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The early Semites and Canaanites had a number of Gods before eventually bringing the number down to two (Asherah and El) until finally settling into the monothestic Judaic religion. The old Canaanite and Semitic deities are as follows:

Adonai: Meaning “Lord”, Adonai is a name for God still used today.

Aglibol: Aglibol is a luna deity depicted with a moon halo decorating his head and sometimes his shoulders, one of his attributes is the crescent moon. Aglibol means “Calf of the Lord”.

Amurru: Amurru was an early storm and mountain God known to be based on the Mesopotamian Adad. Amurru’s consort was Asherah and he likely came to inspire both Ba’al and El who were also inspired by Enlil and Enki of the Mesopotamian mythologies.

Anat: Anat was a war Goddess, a virgin - likely meaning Hierodule as proven by the fact that she is also the consort and lover of her brother Ba’al Hadad. Anat appears as a fierce, wild and ferocious warrior in battle said to wade knee-deep in blood, striking off heads, cutting hands, binding the heads to her breast and the hands in her sash, driving out the old men and townsfolk with her arrows with her heart filled with joy. Anat is the mother of Aglibol. Anat in one myth slays the God of death, Mot to release Ba’al Hadad from the underworld, she also seems to parallel Ishtar slightly in a myth where she seeks to take vengeance against the hero Aqhat for refusing to part with his marvellous bow.

Asherah: Asherah is a Semitic version of the Sumerian Goddess Ishtar. Asherah is the consort of El with whom through Hieros Gamos she is said to have birthed the cosmos. Asherah was worshiped by early Hebrews up until their Exodus from Egypt when Yahweh alone became the monotheistic God of the Israelites.

Ashima: Ashima is a Goddess of fate and the working of destiny, she was still worshiped by the Samaritans long after the Hebrew people stopped worshiping her.

Astarte: Astarte (Depicted top left) was a Goddess of fertility, sex and war she was associated with Venus and thus likely modeled on the Sumerian Goddess Ishtar and came to later influence the Semitic demoness Lilith. In one myth Astarte is sent by the primordial God of heaven with her two sisters Asherah and Ba’alat Gebal to trick the God El however all three end up becoming consorts of El. In much later demonology Astarte is made into a masculine demon king called Asteroth.

Athirat: An ocean Goddess and varient of Asherah.

Attar: A Semitic male version of Ishtar and a war God representing the morning star, Venus. Attar often attempts to overthrow the God El and so may have been an early Semitic version of Lucifer/Satan - who also bares the epitaph “morning star”. Attar was a fertility God with power to cause rain. This male “morning star” may have lead to the development of Samael as the male veriant of Lilith.

Ba’al: Ba’al (depicted top row and central) means “Lord” however the title also refered to as specific deity. Ba’al was a God of the heavens, of storms and fertility. In the Bible when it says “the Lord said” this is likely a translation from the original “Ba’al said”, in later demonology Ba’al would be demonised as both the demon king Ba’al and Beelzebub or more accurately “Ba’al Ze Bub” meaning “Lord of flies”.

Ba’alat Gebal: Was one of three sister Goddesses including Asherah and Astarte sent to trick El but ended up being his consort instead.

Ba’al Hadad: Ba’al Hadad is the Semitic version of the Sumerian God Adad. Ba’al Hadad was a storm and fertility God that brough rain he also fought and killed the God of the sea, Yam who Yahweh had set up to take the throne of heaven, after which Ba’al Hadad was himself vanquished by the death God Mot and resurrected by Mot’s own death when he was slain by the warrior Goddess Anat who killed Mot in order to release Ba’al Hadad. Ba’al Hadad seems to be the chief of Gods in Canaanite mythology and has three consorts: Ba’alat Gebal, Asherah and Astarte.

Ba’al Hammon: Ba’al Hammon was a weather and vegetation God of fertility, he was often depicted with horns and was the husband of the Goddess Tanit. Ba’al Hammon was likely demonised as the demon “Mammon” which rules over materialism and is closely associated with another Canaanite God-turned-demon; Moloch.

Ba’al Shamin: Ba’al Shamin is thought to be a solar deity or a heaven deity and is often depicted in a trinity with the moon God Aglibol and the sun God Malakbel. Ba’al Shamin was originally used as a title and of Ba’al Hadad although later he seems to become a God in his own right.

Ba’al Zephon: The God Ba’al in his role as lord of Mount Zephon - the Canannite home of the Gods.

Chemosh: Chemosh was the head God of the Moabites in their tradition he was often appeased by human sacrifice by fire, Chemosh in the Moabite cosmology is paired with Astarte in the form of Ashtar and the two in sacred marriage symbolism are paired as one androdgynous being known as Ashtar-Chemosh.

Dagan: The Mesopotamian deity Dagon (depicted top right) was worshiped by early Semites under the name “Dagan” his mythology remains the same however his interactions with Sumerian deities are replaced by their Semitic counterparts.

El: El meaning “God” became identical with Yahweh and eventually became the monotheistic God of the Hebrew Bible however he is clearly modeled on the Sumerian Gods Enlil and Enki. El was the chief deity of the early Semitic pantheon. El was a storm and mountain God as well as the creator God of Heaven, he is nearly identical with all forms of Ba’al. El was the father of the other Gods in a sacred marriage with Asherah, these other deities became the “Elohim” - “Children of El” which was later translated in the Bible as “Sons of God” and came to mean angels. El was originally the husband of three Goddesses; Ba’alat Gebal, Asherah and Astarte. In Canaanite combat myths it is El that vanquishes the great primordial beasts; Behemoth, Ziz and Leviathan in order to create the universe from their corpses showing a reference back to the Sumerian myth of Marduk and Tiamat.

El Elyon: A title of El meaning “God of the most high”.

Eshmun: Eshmun was a mortal man who was harassed by the Goddess Astarte and so cut off his own genitals in ritual castration and died he was then resurrected and made a God of healing. Since the cause of his castration is a Goddess and castration often implies sacred union this myth is clearly a Hieros Gamos mythology since it also follows the pattern of death followed by resurrection and ascent into Godhood.

Gapn: Gapn was a messanger of Ba’al and was a God of vines and wine.

Horon: Horon was a God of destruction and chaos.

Ishat: Ishat was a Goddess of fire slain by Anat.

Itum: Itum was a Goddess and consort of the God Resep.

Jehovah Sabaoth: Meaning “Lord of Hosts” or “Lord of Armies/Powers”. “Jehova” is regarded as a pronounciation of “Yahweh” and so the two deities are practically identical with Jehova being seen as Yahweh in battle or as an aspect of Yahweh with a focus on war.

Kades: A mother Goddess of fertility often described as the fertility aspect of Astarte.

Kothar: The God of metallurgy and blacksmithing he was known to have created a marvellous bow for the hero Aqhat and two magic maces or clubs for Ba’al/El. Kothar was also an architect, carpenter and magician and was known to build the palaces of the other Gods, create spells and enchantments and bless deities with gifts of silver or gold furniture. Early Semitic builder cults probably venerated Kothar.

Kotharat: The Kotharat, meaning “skillful ones” were a group of seven moon Goddesses associated with swallows, they were divind midwives who helped women in childbirth and they themselves are seen as Hierodules/sacred prostitutes almost certainly having a connection to Hieros Gamos rites. The Kotharat were sometimes refered to as “Sasurartum”.

Malakbel: Malakbel was a solar deity often shown in trinity with Ba’al Shamin and the luna God Agibol. Malakbel was seen as a messanger of Ba’al - a term which is believed to have been rendered “angel of the Lord” in later Biblical interpretations.

Marqod: Also known as Ba’al Marqod meaning “Lord of the dance” was a God of healing and dancing as the two are thought to be linked and probably relating to ritual dancing. Interestingly the term Lord of the dance later became synonymous with Jesus Christ because of a Christian hymn which gives him the title.

Moloch: Moloch (modern recreation depicted lower left) was a Canaanite God. Moloch comes from the Canaanite “Mlk” meaning “King” and is often ascribed to various male deities in the Canaanite pantheon however Moloch is also a demonic deity depicted with a bulls head and horns and outstretched arms. There is a strong belief that the Canaanites would sacrifice their own children to be burned alive in the arms of a statue of Moloch to the beat of ritual drums this was considered a powerful sacrifice that would win the favour of the Gods since they had given something precious to themselves rather than property such as livestock or captured enemies, the sacrifice was known as a “burnt offering to God/Moloch” and is rendered in the Bible as the Biblical term “Holocaust” which has the same meaning. In modern demonology Moloch is often described as a demon.

Mot: Mot is the deification of death said to have dwelled on a throne in a low pit, in on myth he is invited to a feast by Ba’al Hadad who wishes Mot to submit to him, in this same myth Mot is refered to as “divine death” and so he may be a special kind of death God which only kills other Gods. In response to Ba’al Hadad’s request Mot claims his hunger is relentless and threatens to eat Ba’al Hadad himself, which according to the myth he achieved before being slain himself by the war Goddess Anat who cuts Mot into pieces in order to free and thus resurrect Ba’al Hadad. The reference to the hunger of Mot may influence later Semitic and Biblical depictions of death as a force that eats or swallows.

Nikkal: Nikkal was a Goddess of orchards and fruit and was known as “great lady and fruitful”, she is therefore also a fertility and vegetation Goddess thought to be based on the Mesopotamian Goddess Ningal.

Onca: Onca was a Canaanite Goddess of wisdom closely associated with the later Greek Goddess Athena.

Pidray: Pidray is one of the daughters of Ba’al and a Goddess of light and mists.

Qetesh: Qetesh (bottom right) was an aspect of Asherah described as a fertility Goddess and a Goddess of sacred prostitution linked with sacred marriage rites. Qetesh was also worshiped in Egypt where she was depicted as a forward-facing naked woman on top of a lion with a Uraeus and sun-disc on her head, often depicted holding a snake and lotus flowers she may therefore be related to Kundalini/serpent energy mysteries. Qetesh is the first known tripple Goddess in one form known as Qudshu-Astarte-Anat (wherein “Qudshu” is taken to mean Qetesh) from this it may be taken that Qetesh is synonymous with Asherah and Anat may also relate to Ba’alat Gebal since Asherah-Astarte-Ba’alat Gebal are also a set of Canaanite Goddesses who are mentioned in triplicate as the consorts of El.

Rabbim: Rabbim was a God of floods killed by the war Goddess, Anat in some myths but is more commonly said to have been slain by El/Yahweh or Ba’al. Rabbim may therefore be identical to the sea monster Rahab.

Resep: Resep is a God of illness and a deification of plagues, in some texts he is an attendant of Yahweh.

Resheph: A horned archer God whose name means “lord of the arrow”, Resheph was known as a war deity associated with protection from plague, the God Resep may therefote be a later corruption of Resheph. Resheph likely relates to the Sumerian God Pabilsag since Pabilsag is described as a horned bull synonymous with the archer of the Zodiac; Sagittarius.

Sapas: Sapas was a solar Goddess, a messanger of El and a healer, she was also known to lead souls through the underworld acting as a psychopomp just as the sun is seen to descend into the underworld at sunset. Sapas is also described as all seeing and called by the title “torch of the Gods”, this may have influenced later Semitic and Biblical omnipotent sun Gods and the Masonic symbol of light or “all seeing eye”/“eye of providence”.

Shahar: Shahar was the God of dawn and was brother of Shalim, he was born of the union of El and Asherah. The concept of the sun having different personifications depending on its position in the sky is likely influenced by Sumerian and Egyptian cultures.

Shalim: Shalim was the God of dusk and brother of Shahar, like Shahar he was born of the union of El and Asherah.

Sydyk: Sydyk was a Goddess of justice and judgement and was connected to the planet Jupiter, she was probably based on Roman mythology as she appears much later than other Phoenician deities.

Tanit: A mother Goddess likely based on Astarte, she was a consort of Ba’al Hammon and a Goddess of war, fertility, virgins (Hierodules) and nurses. There is some archeological evidence and written historical evidence to suggest that the worship of Ba’al Hammon and Tanit may have resulted in the sacrificing of children, this in turn may relate the two deities to Moloch and may be the cause of the demonisation of Ba’al Hammon into Mammon.

Yahweh: Yahweh was a divine warrior God of storms, war, mountains and the heavens. The name Yahweh likely started out as a title of Ba’al and/or El before becoming a God in his own right and ultimately becoming one with both these figures as the monothestic God of Judaism and the Hebrew Bible which likely relates back to the volcanic mount Sanai in later Hebrew mythology. Yahweh developed as the God of Israel and Judah and was the husband of Asherah before she too was mostly removed from the newly formed Jewish religion being refered to as titles such as “Shekhina” meaning “Holy Spirit” or “Bride of God”.

Yam: In the original combat myths of the Canaanites Yam is an ocean God thought to be modeled on the Sumerian God Anzu or Goddess Tiamat or perhaps even Kingu. Yam is sent by his father El to attempt to usurp the throne of heaven and succeeded making himself the master of the Gods and working them as slaves, the Gods in turn pray to their mother Asherah who goes before Yam and offers her body (sacred prostitution) in exchange for releasing the other Gods which Yam then accepts. Asherah goes back and relates this deal to the other Gods and Ba’al Hadad in rage protests and insights a war against Yam finally slaying him with the twin maces forged for him by the smith God Kothar. Slaying Yam in turn made Ba’al Hadad king of the other Gods. This mythology is clearly based on the uprising of the Gods behind Marduk in battle against Anzu, Tiamat and Kingu.

Yarikh: A moon God and husband of Nikkal, his dew was seen to make Nikkals flowers flourish and he was known as the “illuminator of the heavens” and “lord of the sickle”. It is unknown if this God relates to alchemical “Heavenly Dew”.

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Help the People around You to Accomplish Great Things with Their Lives

And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: And Simon he surnamed Peter; And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canannite, And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.

Mark 3:13-19

Notice this list of men who were going nowhere until they met Jesus. Jesus led these people to accomplish great feats. He led them until they were anointed and became preachers. Through the influence of Jesus, they laid the foundations of the Christian Church with their very lives. Most of them died in the process of laying the foundation of the Church. The leadership of Jesus had turned nonentities into great achievers.

If God has called you to lead, do not see it as just YOU accomplishing great things. See it as you helping others to accomplish great things for God and for themselves. That is a true leader’s heart. Leadership stems from the heart. The Bible teaches us that the heart is the footing for all the things that men do.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23

No one can really train you to be a leader. It comes from your heart! It comes by having the right heart! When you have the right heart, you do the right things. Until you see the heart of a leader, you will not be a true leader. If you are the head of a church or organization and you try to suppress the achievements of others, I assure you that you do not have a true leader’s heart. Jesus wanted his disciples to do greater things than he himself had done (John 14:12).

I often pray for the junior pastors around me that they would achieve great things for God. I keep encouraging them and praying for them that they would rise up mightily in ministry. I see some people with gifts that I do not have. I want my interaction with these people to help them accomplish great things for God. Every leader should have goals for the people around him. If you do not have these goals I seriously doubt if you are a leader.

Four Goals a Leader Should Have for His Followers

1. Aim for them to do well spiritually. Your desire should be for the people you lead to prosper spiritually.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 3 John 4

2. Aim for your followers to do well financially.

I have a strong desire for the people who follow me to do well financially. It is my vision that everyone who works in my organization should have his own house, more cars than they need and enough money. This vision is steadily coming to pass. A leader is someone who thinks about others. If you just think about yourself, you are not a leader. Jesus thought about the financial state of his followers. He wanted them to have houses, lands and enough money. Many people don’t know that Jesus actually promised that his followers would have these things.

And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. Mark 10:29,30

3. Aim for your followers to be physically, socially and maritally healthy.

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 John 2

And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. John 16:23,24

Why did Jesus want the joy of his followers to be full? Because a good leader wants his followers to be happy in every aspect of their lives.

4. Aim for your followers to fulfil their ministry.

My greatest passion is to see the ones I have raised up fulfilling their ministries. Every father wants his sons and daughters to fulfil their ministry. If you are a leader, your vision and passion is not for yourself but for the ones you lead.

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. 2 Timothy 4:5

by Dag Heward-Mills

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# Who is / isn't Jew in biblical term? (Ver.8)

‘Jew' in English language is today used very widely without knowing its true meaning. So, many people, even Jews don't understand properly its origin. English bibles translated 'Yehudi (species of Yehud)' as "Jew". That's the problem.

Therefore, I have to explain you what 'Yehudi' is really in Biblical sense, so that you should know the difference among 'Yehudi' & Jew & Children of Israel.

<'Yehudi'? Or People of Judah? Not Children of Israel?>

The point is :

"Why nobody called people of Judah as 'Yehudim' until the time of Babylonian invasion?"

... If you believe that 'Yehudi' is purely Judah's descendant, it would be strange. Many people & Jews assume it's same. But in reality, not so. Such an example exists in the Bible.

For instance, Benjamin (son of Jacob) & "Ben Yamin" are not same. If you read the episode of Shimei in 2 Samuel 16:5-13 & 19:16-23, you'll know how to be used the phrase "Ben Yamin". It never literally means biological son of Benjamin. It's a title of brave for justice. Same is 'Yehudi' & Sons of Judah. It is distinct how & when to use 'Yehudim' or 'Bani / 'Am / Enashim / Ish Yehudah'.

"Hanani, one of my brothers, been arrived with 'mankind' from Judah (Hbr: Enashim mi Yehudah), and I (Nehemiah) was continuously questioning them about the remnant of Yehudim (Hbr: Ha Yehudim) who had survived out of the exile and about Jerusalem." [Nehemiah 1:2 (my translation from Hebrew)]

... Interestingly, people from Judah is described 'Enosh (nuanced "weak mortal Human")' against 'Ha Yehudim" the super Human.

In the Old Testament (OT; Tanakh), people of Judah is always written 'Bani (sons) / 'Am (people) / Ish (man) Yehudah' as same as "Children of Israel (Bani Israel)". 'Enashim' is rarely used due to its nuance. So Nehemiah 1:2 looks strange for frequent Hebrew Bible readers. Not normal case. It's not that people of Judah asked people of Judah.

So it's clear that Yehudites are not people of Judah.

If you believe it's same, I'd say why people from Judah didn't say in Nehemiah 1:3 that "we" are suffering when Nehemiah had asked them about "Ha Yehudim". It indicates that "Ha Yehudim" are at least not direct category of Judah or another specific group there, right?

Look moreover at spellings.

1, Yehudi : Y + H + W + D + Y (Yehud + Y; Species of Yehud)

2, Yehudah (Judah) : Y + H + W + D + H (actually, Jehovah including D: Dedication, Love, something Special, chosen)

... The critical difference is that "Yehudi" doesn't have Jehovah, but Judah has it. Not only spellings. The tribe of Esau is made by Judith (Yehudith) the Canaanite while Judah left his sinful brothers who cruelly wanted to kill Joseph and tried to build family with Canaanite women but failed under Jehovah's interfering and subsequently made kids with Tamar (Genesis 38) who would later become the royal line for David.

I quoted above the name of Judith from Genesis 37:26. She is the key role of this issue. Here I put a critical verse for it.

... 2 King 18 narratives that Hezekiah's 3 agents asked Rabshakeh not to speak "Yehudith" but Aramaic. That's strange. CSB translated it "Hebrew", but 'Ha 'Avri' never occur in this verse. It's "Yehudith".

Rabshakeh is a royal spokesman from King of Assyria. He should know Aramaic but not Hebrew, IF YOU BELIEVE THAT HEBREW IS THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF JEWS. So now raises the question.

Why Assyrian originated person can speak "Jew's language"?

If you believe that "Judaean / Hebrew" is the only one language for so-called Jewish or Israelites, this belief would be wrong. Rabshakeh exactly can speak this Judaean (Read 2 King 18:26-28). So let's see the spelling of Judith the wife of Esau.

... Surprising? Yes, it's completely same! Read also Nehemiah 13:23-24.

... See that Yehudim's language is Judith! This translation "Hebrew" is totally wrong.

So what is language of Judith? It's the Canaanite language.

Historically, Canaanites are Phoenician whose activity place was through Mediterranean to Aegean Seas (Check also Numbers 13:29, Deuteronomy 1:7, Joshua 5:1). And Paleo-"Hebrew" is the oldest written language for the Jewish Bible (Tanakh). What is Paleo-Hebrew? It's a variant of Phoenician! So you obtained the answer now.

"Yehudith" = Judith's = Canaanite = Phoenician = Paleo-"Hebrew" = Jew's language

So it's normal that Assyrian tribe may speak Phoenician.

Then, these factors strongly prove that the author(s) of Tanakh should be the Canaanite / Phoenician tribe. Therefore, "original Hebrew language" never existed. Seeing Abraham & Isaac's stance "Never take Canaanites wives", it is impossible that Jehovah's people who believes and follows this tradition would wish to write own holy text from god in Canaanite language!

On the other side, today's so-called Hebrew language is actually Aramaic-linked variant. So it's normal, too that people of Israel can understand Aramaic. In fact, it was Aramaic which had been a common language among Semitic people because Abraham's clan is originally Chaldean. Babylonian Talmud is written after exile by Aramaic with Mishnah "Hebrew" which is actually Canaanite based.

Then, you might be harsh to say that Esau's tribe is the true "Jewish people"? My answer is "kinda yes". Let's analyze it further.

Finally, you know that oldest Jewish language is actually coming from the tribe of Judith who is Esau's wife. If you carefully read in Hebrew about her linkages, you may know what it is exactly.

First of all, the word 'Judith' means "praised". Then, Esau & she later changed own names to Edom ("Red"; or Adam) & Oholibamah ("Tent / Dwelling / Home of high place"). According to these factors, we may imagine that Judith is a woman of high-rank among her clan.

The question "Judith is really Oholibamah?" is later confirmed by her parent name Anah & Beeri.

The point we should focus on is that Anah the parent of Oholibamah / Judith (Yehudith) is mentioned both as son & daughter! (Genesis 36:2, 14, 20, 24) Torah's author is showing this symbolism of Elohim ("Creator" God) model who have 2 genders. The original Adam in Genesis 1:27 was designed as male & female (because he was God's copy). Unity of 2 pairs.

This symbolism is used also for righteous king Hezekiah (Hbr: Yuhizeqiyahu) who miraculously could restore Israel & Judah to unite each other. His mother's name is Abih ("Father of Ya") / Abi ("My father").

So the Holy text readers in Hebrew well know this type of hint that the author of Torah used to drop.

Adam & Eve (Hbr: Havah) ate the fruits from forbidden tree and started to cover own self by tree leaves (Genesis 3:7, 3:21). Esau was also covered full of red hair like coat (read later the meaning of Seir: same concept) in the birth moment (Genesis 25:25). Both are biblically sinful. However, Esau rejected his sinful fathers & their traditions by bitter emotion from Spirit (Hbr: Ruah; unlike Nephesh, this type of Spirit is God-associated) and married the daughter of Beeri / Anah who has inner female & male. Then, his clan became "Edom / Adam".

... Interesting?

*Condition of Yehudi : Deny own sinful family & traditions for justice *Condition of Yehudi : Godly Spirit to hate the Evil & unfairness

When Esau had being born, Jacob (Hbr: Yaaqob) was grasping his heel (Hbr: 'Aqeb). This scene recalls us Genesis 3:15 ;

"Seed (Hbr : Zera) of Woman / Mother shall seek to crash Snake's head and Seed of Snake shall aim to attack the heel"

This destiny of twin is exactly planned by Jehovah against Jacob & Esau (Genesis 25:23). In fact, they got separated by the conflict & jealousy due to Isaac's discrimination.

Grasping the heel of Esau reflects the nature of Jacob as a Seed of Snake, so Esau should be a Seed of Woman. But he is a male. Elohim model!

*Condition of Yehudi : Having male & female (inner selves, names, roles; not literally)

Then, he became "Edom (Adam + vow letter; true Adam?)" to reject the old name Esau ("hairy") which his sinful father Isaac had given him and his Canannite wife Judith (Yehudith; the first one of "Yehudi") became the "tabernacle / dwelling of higher place".

*Condition of Yehudi : Erasing the birth name

This Species of "Yehudi" is the Seed of restored sinless Adam with unity of 2 pairs (female & male, left & right handed, etc) who have the power to crash Evil.

*Condition of Yehudi : No original sin or fixed (Godly person who love harmony and avoid sins)

Note that it was Esau who has forgiven Jacob. The right of inheritance for sinful tribe is not important for him. Red haired mighty man prefers Red foods to satisfy himself (Genesis 25:25-30) and became true "Red (Edom / Adam)" by rejecting own family and marrying the foreign race.

*Condition of Yehudi : Red-haired *Condition of Yehudi : Loving Red foods (Ex: red soup)

Read also Jeremiah 40:11-12.

... Yehudites used to live in other tribes or countries as same as Jews in our world, contrary to the House of Israel & Judah who preserve the ethnicity & nationalism under Jehovah's religion. Yehudites are not belonging to this House. That's the critical difference. Esau & his clan didn't practice Abrahamic traditions (Ex: sacrifice, circumcision, Altar worship, burying own kins to Hebron / Kirjath-Arba : the City of Giant Anak!!), nor commit the unclean life to set apart among gentiles (Ezra 9:1-2 shows that Edomites are not included in "Goyim List" who taint the Holy Seed). In Daniel 1, 3 Yehudites & Daniel avoided the king palace's foods and took the food controls not to be defiled (Also read Ezra 9:11-12).

*Condition of Yehudi : Marrying or living with foreign races *Condition of Yehudi : Not following nationalism or fascism *Condition of Yehudi : Not joining to Jehovah's religion (Ex: sanctifying by blood) *Condition of Yehudi : Keeping clean lifestyle *Condition of Yehudi : Taking care of healthy foods ("Kosher") not to get defiled

... Look further at the details of Judith's background.

Anah's father is Zibeon (Tsib'on; sounds similar to Simeon) which means "coloured". He is a Hivite ("villager") whose origin is derived from the word "Havah (Eve: Adam's wife)". Eve is the mother of ALL THE LIVING (not only for human). In fact, this linkage is Seir ("hairy" or rough mountain as if clothed by trees like hairs; recall Esau and Eden story in Genesis 3:7 & 3:21); the Horites who are Cave dwellers. These names exactly indicate what they are really. Imagine.

Interestingly, it was Anah who had found the spring in Genesis 36:24 as same as Hagar for Beer-Sheba (later Simeon's territory) in 21:14-21. Genesis 26:34 also shows that Judith is the daughter of Beeri ("My Well / Spring"). So Shekinah Glory is with this linkage (The difference is that Hagar found the lifeline water in desert with help of God's messenger while Anah found it by him/herself; Know that spring & fountain are associated with Eye of God or Divine Jacob in the OT, for example Ezra 5:5, Deuteronomy 33:28). Shekinah is always there, while Lord God used to come and disappear. Remember that in the stories of Joseph, Esther, Ezra & Nehemiah, Lord God don't speak nor appear. But Joseph, Mordecai & his fellows are invincible and protected by people. And it was only Yehudites under God's Eye who restarted to build Jerusalem despite the threats of enemies (Ezra 5:5). God is with 'Yehudi' (Zechariah 8:23).

*Condition of Yehudi : Shekinah (lifeline protection) without prayer

Later, Sons of Esau chased away Horites the cave dwellers and destroyed them (Deuteronomy 2:12 & 2:22) as the Seed of Woman crashing the head of Snake. They eliminated these monstrous ancestors as if denying own evil background and built the new settlement on there.

*Condition of Yehudi : Seed of Woman / Mother (not always biologically) to crash Evil

Such a passion, dedication to justice is shown in Mordecai. It was him who had leaked the Persian king through Esther about the assassination plan against him. So Yehudites should be the people of Justice. In fact, under the order of Esther & Mordecai, Jews destroyed own enemies who conspired Evil but didn't steal their goods, because they're fighting for justice & self-defense, not for war nor greed, while Children of Israel used to engage wars to take plunder from enemies in the name of god. You should know that Mordecai & his fellows could steal enemy's money & treasures so that their clan can become more powerful like former Children of Israel. That would be good for them, but didn't do that. Why? The story clearly shows that their aim is the fight for dignity. Think twice.

"Mordecai 'Yehudi' was 2nd (Hbr: Mishneh; sense of imitator or dual) to King Ahasuerus and great among 'Yehudim' and highly esteemed by many of his Brothers by committing the Good for his people and speaking 'Shalom (The well-being, wholeness, health, "perfect" state, harmony or friendliness)' to all his Seed (Hbr: Zera)." [Esther 10:3 (My translation from Hebrew)]

*Condition of Yehudi : Fight for justice, dignity, self-defense or own beloved

The Hebrew word 'Zera' is not really the biological stuff, but also something like talent or DNA heritage. I will explain more about this aspect.

Esau's offsprings have been living this region Seir including Elath until Aram king Rezin expelled "Yehudites" (2 King 16:6).

... Not Edomites? But Yehudites? So it's the Species of Judith? This naming itself signifies us "Seed of Woman / Mother". Not sons of Esau, but Judith's. They're the pure Seed of Woman / Mother among Edomites (Adam), when the author wrote 'Yehudi(m)'.

Probably, you might get aware that 'Yehudi', 'Hivi', 'Hori', 'Edomi' is not the naming of biological linkage. Tribe name should be only one. So it looks strange that Anah is of Hivite & also Horite, especially in Semitic sense considering only father's bloodlines. So it'd be ideal to determine that these naming is the species, type, category or even trait, not clan's.

Judith's ancestors are monstrous, however Esau the New Adam & his High Tabernacle created the new generations to deny their ancestors and annihilated Seir the Horites. But the Hivites (species of Eve) are remained while Horites never appear after this event. Interesting, right?

So all the Esau's descendants are biologically Yehudites? Unfortunately, No. We should focus on this factor : The author of the Holy Text is not always describing 'Yehudi' for Edomite. In the almost of verses, it is "Edomite" or "Son(s) of Edom / Esau". 'Yehudi(m)' is used in limited aspect. We should consider this factor to distinguish 'Yehudi' with biological son of Esau or Judah. As I mentioned, Judah's descendants are described in almost of case as 'Bani (sons) / 'Am (people) / Ish (man) Yehudah' as same as "Children of Israel (Bani Israel)". So 'Yehudi' is the trait or talented species in Edomites.

By the way, some people might ask "Judith (Yehudith) became Oholibamah. She lost the name 'Yehudi', so she is not Yehudite anymore?" I answer this question.

In the Book of Daniel, there are 3 Jews : Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego. Actually these name are given by the prince of the eunuchs in Babylonian Exile period (Daniel 1:7). Abednego is derived from "servant of god Nabu / Nebo (See Isaiah 46:1)" whose father is Marduk. So Daniel's companion Azariah forcibly got renamed as foreign god's servant, but he & his rest fellows Hananiah & Mishael could survive in the midst of burning fiery furnace (Daniel 3:8-30). So name change never affect the power of Yehudites. Yehudi is always Yehudi even though he/she changed the name. Same is Mordecai ("Worshipper of Mars" or "Marduk's species").

In our real life, your talent will disappear by name change? Of course, no. Heritage is not inherited to all the biological descendants, but its talent is always preserved, if you have the trait. That's it.

*Conclusion : Not all the biological nor religious Jew are 'Yehudim'

... It's the trait. So how many conditions above are fulfilled is the criteria.

The ability of Super Human is described more in the Jewish Bible. I introduce it further now.

<"Ben Yamin"; Pair of Right & Left>

"Ben Yamin" is the title of mighty man with right & left handed. It's not about Benjamin tribe. In Hebrew, spelling is different.

One of the greatest "Ben Yamin" is Ehud the son of Gera (Judges 3:15). Similar name to 'Yehud'.

... He is the son of Gera who is a biologically direct Benjamin's descendant. Not only that. Ehud is "Ben Ha Yamini"; the person of left-handed with right-handed who would save Children of Israel from Moab's oppression.

The story is interesting. Ehud brought 2-edged dagger and put it in his right leg. And took it by left hand to kill the king Moab (Judge 3:21). This episode is absolutely not a random event. The design of the author is reflected. Numerology "2" & pair. His name Ehud is derived from 'Ohad (unity)' & 'Ahad (to unify)'. 'Yehud' is also similar to these words.

These factors show the nature of 'Yehudi' : Balance of Pair, Unity

Jamin (Yamin) is the 2nd son of Simeon (Genesis 46:10). Simeon himself is the 2nd son of Jacob, so "Ben Yamin" is 2-2 as symbolically pair of 2 opposite elements. See also that Jewish Mordecai's ancestor Jair (son of Manasseh, but also Judah's descendant; 1 Chronicles 2:22) served Israel as Judge for 22 years (Judges 10:3).

Interestingly, Simeon is excluded from Moses' "blessing" in Deuteronomy 33. While Israelites are not so successful or have short-term success under Lord Jehovah, "Ben Yamin" & the Seed of "Yehudi" (especially Mordecai & his fellows in the Book of Esther) are invincible. Mordecai's possible ancestor Kish the father of King Saul is also the "Ben Ish Yamin" (1 Samuel 9:1-2).

Shimei (possible ancestor of Mordecai) is also called by David "Ben Yamin" in 2 Samuel 16:11 because David acknowledged Shimei as David's own spiritual son coming from his belly to rebel him for justice and admitted Shimei's brave action as Lord's will. Shimei cursed David, but he forgave Shimei (it means that he rebelled the king to risk life but got saved; Shekinah Glory!).

The OT has many Shimei. In 1 Chronicles 23:9-10, there are 2 Shimei (double-counted). Under righteous Hezekiah, Shimei is the 2nd officer to serve him (2 Chronicles 31:12).

Seeing these factors, we cannot deny that "Ben Yamin" is associated with numerology "2". Moreover, this phrase begins by 2 letters; 'Bet (2nd letter of biblical Hebrew)' & 'Nun (14th letter; it's holy number)' and ends by holy 'Nun' again. The first & last letters of "Ben Jamin" also becomes "BN (Son)" (which means Christ for Christian). 'Ben' itself means holy "2". The phrase "Ben Yamin" has 2 words.

On the other way, Mordecai the hero of Jews is "Ish Yamini (person of Yamin's species)". It begins by 'Aleph (1st letter; symbolism of God)' and ends by 'Yod (10th letter; initial letter of Jehovah)'. So he prevails all the number (1-10). He starts at 1 and at last becomes higher position (10 means higher rank than 1-9). This numerology itself shows his life. It's a progression. Also, he has Elohim & Jehovah as pair (Lord God). He was "2nd (Hbr: Mishneh; sense of imitator or dual) to King Ahasuerus" (Esther 10:3).

... Esther 2:5 described Mordecai in Hebrew "'Yehudy' [...] Ben 'Yaiyr', Ben 'Shime'iy', Ben 'Kiysh' : 'Iysh Yamyny'".

Is this just genealogy? Of course, No. These ancestors are all associated with numerology "2". Then, he is a "Man of Yamin (right-handed with left handed)".

In Semitic languages, the term "Man of Right-hand" signifies successful person or great one. So right-handed with left-handed is not only symbolical state of pair but also simply the mighty man who can handle the difficulty with 2 arms.

The word 'Esau' has similar meaning. It's apparently a form of the passive participle of verb 'Asah (to do, fashion, make, accomplish, etc)' in the original sense of handling; rough. Struggling, but talented.

The concept of Super Human 'Yehudi' reflects these elements. It is easy to realize how vulnerable & unstable life the Children of Israel was. They had temporarily success but couldn't keep it all the time. Lord God are not always caring about their lives (they don't have Shekinah Glory). They're inheriting the traditions of Abraham & Moses, however their spirits are so weak to temptations (It's 'Nephesh'!).

So you might ask "Why failed? What was wrong? What is the condition?" Let's analyze the consequences & Babylonian exile events now.

Books of Kings & Chronicles have same historical records, although it has different details. Why different? Which is the liar? That's the point.

Of course, we should consider the possibility of mistakes or errors by scribes. But according to my research, this "contradiction" is aimed by the author.

The Bible is Word of God & Holy Text. But this DOESN'T MEAN THAT ALL THE STATEMENT OF EACH VERSE SPEAK FACTS. The Bible is truly the riddle and great provocation. We have to see the cause & result in each episode to think "Why?" That's God's challenge to us. The one who is not doubting the brutality nor seek true God would be entrapped by literal story which promote the bloody religion for success and would be destroyed by own greed. Both the OT & NT are so designed.

Why different? Let's pick up the example of case after Aram expelled Yehudites from Elath and see what's next. The details are not same between 2 Kings & 2 Chronicles. I write the summary about it below :

Book of 2 Chronicles (Ephraim side) : The king of Aram attacked Ahaz's dynasty to deport people in Judah and Pekah killed 120, 0000 people; all the "Sons of Brave" (Hbr: Bnei Hayl; men of "Force") in Judah. Yehudites are not found here. Israelites captured the people of Judah. The prophet Oded lectured them not to enslave their own brothers & sisters. Israelites changed the minds and helped them to send Jericho. Then, Edomites came to Judah to capture. Philistines, too. But after that, sinful Ahaz died and his son Hezekiah (Hbr: Yuhizeqiyahu) miraculously restored Israel & Judah to unite each other. His mother's name is Abih ("Father of Ya") / Abi ("My father"). The female has male name (model of Elohim). No mentioned about killing or capturing Edomites / Yehudites. Then, Assyria's servants came by Yehudith language to deceive & threaten people in Jerusalem (it means there are Yehudites). But Jehovah sent agents to annihilate the army of Assyria and its king got killed by his own children. Moreover, Moses' Torah got found from the Temple to restore the Laws of Jehovah. Then, Babylon came to Judah, but not so cruel. Jehovah is quite merciful and used to send agents to convince His people to repent, while they were not listening. Finally, His wrath got stirred up to send horribly brutal Chaldean army to steal everything, kill the people, destroy the Temple & Jerusalem. But the story ends by mentioning the hope of Persian king Cyrus to save Israel.

Book of 2 King (Judah's side) : The king of Aram Rezin expelled Yehudites from Elath (former Edom's territory), then Assyria killed Rezin and captured Damascus to deport its people (Aramean) into Qirah. However, the Kingdoms of Israel & Judah started to be enslaved & deported by Assyria, which then brought foreigners to Samaria (Main land for Kingdom of Israel) in order to taint its holy place. Even righteous Hezakiah (Hbr: Yuhizeqiyahu) could not stop Assyria from capturing & destroying Judah. Later, Jehovah avenged Assyria, but didn't completely annihilated all their force. One more righteous king Josiah came to restore Torah traditions, but he couldn't change Jehovah's decision to remove Israel & Judah (2 King 23:26-27). Not only Babylon also Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, & Ammonite armies (but not Edomites) came to Judah due to sins of king Manasseh. The consequence is terribly worse than stories of 2 Chronicles. Almost of people in Judah got deported to Babylon. But Ishmael & his 10 men killed Babylonian watcher Gedaliah, Yehudites & Chaldeans and escaped to Egypt. And in the end of the story, sinful traitor Jehoiachin who had sold his own people & treasures got released from prison by a new king of Babylon.

... How do you detect the difference?

In the side of 2 Chronicles, Yehudites are not killed. After the righteous guide of the Prophet Oded, people of Israel & Judah repented to unite together. Then, Edomites (possibly, including Yehudites) came to cause the hunting in Judah and took the captivity. No direct mentioning that Edomites killed sons of Judah (Read 28:17 in Hebrew). Then, the miracle works of Hezekiah accomplished. Babylon came, but in soft manner. Jehovah used to warn people so that He can avoid to wipe out Israel & Judah.

On the other side of 2 Kings, Yehudites got expelled by Aram from Elath where had received the restoring work by Azariah the king of Judah (2 Kings 14:21-22). It seems that Edomites & people of Judah were living together there. But after this expulsion of Yehudites, the king of Aram got killed and both Kingdoms of Israel & Judah became vulnerable against foreign forces. Hezakiah couldn't stop Assyria. Although Josiah had restored Torah, Jehovah didn't change the mind to forgive them. The vast numbers of foreign armies destroyed Jerusalem. Almost of people got deported. Many genocides & robbing. Under such circumstances, even Yehudites there got killed by Ishmael and the traitor king Jehoiachin obtained freedom.

... Did you see the difference?

1, When somebody harmed Yehudite, he/she get avenged somehow.

2, When Yehudites are persecuted, the world loses the harmony to increase the conflict.

3, When Yehudites are not protected, Lord God are cold and Children of Israel & Jerusalem become unsafe.

4, When such a protection power of Yehudites is decreased, even other Yehudites become in danger and sinful people get luck.

... Surprising?

You might say "Yehudites are actually the Messaih for Jewish people??" The answer is Yes (but not exactly same with what today's religious Jews define).

Probably, ordinary people couldn't imagine that 'Yehudim' are Divine creatures equal to God, although their appearance is nothing different with ordinary persons. They're not Lord God, however are the Perfect Adam & Super Human. If anyone hurt this living Divine, he/she will "pay the price" to be cursed. On the other way, if anyone welcomed them, he/she & its clan will obtain safe & blessings. Recall the Promises by Lord God to Abraham in Genesis 12:3. Mordecai also has same protection (Esther 6:13, 8:7, 9:1).

You might be afraid and say "Who is Yehudi??" I wrote the conditions already above. One more again, I list up simply below :

{- Primary conditions for Seed of Yehudites: Perfect Adam -}

1, Seed of Woman / Mother to crash Evil (not literally biological female); Heroic figure 2, Godly Spirit against Evil & unfairness 3, Having Male & Female (inner nature, names, roles, etc); Symbol of pair, not literal 4, Name change (by own will to erase the past or forcibly by someone) 5, Denying own sinful kinship & its tradition, even destroying them 6, Deal or Fight for justice, dignity, self-defense or own beloved ones (not for greed) 7, Marrying or living with foreign races 8, Keeping clean lifestyle 9, Eating healthy foods or careful of defiled foods ("Kosher") 10, No original sin (Godly person to love harmony and avoid sins) 11, Not associated with Abraham's religion; Lord God do not interfere to sinless 'Yehudi' 12, Shekinah (Always protected; If anyone attacked, he/she would be revenged) 13, Divine power to bring the blessings for anyone who welcome 'Yehudi'

{- Possible conditions of Yehudites -}

1, "Ben Yamin" (person of right & left-handed); 2 unified mighty power like Elohim 2, Associated with number 2 (Ex: birthday, 2nd position); Symbol of Unity or Harmony 3, Red colored (especially Hair); David is not 'Yehudi', but is ruddy and mighty hero 4, Loving Red coloured foods (Genesis 25:30); Red is associated with Edom / Adam 5, Not embracing nationalism or fascism

... As mentioned you, 'Yehudi' is "Zera" & the trait. However, Esther 8:17 narrated that many people of the land are going to imitate Jews. You may question "So we can become Yehudites??" This is the great theme.

The simple answer is "Kinda yes". 'Yehud' is the species & Heritage. People cannot obtain it by work, if they don't have it potentially. In other words, it is possible that they might "awaken" to 'Yehud' through life events, if their ancestors were Idumean (Edomite). The existence of idumea is academically proved. It's not a legend.

Or, people can literally practice / follow Yehud's model. I wrote the primary conditions above. These are all able to be imitated (except Shekinah & Divine power), while YOU CAN NEVER EVER BECOME CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE BLOODLINE OF THEM. That's the biggest difference.

You might say "Isn't that Judaism??" Well, kinda. But today's Judaism as religion is well-organized too much and I don't think we can become 'Yehudi' there. They define "Jewishness" according to their traditions.

For example, Judaism as religion defines Jew as "one who is born from Jewish mother". Of course, this concept is coming from Genesis 3:15. But the problem is that they determine the Seed of Woman / Mother literally. As I explained above, Esau is male but a Seed of Woman / Mother. This combination itself has the very important meaning (Elohim model). Judaism as religion ignores or doesn't consider this factor. So not all of them you would agree.

<Then, Who is not 'Yehudi'?>

Who is 'Yehudi' or not shouldn't be determined by the system. Anyone can say "I'm God's chosen race!" But this is absurd according to Torah's concepts. Everything began from this Book Torah / Tanakh (Bible). How could you know the origin & identity 'Yehudi' without reading it?

If someone believes him/herself to be 'Yehudi' just because the parent said "You're Jewish, because I am a Jew!", it'd mean it's race. That's wrong. Children of Israel are ethnical tribes, while biblical 'Yehudim' are not so. 'Yehudi' is the Man of Justice and Godly person as trait. You cannot buy it by money nor religious conversion.

The term "Jew" is obviously social position : Anyone who has the "Jewish" background would be a Jew. Biblically, Children of Israel & Yehudites are opposite each other. 'Yehudim' are not exactly same with sons of Judah nor even Edomites. This social category "Jew" includes all of them (also Samaritan Jews). Each are very different almost like another race. Some follow ancient Israel's way, some practice religious stuffs, some just read the Bible, some rebel this tradition, some just believe to be one of God's people, or other some even don't care ...

The only common thing is that they have "Jewish" background.

As I already explained, not all the Jew are Yehudites as same as Biblical figures. 'Yehudi' is the trait, so to speak DNA heritage. Unfortunately, not everyone can become 'Yehudi', but we can promote them this wisdom so that they can imitate the way to "become" Yehudites (Esther 8:17). So what is different between Jews & Yehudites?

For instance, the English word 'Jew' doesn't contain D letter & sound. I just wonder if "Torah Bearer" does care about it when someone said "I'm a Jew".

The Arabic word 'Yahu' is used by Muslims for addressing the evil Jew. The regular spelling is actually 'Yahudiya'. Again, without D letter. Do you know why? See some examples of Hebrew words:

Dawd : Love David : The King David Oded : the Prophet Oded who brought unity to Israel & Judah (2 Chronicles 28) Ebed : Servant ...

Semitic letter D essentially has the meanings of "Dedication": Love, Passion to serve, Deserving something Special or Chosen, Separated ...

Be aware why & how the inventor of words 'Jew' & 'Yahu' made it without D. How much important for God's people to keep Love & commitment for justice! Otherwise, they're nothing special to be worth chosen ones ("without D").

While you're a Jew, you can pick up any way to live. But the way of 'Yehudi' is not for everybody's. The true passion to dedicate the Torah culture for wisdom and to seek the true God for genuine faith ... Not everyone want to walk this way. Some are just lazy, some just don't care, other some actually want but cannot in any reason.

Some conspiracy theory sites revealed how the Elite Jews think about ordinary Jews. They're Lesser Jews who just must serve the Elite Jews for higher purposes. Why are the Elite Jews treating them as lesser? Probably, because they're the most close to Torah and know Hebrew language but don't understand its wisdom and even don't care to believe "Abraham is a Jew" without doubt.

Today's term 'Jew' is exactly set by the political concept, especially for gentiles who want to become "Jews" due to personal, religious or political agenda. Ordinary people perceive 'Yehudi' the Super Divine Human as today's Jew. Not exactly. But the Elite Jews are real 'Yehudim'.

If you are 'Yehudi', you would doubt such a political concept above and seek the true God by yourself to reject what humans ("people of the land"; Am Ha 'Arets) preach about god. The society is more important to define you to be a Jew more than your Holy Torah? We have Torah here. Let's read it in order to dedicate the Truth. I am the one who is helping you to understand the mystery of the Holy Text so that you can find the true God's people among you and detect "Synagogue of Satan" who pretend to be God's chosen ones but behave nothing same with true 'Yehudi' or even commit injustice in the name of Jew or god (Caution: I'm not a Christian believer).

Yehudites are truly the Messianic figures. The Messiah is not only one, as many names of it are written in the Bible. Even though one Messiah died, other Messiah around the world should continue enlightening all of us. Each of them might be weak, but their total power is aiming to its goal : The Age to Come; The world of Harmony (Shalom).

... On the other side, I admit that not everybody can become same. Unfortunately, the genius is positioned under 5 % while other 95% cannot reach to this level. Lord God made us like this. They have the responsibility for it. We cannot say "Oh, 95% of populations are garbage and they cannot become Godly like ours! So let's kill them all!!" I'd say that each of them have any talent and can use it, if they want to get higher for better world. Jews are same.

Priests cannot be construction workers and vice versa. If Jews want to serve their religion for Israel, let them do it. But if they're eager to become the genuine 'Yehudi' as Messianic role, let them walk this way. They're the ones who detect the Fake Yehudites who show the bad example by ungodly attitude and disturb the dignity of the true God's people.

30, July, 2019

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Exploration Of Ancient Israel Including Megalithic Mysteries In March 2020

Inside the tunnel system, recently excavated by the Israeli government under Temple Mount in Jerusalem amazing new discoveries were made that date back thousands of years.

Of particular interest to me is the above stone, likely part of the original construction of the Temple, or perhaps even older; weighing in at 500 to 600 tons. Could Jerusalem be even older than the Canannites?

And inside Temple Mount itself, the Sakhra or Foundation Stone which according to the Bible was where Abraham was sent to sacrifice Jacob as well as many more important ancient events.

On our amazing 6 day journey in the Holy Land, I, geologist Suzan Moore and metaphysician Patricia Lehman will escort you through a truly memorable adventure which will include the Sea Of Galilee, Masada (above) and at least 2 full days in ancient Jerusalem. This event will take place after our annual Egypt tour in March 2020.

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Ramesses II, Luxor. 🇪🇬 Ramesses may have taken polygamy to excess, but two principal Queens shared his affections. One of these, Nefertari, is best known for her beautifully decorated tomb in the Valley of Queens at Luxor. The second wife was Isinofre, who is less well known. The influence of this Queen is more detectable in the north of the country. She was a contemporary of her rival and she had borne the king his second son, also called Ramesses and a favourite daughter who was given the Canannite name Bintanath, "daughter of the goddess Anath." Isinofre was also the mother of the fourth in line to the throne, a prince called Khaemwise. https://www.instagram.com/p/By8Y0RFjPJn/?igshid=9nx2glmwxw93

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@Regrann from @know_thy_self_13 Swipe (watch vid) • Before there was a USA (United States of America) there was the USB (United States of Barbary). 🇱🇾🇹🇳🇹🇷🇲🇦🇩🇿#Moslem #Moors #Muurs #Melanin #Indigenous #Aboriginals #Autochthonous #Islam #MoorishScience #ISelfLawAmMaster #Masonry #Gnostic #Coptic #Hebrews #Phoenicians #Canannites #Moabites #MuurishEmpire #Morrocco #Almoroco #AlMaurikanos #MuursInAmerica 🇲🇦 #RoyalMoslemsOfTheWest #regrann

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Genesis 24: 1-67

Doing two days today- I didn’t want to stop in the middle of the story.

Rebekah leaves her home after meeting with Isaac’s servant, and at the request of Abraham. Abraham didn’t want his son marrying one of those local Canannite women.

It’s interesting to see statements like that, showing how things that were completely socially acceptable, (arranged marriage, avoiding interracial/interfaith people) Today, we go great lengths to allow love to shine through past all personal boundaries.

But, again, those were different times.

So Rebekah agreed to go and left everything she knew to be the wife of a man she’d never met.

There is so much to be said about faith in this story. Faith that the servant would find someone, faith that Rebekah was the one, faith that he would be a good husband.

Trying to find the moral of this story I am drawn to Rebekah. The servant asked for a very specific sign when he asked for someone to give him water as well as his camels.

A bit about Rebekah- what the servant was looking for in his specific request. “Not only will I give you water, but I will water your camels” was someone of inner beauty and kindness. Here was someone who had to carry gallons of water to satisfy camels and a stranger, after doing her daily task of carrying water to her own family. She was someone who wanted to help, someone with a kind heart. In this way she stood out from the crowd.

My question is: do I stand out from the crowd for the right reasons? Do you? For our hearts?

#Religion #so many questions #bible study #Catholic #search

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Demanding Mercy

John Sawyer

Bedford Presbyterian Church

8 / 20 / 17

Matthew 15:10-28

Psalm 133

“Demanding Mercy”

(Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History)

“Listen and understand,” Jesus said, “It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles. . . But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles. For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, [and] slander.” (Matthew 15:10-11, 18-19)

I can think of plenty of examples from my own life in which something that I have done and said have defiled – polluted – some relationship, some idea, some place. Maybe you can, too. There are those things that come out of our minds and hearts – those thoughts, those words, those actions – that are self-serving and downright evil. We are all-too-human, you and I. But I find Jesus’ words in today’s passage – a passage that was chosen years ago for this day based on the lectionary cycle – to be especially meaningful in a week when our nation has seen and heard slogans of Nazi propaganda and white supremacy spoken in public, spoken by our fellow citizens. When I saw the marchers in Charlottesville last week with their torches and heard their hateful chants, I felt as if the already-tense discourse in our nation around race became weaponized – defiled and polluted in so many ways. I know – and am grateful – that free speech is protected in our country. People are entitled to believe what they want to believe. But, as the Apostle Paul once wrote, “All things are lawful, but not all things are beneficial. All things are lawful, but not all things build [others] up.” (1 Corinthians 10:23-24)

How did it come to this? There are times when words fail me and all I can pray is “Lord, have mercy!”

These are the words shouted by a woman that Jesus met. We might not know this woman’s name, but we do know that Matthew’s Gospel calls her a “Cannanite woman from [the] region [of Tyre and Sidon].” (Matthew 15:22) She lived in part of the countryside that was on the outskirts of Jewish territory. Her ancestors had lived in the land of Canaan prior to the arrival of Abraham, thousands of years before. Abraham’s descendants had kicked her people out of the land in the Book of Joshua and they had been fighting each other for generations over who had a right to live in the land. But, after the land had been conquered by Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and now Romans, both Abraham’s descendants – the Jews – and this woman’s people – the Canannites – could only argue over old grievances about things done long ago. Needless to say, there was still a lot of suspicion and hostility between Jews and Canaanites – not unlike the suspicion and hostility that is felt today between people of differing ethnic and religious groups, today.

But when Jesus began his ministry, word about him spread far and wide. People had been traveling down from Tyre and Sidon – on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea – down to Galilee to see Jesus and hear what he had to say.[1] So, when Jesus traveled up to Tyre and Sidon, there were people who wanted to meet him, including this Cannanite woman. The woman’s daughter was sick – “tormented by a demon,” as the story goes. (Matthew 15:22) We do not know what, exactly, was wrong with the daughter. Maybe there was a mental illness involved or something else that could not be cured by the so-called “healers” in the area. In Matthew’s gospel, demon possession was a sign of resistance to the will of God and, possibly, a symbol of imperial control by the Romans.[2] We don’t know where this Cannanite woman’s husband was, but if he wasn’t out there advocating for her or trying to find Jesus to come and cure his daughter, maybe there was no husband in the picture. Instead, we just have a woman – all by herself, in desperate need of help – shouting at Jesus from where she was, while Jesus passed by.

“Have mercy on me, Lord,” she shouts. (15:22) Her prayer for mercy, sympathy, compassion, and pity[3] – kyrie eleison – [4] is one that has been prayed countless times by countless people over the centuries. “Lord, have mercy!”

Jesus’ response to the pleading prayer of this woman is strange. He does not even answer her, at first. His disciples urge him to send her away because she is just so loud and she just won’t stop. Then Jesus says, “I’ve got my hands full dealing with the lost sheep of Israel.”[5] There seems to be a question here as to whether Jesus is willing to do something miraculous for someone who is not of the house of Israel – someone like this Cannanite woman. Then the woman runs up to Jesus and kneels in front of him, begging him. “Lord, help me,” she says. (15:25) “It is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs,” Jesus says.

Do you see what happens here? Jesus gives his reasons for not helping her and he calls her a dog, which is not very nice. Why doesn’t Jesus leap at the chance to help her? Why does he call her names? John Calvin writes that maybe Jesus is testing her faith,[6] but this doesn’t seem very nice, does it? This really isn’t the Jesus that you and I have come to expect and I’m not going to try to make excuses for him. Maybe he was trying to test the woman’s faith. Maybe Jesus does not always come through for us like we expect he will.[7]

But when it looks like her window of opportunity with Jesus is closing – when Jesus refers to her as a dog, the woman pushes back. “Yes, Lord,” the woman replies, quickly, “Yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” (15:26-27)

Once, when my mother-in-law was out somewhere, she bought a baseball cap and across the front of the cap were the words, “Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History.” This funny slogan fit my mother-in-law to a “T.” She could be loud and brash. She sometimes spilled things at the table – usually because she was moving her hands, excitedly, as she spoke. She had a loud laugh and wasn’t afraid to speak up. And she definitely wasn’t afraid to raise a ruckus in the name of fun or fairness.

Well-behaved women rarely make history, but the not-so-well-behaved Cannanite woman raised a ruckus in the name of justice and mercy and we are still talking about her 2,000 years later. In this tense moment with Jesus, the Cannanite woman is insistent that God’s mercy is not just for the lost sheep of Israel. Israel is supposed to be a blessing to the nations.[8] They are not supposed to keep God’s blessing all to themselves. The woman believes – she has faith – that God’s mercy is for her, too. And if God’s mercy is for her – a Gentile – then God’s mercy knows no limits. God’s mercy is available to everyone.

For the Cannanite woman, even just a scrap of the mercy and grace that God offers is enough to work wonders. This is still true right here and now.

In the case of today’s story, the scraps of God’s mercy and grace take the form of healing – the healing of a daughter’s mind and spirit, the healing of a mother’s worry and grief, perhaps a partial healing of centuries of wrong between Jews and Cannanites. When we receive God’s mercy, it leads to the healing of our spirits, too. And when we, in turn, offer God’s mercy, it leads to the healing of the spirits of other people. This is often the kind of healing that we most need. This is often the kind of healing from God that is most readily-accessible to us – to receive and to share. God’s mercy is not just for the few or those who consider themselves righteous. And the truly demanding part of God’s mercy is that it is not just for those we like, either, or those who are on “our side.” The mercy of God can break even the hardest of hearts – even our own hearts – allowing some light to shine through the cracks, bringing healing with it.

In recent years – and recent days – it appears that mercy has fallen out of fashion among some people. There are those who would say that mercy is a sign of weakness and that only strength matters. But the Apostle Paul writes that God’s power is made perfect in weakness.[9] There are those who plow cars into pedestrians on purpose, or come to a supposedly peaceful protest literally dressed for battle, or those who defile conversations and human interactions by spouting hatred in the name of free speech, who claim they are willing to die for their cause. But Jesus tells us that he desires mercy, not sacrifice.[10] There are those who would say that nobody should be marching in the streets demanding anything – that they are all rabble-rousers who need to be quiet. But the Cannanite woman was persistent in shouting out for mercy. Because there are demons that torment daughters and sons, that carry torches in the night, and chant hateful things, that threaten to boil over in anger, that enflame old wounds of racial and religious difference, that breed fear. The Cannanite woman shows us that there is nothing wrong with speaking up for mercy’s sake. And the God in whom we put our faith has the power to redeem even the worst sinners. There are those who say that Gods’s mercy is not realistic or practical, but Jesus says, “Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.”[11] Jesus’ commandment for us to love one another sometimes stands in stark contrast to the “realistic” and “practical” expectations of this world.

Jesus spends plenty of time in the Gospels asking the disciples why their faith is so little – why they are so slow to understand. But when Jesus sees how sure and certain this Cannanite woman is, he says, “Woman, great is your faith. Let it be done for you as you wish.” (15:28) This is the only time in the Gospel of Matthew when Jesus tells someone that their faith is “great.”

I’d like to think that most of us would love to have great faith, but we live in cynical times and one of the worst enemies of faith – be it great or little – is cynicism. There is a singer named Billy Bragg who was being interviewed on the radio a few weeks ago. And he said something about this that really hit home for me. I’m paraphrasing here, but he said,

. . . [T]he biggest enemy of all of us who want to make the world a better place is. . . actually cynicism. And not the cynicism of [certain] newspapers or news channels — the cynicism that is our greatest enemy is our own cynicism, our own sense that nothing will ever change, that nobody cares about this stuff, that all politicians [. . . or religious people, or businesspeople, or whatever kind of people] are the same. If we're gonna make a difference, we have to be able to overcome that.[12]

The Cannanite woman had every right to be cynical. Life had certainly not gone her way. Her daughter was sick, her husband wasn’t around. No one had been able to help her. But she set all this aside when she saw Jesus. She was different in every way from Jesus – in ethnicity, heritage, religion, and gender, but she was not afraid to speak up, to stick out, to stand up and say that something needed to change. In her demand for mercy, the Cannanite woman refused to be cynical. Instead, she had hope.

Hope isn’t practical but hope is the antidote to cynicism. This woman’s faith and hope in what God could do – what Jesus would do – was so great. So, she went to the only One who could change her life – the only One who could heal her daughter – and she demanded mercy because she knew that Jesus could provide it.

And he did. . . And he still does.

Sisters and brothers, remember that “God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, [has] made us alive together with Christ. . .” (Ephesians 2:4) So, as Jesus says, “Be merciful just as [God] your Father is merciful.” (Luke 6:36) Do not be afraid to err on the side of mercy. Do not be afraid to demand mercy when and where it is needed most.

Have hope. . . And have mercy.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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[1] See Mark 3:8 and Luke 6:17.

[2] Warren Carter, Matthew and the Margins (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2000) 322. For other examples of demon possession in Matthew, see Matthew 4:24, 8:16, 28, 33; 9:32; 12:22; 17:14-20.

[3] Walter Bauer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979) 250.

[4] In the original language, it is “Eleison me, kyrie!”

[5] Eugene Peterson, The Message – Numbered Edition (Colorado Springs: NAV Press, 2002) 1352. Matthew 15:24.

[6] John Calvin, Calvin’s Commentaries – Vol. XVI – Harmony of Matthew, Mark, and Luke (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2009) 268.

[7] David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown Taylor, ed. Feasting on the Word (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011) 361. Dock Hollingsworth, “Homiletical Perspective.”

[8] See Genesis 22:18.

[9] See 2 Corinthians 12:9.

[10] See Matthew 9:13.

[11] See Matthew 5:7.

[12] Billy Bragg, Fresh Air with Terry Gross, July 19, 2017 - http://www.npr.org/2017/07/19/538079082/billy-bragg-on-skiffle-the-movement-that-brought-guitar-to-british-radio. “[. . .]” Brackets by JHS.

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Ishum: The attendant of Erra and brother of Shamash. Ishum was a God of fire and a herald of war.

Isimud: The messanger of Enki. Isimud has two faces looking in opposite directions much like the later Roman God Janus.

Istaran: A God of politics symbolised by a snake.

Kabta: The husband of Ninsi’anna.

Kakka: The attendant and minister of state to both Anu and Anshar.

Ki: Ki was the consort of Anu the God of the whole heaven and Ki herself was the Goddess of the whole earth. Both Anu and Ki were born from the death of Tiamat/Nammu. Anu and Ki merged in a sacred marriage that caused the birth of the other Gods, the Anunnaki meaning “children of Anu and Ki” or “those who came down from heaven (Anu) to the earth (Ki)”

Kingu: Kingu’s name means “Unskilled labourer”. Kingu was a child of Tiamat/Nammu and after the murder of her husband Abzu she gave the tablets of destiny to Kingu congfirming him as ruler of the universe, king of the Gods and general of her army of monsters until Kingu was slain by Marduk and the tablets reclaimed. Kingu’s blood and flesh were later used in the creation of the Igigi.

Kishar: Whose name means “Whole Earth”. Kishar was the consort and sister of Anshar and mother of Anu. Kishar is the daughter of Lahmu and Lahamu, the first children of Tiamat/Nammu and Abzu. Kishar was a mother Earth Goddess.

Kulla: Kulla is the God of bricks and buildings he was said to have been a piece of clay that Enki had taken from the primordial oceans (Tiamat/Nammu and Abzu). Kulla was invoked by builder cults in a ritual involving a brick that represented him, precious metals, stone, incense and foods alongside the sacrifice of a lamb when a new building was to be made, Kulla would then be banished to the underworld on a boat when the building was completed in order that it would not require further work and to trap and malicious spirits within the brick representing Kulla as it was floated down stream. Kulla is therefore connected to exorcisms, banishing, building and the sanctifying of areas, he is likely an influence on the later Egyptian Ushabti and Semitic Golems.

Kus: Kus was the God of herdsmen.

Lahamu: Lahamu is a Goddess born of the union of Abzu and Tiamat/Nammu, she was consort of her twin brother Lahmu and gave birth to Anshar and Kishar who in turn gave birth to Anu and Ki who in turn gave birth to the Anunnaki.

Lahar: Lahar was the God of cattle created by the Anunnaki alongside his sister Ashnan - the Goddess of grain to populate the Earth with their children crops and cattle to provide food for the Gods.

Lahmu: Lahmu is a God born of the union of Abzu and Tiamat/Nammu, he was husband of his twin sister Lahamu who gave birth to Anshar and Kishar who in turn gave birth to Anu and Ki who in turn gave birth to the Anunnaki.

Lamga: One of the Mesopotamian Gods that was sacrificed in the creation of humanity, they are refered to as the “two lamga gods”, they were not used to create the Igigi as the text specifically mentions the creation of humans resulting from their death. In later Canannite mythology Lamga is described as an androdgynous or hermaphrodite deity that later became known to Kabbalists as “Adam Kadmon” (the universal archetype of man). Lamga therefore supports the Kabbalistic assertation that human beings were originally hermaphroditic before being divided into genders. Lamga may also describe the “Dark Race” or “Black Heads” referenced in the creation of humanity by the Anunnaki.

Lugalbanda: Lugalbanda was a Sumerian king identified as the husband of Ninsun and father and God of Gilgamesh.

Lugal-Irra: A lesser form of the plague God Erra.

Lulal: The brother of Ishtar who was appointed God of the city of Bad-Tibiria by Ishtar. Lulal was featured in exorcism rituals.

Mami: Sometimes thought to be identical to Ninhursag, Mami was the Goddess who fashioned wombs of clay to create the Igigi (and possibly humans) utilising genetic matterials gathered from sacrificed Anunnaki Gods.

Mamitu: Mamitu was the goat-headed Goddess of destiny and fate, she was also a consort of Nergal and became a Goddess of law, oaths and judgement. Mamitu was sometimes considered a demon of irrovocable curses.

Mandanu: God of divine judgement.

Manugal: Manugal was the consort of Birdu, she carried out judgement against the wicked.

Marduk: Whose name means “Solar Calf” was the God of storms chosen by the other Gods to wage war against Tiamat/Nammu. Marduk took the position of chief of the Gods after killing Tiamat but was later replaced by Enlil. Marduk rode a chariot drawn by four horses with poison in their mouths, he uses divine winds and lightning as weapons and was given a magical net, an invincible spear, a mace (probably sharur) and a bow with wind arrows to aid him in combat. Marduk killed many of Tiamat’s monsterous children before killing Tiamat by standing on her hind, smashing her skull, cutting her in half and dividing her body with the wind arrows. Marduk uses Tiamats body to form the heavens and the earth. Marduk kills Kingu and reclaims the tablets of destiny making him king of the Gods, in some myths there is a reference to Marduk being formed from a combination of all the Anunnaki Gods who merge together to face Tiamat, Marduk was himself said to be a grandchild of Tiamat which may explain this as Tiamat births the Gods who then “birth” Marduk by co-merging. Marduk was associated with the planet Jupiter and may have influenced the later Greek God Zeus. Marduk was associated with water, vegetation, magic and judgement. Marduk was consort of the Goddess Sarpanit. Marduk was the son of Enki and Damgalnuna. Marduk was a deity associated with Hieros Gamos rituals where the king of Sumeria would assume the role of Marduk.

Muati: A deity associated with the mythical paradise of Dilmun.

Mummu: Mummu is a primeval deity and advisor are to Tiamat and Abzu. Mummu was a craftsman and his name means “Knowledge” or “Life giving force”. Mummu was sealed away with the remains of Abzu during the battle with Tiamat.

Mushdamma: Mushdama was the “great architecht of Enlil” and was the deity of buildings and foundations he was likely worshiped by builder cults and involed alongside the God of bricks Kulla. This character may have influenced later Masonic descriptions of a “Grand Architecht of the Universe”.

Nabu: Nabu means “To Call”. Nabu was the God of scribes associated with the planet Mercury. Nabu was the chief scribe of Marduk/Enlil and kept the tablets of destiny as well as being charged with recording all manner of science, magic and religion. Nabu was a God of fertility, wisdom, water. Nabu’s consort was Tashmetum.

Nammu (Tiamat): Tiamat was the great primordial salt water ocean often taken to mean space or time. In a sacred marriage with her husband Abzu the primordial fresh water God she birthed the first deities Lahmu and Lahamu who went on to create Anu and Ki who spawned the Anunnaki. Lahmu and Lahamu may thus be considered fragments of Tiamat that comerged into Anu and Ki. The Gods turned against Abzu killing him and enraged Tiamat transformed into a terrible dragon, she gifts the tablets of destiny to her son and consort Kingu making him king of the Gods and births monsters and dragons to make war with the Gods. Tiamat is killed by Marduk who fashions physical existance (Anu and Ki) from her remains.

Namtar: Namtar was a death God and messanger of Ereshkigal, Anu and Nergal. Namtar was responsible for disease and pests and was born from a union between Ereshkigal and Enlil. It was said that he commanded sixty diseases in the form of demons that could penetrate different parts of the human body and offerings were made to him to prevent or cause those blights. On the order of Ereshkigal, Namtar curses Ishtar with all sixty diseases while Ishtar is trapped in the underworld.

Nanaya: Nanya was a Goddess of sex and fertility characterised by sensuality and voluptuousness. Nanaya was like connected to Hieros Gamos rituals.

Nanshe: Nanshe was the daughter of Enki and Ninhursag. Nanshe was a Goddess of social justice, prophecy, fertility and fishing. Like her father Nanshe was associated with water. Nanshee had the ability to give oracular messages and determine the future and through dream interpretation. Nanshe’s priests were also granted these abilities after conducting a ritual death and resurrection.

Negun: A deity referenced in Mesopotamian texts with no known function.

Nergal: Nergal is the son of Enlil and Ninlil he was associated with the planet Mars. Nergal was a God of war and disease and also represents the sun at noon. In later mythology Nergal would become a God of the underworld and consort of Ereshkigal. There is some confusion between Ninurta and Nergal since both are shown wielding Sharur. Nergal was a God of deserts and fire.

Neti: Neti is the keeper of the gate of the underworld and servant of Ereshkigal, he is the one who leads Ishtar into the underworld.

Ngeshtin-ana: The sister of Tammuz and Goddess of the heavenly grape vine she is also the Goddess of wine and cold seasons, she is an interpreter of dreams and a divine poet. Ngeshtin-ana is the daughter of Enki and Ninhursag.

Nidaba: Nidaba was the Goddess of writting, learning and the harvest. Nidaba appears with flowing hair, crowned with horned tiara baring supporting ears of grain and a crescent moon. Nidaba is the daughter of Anu and Uras, she is the sister of Ninsun. Nidaba may be the mother of Ninlil.

Ninazu: Ninazu was a God of the underworld and of healing. Ninazu was the son of Enlil and Ninlil or in alternative traditions, of Ereshkigal and Gugulana and was father of Ningishzida. Ninazu was the consort of Ninsutu.

Nindara: The consort of Nanshe.

Nindub: God associated with the city of Lagash.

Ningal: Ningal was Goddess of reeds and daughter of Enki and Ningikuga and the consort of the moon God Sin by whom she bore Utu/Shamash the sun God, Ishtar and in some texts Ishkur.

Ningikuga: Goddess of reeds and marshes and a daughter of Anu and Ki. Ningikuga was the consort of Enki and mother of Ningal.

Ningirama: A minor God of magic invoked against snakes.

Ningishzida: Meaning “Lord of the good tree”. Ningishzida was an underworld deity sometimes depicted as a serpent with a human head. Ningishzida was also depicted as a double helix or caduceus of serpents that may have represented DNA and/or kundalini/serpentine energy forces. Ningishzida was associated with the Sumerian tree of life and thus Kabbalistic mysteries.

Ninhursag: Ninhursag is a fertility deity and great mother Goddess associated with nature and mountains. Ninhursag is often depicted with hair in the shale of the Greek letter Omega. Ninhursag often wears a horned head-dress and tiered skirt, often with bow cases at her shoulders and sometimes carries a mace or baton, she is surmounted by an omega motif or derivative and sometimes accompanied by a lion cub on a leash. Ninhursag was the consort of Enki and was a merging of many Mesopotamian Goddesses. Ninhursag births Ninsar through Enki and then Ninsar births Ninkurra through Enki who then bares Uttu, Uttu is then seduced by Enki but dumps his seed on the ground after consulting with Ninhursag causing plants to grow, Enki eats the fruit of these plants and becomes impregnated by his own semen but cannot give birth and becomes deathly ill. Ninhursag absorbs the semen from Enki birthing deities of healing to save Enki’s life.

Nin-Ildu: God of carpenters.

Nin-Imma: Nin-Imma was born of Enki and Ninkurra, she is the deification and personification of the female sex organs and is therefore a Goddess of sex and fertility likely associated with Hieros Gamos.

Ninkarnunna: God of barbers and attendant of Ninurta.

Ninkasi: A Goddess of healing born of Ninhursag after absorbing Enki’s semen. Ninkasi is the Goddess of beer and was said to prepare the drinks daily.

Ninkilim: God of wild beasts, in particular vermin.

Ninkurra: A daughter of Enki who bore the sun God Utu/Shamash and Nin-Imma. Ninkurra was the Goddess of pastures.

Ninlil: The daughter of Anu and Ki and consort and sister to Enlil. Ninlil is the mother of Ninurta who she spawned with Enlil, throughout the myth of Enlil and Ninlil, Enlil rapes Ninlil by disguising himself and seducing her from these encounters she also births the moon God Sin (which caused the Ninlil and Enlil to both be temporarily banished to the underworld) they also bore Nergal, Ninazu and Enbilulu. Ninlil is the Goddess of the wind and some sources acredit her with becoming the later Goddess Lilitu (as opposed to Ishtar becoming Lilitu).

Ninsar: Goddess of plants and daughter of Enki by Ninhursag she went on to bare her fathers daughter Ninkurra.

Ninshubur: Second in command of Ishtar and also her handmaiden, the two were good friends although Ninshurbur is a Goddess of messangers in her own right, in one myth she helps Ishtar steal the sacred me’s from Enki and in the story of Ishtars descent it is Ninshurbur who pleads with Enlil to create Asu-Shu-Namir in order to release Ishtar.

Ninsi’anna: Goddess called the “red lady of the heavens” and associated with Venus. This may imply she is another identity or name of Ishtar.

Ninsun: A Goddess of cattle born of Anu and Uras, she was the mother of Gilgamesh.

Ninsutu: One of the healing deities born when Ninhursag absorbed the semen trapped in Enki. Ninsutu was consort of Ninazu.

Ninti: Known as the “lady of the rib” (potentially a connection to Eve in Genesis). Ninti was a Goddess of healing born of Ninhursag when she absorbed the semen trapped in Enki.

Nintinugga: The daughter of Anu and consort of Ninurta. Nintinugga was a Goddess of life and healing although she was also called upon to curse those who have done wrong.

Nintulla: One of the healing deities born when Ninhursag absorbed the semen trapped within Enki.

Ninurta: God of hunting and war who would later come to be synonymous with Nergal. Ninurta was the son of Enlil. Ninurta wields the enchanted mace Sharur and uses it to slay many monsters, dragons and demons including Anzu in order to reclaim the stolen tablets of destiny. Ninurta was associated with the planet Saturn. Parallels have been drawn between Ninurta and Marduk.

Nisroch: A God of agriculture, some scholars claim he is eagle headed while others claim the same image references the Apkallu.

Nu Mus Da: God of the lost city of Kazallu.

Nunbarsegunu: Mother Goddess of barley also sometimes considered the mother of Ninlil.

Nuska: A ferryman and scribe subservient to Enlil, Nuska was said to have taken Enlil to his wife Ninlil.

Nusku: A fire God seen as a mediator between humanity and the Gods, he is almost indistinct from Gibil.

Pabilsag: Known as the “Wild Bull with multi-coloured legs” and is best known as the consort of Ninsun and for bringing gifts to Enlil. This deity is later associated with Sagittarius in Sumerian astrology

Pap-Nigin-Gara: Known as the “Lord of the boundry stone” and possibly synonymous with Ninurta.

Papsukkal: A messanger God and gatekeeper, he was consort of Amasagnul.

Sarpanit: Possibly the same as Ishtar she was worshipped with the rising moon and at new year festivals, she was often depicted as pregnant and may have been synonymous with the Goddess Mami. Sarpanit was likely associated with the Hieros Gamos rituals, her titles were the “shining one” and “creatress of the seed”, she was the consort of Marduk.

Shala: Shala was a Goddess of grain and compassion signifying that an abundance of crops was compassion for mankind from the Gods. Shala was the wife of Dagon and consort of Adad.

Shara: Son of Ishtar and God of war.

Sharra Itu: A fertility Goddess who bore the title “the bride” signifying that she had a role in Hieros Gamos sacred marriage ceremonies.

Shullat: Personal attendant of the sun God Shamash/Uttu and personal guard of Adad.

Shulmanu: A God of the underworld, fertility and war.

Shulsaga: An astral Goddess of the stars.

Shu-Pa-E: Shu-Pa-E was an astral and fertility God and consort of Ninhursag.

Sibitti: The seven Sibitti were described as war Gods in the form of terrible wepons they were the children of Ishara and they called upon Erra to bring an end to mankind causing chaos in the ancient world.

Siduri: Goddess of fermentation, of beer and wine. Siduri attempts to dissuade Gilgamesh in his quest for immortality, urging him to be content with the simple pleasures of life. Siduri also tells Gilgamesh where he can find Atrahasis.

Silili: A deity mention by Gilgamesh when he proclaims the misfortune of the lovers of Ishtar, he claims the mother of horses, Silili is left to weep for the horse that Ishtar loved, suggesting that Silili is a horse Goddess.

Sin (Nanna): Sin was a moon God born in the underworld from the union of Enlil and Ninlil. Sin would at points become regarded as chief of the Gods. Sin was refered to as the “lord of wisdom” in regards to astrology and astronomy. Sin’s consort was Ningal who bore him Ishtar and Utu/Shamash. Sin was said to have a beard made from Lapis Lazuli and to ride a winged bull. Enlil and Ninlil were imprissoned in the underworld as punishment for birthing Sin this may indicated the origin of the term “Sin” to mean a transgression against divine law.

Siris: A Goddess of beer and daughter of Ninkasi. Siris was mother to the demon Anzu.

Sirsir: The Goddess of sheep and inscriptions who became synonymous with Ninsun.

Sumugan: Son of Shamash, Sumugan was an underworld God of rivers and cattle.

Suzianna: The second wife of the God Enlil.

Tammuz: Originally based on the Sumerian king Dimmuzid the shepherd, according to the myths Tammuz was married to Ishtar. Tammuz became a God of vegetation. In the descent of Ishtar, Tammuz is seized by Gallu demons and taken into the underworld in her place due to his lechery. The myth is a metaphore for sacred marriage and helps to explain the changing of season from winter to spring.

Tashmetum: The consort of Nabu, Tashmetum’s primary role is to listen to prayers and graunt requests.

Tishpak: God of the city of Esnumma.

Tutu: A God of magic who casts spells that send the Gods to sleep, Tutu brings joy to the broken hearted and is said to be supreme among the Gods with no equal, because of this he is a God that presides over the death of the other Gods (The Gods are immortal but not invincible).

Ua-Ildak: A Goddess of pastures and trees possibly related to Kabbalistic magics.

Ukur: A God of the underworld.

Uras: An earth Goddess and consort of Anu, the name Uras came to be synonymous with Anu in its meaning “heaven”. Uras is the mother of Ninsun in some traditions.

Utnapishitim: Another name for Atrahasis who was immortalised by Enlil after the great flood having survived it by the help of Enki who told him to build an ark for his family, animals and seeds to insure the survival of life on Earth. In the epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh travels to see Utnapishitim who gives him a plant that restores youth and answers his questions regarding mortality and immortality.

Utu (Shamash): The sun God frequently associated with lions. Shamash was a God of light, salvation, life and justice. Utu’s consort was Aya. While other sun Gods exist in the pantheon Utu was the main deity of the sun.

Uttu: A spider Goddess of weaving both in the physical sense and in the sense of fate or the “web of life” that connects all energies. Uttu was born of the union of Enki and his daughter Ninkurra and was then herself seduced by Enki, realising he doesn’t care much for her, Uttu seeks council from Enki’s wife Ninhursag who tells her to empty Enki’s semen onto the ground where it spawns several new trees (possibly a Kabbalistic mystery). Later Enki unknowingly eats the fruits of these trees and becomes pregnant by his own sperm, he is unable to give birth being male and Ninhursag absorbs the semen birthing deities of healing to tend to Enki.

Wer: The storm God who was the attendant of the demon Humbaba.

Zaqar: Messanger of the God Sin who relays messages to mortals through their dreams and nightmares. Thus any prophetic dreams in Mesopotamian mythology are attributed to Zaqar.

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Saint Dominic - Feast Day: August 4th - Latin Calendar

" These, my much loved ones, are the bequests which I leave to you as my sons; have charity among yourselves; hold fast to humility; keep a willing poverty." - Saint Dominic

Saint Dominic, founder of the great order of preaching friars which bears his name, was born in the year 1170 at Calaruega, Castile, Spain, of a noble family with illustrious connections. His father, Don Felix de Guzman, held the post of royal warden of the village; his mother, a woman of unusual sanctity, was to become Blessed Joan of Aza. Very early it was decided that Dominic should have a career in the Church. His call was so evident that while he was still a student, Martin de Bazan, bishop of Osma, appointed him canon of the cathedral, and the stipend he received helped him to continue his studies. Dominic’s love of learning and his charity are both exemplified in a story of his student days. He had gathered a collection of religious books inscribed on parchment; these he greatly treasured, but one day he sold the whole lot that he might give the money thus obtained to some poor people. "I could not bear to prize dead skins," he said, "when living skins were starving and in need."

At the age of twenty-five he was ordained and took up his duties. The chapter lived under the rule of St. Augustine, and the strict observance gave the young priest the discipline that he was to practice and teach to others all his life. Someone who knew Dominic at this time wrote that he was first of all the monks in holiness frequenting the church day and night, and scarcely venturing beyond the walls of the cloister. He was soon made sub prior, and when the prior, Diego d'Azevado, became bishop of Osma, about 1201, Dominic succeeded to his office. He had then been leading the contemplative life for six or seven years.

The following is excerpted from a sermon of Father Mark Kirby, Prior of the Diocesan Benedictine Monastery of Our Lady of the Cenacle in Tulsa, Oklahoma:

The Mercy of God

Saint Dominic would spend whole nights weeping and groaning in prayer before the altar. Over and over again he would say, "What will become of sinners? What will become of sinners?" Saint Dominic’s great passion was to reconcile sinners by preaching the mercy of God.

The Power of Preaching

Dominic understood that the power of preaching comes from ceaseless prayer. His prayer had three characteristics: humble adoration, heartfelt pity for sinners, and exultation in the Divine Mercy. Saint Dominic prayed constantly; he prayed at home and on the road, in church and in his cell. For Saint Dominic there was no place or time foreign to prayer. He loved to pray at night. He engaged his whole body in prayer by standing with outstretched arms, by bowing, prostrating, genuflecting, and kissing the sacred page.

The Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Saint Dominic had a tenth way of prayer too: the Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary that today we call the rosary. The use of beads and the repetition of the Hail Mary were both widespread before the time of Saint Dominic. The Hail Mary prayed 150 times is in reference to the 150 psalms that were practiced in Carthusian and Cistercian cloisters before the time of Saint Dominic.

Irrigated by Grace

Saint Dominic understood that preaching alone was not enough. Preaching had to be irrigated by grace, and grace is obtained by prayer. Inspired by the Mother of God, Saint Dominic interspersed his sermons with the Psalter of the Blessed Virgin Mary. He exhorted his hearers to continue praying the Psalter of 150 Aves as a way of prolonging the benefits of holy preaching. The rosary allows the seed of the Word sown by holy preaching to germinate in the soul and bear fruit.

Simple Means

Divine Wisdom has so ordered things that the simplest material means - - humble and adapted to our weakness - - produce the greatest spiritual effects. Father Raphael Simon, the saintly Trappist psychiatrist, said that, "five decades of the rosary or even three Hail Mary's daily may mean the difference between eternal life and death." The effect of the rosary is entirely disproportionate to its simplicity. The fruits of the rosary are well known: among them are detachment from sin and from the occasions of sin, peace of heart, humility, chastity, and joy. The rosary, and all authentic prayer, is always realistic - - that is to say, honest about human weakness and sin - - and, at the same, full of hope that is to say, open to the glorious plan of God’s mercy.

The Naysayers

In a lesson from the Book of Numbers Moses sent spies into the Promised Land to see what it was like. They returned from their mission with a single cluster of grapes; it was so enormous that they carried it on a pole between two of them. "We came to the land to which you sent us." they said, "It flows with milk and honey and this is its fruit" (Num. 13: 27). Then, what happened? They say that, in the presence of the inhabitants of the land- - veritable giants - - they felt like mere grasshoppers. They turned into naysayers, pessimists and cynics. They spread discouraging reports among the people, causing them to lose hope in the plan of God. This caused the people to wail and weep.

Two Sins

A Responsorial Psalm tells us exactly what the two sins of the people were. "They forgot the works of God; they did not wait for his counsel" (Ps. 105: 13). The remedy for these two sins is found in the rosary because in the rosary we remember the works of God and wait for His counsel. The rosary is an unfailing support for the theological virtue of hope. The rosary silences naysayers, pessimists, and cynics, because it immerses the soul in the remembrance of the works of God, and quiets the soul in the presence of the Virgin full of grace. In times of crisis - - and at all times- - hold fast to the rosary as to a lifeline. The rosary is a way of waiting for the counsel of God.

Crying After the Lord

The merit of the woman in a Gospel of St. Matthew is, as the disciples said to Jesus, that she kept on "crying after them" (Mt. 15: 23). Jesus was silent, saying not a word to her, but she cried all the more. She was a Canaanite. Jesus tested her by saying that He was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel. What did she do? "She came and knelt before Him, saying, 'Lord, help me'" (Mt. 15: 25). Jesus tested her again. "It is not fair to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." The woman had an answer ready: "Yes, Lord, yet even the puppies eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table" (Mt. 15: 27). With that, Jesus lets her win. "'O woman, great is thy faith! Be it done for thee as thou wilt.' And her daughter was cured from that hour" (Mt. 15: 28).

The Supplication of the Rosary

If Saint Dominic preached the rosary, it was because he knew it to be a prayer capable of winning every grace. The rosary has all the attributes of the Canannite woman’s pleading. It is a prayer of repetition. It is a prayer of confidence. It helps one to persevere in supplication, bead by bead, and decade by decade. Our Lord finds the rosary irresistible because His own Mother "subsidizes" it. She stands behind it. The rosary is the voice of the poor, the needy, the downtrodden, and the weak. Persevere in praying the rosary and one day you will hear Our Lord say to you what he said to the woman of the Gospel: "Great is thy faith! Be it done for thee as thou wilt" (Mt. 15: 28).

The Triumph of Grace

Saint Matthew’s Gospel ends with a healing obtained by persevering prayer and by faith. Saint Dominic’s Nine Ways of Prayer - - and his tenth, the rosary - - lead to our own healing and to the healing of those for whom we pray. We need to be healed of our inclination to be naysayers, to disparage the possibilities opened by grace, to spread gloom and discouragement, to foment murmuring and pessimism. We need to be healed of our forgetfulness of the mercies of God and of the restlessness that keeps us from waiting upon His counsel. Saint Dominic shows us that, with the rosary in hand, we will experience the triumph of grace.

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