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http://theartof12.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-translator-for-hitler-nazis-talk.html
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MAKES ME WONDER WHETHER THE HUNDRED THOUSAND SONGS OF http://cosmicharmony.com/Av/Milarepa/Milarepa.htm 'AVE BEEN SUNG-READ?! How did Americans get so dumb about the ideologies thought and practiced for thousands-countlessTHOUSANDS of years?
http://lastdayscalendar.tripod.com/genesis_17.htm
http://www.slideshare.net/rxariel/are-we-living-in-the-last-days-of-this-earth
http://www.inthedays.com/category/israel-in-the-last-days/
On Wednesday, Gen. Abdel Fatah Said Al-Sisi announced a military coup in Egypt. He said that the Constitution had been suspended, that early elections would take place, and that there would be a “code of ethics” for the media. He stated that the chief of the Constitutional court would be taking charge during a transitional period before another election. He said the new government would be “diverse and include all the people,” and that the constitution would be revised to reverse changes made by ousted Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi.
Israel in the Last Days — Egypt
“The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.”
—Isaiah 19:1
The Covenant of Circumcision between El Shaddai and Abraham
In Genesis 17:1 the Bible first records God revealing Himself as El Shaddai to Abraham.
Almighty God who is “More Than Enough” confirmed His covenant.
When
Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I
am God Almighty; walk before me and be blameless. I will confirm my
covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.” Genesis 17:1-2
The
Septuagint and other early translations usually translate “El
Shaddai”as “God Almighty.” Shaddai is connected to shadayim, the Hebrew
word for “breasts.” El points to the power of God Himself. Shaddai
signifies the One who nourishes, supplies, and satisfies. In several
instances in the Torah the name El Shaddai is connected with
fruitfulness. El Shaddai is a name that means God is “The All-Sufficient
One” and that God is “More Than Enough.” Our God is capable of meeting
all our needs.
So
the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three
years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon.” Abram brought all
these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each
other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half. Genesis 15:9-10
The
LORD had already cut a blood covenant with Abram promising that Abram
would have a son coming from his own body and numerous descendents. But
Sarai, who was barren, had grown impatient and gave her handmaid Hagar
to her husband in an attempt to build a family through her servant. In
confirming His covenant, God continues in the progressive revelation of
His divine character and power as well as clarifies the terms of the
agreement.
Abram
fell facedown, and God said to him, “As for me, this is my covenant
with you: You will be the father of many nations. No longer will you be
called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of
many nations. I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of
you, and kings will come from you.” Genesis 17:3-6
Abram
prostrated himself before the LORD. This act is one of humility and
reverence. The worshipper drops to his knees, falls forward onto his
elbows, and bends his face forward until his forehead touches the
ground.
Then
the angel said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the
wedding supper of the Lamb!’” And he added, "These are the true words
of God.” At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me,
“Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who
hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus
is the spirit of prophecy.” Revelation 19:9-10
John the Revelator after he fell at the feet of an angel was commanded not to worship anyone but God.
“You
shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything
that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in
the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve
them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity
of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of
those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me
and keep My commandments. Exodus 20:4-6
A
slave can bow before his master, and a commoner can bow before his king.
These are forms of respect and honor given by a person of lower estate
to a person of higher authority. But bowing before a carved or graven
image – a statue carved from wood or chiseled from stone – breaks the 2nd commandment. The act of bending your knees before a statute in reverence is idolatry and provokes God to jealousy.
God
changed Abram’s name which means, “Exalted Father,” and gave him the
name, Abraham which means “Father of Many.” He would be the patriarch of
numerous natural children through both Ishmael (the Arabic tribes), as
well as through Isaac (the tribes of Israel).
“I
will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and
you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be
your God and the God of your descendants after you. The whole land of
Canaan, where you are now an alien, I will give as an everlasting
possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their
God.” Genesis 17:7-8
The Hebrew word – ~'lw{[
(owlam) which is translated as, “everlasting” means that the covenant
between the LORD and Abraham’s descendants is forever and always. This
covenant’s existence is continuous and perpetual, having an unending
future because it is eternal. The land of the promise – the whole land
of Canaan – is to be an everlasting possession as well.
Then
God said to Abraham, “As for you, you must keep my covenant, you and
your descendants after you for the generations to come. This is my
covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are
to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised. You are to undergo
circumcision, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and
you. For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days
old must be circumcised, including those born in your household or
bought with money from a foreigner—those who are not your offspring.
Whether born in your household or bought with your money, they must be
circumcised. My covenant in your flesh is to be an everlasting covenant.
Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will
be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.” Genesis 17:9-14
The
“brit milah” or “bris miloh” (covenant of circumcision) is performed on
the eighth day. It is a blood covenant and the Hebrew word “brit”
literally means “to cut.” A variety of modern-day studies suggest that
circumcision is linked with decreased risk of sexually transmitted
diseases.
But
why did the LORD command that circumcision be performed on the eighth
day? Vitamin K is responsible for the production (by the liver) of the
element known as prothrombin. If vitamin K is deficient, there will be a
prothrombin deficiency and hemorrhaging may occur. Oddly, it is only on
the fifth through the seventh days of the newborn male’s life that
vitamin K (produced by bacteria in the intestinal tract) is present in
adequate quantities. Vitamin K, coupled with prothrombin, causes blood
coagulation. On the eighth day, the amount of prothrombin present
actually is elevated above one-hundred percent of normal—and is the only
day in the male’s life in which this will be the case under normal
conditions. If surgery is to be performed, day eight is the perfect day
to do it. Vitamin K and prothrombin levels are at their peak.
And
he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness that
he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the
father of all who believe but have not been circumcised, in order that
righteousness might be credited to them. And he is also the father of
the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also walk in the
footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was
circumcised. Romans 4:11-12
Abraham
is not only the father of many natural children, but also the father of
many spiritual children who by faith have undergone the circumcision of
their hearts.
God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. I
will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her
so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come
from her.” Genesis 17:15-16
Sarai
is the fourth woman mentioned by name in the Bible, and the first woman
named who is in the line of Seth. The name Sarah comes from the Hebrew
verb sarar meaning – to rule, reign, to be princely or govern. The feminine derivation, sara is
identical to the name Sarah, and is used for royal ladies of the court.
“Sarai” means "my princess", but “Sarah” means simply "Princess",
indicating that she will be exalted, not only by her husband but by all
nations.
Abraham
fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a
man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”
And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your
blessing!” Genesis 17:17-18
Abraham’s
laughter was a reaction of his delight. Abraham believed that he and
his wife Sarah would be blessed with a son in spite of their advanced
ages. The covenant was to be established and passed on to the next
generation through this miraculous conception. Abraham may have come to
the realization that Ishmael was not the son of the promise. Concerned
that Ishmael might be forsaken, Abraham petitions God seeking a blessing
for Ishmael.
By
faith Abraham, even though he was past age—and Sarah herself was
barren—was enabled to become a father because he considered him faithful
who had made the promise. And so from this one man, and he as good as
dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as
countless as the sand on the seashore. Hebrews 11:10-12
Abraham
believed that God was able and faithful to fulfill His promise. Abraham
did not focus on his impossible circumstances but upon a God through
whom all things are possible. Therefore Abraham was to be blessed with
descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky (the spiritual seed of
Abraham) and as countless as the sand on the seashore (the natural
descendants of Abraham).
Then
God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will
call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting
covenant for his descendants after him.” Genesis 17:19
God
told Abraham to give the son that Sarah will bear the name, “Isaac.”
The name Isaac which originates from the Hebrew word, “Yitschaq” means,
“He laughs.” The son that Abraham and Sarah will conceive was to be
named Isaac. This name was chosen because Abraham laughed with joy that a
son would be born to him when was hundred years old and his wife was
ninety. To dispel any doubt in Abraham’s mind that the son of the
promise will be Isaac and not Ishmael, God reiterates His statement to
Abraham that Sarah will bear him a son. God confirms that it will be
through Isaac and his descendants that the covenant will be established
and not through Ishmael.
And
as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make
him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the
father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation. Genesis 17:20
God
response to the plea of Abraham on behalf of Ishmael is, “I have heard
you.” The name Ishmael means, “God hears.” The opening phrase of Genesis
17:20 can be literally translated, “And as for God hears, I have heard
you.”
Ishmael
is given a physical blessing. He is promised to become the father of 12
tribes and the patriarch of a great nation. But Ishmael does not
partake of the Abrahamic covenant which includes the “Promised Land,”
nor is he in the line of the promised Messiah.
“But
my covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you by
this time next year.” When he had finished speaking with Abraham, God
went up from him. Genesis 17:21-22
In
repeating His statement, the LORD emphasizes the fact that the covenant
will be established with Isaac. The LORD clearly states that as for
Ishmael, he will be fruitful – BUT my covenant I will establish with
Isaac.
So
why then is there any doubt that the Jews and not the Arabs have the
right to the land of Israel? Why does the Quartet – The European Union,
The United Nations, Russia and the United States insist that the Jews
must give up so-called occupied territories for the promise of peace
with their enemies who have vowed their annihilation?
The Koran (Qur’an) states:
“The
Prophet Ishmael (Isma’il) “was a Messenger and a Prophet;” he was the
son of Abraham and Hagar, Abraham’s second wife. When Abraham was young
he received a “dream” from God in which he was “slaughtering” Ishmael.
Although this was extremely difficult for Abraham to do, he proceeded
anyway into the desert to sacrifice Ishmael. When Abraham told his son
what God planned, Ishmael offered himself willingly saying, “Father, do
what thou art commanded; thou wilt find me, if Allah please, steadfast.”
But God made Abraham’s knife dull like wax and Abraham was unable to
shed Ishmael’s blood. God saw both Abraham’s tears and his devotion and,
therefore, God caused a ram to appear for Abraham to sacrifice instead
of Ishmael.”
This
claim in the Koran that it was Ishmael that was to be sacrificed is
totally contradictory to the account in Genesis 22 where Isaac
pre-figures Messiah and was bound on an altar. According to the account
in Hebrews 11:19: “Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and
figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death.” Note that
the New Testament is in agreement with the account in Genesis that it
was Isaac and not Ishmael offered up by Abraham.
The
Koran was written in the late 7th century, while most of the Torah was
written 3,000 years ago. The Books of Moses pre-date the Koran by 17
centuries. Muslims claim that the Bible has been corrupted. But the
discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, which were written 900 years before
the Koran, confirms that the Hebrew Scriptures have remained virtually
intact.
The Koran also claims that:
“When
Ishmael grew older God called on Abraham and his son to go to Mecca and
rebuild the mosque (Ka’ba) there. The original shrine, built by Adam,
was displaced during the flood. Upon its completion, Ishmael “settled in
[the] barren valley near Thy Sacred House” of Mecca with his mother;
there he married. Ishmael’s progeny became known as the Quraysh, the
direct ancestors of Muhammad. Ishmael was the first Prophet to write and
preach of the one true God – to “perform Prayer with due observance”–
in Arabic; he is the “father of all the Arabs.”
Muhammad
is the father of all Arabs. The Muslims deny the divine right of the
covenant people of God – the children of Israel – to live in the
Promised Land, because they replaced the true son of the promise – Isaac
– with Ishmael.
Today’s
world leaders, spiritually blind and desiring Arab oil, are more than
willing to appease the Muslim world by demonizing Jews as occupiers and
oppressors rather than the rightful heirs to the land of Israel. The
Quartet is pressuring Israel to, “Give up land for peace.” After Israel
gave the Gaza Strip over to the Palestinians, instead of peace, Israel
received periodic rocket attacks. Land for peace also means that the
Golan Heights will go back to Syria. The hostility, the ongoing
bombardments, the shooting and the terror the entire Jordan Valley lived
under for 19 years will start all over again. In return for piece of
paper that has no meaning to the Arabs (they have not honored on one
clause of the Oslo Accords and the Road Map to Peace), the nation of
Israel is to go back to the pre-1967 borders. The true purpose of a
“land for peace” agreement is to render the land of Israel as virtually
indefensible.
On
that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his
household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and
circumcised them, as God told him. Abraham
was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised, and his son Ishmael
was thirteen; Abraham and his son Ishmael were both circumcised on that
same day. And every male in Abraham’s household, including those born in
his household or bought from a foreigner, was circumcised with him. Genesis 17:23-27
Jews are circumcised on the eighth day according to the Abrahamic Covenant. Isaac was circumcised on the 8th day. This commandment is reiterated in Leviticus 12:1-3:
The
Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘A woman who becomes
pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven
days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period. On the eighth
day the boy is to be circumcised.
Of
all of the Torah's 613 commandments, the “brit milah” (the Covenant of
Circumcision) is probably the one most universally observed. Even the
most secular of Jews, who observe no other part of Torah, are almost
always circumcised. The commandment is binding upon both the father of
the child and the child himself. Jews are circumcised on the 8th day as a sign of the covenant between the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their descendants.
On the other hand, Ishmael was circumcised when he was thirteen.
According
to the Qur’an, there is not an obligation on parents to circumcise
their children. Unlike the Jewish tradition, in Islam circumcision is
not a symbol of Allah’s covenant with humans. But the prophet Mohammed
is reported to have stated that “Circumcision is a sunnah (customary or
traditional) for the men.”
Islamic
sources do not fix a particular time for circumcision. It depends on
family, region and country. A majority of Ulema (Muslim legal scholars)
however take the view that parents should get their child circumcised
before the age of ten. The preferred age is usually seven although some
Muslims are circumcised as early as on the seventh day after birth and
as late as at the commencement of puberty.
By
their own admission and according to the Qur’an, circumcision is not a
symbol of a covenant for Muslims. They are not in covenant relationship
with the Almighty – the Creator of heaven and earth. The descendants of
Ishmael covet was rightfully belongs to the descendants of Isaac and are
willing to rob, kill and destroy to get it. But one day, the prophetic
name Isaac – He laughs – will find its ultimate fulfillment as recorded
in Psalm 2 and verses 1-6:
Why
do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the
earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord
and against his Anointed One. “Let us break their chains,” they say,
“and throw off their fetters." The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the
Lord scoffs at them. Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies
them in his wrath, saying, “I have installed my King on Zion, my holy
hill.”
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