Monday, May 2, 2011
Re: [New post] Israel/Egypt Treaty Jeopardy
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Posted : May 1, 2011 at 11:20 pm
Author : elishasees
Tags : Generation LAST, Israel, Jerusalem, Middle East, Radical Islam
Categories : Israel Commentary
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Israel E-Card Volume 5 Issue 9
Topic #1 Egyptians Oppose Israel Peace
The Pew Poll of Egyptians released last week (http://pewglobal.org/2011/04/25/egyptians-embrace-revolt-leaders-religious-parties-and-military-as-well/) revealed some hard facts for the naïve Western leftist media. Most were rejoicing for the "Arab Spring" destined to bring freedom and democracy to the Middle East. They were dead wrong. 54% of Egyptians from all levels of society and whether secular or religious, desire to annul the treaty (http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/04/25/general-ml-egypt-poll_8433776.html) with Israel. (http://www.businessinsider.com/eventually-everyone-will-turn-on-israel-2011-4) Only 36% choose to maintain it. The poll deserves a deeper look than can fit in this space, but a few highlights jump out.
Another result has 75% favorable toward the Muslim Brotherhood. http://elishavision.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/2011-egypt-20.png&h=300 September's election will bring their ideology into the core of Egyptian policy. They don't have to win, they have already won. Any candidate from any party will have to appeal to that overwhelming sentiment of the voters. President Bush forced an election in Gaza, convinced that the people would vote for moderates. Hamas was elected by 70% of the vote.
http://elishavision.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/2011-egypt-koran.png&h=300
A third question asked how strictly Egypt's laws should follow the Koran. 27% were for the principles of Islam, 62% were for strict adherence to Sharia Law. That is 89% lining up for a theocracy! Wake up and smell the Turkish coffee.
Topic #2 Obama in Middle East Polls?
http://elishavision.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/2011-egypt-obama.png&h=300 Israeli polls the last two years show President Obama in single digits of 6 in 2009 (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/19/poll-israeli-jews-obama-pro-palestinian/) and 9 in 2010. (http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=171849) Most Israeli's consider him pro-Palestinian. George W. Bush had 88% favorable! Just as surprising are Obama's numbers in the Egypt Pew poll. 52% disagree with his handling of the recent protests. What does this mean? Cairo, Egypt was the setting for one of his milestone speeches trying to woo the Muslim world. This may have had the effect of encouraging calls for an open democracy, but the result is anything but. President Obama repeated his mantra that we are not at war with Islam and never will be. Yet, we are in three shooting wars, and the ones we are shooting at, are Muslims. 99% of all the terrorists and pirates are Muslims. If this isn't war, what does
war look like?
This will happen because these evil prophets deceive my people by saying, 'All is peaceful' when there is no peace at all! It's as if the people have built a flimsy wall, and these prophets are trying to reinforce it by covering it with whitewash! Ezekiel 13:10
Les Lawrence, Voice of Christian Zionists (READ MORE) (http://elishavision.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/syrian-prefers-israel/)
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Sunday, May 1, 2011
Take heart,have hope!
THEREFORE THEN, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of
witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and
that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and
entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and
steady and active persistence the appointed course of the
race that is set before us, For the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems
grievous and painful; but afterwards it yields a peaceable
fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it [a harvest of fruit
which consists in righteousness--in conformity to God's will in purpose, thought,
and action, resulting in right living and right standing with God]. So then, brace up and reinvigorate and set right your slackened and
weakened and drooping hands and strengthen your feeble and palsied and tottering knees, And cut through and make firm and plain and smooth, straight paths
for your feet [yes, make them safe and upright and happy paths that go in the right
direction], so that the lame and halting [limbs] may not be
put out of joint, but rather may be cured. http://bible.us/Heb12.1.AMP
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witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and
that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and
entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and
steady and active persistence the appointed course of the
race that is set before us, For the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems
grievous and painful; but afterwards it yields a peaceable
fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it [a harvest of fruit
which consists in righteousness--in conformity to God's will in purpose, thought,
and action, resulting in right living and right standing with God]. So then, brace up and reinvigorate and set right your slackened and
weakened and drooping hands and strengthen your feeble and palsied and tottering knees, And cut through and make firm and plain and smooth, straight paths
for your feet [yes, make them safe and upright and happy paths that go in the right
direction], so that the lame and halting [limbs] may not be
put out of joint, but rather may be cured. http://bible.us/Heb12.1.AMP
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Take heart!
NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed)
of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real
fact what is not revealed to the senses]. By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive
ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose)
by the word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are
visible. [Prompted, actuated] by faith Abel brought God a better and
more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, because of which it was testified of him that
he was righteous [that he was upright and in right standing with God], and God bore
witness by accepting and acknowledging his gifts. And though
he died, yet [through the incident] he is still speaking. Because of faith Enoch was caught up and transferred to heaven, so that he did not have a glimpse of death; and
he was not found, because God had translated him. For even before he was taken to
heaven, he received testimony [still on record] that he had pleased and been satisfactory to God. But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must
[necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who
earnestly and diligently seek Him [out]. [Prompted] by faith Noah, being forewarned by God concerning
events of which as yet there was no visible sign, took heed and diligently and reverently constructed and prepared an ark for the deliverance of his own family. By
this [his faith which relied on God] he passed judgment and
sentence on the world's unbelief and became an heir and
possessor of righteousness (that relation of being right into which God puts the
person who has faith). [Urged on] by faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and
went forth to a place which he was destined to receive as an inheritance; and he
went, although he did not know or trouble his mind about
where he was to go. So from one man, though he was physically as good as dead,
there have sprung descendants whose number is as the stars of heaven and as
countless as the innumerable sands on the seashore. These people all died controlled and
sustained by their faith, but not having received the tangible fulfillment of
[God's] promises, only having seen it and greeted it from a
great distance by faith, and all the while acknowledging and
confessing that they were strangers and temporary residents
and exiles upon the earth. [Aroused] by faith Moses, when he had grown to maturity and become great, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's
daughter, Because he preferred to share the oppression [suffer the
hardships] and bear the shame of the people of God rather
than to have the fleeting enjoyment of a sinful life. He considered the contempt and abuse
and shame [borne for] the Christ (the Messiah Who was to
come) to be greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt, for he looked forward
and away to the reward (recompense). [Motivated] by faith he left Egypt behind him, being unawed
and undismayed by the wrath of the king; for he never
flinched but held staunchly to his purpose and endured steadfastly as one who gazed on Him Who is invisible. By faith (simple trust and confidence in God) he instituted
and carried out the Passover and the sprinkling of the
blood [on the doorposts], so that the destroyer of the firstborn (the angel) might
not touch those [of the children of Israel]. And what shall I say further? For time would fail me to tell
of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, Who by [the help of] faith subdued kingdoms, administered
justice, obtained promised blessings, closed the mouths of lions, Extinguished the power of raging fire, escaped the devourings
of the sword, out of frailty and weakness won strength and became stalwart, even mighty and
resistless in battle, routing alien hosts. [Some] women received again their dead by a resurrection.
Others were tortured to death with clubs, refusing to accept release [offered on the
terms of denying their faith], so that they might be resurrected to a better life.
[I Kings 17:17-24; II Kings 4:25-37.] They were stoned to death; they were lured with tempting
offers [to renounce their faith]; they were sawn asunder; they were slaughtered by
the sword; [while they were alive] they had to go about wrapped in the skins of
sheep and goats, utterly destitute, oppressed, cruelly treated-- [Men] of whom the world was not worthy--roaming over the
desolate places and the mountains, and [living] in caves and
caverns and holes of the earth. And all of these, though they won divine approval by [means
of] their faith, did not receive the fulfillment of what was promised, Because God had us in mind and had
something better and greater in view for us, so that they
[these heroes and heroines of faith] should not come to perfection apart from us
[before we could join them]. http://bible.us/Heb11.1.AMP
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of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real
fact what is not revealed to the senses]. By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive
ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose)
by the word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are
visible. [Prompted, actuated] by faith Abel brought God a better and
more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, because of which it was testified of him that
he was righteous [that he was upright and in right standing with God], and God bore
witness by accepting and acknowledging his gifts. And though
he died, yet [through the incident] he is still speaking. Because of faith Enoch was caught up and transferred to heaven, so that he did not have a glimpse of death; and
he was not found, because God had translated him. For even before he was taken to
heaven, he received testimony [still on record] that he had pleased and been satisfactory to God. But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must
[necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who
earnestly and diligently seek Him [out]. [Prompted] by faith Noah, being forewarned by God concerning
events of which as yet there was no visible sign, took heed and diligently and reverently constructed and prepared an ark for the deliverance of his own family. By
this [his faith which relied on God] he passed judgment and
sentence on the world's unbelief and became an heir and
possessor of righteousness (that relation of being right into which God puts the
person who has faith). [Urged on] by faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and
went forth to a place which he was destined to receive as an inheritance; and he
went, although he did not know or trouble his mind about
where he was to go. So from one man, though he was physically as good as dead,
there have sprung descendants whose number is as the stars of heaven and as
countless as the innumerable sands on the seashore. These people all died controlled and
sustained by their faith, but not having received the tangible fulfillment of
[God's] promises, only having seen it and greeted it from a
great distance by faith, and all the while acknowledging and
confessing that they were strangers and temporary residents
and exiles upon the earth. [Aroused] by faith Moses, when he had grown to maturity and become great, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's
daughter, Because he preferred to share the oppression [suffer the
hardships] and bear the shame of the people of God rather
than to have the fleeting enjoyment of a sinful life. He considered the contempt and abuse
and shame [borne for] the Christ (the Messiah Who was to
come) to be greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt, for he looked forward
and away to the reward (recompense). [Motivated] by faith he left Egypt behind him, being unawed
and undismayed by the wrath of the king; for he never
flinched but held staunchly to his purpose and endured steadfastly as one who gazed on Him Who is invisible. By faith (simple trust and confidence in God) he instituted
and carried out the Passover and the sprinkling of the
blood [on the doorposts], so that the destroyer of the firstborn (the angel) might
not touch those [of the children of Israel]. And what shall I say further? For time would fail me to tell
of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, Who by [the help of] faith subdued kingdoms, administered
justice, obtained promised blessings, closed the mouths of lions, Extinguished the power of raging fire, escaped the devourings
of the sword, out of frailty and weakness won strength and became stalwart, even mighty and
resistless in battle, routing alien hosts. [Some] women received again their dead by a resurrection.
Others were tortured to death with clubs, refusing to accept release [offered on the
terms of denying their faith], so that they might be resurrected to a better life.
[I Kings 17:17-24; II Kings 4:25-37.] They were stoned to death; they were lured with tempting
offers [to renounce their faith]; they were sawn asunder; they were slaughtered by
the sword; [while they were alive] they had to go about wrapped in the skins of
sheep and goats, utterly destitute, oppressed, cruelly treated-- [Men] of whom the world was not worthy--roaming over the
desolate places and the mountains, and [living] in caves and
caverns and holes of the earth. And all of these, though they won divine approval by [means
of] their faith, did not receive the fulfillment of what was promised, Because God had us in mind and had
something better and greater in view for us, so that they
[these heroes and heroines of faith] should not come to perfection apart from us
[before we could join them]. http://bible.us/Heb11.1.AMP
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:) its good news.....
But to as many as did receive and
welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children
of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His
name-- Who owe their birth neither to bloods nor to the will of the
flesh [that of physical impulse] nor to the will of man [that of a natural father],
but to God. [They are born of God!] http://bible.us/John1.12.AMP
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welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children
of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His
name-- Who owe their birth neither to bloods nor to the will of the
flesh [that of physical impulse] nor to the will of man [that of a natural father],
but to God. [They are born of God!] http://bible.us/John1.12.AMP
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Medicinal/ healing knowledge- apocrypha
So Tobias and the angel started out toward Media, taking Tobias' dog along with them. They walked on until sunset, then camped by the Tigris River. and the angel called to him, "Grab that fish! Don't let it get away."
Then Tobias grabbed the fish and dragged it up on the bank.
"Cut the fish open," the angel instructed, "and take out its gall bladder, heart, and liver. Keep these with you; they can be used for medicine, but throw away the guts."
Then Tobias asked, "Azarias, my friend, what diseases can be cured by this gall bladder, heart, and liver?"
The angel answered, "The heart and liver can be burned and used to chase away a demon or an evil spirit that is tormenting someone. The attacks will stop immediately, and the person will never be troubled again. You can use the gall bladder to treat someone whose eyes are covered with a white film. Just rub it on his eyes and blow on the film, and he will be able to see again." http://bible.us/Tob6.1.GNTD
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Then Tobias grabbed the fish and dragged it up on the bank.
"Cut the fish open," the angel instructed, "and take out its gall bladder, heart, and liver. Keep these with you; they can be used for medicine, but throw away the guts."
Then Tobias asked, "Azarias, my friend, what diseases can be cured by this gall bladder, heart, and liver?"
The angel answered, "The heart and liver can be burned and used to chase away a demon or an evil spirit that is tormenting someone. The attacks will stop immediately, and the person will never be troubled again. You can use the gall bladder to treat someone whose eyes are covered with a white film. Just rub it on his eyes and blow on the film, and he will be able to see again." http://bible.us/Tob6.1.GNTD
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Start the 28th Amendment
Excellent idea!
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Start the 28th Amendment!!
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>>The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3
>>months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That
>>was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.
>>
>> Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to
>>become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.
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>> I'm asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people
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>> Congressional Reform Act of 2011
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>> 1. Term Limits. 12 years only, one of the possible options below..
>>
>> A. Two Six-year Senate terms
>> B. Six Two-year House terms
>> C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms
>>
>>
>> 2. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and
>>receives no pay when they are out of office.
>>
>>
>> 3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.
>>
>> All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security
>>system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and
>>Congress participates with the American people.
>>
>>
>> 4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
>>
>>
>> 5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will
>>rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
>>
>>
>> 6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same
>>health care system as the American people.
>>
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>> 7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American
people.
>>
>>
>> 8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void
effective 10-1-11
>>
>>
>> The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen
>>made all these contracts for themselves.
>>
>>
>> Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned
>>citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back
>>to work.
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>> If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take
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Date: Sat, Apr 30, 2011 2:47 pm
Subject: Start the 28th Amendment
To: "Lewis Grace" <loumaspetey@yahoo.com>
________________________________
Start the 28th Amendment!!
>>
>>
>>
>>The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3
>>months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That
>>was in 1971...before computers, before e-mail, before cell phones, etc.
>>
>> Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took 1 year or less to
>>become the law of the land...all because of public pressure.
>>
>> I'm asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people
>>on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise.
>>
>> In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the
>>message. This is one idea that really should be passed around.
>>
>> Congressional Reform Act of 2011
>>
>> 1. Term Limits. 12 years only, one of the possible options below..
>>
>> A. Two Six-year Senate terms
>> B. Six Two-year House terms
>> C. One Six-year Senate term and three Two-Year House terms
>>
>>
>> 2. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and
>>receives no pay when they are out of office.
>>
>>
>> 3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security.
>>
>> All funds in the Congressional retirement fund move to the Social Security
>>system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, and
>>Congress participates with the American people.
>>
>>
>> 4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do.
>>
>>
>> 5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will
>>rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
>>
>>
>> 6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same
>>health care system as the American people.
>>
>>
>> 7. Congress must equally abide by all laws they impose on the American
people.
>>
>>
>> 8. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void
effective 10-1-11
>>
>>
>> The American people did not make this contract with Congressmen. Congressmen
>>made all these contracts for themselves.
>>
>>
>> Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned
>>citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back
>>to work.
>>
>> If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take
>>three days for most people (in the U.S. ) to receive the message. Maybe it is
>>time.
>>
>> THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!! If you agree with the above, pass it on. If
>>not, just delete
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ABCNews.com: Royal Wedding
Freakshow hats!
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie go all out.
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Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie go all out.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Re: [Slice 2449] From the Fringes (April 27, 2011)
WOW,this one is extra awesome.
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From: "A Slice of Infinity" <postmaster@ls.egen.net>
Date: Wed, Apr 27, 2011 3:03 am
Subject: [Slice 2449] From the Fringes (April 27, 2011)
To: "jen grace" <grace.family@live.com>
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From the Fringes Author A.J. Jacobs admits that he was agnostic before he even knew what the word meant. For all the good God seemed to invoke, the potential for abuse was far too high in his mind for God to be taken seriously. In a book exploring religion and religiousness, Jacobs describes an uncle who seemed to confirm this for him. Dabbling religiously in nearly every religion, his uncle went through a phase where he decided to take the Bible completely literally. Thus, heeding the Bible's command in Deuteronomy 14:25 to secure money in one's hand, he tied bills to his palms. Heeding the biblical command to wear fringes at the corners of one's garment, he bought yarn from a kitting shop, made a bunch of tassels, and attached them to every corner he could find on his clothes.(1) While his uncle sought faithfulness to the letter, Jacobs was left with the impression that his uncle was "subtly dangerous." There are certainly sections of the Bible that when stripped of context and read in a lifeless vacuum can lead a mind to extremes. Like Jacobs, it is easy to conclude that religion and religiousness are completely ridiculous; or like his uncle, it is possible to assume complete literalism and run in ridiculous directions. The practice of making and wearing tassels on the corners of one's garment, commanded in Numbers 15:37, is one such peculiar biblical decree easily dismissed in the name of reason or disemboweled in the name of faithfulness. Yet neither response truly yields an honest view of the command. In fact, what seems an entirely curious fashion tip for the people of Israel was a common sight in many ancient Near Eastern cultures. Fringed garments were considered ornamental and illustrative of the owner; they were also were thought to hold certain spiritual significances.(2) In Assyria and Babylonia, for instance, fringes were believed to assure the wearer of the protection of the gods. Thus, God's command of the Israelites to "make fringes on the corners of their garments throughout their generations" took something familiar to the nations and gave it new significance for the nation God called his own. "39You will have the fringe so that, when you see it, you will remember all the commandments of the LORD and do them, and not follow the lust of your own heart and your own eyes" (Numbers 15:39). Like many of the commands and rituals described in Jewish and Christian Scriptures, the instruction of tassels is about remembrance. The perpetual presence of fringe and tassel was a tangible reminder that all of life, not only moments of piety or prayer, was an opportunity to be in the presence of God. To miss the rich substance of this divine petition is to miss it—and its petitioner—entirely. But more than this, we do well to carry such social, historical, and linguistic depth throughout other segments of Scripture we might otherwise dismiss. What might have seemed an insignificant quirk of an ancient context finds meaning in texts long thereafter. In ancient times, for instance, tassels were a part of the hem of a garment, which itself was a significant social statement. The hem was the most ornate part of one's attire, and thus declared the wearer's importance before the world. It was considered a symbolic extension of one's person, a means of grasping one's stature—sometimes literally. Grasping the hem of one from whom you wanted something, you were thought to be grasping the very identity of the owner—and hence it was shameful to refuse the request. The hems of kings' and nobles' robes, moreover, were symbolic of their rank and authority, and therefore were often longer, richer in color, or made with more costly fabric. Thus, when David cut the hem of Saul's robe in the cave, the declaration was as potent as crushing the crown of Queen Elizabeth or impeaching the president. Saul conceded, "Now I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand." But along with authority, importance, and personhood, holiness was also expressed in antiquity by the fringes and hems of one's garment. The length of a priest's or rabbi's fringes was symbolic of piety, respect, and authority. And this message is perhaps no clearer than in the vision of Isaiah when the very hem of the robe of the LORD filled everything before the prophet's eyes. "In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robefilled the temple." Isaiah envisions the God described in Scripture as one whose person is larger than anything we can imagine, one who comes near to us within a specific context, and fills the world with even the fringes of Himself. I know only of one other hem that amazed crowds and changed individuals in the same way. Unlike the priests who made "their fringes long" to shout of their piety, this man had no form or majesty that we should look at him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him (Matthew 23:5, Isaiah 53:2). And yet, people came from the very fringes of society hoping to touch even the hem of his robe. They begged him that they might touch even the tassels of his cloak. And indeed, all who touched him were made whole.(3) Jill Carattini is managing editor of A Slice of Infinity at Ravi Zacharias International Ministries in Atlanta, Georgia. (1) A. J. Jacobs, A Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007), 6. (2) "Fringes," in J. Hastings, Dictionary of the Bible (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902), 68-70. (3) Cf. Matthew 14:36, Matthew 9:20, Luke 8:44, Mark 6:56. | |
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011The Universe Was Created 6,988 Years Ago Today, According To Kepler (VIDEO)
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Getting ready for our summer camping trip! Sent from my HTC Aria™ smartphone on AT&T Can't wait.....Sent from my HTC Aria™ smartphone on AT&T Italian Stallions....good times;)
Miss the days of little guys playing videogames& staying up all night, eating pigs in a blanket,harassing each other,having noisy fun,breaking things in my house....so grateful for all of those Italian stallion sleep-overs...;)
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You are invited,,,even though you may not celebrate Easter,or you don't usually go to church,or you have a usual Sunday routine--- in spite of that-- you are invited to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord tomorrow,11am@ Rose United Methodist Church....
Alissa &I will b dancing to " I will rise". May God bless you all;) in this holy season& in all others... JlrGrace Sent from my HTC Aria™! smartphone on AT&T Friday, April 22, 2011[Slice 2446] There Was a Body (April 22, 2011)Sent from my HTC Aria™ smartphone on AT&T ----- Reply message ----- From: "A Slice of Infinity" <postmaster@ls.egen.net> Date: Fri, Apr 22, 2011 3:18 am Subject: [Slice 2446] There Was a Body (April 22, 2011) To: "jen grace" <grace.family@live.com> 
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