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(Heb 11, 20-22) By faith Isaac blessed Jacob
[20] By faith regarding things still to come Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau. [21] By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and "bowed in worship, leaning on the top of his staff." [22] By faith Joseph, near the end of his life, spoke of the Exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.
(CCC 2573) God renews his promise to Jacob, the ancestor of the twelve tribes of Israel (Cf. Gen 28:10-22). Before confronting his elder brother Esau, Jacob wrestles all night with a mysterious figure who refuses to reveal his name, but he blesses him before leaving him at dawn. From this account, the spiritual tradition of the Church has retained the symbol of prayer as a battle of faith and as the triumph of perseverance (Cf.
Gen 32:24-30; Lk 18:1-8). (CCC 1080) From the very beginning God blessed all living beings, especially man and woman. The covenant with Noah and with all living things renewed this blessing of fruitfulness despite man's sin which had brought a curse on the ground. But with Abraham, the divine blessing entered into human history which was moving toward death, to redirect it toward life, toward its source.
By the faith of "the father of all believers," who embraced the blessing, the history of salvation is inaugurated. (CCC 1081) The divine blessings were made manifest in astonishing and saving events: the birth of Isaac, the escape from Egypt (Passover and Exodus), the gift of the promised land, the election of David, the presence of God in the Temple, the purifying exile, and return of a "small remnant.
" the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms, interwoven in the liturgy of the Chosen People, recall these divine blessings and at the same time respond to them with blessings of praise and thanksgiving. (CCC 2626) Blessing expresses the basic movement of Christian prayer: it is an encounter between God and man.
In blessing, God's gift and man's acceptance of it are united in dialogue with each other. The prayer of blessing is man's response to God's gifts: because God blesses, the human heart can in return bless the One who is the source of every blessing. (CCC 1082) In the Church's liturgy the divine blessing is fully revealed and communicated.
The Father is acknowledged and adored as the source and the end of all the blessings of creation and salvation. In his Word who became incarnate, died, and rose for us, he fills us with his blessings. Through his Word, he pours into our hearts the Gift that contains all gifts, the Holy Spirit.
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INTRODUCTION:
God is the most awesome spiritual force ever. He indeed is Love on a level that most of us could never understand. If it wasn't for him manifesting himself as a human on earth, as his spirit son Jesus, we would not be able to comprehend him. But how is it that God, who is the essence of the ultimate LOVE, can actually hate something? Well it's best that you understand your own human-ness for a moment. Since God made us in his image, I propose we have much more in common that you might realize.
Inside of each of us is a thin line between hate and love. But God, the Almighty has this right as the creator of everything... EVERYTHING. This demands a respect and awe that most of us just don't really get. How many of us have got into a fight with our spouse and felt a surge of anger that borderlined on hate. But after we forgave them... we loved them none-the-less? Isn't it funny how easy it is to understand YHWH God when you give him the credit for making us in his own image. How unbelievably cool is that?
But let's give credit where credit is due. He is the "MAN". (said tongue in cheek). We have forgotten the concept of respecting authority. God is allowed to be "jealous" because he is God. But we are expected to follow his rules and that means to "respect his authority" and do as he says. Period. (cliches aside). We are to fear only him. But if you really understand his love for you... this would be a concept that is easy to embrace. If you knew how Glorious your eternity will be with him (Jesus Christ) as your Lord, giving him this respect would come "naturally" and with total "awe".
So am I saying that we are not allowed to hate anyone, or be jealous of anyone, but YHWH God is? You bet! In fact, God hates sin. He makes no bones about it. But if you ask forgiveness directly to HIM ONLY, then he gives it. As long as you really mean it. And "meaning it" means that in your heart, you intend to change and do better next time. And unlike the enemy, God CAN see into your heart. So don't MESS AROUND. There is far too much at stake. I hope you make it through this "test"on earth to the "other side", so you can see for yourself.
That being said, God hates Esau. Look it up. But who is Esau and who are his descendants? Well I present to you, In Jesus Name, the answer to that question. It costs me a mere 20 a month to belong to the Koinonia Institute of "Pastor Chuck Missler" fame, but it is worth every penny. While I do not
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There are more Bible passages pronouncing judgment on the Edomites than on any other nation.1 But who are they? What relevance do they have for us today? As diligent students of the Word of God, it is essential for us to understand who they are and what eschatological implications they may have on our present geopolitical horizon.
THE EVERLASTING HATRED
The covenant birthright was a point of contention between Sarah vs. Hagar,2 Isaac vs. Ishmael,3 and which then became the root of the hb'yae ~l'A[ olam ebah-the "Everlasting Hatred"-beginning in the womb with Esau and Jacob, and Esau's sub-sequent contempt of the covenant birthright,4 and resulting in Esau's spiteful intermarriage with the Ishmaelites, which con-tinued the "everlasting hatred" to this very day.5 Recognition of this "Everlasting Hatred"-and its embodiment in Islam-is essential to our understanding its eschatological implications, as well as the daily newscasts that dominate our mainline press.
The tensions continued as Israel, after the exodus from Egypt, was denied passage through their land of Edom.6 The misleading nature of the maps in many of our Bibles cause us to assume that the Edomites were confined east of the Jordan, south of Moab. However, the Edomites ("Idumeans" in Greek), under pressure from the Nabateans in the east, migrated west and established their own "Idumea" (see map, right).
MIGRATION INTO "IDUMEA"
Nomadic Nabateans migrated out of Arabia into Edom and drove the Edomites westward. Directly west of Edom were established routes of passage. Land there was historically more prosperous and resourceful than the land of Edom, which consisted of infertile deserts and jagged mountains. Further-more, the land bore a family association: after all, Esau was Jacob's brother.
Hebron, 19 miles south of Jerusalem and 3400 ft. above sea level, became their new capital: established 1500 years earlier, unlike Jerusalem, it was left intact as prime real estate after the Babylonian deportation under Nebuchadnezzar.
As the Babylonians took Judah into captivity, and angry soldiers wrecked the walls, slew the people, and burned the city, we could have observed their neighboring citizens-the Edomites-encourage the Babylonians to ruin the city: "Raze it! Raze it!" they were calling. "Dash their little children against the stones and wipe out the Jews!"7
Hebron remained under Edomite control until Judas Maccabeus retook the city under Jewish control in 164 B.C. Thirty-eight years later, in 126 B.C., they had to be reconquered by the Jewish Army under prince and high priest John Hyrcanus. A pivotal event then took place in which Idumeans were forced to be proselytized into Judaism or flee or die. This resulted in many Idumeans pretending to become Jews, yet really were not.8
In 47 B.C. Julius Caesar promoted the Idumean Antipater as procurator over Judea, Samaria and Galilee. In 37 B.C., the Romans named Herod, son of Antipater, as King over Israel. (His mother was Nabatean). Thus, the Herods of the New Testament were Edomites: One of them killed the Jewish babies in his attempt to destroy Christ;9 another Herod murdered John the Baptist; another one killed James the brother of John.10
These "almost Jews" were-to the Roman mind-more comfortable than the true Jews. The Idumeans had five centuries of prior history in Israel by the time of the arrival of the Messiah Jesus.11 The struggle between the Israelis and the Arabs today is but a continuation of this same hatred that began in Genesis 25:21-26.
OBSCURE LABELING
Specificity can, in some cases, be critical. Metaphors reign where mysteries reside. At the time of the fall of Jerusalem in 70 A.D., there was civil turmoil among the Zealots, the Idumeans, and the Orthodox Jews. Twenty thousand Idumean infantry slaughtered many of the Orthodox Jews. Yet, many also fought with the Jews against the Romans. Many were killed, sold into slavery, or many were among the 40,000 set free by Caesar. The distinctive hatred of the Idumeans had become obscured to the Roman mind.
During the subsequent revolt under Bar Kokhba, there were about 200,000 men at his command, with which he recaptured Jerusalem and many strongholds throughout the country. Emperor Hadrian called legion upon legion to crush the Jewish insurgents. Over 580,000 lost their lives.
Hadrian committed himself to stamp out Jewish national-ism entirely. Traditions such as circumcision, the Sabbath, and reading the Torah became forbidden under penalty of death. He also resolved to rename the region after the Jew's worst enemy.
The Romans had two primary choices: Idumea or Philistia. Idumeans were viewed as practitioners of Judaism, and the tensions among them were regarded as simply a family squab-ble. They did not view the Idumeans as great an enemy to the Jews as the Philistines, so they named the region "Palestina," which is the Latin for Philistia. Until 135 A.D., after the Bar Kokhba revolt, maps still dis-played Idumea. However, after the Romans chose to name the region "Palestina," Idumea disappeared from future maps and history. The Edomites, subsequently known as Idumeans, be-came assimilated into the "Palestinians" of today. The "tents of Edom" featured in Psalm 83 appear as refugee camps in the propaganda of the Palestine Authority today.
Furthermore, many orthodox Jews today continue to view the international "globalists" as Edomites, a term they regard as referring to Rome or any other ruling empire...
THE EXAMPLE OF AMSCHEL MOSES BAUER
In 1743 a goldsmith named Amschel Moses Bauer opened a coin shop in Frankfurt, Germany. He hung above his door a sign depicting a Roman eagle on a red shield. The shop became known as the Red Shield firm.
Amschel Bauer had a son, Mayer Amschel Bauer. At a very early age Mayer showed that he possessed immense intellectual ability, and his father spent much of his time teaching him everything he could about the money lending business and in the basic dynamics of finance.
A few years after his father's death in 1755, Mayer went to work in Hannover as a clerk in a bank owned by the Oppenheimers. Mayer's superior ability was quickly recognized and his advancement within the firm was swift. His success allowed him the means to return to Frankfurt and to purchase the business his father had established in 1743.
The big Red Shield was still displayed over the door. Recognizing the true significance of the Red Shield (his father had adopted it as his emblem from the Red Flag which was the emblem of the revolutionary minded Jews in Eastern Europe), Mayer Amschel Bauer changed his name to Rothschild, the German word for "red shield." It was at this point that the House of Rothschild came into being.
Through his experience with the Oppenheimers, Mayer Rothschild learned that loaning money to governments and kings was much more profitable than loaning to private individuals. Not only were the loans bigger, but they were secured by the nation's taxes.
Mayer Amschel Rothschild had five sons, Amschel, Salomon, Nathan, Karl and Jakob. Mayer spent the rest of his life instructing them all in the secret techniques of money creation and manipulation. As they came of age, he sent them to the major capitals of Europe to open branch offices of the family banking business. Amschel stayed in Frankfurt, Salomon was sent to Vienna, Nathan was sent to London, Karl went to Naples, and Jakob went to Paris.
In 1838 Nathan made the following statement: "Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws."
The saga continues, in the minds of many, with involvements of Adam Weishaupt with the Illuminati; the secret meetings on Jekyll Island that established the Federal Re-serve; and, other tales of struggle for global power. Apparently there may be some who still appear today as "Jews" but, in actuality, are not.
I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 2:9; cf. 3:9
Many thanks to Bill Salus and his book, Isralestine, from which much of the material in this series was taken. There certainly seems to be fruitful ground for the diligent inquirer. The tale has yet to run its full course. (Study the references in Note #1.)
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Anyone following the Jewish Blogosphere or simply reading the Jewish and Israeli papers is fully aware of a heated debate about whether or not Katrina was retribution for the United States pressuring Israel to ruthlessly destroy beautiful, flourishing Jewish neighborhoods and render thousands of Jews homeless and jobless.
I've decided NOT to point out all the naysayer blogs by linking to them. Although I have found that Akiva has posted a nice list of them.
Nevertheless, it should be stated that even if G-d himself rearranged the stars in heaven to spell out "Duh! What Do You Think Katrina Was For? I Said It Before And I'll Say It Again: 'Those Who Curse Abraham Are Cursed And Those Who Bless Abraham Are Blessed!'" There would still be people - most people in fact - that would say "nah, that's just an astronomical fluke." (Yes, pun intended - thank you very much!)
And so even, as Sultan Knish points out, when the AP writes Deja Vu stories about forced evacuations.
And even, as Akiva posted, with an astonishing Torah Code (you got to admit it IS astonishing).
And even when Aaron Klein from WorldNetDaily lists a whole host of other connections (a real must read!) we'll always have people like Knesset Member Eliezer Cohen (National Union) saying things like: "I know meteorology well enough not to believe such rubbish,"
But then again this is not the first time mankind has hardened his heart...
"And the L-RD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying: Show a wonder for you; then thou shalt say unto Aaron: Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.' And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as the L-RD had commanded; and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent. THEN PHARAOH ALSO CALLED FOR THE WISE MEN AND THE SORCERERS; AND THEY ALSO, THE MAGICIANS OF EGYPT, DID IN LIKE MANNER WITH THEIR SECRET ARTS. For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents; but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED, AND HE HEARKENED NOT UNTO THEM; AS THE L-RD HAD SPOKEN. (Exodus 7:8 - 13")
Why even if the seas become full with blood!
"And the L-RD said unto Moses: 'Pharaoh's heart is stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go. Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink to meet him; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thy hand. And thou shalt say unto him: The L-RD, the God of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying: Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness; and, behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened; thus saith the L-RD: In this thou shalt know that I am the L-RD-behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.' And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Say unto Aaron: Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.' And Moses and Aaron did so, as the L-RD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; AND ALL THE WATERS THAT WERE IN THE RIVER WERE TURNED TO BLOOD. AND THE FISH THAT WERE IN THE RIVER DIED; AND THE RIVER BECAME FOUL, AND THE EGYPTIANS COULD NOT DRINK WATER FROM THE RIVER; AND THE BLOOD WAS THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT. AND THE MAGICIANS OF EGYPT DID IN LIKE MANNER WITH THEIR SECRET ARTS; AND PHARAOH'S HEART WAS HARDENED, AND HE HEARKENED NOT UNTO THEM; AS THE L-RD HAD SPOKEN. AND PHARAOH TURNED AND WENT INTO HIS HOUSE, NEITHER DID HE LAY EVEN THIS TO HEART." ("Exodus 7:14 - 23")
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