Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
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Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

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God is With Us in Every Circumstance

When a person really believes in God, and has true faith (not just as hollow expressions), one always feels that he depends on God. This does not necessarily mean that people are standing breathless and waiting for some miracle to help them. On the contrary, the basic belief is that God is with us in every circumstance, and so someone with true faith turns to God not only when he is in the house of prayer, but during all times in his life. In the rough times, whether the difficulties are medical, political or financial, one is of course hoping and praying to God for help and small miracles. And even when one does not perceive that these are happening, the very notion that there is some guidance and a heeding that there is a helping hand, that in itself, is of great help.

By Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz  |  August 11, 2008; 7:48 AM ET
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set me up for his mark

“Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb”
“no eye had seen me”

“When the ear heard me, then it blessed me”
“when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me”

“they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully”

“whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting”
“he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord”
“in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God”
“for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.”

“So shall ye say unto Joseph”
“Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin”
“they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek”
“Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.”
“Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord”
“died, being an hundred and ten years old”
“there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses”
“whom the Lord knew face to face”
“in all that mighty hand”
“in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel”
“I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel”
“Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name”
“The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.”

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

“They have gaped upon me with their mouth”
“they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully”
“they have gathered themselves together against me”
“God hath delivered me to the ungodly”
“turned me over into the hands of the wicked”
“set me up for his mark”

And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

“Naked came I out of my mother's womb”
“naked shall I return thither”

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

“Thou renewest thy witnesses against me”
“increasest thine indignation upon me”
“changes and war are against me”
“Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb”
“no eye had seen me”

When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the Lame.
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
My glory was Fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

“When the ear heard me, then it blessed me”
“when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me”
“The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me”
“I put on righteousness, and it clothed me”
“my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.”
“I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the Lame.”
“I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.”
“Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand”
“My root was spread out by the waters”
“the dew lay all night upon my branch”
“Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel”
“And they waited for me as for the rain”
“I laughed on them, they believed it not”

And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,
So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.

“Thy father did command before he died”
“So shall ye say unto Joseph”
“Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil”
“forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father”
“Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones”
“Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.”

So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

“Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord”
“died, being an hundred and ten years old”

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.

“The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.”

And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the Lord commanded Moses.
And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,
In all the signs and the wonders, which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,
And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.

“Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom”
“for Moses had laid his hands upon him”
“there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses”
“whom the Lord knew face to face”
“in all that mighty hand”
“in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel”

Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

“the Lord spake unto Joshua”
“There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life”
“as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee”
“I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee”

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.

“Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name”
“they called upon the Lord, and he answered them”

Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

“I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel”

Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

“Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops”
“they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek”
“yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel”
“whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting”
“he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord”
“in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God”
“for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.”

Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the Lord, and by his fierce anger.
For thus hath the Lord said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.

“Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee”
“this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart”
“I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard”
“the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war”
“Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled”
“For my people is foolish, they have not known me”
“and they have none understanding”
“they are wise to do evil”
“to do good they have no knowledge”
“I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void”
“the heavens, and they had no light”
“The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.”

Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.
As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

“Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.”
“Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.”
“Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded”
“let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed”
“bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.”

Posted by: harold | August 13, 2008 12:10 AM
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We are still Sinners. Jesus Dying did not change Mis-bred Human Nature, when he was Regenerated by High Tech to Pure-bred Human Nature.

Jesus is not Dead, but Alive on a Planet and in Spaceships, with our High Tech Human Ancestors. A Human cannot Live, if they ascend up into Space without a Spacesuit or Spaceship.

Supernatural to Natural Man can be explained with High Tech Science Knowledge.

The Ugly Mates were Reproduced by Fallen Humans. Our Ancestors made the Perfect Genetic and Physical Clone Female Helpmeet for Adam from his rib. She was bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh.

None of this High Tech Science Knowledge could be translated by Fallen Humans with Natural Science of Reproduction, and Humans Flying up in the air.Fallen Humans are still Sinners. Jesus Dying, did not change Mis-bred Human Nature, when he was Regenerated to a Pure-bred Human Nature Body.

We will not Change our Human Nature when we Die; our Elements only return to GODs Elements on Planet Earth.

Jesus did not Die for our Sins, we are Each responsible for them. Alive Humans will not have any Substitutes at Judgemnet Day. Why do people teach we Die, and go to be with Jesus?

Jesus is not Dead, but was Seen Alive in a Physical Body, with our High Tech Human Ancestors. A Human cannot Live, if they visibly ascend up into Space, without a Spacesuit or Spaceship.

Christians sing, 'I Know that my Redeemer Lives', Where did the Life After Death with Jesus, belief come from?

The Ugly Mates we have today, were Reproduced by Heterosexual Body Birth. The Perfect Genetic and Physical Female Eve Clone of Adam, was made of bone of his bone, and flesh of his flesh. They were Equal Identical Male and Female Twins, as were the whole Original Colony.

Today, we are changing Ugly Bodies, a result of Heterosexual Body Birth Unequal male and female Bodies, to Beautiful with High Tech Science Operations. Not as Beautiful, the High Tech Science Cloned, 'Eternal' Genetic and Physical Bodies After Birth.

Our Planet, was washed Clean of most Human Life, by the Noah/Atlantis Planetary Flood. Life was repopulated, by the few Saved Mis-bred Humans by Heterosexual Body Birth.

None of this High Tech Science Knowledge, of the Past, could be translated by Fallen Humans After the Flood. Humans had writings of Humans Flying up in the air on Eagle's Wings, and sitting in supernatural objects, in our Religious and Myth writings.

So what do Human accept as Belief and Truth, Today? What is the Truth, about the Past Human High Tech Science Lifestyle on Earth, 'in the Beginning', and in the Noah/Atlantis Society? Supernatural Spirit God 'Beings', or Literal High Tech Science Human Beings?


Posted by: Dolores Lear | August 12, 2008 4:19 PM
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Do you know the root, branch and vine

Job said “My root was spread out by the waters” “the dew lay all night upon my branch”
Moses said “My doctrine shall drop as the rain” “I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain” Jacob said of Joseph“Joseph is a fruitful”
“a fruitful bough by a well” “whose branches run over the wall” It is written of Solomon “every man under his vine” “all the days of Solomon”

“My root was spread out by the waters”
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

“the dew lay all night upon my branch”
“Joseph is a fruitful”
“a fruitful bough by a well”
“whose branches run over the wall”

“Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much”
“largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.”
“Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country”
“and all the wisdom of Egypt”
“he spake of trees”
“the hyssop that springeth out of the wall”
“every man under his vine” “all the days of Solomon”

And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

“every man under his vine” “all the days of Solomon”

Posted by: harold | August 12, 2008 2:04 PM
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Do you have eyes to see, ears to hear, a heart to perceive

Milk and honey

“That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain”

Job
“Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand”
Abraham
“as the sand which is upon the sea shore”
Jacob
“So that I come again to my father's house in peace”
“then shall the Lord be my God”
“of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee”
Joseph
“Joseph is a fruitful”
“a fruitful bough by a well”
“whose branches run over the wall”
“the shepherd, the stone of Israel”
“and by the Almighty”
“who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above”
“blessings of the deep that lieth under”
“blessings of the breasts”
“and of the womb”
“The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors”
“shall be on the head of Joseph”
“on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren”
Moses
“Have I conceived all this people”
“have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me”
“Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child”
Jonathan
“honey upon the ground”
“put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.”
“see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.”
Solomon
“Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much”
“largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.”
“Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country”
“and all the wisdom of Egypt”
“he spake of trees”
“the hyssop that springeth out of the wall”
“he spake also of beasts”
“and of fowl”
“and of creeping things”
“and of fishes”
“there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon”

“When the ear heard me, then it blessed me”
“when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me”
“The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me”
“I put on righteousness, and it clothed me”
“my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.”
“I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the Lame.”
“I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.”
“Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand”
“My root was spread out by the waters”
“the dew lay all night upon my branch”
“Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel”
“And they waited for me as for the rain”
“I laughed on them, they believed it not”

Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

“My doctrine shall drop as the rain”

Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

“I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God”
“I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain”
“that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil”

Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.

“rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven”
“Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.”

So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.
And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.
And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.

“honey upon the ground”
“put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.”
“see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.”

Job 29
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the Lame.
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
My glory was Fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

“When the ear heard me, then it blessed me”
“when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me”
“The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me”
“I put on righteousness, and it clothed me”
“my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.”
“I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the Lame.”
“I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.”
“Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand”
“My root was spread out by the waters”
“the dew lay all night upon my branch”
“Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel”
“And they waited for me as for the rain”
“I laughed on them, they believed it not”

And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.
And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.

“In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen”
“the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time”
“That in blessing I will bless thee”
“I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven”
“as the sand which is upon the sea shore”
“and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies”

And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:
And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

“Jacob went out from Beersheba”
“And he dreamed”
“a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven”
“behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.”
“behold, the Lord stood above it”
“the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed”
“How dreadful is this place”
“this is none other but the house of God,”
“this is the gate of heaven”
“If God will be with me”
“and will keep me in this way that I go”
“will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on”
“So that I come again to my father's house in peace”
“then shall the Lord be my God”
“of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee”

Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:
But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb:
The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

“Joseph is a fruitful”
“a fruitful bough by a well”
“whose branches run over the wall”
“the shepherd, the stone of Israel”
“and by the Almighty”
“who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above”
“blessings of the deep that lieth under”
“blessings of the breasts”
“and of the womb”
“The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors”
“shall be on the head of Joseph”
“on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren”

Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

“Moses said unto the Lord”
“Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant”
“wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight”
“that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me”
“Have I conceived all this people”
“have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me”
“Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child”

And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

“Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much”
“largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.”
“Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country”
“and all the wisdom of Egypt”
“he spake of trees”
“the hyssop that springeth out of the wall”
“he spake also of beasts”
“and of fowl”
“and of creeping things”
“and of fishes”
“there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon”

Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.
Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

“in the land. Judah and Israel were many”
“as the sand which is by the sea in multitude”
“Solomon reigned over all kingdoms”
“they brought presents”
“served Solomon all the days of his life”

Posted by: harold | August 12, 2008 1:43 PM
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Fantastic article Rabbi, thank you.

As for the rest of you creating a 10-page post full of mindless drivel, Knock It Off! Make your comment short and sweet and move on. I'm tired of having to scroll through your doctoral dissertation of why you're a retard.

Posted by: BeowulfthePolitician | August 12, 2008 11:21 AM
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It takes a bright person to look for greener grass in the shade. If the mythological statue of justice is an idol of a blindfolded woman holding scales, what is being weighed in the device she bears? Let's assume one pan contains good faith (bona fides) and the other holds bad faith (mal fides). With an equal amount of good and bad we would assume a balance. With unequal amounts, imbalance. Are we justified in concluding that bad faith has the same relative value as good faith? "In the beginning..."

GEN 1:1 In the beginning god created the heaven and the earth.
JOH 1:1 In the beginning was the word, and the word was with god, and the word was god.


GEN 1:4 And god saw the light, that it was good: and god divided the light from the darkness.
GEN 1:10 And god called the dry land earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he seas: and god saw that it was good.
GEN 1:12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and god saw that it was good.
GEN 1:18 And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and god saw that it was good.
GEN 1:21 And god created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and god saw that it was good.
GEN 1:25 And god made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and god saw that it was good.
GEN 1:31 And god saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
GEN 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD god to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
GEN 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD god to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

LUK 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
LUK 6:27 But I say unto you which hear, love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
LUK 6:33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? For sinners also do even the same.
LUK 6:43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
LUK 18:19 And Jesus said unto him, why callest thou me good? None is good, save one, that is, god.

Posted by: hillhopper | August 12, 2008 9:12 AM
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GOD WAS NOT WITH THE JEWS WHEN THEY OCCUPIED LAND OF PALESTINE, GOD WAS NOT WHEN SHARON AND OLMERT KILLED INNOCENT PALESTINIAN.

Posted by: shefali | August 12, 2008 2:02 AM
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Ah, the way spammers take over theological discussion. *thumping breast*


It makes me so nostalgic for Usenet.


Any other Web architecture you'd like us to rewrite, JJ? And other-spammer? Cause obviously this is all about *you.*

Posted by: Paganplace | August 11, 2008 4:19 PM
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O.rdained R.elationship M.inister [ORM}, Revelator & Defender of the 'Holy Cosmic Feeler Faith, aka 'Ho-Co-Fe-Fa' System; a belief like a religion, yet better that‘s based on TRUTH (opposite of MYTH Systems) & a Lover’s of the "O.U.R.-B.O.T.", aka the Holy-Cosmic Bible, ala "O.ne U.niversal R.eligion B.ook O.f T.rans{Finity}" aka “The RELiGiON of Everything before the SCiENCE of Everything” like-a-dat. Finally!

Posted by: From: The JOKTAN-ian "ECLAT{ARiAN}" Eberu Race of U.S.A. et al | August 11, 2008 10:36 AM
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TODAY is:

U.niversal Y.ear C.irca [UYC]3.98Billion:08.11.2008Millenium:1010a-Atomic!

NO Mr. Jealousy! (Pre-Apocalyptic Rabbi's)

Your man-Made god is with you-PELEG-Eberu Race people, [An Imported Religion (not Made in AMERiCA) 'competing for a name for God' "instead of G-D"] never Never Never, an impossibility

is O.U.R. 'HOL{i}NO-MEN' [of Us JOKTAN-National's of U.S.A. of the Ho-Co-Fe-Fa System] a Jealous & thus a man-made Fearing G-D! Your god is a 'Jealous-god', never O.U.R. innate 'G-D'!

So: PELEG , man-made Judeo-Jew 'god' System is acsually Worshiping JEALOUSY & FEAR...! This includes Jealous Judeo-Christians & Judeo-Islamics & Judeo-Hindus & Judeo-Buddhista's etc.. OLD-SOND/STORY's! And Instead;

O.U.R. [O.ne U.niversal R.eligion] "iNNATE" JOKTAN 'G-D' Holy Cosmic NEBULA-Built , NEW-SONG, System, is a NOT-Jealousy nor a Fearing Religion, Faith & or Belief!


Behold PELEG-ian Rabbi!

"The Religion of Everything is now upon ALL not-Jealous HUE{MATE}-Potentiate Kinds [Not for ye Jealous HUMANS-un-kinds] before the SCience of Everything.

As Told Ye So So Many TiME's!


---- LiSTEN WORLD:


ECLAT + "i" = Life/Photon(s) awareness!:

Finally, HALLALUYA!

‘The RELiGiON Of Everything, before the SCiENCE Of Everything!

MODERN-MORALiTY is Superior to ANT BiBLiCAL-MORALITY, if Any, Anymore!

Praise the NOT-JEALOUS & Thus FEARLESS 'HOL{i}NO-MEN!

Goodbye ALL, EVERY * ANY; "PRE-APOCALYPTiC" thinking folk!

TENACH(s)! (Judeo MOZEUS),
Goodbye BiBles(Judeo-JEZEUS),
Goodbye QURAN(s) (Jude-Muhhamada-Zeus),
Goodbye GiTA(s) (Judeo-VyasaZEUS),
Goodbye (Judeo-GAUTAMA-ZEUS!)
Goodbye (ALL/EVERY & ANY, Pre-Abrahamic & Pre-Vedic Pagans/Idolatrs Worshipers et Al!
goodbye Witches, Wicaans, Shamans, Voodooists et al!

Good Riddence! INSTEAD,

HELLO “APOCALYPT{ARiAN}iTY!” ‘ A-“Holy Cosmic-Feeler’s-Faith” [Ho-Co-Fe-Fa] , a ELCLAT{i}ON Belief, like a Religion, yet Better based on ‘TRANS{FiNiTY}’ [Reality Moving Eternally/immortally]… NEW STORY/Song Thank G-D, Every day, until Genuine ‘END OF TiME {via TEMP.erature, not clock nor space ‘time‘ thinking} in About 2.5-3.5 Billion Years From Today:


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HALLALUYA! Praise tyhe Fearless & Thus Zero Jealous 'Genuine' SOURCE-ONE, aka EPONYMOUS-ECLAT + "i" = LiFE/PhotonsAwareness in MIRACLE & Zero Born in some man made Curseth/Sin story! Maybe Ye Kid(s), but Never O.U.R.'s! [aka APOCALYPTARiAN-NATiONALS of EARTH].


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“THE TEN (10 plus 3 alternates) FiATS Of The NEW-SONG” Of The “Holy Cosmic Feelers Faith“:

1) "Let there be NO Worship of JEALOUSY as a G-D.!"

2) "Let there be NO Abuse of LOVE to forgive UNCORRECTED-SIN(s)!"

3) "Let there be NO Hassling over a NAME for G-d!"

4) "Let there be NO Denial of FREEDOM OF {ECLAT{I}{ONiTY} or
Apocalyptarianity as Religion et al!"

5) "Let there be NO Dishonoring of HONORABLE Parents!"

6) "Let there be NO Unjustifiable HOMICIDE or HURTING!"

7) "Let there be NO Sex with Non-CONSENTERS or BEASTS!"

8) "Let there be NO Theft from NON-THIEVES or NON-USERERS!"

9) "Let there be NO False WITNESSING or Un-JUST Judging!"

10) "Let there be NO Envy of {HU} {MATES} or Folks keeping these FIATS of O.U.R.
NEW-SONG!"
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11) “Let there be NO Denial of the TETRA-NEEDS (Food, Shelter, LOVE & Clothes) to
Any 'Hue{Mate}Kind} on Hol{i} Space-Ship Earth(s)!'

12) "Let there be NO Procrastination nor LAZYNESS nor Idleness & Sloth!"

13) “Let there Be NO Denial To Self Nor Others in contemplation of REALITY, aka Ye Holy Cosmic Miraculous “TRANS{FiNiTY} [immortal REALiTY]"

Hence [O.U.R.-B.O.T.] “O.ne U.niversal R.eligion” B.ook O.f T.rans{finity} each unique HEURiSTiC/a/o (immortal SOUL) is an Automatic Citizen/Denizen of Holy Cosmic Nebula-Built Ma/Pa-Earth(s) by Justly appearing again herein via the Holy ETERNiTY AVOiDiNG LONLiNESS-effection, a genuine Miraculous HOL{i} Cosmic mission & purpose.

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Posted by: The Death knoll of All "PELEG" Man-Made Jealous- Religions can be heard | August 11, 2008 10:13 AM
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Last man standing

“Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach”
“to turn away his wrath”
“lest he should destroy them”
“the Lord spake unto Joshua”
“There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life”
“as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee”
“Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people”
“the sons of Jacob and Joseph”
“Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron”
“Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name”
“they called upon the Lord, and he answered them”
“the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came”
“Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer”
“will tell thee all that is in thine heart”
“Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people”
“that I may discern between good and bad”
“And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing”
“I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart”
“largeness of heart”
“even as the sand that is on the sea shore”
“Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked”
“he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways”
“Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him”
“I will set him on high, because he hath known my name”
“He shall call upon me, and I will answer him”
“I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him”
“With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.”

Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:
But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.

“Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach”
“to turn away his wrath”
“lest he should destroy them”
“Yea, they despised the pleasant land”
“they believed not his word”
“hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord”

Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

“Thou art the God that doest wonders”
“thou hast declared thy strength among the people”
“Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people”
“the sons of Jacob and Joseph”
“Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron”

“The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee”
“they were afraid: the depths also were troubled”
“Thy way is in the sea”
“thy path in the great waters”
“thy footsteps are not known”

Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

“the Lord spake unto Joshua”
“There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life”
“as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee”
“I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee”

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.

“Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name”
“they called upon the Lord, and he answered them”

Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.
Now the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.

“Come, and let us go to the seer”
“for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer”
“the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came”
“Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer”
“will tell thee all that is in thine heart”

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

“Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked”
“he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways”
“Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him”
“I will set him on high, because he hath known my name”
“He shall call upon me, and I will answer him”
“I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him”
“With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.”


The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

“He made known his ways unto Moses”
“his acts unto the children of Israel”
“For as the heaven is high above the earth”
“so great is his mercy toward them that fear him”
“Like as a father pitieth his children”
“so the Lord pitieth them that fear him”

And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
And, behold, the Lord stood above it, and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.
And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God:
And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

“And he dreamed”
“behold a ladder set up on the earth”
“the top of it reached to heaven”
“behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it”
“BEHOLD, THE LORD STOOD ABOVE IT”
“Jacob awaked out of his sleep”
“Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not”
“he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place”
“this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven”
“Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me”
“will keep me in this way that I go”
“and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on”
“So that I come again to my father's house in peace”
“then shall the Lord be my God”
“and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee”

In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

“the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night”
“God said, Ask what I shall give thee”
“thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen”
“a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude”
“Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people”
“that I may discern between good and bad”
“And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing”
“I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart”
“so that there was none like thee before thee”
“neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee”

And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.

“God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much”
“largeness of heart”
“even as the sand that is on the sea shore”
“And he spake of trees”
“the hyssop that springeth out of the wall”
“And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon”
“from all kings of the earth”
“which had heard of his wisdom”

Posted by: harold | August 11, 2008 6:22 AM
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I like the way you have used the word perceive in your excellent statement. When things are going well it is hard to perceive the small miracles and that is when we forget that all things come from God.

Det 6:10-12 "And when the LORD your God brings you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, with great and goodly cities, which you did not build, and houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, and cisterns hewn out, which you did not hew, and vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant, and when you eat and are full, then take heed lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Posted by: Tim | August 11, 2008 12:32 AM
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What are Fallen Humans looking for, in Eternal Life After Death? Today we do Know about GODs Elements, that makes Life as we Know it, Seen/Physical and Unseen/Elements.

Death of GODs Physical Element Life, does Return to GODs Unseen Eternal Elements. Are Unseen Elements what Fallen Humans call Spirit Life?

Today we have the High Tech Science Knowledge, to Know Humans can extend their Physical Life, After Birth. Why not Forever and Ever, Amen?

Humans need High Tech Science Reproduction, in a High Tech Womb, and High Tech Science Genetic and Physical 'Regeneration' to Defective Body Parts, to provide Eternal Physical Life 'After Birth'.

Humans need High Tech Science Space Travel, to Escape their Dying Planet or Universe, to 'Literally' have Eternal Physical Life After Birth, on Planets and in Spaceships.

How can any Human on Earth, explain what is the Unseen Eternal 'Life' After Death, except GODs Unseen Elements? What is Spirit Life? Why even Want Spirit Life after Death, when Humans can Have Eternal Physical Life After Birth, like Jesus?

Jesus was Alive, in a 'Regenerated' Physical Body, not in a Dead Spirit Body, when he went up in the air, and out into Space. Jesus is now 2033 years old, Earth time. What is a Spirit 'Body'?

High Tech Science today, Proves Eve was made a female from Adam's rib. We call that Cloning. Adam and Eve were Equal Male and Female Twin Clones, not Mates.

High Tech Science Pure-bred Reproduction, does Reproduce Equal Male and Female Human Physical Clones. Heterosexual Natural Body Birth, does Reproduce Unequal Male and Female Physical Mates.

When Humans took over making Humans by Body Birth, look what happened to All Life on our Spaceship Planet Earth.

With High Tech Science Reproduction and with Space travel, Equal Male and Female Human Clones, do have Eternal Physical Life After Birth on Planets and in Spaceships, like the religious Gods that made Humans 'in their Human Image'.


Posted by: Dolores Lear | August 10, 2008 9:55 AM
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"Peace, peace, peace. God’s peace be upon you. But living today in a time of war, crying out peace, peace, peace, where there is no peace. Fearing age and death, pain and darkness, destitution and loneliness, people need to get back to the simplicity of Brother Lawrence." [Dorothy Day]

Brother L was a monk in the 17th century, who lived in a monastery and was consigned to the kitchen.

He spent his life baking bread, chopping onions, scrubbing pots and floors. He ran all the errands, did all the shopping, and always brought back the finest of wine.

He loved his brothers deeply, but they merely tolerated his many eccentricities, or he was totally ignored.

Truly, I tell you, if ever a saint was born to bring hope to the addicted and those afflicted with obsessive-compulsive tendencies, he is the one.

For Brother L learned that by continually re-remembering the Lord, no matter what the activity, or where one might be, the Lord was ever-present and a holy habit was born, just re-remembering that.


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Posted by: eileen fleming | August 10, 2008 8:28 AM
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RABBI ADIN STEINSALTZ

I think that this is a very good post and that it speaks of the True God, in that He is with us in all circumstances, good and bad, to help and guide us, not to be some kind of magician in the sky to make everything go OUR way.

Take care, be ready.

Sincerely, Thomas Paul Moses Baum.

Posted by: Thomas Baum | August 9, 2008 10:11 AM
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Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

“So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights”
“none spake a word unto him”
“for they saw that his grief was very great”

Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.

“happy is the man whom God correcteth”
“therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty”
“in seven there shall no evil touch thee”
”In famine he shall redeem thee from death”
“in war from the power of the sword”

Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this.
Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these.
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

“Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel”
“Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children”
“There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep”
“Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren”
“and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward”

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

“To every thing there is a season”
“a time to every purpose under the heaven”
“A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.”

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

“Know therefore that the Lord thy God”
“he is God, the faithful God”
“which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him”
“keep his commandments to a thousand generations”

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:
Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

“But king Solomon loved many strange women”
“Solomon clave unto these in love”
“he had seven hundred wives, princesses and three hundred concubines”

“A time to love” Samuel, Saul, David, Solomon, Rehoboam, Prophets-0AD
“keep his commandments to a thousand generations”
“he had seven hundred wives, princesses and three hundred concubines”

“time to hate;” 1AD-1000AD
“Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.”

“a time of war” 1000AD-2000AD
“The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.”

“and a time of peace” 2000AD-?
“But king Solomon loved many strange women”
“Solomon clave unto these in love”
“he had seven hundred wives, princesses and three hundred concubines”

“happy is the man whom God correcteth”
“therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty”
“in seven there shall no evil touch thee”
”In famine he shall redeem thee from death”
“in war from the power of the sword”

“Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin”

Mercy, truth, meekness,
the blessed one,
righteousness, peace, everlasting life

fig tree, pomegranate tree, palm tree,
the root, branch, and vine,
apple tree, almond tree, peach tree

Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him.
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

Posted by: harold | August 9, 2008 8:20 AM
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“Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin”

Mercy, truth, meekness,
the blessed one,
righteousness, peace, everlasting life

fig tree, pomegranate tree, palm tree,
the branch,
apple tree, almond tree, peach tree

Posted by: harold | August 9, 2008 7:36 AM
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THIS RABBI DO NOT KNOW WHEN THEY OCCUPIED PALESTINE BY FORCE WHETHER GOD WITH THEM, OFCOURSE SATTAN WAS WITH THEM. JEWS IN FACT BELIEF SATTAN IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THEIR GOAL, TO OCCUPY TO KILL INNOCENT, AND TERRORISE INNOCENT, TO ENCOURSE INCEST IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

Posted by: AARON | August 9, 2008 2:12 AM
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Here is a proof that God really helps us in difficult times: "SMALL MIRACLES" by Askin Ozcan
relates thirty true-to-the-last-word stunning incidents of small miracles from his own life in different countries.
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Posted by: Askin Ozcan | August 9, 2008 1:33 AM
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Rabbi,

Beautifully written. Thank you.

Farnaz

Posted by: Farnaz | August 8, 2008 11:10 PM
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This is one of the most succinctly sensible things I have seen written on this topic.

Posted by: Daniel in the Lion's Den | August 8, 2008 3:43 PM
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