There be a beast this way coming III

The beast evident

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

So God created man in his own image,

And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son,

and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me

another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. . . and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

Read and understand

Job 38:1 through Job 38:41

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it, And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the day spring to know his place; That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear; Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

I am going to stop here for now.

I am Samuel

I am Samuelyea

I am Son of God

There be a Beast this way coming I

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst
after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
　
　
You began as a mist
But there went up a mist from the earth,
and watered the whole face of the ground.
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain
upon the earth forty days and forty nights;
And Noah was six hundred years old when
the flood of waters was upon the earth.
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over
the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
　
The fourth Beast, pt. I
He will come from Nineveh/Mosul

To Ephraim and also to your wives with you, I say fear not for thou are truly loved. The day to harvest that which was planted and the day to gather stones that have scattered brought together. Between now and the dawning of the Kingdom in the year 2019. There is much to learn. So let us begin.

This will be the first installment of writings I will be posting over time with the hope it will garner comments from you. The subject will be on the, Forth Beast as prophesied in the night vision of Daniel 7:13 to 7:26. . . .Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;.

With that said let us begin. The chronicles of mans journey is communicated in those chapter who most considered to be nothing more then a lengthy boring read of endless genealogies of begats with names difficult to pronounce. However therein is the story of Man, son of man, sons of God and men told.
　

The Trees
And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow
every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for
food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden,
and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
　
The tree of life.　

And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:
And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
　

The tree of knowledge of good and evil.

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters
which were under the firmament from the waters which
were above the firmament: and it was so.

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament
of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and
let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven
to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and
fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and
over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the
earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God
created he him; male and female created he them.

and unto them were sons born after the flood.

The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

take note: the tree of knowledge of good and evil differs from the tree of life, insofar as the tree of life gives a chronological record the times of the birth of the son and the time of the death of the father. The tree of knowledge has no such references.

Herein is the Sons of God

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:

The Sons of Man

And the earth was without form, and void;

And the earth was without form; . . . And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground,

The Beast

and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; . . .And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field,

and void:

For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any
understanding in them. O that they were wise, that they
understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become
as one of us, to know good and evil:

and man became a living soul.. . .and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

All of the pieces are there, now read and understand:
　
　
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil

Eve, Adam’s wife is of Assyrian linage and she is a fair. . . .And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

　
The tree of life

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full
of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut
down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
　

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
　

A Beast cometh this way shortly
But first
And God said, Let there be light:
Justice
The Keeper and the Tiller

Able the Spirit, Cain the flesh

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
　

And also Adam’s wife

And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep,

The Beast makes his debut

but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
　

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, mine anger
and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man,
and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon
the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God:
I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will be like the most High.
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. They that
see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying,

Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof;
that opened not the house of his prisoners? All the kings of the nations,
even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of
those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit;
as a carcase trodden under feet.

But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
　
　
　
I am going to stop here for now.

I am Samuel

Servants, never slaves

Servant: One who is privately employed to perform
domestic services. 2. One who is publicly employed
to perform services, as for a government.

American Heritage Dictonary

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They that go down to the sea in ships, that do
business in great waters; These see the works
of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.

For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind,
which lifteth up the waves thereof. They mount
up to the heaven, they go down again to the
depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken
man, and are at their wits' end.

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and
he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh
the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.

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It is late summer. Out of a violent storm appears a Dutch ship. The ship's cargo hold is empty except for twenty or so Africans whom the captain and his crew have recently robbed from a Spanish ship. The captain exchanges the Africans for food, then sets sail. It's not clear if the Africans are considered slaves or indentured servants. (An indentured servant would be required to work a set amount of time, then granted freedom.) Records of 1623 and 1624 list them as servants, and indeed later records show increasing numbers of free blacks, some of whom were assigned land.

On the other hand, records from gatherings do not indicate the marital status of the Africans (Mr., Miss, etc.) and, unlike white servants, no year is associated with the names -- information vital in determining the end of a servant's term of bondage. Most likely some Africans were slaves and some were servants. At any rate, the status of people in bondage was very confusing, even to those who were living at the time.

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I am Samuel