Flesh of My Flesh

 

catechumen            

(kati-kyoomn)n. 1. One who is being taught the principles of Christianity. 2. One who is being instructed in a subject at an elementary level.[Middle English cathecumine, from Old French catechumene, from Latin catechumenus, from Greek katekhoumenos, present passive participle of katekhein, to instruct. See CATECHIZE.]

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When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another,

 

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comely            

(kumle)adj. come-li-er, come-li-est. 1. Pleasing and wholesome in appearance; attractive. See Synonyms at beautiful. 2. Suitable; seemly: comely behavior.[Middle English comli, alteration (probably influenced by bicomli, seemly, from bicomen, to be suitable. See BECOME), of cumli, from Old English cymlic, lovely, delicate, from cyme, beautiful.]--come'li-ness n.

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sanctuary

(sangkchoo-ere)n.pl. sanc-tu-ar-ies. 1.   A sacred place, such as a church, temple, or mosque. The holiest part of a sacred place, as the part of a Christian church around the altar. 2.   A sacred place, such as a church, in which fugitives formerly were immune to arrest. Immunity to arrest afforded by a sanctuary. 3. A place of refuge or asylum. 4. A reserved area in which birds and other animals, especially wild animals, are protected from hunting or molestation.

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ewe

 (yoo)n. A female sheep, especially when full grown.[Middle English, from Old English ewe, eowu. See owi-.]

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Knops

knop (nop)n. A small decorative knob or boss.

 

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While many use the terms, stone and rock, interchangeably, there is a difference between the two. Stone is smaller than rock.

To easily sum it up, rock is made out of stone and mineral matter. The stone used to make your countertops was cut from rock.

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Onyx

Onyx primarily refers to the parallel banded variety of the silicate mineral chalcedony. Agate and onyx are both varieties of layered chalcedony that differ only in the form of the bands: agate has curved bands and onyx has parallel bands. The colors of its bands range from black to almost every color. Commonly, specimens of onyx contain bands of black and/or white.[3] Onyx, as a descriptive term, has also been applied to parallel banded varieties of alabaster, marble, obsidian and opal, and misleadingly to materials with contorted banding, such as "Cave Onyx" and "Mexican Onyx".

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The long history

Of

how Jesus came

to

resemble

a

white European

 

The historical Jesus likely had the brown eyes and skin of other first-century Jews from Galilee, a region in biblical Israel.

But no one knows exactly what Jesus looked like. There are no known images of Jesus from his lifetime, and while the Old Testament Kings Saul and David are explicitly called tall and handsome in the Bible, there is little indication of Jesus’ appearance in the Old or New Testaments.

Even these texts are contradictory: The Old Testament prophet Isaiah reads that the coming savior “had no beauty or majesty,” while the Book of Psalms claims he was “fairer than the children of men,” the word “fair” referring to physical beauty.

U of SC

 

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The scriptural description

of

Emmanuel

 

Isaiah

as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

 

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The introduction of a white Jesus

Toward the East

 

Acts.6

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears,

ye do always resist the Holy host: as your fathers did, so do ye.

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

 

When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

But he, being full of the Holy host, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Emmanuel standing on the right hand of God,

And said, Behold,

I see the heavens opened,

and the

Son of man

standing on the right hand of God.

 

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Saul the son of Cis,

a man of the tribe

of

Benjamin,

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Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

. . . And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

 

As for Saul,

he made havock

of the

church,

 

entering into every house,

and haling men

and women committed them to prison.

 

Therefore they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word.

And said,

Behold,

I

see the heavens opened, and the Son of man

standing on the right hand

of

God.

 

 

Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

 

And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. . . .

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And they said,

Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do:

and now nothing will be restrained from them,

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And God saw that the wickedness

of

man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

**

 

which they have imagined to do. Go to,

let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand

one

another's

speech.

 

So the Lord scattered them abroad  from

thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

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and it came to pass, when they were in the field,

that Saul rose up against Stephen  his brother, and slew him.

 

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And Saul was consenting unto his death.

And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

 

As for Saul,

he

made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.

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To this day day, Paul's aka Saul epistles continue to be vital roots of the theology, worship and pastoral life in the Latin and Protestant traditions of the West, as well as the Eastern Catholic and Orthodox traditions of the East.[19] Paul's influence on Christian thought and practice has been characterized as being as "profound as it is pervasive", among that of many other apostles and missionaries involved in the spread of the Christian faith.

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Constantine

In 313 AD, Emperor Constantine historically referred to as the ‘First Christian,’ lived much of his life as a pagan, and later as a catechumen, he began to favor Christianity beginning in 312, finally becoming Christian and being baptized by either Eusebius of Nicomedia, an Arian bishop, or Pope Sylvester I, which is maintained by the Catholic Church and the Coptic Orthodox Church.

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For the first time in the history of the earth the humans created an image of god that looked exactly like themselves and this god, expressed Love for his followers.

For past thirteen hundred years, Jesus the image has been horned into a benevolent god that talks plainly, through his priest, the fowls of the air concerning the affairs of the day.

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Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

I loathe it;

I

would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

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A ‘god’ taking human form bringing to all humanity the promise of eternal to anyone who of faith accepts him as their personal savior.

After being emersed in water, thereafter, now a saint, arises renewed assured of gods love and eternal life.

The acolyte, no longer subject to earthly concerns his treasures now stored safely in ‘heaven’ and they are no longer sinner and all past atrocities, heinous, murderous genocide of people, crimes against beast for sport. Nature, the earth itself left a barren landscape where nothing grows again and bitter waters all these callous  mindless crimes forgiven, tossed into the fiery lake of forgetfulness and all future such behavior will be absolved as well. All the saints  assured that Jesus’ love for his children is boundless.

 

Over the eons the metamorphic societal changes has diminished the omnipotent aura of Jesus considerable due to the exposure of crimes committed by the priest themselves and the entanglement of their attempts to forgive.

The church, the benevolent dispenser of gods ‘truth’ is decimated as the bright light of truth shines in the darkness exposing their  ever love for money,  not Justice, restraints not equality, contempt not love only more luxury, as for the poor their wealth is to be had only after they drop dead.

Today it appears only the very rich and powerful touts their love for god by embracing the most harsh of injustice against women, homosexuals, children, the ill the old, transforming the love of Jesus, into an oppressive police force who with impunity and god’s blessing, brutally  beat, murder and arrest the poor who are afforded shoddy representation, unlike white Jesus’ whom  they declare, god loves most.

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When the Son

of

man

shall come in his glory,

and all the

holy Host

angels with him,

 

then shall

he

sit upon the

throne

of

his glory:

 

***

 

His glory

is like

the

firstling of his bullock,

and his horns

are like the horns

of

(One corn)

unicorns:

 

with

them

he

shall push the people together

to the

ends of the earth:

and they

are the

ten thousand

of

Ephraim,

 

and they

are the

thousands of Manasseh.

**

And before him shall

be

gathered all nations:

and he

shall separate them

one

from

another,

 

as a

shepherd

divideth

his sheep

from

the goats:

 

And he

shall set

the sheep

on

his right hand,

but the goats

on the

left.

Then shall

the

King

say unto

them

on

his right hand,

Come,

ye blessed

of

my Father,

**

 

I

lay yesternight

with

my father:

let us

make him drink

wine

this night also;

**

 

And Judah said,

What shall

we

say unto my lord?

what shall

we speak?

or how shall

we clear ourselves?

God hath found out

the inequity

of

thy servants:

behold,

we

 are my lord's

servants,

both we,

and he also

with whom

the

cup is found.

               

And he said,

God forbid

that I

should

do so:

but the man

in

whose hand

the cup

is

found,

he

shall be my servant;

 

and as for you,

get you up in peace

unto

your father.

**

 

and go thou in,

 

and lie with him,

that we

may preserve seed

of

our father.

 

***

 

I

will take the cup

of

salvation,

and call upon

the name

of the

Lord.

I

will pay

my vows

unto the Lord

now

in the

presence

of

all his people.

       

Precious in the sight

of

the Lord

is

the death

of

his saints.

 

O Lord,

truly

I am

thy servant;

 

I am

thy servant,

**

 

What is this that thou hast done?

And the woman said,

The serpent beguiled me,

and I did eat.

**

Then she said,

Let me find favour

in

thy sight,

my lord;

 

for

that thou hast

comforted me,

and for

that thou hast

spoken friendly

unto

thine handmaid,

though

I

be not

like unto

one of thine

handmaidens.

 

And Boaz

said unto her,

At mealtime

come thou hither,

and eat

of the

bread,

and dip

thy morsel in the vinegar.

 

And she

sat beside

the reapers:

and he

reached

 her

parched corn,

and she did eat,

and was sufficed,

and left.

**

And he said,

Who told thee

that thou wast

naked?

Hast thou

eaten

of

the tree,

whereof

I

commanded

thee

that thou

shouldest not eat?

**

 

What hast thou here?

and whom hast thou here,

that thou hast

hewed

thee

out a

sepulchre here,

as

he that

heweth

him

out a sepulchre

on high,

and that

graveth an habitation

for

himself

in a rock?

**

and the son

of

thine handmaid:

thou hast loosed my bonds.

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This passage details

 the marriage of Emmanuel’s disciples

to the daughters of Aaron.

**

And as they were eating,

Immanuel

took bread,

and blessed it,

and brake it,

**

And all the people

of the land

went into the house

of Baal,

and brake it down;

his altars and his images

brake they in pieces thoroughly,

and slew Mattan

the

priest of Baal before the altars.

And the priest appointed officers

over the

house of the Lord.

**

 

and gave it

to the

disciples,

and said,

Take,

eat;

this is my body.

 

And he took the cup,

and gave thanks,

and gave it to them,

saying,

Drink

ye all of it;

**

Their knops

and their branches

were

of the

same:

all of it

was one beaten work

of

pure gold.

**

 

The cities

of the

south shall be shut up,

and none shall open them:

Judah shall be carried away captive

all of it,

it shall be

wholly carried away captive.

**

O

mount Seir,

and all Idumea,

even

all of it:

and they shall

know

that

ISamuel

 am

the Lord.

**

        For this is my blood,

which

is shed

for many

for the

remission of sins.

**

I cried to thee,

O Lord;

and unto the Lord

I

made supplication.

What profit

is

there

in my blood,

when

I

go down

to the

pit?

Shall

The

dust praise thee?

shall it declare thy truth?

**

But I

say unto you,

I

will not drink

henceforth

of

this fruit

of the

vine,

until

that day

when

ISamuel

 drink it new with you

in

my Father's kingdom.

**

And it came to pass,

when God caused

me

to

wander from

my father's house,

that I

said unto her,

This is thy kindness

which thou shalt shew

unto me;

at every place

whither we shall come,

say of me,

He

is my brother.

**

But thou shalt

go unto

my father's house,

and to

my kindred,

and take a wife

unto

my son.

**

And he

said

unto me,

The Lord, before

whom I walk,

will send his angel with thee,

and prosper

thy way;

and thou

shalt take

a

wife

for

my son

of

my kindred,

and of

my

father's house:

**

So

that I come

again

to

my father's house

in peace;

then shall the

Lord

be

my God:

**

And he took the cup,

and gave thanks,

and gave

it

to them,

saying,

Drink

ye

all of it;

**

 

Whoso sheddeth man's blood,

by man shall his blood be shed:

**

For this

is

my blood

which

is shed

for many

for the

remission

of

sins.

But I

say unto you,

I

will not drink

henceforth

of this fruit

of the

vine,

until that day

 

when

ISamuel

drink

it

new

with you

in my

Father's kingdom.

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And it came to pass,

when God caused

me

to

wander

from

 

my

father's house,

that I

said unto

her,

 

This is thy kindness

which thou shalt

shew unto

me;

at

every place whither

we

shall come,

say of me,

He is my brother.

***

 

inherit

the

kingdom

prepared

for you

from the

foundation

of the

world:

       

For I

was

an

hungred,

and ye gave me meat:

I

was thirsty,

and ye gave me drink:

 

I

was a stranger,

and ye took me in:

 

Naked,

and ye clothed me:

 

I

was sick,

and ye visited me:

I

was in prison,

 

and ye came unto me.

 

Then shall

the righteous answer him,

saying,

Lord,

when saw

we

 

thee an hungred,

and fed thee?

or thirsty,

and gave thee drink?

       

When saw

we

thee a stranger,

 and took thee in?

or

naked,

and clothed thee?

Or when

saw we thee

sick,

or in prison,

and came unto thee?

 

And the

King

shall answer and say

unto them,

Verily

I

say unto you,

Inasmuch as ye have done it unto

one

of the

least

of these my brethren,

ye have done

it unto

me.

***

And Tamar

his

daughter in law bare

him

 

Pharez

 

and Zerah.

 

All

the sons

of Judah

were five.

**

And Er, Judah's firstborn,

was wicked in the sight of the Lord;

and the Lord Judah slew him.

       

And Judah said unto Onan,

Go in unto thy brother's wife,

and marry her,

and raise up seed

to

thy brother.

and the Lord Judah slew him.

 

**

 

and the waters shall

no more

become

a

flood to destroy all flesh.

**

 

And he said

unto

Abram,

Know of a surety

that thy seed

shall be

a stranger

in a land

that is

not theirs,

**

 

For the day

of the

Lord of hosts

 

shall be upon every

one

that is proud

and lofty,

and upon every one

that is

lifted up;

 

and he

shall be brought low:

**

And Abram said

unto Lot,

 

Let there be no strife,

I

pray thee,

 

between

 

me and thee,

 

and

between my herdmen

 

and thy herdmen;

 

for we

be

brethren.

       

And Lot

lifted up his eyes,

and beheld all the plain

of Jordan, . . .

 

Then Lot chose

him all

the

plain of Jordan;

 

and Lot journeyed east:

 

and they separated themselves

the one

from

the other.

**

 

and God divided

the light

from

the darkness.

**

 

 

**

And Onan knew

that the seed

should not be

his;

 

that he

spilled it on the ground,

***

 

And Tamar

his

daughter in law bare

him

 

Pharez

**

 

And Judah

and his brethren came

to

Joseph's house;

 

for he

 was

yet there:

**

 

for he

dwelt in the plain

of

Mamre the Amorite,

 

brother

of

Eshcol,

and

brother

of

Aner:

and these were confederate

with Abram.

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that he

spilled it

on the ground,

 

**

And she said,

What wilt thou give me,

 

that thou

mayest come in unto me?

 

And he said,

I

will send

thee

a kid from the flock.

 

And she said,

Wilt thou give me a pledge,

till thou send it?

 

And he said,

What pledge shall

I

give thee?

 

And she said,

 

Thy signet,

 

and thy bracelets,

 

and thy staff

that isin

thine hand.

 

And he gave

it her,

and came in unto her,

 

and she conceived

by

him.

 

**

 

And Judah

and his brethren came

to

Joseph's house;

 

for he

was yet there:

 

and they fell before

him

on the ground.

**

 

lest

that he

should give seed

to

his brother.

 

**

 

And he said,

Thy

name shall

be

called

no more

**

The sons of Pharez;

Ozem the sixth, . . .

 

David the seventh:

 

And on the seventh day

God ended

 

his work

 

which

he

had made;

and he rested

on

the

seventh day

from all

 

his

work which

 

he

had made.

**

 

And Abel,

he also

brought of the firstlings

of

his flock

and of the fat thereof.

**

 

And Lot also,

which went with Abram,

had flocks,

**

 

 

And Abraham

set

seven ewe lambs

of the

flock by themselves.

**

 

Then again Abraham took a wife,

and her name was Keturah.

And she bare him Zimran,

and Jokshan,

 

and Medan,

And the sons of Midian; . . .All these were the children of Keturah.

And Abraham gave all

that he

had unto Isaac.

**

Then there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit,

and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver:

and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

 

**

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.

And the shepherds came

and drove them away:

but Moses

stood up

and helped them,

and watered their flock.

**

 

And he entreated

Abram

well

for her sake:

and he had sheep,

and oxen,

and he asses,

and menservants,

and maidservants,

and she asses,

and camels. ...

And Abram

was very rich in cattle,

in silver,

and in gold.

**

and when he heard the words

of

Rebekah his sister,

saying,

Thus spake the man

 

unto

me;

 

that he

came unto the man;

and,

behold,

he stood

by the

camels

at the well.

And he said,

Come in,

 

thou blessed

of the

Lord;

wherefore

standest thou without?

 

for I

have prepared the house,

and room

for

the camels.

And the man came

into the house:

 

and he ungirded

his

camels,

and gave straw

*

and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

*

and provender

for the

camels,

and water to wash

his feet,

and the men's feet

that were with

him.

**

 

For the Lord's portion

is his

people;

**

 

He that is

born in thy house,

 

and he that is

bought with thy money,

must needs be circumcised:

and my covenant

shall be in your flesh

for an

everlasting covenant.

 

And the uncircumcised

man child

whose flesh

of

his foreskin

is not circumcised,

that soul shall be cut off

from

his people;

he

hath broken my covenant.

 

SamuelO