy these giants with a deluge of water. Notice that God would certainly have no need to destroy mankind as He created them, but only if they were corrupted in their kind. These "giants" were a "creation" of Satan. They weren't of God. God would not have to destroy mankind just because of sin because He had promised to send a Messiah. When the seed that God promised would bring forth the Messiah was threatened with extinction, he acted to keep his word. He always will.
Notice verse 7 of Genesis 6. “And the Lord said, He shall cut off the man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, and creeping thing, and bird of the air; Here God is apparently saying that he will destroy all creation, man and beast. He? Naturally. The word "said" is Strong's #559 "a man (aw-mar"); a primitive root; say (used with great leeway): KJV‑‑ answer, appoint, vouch for, bid, boast, invoke, confirm, challenge, accuse, + (give up) command (‑ment), communicate, consider, declare, demand, X wishes, determines, X expressly, X actually, X intends, names, X clearly, promises, publishes, reports, demands, says, speaks (against, of), X nevertheless, X assumes, speaks, tells, concept, X that means X thinks, uses [speaks], expresses, X in truth, X still. In verses 8 and 9 we see that only Noah was "righteous" and "perfect in his genesis" and thus found "grace before God."
These little words and phrases are huge. "Righteous" is the Hebrew "tsadach" or ZADOK, the rough equivalent of "elect" in the New Testament. Noah believed in God. The word "only" is Strong's #6662 tsaddiyq (tsad-deek); from 6663; just: KJV – just, lawful, just (man). Tsidoniy. See #6722. This word shares the same root as Strong #6659 Tsadowq (tsaw-doke'); from #6663; Only; Tsadok, the name of eight or nine Israelites: KJV‑Zadok.
The phrase "perfect in his genesis" simply means that he did not interbreed with these fallen ones and had a clean "pedigree" going back to Adam, "the seed of the woman." The Hebrew consists of two words, Strong #8549 tamiym (taw-meem'); from #8552; whole (literally, figuratively, or morally); also (as a noun) integrity, truth: KJV-- flawless, complete, complete, perfect, sincere (-age), sane, unblemished, unblemished, upright (-ly), whole. and Strong's towledah #8435 (to-led-aw'); or toledah (to-led-aw'); from 3205; (plural only) descent, i.e. family; (figurative) History: KJV– Birth, Genesis. Now we have to see a very special point. Because Noah was pure Adamic, so were his sons. They were apparently THE LAST of the Adamic people who were of pure lineage.
If God's mission was to preserve the seed in the pure sense until the birth of the Messiah (Genesis 3:15), HOW COULD THE SONS OF NOAH'S OTHER RACE BEGIN? They obviously couldn't, otherwise they couldn't have been pure in the first place. God's Word says they were of pure descent. God also said TYPE after TYPE - remember? ALL the sons of NOAH, as well as their descendants, were therefore pure Adamic. Believe in God. OK. If this is the case, then HOW did the Kenites and sixth-day creation come through the flood? Answer: In the ark. Likewise, today everyone will be saved. in the ark of God,
Jesus. Look, if you will, in Genesis 6:3 “And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always labor with man, for he also is flesh; but his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” (King James Version) Notice the expression “he also is flesh.” It is very important to what follows. Man is declared flesh, which shouldn't be a big deal. EXCEPT – Look at the instructions God gave to Noah in Genesis 6:19: “And of every living creature of EVERY FLESH, two of every kind you must bring them into the ark to keep them alive with you ; shall be male and female.” Not ONLY here, but in ALL the following passages (Genesis 7:16; 7:23; 8:17) God repeats, “TWO OF ALL FLESH,” the male and the female. as God unites all flesh in Genesis 6:7: “And the Lord said, He shall destroy man whom I created from the face of the earth, man and beast, creeping things and fowl of the heavens; for I regret that I made them.” He combines them when he teaches Noah: Why is it so difficult to understand the truth?
Why should man teach the traditions of the Pharisees and the lies of the Kenites? Given God's Word and common sense, why will people continue to believe them? In just don't know. The Flood story wouldn't be complete if we didn't disprove another human lie. What did you learn in the graveyards about the nature or color of Canaan son of Ham? What did Ham teach you about the nature of sin? We see the first mention of this Canaan in Genesis 9:18. It seems taken out of context, placed here. As we see in Genesis 9:25, Noah cursed this Canaan because of what his father Ham did.
Does that strike you as strange? It has to be the man's way of presenting the story. Why should a son take the blame for what a father did? This is totally against God's will. See the entire chapter of Ezekiel 18 and Deuteronomy 24:16 “Fathers shall not die for their children, neither shall children die for their parents; each shall die for his sins.” (KJV) Now, God didn't curse Canaan. Noah, your grandfather, yes. After all the death he had just seen, why would Noah curse this firstborn? It turns out that this Canaan was an incestuous child born to Ham and his mother, Noah's wife. Absurd you say? No my friend, really.
Noah made wine and got drunk. After the year that had just passed, he was living well, and Noah dropped his vigilance. (Genesis 9:20-21) Here we see something strange (to us). Genesis 9:22 “And Ham the father of Canaan saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers who were outside. (King James Version) "What is sin, we ask, speechless. What's so sinful about seeing an old drunk lying naked?
Now the graveyard teachers will say things like Ham "laughed at him" or "Ham was a homosexual" or "Ham had no respect" or something equally absurd. The Hebrew expression "to uncover" has a very special meaning. Let's look at Leviticus 18:8, "You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife: it is your father's nakedness." Well, you say, maybe that's a clue, but I don't know...okay, how would it be with Leviticus 20:11 “And the man lying with his father's wife shall not cover his father's nakedness: they both shall surely die; their blood will be on them.” (KJV) “Is this language clear enough? According to the Word, Canaan was an incestuous offspring.
OK now let me ask you what was RACE Canaan? Was he black, red, yellow, white, brown, or Adamic? When you responded, "Adamic, go to the class teacher. Of course, Canaan was Adam, for BOTH were his parents, and they were just like Noah, "perfect in his descent" (Genesis 6:9-10) from Adam, the man of the eighth day. Pay special attention to these "Canaanites" as you study the Word of God. They caused much trouble for Abraham and Israel for a long time. Then they joined the Kenites and fully took over the Temple ministry when the second ADAM, Jesus, came. You killed him. It is they who hinder our true brother Judah today, Revelation 2:9 “Know your works, tribulation and poverty (but you are rich) and know the slander of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but they Synagogue of Satan... let them come and worship at your feet and know that I have loved you.”
Only these two of the seven churches received no condemnation from our Lord. Look what they realized. They knew who the Kenites were. You? Does your "church" teach about this? As you continue your studies, do not be afraid to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit of God. Use your wits and your native language to uncover the lies. Don't expect the people in today's theological cemeteries to be happy with your vision. Most will reject the truth just as they rejected Jesus in His day and as Jesus said in our day. God's truth, my friends, is far stranger than man's fiction.
Where did Cain get his wife from?
This is a question which has caused much controversy among Christians and which they have avoided for centuries; especially Jewish Christians because most of them do very little or no serious Bible study. They just allow some so-called ministers to tell them what's what.
Since Cain was banished to the land of Nod after his brother's murder and before Eve gave birth to her third son, Seth (compare Genesis 4:8-17 with Genesis 4:25), there was still only one (presumably) descendant Adams on earth, and that was rejected Cain. We know that Cain had a wife and the evidence indicates that he took a wife from the Beasts of the Field, one of the other races.
After the birth of their first son, Enoch, Cain built a city (Genesis 4:17). THERE CANNOT BE A CITY WITHOUT INHABITANTS AND THOSE WHO WERE INHABITED IN THE CITY APPARENTLY WERE THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND OF NOD, the same creation given to Adam as a minister in the Garden of Eden. They were cast out with Adam and became wanderers, which is the meaning of the word NOD. This was a numerous people CREATED before the EDUCATION of Adam (Genesis 1:27).
Before Cain was cast out of the presence of God, he complained:
"My punishment is greater than In can endure, behold, you have cast me off the face of the earth today, and from your face I will be hidden, and In will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and it will be that whoever finds me will kill me." (Genesis 4:13-14)
A fugitive from whom? Certainly not your father and mother, Adam and Eve! From whom would he then be forced to flee? And who was he referring to when he said, "Anyone who finds me will kill me?" They would be none other than the inhabitants of the Land of Nod, and these inhabitants, we believe, were THE OTHER RACES, THE ANIMALS OF THE FIELD.
So God marked Cain (we don't know what it was) and commanded that whoever killed Cain his vengeance would fall seven times. (Possibly Caine was made to look like the people of Nod). Anyway, he managed to gather enough people to build a city, and the woman he took as his wife was not a descendant of Adam.
A very expressive term is found in the Book of Jude in the New Testament when it describes the great sin of Sodom as "chasing after foreign flesh." That's a very descriptive term. The sodomites were subjected to every sexual perversion imaginable, just as they are today (see Genesis 19:1-9), and for that fifth they were eliminated. These Sodomites were Canaanites (see Genesis 10:15–19). It is very significant that Cain is mentioned in Jude 11 in this context.
Notice that Jude first mentions the angels who did not keep their first estate. These may or may not have been the "sons of God who married the daughters of men". (There is much debate about this among Bible scholars.)
Thus speaks Jude of the Sodomites, who were destroyed by the same wickedness; "Go for Strange Meat." These perish like wild beasts, he says and proclaims:
"Woe to them, for they have gone the way of Cain." (Jude 6-11)
Thus the wickedness of Cain and the wickedness of the Sodomites all seem alike. All these filthy dreamers have soiled themselves with "foreign flesh" through filthy intercourse. (verse 8) Cain's civilization was very evil and was completely destroyed by the flood. The fate of Sodom is known to all Bible readers.
When Jeremiah wrote about the Babylonian captivity of Judaism, he said:
"And now I have given all these lands into the hand of my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and I have also given them the beasts of the field to serve him." (See Jeremiah 27:6)
When prophesying about the destruction of Babylon, he wrote:
"O Lord, Thou hast spoken against this place to cut it down, that no man shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, but it shall be desolate forever." (Jeremiah 51:62)
This prophecy was fulfilled ages ago, and it is very significant to discover that the ancient ruins of Babylon are full of four-legged beasts, but that HUMANS and THE ANIMALS OF THE FIELD, THE OTHER RACES, ARE COMPLETELY ABSENT IN THIS AREA.
From these facts we can only conclude that the ANIMALS OF THE FIELD are indeed a servant race, distinct and separate from God's Adamic creation, but having a special place and calling in God. They are vocal, intelligent, capable of prayer and repentance. The pure black bloodline is an order of servants, just like the angels in heaven.
Cain's posterity
It is important to note that Cain's descendants appear in the first Tokedoes, namely that of “the generations of heaven and earth”; and not in the "Book of Generations of Adam".
Seth's posterity begins with "the generations of Adam": showing that the two accounts are different and deal with two different subjects.
It was 130 years before Seth was born, replacing Abel in the line of the promised seed.
In those 130 years AFTER Cain Adam must have fathered "sons and daughters" as in the 800 years after Seth.
If Abel had died in 125 years and Abel and Cain had had children before that year, Adam could have had 130 children, even assuming they had no issue until they reached the age of 65. And if each of them could have a son at the age of sixty-five, one in each consecutive year, it would be 1219 out of 130. If we suppose that the first sons and daughters of Adam had children at the age of twenty-one instead of when they were sixty-five years old it was over half a million in the 130's, not counting the old and the young, with a very modest increase.
It is generally believed that Adam and Eve had no children other than those named. But since it is very clear in Genesis 5:4 in the line of Seth that they had it, we can conclude that the same was the case in the line of Cain. It is an unfounded assumption that Abel had no descendants.
It is evident that the story assumes a sizeable population; and the fact that there is no attempt to explain it proves its genuineness and shows that it is left to us to explain it in the only natural way it can be explained. (Accompanying Bible, Appendix 20, page 26)
An ancient civilisation
Solomon said:
“...there is nothing new under the sun. Anything to say: Look, is this new? It was in ancient times that lay before us. THERE ARE NO REMEMBRANCE OF EARLIER THINGS; nor will there be memories of things that will come with things that come after. (Ecclesiastes 1:9-11)
We know little about ancient scientific achievements. The little we know, however, points to a marvelous advance in knowledge that we do not call modern. There is lore that suggests the art of flying was known long ago. We have every reason to believe that this early civilization, founded by Cain, equaled, if not surpassed, the achievements of today. Man sought through physical acquisition that happiness which had been lost through spiritual humiliation.
The account documents the construction of large cities. There is also the documented corruption that has permeated all strata of society. Here the nomadic life of the people is shown. Industrial and manufacturing activities in the centers of civilization are also shown. We are introduced to the arts and sciences of these ancient peoples. The melting, casting and refining of precious metals is one of the great achievements of that time.
We know that STEEL was invented and used in ancient times; and we are told that it was used in several different places in the Bible, and it was not mentioned as something new, but it was mentioned as something that had been around long enough not to surprise anyone when it was used:
“He teaches my hands for war; for A STEEL BOW to be broken from my arms. (2 Samuel 22:35)
"He will flee from the IRON WEAPON, and THE STEEL BOW will strike him." (Job 20:24)
"He teaches my hands for war, so that A ARCH OF STEEL will be broken through my arms." (Psalm 18:34)
KJV
"WILL IRON BREAK NORTHERN IRON AND STEEL?" (Jeremiah 15:12)
The godless character of this age and civilization is shown in aggressive war. Industrial growth and scientific development did not save people from suffering the consequences of greed and lust. From this day to this day, aggressive war is the policy of nations and kingdoms that do not recognize God or His laws.
God has now raised up ministers of righteousness (ie, ministers of God's law) to oppose the violence erected by a Cainanite civilization. Here is recorded the beginning of preaching to call people from Adam to righteousness. But preaching alone could not contain the evil. Because of this, the day finally came when
God judged this ancient civilization and a great cataclysm caused its destruction.
The sons of Cain followed in their father's murderous footsteps and corrupted all who were joined in their endeavours. Without God, man's acquired knowledge and science were used to curse the earth and destroy man. (This ancient civilization clearly shows that knowledge acquired without corresponding spiritual progress brings disaster and trouble. Justice, justice and discernment cannot be achieved by any civilization without the establishment of God's law and His administration.)
preacher of righteousness
As has been shown, the godless Kindred civilization was the creator of aggressive wars and conflicts.
God has now raised up a line of righteous men to combat this ungodliness by preaching the law of truth. Seth was born of Adam and Eve, thus renewing the lineage broken by the death of Abel, whom Cain killed. Seth and his sons were chosen by God to oppose the aggressive principles of Cainite civilization, which taught that "might makes right."
Through that line of righteous preachers would come the birthright and dominion that God has promised to man. Here man entered into a close relationship with God. In this line it says: "Then men began to call themselves by the name of the Lord" (Genesis 5:26), that is, people of God. This is the line from which through Abraham would come the house of Israel, the house of Judah, and the house of David. Yahshua's genealogy traces this line back to Seth and Adam.
There will always be enmity between the fundamental principles of the two groups, the attacker and the defender. The aggressor who takes up the sword will always meet the people of God, for they hold the second sword, that of defense. From Adam to Christ and from Christ to the present, this was the order of the struggle between right and wrong. (This war should continue despite all the activities of the peace organizations until He comes, the Prince of Peace. Only He can bring about peace on earth.)
God teaches the children of Israel (the Anglo-Saxons, Germans, Scandinavians, Celts and allied peoples of the western world) to make war. (Judges 3:1-2; 1 Chronicles 7:23, 40; 12:8, 23; 2 Samuel 22:35; Psalm 144:1)
The genealogy of the ministers of righteousness is set forth in the statement, "This is the book of the generations of Adam." Cain is not mentioned in the statement of this genealogy. He and his lineage (the Jews) disappeared from the Book of Life. Thus is briefly told the terrible end of the people who voluntarily withdrew from any participation in the Divine Plan.
The lineage goes from Adam through Seth to Noah, the eighth preacher of righteousness. But Noah was tenth in the generation. The reason he is only eighth in the priestly line is because Enoch was translated before his father's death and did not assume the priestly office. Methuselah son of Enoch inherited directly from his grandfather Jarred, father of Enoch. Methuselah, in turn, outlived his son Lemech, passing the office directly to his grandson Noah, Lemech's son. Noah became the eighth preacher of righteousness, even the tenth in the generation, because of these two, Enoch and Lemech, who never came into the office of righteousness.
Those who do not know the facts object to the documented long lives of these men. They claim that men could never reach the age of these early patriarchs. They do not take into account the fact that the very atmospheric conditions of the antediluvian world were such that fermentation and decomposition took a long time.
These conditions caused men to live to old ages compared to today's age. After the Flood, changes in atmospheric conditions greatly accelerated the process of decay, and people's ages began to decline.
It has been said by agnostics and atheists:
„That Noah lived for over 600 years growing grapes and not knowing that the grapes would ferment and produce alcohol would make a man drunk is very unlikely for me to understand.”
This statement is a response to the following:
“And Noah began to be a vinedresser, and he planted a vineyard; and he drank wine and got drunk; and he was discovered in his tent. (Genesis 9:20-21)
The explanation is simple, Scripture testifies that Noah was not a farmer for 600 years; he was just starting to be oneAFTERFlood. But the main reason Noah didn't know the wine would ferment is obvious. The atmospheric conditions that made the Flood possible also prevented pre-Flood fermentation—at least not as rapidly as fermentation occurs today.
Hence Noah's first experience of the result of drinkingintoxicantsgrape juice cameAFTERof the Deluge, and after making wine from the first grapes, he grew under these new world conditions. In fact, this is further evidence that climatic conditions changed greatly after the Flood.
Each generation after the Flood had a shorter lifespan than the generation before it, until 30 years became the life span of man.
The Sons of God
The Bible says that in the days of Noah the sons of God were married to the daughters of men. Who were these sons of God? The Bible says very clearly that there are personalities beyond human creation. A satanic personality entered the Garden of Eden to deceive man. Just as in the days of Noah, the evidence clearly indicates that these sons of God were distinct from the human race.
The book of Job speaks of the sons of God appearing before the Lord, "and Satan also came among them." (Job 1:6) The discussion here had to do with earthly matters. Satan accused man of serving God for what he received. God allowed Job to be tested. The test was followed with remarkable interest by those present.
The Bible also says that when the earth was created eons ago, the sons of God shouted for joy as the morning stars sang together. (Job 38:7)
In the Book of Enoch it says that the angels, the sons of heaven, saw the daughters of men that they were beautiful and that they would marry whomever they wished. It is also said that in the days of Jarred two hundred angels descended for this purpose. The name Jarred means 'to descend'. The children of these forbidden unions were great giants. This is the origin of the tales of giants handed down to us in the folklore of our race.
6:1: “And it came to pass that when the sons of men multiplied, beautiful and graceful daughters were born to them in those days. And the angels, the sons of heaven, saw them and desired them, and said to one another, Come, let us choose wives from among the sons of men, and bear children for us. And Semjâzâ, who was their leader, said to them: 'For fear you will not really consent to this deed, and he alone will have to pay the penalty of a great sin.' And they all answered him and said, 'Let us all take an oath and swear to one another, not to give up this plan, but to do this thing.' Then they all swore together and joined in mutual imprecations about it. And there were two hundred in all; who in the days of Jarred went down to the top of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn by it and were bound by mutual curses. And these are the names of their leaders: Samîazâz, their leader Arakîba, râmêl, kôkabîêl, tâmîêl, râmîêl, dânêl, êzêqêqêl, Barâqâqqîjl, sams, sami, sattrêl, and and ân, and ân ân, and ân, and ân ân ân, and ân ân, and ân ", and ân ân, and ân, and ân, and", and ân, and ân ân, and ân, and ân, and ", and Tamiel, Tamiel, Tamiel, Tamiel, Tamiel Tamiel. These are your top ten. (Enoch 6:1-8)
7:1: “And all the rest together with them took wives, and each chose one, and they began to enter into them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them charms and incantations and pruning roots and made they acquainted with the plants. And she conceived and gave birth to great giants, three thousand cubits high, which consumed all the achievements of men. And when humans could no longer feed them, the giants turned against them and devoured humanity. And they began to sin against birds, wild beasts, creeping things, and fish, and ate one another's flesh and drank their blood. Then the earth hurled accusations against the wicked.” (Enoch 7:1-6)
Peter speaks of this corrupt condition that existed in the days of Noah:
"God did not spare the angels who sinned." (2 Peter 2:4-5)
Judas also refers to this time when he speaks of it
"...angels who did not keep their first state, but left their own dwelling place." (Jude 6)
The Bible at this time refers to such corruption. The Book of Enoch speaks of mysteries, powers, and practices learned by men and taught by angels, leading to great violence and sin.
9:1: “And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood shed on the earth and all iniquity brought to the earth. And they said to one another: 'The uninhabited earth cries out the voice of its cry to the gates of heaven. And now to you, the saints of heaven, the souls of men plead, saying: 'Bring our cause before the Most High.' And they said to the Lord of ages: “Lord of lords, God of gods, King of kings and God of ages, the throne of your glory (remains) through all generations of times, and your name is holy, glorious and blessed for all ages . You made all things and have power over all things; You see what Azâzêl did, who taught all iniquity on earth and revealed the eternal mysteries that were (kept) in heaven, which people aspired to learn: and Semjâzâ, to whom you gave authority to rule his companions. And they went to the daughters of men on earth and slept with women and defiled themselves and revealed to them all kinds of sins. And the women gave birth to giants, and the whole earth was filled with blood and iniquity. And now, behold, the souls of those who have died cry out and supplicate at the gates of heaven, and their lamentations have gone up, and they cannot cease because of the wrongdoings that are being done on earth. And you know all things before they happen, and you see these things and endure them, and you tell us not what to do about them'” (Enoch 9:1-11). )
Believe it or not, the Bible teaches that demons exist. He explains that they are disembodied spirits. The evidence indicates that they are the spirits of those antediluvian peoples whose mothers were mortal and whose fathers were immortal and whose bodies were destroyed in Noah's day. If true, it clearly explains the restlessness of these disembodied spirits.
DEVIL
Another name for fallen angels who have joined Satan's kingdom in rebellion against God.
Origin. The origin of demons is not explicitly discussed in the Bible. But the New Testament speaks of the fall and subsequent captivity of a group of angels (1 Peter 3:19-20; 2 Peter 2:4; Jude 6). The group involved in the crash was apparently following one of their own, SATAN. The Fall of Man occurred before God's CREATION of the world, leaving Satan and his angels free to pollute the human race with evil (Genesis 3; Matthew 25:41; Revelation 12:9).
Only a portion of the fallen angels participated in the wickedness at the time of the Flood (Genesis 6:1-4). These were the arrested. God released the rest to try to undermine the cause of justice in the world.
A symbolic vision of this "first" fall appears in Revelation 12:3-4, where the dragon (a symbol of Satan) "plucked a third of the stars out of the sky" (a symbol of angels) and "hurled them to him." Earth.” So Satan has his own angels, presumably these demons (Matthew 25:41; Revelation 12:9).
Demons in the Old Testament. Because the Jews believed that God's power was unlimited, the Old Testament contains little information about demons. The primitive status of understanding demons during this period is perhaps reflected in the way the Old Testament relates fallen angels to God. It was “a vexing (or evil) spirit from God” (1 Samuel 16:15-16,23) that brought great tribulation to King Saul. It was a "lying spirit" of the Lord that Micah the Lord's prophet spoke of (1 Kings 22:21-23).
Pagan worship is also associated with demonic activity in the Old Testament (Leviticus 17:7; Psalm 106:37). Demons delight in making pagan idols the focus of their activities.
Demons in the New Testament. The New Testament accepts the Old Testament's teaching on demons and expands the teaching significantly. Demons are mentioned in various ways in the New Testament. They are often referred to as "unclean spirits" (Matthew 10:1; Mark 6:7). Another descriptive term for them is "perverted (or evil) spirit" (Luke 7:21; Acts 19:12-13). Paul calls them "deceiving spirits" in his writings (1 Timothy 4:1). John refers to "the spirit of error" (1 John 4:6) and "spirits of demons" (Revelation 16:14). Luke describes a demon as a "spiritual spirit" (Acts 16:16).
The only single demon named in the New Testament (Satan himself is never referred to as a demon) is the one called Abaddon in Hebrew and Apollyon in Greek (Revelation 9:11). Some scholars believe this is another name for Satan or that this is an unfallen angel. But stronger evidence suggests he was a fallen angelic leader subject to Satan's royal authority. Legion (Mark 5:9; Luke 8:30) is probably a collective name for a group of demons, not the name of a single demon.
One of the main purposes of Jesus' mortal ministry was to overcome the power of Satan. This included His conquest of the demonic kingdom (Matthew 12:25-29; Luke 11:17-22; John 12:31; 1 John 3:8). This explains the bitter conflict between Jesus and these evil spirits while he was on earth.
However, Jesus' enemies accused him of being in league with Satan's kingdom, including his demons (Mark 3:22; John 8:48). The same charge was leveled against his forerunner, John the Baptist (Matthew 11:18; Luke 7:33). But Jesus' works of goodness and righteousness showed that these claims were not true (Matthew 12:25-29; Luke 11:17-22).
After Jesus' resurrection and return to heaven, these demonic principalities and powers continued their war against his followers (Romans 8:38-39; Ephesians 6:12). However, Satan and his allies will eventually be defeated by God. After Christ returns, the devil and his angels are defeated and thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone (Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10). This is a condemnation demons are all too familiar with (Matthew 8:29). God will have the final victory in this conflict that has raged since the beginning of time.” (from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c) 1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)
Through the ministers of righteousness the Spirit of God wrestled with men. Sin and corruption reached their full maturity. God's spirit stopped struggling with people because of violence and sin. God now intends to destroy the earth and cleanse the world of evil.
An age coming to judgment
Moral and spiritual decay and the rise of crime precede the end of an age. The antediluvian era was no exception. With the advance of civilization came the rise of crime. Without God or His laws, no achievement in the arts and sciences can save a civilization from ultimate decay because evil is born from within. This is the story of the antediluvian civilization, and it applies to all ungodly civilizations. Noah's time was used by Yahshua as a sign of the inevitable destruction of a corrupt and faithless generation.
The Spirit of God wrestled with men through ministers of righteousness. The leaders and the people became corrupt. Sin had matured and a generation came to judgment. It is said that every thought in man's heart causes him to do evil. (Genesis 6:5)
God proclaimed judgment on that part of the world that was riddled with sin. This judgment would be worldwide because it would wipe out every living thing on earth. But Noah found grace in the sight of God. He was beautiful; that is, he was upright and just and kept God's laws.
Noah was warned of impending destruction when the great canopy over the firmament broke and collapsed. He was told to prepare to save himself and those who would believe his warning, so he began building a great ship with design specifications given by God. During the one hundred and twenty years of its construction, Noah preached. He never tired of preaching real redemption from real danger. He is the most remarkable example of human faith and steadfastness ever recorded.
God waited while Noah built the vessel. Thus ended God's waiting; The time had come for Noah and his family to enter the ark. Food for humans and animal feed were collected and stored here.
The dimensions of this ship compare very favorably with the large transatlantic ships of our time. In its construction, Noah made portholes on each side of its three decks. He had received special instructions to build a large skylight above it for ventilation purposes. This was the window specifically mentioned in the Ark building instructions.
Noah and his wife and his three sons and their wives entered the ark. Noah brought the animals on the ark in pairs to preserve species on earth. Clean animals entered at seven; that is, the cattle and beasts that would become flesh for man in the coming new order. The birds of the air were also taken into the ark.
duration of the tide
Scientific research has proven that the world has suffered from prehistoric catastrophes. Floods and storms, seismic disturbances and meteoric deposits have all played their part. The difficulty was in putting these catastrophic events in their precise relationship to each other. The Bible tells the story of the sequence of these events.
The second verse of the first chapter of Genesis tells of a cataclysm that led to worldwide chaos when the earth became empty and formless. Here is recorded a condition that only titanic forces of cosmic destruction could bring about. Again, shortly before Noah's birth, tremendous meteoric deposits brought rust and waste to a certain part of the earth's surface. These terrible conditions led to Lemech's prophecy about Noah,
"This shall comfort us in our labors, and in the toil of our hands, because of the land which the Lord hath cursed." (Genesis 5:29)
The flood restored soil fertility.
Moses recording the Flood explains the actual events of a historical event as he tells the story. Your chronology is perfect. It records events day by day and month by month over a period of one year. Many overlooked the duration of the Flood, and fewer still noted the accuracy of the record.
The summons came for Noah to enter the ark that he had completed. on the 17thºday of the second month in the 600thºWhen he heard about his life, the deluge began. He stayed on earth for forty days. But the waters were on the earth for a year.
“Seven days more, and I WILL RAIN ON THE EARTH FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS; and every living thing that I have made I will destroy from the face of the earth.” (Genesis 7:4)
"AND THE RAIN FELL ON THE EARTH FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS." (Genesis 7:12)
“AND THE FLOOD LASTED FORTY DAYS ON THE EARTH; and the waters rose and lifted up the ark, and it towered over the earth.” (Genesis 7:17)
"AND AT THE END OF FORTY DAYS NOAH OPENED THE WINDOW OF THE ARK which he had made." (Genesis 8:6)
The deluge began by breaking the sources of the great abyss and opening the windows of heaven, or the woven fabric of heaven. Thus is given the record of the rupture of the canopy that was over the firmament. This great amount of water began to fall.
"In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, that same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the windows of heaven were opened." (Genesis 7:11)
es war Noah's Flut universal?
For years, controversy raged as to whether Noah's Deluge was universal or limited to a specific geographic location. This is a study to present our view of the Flood as recorded in Scripture. We're going to use the Bible and see if it has anything to say about its scope.
The common claim among most denominations that they still preach the Bible; and who more or less try to stick to Scripture in their reading and study. It's just that about 4300 to 4500 years ago there was a global human drowning.
That there was a deluge called Noah's Deluge that drowned every person on earth at that time in world history except his wife, children and their families. This is a common teaching of most of the Protestant denominations, the Catholic Church. Some fundamentalist groups and some Pentecostal groups do not teach this. So there are a lot of people outside of the Church who don't know a thing or two and don't really care.
Some of them think that's nonsense, they think the biblical story is a myth. Some say it doesn't matter anyway. Then there is the vast majority of the population who know so little about the Bible that they do not know whether or not there could have been a flood.
Those who study the Bible and are willing to read the Scriptures and see what the Bible really teaches about where the Flood was in Noah's time. Let's look at the book of Genesis first.
It's amazing how people can read a verse of Scripture and think, Yes, that's right. Then they set the brain to neutral and just go brain dead. You will learn no more; they found the truth; and God help the person who disagrees with them.
This is the case when a discussion of Noah's Flood arises. Many read Genesis 6:13-17:
“And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; because the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy themWITH THE EARTH...And behold, I myself am bringing a deluge upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven; and everything on earth will die.”
These are the verses most commonly used when advocating the destruction of the whole earth by Noah's deluge. Well, first we know that the earth wasn't destroyed. However, if one believes that the Flood was universal, one must also believe that the whole world was destroyed at that time. Because it says: “I will destroy themWITH THE EARTH."
From this verse we know that the Flood was not universal. But let's move on because those who believe that the whole world will be flooded will not be satisfied with this verse. But you can see them starting to foam at the mouth, and they want to destroy me, and they accuse me of trying to destroy the Word of God. And nothing could be further from the truth. I simply believe in reading and"UNDERSTANDING"the whole Word of God and not some stupid argument that atheists and other unbelievers can hold on to like a dog to a bone.
First. Let's see what Strong's Concordance has to say about the word earth. I assume you will all accept that Strong's is an authority. If you don't, there is nothing that can be used as an authority on anything. Strong's reports:
The following is almost always used in the Old Testament. #127: Earth; Country, country, soil, man, country. #776: a country; mean, country, land, field, terrain, country, nations, path, wilderness, world. In the following, one is used only once and the other only a few times. #2789: a piece of pottery; Earth; shard, stone. #6083: dust; clay, earth, mud: ash; Dust; Earth; earth, mortar; Dust; Nonsense.
The following is almost always used in the New Testament: #1093: earth; Region; Country; Earth; Floor; Earth; World. Once as #3625: part of the globe; The Roman Empire; Once as #1919: profane; in the country; terrestrial. Once as #2709: The Floor; underground, underground. Once as No. 3749: earthenware; from land; Floor.
“And the deluge lasted forty days on the earth, and the waters increased, and they lifted up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth to die, and all is covered, but the next verse says:} Fifteen cubits above it the waters overwhelmed , and the mountains were covered (Genesis 7:17-20).
There are two possibilities of this particular verse. First, most Bible scholars believe that 15 cubits is approximately 22½ feet. In other words, a foot and a half to each cubit. Now if that means 22.5 feet above the highest hill, then the land was covered. If that means 22 ½ feet above the location of the ark or where the ark was built. So you're in trouble, the water wouldn't be deep enough to cover the entire planet.
But let's go ahead and read some other verses:
“And all flesh that moved on the earth died, both the fowl, and the cattle, and the wild beasts, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and all men; everyone in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of everyone who was on the land, died." (Genesis 7:21-22)
So far everything we have read is quite familiar to those who teach about the flood. And it sounds pretty complete. It seems pretty thorough when it comes to destroying everything outside of the ark. And of course we know from the scriptures that all the animals and people in the ark did not die.
The real question is after reading and studying God's Word and trying to find out about the Flood. What needs to be understood in order to understand the story a little better. When God said "the earth" in His Word, did He mean planet earth? Or did he mean the earth? If he meant the planet earth, what would he mean the whole earth? Or did He really mean the land He spoke of?
Go to Genesis 4:11-14 where, speaking of Cain, we read:
"And now you are cursedFROM EARTH...And Cain said to the Lord: My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, today you drive me awayFROM THE VIEW OF THE EARTH..."
Of course, Cain was only propelled from where he was to another place. But Cain said to the Lord, "You have cast me out todayFROM THE VIEW OF THE EARTH."If we only used this expression, we could easily say that Cain was completely removed from the earth.
Because it speaks of the face of the earth. But then the Scriptures show that Cain clearly understood what had happened.
"And I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."
Here two things are pointed out to us.
SAME:That the scriptures deal only with a specific geographic area of the world. Cain knew this, otherwise he would not have made the caveat statement, "I will hide from your face." This clearly shows that God no longer cared about him when Cain left that particular geographic area, and he was indeed in God's sight hidden.
SECOND:That Cain clearly knew he was being taken from one part of the earth to another. And not literally entirely from earth, planet earth, but from the earth on which he had lived. And that it would still be on planet earth.
AFTER THE FLOOD:Genesis 11:1:
"And the whole earth was of one language and one language."
Well that's what it says. It is said that "all the earth had one tongue and one tongue." Trying to interpret this in the same way as the previous verses to mean a worldwide flood.
We would have to assume that every person on earth speaks a language. Because that's the way it is.
"And it came to pass that when they came from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there."
Now they must be the people of all the earth. So if we follow the same line of interpretation, we would have to assume that all living people on earth spoke one language and they all came and lived in the land of Shinar.
Archaeologists and scientists cannot provide a record of all people on earth who lived in the land of Shinar about 2,400 years before the birth of Christ. But let's go ahead and read some more.
This is the story of the angel who brought Lot before the destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah:
“The sun rose over the earth when Lot entered Zoar. Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire from the Lord from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah, and he destroyed these cities and the whole plain and all the inhabitants of the cities and that grew under the earth. But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.” (Genesis 19:23)
We know from history that the inhabitants of these cities in the plain were evil. God destroyed those two cities, Lot and his two daughters and his wife left and his wife died and was turned into a pillar of salt. And as some translations say, it turned into a pillar of ash. Let Lot and his two daughters live.
As we read verses 30 and 31, hear what is said:
"And Lot went up from Zoar and dwelt on the mountain, and his two daughters with him... And the firstborn said to the younger, Our father is old, andTHERE IS NO MAN ON EARTHcome to us after the manner of all the earth".
There is no human on earth. If someone interprets it the same way, they can interpret others. With the limited knowledge we've heard, you'd have to assume that by that she means the rest of humanity died. That there are no other living men.
because she said"THERE IS NO MAN ON EARTH"to enter us in the same way. And of course you know the rest of the story. That the girls went on and got pregnant by their father because they "thought" that every other man on earth had died. However, in verse 30 we know that "others were alive" because Lot "was afraid to dwell in Zoar."
If only he and his two daughters were left alive, what would he have to fear? Anyone who doesn't want to accept what's on offer will of course scream: "He was afraid of animals."
But Scripture doesn't say that. And if one believes in a universal Deluge, then one must believe that if there were animals that frightened Lot, the Scriptures would say so. In any case, universal flood advocates will have to concede here that all of humanity has been destroyed again, with the exception of Lot and his two daughters.
Continuing with Genesis 41 we find that Joseph is in Egypt and we are coming into the time of the famine.
“And the seven years of plenty that were in the land of Egypt came to an end. And the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph had said: andGuilt was in all countries;but there was bread throughout all the land of Egypt.”
Following the same reasoning followed previously. That would mean that everyone else in the world was suffering from famine, famine, or drought, whatever got you excited; except the land of Egypt. Verses 55-57:
“And when all the land of Egypt was starving, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, God to Joseph; whatever he says to you, do. AndHUNGER IS ALL OVER THE EARTH:And Joseph opened all the shops and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine is great in the land of Egypt. ANDALL COUNTRIES RIDE INTO EGYPTto Joseph to buy corn;BECAUSE HUNGER WAS SO PAINFUL IN EVERY COUNTRY."
We are coming into a time when secular history is very specific and we can study ancient scriptures and get a good idea of what was going on back then. Of course, before the Flood we recognize that few actual written records are available, and therefore our knowledge of this time in history is limited.
But if we follow the same reasoning as the previous verses, the clear teaching of these scriptures, and if we interpret them in the same way as the proponents of a universal deluge, it definitely means thisALL THE REST OF THE WORLD WAS STARVING.To the right?
This would mean that America, England, Australia, China, New Zealand, etc. suffered from a famine or famine. And that they all came to Egypt to buy provisions. Which would have been impossible because Scripture doesn't even recognize China or the rest of the world at this point.
From what we have learned from history and archeology in the last thousand years of this post-Flood period, it does not appear that we have knowledge of people from Asia, America, the Eskimos, or anyone on the other side. of the country go to Egypt to buy food. In fact, if you look closely, you will see that the only people involved in this famine were Egypt and the lands immediately surrounding Egypt.
If you get a map of this part of the world you will clearly see that all we have been talking about so far has been a relatively small geographic area in the Middle East.
But yet many still teach that the Flood was over the whole earth. Now we read that in Joseph's day the famine was all over the land. However, in our secular history there is no record of people from other parts of the world coming to Egypt to buy food.
So far to briefly report what happened:
1). We have a flood that has covered the whole earth;
two). We have a fire that the survivors have explained
especially that there were no other people on earth;
3). Also we have a hunger that was a hunger around
THE WHOLE FACE OF THE EARTH.
Do we actually have three things that have destroyed all or most of the earth's populations? The latter actually leads us to believe that every human being on earth who did not go to Egypt died.
Therefore, everyone on earth starved except those in Egypt and the lucky few who could go to Egypt to eat.
Now move on to the tenth chapter of Exodus where we will look at the plagues of Egypt, a story most people know all too well. Exodus 10:14-15:
“And the locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled on all the coasts of Egypt; very bad they were; before them there were no such locusts, and after them there will be none.THEY COVERED THE FACE OF THE ENTIRE EARTH..."
Here we have yet another plague that has covered the face of the whole earth.
"...thus was the land darkened, and they ate every herb of the land, and every fruit of the trees which the hail had left behind, and there was no more green on the trees, nor on the herbs of the trees of the field, {where?} in all land of Egypt.”
However, the phraseology or terminology is identical to what we have read previously. They covered the entire face of the entire earth.
In Ezekiel 39 all the Israelites were killed. Did you know that all of the Israelites were dead by the time of Ezekiel? Well, the prophet Ezekiel said so. About this end-time struggle he said:
“And the Gentiles shall know that the house of Israel has gone into captivity because of their iniquity; Because they rebelled against me, I hid my face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies.THEN THEY ALL FALL BY THE SWORD."
So Ezekiel tells us that all the Israelites fell by the sword.
As we have said before, we are not trying to be reckless about this. I'm just trying to show you that when the Bible speaks of something happening in an entire area or all or all of the earth; it doesn't necessarily mean that every single person on every inch of the entire planet was involved. Because if there were any, we already had more than four total or near-total demolitions.
Contact Ezra, we'll show you, after we've made the point, we'll show youTHE PLACE OF THE FLOOD ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE!
"Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled out of the mouth of Jeremiah, who preached throughout his kingdom and wrote, 'So says Cyrus, the king of Persia, the Lord God of heavenGAVE ME ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH..."
We are now reaching a point in history where we can easily compare the things that have happened in the scriptures with written secular history.
We cannot know what Cyrus was thinking or what Almighty God was thinking when he put it into His Word. But we know from secular history that the kingdom of Cyrus was never more than a thousand miles from its capital.
He had a mighty empire; But the Bible says that God gave him "all the kingdoms of the earth." However, we do know, and no minister is trying to prove it to us, that Cyrus ruled China, North or South America, or even Africa.
You know better. You know how foolish such a teaching would be. For it would not be long before his flock realized that he was teaching an untruth.
Turn to Daniel. You know that Daniel was a high official in the kingdom of Babylon, and after he and others showed his protection and favor from God. Daniel 6:24:
“And the king commanded, and they brought the men who had accused Daniel, and threw them into the lions' den, they, their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered her and broke all her bones in pieces, or she never got to the bottom of the burrow."
Darius was so pleased with God's action and his apparent protection of Daniel that he did just that. Then, in verse 25:
"Then King Darius wrote to all peoples, nations and tongues thatLIVES ALL OVER THE EARTH..."
That's what it says. The Word of God says;
“Darius wrote to all peoples, nations and tongues,WHO DWELLING ALL OVER THE EARTH;Peace be multiplied to you. I decree that in all the dominions of my kingdom people shall tremble and fear before the God of Daniel.
What was he talking about? When Darius wrote to all people on earth, he naturally wrote to all people.IN YOUR KINGDOM!And his kingdom, we know from secular history and the Word of God, was quite limited compared to the entire planet.
It covered an area within that small geographic area that the whole Bible speaks of. It didn't go beyond that. Not a single piece of prehistory comes from this small geographical area of the Middle East.
Turning now to the New Testament book of Luke, we read the reason Joseph and Mary came to Bethlehem. Luke 2:1-3:
"And it came to pass in those days that a decree came from Caesar Augustus thatTHE WHOLE WORLD MUST BE TAXED.(And this taxation was first levied when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) AndATwas taxableEACH IN HIS OWN CITY."
You see what happens when someone interprets Scripture the same way throughout the Bible. Now Caesar Augustus reignsWORLDWIDE.Which is absolutely not true.
He never ruled Germany. He never ruled all of the British Isles. He never ruled America. He never ruled Japan.
Also, people from other continents could not come to their cities because they were not from Palestine or where the king had influence.
He never ruled Asia or any other country in the world. Don't you see how foolish are those who would have us believe that the Flood was universal?
Because according to their interpretation of the scriptures, they would have all the Indians in North and South America sent to their cities to pay taxes. They would have all Chinese sent to their cities to be taxed. They would let all Japanese go to their cities.
Lands that never knew Rome existed hundreds or thousands of years later. They want you to believe that. Because right here in the scriptures it says, "ALL WERE RETIRED, EVERYONE TO HIS CITY.“Of course, this Scripture is not speaking of the entire planet earth, it is again speaking of a specific geographic location in the Middle East.
Turn to the book of Acts for another point. Did you know that unless all the people of Egypt have starved, they will die in another famine related in the book of Acts?
“And in those days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch. And one of them named Agabus stood up and proclaimed by the Spirit that a great famine was coming.AROUND THE WORLD: WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DAYS OF CLAUDIO CESAR.“ (Atos 11:27-28)
Now we are at about 1900 years where we have made excellent secular history and nobody; not even the most ardent supporters of the universal deluge would dare declare that the whole world was in great famine or starvation. However, if these scriptures are interpreted in the same way, there must have been a worldwide, planet-wide famine 1,900 years ago. And secular history made no mention of such a catastrophe.
In order not to park the brain in front of the door when entering the church. Think for yourself and don't believe everything someone tells you.
Search the scriptures, ponder and reason, don't just pat yourself on the back and think of the wonderful knowledge you possess. That you have the whole truth and no one else. That's wrong.NO ONE, NOT ME, NOT YOU - NO ONE HAS ALL THE TRUTH EXCEPT GOD ALMIGHTY.
We are laying a foundation for you to fully understand what we are presenting, that the interpretation is not true, that when the Bible speaks of the whole earth, it speaks of the whole planet.
THE WHOLE BIBLE IS ONLY A SMALL GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF SCRIPTURE IF HISTORICAL TALK.It's only when he's prophesying that he's talking about other parts of the world, and then he's only concerned with the children of Israel. And we don't mean the Jews when we say that, since they are not part of Israel. They are mainly from Japheth, Esau and the Khazars.
Go to the Second Book of Peter. For we are now going to see the verses that are frequently mentioned when proponents of the universal Deluge speak of the Deluge again. And remember, as we also read these verses, the history written in God's Word has still not moved beyond the territory of a small geographical portion of the Middle East.
From Genesis to 2 Peter we are talking about a geographic location. Peter refers to the Flood:
"For if God did not forgive the angels who sinned, but cast them into hell and delivered them up in chains to darkness to be left for judgment, and did not forgive the old world, but Noah, the eighth person , the preacher of righteousness saved, brought the flood upon the world of the ungodly, and reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to rubble, condemning them to destruction and setting them as an example for those who would live ungodly. (2 Peter 2:4-6)
God brought the flood upon the world of the ungodly. And we would say that doesn't necessarily mean the whole world, the whole planet. First you must remember and understand the principle by which God works. That is, this sin is the transgression of the law. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
God doesn't even destroy people unless they have the law and break it. And you can read this far into the Scriptures and you will find no definitive, conclusive evidence that the law of God was ever preached beyond the confines of this small geographic area of the world.
The law of God, as far as the scriptures are concerned, had not spread to the other parts of the planet. Then the deluge brought in the wicked.
Again, this does not necessarily mean the whole world – the entire planet. As we have already shown quite clearly, we believe. Of course there will be skeptics, like one of the thieves who was crucified next to Christ. Who insulted and mocked him as they died.
"Because they willfully ignore this, that the heavens existed by the Word of God from ancient times {note he was speaking of people being destroyed, the 'IN GOOD FAITH'ignorant and definitely disobedient to the word of the Lord}, andON THE GROUNDto be out of the water and in the water: whereby the world then perished, being flooded with water.” (2 Peter 3:5-6)
But this does not necessarily prove a global or planetary flood. Make no mistake, we know they cannot be used to preach or teach a finite tide, but universal tide advocates almost always use them, and so we must acknowledge that they are there.
Turn to Joshua, who we believe will show you the limits of Noah's flood. You have to understand that this is Joshua about 500 yearsAFTERShem.
So we're talking about a period that took place 500 years after one of Noah's sons was on the ark during the Flood. We're not talking about Joshua doing anything 1,000 or 2,000 years after the Flood. But only about 500 years later. He called all the people of Israel together. He's old and he knows he's going to die.
“Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel in Shechem [a city between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan - here this event took place) and called the elders of Israel and their chiefs and their judges and their officials, and they presented themselves before God. And Joshua spoke to all the people: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:THEIR FATHERS LIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLOODformerly Terah, father of Abraham and father of Nahor; and served other gods.” (Joshua 24:1-2)
Now we have partially read the Bible several times and never realize what is presented here. Every time I read it, I always think in terms of time. Your parents livedBEFOREFlood. But you don't say that, do you? It says: “Your fathers lived in theON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLOOD."And then he gives the names of his parents. "Tera, the father of Abraham." If you think about it for a minute, you'll realize that Terah wasn't aliveBEFOREFlood. Terah lived just before Abraham for a long timeAFTERFlood.
However, the scriptures say that Terah lived "on the other side of the flood." Now if you read this over and over and"THINK' Use your head to see that Joshua isn't talking about 'time'.HE TALKS ABOUT GEOGRAPHY!
He tells them "WHERE DO YOU LIVE," NOIFThey lived! Now listen carefully to what he says: “...and I took your father AbrahamVONTHE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLOODINGand led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and bare him Isaac."
Go to Genesis 11 and we'll show you where Terah, Nachor and Abraham lived. Genesis 11:10:
“These are the generations of Shem: Shem was a hundred years old, and he begot Arphaxad two yearsAFTERTHE FLOODS."
Then descends and gives all the descendants of Shem. And two hundred and twelve yearsafterfloodwe read in verse 24:
"And Nahor lived twenty and nine years, and begat Terah."
However, in Joshua 24, Joshua says, “your fathers unto Terah,” which Genesis 11 says was two hundred and twelve years oldAFTER THE FLOOD,„LIVES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLOOD."And then it talks about bringing in Abraham.
“And Terah took Abram (Abraham) his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went out with them from Ur of Chaldea to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.” (Genesis 11:31-32)
Joshua said in Joshua 24:3:
“And I (God Almighty) took your father AbrahamON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLOOD..."
It is now very evident that Abraham did not liveBEFOREFlood. So if God brought AbrahamON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLOOD, What is he talking about.
Now, he tells us that he, Joshua, standing in Shechem, is on one side of the place where the flood was; and Abraham, who lived in Ur of the Chaldeans, lived on the other side of the flood. And there is no doubt that he is speaking of Noah's flood.
So if you want to know where Noah's Deluge was, get a good map of this part of the world in ancient times and look back and forth between Ur of the Chaldeans and Shechem and you will see the geographic area of the Deluge.
Now the Scriptures tell us to have a second witness. So let's turn to a well-known verse for this second witness. I believe that God laughed at those who advocate a universal deluge and revealed their place as a joke in one of the most famous verses in the Bible. To see if we would seek the truth for ourselves. Or we grope blindly.
"And if it seems wicked to you to serve the Lord, choose today whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers servedWHO WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLOOD{NO 'BEFORE'the deluge, but'ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLOOD'} or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; But I and my house will serve the Lord." (Joshua 24:15)
Most ministers will read this and say, "Well, I don't know what you're going to do, but I'm going to serve the Lord."
Yet right here in this much used verse is the twofold or second witness that Joshua knew he was on one side of the flood and that Abraham was born and raised on that sideTHE OTHER SIDE OF THE FLOODING.We recognize that for most Christians this is a wasted effort because they do not want to know the truth. Because they would rather believe a lie than the truth. God said it was like this:
“Something wonderful and terrible is happening on earth: the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by them;and my people love to have it that way…” (Jeremiah 5:31-32)
This is one of the reasons why Hosea explained:
"My people are being destroyed for lack of knowledge: {why?}:BECAUSE THEY REJECT KNOWLEDGE…“ (Hosea 6:4)
And if you read the Scriptures carefully and honestly, you will see that God destroyed the old world because people mixed with other races.
The mountains of Ararat
The cradle of the Adamic race was undoubtedly Central Asia. Mount Ararat in Armenia is NOT the Mountains of Ararat. Until recently, Mount Ararat in Armenia was known as Mount Massis. The mountains of Ararat in the Bible do not denote a single mountain but a series of mountains.
When the ark landed on the mountains of Ararat, the highest peaks of all the mountains on earth were ten meters or more covered by the waters of the deluge. The top of Mount Ararat in Armenia would have been so far below the surface of the water that the ark, with its draft of just over ten meters, would have towered many meters above that ridge.
According to ancient geographies, the Hindu Kush mountain range stretches from the eastern edge of the Himalayas. They were called the Caucasus. Well, that's the name of the mountain range between the Black and Caspian Seas. The Ararat Mountains were the ancient name for the highlands of Tibet. Tibet is a Hebrew root word that we find in the Bible for Noah's Ark. Legends from India speak of the land of Arya-Varta in the northern Kashmir highlands, from where the first patriarchs descended to fill the earth. This name is just another form of Ararat. A mountain in Armenia bears this name today.
After the Flood, the first migration is recorded coming from East to West.
"Ephraim feeds on the wind and follows the east wind..." (Hosea 12:1)
These first pioneers reached the plains of Shinar. On a map we see that Armenia is north of the Euphrates Valley. However, it can be seen that the country of Kashmir lies to the east. So came Noah and his sons from north India when they traveled west and left the ark to fill the earth.
We can hazard a guess that the vessel used by Noah might have been preserved on the high plains of the mountainous country of Tibet, beneath many feet of snow and ice. In due course, God may allow it to be revealed to a skeptical world, further demonstrating the accuracy of His Word.
North India has always been home to mysterious science. The very name "Kashmir" or "Kashdim" means "keeper of secrets". Couldn't there still be interesting facts from this country when it opens up for real exploration?
We know that when Yahshua was born, wise men came to Jerusalem from the east. They too were true Kashmiris and Israelites from the Assyrian captivity, for they saw his star in the east and came to worship him.
The beginning of a new era
The Flood ended, Noah and his sons entered a new order of time. A worldwide tropical condition was over. It's obvious and likely that the big spasms are over. It is evident and probable that the great tremors and falls of the waters above also caused a change in the Earth's axis. The Bible records the beginning of the seasons after the Flood.
In this new order seed time and harvest, heat and cold, summer and winter are added as a curse on man's work. This required battling the elements in their desire to exist on Earth.
A rainbow can be seen for the first time. Changed atmospheric conditions made rain possible. This had not happened in the previous era. In the first shower of sunlight that the man Adam saw, Noah and his sons saw a rainbow. God made it a sign of his covenant that he would not again destroy all flesh with the waters of a flood. The very appearance of the rainbow is proof that all water has fallen over the firmament. No one stayed to threaten Adam's family with destruction by water again.
Adam Man's life was shortened in the new order; The human race before the Flood lived for hundreds of years. After the Flood, the life of each generation became much shorter than that of their parents. The very conditions that led to fermentation also accelerated the body's decay. Noah discovered through experience that wine fermented quickly and was intoxicating in this new age. Life grew shorter and shorter, until finally thirty-ten years became the allotted life span of the man Adam.
Adam the man was evidently a law unto himself before the Flood, but after the Flood God authorized the establishment of a human government. This government should suppress crime and punish criminals. The following law was added to his laws: "Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." (Genesis 9:6)
From that day on, human government became accountable to God for the administration of justice on earth. The individual was responsible for abstaining from all known evil and doing all known good. Individuals organized into a society were responsible for governing justly, subduing and punishing the guilty. Failure to apply the law with justice and discernment brings retaliation for governments, as punishments follow individual failure.
It is imperative that this fact be acknowledged; It is only by recognizing both government responsibilities and individual needs that we can hope to understand the story the Bible tells. Government was as much part of God's plan and purpose in the new age as self-determination was part of the order of the previous age.
A post-flood civilization
Immediately after the flood, Ham rebelled against his father Noah's religious activities and demands. Han and his sons established their own government against the rule of Noah and Shem.
Nimrod son of Cush and his wife Semiramis became the first rulers of the world in this revolt. A system of false worship was instituted under exalted rule. Religious ceremonies with binding oaths and secret commitments became the basis of his government's security. Initiates were accepted into these organizations. The teachings and doctrines founded then are fully proven today.
This government, based on strong secret organizations, became very powerful. Nimrod laid the foundation of his kingdom at the building of Babylon. He also founded the Assyrian Empire and built Nineveh. Here is the account of the founding of two great empires that were destined to play an important role in world history. Babylon and Assyria, founded against the rule of Noah and Shem, fulfilled their form in their opposition to the kingdom established by God on Mount Sinai.
The book of Jasher (mentioned in Joshua 10:13; and 2 Samuel 1:18) beautifully tells the story of Abraham and Nimrod. A more complete story than that in the Bible we use today.
The story of Nimrod and Abraham
As recorded in the Book of Jasher
Chapter 7
1 And these are the names of the sons of Noah: Japheth, Cam, and Shem; and children were born unto them after the Deluge, as they had married before the Deluge.
2 These are the sons of Japheth; Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras, seven sons.
3 And the sons of Gomer were Askinaz, Rephath, and Tegarmah.
4 And the sons of Magog were Elihanaf and Lubal.
5 And the sons of Madai were Achon, Zeelo, Chazoni, and Lot.
6 And the sons of Javan were Elisha, Tarshish, Chittim, and Dudonim.
7 And the sons of Tubal were Ariphi, Kesed, and Taari.
8 And the sons of Meshech were Dedon, Saron, and Shebashni.
9 And the sons of Tira were Benib, Gera, Lupirion, and Gilak; These are the sons of Japheth according to their families, and their number in those days was about four hundred and sixty men.
10 And these are the sons of Ham; Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan, four sons; and the sons of Kush: Sheba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Satecha; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
11 And the sons of Mitzraim were Lud, Anom, and Pathros, Chasloth, and Chaphtor.
12 The sons of Put: Gebul, Hadan, Bena, and Adan.
13 E os filhos de Canaan foram Zidon, Heth, Amori, Gergashi, Hivi, Arkee, Seni, Arodi, Zimodi und Chamothi.
14 These are the sons of Ham according to their families, and their number in those days was about seven hundred and thirty men.
15 And these are the sons of Shem; Elam, Ashur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram, five sons; and the sons of Elam were Shushan, Machul, and Harmon.
16 And the sons of Ashar were Mirus and Mokil, and the sons of Arpachshad were Shelach, Anar, and Ashcol.
17 And the sons of Lud were Pethor and Bizayon, and the sons of Aram were Uz, Chul, Gather, and Mash.
18 These are the sons of Shem according to their families; and their number was then about three hundred men.
19 These are the families of Shem; Shem begot Arpachshad, and Arpachshad begot Shelach, and Shelach begot Eber, and Eber were born two sons, the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the sons of men were divided, and in the last days the earth was divided.
20 And the name of the second was Yoktan, meaning that in his days the life of the sons of men grew shorter and shorter.
21 These are the sons of Yoktan; Almodad, Shelaf, Chazarmoveth, Yerach, Hadurom, Ozel, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these are the sons of Yoktan.
22 And Peleg his brother begat Yen, and Yen begat Serug, and Serug begat Nahor, and Nahor begat Terah, and Terah was thirty-eight years old, and he begat Haran and Nahor.
23 And Cush the son of Ham the son of Noah took a wife in those days in his old age, and she bore him a son, and they called his name NIMROD, saying, At that time the sons of men again began to rebel and transgressed God, and the child grew up and his father loved him very much because he was the son of his old age.
24 And the skins which God had made for Adam and his wife when they came out of the garden were given to Cush.
25 For after the death of Adam and his wife the garments were given to Enoch son of Jarred, and when Enoch was brought to God he gave them to Methuselah his son.
26 And when Methuselah died, Noah took them and put them into the ark, and they were with him until he came out of the ark.
27 And on his way out Ham stole those clothes of his father Noah, and he took them and hid them from his brothers.
28 And when Ham begot Cush his firstborn, he secretly gave him his clothes, and they stayed with Cush many days.
29 And Cush also hid them from his sons and brothers, and when Cush begot NIMROD, he gave him these robes out of love for him, and NIMROD grew, and when he was twenty years old he put on these robes.
30 And NIMROD grew strong putting on the robes, and God gave him power and strength, and he was a mighty hunter on the earth, yea, he was a mighty hunter in the field, and he hunted the beasts, and he built altars , and he sacrificed the animals over it before the Lord.
31 And NIMROD was strengthened, and he rose up from his brethren, and fought in the battles of his brethren against all his enemies round about.
32 And the Lord gave into his hand all the enemies of his brethren, and God gave him prosperity from time to time in his battles, and he reigned over the earth.
33 Therefore it was customary in those days when a man led into battle those whom he had trained, he said to them: Just as God did to NIMROD, who was a mighty hunter on the earth and who was in the battles he was successful he prevailed against his brothers who delivered them from the hands of their enemies so that God may strengthen and deliver us today.
34 And when NIMROD was forty years old, at that time there was war between his brothers and the sons of Japheth, so that they were in the power of their enemies.
35 And NIMROD went out at that time and gathered together all the children of Cush and their families, about four hundred and sixty men, and he also hired from some of his friends and acquaintances about eighty men, and he gave them their wages, and he went with them to the battle, and as he went, NIMROD strengthened the hearts of the people who went with him.
36 And he said to them, Do not be afraid or afraid, for all our enemies will be handed over to us, and you can do with them what you will.
37 And all the men that went were about five hundred, and they fought against their enemies, and they destroyed them and subdued them, and NIMROD put permanent officials over them in their respective places.
38 And he took some of his sons for safety, and they were all servants of NIMROD and his brothers, and NIMROD and all the people that were with him returned home.
39 And when NIMROD returned happily from the battle, having defeated his enemies, all his brothers gathered together with those who knew him before to make him king over them, and they put the royal crown on his head.
40 And he appointed princes, judges, and rulers over his subjects and his people, as is the custom among kings.
41 And he made Terah the son of Nahor leader of his army, and honored him and exalted him above all his leaders.
42 And while he was ruling according to his heart's desire, having defeated all his enemies around him, he took counsel with his advisers to build a city for his palace, and they did it.
43 And they found a great valley opposite on the east, and they built it a great and vast city, and NIMROD called the name of the city which he built Shinar, for the Lord had shaken his enemies violently and destroyed them.
44 And NIMROD dwelt in Shinar, and he reigned securely, and he fought with his enemies and subdued them, and he prospered in all his battles, and his kingdom became very great.
45 And all nations and tongues heard of his glory, and they gathered to him, and bowed down to the earth, and brought him offerings, and he became their lord and king, and they all dwelt with him in the city in Shinar, and NIMROD reigned on earth over all the sons of Noah, and they were all under his authority and counsel.
46 And all the earth had one language and words of unity, but NIMROD did not follow the ways of the Lord, and he was more wicked than all men that were before him from the days of the Deluge to those days.
47 And he made gods of wood and stone, and bowed down to them, and rebelled against the Lord, and taught all his subjects and the people of the land his evil ways; and Mardon his son was worse than his father.
48 And everyone who heard of the deeds of Mardon son of NIMROD would say of him: Wickedness proceeds from the wicked; therefore it became a proverb throughout the land to say, "From the wicked comes wrong," and it has been common in the words of men ever since.
49 And Terah the son of Nahor, chief of the army of NIMROD, was very great in the sight of the king and his subjects in those days, and the king and the princes loved him, and they praised him greatly.
50 And Terah took a wife, and her name was Amthelo daughter of Cornebus; and Terah's wife conceived and bare him a son in those days.
51 Terah was seventy years old when he begot him, and Terah called the name of his son who was born to him Abram, because the king created him in those days and put him above all his princes who were with him.
Chapter 8
1 And it was on the night that ABRAM was born that all the servants of Terah and all the sages of NIMROD and his conjurers came and ate and drank in the house of Terah, and they made merry with him that night.
2 And when all the sages and conjurers came out of the house of Terah, that night they lifted up their eyes to heaven to look at the stars, and they saw, and behold, a very great star came out of the east and rushed into the sky heaven and devoured the four stars from the four sides of heaven.
3 And all the king's sages and his enchanters were amazed at this sight, and the wise men understood this matter and they knew its meaning.
4 And they said to one another: This only indicates that the child who was born in Terah that night will grow and be fruitful and multiply and possess the whole earth, he and his children forever and he and his seed will kill great kings and inherit their lands.
5 And the sages and magicians went home that night, and in the morning all these sages and magicians got up early and assembled in a appointed house.
6 And they talked and said to one another, Behold, the vision which we saw last night is hidden from the king; it was not revealed to him.
7 And when this becomes known to the king in the last days, he will say to us: Why have you hidden this matter from me, and then we shall all suffer death; So now let's tell the king the vision that we saw and its interpretation, and then we will remain pure.
8 And they did so, and they all went to the king, and bowed themselves to the ground before him, and said, Long live the king, long live the king!
9 We heard that a son was born to Terah the son of Nahor, the prince of your host, and we came to his house last night, and we ate and drank and rejoiced with him that evening.
10 And when your servants left the house of Terah to go to our respective houses to spend the night there, we lifted our eyes to heaven and saw a great star coming from the east, and the same star ran with great speed, and devoured four great stars from the four sides of heaven.
11 And your servants were amazed at the sight that we saw, and they were greatly troubled; who will grow and multiply exceedingly and become mighty and will slay all the kings of the earth and inherit all their lands, he and his descendants forever.
12 And now, our Lord and King, behold, we tell you what we have seen concerning this child.
13 If it seems good to the king to cherish his father for this child, we will kill him before he grows up and multiplies in the land, and his wickedness against us increases, so that we and our children perish in his wickedness.
14 And the king heard their words, and they seemed good in his eyes, and he sent and called Terah, and Terah came before the king.
15 And the king said to Terah: It was said that a son was born to you last night, and so he was observed in heaven at his birth.
16 And now now give me the son, that we may kill him before his evil rise up against us; and I will give you your house full of silver and gold for its value.
17 And Terah answered the king and said to him, My lord the king, I have heard your words, and your servant will do what his king wills.
18 But my lord the king, I will tell you what happened to me last night, so that I can see what advice the king will give to his servant, and then I will answer the king what he just said; and the king said: Speak.
19 And Terah said to the king: Ajon the son of Mored came to me last night and said:
20 Give me the great and beautiful horse that the king gave you, and I will give you silver and gold and straw and fodder for their worth; and I said to him, Wait till I see the king because of your words, and behold, I will do what the king says.
21 And now, my lord the king, behold, I have made this known unto you, and the counsel which my king shall give unto his servant I will heed.
22 And the king heard the words of Terah, and his anger was kindled and
he thought him a fool.
23 And the king answered Terah and said to him: Are you so foolish, ignorant, or so wanting that you would give your beautiful horse for silver and gold, or even for straw and fodder?
24 Are you so lacking in silver and gold that you must do this because you cannot get straw or fodder for your horse? and what is silver and gold or straw and fodder to you that you give the fine horse that I have given you, such as is not found anywhere on earth?
25 And the king stopped speaking, and Terah answered the king, and said, Thus spake the king unto his servant;
26 I beseech you, my lord the king, what did you say to me: give your son to have us kill him, and I will give you silver and gold for his price; What do I do with silver and gold after my son dies? who will inherit me surely then at my death the silver and gold will return to my king who gave them.
27 And when the king heard the words of Terah and the parable he brought against the king, it grieved him greatly, and he was angered at it, and his anger burned within him.
28 And Terah saw that the king's anger was kindled against him, and he answered the king and said, All that I have is in the king's power; whatever the king wants to do to his servant, he shall do, yes, my son too, he is in the king's power, worthless for it, he and his two brothers who are older than him.
29 And the king said to Terah: No, but I will buy your younger son for a price.
30 And Terah answered the king and said: I beg you, my lord the king, let your servant speak a word before you, and let the king hear the word of his servant, and Terah said: My king give me three days until then I ponder it to myself and ask my family what my king said; and he urged the king hard to consent to him.
31 And the king listened to Terah, and he did and gave him three days, and Terah left the king's presence, and he returned home to his family, and spake with them all the words of the king; and people were very afraid.
32 And it was on the third day that the king sent to Terah, saying: Send me your son for the price which I have told you; and if you don't do that, I will send and kill everything you have in your house, so that you won't even have a dog anymore.
33 And Terah made haste (as the matter of the king was urgent), and he took a son from one of his servants, whom his maid bore him that day, and Terah brought the son to the king, and obtained value for him. .
34 And the Lord was in this matter with Terah, that NIMROD would not have Abram slain, and the king took the child from Terah and threw his head upon the ground with all his might, for he thought it was Abram; and this was hidden from him from that day, and forgotten by the king, for it was the will of Providence that Abram should not suffer death.
35 And Terah took his son ABRAM secretly with his mother and his nurse, and he hid them in a cave and brought them their monthly provisions.
36 And the Lord was with Abram in the cave and he grew up, and Abram was ten years in the cave, and the king and his princes, diviners and sages, thought that the king had killed Abram.
Chapter 9
1 And Haran the son of Terah, Abram's elder brother, took a wife in those days.
2 Haran was thirty and nine years old when he took it; and Haran's wife conceived and bare a son, and he called his name Lot.
3 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter, and called her name Milka; and she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter, and she called her name SARAI.
4 Haran was forty and two years old when he begot Sarai, who was Abram's tenth year; and in those days ABRAM and his mother and his nursemaid came out of the cave, for the king and his subjects had forgotten ABRAM's fall.
5 And when ABRAM came out of the cave, he went to Noah and Shem his son, and he stayed with them to learn the instruction of the Lord and His ways, and no one knew where ABRAM was, and ABRAM served Noah and Shem's son for a long time.
6 And ABRAM was thirty and nine years in Noah's house, and ABRAM knew the Lord from the age of three, and he walked in the ways of the Lord unto the day of his death, as Noah and Shem his son had taught him; and all the children of the earth in those days transgressed great trespasses against the LORD, and rebelled against him, and served other gods, and forgot the LORD that created them on the earth; and the inhabitants of the earth then made each one their god; Gods of wood and stone who could neither speak nor hear nor deliver, and the sons of men served them and they became their gods.
7 And the king and all his servants and Terah with all his household were then the first of those who served the gods of wood and stone.
8 And Terah had twelve gods of great greatness, of wood and stone, after the twelve months of the year, and he ministered to each monthly, and every month Terah brought his grain offering and his drink offering to his gods; so did Terah every day.
9 And all this generation was evil in the sight of the Lord, and so they made every man their God, but forsaken the Lord who created them.
10 And there was not a man in those days on all the earth that knew the Lord (for they each served his own God) except Noah and his family, and all that were under his counsel knew the Lord in those days.
11 And ABRAM the son of Terah grew up greatly in those days in the house of Noah, and no one knew, and the Lord was with him.
12 And the Lord gave Abram an understanding heart, and he knew that all the works of this generation were in vain, and that all their gods were in vain and worthless.
13 And ABRAM saw the sun shining on the earth, and ABRAM said to himself: This sun that shines on the earth is now truly God, and him will I serve.
14 And ABRAM served the sun that day, and he prayed to it, and when evening came the sun went down as usual, and ABRAM said to himself, Surely that can't be God?
15 And ABRAM was still saying to himself: Who is it that made the heavens and the earth? Who created on earth? where is he?
16 And the night grew dark upon him, and he lifted up his eyes west, north, south, and east, and he saw that the sun had disappeared from the earth, and the day was darkened.
17 And ABRAM saw the stars and the moon before him, and said: Truly this is the God who created the whole earth and mankind, and behold, these his servants are gods around him; and ABRAM served the moon and prayed all that night.
18 And in the morning when it was clear and the sun shone on the land as usual, Abram saw all that the Lord God had done on the earth.
19 And ABRAM said to himself: These are not gods who made the earth and all mankind, but these are the servants of God, and ABRAM stayed in the house of Noah, and there he knew the Lord and his ways, and he served the Lord all all the days of his life, and that whole generation forgot the Lord and served other gods of wood and stone and rebelled all their days.
20 And king NIMROD reigned securely, and all the land was under his control, and all the land had one language and words of union.
21 And all the princes of NIMROD and their officials took counsel together; Phut, Mitzraim, Cush and Canaan with their families, and they said to each other: Come, let us build a city and on it a strong tower, and its top reaches to the sky, and we shall be famous, we may do that! rule over the whole world so that the evil of our enemies may hear of us, so that we may rule over them and not be scattered over the land because of their wars.
22 And they all went before the king and told the king these words, and the king agreed with them, and he did it.
23 And all the families gathered together, about six hundred thousand men, and they searched for a vast tract of land on which to build the city and the tower, and they searched in all the land, and found none like a valley in the east of the land, from Shinar, about two days' journey, and they went there and dwelt there.
24 And they began to make bricks and kindle fire to build the city and the tower which they had intended to complete.
25 And the building of the tower was to them a trespass and a sin;
26 And all these people and all families were divided into three parts; the first said we will ascend to heaven and fight against him; the second said: We shall ascend to heaven and put our own gods there and serve them; and the third part said: We will ascend to heaven and strike it with bow and spear; and God knew all their works and all their evil thoughts, and he saw the city and the tower which they built.
27 And while they were building, they built themselves a great city and a very high and strong tower; and because of its height, the mortar and bricks did not reach the builders in their ascent until those who went up had completed a whole year, and after that they overtook the builders and gave them the mortar and bricks; this was done daily.
28 And behold, these went up all day, and others went down; and if a brick fell from his hands and broke they would all weep over it, and if a man fell and died none of them would look at him.
29 And the Lord knew their thoughts, and it came to pass that as they were building, they shot arrows into the sky, and all the arrows fell on them full of blood, and when they saw them they said to one another, Indeed we! have killed all who are in heaven.
30 For it came from the Lord to err and to put them in order; to destroy them from the face of the earth.
31 And they built the tower and the city, and they did this daily until many days and years passed.
32 And God said to the seventy angels who were at his head, and to those who were near him, Come, let us go down and confound their languages, that a man shall not understand the language of his neighbor, and they did them.
33 And from that very next day they forgot everyone's neighbor's language, and they could not understand to speak in any language, and when the builder took lime or stones from his neighbor's hands, which he had not ordered, threw the builder it and throw it at his neighbor so he dies.
34 And they made so many days, and thus killed many of them.
35 And the Lord struck the three companies that were there, and punished them according to their works and plans; those who said: We will ascend to heaven and serve our gods became like monkeys and elephants; and those who said: We will strike the sky with arrows, the Lord killed them a man by the hand of his neighbor; and the third division from those who said: We will ascend to heaven and fight against him, the Lord has scattered them over all the earth.
36 And those who remained among them left the building and scattered over all the earth, recognizing and understanding the calamity that was about to come upon them.
37 And they stopped building the city and the tower; therefore he called that place Babylon, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; behold, it was east of the land of Shinar.
38 And as for the tower which the sons of men built, the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up a third of it, and also fire came down from heaven and burned up another third, and the other third is left to this day, and it is of the part that was at the top, and its extent is three days' walk.
39 And many of the sons of men died in that tower, a people without number.
Chapter 10
1 And Peleg the son of Eber died in those days in the forty-eighth year of the life of Abram the son of Terah, and all the days of Peleg were two hundred and thirty-nine years.
2 And when the Lord had scattered the children of men in the tower for their sins, behold, they were scattered into many divisions, and all the children of men were scattered to the four corners of the earth.
3 And every family was made according to their language, their country, or their city.
4 And the sons of men built many cities according to their families in all the places where they went and in all the land where the Lord had scattered them.
5 And some of them built cities in places from which they were afterwards cut off, and they called these cities by their own names, or by the names of their children, or by their particular events.
6 And the sons of Japheth the son of Noah went and built cities for themselves in the places where they were scattered, and they called all their cities by their names; and the sons of Japheth were divided upon the face of the earth into many divisions and Languages. .
7 And these are the sons of Japhet according to their families: Gomer, Magog, Medai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras; These are the sons of Japhet according to their families.
8 And the children of Gomer according to their cities were Francum, who dwelt in the land of Franza, by the river Franza, by the river Sena.
9 And the children of Rephath are the Bartonim, who dwell in the land of Bartonia by the river Ledah, which flows into the great sea of Gihon, which is Oceanus.
10 And the children of Tugarma are ten families, and these are their names: Buzar, Parzunac, Balgar, Elicanum, Ragbib, Tarki, Bid, Zebuc, Ongal, and Tilmaz; all these scattered and settled in the north and built cities for themselves.
11 And they called their cities by their own names, these are those that dwell to this day by the rivers Hithlah and Italac.
12 But the families of Angoli, Balgar, and Parzunac, they dwell by the great river Dubnee; and the names of their cities also agree with their own names.
13 And the children of Javan are the Javanim who dwell in the land of Macdonia, and the children of Medaiare are the Orelum who dwell in the land of Curson, and the children of Tubal are those who dwell in the land of Tuskanah by the river Pashiah.
14 And the sons of Meshech are the Shibashni, and the sons of Tira are Rushash, Cushni, and Ongolis; all these went and built cities for themselves; These are the cities that lie on the Jabus Sea on the Cura River, which flows into the Tragan River.
15 And the sons of Elisha are the Almanim, and they also went and built cities for themselves; these are the cities that lie between the mountains of Job and Shibatmo; and from them were the people of Lumbardi, who dwell before the mountains of Job and Shibathmo, and they conquered the land of Italy, and have remained there to this day.
16 And the children of Chittim are the Romim who dwell in the valley of Canopia by the Tibreu River.
17 And the children of Dudonim are those who dwell in the cities by the sea of Gihon in the land of Bordna.
18 These are the families of the sons of Japheth by their cities and languages, when they were scattered to the tower, and they called their cities by their names and by their occurrences; and these are the names of all their cities by their families, which they built in those days after the tower.
19 And the children of Ham were Cush, Mitzraim, Phut, and Canaan according to their families and cities.
20 All these went and built cities for themselves when they found suitable places for themselves, and they called their cities after the names of their fathers Kush, Mitzraim, Phut, and Canaan.
21 And the sons of Mitzraim are the Ludim, Anamim, Leabim, Naphtuchim, Pathrusim, Casluchim, and Caphturim, seven families.
22 All these dwell by Sihor, the brook of Egypt, and built cities for themselves, and called them by their own names.
23 And the sons of Pathros and Casloch intermarried, and of them came the Pelishtim, the Azathim, and the Gerarim, the Githim, and the Ekronim in all the five families; They too built cities and have called their cities after the names of their fathers to this day.
24 And the children of Canaan also built cities for themselves, and called their cities by their names, eleven cities and others without number.
25 And four men of the Ham family went into the land of the plain; these are the names of the four men: Sodom, Gomorrah, Adma, and Zebojim.
26 And these men built themselves four cities in the land of the plain, and they called the names of their cities by their own names.
27 And they and their children and all that was theirs dwelt in those cities, and they were fruitful and multiplied greatly and lived peacefully.
28 And Seir the son of Hur, the son of Hivi, the son of Canaan, went and found a valley opposite Mount Paran, and he built a city there, and he and his seven sons and his family dwelt there, and he cried the city he built for Seir after his name; This is the land of Seir to this day.
29 These are the families of the sons of Ham, according to their tongues and cities, when they were scattered to their lands toward the tower.
30 And some of the children of Shem the son of Noah, the father of all the children of Eber, also went and built cities for themselves in the places where they were scattered, and named their cities after them
their names.
31 And the sons of Shem were Elam, Assyria, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram, and they built cities for themselves, and called all their cities by their names.
32 And Ashur the son of Shem and his sons and his family went out at that time, a very large company of them, and they went to a distant land, which they found, and they found themselves with a very broad valley in it land they trod, and they built themselves four cities, calling them after their own names and events.
33 And these are the names of the cities which the children of Assyria built: Nineveh, Resen, Calach, and Rehobotother; and the children of Ashur dwell there to this day.
34 And the children of Aram also went and built themselves a city, and they called the city Uz after their elder brother, and they dwelt in it; This is the land of Uz to this day.
35 And in the second year after the tower a man of the house of Assyria, whose name was Bela, left the land of Nineveh to sojourn with his family wherever he could find a place; and they came to the opposite cities of the plain toward Sodom, and dwelt there.
36 And the man rose up and built there a small town, and called it Bela after his name; This is the land of Zoar to this day.
37 And these are the families of the children of Shem according to their tongues and cities, after they were scattered over the land after the tower.
38 And every kingdom, and every city, and every family of the families of the sons of Noah built themselves many cities afterward.
39 And they instituted governments in all their cities, to be governed by their commands; so did all the families of the sons of Noah forever.
Chapter 11
1 And NIMROD the son of Cush was still in the land of Shinar, and he reigned over it, and dwelt there and built cities in the land of Shinar.
2 And these are the names of the four cities that he built, and he named them after the events that happened to them in the building of the tower.
3 And he called the first Babylon, and said, Because the Lord there confused the language of all the earth; and the name of the second he called Erech, because God scattered them from there.
4 And the third he called Eched, and said that a great battle had taken place in that place; and the fourth he called Calnah, because there their princes and heroes were consumed, and they afflicted, rebelled, and sinned against the Lord.
5 And when NIMROD built these cities in the land of Shinar, he put in them the remnant of his people, his princes, and his mighty men who were left in his kingdom.
6 And NIMROD dwelt in Babylon, and there he renewed his kingship over the rest of his subjects, and he reigned securely, and the subjects and princes of NIMROD called his name Amraphel, saying that in the tower his princes and men fell by him .
7 And notwithstanding this, NIMROD did not return unto the Lord, and he continued in wickedness, and taught wickedness to the sons of men; and Mardon his son was worse than his father, and continued to increase his father's abominations.
8 And he caused the sons of men to sin; therefore it is said, Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.
9 At that time there was war between the families of the sons of Ham, for they dwelt in the cities that they had built.
10 And Chedor-laomer king of Elam went away from the families of the children of Ham and fought with them and subdued them, and he went to the five cities of the plain and fought against them and subdued them and they were defeated under his control .
11 And they served him twelve years and gave him an annual tax.
12 At that time Nahor son of Serug died when Abram son of Terah was forty and nine years old.
13 And when Abram son of Terah was fifty years old, Abram left the house of Noah and went to his father's house.
14 And ABRAM knew the Lord, and he kept his ways and ordinances, and the Lord his God was with him.
15 And Terah his father was still captain of king NIMROD's army in those days, and he still followed foreign gods.
16 And Abram came to his father's house and saw there twelve gods in their temples, and Abram's anger was kindled when he saw these images in his father's house.
17 And ABRAM said: As the Lord lives, these images shall not remain in my father's house; so will the Lord who created me do to me if I do not break them all within three days.
18 And ABRAM went away from them, and his anger burned within him. And ABRAM hastened and went from the chamber to his father's court, and found his father sitting in the court, and all his servants with him, and ABRAM came and sat before him.
19 AND ABRAM ASK HIS FATHER AND SAY: Father, tell me where is God, who created heaven and earth and all the sons of men on the earth, and who created you and me. And Terah answered his son ABRAM and said: Behold, our tutors are all with us in the house.
20 And ABRAM said to his father, My lord, show them to me, I pray you; and Terah brought ABRAM into the chamber of the inner court, and ABRAM saw, and behold, all space was filled with gods of wood and stone, twelve great statues, and others lesser than them without number.
21 And Terah said to his son: Behold, these are the ones who made everything that you see on the earth, and who created me and you and all mankind.
22 And Terah bowed down before his gods, and then he left them, and ABRAM his son went away with him.
23 And when ABRAM went out from among them, he went to his mother and sat down before her and said to his mother, Behold, my father has shown me who made heaven and earth, and all the sons of men.
24 So hurry up and take a kid from the flock and prepare tasty meat from it, so that I can offer it to my father's gods as an offering for them; maybe I can make myself acceptable to them that way.
25 And his mother did, and she brought a young kid, and prepared tasty meat from it, and brought it to Abram, and Abram took his mother's tasty meat, and brought it before his father's gods, and he drew near to them. So that you
you can eat; and Terah his father knew nothing of it.
26 And ABRAM saw that day, as he sat among them, that they had neither voice, nor hearing, nor movement, and none of them could stretch out his hand to eat.
27 And ABRAM scoffed at them, saying, Surely they did not like the tasty meat that I prepared, or perhaps it was too little for them, and so they did not eat it; therefore tomorrow I shall prepare fresh and tasty meat, better and more plentiful than this, so that I may see the result.
28 And the next day ABRAM taught his mother about tasty meat, and his mother got up and brought three fine kids from the flock, and she prepared out of it a fine tasty meat, as pleased her son, and his son ABRAM gave it to her; and Terah his father knew nothing of it.
29 And ABRAM took his mother's tasty flesh, and brought it before his father's gods in the chamber; and he approached them that they might eat, and he introduced them to it, and ABRAM sat before them all day thinking that maybe they might eat.
30 And ABRAM saw them, and behold, they had neither voice nor hearing, none of them stretched out his hand to eat the flesh.
31 And in the evening of that day Abram was clothed with the Spirit of God in that house.
32 And he cried, saying, Woe to my father, and to this perverted generation, whose hearts are bent on vanity, who serve these idols of wood and stone, who cannot eat, smell, hear, or speak, who have speechless mouths, eyes without sight, ears without hearing, hands without touch and legs not moving; as it is they who made them and trust in them.
33 And when ABRAM saw all this, his anger burned against his father, and he hurried and took an ax in his hand and entered the chamber of the gods and broke in pieces all the gods of his father.
34 And when he had finished breaking the statues, he put the ax in the hand of the great God who was there before them, and he went out; and Terah his father returned home, for he heard the sound of the hatchet beating against the door; So Terah went inside to find out what it was.
35 And Terah, having heard the sound of the ax in the picture hall, ran into the picture hall and found ABRAM going out.
36 And Terah entered the room, and found all the idols fallen down and broken, and the ax in the hand of the greatest that was not broken, and the tasty meat that ABRAM his son had prepared lay still before them.
37 And when Terah saw this, his anger was greatly kindled, and he hastened out of the room to ABRAM.
38 And he found ABRAM his son still sitting in the house; and said to him, What is this work that thou hast done to my gods?
39 And ABRAM answered Terah his father and said, Not so, sir, for I brought meat that tastes good before them, and when I came to them with the meat that they should eat, they all spread out their hands at once to eat in front of them. . the big one stretched out his hand to eat.
40 And the great one saw their works that they had done before him, and his anger was kindled violently against them, and he went and took the ax that was in the house, and came to them and broke them all, and behold this Hatchet is still in his hand as you can see.
41 And Terah's anger was kindled against his son Abram, as he said these things; and Terah in his anger said to ABRAM his son, What is this story that you have told? You are lying to me.
42 Is there spirit, soul, or power in these gods to do all you have told me? Aren't they of wood and stone, and didn't I make them myself, and can you tell such lies, saying that the great God who was with them smote them? You were the one who put the hatchet in his hand and then said he hurt them all.
43 And ABRAM answered his father and said to him: How then can you serve these idols, in which there is no power to do anything? Can these idols you trust set you free? Can they hear your prayers when you call them? Can they deliver you from the hands of your enemies, or will they fight your battles for you against your enemies to serve wood and stone that can neither speak nor hear?
44 And now it is certainly not good for you, nor for the sons of men who are associated with you, to do this; Are you so dumb, so dumb or something, not understanding that you're going to serve wood and stone, and do it like this?
45 And forgetting the Lord God, who made heaven and earth, and who created you on earth, and thus bring great calamity upon your souls in this matter, serving stone and wood?
46 Did not our ancient fathers sin in this matter, and the Lord, the God of the universe, brought upon them the waters of the Deluge, and destroyed the whole earth?
47 And how can you go on doing this, serving gods of wood and stone who can neither hear nor speak, or deliver you from oppression, and thus bring upon you the wrath of the god of the universe?
48 Now, my father, abstain from it, and bring no evil upon your soul and the souls of your house.
49 And ABRAM hastened and sprang up before his father and took the ax of his father's greatest idol, with which ABRAM broke it and fled.
50 When Terah saw all that ABRAM had done, he hastened out of his house, and he went to the king, and he came before NIMROD and stood before him, and he bowed before the king; and the king said: What do you want?
51 And he said: I beseech you, my lord, hear me - Well, fifty years ago a child was born to me, and so did he to my gods, and so said he; and now, my lord the king, send him to you, and judge him by the law, that we may be delivered from his evil.
52 And the king sent three men of his servants, and they went and brought ABRAM before the king. And NIMROD and all his princes and servants sat before him that day, and Terah also sat before them.
53 And the king said to Abram, What have you done to your father and to his gods? And ABRAM answered the king with the words that he had spoken to his father, saying: The great God who was with them in the house did to them what you heard.
54 And the king said to ABRAM: Did they have power to speak and to eat and to do what you said? And ABRAM answered the king and said: And if they have no power, why do you serve them and lead the sons of men astray by your follies?
55 Do you think they can supply you or do something big or small to serve you? And why don't you feel the God of the whole universe who created it and has the power to kill and to keep alive?
56 O foolish king, simple and ignorant, woe to you forever.
57 I thought you would teach your servants the right way, but you did not do it, but filled the whole earth with your sins and the sins of your people who followed your ways.
58 Do you not know or have you not heard that our fathers sinned in this evil which you do in the olden days, and the eternal God brought the waters of the deluge upon them and destroyed them all and also destroyed the whole earth on their account? And will you and your people rise up now and do the same for this work to bring down the wrath of the Lord God of the universe and bring evil upon you and upon the whole earth?
59 Now, then, put aside that evil deed that you are doing and serve the God of the universe, for your soul is in His hands, and then all will be well with you.
60 And if your wicked heart does not heed my words, that you may turn from your wicked ways and serve the everlasting God, then in the last days you will die in shame, you and your people and all associated with you hear your words or walking in your wicked ways.
61 And when ABRAM finished speaking before the king and the princes, ABRAM lifted his eyes to heaven and said: The Lord sees all the wicked, and he will judge them.
Chapter 12
1 And when the king heard the words of Abrams, he commanded him to be thrown into prison; and ABRAM spent ten days in prison.
2 And at the end of those days the king commanded all the kings, princes, and governors of various provinces, and the wise men, to come before him, and they sat down before him, and ABRAM was still in the house of captivity.
3 And the king said to the princes and wise men, Have ye heard what ABRAM the son of Terah did to his father? So he did with him, and I commanded him to be brought before me, and so he spoke; his heart was not troubled by him, nor did he move in my presence, and behold, now he is imprisoned in prison.
4 And therefore decide what judgment belongs to this man who has wronged the king; who said and did everything you heard.
5 And they all answered the king and said, Whoever offends the king shall be hanged on a tree; but having done all he said and despised our gods, he must be burned to death, for that is the law in the matter.
6 If it pleases the king, he shall command his servants to kindle a fire in your brick furnace day and night, and then we shall throw this man into it. And the king did so, and commanded his servants to make fire in the king's furnace that is in Kasdim three days and three nights; and the king commanded that Abram be taken out of prison and burned.
7 And all the king's servants, princes, lords, governors, and judges, and all the inhabitants of the land, about nine hundred thousand men, stood before the furnace to see ABRAM.
8 And all the women and little ones crowded together on the rooftops and towers to see what was the matter with ABRAM, and they all stood afar off together; and there was not a man who did not come that day to see the scene.
9 And when ABRAM came, the king's summoners and the wise men saw ABRAM, and they cried out to the king, saying, Our sovereign Lord, surely this is the man whom we know was the child at whose birth the great one Star the swallowed four stars that we explained to the king now fifty years ago.
10 And behold, now his father also has transgressed your commandments and mocked you, bringing you another son whom you killed.
11 When the king heard his words, he became very angry and ordered Terah to be brought before him.
12 And the king said, Have you heard what the conjurers said? Now tell me truly, how did you do that; and if you tell the truth you will be acquitted.
13 When Terah saw that the king's anger was so hot, he said to the king, My lord the king, you have heard the truth, and what the wise men have spoken is true. And the king said: How could you do that, transgress my commands and give me a son whom you have not begotten and get value for him?
14 And Terah answered the king, Because I had rebelled at that time for my son, I took a son of my maidservant and brought him to the king.
15 And the king said, Who advised you to do this? Tell me don't hide anything from me, then you won't die.
16 And Terah was greatly troubled before the king, and said to the king, It was Haran my eldest son that told me this; and Haran was thirty-two years old in those days when ABRAM was born.
17 But Haran did not advise his father, for Terah said this to the king, to save his soul from the king, for he was very afraid; And the king said to Terah: Your son Haran, who advised you this, shall die with ABRAM in the fire; because the sentence of death hits him because he has rebelled against the will of the king.
18 And Haran felt inclined then to follow the ways of ABRAM, but kept it within himself.
19 And Haran said in his heart: Behold, now the king has seized ABRAM because of these things that ABRAM has done, and it shall come to pass: If ABRAM prevails over the king, I will follow him, but if the king prevails, I will i follow him will follow him. go after the king.
20 And when Terah had spoken this to the king concerning Haran his son, the king commanded Haran to be taken with ABRAM.
21 And they brought both ABRAM and Haran his brother to cast into the fire; and all the inhabitants of the land, and the servants and princes of the king, and all the women and children, stood over them that day.
22 And the king's servants took Abram and his brother and stripped off all their clothes, except the tunic that they were wearing.
23 And they bound their hands and feet with linen cords, and the king's servants picked them up and threw them into the furnace.
24 And the Lord loved Abram and had compassion on him, and the Lord came down and delivered Abram from the fire, and he was not burned.
25 But all the ropes with which they bound him were burned up, while ABRAM stayed and walked in the fire.
26 And Haran died when they cast him into the fire, and he became ashes, for his heart was not perfect with the Lord; and those men who threw him into the fire, the flame of the fire spread over them, and they were burned up, and twelve men of them died.
27 And ABRAM walked three days and three nights in the midst of the fire, and all the king's servants saw him walking in the fire, and they came and told the king, saying, Behold, we saw ABRAM walking in the midst of the fire, and also the lower garments that he wears will not be burned, but the rope with which he was bound will be burned.
28 And when the king heard their words, his heart failed him, and he would not believe them; so he sent other faithful princes to see this matter, and they went and saw it, and told the king; and the king got up to go and see it, and he saw ABRAM walking up and down in the midst of the fire, and he saw Haran's body burned, and the king marveled greatly.
29 And the king commanded that Abram be taken out of the fire; and his servants drew near to take him out, but they could not, because the fire was all around, and the flame from the furnace went up to them.
30 And the king's servants fled before her, and the king rebuked them, saying, Hurry and bring OPEN from the fire, lest you die!
31 And the king's servants drew near again to bring out ABRAM, and the flames swept over them and scorched their faces so that eight of them died.
32 And when the king saw that his servants could not approach the fire, lest they be burned, the king cried to Abram, thou servant of God in heaven, come out of the fire, and come before me; and ABRAM obeyed the voice of the king, and he went out of the fire and came and stood before the king.
33 And when ABRAM went out, the king and all his servants saw ABRAM coming before the king, with his outer garments over him, for they were not burned, but the rope with which he was bound was burned.
34 And the king said to Abram, Why were you not burned in the fire?
35 And ABRAM said to the king: O God of heaven and earth, in whom I trust and who has everything in his power, he rescued me from the fire into which you cast me.
36 And Haran Abram's brother became ashes, and they searched for his body, and found it consumed.
37 And Haran was eighty-two years old when he died in the fire of Kasdim. And the king, the princes, and the inhabitants of the land, seeing that Abram was saved from the fire, came and bowed down to Abram.
38 And Abram said to them, Do not bow down to me, but bow down to the God of the world who created you, and serve him and follow his ways, for he saved me from this fire, and it was he who created the souls and spirits of all men, formed man in his mother's womb and brought him into the world, and it is he who will redeem from all pain those who trust in him.
39 And it seemed very marvelous in the eyes of the king and the princes that ABRAM was saved from the fire, and Haran was burned; and the king gave Abram many gifts, and he gave him his two chief servants of the king's house; one was called Oni and the other Eliezer.
40 And all the kings, princes, and servants gave Abram many gifts of silver and gold and pearls, and the king and his princes sent him away, and he went in peace.
41 And ABRAM went away from the king in peace, and many of the king's servants followed him, and about three hundred men joined him.
42 And ABRAM returned that day and went to his father's house, he and the men who followed him, and ABRAM served the Lord his God all the days of his life, and he walked in his ways and obeyed his law.
43 And from that day ABRAM inclined the hearts of the sons of men to serve the Lord.
44 And at that time Nahor and ABRAM took wives, the daughters of their brother Haran; Nahor's wife was Milka and Abram's wife's name was SARAI. AND SARAI the wife of ABRAM was barren; She had no children then.
45 And at the end of two years since Abram came out of the fire, that is, in the fifty-second year of his life, behold, king NIMROD sat on the throne in Babylon, and the king fell asleep and dreamed that he was standing with his troops and Hosts in a valley opposite the king's furnace.
46 And he lifted up his eyes and saw a man in the likeness of ABRAM coming out of the furnace, and he came and stood before the king with his sword drawn, and then sprang at the king with his sword as the king fled from him man because he was scared; and while he was running, the man threw an egg on the king's head, and the egg became a great river.
47 And the king dreamed that all his troops were drowning in that river and dying, and the king fled with three men who were before him, and he escaped.
48 And the king looked upon these men, and they were arrayed in royal robes, like the robes of kings, and had the appearance and majesty of kings.
49 And as they flowed, the river in front of the king again turned into an egg, and out of the egg came a young bird, which came in front of the king and flew at his head and plucked out the king's eye.
50 And the king was grieved at this sight, and he awoke from his sleep, and his spirit was troubled; and he felt great fear.
51 And in the morning the king arose from his bed in fear, and commanded all the sages and magicians to come before him, when the king told them his dream.
52 And a wise servant of the king, whose name was Anuki, answered the king and said: This is none other than the evil of ABRAM and his descendants, which will rise up against my lord the king in the last days.
53 And behold, the day is coming when ABRAM and his seed and the children of his house shall make war against my king, and they shall smite all the armies of the king and his troops.
54 And what you said about three men whom you saw like yourself and who escaped means that you will escape alone with three kings of kings of the earth, who will be with you in battle.
55 And what you saw of the river turning into an egg as in the beginning, and the young bird plucking out your eye, that means nothing but the seed of ABRAM, which kills the king in the last days becomes.
56 This is my king's dream, and this is his interpretation, and the dream is true, and the interpretation your servant gave you is right.
57 Now, my king, you surely know that fifty-two years have passed since your sages saw this at the birth of ABRAM, and if my king allows ABRAM to live in the land, it will harm my lord the king, for all the days that ABRAM shall live neither shall thou nor thy kingdom be established, for this was foretold at his birth; and why shall not my king slay him, that his evil may be preserved from thee in the last days?
58 And NIMROD heard the voice of Anuki, and secretly he sent some of his servants to go and seize ABRAM and bring him before the king to suffer death.
59 And Eliezer, Abram's servant, whom the king had given him, was in the king's presence at that time, and he heard what Anuki had counseled the king, and what the king had said to cause Abram's death.
60 And Eliezer said to Abram: Hurry, get up and save your soul, lest you die at the hands of the king, for so he saw of you in a dream, and so Anuki interpreted it, and so he did it also interpreted. Anuki advises the king about you.
61 And ABRAM heard the voice of Eliezer, and ABRAM hastened and ran to the safety of the house of Noah and his son Shem, and he hid himself there and found a safe place; and the king's servants went to the house of Abrams to seek him, but they could not find him, and they searched all over the land, and he was not found, and they went and searched in every direction, and he was not found.
62 And when the king's servants could not find Abram, they returned to the king, but the king's anger against Abram was allayed, for they did not find him, and the king put this matter concerning Abram out of his mind.
63 And ABRAM was hidden in Noah's house a month until the king forgot this matter, but ABRAM was still afraid of the king; and Terah came to see Abram his son secretly in Noah's house, and Terah was very great in the eyes of the king.
64 And ABRAM said to his father, Don't you know that the king is thinking of killing me and wiping out my name from the land by the counsel of his evil counselors?
65 Now who do you have here and what do you have on this earth? Arise, let us go together into the land of Canaan, that we may be delivered from his hand, lest you also perish because of him in the last days.
66 Don't you know or haven't you heard that NIMROD does not give you all this honor out of love, but only gives you all this good for your benefit?
67 And if he does you more good than this, surely these are only vanities of the world, for riches and riches can avail nothing in the day of wrath and wrath.
68 Therefore now hear my voice, and let us rise up and go into the land of Canaan, beyond the reach of NIMROD; and you will serve the Lord who created you on earth, and all will be well with you; and throw away all the vain things you pursue.
69 And ABRAM stopped speaking, when Noah and his son Shem Terah answered and said, True is the word that ABRAM spoke to you.
70 And Terah heard the voice of his son ABRAM, and Terah did all that ABRAM had said, for it was from the Lord that the king should not cause ABRAM's death.
Chapter 13
1 And Terah took his son ABRAM, and Lot his grandson the son of Haran, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, the wife of his son ABRAM, and all the souls of his house, and went with them from Ur Casdim to go to the land of Canaan. And when they came to the land of Haran, they stayed there, for it was very good pasturage and large enough for those who followed them.
2 And the people of the land of Haran saw that ABRAM was good and righteous before God and men, and that the Lord his God was with him, and some people of the land of Haran came and joined Abram, and he taught them for instruction of the Lord and his ways; and these men stayed with ABRAM at his home and joined him.
3 And ABRAM stayed in the land three years, and at the end of the three years the Lord ABRAM appeared and said to him: I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur Casdim and delivered you from the hand of all your enemies.
4 And now, if you hear my voice and keep my commandments and my statutes and my laws, then I will make your enemies fall before you and multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven, and willingly send my blessings on all the works of your hands , and you will not lack.
5 Arise, take your wife and all that is yours, and go to the land of Canaan and dwell there, and there I will be your God and bless you. And ABRAM arose and took his wife and all that was hers, and went into the land of Canaan, as the Lord had told him; and ABRAM was fifty years old when he left Haran.
6 And ABRAM came into the land of Canaan, and dwelt in the midst of the city, and pitched his tent there among the children of Canaan, the inhabitants of the land.
7 And the Lord appeared to Abram when he came into the land of Canaan, and said to him, This is the land which I have given you and your seed after you forever, and I will make your seed like the stars of heaven, and I will give to your seed all the lands that you see for an inheritance.
8 And Abram built an altar in the place where God had spoken to him, and Abram called on the name of the Lord there.
9 At that time, at the end of Abram's three-year sojourn in the land of Canaan, Noah died in the year that was Abram's fifty-eighth year; and all the days that Noah lived were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.
10 And ABRAM dwelt in the land of Canaan, he, his wife, and all that was his, and all that were with him, together with those who were with him of the people of the land; but Nahor the brother of Abram, and Terah his father, and Lot the son of Haran, and all that was theirs dwelt in Haran.
11 In the fifth year that Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah and all the cities of the plain rose up against the power of Chedorlaomer king of Elam; for all the kings of the cities of the plain served Kedor-laomer twelve years, and gave him an annual tax, but then in the thirteenth year they rebelled against him.
12 And in the tenth year of ABRAM's sojourn in the land of Canaan, there was war between NIMROD king of Shinar and Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and NIMROD came to fight Chedorlaomer and subdue him.
13 For Chedor-laomer was at that time one of the princes of the hosts of NIMROD, and when all the people were scattered in the tower, and also those who were left were scattered over the earth, Chedor-laomer went into the land of Elam and reigned over it, and rebelled against thy people Mr.
14 And in those days, when NIMROD saw that the cities of the plain had rebelled, he went to war against Kedor-laomer full of pride and anger, and NIMROD gathered all his princes and subjects, about seven hundred thousand men, and went against Kedor-laomer Laomer and Chedor-Laomer met him with five thousand men and prepared for battle in the valley of Babylon, which is between Elam and Shinar.
15 And all these kings fought there, and NIMROD and his people were defeated before the people of Chedor-laomer, and of the men of NIMROD fell about six hundred thousand, and Mardon the king's son fell among them.
16 And NIMROD fled, and returned to his land in shame and shame, and he was in subjection to Kedor-laomer a long time, and Kedor-laomer returned to his land, and sent princes of his army to the kings that dwelt about him Arioch, king of Ellasar, and Tidal, king of the Goyim, and they made a covenant with them, and all obeyed their commands.
17 And it was in the fifteenth year of Abram's sojourn in the land of Canaan, that is the seventieth year of Abram's life, and the Lord appeared to Abram in that year, and he said to him, I am the Lord that brought thee out, Ur Casdim, thee to give this land as an inheritance.
18 So walk before me, and be perfect, and keep my commandments, for to you and your descendants I will give this land for an inheritance, from the river Mizraim to the great river Euphrates.
19 And you will come to your fathers in peace and in a good old age, and the fourth generation will return here to this land and inherit it forever; and ABRAM built an altar and called on the name of the Lord who had appeared to him and brought offerings to the Lord on the altar.
20 At that time Abram returned and went to Haran to see his father and his mother and his father's family, and Abram and his wife and all that was his returned to Haran, and Abram stayed in Haran five years .
21 And many of the people of Haran, about seventy-two men, followed Abram, and Abram taught them the instruction of the Lord and his ways, and he taught them to know the Lord.
22 In those days the Lord appeared to Abram in Haran, and he said to him, Behold, twenty years ago I spoke to you, saying,
23 Leave your land, your birthplace and your father's house, to the land which I have shown you and your children, for there I will bless you and make you a great people and make your name great. and in you shall the families of the earth be blessed.
24 Arise now, leave this place, you, your wife, and all who are yours, also all who were born in your house, and all the souls which you made in Haran, and bring them with you from here, and arise to return to the land of Canaan.
25 AND ABRAM rose up and took Sarai his wife and all that was his, and all who were born to him in his house and the souls which they had made in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan to pull.
26 And ABRAM went and returned to the land of Canaan, according to the word of the Lord. And Lot his brother Haran's son went with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran to return to the land of Canaan.
27 And he came into the land of Canaan, according to the word of the Lord to Abram, and he pitched his tent and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, and with him was Lot his brother's son, and all that was his.
28 And the Lord appeared again to Abram, and said, Thy seed I will give this land; and there he built an altar to the Lord who had appeared unto him, which still stands in the plains of Mamre.
The records of Ham and his sons state:
“And it came to pass that as they came from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they lived there. (Genesis 11:2)
The sons of Ham traveled from northern India and reached the Euphrates Valley. In that valley they began to defy God. Here on the plain they made bricks; for mortar they used mud or what would now be known as asphalt. This civilization was founded on the power of secret organizations and people started building the Tower of Babel. This building was erected to exalt man, since NIMROD himself was the first exalted ruler.
Book by Jasher in Ham
Chapter 7
1 And these are the names of the sons of Noah: Japhet, Ham, and Shem; and children were born unto them after the Deluge, as they had married before the Deluge.
2 These are the sons of Japheth; Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras, seven sons.
3 And the sons of Gomer were Askinaz, Rephath, and Tegarmah.
4 And the sons of Magog were Elihanaf and Lubal.
5 And the sons of Madai were Achon, Zeelo, Chazoni, and Lot.
6 And the sons of Javan were Elisha, Tarshish, Chittim, and Dudonim.
7 And the sons of Tubal were Ariphi, Kesed, and Taari.
8 And the sons of Meshech were Dedon, Saron, and Shebashni.
9 And the sons of Tira were Benib, Gera, Lupirion, and Gilak; These are the sons of Japheth according to their families, and their number in those days was about four hundred and sixty men.
10 And these are the sons of Ham; Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan, four sons; and the sons of Kush: Sheba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Satecha; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
11 And the sons of Mitzraim were Lud, Anom, and Pathros, Chasloth, and Chaphtor.
12 The sons of Put: Gebul, Hadan, Bena, and Adan.
13 E os filhos de Canaan foram Zidon, Heth, Amori, Gergashi, Hivi, Arkee, Seni, Arodi, Zimodi und Chamothi.
14 These are the sons of Ham according to their families, and their number in those days was about seven hundred and thirty men.
15 And these are the sons of Shem; Elam, Ashur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram, five sons; and the sons of Elam were Shushan, Machul, and Harmon.
16 And the sons of Ashar were Mirus and Mokil, and the sons of Arpachshad were Shelach, Anar, and Ashcol.
17 And the sons of Lud were Pethor and Bizayon, and the sons of Aram were Uz, Chul, Gather, and Mash.
18 These are the sons of Shem according to their families; and their number was then about three hundred men.
19 These are the families of Shem; Shem begot Arpachshad, and Arpachshad begot Shelach, and Shelach begot Eber, and Eber were born two sons, the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the sons of men were divided, and in the last days the earth was divided.
20 And the name of the second was Yoktan, meaning that in his days the life of the sons of men grew shorter and shorter.
21 These are the sons of Yoktan; Almodad, Shelaf, Chazarmoveth, Yerach, Hadurom, Ozel, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these are the sons of Yoktan.
22 And Peleg his brother begat Yen, and Yen begat Serug, and Serug begat Nahor, and Nahor begat Terah, and Terah was thirty-eight years old, and he begat Haran and Nahor.
23 And Cush the son of Ham the son of Noah took a wife in those days in his old age, and she bore him a son, and they called him Nimrod, saying, At that time the sons of men again began to rebel and transgressed against God , and the child grew up, and his father loved him very much, because he was the son of his old age.
24 And the skins which God had made for Adam and his wife when they came out of the garden were given to Cush.
25 For after the death of Adam and his wife the garments were given to Enoch son of Jarred, and when Enoch was brought to God he gave them to Methuselah his son.
26 And when Methuselah died, Noah took them and put them into the ark, and they were with him until he came out of the ark.
27 And when he went out, HAM stole these clothes from his father Noah, and he took them and hid them from his brothers.
28 And when HAM begot Cush his firstborn, he secretly gave him his clothes, and they stayed with Cush many days.
29 And Cush also hid them from his sons and brothers, and when Cush begot Nimrod, he gave him these clothes out of love for him, and Nimrod grew, and when he was twenty years old he put on these clothes.
30 And Nimrod grew strong putting on the clothes, and God gave him power and strength, and he was a mighty hunter on the earth, yea, he was a mighty hunter in the field, and he hunted the beasts and built altars, and sacrificed the animals on it before the Lord.
31 And Nimrod was strengthened, and he rose up from his brethren, and he fought in the battles of his brethren against all his enemies round about.
32 And the Lord gave into his hand all the enemies of his brethren, and God gave him prosperity from time to time in his battles, and he reigned over the earth.
33 Therefore it was customary in those days when a man led those whom he had trained into battle, he said to them: As God did to Nimrod, who was a mighty hunter on the earth and who was in the Battles he won, success overwhelmed his brothers, who delivered them from the hands of their enemies, that God may strengthen and deliver us today.
34 And when Nimrod was forty years old, there was then a war between his brothers and the sons of Japheth, so that they were in the power of their enemies.
35 And Nimrod went out at that time and gathered together all the children of Cush and their families, about four hundred and sixty men, and he also hired from some of his friends and acquaintances about eighty men, and he gave them their wages, and he went with them to the battle, and as he went, Nimrod strengthened the hearts of the people who went with him.
36 And he said to them, Do not be afraid or afraid, for all our enemies will be handed over to us, and you can do with them what you will.
37 And all the men that went were about five hundred, and they fought their enemies, and destroyed them, and subdued them, and Nimrod appointed permanent officials over them in their respective places.
38 And he took some of his sons for safety, and they were all servants of Nimrod and his brothers, and Nimrod and all the people that were with him returned home.
39 And when Nimrod returned happily from the battle, having defeated his enemies, all his brothers gathered together with those who knew him from before to make him king over them, and they put the royal crown on his head.
40 And he appointed princes, judges, and rulers over his subjects and his people, as is the custom among kings.
41 And he made Terah the son of Nahor leader of his army, and honored him and exalted him above all his leaders.
42 And while he was ruling according to his heart's desire, having defeated all his enemies around him, he took counsel with his advisers to build a city for his palace, and they did it.
43 And they found a great valley facing the east, and they built it a great and vast city, and Nimrod called the name of the city which he built Shinar, for the Lord had shaken his enemies violently and destroyed them.
44 And Nimrod dwelt in Shinar, and he reigned securely, and he fought with his enemies and subdued them, and he prospered in all his battles, and his kingdom became very great.
45 And all nations and tongues heard of his glory, and they gathered to him, and bowed down to the earth, and brought him offerings, and he became their lord and king, and they all dwelt with him in the city of Shinar, and Nimrod reigned on earth over all the sons of Noah, and they were all under his authority and counsel.
46 And all the earth had one language and words of unity, but Nimrod did not walk in the ways of the Lord, and he was more wicked than all men that were before him from the days of the Deluge to those days.
47 And he made gods of wood and stone, and bowed down to them, and rebelled against the Lord, and taught all his subjects and the people of the land his evil ways; and Mardon his son was worse than his father.
48 And everyone who heard of the deeds of Mardon son of Nimrod would say of him: Wickedness proceeds from the wicked; therefore it became a proverb throughout the land to say, "From the wicked comes wrong," and it has been common in the words of men ever since.
49 And Terah the son of Nahor, the chief of Nimrod's army, was very great in the eyes of the king and his subjects in those days, and the king and the chiefs loved him, and they held him in high esteem.
50 And Terah took a wife, and her name was Amthelo daughter of Cornebus; and Terah's wife conceived and bare him a son in those days.
51 Terah was seventy years old when he begot him, and Terah called the name of his son who was born to him Abram, because the king created him in those days and put him above all his princes who were with him.
The Story of Esau Killing Nimrod
As recorded in the Book of Jasher
Chapter 27
1 And ESAU often went to the fields to hunt after the death of ABRAHAM.
2 And NIMROD the king of Babylon, the same was Amraphel, also often went out with his mighty men to hunt in the field, and to walk with his men in the cool of the day.
3 And NIMROD watched ESAU every day, for in the heart of NIMROD jealousy against ESAU was formed every day.
4 And on a certain day ESAU went out into the field to hunt, and he found NIMROD walking in the wilderness with his two men.
5 And all his mighty men and his people were with him in the wilderness, but they turned away from him, and they went in different directions from him to hunt, and ESAU hid from NIMROD, and he watched for him in the wilderness.
6 And NIMROD and his men who were with him did not know him, and NIMROD and his men often walked through the field in the cool of the day to know where his men were hunting in the field.
7 And NIMROD and two of his men who were with him came to the place where they were, when ESAU suddenly sprang up from his hiding place and drew his sword and hastened and ran to NIMROD and cut off his head.
8 And ESAU fought desperately with the two men who were with NIMROD, and when they called him, ESAU turned to them and slew them with his sword.
9 And all the mighty men of NIMROD, who left him to go into the wilderness, heard the cry in the distance, and they recognized the voices of these two men, and they ran to know the cause of it when they heard theirs found the king, and the two men who were with him lay dead in the desert.
10 AND WHEN ESAU SAW THE MIGHTY MEN OF NIMROD COMING AWAY, he fled and thus escaped; AND ESAU TOOK THE PRECIOUS GARMENTS OF NIMROD WHICH THE FATHER OF NIMROD LEFT TO NIMROD, AND IN WHICH NIMROD PRESIDED OVER ALL THE EARTH, AND HE RUN AND hid THEM IN HIS HOUSE.
11 AND ESAU TAKE THIS CLOTHING AND RUN INTO TOWN ON THE ACCOUNT OF THE MEN FROM NIMROD, AND HE CAME TO HIS FATHER'S HOUSE, TIRED AND EXHAUSTED FROM FIGHT, AND WAS READY TO DIE OF SORRY WHEN HE SAT TO HIS BROTHER JACOB AND CAME YOURSELF BEFORE HIM.
12 AND HE SAID TO HIS BROTHER JACOB: Behold, I shall die today, and why do I want the birthright? And Jacob dealt wisely with ESAU in this matter, and ESAU SELLED HIS RIGHT TO ARISE TO JACOB BECAUSE IT WAS RAISED UP BY THE LORD.
13 And that part of ESAU in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which ABRAHAM bought from the sons of Heth to have a graveyard, ESAU also sold to Jacob, and Jacob bought all this from his brother ESAU at the price given.
14 And Jacob wrote all this in a book, and he testified to it with witnesses, and he sealed it, and the book remained in Jacob's hand.
15 And when NIMROD the son of Cush died, his men took him up, and brought him out in amazement, and buried him in their city, and all the days that NIMROD lived were two hundred and fifteen years, and he died.
16 And the days that NIMROD reigned over the people of the earth were one hundred and eighty-five years; and NIMROD died by the sword of ESAU in shame and contempt, and the seed of ABRAHAM caused his death as he saw in his dream.
17 And at the death of NIMROD his kingdom was divided into many divisions, and all those parts which NIMROD ruled were returned to the respective kings of the earth, who recaptured them after the death of NIMROD and all the people of the house of NIMROD The time was long gone over, enslaved by all the other kings of the earth.
Chapter 28
1 And in those days, after the death of Abraham, that year the Lord brought a great famine upon the land, and while the famine was raging in the land of Canaan, Isaac arose to go down to Egypt because of the famine, like his father ABRAHAM had done it.
2 And the Lord appeared to Isaac that night and said to him, Do not go down to Egypt, but get up and go to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines, and stay there until the famine ends.
3 And Isaac rose up and went to Gerar, as the Lord commanded him, and stayed there a whole year.
4 And when Isaac came to Gerar, the people of the land saw that Rebekah his wife was beautiful in appearance, and the people of Gerar asked Isaac about his wife, and he said, She is my sister, for he was afraid of her say she is his wife so that the people of the country will not kill him for them.
5 And the princes of Abimelech went and commended the woman to the king, but he did not answer them, nor heed their words.
6 But he heard her say that Isaac had made her his sister and that the king had reserved her for himself.
7 And when Isaac stayed in the land three months, Abimelech looked out of the window and saw, and behold, Isaac was playing with Rebekah his wife, for Isaac was living in the outer house that belonged to the king, so Isaac's house was in front of the house of the King.
8 And the king said to Isaac, What have you done to us, that you said of your wife, She is my sister? how easily one of the great men of the people could have lay with her, and then you would have laid the blame on us.
9 And Isaac said to Abimelech, Because I feared dying for my wife, I said, She is my sister.
10 At that time Abimelech commanded all his princes and officers, and they took Isaac and Rebekah his wife and brought them before the king.
11 And the king commanded them to clothe them in royal robes, and to let them ride through the streets of the city, and to proclaim before them throughout all the land, saying, This is the man, and this is his wife; whoever touches that man or his wife will surely die. And Isaac returned with his wife to the king's house, and the Lord was with Isaac, and he continued to grow, and lacked in nothing.
12 And the Lord caused Isaac to find favor in the eyes of Abimelech and in the eyes of all his subjects, and Abimelech dealt well with Isaac, for Abimelech remembered the oath and covenant that was between his father and ABRAHAM.
13 And Abimelech said to Isaac, Behold, the whole land lies before you; tarry where it seems good to you until you return to your land; and Abimelech gave Isaac fields and vineyards and the best part of the land to Gerar to sow and reap and eat the fruit of the land until the days of famine were over.
14 And Isaac sowed in that land, and he received a hundredfold in the same year, and the Lord blessed him.
15 And the man grew up and had sheep and oxen and a multitude of servants.
16 And when the days of famine were over, the Lord appeared to Isaac and said to him, Arise, leave this place, and return to thy land, to the land of Canaan; and Isaac rose up and returned to Hebron, which is in the land of Canaan, he and all who belong to him, as the Lord commanded him.
17 And after this Shelah the son died in Arpachshad in that year which is the eighteenth year of Jacob and ESAU; and all the days that Shelah lived were four hundred and thirty-three years, and he died.
18 At that time Isaac sent his youngest son Jacob to the house of Shem and Eber, and he learned the instructions of the Lord, and Jacob stayed in the house of Shem and Eber thirty-two years, and ESAU his brother was not, for he would not go and stayed in his father's house in the land of Canaan.
19 And ESAU kept hunting in the fields to bring home what he could get hold of, so ESAU did every day.
20 AND ESAU WAS A DRAWING AND DECEILING MAN, ONE WHO HUNTED BEHIND PEOPLE'S HEARTS AND INVITED THEM, AND ESAU WAS A GREAT MAN IN THE FIELD, AND OVER TIME, AS EVER, WENT FOR STRENGTH; AND HE CAME INTO THE FIELD OF SEIR, WHICH IS EDOM.
21 And he stayed in the land of Seir a year and four months, hunting in the field.
22 And ESAU saw in the land of Seir the daughter of a man from Canaan, and her name was Jehudith the daughter of Beeri the son of Epher, of the clans of Heth the son of Canaan.
23 And ESAU took her to wife and came to her; ESAU was forty years old when he took her, and he brought her to Hebron, the land of his father's dwelling place, and he dwelt there.
24 And it came to pass in those days, in the hundred and tenth year of Isaac's life, that is, in the fiftieth year of Jacob's life, in that year Shem the son of Noah died; Shem was six hundred years old when he died.
25 And when Shem died, Jacob returned to his father in Hebron, which is in the land of Canaan.
26 And in Jacob's fifty-sixth year the people of Haran came, and Rebekah was told of her brother Laban the son of Bethuel.
27 For Laban's wife was barren in those days and had no children, and none of his maidservants had any for him.
28 And the Lord remembered after this Adina the wife of Laban, and she conceived and bore twin daughters, and Laban called the names of his daughters, the name of the eldest Leah, and the name of the youngest Rachel.
29 And these people came and told Rebekah these things, and Rebekah was very glad because the Lord had visited her brother and that he had children.
The King James Translation tells of Esau's transaction and sale of his birthright, which he despised; and the story of Esau and his birthright The story in the book of Jasher explains why Esau said to Jacob, "I am about to die," because Esau thought Nimrod's men would kill him; The exchange of the birthright to Jacob is explained thus:
“And Esau said, Behold, I am dying; and what does this birthright bring me? And Jacob said: Swear to me today; and swore to him: and sold his birthright to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank and got up and went away: SO ESAU DESPRED HIS BIRTH RIGHT. (Genesis 25:32-34)
The Story of Esau
As reported in the book of Jasher
Chapter 26
1 And when Isaac son of Abraham was fifty and nine years old, Rebekah his wife was then barren.
2 And Rebekah said to Isaac, Verily, my lord, I heard that Sarah thy mother was barren in her days, until my lord Abraham thy father prayed for her, and she conceived by him.
3 Now get up and pray to God also, and he will hear your prayer and remember us through his mercy.
4 And Isaac answered his wife Rebekah and said, Abraham has already prayed to God that I might multiply your seed, so now this barrenness must pass from you to us.
5 And Rebekah said to him, But get up now and pray that the Lord would hear your prayer and give me children. And Isaac listened to the words of his wife, and Isaac and his wife arose and went into the land of Moriah to pray there and seek the Lord, and when they reached that place, Isaac got up and prayed to the Lord for his wife because she was barren.
6 And Isaac said: O Lord, God of heaven and earth, whose kindness and mercy fills the earth, you who brought my father out of his father's house and his birthplace and brought him to this earth and spoke to him : To your seed I will give the land, and you promised him and declared to him: I will multiply your seed like the stars of heaven and like the sand by the sea, now that your words which you spoke to my Father come true.
7 For you are the Lord our God, our eyes are on you to give us seed of men, as you promised us, for you are the Lord our God and our eyes are on you only.
8 And the Lord heard the prayer of Isaac son of Abraham, and the Lord took an interest in him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
9 And about seven months later the children within her fought together, and it pained her greatly that she was tired because of them, and she said to all the women who were on earth at that time, Has anything like this happened to you? must me? and they said to him, No.
10 And she said to them, Why am I alone in this among all the women who were on the earth? and she went into the land of Moriah to seek the Lord about it; and she went to Shem and her son Eber to inquire of them in this matter, and that they should ask the Lord for them in this matter.
11 And she also asked Abraham to seek and inquire of the Lord about all that had happened to her.
12 And they all asked the Lord about it, and brought the word of the Lord, and said unto her, Two sons are in thy womb, and two nations shall come forth from them; and one people will be stronger than another, and the greater will serve the less.
13 And when her days were ended, she knelt down, and behold, there were twins in her womb, as the Lord had told her.
14 And the first came out red as a robe with hair, and all the inhabitants of the land called him ESAU and said, This one is perfect from the womb.
15 And after this came his brother, and his hand took ESAU's heel, therefore they called him Jacob.
16 And Isaac the son of Abraham was sixty years old when he begat them.
17 And the boys grew up to their fifteenth year, and entered the company of men. ESAU was a cunning and deceitful man and a skilled hunter in the field, and Jacob was a perfect and wise man who dwelt in tents, tended flocks, and learned the instructions of the Lord and the commandments of his father and mother.
18 And Isaac and the children of his household dwelt with his father Abraham in the land of Canaan, as God commanded them.
19 And Ishmael the son of Abraham went with his sons and all that was theirs, and they returned to the land of Havilah and dwelt there.
20 And all the sons of Abraham's concubines went to dwell in the land of the east, for Abraham had sent them away from his son and made them gifts, and they went away.
21 And Abraham gave all that he had to his son Isaac, and he also gave him all his treasures.
22 And he commanded him, saying, Do you not know and understand that the Lord is God in heaven and on earth, and besides him there is no other?
23 And it was he that took me out of my father's house and my birthplace, and gave me all the joys of the earth; who saved me from the counsel of the wicked, because I trusted in him.
24 And he brought me to this place and delivered me from Ur Casdim; And he said unto me, I will give all these lands to thy seed, and they shall inherit them, if they keep my commandments, and my statutes, and my statutes, which I commanded thee and which I shall command them.
25 Now, my son, listen to my voice and keep the commandments of the Lord your God, which I commanded you; turn not from the right path, neither to the right nor to the left, so that it may go well for you and your children you forever.
26 And remember the wonders of the LORD, and of his goodness, by which he hath shown us, delivering us out of the hand of our enemies, and the LORD our God delivered them into our hand; and now keep all that I have commanded you, and do not depart from the commandments of your God, and serve no one but him, that it may prosper for you and your descendants after you.
27 and teach your children and your seed the law of the Lord and his commandments, and teach them the right way to go, that they may prosper forever.
28 And Isaac answered his father and said unto him, What my lord hath commanded I will do, and I will not depart from the commandments of the Lord my God, I will keep all that he commanded me; and Abraham blessed his son Isaac, and also his children; and Abraham taught Jacob the instruction of the Lord and his ways.
29 And at that time Abraham died, in the fifteenth year of the life of Jacob and Esau, the sons of Isaac, and all the days of Abraham were one hundred and seventy-five years, and he died, and was gathered together his people of good old age, old and full of days, and Isaac and Ishmael, his sons buried him.
30 And when the inhabitants of Canaan heard that Abraham was dead, they all came with their kings and princes and all their husbands to bury Abraham.
31 And all the inhabitants of the land of Haran, and all the families of the house of Abraham, and all the princes and nobles, and the sons of Abraham by the concubines, all came when they heard of Abraham's death, and they repaid Abraham's death in kindness, and comforted his son Isaac and buried Abraham in the cave he bought from Ephron the Hittite and his sons for possession of a burial ground.
32 And all the inhabitants of Canaan and all who knew Abraham wept for Abraham a whole year, and men and women wept for him.
33 And all the little children and all the inhabitants of the land wept for Abraham, because Abraham had been good to them all and because he was right with God and with men.
34 And there arose no man that feared God as Abraham did, for he feared his God from his youth, and served the Lord, and went all his life throughout his life, from his infancy to the day of his death. .
35 And the Lord was with him and delivered him from the council of Nimrod and his people, and when he made war with the four kings of Elam, he defeated them.
36 And he brought all the children of the earth into the service of God, and taught them the ways of the Lord, and made them know the Lord.
37 And he made a grove and planted a vineyard in it, and prepared food and drink in his tent for all who went about the country, so that they might be satisfied in his house.
38 And the Lord God delivered all the land for the sake of Abraham.
39 And after the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac and his children, and the Lord was with Isaac as he had been with his father Abraham, for Isaac kept all the commandments of the Lord, as his father Abraham commanded him. ; he turned neither to the right nor to the left of the right path which his father had commanded him.
Chapter 27 and Chapter 28 have already been presented above.
Chapter 29
1 And Isaac the son of Abraham grew old and advanced in years, and his eyes grew heavy with old age; they were dark and could see nothing.
2 At that time Isaac called his son Esau and said, "Take your weapons, your quiver, and your bow, please, and arise and go out into the field and bring me some venison, and make me tasty food and bring it to me that I may eat to bless you before I die, for I am old and gray-haired now.
3 And ESAU did it; and he took his gun and went out into the field to hunt deer as usual, to bring his father as he had commanded, to bless him.
4 And Rebekah heard all the words that Isaac had spoken to Esau, and she hastened and called Jacob her son, and said, Thus said your father to Esau your brother, and I have heard it, now hurry up and do as I do you will tell
5 Get up and go to the flock and bring me two young goats, and I will bring your father the tasty meat, and you shall bring him the tasty meat to eat before your brother comes home from the game, so that your father may bless you.
6 And Yaakov hastened and did what his mother commanded him, and he made the meat tasty and brought it to his father before ESAU came from his hunt.
7 And Isaac said to Jacob, Who art thou, my son? And he said: I am your firstborn ESAU, I have done what you commanded me, so arise now, I pray you, and eat of my venison, that your soul bless me, as you have spoken to me.
8 And Isaac arose, and ate and drank, and his heart was comforted, and he blessed Jacob, and Jacob left his father; and as soon as Isaac had blessed Jacob and he had departed from him, behold, ESAU came from his hunting in the field, and he also made meat that was tasty, and brought it to his father to eat and to bless him.
9 And Isaac said to Esau, And who was it that took game and brought it to me before you came, and whom I blessed? And ESAU knew that his brother Jacob had done this, and ESAU's anger was kindled against his brother Jacob because he had done this to him.
10 And ESAU said, Is not his name Jacob rightly? for he has supplanted me twice, he has taken my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing; and ESAU wept much; and when Isaac heard the voice of his son ESAU weeping, Isaac said to ESAU: What can I do, my son, your brother came with cunning and took away your blessing; and ESAU hated his brother Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him, and his anger was greatly kindled against him.
11 And Jacob was very afraid of his brother ESAU, and he arose and fled to the house of Eber son of Shem, and hid himself there for his brother's sake. Jacob was sixty-three years old when he went out of Hebron into the land of Canaan, and Jacob was hidden in the HOUSE of Ebers fourteen years because of his brother ESAU, and there he continued to learn the ways of the Lord and His commandments.
12 And when ESAU saw that Yaakov had fled and escaped from him, and that Yaakov had skillfully obtained the blessing, ESAU was greatly grieved, and he was also angry with his father and mother; and he arose also, and took his wife, and left his father and mother to the land of Seir, and dwelt there; and ESAU saw there a woman of the daughters of Heth, whose name was Bosmath, daughter of Elon the Hittite, and he took her to wife beside his first wife, and ESAU called her Adah, and said that the blessing was in it as time went by on him.
13 And ESAU stayed in the land of Seir six months without seeing his father and mother, and after that ESAU took his wives and rose up and returned to the land of Canaan, and ESAU brought his two wives to his father's house in Hebron.
14 And the women of ESAU angered and angered Isaac and Rebekah with their works, for they did not walk in the ways of the Lord, but served their father's gods of wood and stone, as their father had taught them, and they were more wicked than yours Parents. Father.
15 And they went after the evil desires of their hearts, and sacrificed and burned incense to Baalim, and Isaac and Rebekah grew tired of them.
16 And Rebekah said: I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth; If Jacob takes a wife from among the daughters of Heth, like these daughters of the land, of what use is life to me?
17 And in those days Adah ESAU's wife conceived and bare a son, and ESAU called the son who was born to him Eliphaz, and ESAU was sixty-five years old when she bare him.
18 And Ishmael the son of Abraham died in those days, in the four and sixty year year of Jacob's life, and all the days that Ishmael lived were one hundred and thirty-seven years, and he died.
19 And when Isaac heard that Ishmael was dead, he mourned for him, and Isaac mourned for him many days.
20 And at the end of fourteen years that Jacob dwelt in the house of Eber, Jacob wanted to see his father and mother, and Jacob came to his father's and mother's house in Hebron, and ESAU had forgotten in those days what Jacob had done , because he received his blessing at that time.
21 When ESAU saw Jacob coming to his father and mother, he remembered what Jacob had done to him and became very angry with him and tried to kill him.
22 And Isaac the son of Abraham was old and very old, and ESAU said: My father's time is now come to die, and when he dies I will kill my brother Jacob.
23 And Rebekah was told this, and she hastened and sent and called Jacob her son, and said to him, Get up, go and flee to Haran to my brother Laban, and stay there a while, until your brother's anger is turned away from you. and then you will return.
24 And Isaac called Jacob, and said unto him, Take no wife of the daughters of Canaan, for thus our father Abraham commanded us, according to the word of the Lord which he commanded, saying, Thy seed I will give this land; If your children keep my covenant that I made with you, I will also fulfill with your children what I have spoken to you, and I will not forsake them.
25 Now, my son, heed my voice in all that I command you, and take no wife among the daughters of Canaan; Arise, go to Haran, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father, and from there take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.
26 Be careful, therefore, that you do not forget the Lord your God and all his ways in the land whither you are going, and do not mingle with the people of the land and pursue vanity and forsake the Lord your God.
27 But when you come into the land, serve the Lord there, turning not to the left or to the right from the way which I commanded you and which you learned.
28 And may God Almighty grant you favor in the eyes of the people of the land, that you may take a wife of your choice there; who is good and righteous in the ways of the Lord.
29 And may God give you and your seed the blessing of your father Abraham, and may it make you fruitful and multiply, and may you become a crowd in the land whither you are going, and may God bring you back to this land that Land of your father's dwelling place, with children and with great wealth, with joy and pleasure.
30 And Isaac finished the commands to Jacob, and blessed him, and he gave him many gifts, together with silver and gold, and sent him away; and Jacob listened to his father and mother; he kissed her and got up and went to Padan-aram; and Jacob was seventy-seven years old when he left the land of Canaan from Beersheba.
31 And when Yaacov set out to go to Haran, ESAU called his son Eliphas and spoke to him secretly, saying: Now hurry up, take your sword in your hand and pursue Jaakov and go ahead of him on the path and look out after him him and kill him with your sword on one of the mountains and take everything that belongs to him and return.
32 And Eliphaz the son of ESAU was a able man and skillful with the bow, as his father had taught him, and he was an excellent hunter in the field and a valiant man.
33 And Eliphaz did as his father commanded him, and Eliphaz was then thirteen years old, and Eliphaz arose and went, and took with him ten of his mother's brothers, and pursued after Jacob.
34 And he followed Jacob closely, and spied for him on the border of the land of Canaan, opposite the city of Shechem.
35 And Jacob saw Eliphaz and his men pursuing him, and Jacob stopped where he was going to know what it was, for he did not know the matter; and Eliphaz drew his sword and advanced on Jacob with his men; and Jacob said to them, What is the matter with you that have come here, and what does it mean that you pursue with your swords?
36 And Eliphaz came to Jacob, and answered and said unto him, Thus my father commanded me, and now I will not depart from the commandments which my father gave me; and when Jacob saw that ESAU had spoken to Eliphaz to use force, Jacob then drew near and entreated Eliphaz and his men, saying to him:
37 Behold all that I have, and that which my father and mother have given me, take it, and depart from me, and kill me not; and let it be reckoned to you in righteousness.
38 And the Lord caused Jacob to find favor with Eliphaz the son of Esau and his men, and they heard Jacob's voice and did not kill him, and Eliphaz and his men took all that was Jacob's, together with the silver and the gold that was there he brought from Beersheba; they left you nothing.
39 And Eliphaz and his men left him and returned to ESAU to Beersheba, and told him all that had happened to them about Jacob, and gave him all that they had taken from Jacob.
40 And ESAU was angry with Eliphaz his son and with his men who were with him, because they had not killed Jacob.
41 And they answered and said unto Esau, Because Jacob besought us in this matter not to kill him, our pity for him was aroused, and we took all that was his and brought it to thee; and ESAU took all the silver and gold that Eliphaz had taken from Jacob and put them in his house.
42 At the time when ESAU saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and commanded him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan, and that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the sight of Isaac and Rebekah,
43 Then he went into the house of his uncle Ishmael and took to wife, besides his elder wives, Machlath the daughter of Ishmael, the sister of Nebaoth.
Chapter 31
1 And in the seventh year Jacob's ministry which he served Laban was finished, and Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for the days of my ministry are fulfilled; and Laban did it, and Laban and Jacob gathered all the people of that place and made a feast.
2 And Laban came into the house during the night, and after that Jacob came there with the people of the feast, and Laban put out all the lights that were in the house.
3 And Jacob said to Laban, Why are you doing this to us? and Laban replied: This is how we act in this land.
4 And after this Laban took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and he came to her, and Jacob did not know that she was Leah.
5 And Laban gave his daughter Leah his handmaid to be a maid.
6 And all the people at the feast knew what Laban had done to Jacob, but they did not tell Jacob.
7 And all the neighbors came that night to Jacob's house, and they ate and drank and feasted and played drums and dances before Leah, and they answered before Jacob, Heleah, Heleah.
8 And Jacob heard his words, but he did not understand their meaning, but thought that it might be so in this land.
9 And the neighbors spoke these words before Jacob that night, and all the lights that were in Laban's house were put out that night.
10 And in the morning, when it was light, Jacob turned to his wife and he saw, and behold, it was Leah lying on her breast, and Jacob said, Behold, now I know what the neighbors did last night said, Heleah, they said, and I didn't know.
11 And Jacob called Laban and said to him, What have you done to me? Verily I served you for Rachel, and why did you deceive me and give me Leah?
12 And Laban answered Jacob and said, It is not for us to give the younger before the elder. So if you want to take her sister too, take her to serve with you, so that you can serve me another seven years. .
13 And Jacob did so, and took Rachel to wife, and served Laban seven more years, and Jacob also came to Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and Laban gave her Bilhah his maid to be her maid.
14 And when the Lord saw that Leah was hated, the Lord opened her bosom, and she conceived and bore Jacob four sons in those days.
15 And these are her names: Reuben Simeon, Levi, and Judah, and after that she ceased to beget.
16 And at that time Rachel was barren and had no offspring, and Rachel envied her sister Leah, and when Rachel saw that she bore no children to Jacob, she took Bilhah her maidservant, and bore Jacob two sons, Dan and Naphtali.
17 And when Leah saw that she had given up giving birth, she also took Zilpah her maid, and she gave her to Yaakov to wife, and Yaakov also came to Zilpah, and she also bare Yaakov two sons, Gad and Asher.
18 And Leah conceived again, and in those days bore Jacob two sons and a daughter, and these are their names: Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah her sister.
19 And Rachel was then still barren, and Rachel prayed to the Lord at that time, and said, O Lord God, remember me and visit me, I beg thee, for now my husband shall cast me out, for I have given him childless bearing .
20 Now, O Lord God, hear my supplication before you, and see my affliction, and give me children like a maidservant, that I may no longer bear my shame.
21 And God heard her and opened her womb, and Rachel conceived and bare a son, and she said, The Lord has taken away my reproach, and she called his name Joseph, and said, The Lord give me another son; and Jacob was ninety and one years old when she bare him.
22 Jacob's mother Rebekah sent her nurse Deborah the daughter of Uz and two of Isaac's servants to Jacob.
23 And they came to Yaakov in Haran, and said to him, Rebekah sent us to you, that you may return to your father's house in the land of Canaan; and Jacob heard them in what his mother had said.
24 At that time the other seven years that Jacob served Laban for Rachel were completed, and at the end of the fourteen years that he had dwelt in Haran Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wives and send me away that I may Go to my land, for behold, my mother sent me out of the land of Canaan to return to my father's house.
25 And Laban said to him, It is not that I am asking you; If I've found grace in your eyes, don't leave me; Assign me your salary and I will give it, and stay with me.
26 And Jacob said unto him, This thou shalt give me as a wage, that I must go through all thy flock today, and take from them every lamb of the sheep that is speckled, and spotted, and brown, and every goat of the sheep, and if you do that for me do, I will come back and feed your flock and keep you like in the beginning.
27 And Laban did so, and Laban removed from his flock all that Jacob had said, and gave it to him.
28 And Jacob gave all that he had taken from Laban's flock into the hands of his sons, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flock.
29 And when Isaac's servants whom he had sent to Jacob saw that Jacob would not return with them to his father in the land of Canaan, they turned away from him and went home to the land of Canaan.
30 And Deborah stayed with Jacob in Haran, and she did not return to the land of Canaan with the servants of Isaac, and Deborah dwelt with Jacob's wives and children in Haran.
31 And Jacob served Laban six years more, and when the ewes had borne Jacob removed from them the speckled and spotted ones, as he had decreed with Laban, and Jacob did this in Laban's house six years, and the man grew bountifully and he had cattle and maids and servants, camels and donkeys.
32 And Jacob had two hundred herds of cattle, and his cattle were large and beautiful to look at and very productive, and all the families of the sons of men desired to have a portion of Jacob's cattle, for they prospered exceedingly. .
33 And many of the sons of men came for some of Jacob's sheep, and Jacob gave them a sheep for a manservant, or for a maidservant, or for a donkey, or for a camel, or whatever Jacob desired of them they gave him.
34 And Jacob obtained riches and honor and possessions by these dealings with the sons of men, and the sons of Laban envied him this honor.
35 And in the course of time he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, Jacob took all that was our father's, and from what was our father's he obtained all this glory.
36 And Jacob saw the face of Laban and his sons, and behold, it was not for him in those days as before.
37 And the Lord appeared to Jacob at the end of the six years and said to him, Arise, leave this land, and return to the land of your birth, and I will be with you.
38 And Jacob arose at that time, and mounted his sons and wives, and all his belongings, on camels, and went forth to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
39 And Laban did not know that Jacob had turned aside from him, for Laban was shearing sheep that day.
40 And Rachel stole her father's images, and she took them and hid them on the camel on which she was sitting, and went on.
41 And this is the way of images; taking a firstborn and killing him and cutting off his hair and taking salt and salting his head and anointing him with oil, then taking a small plate of copper or a plate of gold and writing the name on it and putting the tablet under the tongue and head with it of the pill under the tongue and put it in the house and light lights in front of it and bow down to it.
42 And the moment they bow down to it, it speaks to them in all matters that they ask of it, by the power of the name that is written on it.
43 And some make them in the likenesses of men, of gold and silver, and go unto them at times known to them, and the likenesses receive the influence of the stars, and tell them what is to come, and in this way were the images made stolen by Rachel from her father. .
44 And Rachel stole these images that belonged to her father, lest Laban know where Jacob had gone.
45 And Laban returned home and asked about Jacob and his house, and he was not found, and Laban searched for his images to know where Jacob had gone, and he could not find them, and he went to some others pictures, and he asked them, and they said to him that Jacob fled from him to his father's house in the land of Canaan.
46 Laban arose and took his brothers and all his servants and went out and pursued Jacob and overtook him in Mount Gilead.
47 And Laban said to Jacob, What have you done to me, that you should flee and deceive me and lead my daughters and their children as captive by the sword?
48 And you did not allow me to kiss her and send her away with joy, and you stole my gods and left.
49 And Jacob answered Laban, and said, Because I feared that thou wouldst take thy daughters from me by force; and now, whoever you find your gods with, let him die.
50 And Laban looked for the images and examined all the tents and furniture of Jacob, but he could not find them.
51 And Laban said to Jacob, Let us make a covenant with one another, and he shall be a witness between me and you; If you torment my daughters or take other wives besides my daughters, even God will be a witness between me and you in this matter.
52 And they took stones and made a heap, and Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and you, therefore he called it Gilead.
53 And Jacob and Laban sacrificed on the mountain, and they ate of the heap there, and they stayed all night on the mountain, and Laban got up early in the morning, and he wept with his daughters, and he kissed them and he returned to his place.
54 And he hastened and sent his son Beor, who was seventeen years old, with Abichoroph the son of Uz, the son of Nahor, and with them ten men.
55 And they hurried and went and went ahead of Jacob by the road, and came to the land of Seir by another road.
56 And they came to ESAU and said to him, Thus saith thy brother and kinsman, thy mother's brother, Laban the son of Bethuel, saying,
57 You have heard what Jacob your brother did to me, that he first came to me naked and naked, and I went to meet him and brought him into my house with honor, and I made him great, and I gave him mine two daughters for women and also two of my maids.
58 And God blessed him for my sake, and he grew up exceedingly, and had sons, daughters, and maidservants.
59 He also has a vast store of sheep and oxen, camels and donkeys, and silver and gold in abundance; and seeing that his wealth was increasing, he left me while I was shearing my flock, and arose and fled secretly.
60 And he lifted up his wives and children on camels, and he took all his cattle and all his possessions which he had acquired in my land, and lifted up his face to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.
61 And he would not allow me to kiss my daughters and their children, and he led my daughters like captives taken by the sword, and he also stole my gods and fled.
62 And now I have left him on the mountain of the Jabuk brook, him and all that is his; he lacks nothing.
63 If it is your desire to go to him, then go and there you will find him and you can do with him what your soul desires; and Laban's messengers came and told ESAU all these things.
64 And ESAU heard all the words of Laban's messengers, and his anger burned greatly against Jacob, and he remembered his hatred, and his anger burned within him.
65 And ESAU hastened and took his sons and servants and the souls of his house, sixty men, and he went and gathered together all the children of Seir the Horite and his people, three hundred and forty men in all, and he took this whole number of four hundred men with drawn swords, and he went to Jacob to smite him.
66 And ESAU divided this number into several parts, and he took as his head the sixty men of his sons and servants and the souls of his house, and gave them into the care of his eldest son Eliphaz.
67 And the remaining heads he gave to the six sons of Seir the Horite, and made every man over his clans and his children.
68 And all this camp went as it was, and ESAU went among them to Jacob, and he led them swiftly.
69 And Laban's messengers left ESAU and went into the land of Canaan, and they came to the house of Rebekah the mother of Jacob and ESAU.
70 They told her, saying, Behold, Esau your son went against his brother Jacob with four hundred men, for he heard that he was coming, and went to make war with him, and to strike him, and to take all what he had . . .
71 And Rebekah hastened, and sent seventy-two men of Isaac's servants to meet Jacob on the way; for she said maybe ESAU will make war on the way if he finds it.
72 And these messengers went to meet Jacob, and they met him on the brook road on the opposite side of the brook Jabuk, and Jacob said when he saw them: This camp is appointed by God for me, and Jacob called the name of this place Machnayim.
73 And Jacob knew all his father's people, and he kissed them and embraced them and came with them, and Jacob asked them about his father and his mother, and they said, They were all right.
74 And these messengers said to Jacob, Rebekah your mother sent us to you, saying, I have heard, my son, that your brother Esau went against you on the way with men from the children of Seir the Horites.
75 And therefore, my son, listen to my voice, and see with your counsel what you will do, and when he comes to you, ask him, and do not speak hastily to him, and give him a gift of what you have, and with which God has given you.
76 And if he asks you about your affairs, do not hide anything from him, perhaps he can turn away from his anger against you and thus save your soul, you and all who belong to you, for it is your duty to honor him, for he is your older brother.
77 And when Jacob heard the words of his mother, which the messengers had spoken to him, Jacob lifted up his voice and wept bitterly, and did as his mother commanded him at the time.
Chapter 32
1 And at that time Jacob sent messengers to his brother ESAU in the land of Seir, and he spoke words of supplication to him.
2 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord ESAU, Thus saith thy servant Jacob: My lord do not believe that the blessings my father hath blessed me with have proved profitable to me has.
3 These twenty years I was with Laban, and he cheated me and changed my wages ten times, as my lord has already been told everything.
4 And I served him very laboriously in his house, and God afterward saw my misery, and my toil, and the work of my hands, and caused me to find grace and favor in his eyes.
5 And after that, by the great mercy and goodness of God, I acquired oxen and donkeys and cattle and male and female servants.
6 And now I return to my land and my homeland to my father and mother who are in the land of Canaan; and I sent to warn my lord against all these things, that I might find favor in my lord's sight, lest he should fancy that I have obtained riches myself, or that the blessings with which my father blessed me are mine would have come.
7 And these messengers went to Esau, and they found him in the borders of the land of Edom on the way to Jacob, and four hundred men from the children of Seir the Horite stood with drawn swords.
8 And Jacob's messengers told ESAU all the words that Jacob had spoken to them about ESAU.
9 And ESAU answered them with pride and contempt, and said unto them, Verily I have heard, and verily I have been told what Jacob did to Laban, that he exalted him in his house, and gave him his daughters for wives, and he begot sons and daughters, and through him multiplied riches and riches in the HOUSE of Laban in abundance.
10 And when he saw that his riches were plentiful and his riches great, he fled from the HOUSE of Laban with all that was his, and he led the daughters of Laban far from the presence of their father, as captives taken by the gods were captured swords without telling you. .
11 And not only Laban did so to Jacob, but he did it to me also, and twice he surpassed me, and shall I keep silent?
12 Therefore today I met him with my armies, and will deal with him according to my heart's desire.
13 And the messengers returned and came to Jacob and said to him, We came to your brother Esau and told him all your words, and so he answered us, and behold, he cometh to you with four hundred men.
14 Now know and see what you must do, and ask God to deliver you from him.
15 And when he heard the words of his brother which he had spoken to Jacob's messengers, Jacob was greatly afraid and grieved.
16 And Jacob prayed to the Lord his God, and said, Lord, God of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, thou hast told me as I was leaving my father's house, saying,
17 I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. I will give you this land and your seed after you, and I will make your seed like the stars of heaven, and you will be scattered over the four sides of heaven heaven, and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth will be blessed become.
18 And you confirmed your words and gave me riches and children and livestock, according to the desires of my heart you gave to your servant; You have given me everything I asked for so that I would lack for nothing.
19 And after that you said to me: Return to your fathers and to your birthplace, and I will do you good again.
20 And now that I have come and you have delivered me from Laban, it will fall into the hands of ESAU, who will kill me, yea, together with the mothers of my children.
21 Deliver me now, O Lord God, also from the hand of my brother ESAU, for I fear him greatly.
22 And if righteousness is not in me, do it for the sake of Abraham and Isaac my father.
23 For I know that I have obtained this riches through kindness and mercy; So now I beg you, redeem me today with your kindness and answer me.
24 And Jacob ceased praying to the Lord, and he divided the people that were with him into two camps, the sheep and the oxen, and gave half the care of Damesek the son of Eliezer, Abraham's servant, for one camp with his children, and the other half he gave to his brother Elianus, the son of Eliezer, as a bed with his children.
25 And he commanded them, saying: Keep your distance from your camps and do not come near one another, and if ESAU comes to one camp and kills it, the other camp that is far away will escape from it.
26 And Yaakov stayed there that night, and all night he gave instructions to his servants concerning the armed forces and their children.
27 And the Lord heard Jacob's prayer that day, and the Lord then delivered Jacob out of the hand of his brother ESAU.
28 And the Lord sent three angels from among the angels of heaven, and they went before Esau and came to him.
29 And these angels appeared to ESAU and his people as two thousand men mounted on horses, armed with all manner of war implements, and they appeared before the eyes of ESAU and all his men, divided into four camps, with four chiefs for them.
30 And a camp went on and they found ESAU with four hundred men coming towards his brother Jacob, and this camp rushed towards ESAU and his people and terrified them, and ESAU fell from his horse in terror, and all his men separated from him these place because they were very afraid.
31 And all the camp called after them as they fled from ESAU, and all the warriors answered and said:
32 We are the servants of Jacob, who is God's servant, so who can oppose us? AND ESAU SAID TO THEM: O then, my lord and brother Jacob is your lord, whom I have not seen for twenty years, and now that I have come to see him today, do ye treat me thus?
33 And the angels answered him and said, As the Lord liveth, if it had not been Jacob whom thou speakest of as thy brother, we would not have left any remnant of thee and of thy people, but only for Jacob's sake we shall do nothing to them.
34 And this camp passed by ESAU and his men and went away, and ESAU and his men were about a mile away from them when the second camp came towards it with all kinds of weapons, and they also made ESAU and his men men like them they were taken with the first camp.
35 And when they had left him to go on, behold, the third camp came towards him, and they were all terrified, and Esau fell from his horse, and the whole camp cried out, saying, We are the servants of Jacob, who is servant of God, and who can resist us?
36 And ESAU answered them again and said: O then, Jacob my lord, and thy lord is my brother, and for twenty years I have not seen his face, and today when I heard that he was coming, I went to meet him today , and is that how you treat me?
37 And they answered him, and said unto him, As the Lord liveth, if it had not been your brother Jacob, as you said, we would not have left any remnant of you and your men, but because of Jacob, whose you are Since we are your brother, we will not interfere with you or with your men.
38 And the third camp also passed them, and he continued on his way with his men towards Jacob, when the fourth camp came towards him, and they also did to him and his men as the others had done.
39 When ESAU saw the mischief that the four angels had done to him and his men, he feared his brother Jacob very much and went to meet him in peace.
40 And ESAU hid his hatred of Jacob, because he feared for his life because of his brother Jacob, and because he thought that the four camps which he had set on fire were Jacob's servants.
41 And Yaakov stayed that night with his servants in their camps, and he resolved with his servants to give ESAU a gift of all that he had with him and of all his goods; and Jacob rose up in the morning, he and his men, and sought out a present for ESAU from among the cattle.
42 And this is the sum of the bounty which Jacob chose from his flock to give to his brother ESAU: and he chose two hundred and forty head of cattle, and from the camels and donkeys he chose thirty each, and from them the flocks he chose fifty cows.
43 And he put them all into ten flocks, and he put each kind by itself, and he gave them into the hands of ten of his servants, each flock by itself.
44 And he commanded them and said to them: Keep yourselves apart and make a space between the flocks, and when ESAU and his companions meet you and ask you, saying, Who are you? and wherever you go, and whose are all these before you, you shall say to them, We are Jacob's servants, and we have met ESAU in peace, and behold, Jacob is following us.
45 And what lies ahead is a gift from Jacob to his brother ESAU.
46 And if they say to you, 'Why is he staying behind you to meet his brother and see his face?' then you shall say to them, 'Certainly he is coming after us happily to meet his brother, for he has said: I will appease him with the gift that will be bestowed on him, and after that I will see his face, perhaps he will accept me.
47 Then all the offering went into the hands of his servants, and they went before him that day, and he slept that night with his camps on the bank of the Jabuk brook, and he got up in the middle of the night and took his wives and his maidservants and all that was his, and that night he led them across the ford of Jabuk.
48 And when he had gone all that was his across the brook, Jacob was left alone, and a man found him, and he wrestled with him that night until dawn, and Jacob's hip was dislocated from wrestling with him. .
49 And at daybreak the man left Jacob there, and he blessed him and went on his way, and Jacob went over the brook at daybreak, and he stood on his thigh.
50 And the sun rose upon him as he passed by the brook, and he came to the place of his cattle and his children.
51 And they stayed till noon, and as they went the present passed them by.
52 And Jacob lifted up his eyes and saw, and, behold, ESAU was afar off and coming with many men, about four hundred, and Jacob was greatly afraid of his brother.
53 And Yaakov hastened and assigned his sons to their wives and maidservants, and he put Dinah his daughter in a chest and gave her into the hands of his servants.
54 And he passed before his sons and wives to meet his brother, and he bowed to the ground, yea, he bowed seven times, till he drew near to his brother, and God caused Jacob to find grace and favor with eyes of ESAU and his men because God heard Jacob's prayer.
55 And the fear of Jacob and his terror fell upon his brother ESAU, for ESAU feared Jacob greatly because of what the angels of God had done to ESAU, and ESAU's anger against Jacob turned into kindness.
56 And when ESAU saw Jacob running towards him, he also ran towards him and embraced him and threw his arms around his neck, and they kissed one another and wept.
57 And God put fear and kindness toward Jacob in the hearts of the men who came with ESAU, and they also kissed Jacob and embraced him.
58 And also Eliphaz the son of Esau, with his four brothers the sons of Esau, wept with Jacob, and they kissed him and embraced him, for the fear of Jacob had fallen upon them all.
59 And ESAU lifted up his eyes and saw the women and their offspring, the sons of Jacob, walking behind Jacob and bowing down on the way to ESAU.
60 And ESAU said to Jacob, Who are these with you, my brother? are your children or your servants? and Jacob answered ESAU and said, These are my children whom God has graciously given to your servant.
61 And while Jacob was talking with ESAU and his men, ESAU saw the whole camp, and he said to Jacob, Where did you get all the camp that I found last night? and Jacob said, To find favor in the sight of my lord, God hath graciously given thy servant.
62 And the gift came before ESAU, and Jacob pressed ESAU and said, Take, I pray you, the gift that I have brought for my lord, and ESAU said, Why is this my intention? keep what you have to yourself.
63 And Jacob said, It is fitting for me to give all these things, since I have seen your face, that you may still live in peace.
64 AND ESAU REFUSED TO ACCEPT THE GIFT, AND Yaakov said to him: I beseech you, my lord, if I have now found favor in your eyes, then accept my gift from my hand, for I have seen your face because of it , as if I had seen a divine face because you were pleased with me.
65 And ESAU took the gift, and Jacob also gave ESAU silver, and gold, and bdellium, for he so oppressed him that he took them.
66 And ESAU divided the cattle that were in the camp and gave half to the men who had come with him, for they had come as wages, and he gave the other half into the hands of his sons.
67 And he gave the silver and gold and bdellium into the hand of Eliphaz his eldest son, and ESAU said to Jacob, Let us stay with you, and we will go slowly with you until you come with me to my place that we can live there together.
68 And Jacob answered his brother and said: I would do what my lord bidth me, but my lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with their young that are with me go slowly, for when they go fast they would all die, for you know their burdens and their toils.
69 Therefore let my lord go before his servant, and I will go slowly, for the sake of the children and the flock, until I come to the place of my lord in Seir.
70 And ESAU said to Jacob: I will put with you some of the people who are with me to provide for you on the way and to bear your toil and burden, and he said: What is necessary, my lord, if I can find favor in your eyes?
71 Behold, I will come to you at Seir to dwell there together, as you said, then go with your people, for I will follow you.
72 And Jacob said this to ESAU, to remove ESAU and his men from him, that Jacob might later go to his father's house in the land of Canaan.
73 And ESAU heard Jacob's voice, and ESAU returned to Seir with the four hundred men who were with him on his way, and Jacob and all that belonged to him went that day to the extremity of the land Canaan in its borders, and it stayed for some time.
Chapter 36
1 At that time the Lord appeared to Jacob and said, Arise, go to Bethel and stay there, and make an altar there for the Lord who appears to you, who rescued you and your children from trouble.
2 And Jacob rose up with his sons and all that was his, and they went and came to Bethel, according to the word of the Lord.
3 And Jacob was ninety-nine years old when he went up to Bethel, and Jacob tarried in Bethel-Luz with his sons and all the people that were with him, and built there an altar to the Lord who appeared unto him, and Jacob and his Sons stayed at Bethel for six months.
4 At that time Deborah the daughter of Uz Rebekah's nurse, who had been with Jacob, died; and Jacob buried them under Bethel, under an oak tree that was there.
5 And Rebekah the daughter of Bethuel the mother of Jacob died at that time also in Hebron, which is Kireath-Arba, and she was buried in the cave of Machpelah, which Abraham had bought of the children of Heth.
6 And the life of Rebekah was one hundred and thirty-three years, and she died, and when Jacob heard that his mother Rebekah was dead, he wept bitterly for his mother, and mourned greatly for her, and for Deborah his nurse the oak, and named the name of this place Allon-bachuth.
7 And Laban the Syrian died in those days, for God struck him because he had broken the covenant that was between him and Jacob.
8 And Jacob was a hundred years old when the Lord appeared to him and blessed him and called his name Israel, and Rachel the wife of Jacob conceived in those days.
9 And at that time Jacob departed from Bethel, with all that belonged to him, to go to his father's house in Hebron.
10 And when they were on the way, and it was but a little distance to Ephratha, Rachel bore a son, and she had hard work, and died.
11 And Jacob buried her on the way to Ephratha, that is Bethlehem, and set up a pillar over her tomb, which is there to this day; and the days of Rachel were forty and five years, and she died.
12 And Jacob called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Rachel bare to him, Benjamin, because he was born to him in the land on his right.
13 And after Rachel died Jacob pitched his tent in the tent of his maid Bilhah.
14 And Reuben became jealous of Leah his mother because of this, and he became full of anger, and arose in his anger, and went and went into Bilhah's tent, and he removed his father's bed.
15 At that time the sons of Reuben were deprived of the birthright share, along with the royal and priestly offices, because he had profaned their father's bed, and the birthright went to Joseph, the royal office to Judah, and the priesthood to Levi, because Reuben desecrated his father's bed.
16 And these are the families of Jacob who were born to him in Padan-Aram, and the sons of Jacob were twelve.
17 The sons of Liah were Reuben the firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah his sister; and the sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
18 The sons of Silpah Leah's maid were Gad and Asher, and the sons of Bilhah Rachel's maid were Dan and Naphtali; These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Padan-Aram.
19 And Jacob and his sons and all that was his went out and came to Mamre, which is Kireath-arba, which is in Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac were strangers, and Jacob with his sons and all that was his. lived with his father in Hebron.
20 And his brother ESAU and his sons and all that belonged to him went into the land of Seir and dwelt there and had possessions in the land of Seir, and the sons of ESAU were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly in the land of Seir.
21 And these are the generations of ESAU that were born to him in the land of Canaan, and the children of ESAU were five.
22 And Ada bare ESAU his firstborn Eliphaz, and she also bare him Reuel, and Ahlibama bare him Jeush, Yaalam, and Korah.
23 These are the sons of ESAU who were born to him in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Eliphaz son of ESAU were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, and Amalex, and the sons of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shamah, and Mizzah.
24 And the sons of Jeush were Timna, Alvah, Jetheth; and the sons of Yaalam were Allah, Phinor and Kenaz.
25 And the sons of Korah were Teman, Mibzar, Magdiel, and Eram; these are the families of the sons of ESAU according to their duchies in the land of Seir.
26 And these are the names of the sons of Seir, the Horites, inhabitants of the land of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Ana, Dishan, Ezer, and Dishon, seven sons.
27 And the sons of Lotan were Hori, Heman, and their sister Timna, that is, Timna, who came to Jacob and his sons, and they would not listen to her, and she went and became a concubine to Eliphaz the son of Esau, and to them revealed to him Amalek.
28 And the sons of Shobal were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam, and the sons of Zibeon were Ajah and Anah, that was Anah who found Yemim in the desert feeding his father Zibeon's donkeys.
29 And while he was feeding his father's donkeys, at different times he led them into the wilderness to be fed.
30 And one day he brought them into one of the deserts by the sea, opposite the desert of the people, and while he was feeding them, behold, a very violent storm came from across the sea and settled on the donkeys grazing there. , and everyone stopped.
31 And after that about a hundred and twenty great and terrible beasts came out of the wilderness beyond the sea, and they all came to the place where the donkeys were, and they lined up there.
32 And these beasts, from the middle down, had the form of sons of men, and from the middle upwards, some had the form of bears, and some the form of fortresses, with tails behind them, which stuck out between their shoulders and reached toward the earth , like the tails of the Ducheephath, and these beasts came and mounted and rode on these donkeys and took them away, and they are gone to this day.
33 And one of these beasts approached Ana and struck him with its tail, and then fled from there.
34 And when he saw this work, he feared greatly for his life, and fled and escaped into the city.
35 And he told his sons and brothers all that had happened to him, and many men went to look for the donkeys, but they could not find them, and from the next day Anah and his brothers went no more to that place, because they feared very much for their lives.
36 And the children of Ana the son of Seir were Dishon and his sister Ahlibama, and the children of Dishon werehemdan, Eshban, Ithran and Cheran, and the children of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan, and the children of Dishon were Uz and Aram.
37 These are the families of the sons of Seir, the Horites, according to their kingdoms in the land of Seir.
38 And ESAU and his sons dwelt in the land of Seir the Horite, the inhabitant of the land, and they had possessions therein, and were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly, and Jacob and his sons, and all that was theirs, dwelt with theirs Father Isaac in the land of Canaan, as the Lord commanded his father Abraham.
Chapter 47
1 And Isaac the son of Abraham was yet living in the land of Canaan in those days; he was very old, one hundred and eighty years old, and his son Esau, Jacob's brother, was in the land of Edom, and he and his sons had property among the children of Seir.
2 And ESAU heard that his father's time to die was drawing near, and he and his sons and his family came into the land of Canaan, to his father's house, and Jacob and his sons went out from the place where they were in Hebron lived, and they all came to Isaac their father and found ESAU and his sons in the tent.
3 And Jacob and his sons sat before their father Isaac, and Jacob still mourned for his son Joseph.
4 And Isaac said to Jacob, Bring your sons hither, and I will bless them; and Jacob brought his eleven sons before their father Isaac.
5 And Isaac laid his hands on all the sons of Jacob, and he took them and embraced them and kissed them one by one, and Isaac blessed them that day and said to them, The God of your fathers bless them! you and multiply your seed like the stars of heaven.
6 And Isaac blessed Esau's sons also, and said, God make you a terror and a terror to all who see you and to all your enemies.
7 And Isaac called Jacob and his sons, and they all came and sat down before Isaac, and Isaac said to Jacob, The Lord, the God of all the earth, said to me, 'I will give this land to your descendants as an inheritance, if your children shall keep my statutes and my ways, and fulfill the oath which I swore by them to your father Abraham.
8 Teach therefore, my son, your children and your children's children to fear the Lord, and to walk in the good way, which is pleasing to the Lord your God; for if you keep the ways of the Lord and his statutes, so will the Lord keep his covenant with Abraham for you, and do you and your seed good for ever.
9 And when Isaac had finished giving commands to Jacob and his sons, he died and was gathered to his people.
10 And Jacob and Esau fell on the face of their father Isaac and wept, and Isaac was a hundred and eighty years old when he died in the land of Canaan, in Hebron, and his sons brought him into the cave of Machpelah, which Abraham had by his sons Heth bought in possession of a grave.
11 And all the kings of the land of Canaan went with Jacob and Esau to bury Isaac, and all the kings of Canaan showed great honor to Isaac in his death.
12 And the sons of Jacob and the sons of ESAU went about barefoot, running and wailing, until they came to Kireath-arba.
13 And Jacob and ESAU buried their father Isaac in the cave of Machpelah, which is in Kireath-Arba in Hebron, and they buried him with great honor, as at the burial of kings.
14 And Jacob and his sons and Esau and his sons and all the kings of Canaan made great and heavy mourning, and they buried him and mourned for him many days.
15 And when Isaac died, he left to his children his livestock and his goods and all that was his; and ESAU said to Jacob: Behold, I beg you, all that our father left we will divide into two parts, and I will have a choice, and Jacob said: We will do this.
16 And Jacob took all that Isaac had left in the land of Canaan, the cattle and the possessions, and he laid them in two before ESAU and his sons, and said to ESAU, Behold, all this is before you, choose yourself for it half you want.
17 And Jacob said to Esau, Hear now what I am going to say to you, saying, The Lord God of heaven and earth spake unto our fathers Abraham and Isaac, saying, I will give this land to thy seed as an inheritance always.
18 So now all that our father left is before you, and behold, all the land is before you; choose what you want from them.
19 If you desire the whole land, take it for you and your children forever, and I will take that wealth, and if you desire the wealth to take it for yourself, and I will take this land for myself and my children to inherit it. them forever.
20 And Nebayoth the son of Ishmael was then in the land with his sons, and ESAU went in that day and took counsel with him, and said:
21 This is what Jacob said to me, and this is how he answered me, now give your advice and we will listen.
22 And Nebayoth said, What did Jacob say to you? Behold, all the children of Canaan dwell safely in their land, and Jacob says that he will inherit it with his seed all his days.
23 Go, therefore, and take all your father's riches, and leave your brother Jacob in the land, as he said.
24 And ESAU arose and returned to Jacob, and did all that Nebayoth the son of Ishmael had counseled; and ESAU took all the riches that Isaac left, the souls, the beasts, the cattle, and the property, and all the riches; he gave nothing to his brother Jacob; and Jacob took all the land of Canaan, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, and took it for an everlasting possession and for his children and his posterity forever.
25 Jacob also took from his brother Ephron the cave of Machpelah in Hebron, which Abraham had bought from Ephron, as possession of a burial place for him and his descendants forever.
26 And Jacob wrote all this in the book of purchases and signed it, and testified all this with four faithful witnesses.
27 And these are the words that Jacob wrote in the book, namely: The land of Canaan, and all the cities of the Hittite, the Hivite, the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, and the Gergashite, all the seven nations from the river of Egypt to to the Euphrates.
28 And the city of Hebron Kireath-arba and the cave that is in it, all Jacob bought from his brother ESAU for value, as a possession, and as an inheritance for his descendants after him forever.
29 And Jacob took the book of purchases, and the subscription, the commandment, and the statutes, and the revealed book, and put them in an earthenware vessel to remain there for a long time, and gave them into the hands of his children.
30 ESAU took all that his father had left him after the death of his brother Jacob, and he took all that belonged to him, man and beast, camel and donkey, ox and lamb, silver and gold, stones and ornaments, and all the riches that belonged to him Isaac the son of Abraham; there was nothing left that ESAU didn't take of whatever Isaac left after his death.
31 And ESAU took all this, and he and his sons went home to the land of Seir Horites, far from his brother Jacob and his sons.
32 And ESAU had possessions among the children of Seir, and ESAU did not return to the land of Canaan from that day.
33 And all the land of Canaan became an inheritance for ever to the children of Israel, and ESAU with all his children inherited Mount Seir.
Chapter 56
1 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the days of Jacob and the years of his life were one hundred and forty-seven years.
2 At that time Jacob was afflicted with this disease, of which he died, and he sent and called out of Egypt his son Joseph, and Joseph his son came out of Egypt, and Joseph came to his father.
3 And Jacob said to Joseph and his sons, Behold, I am dying, and the God of your fathers will visit you, and will bring you back to the land which the Lord swore to give you and your children now after you, so if I Die, bury me in the cave at Machpelah, in Hebron, in the land of Canaan, near my ancestors.
4 And Jacob made his sons swear to bury him in Machpelah in Hebron, and his sons swore to him.
5 And he commanded them, saying, Serve the LORD your God, for he that delivered your fathers will deliver you also out of every trouble.
6 And Jacob said: Call all his sons to me, and all the sons of Jacob's sons came and sat down before him, and Jacob blessed them and said to them, The Lord, the God of your fathers, will grant you a thousandfold and bless you, and may he give you the blessing of your father Abraham; and all the sons of Jacob's sons went out that day after he had blessed them.
7 And the next day Jacob called his sons again, and they all gathered together and came to him and sat before him, and Jacob blessed his sons that day before he died, every man he blessed according to his blessing; Behold, it is written in the book of the law of the LORD of Israel.
8 And Jacob said to Judah: I know, my son, that you are a strong man to your brethren; will rule over them, and your children will rule over their children forever.
9 Teach your children only the bow and all weapons of war, so that they may fight in the battles of their brother, who will rule over his enemies.
10 And Jacob commanded his sons again that day, saying, Behold, I am gathered this day to my people; Lift me up from Egypt and bury me in the cave of Machpelah, as I commanded you.
11 But I ask that none of your children carry me, only you, and so will you do it with me when you carry my body to go with it into the land of Canaan to bury me,
12 Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun will carry my coffin eastward; Reuben, Simeon and Gad on the south, Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin on the west, Dan, Asher and Naphtali on the north.
13 Do not take Levi with you, for he and his sons will carry the ark of the LORD's covenant with the Israelites into the camp, even though my son Joseph will carry it, for as king be his glory; However, Ephraim and Manasseh will be in his place.
14 This is what you will do to me if you take me away; neglect nothing that I command you; and it will be, if you do this to me, the Lord will think of you and your children after you forever.
15 And you, my children, honor each one his brother and his relatives, and command your children and your children's children after you to serve the Lord God of your ancestors every day.
16 so that you and your children and children's children may prolong your days in the land, if you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God and walk in all his ways.
17 And you, Joseph my son, I beg you, forgive the horns of your brothers and all their evil deeds in the harm they have done to you, for God intended it for your own benefit and that of your children.
18 And, O my son, do not abandon thy brethren to the inhabitants of Egypt, nor offend their feelings, for behold, I commit them into the hand of God, and into thy hand, to preserve them from the Egyptians; And the sons of Jacob answered their father and said: O our father, whatever you have commanded us we will do; May only God be with us.
19 And Jacob said unto his sons, God be with you, if ye keep all his ways; do not deviate from your ways, neither to the right nor to the left, and do what is good and right in your eyes.
20 For I know that in the last days on earth many and severe troubles will befall you, yes, your children and grandchildren, serve only the Lord, and he will save you from all troubles.
21 And it will come to pass, if you follow God to serve him and teach your children after you and your children's children to know the Lord, then the Lord will raise up for you and your children a servant from among you, and the Lord will them saved by his hand from all affliction, and bring them out of Egypt, and bring them back to the land of their fathers, that they may inherit it safely.
22 And Yaakov stopped commanding his sons, and he put his feet on the bed, he died, and was gathered to his people.
23 And Joseph fell on his father and he wept and wept for him and he kissed him and he cried out with a bitter voice and said: O my father, my father.
24 And his son's wives and all his house came and fell upon Jacob, and wept for him, and cried out with a very loud voice because of Jacob.
25 And all the sons of Jacob arose together, and they tore their clothes, and they all put sacks round their loins, and they fell on their faces, and threw dust on their heads toward heaven.
26 And the matter was told to the woman of Osnath Joseph, and she arose and laid down a sack, and she came with all the Egyptian women with her, and mourned and wept for Jacob.
27 And also all the people of Egypt who knew Jacob came that day when they heard this, and all Egypt wept many days.
28 And also from the land of Canaan the women came into Egypt, when they heard that Jacob was dead, and they mourned for him in Egypt seventy days.
29 And it came to pass that after this Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father with myrrh and frankincense and all sorts of incense and perfume, and the physicians embalmed Jacob as Joseph had commanded.
30 And all the people of Egypt and the elders and all the inhabitants of the land of Goshen wept and mourned for Jacob, and all his children and the children of his household mourned and mourned for Jacob his father many days.
31 And after the days of his weeping were over, at the end of the seventy days, Joseph said to Pharaoh, I will go up and bury my father in the land of Canaan, as he swore to me, and then I will return.
32 And Pharaoh sent Joseph, saying, Go up and bury your father, as he said and swore to you; and Joseph rose up with all his brethren to go into the land of Canaan, to bury his father Jacob, as he commanded.
33 And Pharaoh commanded that it be proclaimed throughout all Egypt, saying, Whoever does not go up into the land of Canaan with Joseph and his brethren to bury Jacob, shall die.
34 And all Egypt heard Pharaoh's call, and they all rose up together, and all Pharaoh's servants and the elders of his house and all the elders of the land of Egypt went up with Joseph, and all the officials and nobles of Egypt Pharaoh went as servants of Joseph and went to bury Jacob in the land of Canaan.
35 And the sons of Jacob carried the coffin on which it lay; after all their father commanded them, so their sons did with him.
36 And the coffin was of pure gold, and inlaid all around with onyx stones and bdellium; and the covering of the coffin was of plaited gold bound with threads, and on it were hooks of onyx and bdellium stones.
37 And Joseph put a great golden crown on his father Jacob, and put a golden scepter in his hand, and they encircled the coffin, as was the custom in the days of kings.
38 And all the troops of Egypt went before him in this formation, first all the heroes of Pharaoh and the heroes of Joseph, and after them the rest of the inhabitants of Egypt, and they were all girded with swords and equipped with mail, and the snares of war were upon them.
39 And all the mourners and mourners walked at some distance from the coffin, and walked and wept and mourned, and the rest of the people walked behind the coffin.
40 And Joseph and his household went barefoot and weeping together to the bier, and the rest of Joseph's servants surrounded him; Every man had his ornaments with him, and all were armed with their weapons of war.
41 And fifty of Jacob's servants went before the bier and scattered myrrh and aloes and all kinds of perfume by the wayside, and all the sons of Jacob who were carrying the coffin went over the perfume shop, and Jacob's servants went ahead of them and distributed the perfume the street.
42 And Joseph went up with a heavy camp, and they did this all the days until they reached the land of Canaan, and they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which was on the other side of the Jordan, and they mourned very and heavily in that place .
43 And all the kings of Canaan heard this, and they all went out, every man of his house, thirty-one kings of Canaan, and they all came with their men to mourn and weep for Jacob.
44 And all these kings saw the coffin of Jacob, and, behold, the crown of Joseph was upon it, and they also laid their crowns upon the bier, and surrounded it with crowns.
45 And all these kings made great and heavy mourning for Jacob in that place with the children of Jacob and Egypt, for all the kings of Canaan knew the worth of Jacob and his children.
46 And the news came to ESAU, saying: Jacob is dead in Egypt, and his sons and all Egypt are taking him away to the land of Canaan to bury him.
47 And ESAU heard this, and he dwelt on Mount Seir, and he arose with his sons, and all his people, and all his house, an exceedingly great people, and they came wailing and crying out to Jacob.
48 And it came to pass that when ESAU came, he mourned for Jacob his brother, and all Egypt and all Canaan arose again and mourned with ESAU for Jacob in that place
49 And Joseph and his brothers took Jacob their father away from there, and went to Hebron to bury Jacob in the cave for his fathers.
50 And they came to Kireath-arba, to the cave, and when they came, Esau and his sons stood against Joseph and his brothers as an obstacle in the cave, saying, Jacob shall not be buried there, for he is ours and ours our father.
51 When Joseph and his brothers heard the words of Esau's sons, they became very angry, and Joseph came up to Esau and said, What were they talking about? Certainly, twenty-five years ago my father Jacob bought from you with great wealth after the death of Isaac, and also all the land of Canaan, which he bought from you and your children, and your seed after you.
52 And Jacob bought it for his sons and his seed after him as an inheritance forever, and why do you speak these things today?
53 And ESAU answered and said, You speak falsely and lie, for I have not sold anything that is mine in all this land, as you say, and my brother Jacob has not bought anything that is mine in this land.
54 And ESAU spoke these things to deceive Joseph with his words, for ESAU knew that Joseph was not present in those days when ESAU sold all that was his to Jacob in the land of Canaan.
55 And Joseph said to ESAU, Verily, my father entered these things with you in the record of purchase, and he testified to the record with witnesses, and behold, he is with us in Egypt.
56 And ESAU answered and said to him, Bring the record, whatever you find in the record, we will do it also.
57 And Joseph called Naphtali his brother, and he said, Hurry, do not stand still, but run, I pray thee, to Egypt, and bring all the records; the deed of sale, the sealed deed and the open deed, and also all the first deeds in which all firstborn deals are written are looking for you.
58 And you are to bring them here to us, so that we may know from them all the words that ESAU and his sons spoke that they spoke that day.
59 And Naphtali heard Joseph's voice, and he hastened and ran to go down to Egypt, and Naphtali was lighter on foot than all the deer that were in the wilderness, for he walked over ears of corn without bruising them.
60 And when ESAU saw that Naphtali had gone to get the records, he and his sons took up their opposition to the cave, and ESAU and all his people rose up against Joseph and his brethren to fight.
61 And all the sons of Jacob and the people of Egypt fought with Esau and his men, and the sons of Esau and his people were defeated before the sons of Jacob, and the sons of Jacob slew forty men of Esau's people.
62 And Chushim the son of Dan, the son of Jacob, was with the sons of Jacob at that time, but he was about a hundred cubits from the battlefield, for he stayed with the sons of the sons of Jacob on the bank of Jacob's coffin to save him.
63 And Chushim was mute and deaf, but he understood the voice of dismay among the people.
64 And he asked, saying, Why do ye not bury the dead, and what great distress is that? and they answered him the words of ESAU and his sons; and he ran to ESAU in the midst of the battle and killed ESAU with a sword and cut off his head, and he sprang away, and ESAU fell among the people of the battle.
65 And when Chushim did this, the sons of Jacob prevailed over the sons of ESAU, and the sons of Jacob forcibly buried their father Jacob in the cave, and the sons of ESAU saw him.
66 And Jacob was buried in Hebron in the cave of Machpelah, which Abraham had bought from the children of Heth to have a tomb, and he was buried with very costly clothes.
67 And no king received such honor as Joseph did to his father when he died, for he buried him with great honor, like the burial of kings.
68 And Joseph and his brothers mourned for their father seven days.
Chapter 57
1 After this the sons of ESAU fought with the sons of Jacob, and the sons of ESAU fought with the sons of Jacob in Hebron, and ESAU still lay dead and not buried.
2 And the battle was severe among them, and the children of ESAU were slain before the children of Jacob, and the children of Jacob slew eighty men of the children of ESAU, and not one slain of the people of the children of Jacob; and the hand of Joseph overpowered all the people of the sons of ESAU, and he took Zepho the son of Eliphaz the son of ESAU and fifty of their men captive, and bound them with chains of iron, and gave them into the hands of his servants to give them to Egypt bring.
3 And it came to pass that when the sons of Jacob had taken Zephus and his people captive, all that remained feared greatly for their lives before the house of ESAU, lest they also be taken captive, and they all fled with Eliphaz the Esau's son and his people with Esau's body and set out for Mount Seir.
4 And they came to Mount Seir and buried ESAU in Seir, but they did not bring his head to Seir, for it was buried in the place where the battle of Hebron had taken place.
5 And it came to pass that when the children of Esau fled from the children of Jacob, the children of Jacob pursued them to the borders of Seir, but they did not kill a single man among them in pursuing them, for Esau was the body they were carrying theirs confusion with them, so they fled, and the sons of Jacob left them and went up to the place where their brothers were in Hebron, and they stayed there that day and the next day, until they rested from the battle.
6 And it came to pass that on the third day they gathered together all the children of Seir the Horite, and they gathered together all the children of the east, a crowd like the sand of the sea, and they went down and down into Egypt, to go with Joseph and his brethren fight to free his brothers.
7 And Joseph and all the sons of Jacob heard that the sons of ESAU and the sons of the east had come upon them to deliver their brothers.
8 And Joseph and his brothers and the mighty men of Egypt went out and fought in the city of Ramses, and Joseph and his brothers struck a mighty blow between the children of ESAU and the children of the east.
9 And they slew from among them six hundred thousand men, and slew among them all the mighty men of the children of Seir the Horite; few of them remained, and they also killed many of the sons of the east and of the sons of ESAU; and Eliphaz the son of Esau and all the children of the east fled from Joseph and his brethren.
10 And Joseph and his brothers pursued them until they came to Sukkot, and they killed them while still in Sukkot, thirty men, and the rest escaped, and they fled each to his own city.
11 And Joseph and his brethren and the heroes of Egypt left them with joy and gladness of heart, for they had conquered all their enemies.
12 And Zephus the son of Eliphaz and his men were still slaves to the sons of Jacob in Egypt, and their torment increased.
13 And when the children of ESAU and the children of Seir returned to their land, the children of Seir saw that because of the fighting of the children of ESAU they had all fallen into the hands of the children of Jacob and the people of Egypt.
14 And the children of Seir said to the children of ESAU: You have seen, and therefore you know that this camp was for you, and there remains not a strong man or a man skilled in war.
15 So leave our land, go from us to the land of Canaan, to the land where your fathers dwelt; Why will your children inherit our children's goods in the last days?
16 And the children of ESAU would not listen to the children of Seir, and the children of Seir considered making war with them.
17 And the sons of ESAU sent secretly to Angeas king of Africa, which is Dinhabah, and said:
18 Send us some of your men and let them come to us, and we will fight together with the sons of Seir the Horite, for they have decided to fight with us to drive us out of the land.
19 And Angeas the king of Dinhabah did so, for he was a friend of the sons of ESAU in those days, and Angeas sent to the sons of ESAU five hundred valiant foot soldiers and eight hundred horsemen.
20 And the children of Seir sent to the children of the east and to the children of Midian, saying: You have seen what the children of Esau did to us, because of which we were almost all destroyed in their battle with the children of Jacob.
21 Now come to us now and help us, and we will fight them together and drive them out of the land and take vengeance for the cause of our brethren, who died in their cause fighting with their brethren the sons of Jacob.
22 And all the children of the east listened to the children of Seir, and they came to them about eight hundred men with drawn swords, and the children of ESAU fought at that time with the children of Seir in the wilderness of Paran.
23 And the children of Seir then outnumbered the children of ESAU, and the children of Seir slew the children of ESAU that day in that battle about two hundred men from the people of Angeas king of Dinhaba.
24 And on the second day the children of ESAU came again to fight with the children of Seir a second time, and the battle was fierce against the children of ESAU this second time, and it troubled them greatly because of the children of Seir.
25 And when the children of ESAU saw that the children of Seir were mightier than them, some men of the children of ESAU turned and helped the children of Seir, their enemies.
26 And yet of the people of the sons of ESAU fell in the second battle fifty-eight men of the people of Angeas king of Dinhaba.
27 And on the third day the sons of ESAU heard that some of their brothers had gone away from them to fight against them in the second battle; and the sons of ESAU wept when they heard it.
28 And they said: What shall we do to our brothers who have gone astray from us, to help the children of Seir, our enemies? and the sons of ESAU sent again to Angeas king of Dinhaba, saying:
29 Send us other men again, so that we can fight with them against the sons of Seir, because they were once twice as heavy as we are.
30 And Angeas again sent about six hundred brave men to the sons of Esau, and they came to the aid of the sons of Esau.
31 And in ten days the children of ESAU fought again with the children of Seir in the wilderness of Paran, and the battle was very hard for the children of Seir, and the children of ESAU outnumbered the children of Seir at that time, and the children of Seir became ahead of the children of ESAU defeated, and the sons of Esau killed about two thousand of them.
32 And all the heroes of the children of Seir died in that battle, and only their little sons remained, who remained in their cities.
33 And all the Midianites and the children of the east fled from the battle, and they left the children of Seir and fled when they saw that the battle was hard on them, and the children of ESAU pursued all the children of the east until they came in her Country.
34 And the children of ESAU killed about two hundred and fifty more men, and of the people of the children of ESAU fell in that battle about thirty men; but this disaster came upon them, because their brothers turned away from them to help the children of Seir, the Horites and Sons of ESAU heard again about the evil deeds of their brothers, and again they mourned over it.
35 And it came to pass that after the battle the children of ESAU returned and returned home to Seir, and the children of ESAU killed those who remained in the land of the children of Seir; they also killed their wives and their little children; they did not save a living soul except fifty boys and girls whom they kept alive, and the sons of ESAU they did not kill, and the boys became their slaves and the girls they increased Women.
36 And the children of ESAU dwelt in Seir in the place of the children of Seir, and they inherited their land and possessed it.
37 And the children of ESAU took from the children of Seir all that was in the land, and their cattle, and their bullocks, and their goods, and everything that belonged to the children of Seir, the children of ESAU took, and the children of ESAU dwelt in Seir instead of the sons of Seir to this day, and the sons of ESAU divided the land into parts for the five sons of ESAU according to their families.
38 And it came to pass in those days that the children of ESAU determined to crown a king over them in the land which they possessed. And they said to one another, Not so, for he will rule over us in our land, and we will be under his counsel, and he will wage our battles against our enemies, and they did.
39 And all the sons of ESAU swore, saying: None of their brothers would ever rule over them, but a strange man, who is not of their brothers; for the souls of all the sons of ESAU were embittered, each against his son, brother and friend, because of the evil they suffered from their brothers when they fought with the sons of Seir.
40 Then the sons of ESAU swore, saying, From that day forward they would not choose for themselves a king from among their brothers, but one from a foreign land unto this day.
41 And there was a man of the people of Angeas, king of Dinhabah; his name was Bela the son of Beor, who was a very brave man, fair and merciful and wise in all wisdom, and a man of common sense and good counsel; and none of the people of Angeas was like him.
42 And all the sons of ESAU took him and anointed him and crowned him king, and they worshiped him and said to him, Long live the king, long live the king!
43 And they spread the sheet and brought him every one gold and silver earrings or rings or bracelets and made him very rich in silver and gold, in onyx stones and bdellium, and they made him a royal throne and they put on him a royal crown and built him a palace, and he dwelt in it, and he became king over all the sons of ESAU.
44 And the people of Angeas took their wages for the battle from the sons of Esau, and they went and returned at that time to their lord at Dinhaba.
45 And Bela reigned over the children of ESAU thirty years, and the children of ESAU dwelt in the land in the place of the children of Seir, and dwelt securely in their place to this day.
Chapter 58
1 And it came to pass in the thirty and second year of the entry of the Israelites into Egypt, that is, in the seventy and first year of Joseph's life, in that year Pharaoh king of Egypt died, and Magron his son reigned in his place.
2 And Pharaoh commanded Joseph before his death to be a father to his son Magron, and that Magron should be under Joseph's care and counsel.
3 And all Egypt consented that Joseph should become king over them, for since then all Egyptians loved Joseph, only Magron son of Pharaoh sat on his father's throne, and he became king in his father's place in those days. .
4 Magron was forty-one years old when he became king, and for forty years he reigned in Egypt, and all Egypt called his name Pharaoh after his father's name, as was the custom in Egypt for every king who reigned. about you.
5 And it came to pass that when Pharaoh reigned in his father's stead, he put the laws of Egypt and all matters of government into the hands of Joseph, as his father had commanded him.
6 And Joseph became king over Egypt, for he ruled over all Egypt, and all Egypt was under his care and counsel, for all Egypt bowed down to Joseph after the death of Pharaoh, and they loved him exceedingly that he should rule over them .
7 But some of them did not like him, saying: No stranger shall rule over us; But the entire government of Egypt in those days rested with Joseph, who was the governor after the death of Pharaoh and did as he pleased throughout the land without anyone interfering.
8 And all Egypt was under Joseph's care, and Joseph made war with all his enemies round about, and subdued them; also all the land and all the Philistines to the borders of Canaan subjected Joseph, and they were all under his power, and they gave Joseph an annual tax.
9 And Pharaoh king of Egypt sat in his father's place on his throne, but he was under the direction and counsel of Joseph as he was at first under the direction of his father.
10 Neither did he reign, but only in the land of Egypt, under the counsel of Joseph, but Joseph reigned over the whole country at that time, from Egypt to the great river Perath.
11 And Joseph prospered in all his ways, and the Lord was with him, and the Lord gave Joseph added wisdom and honor and glory and love toward him in the hearts of the Egyptians and in all the land, and Joseph reigned over all the land forty Years.
12 And all the lands of the Philistines and Canaan and Sidon and beyond the Jordan brought gifts to Joseph all his days, and all the land was in Joseph's hand, and they brought him an annual tribute, as was prescribed, for Joseph fought with all his enemies around and subdued them, and all the land was in Joseph's hand, and Joseph sat securely on his throne in Egypt.
13 And also all his brothers, the sons of Jacob, dwelt safely in the land all the days of Joseph, and they were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly in the land, and they served the Lord all their days, as their father Jacob commanded them. . .
14 And it came to pass that at the end of many days and years, when the children of ESAU dwelt peacefully in their land with Bela their king, the children of ESAU were fruitful and multiplied in the land, and they determined to go and with the children of Jacob and to make war with all Egypt, and to deliver his brother Zephus the son of Eliphaz, and his men, for they were then still slaves to Joseph.
15 And the children of ESAU sent to all the children of the East, and they made peace with them, and all the children of the East came to them to go with the children of ESAU to Egypt to fight.
16 And it came to them also from the people of Angeas king of Dinhabah, and they also sent to the children of Ishmael, and they also came to them.
17 And all this people gathered together and came to Seir to help the sons of ESAU in their battle, and this camp was very large and heavy with people, numerous as the sand by the sea, about eight hundred thousand men, infantry and cavalry and all these troops went down to Egypt to fight with the sons of Jacob, and they encamped with Ramses.
18 And Joseph went out with his brethren with the mighty men of Egypt, about six hundred men, and they fought with them in the land of Rameses; and the sons of Jacob fought again then with the sons of ESAU in the fiftieth year of the descent of the sons of Jacob into Egypt, which is the thirtieth year of the reign of Bela over the sons of ESAU in Seir.
19 And the Lord gave all the heroes of ESAU and the children of the east into the hand of Joseph and his brethren, and the people of the children of ESAU and the children of the east were slain before Joseph.
20 And of the people of Esau and of the children of the east who were slain, about two hundred thousand men fell before the children of Jacob, and their king Bela the son of Beor fell with them in battle, and when the children of Esau saw that their king was fallen and dead in battle, his hands weakened in battle.
21 And Joseph and his brethren and all Egypt still smote the people of the house of Esau, and all the people of Esau feared the sons of Jacob and fled from them.
22 And Joseph and his brethren and all Egypt pursued them a day's journey, and they slew about three hundred men of them, and continued to smite them on the way; and they later departed from them.
23 When Joseph and all his brothers returned to Egypt, they did not lack a man, but twelve men fell from the Egyptians.
24 And when Joseph returned to Egypt, he commanded Zepho and his men to be further bound, and they bound them in iron, adding to their pain.
25 And all the people of the children of Esau and of the children of the East, each one returned to his city ashamed, for all the mighty men with them had fallen in battle.
26 And when the children of ESAU saw that their king had fallen in battle, they made haste and took a man from among the people of the children of the east; his name was Jobab son of Zarah, from the land of Botzra, and they made him king over them instead of Bela their king.
27 And Jobab sat in his place as king on the throne of Bela, and Jobab reigned ten years in Edom over all the sons of ESAU, and the sons of ESAU went out no more to contend with the sons of Jacob, for the sons of ESAU knew him value of the sons of Jacob and feared them greatly.
28 But from that day on the sons of Esau hated the sons of Jacob, and hatred and enmity were very strong among them all the days unto this day.
29 And it came to pass that after this, at the end of ten years, Jobab the son of Zarach of Botzra died, and the sons of ESAU took a man named Chusham from the land of Teman, and made him king over them instead of Jobab, and Chusham reigned twenty years in Edom over all the children ESAU.
30 And Joseph king of Egypt and his brethren and all the children of Israel dwelt safely in Egypt in those days, together with all the children of Joseph and their brethren, without hindrance or evil accident, and the land of Egypt was entered in that time of rest from War in the days of Joseph and his brethren.
God pronounced judgment on this civilization; that judgment was the confusion of tongues. By confusing their language, God made it impossible for them to continue a common enterprise. Confusion destroyed the power of clandestine unions, at least for a time. The result of the confusion was that they dispersed and stopped building. The word Babel means confusion. Here, then, was the beginning of various languages that have stood in the way of closer understanding from that day until now. The inability to understand one another has kept nations and peoples apart.
Noah was warned one hundred and twenty years before the flood and began building the ark. It is interesting to note that one hundred and twenty years after the Flood, people who had built a tower in defiance of God brought upon themselves the confusion of the tongues of God.
But Babylon is good
The pedigrees in the Bible are very interesting. Much information can be gleaned from his study. The line of descent from Adam through Seth to Noah is given. Noah is called the eighty preachers of righteousness, but he is tenth in the generation. This has already been explained. Noah's family tree goes back to Terah, the father of Abraham, who is the tenth in Noah's generation, just as Noah was the tenth from Adam.
Eber or Heber was born five generations after Noah. Here is the origin of the Hebrew word. Well, Abraham, sixth in Heber's generation, was not a Jew (as Jews and Judeo-Christian ministers would have us believe), although he was a Hebrew. THE WORDS HEBREW AND JEWISH ARE NOT SYNONYMOUS TERMS. All of Heber's descendants were Hebrews, but the Jews who originated at ESAU came many years later. But the descendants of Heber, even through the lineage of Abraham and Isaac, WERE NOT JEWS. These distinctions are important if we are to understand the story the Bible tells as it affects peoples and races (which are only mentioned when dealing with the people of Israel).
The Jews are only part of the descendants of Judah, but they are mixed and not pure. Because Judah and Esau married Canaanite women and had children by them. They are known today as the Sephardic Jews. However, the bulk of the Jews are Askanazi Jews from Russia, Eastern Europe and Western Mongolia.
For our Judeo-Christian clergy, lying that Abraham was a Jew is to say that Abraham's father was Esau or Judah, son of Jacob/Israel, grandson of Abraham. This is just one of hundreds of FALSE TEACHINGS THAT HAVE CLOSED BIBLICAL HISTORY FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAJORITY OF OUR PEOPLE.
Heber had two sons, Peleg and Joktan. Peleg was named to commemorate a great catastrophe of his day: "For in his day the earth was divided." (Genesis 10:25) His name means a division of land by water. This refers to the great seismic disturbance that caused the disappearance of what is conventionally called Atlantis. The two hemispheres were formed at this time. Before the days of Peleg, people spread across the land by connecting lands and islands in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The division of land by water cut off further communication. That such a country ever existed is known to those who have examined the facts.
Moses deviated from his usual habit of recording only Abraham's lineage and gives the sons of Joktan, Peleg's brother. The reason for this can be seen in the name of Joktan's thirteenth son. That son was Jobab. Now "from" means father. Moses gives the genealogy of "Father Job," the son of Joktan, Peleg's brother.
Job's experiences, recorded in the oldest book in the Bible, the Book of Job, are corroborated by Moses telling who Job was.
"Peleg" means division and the Hebrew word translated "divided" is "palag" or, as the famous Bible critic Bengelius pointed out, NePeLeGe means a division of the earth by water that took place in the days of Peleg. In Peleg's nomenclature we refer to a physical division applicable to land and water.
Shortly after the confusion of tongues that took place in the days of Cush and Nimrod (Genesis chapter 11). The land was divided or divided and the Atlantic Ocean covered what was once the land that connected Africa to the Americas. This separated those who lived in the western hemisphere from the rest of mankind and thus people were saved from evil conspiracies such as those that led to the judgment of ancient Babel, which led to a confusion of languages.
HE ALSO RESERVED THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT FOR MEETING OF THE VARIOUS TRIBEES OF ISRAEL UNTIL THE TIME YAHWEH DECIDED.
History provides fragmentary evidence that such a catastrophe happened. Plato tells of such a catastrophe in his dialogue "Timaeus". He mentions a vast expanse of land beyond the Pillars of Hercules (Gibraltar) that was swallowed up by the ocean by a great earthquake. This fact is introduced by Plato, who was narrated by Solon (one of the first seven sages of Greece) who, while in Egypt, overheard an ancient Egyptian priest conversing with him about ancient events. The history of this famous island has been given as follows:
“Once upon a time there was an island at the mouth of the ocean where the Pillars of Hercules stand (beyond what were then supposed to be the borders of Europe and Africa). This island was larger than all of Libya and Asia; and from there there was an easy passage to many islands; and from these islands to the whole continent lying opposite (the North American continent) and near the true sea (the Pacific Ocean)... Some time later there was a terrible earthquake and a flood of water which spread across space a whole day and a whole night, and that Atlantean island, covered and subdued by the waves, sank into the ocean and so vanished.”
The workbook
Job was the son of Joktan, Peleg's brother, and Peleg was Abraham's great-grandfather. Since Moses told us who Job's father was, it is appropriate here to record Job's experiences. In his distress it is proved that man does not serve God for personal gain.
The Book of Job is the oldest in the Bible; begins by saying, "There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job." (Job 1:1) He is described as a perfect and righteous man, one who feared God and avoided evil. The time of recorded events was about two hundred and fifty years after the flood. Job is described as a high ranking prince. He had seven sons and three daughters and was very rich.
Then we are presented with an extraordinary scene, Satan is presented as Job's accuser, before
God serving God for the blessings he has received. What follows is one of the most interesting experiments ever recorded. Satan undertakes to prove the truth of his accusation. He destroys Job's property and brings personal suffering upon him. Job loses his family, his wife turns against him, his friends desert him, his wealth is gone, and his health is failing. Though he still trusted in the Lord, he cursed the day of his birth.
Three of his former friends are driven to seek him out and tell him how evil he must have been to suffer like this. They remind you that behind all your problems there must be secret sins.
A very interesting conversation follows between Job and his comforters. Not only is he accused of every kind of sin, but Eliphaz asks him, "Who ever died innocent?" (Job 4:7) The conclusion is that Job must be a terrible sinner. Job disputes the truth of this claim. He reminds her that "the afflicted should pity his friend." (Job 6:14)
The following convention covers the full range of human experience and wisdom as it was then known. Because he refuses to accept the findings of his friends, Job is accused of lying. Angered, he sarcastically told them, "Surely you are the people, and wisdom will die with you!" (Job 12:12)
Eventually Job's three comforters are silenced because he is righteous in his own eyes. This is where Elihu comes into the conversation. He explains: “Great men are not always wise; not even the ancients understand the judgment.” (Job 32:9) He reminds Job and his friends that there is a spirit of inspiration from the Almighty that imparts understanding. This young man continues to counsel Job and counsel him in his need.
God then stepped in and answered Job out of a whirlwind, causing Job to lose his sense of self-righteousness. Because the three friends did not speak the right thing about God, God displeased them. Job was restored to his former state while praying for his friends.
Job's friends, family and wealth returned, he lived one hundred and forty years after this experience and saw his children's children up to four generations. Thus in Job's experience we hold that the trials and tribulations of the righteous are not the result of sin. God allowed Satan to tempt Job, and he learned a lesson that continued prosperity could have taught him.
A race is called
Moses carefully recorded the history of the world before the existence of his people; and for your information he shows you the beginning of creation and sin. In this account he describes events that shook the world while telling the story of the white race. It should and is a fascinating read for anyone who carefully studies this record. The purpose of this preface to Abraham's calling is to show the activities of God that lead to the calling of a race.
In the account, Moses shows that an ungodly nation will be judged for sin just as surely as an individual. Moses records that ten generations from Adam to Noah cover the activities of the first period of human chronology and history. Then he records ten generations from Noah to Terah, Abraham's father. When governments became corrupt, God called Abraham to establish a new order
Abraham lived in the midst of a civilization centered on Ur in the Chaldeans in the Euphrates Valley. God commanded him to leave his homeland, his people, and his father's house and go to Canaan. So Abraham with his father Terah, his wife Sarah and Lot; the nephew of Abraham, left Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. Terah, Abraham's father, fell ill and died in Haran six months after they began their journey. Abraham buried his father in Haran, where they lived during his illness.
After the death of his father, Abraham continued his journey and Lot went on with him. In the calling of Abraham, God dealt with the individual and the family. God promised to bless Abraham and his descendants who would come after him. This call is of great importance because God chose a race in it.
Elected people:
“For you are a people holy to the Lord your God; The Lord did not love you and did not choose you because you are more numerous than all nations; because you were the least of all peoples; BUT BECAUSE THE LORD LOVED YOU AND WOULD KEEP THE OATH THAT HE WOULD SWORD TO THEIR FATHERS..." (Deuteronomy 7:6-8; 14:2; Isaiah 41:9; 43:1, 10-20; 44: 23; 48:10; 49:3; Haggai 2:23)
My people Israel:
"Now the Lord spoke in Samuel's ear the day before Saul came, saying, Tomorrow about this time I will send a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him centurion OVER MY PEOPLE ISRAEL, WHICH HE IS MINE CAN SAVE PEOPLE from the hand of the Philistines: because I HAVE BEEN LOOKED on MY PEOPLE, because their cry came to me. And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him, Behold, the man of whom I told you this shall reign over my people. (Exodus 7:4; 1 Samuel 9:15-17; 2 Samuel 3:18; 5:2; 7:7; 7:10-11; 1 Kings 6:13; 8:16; 14:7 ; 16:2; 1 Chronicles 11:2; 17:7; 17:9-10; 2 Chronicles 6:5-6; Jeremiah 7:12; 12:14; 23:13; 30:3; Ezekiel 14 :9; 25:14; 36:12; 9:7; Daniel 9:20; Amos 7:8; 7:15; Matthew 2:6)
My chosen one:
“I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant.” (Psalm 89:3; Isaiah 43:20; 65:15)
I decided:
“BUT YOU, ISRAEL, ARE MY SERVANT, JACOB, WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN, THE SEED OF ABRAHAM, MY FRIEND. You whom I took from the ends of the earth and called you from their heads and said to you: You are my servant, I have chosen you and have not rejected you. No fear; for I am with you: do not be dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yes I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. Behold, all who were angry with you shall be ashamed and ashamed; and those who fight with you will perish. You will seek them and not find them, even those who argue with you; those who fight against you will be as nothing and as nothing. For I, the Lord your God, will take you by your right hand and say to you: Fear not! I'll help you. Fear not, Jacob Worm, and ye men of Israel; I WILL HELP THEM, SAYS THE LORD, AND THEIR DELIVERER, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.” (Isaiah 41:8-14; 43:10; 44:1-2; 44:21-23; John 13:18)
You are my servant:
“You, whom I took from the ends of the earth, and called you from their heads, and said to you, YOU ARE MY SERVANT, I HAVE CHOSEN YOU, and I have not cast you out” (Isaiah 41:9; 44:21 ;49:3)
“Remember this, O Jacob and Israel; BECAUSE YOU ARE MY SERVANT: I FORMED YOU; YOU ARE MY SERVANT; O ISRAEL, THEY WILL NOT FORGET BY ME. I have blotted out your transgressions like a thick cloud and your sins like a cloud. return to me; because I redeemed you. Sing, O Heaven; because the LORD made it; Rejoice, low parts of the earth; Break forth into song, mountains, ye forests, and all the trees that are in them; for the Lord redeemed Jacob and glorified himself in Israel. THUS SAITH THE LORD, YOUR REDEMPTION, who formed you from the womb: I am the LORD, who made all things; who alone spans the heavens; that spreads out from me over the earth. (Isaiah 44:21-24)
Your chosen ones:
"O SEEDS OF ISRAEL, HIS SERVANT, YOU CHILDREN OF JACOB, HIS CHOSEN ONE." (1 Chronicles 16:13; Psalm 105:6; 135:4; Isaiah 41:8; 44:1; Acts 9:15)
The people whom God
Chosen for his heritage
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and THE PEOPLE HE HAS CHOSEN FOR HIS INHERITANCE.” (Psalm 33:12)
I have called you by name; You are mine
“But now says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, and who formed you, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name; you are mine... For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Redeemer: I gave Egypt as a ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for you. Because you were precious in my eyes, you were honored and I loved you; therefore I give people for you and nations for your life. (Isaiah 43:1, 34)
God alone chose Abraham.
“Listen to me, you who seek righteousness, who seek the Lord, look at the rock from which you were hewn and at the pit from which you were dug. Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave birth to you: FOR I CALL HIM (Abraham) Alone, and blessed him, and multiplied him.” (Isaiah 51:1-2)
God made an unconditional covenant with Abraham. The blessings of this covenant were as follows: Abraham would be the father of many nations; his descendants should possess the land from the river Egypt to the great river Euphrates; he would be very fruitful and kings would come from him; his offspring would be like the sand on the seashore in multitude, and the stars in number; they should possess the gates of their enemies; expand as nations north, south, east, and west; they should be blessed with a rich inheritance and much to support them as they became one nation and a group of nations. Included in this covenant is a blessing for those who bless it and a curse for those who curse it.
God declared this to be an everlasting covenant. There is no "if" in Abraham's reputation. God signed, sealed and testified to this covenant with Abraham, His friend. Once ratified, it could not be annulled; For this reason; should work forever.
In order for us to better understand the agreement God made with Abraham, it is necessary to define a covenant. A covenant is a league or agreement signed, sealed, and witnessed. It can be conditional or unconditional. A conditional contract is a contract the performance of which is dependent on the performance of certain clauses by the parties involved. The Abrahamic covenant contained no such clause and therefore, being unconditional, could not be annulled after its ratification.
God confirmed this covenant in every detail. Therefore, it must remain in force forever. So it went on and is as effective today as it was in the days of Abraham.
Failure to understand some of these simple facts and a false desire to give the Jews all blessings as their inheritance has led to many misunderstandings of the history the Bible tells. THE JEW IS NOT THE HEIR OF ALL THESE PROMISES. These promises were to be fulfilled in a people that would become one nation and a group of nations.
Plot as reported in the book of Jasher
Chapter 7
1 And these are the names of the sons of Noah: Japheth, Cam, and Shem; and children were born unto them after the Deluge, as they had married before the Deluge.
2 These are the sons of Japheth; Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras, seven sons.
3 And the sons of Gomer were Askinaz, Rephath, and Tegarmah.
4 And the sons of Magog were Elihanaf and Lubal.
5 And the sons of Madai were Achon, Zeelo, Chazoni, and LOT.
6 And the sons of Javan were Elisha, Tarshish, Chittim, and Dudonim.
7 And the sons of Tubal were Ariphi, Kesed, and Taari.
8 And the sons of Meshech were Dedon, Saron, and Shebashni.
9 And the sons of Tira were Benib, Gera, Lupirion, and Gilak; These are the sons of Japheth according to their families, and their number in those days was about four hundred and sixty men.
10 And these are the sons of Ham; Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan, four sons; and the sons of Kush: Sheba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Satecha; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
11 And the sons of Mitzraim were Lud, Anom, and Pathros, Chasloth, and Chaphtor.
12 The sons of Put: Gebul, Hadan, Bena, and Adan.
13 E os filhos de Canaan foram Zidon, Heth, Amori, Gergashi, Hivi, Arkee, Seni, Arodi, Zimodi und Chamothi.
14 These are the sons of Ham according to their families, and their number in those days was about seven hundred and thirty men.
15 And these are the sons of Shem; Elam, Ashur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram, five sons; and the sons of Elam were Shushan, Machul, and Harmon.
16 And the sons of Ashar were Mirus and Mokil, and the sons of Arpachshad were Shelach, Anar, and Ashcol.
17 And the sons of Lud were Pethor and Bizayon, and the sons of Aram were Uz, Chul, Gather, and Mash.
18 These are the sons of Shem according to their families; and their number was then about three hundred men.
19 These are the families of Shem; Shem begot Arpachshad, and Arpachshad begot Shelach, and Shelach begot Eber, and Eber were born two sons, the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the sons of men were divided, and in the last days the earth was divided.
20 And the name of the second was Yoktan, meaning that in his days the life of the sons of men grew shorter and shorter.
21 These are the sons of Yoktan; Almodad, Shelaf, Chazarmoveth, Yerach, Hadurom, Ozel, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these are the sons of Yoktan.
22 And Peleg his brother begat Yen, and Yen begat Serug, and Serug begat Nahor, and Nahor begat Terah, and Terah was thirty-eight years old, and he begat Haran and Nahor.
23 And Cush the son of Ham the son of Noah took in those days in his old age a wife, and she bore a son, and they called him Nimrod, saying, At that time the sons of men began to rebel again. and he sinned against God, and the child grew up, and his father loved him greatly, because he was the son of his old age.
24 And the skins which God had made for Adam and his wife when they came out of the garden were given to Cush.
25 For after the death of Adam and his wife the garments were given to Enoch son of Jarred, and when Enoch was brought to God he gave them to Methuselah his son.
26 And when Methuselah died, Noah took them and put them into the ark, and they were with him until he came out of the ark.
27 And on his way out Ham stole those clothes of his father Noah, and he took them and hid them from his brothers.
28 And when Ham begot Cush his firstborn, he secretly gave him his clothes, and they stayed with Cush many days.
29 And Cush also hid them from his sons and brothers, and when Cush begot Nimrod, he gave him these clothes out of love for him, and Nimrod grew, and when he was twenty years old he put on these clothes.
30 And Nimrod grew strong putting on the clothes, and God gave him power and strength, and he was a mighty hunter on the earth, yea, he was a mighty hunter in the field, and he hunted the beasts and built altars, and sacrificed the animals on it before the Lord.
31 And Nimrod was strengthened, and he rose up from his brethren, and he fought in the battles of his brethren against all his enemies round about.
32 And the Lord gave into his hand all the enemies of his brethren, and God gave him prosperity from time to time in his battles, and he reigned over the earth.
33 Therefore it was customary in those days when a man led those whom he had trained into battle, he said to them: As God did to Nimrod, who was a mighty hunter on the earth and who was in the Battles he won, success overwhelmed his brothers, who delivered them from the hands of their enemies, that God may strengthen and deliver us today.
34 And when Nimrod was forty years old, there was then a war between his brothers and the sons of Japheth, so that they were in the power of their enemies.
35 And Nimrod went out at that time and gathered together all the children of Cush and their families, about four hundred and sixty men, and he also hired from some of his friends and acquaintances about eighty men, and he gave them their wages, and he went with them to the battle, and as he went, Nimrod strengthened the hearts of the people who went with him.
36 And he said to them, Do not be afraid or afraid, for all our enemies will be handed over to us, and you can do with them what you will.
37 And all the men that went were about five hundred, and they fought their enemies, and destroyed them, and subdued them, and Nimrod appointed permanent officials over them in their respective places.
38 And he took some of his sons for safety, and they were all servants of Nimrod and his brothers, and Nimrod and all the people that were with him returned home.
39 And when Nimrod returned happily from the battle, having defeated his enemies, all his brothers gathered together with those who knew him from before to make him king over them, and they put the royal crown on his head.
40 And he appointed princes, judges, and rulers over his subjects and his people, as is the custom among kings.
41 And he made Terah the son of Nahor leader of his army, and honored him and exalted him above all his leaders.
42 And while he was ruling according to his heart's desire, having defeated all his enemies around him, he took counsel with his advisers to build a city for his palace, and they did it.
43 And they found a great valley facing the east, and they built it a great and vast city, and Nimrod called the name of the city which he built Shinar, for the Lord had shaken his enemies violently and destroyed them.
44 And Nimrod dwelt in Shinar, and he reigned securely, and he fought with his enemies and subdued them, and he prospered in all his battles, and his kingdom became very great.
45 And all nations and tongues heard of his glory, and they gathered to him, and bowed down to the earth, and brought him offerings, and he became their lord and king, and they all dwelt with him in the city of Shinar, and Nimrod reigned on earth over all the sons of Noah, and they were all under his authority and counsel.
46 And all the earth had one language and words of unity, but Nimrod did not walk in the ways of the Lord, and he was more wicked than all men that were before him from the days of the Deluge to those days.
47 And he made gods of wood and stone, and bowed down to them, and rebelled against the Lord, and taught all his subjects and the people of the land his evil ways; and Mardon his son was worse than his father.
48 And everyone who heard of the deeds of Mardon son of Nimrod would say of him: Wickedness proceeds from the wicked; therefore it became a proverb throughout the land to say, "From the wicked comes wrong," and it has been common in the words of men ever since.
49 And Terah the son of Nahor, the chief of Nimrod's army, was very great in the eyes of the king and his subjects in those days, and the king and the chiefs loved him, and they held him in high esteem.
50 And Terah took a wife, and her name was Amthelo daughter of Cornebus; and Terah's wife conceived and bare him a son in those days.
51 Terah was seventy years old when he begot him, and Terah called the name of his son who was born to him Abram, because at that time the king created him and put him above all his princes who were with him.
Chapter 9
1 And Haran the son of Terah, Abram's elder brother, took a wife in those days.
2 Haran was thirty and nine years old when he took it; and Haran's wife conceived and bore a son, and he called his name LOT.
3 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter, and called her name Milka; and she conceived again and bare a daughter, and she called her name Sarai.
4 Haran was forty and two years old when he begot Sarai, who was Abram's tenth year; and in those days Abram and his mother and nurse came out of the cave, for the king and his subjects had forgotten Abram's fall.
5 And when Abram went out of the cave, he went to Noah and Shem his son, and he stayed with them to learn the instruction of the Lord and His ways, and no one knew where Abram was, and Abram served Noah and Shem's son for a long time.
6 And Abram was thirty and nine years in Noah's house, and Abram knew the Lord from the age of three, and he walked in the ways of the Lord unto his death, as Noah and Shem his son had taught him; and all the children of the earth in those days transgressed great trespasses against the LORD, and rebelled against him, and served other gods, and forgot the LORD that created them on the earth; and the inhabitants of the earth then made each one their god; Gods of wood and stone who could neither speak nor hear nor deliver, and the sons of men served them and they became their gods.
7 And the king and all his servants and Terah with all his household were then the first of those who served the gods of wood and stone.
8 And Terah had twelve gods of great greatness, of wood and stone, after the twelve months of the year, and he ministered to each monthly, and every month Terah brought his grain offering and his drink offering to his gods; so did Terah every day.
9 And all this generation was evil in the sight of the Lord, and so they made every man their God, but forsaken the Lord who created them.
10 And there was not a man in those days on all the earth that knew the Lord (for they each served his own God) except Noah and his family, and all that were under his counsel knew the Lord in those days.
11 And Abram the son of Terah grew up greatly in those days in the house of Noah, and no one knew, and the Lord was with him.
12 And the Lord gave Abram an understanding heart, and he knew that all the works of this generation were in vain, and that all their gods were in vain and worthless.
13 And Abram saw the sun shining on the earth, and Abram said to himself, Verily this sun that shines on the earth is God, and him will I serve.
14 And Abram served the sun that day and prayed to it, and when evening came the sun went down as usual, and Abram said to himself, Surely this cannot be God?
15 And Abram was still talking to himself, Who is he that made heaven and earth? Who created on earth? where is he?
16 And the night grew dark upon him, and he lifted up his eyes west, north, south, and east, and he saw that the sun had disappeared from the earth, and the day was darkened.
17 And Abram saw the stars and the moon before him, and said, Truly this is the God that created the whole earth and mankind, and behold, these of his servants are gods around him; and Abram served the moon and worshiped all. tonight.
18 And in the morning when it was clear and the sun shone on the land as usual, Abram saw all that the Lord God had done on the earth.
19 And Abram said to himself, These are not gods who made the earth and all people, but these are servants of God, and Abram stayed in the house of Noah and there knew the Lord and his ways and served the Lord all the days of his life. and that whole generation forgot the Lord and served other gods of wood and stone and rebelled all their lives.
20 And king Nimrod reigned securely, and all the land was under his dominion, and all the land had one language and words of unity.
21 And all the princes of Nimrod and their officials took counsel together; Phut, Mitzraim, Cush and Canaan with their families, and they said to each other: Come, let us build a city and on it a strong tower, and its top reaches to the sky, and we shall be famous, we may do that! rule over the whole world so that the evil of our enemies may hear of us, so that we may rule over them and not be scattered over the land because of their wars.
22 And they all went before the king and told the king these words, and the king agreed with them, and he did it.
23 And all the families gathered together, about six hundred thousand men, and they searched for a vast tract of land on which to build the city and the tower, and they searched in all the land, and found none like a valley in the east of the land, from Shinar, about two days' journey, and they went there and dwelt there.
24 And they began to make bricks and kindle fire to build the city and the tower which they had intended to complete.
25 And the building of the tower was to them a trespass and a sin;
26 And all these people and all families were divided into three parts; the first said we will ascend to heaven and fight against him; the second said: We shall ascend to heaven and put our own gods there and serve them; and the third part said: We will ascend to heaven and strike it with bow and spear; and God knew all their works and all their evil thoughts, and he saw the city and the tower which they built.
27 And while they were building, they built themselves a great city and a very high and strong tower; and because of its height, the mortar and bricks did not reach the builders in their ascent until those who went up had completed a whole year, and after that they overtook the builders and gave them the mortar and bricks; this was done daily.
28 And behold, these went up all day, and others went down; and if a brick fell from his hands and broke they would all weep over it, and if a man fell and died none of them would look at him.
29 And the Lord knew their thoughts, and it came to pass that as they were building, they shot arrows into the sky, and all the arrows fell on them full of blood, and when they saw them they said to one another, Indeed we! have killed all who are in heaven.
30 For it came from the Lord to err and to put them in order; to destroy them from the face of the earth.
31 And they built the tower and the city, and they did this daily until many days and years passed.
32 And God said to the seventy angels who were at his head, and to those who were near him, Come, let us go down and confound their languages, that a man shall not understand the language of his neighbor, and they did them.
33 And from that very next day they forgot everyone's neighbor's language, and they could not understand to speak in any language, and when the builder took lime or stones from his neighbor's hands, which he had not ordered, threw the builder it and throw it at his neighbor so he dies.
34 And they made so many days, and thus killed many of them.
35 And the Lord struck the three companies that were there, and punished them according to their works and plans; those who said: We will ascend to heaven and serve our gods became like monkeys and elephants; and those who said: We will strike the sky with arrows, the Lord killed them a man by the hand of his neighbor; and the third division from those who said: We will ascend to heaven and fight against him, the Lord has scattered them over all the earth.
36 And those who remained among them left the building and scattered over all the earth, recognizing and understanding the calamity that was about to come upon them.
37 And they stopped building the city and the tower; therefore he called that place Babylon, because there the Lord confused the language of all the earth; behold, it was east of the land of Shinar.
38 And as for the tower which the sons of men built, the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up a third of it, and also fire came down from heaven and burned up another third, and the other third is left to this day, and it is of the part that was at the top, and its extent is three days' walk.
39 And many of the sons of men died in that tower, a people without number.
Chapter 13
1 And Terah took Abram his son, and LOT his grandson the son of Haran, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and all the souls of their house, and went with them from Ur Kasdim to go to the land of Canaan. And when they came to the land of Haran, they stayed there, for it was very good pasturage and large enough for those who followed them.
2 And the people of the land of Haran saw that Abram was good and righteous before God and men, and that the Lord his God was with him, and some people of the land of Haran came and joined Abram, and he taught them of the Lord and his ways; and these men stayed with Abram in his house and kept close to him.
3 And Abram stayed in the land three years, and at the end of the three years the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur Casdim and delivered you from the hand of all your enemies.
4 And now, if you hear my voice and keep my commandments and my statutes and my laws, then I will make your enemies fall before you and multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven, and willingly send my blessings on all the works of your hands , and you will not lack.
5 Arise, take your wife and all that is yours, and go to the land of Canaan and dwell there, and there I will be your God and bless you. And Abram arose and took his wife and all that was hers, and went into the land of Canaan, as the Lord had told him; and Abram was fifty years old when he left Haran.
6 And Abram came into the land of Canaan and dwelt in the midst of the city, and there he pitched his tent among the children of Canaan, the inhabitants of the land.
7 And the Lord appeared to Abram when he came into the land of Canaan, and said to him, This is the land which I have given you and your seed after you forever, and I will make your seed like the stars of heaven, and I will give to your seed all the lands that you see for an inheritance.
8 And Abram built an altar in the place where God had spoken to him, and Abram called on the name of the Lord there.
9 At that time, at the end of Abram's three-year sojourn in the land of Canaan, Noah died in the year that was Abram's fifty-eighth year; and all the days that Noah lived were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.
10 And Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, he, his wife, and all that was his, and all that were with him, and those that were with him of the people of the land; but Nahor the brother of Abram, and Terah his father, and LOT the son of Haran, and all that was theirs dwelt in Haran.
11 In the fifth year that Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah and all the cities of the plain rose up against the power of Chedorlaomer king of Elam; for all the kings of the cities of the plain served Kedor-laomer twelve years, and gave him an annual tax, but then in the thirteenth year they rebelled against him.
12 And in the tenth year of Abram's sojourn in the land of Canaan, war broke out between Nimrod king of Shinar and Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Nimrod came to fight with Chedorlaomer and subdue him.
13 For Chedor-laomer was at that time one of the princes of the hosts of Nimrod, and when all the people were scattered in the tower, and also those who remained were scattered over the earth, Chedor-laomer went into the land of Elam and reigned over it, and rebelled against thy Mr.
14 And in those days, when Nimrod saw that the cities of the plain had rebelled, he went to war against Kedor-laomer full of pride and anger, and Nimrod gathered all his princes and subjects, about seven hundred thousand men, and marched against Kedor-laomer. Laomer and Chedor-Laomer met him with five thousand men and prepared for battle in the valley of Babylon, which is between Elam and Shinar.
15 And all these kings fought there, and Nimrod and his people were defeated before the people of Kedor-Laomer, and of Nimrod's men fell about six hundred thousand, and Mardon the king's son fell among them.
16 And Nimrod fled and returned to his land in shame and shame, and he was subject to Kedor-laomer a long time, and Kedor-laomer returned to his land and sent princes of his army to the kings who dwelt around him Arioch, king of Ellasar, and Tidal, king of the Goyim, and they made a covenant with them, and all obeyed their commands.
17 And it was in the fifteenth year of Abram's sojourn in the land of Canaan, which is the seventieth year of Abram's life, and the Lord appeared to Abram in that year and said to him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur Casdim, thee to give this land as an inheritance.
18 So walk before me, and be perfect, and keep my commandments, for to you and your descendants I will give this land for an inheritance, from the river Mizraim to the great river Euphrates.
19 And you will come to your fathers in peace and in a good old age, and the fourth generation will return here to this land and inherit it forever; and Abram built an altar and called on the name of the Lord who appeared to him, and brought offerings to the Lord on the altar.
20 At that time Abram returned and went to Haran to visit his father and his mother and his father's family, and Abram and his wife and all their belongings returned to Haran, and Abram stayed in Haran five years.
21 And many of the people of Haran, about seventy-two men, followed Abram, and Abram taught them the instruction of the Lord and his ways, and he taught them to know the Lord.
22 In those days the Lord appeared to Abram in Haran, and he said to him, Behold, twenty years ago I spoke to you, saying,
23 Leave your land, your birthplace and your father's house, to the land which I have shown you and your children, for there I will bless you and make you a great people and make your name great. and in you shall the families of the earth be blessed.
24 Arise now, leave this place, you, your wife, and all who are yours, also all who were born in your house, and all the souls which you made in Haran, and bring them with you from here, and arise to return to the land of Canaan.
25 And Abram rose up and took Sarai his wife, and all who were his family, and all who were born to him in his house, and the souls which they had made in Haran, and they went out to to draw the land of Canaan.
26 And Abram went and returned to the land of Canaan, according to the word of the Lord. And LOT his brother Haran's son went with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran to return to the land of Canaan.
27 And he came into the land of Canaan, according to the word of the Lord to Abram, and he pitched his tent and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, and with him was LOT his brother's son, and all that was his.
28 And the Lord appeared again to Abram, and said, Thy seed I will give this land; and there he built an altar to the Lord who had appeared unto him, which still stands in the plains of Mamre.
Chapter 15
1 And that year there was a great famine in all the land of Canaan, and the inhabitants of the land could not stay because of the famine, for it was so severe.
2 And Abram rose up with all that belonged to him, and went down to Egypt because of the famine, and when they came to the brook Mitzraim, they tarried there some time to rest from the toil of the way.
3 And Abram and Sarai were walking on the bank of the brook Mitzraim, and Abram saw Sarai his wife that she was very beautiful.
4 And Abram said to his wife Sarai, Since God created you with such a beautiful face, I am afraid of the Egyptians, lest they kill me and take you away, for the fear of God is not in these places.
5 Then you will surely do this: Tell everyone who asks you that you are my sister, so that I may be fine and that we may live and not be killed.
6 And Abram commanded the same to all who came with him into Egypt because of the famine; His nephew Lot also commanded, saying: If the Egyptians ask you about Sarai, say that she is Abram's sister.
7 And yet, despite all these commands, Abram did not trust them, but took Sarai and put her in a chest and hid it among his vessels, for Abram was very worried about Sarai because of the wickedness of the Egyptians.
8 And Abram and all that belonged to him rose up from the brook Mitzraim and came into Egypt; and scarcely had they entered the gates of the city, when the guards arose unto them, and said, Pay the king a tithe of what ye have, and then ye may enter the city; and Abram and his companions did it.
9 And Abram came into Egypt with the people who were with him, and when they came, they brought the chest in which Sarai was hidden, and the Egyptians saw the chest.
10 And the king's servants came to Abram and said, What have you got in this chest that we have not seen? Now open the chest and tithe the king of everything it contains.
11 And Abram said: I will not open this chest, but whatever you ask of it I will give. And Pharaoh's servants answered Abram and said, This is a chest full of precious stones, give us a tenth of it.
12 Abram said: Whatever you want I will give you, but you must not open the chest.
13 And the king's officials pressed Abram, and they took hold of the chest and opened it by force, and they saw, and behold, a beautiful woman was in the chest.
14 And when the king's officials saw Sarai, they were amazed at her beauty, and all the princes and servants of Pharaoh assembled to see Sarai, for she was very beautiful. And the king's officials ran and told Pharaoh all that they had seen, and they praised Sarai before the king; and Pharaoh commanded her to be brought, and the woman came before the king.
15 And Pharaoh saw Sarai, and he pleased him greatly, and was amazed by her beauty, and the king was very glad because of her, and made gifts to those who brought him news of her.
16 And the woman was then brought into Pharaoh's house, and Abram mourned for his wife, and he prayed to the Lord that he might deliver her out of Pharaoh's hand.
17 And Sarai also prayed at that time, and said, Lord God, thou hast told my lord Abram that he should go forth from his land, and from his father's house, into the land of Canaan, and thou hast promised him to do him good if he did thine would obey orders ; now, behold, we have done as you commanded us, and we have left our country and families, and gone to a strange land and people whom we knew not before.
18 And we came into this land to avoid a famine, and this terrible accident befell me; now redeem us now, O Lord God, and save us from the hand of this oppressor, and do me good for the sake of Your mercy.
19 And the Lord heard Sarai's voice, and the Lord sent an angel to rescue Sarai from Pharaoh's power.
20 And the king came and sat before Sarai, and behold, an angel of the Lord stood over them, and he appeared to Sarai and said to her, Fear not, for the Lord has heard your prayer.
21 And the king approached Sarai and said to her, What kind of man is this to you that brought you hither? and she said: He is my brother.
22 And the king said: It is our duty to magnify him and exalt him, and to do him all the good that you command us; and at that time king Abram sent silver and gold and precious stones in abundance, together with cattle, male and female servants; and the king commanded Abram to be brought in, and he sat in the royal court, and the king exalted Abram that night.
23 And the king drew near to speak to Sarai, and he stretched out his hand to touch her, when the angel struck him violently, and he was afraid, and restrained himself from reaching her.
24 And as the king drew near to Sarai, the angel threw him to the ground, and did so with him all night, and the king was troubled.
25 And the angel smote all the king's servants and all his household that night because of Sarai, and there was great lamentation that night among the people of Pharaoh's house.
26 And Pharaoh saw the misfortune that had befallen him, and said, This has happened to me because of this woman, and he went a little way from her, and spoke kind words to her.
27 And the king said to Sarai: Please tell me about the man with whom you came hither; and Sarai said: This man is my husband, and I told you that he is my brother because I was afraid that you would kill him out of malice.
28 And the king kept far from Sarai, and the plagues of the angel of the Lord ceased upon him and upon his house; and Pharaoh knew that he was smitten because of Sarai, and the king was greatly astonished at this.
29 And in the morning king Abram called and said to him, What have you done to me? Why did you say: She is my sister, that's why I married her, and that's why this heavy plague came on me and my family.
30 Well, here is your wife, take her and get out of our country, lest we all die because of her. And Pharaoh took more cattle, male and female servants, and silver and gold, to give to Abram, and he gave him back Sarai his wife.
31 And the king took a maiden whom he had begotten by concubines, and gave her to be Sarai's maid.
32 And the king said to his daughter: It is better for you, my daughter, to be a servant in this man's house than to be a mistress in my house, after we have seen what has happened to us because of this woman.
33 And Abram rose up, and he and all that belonged to him went out of Egypt; and Pharaoh commanded some of his men to go with him, and all who went with him.
34 And Abram returned to the land of Canaan, to the place where he had made the altar, where he had first pitched his tent.
35 And LOT the son of Haran, Abram's brother, had a large flock of cattle, sheep and oxen and tents, for the Lord was generous to them for Abram's sake.
36 And when Abram dwelt in the land, the shepherds of LOT quarreled with the shepherds of Abram, for their wealth was too great for them to remain in the land together, and the land could not feed them because of their cattle.
37 And when Abram's shepherds went to feed their flock, they did not go into the fields of the people of the land, but the cattle of the shepherds of LOT did the opposite, for they were fed in the fields of the people of the land.
38 And the people of the land saw this daily and came to Abram and argued with him about the shepherds of LOT.
39 And Abram said to LOT, What are you doing to me, to make me despised by the inhabitants of the land, that you command your shepherd to graze your cattle in someone else's fields? Don't you know that I am a stranger in this land among the children of Canaan, and why do you want to do this to me?
40 And Abram argued daily with LOT about this, but LOT would not listen to Abram, and he continued to do the same, and the inhabitants of the land came and told Abram.
41 And Abram said to LOT, How long will you be a stumbling block to the inhabitants of the land? Now I beg you, let there be no more quarrels between us, because we are related.
42 But I beg you, leave me, go and find a place where you can live with your cattle and everything that is yours, but stay away from me, you and your house.
43 And do not be afraid to go away from me, for if anyone harms you, let me know, and I will avenge your cause against him, just go away from me.
44 And when Abram had spoken all these words to LOT, LOT arose and lifted up his eyes to the Jordan plain.
45 And he saw that all this place was well watered and good for the people and also had grazing for cattle.
46 And LOT went from Abram to that place, and he pitched his tent there and dwelt in Sodom, and they were separated from one another.
47 And Abram dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is near Hebron, and he pitched his tent there, and Abram dwelt in that place many years.
Chapter 16
1 At that time Chedorlaomer king of Elam sent with him to all the neighboring kings, Nimrod king of Shinar, who was then in his power, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Aryoch king of Elazar with whom he made a covenant, saying, Come up! to me and help me to strike all the cities of Sodom and their inhabitants, for they have rebelled against me these thirteen years.
2 And these four kings went up with all their camps, about eight hundred thousand men, and they went out as they were and slew every man they met on their way.
3 And the five kings of Sodom and Gomorrah, Shinab king of Adama, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, Bera king of Sodom, Bersha king of Gomorrah, and Bela king of Zoar, went out to meet them. and they all came together in the valley of Siddim.
4 And these nine kings made war in the valley of Siddim; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah were defeated by the kings of Elam.
5 And the valley of Siddim was full of lime pits, and the kings of Elam pursued the kings of Sodom, and the kings of Sodom fled with their camps and fell into the lime pits, and all that was left went up the mountains to save himself. and the five kings of Elam followed them and pursued them to the gates of Sodom and took all that was in Sodom.
6 And they plundered all the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and they also took LOT the son of Abram's brother and his possessions, and they confiscated all the possessions of the cities of Sodom, and they departed; and Unic, Abram's servant, who was in battle, saw it and told Abram all that the kings had done in the cities of Sodom, and that LOT was captured by them.
7 And Abram heard it, and he rose up with about three hundred and eighteen men who were with him, and he pursued these kings that night and struck them, and they all fell before Abram and his men, and there was none left but them four kings fled, each going his own way.
8 And Abram brought back all the property of Sodom, and he also acquired LOT and his property, his wives and children, and all that was his, so that LOT lacked nothing.
9 And when he came back after defeating these kings, he went with his men through the valley of Siddim where the kings had made war with one another.
10 And Bera king of Sodom and the rest of his men who were with him came out of the limestone pits into which they had fallen to meet Abram and his men.
11 And Adonisedek king of Jerusalem, the same as Shem, went out with his men to meet Abram and his people with bread and wine, and they stayed together in the valley of Melech.
12 And Adonisedek blessed Abram, and Abram gave him a tithe of all that he had brought from the spoils of his enemies, for Adonisedek was a priest before God.
13 And all the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah who were there came to Abram with their servants and begged him to return their servants whom he had taken prisoner and to take all their possessions for himself.
14 And Abram answered the kings of Sodom, and said, As the Lord liveth, who created heaven and earth, and redeemed my soul from every affliction, and who delivered me today from my enemies, and delivered them into my hand, I will take all what is yours, so that tomorrow you cannot boast, saying, Abram has become rich from our wealth, which he saved.
15 For the Lord my God, in whom I trust, said to me, You shall not want, for I will bless you in all the works of your hands.
16 And now, behold, here is all that is yours, take it and go; As the Lord lives, he will not take a living soul from you, not even a tie or a shoelace, except the cost of the provisions of those who went to battle with me, and the portions of the men who went with me , Anar, Ashcol, and Mamre, they and their men, and those who are left to guard the baggage, they will take their share of the spoils.
17 And the kings of Sodom gave Abram after all that he had said, and they urged him to take whatever he wanted, but he would not.
18 And he sent away the kings of Sodom and the rest of their men and gave them orders concerning LOT, and they went to their respective places.
19 And LOT his brother's son also set out with his possessions, and he went with them, and LOT returned to his homeland, to Sodom, and Abram and his people returned to their homeland in the plain of Mamre, the located in Hebron.
20 At that time the Lord appeared again to Abram in Hebron and said to him, Fear not, your reward is very great before me, for I will not forsake you until I multiply you and bless you and make you your seed like the stars in the sky that cannot be measured or counted.
21 And I will give to your descendants all these lands that you see with your eyes, to them I will give them for an inheritance forever; only be strong and do not fear, walk before me and be perfect.
22 And in the seventy-eighth year of Abram's life, that year Reu the son of Peleg died, and all the days of Reu were two hundred and thirty-nine years, and he died.
23 And Sarai the daughter of Haran, Abram's wife, was barren in those days; she gave Abram neither son nor daughter.
24 And when she saw that she had no children, she took Hagar her maid, whom Pharaoh had given her, and gave her to her husband Abram to wife.
25 For Hagar learned all the ways from Sarai, as Sarai taught her, she was by no means defective in following her good ways.
26 And Sarai said to Abram, Behold, here is my maid Hagar, go to her, that she may carry it on my knees, that I may also have children by her.
27 And at the end of Abram's ten-year sojourn in the land of Canaan, which is Abram's eighty-five year, Sarai gave him Hagar.
28 And Abram listened to the voice of his wife Sarai, and he took Hagar his maidservant, and Abram came to her, and she conceived.
29 And when Hagar saw that she had conceived, she rejoiced greatly, and her mistress was despised in her eyes, and she said to herself, This can only be that I am better in the sight of God than Sarai, mine Mistress, for all In the days when my mistress was with my lord, she did not conceive, but the lord caused me to conceive through him in such a short time.
30 And when Sarai saw that Abram had conceived Hagar, Sarai became jealous of her maid, and Sarai said to herself, This is but that she should be better than I.
31 And Sarai said to Abram, My guilt be on you, for at the time you prayed before the Lord for children, why did you not pray on my behalf that the Lord might give me offspring from you?
32 And when I speak to Hagar in your presence, she despises my words, because she is with child, and you will not tell her anything; May the Lord judge between me and you for what you have done to me.
33 And Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your handmaid is in your hand; do to her what pleases you; and Sarai oppressed her, and Hagar fled from her into the desert.
34 And an angel of the Lord found her at the place where she had fled, by a well, and said to her, Fear not, for I will multiply your offspring, for you shall bear a son, and you shall call his name Ishmael; Well then, go back to Sarai, your mistress, and submit to her hands.
35 And Hagar called the place of this well Beer-lahai-roi, which is between Kadesh and the desert of Bered.
36 And Hagar returned at that time to the house of her master, and at the end of days Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called his name Ishmael; and Abram was eighty and six years old when he begat him.
Chapter 19
1 And the cities of Sodom had four judges for four cities, and these were their names: Serak in the city of Sodom, Sharkad in Gomorrah, Zabnak in Adama, and Menon in Zeboiim.
2 And Eliezer Abraham's servant called them various names, and he converted Serak to Shakra, Sharkad to Shakrura, Zebnac to Kezobim, and Menon to Matzlodin.
3 And at the request of their four judges, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah made beds set up in the streets of the cities, and if anyone came to these places, they seized him and put him by force in one of their beds, forcing him to lie on it.
4 And as he lay down, three men stood at his head and three at his feet, and they measured him according to the length of the bed, and if the man was shorter than the bed, these six men stretched him out at each end, and when he called them, they didn't answer.
5 And if it were longer than the bed, they would join the two sides of the bed at each end until the man reached the gates of death.
6 And if he kept crying out to them, they would answer and say, This is how it will be with a man who comes into our land.
7 And when the men heard all that the people from the cities of Sodom were doing, they stopped them from coming there.
8 And when a poor man came into their land, they gave him silver and gold, and proclaimed throughout the city that they would not give him a piece of bread to eat, and if the stranger stayed there a few days and died of hunger, then died if he were unable to get a piece of bread, then when he died, all the inhabitants of the city would come and take the silver and gold they had given him.
9 And those who could discern the silver or gold which they had given him took it back, and at his death they stripped off his clothes also, and they fought over it, and he that was victorious over his neighbor took she.
10 After that they would carry him away and bury him under some bushes in the wilderness; so they did every day to everyone who came to them and died in their land.
11 And in the course of time Sarah sent Eliezer to Sodom to see LOT and inquire of his welfare.
12 And Eliezer went to Sodom and found a man from Sodom fighting with a stranger, and the man from Sodom stripped off all his clothes from the poor man and went away.
13 And this poor man called Eliezer and begged his favor because of what the man of Sodom had done to him.
14 And he said to him, Why are you doing this to the poor man who has come to your land?
15 And the man of Sodom answered Eliezer and said, Is this man your brother, or have the people of Sodom made you judge today to speak of this man?
16 And Eliezer fought with the man of Sodom for the poor man, and when Eliezer drew near to get the poor man's clothes from the man of Sodom, he hastened and struck Eliezer on the forehead with a stone.
17 And blood flowed freely from Eliezer's forehead, and when the man saw the blood, he seized Eliezer and said, "Give me my reward for ridding you of this evil blood that is on your forehead, for that is the custom." and law our country.
18 And Eliezer said to him, You have struck me, and you require me to pay you your wages; and Eliezer would not listen to the words of the man of Sodom.
19 And the man arrested Eliezer and brought him to judgment before Shakra, the judge of Sodom.
20 And the man spoke to the judge and said: I beg you, my lord, this is what this man has done, for I struck him with a stone so that blood ran from his forehead, and he will not pay me my wages.
21 And the judge said to Eliezer: This man tells you the truth, give him his wages, for this is the custom in our land; and Eliezer heard the words of the judge, and he lifted up a stone and struck the judge, and the stone struck his forehead, and blood flowed profusely from the judge's forehead, and Eliezer said: If this is the custom in your country, give this man , what I should have given him, because that was your decision, you ordered it.
22 And Eliezer left the man of Sodom with the judge, and he went on his way.
23 And when the kings of Elam made war with the kings of Sodom, the kings of Elam captured all the possessions of Sodom and captured LOT with his property, and when Abraham was told this, he went out and made war with the kings of Elam , and he recovered from his hands all the possessions of LOT and the possessions of Sodom.
24 At that time Lot's wife bore him a daughter, and he named her Paltith, saying, Because God delivered him and all his house from the kings of Elam; and Paltith the daughter of LOT grew up, and one of the men of Sodom took her to wife.
25 And a poor man came into the city to feed himself, and he stayed in the city some days, and all the inhabitants of Sodom proclaimed their habit of not giving this man a piece of bread to eat until he fell. slain on the earth, and so they did.
26 And Paltith the daughter of LOT saw this man lying hungry in the road, and no one would give him anything to keep him alive, and he was about to die.
27 And her soul was filled with compassion for the man, and she fed him with bread secretly many days, and the soul of this man came to life.
28 For when she went out to draw water, she put bread in the jar, and when she came to the place where the poor man was, she took bread out of the jar and gave him to eat; so she did many days.
29 And all the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah marveled at how this man could endure so many days of hunger.
30 And they said to one another: It can only be that he eats and drinks, for no one can starve so many days, or live like this man, without even changing his face; and three men hid at a place where the poor man was stationed to find out who brought him bread to eat.
31 And Paltith the daughter of LOT went out that day to fetch water, and she put bread in her water jar, and she went to draw water from the poor man's place, and she took bread out of the jar, and gave it to the poor man and he eats.
32 And the three men saw what Paltith had done to the poor man, and said to her, You have taken care of him, and therefore he did not starve, did not change his appearance, and did not die like the others.
33 And the three men came out of the place where they were hiding, and took Paltith and the bread that was in the poor man's hand.
34 And they took Paltith and brought her before their judges, and they said to them, So she did, and it was she that fed the poor man, therefore he died not all the time; Tell us now the punishment that this woman deserves for breaking our law.
35 And the people of Sodom and Gomorrah gathered together and kindled a fire in the city street, and they took the woman and threw her into the fire, and she became ashes.
36 And in the city of Adama there was a woman with whom they did the same.
37 For a traveler came to the city of Adama to spend the night there, and wishing to return home in the morning, and he sat at the door of the young woman's father's house to remain there, for the sun had set. . . when he arrived at this place; and the young woman saw him sitting at the door of the house.
38 And he asked her for a glass of water, and she said to him, Who are you? and he said to her i wanted to go on the road today and i got here when the sun was going down so i will stay here all night and in the morning i will get up early and continue my journey.
39 And the young woman went into the house and brought the man bread and water to eat and drink.
40 And this case became known to the people of Adama, and they assembled and brought the young woman before the judges, that they should judge her for this deed.
41 And the judge said: This woman must be sentenced to death, because she has broken our law, and therefore this is the decision upon her.
42 And the people of those cities gathered together and brought the young woman, and they anointed her from head to foot with honey, as the judge had decreed, and they put her in front of a swarm of bees that were then in their hives, and the bees flew up her and it hurt that her whole body was swollen.
43 And the young woman cried out because of the bees, but no one noticed her or pitied her, and her cries went up to heaven.
44 And the Lord was provoked by this and by all the works of the cities of Sodom, for they had plenty of food and had rest among themselves, and yet cared not for the poor and needy, and in those days for their evil deeds, and their sins increased before them Mr.
45 And the Lord sent two of the angels that had come to the house of Abraham to destroy Sodom and its cities.
46 And the angels got up at the door of Abraham's tent, after they had eaten and drunk, and they came to Sodom by night, and LOT was then sitting in the door of Sodom, and when he saw them, he got up to meet them , and he bowed to the ground.
47 And he pressed them hard and brought them into his house and fed them what they ate, and they stayed in his house all night.
48 And the angels said to LOT: Get up, get out of this place, you and all who are yours, lest you be consumed by the iniquity of this city, for the Lord will destroy this place.
49 And the angels took LOT's hand, and his wife's hand, and his children's hands, and all that was his, and brought him and brought him outside the cities.
50 And they said to LOT: Flee for your life, and he fled with all that was his.
51 Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah and on all these cities.
52 And he destroyed these cities, the whole plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and whatever grew on the ground; and Ado the wife of LOT looked back to see the destruction of the cities, for her compassion was moved because of her daughters who remained in Sodom, for they did not go with her.
53 And when she looked back, she became a pillar of salt, and she still stands there today.
54 And the oxen that stayed there daily licked the salt up to their toes, and in the morning it floated again, and they licked it to this day.
55 And LOT and two of his daughters who stayed with him fled and escaped into the cave of Adullam, and they stayed there some time.
56 And Abraham arose early in the morning to see what had been done in the cities of Sodom; and he looked and saw the smoke of the cities going up like the smoke of a furnace.
57 And LOT and his two daughters stayed in the cave, and they gave their father wine to drink, and they lay down with him, for they said there was no man on earth who could raise seed from them, for they thought that the whole earth was destroyed.
58 And they both lay with their father and conceived and gave birth to children, and the firstborn called the name of her son Moab, saying, Of my father I conceived him; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.
59 And the youngest also named her son Benami; he is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.
60 And after this LOT and his two daughters departed from there, and he dwelt across the Jordan with his two daughters and their sons, and LOT's sons grew up, and they went and took wives from the land of Canaan, and begat children, and they were fruitful and multiplied.
The Battle of the Kings
LOT came to Canaan with Abraham. Both had large numbers of cattle, which led to grazing disputes between the shepherds of LOT and those of Abraham. This displeased Abraham, so he told LOT to choose the land that was before them. Abraham said that whatever choice Lot made, he would take what was left.
LOT chose the plains of the Jordan where the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were located. It is interesting here that the Dead Sea did not exist at all. The Jordan flowed through a well-watered plain and eventually emptied into the Gulf of Aqaba. The topography of this region was completely altered when the cities of the plain were destroyed. LOT settled here on the plain.
Some time later, four kings allied and fought against the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah. The battle was fought on this plain called the Valley of Siddim. The report states that this valley was full of slime pits, i.e. asphalt pits. It is in the same region that Job tells us that the rocks gave him rivers of oil. (Job 29:6) There is no more oil or asphalt in this place since the cities were destroyed by God's fire. The same area is now occupied by the Dead Sea.
The invading kings were victorious. The goods of Sodom and Gomorrah were taken. Lot and his belongings were taken with them. News of Lot's plight reached Abraham through a fugitive. Abraham armed three hundred and eighteen men of his own house, and with two allies and their forces he pursued the armies of the kings, and a ransom was effected.
The king of Sodom wanted to pay Abraham out of his goods. Abraham replied that he would not even take a shoelace lest the king of Sodom say he enriched Abraham. What the young people ate they were allowed to eat, but he took nothing for himself. Abraham knew his wealth was tainted with wickedness. He was well acquainted with accounts of evil deeds in these cities. Therefore, Abraham refused to receive in payment the wealth thus acquired.
Melchizedek, king of Salem
After Abraham saves Lot, they are introduced to a very interesting person. He is none other than Melchizedek, King of Salem. He met Abraham returning from battle.
This Melchizedek was a minister of righteousness, and he was Shem the son of Noah. Shem was then king of Salem, or Jerusalem, as Salem was the ancient name of that city. Abraham tithes everything to Melchizedek, who in turn brought bread and wine, for he was the priest of God Most High.
There was celebrated what later became known as the Last Supper. The importance of this was well known in Abraham's day. A priest after the order of Melchizedek broke bread and gave wine to Abraham.
It is later said that Yahshua was a priest of the same order. Between the time of this king, to whom Abraham gave tithes and from whom he received the sacraments, and the coming of Yahshua, who was to continue this office forever, lies an interesting period in history.
During this time, Abraham's seed grew into multitudes. Yahshua reintroduced the giving of bread and wine, and Abraham's descendants received it in remembrance of Him. From then until He returns as King of kings and Lord of lords and Jerusalem becomes the seat of authority in His kingdom, the seed of Abraham would continue to grow into a nation and a group of nations. During the last period, or Christian dispensation, they expanded and inherited all the blessings promised to Abraham.
The Order of Melchizedek, in its earthly representation, began with Adam as the first preacher of righteousness. Noah was the eighth and Shem the ninth. Shem lived until Isaac, Abraham's son, was about forty years old. That was five hundred years after the Flood. Thus from Adam to Shem passing through Methuselah, who was a contemporary of both because of his long life, the history and earliest records of the race could be given to Abraham.
With the death of Shem, the Order of Melchizedek ceased to have any earthly representation. Yahshua came and became the tithe, that is, the completion of this order. In his ministry he was a prophet; in his atonement he was a priest. When he returns he will be king. Thus, in the order of Melchizedek, He is Prophet, Priest, and King.
The birth of Ishmael, progenitor of the Arabs
In the Book of Jasher we are told:
Chapter 16
1 At that time Chedorlaomer king of Elam sent with him to all the neighboring kings, Nimrod king of Shinar, who was then in his power, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Aryoch king of Elazar with whom he made a covenant, saying, Come up! to me and help me to strike all the cities of Sodom and their inhabitants, for they have rebelled against me these thirteen years.
2 And these four kings went up with all their camps, about eight hundred thousand men, and they went out as they were and slew every man they met on their way.
3 And the five kings of Sodom and Gomorrah, Shinab king of Adama, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, Bera king of Sodom, Bersha king of Gomorrah, and Bela king of Zoar, went out to meet them. and they all came together in the valley of Siddim.
4 And these nine kings made war in the valley of Siddim; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah were defeated by the kings of Elam.
5 And the valley of Siddim was full of lime pits, and the kings of Elam pursued the kings of Sodom, and the kings of Sodom fled with their camps and fell into the lime pits, and all that was left went up the mountains to save himself. and the five kings of Elam followed them and pursued them to the gates of Sodom and took all that was in Sodom.
6 And they plundered all the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and they also took Lot the son of Abram's brother and his possessions, and they confiscated all the possessions of the cities of Sodom, and went away; and Unic, Abram's servant, who was in battle, saw it and told Abram all that the kings had done in the cities of Sodom, and that Lot was taken captive by them.
7 And Abram heard it, and he rose up with about three hundred and eighteen men who were with him, and he pursued these kings that night and struck them, and they all fell before Abram and his men, and there was none left but them four kings fled, each going his own way.
8 And Abram brought back all the property of Sodom, and he also acquired Lot and his property, his wives and children, and all that was his, so that Lot lacked nothing.
9 And when he came back after defeating these kings, he went with his men through the valley of Siddim where the kings had made war with one another.
10 And Bera king of Sodom and the rest of his men who were with him came out of the limestone pits into which they had fallen to meet Abram and his men.
11 And Adonisedek king of Jerusalem, the same as Shem, went out with his men to meet Abram and his people with bread and wine, and they stayed together in the valley of Melech.
12 And Adonisedek blessed Abram, and Abram gave him a tithe of all that he had brought from the spoils of his enemies, for Adonisedek was a priest before God.
13 And all the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah who were there came to Abram with their servants and begged him to return their servants whom he had taken prisoner and to take all their possessions for himself.
14 And Abram answered the kings of Sodom, and said, As the Lord liveth, who created heaven and earth, and redeemed my soul from every affliction, and who delivered me today from my enemies, and delivered them into my hand, I will take all what is yours, so that tomorrow you cannot boast, saying, Abram has become rich from our wealth, which he saved.
15 For the Lord my God, in whom I trust, said to me, You shall not want, for I will bless you in all the works of your hands.
16 And now, behold, here is all that is yours, take it and go; As the Lord lives, he will not take a living soul from you, not even a tie or a shoelace, except the cost of the provisions of those who went to battle with me, and the portions of the men who went with me , Anar, Ashcol, and Mamre, they and their men, and those who are left to guard the baggage, they will take their share of the spoils.
17 And the kings of Sodom gave Abram after all that he had said, and they urged him to take whatever he wanted, but he would not.
18 And he sent away the kings of Sodom and their remaining men, and gave them orders concerning Lot, and they went to their respective places.
19 And Lot his brother's son also went out with his possessions and went with them, and Lot returned to his homeland, to Sodom, and Abram and his people returned to their homeland in the plain of Mamre, which is near Hebron lies .
20 At that time the Lord appeared again to Abram in Hebron and said to him, Fear not, your reward is very great before me, for I will not forsake you until I multiply you and bless you and make you your seed like the stars in the sky that cannot be measured or counted.
21 And I will give to your descendants all these lands that you see with your eyes, to them I will give them for an inheritance forever; only be strong and do not fear, walk before me and be perfect.
22 And in the seventy-eighth year of Abram's life, that year Reu the son of Peleg died, and all the days of Reu were two hundred and thirty-nine years, and he died.
23 And Sarai the daughter of Haran, Abram's wife, was barren in those days; she gave Abram neither son nor daughter.
24 And when she saw that she had no children, she took Hagar her maid, whom Pharaoh had given her, and gave her to her husband Abram to wife.
25 For Hagar learned all the ways from Sarai, as Sarai taught her, she was by no means defective in following her good ways.
26 And Sarai said to Abram, Behold, here is my maid Hagar, go to her, that she may carry it on my knees, that I may also have children by her.
27 And at the end of Abram's ten-year sojourn in the land of Canaan, which is Abram's eighty-five year, Sarai gave him Hagar.
28 And Abram listened to the voice of his wife Sarai, and he took Hagar his maidservant, and Abram came to her, and she conceived.
29 And when Hagar saw that she had conceived, she rejoiced greatly, and her mistress was despised in her eyes, and she said to herself, This can only be that I am better in the sight of God than Sarai, mine Mistress, for all In the days when my mistress was with my lord, she did not conceive, but the lord caused me to conceive through him in such a short time.
30 And when Sarai saw that Abram had conceived Hagar, Sarai became jealous of her maid, and Sarai said to herself, This is but that she should be better than I.
31 And Sarai said to Abram, My guilt be on you, for at the time you prayed before the Lord for children, why did you not pray on my behalf that the Lord might give me offspring from you?
32 And when I speak to Hagar in your presence, she despises my words, because she is with child, and you will not tell her anything; May the Lord judge between me and you for what you have done to me.
33 And Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your handmaid is in your hand; do to her what pleases you; and Sarai oppressed her, and Hagar fled from her into the desert.
34 And an angel of the Lord found her at the place where she had fled, by a well, and said to her, Fear not, for I will multiply your offspring, for you shall bear a son, and you shall call his name Ishmael; Well then, go back to Sarai, your mistress, and submit to her hands.
35 And Hagar called the place of this well Beer-lahai-roi, which is between Kadesh and the desert of Bered.
36 And Hagar returned at that time to the house of her master, and at the end of days Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called his name Ishmael; and Abram was eighty and six years old when he begat him.
Chapter 21
1 And it was at that time, at the end of a year and four months, when Abraham dwelt in the land of the Philistines in Gerar, God visited Sarah, and the Lord remembered her, and she conceived and bare Abraham a son.
2 And Abraham called the son who was born to him, and whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
3 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God commanded Abraham to do with his seed after him; and Abraham was a hundred years old, and Sarah ninety years old, when Isaac was born to them.
4 And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
5 And Shem and Eber, and all the rulers of the land, and Abimelech king of the Philistines, and his servants, and Phikol the captain of his army, came to eat and to drink, and to rejoice in the feast that Abraham had in the day the weaning of his son Isaac.
6 Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor his brother also came from Haran, they and all who belonged to them, for they rejoiced greatly when they heard that a son had been born to Sarah.
7 And they came to Abraham, and ate and drank at the feast that Abraham made on the day that Isaac was weaned.
8 And Terah and Nahor rejoiced in Abraham, and stayed with him many days in the land of the Philistines.
9 At that time Serug son of Reu died in the first year of the birth of Isaac son of Abraham.
10 And all the days of Serug were two hundred and thirty-nine years, and he died.
11 And Ishmael the son of Abraham grew up in those days; he was fourteen years old when Sarah gave Isaac to Abraham.
12 And God was with Ishmael the son of Abraham, and he grew up, and he learned to wield the bow, and became an archer.
13 And when Isaac was five years old, he sat with Ishmael in the tent door.
14 And Ishmael came to Isaac and sat opposite him, and he took the bow and drew it and put the arrow in it, intending to kill Isaac.
15 And Sarah saw the act that Ishmael wished to do to her son Isaac, and it grieved her greatly for her son's sake, and she sent for Abraham and said to him, Cast out this slave girl and her son, because of their child shall not be my son's inheritance be, because that's what he wanted to do with him today.
16 And Abraham heard Sarah's voice, and he rose early in the morning, and took twelve loaves of bread and a pitcher of water, which he gave to Hagar, and sent them away with her son, and Hagar went into the wilderness with her son, and they dwelt in the wilderness of Paran with the dwellers of the desert, and Ishmael was an archer, and he dwelt in the wilderness a long time.
17 After this he and his mother went into the land of Egypt, and they dwelt there, and Hagar took a wife for her son out of Egypt, and her name was Meribah.
18 And Ishmael's wife conceived and gave birth to four sons and two daughters, and Ishmael and his mother and his wife and his children went into the wilderness after that and returned.
19 And they pitched tents in the wilderness where they dwelt, and they went on, and then rested monthly and yearly.
20 And God gave Ishmael flocks and oxen and tents for the sake of his father Abraham, and the man multiplied in cattle.
21 And Ishmael dwelt in wilderness and tents, and wandered and rested long days, and he did not see his father's face.
22 And some time later Abraham said to his wife Sarah, I will go and see my son Ishmael, for I have a desire to see him, for I have not seen him for a long time.
23 And Abraham rode into the desert on one of his camels to look for his son Ishmael, for he had heard that he was staying in a tent in the desert with all that was his.
24 And Abraham went into the wilderness and came about noon to Ishmael's tent and asked about Ishmael and found Ishmael's wife sitting in the tent with their children, and Ishmael and her husband and her mother were not with her.
25 And Abraham asked Ishmael's wife, saying, Where has Ishmael gone? and she said, He went out into the field to hunt, and Abraham still rode on the camel, for he would not come down to the earth, for he had sworn to his wife Sarah not to come down from the camel.
26 And Abraham said to Ishmael's wife, My daughter, give me some water to drink, for I am weary from the journey.
27 And Ishmael's wife answered and said to Abraham, We have neither water nor bread, and she continued to sit in the tent and did not notice Abraham and did not ask who he was.
28 But she beat her children in the tent and cursed them, and she also cursed her husband Ishmael and rebuked him, and Abraham heard the words of Ishmael's wife to his children, and he became very angry and dissatisfied.
29 And Abraham called the woman to come out of the tent to him, and the woman came and stood before Abraham, for Abraham was still riding the camel.
30 And Abraham said to Ishmael's wife, When Ishmael your husband comes home, tell him these words:
31 A very old man from the land of the Philistines came hither to seek you, and such was your appearance and your form; I didn't ask who he was and when I saw that you weren't here he spoke to me and said: When Ishmael, your husband, comes back, tell him what that man said: When you come home, keep that tent nail you've put. here, and put another nail in its place.
32 And Abraham finished his instructions to the woman, and he turned back and rode his camel home.
33 And after Ishmael came from the hunt, he and his mother, and they returned to the tent, and his wife spoke these words to him:
34 A very old man from the land of the Philistines came to you, and such was your appearance and your form; I didn't ask who he was, and when I saw that you weren't at home, he said to me: when your husband comes home, tell him, says the old man, take the tent peg you put up here, and insert another . nail in place.
35 And Ishmael heard the words of his wife and he knew that it was his father and that his wife did not honor him.
36 And Ishmael understood what his father had said to his wife, and Ishmael listened to his father's voice, and Ishmael rejected that woman, and she went away.
37 After this Ishmael went into the land of Canaan and took another woman and brought her to his tent in the place where he was then staying.
38 And at the end of the three years Abraham said, I will go again and see my son Ishmael, for I have not seen him for a long time.
39 And he mounted his camel and went into the wilderness and came to Ishmael's tent about noon.
40 And he asked about Ishmael, and his wife came out of the tent and she said: He is not here, sir, for he has been hunting and feeding the camels, and the woman said to Abraham: Return to me Lord, come into the tent and eat a piece of bread, for your soul must be weary from the journey.
41 And Abraham said unto her, I will not stop, because I am in haste to continue my way, but give me some water to drink, for I am thirsty; and the woman hastened and ran to the tent and brought water and bread to Abraham, which she set before him and bade him eat, and he ate and drank, and his heart was comforted, and he blessed his son Ishmael.
42 And he finished his meal and blessed the Lord and said to Ishmael's wife: When Ishmael comes home, tell him these words:
43 A very old man from the land of the Philistines came hither and asked for you, and you were not here; and I brought him bread and water, and he ate and drank, and his heart was comforted.
44 And he spoke these words to me: When Ishmael your husband comes home, say to him: The nail of the tent which you have is very good; do not put it outside the tent.
45 And Abraham finished the commandments of the woman, and he went to his house in the land of the Philistines; and when Ishmael came to his tent, his wife went to meet him with joy and a glad heart.
46 And she said to him, An old man came here from the land of the Philistines, and this is what he looked like, and he asked about you, and you were not here, so I brought him bread and water, and he ate and drank and his heart was comforted.
47 And he spoke these words to me: When Ishmael your husband comes home, say to him: The nail of the tent which you have is very good; do not put it outside the tent.
48 And Ishmael knew that he was his father and that his wife had honored him, and the Lord blessed Ishmael.
Chapter 22
1 And Ishmael arose and took his wife and his children and his cattle and everything that was his; and he left from there and went to his father in the land of the Philistines.
2 And Abraham told his son Ishmael about the deal with the first wife that Ishmael took, according to what she had done.
3 And Ishmael and his sons dwelt with Abraham many days in that land, and Abraham dwelt long in the land of the Philistines.
4 And the days increased and reached twenty and six years, and after that Abraham left the land of the Philistines with his servants and all that was his, and went far away, and they came near Hebron, and they tarried there and Abraham's servants dug wells of water, and Abraham and all his family dwelt in the water, and the servants of Abimelech king of the Philistines heard a report that Abraham's servants had dug wells of water in the borders of the ground.
5 And they came and quarreled with Abraham's servants and stole from them the great well that they had dug.
6 And Abimelech king of the Philistines heard of this, and he came to Abraham with Phikol the captain of his army, and twenty of his men, and Abimelech spoke to Abraham about his servants, and Abraham rebuked Abimelech about the well of his own servants had stolen.
7 And Abimelech said to Abraham, As the Lord lives, who created the whole earth, I have heard nothing to this day of what my servants did to your servants.
8 And Abraham took seven lambs and gave them to Abimelech, saying, Please take these out of my hand, so that it may be a testimony that I dug this well.
9 And Abimelech took the seven sheep that Abraham had given him, for he had also given him cattle and flocks in abundance, and Abimelech swore to Abraham by the well, so he called that well Beersheba, for there they both swore to him.
10 And both made a covenant in Beersheba, and Abimelech rose up with Phikol the captain of his army and all his men, and they returned to the land of the Philistines, and Abraham and all that belonged to him dwelt in Beersheba , and he was me on this earth a long time ago.
11 And Abraham planted a great grove in Beersheba, and he built four gates facing all four sides of the land, and he planted a vineyard in it, so that when a traveler came to Abraham, he would enter through every gate that got in his way and stayed there and ate and drank and was full and then left.
12 For the house of Abraham was always open to the children of men, who went by and by, who came daily to eat and drink in Abraham's house.
13 And to everyone who was hungry and came into Abraham's house, Abraham gave him bread that he might eat and drink and be filled, and everyone who came into his house naked he would clothe with clothes that he could choose, and give him silver and gold and make him known to the Lord who created him on earth; that's what Abraham did all his life.
14 And Abraham and his sons and all that was his dwelt in Beersheba, and he pitched his tent as far as Hebron.
15 And Abraham's brother Nahor and his father and all that was theirs dwelt in Haran, for they did not go into the land of Canaan with Abraham.
16 And children were born to Nahor, whom Milcah the daughter of Haran and the sister of Sarah, Abraham's wife, bare to him.
17 And these are the names of those who were born to him: Uz, Buz, Kemuel, Kesed, Chazo, Pildash, Tidlaf, and Bethuel, eight sons, these are the sons of Milka, whom she bare to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
18 And Nahor had a concubine, and her name was Reumah, and she also bare to Nahor Zebach, Gachash, Tachash, and Maacha, four sons.
19 And the children who were born in Nahor were twelve sons besides his daughters, and they also had sons who were born in Haran.
20 And the children of Uz, the firstborn of Nahor, were Abi, Cheref, Gadin, Melus, and Deborah his sister.
21 And the sons of Buz were Berachel, Naamath, Sheva, and Madonu.
22 And the sons of Kemuel were Aram and Recob.
23 And the sons of Kesed were Anamlech, Mesai, Benon, and Yifi; and the sons of Chazo were Pildash, Mechi, and Opher.
24 And the sons of Pildash were Arud, Chamum, Mered, and Moloch.
25 And the sons of Tidlaf were Mushan, Kushan, and Mutzi.
26 And the children of Bethuel were Sechar, Laban, and Rebekah his sister.
27 These are the families of the sons of Nahor who were born to them in Haran; and Aram the son of Kemuel and Rehob his brother set out from Haran and found a valley in the land of the Euphrates.
28 And they built a city there, and called the city Pethor the son of Aram, that is, Aram Naherayim to this day.
29 And the children of Kesed also went to dwell where they could find a place, and they went and found a valley opposite the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
30 And there they built themselves a city, and they called the city Kesed after their father's name, which is the land of Kasdim to this day, and the Kasdim dwelt in that land, and they were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly.
31 And Terah the father of Nahor and Abraham went and took another wife in his old age, and her name was Pelila, and she conceived and bore him a son, and he called his name Zoba.
32 And Terah lived twenty and five years after he begot Zoba.
33 And Terah died that year, that is, in the thirty and fifth year after the birth of Isaac son of Abraham.
34 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and he was buried in Haran.
35 And Zoba the son of Terah lived thirty years, and begat Aram, Achlis, and Merik.
36 And Aram the son of Zobah the son of Terah had three wives and begat twelve sons and three daughters; and the Lord gave Aram the son of Zobah riches and possessions and many livestock, flocks and oxen, and the man grew greatly.
37 And Aram the son of Zobah and his brother and all his family set out from Haran and settled where they could find a place, for their wealth was too great to remain in Haran; for they could not halt at Haran with their brethren the sons of Nahor.
38 And Aram the son of Zoba went with his brothers, and they found a distant valley leading east, and dwelt there.
39 And they built there also a city, and they called it Aram, after the name of their elder brother; who is Aram Zoba to this day.
40 And Isaac the son of Abraham grew up in those days, and Abraham his father taught him the way of the Lord, to know the Lord, and the Lord was with him.
41 And when Isaac was thirty and seven years old, Ishmael his brother went with him through the tent.
42 And Ishmael boasted before Isaac, saying, I was thirteen years old when the Lord spoke to my father to circumcise us, and I did according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to my father, and I gave him mine soul Lord, and have not transgressed the word which he commanded my father.
43 And Isaac answered Ishmael and said, Why do you boast about me because of this little part of your flesh, which you took from your body, as the Lord commanded you?
44 As the LORD lives, the God of my father Abraham, if the LORD had said to my father, Take Isaac your son, and offer him up as a sacrifice, I would not abstain, but would gladly accept it.
45 And the Lord heard the word that Isaac spoke to Ishmael, and it seemed good in the eyes of the Lord, and he thought of testing Abraham in the matter.
46 And the day came when the sons of God came and stood before the Lord, and Satan also came with the sons of God before the Lord.
47 And the Lord said to Satan, Where are you from? and Satan answered the Lord, and said, Of going to and fro on the earth, and of going up and down in it.
48 And the Lord said to Satan, What have you said to me concerning all the children of the earth? and Satan answered the Lord and said: I have seen all the children of the earth who serve you and think of you when they ask something of you.
49 And when you give them what they ask of you, they feel comfortable and leave you and remember you no more.
50 You saw Abraham the son of Terah, who was first childless, and he ministered to you and set up altars for you wherever he went, and brought offerings on them, and kept proclaiming your name to all the children of the earth.
51 And now that his son Isaac was born to him, he has left you, he has made a great feast for all the inhabitants of the land, and he has forgotten the Lord.
52 For in all that he did, he brought you no offering; neither burnt offering, nor peace offerings, nor oxen, lambs, or kids, of any thing that he killed on the day his child was weaned.
53 Even from the birth of his son until now, thirty-seven years old, he has not built an altar before you, nor brought you any offerings, for he has seen that you have given what he asked before you and him, that is why he has you leave. .
54 And the Lord said to Satan, Is that how you regard my servant Abraham? for there is none like him on earth, a blameless and righteous man before me, who fears God and shuns evil; As surely as I live, if I said to him, Bring your son Isaac before me, he would not withhold him from me, much less if I told him to bring before me a burnt offering of his sheep or his oxen.
55 And Satan answered the Lord and said, Speak now to Abraham as thou hast said, and thou shalt see whether he transgresses in that day, and forsakes thy words.
Chapter 25
1 And it was at that time that Abraham in his old age again took a wife, and her name was Keturah of the land of Canaan.
2 And she bare him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah, six sons. And the sons of Simran were Abihen, Molich, and Narim.
3 And the sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan, and the sons of Medan were Amida, Joab, Gochi, Elisha, and Nothah; and the sons of Midian were Epha, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.
4 And the sons of Ishbak: Machiro, and Beodua, and Tator.
5 And the sons of Shuah were Bildad, Mamdad, Munan, and Meban; all these are the families of the sons of Keturah the Canaanite woman, whom she bore to Abraham the Hebrew.
6 And Abraham sent these all away and gave them presents, and they left Isaac his son to dwell wherever they found a place.
7 And they all went up to the mountain on the east, and built six cities for themselves, in which they dwell to this day.
8 But the children of Sheba and Dedan, the children of Jokshan, with their children, did not dwell with their brethren in their cities, and they traveled and encamped in the lands and deserts to this day.
9 And the children of Midian the son of Abraham went east of the land of Cush, and there they found a great valley in the east land, and they tarried there and built a city, and dwelt in it, which is the land of Midian unto the present day Day.
10 And Midian dwelt in the city that he was building, he and his five sons, and all that was his.
11 And these are the names of the sons of Midian according to their names in their cities: Epha, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaa.
12 And the sons of Ephas were Methah, Meshar, Avi, and Tzanua; and the sons of Epher were Ephron, Zur, Alirun, and Medin; and the sons of Hanoch were Reuel, Rekem, Azi, Alyoshub, and Alad.
13 And the sons of Abidah were Chur, Melud, Kerury, and Molchi; and the sons of Eldaah were Miker, Reba, Malchiyah, and Gabol; these are the names of the Midianites after their families; and after that the families of Midian were scattered throughout all the land of Midian.
14 And these are the generations of Ishmael the son of Abraham, whom Hagar Sarah's handmaid gave to Abraham.
15 And Ishmael took a woman from the land of Egypt, and her name was Ribah, the same is Meribah.
16 And Ribah gave Ishmael to Nebayoth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, and Bosmath their sister.
17 And Ishmael cast out Ribah his wife, and she left him and returned to Egypt to her father's house, and dwelt there, for she had been very evil in the sight of Ishmael, and in the sight of her father Abraham. .
18 And Ishmael took after that a wife from the land of Canaan, and her name was Malchuth, and she bore him Nishma, Dumah, Masa, Chadad, Tema, Yetur, Naphish and Kedma.
19 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, twelve princes according to their peoples; and the families of Ishmael were scattered afterwards, and Ishmael took his children and all the property he had acquired, along with the souls of his family and all that was his, and they went to live where they had a place should find.
20 And they went and dwelt near the desert of Paran, and their dwelling was from Havilah to Shur, which is before Egypt when you come to Assyria.
21 And Ishmael and his children dwelt in the land, and children were born unto them, and they were fruitful and grew plentifully.
22 And these are the names of the sons of Nebayoth the firstborn Ishmael; mending, sending, mayon; and the sons of Kedar were Alyon, Kezem, Chamad, and Eli.
23 And the sons of Adbeel were Chamad and Jabin; and the sons of Mibsam were Obadiah, Ebedmelech, and Jeush; these are the families of the sons of Ribá, Ishmael's wife.
24 And the sons of Mishmash the son of Ishmael were Shamu, Zacharyon, and Obed; and the sons of Dumah were Kezed, Eli, Machmad, and Amed.
25 And the sons of Masa were Melon, Mula, and Ebidadon; and the sons of Chadad were Azure, Minzar, and Ebedmelech; and the sons of Tema were Seir, Sadon, and Yakol.
26 And the sons of Yetur were Merith, Yaish, Alyo, and Pacoth; and the sons of Naphish were Ebed-Tamed, Abiyasaph, and Mir; and the sons of Kedma were Calip, Takhti, and Omir; These were the children of Malchuth, Ishmael's wife, after their families.
27 These are all the families of Ishmael according to their families, and they have dwelt in those countries where they built cities to this day.
28 And Rebecca the daughter of Bethuel, the wife of Isaac the son of Abraham, was barren in those days; she had no seed; and Isaac dwelt with his father in the land of Canaan; and the Lord was with Isaac; and Arpachshad the son of Shem the son of Noah died in those days in the forty-eighth year of Isaac's life, and all the days that Arpachshad lived were four hundred and thirty-eight years, and he died.
Have those who teach that Abraham was a Jew explain why the white race of many nations is represented alongside the Jews in their descendants. Those who teach this do not understand the story the Bible tells. It is absolutely necessary that we recognize the origin of the races, including the Jews, if we are to understand the meaning of history and current events today.
ABRAHAM WAS NOT A JEW. He had several children, but not all of them had the same mother. Isaac was born to Sarah. Ishmael was born of Agar. After Sarah's death, Abraham married Keturah, who became the mother of six children. These sons were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.
The offspring of the children of these three mothers, Sarah, Hagar, and Keturah, are as varied in their individual traits as the Arabs, Turks, Jews, and Anglo-Saxons are today. We need to get rid of the vague reasoning and flawed logic that has dominated much of our thinking on these issues.
JEWS STILL EXISTED MANY CENTURIES AFTER THE DAYS OF ABRAHAM. ALTHOUGH MOST MISS THE FACT THAT THE MIXED PEOPLE WHO WENT WITH ISRAEL ON THEIR EXODUS FROM EGYPT WERE THE FIRST JEWS. FOR IT WAS THE BLEND OF THE BLEND OF THE TRUE ISRAELITES AND THE OTHER INDIGENOUS RACES AND PEOPLE OF EGYPT.
Then there was an influx of Jews, again bastards, who are half-breeds mixed with the blood of Esau (Jacob/Israel's brother) and his Canaanite wives; then there is another infusion of Israelite blood into the Canaanite people from Judah's marriage to his Canaanite wife. Then there is the mention in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. JAKOB/ISRAEL HAD A TOTAL OF TWELVE CHILDREN; THE DESCENDANTS OF THE ELEVEN CHILDREN WERE NOT JEWS.
The reason for emphasizing this fact here is that attention can be drawn to the true story the Bible tells and not to the misunderstanding of the true story the Bible tells and not to the misunderstanding and lies that Judeo-Christian ministers commonly teach today. This information is rightly understood as a background of historical developments if we want to know the meaning of racial and national movements in modern times.
With no children, Sarah decided to take matters into her own hands, not wanting to wait for God's timing. She gave Abraham her maid Hagar to wife. In those days when a woman was childless it was customary to have children by proxy, and so Sarah took this form to have a son for Abraham. She later suffered greatly from this.
Hagar bore Abraham a son and named him Ishmael. Just before she was born, Hagar ran away from Sarah because Sarah was hard on her. The angel of the Lord appeared to Habar and told him to return to his lady. He promised her that she would give birth to a son whose name was Ishmael, and that her offspring would be a great multitude that could not be numbered. The angel also told Hagar that her son would be a wild man; that is, to live in the wilderness, and his hand would be against every man, and the hand of all men would be against him. Abraham was eighty-six years old when Ishmael was born.
Ishmael and his descendants
Ishmael grew into a young man, and Sarah saw him mocking her son Isaac. This resulted in Hagar and Ishmael being expelled so that Ishmael would not have an inheritance with Isaac. Hagar wandered through the desert. Her water supply was running out and she despaired for Ismael's life. She left the boy at a distance so as not to witness his suffering. As she wept, God showed her a well of water. Then Hagar was promised that Ishmael would become a great nation.
Ishmael was revived by the water. He grew up and lived in the desert of Paran, that is, in the deserts of Arabia. Here he became a great archer.
We find this related to the book of Jasher:
Chapter 21
1 And it was at that time, at the end of a year and four months, when Abraham dwelt in the land of the Philistines in Gerar, God visited Sarah, and the Lord remembered her, and she conceived and bare Abraham a son.
2 And Abraham called the son who was born to him, and whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac.
3 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God commanded Abraham to do with his seed after him; and Abraham was a hundred years old, and Sarah ninety years old, when Isaac was born to them.
4 And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
5 And Shem and Eber, and all the rulers of the land, and Abimelech king of the Philistines, and his servants, and Phikol the captain of his army, came to eat and to drink, and to rejoice in the feast that Abraham had in the day the weaning of his son Isaac.
6 Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor his brother also came from Haran, they and all who belonged to them, for they were very glad to hear that a son was born to Sarah.
7 And they came to Abraham, and ate and drank at the feast that Abraham made on the day that Isaac was weaned.
8 And Terah and Nahor rejoiced in Abraham, and stayed with him many days in the land of the Philistines.
9 At that time Serug son of Reu died in the first year of the birth of Isaac son of Abraham.
10 And all the days of Serug were two hundred and thirty-nine years, and he died.
11 And Ishmael the son of Abraham grew up in those days; he was fourteen years old when Sarah gave Isaac to Abraham.
12 And God was with Ishmael the son of Abraham, and he grew up, and he learned to wield the bow, and became an archer.
13 AND WHEN ISAAC WAS FIVE, HE SAT WITH ISHMAEL AT THE DOOR OF THE TENT.
14 AND ISHMAEL CAME TO ISAAC AND SAT DOWN OPPOSITE HIM AND HE TAKES THE BOW AND PULLS IT AND STUCKS THE ARROW INTO IT AND INTENDED TO KILL ISAAC.
15 AND SARAH SAW THE ACT WHICH ISHMAEL WANTED HER SON ISAAC TO DO, AND SHE WAS VERY DAMNED BECAUSE OF HER SON, AND SHE SENT TO CALL ABRAHAM, AND SAID TO HIM THERE ARE THIS SLAVE AND HER SON FOR THEY SON MAY NOT HEIR WITH MY SON BECAUSE HE TRYED HIM TODAY.
16 And Abraham heard Sarah's voice, and he rose early in the morning, and took twelve loaves of bread and a pitcher of water, which he gave to Hagar, and sent them away with her son, and Hagar went into the wilderness with her son, and they dwelt in the wilderness of Paran with the dwellers of the desert, and Ishmael was an archer, and he dwelt in the wilderness a long time.
17 After this he and his mother went into the land of Egypt, and they dwelt there, and Hagar took a wife for her son out of Egypt, and her name was Meribah.
18 And Ishmael's wife conceived and gave birth to four sons and two daughters, and Ishmael and his mother and his wife and his children went into the wilderness after that and returned.
19 And they pitched tents in the wilderness where they dwelt, and they went on, and then rested monthly and yearly.
20 And God gave Ishmael flocks and oxen and tents for the sake of his father Abraham, and the man multiplied in cattle.
21 And Ishmael dwelt in wilderness and tents, and wandered and rested long days, and he did not see his father's face.
22 And some time later Abraham said to his wife Sarah, I will go and see my son Ishmael, for I have a desire to see him, for I have not seen him for a long time.
23 And Abraham rode into the desert on one of his camels to look for his son Ishmael, for he had heard that he was staying in a tent in the desert with all that was his.
24 And Abraham went into the wilderness and came about noon to Ishmael's tent and asked about Ishmael and found Ishmael's wife sitting in the tent with their children, and Ishmael and her husband and her mother were not with her.
25 And Abraham asked Ishmael's wife, saying, Where has Ishmael gone? and she said, He went out into the field to hunt, and Abraham still rode on the camel, for he would not come down to the earth, for he had sworn to his wife Sarah not to come down from the camel.
26 And Abraham said to Ishmael's wife, My daughter, give me some water to drink, for I am weary from the journey.
27 And Ishmael's wife answered and said to Abraham, We have neither water nor bread, and she continued to sit in the tent and did not notice Abraham and did not ask who he was.
28 But she beat her children in the tent and cursed them, and she also cursed her husband Ishmael and rebuked him, and Abraham heard the words of Ishmael's wife to his children, and he became very angry and dissatisfied.
29 And Abraham called the woman to come out of the tent to him, and the woman came and stood before Abraham, for Abraham was still riding the camel.
30 And Abraham said to Ishmael's wife, When Ishmael your husband comes home, tell him these words:
31 A very old man from the land of the Philistines came hither to seek you, and such was your appearance and your form; I didn't ask who he was and when I saw that you weren't here he spoke to me and said: When Ishmael, your husband, comes back, tell him what that man said: When you come home, keep that tent nail you've put. here, and put another nail in its place.
32 And Abraham finished his instructions to the woman, and he turned back and rode his camel home.
33 And after Ishmael came from the hunt, he and his mother, and they returned to the tent, and his wife spoke these words to him:
34 A very old man from the land of the Philistines came to you, and such was your appearance and your form; I didn't ask who he was, and when I saw that you weren't at home, he said to me: when your husband comes home, tell him, says the old man, take the tent peg you put up here, and insert another . nail in place.
35 And Ishmael heard the words of his wife and he knew that it was his father and that his wife did not honor him.
36 And Ishmael understood what his father had said to his wife, and Ishmael listened to his father's voice, and Ishmael rejected that woman, and she went away.
37 After this Ishmael went into the land of Canaan and took another woman and brought her to his tent in the place where he was then staying.
38 And at the end of the three years Abraham said, I will go again and see my son Ishmael, for I have not seen him for a long time.
39 And he mounted his camel and went into the wilderness and came to Ishmael's tent about noon.
40 And he asked about Ishmael, and his wife came out of the tent and she said: He is not here, sir, for he has been hunting and feeding the camels, and the woman said to Abraham: Return to me Lord, come into the tent and eat a piece of bread, for your soul must be weary from the journey.
41 And Abraham said unto her, I will not stop, because I am in haste to continue my way, but give me some water to drink, for I am thirsty; and the woman hastened and ran to the tent and brought water and bread to Abraham, which she set before him and bade him eat, and he ate and drank, and his heart was comforted, and he blessed his son Ishmael.
42 And he finished his meal and blessed the Lord and said to Ishmael's wife: When Ishmael comes home, tell him these words:
43 A very old man from the land of the Philistines came hither and asked for you, and you were not here; and I brought him bread and water, and he ate and drank, and his heart was comforted.
44 And he spoke these words to me: When Ishmael your husband comes home, say to him: The nail of the tent which you have is very good; do not put it outside the tent.
45 And Abraham finished the commandments of the woman, and he went to his house in the land of the Philistines; and when Ishmael came to his tent, his wife went to meet him with joy and a glad heart.
46 And she said to him, An old man came here from the land of the Philistines, and this is what he looked like, and he asked about you, and you were not here, so I brought him bread and water, and he ate and drank and his heart was comforted.
47 And he spoke these words to me: When Ishmael your husband comes home, say to him: The nail of the tent which you have is very good; do not put it outside the tent.
48 And Ishmael knew that he was his father and that his wife had honored him, and the Lord blessed Ishmael.
The Bible declares that ancient prophecies were fulfilled in the descendants of Ishmael. Everybody's hand was against them and they were against every man. They dwelt in the presence of all their brothers. They became a mob, with princes and chieftains at the head of their bands. Their home was and is mostly in the Arabian Desert. Closely related to them were other descendants of Abraham through Esau and Keturah. Intermarriages between the tribes of Esau and Ishmael further unite these two branches.
The marriage between the descendants of Ishmael and the children of Esau brought more Jews, mestizos, into the world because the children born to them were bastards, the mark of the Jews.
If Abraham were a Jew, as the lying and deceitful Judeo-Christian clergy would have us believe, then the Turks and Arabs, the descendants of Keturah, who populated parts of India, would also be Jews. However, this is not the case and it would be foolish to call these people by that name.
When we deal with the story of Sarah's son and the sons of Keturah, it is seen as contradicting the facts in the doctrine, which brings all or even a large number of Abraham's descendants under one classification. The Bible clearly shows the diversity of races descended from one son, Isaac.
Abram name changed to Abraham
The father of many peoples
When Abraham was ninety-three years old, God appeared to him and changed his name from Abram to Abraham, for he said, "I have made you the father of many nations." (Genesis 17:4-5; Romans 4:17) Here God said Abraham that he would be fruitful and that nations and kings would come from him. God told Abraham that his covenant was made with him and his seed for all their generations; that is, the whole generation of Abraham's seed would come under the blessings of that covenant.
The covenant was declared by God to be an everlasting covenant. The land of Canaan was promised to him as an everlasting possession. While this land was not always in the possession of Abraham's descendants through Isaac, the fact is that for centuries it was in the possession of his descendants through some of his sons. It is to enter Isaac's lineage at the end of this present age. The fulfillment of this prophecy will be discussed later.
Circumcision was introduced as a sign of the covenant with Abraham. There are those who teach that the lack of this practice among some of Abraham's descendants today proves that they are not of the Abrahamic lineage and therefore are not entitled to the promised blessings. It overlooks that the former form of circumcision should be changed to another form, but it would still be circumcision. Moses explained that the change would take place in the last days. Here is the change statement:
"And the Lord your God shall circumcise your heart and the heart of your seed, that you may love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may lie." (Deuteronomy 30:6)
The Christian circumcision of many of Abraham's seed is a fact of this dispensation. That this applies to races of the Abrahamic tribe outside of the Jewish people.
Sahah's name was changed from Sarai to Sara. She would give birth to a son and become the mother of many nations, and kings of the peoples would be descended from her.
Attention is drawn to the blessings found in Abraham's seed through Isaac and Jacob and shared by Jacob among his twelve sons. Acknowledging the people who receive these blessings is critical to a full understanding of Bible history. These blessings are not fulfilled in the descendants of Ishmael. Nor will they be fulfilled in May by the sons of Keturah; nor by a son of Jacob, that is, Judah; nor in a portion of the descendants of Judah known today as Jews. The Jews have their place, but only a people who bear all the marks can meet the requirements of the birthright blessing.
God reveals the identity of the birthright people as the story unfolds; and demonstrates the truth of his word by establishing the existence of this inheritance.
Angels visit Abraham
Have you ever seen or entertained an angle? This question may seem silly. However, the Bible tells us to welcome strangers since some angels are received unawares. (Hebrews 13:2) Three strangers appeared to Abraham and were received by him. Later they turned out to be angels. As Abraham sat in his tent door, he saw three men walking toward him. He ran to meet them and invited them to stay with him. A meal was prepared for them. As they ate, they asked where Sarah was and said she was in the tent. Abraham was then informed that Sarah would have a son. Sarah heard that remark in the tent and laughed to herself because she and Abraham were both past the age of being able to have children. The stranger asked Abraham why Sarah was laughing. Sarah was then startled and denied that she had laughed. The stranger asked her, "Is anything too difficult for the Lord?" (Genesis 18:14)
The men set out to go to Sodom and Gomorrah, and Abraham went with them to show them the way. Then the angel of the Lord asked his companions, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing?" (Genesis 18:17) The reason given for not hiding from Abraham the facts of his mission was that Abraham was a great and powerful nation would be, and in him all the nations of the earth would be blessed. It was common knowledge that Abraham would raise his children to obey and establish justice and judgment and to keep God's ways.
God told Abraham that their sins were very great because of the wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah, and angels came down to see if the cry that went up to him was a true record of the evil there. Two of the strangers went into the cities and left the third, the angel of the Lord, with Abraham. Abraham and the angel spoke about the cities of the plain.
Abraham intercedes for the righteous
God told Abraham that he was about to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah because of their wickedness. Abraham asked: Do you also want to destroy the righteous in the place? Then he turned to the angel of the Lord and said, "Shall not the judge of all the earth do right?" (Genesis 18:25)
It is interesting to consider here the angel with whom Abraham spoke. He was one of the strangers who visited him that day. Two of the foreigners went to Sodom and Gomorrah, but the third stayed to speak with Abraham. He was the speaker of the three and had authority. He is referred to as the angel of the Lord. Abraham also addressed him as the judge of all the earth. The Bible tells us that the Judge of all the earth is none other than Christ. (John 5:22, 27) The implication is clear. The Lord with whom Abraham spoke was none other than Christ in His angelic form. Centuries after the days of Abraham, He took human form and Christ was born in Bethlehem.
The Lord answered Abraham and said that if fifty righteous were found in the cities, He would spare them. Abraham then asked: If there were five of that number, would the city be destroyed? The Lord replied that if forty-five righteous souls could be found, He would spare the city. Abraham then asked if the city would be destroyed if only forty, then thirty, then twenty or even ten righteous souls were found. And the Lord said, "For ten sakes let him not destroy it." (Genesis 18:32)
The importance of this conversation is very great. Probably no city in ancient times was more evil than Sodom and Gomorrah. However, if ten righteous people had been found there, the cities would have been spared because of the ten. In it we find evidence that judgment is suspended in the churches because of the presence of righteous men and women.
The Bible clearly shows the fact that cities and nations as well as individuals will be judged for their sins. There is no lack of such evidence in modern times. Many examples could be given. It is enough to examine the conditions that prevailed in Pompeii to understand the reason for the complete fall of this city when Mount Vesuvius erupted and destroyed it. It was the center of immorality and vice. Again the island of Martinique, in the early 20th century, the corrupt and evil city of St. Piere was destroyed when Mount Pelee had a terrible eruption. The week before, the residents celebrated. A pig was led through the streets of the city in mockery of Christ. A week later, all residents were dead.
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
We have seen three strangers received by Abraham. One stayed to talk to him and the other two went to Sodom and Gomorrah. The account begins with the statement: "And two angels came to Sodom in the evening." (Genesis 19:1)
Lot, who after his separation from Abraham had chosen the plains of the Jordan as his homeland, now lived in the city of Sodom. He was sitting at the city gate when the two strangers approached. When he saw her, he got up and invited her to spend the night at his house. They declined, saying they would spend the night on the road, but Lot urged them and they eventually accepted the invitation.
The news that Lot was harboring two strangers quickly spread throughout Sodom. A mob soon gathered in front of his house. They asked Lot to hand the two men over to them. Well, the city of Sodom was extremely evil, and this mob was out for violence and evil. Lot begged her, but to no avail. As the crowd attempted to overpower him, the men of the house opened the door and pulled Lot inside, and shut the door behind them. Then the two angels blinded the men outside so they could not find the door to break open.
Lot was told that the city would be destroyed because of his wickedness and that men had gone down for that purpose. They told Lot to go to his sons-in-law and daughters and warn them, but he sounded like someone mocking them because they didn't believe it and didn't listen.
Early in the morning the angels rushed out of the city with Lot, his wife, and their two daughters, telling them to flee to the mountains for their lives. Lot asked them to let him go to Zoar, a small town. His request was granted and he entered Zoar. The Lord rained fire and brimstone from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah. The large natural oil reservoirs, the bituminous or asphalt wells under and around the cities caught fire and all the inhabitants were destroyed with the cities. Whether it was a blaze of hot meteoric matter or lightning, in both cases the fire was God-sent and destruction ensued.
Lot's wife turned and looked back, and was caught up in the destruction. It was weighed down and encrusted with the chemical and salt deposits caused by the conflagration, becoming a pillar of salt. In the morning Abraham looked out over the plain and saw it burning like smoke from a great furnace.
For Abraham's sake, the account says, God saved Lot's life. Thus we learn that the intercession of the righteous is of much use when it is offered on behalf of others.
ancestors of Moab and Ammon
There are men who would condemn the Bible because it records facts. This book names the virtues and lists the sins of people and nations. He still chronicles the evil in his heroes' lives. It never condones sin, but states the facts and shows the terrible end of individuals and nations who persist in evil. This is where the Bible differs from all other literature.
When Abraham gave Lot the choice of land before them, he chose the plain because it was a well-watered and pleasant place to live. Here were the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. After all, Lot is in the city of Sodom. The sum asserts that the men of Sodom were wicked and exceedingly sinful in the sight of the Lord. City life was more attractive to Lot and his family than the quiet pastoral life of a shepherd.
Lot knew the evil of this city when he made his choice. While Lot maintained his virtue, his move to the city ultimately cost him the loss of his family and all his possessions. His wife was lost in the destruction, and his sons-in-law and daughters, also living in Sodom, refused to flee when he warned them of the approaching destruction.
His two unmarried daughters were not immoral, as the record says, they were virgins, but they had high moral standards impossible to develop amidst the sin of Sodom. Without moral standards, they deceived the father, got him drunk, and he became the father of their children. Lot and his daughters were then living in a cave in the mountains from which he fled from Zoar.
Moab was the name of Lot's eldest daughter's son, and Ben-Ammi was the name of the youngest daughter's son. Moab begot the Moabites, and Ben-Ammi the sons of Ammon. The record gives no ore, it merely gives the origin of Moab and Ammon. The later history of these two peoples recorded in the Bible shows the fact that heritage is important. Begotten and born in sin, the record of their offspring is far from good.
The book of Jasher tells us much about the sons of Lot. Moab and Ben-Ammi.
Chapter 19
1 And the cities of Sodom had four judges for four cities, and these were their names: Serak in the city of Sodom, Sharkad in Gomorrah, Zabnak in Adama, and Menon in Zeboiim.
2 And Eliezer Abraham's servant called them various names, and he converted Serak to Shakra, Sharkad to Shakrura, Zebnac to Kezobim, and Menon to Matzlodin.
3 And at the request of their four judges, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah made beds set up in the streets of the cities, and if anyone came to these places, they seized him and put him by force in one of their beds, forcing him to lie on it.
4 And as he lay down, three men stood at his head and three at his feet, and they measured him according to the length of the bed, and if the man was shorter than the bed, these six men stretched him out at each end, and when he called them, they didn't answer.
5 And if it were longer than the bed, they would join the two sides of the bed at each end until the man reached the gates of death.
6 And if he kept crying out to them, they would answer and say, This is how it will be with a man who comes into our land.
7 And when the men heard all that the people from the cities of Sodom were doing, they stopped them from coming there.
8 And when a poor man came into their land, they gave him silver and gold, and proclaimed throughout the city that they would not give him a piece of bread to eat, and if the stranger stayed there a few days and died of hunger, then died if he were unable to get a piece of bread, then when he died, all the inhabitants of the city would come and take the silver and gold they had given him.
9 And those who could discern the silver or gold which they had given him took it back, and at his death they stripped off his clothes also, and they fought over it, and he that was victorious over his neighbor took she.
10 After that they would carry him away and bury him under some bushes in the wilderness; so they did every day to everyone who came to them and died in their land.
11 And in the course of time Sarah sent Eliezer to Sodom to visit Lot and inquire of his welfare.
12 And Eliezer went to Sodom and found a man from Sodom fighting with a stranger, and the man from Sodom stripped off all his clothes from the poor man and went away.
13 And this poor man called Eliezer and begged his favor because of what the man of Sodom had done to him.
14 And he said to him, Why are you doing this to the poor man who has come to your land?
15 And the man of Sodom answered Eliezer and said, Is this man your brother, or have the people of Sodom made you judge today to speak of this man?
16 And Eliezer fought with the man of Sodom for the poor man, and when Eliezer drew near to get the poor man's clothes from the man of Sodom, he hastened and struck Eliezer on the forehead with a stone.
17 And blood flowed freely from Eliezer's forehead, and when the man saw the blood, he seized Eliezer and said, "Give me my reward for ridding you of this evil blood that is on your forehead, for that is the custom." and law our country.
18 And Eliezer said to him, You have struck me, and you require me to pay you your wages; and Eliezer would not listen to the words of the man of Sodom.
19 And the man arrested Eliezer and brought him to judgment before Shakra, the judge of Sodom.
20 And the man spoke to the judge and said: I beg you, my lord, this is what this man has done, for I struck him with a stone so that blood ran from his forehead, and he will not pay me my wages.
21 And the judge said to Eliezer: This man tells you the truth, give him his wages, for this is the custom in our land; and Eliezer heard the words of the judge, and he lifted up a stone and struck the judge, and the stone struck his forehead, and blood flowed profusely from the judge's forehead, and Eliezer said: If this is the custom in your country, give this man , what I should have given him, because that was your decision, you ordered it.
22 And Eliezer left the man of Sodom with the judge, and he went on his way.
23 And when the kings of Elam made war with the kings of Sodom, the kings of Elam took all the possessions of Sodom, and took Lot captive with his possessions, and when it was told to Abraham, he went and made war with the kings of Elam , and he took from his hands all the possessions of Lot, and the possessions of Sodom.
24 At that time Lot's wife bore him a daughter, and he named her Paltith, saying, Because God delivered him and all his house from the kings of Elam; and Paltith the daughter of Lot grew up, and one of the men of Sodom took her to wife.
25 And a poor man came into the city to feed himself, and he stayed in the city some days, and all the inhabitants of Sodom proclaimed their habit of not giving this man a piece of bread to eat until he fell. slain on the earth, and so they did.
26 And Paltith the daughter of Lot saw this man lying hungry in the road, and no one would give him anything to keep him alive, and he was dying.
27 And her soul was filled with compassion for the man, and she fed him with bread secretly many days, and the soul of this man came to life.
28 For when she went out to draw water, she put bread in the jar, and when she came to the place where the poor man was, she took bread out of the jar and gave him to eat; so she did many days.
29 And all the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah marveled at how this man could endure so many days of hunger.
30 And they said to one another: It can only be that he eats and drinks, for no one can starve so many days, or live like this man, without even changing his face; and three men hid at a place where the poor man was stationed to find out who brought him bread to eat.
31 And Paltith the daughter of Lot went out that day to fetch water, and she put bread in her water jar, and she went to draw water from the poor man's place, and she took bread out of the jar, and gave it to the poor man and he ate. .
32 And the three men saw what Paltith had done to the poor man, and said to her, You have taken care of him, and therefore he did not starve, did not change his appearance, and did not die like the others.
33 And the three men came out of the place where they were hiding, and took Paltith and the bread that was in the poor man's hand.
34 And they took Paltith and brought her before their judges, and they said to them, So she did, and it was she that fed the poor man, therefore he died not all the time; Tell us now the punishment that this woman deserves for breaking our law.
35 And the people of Sodom and Gomorrah gathered together and kindled a fire in the city street, and they took the woman and threw her into the fire, and she became ashes.
36 And in the city of Adama there was a woman with whom they did the same.
37 For a traveler came to the city of Adama to spend the night there, and wishing to return home in the morning, and he sat at the door of the young woman's father's house to remain there, for the sun had set. . . when he arrived at this place; and the young woman saw him sitting at the door of the house.
38 And he asked her for a glass of water, and she said to him, Who are you? and he said to her i wanted to go on the road today and i got here when the sun was going down so i will stay here all night and in the morning i will get up early and continue my journey.
39 And the young woman went into the house and brought the man bread and water to eat and drink.
40 And this case became known to the people of Adama, and they assembled and brought the young woman before the judges, that they should judge her for this deed.
41 And the judge said: This woman must be sentenced to death, because she has broken our law, and therefore this is the decision upon her.
42 And the people of those cities gathered together and brought the young woman, and they anointed her from head to foot with honey, as the judge had decreed, and they put her in front of a swarm of bees that were then in their hives, and the bees flew up her and it hurt that her whole body was swollen.
43 And the young woman cried out because of the bees, but no one noticed her or pitied her, and her cries went up to heaven.
44 And the Lord was provoked by this and by all the works of the cities of Sodom, for they had plenty of food and had rest among themselves, and yet cared not for the poor and needy, and in those days for their evil deeds, and their sins increased before them Mr.
45 And the Lord sent two of the angels that had come to the house of Abraham to destroy Sodom and its cities.
46 And the angels rose up at the door of Abraham's tent, after they had eaten and drunk, and they came to Sodom by night, and Lot was then sitting in the door of Sodom, and when he saw them, he stood against them, and he bent to the ground.
47 And he pressed them hard and brought them into his house and fed them what they ate, and they stayed in his house all night.
48 And the angels said to Lot: Get up, get away from this place, you and all who are yours, lest you be consumed by the iniquity of this city, for the Lord will destroy this place.
49 And the angels took Lot's hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hands of his children, and all that was his, and brought him, and brought him outside the cities.
50 And they said to Lot, Flee for your life, and he fled with all that was his.
51 Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah and on all these cities.
52 And he destroyed these cities, the whole plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and whatever grew on the ground; and Adam Lot's wife looked back and saw the destruction of the cities, for her compassion was moved because of her daughters who remained in Sodom, for they did not go with her.
53 And when she looked back, she became a pillar of salt, and she still stands there today.
54 And the oxen that stayed there daily licked the salt up to their toes, and in the morning it floated again, and they licked it to this day.
55 And Lot and two of his daughters who remained with him fled and escaped into the cave of Adullam, and they tarried there some time.
56 And Abraham arose early in the morning to see what had been done in the cities of Sodom; and he looked and saw the smoke of the cities going up like the smoke of a furnace.
57 And Lot and his two daughters stayed in the cave, and they gave their father wine to drink, and they lay down with him, for they said there was no man on earth who could raise seed from them, for they thought that the whole earth was destroyed. .
58 And they both lay with their father and conceived and gave birth to children, and the firstborn called the name of her son Moab, saying, Of my father I conceived him; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.
59 And the youngest also named her son Benami; he is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.
60 After this Lot and his two daughters left from there and dwelt beyond the Jordan with his two daughters and their sons, and the sons of Lot grew up, and they went and took wives out of the land of Canaan, and begot children, and they were fruitful and multiplied.
Chapter 24
1 And the life of Sarah was one hundred and twenty-seven years, and Sarah died; and Abraham arose before his dead to seek a tomb to bury his wife Sarah; and he went and spoke to the children of Heth, the inhabitants of the land, saying,
2 I am a stranger and a stranger with you in your land; give me a tomb in your land to bury my dead before me.
3 And the sons of Heth said to Abraham: Behold, the land lies before you; in the choice of our graves bury your dead, for no one will prevent you from burying your dead.
4 And Abraham said to them, If ye agree, go and ask Ephron the son of Zochar for me, and ask him to give me the cave of Machpelah, which is at the end of his field, and I will buy from it him for what he wishes for him.
5 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth, and they went and called him, and he came before Abraham, and Ephron said to Abraham, Behold, whatever you ask, your servant shall do; and Abraham said: No, but I will buy the cave and the field that you have for a value, that it may serve as a burial place forever.
6 And Ephron answered and said: Behold, the field and the cave are before thee; give what thou wilt; and Abraham said, Only at full price will I buy it from your hand, and from the hand of those who enter through the gate of your city, and from the hand of your seed forever.
7 And Ephron and all his brothers heard it, and Abraham weighed Ephron four hundred shekels of silver in the hand of Ephron and in the hand of all his brothers; and Abraham wrote down this transaction, and he wrote it up and testified to it with four witnesses.
8 And these are the names of the witnesses: Amigal the son of Abishna the Hittite, Adichorom the son of Ashunach the Hivite, Abdon the son of Achiram the Gomerit, Bakdil the son of Abudish the Zidonite.
9 And Abraham took the book of purchases and put it in his treasures, and these are the words that Abraham wrote in the book, namely:
10 That the cave and the field that were bought by Ephron the Hittite and by his seed and by those who come out of his city and by his seed forever for Abraham, be a purchase for Abraham and his seed and for them shall go forth from his loins, in possession of the grave forever; and he put a seal on it and testified with witnesses.
11 And the field and the cave that was in it, and all this place, were secured to Abraham and his seed of the children of Heth after him; Behold, it is before Mamre in Hebron, which is in the land of Canaan.
12 And after that Abraham buried his wife Sarah there, and this place and all its borders became a burial place for Abraham and his seed.
13 And Abraham buried Sarah with pomp, as was seen at the burial of kings, and she was buried in very fine and beautiful robes.
14 And in his coffin were Shem and his sons Eber and Abimelech, with Anar, Ashkol, and Mamre, and all the great of the earth followed his coffin.
15 And the days of Sarah were one hundred and twenty-seven years, and she died, and Abraham mourned great and heavy, and he performed the rites of mourning seven days.
16 And all the inhabitants of the land comforted Abraham and his son Isaac concerning Sarah.
17 And when the days of their mourning were over, Abraham sent away his son Isaac, and he went into the house of Shem and Eber to learn the ways of the Lord and his statutes, and Abraham tarried there three years.
18 At that time Abraham rose up with all his servants, and they went and returned to Beersheba, and Abraham and all his servants stayed in Beersheba.
19 And about the turn of the year Abimelech king of the Philistines died that year; he was one hundred and ninety-three years old when he died; and Abraham went with his people into the land of the Philistines, and they comforted all the family and all his servants, and then he turned and went home.
20 And after Abimelech's death the people of Gerar took Benmalich his son, and he was only twelve years old, and they buried him in his father's place.
21 And they called his name Abimelech after his father's name, for it was their custom in Gerar, and Abimelech reigned in the place of his father Abimelech, and he sat on his throne.
22 Also Lot the son of Haran died in those days, in Isaac's nine and thirty year year, and all the days that Lot lived were one hundred and forty years until he died.
23 And these are the sons of Lot who were born to him of his daughters: the name of the firstborn was Moab, and the name of the second was Benami.
24 And the two sons of Lot went and took wives out of the land of Canaan, and they had children for themselves, and the sons of Moab were Ed, Mayon, Tarsus, and Kanvil, four sons, who are the fathers of the sons of Moab to this day .
25 And all the families of the children of Lot went to dwell wherever they went, for they were fruitful and grew in abundance.
26 And they went and built cities for themselves in the land where they dwelt, and called the cities that they built by their own names.
27 And Nahor the son of Terah, Abraham's brother, died in those days in the fortieth year of Isaac's life, and all the days of Nahor were one hundred and seventy-two years, and he died and was buried in Haran.
28 And when Abraham heard that his brother was dead, he grieved deeply, and mourned for his brother many days.
29 And Abraham called Eliezer his chief servant to give him orders over his house, and he came and stood before him.
30 And Abraham said unto him, Behold, I am old, I know not the day of my death; for I am progressed in days; Now get up, go out, and do not take a wife for my son from this place and from this land, from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom we dwell.
31 But go to my country and to the place where I was born, and from there take a wife for my son and for the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, who brought me up from my father's house and brought me to this place and said to me, I will give this land to your seed for an everlasting inheritance; he will send his angel before you and prosper your way, that you may acquire a wife for my son from my family and from my father's house.
32 And the servant answered his master Abraham, and said, Behold, I am going into thy house, and into thy father's house, and from there I will take a wife for thy son; but if the woman will not follow me to this land, shall I bring your son back to the land of your birth?
33 And Abraham said to him, Take care that you do not bring my son hither again, for the Lord, before whom I walked, will send his angel before you, and your way will prosper.
34 And Eliezer did as Abraham commanded him, and Eliezer swore this to his lord Abraham; And Eliezer arose, and took with him ten camels of his master's camels, and ten men of his master's servants, and they arose and went to Haran, the city of Abraham and Nahor, to ask a wife for Isaac the son of Abraham , to search; and while they were gone, Abraham sent to the house of Shem and Eber, and from there they brought Isaac his son.
35 And Isaac returned to his father's house in Beersheba, while Eliezer and his men came to Haran; and they stopped in the city at the watering place, and he made his camels kneel by the water, and they stayed there.
36 And Eliezer Abraham's servant prayed, saying, O God of my master Abraham; Send me I beg you good luck on this day and be kind to my lord that today you will appoint a wife for my lord's son from his family.
37 And the Lord heard Eliezer's voice concerning his servant Abraham, and he met the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milkah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, and Eliezer came to his house.
38 And Eliezer told them all his troubles and that he was Abraham's servant, and they rejoiced greatly in him.
39 And they all praised the Lord who had brought this, and gave him Rebekah the daughter of Bethuel Isaac to wife.
40 And the young woman looked very beautiful, she was a virgin, and Rebekah was ten years old at that time.
41 And Bethuel and Laban and his sons held a feast that evening, and Eliezer and his men came and ate and drank and feasted there that evening.
42 And Eliezer rose up in the morning, he and the men who were with him, and called all the house of Bethuel, saying, Release me, that I may go to my lord; and they arose and sent Rebekah and her nurse Deborah, the daughter of Uz, away, and gave her silver and gold, male and female servants, and blessed them.
43 And they sent Eliezer away with his men; and the servants took Rebekah, and he went and returned to his master in the land of Canaan.
44 And Isaac took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he brought her into the tent.
45 And Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah his uncle Betuel's daughter.
Chapter 45
1 And it was at that time in that year, which is the year that Joseph went down to Egypt, after his brothers had sold him, that Reuben the son of Jacob went to Timna and took Eliuram the daughter of Avis. the Canaanite, and he came to her.
2 And Eliuram Reuben's wife conceived, and bore him Hanoch, Palu, Hetzron, and Carmi four sons; and Simeon his brother took Dinah his sister to wife, and she bore him Memuel, Yamin, Ohad, Jachin, and Zochar five sons.
3 And after that he came to Buna the Canaanite, that is, Buna, who led Simeon captive out of the city of Shechem, and Buna stood before Dinah and answered her, and Simeon came to her, and she bare him Saul.
4 And Judah went to Adullam at that time and came to a man from Adullam, and her name was Hirah, and Judah saw there the daughter of a man from Canaan, and her name was Aliyat the daughter of Shuah, and he took her a and came to her, and Aliyath bare Judah, Er, Onan, and Shiloh; three children.
5 And Levi and Issachar went to the eastern land, and took the daughters of Jobab the son of Joktan the son of Eber; and Jobab the son of Yoktan had two daughters; the eldest was named Adinah and the youngest was named Aridah.
6 And Levi took Adina, and Issachar took Aridah, and they came into the land of Canaan, to her father's house, and Adina begot Levi, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; three children.
7 And Aridah bare Issachar Tola, Puva, Job, and Shomron four sons; and Dan went into the land of Moab and took Ahlaleth the daughter of Chamudan of Moab as his wife, and brought her into the land of Canaan.
8 And Aphlaleth was barren, she had no offspring, and God later remembered Aphlaleth, the wife of Dan, and she conceived and bore a son, and she named him Chushim.
9 And Gad and Naphtali went to Haran, and from there took as wives the daughters of Amuram the son of Uz the son of Nahor.
10 And these are the names of the daughters of Amuram; the name of the eldest was Merimah and the name of the youngest Uzith; and Naphtali took Merimah, and Gad took Uzith; and brought her into the land of Canaan, to her father's house.
11 And Merimah bare Naphtali Yachzeel, Guni, Jazer, and Shalem four sons; and Uzith gave seven sons to Gad Zephion, Chagi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Arali.
12 And Asher went out and took Adon the daughter of Aphlal the son of Hadad the son of Ishmael as his wife, and brought her into the land of Canaan.
13 And Adon the wife of Asher died in those days; she had no offspring; And after the death of Adon, Asher went to the other side of the river, and took Hadura the daughter of Abimah the son of Eber the son of Shem to wife.
14 And the young woman was fair in appearance and a sensible woman, and she had been the wife of Malkiel the son of Elam the son of Shem.
15 And Hadura bore Malkiel a daughter, and he named her Zerah, and Malkiel died after that, and Hadura went and stayed in her father's house.
16 And after the death of the woman in Asher he went and took Hadura to wife and brought her into the land of Canaan, and he also brought Zerah his daughter with them, and she was three years old, and the girl was brought into the house of Jacob.
17 And the girl was fair in appearance, and she walked in the sanctified ways of the sons of Jacob; he lacked nothing, and the Lord gave him wisdom and understanding.
18 And Hadura the wife of Asher conceived and bore him Yimna, Yishvah, Yishvi, and Beriah; four children.
19 And Zebulun went to Midian, and took to wife Merisha the daughter of Molad, the son of Abida, the son of Midian, and brought her into the land of Canaan.
20 And Merusha gave Zabulon Sered, Elon, and Jachleel; three children.
21 And Jacob sent to Aram the son of Zoba the son of Terah, and he took Meliah the daughter of Aram to Benjamin his son, and she came into the land of Canaan to the house of Jacob; and Benjamin was ten years old when he married Mechalia the daughter of Aram.
22 And Mechalia conceived and bare five sons to Benjamin Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman; and Benjamin went after and took to wife Aribath, the daughter of Shomron son of Abraham, besides his first wife, and he was eighteen years old; and Aribath gave Benjamin Achi, Vosh, Mupim, Chupim, and Ord; five children.
23 And in those days Judah went into the house of Shem, and took Tamar the daughter of Elam, the son of Shem, to wife for Er his firstborn.
24 And he came to his wife Tamar, and she became his wife, and when he came to her, he destroyed his seed outwardly, and his work was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord killed him.
25 And after the death of Er, the firstborn of Judah, Judah said to Onan: Go to your brother's wife and marry her as your next of kin and give offspring to your brother.
26 And Onan took Tamar to wife, and he came to her, and Onan also did his brother's work, and his work was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he killed him also.
27 And when Onan died, Judah said to Tamar: Stay in your father's house until my son Shiloh grows up, and Judah was no longer pleased with Tamar to give her to Shiloh, for he said: Perhaps he too will die like you brothers .
28 And Tamar arose and went and stayed in her father's house, and Tamar stayed in her father's house a while.
29 And in the revolution of the year Aliyah the wife of Judah died; and Judah was comforted by his wife, and after the death of Aliyath, Judah went up to Timnah with his friend Hirah to shear his sheep.
30 And Tamar heard that Judah had gone up to Timnah to shear the sheep, and that Shiloh had grown, and Judah was not pleased with her.
31 And Tamar got up and stripped off her widow's clothes, and she put a veil over her, and she covered herself completely, and she went and sat in the public way, which is on the road to Timnah.
32 And Judah passed by and saw her and took her, and he came to her, and she conceived by him, and at the moment of her birth, behold, there were twins in her womb, and he called the name of the first Perez, and the Name of after Zarah.
Chapter 62
1 In that year, the seventy and ninth year of the entry of the Israelites into Egypt, Reuben the son of Jacob died in the land of Egypt; Reuben was one hundred and twenty-five years old when he died and they put him in a coffin and he was given into the hands of his sons.
2 And in the eightieth year his brother Dan died; when he died he was a hundred and twenty years old, and he too was placed in a coffin and placed in the hands of his children.
3 And in that year died Chusham king of Edom, and Hadad the son of Bedad reigned after him thirty and five years; and in the eighty and first year Issachar the son of Jacob died in Egypt, and Issachar was one hundred and twenty-two years old when he died, and he was laid in a coffin in Egypt and given to his sons.
4 And in the eighty and second year his brother Asher died; he was one hundred and twenty-three years old when he died, and he was laid in a coffin in Egypt and given to his sons.
5 And in the eighty and third year that Gad died, he was one hundred and twenty-five years old when he died, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt and given into the hands of his children.
6 And it came to pass that in the eighty-fourth year, which is the fiftieth year of the reign of Hadad son of Bedad, king of Edom, Hadad assembled all the sons of Esau, and prepared all his army about four hundred thousand men, and went into the land of Moab in, and he went out to fight with Moab, and to make them taxable to him.
7 When the children of Moab heard this, they were very afraid, and sent Midian to the children to help them in battle against Hadad the son of Bedad, king of Edom.
8 And Hadad came into the land of Moab, and Moab and the children of Midian went out to meet him, and armed themselves against him in the field of Moab.
9 And Hadad fought with Moab, and many slain fell from the children of Moab and from the children of Midian, about two hundred thousand men.
10 And the battle was very hard over Moab, and when the children of Moab saw that the battle was hard over them, they weakened their hands and turned their backs on them, and let the children of Midian continue fighting.
11 And the children of Midian did not know the designs of Moab, but they strengthened themselves in battle and fought with Hadad and all his army, and all Midian fell before him.
12 And Hadad struck all the Midianites with severe blows and killed them with the edge of the sword, leaving not a remnant of those who came to help Moab.
13 And when all the children of Midian died in battle, and the children of Moab escaped, Hadad made all Moab tributable to him at that time, and they came under his hand, and they gave an annual tax as was commanded, and Hadad repented and returned to his land .
14 And in the revolution of the year, when the rest of Midian's people who were in the land heard that all their brothers had fallen in battle with Hadad because of Moab, because the children of Moab had turned their backs in battle, and left Midian to battle , so five of the princes of Midian, with the rest of their brothers who remained in their land, decided to fight against Moab to avenge their brothers' cause.
15 And the children of Midian sent to all their brothers, the children of the east, and all their brothers, all the children of Ketura, came to help Midian to fight with Moab.
16 And the children of Moab heard this, and were greatly afraid that all the children of the east should gather together to fight against them, and the children of Moab sent a monument to Hadad the son of Bedad in the land of Edom, saying,
17 Come to us now and help us, and we shall defeat Midian, for they have all gathered together and come out against us with all their brethren, the children of the east, to avenge the cause of Midian, who were in battle has fallen.
18 And Hadad the son of Bedad king of Edom went out with all his army and went into the land of Moab to fight with Midian, and Midian and the children of the east fought with Moab in the field of Moab, and the battle was very fierce among them.
19 And Hadad struck all the children of Midian and the children of the east with the edge of the sword, and Hadad delivered Moab out of the hand of Midian at that time, and those who were left of Midian and of the children of the east fled from Hadad and his army, and Hadad pursued them to their country and killed them with a very heavy slaughter, and the slain fell on the streets.
20 And Hadad delivered Moab out of the hand of Midian, for all the children of Midian had fallen by the edge of the sword, and Hadad turned and returned to his land.
21 And from that day forward the children of Midian hated the children of Moab, because they fell in battle because of them, and every day there was great and mighty enmity between them.
22 And all that was found from Midian in the way of the land of Moab perished by the sword of Moab, and all that was found from Moab in the way of the land of Midian perished by the sword of Midian; so did Midian with Moab, and Moab with Midian for many days.
23 And it came to pass that at that time Judah the son of Jacob died in Egypt, in the eighty-sixth year of Jacob's entry into Egypt, and Judah was a hundred and twenty-nine years old when he died, and they embalmed him, and put him in a coffin , and he was delivered into the hands of his children.
24 And in the eighty-ninth year Naphtali died, he was one hundred and thirty-two years old, and he was laid in a coffin and given into the hands of his sons.
25 And it came to pass in the ninety-first year of the entry of the Israelites into Egypt, that is, in the thirtieth year of the reign of Zephus the son of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, upon the children of Chittim, children of Africa, came upon the children of Chittim, to plunder them as usual, but they haven't attacked them for thirteen years.
26 And they came to them that year, and Zepho the son of Eliphaz went out to them with some of his men and smote them in despair, and the troops of Africa fled from Zepho, and the slain fell before him, and Zepho and them His men pursued them, advancing and wounding them until they were near Africa.
27 And Angeas king of Africa heard what Zepho had done, and it provoked him greatly, and Angeas feared Zepho every day.
Chapter 74
1 At the end of the years, Saul king of Edom died, and Baal Chanan son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
2 In the sixteenth year of Moses' reign over Cush, Baal Chanan the son of Achbor reigned in the land of Edom over all the children of Edom thirty-eight years.
3 In his days Moab rebelled against the power of Edom, being under Edom from the days of Hadad son of Bedad, who smote them and Midian, and brought Moab under Edom's yoke.
4 And when Baal Chanan the son of Achbor reigned over Edom, all the children of Moab left Edom.
5 And Angeas king of Africa died in those days, and Azdrubal his son reigned in his stead.
6 And in those days Janeas king of the children of Chittim died, and they buried him in his temple which he had built for himself in the plain of Canopia for a dwelling place, and Latinus reigned in his stead.
7 In the twenty-second year of Moses' reign over the children of Cush, Latinus reigned over the children of Chittim for forty-five years.
8 And he also built for himself a great and mighty tower, and built in it an elegant temple for his residence, to conduct his government, as was the custom.
9 In the third year of his reign he made a proclamation to all his able men, who built many ships for him.
10 And Latinus gathered all his troops, and they came in ships, and in them they went out to fight with Azdrubal the son of Angeas king of Africa, and they came into Africa and fought with Azdrubal and his army .
11 And Latinus overpowered Azdrubal, and Latinus took from Azdrubal the aqueduct, which his father had brought from the children of Chittim when he took Janiah the daughter of Uzi to wife, then Latinus threw down the bridge of the aqueduct and struck down the whole Army of Azdrubal a heavy blow.
12 And the remnant strong men of Azdrubal grew strong, and their hearts were filled with envy, and they courted death, and again took part in battle with Latinus king of Chittim.
13 And the battle was hard for all the men of Africa, and they all fell wounded before Latinus and his people, and king Azdrubal also fell in that battle.
14 And King Azdrubal had a very beautiful daughter, whose name was Ushpezena, and all the men of Africa embroidered her image on their clothes because of her great beauty and graceful appearance.
15 And the men of Latinus saw Ushpezena the daughter of Azdrubal, and praised her before Latinus their king.
16 And Latinus commanded them to be brought to him, and Latinus took Ushpezena to wife, and he returned by the way to Chittim.
17 And after the death of Azdrubal son of Angeas, when Latinus was returning to his land from the battle, all the inhabitants of Africa rose up and took Anibal son of Angeas, Azdrubal's younger brother, and made him king in his Country brothers turn over the whole country in Africa.
18 And when he reigned he determined to go to Chittim to fight with the children of Chittim to avenge the cause of his brother Azdrubal and the cause of the inhabitants of Africa, and he did it.
19 And he built many ships, and he went in with all his army, and he went to Chittim.
20 Then Hannibal fought with the children of Chittim, and the children of Chittim fell defeated before Hannibal and his army, and Hannibal avenged the cause of his brother.
21 And Hannibal made war with the children of Chittim eighteen years, and Hannibal dwelt in the land of Chittim, and encamped there a long time.
22 And Hannibal struck the children of Chittim very severely, and he killed their chiefs and princes, and of the rest of the people he struck down about eighty thousand men.
23 And at the end of days and years Hannibal returned to his land Africa and reigned securely in place of his brother Azdrubal.
Chapter 78
1 At that time Baal Channan son of Achbor king of Edom died and was buried in his house in the land of Edom.
2 And after his death the children of Esau sent to the land of Edom, and took from there a man who was in Edom, whose name was Hadad, and they made him king over them in the place of Baal Channan their king.
3 And Hadad reigned over the children of Edom forty and eight years.
4 And when he became king, he determined to fight against the children of Moab to bring them under the power of the children of Esau as before, but he could not, because the children of Moab heard this, and they arose and hastened themselves to choose a king over them from among them.
5 After this they gathered a great multitude and sent help to the children of Ammon, their brothers, to fight against Hadad king of Edom.
6 And Hadad heard what the children of Moab had done, and he feared them greatly and gave up fighting against them.
7 In those days Moses the son of Amram married Zipporah the daughter of Reuel the Midianite in Midian.
8 And Zipporah walked in the ways of the daughters of Jacob; she was none other than the righteousness of Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah.
9 And Zipporah conceived and bare a son, and called his name Gershom, for he said, I am a stranger in a strange land; but he did not circumcise the foreskin by order of his father-in-law Reuel.
10 And she conceived again and gave birth to a son, but circumcised his foreskin and called his name Eliezer, for Moses said, For the God of my fathers was my help, and saved me from the sword of Pharaoh.
11 And Pharaoh king of Egypt greatly increased the work of the children of Israel in those days, and he continued to lay his heaviest yoke on the children of Israel.
12 And he commanded to proclaim in Egypt, saying: Give the people no more straw to make bricks, let them go and gather whatever straw they can find.
13 Also the history of the bricks that they will make, let them give every day, and do not let them take anything away from them, for they are idle in their work.
14 And the children of Israel heard it, and they mourned and sighed, and they cried out to the Lord because of the bitterness of their souls.
15 And the Lord heard the cry of the children of Israel, and saw the oppression with which the Egyptians oppressed them.
16 And the Lord was jealous of his people and of their inheritance, and he heard their voice and determined to bring them out of the affliction of Egypt, to give them the land of Canaan to inherit.
Chapter 84
1 At that time Korah the son of Jetzer, the son of Keath, the son of Levi, took many men from the children of Israel, and they rose up and fought with Moses, Aaron, and all the congregation.
2 And the Lord was angry with them, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up with their houses and all that was theirs and all the men that were Korah's.
3 And after that God caused the people to walk around Mount Seir for a long time.
4 At that time the Lord said to Moses, Do not provoke war against the sons of Esau, for I will not give you anything that is theirs as far as the soles of your feet can tread, for I have given Mount Seir for an inheritance to Esau.
5 Therefore the children of Esau fought against the children of Seir in ancient times, and the Lord delivered the children of Seir into the hand of the children of Esau and destroyed them before them, and the children of Esau dwelt in their place to this day.
6 Therefore the Lord said to the children of Israel: Do not fight against the children of Esau, your brothers, for nothing in your land belongs to you, but you can buy food from them with money and eat of it, and you can buy water from them with money and potion.
7 And the children of Israel did according to the word of the Lord.
8 And the children of Israel went through the desert, and for a long time avoided the way of Mount Sinai, and they did not touch the children of Esau, and they stayed in this region nineteen years.
9 At that time Latinus king of the children of Chittim died in the forty-fifth year of his reign, which is the fourteenth year of the Exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt.
10 And they buried him in his place which he had built for himself in the land of Chittim, and Abimnas reigned in his place thirty and eight years.
11 And the children of Israel went over the border of the children of Esau in those days, at the end of the nineteen years, and they came and went by the way of the desert of Moab.
12 And the Lord said to Moses, Do not besiege Moab, nor fight against them, for I will not give you any of their land.
13 And the children of Israel went nineteen years in the way of the wilderness of Moab, and they fought not against them.
14 And in the thirty-sixth year of the exodus of the children of Israel from Egypt, the Lord struck Sihon king of the Amorites in the heart, and he made war, and went out to fight against the children of Moab.
15 And Sihon sent messengers to Beor the son of Janeas the son of Balaam, counselor to the king of Egypt, and to Balaam his son, to curse Moab so that it might fall into Sihon's hands.
16 And the messengers went and brought Beor the son of Janeas and Balaam his son from Pethor in Mesopotamia. Then Beor and Balaam his son came to the city of Sihon and cursed Moab and its king before Sihon king of the Amorites.
17 So Sihon went out with all his army and went to Moab and fought against them, and he subdued them, and the Lord delivered them into his hand, and Sihon killed the king of Moab.
18 And Sihon took all the cities of Moab in battle; Heshbon also he took from them, for Heshbon was one of the cities of Moab, and Sihon installed his princes and nobles in Heshbon, and Heshbon was then of Sihon.
19 Therefore the speakers of the parable Beor and Balaam his son spoke these words, saying, Come to Heshbon, and the city of Sihon will be built and established.
20 Woe to you, Moab! you are lost, O people of Kemosh! behold, it is written in the book of the law of God.
21 And when Sihon took Moab, he put guards over the cities which he had taken from Moab, and a considerable number of the children of Moab fell into the hands of Sihon in battle, and he made a great capture of them, sons and daughters, and slew their king; So Sihon returned to his own country.
22 And Sihon gave Beor and Balaam his son numerous gifts of silver and gold, and he sent them away, and they went to Mesopotamia to their homeland and their land.
23 At that time all the children of Israel left the way of the desert of Moab and returned and besieged the desert of Edom.
24 So all the congregation came in the first month of the fortieth year of their exodus from Egypt into the desert of Sin, and the children of Israel dwelt there in Kadesh, in the desert of Sin, and Miriam died there and was buried there.
25 At that time Moses sent messengers to Hadad king of Edom, saying, Thus says your brother Israel: Let me pass, I pray you, for your land, we will not go through fields or vineyards, we will not drinking water from the well; We'll walk the King's Road.
26 And Edom said to him, You shall not pass through my land, and Edom went out to meet the children of Israel with a mighty people.
27 And the children of Esau refused to let the children of Israel pass through their land, so the Israelites withdrew from them and did not fight against them.
28 For the Lord had previously commanded the children of Israel, saying, You will not fight against the children of Esau; therefore the Israelites turned away from them and did not fight against them.
29 And the children of Israel set out from Kadesh, and all the people came to Mount Hor.
30 At that time the Lord said to Moses, Tell your brother Aaron that he will die there, for he will not come into the land which I have given to the children of Israel.
31 And Aaron went up to Mount Hor by the command of the Lord in the fortieth year, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
32 And Aaron was one hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.
Chapter 85
1 And King Arad the Canaanite who dwelt in the south heard that the Israelites had come by the way of spies, and he organized his forces to fight against the Israelites.
2 And the children of Israel feared him greatly, for he had a great and mighty army, so the children of Israel decided to return to Egypt.
3 And the children of Israel returned about three days' journey to Maserath Beni Jaakon, for they feared greatly because of king Arad.
4 And the children of Israel would not return to their places, so they tarried in Beni Yaakon for thirty days.
5 And when the children of Levi saw that the children of Israel would not return, they became jealous because of the Lord, and they arose and fought against the Israelites their brethren, and killed a great multitude of them, and forced them to return his place, Mount Hor.
6 And when they returned, King Arad was still preparing his army to fight against the Israelites.
7 And Israel made a vow, saying, If you give this people into my hand, I will completely destroy their cities.
8 And the Lord heard the voice of Israel, and delivered the Canaanites into their hand, and destroyed them and their cities, and called the name of the place Hormah.
9 And the children of Israel set out from Mount Hor and encamped at Oboth, and they set out from Oboth and encamped at Ije-Abarim, on the border of Moab.
10 And the children of Israel sent to Moab, saying, Let us now pass through your land to us, but the children of Moab would not allow the children of Israel to pass through their land, for the children of Moab were greatly afraid of the children of Israel should do to them what Sihon king of the Amorites did to them, who took their land from them and killed many of them.
11 Therefore Moab would not let the Israelites pass through his land, and the Lord commanded the children of Israel, saying, They should not fight against Moab, so the Israelites withdrew from Moab.
12 And the children of Israel set out from the border of Moab, and came beyond the Arnon, the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites, and encamped on the border of Sihon king of the Amorites in the wilderness of Kedemoth.
13 And the children of Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
14 Let us pass through your land, we will not stray into fields or vineyards, we will walk on the king's road until we cross your border, but Sihon did not let the Israelites pass.
15 Then Sihon gathered all the people of the Amorites and went out into the wilderness to meet the children of Israel, and fought against Israel at Jahaz.
16 And the Lord delivered Sihon king of the Amorites into the hand of the children of Israel, and Israel struck all the people of Sihon with the edge of the sword, and avenged the cause of Moab.
17 And the children of Israel possessed the land of Sihon from Aram to Jabuk to the children of Ammon, and they took all the spoil of the cities.
18 And Israel captured all these cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites.
19 And all the children of Israel decided to fight against the children of Ammon to take their land also.
20 Then the Lord said to the children of Israel: Do not besiege the children of Ammon, nor enter into battle with them, for I will not give you anything of your land, and the children of Israel obeyed the word of the Lord, and did not do it against the children of Ammon battle.
21 And the children of Israel returned and went up by the way from Bashan to the land of Og king of Bashan, and Og king of Bashan went out to meet the Israelites to fight, and he had many strong men with him and a very strong force of the people of the Amorites.
22 And Og king of Bashan was a very mighty man, but Naaron his son was exceedingly mighty, mightier even than he.
23 And Og said in his heart: Behold, now the whole camp of Israel occupies a space of three Parsa, now I will strike them at once without sword or spear.
24 And Og went up to Mount Jahaz and took from him a large stone three parsachs long, and he put it on his head and determined to hurl it over the camp of the children of Israel, to strike all the Israelites with it Stone.
25 And the angel of the Lord came and pierced the stone on Og's head, and the stone fell on Og's neck, so that Og fell to the ground because of the weight of the stone on his neck.
26 At that time the Lord said to the children of Israel, Do not be afraid of him, for I have delivered him and all his people and all his land into your hand, and you shall do to him as to Sihon.
27 And Moses went down to him with a small crowd of the children of Israel, and Moses struck Og on the ankles of his feet with a staff and killed him.
28 After this the children of Israel pursued the children of Og and all their people and defeated them and destroyed them until they were no more.
29 Moses later sent some of the children of Israel to spy on Jaazer, for Jaazer was a very famous city.
30 And the spies went to Jaazer and searched it, and the spies trusted in the Lord, and they fought against the men of Jaazer.
31 And these men took Jaazer and its villages, and the Lord delivered them into their hand, and they drove out the Amorites that were there.
32 And the children of Israel took possession of the land of the two kings of the Amorites, sixty cities, which were beyond the Jordan, from the Arnon brook to Mount Herman.
33 And the children of Israel went out and came to the plain of Moab, which is on the other side of the Jordan near Jericho.
34 And the children of Moab heard of all the evil that the children of Israel had done to the two kings of the Amorites, Sihon and Og, so that all the men of Moab feared the Israelites very much.
35 And the elders of Moab said: Behold, the two kings of the Amorites, Sihon and Og, who were mightier than all the kings of the earth, could not resist the children of Israel, how can we resist them?
36 Surely they sent us a message before to pass through our country on their way, and we will not suffer them, now they will turn against us with their heavy swords and destroy us; and Moab was grieved because of the children of Israel, and they feared them greatly, and they took counsel as to what should be done with the children of Israel.
37 And the elders of Moab determined and took one of their men, Balak the son of Zippor the Moabite, and made him king over them at that time, and Balak was a very wise man.
38 And the elders of Moab arose and sent to the children of Midian to make peace with them, for there had been great warfare and enmity between Moab and Midian in those days, from the days of Hadad the son of Bedad the king of Edom, who defeated Midian in the field of Moab to this day.
39 And the children of Moab sent to the children of Midian, and they made peace with them, and the elders of Midian came into the land of Moab to make peace in the name of the children of Midian.
40 And the elders of Moab took counsel with the elders of Midian what should be done to save the life of Israel.
41 And all the children of Moab said to the elders of Midian: Now the children of Israel lick all that is around us, as an ox licks the grass of the field, for so they did to the two kings of the Amorites who they were stronger than us.
42 And the elders of Midian said to Moab, We have heard that at the time when Sihon king of the Amorites fought against you, when he overpowered you and conquered your land, at Beor son of Janeas, and Balaam your son from Mesopotamia sent to Beor, and they came and cursed you; therefore the hand of Sihon prevailed over you, and he took your land.
43 Send yourself therefore also to Balaam his son, for he is still in his land, and give him his wages, so that he may come and curse all the peoples whom you fear; The elders of Moab heard this and wanted to send Balaam the son of Beor.
44 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent messengers to Balaam, saying,
45 Behold, a people came out of Egypt; behold, they cover the face of the earth and stand against me.
46 Now come and curse this people for me, for they are too powerful for me, perhaps I will overpower them to fight against them and drive them out, for I have heard that blessed is he whom you have blessed, and whom you have cursed is cursed. .
47 So Balak's messengers went to Balaam and brought Balaam to curse the people to fight against Moab.
48 And Balaam came to Balak to curse Israel, and the Lord said to Balaam, Curse not this people, for they are blessed.
49 And Balak exhorted Balaam day by day to curse Israel, but Balaam would not listen to Balak because of the word of the Lord which he had spoken to Balaam.
50 And when Balak saw that Balaam would not give in to his desire, he arose and went home, and Balaam also returned to his land, and from there went to Midian.
51 And the children of Israel left the plains of Moab and encamped by the Jordan from Bejesimoth to Abel-Shittim, at the end of the plains of Moab.
52 And when the children of Israel dwelt in the plain of Shittim, they began to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab.
53 And the children of Israel drew near to Moab, and the children of Moab pitched their tents over against the camp of the children of Israel.
54 And the children of Moab feared the children of Israel, and the children of Moab took all their daughters and their wives who were fair in appearance and beautiful in appearance, and clothed them in gold and silver and costly garments.
55 And the children of Moab put these women at the door of their tents, that the children of Israel should see them and turn to them, and not fight against Moab.
56 And all the children of Moab did this to the children of Israel, and every man put his wife and daughter in his tent door, and all the children of Israel saw the deed of the children of Moab, and the children of Israel turned to the daughters of Moab and desired them, and they came to them.
57 And it came to pass that a Hebrew came to the door of the tent of Moab, and saw a daughter of Moab, and desired her in his heart, and spoke to her at the door of the tent what he desired, while they were speaking, the men of the tent out and spoke to the Hebrews like these words:
58 Surely you know that we are brothers, we are all descendants of Lot and descendants of Abraham your brother, then why don't you stay with us and why won't you eat our bread and our sacrifice?
59 And when the children of Moab thus overpowered him with their sayings, and deceived him with their flattering words, they put him in the tent, and cooked and sacrificed to him, and he ate of their offering and of their bread.
60 So they gave him wine, and he drank and became intoxicated, and they introduced him to a beautiful girl, and he did to her what he liked, for he did not know what he was doing, for he had drunk much wine.
61 So did the children of Moab with Israel in that place, in the plain of Shittim, and the anger of the Lord was kindled on Israel because of this matter, and he sent a plague among them, and twenty of the Israelites died, four thousand men.
62 Now there was a man of the sons of Simeon, whose name was Zimri son of Salus, who, in the sight of all the children of Israel, belonged to the Midianite Cosbi, the daughter of Zur king of Midian.
63 And Phinehas the son of Elazer, the son of Aaron the priest, saw this wickedness that Zimri had done, and he took a spear and rose up and went after them and pierced them both and killed them, and the plague heard on them, children of Israel.
Chapter 86
1 Then, after the plague, the Lord spoke to Moses and to Elaser the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
2 Count the leaders of all the Israelites twenty years and older, all who went out with the army.
3 And Moses and Elaser numbered the children of Israel by their families, and the number of all Israel was seven hundred thousand seven hundred and thirty.
4 And the number of the sons of Levi, from a month old and up, was twenty and three thousand, and among them was not one of those whom Moses and Aaron numbered in the desert of Sinai.
5 For the Lord had told them that they would die in the wilderness, so they all died, and none of them remained except Caleb the son of Jefunne and Joshua the son of Nun.
6 And after this the Lord said unto Moses, Tell the children of Israel to avenge Midian for the cause of their brethren the children of Israel.
7 And Moses did so, and the children of Israel chose among them twelve thousand men, that are a thousand for one tribe, and they went to Midian.
8 And the children of Israel fought against Midian and slew every male, even the five princes of Midian, and they slew Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
9 And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian, with their little ones, and their livestock, and all that was theirs.
10 And they took all the spoil and spoil and brought it to Moses and Elaser in the plain of Moab.
11 And Moses and Elaser and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them with joy.
12 And they divided all the spoils of Midian, and the children of Israel took revenge on Midian for the cause of their brothers the children of Israel.
The Origin of the Dead Sea
The Bible not only accurately records the history of peoples and nations, but also provides topographical changes on the earth. Records are reliable. The actual discoveries of geologists and scientists will demonstrate the truth of what the Bible says and prove the accuracy of their evidence. The Dead Sea did not exist before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. We are told that these two cities were built on a plain watered by the Jordan River, which flows into the sea. Lot chose this plain of the Jordan "because it was well watered everywhere before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah." (Genesis 13:10)
When the invading kings fought Sodom and Gomorrah, when Lot was captured and Abraham freed him, the plain is described as full of slimy pits. Now mud is asphalt. Job tells us that in the same region "the rock poured out rivers of oil for me." (Job 29:6)
The Jordan at that time flowed through this plain, following a well-defined course between the Sinai Peninsula and Arabia. It eventually emptied into the Gulf of Aqaba, which is part of the Red Sea. This original riverbed of the Jordan can be traced today.
When the cities of the plain were destroyed by fire, the nature of this territory, with its paved and oily soil, caused a great disaster. The intense heat and subterranean explosions made what is now the area now occupied by the Dead Sea one of the deepest depressions on Earth's surface.
The Jordan now flowed into this great cave. He was never able to overcome this depression. Evaporation and other causes have kept it within these limits. The ancient run to the Gulf of Aqaba is but a silent testimony to the catastrophe that changed the topography of Palestine and prevented the Jordan River from flowing into the sea. The asphalt is gone and the oil is no more. Moses said when he recorded these facts that the valley of Siddim is now the Dead Sea.
Years ago, skeptics said cities like Sodom and Gomorrah didn't exist. The reason for such statements was that they could not locate the location of these two cities. If they had carefully read the biblical account, they would have realized that the Dead Sea covered the ruins. Archaeologists have proven this in recent years. The Dead Sea now occupies what was once fertile, well-watered land, and the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah lie beneath its waves.
Abraham and Abimelech
Sarah gives birth to Isaac
Abraham traveled south and lived near the town of Gerar in Philistine country. Abimelech was king in that city. Abraham feared for his life because of his wife Sarah. Sarah was a beautiful woman, and Abraham's life would have been in danger if it had been known that he was her husband. It was then customary to kill a man and take possession of his wife if she was desired by another. Because of this, Abraham called Sarah his sister.
Abimelech sent for Sarah, Abraham's wife. But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream and said, “Behold, you are but a dead man because of the woman you took; for she is a man's wife. (Genesis 20:3) Abimelech had done nothing to Sarah, so he told the Lord that Abraham had told him that she was his sister. The king protested his innocence in the matter. The Lord knew the king was innocent, so he stopped him from harming Sarah.
The Lord told the king that Abraham was a prophet and that he should bring Sarah back to him. If he didn't do this, he and all his people would die. In the morning the king told his servants what he had dreamed, and both he and his men were afraid. Abimelech called Abraham and said, "What did you see about it? (Genesis 20:10)
Abraham said that when he left his father's house he asked Sarah to say that he was her brother and that he would call her sister. When he got to that place he said the fear of the Lord was not there and he feared for his life because of Sarah. However, Abraham said: “She is my sister; she is my father's daughter, but not my mother's daughter. (Genesis 20:12)
The king gave Abraham sheep, oxen, male and female servants and a thousand pieces of silver and gave Sarah back to him. He then told him that the land was before him and he could live wherever he wanted. Abraham then prayed for Abimelech and all his family. All were healed of the suffering they suffered from God because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
The Book of Jasher records this event:
Chapter 20
1 And at that time Abraham came out of the plain of Mamre, and came into the land of the Philistines, and dwelt in Gerar; it was in the twenty-fifth year of Abraham's sojourn in the land of Canaan, and in the hundredth year of Abraham's life, when he came to Gerar in the land of the Philistines.
2 And when they had entered the land, he said to his wife Sarah, Tell everyone who asks you that you are my sister, so that we may escape from the evil of the inhabitants of the land.
3 And when Abraham dwelt in the land of the Philistines, the servants of Abimelech king of the Philistines saw that Sarah was exceedingly beautiful, and they asked Abraham about her, and he said, She is my sister.
4 And the servants of Abimelech came to Abimelech and said, A man came from the land of Canaan to dwell in the land, and he has a sister who is very beautiful.
5 And Abimelech heard the words of his servants, who commended Sarah to him, and Abimelech sent his servants, and they brought Sarah to the king.
6 And Sarah came to the house of Abimelech, and the king saw that Sarah was beautiful, and he pleased her very much.
7 And he came to her and said to her, What do you think of the man with whom you came to our land? and Sarah answered and said that he is my brother and that we came out of the land of Canaan to dwell wherever we can find a place.
8 And Abimelech said to Sarah, Behold, my land is before you, put your brother in any part of this land that pleases you, and it shall be our duty to exalt and exalt him above all the peoples of the earth, since he yours is brother .
9 And Abimelech sent for Abraham, and Abraham came to Abimelech.
10 And Abimelech said to Abraham, Behold, I have commanded that you may honor yourself as you please, for the sake of Sarah your sister.
11 And Abraham left the king, and the king's gift followed him.
12 As in the evening before the men went to bed, the king sat on his throne, and a deep sleep fell on him, and he lay down on the throne and slept until morning.
13 And he dreamed that an angel of the Lord came to him with a drawn sword in his hand, and the angel stood over Abimelech and was about to kill him with the sword, and the king was terrified in his dream and said to him, Angel, in I have sinned against you, why do you come to kill me with your sword?
14 And the angel answered and said unto Abimelech, Behold, thou hast done because of the woman whom thou brought into thy house last night, for she is a married woman, Abraham's wife, which came into thy house; now give this man back his wife, for she is your wife; and if you don't give it back, know that you will surely die, you and all who belong to you.
15 AND THAT NIGHT WAS GREAT LOVE IN THE PHILISTINE LAND; YES, HE KEEP HURT HER.
16 And the angel of the Lord smote all the land of the Philistines that night, and there was great confusion that night and the next morning.
17 AND EVERYONE WAS CLOSED ALREADY AND ALL HIS PRODUCTIONS, AND THE HAND OF THE LORD WAS ON THEM BECAUSE OF SARAH, THE WIFE OF ABRAHAM, WHO HAD TAKEN ABIMELECH.
18 And in the morning Abimelech arose in terror and confusion and in great fear, and summoned his servants and told them his dream, and the people feared greatly.
19 And a man standing among the king's servants answered the king and said: O sovereign king, give this woman back to her husband, for he is her husband, for the same thing happened to the king of Egypt when this man went to Egypt came.
20 And he said of his wife: She is my sister, for that is how he acts when he comes to dwell in the land where he is a stranger.
21 And Pharaoh sent and took this woman to wife, and the Lord brought terrible plagues upon him, until he gave the woman back to her husband.
22 Now, O sovereign king, know what happened to all the land last night, for there was great consternation and great pain and lamentation, and we know it was because of the wife you took.
23 Now now give this woman back to her husband, lest it befall us as it befell Pharaoh king of Egypt and his subjects, and that we die not; and Abimelech hastened and called and asked Sarah, and she came before him, and he asked Abraham, and he came before him.
24 And Abimelech said to them, What is this work that you did, saying that you were brother and sister, and I took this woman to wife?
25 And Abraham said: Because I thought I must die for my wife's sake; and Abimelech took flocks and oxen and male and female servants and a thousand pieces of silver and gave them to Abraham and gave Sarah back to him.
26 And Abimelech said to Abraham, Behold, the whole land is before you; dwell in it wherever you will.
27 And Abraham and Sarah his wife left the king's presence with reverence and reverence, and dwelt in the land, even in Gerar.
28 And all the inhabitants of the land of the Philistines and the king's servants were still suffering from the plague which the angel brought on them all night because of Sarah.
29 And Abimelech sent to Abraham, saying, Pray now for your servants to the Lord your God, that he may take away this mortality from us.
30 And Abraham prayed for Abimelech and his subjects, and the Lord heard Abraham's prayer, and he healed Abimelech and all his subjects.
The Birth and Sacrifice of Isaac
Sarah gave birth to a son, according to the word of the angel of the Lord, when Abraham welcomed the three strangers. Abraham was a hundred years old. The boy's name was Isaac, which means laughter. On the same day that the child was weaned, Abraham made a great feast, and Sarah saw Ishmael mocking. This resulted in the estrangement of Hagar and Ishmael as previously stated, so that Ishmael would have no inheritance with Isaac son of Sarah.
Now Abimelech came to Abraham with Phicol, the captain of his army, and asked him for an agreement that Abraham would not deal wrong with him, Abimelech, nor with his son, nor with his son's son. The king knew God as did Abraham and that God had blessed him. He wanted to make sure he and his children were safe from harm.
Abraham reminded Abimelech of a particular well that he had dug and which had been forcibly taken from him. He asked the king to restore the fountain and confirm his ownership. The king did this. Abraham then made a covenant with him in accordance with his request.
Abraham was now being tested by God. He was told to take Isaac and offer him up as a burnt offering on a mountain that would be shown to him. Abraham took Isaac and two servants and traveled to the place where the sacrifice was to be made. He left the servants, put the wood on Isaac, and he and Isaac went a little way and built an altar. Abraham bound Isaac and placed him on the altar.
This is related in the book of Jasher as follows:
Chapter 22
1 And Ishmael arose and took his wife and his children and his cattle and everything that was his; and he left from there and went to his father in the land of the Philistines.
2 And Abraham told his son Ishmael about the deal with the first wife that Ishmael took, according to what she had done.
3 And Ishmael and his sons dwelt with Abraham many days in that land, and Abraham dwelt long in the land of the Philistines.
4 And the days increased and reached twenty and six years, and after that Abraham left the land of the Philistines with his servants and all that was his, and went far away, and they came near Hebron, and they tarried there and Abraham's servants dug wells of water, and Abraham and all his family dwelt in the water, and the servants of Abimelech king of the Philistines heard a report that Abraham's servants had dug wells of water in the borders of the ground.
5 And they came and quarreled with Abraham's servants and stole from them the great well that they had dug.
6 And Abimelech king of the Philistines heard of this, and he came to Abraham with Phikol the captain of his army, and twenty of his men, and Abimelech spoke to Abraham about his servants, and Abraham rebuked Abimelech about the well of his own servants had stolen.
7 And Abimelech said to Abraham, As the Lord lives, who created the whole earth, I have heard nothing to this day of what my servants did to your servants.
8 And Abraham took seven lambs and gave them to Abimelech, saying, Please take these out of my hand, so that it may be a testimony that I dug this well.
9 And Abimelech took the seven sheep that Abraham had given him, for he had also given him cattle and flocks in abundance, and Abimelech swore to Abraham by the well, so he called that well Beersheba, for there they both swore to him.
10 And both made a covenant in Beersheba, and Abimelech rose up with Phikol the captain of his army and all his men, and they returned to the land of the Philistines, and Abraham and all that belonged to him dwelt in Beersheba , and he was me on this earth a long time ago.
11 And Abraham planted a great grove in Beersheba, and he built four gates facing all four sides of the land, and he planted a vineyard in it, so that when a traveler came to Abraham, he would enter through every gate that got in his way and stayed there and ate and drank and was full and then left.
12 For the house of Abraham was always open to the children of men, who went by and by, who came daily to eat and drink in Abraham's house.
13 And to everyone who was hungry and came into Abraham's house, Abraham gave him bread that he might eat and drink and be filled, and everyone who came into his house naked he would clothe with clothes that he could choose, and give him silver and gold and make him known to the Lord who created him on earth; that's what Abraham did all his life.
14 And Abraham and his sons and all that was his dwelt in Beersheba, and he pitched his tent as far as Hebron.
15 And Abraham's brother Nahor and his father and all that was theirs dwelt in Haran, for they did not go into the land of Canaan with Abraham.
16 And children were born to Nahor, whom Milcah the daughter of Haran and the sister of Sarah, Abraham's wife, bare to him.
17 And these are the names of those who were born to him: Uz, Buz, Kemuel, Kesed, Chazo, Pildash, Tidlaf, and Bethuel, eight sons, these are the sons of Milka, whom she bare to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
18 And Nahor had a concubine, and her name was Reumah, and she also bare to Nahor Zebach, Gachash, Tachash, and Maacha, four sons.
19 And the children who were born in Nahor were twelve sons besides his daughters, and they also had sons who were born in Haran.
20 And the children of Uz, the firstborn of Nahor, were Abi, Cheref, Gadin, Melus, and Deborah his sister.
21 And the sons of Buz were Berachel, Naamath, Sheva, and Madonu.
22 And the sons of Kemuel were Aram and Recob.
23 And the sons of Kesed were Anamlech, Mesai, Benon, and Yifi; and the sons of Chazo were Pildash, Mechi, and Opher.
24 And the sons of Pildash were Arud, Chamum, Mered, and Moloch.
25 And the sons of Tidlaf were Mushan, Kushan, and Mutzi.
26 And the children of Bethuel were Sechar, Laban, and Rebekah his sister.
27 These are the families of the sons of Nahor who were born to them in Haran; and Aram the son of Kemuel and Rehob his brother set out from Haran and found a valley in the land of the Euphrates.
28 And they built a city there, and called the city Pethor the son of Aram, that is, Aram Naherayim to this day.
29 And the children of Kesed also went to dwell where they could find a place, and they went and found a valley opposite the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.
30 And there they built themselves a city, and they called the city Kesed after their father's name, which is the land of Kasdim to this day, and the Kasdim dwelt in that land, and they were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly.
31 And Terah the father of Nahor and Abraham went and took another wife in his old age, and her name was Pelila, and she conceived and bore him a son, and he called his name Zoba.
32 And Terah lived twenty and five years after he begot Zoba.
33 And Terah died that year, that is, in the thirty and fifth year after the birth of Isaac son of Abraham.
34 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and he was buried in Haran.
35 And Zoba the son of Terah lived thirty years, and begat Aram, Achlis, and Merik.
36 And Aram the son of Zobah the son of Terah had three wives and begat twelve sons and three daughters; and the Lord gave Aram the son of Zobah riches and possessions and many livestock, flocks and oxen, and the man grew greatly.
37 And Aram the son of Zobah and his brother and all his family set out from Haran and settled where they could find a place, for their wealth was too great to remain in Haran; for they could not halt at Haran with their brethren the sons of Nahor.
38 And Aram the son of Zoba went with his brothers, and they found a distant valley leading east, and dwelt there.
39 And they built there also a city, and they called it Aram, after the name of their elder brother; who is Aram Zoba to this day.
40 And Isaac the son of Abraham grew up in those days, and Abraham his father taught him the way of the Lord, to know the Lord, and the Lord was with him.
41 And when Isaac was thirty and seven years old, Ishmael his brother went with him through the tent.
42 And Ishmael boasted before Isaac, saying, I was thirteen years old when the Lord spoke to my father to circumcise us, and I did according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to my father, and I gave him mine soul Lord, and have not transgressed the word which he commanded my father.
43 And Isaac answered Ishmael and said, Why do you boast about me because of this little part of your flesh, which you took from your body, as the Lord commanded you?
44 As the LORD lives, the God of my father Abraham, if the LORD had said to my father, Take Isaac your son, and offer him up as a sacrifice, I would not abstain, but would gladly accept it.
45 And the Lord heard the word that Isaac spoke to Ishmael, and it seemed good in the eyes of the Lord, and he thought of testing Abraham in the matter.
46 And the day came when the sons of God came and stood before the Lord, and Satan also came with the sons of God before the Lord.
47 And the Lord said to Satan, Where are you from? and Satan answered the Lord, and said, Of going to and fro on the earth, and of going up and down in it.
48 And the Lord said to Satan, What have you said to me concerning all the children of the earth? and Satan answered the Lord and said: I have seen all the children of the earth who serve you and think of you when they ask something of you.
49 And when you give them what they ask of you, they feel comfortable and leave you and remember you no more.
50 You saw Abraham the son of Terah, who was first childless, and he ministered to you and set up altars for you wherever he went, and brought offerings on them, and kept proclaiming your name to all the children of the earth.
51 And now that his son Isaac was born to him, he has left you, he has made a great feast for all the inhabitants of the land, and he has forgotten the Lord.
52 For in all that he did, he brought you no offering; neither burnt offering, nor peace offerings, nor oxen, lambs, or kids, of any thing that he killed on the day his child was weaned.
53 Even from the birth of his son until now, thirty-seven years old, he has not built an altar before you, nor brought you any offerings, for he has seen that you have given what he asked before you and him, that is why he has you leave. .
54 And the Lord said to Satan, Is that how you regard my servant Abraham? for there is none like him on earth, a blameless and righteous man before me, who fears God and shuns evil; As surely as I live, if I said to him, Bring your son Isaac before me, he would not withhold him from me, much less if I told him to bring before me a burnt offering of his sheep or his oxen.
55 And Satan answered the Lord and said, Speak now to Abraham as thou hast said, and thou shalt see whether he transgresses in that day, and forsakes thy words.
Chapter 23
1 At that time the word of the Lord came to Abraham, and he said to him, Abraham, and he said, Here am I.
2 And he said to him: Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah and sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that are shown to you there; you will become a cloud and the see the glory of the Lord.
3 And Abraham said within himself, How shall I divorce my son Isaac from Sarah his mother, to bring him for a burnt offering before the Lord?
4 And Abraham went into the tent, and sat before Sarah his wife, and spoke these words to her:
5 My son Isaac has grown up and has not studied the ministry of his God for a long time, now I will go tomorrow and bring him to Shem and his son Eber, and there he will learn the ways of the Lord, for they will teach him, the Lord to know, as well as to know that if you continue to pray before the Lord, he will answer you; wherefore he will know how to serve the Lord his God there.
6 And Sarah said: You have spoken well, go, my lord, and do to him what you have said, but do not remove him far from me, and do not let him stay there long, for my soul is imprisoned in his soul.
7 And Abraham said to Sarah, My daughter, let us pray to the Lord our God that he might do us good.
8 And Sarah took Isaac her son, and he stayed with her all night, and she kissed and embraced him and gave him instructions until morning.
9 And she said to him: O my son, how can my soul be separated from you? And she still kissed him and hugged him and gave Abraham instructions for him.
10 And Sarah said to Abraham, O my lord, I beg you, take care of your son, and fix your eyes on him, for I have no other son or daughter but him.
11 Don't leave him. If he is hungry, give him bread, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; don't let him walk, and don't let him sit in the sun.
12 Don't let him go alone or make him do what he wants, but do what he tells you.
13 And Sarah wept bitterly all night for Isaac, and she gave him instructions until morning.
14 And in the morning Sarah chose from among the clothes that she had at home a very fine and beautiful garment, which Abimelech had given her.
15 And she clothed her son Isaac with it, and put a turban on his head, and put a precious stone on the head of the turban, and gave them provisions for the journey, and they went out, and Isaac went with his father Abraham, and some of his servants accompanied them to see them off the road.
16 And Sarah went out with them, and she followed them on the way to see them go, and they said to her, Go back to the tent.
17 And when Sarah heard the words of her son Isaac, she wept bitterly, and Abraham her husband wept with her, and her son wept with them a great cry; and those who were with them wept bitterly.
18 And Sarah took hold of her son Isaac, and she held him in her arms, and she embraced him, and went on weeping with him, and Sarah said, Who knows if I shall see you again after this day?
19 And they still wept together, Abraham, Sarah, and Isaac, and all who accompanied them on the way wept with them, and Sarah turned away from her son after that and wept bitterly, and all her servants, male and female, returned with her after back tent .
20 And Abraham went with his son Isaac to present him as an offering before the Lord, as he had commanded him.
21 And Abraham took with him two of his young men, Ishmael the son of Hagar and Eliezer his servant, and they went with them, and as they walked on the path the young men said these words to themselves:
22 And Ishmael said to Eliezer, Now my father Abraham is going with Isaac to offer him a burnt offering to the LORD, as he commanded him.
23 So when he comes back, he will give me everything he has to inherit after him, for I am his firstborn.
24 And Eliezer answered Ishmael and said, Surely Abraham rejected you and your mother, and swore that you shall inherit nothing of anything that he has, and to whom he will give all that he has, with all his treasures, but to me , his servant who was faithful in his house, who served him day and night and did everything that he asked of me? he will leave me everything he has when he dies.
25 And as Abraham was walking along the way with his son Isaac, Satan came and appeared to Abraham in the form of a very old man, humble and contrite in spirit, and he approached Abraham and said to him, Art thou a fool, eh? brute, are you doing that with your only child today?
26 For God gave you in your last days, in your old age, a son, and will you kill him today, because he has done no violence, and will you have the soul of your only son wiped out from the face of the earth?
27 Do you not know and understand that this cannot be from the Lord? for the Lord cannot do so much evil to a person on earth that he says to him: Go and kill your son!
28 And Abraham heard this and knew it was the word of Satan trying to turn him from the way of the Lord, but Abraham would not listen to Satan's voice, and Abraham rebuked him to go away.
29 And Satan returned and came to Isaac; and he appeared to Isaac in the guise of a handsome and well-disposed youth.
30 And he approached Isaac and said to him, Don't you know and don't you understand that your foolish old father is making you slaughter today in vain?
31 Now, my son, do not listen to him or heed him, for he is an old fool, and do not let your precious soul and your beautiful form perish from the face of the earth.
32 And Isaac heard it and said to Abraham, Have you heard, my father, what this man said? yet he spoke.
33 And Abraham answered his son Isaac and said to him, Pay attention to him, and do not listen to his words, nor pay attention to him, for he is Satan, who is trying to turn us away from the commandments of God today.
34 And Abraham still rebuked Satan, and Satan turned away from them, and when he saw that he could not conquer them, he hid himself from them, and walked and passed before them on the way; and it turned into a great stream of water on the way, and Abraham and Isaac and their two young men came to that place, and they saw a great and mighty stream like mighty waters.
35 And they entered the brook and crossed it, and the water at first came up to their feet.
36 And they went down into the brook, and the water was up to their necks, and they were all afraid of the water; and as they crossed the brook, Abraham recognized that place, and he knew that there was no water there before.
37 And Abraham said to his son Isaac: I know this place where there was neither stream nor water, so now it is this Satan who is doing all these things to turn us away from the commandments of God today.
38 And Abraham rebuked him and said to him, The Lord punish you, O Satan, go away, because we have kept the commandments of God.
39 And Satan was terrified at the voice of Abraham, and he turned away from them, and the place became dry land again as it was at first.
40 And Abraham went with Isaac to the place of which God had told him.
41 And on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw in the distance the place of which God had told him.
42 And there appeared to him a pillar of fire stretching from earth unto heaven, and a cloud of glory over the mountain, and the glory of the Lord was seen in the cloud.
43 And Abraham said to Isaac, My son, do you see what I see on the mountain that we see in the distance?
44 And Isaac answered and said unto his father, I see, and behold, a pillar of fire and a cloud, and the glory of the Lord is seen on the cloud.
45 And Abraham heard that his son Isaac was accepted as a burnt offering before the Lord.
46 And Abraham said to Eliezer and his son Ishmael, Do you also see what we see from the distant mountain?
47 And they answered and said: We see nothing but the other mountains of the earth. And Abraham knew that they were not accepted before the Lord to go with them, and Abraham said to them: Stay here with the donkey, while I and my son Isaac will go up the mountain and worship there before the Lord, and then we will return you. .
48 And Eliezer and Ishmael stayed in that place, as Abraham commanded.
49 And Abraham took wood for a burnt offering and put it on his son Isaac, and he took the fire and the knife, and they both went to that place.
50 And as they were going, Isaac said to his father, Behold, I see here the fire and the wood, and where is the lamb that is to serve as a burnt offering before the Lord?
51 And Abraham answered his son Isaac, and said, The Lord hath chosen thee, my son, to be a perfect burnt offering in the place of the lamb.
52 And Isaac said to his father, I will do all that the Lord hath spoken unto thee with gladness and gladness of heart.
53 And Abraham went on to say to his son Isaac, Is there any thought or counsel in your heart about this that is not right? Tell me, my son, I beg you, oh my son, do not hide it from me.
54 And Isaac answered Abraham his father, and said unto him, O my father, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is nothing in my heart that can cause me to depart from the word that spoke me turn right or left, turn away he has spoken to you.
55 Not a limb or muscle moved or stirred at it, nor is there any thought or evil counsel in my heart about it.
56 But in this matter I am glad and glad in my heart, saying: Blessed be the Lord, who chose me this day to be a burnt offering before him.
57 And Abraham rejoiced greatly at the words of Isaac, and they went and gathered to the place which the Lord had spoken.
58 And Abraham drew near to build the altar in that place, and Abraham wept, and Isaac took stones and mortar until they finished building the altar.
59 And Abraham took the wood and laid it on the altar that he had built.
60 And he took his son Isaac and bound him to lay him on the stick that was on the altar to sacrifice him as a burnt offering before the Lord.
61 And Isaac said to his father, Bind me, and then lay me on the altar, lest I turn and move, and free myself from the force of the knife upon my flesh, and profane his burnt offering; and Abraham did it.
62 And Isaac went on to say to his father: O my father, if you kill me and burn me as an offering, then take what is left of my ashes to bring to my mother Sarah, and say to her, This is her candy! smell of Isaac; but do not tell her that when she is sitting by a well or on any height, lest she throw her soul after me and die.
63 And Abraham heard the words of Isaac, and he lifted up his voice and wept when Isaac spoke these words; and Abraham's tears streamed down over his son Isaac, and Isaac wept bitterly and said to his father, Hurry, my father, and do with me the will of the Lord our God, as he commanded you.
64 And the hearts of Abraham and Isaac rejoiced at what the Lord had commanded them; but the eye wept bitterly while the heart rejoiced.
65 And Abraham bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar on the wood, and Isaac stretched out his neck on the altar before his father, and Abraham stretched out his hand to take the knife to burnt his son first as a burnt offering slaughter the Lord.
66 At that time the angels of mercy came before the Lord and spoke to him about Isaac, saying:
67 0 Lord, you are a merciful and compassionate King over all that you have created in heaven and on earth, and you preserve them all; therefore give ransom and redemption in place of Isaac your servant, and have compassion and compassion on Abraham and his son Isaac, who keep your commandments today.
68 Have you seen, O Lord, how Isaac, son of Abraham, your servant, is destined to be slaughtered like an animal? now let your pity awaken them, O Lord.
69 At that time the Lord appeared to Abraham and called to him from heaven and said to him, Do not lay your hand on the boy and do nothing to him, for now I know that if you do this deed you fear God and do not refuse me yours son, your only son.
70 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, a ram was caught by its horns in a thicket; this was the ram whom the Lord God created from the earth in the day that he made the earth and the heavens.
71 For the Lord had prepared this ram from that day for a burnt offering in place of Isaac.
72 And this ram was walking toward Abraham when Satan grabbed him and tangled his horns in the thicket, lest he go toward Abraham, that Abraham might kill his son.
73 And Abraham, when he saw the ram coming towards him and Satan restraining him, took him and brought him before the altar, and he freed his son Isaac from his prison, and he put the ram in its place, and Abraham killed the ram. ram on the altar and brought him as an offering in place of his son Isaac.
74 And Abraham sprinkled some of the blood of the ram on the altar, and he cried out and said, This is in the place of my son, and this shall be counted as the blood of my son before the Lord today.
75 And whatever Abraham was doing at the altar on that occasion, he cried out, saying, This is in my son's room, and it is to be considered today in my son's place before the Lord; and Abraham finished all the service at the altar, and the service was accepted before the Lord and as if it were Isaac; and the Lord blessed Abraham and his seed that day.
76 And Satan went to Sarah, and he appeared to her in the form of a very humble and meek old man, and Abraham was still sharing in the burnt offering before the Lord.
77 And he said to her: Don't you know all the work that Abraham did today with your only son? for he took Isaac and built an altar and killed him and brought him as a sacrifice on the altar, and Isaac wept and wept before his father, but he did not look at him and had no pity on him.
78 And Satan repeated these words, and he turned away from her, and Sarah heard all the words of Satan, and she imagined him to be an old man among the sons of men, who had been with her son and come and told her these things.
79 And Sarah lifted up her voice and wept and wept bitterly for her son; and she threw herself on the ground and threw dust on her head and said: O my son, Isaac my son, if only I had died today in your place. And she continued to cry and said: I am sorry for you, O my son, my son Isaac, that today I died in your place.
80 And she still wept and said: I felt sorry for you after I created and created you; now my joy turned into sorrow for you, who longed for you and wept and prayed to God until I gave birth to you at the age of ninety; and now you have served today for the knife and the fire to be sacrificed.
81 But I take comfort in you, my son, that you are the word of the Lord, for you have fulfilled the commandment of your God; for who can transgress the word of our God, in whose hand is the soul of every living creature?
82 You are righteous, O Lord our God, for all your works are good and right; for I rejoice also in thy word which thou hast commanded me, and while my eyes weep bitterly, my heart rejoices.
83 And Sarah laid her head on the bosom of one of her maidservants, and she became still as a stone.
84 Then she got up and asked questions until she got to Hebron, and she asked everyone she met on the street, and no one could tell her what happened to her son.
85 And she came with her maidservants and her servants to Kireath-arba, which is Hebron, and she inquired about her son, and she stayed there, while she sent out some of her servants to seek where Abraham had gone with Isaac; They looked for him in the house of Sem and Eber and they couldn't find him, and they looked all over the country and he wasn't there.
86 And behold, Satan came to Sarah in the form of an old man, and he came and stood before her, and said to her, I spoke falsely to you, because Abraham did not kill his son, and he did not die; and when she heard the word, her joy for her son was so great that her soul was filled with joy; She died and was gathered to her people.
87 And when Abraham had finished his ministry, he returned to his young men with his son Isaac, and they arose and went together to Beersheba and returned home.
88 And Avraham looked for Sarah, and he could not find her, and he inquired about her, and they said to him: She went to Hebron to look for you, where you had gone, for so she was told.
89 And Abraham and Isaac went to her in Hebron, and when they found her dead, lifted up their voices and wept bitterly over her; and Isaac fell on his mother's face and wept for her, saying, O my mother, my mother, how have you left me, and where have you gone? Oh how you left me!
90 And Abraham and Isaac wept greatly, and all their servants wept with them for Sarah, and she wept great and heavy sorrow over her.
The angel of the Lord intervened to save the boy's life and said to Abraham, "Don't put your hand on the boy." (Genesis 22:12) Because Abraham was willing to obey the Lord, he said, "I know that you fear God, because you did not hold back his son, YOUR ONLY SON." (Genesis 22:2, 12, 16) A ram caught in the bush replaced Isaac.
The angel of the Lord told Abraham that if he blessed, the Lord would bless him, and if he multiplied, the Lord would multiply him. In this act, Abraham dedicated Isaac and all his seed to the service of the Lord. Isaac was laid upon the altar, and according to the law whatever touched the altar was henceforth holy to the Lord. It could never be taken back by whoever put it there. So Abraham committed him to the Lord by consecrating Isaac. PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT ISAAC WAS NOT A LITTLE CHILD BUT A GROWN MAN AND HE WAS NOT RESISTING TO BEING A SACRIFICE SHOWING THAT HE WAS READY TO BE A SERVANT OF THE LORD FOREVER.
In Isaac a race (the white race) was dedicated to the service of God. From that day on Isaac's seed was the Lord's. In the utterances of the prophets and throughout the Bible, in the story it tells, this fact is fully confirmed. The failure to recognize that a race was dedicated to service has prevented thousands of people from understanding the statements about a ministering nation and people that would testify to the blood of God through the ages.
As history progresses, the activities and history of this race (the White Race0 as represented in the nation and society of nations) will become clearer. Knowledge of their activities in fulfilling ancient prophecies will further prove the accuracy of the Bible story.
The Cave of Machpelah
Sarah, Abraham's wife, is the only woman whose age is recorded in the Bible at the time of her death. “Sarah was one hundred and twenty-seven years old; those were the years of Sarah's life.” (Genesis 23:1) So Sarah died at the age of 127.
Abraham was living near Hebron at that time. He wept for his wife Sarah and sought a burial place for her in the land of Canaan. He went to the sons of Heth and asked them for a place on earth where he could bury his dead. Abraham was instructed to choose the graves of the earth, for they considered him a prince among them. They said no one would refuse his burial, no one he wanted.
Abraham's choice fell on the cave of Machpelah. He wanted people to ask Ephron about him so he could buy the cave for a burial place. The cave was in the land of Ephron. Abraham said to tell Ephron he would pay whatever it was worth. Ephron agreed and Abraham bought the cave. The money was weighed in the presence of Heth's sons, who acted as witnesses to the transaction.
The field with the cave in it became Abraham's property. There Sarah was buried. Later Abraham, then his son Isaac, and his grandson Jacob were all buried in this tomb. The location of this cave in Palestine near Hebron is now well known. It was never violated. Jews, Mohammedans and Anglo-Saxons consider it sacred. It contains the remains of the parents of these breeds and their burial ground must not be disturbed.
When Jacob died, his son Joseph, then ruler of Egypt, had him embalmed in Egyptian fashion. Here in this cave of Machpelah lies the mummy of Jacob, brought there by his son Joseph. Let the skeptics explain, if they can, why men in search of evidence of the past broke into and desecrated the Egyptian tombs, yet the resting place of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob remains untouched and undisturbed. The reason is quite simple. God not only protects his people in life, but also guards the tomb of his friend Abraham from such vandalism. There, undisturbed, they walked away from the resurrection through the centuries, when Yahshua proclaimed, "Many shall come from east and west and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven."
Rebekah becomes Isaac's wife
Abraham had been blessed by the Lord in all things. Then he called his servant, who was in charge of all his goods, and made him swear that he would not take Isaac's wife from among the women of the land, but would go to Abraham's relatives and choose among them a wife for Isaac. The servant asked Abraham what he should do if the woman didn't come. He was told that he would be free to fulfill the oath he had taken.
The servant took ten camels and went to the city of Nahor in Mesopotamia. Arriving in the city, he had his camels laid down near a well to wait until evening when the women came to draw water. He said a prayer asking the Lord to make him successful in his mission. He prayed that the virgin whom he should ask for a drink would reply, "Drink, and I will water thy camels also" (Genesis 24:14; 46) and that she would be the right person for Isaac.
Rebekah came to the well to draw water. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, who was Abraham's brother. She was very pretty. The servant asked her for a drink which she gave him and also water from her camels. The servant was surprised. After watering the camels, he gave Rebekah a gold earring and two bracelets of great value. When he learned whose daughter she was, the servant bowed his head and worshiped the Lord.
Rebekah ran home and told her people about the stranger she met at the well. His brother Laban, hearing his story, ran to the well and invited the servant to his house. The servant refused to eat until he had given his order. He said he was Abraham's servant and told of his master's wealth in flocks, silver and gold, male and female servants, camels and donkeys. Then he told about Isaac and the oath he had taken at Abraham's request. He told of his prayer at the well and how Rebecca came in answer to that prayer. Then he said: 'And now, if you are kind to my lord, tell me: and if not, tell me; so I can turn right or left. (Genesis 24:49)
Laban and Bethuel answered and said they could speak neither bad nor good to him, for that was from the Lord. Rebekah's brother Laban and their mother wanted her to stay a few days, at least ten, but Abraham's servant said he wanted to go because the Lord had blessed him. Rebekah was consulted and she agreed to go. She was sent with the servant and with the blessing: "You are our sister, be the mother of thousands of millions, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate her." (Genesis 24:60)
Isaac went out to meditate in the field at dusk and saw the camels coming. When Rebekah saw Isaac, she got down from her camel and put on a veil. The servant told Isaac everything that had happened. Isaac took Rebekah and she became his wife; and he loved her.
The book of Jasher tells this story like this:
Chapter 24
1 And the life of Sarah was one hundred and twenty-seven years, and Sarah died; and Abraham arose before his dead to seek a tomb to bury his wife Sarah; and he went and spoke to the children of Heth, the inhabitants of the land, saying,
2 I am a stranger and a stranger with you in your land; give me a tomb in your land to bury my dead before me.
3 And the sons of Heth said to Abraham: Behold, the land lies before you; in the choice of our graves bury your dead, for no one will prevent you from burying your dead.
4 And Abraham said to them, If ye agree, go and ask Ephron the son of Zochar for me, and ask him to give me the cave of Machpelah, which is at the end of his field, and I will buy from it him for what he wishes for him.
5 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth, and they went and called him, and he came before Abraham, and Ephron said to Abraham, Behold, whatever you ask, your servant shall do; and Abraham said: No, but I will buy the cave and the field that you have for a value, that it may serve as a burial place forever.
6 And Ephron answered and said: Behold, the field and the cave are before thee; give what thou wilt; and Abraham said, Only at full price will I buy it from your hand, and from the hand of those who enter through the gate of your city, and from the hand of your seed forever.
7 And Ephron and all his brothers heard it, and Abraham weighed Ephron four hundred shekels of silver in the hand of Ephron and in the hand of all his brothers; and Abraham wrote down this transaction, and he wrote it up and testified to it with four witnesses.
8 And these are the names of the witnesses: Amigal the son of Abishna the Hittite, Adichorom the son of Ashunach the Hivite, Abdon the son of Achiram the Gomerit, Bakdil the son of Abudish the Zidonite.
9 And Abraham took the book of purchases and put it in his treasures, and these are the words that Abraham wrote in the book, namely:
10 That the cave and the field that were bought by Ephron the Hittite and by his seed and by those who come out of his city and by his seed forever for Abraham, be a purchase for Abraham and his seed and for them shall go forth from his loins, in possession of the grave forever; and he put a seal on it and testified with witnesses.
11 And the field and the cave that was in it, and all this place, were secured to Abraham and his seed of the children of Heth after him; Behold, it is before Mamre in Hebron, which is in the land of Canaan.
12 And after that Abraham buried his wife Sarah there, and this place and all its borders became a burial place for Abraham and his seed.
13 And Abraham buried Sarah with pomp, as was seen at the burial of kings, and she was buried in very fine and beautiful robes.
14 And in his coffin were Shem and his sons Eber and Abimelech, with Anar, Ashkol, and Mamre, and all the great of the earth followed his coffin.
15 And the days of Sarah were one hundred and twenty-seven years, and she died, and Abraham mourned great and heavy, and he performed the rites of mourning seven days.
16 And all the inhabitants of the land comforted Abraham and his son Isaac concerning Sarah.
17 And when the days of their mourning were over, Abraham sent away his son Isaac, and he went into the house of Shem and Eber to learn the ways of the Lord and his statutes, and Abraham tarried there three years.
18 At that time Abraham rose up with all his servants, and they went and returned to Beersheba, and Abraham and all his servants stayed in Beersheba.
19 And about the turn of the year Abimelech king of the Philistines died that year; he was one hundred and ninety-three years old when he died; and Abraham went with his people into the land of the Philistines, and they comforted all the family and all his servants, and then he turned and went home.
20 And after Abimelech's death the people of Gerar took Benmalich his son, and he was only twelve years old, and they buried him in his father's place.
21 And they called his name Abimelech after his father's name, for it was their custom in Gerar, and Abimelech reigned in the place of his father Abimelech, and he sat on his throne.
22 Also Lot the son of Haran died in those days, in Isaac's nine and thirty year year, and all the days that Lot lived were one hundred and forty years until he died.
23 And these are the sons of Lot who were born to him of his daughters: the name of the firstborn was Moab, and the name of the second was Benami.
24 And the two sons of Lot went and took wives out of the land of Canaan, and they had children for themselves, and the sons of Moab were Ed, Mayon, Tarsus, and Kanvil, four sons, who are the fathers of the sons of Moab to this day .
25 And all the families of the children of Lot went to dwell wherever they went, for they were fruitful and grew in abundance.
26 And they went and built cities for themselves in the land where they dwelt, and called the cities that they built by their own names.
27 And Nahor the son of Terah, Abraham's brother, died in those days in the fortieth year of Isaac's life, and all the days of Nahor were one hundred and seventy-two years, and he died and was buried in Haran.
28 And when Abraham heard that his brother was dead, he grieved deeply, and mourned for his brother many days.
29 And Abraham called Eliezer his chief servant to give him orders over his house, and he came and stood before him.
30 And Abraham said unto him, Behold, I am old, I know not the day of my death; for I am progressed in days; Now get up, go out, and do not take a wife for my son from this place and from this land, from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom we dwell.
31 But go to my country and to the place where I was born, and from there take a wife for my son and for the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, who brought me up from my father's house and brought me to this place and said to me, I will give this land to your seed for an everlasting inheritance; he will send his angel before you and prosper your way, that you may acquire a wife for my son from my family and from my father's house.
32 And the servant answered his master Abraham, and said, Behold, I am going into thy house, and into thy father's house, and from there I will take a wife for thy son; but if the woman will not follow me to this land, shall I bring your son back to the land of your birth?
33 And Abraham said to him, Take care that you do not bring my son hither again, for the Lord, before whom I walked, will send his angel before you, and your way will prosper.
34 And Eliezer did as Abraham commanded him, and Eliezer swore this to his lord Abraham; And Eliezer arose, and took with him ten camels of his master's camels, and ten men of his master's servants, and they arose and went to Haran, the city of Abraham and Nahor, to ask a wife for Isaac the son of Abraham , to search; and while they were gone, Abraham sent to the house of Shem and Eber, and from there they brought Isaac his son.
35 And Isaac returned to his father's house in Beersheba, while Eliezer and his men came to Haran; and they stopped in the city at the watering place, and he made his camels kneel by the water, and they stayed there.
36 And Eliezer Abraham's servant prayed, saying, O God of my master Abraham; Send me I beg you good luck on this day and be kind to my lord that today you will appoint a wife for my lord's son from his family.
37 And the Lord heard Eliezer's voice concerning his servant Abraham, and he met the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milkah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, and Eliezer came to his house.
38 And Eliezer told them all his troubles and that he was Abraham's servant, and they rejoiced greatly in him.
39 And they all praised the Lord who had brought this, and gave him Rebekah the daughter of Bethuel Isaac to wife.
40 And the young woman looked very beautiful, she was a virgin, and Rebekah was ten years old at that time.
41 And Bethuel and Laban and his sons held a feast that evening, and Eliezer and his men came and ate and drank and feasted there that evening.
42 And Eliezer rose up in the morning, he and the men who were with him, and called all the house of Bethuel, saying, Release me, that I may go to my lord; and they arose and sent Rebekah and her nurse Deborah, the daughter of Uz, away, and gave her silver and gold, male and female servants, and blessed them.
43 And they sent Eliezer away with his men; and the servants took Rebekah, and he went and returned to his master in the land of Canaan.
44 And Isaac took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he brought her into the tent.
45 And Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah his uncle Betuel's daughter.
Abraham's marriage to Keturah
After Sarah's death, Abraham married Keturah. She gave birth to six sons named Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. Few people, speaking of Abraham's seed, realize that the descendants of these six sons became the people of the eastern land.
The descendants of these six sons became a great company represented today by many people in Arabia and India. The doctrine that limits Abraham's descendants to only the Jews contradicts not only biblical history but all history. The study of races and the subsequent fulfillment of the varied predictions in the history of different races is fascinating.
Abraham's son Jokshan had two children, Sheba and Dedan. Many centuries later we have the record of the Queen of Sheba coming to Jerusalem to hear Solomon's wisdom. (1 Kings 10:1-9) So a king of Abrahamic descent through Keturah. In the last days, the descendants of these two sons, Sheba and Dedan, are represented by Ezekiel as allies with the merchants of Tarshish (England) and all their young lions. We think the last days are now. (Ezekiel 38:3)
Tarshish is the ancient name of the British Isles, colonies of which are young lions. This confederation is under construction. These facts are important as they help ensure the identification of the various branches of the Abrahamic races in these modern times. These branches will be discussed later.
Keturah's sons were sent away so they could not disturb Isaac after Abraham's death. However, we find out that Ishmael son of Hagar and Isaac met at the time of Abraham's death and buried him in the cave of Machpelah. Abraham was one hundred and seventy-five years old when he died.
The covenant made with Isaac
The Lord appeared to Isaac and the covenant blessings given by God to Abraham were imparted to him. These competing blessings of a royal race did not pass to Ishmael; Nor did they go to any of Keturah's sons, for God had declared to Abraham, “But I will establish my covenant with Isaac.” (Genesis 17:21) The other sons received blessings of growth and rank, but only through Isaac and we shall see his descendants fulfilling the Abrahamic covenant.
Isaac's life
Birth of Esau and Isaac
Isaac and Rebekah had no children and Isaac supplicated the Lord for Rebekah because she was barren. His prayer was answered. Just before the birth of two children, Rebekah inquired of the Lord about her. She was told that she would give birth to twins who would become the father of two nations whose peoples would be different from each other. One would be stronger than the other and the elder would serve the younger.
Twenty years after Isaac and Rebekah were married, when Isaac was sixty, Esau and Jacob were born. The first child was all red and covered with fur like a furry garment. So they called him Esau (hairy). The youngest was named Jacob, which means "supplanter". The boys grew up and Esau became a cunning hunter and man of the field, while Jacob lived in tents and tended his flocks and flocks.
Isaac loved Esau because he brought him venison, but Rebekah loved Jacob. There came a day when Jacob was cooking lentils and Esau came back from the field very hungry (why he was hungry and thought he was dying has been told above). Esau asked Jacob for some of the red stew he was preparing, and Jacob made a deal with him to give him some of the stew in exchange for his birthright. Esau did not consider the birthright of great value for the future of his descendants because he thought Nimrod's men would kill him. He said: “Behold, I am near death; and what gain shall this birthright bring me?” (Genesis 25:32)
Jacob made Esau swear an oath, so he sold his birthright to Jacob for a stew of red lentils. Esau went his way, eating and drinking, despising his birthright.
Jacob now became the possessor of what he had desired; i.e. the birthright which Esau had carelessly sold him. This birthright was the inheritance of greatness promised to Abraham and his descendants through Isaac. Esau, the man of the world, was a cunning and deceitful man, he cared little for the future; only the immediate present interested him. The sale of the birthright played an important part in the lives of these two young men as the story unfolds.
Isaac in the land of the Philistines
As in the days of Abraham, famine again came upon the land. Because of the famine, Isaac went to the land of the Philistines and settled near Gerar as his father had done before him. The Lord appeared to Isaac and told him there not to go down to Egypt but to remain in the land. There the Lord said he would bless him and fulfill the oath he swore to Abraham; that is, their seed would multiply like the stars, the earth would be theirs, and the nations of the earth would be blessed because of them.
The Lord then said why Isaac's blessing was confirmed: "Because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my commandment, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws." (Genesis 26:5) This is an interesting statement; Many have taught that the commandments, statutes, and laws of God did not come into being until the tablets of stone were in Mr. Sinai. Biblical history does not establish such a teaching. Abraham was observing these laws even before Israel received them at Mount Sinai. The oldest book in the biblical record, dating many years before the time of Abraham, documents the fact that God's laws already existed. It's in the book of Job
The law of the Lord has always been in force. At Mount Sinai, God merely gave Israel the law as a national constitution. They were asked to administer it as the law of the land. From his government would come prosperity and national peace. Otherwise, the opposite of prosperity and trouble would occur.
Abraham kept the law of the Lord and prospered. Isaac kept the law and God brought him prosperity. The history of the prosperity of his diocese is inseparable from the fulfillment of the law. This was not the ordinance law added at Mount Sinai, but the moral, administrative, economic, sanitary, and judicial law, which will be discussed later.
Isaac called Rebekah his sister because he feared being killed because of her. Here in Gerar, Abraham also called his wife sister for the same reason. Abimelech king of the Philistines saw Isaac and Rebekah having fun and called Isaac to ask why he called his wife sister. Isaac told him that he did it out of fear of humans. Abimelech denounced Isaac and then told all his people not to disturb Isaac or Rebekah in any way or else they would be killed.
Isaac appeared in the land and reaped a hundredfold. He became very wealthy owning flocks and flocks and servants. The Bible always recognizes true wealth in possessions, not in gold and silver. Modern civilization could learn a lot if it realized that gold and silver are not real riches. God knows this to be true, but man has forgotten. The modern economic system often destroys real wealth in order to make a profit from gold and silver. Such a system always leads to misery and distress. Isaac prospered with increasing wealth and possessions, which is the only true and enduring wealth in a healthy economy.
Isaac the Well Digger
The Philistines envied Isaac's wealth and power. They had sealed all the wells that their father Abraham had dug. Abimelech king of the Philistines told Isaac to leave the country because he had become very strong and great, and Isaac went and pitched his ten in the valley of Gerar.
Isaac dug again the wells that his father had dug. They were not stopped as long as Abraham was alive, for people respected their power and authority. Isaac called the wells the same names his father did. His servants dug a well in a valley and found spring water, and the shepherds of Gerar fought with Isaac's shepherds over that well. Isaac went ahead and dug another, and so the Philistines fought too. Again Isaac moved and dug another well. There was no dispute about this one. Abraham forced Abimelech to acknowledge his right to the wells he dug, but Isaac continued digging more wells instead of fighting for them.
The Lord appeared to Isaac that night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham; Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and increase your seed for the sake of my servant Abraham.” (Genesis 26:24) There Isaac built an altar and called on the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there and his Servants began digging another well.
Abimelech went to Isaac with a friend and Phikol, the commander of his army. Isaac was a little surprised and asked them why they came to see him since they hated him and sent him away. They replied that they knew the Lord was with Isaac and that they had come to make a covenant with him. Both agreed not to harm each other and sealed the deal by eating and drinking together. Abimelech and Phicol then departed in peace. That same day Isaac's servants came and told him that they had found water in the well they were about to dig. Isaac named the well Shebah. Years later the city of Beersheba was established there.
Isaac's son Esau was not yet forty years old. He married two Hittite women and this was a grief to his parents who wanted him to marry among their own people.
The story of Jacob receiving the birthright from Esau has already been mentioned above, so we will not repeat it here.
Jacob cheats on his father Isaac
Isaac had grown old and his eyes were darkened so that he could not see. He called Esau and asked him to hunt a deer and prepare the dish that he loved and would bless him before he died. Rebekah heard Isaac say this to Esau. She called Jacob and told him what she had heard. Then she told him to take two young goats from the herd and she would prepare the savory meaning that Isaac loved. Jacob was then able to take the bowl to his father and receive the blessing in Esau's stead. Jacob was against this plan at first because Esau was hairy and he wasn't, and his father would sense it, realize the mistake, and curse him instead of blessing him. Rebekah told Jacob to do as she was told and that she would accept any curse he might receive.
Rebekah prepared the tasty meat that Isaac loved, and Jacob brought it to his father, having been disguised by his mother. She put some of Esau's clothes on Jacob, and goatskins on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. Jacob said to his father: “In Esau your firstborn; Do as you commanded me: stand up, please, sit down and eat my venison, that your soul may bless me. (Genesis 27:12) (Here we can see that by using these words Jacob probably identified himself as Jacob and not Esau. So Jacob was not actually deceived but made it appear that he was.)
Isaac asked how he got the venison and prepared it so quickly. Jacob replied, "Because the Lord your God brought him to me." (Genesis 27:20) (Another indication that Jacob was not actually deceived, knowing that Esau could not have gotten a stag and prepared it so quickly)
Still not satisfied, Isaac asked Jacob to come closer so he could feel him and be sure it was Esau. Jacob did what his father asked. Then Isaac said: "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau." (Genesis 27:22) The mistake was not discovered, and Isaac said again: "Are you my son Esau?" (Genesis 27:22: 24) (Here we have another indication that Jacob was not actually deceived, but only pretended to be.) And he said, referring to Jacob, “It is I.” Jacob had begun to deceive and now added the lie. Three times he declared that he was Esau.
The book of Jasher records this act of Jacob and Esau:
Chapter 29
1 And Isaac the son of Abraham grew old and advanced in years, and his eyes grew heavy with old age; they were dark and could see nothing.
2 At that time Isaac called his son Esau and said, "Take, I pray you, your weapons, your quiver, and your bow, and arise, and go out into the field, and bring me game, and prepare meat for me that is tasty. and bring -ma for me. that I may eat to bles