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  1. So, I've studied Genesis translations from the original Hebrew. "God" is described as both female / #NonBinary ("El Chaddai" -- the god with breasts) and also a plurality (Elohim is plural). But apparently, the "God of War" won out on the pantheon, but that's another story...

    However, judging by the earliest texts, it's say it's pretty clear that God is a they/them, and doesn't have a problem with whatever gender folks embrace.

    #BibleStudies #Torah #Hebrew #ElShaddai #Elohim #BornThisWay #GenderFluid #Deities #AsAboveSoBelow #GodIsNonBinary

  2. So, I've studied Genesis translations from the original Hebrew. "God" is described as both female / #NonBinary ("El Chaddai" -- the god with breasts) and also a plurality (Elohim is plural). But apparently, the "God of War" won out on the pantheon, but that's another story...

    However, judging by the earliest texts, it's say it's pretty clear that God is a they/them, and doesn't have a problem with whatever gender folks embrace.

    #BibleStudies #Torah #Hebrew #ElShaddai #Elohim #BornThisWay #GenderFluid #Deities #AsAboveSoBelow #GodIsNonBinary

  3. Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·

    Archangel Michael

    Also called Michael the Taxiarch. A taxiarch is used in the Greek language to mean “brigadier,” or a commander of a company. In Greek Orthodoxy, it refers to the Archangels Michael or Gabriel as leaders of the heavenly hosts.

    Michael is an archangel & warrior of God in Christianity, Islam, & Judaism. The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in the 2nd or 3rd centuries BC Jewish works, often but not always apocalyptic. In these works, he’s the chief of the angels & archangels. He’s the guardian prince of Israel & is responsible for the care of the people of Israel.

    Christianity conserved nearly all of Jewish traditions concerning him. He’s mentioned explicitly in Revelation 12:7-12, where he does battle with Satan, & in the Epistle of Jude, where the archangel & the devil have an argument over the body of Moses.

    The Book of Enoch lists Michael as 1 of 7 archangels. The remaining names are: Uriel, Raguel, Raphael, Sariel, Gabriel, & Remiel. He’s mentioned again in the last chapters of the Book of Daniel, a Jewish apocalypse composed in the 2nd century BC, in which a man clothed in linen tells Daniel that he & “Michael, your prince” are engaged in a battle with the “prince of Persia,” after which, at the end-time, “Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise.”

    Enoch was instrumental in establishing the pre-eminent place of Michael among the angels & archangels. In later Jewish works, he’s said to be their chief, mediating the Torah, & standing at the right hand of the throne of God.

    In the traditions of the Qumran community, he defends, or leads, the people of God in the end-time battle. In other writings, he’s responsible for the care of Israel & acts as commander of the heavenly armies. He’s Israel’s advocate, contesting Satan’s claim to the body of Moses.

    He intercedes between God & humanity & serves as High Priest in the heavenly sanctuary. (So would this make him Aaron’s equal? We’re sincerely asking. Let us know your take in the comments.) He accompanies the souls of the righteous dead to Paradise.

    The 7 archangels (or 4, as traditions differ, but always include Michael) were associated with the branches of the menorah, the sacred 7-branched lamp stand in the Temple, as the 7 spirits before the throne of God. This is reflected in the Book of Revelation 4:5. Michael is mentioned explicitly in Revelation 12:7-12, where he does battle with Satan & casts him out of heaven so that he no longer has that exclusive access to God as accuser (his former role in the Old Testament).

    Satan’s fall at the coming of Jesus marks the separation of the New Testament from Judaism. In Luke 22:31, Jesus tells Peter that Satan has asked God for permission to “sift” the disciples, the goal being to accuse them. But the accusation by Jesus, who thus takes on the role played by angels, & especially by Michael, in Judaism.

    Michael is mentioned by anem for the 2nd time in the Epistle of Jude, which is an impassioned plea for the believers to engage in battle against the incursion of the error. In verses 9-10, the author denounces the heretics by contrasting them with the archangel Michael, who, in disputing with Satan over the body of Moses.

    According to rabbinic tradition, Michael acted as the advocate of Israel. Sometimes he had to fight with the princes of other nations (Daniel 10:13), & particularly with the angel Samael, Israel’s accuser. Their hostility dates from the time Samael was thrown from heaven & tried to drag Michael down with him, requiring God’s intervention.

    The rabbis declare that Michael came into his role as defender at the time of the biblical patriarchs. Rabbi Eliezer ben Jacob said Michael rescued Abraham from the furnace into which he’d been thrown by Nimrod. Some say he was the “one that had escaped” (Genesis 14:13), who told Abraham that Lot had been taken captive & who protected Sarah from defilement by Abimelech.

    Michael prevented Isaac’s being sacrificed by his dad by substituting a ram in his place. He saved Jacob, while still in his mom’s womb, from death at the hands of Samuel. Michael later prevented Laban from hurting Jacob. The midrash Exodus Rabbah holds that Michael exercised his function as an advocate of Israel at the time of the Exodus & destroyed Sennacherib’s army.

    Epiphanius of Salamis (circa 310-circa 320-403), in his Coptic-Arabic Hexaemeron, referred to Michael as a replacement of Satan. Accordingly, after Satan fell, Michael was appointed to the function Satan served when he was still 1 of the noble angels.

    A painting of Michael slaying a serpent became a major art piece at the Michaelion after Constantine defeated Licinius near there in 324. This contributed to the standard iconography that developed of Michael as a warrior saint slaying a dragon. The Michaelion was a magnificent church & in time became a model for hundreds of other churches in Eastern Christianity.

    In the 4th century, St. Basil the Great’s homily, De Angelis, St. Michael over all the angels. He was called “Archangel” because he heralds other angels, the title archangelos applied to him in Jude 1:9. The angelology of Pseudo-Dionysius, which was widely read as of the 6th century, gave Michael a rank in the hierarchy of angels.

    Later, in the 13th century, others such as Bonventure believed him to be Prince of the Seraphim, the 1st of the 9 angelic orders. According to Thomas Aquinas, Michael is the Prince of the last & lowest choir, the Angels.

    Catholics often refer to Michael as “Holy Michael, the Archangel” or “St. Michael.” He’s generally referred to in Christian liturgies as “St. Michael,” as in the Litany of the Saints. In a shortened archangel, is mentioned by name, omitting Saints Gabriel & Raphael.

    In Roman Catholic teachings, St. Michael has 4 main roles or offices. His 1st role is the leader of the Army of God & the leader of celestial forces in triumphing over the powers of Hell. He’s viewed as the angelic model for the virtues of the “spiritual warrior,” his conflict with evil taken as “the battle within.”

    The 2nd & 3rd roles of Michael in Catholic teachings deal with death. In his 2nd role, he’s the angel of death, carrying the souls of Christians to Heaven. In his 3rd role, he weighs souls on his perfectly balanced scales. The scales are a common object he holds in art.

    In his 4th role, St. Michael, the special patron of the Chosen People in the Old Testament, is also Guardian of the Church. St. Michael was revered by the military orders of knights during the Middle Ages. The names of villages around the Bay of Biscay reflect this history.

    The Eastern Orthodox give Michael the title Archistrategos, or “Supreme Commander of the Heavenly Hosts.” The Eastern Orthodox pray to their guardian angels & above all, to Michael & Gabriel. The Eastern Orthodox have always had a strong devotion to angels. In modern times, they’re referred to by the term “Bodiless Powers.” Several feasts dedicated to Archangel Michael are celebrated by the Eastern Orthodox throughout the year.

    In Russia, many monasteries, cathedrals, courts, & merchant churches are dedicated to the Chief Commander Michael. Most Russian cities have a church or chapel dedicated to the archangel Michael. In Ukraine, the archangel Michael is the patron saint of Kyiv. He became popular from the time of Prince Vsevolod of Kyivan Rus’.

    While in the Serbian Orthodox Church, St. Sava has a special role as the establisher of its autocephaly & largest Belgrade church devoted to him, the capital Belgrade’s Orthodox cathedral, the see church of the patriarch, is devoted to Michael.

    The place of Michael in the Coptic Church of Alexandra is as a saintly intercessor. He’s the 1 who presents to God the prayers of the just, who accompanies the souls of the dead to Heaven, who defeats the devil. He’s celebrated liturgically on the 12th of each Coptic month.

    In Alexandria, a church was dedicated to him in the early 4th century on the 12th of the month of Paoni. The 12th month of Hathor is the celebration of Michael’s appointment in Heaven, where Michael became the chief of the angels.

    Seventh-Day Adventists believe that “Michael” is but 1 of many titles applied to the pre-existent Christ, or Son of God. According to Adventist theology, Michael was/is considered the “Eternal Word,” & the 1 by whom all things were created. The Word was then born, incarnated as Jesus.

    They believe that the name “Michael” signifies “One Who Is Like God” & that, as the “Archangel” or “chief or head of the angels,” he led the angels; thus, the statement in Revelation 12:7-9 refers to Jesus as Michael.

    Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that Michael is another name for Jesus in Heaven, in His pre-human & post-resurrection existence. They say the definite article in Jude 9 identifies Michael as the only archangel. They consider Michael to be synonymous with Christ, described in 1 Thessalonians 4:16: “with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, & with the sound of the trumpet.”

    They believe the prominent roles assigned to Michael in Daniel 12:1, Revelation 12:7, Revelation 16, & Revelation 19:14 are identical to Jesus’ roles, being the 1 chosen to lead God’s people & as the only 1 who “stands up,” identifying the 2 as the same spirit being.

    Because they identify Michael with Jesus, he’s considered the 1st & greatest of all God’s heavenly “sons,” God’s chief messenger, who takes the lead in vindicating God’s sovereignty, sanctifying his name, fighting the wicked forces of Satan & protecting God’s covenant people on earth. Jehovah’s Witnesses also identify Michael with the “Angel of the Lord” who led & protected the Israelites in the wilderness.

    Members of the Mormon Church believe that Michael is Adam (of Adam & Eve fame), the Ancient of Days (Daniel 7), a prince, & the patriarch of the human family. They also hold that Michael assisted Jehovah (the pre-mortal form of Jesus) in the creation of the world under the direction of God the Father (Elohim). Under the direction of the Father, Michael also cast Satan out of Heaven.

    In Islam, Mika’il (Michael) is 1 of 4 archangels along with Jibril (Gabriel, whom he’s often paired with), Israfil (trumpeter angel) & ‘Azra’il (angel of death). In other Islamic literature, Michael is associated with mercy. He asks God for forgiveness for humans & is 1 of the 1st angels who obeyed God’s orders to bow before Adam.

    From the tears of Michael, angels of mercy are created as his helpers. Like Gabriel, with whom he’s often mentioned together, Michael is also a messenger. While Gabriel delivers messages from Heaven to humans, Michael delivers messages to the angelic world.

    As the angel to execute God’s providence, he’s also associated with natural phenomena & causes rain upon the lands. Unlike Christian traditions, Michael is rarely shown as a warrior-angel, with a few references to the Battle of Badr by Suyuti as an exception.

    The Miraj literature on occasion mentions both Gabriel & Michael as 2 angels who showed Muhammad Paradise & Hell. He’s mentioned in Shia supplication (Dua), reportedly handed down by the 6th Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq, in the prayers for blessings for the Bearers of the Throne.

    The figures of Michael & Gabriel/Jibril serve as dual pillars of angelology. While they show up in the same texts, their “personalities” & mythological roles are distinct. Michael is the celestial soldier & protector. While Gabriel is the bridge between the divine mind & the human ear.

    The name Michael (Mikha’el) translates from Hebrew as a rhetorical question: “Who is like God?” This name is actually a battle cry used during the primordial war in Heaven.

    In the Book of Daniel, Michael is described as the “Great Prince” who stands guard over the people of Israel. Jewish Midrash expands on this. It suggests that Michael is the high priest of the Heavenly Temple. When other nations’ guardian angels argue against Israel, Michael acts as the defense in the celestial courtroom. Because after all, God is the judge of all.

    Michael’s most iconic role comes from the Book of Revelation. Here, he leads an army of God against the Dragon (a.k.a. Satan). He’s almost always dressed in Roman/Medieval armor, standing over a defeated demon/dragon, holding a spear/sword.

    In Catholic traditions, Michael has a secondary role as the Psychopomp. A Psychopomp is a conductor or a guide of souls. The 1 who “weighs” souls at the moment of death. This is why he’s sometimes shown with scales.

    In Islamic tradition, Mikail (Michael) is 1 of 4 archangels. While Jibril feeds the soul (through revelation), Mikail is the Angel of Sustenance. He’s responsible for the forces of nature, specifically rain & lightning. Legends say he’s so moved by the majesty of God that he hasn’t smiled since the creation of Hell.

    In the United States, Michael is the patron saint of paratroopers, police officers, & the military.

    In the General Roman Calendar, the Anglican Calendar of Saints, & the Lutheran Calendar of Saints, Michael’s feast day is Michaelmas Day (September 29). The day is also the feast day of St. Gabriel & Raphael, in the General Roman Calendar & the Feast of St. Michael & All Angels in the Church of England.

    In the Eastern Orthodox Church, St. Michael’s principal feast day is November 8. November 21, if they’re using the Gregorian calendar. Honoring him along with the rest of the “Bodiless Powers of Heaven” (angels) as their Supreme Commander, & the Miracle at Chonae is celebrated on September 6.

    In the Coptic Orthodox Church, the main feast day is on 12 Hathor (between November 9 & December 9) & 12 Paoni (between June 8 & July 7). He is celebrated liturgically on the 12th of each Coptic month.

    On April 7, the Oriental Orthodox Church commemorates the deliverance of the prophet Jeremiah from prison by Michael.

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  4. Ich bin nun auch wieder mit meinem 3. Versuch zurück auf Mastodon an alle und an den Zensor und Glaubensbruder (Christ) @ThomasP von seinem Mastodon-Server elizur.me, aber dieses Mal nun über einen anderen und auch neuen Server-Betreiber von Kanoa (AdminForge).

    Es wird vorerst nur noch über Kanoa ( kanoa.de/@eleazar ) neue Posts von mir auf Mastodon geben, da es über dem alten Account ( elizur.me/@eleazar ) und bei dem alten Server-Betreiber leider nicht mehr geht, da ich von ihm stumm geschaltet worden bin.

    Also er hat mich damit mundtot gemacht und mir somit ein Maulkorb verpasst, und das sogar auch ohne Angabe von einem (triftigen) Grund.

    Jedoch wird auch niemand die Wahrheit aufhalten oder gar unterdrücken können, auch kein Glaubensbruder o. sonst irgendjemand, wofür der Gott der Bibel auch sorgen wird.

    Mal schauen, wie es nun hier weitergehen wird und ihr könnt auf neue Posts von mir gespannt sein, die ehrlich und direkt sind.

    Ich wünsche euch allen & ganz besonders @ThomasP den Gottes reichen Segen.

    PS: Wer mir folgen möchte, kann dies gerne tun, wenn nicht schon geschehen. ( @linuxnews & @atixag )

    PPS: Bei Disroot & Akkoma (Pleroma) hat mir das nicht so gefallen, auch wenn es dort ein paar andere & auch gute Funktionen gibt, weshalb ich doch lieber direkt hier bei Mastodon dauerhaft bleiben möchte.

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  5. Ich bin nun auch wieder mit meinem 3. Versuch zurück auf Mastodon an alle und an den Zensor und Glaubensbruder (Christ) @ThomasP von seinem Mastodon-Server elizur.me, aber dieses Mal nun über einen anderen und auch neuen Server-Betreiber von Kanoa (AdminForge).

    Es wird vorerst nur noch über Kanoa ( kanoa.de/@eleazar ) neue Posts von mir auf Mastodon geben, da es über dem alten Account ( elizur.me/@eleazar ) und bei dem alten Server-Betreiber leider nicht mehr geht, da ich von ihm stumm geschaltet worden bin.

    Also er hat mich damit mundtot gemacht und mir somit ein Maulkorb verpasst, und das sogar auch ohne Angabe von einem (triftigen) Grund.

    Jedoch wird auch niemand die Wahrheit aufhalten oder gar unterdrücken können, auch kein Glaubensbruder o. sonst irgendjemand, wofür der Gott der Bibel auch sorgen wird.

    Mal schauen, wie es nun hier weitergehen wird und ihr könnt auf neue Posts von mir gespannt sein, die ehrlich und direkt sind.

    Ich wünsche euch allen & ganz besonders @ThomasP den Gottes reichen Segen.

    PS: Wer mir folgen möchte, kann dies gerne tun, wenn nicht schon geschehen. ( @linuxnews & @atixag )

    PPS: Bei Disroot & Akkoma (Pleroma) hat mir das nicht so gefallen, auch wenn es dort ein paar andere & auch gute Funktionen gibt, weshalb ich doch lieber direkt hier bei Mastodon dauerhaft bleiben möchte.

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  6. Ich bin nun auch wieder mit meinem 3. Versuch zurück auf Mastodon an alle und an den Zensor und Glaubensbruder (Christ) @ThomasP von seinem Mastodon-Server elizur.me, aber dieses Mal nun über einen anderen und auch neuen Server-Betreiber von Kanoa (AdminForge).

    Es wird vorerst nur noch über Kanoa ( kanoa.de/@eleazar ) neue Posts von mir auf Mastodon geben, da es über dem alten Account ( elizur.me/@eleazar ) und bei dem alten Server-Betreiber leider nicht mehr geht, da ich von ihm stumm geschaltet worden bin.

    Also er hat mich damit mundtot gemacht und mir somit ein Maulkorb verpasst, und das sogar auch ohne Angabe von einem (triftigen) Grund.

    Jedoch wird auch niemand die Wahrheit aufhalten oder gar unterdrücken können, auch kein Glaubensbruder o. sonst irgendjemand, wofür der Gott der Bibel auch sorgen wird.

    Mal schauen, wie es nun hier weitergehen wird und ihr könnt auf neue Posts von mir gespannt sein, die ehrlich und direkt sind.

    Ich wünsche euch allen & ganz besonders @ThomasP den Gottes reichen Segen.

    PS: Wer mir folgen möchte, kann dies gerne tun, wenn nicht schon geschehen. ( @linuxnews & @atixag )

    PPS: Bei Disroot & Akkoma (Pleroma) hat mir das nicht so gefallen, auch wenn es dort ein paar andere & auch gute Funktionen gibt, weshalb ich doch lieber direkt hier bei Mastodon dauerhaft bleiben möchte.

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  7. Ich bin nun auch wieder mit meinem 3. Versuch zurück auf Mastodon an alle und an den Zensor und Glaubensbruder (Christ) @ThomasP von seinem Mastodon-Server elizur.me, aber dieses Mal nun über einen anderen und auch neuen Server-Betreiber von Kanoa (AdminForge).

    Es wird vorerst nur noch über Kanoa ( kanoa.de/@eleazar ) neue Posts von mir auf Mastodon geben, da es über dem alten Account ( elizur.me/@eleazar ) und bei dem alten Server-Betreiber leider nicht mehr geht, da ich von ihm stumm geschaltet worden bin.

    Also er hat mich damit mundtot gemacht und mir somit ein Maulkorb verpasst, und das sogar auch ohne Angabe von einem (triftigen) Grund.

    Jedoch wird auch niemand die Wahrheit aufhalten oder gar unterdrücken können, auch kein Glaubensbruder o. sonst irgendjemand, wofür der Gott der Bibel auch sorgen wird.

    Mal schauen, wie es nun hier weitergehen wird und ihr könnt auf neue Posts von mir gespannt sein, die ehrlich und direkt sind.

    Ich wünsche euch allen & ganz besonders @ThomasP den Gottes reichen Segen.

    PS: Wer mir folgen möchte, kann dies gerne tun, wenn nicht schon geschehen. ( @linuxnews & @atixag )

    PPS: Bei Disroot & Akkoma (Pleroma) hat mir das nicht so gefallen, auch wenn es dort ein paar andere & auch gute Funktionen gibt, weshalb ich doch lieber direkt hier bei Mastodon dauerhaft bleiben möchte.

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  8. Ich bin nun auch wieder mit meinem 3. Versuch zurück auf Mastodon an alle und an den Zensor und Glaubensbruder (Christ) @ThomasP von seinem Mastodon-Server elizur.me, aber dieses Mal nun über einen anderen und auch neuen Server-Betreiber von Kanoa (AdminForge).

    Es wird vorerst nur noch über Kanoa ( kanoa.de/@eleazar ) neue Posts von mir auf Mastodon geben, da es über dem alten Account ( elizur.me/@eleazar ) und bei dem alten Server-Betreiber leider nicht mehr geht, da ich von ihm stumm geschaltet worden bin.

    Also er hat mich damit mundtot gemacht und mir somit ein Maulkorb verpasst, und das sogar auch ohne Angabe von einem (triftigen) Grund.

    Jedoch wird auch niemand die Wahrheit aufhalten oder gar unterdrücken können, auch kein Glaubensbruder o. sonst irgendjemand, wofür der Gott der Bibel auch sorgen wird.

    Mal schauen, wie es nun hier weitergehen wird und ihr könnt auf neue Posts von mir gespannt sein, die ehrlich und direkt sind.

    Ich wünsche euch allen & ganz besonders @ThomasP den Gottes reichen Segen.

    PS: Wer mir folgen möchte, kann dies gerne tun, wenn nicht schon geschehen. ( @linuxnews & @atixag )

    PPS: Bei Disroot & Akkoma (Pleroma) hat mir das nicht so gefallen, auch wenn es dort ein paar andere & auch gute Funktionen gibt, weshalb ich doch lieber direkt hier bei Mastodon dauerhaft bleiben möchte.

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  9. Schalom/Hallo,

    ich suche vor allem im echten Leben (offline), aber auch hier auf Mastodon & allgemein im Fediverse, bei PeerTube, gleichgesinnte Torahchristen, messianische Juden und andere Menschen, die auch Interesse am Austausch, Gemeinschaft und Vernetzung über die beiden Messenger SimpleX Chat, Threema (Libre), Jitsi oder Jami für Audio- und Videokonferenzen haben & sich auch für die Themen über Gott, Bibel und Welt, Gesundheit, Medizin und Nachhaltigkeit, Geopolitik & Weltwirtschaft, Technik, freie Software und Hardware und Musik interessieren.

    Dann meldet euch doch gerne bei mir. :)

    Gerne persönlich am östlichen Stadtrand von Berlin und Umgebung und ansonsten auch über Internet aus Bayern, Österreich, Schweiz & weltweit. Also am Besten mehr analog als digital, was für mich persönlicher ist.

    Weitere Informationen über mich und meine Person samt einer Beschreibung, Kontaktmöglichkeiten und auch noch weiteren Links findet ihr genau hier:

    linklist.me/@eleazar

    Ich freue mich auf eure Rückmeldungen und auch ernsthaften Interessen daran. :)

    Hashtags: #Suche #Austausch #Vernetzung #Familie #Gemeinschaft #Gemeinde #Gleichgesinnte #Glaubensgeschwister #Glaubensbrüder #Glaubensschwestern #Menschen #Werte #Prinzipien #analog #digital #Berlin #Umgebung #Brandeburg #Bayern #Österreich #Schweiz #weltweit #Glaube #Bibel #Torah #Elohim #Gott #JHWH #Jahweh #Jehovah #Jahuah #Zebaoth #Jehoschua #Jeschua #HaMachiach #Jesus #Christus #Welt #alternativ #Gesundheit #Medizin #Nachhaltigkeit #Geopolitik #Politik #Weltwirtschaft #Wirtschaft #Technik #Libre #OpenSource #freieSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #Hardware #Software #Musik #frei #unabhängig #autark #Frieden #Freiheit #Gerechtigkeit #Liebe #Gefühle #Emotionen #Ehrlichkeit #Interesse #Gespräche #Dialoge #Aktivitäten #Unternehmungen #Zusammenarbeit #Kooperation #Coexistenz #Selbsthilfe #Hilfe #Unterstützung #Gruppe #Hauskreis #Kreis #analog #digital #Torahchristen #messianischeJuden #Christen #Juden #Andersgläubige #Ungläubige #offline #Atheisten #sozialeMedien #Mastodon #Fediverse #PeerTube #Messenger #SimpleXChat #SimpleX #ThreemaLibre #Threema #Jitsi #Jami #Informationen #Linkliste #Linkstack #AdminForge #Personenbeschreibung #Eleazar @eleazar #Rückmeldungen #Interessen

  10. Schalom/Hallo,

    ich suche vor allem im echten Leben (offline), aber auch hier auf Mastodon & allgemein im Fediverse, bei PeerTube, gleichgesinnte Torahchristen, messianische Juden und andere Menschen, die auch Interesse am Austausch, Gemeinschaft und Vernetzung über die beiden Messenger SimpleX Chat, Threema (Libre), Jitsi oder Jami für Audio- und Videokonferenzen haben & sich auch für die Themen über Gott, Bibel und Welt, Gesundheit, Medizin und Nachhaltigkeit, Geopolitik & Weltwirtschaft, Technik, freie Software und Hardware und Musik interessieren.

    Dann meldet euch doch gerne bei mir. :)

    Gerne persönlich am östlichen Stadtrand von Berlin und Umgebung und ansonsten auch über Internet aus Bayern, Österreich, Schweiz & weltweit. Also am Besten mehr analog als digital, was für mich persönlicher ist.

    Weitere Informationen über mich und meine Person samt einer Beschreibung, Kontaktmöglichkeiten und auch noch weiteren Links findet ihr genau hier:

    linklist.me/@eleazar

    Ich freue mich auf eure Rückmeldungen und auch ernsthaften Interessen daran. :)

    Hashtags: #Suche #Austausch #Vernetzung #Familie #Gemeinschaft #Gemeinde #Gleichgesinnte #Glaubensgeschwister #Glaubensbrüder #Glaubensschwestern #Menschen #Werte #Prinzipien #analog #digital #Berlin #Umgebung #Brandeburg #Bayern #Österreich #Schweiz #weltweit #Glaube #Bibel #Torah #Elohim #Gott #JHWH #Jahweh #Jehovah #Jahuah #Zebaoth #Jehoschua #Jeschua #HaMachiach #Jesus #Christus #Welt #alternativ #Gesundheit #Medizin #Nachhaltigkeit #Geopolitik #Politik #Weltwirtschaft #Wirtschaft #Technik #Libre #OpenSource #freieSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #Hardware #Software #Musik #frei #unabhängig #autark #Frieden #Freiheit #Gerechtigkeit #Liebe #Gefühle #Emotionen #Ehrlichkeit #Interesse #Gespräche #Dialoge #Aktivitäten #Unternehmungen #Zusammenarbeit #Kooperation #Coexistenz #Selbsthilfe #Hilfe #Unterstützung #Gruppe #Hauskreis #Kreis #analog #digital #Torahchristen #messianischeJuden #Christen #Juden #Andersgläubige #Ungläubige #offline #Atheisten #sozialeMedien #Mastodon #Fediverse #PeerTube #Messenger #SimpleXChat #SimpleX #ThreemaLibre #Threema #Jitsi #Jami #Informationen #Linkliste #Linkstack #AdminForge #Personenbeschreibung #Eleazar @eleazar #Rückmeldungen #Interessen

  11. Schalom/Hallo,

    ich suche vor allem im echten Leben (offline), aber auch hier auf Mastodon & allgemein im Fediverse, bei PeerTube, gleichgesinnte Torahchristen, messianische Juden und andere Menschen, die auch Interesse am Austausch, Gemeinschaft und Vernetzung über die beiden Messenger SimpleX Chat, Threema (Libre), Jitsi oder Jami für Audio- und Videokonferenzen haben & sich auch für die Themen über Gott, Bibel und Welt, Gesundheit, Medizin und Nachhaltigkeit, Geopolitik & Weltwirtschaft, Technik, freie Software und Hardware und Musik interessieren.

    Dann meldet euch doch gerne bei mir. :)

    Gerne persönlich am östlichen Stadtrand von Berlin und Umgebung und ansonsten auch über Internet aus Bayern, Österreich, Schweiz & weltweit. Also am Besten mehr analog als digital, was für mich persönlicher ist.

    Weitere Informationen über mich und meine Person samt einer Beschreibung, Kontaktmöglichkeiten und auch noch weiteren Links findet ihr genau hier:

    linklist.me/@eleazar

    Ich freue mich auf eure Rückmeldungen und auch ernsthaften Interessen daran. :)

    Hashtags: #Suche #Austausch #Vernetzung #Familie #Gemeinschaft #Gemeinde #Gleichgesinnte #Glaubensgeschwister #Glaubensbrüder #Glaubensschwestern #Menschen #Werte #Prinzipien #analog #digital #Berlin #Umgebung #Brandeburg #Bayern #Österreich #Schweiz #weltweit #Glaube #Bibel #Torah #Elohim #Gott #JHWH #Jahweh #Jehovah #Jahuah #Zebaoth #Jehoschua #Jeschua #HaMachiach #Jesus #Christus #Welt #alternativ #Gesundheit #Medizin #Nachhaltigkeit #Geopolitik #Politik #Weltwirtschaft #Wirtschaft #Technik #Libre #OpenSource #freieSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #Hardware #Software #Musik #frei #unabhängig #autark #Frieden #Freiheit #Gerechtigkeit #Liebe #Gefühle #Emotionen #Ehrlichkeit #Interesse #Gespräche #Dialoge #Aktivitäten #Unternehmungen #Zusammenarbeit #Kooperation #Coexistenz #Selbsthilfe #Hilfe #Unterstützung #Gruppe #Hauskreis #Kreis #analog #digital #Torahchristen #messianischeJuden #Christen #Juden #Andersgläubige #Ungläubige #offline #Atheisten #sozialeMedien #Mastodon #Fediverse #PeerTube #Messenger #SimpleXChat #SimpleX #ThreemaLibre #Threema #Jitsi #Jami #Informationen #Linkliste #Linkstack #AdminForge #Personenbeschreibung #Eleazar @eleazar #Rückmeldungen #Interessen

  12. Schalom/Hallo,

    ich suche vor allem im echten Leben (offline), aber auch hier auf Mastodon & allgemein im Fediverse, bei PeerTube, gleichgesinnte Torahchristen, messianische Juden und andere Menschen, die auch Interesse am Austausch, Gemeinschaft und Vernetzung über die beiden Messenger SimpleX Chat, Threema (Libre), Jitsi oder Jami für Audio- und Videokonferenzen haben & sich auch für die Themen über Gott, Bibel und Welt, Gesundheit, Medizin und Nachhaltigkeit, Geopolitik & Weltwirtschaft, Technik, freie Software und Hardware und Musik interessieren.

    Dann meldet euch doch gerne bei mir. :)

    Gerne persönlich am östlichen Stadtrand von Berlin und Umgebung und ansonsten auch über Internet aus Bayern, Österreich, Schweiz & weltweit. Also am Besten mehr analog als digital, was für mich persönlicher ist.

    Weitere Informationen über mich und meine Person samt einer Beschreibung, Kontaktmöglichkeiten und auch noch weiteren Links findet ihr genau hier:

    linklist.me/@eleazar

    Ich freue mich auf eure Rückmeldungen und auch ernsthaften Interessen daran. :)

    Hashtags: #Suche #Austausch #Vernetzung #Familie #Gemeinschaft #Gemeinde #Gleichgesinnte #Glaubensgeschwister #Glaubensbrüder #Glaubensschwestern #Menschen #Werte #Prinzipien #analog #digital #Berlin #Umgebung #Brandeburg #Bayern #Österreich #Schweiz #weltweit #Glaube #Bibel #Torah #Elohim #Gott #JHWH #Jahweh #Jehovah #Jahuah #Zebaoth #Jehoschua #Jeschua #HaMachiach #Jesus #Christus #Welt #alternativ #Gesundheit #Medizin #Nachhaltigkeit #Geopolitik #Politik #Weltwirtschaft #Wirtschaft #Technik #Libre #OpenSource #freieSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #Hardware #Software #Musik #frei #unabhängig #autark #Frieden #Freiheit #Gerechtigkeit #Liebe #Gefühle #Emotionen #Ehrlichkeit #Interesse #Gespräche #Dialoge #Aktivitäten #Unternehmungen #Zusammenarbeit #Kooperation #Coexistenz #Selbsthilfe #Hilfe #Unterstützung #Gruppe #Hauskreis #Kreis #analog #digital #Torahchristen #messianischeJuden #Christen #Juden #Andersgläubige #Ungläubige #offline #Atheisten #sozialeMedien #Mastodon #Fediverse #PeerTube #Messenger #SimpleXChat #SimpleX #ThreemaLibre #Threema #Jitsi #Jami #Informationen #Linkliste #Linkstack #AdminForge #Personenbeschreibung #Eleazar @eleazar #Rückmeldungen #Interessen

  13. Schalom/Hallo,

    ich suche vor allem im echten Leben (offline), aber auch hier auf Mastodon & allgemein im Fediverse, bei PeerTube, gleichgesinnte Torahchristen, messianische Juden und andere Menschen, die auch Interesse am Austausch, Gemeinschaft und Vernetzung über die beiden Messenger SimpleX Chat, Threema (Libre), Jitsi oder Jami für Audio- und Videokonferenzen haben & sich auch für die Themen über Gott, Bibel und Welt, Gesundheit, Medizin und Nachhaltigkeit, Geopolitik & Weltwirtschaft, Technik, freie Software und Hardware und Musik interessieren.

    Dann meldet euch doch gerne bei mir. :)

    Gerne persönlich am östlichen Stadtrand von Berlin und Umgebung und ansonsten auch über Internet aus Bayern, Österreich, Schweiz & weltweit. Also am Besten mehr analog als digital, was für mich persönlicher ist.

    Weitere Informationen über mich und meine Person samt einer Beschreibung, Kontaktmöglichkeiten und auch noch weiteren Links findet ihr genau hier:

    linklist.me/@eleazar

    Ich freue mich auf eure Rückmeldungen und auch ernsthaften Interessen daran. :)

    Hashtags: #Suche #Austausch #Vernetzung #Familie #Gemeinschaft #Gemeinde #Gleichgesinnte #Glaubensgeschwister #Glaubensbrüder #Glaubensschwestern #Menschen #Werte #Prinzipien #analog #digital #Berlin #Umgebung #Brandeburg #Bayern #Österreich #Schweiz #weltweit #Glaube #Bibel #Torah #Elohim #Gott #JHWH #Jahweh #Jehovah #Jahuah #Zebaoth #Jehoschua #Jeschua #HaMachiach #Jesus #Christus #Welt #alternativ #Gesundheit #Medizin #Nachhaltigkeit #Geopolitik #Politik #Weltwirtschaft #Wirtschaft #Technik #Libre #OpenSource #freieSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #Hardware #Software #Musik #frei #unabhängig #autark #Frieden #Freiheit #Gerechtigkeit #Liebe #Gefühle #Emotionen #Ehrlichkeit #Interesse #Gespräche #Dialoge #Aktivitäten #Unternehmungen #Zusammenarbeit #Kooperation #Coexistenz #Selbsthilfe #Hilfe #Unterstützung #Gruppe #Hauskreis #Kreis #analog #digital #Torahchristen #messianischeJuden #Christen #Juden #Andersgläubige #Ungläubige #offline #Atheisten #sozialeMedien #Mastodon #Fediverse #PeerTube #Messenger #SimpleXChat #SimpleX #ThreemaLibre #Threema #Jitsi #Jami #Informationen #Linkliste #Linkstack #AdminForge #Personenbeschreibung #Eleazar @eleazar #Rückmeldungen #Interessen

  14. Vragen rond de jaarwisseling (3)

    De ark van Noach (Gevelsteen op de Schreierstoren, Amsterdam)

    Een kleine drie weken geleden nodigde ik u uit om de inmiddels traditionele vragen rond de jaarwisseling te stellen. Ik ontving er vrij veel en zal vandaag de vragen beantwoorden over de joodse wereld. Dat waren er opvallend veel.

    Het verhaal van de “zondvloed” komt in uiteenlopende versies voor in zowat elke cultuur. Is er ooit een universele ramp gebeurd en wanneer zouden we deze kunnen situeren ?

    Voor zover ik weet zijn de meeste verhalen over een grote overstroming en een kleine groep mensen die de beschaving (plus veestapel) redt, te herleiden tot een beperkt aantal originelen. De bekendste stamt uit Mesopotamië, met als varianten het Bijbelverhaal en een versie uit India en Perzië. De “Noach” in deze verhalen verneemt van de godheid waaronder de oerwateren ressorteren over de naderende ramp en bouwt een schip. Een ander origineel is dat van de vroege bewoners van de Amerika’s. Hierin dankt de mensheid haar redding aan een bergtop. Een derde verhaal komt uit China, waar archeologen op zoek zijn naar een historische gebeurtenis.

    Zoals de vragensteller al aangeeft, zijn de verhalen bekend uit “zowat” alle culturen. Uit bijvoorbeeld Japan en Egypte, waar toch ook oude beschavingen waren, kennen we zo’n verhaal niet. Afrikaanse verhalen schijnen ook te ontbreken of zijn via de monotheïstische godsdiensten geïnspireerd door Mesopotamië.

    Is er een universele ramp geweest? Nee. Voor Mesopotamië is wel gewezen op de door dikke kleipakketten gedocumenteerde watersnoodrampen uit het vroege derde millennium v.Chr. In de stad Ur ligt zo’n kleilaag rond 3100 v.Chr.; dit is een van de beroemdste archeologische vondsten aller tijden. In Uruk en Kish ligt zo’n laag rond 2900 v.Chr.,  in Šuruppak rond 2750 en uit Kish dateert een tweede kleilaag van rond 2500. Dit is zo inconsistent dat je mag aannemen dat de mythe wél verwijst naar traumatische gebeurtenissen maar niet naar één universele traumatische gebeurtenis.

    Kanaänitische stele (Israel Museum, Jeruzalem)

    Wat weten we over het voor-Bijbelse Israël?

    De kwestie is de definitie van Israël. Als is bedoeld: wat gebeurde in het gebied van het latere koninkrijk van David en Salomo, dan valt te wijzen op een aantal stadstaten, die deels bekend zijn uit opgravingen en deels uit bijvoorbeeld de Amarna-brieven. Die steden waren niet heel anders dan die in Syrië. In de Late Bronstijd zijn ze sterk verkleind, waarna we in de Vroege IJzertijd allerlei dorpjes vinden in het hoogland.

    Als is bedoeld of er al iets heeft bestaan dat de naam “Israël” droeg, dan is het antwoord dat een inscriptie uit Thebe vermeldt dat de Egyptische koning Merenptah in Kanaän de legers van de steden Ashkelon, Gezer en Yanoam heeft verslagen en dat Israël niet langer bestaat (“zijn zaad is niet langer”). De naam is geschreven met een teken dat duidt op een nomadisch volk, wat wel is opgevat als verwijzing naar de jaren waarin de Hebreeën door de woestijn zwierven.

    Ik wijs verder op de Apiru. Dit waren mensen die de belastingen niet meer konden betalen, hun land verlieten en zonder veel bestaanszekerheid leefden in afgelegen gebieden. Ze legden zich toe op banditisme en verhuurden zich als soldaten of dagloners. De mensen die woonden in de dorpjes in het hoogland zullen door de laatste bewoners van de leeglopende steden wel als Apiru zijn beschouwd, net als nomaden zoals “Israël” die naar Kanaän trokken. In elk geval waren de mensen uit de bergdorpjes de voorouders van de groepen die zich in de tiende eeuw onder koning David verenigden. Maar veel is onzeker.

    Grafsteen van een zwaardsmid (Nationaal Museum, Beiroet)

    Iedereen kent de uitdrukking “zwaarden omsmeden tot ploegscharen”, maar de profeet Joël noemt ook ploegscharen die tot zwaarden worden omgesmeed.noot Joël 4.10. Kan het zijn dat ijzer zo schaars was dat het werd gerecycled?

    Ja, want ijzer was kostbaar. Op een slagveld werden de gesneuvelden beroofd van hun wapenrustingen en een verslagen aanvoerder kon alleen de naakte lichamen van zijn manschappen terugvragen. Ik meen te weten dat er ook chemisch onderzoek is gedaan waaruit blijkt dat ijzer herhaaldelijk werd omgesmolten: van zwaarden naar ploegscharen en weer terug. We moeten opmerkingen over het omsmeden van zwaarden tot ploegscharen en vice versa dus serieus nemen, hoewel ze natuurlijk tegelijk symbolisch zijn.

    In de christelijke uitleg verwijst het meervoud Elohim naar de Drie-eenheid (OLV van Qannoubine)

    Was/is Elohim een meervoudsvorm of een uiting van eerbied en machtserkenning?

    Elohim, een van de namen van God, is van oorsprong inderdaad een meervoud en betekent zoiets als “de goden”, maar wordt consequent verbonden met werkwoorden in het enkelvoud. Deftig gezegd: morfologisch meervoud, syntactisch enkelvoud. Of mensen destijds het meervoud hebben herkend, is maar de vraag; ons woord “schoen” was ook ooit een meervoud maar niemand herkent dat nog.

    Is het meervoud een uiting van eerbied? Ik vroeg het Gert Knepper, die weleens schrijft voor deze blog.

    Dichter in de buurt komen als we ook kijken naar andere oude Semitische talen, zoals het Phoenicisch en het Akkadisch. Net als in het Hebreeuws kun je daar een meervoud gebruiken om abstractie uit te drukken. Zo drukt het Hebreeuws het abstracte begrip ‘vaderschap’ uit door het meervoud ‘vaders’. En zowel het Phoenicisch, het Akkadisch als het Hebreeuws kunnen het meervoudige ‘goden’ gebruiken om naar één persoon te verwijzen, waarbij de abstractie die het meervoud uitdrukte (‘goddelijkheid’) waarschijnlijk de functie had om uitnemendheid weer te geven: ‘de god par excellence’. ‘Elohim’ is dus Semitisch idioom, het meervoud heeft in eerste instantie een abstraherende functie (‘god[delijk]heid)’, en die functie dient om aan te geven dat het gaat om een ‘godheid bij uitstek

    Kleitablet met een Mesopotamische scheppingsmythe (Louvre, Parijs)

    Hoe kwam het scheppingsverhaal in de Bijbel terecht?

    De Bijbel bevat diverse verhalen over het ontstaan van de wereld. In Psalm 102 lezen we dat God vóór het ontstaan van de tijd – hoe dit mogelijk is, weet ik niet – de hemel schiep en de fundamenten legde van de aarde. In Job 26 heeft God de aardschijf opgehangen boven het niets.

    Het bekendst zijn de verhalen uit Genesis. In Genesis 2 schept Jahweh de mens en geeft hem een tuin in Eden. Dit verhaal moet vrij oud zijn, al weet niemand precies hoe oud. Tot slot is er het scheppingsverhaal uit Genesis 1-2.4, waarin Elohim de wereld schept in zes dagen en de sabbat als kroon plaatst op het werk. Hier wordt het voorgelezen:

    [youtube youtube.com/watch?v=njpWalYduU]

    Al deze verhalen bevatten beelden en ideeën die gangbaar waren in de oude wereld. Eigenlijk hebben alle volken wel een verhaal over de twee eerste mensen en over een paradijselijke oertoestand die om een of andere reden ten einde is gekomen. Het feit dat de Bijbelse beelden elkaar tegenspreken, bewijst dat de Joden geen behoefte hadden aan één bindend verhaal.

    Er is echter wel iets bijzonders aan de hand in Genesis 1.2-4. Antieke scheppingsverhalen eindigden nogal eens met de schepping van het koningschap. Je zou in het zevendagenverhaal verwachten dat God na de schepping van de mens ook de monarchie zou hebben geschapen – maar daar doorbreekt de auteur de verwachting: zoals gezegd is de sabbat het summum. Meer daarover hier.

    Christus (in een Romeinse catacombe, ik weet niet meer welke)

    Ik las eens dat Jezus mogelijk ooit in India is geweest. Zou dat waar kunnen zijn?

    Nee.

    [morgen meer]

    Deze blog, die u ook via het Whatsapp-kanaal kunt volgen, is niet mijn enige activiteit. In het voorjaar organiseer ik een reis naar Bulgarije en een andere reis langs Keltische locaties.

    Deel dit: #AmarnaBrieven #Apiru #Elohim #Genesis #ijzer #IJzertijd #IsraëlEnJuda #Jahweh #LateBronstijd #Merenptah #Scheppingsverhaal #vragenRondDeJaarwisseling #Zondvloed
  15. Vragen rond de jaarwisseling (3)

    De ark van Noach (Gevelsteen op de Schreierstoren, Amsterdam)

    Een kleine drie weken geleden nodigde ik u uit om de inmiddels traditionele vragen rond de jaarwisseling te stellen. Ik ontving er vrij veel en zal vandaag de vragen beantwoorden over de joodse wereld. Dat waren er opvallend veel.

    Het verhaal van de “zondvloed” komt in uiteenlopende versies voor in zowat elke cultuur. Is er ooit een universele ramp gebeurd en wanneer zouden we deze kunnen situeren ?

    Voor zover ik weet zijn de meeste verhalen over een grote overstroming en een kleine groep mensen die de beschaving (plus veestapel) redt, te herleiden tot een beperkt aantal originelen. De bekendste stamt uit Mesopotamië, met als varianten het Bijbelverhaal en een versie uit India en Perzië. De “Noach” in deze verhalen verneemt van de godheid waaronder de oerwateren ressorteren over de naderende ramp en bouwt een schip. Een ander origineel is dat van de vroege bewoners van de Amerika’s. Hierin dankt de mensheid haar redding aan een bergtop. Een derde verhaal komt uit China, waar archeologen op zoek zijn naar een historische gebeurtenis.

    Zoals de vragensteller al aangeeft, zijn de verhalen bekend uit “zowat” alle culturen. Uit bijvoorbeeld Japan en Egypte, waar toch ook oude beschavingen waren, kennen we zo’n verhaal niet. Afrikaanse verhalen schijnen ook te ontbreken of zijn via de monotheïstische godsdiensten geïnspireerd door Mesopotamië.

    Is er een universele ramp geweest? Nee. Voor Mesopotamië is wel gewezen op de door dikke kleipakketten gedocumenteerde watersnoodrampen uit het vroege derde millennium v.Chr. In de stad Ur ligt zo’n kleilaag rond 3100 v.Chr.; dit is een van de beroemdste archeologische vondsten aller tijden. In Uruk en Kish ligt zo’n laag rond 2900 v.Chr.,  in Šuruppak rond 2750 en uit Kish dateert een tweede kleilaag van rond 2500. Dit is zo inconsistent dat je mag aannemen dat de mythe wél verwijst naar traumatische gebeurtenissen maar niet naar één universele traumatische gebeurtenis.

    Kanaänitische stele (Israel Museum, Jeruzalem)

    Wat weten we over het voor-Bijbelse Israël?

    De kwestie is de definitie van Israël. Als is bedoeld: wat gebeurde in het gebied van het latere koninkrijk van David en Salomo, dan valt te wijzen op een aantal stadstaten, die deels bekend zijn uit opgravingen en deels uit bijvoorbeeld de Amarna-brieven. Die steden waren niet heel anders dan die in Syrië. In de Late Bronstijd zijn ze sterk verkleind, waarna we in de Vroege IJzertijd allerlei dorpjes vinden in het hoogland.

    Als is bedoeld of er al iets heeft bestaan dat de naam “Israël” droeg, dan is het antwoord dat een inscriptie uit Thebe vermeldt dat de Egyptische koning Merenptah in Kanaän de legers van de steden Ashkelon, Gezer en Yanoam heeft verslagen en dat Israël niet langer bestaat (“zijn zaad is niet langer”). De naam is geschreven met een teken dat duidt op een nomadisch volk, wat wel is opgevat als verwijzing naar de jaren waarin de Hebreeën door de woestijn zwierven.

    Ik wijs verder op de Apiru. Dit waren mensen die de belastingen niet meer konden betalen, hun land verlieten en zonder veel bestaanszekerheid leefden in afgelegen gebieden. Ze legden zich toe op banditisme en verhuurden zich als soldaten of dagloners. De mensen die woonden in de dorpjes in het hoogland zullen door de laatste bewoners van de leeglopende steden wel als Apiru zijn beschouwd, net als nomaden zoals “Israël” die naar Kanaän trokken. In elk geval waren de mensen uit de bergdorpjes de voorouders van de groepen die zich in de tiende eeuw onder koning David verenigden. Maar veel is onzeker.

    Grafsteen van een zwaardsmid (Nationaal Museum, Beiroet)

    Iedereen kent de uitdrukking “zwaarden omsmeden tot ploegscharen”, maar de profeet Joël noemt ook ploegscharen die tot zwaarden worden omgesmeed.noot Joël 4.10. Kan het zijn dat ijzer zo schaars was dat het werd gerecycled?

    Ja, want ijzer was kostbaar. Op een slagveld werden de gesneuvelden beroofd van hun wapenrustingen en een verslagen aanvoerder kon alleen de naakte lichamen van zijn manschappen terugvragen. Ik meen te weten dat er ook chemisch onderzoek is gedaan waaruit blijkt dat ijzer herhaaldelijk werd omgesmolten: van zwaarden naar ploegscharen en weer terug. We moeten opmerkingen over het omsmeden van zwaarden tot ploegscharen en vice versa dus serieus nemen, hoewel ze natuurlijk tegelijk symbolisch zijn.

    In de christelijke uitleg verwijst het meervoud Elohim naar de Drie-eenheid (OLV van Qannoubine)

    Was/is Elohim een meervoudsvorm of een uiting van eerbied en machtserkenning?

    Elohim, een van de namen van God, is van oorsprong inderdaad een meervoud en betekent zoiets als “de goden”, maar wordt consequent verbonden met werkwoorden in het enkelvoud. Deftig gezegd: morfologisch meervoud, syntactisch enkelvoud. Of mensen destijds het meervoud hebben herkend, is maar de vraag; ons woord “schoen” was ook ooit een meervoud maar niemand herkent dat nog.

    Is het meervoud een uiting van eerbied? Ik vroeg het Gert Knepper, die weleens schrijft voor deze blog.

    Dichter in de buurt komen als we ook kijken naar andere oude Semitische talen, zoals het Phoenicisch en het Akkadisch. Net als in het Hebreeuws kun je daar een meervoud gebruiken om abstractie uit te drukken. Zo drukt het Hebreeuws het abstracte begrip ‘vaderschap’ uit door het meervoud ‘vaders’. En zowel het Phoenicisch, het Akkadisch als het Hebreeuws kunnen het meervoudige ‘goden’ gebruiken om naar één persoon te verwijzen, waarbij de abstractie die het meervoud uitdrukte (‘goddelijkheid’) waarschijnlijk de functie had om uitnemendheid weer te geven: ‘de god par excellence’. ‘Elohim’ is dus Semitisch idioom, het meervoud heeft in eerste instantie een abstraherende functie (‘god[delijk]heid)’, en die functie dient om aan te geven dat het gaat om een ‘godheid bij uitstek

    Kleitablet met een Mesopotamische scheppingsmythe (Louvre, Parijs)

    Hoe kwam het scheppingsverhaal in de Bijbel terecht?

    De Bijbel bevat diverse verhalen over het ontstaan van de wereld. In Psalm 102 lezen we dat God vóór het ontstaan van de tijd – hoe dit mogelijk is, weet ik niet – de hemel schiep en de fundamenten legde van de aarde. In Job 26 heeft God de aardschijf opgehangen boven het niets.

    Het bekendst zijn de verhalen uit Genesis. In Genesis 2 schept Jahweh de mens en geeft hem een tuin in Eden. Dit verhaal moet vrij oud zijn, al weet niemand precies hoe oud. Tot slot is er het scheppingsverhaal uit Genesis 1-2.4, waarin Elohim de wereld schept in zes dagen en de sabbat als kroon plaatst op het werk. Hier wordt het voorgelezen:

    [youtube youtube.com/watch?v=njpWalYduU]

    Al deze verhalen bevatten beelden en ideeën die gangbaar waren in de oude wereld. Eigenlijk hebben alle volken wel een verhaal over de twee eerste mensen en over een paradijselijke oertoestand die om een of andere reden ten einde is gekomen. Het feit dat de Bijbelse beelden elkaar tegenspreken, bewijst dat de Joden geen behoefte hadden aan één bindend verhaal.

    Er is echter wel iets bijzonders aan de hand in Genesis 1.2-4. Antieke scheppingsverhalen eindigden nogal eens met de schepping van het koningschap. Je zou in het zevendagenverhaal verwachten dat God na de schepping van de mens ook de monarchie zou hebben geschapen – maar daar doorbreekt de auteur de verwachting: zoals gezegd is de sabbat het summum. Meer daarover hier.

    Christus (in een Romeinse catacombe, ik weet niet meer welke)

    Ik las eens dat Jezus mogelijk ooit in India is geweest. Zou dat waar kunnen zijn?

    Nee.

    [morgen meer]

    Deze blog, die u ook via het Whatsapp-kanaal kunt volgen, is niet mijn enige activiteit. In het voorjaar organiseer ik een reis naar Bulgarije en een andere reis langs Keltische locaties.

    Deel dit: #AmarnaBrieven #Apiru #Elohim #Genesis #ijzer #IJzertijd #IsraëlEnJuda #Jahweh #LateBronstijd #Merenptah #Scheppingsverhaal #vragenRondDeJaarwisseling #Zondvloed
  16. Morgen am Mittwochabend ab 20 Uhr gibt es dann ein Livestream auf YouTube von Nature23, wo es um das folgende Thema hier geht:

    "Antiweihnachten Livestream mit Gästen"

    inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=gnQv0yg (also den Livestream kann man sich noch im Nachhinein anschauen)

    youtube.com/watch?v=gnQv0ygQXJ (also den Livestream kann man sich noch im Nachhinein anschauen)

    Das Thema ist an alle interessierten Glaubensgeschwister, andersgläubige und nichtgläubige Menschen gerichtet, was nicht jeden zusagen wird, weil es unter anderen auch um die Wahrheit über das heidnisch-satanische Fest Weihnachten geht, was niemand aus der Bibel gehalten hat und sogar auch noch Götzendienst ist.

    In dem Livechat vom Livestream kann auch jeder bei Bedarf seine Fragen über Gott und die Welt stellen und allgemein Kommentare abgeben, die dann durch Nature23 und/oder den Geschwistern im Livechat beantwortet werden oder darauf eingegangen wird.

    Ich wünsche euch allen den Elohim JHWH's reichen Segen & ein lehrreiches Video zu diesem Thema & viel Freude dabei.

    Hashtags: #Elohim #Gott #JHWH #Jahua #Jahweh #Jehova #Jehoschua #HaMachiach #Jesus #Christus #Bibel #Torah #Bibellehrer #Nature23 #YouTuber #YouTube #Livestream #Live #Mittwochabend #20Uhr #online #Thema #Wahrheit #Weihnachten #Fest #Götzendienst #heidnisch #satanisch #Brauch #Schabbat #Sabbat #Torahchristen #messianischeJuden #Judenchristen #Christen #Juden #andersgläubige #Moslems #Muslime #nichtgläubige #Menschen #Atheist #Heide #Segen #lehrreich #Video #Freude #Wahrheit #Invidious

  17. Hier habe ich mal aktuelle gute und schöne Lieder für den Weltfrieden in allen Zeiten aus dem Album "Frieden Jetzt" von "Mike Krüger".

    Jedoch nicht den Frieden, wie die Welt ihn gibt, sondern wie der Gott der Bibel ihn gibt - Siehe im Johannesevangelium Kapitel 14 Vers 27:

    "Frieden hinterlasse ich euch; meinen Frieden gebe ich euch. Nicht wie die Welt (ihn) gibt, gebe ich (ihn) euch; euer Herz erschrecke nicht und verzage nicht!"

    Der hebräische Friedensgruß unter Glaubensgeschwistern (Torahchristen und (messianische) Juden lautet "Schalom".

    Die Hymne des Friedens - Endlich Frieden! (offizielles Musikvideo) (mein Favorit)

    inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=VePgPM8

    youtube.com/watch?v=VePgPM8l-j

    (1) Die Hymne des Friedens - Endlich Frieden! (Audio) (mein Favorit)

    inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=5Dzh6TG

    (2) Die Hymne des Friedens - Kinderaugen Weinen (Audio) (mein Favorit)

    inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=5EtNM4-

    youtube.com/watch?v=5EtNM4-ib1

    (3) Die Hymne des Friedens - Tausend Mal Gefallen (Audio)

    inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=nm72KUn

    youtube.com/watch?v=nm72KUn5Ty

    (4) Die Hymne des Friedens - Die Friedenstaube Fliegt Wieder (Audio)

    inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=yyoYxVw

    youtube.com/watch?v=yyoYxVw3YK

    (5) Die Hymne des Friedens - Miteinander Reden (Audio)

    inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=OJC5ljQ

    youtube.com/watch?v=OJC5ljQeBY

    (6) Die Hymne des Friedens - Alles Nichts (Audio) (mein Favorit)

    inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Bh5ohS1

    youtube.com/watch?v=Bh5ohS1eV8

    (7) Die Hymne des Friedens - Waffen Für Den Frieden (Audio)

    inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=uS2YrXu

    youtube.com/watch?v=uS2YrXuP3c

    (8) Die Hymne des Friedens - Nie Wieder Krieg (Audio)

    inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=hfrB5hr

    youtube.com/watch?v=hfrB5hrIlI

    (9) Die Hymne des Friedens - Danke (Ansprache von Mike Krüger)

    inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=dQXlgQK

    youtube.com/watch?v=dQXlgQKRPE

    (10) Die Hymne des Friedens - Outro

    wirtube-shop.de/FRIEDEN-JETZT-

    Ich bin & bleibe nach wie vor ein Kriegsdienstverweigerer, da ich jegliche Art von Waffen und Gewalt verabscheue und für diese (Schwer)verbrecher ziehe ich auch niemals in illegale Kriege für (immer mehr) Geld und Macht!

    Hashtags: #Friedensbewegung #aktuell #Musik #Lieder #Hymne #Frieden #Album #FriedenJetzt #MikeKrüger #Invidous #YouTube #Weltfrieden #Elohim #JHWH #Jahua #Jahweh #Jehova #Jehoschua #HaMachiach #Jesus #Christus #Johannes #Evangelium #hebräisch #Friedensgruß #Schalom #Glaubensgeschwister #Torahchristen #messianischeJuden #Christen #Juden #NeinZumKrieg #EndlichFrieden #Musikvideo #WirTube #Shop #Download #Buch #Kriegsdienstverweigerer #Pazifist #Waffen #Gewalt #verabscheuen #Schwerverbrecher #Verbrecher #IllegaleKriege #Geld #Macht

  18. Influencer Alexander S. über das Christentum / Nature23 - Ausschnitte aus dem Livestream @alexiosdaimon

    youtube.com/watch?v=wK70G1dMJm

    Ein Heide packt über die Christen und auch das Christentum aus, wo er mit seinen Aussagen nicht ganz unrecht hat und somit auch die Wahrheit ausspricht.

    Hashtags: #Elohim #Gott #JHWH #Jahua #Jahweh #Jehova #Jehoschua #Jeschua #HaMachiach #Jesus #Christus #Bibel #Torah #Gesetz #Wahrheit #Christ #Torahchrist #Christentum #Konfession #Nature23 #Influencer #AlexanderS. #Heide

  19. David Thomas, Congregationalist minister and preaching magazine editor. He provides a lofty statement about Christianity, with is a summary of Matthew 25:31-46.

    The practice of giving things to those in need (that is a practical philanthropy, not well-wishing, not improving markets or even justice) is God’s own test of religion.

    Do we want it to be something else? Do you hear preachers name everything else under the sun?

    #christian #bibleliteracy #bethedifference #elohim #godspeople

  20. Skeptoid #59: Who Are the Raelians, and Why Are They Naked? by Brian Dunning #rael #raelians #yahweh #elohim #SkeptoidPodcast #podcast #bot The Raelians are naked and they worship space aliens.
    skeptoid.com/episodes/4059

  21. There is a story about the demise of El's wife, #Asherah. It is said that #El become so jealous of the adoration she received that he banished her to the Land of Forgetfulness. He hoped she would forget her own divinity and that humanity would too.

    But the love of the #Sacred #Mother, the #DevineFeminine is so intrinsic to the universe that our souls will never truly forget.

    A new #youtube video coming soon.

    #God #Goddess #Yahweh #Elohim #Podcast #history

  22. There is a story about the demise of El's wife, #Asherah. It is said that #El become so jealous of the adoration she received that he banished her to the Land of Forgetfulness. He hoped she would forget her own divinity and that humanity would too.

    But the love of the #Sacred #Mother, the #DevineFeminine is so intrinsic to the universe that our souls will never truly forget.

    A new #youtube video coming soon.

    #God #Goddess #Yahweh #Elohim #Podcast #history

  23. Fragments from the Book of Job #6: chapters 38-42

    In his concluding speech in chapter 31, Job did demand that God appear before him, and in a sense, it is somewhat surprising for Elihu to appear instead.  But can a man command God to appear? Do we have the right or authority to demand the Most High to appear before us?
    Job’s concluding remarks in chapter 31 could unlikely in some way compel the Almighty Elohimto appear.

    Image via Wikipedia

    Elihu came in between the discussion because he found lots of things said to Job but also about God were not right. He had found that multiple words against God were uttered, charging God of doing nothing about wickedness or even using evil things to vindicate. Though we can find some kind of truth and authority in the words from Job’s three friends Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, they grated on the nerves of Elihu and angered God. It was not because God kept His silence that He did not listen or did not care, nor lost control over nation or man (Job 34:29-30). Also Elihu had the wrong idea about God working with His people. This sometimes arrogant looking person ends up offering a similar argument to that of the three friends: God is greater than man (Job 33:12) and thus he must have intended to warn or rebuke Job (Job 33:14–30). He even hopes that Job’s trials will continue either until he recants or, if he does not recant, until he dies (Job 34:36-37) and states Job’s complaint that godliness avails a man nothing (Job 35:1-4). He also declared that God is too lofty to be affected either by godliness or ungodliness, which only affect other people (Job 35:5-8). An other fault brought forwards to those who are unlucky is that unanswered prayers would be because of the lack of faith of those who pray and to the emptiness of the prayer (Job 35:-16). Elihu at moments continued to attack Job in the line of the other three older friends (e.g., Job 34:10-37; 35:16). He also suggested that Job had not recognized and maybe even had ignored the ways in which God had spoken to him (Job 33:14). The continual appeal for Job by the four friends to simply repent of whatever evil he has done is an obvious misdiagnosis, in light of the prologue (chapters 1-2) and on the other elements Job brought forward to plea for his justice, recapitulated by Elihu at the opening of his speech (Job 33:6, 9; 34:5-9).

    Elihu, who sometimes handled as if he were thinking to be like a prophet, shed already a further light on the matter that the creator of the universe cannot be unjust (Job 32:18–20; 34:10-28). Perhaps we may be called men of understanding, but there are a lot of things we do not understand and who are to complex to grasp and to get over with. Often we can’t make God out because He is beyond us. We sometimes can’t get His meaning or miss the point of what He says and does. The Spirit God seems difficult to grasp, but He is not so incomprehensible as we think. We just should concentrate more on the essentials of Him.

    In the Book of Job we got an idea in what ways evil come to this earth and how evil people suffer as well (Job 15:14-16, 20-35). Failure comes to many. In the many speeches from chapters 3 to 37 we heard the flawless logic but wounding thrusts of those who insisted on the traditional theology that it was indisputable that God is almighty, perfectly just and that no human can be pure in Gods sight. On the other hand we have to face the problem of godly, just people who suffer. In this Book from the Book of Books the author can give us some encouragement by showing us that our suffering provides an occasion like no other for exemplifying what true godliness is for human beings. As in the other books of the Bible we can get a picture of righteous people who suffer ‘unjust’ but, though they have to fight against certain thoughts, still continue to go strong for their beloved Creator and His creation.

    Job being answered by God – from Byzantine manuscript – Megisti Lavra Monastery,Codex B. 100, 12th century

    When we started this study of the Book of Job we mentioned the accuser of God. Satan, the adversary who brought a radical assault on God and godly people. When God called up the name of Job before the accuser and testified to his righteous, the Almighty is called a fool and His followers even more fools. Is it not that humans prefer to love the gifts of the Creator then the Creator Himself? It is up to men to proof that he not tries to pleases God merely for the sake of his benefits. Job did good things he told us, but not in the hope to get something in return. Are you “religious” and “good” because it pays? Do you want something in return for the good things you do?
    That is an other subject tackled in the Book of Job. Which position do we as humans want to take in our life here on earth? How do we want to place ourselves against other people. How do we want to face the One from who we get all this around us? Job faced toward God with anguish, puzzlement, anger and bitter complaints. How do we want to look at our Creator? And when we do not hear our answers, at first, answered how can we cope with that seemingly silent Authority? but are we sure that this God, ruler of the universe, is really silent? We should know that He has given His Words to be with us every day. Most of the answers we have to know are handed over to us. We just have to grasp them. It is to us to take them at hand and to read them, to be able to hear them. So we cannot say God does not give the answers to us. He has given them already to all those who want to have them.

    Only we do have to understand that we can not desire to get to know God thoroughly. Longing to know God is very good. But to read Him like a book is not possible. It is not so easy to have God taped in full. We cannot expect hat at the end of our life we shall know everything about God. It would be foolish wisdom to think that. We shall not be able to control everything, because that belongs to God. But He is willing to share parts of His knowledge with us. He is willing to give wisdom to His creatures. However Job’s experience makes bitterly clear to him that his friends “wisdom” cannot fathom the truth of his situation. No, the wisdom we can get does not bring the answers we would like to hear or see. Sometimes it can frustrate us. It can make us hungry. Wisdom and truth is discerned through hearing, just as the quality of food is discerned through tasting (Job 34:3). We better listen today to the Wisdom of God to get some ray of understanding some things and be  satisfied with what we already can get for answers at the moment. Patience is a good virtue. We should be pleased already that we can receive enough wisdom to comprehend those difficult creatures around us. And as we saw from the different answers of Job friends we do not always have to go by age, or by popularity. We always should remember that from these creaturely things, we as humans cannot learn all of God’s ways. And who are we mere human beings to to talk back to God? Does any object that is created riposte to its maker or will what is formed say to him who formed it, “why did you make me this way?” (Isaiah 29:16,45:9; Romans 9:20) “Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?” (Romans 9:20 ASV)
    Who in the world do we think we are to second-guess God? Do you for one moment suppose any of us knows enough to call God into question? Clay doesn’t talk back to the fingers that mould it, saying, “Why did you shape me like this?”
    For us it is perhaps best to recognise who is the Superior and not to deny God above (Job 31:28), recognising also the fact that our time on earth is also just a temporarily situation, and that the man who responds submissively to God’s dealings with him will regain health and joy (Job 33:25-28) Yes the Book of Job sheds also a light on what we might expect after death. When we die we shall all land up in the grave, the oppressors and the oppressed, they all shall perish and we shall not be able to take anything of our wealth or fame into our grave, the place of  departure (Job 27:15-23; Psalm 164:4; Isaiah 38:18). For the wealthy as well as the poor, the happy as the sufferers it shall be be as the animals (Ecclesiastes 3:19-20) When God does not look at them any more, or His face is veiled, they shall be troubled; when He takes away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust. “Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; Thou {1} takest away their breath, they die, And return to their dust. {1) Or gatherest in}” (Psalms 104:29 ASV) “and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.” (Ecclesiastes 12:7 ASV) Let us take Paul’s words into our hearth: “We speak wisdom, however, among them that are fullgrown: yet a wisdom not of this {1} world, nor of the rulers of this {1} world, who are coming to nought: {1) Or age; and so in verses 7, 8; but not in verse 12}” (1 Corinthians 2:6 ASV)
    Job will pass the supreme test of all true godliness, namely, to live by the wisdom God had given him, having the fear of the Most High Jehovah God and to depart from evil (Job 28:28),  and acknowledging the limits of human wisdom. Are we prepared to be satisfied with the brain we got and with what it can cope?

    Elihu repeatedly stated that the purpose of God’s speaking to a person in the way he described is to keep “his soul from the pit” (also Job 33:18, 22, 24, 28, 30). Thus he implies that Job’s suffering may be a corrective of his overall path rather than simply punishment for some hidden sin. Though God does not five a warning finger to Elihu we can find God answer in the rest of the Bible. God response to Job will include some vocabulary and references that are similar to portions of Elihu Barachel (meaning either “may God bless” or “God has blessed”) his speeches, but He does not commend either Elihu’s suggested reasons for Job’s suffering or his anger against Job.

    The Holy Spirit = Power of God

    Elihu had played on the words “spirit” and “breath” in his early speeches (see also Job 33:4; 34:14) in the way most likely to evoke Job’s earlier plea (Job 27:2–3) as he asserted his own right to speak. But he rightly let us know that God is the Spirit, and it is His breath, the live in Him that brings us His Words. It is this breath or  Holy “Spirit” which is the “power” that can enlighten us.

    “For he (God) needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judgment.” (Job 34:23 ASV)  So God Almighty will not lay upon man more than right, that he should enter into judgement with God. Let us look at these words of the Lord of lords where He asks what evil or iniquity people have seen in Him that they have gone far from Him, and have walked after what is false,  worthless idols, worthlessness, vanity, and are become vain or become themselves nothings?
    “thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?” (Jeremiah 2:5 ASV)

    ***

    Brenton Translation
    1851 by Lancelot Brenton

    Job Chapters 38-41

    Job 38:1 And after Elius had ceased from speaking, the Lord spoke to Job through the whirlwind and clouds, [saying],
    Job 38:2 Who is this that hides counsel from me, and confines words in [his] heart, and thinks to conceal [them] from me?

    Job 38:3 Gird thy loins like a man; and I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.
    Job 38:4 Where wast thou when I founded the earth? tell me now, if thou hast knowledge,
    Job 38:5 who set the measures of it, if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
    Job 38:6 On what are its rings fastened? and who is he that laid the corner-stone upon it?

    Job 38:7 When the stars were made, all my angels praised me with a loud voice.
    Job 38:8 And I shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed out, coming forth out its mother’s womb.
    Job 38:9 And I made a cloud its clothing, and swathed it in mist.
    Job 38:10 And I set bounds to it, surrounding it with bars and gates.
    Job 38:11 And I said to it, Hitherto shalt thou come, but thou shalt not go beyond, but thy waves shall be confined within thee.
    Job 38:12 Or did I order the morning light in thy time; and [did] the morning star [then first] see his appointed place;
    Job 38:13 to lay hold of the extremities of the earth, to cast out the ungodly out of it?

    Job 38:14 Or didst thou take clay of the ground, and form a living creature, and set it with the power of speech upon the earth?
    Job 38:15 And hast thou removed light from the ungodly, and crushed the arm of the proud?
    Job 38:16 Or hast thou gone to the source of the sea, and walked in the tracks of the deep?
    Job 38:17 And do the gates of death open to thee for fear; and did the porters of hell quake when they saw thee?
    Job 38:18 And hast thou been instructed in the breadth of the [whole earth] under heaven? tell me now, what is the extent of it?
    Job 38:19 And in what kind of a land does the light dwell? and of what kind is the place of darkness?
    Job 38:20 If thou couldest bring me to their [utmost] boundaries, and if also thou knowest their paths;
    Job 38:21 I know then that thou wert born at that time, and the number of thy years is great.

    Job 38:22 But hast thou gone to the treasures of snow? and hast thou seen the treasures of hail?
    Job 38:23 And is there a store [of them], for thee against the time of [thine] enemies, for the day of wars and battle?
    Job 38:24 And whence proceeds the frost? or [whence] is the south wind dispersed over the [whole world] under heaven?

    Job 38:25 And who prepared a course for the violent rain, and a way for the thunders;
    Job 38:26 to rain upon the land where [there is] no man, the wilderness, where there is not a man in it; so as to feed the untrodden and uninhabited [land],
    Job 38:27 and cause it to send forth a crop of green herbs?
    Job 38:28 Who is the rain’s father? and who has generated the drops of dew?

    Job 38:29 And out of whose womb comes the ice? and who has produced the frost in the sky,
    Job 38:30 which descends like flowing water? who has terrified the face of the ungodly?

    Job 38:31 And dost thou understand the band of Pleias, and hast thou opened the barrier of Orion?
    Job 38:32 Or wilt thou reveal Mazuroth in his season, and the evening star with his rays? Wilt thou guide them?

    Job 38:33 And knowest thou the changes of heaven, or the events which take place together under heaven?
    Job 38:34 And wilt thou call a cloud with thy voice, and will it obey thee with a violent shower of much rain?
    Job 38:35 And wilt thou send lightnings, and they shall go? and shall they say to thee, What is [thy pleasure]?

    Job 38:36 And who has given to women skill in weaving, or knowledge of embroidery?
    Job 38:37 And who is he that numbers the clouds in wisdom, and has bowed the heaven [down] to the earth?
    Job 38:38 For it is spread out as dusty earth, and I have cemented it as one hewn stone to another.

    Job 38:39 And wilt thou hunt a prey for the lions? and satisfy the desires of the serpents?
    Job 38:40 For they fear in their lairs, and lying in wait couch in the woods.
    Job 38:41 And who has prepared food for the raven? for its young ones wander and cry to the Lord, in search of food.

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    Job 39:1 [Say] if thou knowest the time of the bringing forth of the wild goats of the rock, and [if] thou hast marked the calving of the hinds:
    Job 39:2 and [if] thou has hast numbered the full months of their being with young, and [if] thou hast relieved their pangs:
    Job 39:3 and hast reared their young without fear; and wilt thou loosen their pangs?
    Job 39:4 Their young will break forth; they will be multiplied with offspring: [their young] will go forth, and will not return to them.

    Job 39:5 And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands?
    Job 39:6 whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.

    Job 39:7 He laughs to scorn the multitude of the city, and hears not the chiding of the tax-gatherer.
    Job 39:8 He will survey the mountains [as] his pasture, and he seeks after every green thing.

    Job 39:9 And will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or to lie down at thy manger?
    Job 39:10 And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for thee in the plain?
    Job 39:11 And dost thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou commit thy works to him?
    Job 39:12 And wilt thou believe that he will return to thee thy seed, and bring [it] in [to] thy threshing-floor?

    Job 39:13 The peacock has a beautiful wing: if the stork and the ostrich conceive, [it is worthy of notice],
    Job 39:14 for [the ostrich] will leave her eggs in the ground, and warm them on the dust,
    Job 39:15 and has forgotten that the foot will scatter them, and the wild beasts of the field trample them.
    Job 39:16 She has hardened [herself] against her young ones, as though [she bereaved] not herself: she labours in vain without fear.
    Job 39:17 For God has withholden wisdom from her, and not given her a portion in understanding.
    Job 39:18 In her season she will lift herself on high; she will scorn the horse and his rider.

    Job 39:19 Hast thou invested the horse with strength, and clothed his neck with terror?
    Job 39:20 And hast thou clad him in perfect armour, and made his breast glorious with courage?
    Job 39:21 He paws exulting in the plain, and goes forth in strength into the plain.
    Job 39:22 He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, and will by no means turn back from the sword.
    Job 39:23 The bow and sword resound against him; and [his] rage will swallow up the ground:
    Job 39:24 and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds.
    Job 39:25 And when the trumpet sounds, he says, Aha! and afar off he smells the war with prancing and neighing.

    Job 39:26 And does the hawk remain steady by thy wisdom, having spread out her wings unmoved, looking toward the region of the south?
    Job 39:27 And does the eagle rise at thy command, and the vulture remain sitting over his nest,
    Job 39:28 on a crag of a rock, and in a secret [place]?
    Job 39:29 Thence he seeks food, his eyes observe from far.
    Job 39:30 And his young ones roll themselves in blood, and wherever the carcasses may be, immediately they are found.

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    Job 40:1 (39:31) And the Lord God answered Job, and said,
    Job 40:2 (39:32) Will [any one] pervert judgment with the Mighty One? and he that reproves God, let him return it for answer.

    Job 40:3 (39:33) And Job answered and said to the Lord,
    Job 40:4 (39:34) Why do I yet plead? being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: and what shall I answer to these [arguments]? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
    Job 40:5 (39:35) I have spoken once; but I will not do so a second time.

    Job 40:6 (40:1) And the Lord yet again answered and spoke to Job out of the cloud, [saying],

    Job 40:7 (40:2) Nay, gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will ask thee, and do thou answer me.
    Job 40:8 (40:3) Do not set aside my judgment: and dost thou think that I have dealt with thee in any other way, than that thou mightest appear to be righteous?

    Job 40:9 (40:4) Hast thou an arm like the Lord’s? or dost thou thunder with a voice like his?
    Job 40:10 (40:5) Assume now a lofty bearing and power; and clothe thyself with glory and honour.
    Job 40:11 (40:6) And send forth messengers with wrath; and lay low every haughty one.
    Job 40:12 (40:7) Bring down also the proud man; and consume at once the ungodly.
    Job 40:13 (40:8) And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame.
    Job 40:14 (40:9) [Then] will I confess that thy right hand can save [thee].

    Job 40:15 (40:10) But now look at the wild beasts with thee; they eat grass like oxen.
    Job 40:16 (40:11) Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
    Job 40:17 (40:12) He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together.
    Job 40:18 (40:13) His sides are sides of brass; and his backbone is [as] cast iron.

    Job 40:19 (40:14) This is the chief of the creation of the Lord; made to be played with by his angels.
    Job 40:20 (40:15) And when he has gone up to a steep mountain, he causes joy to the quadrupeds in the deep.

    Job 40:21 (40:16) He lies under trees of every kind, by the papyrus, and reed, and bulrush.
    Job 40:22 (40:17) And the great trees make a shadow over him with their branches, and [so do] the bushes of the field.
    Job 40:23 (40:18) If there should be a flood, he will not perceive it; he trust that Jordan will rush up into his mouth.
    Job 40:24 (40:19) [Yet one] shall take him in his sight; [one] shall catch [him] with a cord, and pierce his nose.

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    Job 41:1 (40:20) But wilt thou catch the serpent with a hook, and put a halter about his nose?
    Job 41:2 (40:21) Or wilt thou fasten a ring in his nostril, and bore his lip with a clasp?
    Job 41:3 (40:22) Will he address thee with a petition? softly, with the voice of a suppliant?
    Job 41:4 (40:23) And will he make a covenant with thee? and wilt thou take him for a perpetual servant?
    Job 41:5 (40:24) And wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or bind him as a sparrow for a child?
    Job 41:6 (40:25) And do the nations feed upon him, and the nations of the Phoenicians share him?

    Job 41:7 (40:26) And all the ships come together would not be able to bear the mere skin of his tail; neither [shall they carry] his head in fishing-vessels.
    Job 41:8 (40:27) But thou shalt lay thy hand upon him [once], remembering the war that is waged by his mouth; and let it not be done any more.

    Job 41:9 (41:0) Hast thou not seen him? and hast thou not wondered at the things said [of him]?
    Job 41:10 (41:1) Dost thou not fear because preparation has been made by me? for who is there that resists me?

    Job 41:11 (41:2) Or who will resist me, and abide, since the whole [world] under heaven is mine?

    Job 41:12 (41:3) I will not be silent because of him: though because of his power [one] shall pity his antagonist.

    Job 41:13 (41:4) Who will open the face of his garment? and who can enter within the fold of his breastplate?
    Job 41:14 (41:5) Who will open the doors of his face? terror is round about his teeth.
    Job 41:15 (41:6) His inwards are as brazen plates, and the texture of his [skin] as a smyrite stone.
    Job 41:16 (41:7) One [part] cleaves fast to another, and the air cannot come between them.
    Job 41:17 (41:8) They will remain united each to the other: they are closely joined, and cannot be separated.

    Job 41:18 (41:9) At his sneezing a light shines, and his eyes are [as] the appearance of the morning star.
    Job 41:19 (41:10) Out of his mouth proceed as it were burning lamps, and as it were hearths of fire are cast abroad.
    Job 41:20 (41:11) Out of his nostrils proceeds smoke of a furnace burning with fire of coals.
    Job 41:21 (41:12) His breath is [as] live coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.
    Job 41:22 (41:13) And power is lodged in his neck, before him destruction runs.
    Job 41:23 (41:14) The flesh also of his body is joined together: [if one] pours [violence] upon him, he shall not be moved.
    Job 41:24 (41:15) His heart is firm as a stone, and it stands like an unyielding anvil.
    Job 41:25 (41:16) And when he turns, [he is] a terror to the four-footed wild beasts which leap upon the earth.

    Job 41:26 (41:17) If spears should come against him, [men] will effect nothing, [either with] the spear or the breast-plate.
    Job 41:27 (41:18) For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood.
    Job 41:28 (41:19) The bow of brass shall not would him, he deems a slinger as grass.
    Job 41:29 (41:20) Mauls are counted as stubble; and he laughs to scorn the waving of the firebrand.
    Job 41:30 (41:21) His lair is [formed of] sharp points; and all the gold of the sea under him is an immense [quantity of] clay.

    Job 41:31 (41:22) He makes the deep boil like a brazen caldron; and he regards the sea as a pot of ointment,
    Job 41:32 (41:23) and the lowest part of the deep as a captive: he reckons the deep as [his] range.

    Job 41:33 (41:24) There is nothing upon the earth like to him, formed to be sported with by my angels.
    Job 41:34 (41:25) He beholds every high thing: and he is king of all that are in the waters.

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    Job 42:1 Then Job answered and said to the Lord,
    Job 42:2 I know that thou canst do all things, and nothing is impossible with thee.
    Job 42:3 For who is he that hides counsel from thee? or who keeps back his words, and thinks to hide them from thee? and who will tell me what I knew not, great and wonderful things which I understood not?
    Job 42:4 But hear me, O Lord, that I also may speak: and I will ask thee, and do thou teach me.
    Job 42:5 I have heard the report of thee by the ear before; but now mine eye has seen thee.
    Job 42:6 Wherefore I have counted myself vile, and have fainted: and I esteem myself dust and ashes.

    Job 42:7 And it came to pass after the Lord had spoken all these words to Job, [that] the Lord said to Eliphaz the Thaemanite, Thou hast sinned, and thy two friends: for ye have not said anything true before me, as my servant Job [has].
    Job 42:8 Now then take seven bullocks, and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and he shall offer a burnt-offering for you. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will only accept him: for but his sake, I would have destroyed you, for ye have not spoken the truth against my servant Job.
    Job 42:9 So Eliphaz the Thaemanite, and Baldad the Sauchite, and Sophar the Minaean, went and did as the Lord commanded them: and he pardoned their sin for the sake of Job.

    Job 42:10 And the Lord prospered Job: and when he prayed also for his friends, he forgave them [their] sin: and the Lord gave Job twice as much, even the double of what he had before.
    Job 42:11 And all his brethren and his sisters heard all that had happened to him, and they came to him, and [so did] all that had known him from the first: and they ate and drank with him, and comforted him, and wondered at all that the Lord had brought upon him: and each one gave him a lamb, and four drachms’ weight of gold, even of unstamped [gold].

    Job 42:12 And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job, [more] than the beginning: and his cattle were fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, a thousand she-asses of the pastures.
    Job 42:13 And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
    Job 42:14 And he called the first Day, and the second Casia, and the third Amalthaea’s horn.
    Job 42:15 And there were not found in comparison with the daughters of Job, fairer [women] than they in all the world: and their father gave them an inheritance among their brethren.

    Job 42:16 And Job lived after [his] affliction a hundred and seventy years: and all the years he lived were two hundred and forty: and Job saw his sons and his sons’ sons, the fourth generation.
    Job 42:17 And Job died, an old man and full of days: (42:17A) and it is written that he will rise again with those whom the Lord raises up. (42:17B) This man is described in the Syriac book [as] living in the land of Ausis, on the borders of Idumea and Arabia: and his name before was Jobab; (42:17C) and having taken an Arabian wife, he begot a son whose name was Ennon. And he himself was the son of his father Zare, one of the sons of Esau, and of his mother Bosorrha, so that he was the fifth from Abraam. (42:17D) And these were the kings who reigned in Edom, which country he also ruled over: first, Balac, the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dennaba: but after Balac, Jobab, who is called Job, and after him Asom, who was governor out of the country of Thaeman: and after him Adad, the son of Barad, who destroyed Madiam in the plain of Moab; and the name of his city was Gethaim. (42:17E) And [his] friends who came to him were Eliphaz, of the children of Esau, king of the Thaemanites, Baldad sovereign of the Sauchaeans, Sophar king of the Minaeans.

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    Continues: Fragments from the Book of Job #7 Epilogue

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    “For He will not lay upon man more than right, that he should enter into judgment with God.” (Job 34:23 KJ21)

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    Note:

    The Holy Spirit is the Author of Scripture; therefore the Word of God is inseparable from the Spirit of God. God is Spirit and the Holy spirit is not on other entity, it is the Power of God itself. The Scriptures introduce the reader to the Holy Spirit and the Spirit applies the truths of the Word to the hearts of the reader. Scripture must be interpreted in the immediate context of personal prayer. The Bible promises over and over that when we seek God, he will be found. The same is true if we seek his power. The “knowledge of God” is an essential feature of Christian attainment, according to the apostolic standard. Those “who know not God” are among those whom vengeance is to overtake (2 Thessalonians 1: 8). Knowledge of God is the basis of sonship to God. Without it, we cannot enter the divine family. How can we love and serve a being whom we do not know? Knowledge is the foundation of all. It is the rock upon which everlasting life itself is built. “This is life eternal, that they might know Thee, The Only True God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent” (John 27: 3).

    Prayer is the medium that brings individuals into contact with the same Spirit who inspired the writers of the Bible. To hear what the Spirit of the Only One God is saying through the Word you must encounter God through prayer. Prayer is the means that we must use to understand the Word of God. Without the assistance of the Holy Spirit in prayer, our Bible study will be in vain. Let us ask for the Spirit to speak to us through the Word.

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