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10/28/2022 12:48 pm  #2721


Re: Scripture of the Day

COMBINATION OF THE (1) SCRIPTURES OF THE DAY AND INFORMATION ON ABORTIONS TRAGIC TOLL, (2)ABORTION IS THE MURDER OF A HUMAN BEING IN VIOLATION OF EXODUS 20:13, “You must not murder.”

(1) SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY, [526BA]

For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. 21  Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: 22  For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.   Ecclesiastes 7:20 – 22, [authorized King James Bible; AV]

In truth we are all under inherited sin and today there is no perfect man as clearly shown by Psalms 51:5 - 11, [AV] “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. 6  Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.  7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 8  Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. 9  Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 10  Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. 11  Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 12  Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. 13  Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.”  Here the writer of this Psalm is asking for Almighty God’S (YHWH’s)forgiveness and to be counted righteous in His sight.

GO TO, ABORTIONS TRAGIC TOLL AT:  https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/g19930522/abortion-tragic-toll/

(2)  ABORTION IS THE MURDER OF A HUMAN BEING IN VIOLATION OF EXODUS 20:13, “You must not murder.”


HOWEVER MANY INDIVIDUALS STRONGLY BELIEVE IN THIS WRONG AND WILL DO ALMOST ANYTHING TO KEEP IT LEGAL IN THE USA. LET’S LOOK AT ONE OF THESE SINFUL INDIVIDUALS AND THEN LOOK AT HOW WRONG ABORTION IS IN GENERAL.
INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL DO ANYTHING ALMOST TO KEEP IT LEGAL EVEN IF IT MEANS TRYING TO DESTROY ANOTHER'S GOOD REPUTATION ON NATIONAL TV DUE TO EXTREME HATE OF ANY WHO DISAGREE WITH HER.


HERE ARE TOO ARTICLES DETAILING THIS AND A BIBLICAL DISCUSSION OF THE EXTREME LYING ABOUT ANOTHER TO GAIN ADVANTAGE OVER HIM/HER.


Christine Blasey Ford's Lawyer: Okay Fine, Protecting Abortion Was Part of Why She Accused Kavanaugh Of Rape .


“New video has surfaced of leftist activist Debra Katz, the attorney for Christine Blasey-Ford, admitting her client (falsely) accused Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in order to protect abortion and Roe v. Wade.

"In the aftermath of these hearings I believe that Christine's testimony brought about more good than the harm the misogynist Republicans caused by allowing Kavanuagh on the court," Katz said during an event in Baltimore. "He will always have an asterisk next to his name. When he takes a scalpel to Roe v. Wade we will know who he is, we know his character and we know what motivates him. It's important that we know and that's part of what motivated Christine."

"After an extensive investigation that included the thorough review of all potentially credible evidence submitted and interviews of more than 40 individuals with information relating to the allegations, including classmates and friends of all those involved, Committee investigators found no witness who could provide any verifiable evidence to support any of the allegations brought against Justice Kavanaugh," the report states. "In other words, following the separate and extensive investigations by both the Committee and the FBI, there was no evidence to substantiate any of the claims of sexual assault made against Justice Kavanaugh."
[SOURCE = RETRIVED FROM townhall.com/…/christine-blasey-fords-lawyer-okay-fine-abor… ON 02/11 / 2019]

and.

Christine Blasey Ford’s Lawyer Admits Attacks on Kavanaugh Motivated by Abortion Rights

Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyer Debra Katz on Wednesday admitted that ‘abortion rights’ is partially what motivated her client Christine to attack Brett Kavanaugh last year.

Debra Katz said that putting “an asterisk” next to Kavanaugh’s name in a case Kavanaugh attacked Roe v. Wade “is part of what motivated Christine.”

[SOURCE = RETRIVED FROM https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/…/christine-blasey-fords-…/ ON 02/11/ 2019]

NOW WHAT THE BIBLE HAS TO SAY ON THE MATTER:

Regarding false accusations, the psalmist says, “For they do not speak words of peace, But they deceptively scheme against the peaceful ones of the land.” (Psalms 35:20, [New World Translation Revised; NWTR] ). This is an accurate description of the motives of individuals such as ms. Ford, and results of false accusations. People lie about the innocent in order to stir up trouble or to destroy them for evil purposes. This happens on every level of society, from the halls of your local high school to the halls of the Pentagon. People accuse others falsely as a revenge tactic or power play or when they think they have something to gain. There is no need to state that this behavior is un-biblical in the extreme.
The command against making false accusations is one of the Ten commandments ““You must not testify falsely when you are a witness against your fellow man” (Exodus 20:16, [NWTR]) , According to Mosaic Law, someone who accused another person falsely was to receive an ironic punishment: “) The judges will thoroughly investigate, and if the man who testified is a false witness and has brought a false charge against his brother, 19 you should do to him just as he had schemed to do to his brother, and you must remove what is bad from your midst.” (Deuteronomy 19:18-19, [NWTR] ). The Law also specified that the punishment of a false witness was to be carried out without pity, “ ) You should not feel sorry: Life will be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.(Deuteronomy 19:21, [NWTR]); it is a serious thing in God’s eyes to make a false accusation.
The folly of making a false accusation is illustrated in the book of Esther. A man named Haman, a nobleman in the court of King Ahasuerus, devised a plot to frame a Jew named Mordecai and have him hanged on a gallows fifty cubits high. Haman sought to ensure Mordecai’s death by means of false accusations. Haman devised this plot because he hated Jews, and he especially hated Mordecai because Haman was jealous of a favor Mordecai had received from the king. But Haman’s plot was found out, and the punishment for Haman’s treachery was poetic justice—he was hung on the very gallows he had constructed for Mordecai as Ms. Ford plotted to ruin Kavanaugh’s reputation to stop him from becoming a judge on the Supreme Court of the US. This evil plan failed.

Those who make false accusations are under God’s judgment per, “You will destroy those who speak lies. Jehovah detests violent and deceptive people.”, (Psalms 5:6, [NWTR] ). As followers of Christ, we can expect that people will sometimes make false accusations against us, but hear Jesus’ encouragement: ““Happy are you when people reproach you and persecute you and lyingly say every sort of wicked thing against you for my sake. 12 Rejoice and be overjoyed, since your reward is great in the heavens, for in that way they persecuted the prophets prior to you.” (Matthew 5:11-12, [NWTR] ) No matter what others say about us falsely, we rely on God’s Word: “) The presumptuous smear me with lies, But I observe your orders with all my heart. 70 Their heart is insensitive, But I am fond of your law.” (Psalms 119:69-70, [NWTR] ).

Jesus Himself faced false accusations from the Pharisees and their followers. Isaiah prophesied this when he said of the Messiah, “He was oppressed and he let himself be afflicted, But he would not open his mouth. He was brought like a sheep to the slaughter, Like a ewe that is silent before its shearers, And he would not open his mouth.” (Isaiah 53:7, [NWTR] ). Even Pilate, the Roman governor who oversaw Jesus’ sentence, knew that Jesus had done nothing wrong, but he pandered to the Jews and allowed the false accusations to stand

NOW LET’S LOO AT THE EVIL OF ABORTION – THE MURDER OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
THE PRACTICE OF EXECUTING THE INNOCENT BECAUSE OTHERS MAKE THE WRONG FIRST CHOICE IS WICKED AND AGAINST EXODUS 20:13, “THOU SHALT NOT KILL.”

INTRODUCTION: The Bible clearly states, “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” 1 John 4:8, [authorized King James Bible; AV]
Almighty God (YHWH) has shown His love for mankind by providing many items for our enjoyment and for food out of love and He will judge the inhabited earth in righteousness. He will appoint His Son, Jesus (Yeshua)to accomplish this task as revealed at Acts 17:31, [AV] “Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.” This judgment will be a blessing for all rightfully disposed individuals as they will enjoy life in a peaceful earth without war and crime and corruption and murder as Jesus (Yeshua) will be in charge and not some individual basically only interested in himself.
Those who willfully take the life of other human beings because they made a bad first choice due to their pursuit of hedonist sexual pleasures without taking adequate protection to avoid adverse consequences will be held accountable by Almighty God (YHWH). All know or should know the consequences possible or outcomes from having sex without taking adequate precautions, which was their choice. They should NOT BE ALLOWED a second choice to rectify the consequences of their BAD original choice that involves the execution of an innocent human life. Yes, all should have a first choice, but if they willfully make a BAD one, no second choice that would murder another human life, not their own, should be permitted.
Even wicked criminals when they are executed have ‘rights’ such as having a painless death. But women who make a BAD first choice should NOT be given a second choice when it involves painfully stamping out a human life of an innocent one as is the case with respect abortion.

Not only is the execution of a viable human life of an innocent an abomination to our Creator, it is wickedness personified. Diabolic killers are provided attorneys to defend them and if they fail in that are given the right as previously mentioned to a painless death.

However, an unborn human is NOT given a right to an attorney even though it is well known he/she is guilty of NO WRONG DOING. Yes unborn humans, “As early as eight to ten weeks after conception, and definitely by thirteen-and-a-half weeks, the unborn experiences organic pain…. First, the unborn child's mouth, at eight weeks, then her hands at ten weeks, then her face, arms, and legs at eleven weeks become sensitive to touch. By thirteen-and-a-half weeks, she responds to pain at all levels of her nervous system in an integrated response which cannot be termed a mere reflex. She (he) can now experience pain.” [SOURC - RETRIEVED FROM http://www.abortionfacts.com/facts/13 ON 1/26/2017]

Why pain? “…"the unborn child's body parts (in an abortion) are grasped at random with a long-toothed clamp. The fetal body parts are then torn off of the body and pulled out of the vaginal canal.’ The text notes that this concern for the unborn child's possible pain is in keeping with laws having to do with the humane slaughter of livestock and lab animals.” [sourc - retrieved from http://content.time.com/…/na…/article/0,8599,1566772,00.html on 1/26/2017]
REALITY – “The Embryo of Me”


THE more man learns about how the fetus develops, the more he is confronted by evidence showing that, from early on, it is a gradually unfolding life with feeling, hearing, sight, movement, and other functions. He continues to be startled by discoveries showing that it is more than a mere collection of cells and tissue. In Chatelaine, a Canadian women’s magazine, Anne Beirne sets out what is now known. Moving: Though the mother may not feel it, the fetus starts to move its muscles as early as eight weeks—and its heart is already beating! “By 28 weeks, a normally developing fetus moves at least ten times every 12 hours.” Feeling: At 16 weeks, it reacts to pain, even kicking if stuck by the needle used in amniocentesis. Hearing: It can hear its mother’s heartbeat at 24 weeks and responds to loud sounds, music, and voices. “It can even bounce in rhythm to its mother’s voice.” Seeing: “By 16 weeks, its eyes have developed to the point where they can move around; by 24 weeks, . . . the fetus is able to detect light through the uterine wall.”
This fact is noted at Psalm 139:16, [NWTR] “Your eyes even saw me as an embryo; All its parts were written in your book Regarding the days when they were formed, Before any of them existed.” Yes, Almighty God (YHWH) sees the conception of new life as it occurs. And as Genesis 1:22, [AV] “And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.” Clearly showing His original purpose for mankind was to multiply and fill the earth, NOT to murder the product of conception.

As reported in the Toronto Star a few years ago, “The prospect that a 2-day-old infant may actually be doing some rudimentary thinking has set the child development specialists abuzz,” Yes, this finding sets on end the old thinking that believed that infants younger than 8 or 12 months were incapable of coordinating data from more than one of their senses. This was per a report given by Meltzoff of the University of Washington several years ago at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Clearly indicating the fetuses undoubtedly develop rudimentary thinking much earlier than previously thought.
So much for technical, now vivid reality penned by an anonymous author and published in the Awake Magazine of 5/22/1980 that drive home how horrible abortion really is:

     “Diary of an Unborn Child


OCTOBER 5:

Today my life began. My parents do not know it yet, but it is I already. And I am to be a girl. I shall have blond hair and blue eyes. Just about everything is settled though, even the fact that I shall love flowers.


OCTOBER 19:

Some say that I am not a real person yet, that only my mother exists. But I am a real person, just as a small crumb of bread is yet truly bread. My mother is. And I am.


OCTOBER 23:

My mouth is just beginning to open now. Just think, in a year or so I shall be laughing and later talking. I know what my first word will be: MAMA.


OCTOBER 25:

My heart began to beat today all by itself. From now on it shall gently beat for the rest of my life without ever stopping to rest! And after many years it will tire. It will stop, and then I shall die.


NOVEMBER 2:

I am growing a bit every day. My arms and legs are beginning to take shape. But I have to wait a long time yet before those little legs will raise me to my mother’s arms, before these little arms will be able to gather flowers and embrace my father.


NOVEMBER 12:

Tiny fingers are beginning to form on my hands. Funny how small they are! I’ll be able to stroke my mother’s hair with them.


NOVEMBER 20:

It wasn’t until today that the doctor told mom that I am living here under her heart. Oh, how happy she must be! Are you happy, mom?


NOVEMBER 25:

My mom and dad are probably thinking about a name for me. But they don’t even know that I am a little girl. I want to be called Kathy. I am getting so big already.


DECEMBER 10:

My hair is growing. It is smooth and bright and shiny. I wonder what kind of hair mom has?


DECEMBER 13:

I am just about able to see. It is dark around me. When mom brings me into the world it will be full of sunshine and flowers. But what I want more than anything is to see my mom. How do you look, mom?


DECEMBER 24:

I wonder if mom hears the whispering of my heart? Some children come into the world a little sick. But my heart is strong and healthy. It beats so evenly: tup-tup, tup-tup. You’ll have a healthy little daughter, mom!


DECEMBER 28:

Today my mother killed me.

NOW WHAT OF SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES?

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES:
FIRST, What of the situation where both mother and child are in critical condition due to the pregnancy, but only one can be saved? Reality, this does NOT involve murder but the making the selection of whom to save – usually made by doctor and family.
SECOND, What of the situation with respect rape? Here is women has NOT made a bad choice, but a lustful wicked criminal has violated her. The question, what should be done? First, if this wicked individual is found, then he, not the innocent unborn should be executed if anyone is executed.
At the present for example, Europe is faced with a major perplexing rape problem where over 70% of rapes are committed by lustful male members of one religion that makes up less 4% of the population of Europe. Let’s look at this in more detail:
In most host countries the number of rapes and crimes committed by this group is statistically very great. In most of Europe they form Muslim rape gangs that go out and systematically rape young girls of the host country.
Let’s look at some examples. Muslim Child-Rape Gangs in Britain, the facts.
While Muslim groups have sought to discredit the police investigations by claiming "Islamophobia," it recently emerged that British police had known for more than a decade that Muslim rape gangs were targeting young girls in England, but they ignored evidence because they were afraid of being accused of racism.
To learn more, go to,
1) http://www.clarionproject.org/…/muslim-child-rape-gangs-bri…

2) www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3846

3) www.frontpagemag.com/.../britain-grapples...muslim-sex-gangs

4) www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZCQ9ZWfCuQ

5) www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3068/muslim...rape-gangs-britain

6) www.caringforourchildrenfoundation.org/?p=21500

7) www.mrctv.org/videos/dispatches-muslim-rape-gangs-england
ALSO, SWEDEN: 77.6% OF ALL RAPES ARE COMMITTED BY MUSLIM MALES, WHO TOTAL ONLY 2% OF POPULATION – GOVERNMENT REPORT
To see account of this, go to https://muslimstatistics.wordpress.com/…/sweden-77-6-perce…/
NOTE: Some Muslims berate European host countries due to their high birth rate among teen agers, BUT FAIL TO MENTION THEY ARE LARGELY AT FAULT DUE TO THEIR RAPE GANGS PRACTICING UNPROTECTED SEX. Also, they claim their women be more modest due to their wearing excessive clothing and sometimes even face covering masks, but in reality neither excessive clothing or lack there of makes one modest – only wearing conservative clothing in good taste does. WHAT HYPOCRITES.
This is a major problem and not a minor isolated problem like priest in the Roman Catholic taking advantage of girls to satisfy their sexual lust.
All rapist when caught should be made to pay for all expenses and damages resulting to the women until the illegitimate child they caused is adopted, plus triple putative penalty damages. There is a great demand to adopt children in most first world countries, and many profit and none profit groups to assist even including a fast food chain, Wendys.
TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON ABORTION METHODS IN A NUTSHELL:
Suction Aspiration. A suction curette (hollow tube with sharp-edged tip) is inserted into the womb, and suction 28 times stronger than that of a vacuum cleaner shreds the baby and draws the pieces into a container. This method is used in most abortions up to the 12th week. By then the child is completely formed and sensitive to pain.
Dilation and Curettage (D & C). Similar to the suction method, except for the insertion of a loop-shaped knife that dismembers the baby and scrapes the pieces out through the womb opening.
Saline Solution. Fluid is drawn out of the amniotic sac where the baby is and a concentrated salt solution injected in its place. The baby breathes and swallows the solution, struggles, hemorrhages, goes into convulsions, and in a few hours dies. Thereafter the mother goes into hard labor and delivers a dead or dying baby. This method is used in advanced pregnancies, four to six months. [MORE PAIN THE THAN WATERBOARDING TORTURE.]
Prostaglandin Abortion. Birth hormones are injected into the amniotic sac to induce premature birth. Salt is often injected first to prevent live births.
Yes, ungodly people even use abortion executions as a means of birth control or planned parenthood. Some couples do not wish to bother with contraceptives. Contrary to expectations, the pill has not turned back the rising tide of abortions. Many have repeat abortions. Now, how uncaring can you get when you use murder, in violation of Almighty God’s (YHWH’s) direct commandment at Exodus 20:13, Rutherford Translation, “Thou shalt not commit murder.” Obviously He will not look on this willful planned execution with favor. And in some countries, For sex control. By obtaining fetal cells from the amniotic fluid doctors can test for genetic defects in the baby. They also can tell the sex of the baby. This is resorted to by some, and on the basis of this information they decide whether to have an abortion or not. If it’s a girl and they want a boy, or if it’s a boy and they want a girl, an abortion eliminates the unwanted child.
The false claim is often made that the pregnant woman should have control of their own body, but the fetus is not her body. It is not an appendage or part such as the appendix or gallbladder the removal of which has been likened to the removal of the fetus from the mother’s body. Dr. A. W. Liley, world-renowned research professor of fetal physiology, said: “Biologically, at no stage can we subscribe to the view that the/she foetus is a mere appendage of the mother. Genetically, mother and baby are separate individuals from conception. ” He continues with a description of the activities of the fetus, as follows:

“We know that he/she moves with a delightful easy grace in his buoyant world, that foetal comfort determines foetal position. He/she is responsive to pain and touch and cold and sound and light. He/she drinks his amniotic fluid, more if it is artificially sweetened, less if it is given an unpleasant taste. He/she gets hiccups and sucks his thumb. He/she wakes and sleeps. He/she gets bored with repetitive signals but can be taught to be alerted by a first signal for a second different one. And finally he/she determines his birthday, for unquestionably the/she onset of labour is a unilateral decision of the/she foetus. . . . This is also the/she foetus whose existence and identity must be so callously ignored or energetically denied by advocates of abortion.”
CONCLUSION:
There is absolutely no justification for the execution/murder of innocent unborn humans that have committed no wrong, or telling lies to keep this evil practice legal.

I CHALLENGE ANYONE TO SHOW ANY FACTUAL ERRORS IN WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN – ALL HIGHLIGHT UNCALLED FOR MURDER IN VIOLATION OF EXODUS 20:13.

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10/28/2022 12:51 pm  #2722


Re: Scripture of the Day

COMBINATION OF [1]  THE SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY AND [2]    ISHMAEL THE WILD ONE WHO BECAME A GREAT NATION

[1]       SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY [527B]

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;  Colossians 3:23, [authorized King James Bible; AV]

Yes, we should love Almighty God (YHWH) and to all things He desires of us per Luke 10:17, [AV] “And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.”  And we should per Psalms 9:1, [AV] “I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.”   

[2]       ISHMAEL THE WILD ONE WHO BECAME A GREAT NATION

INTRODUCTION:

Abraham had two sons, Isaac by his wife Sarah, and Ishmael by his wife's servant, Hagar the concubine or secondary wife.    His youngest son, Isaac, was the one through whom the everlasting covenant was to be established as recorded at Genesis 9:16, "And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth." (Authorized King James Bible; AV); and Genesis 17:7, " And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee." (AV); and Genesis 17:19, "And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.' (AV).

However, the true God (YHWH) of Abraham, Isaac, and Ishmael told , Hagar the concubine or secondary wife, his wife's servant at Genesis 16:11, "And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction." (AV); and Genesis  17:20 says,  "And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation." (AV).    So Ishmael was to become a great nation, but the everlasting covenant was to come through his half brother's line and not his.

Now, Ishmael had twelve sons as recorded at Genesis 25:12-16, "Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:  13  And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,  14  And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,  15  Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:  16  These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations." (AV).

Ishmael grew up a true child of the desert, wild and wayward, and not interested in spiritual things as was his half brother Isaac.

ISHMAEL'S LIFE:

The Concise Bible Dictionary says, <<" Son of Abraham and Hagar the bondmaid of Sarah. Before he was born, when Hagar ran away because of the severity of her mistress, the angel of the Lord appeared to her, and told her to return to her mistress: her seed should be numberless, and she was to call her son's name Ishmael, which signifies 'El shall hear.' He would be a wild man, his hand would be against every man, and every man's hand against him. Abraham prayed that Ishmael might live before God, but typically he represents the seed of Abraham according to the flesh, hence though God answered that He would bless Ishmael, and multiply him exceedingly, he should also beget twelve princes, and God would make him a great nation; yet the covenant should be established with Isaac. When Ishmael was thirteen years old Abraham circumcised him, and all the men of his house. In this act Abraham acknowledged in faith that the blessing asked for his natural seed could not be had through the strength of the flesh: all the mercies of God are secured in resurrection.

At the 'great feast' when Isaac, the child born after the Spirit, was weaned, Ishmael mocked, and Sarah besought Abraham to cast out both mother and son. This was grievous to Abraham, but God, having approved the suggestion, he rose early in the morning, and providing them with some bread and a bottle of water he sent them away. The water was soon consumed, and Hagar in despair placed Ishmael under a shrub, and departed so as not to see him die. The angel of God called to her, shewed her a well, and the child was saved. God was with the lad, for he was the seed of Abraham; he dwelt in the wilderness and became an archer. At first he was located in the wilderness of Beer-sheba and afterwards at Paran, a region between Canaan and mount Sinai. His mother chose a woman of Egypt for his wife. His twelve sons are recorded, and their 'towns' and 'castles,' or encampments, according to their nations, are spoken of. Ishmael was present at the burial of his father and lived 137 years. #Ge 16:11-16 17:18-26 25:9-17 28:9 36:3 1Ch 1:28-31." [source - Concise Bible Dictionary by George Morrish]>>.

And,

The Easton's Revised Bible Dictionary says of Ishmael, <<"Abraham's eldest son, by Hagar the concubine #Ge 16:15 17:23 He was born at Mamre, when Abraham was eighty-six years of age, eleven years after his arrival in Canaan #Ge 16:3 21:5 At the age of thirteen he was circumcised #Ge 17:25 He grew up a true child of the desert, wild and wayward. On the occasion of the weaning of Isaac his rude and wayward spirit broke out in expressions of insult and mockery #Ge 21:9,10 and Sarah, discovering this, said to Abraham, "Expel this slave and her son." Influenced by a divine admonition, Abraham dismissed Hagar and her son with no more than a skin of water and some bread. The narrative describing this act is one of the most beautiful and touching incidents of patriarchal life #Ge 21:14-16 See Easton on HAGAR 1583 Ishmael settled in the land of Paran, a region lying between Canaan and the mountains of Sinai; and "God was with him, and he became a great archer" #Ge 21:9-21 He became a great desert chief, but of his history little is recorded. He was about ninety years of age when his father Abraham died, in connection with whose burial he once more for a moment reappears. On this occasion the two brothers met after being long separated. "Isaac with his hundreds of household slaves, Ishmael with his troops of wild retainers and half-savage allies, in all the state of a Bedouin prince, gathered before the cave of Machpelah, in the midst of the men of Heth, to pay the last duties to the 'father of the faithful,' would make a notable subject for an artist" #Ge 25:9 Of the after events of his life but little is known. He died at the age of one hundred and thirty-seven years, but where and when are unknown #Ge 25:17 He had twelve sons, who became the founders of so many Arab tribes or colonies, the Ishmaelites, who spread over the wide desert spaces of Northern Arabia from the Red Sea to the Euphrates #Ge 37:25,27,28 39:1 "their hand against every man, and every man's hand against them." [source - Easton's Revised Bible Dictionary]>>.

HAGAR THE CONCUBINE OR SECONDARY WIFE THE MOTHER OF ISHMAEL:

Let's look at the life of the mother is Ishmael the concubine or secondary wife, the servant of Abraham's wife Sarah, so as to better understand why he was conceived and later sent away.    Easton's Revised Bible Dictionary says, <<" Hagar, Flight, or, according to others, stranger, an Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid #Ge 16:1 21:9,10 whom she gave to Abraham (q.v.) as a secondary wife #Ge 16:2 When she was about to become a mother she fled from the cruelty of her mistress, intending apparently to return to her relatives in Egypt, through the desert of Shur, which lay between. Wearied and worn she had reached the place she distinguished by the name of Beer-lahai-roi ("the well of the visible God"), where the angel of the Lord appeared to her. In obedience to the heavenly visitor she returned to the tent of Abraham, where her son Ishmael was born, and where she remained #Ge 16:16 till after the birth of Isaac, the space of fourteen years.  Sarah after this began to vent her dissatisfaction both on Hagar and her child. Ishmael's conduct was insulting to Sarah, and she insisted that he and his mother should be dismissed. This was accordingly done, although with reluctance on the part of Abraham #Ge 21:14 They wandered out into the wilderness, where Ishmael, exhausted with his journey and faint from thirst, seemed about to die. Hagar "lifted up her voice and wept," and the angel of the Lord, as before, appeared unto her, and she was comforted and delivered out of her distresses #Ge 21:18,19 Ishmael afterwards established himself in the wilderness of Paran, where he married an Egyptian #Ge 21:20,21 "Hagar" allegorically represents the Jewish church #Ga 4:24 in bondage to the ceremonial law; while "Sarah" represents the Christian church, which is free." [source - Easton's Revised Bible Dictionary]>>.

WHY THE DISMISSAL OF HAGAR?

Let's look at the facts as many do NOT understand why Hagar and her son, Ishmael, were dismissed from the household of Abraham.    Let's see what the Commentary on the Old Testament, 1973, has to say, <<"A year later Isaac was born; Ishmael was now 14. (Ge 16:16; 21:5) Five years after that, in 1913 B.C.E., on the day of Isaac's being weaned, Ishmael was caught "poking fun" at his younger half brother. (Ge 21:8, 9) This was no innocent child's play on the part of Ishmael. Rather, as implied by the next verse in the account, it may have involved a taunting of Isaac over heirship. The apostle Paul says these events were "a symbolic drama" and shows that the mistreatment of Isaac by the half-blooded Egyptian Ishmael was persecution. Hence, this was the beginning of the foretold 400 years of Israel's affliction that ended with deliverance from Egyptian bondage in 1513 B.C.E.-Ga 4:22-31; Ge 15:13; Ac 7:6; see ISAAC.
Ishmael's demonstration of scorn toward Isaac led to the dismissal of him and his mother from Abraham's household, but not without provisions for their journey. Abraham "took bread and a skin water bottle and gave it to Hagar, setting it upon her shoulder, and the child, and then dismissed her." (Ge 21:14) Some have interpreted this to mean that Ishmael, now 19 years old, was also placed on the back of Hagar, and indeed this is the way some translations read. (JB, Mo, Bagster's LXX) Certain scholars, however, consider the phrase "setting it upon her shoulder" as only parenthetical, inserted to explain how the bread and water were carried, and so, if this phrase is placed in parentheses or set off by commas, the difficulty is removed. Professors Keil and Delitzsch assert that the expression "and the child" depends upon the sentence's principal verb "took," not on the verb "gave" or the word "setting." This tie-in of "the child" with "took" is made by the conjunction "and." The thought, therefore, is this: Abraham took bread and water and gave them to Hagar (placing them on her shoulder) and took the child and also gave it to her"[source - Commentary on the Old Testament, 1973, Vol. I, The First Book of Moses, pp. 244, 245]>>.

And,

Cook's Commentary says, <<" Certain Targums, as well as the Syriac Peshitta, at Genesis 21:9, give Ishmael's remarks the sense of "deriding." Concerning tsa·chaq', "It probably means in this passage, as it has generally been understood, 'mocking laughter.' As Abraham had laughed for joy concerning Isaac, and Sarah had laughed incredulously, so now Ishmael laughed in derision, and probably in a persecuting and tyrannical spirit." Deciding the matter, the inspired apostle Paul clearly shows that Ishmael's treatment of Isaac was affliction, persecution, not childlike play. (Ga 4:29) Certain commentators, in view of Sarah's insistence, in the next verse (Ge 21:10), that "the son of this slave girl is not going to be an heir with my son, with Isaac," suggest that Ishmael (14 years Isaac's senior) perhaps quarreled and taunted Isaac with regard to heirship." [resource - Cook's Commentary by F. C. Cook]>>.

GREED ON THE PART OF MANY OF TODAY'S ISHMAELITES:

Just as their ancestor, Ishmael, was a wild man as brought out by his name which meant, <<" name Ishmael, which signifies 'El shall hear.' He would be a wild man, his hand would be against every man, and every man's hand against him. " [resource - Concise Bible Dictionary by George Morrish]>>,  many of his modern day descendents are wild and greedy and lusted for violence.    This fact was noted by an Australian newspaper as follows, <<"" Did you know that 90-95% of the conflicts in the world today are Muslims fighting non-muslims or each other?
Islam is intolerant of other religions, so much so that Christians in Nigeria, Sudan and middle eastern countries are killed for practicing their religion. Muslims are also responsible for burning down their churches. Sydney has recently seen an attack on four churches for similar reasons. (December 16, 2005) How can we tolerate such intolerance?" [source - The Weekend Australian, November 26-27, 2005]>>.   Now some will say, not all Muslims are Ishmaelites which is true; however, most of those now being greedy and causing world turmoil are descendents of Ishmael.

Let's look at the facts, Many in Islam hold the belief in ERROR put forth by greedy Ishmalites, that hold over 98 percent of the entire middle east, yet are so greedy they do not want their brother tribe, the Isralites, the descendents of Isaac, to occupy the less than 2 percent given them by the true God (YHWH) of Abraham, Isaac, and Ishmael that Ishmael.  Why?  Simply, they do NOT want to recognize who really was the promised seed; whereas, in reality it was Isaac as made clear at Genesis 17:19-21, "And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.  20  And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.  21  But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year." (AV).  So this scripture makes it clear that Isaac is the line through which the covenant is made, and NOT Ishmael, who was only stated to become a 'great nation.'

No where is this fact more obvious than with respect the Israel-Lebanon conflict of July/August 2006.  Greed and hate is at the root of this turmoil between Israel-Lebanon, and it is greed of members Islam who have the spirit of Ishmael in them.

CONCLUSION AND THE BIG QUESTION:

Now the question is why do the greedy Ishmaelites have so much hate for their brother tribe, the Israelites, and so much desire to destroy world tranquility; whereas, they should have a love for their brother tribe, the Israelites, the descendents of Abraham through Isaac and the tribe with which the everlasting covenant was made, and should want peace?    At present, many of these greedy Ishmaleites, I am referring only to the greedy ones,falsely claim they have no jobs/employment and blame it on their brother tribe, the Israelites; whereas, the blame actually belongs on the greedy Ishmaleites who would rather spend their time hating and their money on implements of violence instead using their time and resources for the setting up businesses and factories to provide employment.  Something is wrong with them for letting greed destroy common sense and a chance to progress, but then they are following in the path of their ancestor, Ishmael.

Why are they so greedy and why do they love violence and putting others down instead of tranquility and friendly relationships in keeping with what Jesus (Yeshua) said at Matthew 22:37-40, "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." (Authorized King James Bible; AV); and Matthew 5:43, " Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy." (AV); and Matthew 19:19, "Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." (AV); and Matthew 22:39, " And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." (AV); and Matthew 12:31, "And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these." (AV); and Romans 13:9, "For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." (AV); Galatians 5:14, " For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." (AV); and James 2:8, "If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:" (AV).

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Re: Scripture of the Day

COMBINATION OF [1]  THE SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY AND INTRODUCTION OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS, [2]   Only a False Religion Commits Genocide Against Others:

[1]       SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY [528B]

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.   2 Corinthians 1:4, [authorized King James Bible; AV]

This is clearly shown at Psalms 23:4, [AV] “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”  And all things were written for all living in the time of the end as shown at Romans 15:4, [AV] “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.”

VIDEO INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF GENESIS, GO TO:  https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/books-of-bible-intros/book-of-genesis/


[2]       Only a False Religion Commits Genocide Against Others:

INTRODUCTION:

There are over 33,000 religions in the world and about 22,000 claim to be Christian.    Now what is a religion?   It is in its pure form a belief in and reverence for a supernatural power and/or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe, or a personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship. [reference - The American Heritage(r) Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.]

A false religion would be one that has departed from a pure belief in and reverence for a supernatural power and/or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe, or a personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.    Most religions are false religions since they have left the pure form and taken on greed and a lust for power and worldly goals.    Now just look around you, are you not distressed about the many crimes committed in the name of religion?  Doesn't are the terrorism, stupid warfare, and corruption perpetrated by those groups and individuals who claim to serve God (YHWH), creator of all there is, offend your sense of justice?    Now the question is why is religion at the root of most of these problems?

One of the most heinous if not the most heinous crimes is of course genocide which is defined as, <<"Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) Article 2 as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such: Killing members of the group; Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; and forcibly transferring children of the group to another group." [source - <<"Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Article 2, and reference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]>>.

<<"Generally speaking, genocide does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of a nation, except when accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation. It is intended rather to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves. The objectives of such a plan would be the disintegration of the political and social institutions, of culture, language, national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of national groups, and the destruction of the personal security, liberty, health, dignity, and even the lives of the individuals belonging to such groups" [source -
Raphael Lemkin, Axis Rule in Occupied Europe (Wash., D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1944), p. 79]>>.

Therefore, it should be obvious to any open minded individual that any religion that commits genocide's is simply put a false religion.    Now let's look at the two largest religions on earth and see that they are really false religions as both have committed genocide on a large scale in the name of religion.

BRIEF OVERVIEW:

Both Catholicism and Islam have committed genocide's so both are false religions.  Let's look at the facts in brief:

<<"The Cathers found widespread popularity among peasants and artisans. They respected women, who played a major role in the movement. Alarmed at the success of Catharism, the church founded the Inquisition and launched the Albigensian Crusade in the thirteenth century to exterminate them." [source -http://www.frostcloud.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5163 ]>>.  So Catholicism is a false religion, and more detail will be presented to prove this statement.

<<"Historian Will Durant wrote in The Story of Civilization (1972) that the Muslim conquest of India was "probably the bloodiest story in history." The number of people killed is estimated based on the Muslim chronicles and demographic calculations. K.S. Lal estimated in his book The Growth of Muslim Population in India that between 1000 CE and 1500 CE, the population of Hindus decreased by 80 million. The legacy of Islamic conquest of South Asia is a hotly debated issue even today." [sources - "The Story of Civilization - 1972 - by Will Durant, and "The Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India" by India's greatest historian, K.S. Lal]>>.  So Islam is a false religion, and more detail will be presented to prove this statement.

GENOCIDE OF THE CATHERS BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH - THE FACTS:

Let's look at the facts, the reality, in keeping with John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (Authorized King James Bible; AV).

<<"Catharism was a religious movement with dualist Christian and Gnostic elements that appeared in the Languedoc in the eleventh century and flourished in the 12th century.   It was condemned by the contemporary Roman Catholic Church either as a heretical Christian sect or sometimes as a non-Christian religion.   It existed throughout much of Western Europe, but its focus was in Languedoc and surrounding areas - Occitania - what is now southern France.
The name Cathar most likely originated from Greek ?a?a???, "pure ones". One of its first recorded uses is Eckbert von Schönau, who wrote (in Latin) on heretics from Cologne in 1181: Hos nostra germania catharos appellat ("In Germany we call these people Cathars").

The Cathars were also sometimes referred to as the Albigensians. This name originates from the end of the 12th century, and was used by the chronicler Geoffroy du Breuil of Vigeois in 1181. The name refers to the town of Albi (the ancient Albiga) northeast of Toulouse. The designation is misleading (although Albi was one among several early focal points of Catharism): the movement had no centre and is known to have flourished in areas that are now parts of Italy, Germany, Northern France and Spain as well as the Languedoc." .[source - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]

The churches' genocide against the Cathars from start to finish, <<"In 1147, Pope Eugene III sent a legate to the affected district in order to arrest the progress of the Cathars. The few isolated successes of Bernard of Clairvaux could not obscure the poor results of this mission, which clearly showed the power of the sect in the Languedoc at that period. The missions of Cardinal Peter of St. Chrysogonus to Toulouse and the Toulousain in 1178, and of Henry, cardinal-bishop of Albano, in 1180-1181, obtained merely momentary successes.   Henry of Albano's armed expedition, which took the stronghold at Lavaur, did not extinguish the movement.

Decisions of Catholic Church councils against the Cathars at this period - in particular, those of the Council of Tours (1163) and of the Third Council of the Lateran (1179) - had scarcely more effect. By the time Pope Innocent III came to power in 1198, he had resolved to suppress the Cathars.

Saint Dominic encountered the Cathars in 1203 while travelling, and argued with them, concluding that only preachers who displayed real sanctity, humility and asceticism could win over convinced Cathar believers.   His conviction led eventually to the establishment of the Dominican Order in 1216.   The order was to live up to the terms of his famous rebuke, "Zeal must be met by zeal, humility by humility, false sanctity by real sanctity, preaching falsehood by preaching truth."

At first Pope Innocent III tried pacific conversion, and sent a number of legates into the affected regions.   They had to contend not only with the Cathars, the nobles who protected them, and the people who venerated them, but also with the bishops of the district, who rejected the extraordinary authority which the Pope had conferred upon his legates.   In 1204, Innocent III suspended the authority of certain bishops in the south of France; in 1205 he appointed a new and vigorous bishop of Toulouse, the former troubadour Foulques.   In 1206 Diego of Osma and his canon, the future Saint Dominic, began a programme of conversion in Languedoc; as part of this, Catholic-Cathar public debates were held at Verfeil, Servian, Pamiers, Montréal and elsewhere.

In January 1208 the papal legate, Pierre de Castelnau was sent to meet the ruler of the area, Count Raymond VI of Toulouse.   Known for excommunicating noblemen who protected the Cathars, Pierre de Castelnau excommunicated Raymond as an abettor of heresy.   Pierre was murdered near Saint Gilles Abbey in 1208 on his way back to Rome, allegedly by a knight in the service of Count Raymond. As soon as he heard of the murder, the Pope ordered his legates to preach a Crusade against the Cathars.  The Pope then called a formal crusade, appointing a series of leaders to head the assault.   There followed over forty years of war against the Cathars and their allies in the Languedoc. See Albigensian Crusade.[[the start of the henious genocide of the Roman Catholic church against the Cathars by order of Pope Innocent III]].

This war threw the whole of the nobility of the north of France against that of the south, possibly instigated by a papal decree stating that all land owned by Cathars could be confiscated at will.   As the area was full of Cathar sympathisers, this made the entire area a target for French nobles looking to gain new lands.   The French barons of the north flocked south to do battle for the Church.

The crusader army came under the command, both spiritual and military, of the papal legate Arnaud-Amaury, Abbot of Cîteaux. In the first significant engagement of the war, the town of Béziers was taken on 22 July 1209.   Arnaud, the Cistercian abbot-commander is said to have been asked how to tell Cathar from Catholic.   His reply, recorded by a fellow Cistercian, was "Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius." - "Kill them all, the Lord will recognise His own"[1].   The doors of the church of St Mary Magdalene were broken down and the occupants slaughtered. 7,000 people died there including women and children.   Elsewhere in the town many more thousands were mutilated and killed. Prisoners were blinded, dragged behind horses, and used for target practice.   The town was razed. Arnaud, the abbot-commander, wrote to his master, the Pope: "Today your Holiness, twenty thousand citizens were put to the sword, regardless of rank, age, or sex." [2].   The population of Béziers was then probably no more than 15,000 but with local refugees seeking shelter within the city walls, the number claimed, 20,000, is possible.

It was after the success of the siege of Carcassonne which followed the massacre at Beziers, that Simon de Montfort was appointed to lead the Crusader army.   Prominent opponents of the Crusaders were Raymond-Roger de Trencavel, viscount of Carcassonne, and his feudal overlord Peter II, the king of Aragon, who owned fiefdoms and had other vassals in the area. Peter died fighting against the crusade on September 12, 1213 at the Battle of Muret.

The war ended in the Treaty of Paris (1229), by which the king of France dispossessed the house of Toulouse of the greater part of its fiefs, and that of the Trencavels (Viscounts of Béziers and Carcassonne) of the whole of their fiefs. The independence of the princes of the Languedoc was at an end.   But in spite of the wholesale massacre of Cathars during the war, Catharism was not extinguished.

In 1215, the bishops of the Catholic Church met at the Fourth Council of the Lateran under Pope Innocent. One of the key goals of the council was to combat heresy.

The Inquisition was established in 1229 to root out the Cathars. Operating in the south at Toulouse, Albi, Carcassonne and other towns during the whole of the 13th century, and a great part of the 14th, it succeeded in extirpating the movement. From May 1243 to March 1244, the Cathar fortress of Montségur was besieged by the troops of the seneschal of Carcassonne and the archbishop of Narbonne. On March 16, 1244 a large and symbolically important massacre took place, where over 200 Cathar perfects were thrown into an enormous fire at the prat des cramats near the foot of the castle. Moreover, the church decreed severe chastisement against all laymen suspected of sympathy with Cathars (Council of Narbonne, 1235; see the Bulla of Innocent IV Ad exstirpanda, 1252)." .[source - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and reference, "Foxe's Book of Martyrs" by Foxe, a famous classic religious history book]

So as shown, the Roman Catholic church engaged in a henious genocide clearly showing them to be a false religion that ignored the basic human right of freedom of conscience and belief.    They claim to believe in the Bible and God's (YHWH's) Son, Jesus (Yeshua), but by their wrong actions clearly show they are NOT in agreement with the Bible which clearly says at 1 John 4:20, "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?" (AV). In fact, Jesus (Yeshua), the Isa, plainly said at Matthew 5:44, "But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;" (AV).

LARGEST GENOCIDE OF ALL HISTORY BY THE MUSLIMS - THE FACTS:

Let's look at the facts, the reality, in keeping with John 8:32, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." (AV).

Now here are the facts, the reality, of the murder, genocide of over 80 million endividuals in India by Muslims, <<"With the invasion of India by Mahmud Ghazni about 1000 A.D., began the Muslim invasions into the Indian subcontinent and they lasted for several centuries. The Muslim invasions continued even when the Muslims were ruling India, like the invasion of the Mongols during the reign of the Khiljis or the invasion of the Mughals in the early sixteenth Century when the Lodis were ruling Delhi. The last notable invasion of the Muslims from outside was the invasion of Nadir Shah in 1739, during which he unleashed a great horror on the native population.

During these seven hundred years of Muslim invasions and their conquest and rule of India, the Hindus were the greatest sufferers. It is difficult to estimate the number of Hindus who lost their lives during these campaigns, the number of Hindus who lost their lives in the religious persecution perpetrated on the native population by the Muslim rulers or the number of Hindus who were forcibly converted to Islam.

According to Prof. K.S. Lal, the author of the Growth of Muslim population in India, the Hindu population decreased by 80 million between 1000 AD, the year Mahmud Ghazni invaded India and 1525 AD, a year before the battle of Panipat.

One can safely add another 20 million Hindus to this list to account for the number that were killed during the Mughal rule or the rule of the Muslim rulers in the Deccan plateau. By all known accounts of world history, as pointed out by Koenard Elst in his book the Negationism in India, destruction of about 100 million hindus is perhaps the biggest holocaust in the whole world history." [source - The biggest holocaust in world history by Jayaram V]>>.    Clearly showing that the Muslims were responsible for the greatest genocide in all of human history, but let's look at more facts with respect this crime against humanity.

Let's look at a quote from Chapter 5 of a history book by India's greatest historian, K.S. Lal, see information about him in the footnote at end of quote, <<"Factors Contributing to the Growth of Muslim Population, Conversions -
Islam has spread in many parts of the world through wars and campaigns[[Its spread was not peaceful but by the proverbial sword]].  In the medieval Indian chronicles the sovereign is always mentioned as 'the king of Islam', the territories of his empire are referred to as the 'land of Islam', its armies as 'soldiers of Islam', and its religious and Judicial head as 'Shaikh-ul-Islam'. The monarch was committed to make Islam the true basis of private and public life through the enforcement of the Shariat and to convert the people to the "true faith".  In India the Muslim rulers' keenness to obtain converts in war is vouched by many chroniclers.   The Tarikh-i-Muhammadi gives a clear idea of the psychology of the rulers in this regard.   Its author was a contemporary of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud, the son of Firoz Tughlaq.   He says that while fighting Rai Subir (Sumer) in the vicinity of Iraj, the Sultan thought: 'If I will give orders to the army to fight (outright), they will not leave even a trace of the Kafirs [[none Muslims]] in the region, but if I shall advance slowly, then probably these people will agree to embrace Islam."3

What professor Mohammad Habib writes concerning the Mongol applies equally to Turkish expeditions. "In 1330 the country was invaded by the Mongols who indulged in arson, rape and murder throughout the Valley (of Kashmir).   The king and the Brahmans fled away but among the inhabitants who remained... Muslim ways of life were gradually adopted by the people as the only alternative..."4 Thus warfare brought captives, and captives were made Musalmans. Such was not the situation only in the North; in South also such methods of conversion prevailed, especially during wars between Bahmani and Vijayanagar kingdoms.   Throughout the medieval period such wars were common, and forcible conversions [[Conversions by the proverbial sword.]] helped in the rapid growth of Muslim population.

The rulers used force and persuasion in equal measure. Their resources were great. They could give jobs, honours, and titles and many other economic concessions and status benefits as inducements to conversion, and many people would have taken advantage of these facilities.  We have referred to Mubarak Khalji's encouragement to Hindus to accept Islam by presenting the convert with a robe and a gold ornament. People used to be converted in this fashion right up to the reign of Aurangzeb and perhaps even thereafter.   There were other methods too.

The Banshasmriti of Satya Krishna Biswas states that in Bengal the Rajas and Zamindars who could not deposit land revenue by a certain date had to convert to Muhammadanism.   The Banshasmriti narrates an isolated incident, but as this regulation of the thirteenth century had been revived by Murshid Quli Khan, or had continued right up to his times, many local Rajas and Zamindars would have been converted in the course of four centuries, for full payment of land tax by due date was not always possible.   Firoz Tughlaq (1351-88) instructed his revenue collectors to convert Hindus to Islam.5 He rescinded the Jiziyah to lure people to become Muhammadans, and this measure brought large additions to Muslim population. In his Fatuhat-i-Firoz Shahi, Sultan Firoz Tughlaq candidly writes: "I encouraged my infidel subjects to embrace the religion of the prophet and I proclaimed that everyone who repeated the Kalima of tauhid and became Musalman should be exempt from Jiziyah... Information of this came to the ears of the people at large, and great number of Hindus presented themselves, and were admitted to the honour of Islam. Thus they came forward day by day from every quarter, go on coming to this day, and adopting the faith, are exonerated from the Jiziyah, and are favoured with Khilats and presents."6 [[Taxed enslaved subjects that would NOT convert to try and force their conversion; i.e., no affording of the basic human right of freedom of conscience]]. [source - Studies in Medieval Indian History, pp.171-172 by K.S. Lal]>>.

Footnotes:

Direct footnotes to items in the quote:
1 Titus, op. cit., p.32.
2 Tara chand, op. cit., p.33.
3 Muhammad Bihamid Khan!, Tarikh-i-Muhammadi, British Museum Ms. 440 b, trans. into Hindi by A.A. Rizvi in Uttar Timur Kalin Bharat, Pt. II (Aligarh, 1959), p.30.
4 Mohammad Habib, Some Aspects of the Foundation of the Delhi Sultanate, op. cit., p.20
5 Afif, op. cit., pp.268-269.
Also Ishwari Prasad, Qaraunah Turks, op. cit., p.331.
6 Fatuhat-i-Firoz Shahi, trs. in E and D, III, p.368. Also Hindi trs. Rizvi, Tughlaq Kalin Bharat, II, (Aligarh, 1957), p.337.

Indirect footnotes to items for those wanting to know more, but not in the quote:
7 T.W. Arnold, The Preaching of Islam, op. cit., pp.264 ff.
8 Titus, op. cit., Chapter III entitled "Peaceful Penetration", pp.36-53. Aziz Ahmad, Studies in Islamic Culture, pp.81-84. Mujeeb, op. cit., p.22.
9 K.M. Ashraf Memorial Lecture, op. cit., pp.18-19. Also P.M. Currie, Cult of Muin-al-din Chishti of Ajmer (Oxford, Delhi, 1989)
10 S.A.A. Rizvi, Muslim Revivalist Movements in Northern India in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (Agra University, 1965), p.18.
11 Titus, op. cit., p.42.
12 Ibid., p.44.
13 Rizvi, op. cit., p.20., P.M. Currie, The Shrine and Cult of Muin-d-din-Chishti of Ajmer (OUP, 1989), pp.20-96, esp. pp.29-30.
14 Rizvi, op. cit., p.15.
15 Ferishtah, I, pp.66-67.
16 Mahdi Husain, Tughlaq Dynasty, pp.149-50, 160 and also p. 174 and n.2-3 Also see Kirmani, Siyar-ul-Auliya, p.228.
Footnote on K.S. Lal as many of other nations other than India may not know about him:

K.S. Lal is an Indian historian. He wrote many historical books, mainly on medieval India. Many of his books, such as History of the Khaljis and Twilight of the Sultanate, are regarded as standard works.

He obtained his Master's degree in 1941 at the University of Allahabad. In 1945 he obtained his D.Phil. with a dissertation on the history of the Khaljis. This dissertation formed the basis for his book History of the Khaljis.
From 1945 to 1963 he taught at Government Colleges in Madhya Pradesh. After 1963, he was a professor at the University of Delhi in Medieval Indian history.
He was fluent in Persian, Old Persian, Urdu and other languages.

His works;
The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India. New Delhi, Aditya Prakashan, 1992. [1] (ISBN 81851790304, ISBN 81-85689-03-2, ISBN 81-85689-03-2)
History of the Khaljis (1950, 1967, 1980) Twilight of the Sultanate (1963, 1980)
Studies in Asian History (edited - 1969)
Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India (1973)
Early Muslims in India (1984)
The Mughal Harem (1988) ISBN 81-85179-03-4 Indian Muslims: Who are they (1990) [2] ISBN 81-85990-10-7 Muslim Slave System in Medieval India (1994) [3] ISBN 81-85689-67-9
Historical essays Theory and Practice of Muslim State in India (1999) ISBN 81-86471-72-3
Growth of Scheduled Tribes and Castes in Medieval India (1995)
Studies in Asian History: Proceedings of the Asian History Congress, 1961

Now let's look at what others had to say about this greatest of all genocides:

Historian Will Durant wrote his book The Story of Civilization:, <<"The Mohammadan conquest of India is probably the bloodiest story in history. It is a discouraging tale, for its evident moral is that civilization is a precarious thing, whose delicate complex of order and liberty, culture and peace may at any time be overthrown by barbarians invading from without or multiplying within." [source - "The Story of Civilization, " by Will Durant the great American historian].

French historian Alain Danielou wrote in his book Histoire de l'Inde:, <<"From the moment when the Muslims arrive in India, the history of India does not have any more great interest. It is long and monotonous series of murder, massacres, spoilations, destruction." [source - "Histoire de l'Inde," by Alain Danielou, great French historian]>>.

Hindu sage Padmanabha described in his KanhaDade Prabandha in 1456 AD the story of the Islamic invasion of Gujarat of 1298 AD:, <<"The conquering army burnt villages, devastated the land, plundered people's wealth, took Brahmins ( priestly hindu class ) and children and women of all classes captive, flogged with thongs of raw hide, carried a moving prison with it, and converted the prisoners into obsequious slaves.

Tarikh-i-Yamini of Utbi the sultan's secretary wrote in the 11th century:The blood of the infidels flowed so copiously at Thanesar that the stream was discoloured, notwithstanding its purity, and people were unable to drink it. The Sultan returned with plunder which is impossible to count." [source - "the story of the Islamic invasion of Gujarat of 1298 AD:, " (English translation), by Padmanabha, a famous Hindu of the 15 th. Century].

As shown, Islam engaged in a henious genocide clearly showing them to be a false religion that ignored the basic human right of freedom of conscience and belief, and even went so far as putting a 'head tax" on those they did not murder who continued to practice their own religion to exert pressure to convert.   So we can see they no more believe in freedom of conscience and religious freedom than Roman Catholism.

CONCLUSION:

First, before detail, let's look at Swami Vivekananda said which is as true today as when he said it in 1893.

<<"Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful earth. They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often and often with human blood, destroyed civilization, and sent whole nations to despair.   Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now." [source - Swami Vivekananda (1893)]>>.

Swami Vivekananda clearly saw the damage being done by false religion and stated it in a few well used words.

Today we still see the earth being drenched in violence by members of false religion with their fanaticism and sectarianism thus showing Swami Vivekanada right on the mark with respect what he said.    Let's look at Islam once more to see the modern playout of the terrible fruits of one false religion.

The Weekend Australian (newspaper) had to say on the matter,

" Did you know that 90-95% of the conflicts in the world today are Muslims fighting non-muslims or each other?
Islam is intolerant of other religions, so much so that Christians in Nigeria, Sudan and middle eastern countries are killed for practicing their religion. Muslims are also responsible for burning down their churches. Sydney has recently seen an attack on four churches for similar reasons. (December 16, 2005) How can we tolerate such intolerance?" [source - The Weekend Australian, November 26-27, 2005]

Says it all, so clearly Islam should be redefined as something other than a religion. So it is very necessary that this greed and hate be addressed. Remember, Matthew 5:9, "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." (Authorized King James Bible; AV).

Let's consider the facts as continually revealed in the world news that shows if any thing that the newspaper editor may have been a little low when he said 95 percent of the violence in the world was caused by Muslims.  Here are some instances of terrorism by members of Islam:

(1) World Trade Center - 9/11 - unprovoked attack and mass murder by Muslims.
(2) London Subway Bombing by Muslims
(3) Continued mosque bombings in Iraq by Muslims.
(4) Suicide bombings in Israel by Muslims.
(5) Suicide bombing of a wedding reception in Jordan by Muslims.
(6) Daily roadside bombings in Iraq by Muslims.
(7) Train bombings in Spain my Muslims.
(8) Riots and car burnings and murders in France by Muslims.
(9) Suicide bombings in Iraq by Muslims.
(10) Car and truck bombings in Iraq by Muslims.
(11) Unprovoked murder of 8 Israelis and the kidnapping of 2 by Muslims to provoke turmoil and violence in Lebanon and Israel by Muslims.
(12) Unprovoked murder of 2 Israelis and the kidnapping of 1 by Muslims to provoke turmoil and violence in Gaza by Muslims.
(13) Bombing of restaurants and cafes in Bali, Indonesia by Muslims.
(14) Bombing of a trains in India by Muslims.
(15) Take over of a grammar school in Russia resulting in the deaths of many students by Muslims.
(16) Attempted shoebombing of a plain by a Muslim.
(17) Conspiracy to bomb about 10 planes going from UK by Muslims.
(18) Attempted murder of several Indian politicians in Kashmir by Muslims.
(19) Many violent acts by Muslims in Afghanistan.
(20) Murder of a girl by Shiite Muslims in Iran.
(21) Conspiracy to bomb trains in Germany - as previously posted for you.
(22) And the list could go on and on, get it?

But, should we wonder at the fact that the two largest religions on earth are false religions?   Not if we pay attention to the words of Jesus (Yeshua) , the Isa.    They are as follows, First let's consider both Luke 13:24 and Matthew 7:13-14, it is in both of these that the road followed by true believers would be narrow and cramped, Luke 13:24, "Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." (Authorized King James Bible: AV); And Matthew 7:13-14, "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, abroad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." (AV); thereby, clearly showing few would be entering the narrow gate "which leadeth unto life." In reality, it will be difficult for even true Christians to enter as testified to at 1 Peter 4:18, "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear." (AV). In order to enter, we must have the right sort of guide, Luke 1:79, "To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace." (AV). Now, if one picks the wrong group, just because it is popular or the so called 'one to belong to in a community' and not because of Bible Truths, there is an important warning given at Matthew 15:14, "Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." (AV). In fact, being with the wrong group can mean you are NOT having fellowship with the Son of God, Jesus (Yeshua) as testified to at 1 John 1:6, "If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not [have] the truth." (AV). This danger is made abundantly clear at Luke 12:32 when Jesus (Yeshua) spoke of his true followers as a little flock and not a large one, "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." (AV). Simply stated, his true followers will be relatively few in number which should cause all sincere individuals to question whether mainstream religion with its vast membership is heading for the narrow gate!

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11/02/2022 2:39 pm  #2724


Re: Scripture of the Day

COMBINATION OF [1]  THE SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY AND A VIDEO OF OVERVIEW OF EXODUS, [2]    RIGHT AND WRONG FORMS OF SHOWING REVERENCE

[1]     SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY [529B]

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.  2  Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.  3  But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:  4  That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.   Matthew 6:1 – 4, [authorized King James Bible; AV]

Jesus (Yeshua) clearly warned against those figuratively blowing their own horn about their good works to heighten their esteem among men were really not righteous as he revealed at Matthew 5:20, [AV] “For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”  But be like Tabitha as recorded at Acts 9:36, [AV] “Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.”  And NOT like the Jewish religious leaders in his day as recorded at Luke 18:11 - 12, [AV] “The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.  12  I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.”

TO VIEW A VIDEO INTRODUCTION OF EXODUS, GO TO:  https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/books-of-bible-intros/book-of-exodus/   

[2]       RIGHT AND WRONG FORMS OF SHOWING REVERENCE

WORSHIP OF MEN OR MANMADE THINGS IS CLEARLY WRONG:

There is a right and a wrong showing of reverence.  Reverence clearly is wrong if it is a forum of worship of men and/or man made things. For example, Muslims believe in makeing prayers towards a certain direction, towards the Kaaba, in Mecca, which is a form of idol worship.  This is of course a showing wrong reverence for a large masonry structure the Kaaba in Mecca which they consider the 'holiest' place in Islam. 

The Bible clearly shows reverence of man and manmade objects to be just plain wrong.  Here is what yhe Bible says about showing reverence to man made objects at Isaiah 44:9-22, "They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
10  Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
11  Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
12  The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
13  The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
14  He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
15  Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
16  He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
17  And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
18  They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
19  And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
20  He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
21 ¶  Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
22  I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee." (Authorized King James Bible; AV) .

And, the Bible goes on to show idolatry in any form is wrong at Acts 7:40- , "Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
41  And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 ¶  Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.' (AV).

SHOWING RESPECT TO THOSE WHO REQUIRE RESPECT IS NOT NECESSARILY WRONG IF IT IS NOT WORSHIP:

Of course this does not mean it is wrong to show rulers honor and respect, Romans 13:7-10 clearly shows we should do this, "Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
8  Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
9  For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
10  Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law." (AV).

In fact, we are specifically told to render reverence to the true God (YHWH) of Abraham, Isaac, and Ishmael, the creator of all there is, at Hebrews 12:9, "Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? " (AV); and, Hebrews 12:28, "Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: " (AV).   And wives are told to show honor or reverence to their husbands at Ephesians 5:33, "Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. " (AV).

So we can see we should pay the proper reverence or honor to those deserving it, but guard against paying the wrong form of reverence in the form of idolatry or worship of either man and/or man made objects; therefore, there is a right and a wrong form of reverence.

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11/03/2022 2:04 pm  #2725


Re: Scripture of the Day

[NOTE: VOLUMES 598B AND ON CONTAIN VIDEOS YOU CAN CLICK ON FOR INTRODUCTIONS TO BIIBLE BOOKS.  528B STARTS WITH THE BOOK OF GENESIS – CHECK IT OUT]

COMBINATION OF [1]  THE SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY AND A VIDEO ON ENTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS, [2]   SOME WICKED ONES FEEL IT IS JUSTIFIABLE TO GIVE INTO WICKED TEMPTATIONS AND URGES OF SATAN THE DEVIL.   

[1]      SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY [530B]

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.   Matthew 5:7, [authorized King James Bible; AV]

Yes,     Almighty God (YHWH) will show mercy to the merciful per Matthew 6:14 - 15, [AV] “For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:  15  But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”  But we must be converted to being loving and obedient to Him per Matthew 18:3, [AV] “And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”  However, those who do NOT show mercy to others will not be shown mercy per James 2:13, [AV] “For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.”

VIDEO OF INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS, GO TO:   https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/books-of-bible-intros/book-of-leviticus/


[2]        SOME WICKED ONES FEEL IT IS JUSTIFIABLE TO GIVE INTO WICKED TEMPTATIONS AND URGES OF SATAN THE DEVIL.   HOWEVER, GIVING INTO URGES OF SATAN THE DEVIL IS ALWAYS WRONG AND A SIN.

FIRST, LET’S LOOK AT DEFINITIONS:

Definition of TEMPTATION
1. 1:  the act of tempting or the state of being tempted especially to evil :  ENTICEMENT
2. 2:  something tempting :  a cause or occasion of enticement

Examples of TEMPTATION in a sentence
1. Money is always a temptation.
2. The dessert menu has a lot of delicious temptations.
3. the temptations of the city
[SOURC - RETRIEVED FROM  https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temptation   ON  3/21/2017]
URGE
NOUN
* A strong desire or impulse.
[SOURC - RETRIEVED FROM   https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/urge  ON  3/21/2017]
SECOND, LET’S LOOK AT WHAT GOD’S WORD SAYS ON THE MATTER.  YES, THE DEVIL CREATES URGES OR TEMPTATION WITHIN US TO COMMIT SIN AGAINST THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD.    IN FACT, THE DEVIL EVEN TEMPTED JESUS (YESHUA), GOD’S SON WHEN HE WAS ON EARTH AS A HUMAN TO DO WRONG AS RECORDED AT MATTHEW 4:1 – 11,  [AUTHORIZED KING JAMES BIBLE; AV] , AS FOLLOWS:
1.Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2  And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
3  And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4  But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5  Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
6  And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7  Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
8  Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9  And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
10  Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
11  Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
BUT SOME MEMBERS OF FALSE RELIGIONS  FEEL IT IS OKAY TO GIVE INTO TEMPTATION, HERE IS WHAT ONE SAID:
A MUSLIM APOLOGIST SAID THE FOLLOWING WICKED THING TO JUSTIFY MANY MUSLIMS COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR THE PERSON AND PROPERTY OF OTHERS THUS PROVING WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG:

(QUOTE)  “How many MODEST DRESSED WOMEN get raped or sexually molested none or hardly any whereas women who wants too look SEXUALLY ATTRACTIVE make themselves more vulnerable to molestation and rape. Making oneself SEXUALLY ATTRACTIVE equates to DESIRED FOR SEX. Human nature dictates what EXCITES someone towards another makes them more desirable for the other. And when one cannot achieve that objective voluntarily there are certain individuals who will force themselves on others. The reality of life is certain individuals cannot control their urges so they will use any means necessary. Logic dictates that one does not put oneself in harms way. It is the woman whose life will be devastated. The rate of convictions on alleged rapist is shamefully very low. The law fails the rape victims so the safe bet for the womenfolk is to observe MODESTY for their own sake and for their loved ones. Same goes for men but the REALITY is the women folks are by far the biggest victims. If any doubt check STATISTICS to get to the REALITY OF ISSUES.”  (QUOTE)

THE CORRECT ANSWER TO THIS WICKED ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY WICKEDNESS IS AS FOLLOWS:

IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW ONE DRESSES OR EVEN IF THEY ARE NUDE ON A NUDE BEACH, THAT DOES NOT GIVE ANY MALE THE RIGHT TO RAPE A WOMEN. MUSLIM MALES COMMIT MANY MORE RAPES IN PROPORTION TO THEIR NUMBER IN EUROPE THAN ANY ONE ELSE. THE MUSLIM APOLOGIST ARGUMENT IS EVIL SPURIOUS AS THAT IS LIKE SAYING IF ONE GOES INTO A JEWELRY STORE AND SEES AN UNGUARDED PIECE HE HAS THE RIGHT TO STEAL IT. GET REAL.

USING HIS SAME WICKED JUSTIFICATION FOR WICKED ACTS, ONE COULD SAY THAT ONE WALKING IN BLACKPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM, AND FLASHING A WAD OF 10 POUND NOTES GIVES ANOTHER THE RIGHT TO ATTACK HIM AND STEAL IT BECAUSE HE HAD THE URGE TO STEAL MONEY.    THIS IS WICKEDNESS TO THE EXTREME.
THIS WICKED JUSTIFICATION OF WICKEDNESS SHOULD BE STOPPED.
IN FACT, GOD’S WORD THE BIBLE GIVES THE FOLLOWING WARNING:
11.Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13  Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.    EPHESIANS  6:11 – 13, [AV]
ONE PUBLICATION SAID THE FOLLOWING ON THE SUBJECT:
(QUOTE)  “Today, Satan uses enticements similar to those that he used with Eve and Jesus. Appealing to “the desire of the flesh,” the Devil uses his world to promote immorality and overindulgence in eating and drinking. By means of pornography, especially on the Internet, he can catch the attention of an unwary viewer and appeal to “the desire of the eyes.” And what temptation materialism, power, and fame hold for the proud and for those inclined to make ‘a showy display of their means of life’!”  [source – 2013 – 8/15 Watchtower Magazine]  (QUOTE)

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11/08/2022 3:58 pm  #2726


Re: Scripture of the Day

COMBINATION OF THE (1) SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY AND A VIEDO THE INTRODUCTION TO NUMEROUS, (2) THE RARE FRUIT TREES AND VEGETABLES - Synsepalum dulcificum,     With the Scripture of the Day first.

[1]  SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY [531B]

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.  2  Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.  3  But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:  4  That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.   Matthew 6:1 – 4, [authorized King James Bible; AV]

Jesus (Yeshua) clearly warned against those figuratively blowing their own horn about their good works to heighten their esteem among men were really not righteous as he revealed at Matthew 5:20, [AV] “For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”  But be like Tabitha as recorded at Acts 9:36, [AV] “Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.”  And NOT like the Jewish religious leaders in his day as recorded at Luke 18:11 - 12, [AV] “The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.  12  I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.” 

VIEW THE VIDEO, AN INTRODUCTION TO NUMEROUS, GO TO:  https://www.jw.org/en/library/bible/study-bible/books/numbers-introduction/


[2]       Here is a Commentary on Bountiful Trees and Vegetables God (YHWH) has provided for mankind, specifically the Miracle Fruit, Synsepalum dulcificum, is a plant with a berry that, when eaten, causes sour foods (such as lemons and limes) subsequently consumed to taste sweet. This effect is due to miraculin, which is used commercially as a sugar substitute. Common names for this species and its berry include miracle fruit, miracle berry, miraculous berry, sweet berry, and in West Africa, where the species originates, agbayun, taami, asaa, and ledidi.
The berry itself has a low sugar content and a mildly sweet tang.  It contains a glycoprotein molecule, with some trailing carbohydrate chains, called miraculin.  When the fleshy part of the fruit is eaten, this molecule binds to the tongue's taste buds, causing sour foods to taste sweet. Miraculin works by binding to sweet receptors on the taste buds. At neutral pH, miraculin binds and blocks the receptors, but at low pH (resulting from ingestion of sour foods) miraculin binds protons and becomes able to activate the sweet receptors, resulting in the perception of sweet taste.  This effect lasts until the protein is washed away by saliva (up to about 60 minutes).
The names miracle fruit and miracle berry are shared by Gymnema sylvestre and Thaumatococcus daniellii, which are two other species of plant used to alter the perceived sweetness of foods.
History
The berry has been used in West Africa since at least the 18th century, when European explorer Chevalier des Marchais, who searched for many different fruits during a 1725 excursion to its native West Africa, provided an account of its use there. Marchais noticed that local people picked the berry from shrubs and chewed it before meals.  An attempt was made in the 1970s to commercialize the ability of the fruit to turn unsweet foods into sweet foods without a caloric penalty, but ended in failure when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classified the berry as a food additive.  There were controversial circumstances with accusations that the project was sabotaged and the research burgled by the sugar industry to prevent loss of business caused by a drop in the need for sugar.  The FDA has always denied that pressure was put on it by the sugar industry, but refused to release any files on the subject.  Similar arguments are noted for the FDA's regulation on stevia now labeled as a "dietary supplement" instead of a "sweetener".
For a time in the 1970s, US dieters could purchase a pill form of miraculin.  The idea of the "miraculin party" was conceived then.  Recently, this phenomenon has enjoyed some revival in food-tasting events, referred to as "flavor-tripping parties" by some.  The tasters consume sour and bitter foods, such as lemons, radishes, pickles, hot sauce, and beer, to experience the taste changes that occur.
Characteristics
The plant is a shrub that grows up to 20 feet (6.1 m) high in its native habitat, but does not usually grow higher than ten feet in cultivation.  Its leaves are 5–10 cm long, 2-3.7 cm wide and glabrous below. They are clustered at the ends of the branchlets. The flowers are brown. It carries red, 2 cm long fruits. Each fruit contains one seed.
Cultivation
The plant grows best in soils with a pH as low as 4.5 to 5.8, in an environment free from frost and in partial shade with high humidity. It is tolerable to drought, full sunshine and slopes.
The seeds need 14 to 21 days to germinate. A spacing of 4 m between plants is suggested.
The plants first bear fruit after growing for approximately 3–4 years, and produce two crops per year, after the end of the rainy season. This evergreen plant produces small, red berries, while white flowers are produced for many months of the year.
The seeds are about the size of coffee beans. Without the use of plant hormones, the seeds have a 24% sprouting success rate.[citation needed]
Today, it is being cultivated in Ghana, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, and South Florida.
Miraculin is now being produced by transgenic tomato plants.
Uses
In tropical West Africa, where this species originates, the fruit pulp is used to sweeten palm wine. Historically, it was also used to improve the flavor of maize bread gone sour.
Attempts have been made to create a commercial sweetener from the fruit, with an idea of developing this for patients with diabetes.  Fruit cultivators also report a small demand from cancer patients, because the fruit allegedly counteracts a metallic taste in the mouth that may be one of the many side effects of chemotherapy.  This claim has not been researched scientifically,  though in late 2008, an oncologist at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami, Florida, began a study, and by March 2009, had filed an investigational new drug application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.[
In Japan, miracle fruit is popular among patients with diabetes and dieters.
The shelf life of the fresh fruit is only 2–3 days.  Because miraculin is denatured by heating, the pulp must be preserved without heating for commercial use.  Freeze-dried pulp is available in granules or in tablets, and has a shelf life of 10 to 18 months.  (source - retrieved from   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synsepalum_dulcificum  on  1/21/2013) 
In Genesis 1:11-13, "And God said, Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit-trees bearing fruit after their kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth: and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after their kind: and God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. (American Standard Version, ASV)[for more details, go to  www.jw.org].

The small fruit has the color of a cranberry, the shape of an almond and tastes like a flavorless gummy.
The "miracle fruit" makes acidic foods, such as lemons and grapefruits, sweet and candy-like.
But after chewing the fruit and rubbing the pulp against the tongue, the berry, known by a promising name -- "miracle fruit" or Synsepalum dulcificum -- releases a sweetening potency that alters the taste buds.
For about 15 to 30 minutes, everything sour is sweet.
Lemons lose their zing and taste like candy. Oranges become sickeningly sweet. Hot sauce that usually burns the tongue tastes like honey barbecue sauce that scorches as it trickles down the throat.  (source - retrieved from   http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/25/miracle.berries.weightloss/index.html  on  1/21/2013)
To see a small picture of the fruit, go to,  http://www.miraclefruit.org/
How this tree and other plants absorb water from the ground.   Plants have developed an effective system to absorb, translocate, store, and utilize water.  Plants contain a vast network of conduits, which consists of xylem and phloem tissues.  These conducting tissues start in the roots and continue up through the trunks of trees, into the branches and then into every leaf.  Phloem tissue is made of living elongated cells that are connected to one another and responsible for translocating nutrients and sugars (carbohydrates), which are produced by leaves for energy and growth.  The xylem is also composed of elongated cells but once the cells are formed, they die.  The walls of the xylem cells still remain intact and serve as an excellent peipline to transport water from the roots to the leaves.

The main driving force of water uptake and transport into a plant is transpiration of water from leaves through specialized openings called stomata.  Heat from the sun causes the water to evaporate, setting this ‘water chain’ in motion.  The evaporation creates a negative water vapor pressure.  Water is pulled into the leaf to replace the water that has transpired from the leaf.  This pulling of water, or tension, occurs in the xylem of the leaf.  Since the xylem is a continuous water column that extends from the leaf to the roots, this negative water pressure extends into the roots and results in water uptake from the soil.  [adapted from: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=follow-up-how-do-trees-ca ]

Clearly this clever water transport system shows a superior intelligence of the Creator (YHWH).

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11/09/2022 5:25 pm  #2727


Re: Scripture of the Day

HERE IS VOL 532B   --  COMBINATION OF [1]  THE SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY AND A VIDEO AN INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY, [2]    WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IN PALESTINE

[1]       SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY [532B]

Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.   Matthew 5:7, [authorized King James Bible; AV]

Yes,     Almighty God (YHWH) will show mercy to the merciful per Matthew 6:14 - 15, [AV] “For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:  15  But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”  But we must be converted to being loving and obedient to Him per Matthew 18:3, [AV] “And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.”  However, those who do NOT show mercy to others will not be shown mercy per James 2:13, [AV] “For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.” 

VIEW THE VIDEO, AN INTRODUCTION TO DEUTERONOMY, CLICK THE FOLLOWING:  https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/books-of-bible-intros/book-of-deuteronomy/

[2]        WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN IN PALESTINE

The Israelites, ancestors of Abraham's son Isaac were given title to the land now known as Palestine by the true God (YHWH) of Abraham, Isaac, and Ishmael, creator of all there is, around 1,500 BC. This is clearly recorded at Numbers 34:1-29 as follows, "And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof
3 Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:
5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.
6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.
7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:
8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border.
10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham:
11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.
23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan." (Authorized King James Bible; AV) . So it is clear who the land belongs to.

Now if one squats on another's land, it is obvious he should leave it when the rightful owner arrives. Therefore all the squatters should peacefully leave and return to where their ancestors came from. Quite simple if we take all the politics out of it.

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11/11/2022 2:29 pm  #2728


Re: Scripture of the Day

COMBINATION OF [1]  THE SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY AND A VIDEO ON AN INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA, [2] ISLAM HAS LITTLE REGARD FOR WOMEN

[1]       SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY [533B]

And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.   Matthew 14:14, [authorized King James Bible; AV]

Yes, he showed the multitude great compassion as shown at Matthew 9:36 - 37, [AV] “But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.  37  Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;” And he told his disciples of his feelings as recorded at Matthew 15:32, [AV] “Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.”

VIEW A VIDEO ON AN INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA, CLICK:  https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/books-of-bible-intros/book-of-joshua/   

[2]      ISLAM HAS LITTLE REGARD FOR WOMEN

Some say they do not believe in the Bible, but I wonder if these same ones believe as the grand Mufti, Muslim leader Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hilali, of all Muslims in Australia that women are just like raw meat which has been left outside that the cats, lustful Muslim men can just go grab and rape?

Let's look as what the Mufti said,

Imam justifies rape of unveiled women
Australian cleric compares victims to 'uncovered meat' that attracts cats

October 26, 2006
(c) 2006 WorldNetDaily.com

Australia's top Muslim cleric rationalized a series of gang rapes by Arab men, blaming women who "sway suggestively," wear make-up and don't cover themselves in the tradition of Islam.


Sheik Ibrahim Mogra with Sheik Taj el-Dene Elhilaly. (Courtesy Sydney Daily Telegraph)

Sheik Taj el-Dene Elhilaly's comments in a Ramadan sermon in a Sydney mosque have stirred a furor in the country with even Prime Minister John Howard weighing in with condemnation.

The cleric also said the judge in the case, who sentenced the rapists, had "no mercy."

"But the problem, but the problem all began with who?" he said, referring to the women victims - whom he said were "weapons used by Satan."

The victims of the vicious gang rapes are leading the national outcry - with some calling for deportation of the sheik. In a Sydney Daily Telegraph online poll, 84 percent of people said the Egyptian-born sheik should be deported.

(Story continues below)


"If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street, or in the garden or in the park, or in the backyard without a cover, and the cats come and eat it ... whose fault is it, the cats or the uncovered meat?" the sheik said in his sermon. "The uncovered meat is the problem. If she was in her room, in her home, in her hijab, no problem would have occurred."

A 16-year-old girl, whose gang rape investigation was the subject of a secret police report, issued an open letter yesterday.

"You are a sad person who has no understanding of what really happens when these people inflict harm and degrading acts upon me or any other young girl," she said.

Initially, the mufti of Australia would not back away from his comments. But today he apologized.

"I unreservedly apologize to any woman who is offended by my comments," he said in a statement. "I had only intended to protect women's honor."

Howard said the sheik's remarks were "appalling and reprehensible."

Where does everyone stand on this issue?

Let's see how some Muslim women in Australia feel about as shown be the news,

* Tom Allard and Annabel Stafford
October 27, 2006 - AAP

Sheikh Hilali
Photo: Reuters

AN EXPLANATION by Muslim leader Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hilali for suggesting immodestly dressed women are to blame if they are raped has been deemed totally unsatisfactory by Muslim women and the Federal Government.
The Lakemba-based imam - said to be ill and depressed - issued a statement from his bed late yesterday saying he was shocked about how his remarks had been interpreted.

He was responding to a storm of protest after he told a gathering that women were "weapons" used by "Satan" to control men and calling for Muslim women to cover their bodies.
"If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street, or in the garden or in the park, or in the backyard without a cover, and the cats come and eat it ... whose fault is it, the cats or the uncovered meat?" he said.
"If she was in her room, in her home, in her hijab, no problem would have occurred."

Sheikh Hilali did not deny making the comments but said they were made in the context of premarital fornication, which he said was caused by women "90 per cent" of the time. "I condemn rape," Sheikh Hilali said in the statement. "I unreservedly apologise to any woman who is offended by my comments. I had only intended to protect women's honour."

Prime Minister John Howard described the remarks as "appalling and reprehensible", a sentiment echoed by Labor's Kim Beazley.

Sheikh Hilali calls himself the Mufti of Australia, an honour given to him 17 years ago by the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils.
Many Muslims do not recognize this status and there was a chorus of Muslims calling for him to relinquish it.
"He is just one minority group and he's representing them. I'm a Turkish Australian and there's no way that he is representing us," said Semra Batik, a member of Auburn Council. "We have nothing to do with what he says."
That won't be enough for the Islamic Council of Victoria, which demanded Sheikh Hilali's immediate resignation as Mufti.

In an open letter, Council member Waleed Aly said Sheikh Hilali's comments were "deeply repulsive" and it was "morally repugnant and disgraceful to blame the victim of a sexual assault for inciting the crime in any way".
Community spokesman Ameer Aly said Sheikh Hilali's comments would lead to persecution of ordinary Muslims who carried no truck with his views.
"We've had problems with him for years," Mr Aly said. "With today's comments ... it's just gone way too far ... and we've called on him to resign."
Mr Aly said the ICV believed the title of Mufti should be abolished, because it was ridiculous to suggest one person could represent all Muslims. "The only thing it does is ends up suggesting to the world that this one person is representative of all Muslims."

And the antecedent for the Mutfi's uncalled remarks, is as follows:

FrontPageMagazine.com of December 15, 2005. In court, this wicked man even berated one of his tearful 14-year old victims because she had the temerity of shake her head at his testimony.

However, she had every right to express her disgust. This wicked man even told the court, "That he committed the four attacks on girls as young as 13 because they had no right to say "no." They were not covering their face or wearing a headscarf, and therefore, 'I'm not doing anything wrong.'" Of course the judge did not see it that way, nor would any right thinking individual. Now why would any one think this okay? Because of his Islamic cultural background which of course gives no consideration to the rights of women. All women have an absolute right to say "no" to being raped, and in fact a girl younger than 16 can not even give legal consent to con-sexual sex in most civilized countries.

FrontPageMagazine.com | December 15, 2005
In Australia this week amidst anger over an Islamic man's rape conviction and the bashing of two Aussie life savers, working-class locals erupted in a rampage of anger and brawling in some of the worst racial riots in decades. But there is more to the story than is being repeated in the American mainstream media....
Four days after he set foot in Australia, the rape spree began. And during his sexual assault trial in a New South Wales courtroom, the Pakistani man began to berate one of his tearful 14-year-old victims because she had the temerity to shake her head at his testimony.
But she had every reason to express her disgust. After taking an oath on the Qur'an, the man - known only as MSK - told the court he had committed four attacks on girls as young as 13 because they had no right to say "no." They were not covering their face or wearing a headscarf, and therefore, the rapist proclaimed: "I'm not doing anything wrong."
MSK is already serving a 22-year jail term for leading his three younger brothers in a gang rape of two other young Sydney girls in 2002. In his own defense, he argued that his cultural background, was responsible for his crimes.

Clearly proves my statement,

Islam Has Little Regard For Women

when their Mufti of Australia, Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hilali, would liken women to raw meat.   No more need be said.

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11/17/2022 2:54 pm  #2729


Re: Scripture of the Day

HERE IS VOL 534B  --  COMBINATION OF [1]  THE SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY AND A VIDEO INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES, [2]    MEMBERS OF ISLAM ARE SYSTEMATICALLY RAPING THE NATIVE WOMEN OF EUROPE.     DOUBT THIS?   READ THE NEWS ACCOUNT BELOW:   WHEREAS, GENUINE FOLLOWERS ONLY SHOW LOVE NOT VIOLENCE TO OTHERS.    BECOME A GENUINE FOLLOWER OF THE PRINCE OF PEACE, JESUS (YESHUA), GET OUT OF FALSE RELIGION.

[1]       SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY [534B]

This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,  18  Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:  19  Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.   Ephesians 4:17 – 19, [authorized King James Bible; AV]

And 1 Peter 4:3, [AV] “For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:” shows we should give up our wrong ways.  Yes, many of those doing what Almighty God (YHWH) does not want knew who He is , but as stated at Romans 1:21, [AV] “Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.”  Yes, all need to per Acts 26:18, [AV] “To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.”  For those not wanting to be obedient to him, He per Romans 1:28, [AV] “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;”  So we should per Isaiah 56:11 - 12, [AV] “Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.  2  Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.”

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[2]       MEMBERS OF ISLAM ARE SYSTEMATICALLY RAPING THE NATIVE WOMEN OF EUROPE.     DOUBT THIS?   READ THE NEWS ACCOUNT BELOW:   WHEREAS, GENUINE FOLLOWERS ONLY SHOW LOVE NOT VIOLENCE TO OTHERS.    BECOME A GENUINE FOLLOWER OF THE PRINCE OF PEACE, JESUS (YESHUA), GET OUT OF FALSE RELIGION.
READ REALITY, THE FACTS THAT MANY MUSLIMS WILL DENY, BUT WHICH ARE TRUE.   OBVIOUSLY THIS RELIGION IS A FALSE ONE AS THEY TACITLY APPROVE OF THIS ACTION AS SHOWN BY THE FACT THEY NEVER EXCOMMUNICATE OR THROW OUT THE EVIL PERPETRATORS.    SEE DETAILS AFTER THE NEWS ARTICLE:Norway Police: “Radical Islam Has Taken Over Oslo”
September 18, 2017 Sean Adl-Tabatabai News, World 15
Police in Norway say that they have completely lost control over the city of Oslo due to the fact that radical Islamists have taken over the area.
According to police, Grønland, a district in the city of Oslo, is experiencing “apocalyptic levels of violence and lawlessness.”
Occupydeplorables.com reports:  The Grønland district of Oslo looks like Karachi, Basra, and Mogadishu all rolled into one. People sell drugs openly next to the Grønland subway station, violence is epidemic, and the police have largely given up. It’s not Norway or Europe anymore, except when there is welfare money to be collected.
The police are powerless. Five years ago, Aftenposten, a pro-Islamic leaning publication that is the largest newspaper in the Oslo, stated that there are sharia patrols in this area, and gay couples are assaulted and chased away. “Immigrant Fatima Tetouani says that ‘Grønland is more Muslim than Morocco.’”
The women are being raped at night in Oslo, and the men are robbed more than ever.
Sturla Nøstvik (36) did not suspect any danger when the barrel of a pistol was smashed into his forehead. That was the beginning of fifty minutes of hell as a hostage of the robbers.
In just the past ten years more than 4,000 people have been robbed in the town center and the area of the Grønland police station [an immigrant ghetto]. Most of them are young men. Sturla Nøstvik was robbery-victim 351 from Grønland just from this year, the same period in which around fifty assault-rapes have been reported in Oslo. The robbers play on fear and violence.

A Female Olso Police Officer Takes A Walk Through A Rape Scene And Explains The Immigrant Horrors That Have Been Festering For A Decade.
We are on a street in eastern Oslo. One of the top leaders of the police district tells about what happened here New Year’s Eve 2006, ten years ago, when a woman was subjected to aggravated sexual assault. The police officer Explains:
What we know is that a young woman aged 20 walked from there to here, well dressed, getting captured on CCTV. She is going to the direction Bopell. It’s about 4:00 am. There comes a man we can see on CCTV.
The man catches her running and tries to make contact with her. She refuses. The man throws the woman over here and begins to strangle her saying that she has to have sex with him or else she will die.
The police of Oslo have gone through all reported rapes where the victim did not know the rapist. It has given a clear perception about who is behind these kind of rapes.
The rapists are young men from other countries, often asylum seekers. They come often from traumatized countries or countries with a different view on women than here in Norway.
It’s both traumatized men and culture related incidents.
It’s like that.
What do you mean with ‘that?’
We see their view on women is that they may control other people, especially women.
Has it sometimes happened that our ethnic Norwegians have committed such rapes?
No, there has not been any such cases at the violence and sex department of Oslo.
She went on to say:
Use of aggravate violence was typical for the rapes.
We have example of violence that is so grave that when the victim describes it later, says that there and then, she was just fearing for her life.’
Can you describe the violence?
It can be anything from threats and knives to strangling and hitting with different objects.”   [SOURCE - RETRIEVED FROM   http://yournewswire.com/norway-radical-islam-oslo/  ON 9/20/2017]
Guilt Comes On Organizations That Fail To Clean House Of The Wicked Ones:

INTRODUCTION:

First, The world we live in is ruled by the wicked one as testified to by 1 John 5:19, “And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.” (Authorized King James Bible; AV).  If we pick up a newspaper in any country, we find reports of cruelty and violence on an unprecedented scale.  Man’s inhumanity to man is troubling for a righteous person to contemplate as testified to at Ecclesiastes 8:9, “All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.” (AV).

Second, Most individuals and/or groups seek to avoid responsibility for their own actions rather than take corrective actions.   This also applies to so called religious groups that seek to absolve themselves of responsibility for the wrong actions of members, but fail, willingly, to take action against these wrong doers by purging themselves of these wicked ones.

THE REALITY:

If a religion fails to clean house of evil and wicked men when they are discovered, and especially of evil and wicked men/women taking the lead in a congregation, and/or congregations such as Pastors, Ministers, Sheiks, Imams, Bishops, Cardinals, Etc., then the religion is responsible for their wrong doing. Some religions such as Islam have never cleaned house of evil and wicked individuals when they are discovered and that religion has been violent since its beginning, and many of its members lust for violence in such acts as beheading of others, suscide bombers, makers of IEDs, etc. do to the teachings of their groups religious leaders. One notable example of an evil and wicked individual Islam well knows of who is a leader of a large group of members of Islam is Sheik Osama bin Ladin. Of course, Islam, is NOT the only religion that fails to take effective action against evil and wicked individuals and leaders of groups among them, another is the Catholic and Angalican churches that for many years just moved pedophiles to a new congregation when they were uncovered as the world's news media has so well identified. Groups seeking to keep themselves clean of evil and wicked individuals that sneak into their group take the appropriate action; to wit, they throw them out.

Now many religions seek to escape reality by claiming they have no provisions within their religion for purging out these wicked ones, but this is no excuse since it is their failure to provide measures for purging out these wicked ones and no one else’s.

Now let’s look at one such religion that tries to escape their responsibility for cleaning house so to speak.

ISLAM FAILS TO CLEAN HOUSE:

Now of course it is important to recognize that not all Muslims are terrorist and jihadists nor refuse to recognize the property rights of others, it is likewise equally important to recognize that all jihadists are members of Islam.  Islam is totally responsible for their actions as they tacitly approve of their evil wrong doing and have never cleaned house of these wicked ones.  To wit, by not doing so, they have taken on the responsibility for their wrongful actions upon themselves.  Yes, of course they are not the only religion that has failed to clean house; thus taking on the guilt of these wrong doers.  Any religion, no exception, which fails to clean house is nothing but an evil false religion.  And as previously stated, ‘Now many religions seek to escape reality by claiming they have no provisions within their religion for purging out these wicked ones, but this is no excuse since it is their failure to provide measures for purging out these wicked ones and no one else’s.’

CONCLUSION:

Many are just fooling themself, it is not what either the Bible or the Bible knockoff the Qur'an actually say, but how religious leaders be they priest and/or imams or muftis or what ever teach the people is the interpretation of what is written either in the Bible or the bible knockoff the Qur'an that matters and governs actions.   It matters not what the Bible and/or the Bible knockoff really say.   People go by what they are taught by their religious leaders.   Take the genocide committed by the Roman Catholic Church at the direction of their supreme religious leader, the pope (Pope Innocent III (1160 or 1161 – 16 July 1216)), what mattered was not that the Bible clearly said at Exodus 20:13, "Thou shalt not kill." (Authorized King James Bible; AV), but what their religious leaders told them.   Therefore, it is the religion which is at fault, irregardless of what their particular holy book, be it the Bible or the Bible knockoff the Qur'an may say.   Neither in so called Christianity or in Islam are most individuals actions really governed in any way by what their particular holy book really says, but they are governed by the interpretation of their religious leaders.   Thus, knowing this reality, one would be either just plain stupid and/or dumb to even bother looking at a particular religion's holy book and expect the members would conform to it.   Take the Rig Vede and find me for example a Hindu actually conforming to it instead of the interpretation given to it by his religious leaders, like looking for a needle in the haystack per K.S. Lal, India's greatest historian.

Likewise the failure to clean house of evil ones puts their wrongs directly upon the organization failing to throw out evil/wicked ones when they are found out.

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11/18/2022 8:30 pm  #2730


Re: Scripture of the Day

COMBINATION OF [1]  THE SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY AND A VIDEO AN INTRODUCTION TO RUTH, [2]  FALSE RELIGION TURNS IT EYE FROM IMMORAL SEX

[1]       SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY [535B]

But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.  23  But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.   Galatians 3:22 – 23, [authorized King James Bible; AV]

Yes, Almighty God (YHWH) is impartial, and none is better than the other due to race or nationality.  This is made plain at Romans 3:9, [AV] “What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;”  Jesus (Yeshua) was sent forth to redeem all obedient men per Galatians 4:4 – 5, [AV] “But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,  5  To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.”

VIEW AN INTRODUCTION TO RUTH, GO TO:  https://www.jw.org/en/library/videos/books-of-bible-intros/book-of-ruth/ 

[2]       FALSE RELIGION TURNS IT EYE FROM IMMORAL SEX

INTRODUCTION AND WESTERN EXAMPLES:

In western lands many church groups tolerate immorality in violation of Romans 1:19-27, "Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20  For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21  Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23  And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24  Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25  Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26  For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27  And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28  And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;" (Authorized King James Bible; AV) .   They ordain gay and lesbian members as clergy and partition governments to recognize same sex marriages.    Even churches which claim to condemn immorality have tolerated religious leaders who have sexually abused children and/or have committed adultery.   But 2 Corinthians 6:9-10 says, "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God." (AV).

ISLAM TACITLY CONDONES IMMORAL SEX:

Now Islam condemns what they see as immoral conditions in western lands, but it too permits immoral sex and sometimes severly punishes women who resist rape.   Let's look at an actual case.
<<"Rape Victims Held Criminally Libel, a news item on page 17a, of the Sunday, June 2, 2002, The Palm Beach Post article, "Pakistani rape victims the criminals."  This article stated, "The evidence of guilt was there for all to see: a newborn baby in the arms of its mother, a village woman named Zafran Bibi.

Her crime: She had been raped.  Her sentence: death by stoning.

Thumping a fat red statute book, the white-bearded judge who convicted her, Anwar Ali Kahn, said he had simply followed the letter of the Koran based law, known as hudood, that mandates punishment.

Furthermore, he said, in accusing her brother-in-law of raping her, Zafran had confessed to her crime.

"The lady stated before this court that, yea, she had committed sexual intercourse, but with the brother of her husband," Judge Khan said.  "This left no option to the court but to impose the highest penalty."

Although legal fine points do exist, little distinction is made in court between forced and consensual sex.

When hudood was enacted 23 years ago, the laws were formally described as measures to ban "all forms of adultery, whether the offense is committed with or without the consent of the parties."  But women are almost always punished, whatever the facts.">>
This is of course absurd and a tacit approving of rape; a total injustice.

Here is another example,
<<"Imam justifies rape of unveiled women
Australian cleric compares victims to 'uncovered meat' that attracts cats

October 26, 2006
(c) 2006 WorldNetDaily.com

Australia's top Muslim cleric rationalized a series of gang rapes by Arab men, blaming women who "sway suggestively," wear make-up and don't cover themselves in the tradition of Islam.


Sheik Ibrahim Mogra with Sheik Taj el-Dene Elhilaly. (Courtesy Sydney Daily Telegraph)

Sheik Taj el-Dene Elhilaly's comments in a Ramadan sermon in a Sydney mosque have stirred a furor in the country with even Prime Minister John Howard weighing in with condemnation.

The cleric also said the judge in the case, who sentenced the rapists, had "no mercy."

"But the problem, but the problem all began with who?" he said, referring to the women victims - whom he said were "weapons used by Satan."

The victims of the vicious gang rapes are leading the national outcry - with some calling for deportation of the sheik. In a Sydney Daily Telegraph online poll, 84 percent of people said the Egyptian-born sheik should be deported.

(Story continues below)

"If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street, or in the garden or in the park, or in the backyard without a cover, and the cats come and eat it ... whose fault is it, the cats or the uncovered meat?" the sheik said in his sermon. "The uncovered meat is the problem. If she was in her room, in her home, in her hijab, no problem would have occurred."

A 16-year-old girl, whose gang rape investigation was the subject of a secret police report, issued an open letter yesterday.

"You are a sad person who has no understanding of what really happens when these people inflict harm and degrading acts upon me or any other young girl," she said.

Initially, the mufti of Australia would not back away from his comments. But today he apologized.

"I unreservedly apologize to any woman who is offended by my comments," he said in a statement. "I had only intended to protect women's honor."

Howard said the sheik's remarks were "appalling and reprehensible." ">>

Now one can ask what was the antecedent for such an outrageous speech by the grand Mufti of Australia?   Well, let's look at it.
<<" FrontPageMagazine.com | December 15, 2005
In Australia this week amidst anger over an Islamic man's rape conviction and the bashing of two Aussie life savers, working-class locals erupted in a rampage of anger and brawling in some of the worst racial riots in decades. But there is more to the story than is being repeated in the American mainstream media....
Four days after he set foot in Australia, the rape spree began. And during his sexual assault trial in a New South Wales courtroom, the Pakistani man began to berate one of his tearful 14-year-old victims because she had the temerity to shake her head at his testimony.
But she had every reason to express her disgust. After taking an oath on the Qur'an, the man - known only as MSK - told the court he had committed four attacks on girls as young as 13 because they had no right to say "no." They were not covering their face or wearing a headscarf, and therefore, the rapist proclaimed: "I'm not doing anything wrong."
MSK is already serving a 22-year jail term for leading his three younger brothers in a gang rape of two other young Sydney girls in 2002. In his own defense, he argued that his cultural background, was responsible for his crimes.">>.

Let's look at one more case so all can see they are noy isolated incidents,

7 January 2006 -- Iran's "Etemad" newspaper reports today that an 18-year-old woman has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing a man she said was trying to rape her.

The newspaper reported that the woman, identified only as Nazanin, testified during her trial that she and her niece were out with their boyfriends when they were accosted by two men who chased away the boyfriends then tried to rape the two young women.

Nazanin admitted stabbing one of the men to prevent her and her niece from being assaulted.

Nazanin was only 17 years old at the time, but under Iranian law a boy can be executed from the age of 15 and a girl from the age of nine.

At least 81 people were executed in 2005 in Iran, which has been heavily criticized within the international community for its laws and practices on capital punishment. [source - AFP]">>

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CONCLUSION:

Many religions of both east and west are tacitly promoting and/or condoning immoral sex.  Sometimes even punishing those who report it to death and/or putting to death those who try to prevent being rapped.

Now what does the future hold for religions that produce rotten fruit like this?   Jesus (Yeshua) warned, at Matthew 7:19, "Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." (Authorized King James Bible; AV).   Yes, false religion will be cut down and destroyed.   NOW, How will this occur?   Revelation chapter 17 and 18 "And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2  With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3  So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4  And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5  And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6  And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 ¶  And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8  The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9  And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10  And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11  And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12  And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13  These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 ¶  These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15  And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16  And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17  For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18  And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
1 ¶  And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2  And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
3  For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
4  And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5  For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
6  Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
7  How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
8  Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
9 ¶  And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
10  Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11  And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
12  The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
13  And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
14  And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
15  The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16  And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17  For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18  And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19  And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20  Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21  And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
22  And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
23  And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth." (Authorized King James Bible; AV).

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