Where Science Meets Religion : November 2024

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

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Saturday, November 23, 2024

12 Prepare ye, prepare ye for that which is to come, for the Lord is nigh;

13 And the anger of the Lord is kindled, and his sword is bathed in heaven, and it shall fall upon the inhabitants of the earth.

14 And the arm of the Lord shall be revealed; and the day cometh that they who will not hear the voice of the Lord, neither the voice of his servants, neither give heed to the words of the prophets and apostles, shall be cut off from among the people;

15 For they have strayed from mine ordinances, and have broken mine everlasting covenant;

SECTION 1

Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, on November 1, 1831, during a special conference of elders of the Church, held at Hiram, Ohio. Many revelations had been received from the Lord prior to this time, and the compilation of these for publication in book form was one of the principal subjects passed upon at the conference. This section constitutes the Lord’s preface to the doctrines, covenants, and commandments given in this dispensation.

1–7, The voice of warning is to all people; 8–16, Apostasy and wickedness precede the Second Coming; 17–23, Joseph Smith is called to restore to earth the Lord’s truths and powers; 24–33, The Book of Mormon is brought forth and the true Church is established; 34–36, Peace will be taken from the earth; 37–39, Search these commandments.

taberah

Numbers 11:1-25

The people started complaining about their troubles. The LORD heard their complaints. He heard these things and became angry. Fire from the heard their complaints. He heard these things and became angry. Fire from the LORD burned among the people. The fire burned some of the areas at the edge of the camp. So the people cried to Moses for help. He prayed to the LORD and the fire stopped burning. So that place was called Taberah. The people gave the place that name because the LORD caused a fire to burn in their camp. The foreigners who had joined the Israelites began wanting other things to eat. Soon all the Israelites began complaining again. The people said, “We want to eat meat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt. That fish cost us nothing. We also had good vegetables like cucumbers, melons, chives, onions, and garlic. But now we have lost our strength. We never eat anything—only this manna!” (The manna was like small coriander seeds, and it looked like sap from a tree. The people gathered the manna. Then they used rocks to crush it and cooked it in a pot. Or they ground it into flour and made thin cakes with it. The cakes tasted like sweet cakes cooked with olive oil. The manna fell on the ground each night when the ground became wet with dew.) Moses heard the people complaining. People from every family were sitting by their tents and complaining. The LORD became very angry, and this made Moses very upset. He asked the LORD, “Why did you bring this trouble on me? I am your servant.

Never forget what the Amalekites did to you

do NOT forget what Amalek did

Deut 25.17

“Never forget what the Amalekites did to you as you came from Egypt. “Remember what the Amalekites did to you on the journey after you left Egypt.

Deuteronomy 25:17-19 meaning
Moses urged the Israelites to remember to wipe out the Amalekites when they are settled in the Promised Land. This was in response to the brutality the Amalekites showed when they attacked the Israelites during the exodus from Egypt.

Deuteronomy 25:17-19

(17) Remember what Amalek did to you on your journey, after you left Egypt— (18) how, undeterred by fear of God, he surprised you on the march, when you were famished and weary, and cut down all the stragglers in your rear. (19) Therefore, when the LORD your God grants you safety from all your enemies around you, in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as a hereditary portion, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!

According to the Bible, the Amalekites attacked Israel in several ways, including:

Exodus 17:8: The Amalekites fought against Israel at Rephidim.
Judges 3:13: The Amalekites, along with the Ammonites and Moabites, defeated Israel so that the Moabites could oppress them.
Judges 6:1–6: The Amalekites, along with the Midianites, destroyed Israelite farms, causing a famine.
1 Samuel 30:1-2: The Amalekites burned David's camp at Ziklag and abducted his wives.

The Amalekites were an ancient nomadic tribe that were described as relentless enemies of Israel. They were said to have hated the Jews because of their jealousy over Israel's election for world redemption, their inheritance of the Land, and the blessing passed down from Abraham to Isaac and Jacob.

The Bible describes the Amalekites as shape-shifting sorcerers who could transform into animals. God told Saul to conquer Amalek and eliminate every man, woman, and infant, as well as sheep and cattle

In Judges 3:13, Amalek, and their Moabite and Ammonite allies, defeat Israel so that the Moabites could oppress them. Judges 10:11–13 confirms Amalek as being one of the many oppressors of Israel. In Judges 6:1–6, Amalek, and their Midianite allies, destroy Israelite farms "as far as Gaza", inducing a famine.

The Spirit of Amalek and the War on Israel

International Christian Embassy Jerusalem

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Nov 13, 2023 — The Spirit of Amalek is the oldest enemy of Israel. The Amalekites were the first people to attack Israel when they left Egypt for the Promised Land.

The Spirit of Amalek and the War on Israel

International Christian Embassy Jerusalem

https://www.icej.org › Category: Special Reports

Nov 13, 2023 — The Spirit of Amalek is the oldest enemy of Israel. The Amalekites were the first people to attack Israel when they left Egypt for the Promised Land.

Who Were Amalek and the Amalekites?

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The Amalekites, descendants of Amalek, were an ancient biblical nation living near the land of Canaan. They were the first nation to attack the Jewish people ...

Lesson 144: Ether 2

They will be free from bondage and captivity and from all other nations. They must serve Jesus Christ, “the God of the land” (Ether 2:12).

Surah Al-Anfal - 67-69

(67) It is not fit for a prophet that he should take captives until he has thoroughly subdued the land.

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Doctrine and Covenants 14

1–6, Laborers in the vineyard will gain salvation; 7–8, Eternal life is the greatest of God's gifts; 9–11, Christ created the heavens and the earth.

17 Wherefore, I the Lord, knowing the calamity which should come upon the inhabitants of the earth, called upon my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., and spake unto him from heaven, and gave him commandments;

18 And also gave commandments to others, that they should proclaim these things unto the world; and all this that it might be fulfilled, which was written by the prophets—

19 The weak things of the world shall come forth and break down the mighty and strong ones, that man should not counsel his fellow man, neither trust in the arm of flesh—

20 But that every man might speak in the name of God the Lord, even the Savior of the world;

21 That faith also might increase in the earth;

22 That mine everlasting covenant might be established;

23 That the fulness of my gospel might be proclaimed by the weak and the simple unto the ends of the world, and before kings and rulers.

24 Behold, I am God and have spoken it; these commandments are of me, and were given unto my servants in their weakness, after the manner of their language, that they might come to understanding.

25 And inasmuch as they erred it might be made known;

26 And inasmuch as they sought wisdom they might be instructed;

27 And inasmuch as they sinned they might be chastened, that they might repent;

28 And inasmuch as they were humble they might be made strong, and blessed from on high, and receive knowledge from time to time.

An extract from Joseph Smith’s history relating the words of the angel Moroni to Joseph Smith the Prophet, while in the house of the Prophet’s father at Manchester, New York, on the evening of September 21, 1823. Moroni was the last of a long line of historians who had made the record that is now before the world as the Book of Mormon. (Compare Malachi 4:5–6; also sections 27:9; 110:13–16; and 128:18.)

1, Elijah is to reveal the priesthood; 2–3, The promises of the fathers are planted in the hearts of the children.

1 Behold, I will reveal unto you the Priesthood, by the hand of Elijah the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.

2 And he shall plant in the hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers, and the hearts of the children shall turn to their fathers.

3 If it were not so, the whole earth would be utterly wasted at his coming.

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Doctrine and Covenants 10

60 And I will show unto this people that I had other sheep, and that they were a branch of the house of Jacob;. 61 And I will bring to light their marvelous ...

Doctrine and Covenants 19

Doctrine and Covenants 19

For, behold, I am endless, and the punishment which is given from my hand is endless punishment, for Endless is my name. Wherefore—. 11 Eternal punishment is ...

Doctrine and Covenants 11

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SECTION 11

Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet to his brother Hyrum Smith, at Harmony, Pennsylvania, May 1829. This revelation was received through the Urim and Thummim in answer to Joseph’s supplication and inquiry. Joseph Smith’s history suggests that this revelation was received after the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood.

1–6, Laborers in the vineyard will gain salvation; 7–14, Seek wisdom, cry repentance, trust in the Spirit; 15–22, Keep the commandments, and study the Lord’s word; 23–27, Deny not the spirit of revelation and of prophecy; 28–30, Those who receive Christ become the sons of God.

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3 Behold, the field is white already to harvest; therefore, whoso desireth to reap let him thrust in his sickle with his might, and reap while the day lasts, ...

wicked man

5 Pray always, that you may come off conqueror; yea, that you may conquer Satan, and that you may escape the hands of the servants of Satan that do uphold his work.

6 Behold, they have sought to destroy you; yea, even the man in whom you have trusted has sought to destroy you.

7 And for this cause I said that he is a wicked man, for he has sought to take away the things wherewith you have been entrusted; and he has also sought to destroy your gift.

8 And because you have delivered the writings into his hands, behold, wicked men have taken them from you.

9 Therefore, you have delivered them up, yea, that which was sacred, unto wickedness.

10 And, behold, Satan hath put it into their hearts to alter the words which you have caused to be written, or which you have translated, which have gone out of your hands.

11 And behold, I say unto you, that because they have altered the words, they read contrary from that which you translated and caused to be written;

12 And, on this wise, the devil has sought to lay a cunning plan, that he may destroy this work;

13 For he hath put into their hearts to do this, that by lying they may say they have caught you in the words which you have pretended to translate.

14 Verily, I say unto you, that I will not suffer that Satan shall accomplish his evil design in this thing.

Friday, November 22, 2024

D&C 11

doctrine & covenant 20

In the Doctrine and Covenants, the phrase "go down into the water with them" refers to the act of the person performing a baptism entering the water alongside the individual being baptized, signifying their authority to perform the ordinance; this is most clearly stated in Doctrine and Covenants section 20:73.

72 Baptism is to be administered in the following manner unto all those who repent—

73 The person who is called of God and has authority from Jesus Christ to baptize, shall go down into the water with the person who has presented himself or herself for baptism, and shall say, calling him or her by name: Having been commissioned of Jesus Christ, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

74 Then shall he immerse him or her in the water, and come forth again out of the water.

75 It is expedient that the church meet together often to partake of bread and wine in the remembrance of the Lord Jesus;

how to baptize

unfit altar

The People Are Afraid
(Deuteronomy 5.23-33)

18 The people trembled with fear when they heard the thunder and the trumpet and saw the lightning and the smoke coming from the mountain. They stood a long way off 19 and said to Moses, “If you speak to us, we will listen. But don't let God speak to us, or we will die!”

20 “Don't be afraid!” Moses replied. “God has come only to test you, so that by obeying him you won't sin.” 21 But when Moses went near the thick cloud where God was, the people stayed a long way off.
Idols and Altars

22 The Lord told Moses to say to the people of Israel:

With your own eyes you saw me speak to you from heaven. 23 So you must never make idols of silver or gold to worship in place of me.[b]

24 Build an altar out of earth, and offer on it your sacrifices[c] of sheep, goats, and cattle. Wherever I choose to be worshiped, I will come down to bless you. 25 If you ever build an altar for me out of stones, do not use any tools to chisel the stones, because that would make the altar unfit for use in worship. 26 And don't build an altar that requires steps; you might expose yourself when you climb up.

the offering of wagons

numbers 7 the offering of wagons

cars

chariots

retirement age for priests is 50

Numbers 8:24-26 New International Version (NIV)
“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take part in the work at the tent of meeting, but at the age of fifty, they must retire from their regular service and work no longer.

bastard is one with a vasectomy

bastard is one with a vasectomy Deut 23

nuts

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sacred LOAF

1 Kings 7 CEV - Solomon's Palace Is Built

7.48 sacred loaves of bread: This bread was offered to the Lord and was a symbol of the Lord's presence in the temple. It was put out on a special table ...

15 foot creatures

1 Kings 6:23

Solomon made two creatures with wings from olive wood. Each creature was 15 feet tall. ... 1/2 feet long, so each Angel measured fifteen feet from wing tip ...

Solomon had two statues of winged creatures made from olive wood to put in the most holy place. Each creature was four and a half meters tall 24-26 and four and ...

bling

gold walls gold chaine

1 Kings 6:21

Solomon covered all the walls inside the temple with gold. He also hung gold chains across the entrance to the Most Holy Place. He covered everything there with ...

1 Kings 6 ESV;CEV - Solomon Builds the Temple - In the four

And Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold, and he drew chains of gold across, in front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold. 22 ...

2 Sam 8

king David had the chills , hired a nurse ABISHAG, kept him warm

GNT uses CLAN not TRIBE

GNT Good News Translation, my FAVORITE translation

2 Then the clan chiefs who were leaders in the tribes of Israel, the same men who were in charge of the census, 3 brought their offerings to the Lord: six wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two leaders and an ox for each leader.

Numbers 7:2-12 - GNT - Then the clan chiefs who were ...

klan

clan

everyone with a number, shall PAY Exodus 30.13

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everybody gotta pay .

Exodus 30:13 Everyone who crosses over to those counted ...

Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as ...

daily sacrifice

Numbers 28

Contemporary English Version

Regular Daily Sacrifices
(Exodus 29.38-43; Leviticus 6.8-13)

28 The Lord told Moses 2 to say to the people of Israel:

Offer sacrifices to me at the appointed times of worship, so that I will smell the smoke and be pleased.

3 Each day offer two rams a year old as sacrifices to please me.[] The animals must have nothing wrong with them; 4 one will be sacrificed in the morning, and the other in the evening. 5 Along with each of them, one kilogram of your finest flour mixed with a liter of olive oil must be offered as a grain sacrifice. 6 This sacrifice to please me was first offered at Mount Sinai. 7 Finally, along with each of these two sacrifices, a liter of wine must be poured on the altar as a drink offering. 8 The second ram will be sacrificed that evening, along with the other offerings, just like the one sacrificed that morning. The smell of the smoke from these sacrifices will please me.

It will run along the Egyptian Gorge NUM 34.5 CEV

numbers 34:5-7 CEV - It will run along the Egyptian Gorge

5 It will run along the Egyptian Gorge and end at the Mediterranean Sea. 6 The western border will be the Mediterranean Sea.

always leave by the opposite gate...Ezekiel 46.9

Joseph to receive a double portion

mitzvot on WIDOWS (single people)

Not to take a pledge from a widow (Deut. 24:17) (CCN60).

mitzvot on animals

Not to castrate the male of any species; neither a man, nor a domestic or wild beast, nor a fowl (Lev. 22:24) (CCN143).

To examine the marks in fowl, so as to distinguish the clean from the unclean (Deut. 14:11) (affirmative).

That eight species of creeping things defile by contact (Lev. 11:29-30) (affirmative).

mitzvot on Slaves VS Servants

Not to compel the Hebrew servant to do the work of a slave (Lev. 25:39) (negative

Not to sell a Hebrew servant as a slave (Lev. 25:42) (negative).
Not to treat a Hebrew servant rigorously (Lev. 25:43) (negative).

To deal judicially with the Hebrew bondman in accordance with the laws appertaining to him (Ex. 21:2-6) (affirmative).

Not to permit a gentile to treat harshly a Hebrew bondman sold to him (Lev. 25:53) (negative).
Not to send away a Hebrew bondman servant empty handed, when he is freed from service (Deut. 15:13) (negative).
To bestow liberal gifts upon the Hebrew bondsman (at the end of his term of service), and the same should be done to a Hebrew

mitzvot on idolatrous nations AND cities

mizvoit on iIdolatrous Practices

do not make a statute of yourself,,nor authorized it to be made

Not to make a graven image; neither to make it oneself nor to have it made by others (Ex. 20:4) (CCN9).

Not to make idols even for others (Ex. 34:17; Lev. 19:4) (CCN10).
Not to entice an Israelite to idolatry (Deut. 13:12) (CCN23).

To destroy idolatry and its appurtenances (Deut. 12:2-3) (affirmative).

Not to love the enticer to idolatry (Deut. 13:9) (CCN24).

Not to make a covenant with the seven (Canaanite, idolatrous) nations (Ex. 23:32; Deut. 7:2) (negative).

To slay the inhabitants of a city that has become idolatrous and burn that city (Deut. 13:16-17) (affirmative).

Not to keep alive any individual of the seven Canaanite nations (Deut. 20:16) (negative).
To exterminate the seven Canaanite nations from the land of Israel (Deut. 20:17) (affirmative).

mizvot on building codes & voting

Not to rebuild a city that has been led astray to idolatry (Deut. 13:17) (negative). .......(Amy says .don't help that city by voting for idolaters

mitzvot on punishment

To do unto false witnesses as they had purposed to do (to the accused) (Deut. 19:19) (affirmative).

To punish the wicked by the infliction of stripes (Deut. 25:2) (affirmative).
Not to exceed the statutory number of stripes laid on one who has incurred that punishment (Deut. 25:3) (and by implication, not to strike anyone) (CCN43).
Not to spare the offender, in imposing the prescribed penalties on one who has caused damage (Deut. 19:13) (negative).

Not to punish any one who has committed an offense under duress (Deut. 22:26) (negative).

mitzvot on the sabbath

Not to inflict punishment on Shabbat (Ex. 35:3) (because some punishments were inflicted by fire) (negative).

mitzvot on hair styles

Not to remove the entire beard, like the idolaters (Lev. 19:27) (CCN177).
Not to round the corners of the head, as the idolatrous priests do (Lev. 19:27) (CCN176).

mizvot on ACCIDENTAL HOMICIDE

To exile one who committed accidental homicide (Num. 35:25) (affirmative).
To establish six cities of refuge (for those who committed accidental homicide) (Deut. 19:3) (affirmative).
Not to accept ransom from an accidental homicide, so as to relieve him from exile (Num. 35:32) (negative).

mizvot on snake charming

not to practice the art of a chover chaver (casting spells over snakes and scorpions) (Deut. 18:11) (CCN169).

mitzvot on death penalty

That the Court shall pass sentence of death by decapitation with the sword (Ex. 21:20; Lev. 26:25) (affirmative).
That the Court shall pass sentence of death by strangulation (Lev. 20:10) (affirmative).
That the Court shall pass sentence of death by burning with fire (Lev. 20:14) (affirmative).
That the Court shall pass sentence of death by stoning (Deut. 22:24) (affirmative).
To hang the dead body of one who has incurred that penalty (Deut. 21:22) (affirmative).
That the dead body of an executed criminal shall not remain hanging on the tree over night (Deut. 21:23) (negative).

Sefer Hamitzvot - Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)

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It is forbidden to execute a criminal guilty of committing a capital crime before he receives due process before a rabbinical court. (This prohibition applies ...

4 day holiday, 4 day lament

4 day holiday, 4 day lament for the daughter of jephthat who was murdered by her dad

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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

mitzvot on enticers

Not to save the enticer from capital punishment, but to stand by at his execution (Deut. 13:9) (negative).
A person whom he attempted to entice to idolatry shall not urge pleas for the acquittal of the enticer (Deut. 13:9) (CCN26).

det 13.9

a person who he attempted to entice to idolatry shall not urge pleas for the acquittal of the enticer

a person who he attempted to entice shall not referain from giving evidence of the enticers guilt if he has such evidence.

mizvot on requirements

A List of the 613 Mitzvot (Commandments)

Judaism 101

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... year (Deut. 15:9) (CCN56). To assemble the people to hear the Torah at the close of the seventh year (Deut. 31:12) (affirmative);

mizvot on assault

Shemot - Exodus - Chapter 21 (Parshah Mishpatim)

Chabad
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Whatever damage he inflicts he must pay]. In [the chapter] הַחוֹבֵל (B.K. 84a), our Rabbis interpreted it as making one liable for [the victim's] pain ...

613 Mitzvot Listed by Category: Punishment and Restitution

Kehilah Portland
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299, Positive, That he who inflicts a bodily injury shall pay monetary compensation ;

mizvot on the dead

deut 14.1 funeral law

To inter the executed on the day of execution (Deut. 21:23) (affirmative).Bury the executed [as well as all deceased] on the day they are killed—Deuteronomy 21:23. 551.

That a High Kohein shall not defile himself with any dead, even if they are relatives (Lev. 21:11) (negative)382

383That a High Kohein shall not go (under the same roof) with a dead body (Lev. 21:11) It has been learnt by tradition that a kohein, who does so, violates the prohibition, "Neither shall he go in ", and also the prohibition "He shall not defile himself"

mitzvot on murder

Also, you are not to accept a ransom in lieu of the life of a murderer ... Culpability in the case of accidental killing has to do with whether or not negligence ...

numbers 35.31

mizvot on REAL ESTATE

A List of the 613 Mitzvot (Commandments)

Judaism 101
https://www.jewfaq.org › 613_commandments

Not to take part in any usurious transaction between borrower and lender, neither as a surety, nor as a witness, nor as a writer of the bond for them (Ex. 22.24

MITZVOT of judges

572. A witness must not serve as a judge in capital crimes.

(Numbers 35:30)

573. Not to accept testimony from a lone witness.
(Deuteronomy 19:15)

574. Transgressors must not testify.
(Exodus 23:1)

575. The litigant's relatives cannot testify.
(Deuteronomy 24:16)

576. Not to testify falsely.
(Exodus 20:13)

577. Do to the false witness what he tried to do to the defendant.
(Deuteronomy 19:19)

Not to appoint as a judge, a person who is not well versed in the laws of the Torah, even if he is expert in other branches of knowledge (Deut. 1:17) (CCN64).

Exodus 23:2 is a warning against the danger of conforming to the actions of the majority, especially when those actions are unjust or immoral.

Chapter 23 ; 2You shall not follow the majority for evil, and you shall not respond concerning a lawsuit to follow many to pervert [justice]. בלֹא־תִֽהְיֶ֥ה אַֽחֲרֵֽי־רַבִּ֖ים ...