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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Sabbath Day

“NO WORK OF ANY KIND IS TO BE DONE ON THE SABBATH (the 7th day of the week), NOT EVEN LIGHTING OF A FIRE. THIS COMMANDMENT IS PERMANENT. DEATH IS THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION.”

(NOTE: THIS WOULD REQUIRE EVEN THAT ESSENTIAL SERVICES, SUCH AS HOSPITALS, POLICE DEPARTMENTS, FIRE DEPARTMENT ETC., SHUT DOWN ON THE SABBATH (the 7th day of the week)

Imagine a day where no one is doing his job (the doctors, drivers, cooks, operators of water and electric ulilities, vendors etc.); The Roman Catholic Church observe the Sabbath day on Sunday; why do the priests, bishops including the pope do their job on Sunday; why?

The biblical basis:

Exodus 20:8-11 (King James Version)

8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

9Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

10But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

11For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Exodus 31:15-17 (King James Version)

15Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

16Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.

17It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.

Exodus 34:21 (King James Version)

21Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

Exodus 35:1-3 (King James Version)

1And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them.

2Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.

3Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

"Our Daily Bread" (Part III)

Genesis 4:16 Cain went away (or out) from the presence of the Lord.
Jeremiah 23:23-24 A man cannot hide from God. God fills heaven and earth.

Genesis 6:4 There were Nephilim (giants) before the Flood.
Genesis 7:21 All creatures other than Noah and his clan were annihilated by the Flood.
Numbers 13:33 There were Nephilim after the Flood.

Genesis 6:6. Exodus 32:14, Numbers 14:20, 1Samuel 15:35, 2Samuel 24:16 God does change his mind.
Numbers 23:19-20, 1Samuel 15:29, James1:17 God does not change his mind.

Genesis 6:19-22, 7:8-9, 7:14-16 Two of each kind are to be taken, and are taken, aboard Noah's Ark.
Genesis 7:2-5 Seven pairs of some kinds are to be taken (and are taken) aboard the
Ark.

Genesis 7:1 Noah was righteous.
Job 1:1,8, Job 2:3 Job was righteous.
Luke 1:6 Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous.
James 5:16 Some men are righteous, (which makes their prayers effective).
1John 3:6-9 Christians become righteous (or else they are not really Christians).
Romans 3:10, 3:23, 1John 1:8-10 No one was or is righteous.

Genesis 7:7 Noah and his clan enter the Ark.
Genesis 7:13 They enter the
Ark (again?).

Genesis 11:7-9 God sows discord.
Proverbs 6:16-19 God hates anyone who sows discord.

Genesis 11:9 At Babel, the Lord confused the language of the whole world.
1Corinthians 14:33 Paul says that God is not the author of confusion.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

"Our Daily Bread" Part II

1Kings 3:12, 16-28 Solomon, the wisest man that ever lived, can think of no better way to determine the natural mother of a child in dispute than to threaten to divide the child in half. (Note: This does not take into account the possibility of mental derangement on the part of the natural mother.)

1Kings 4:29 God gave Solomon wisdom as measureless as the sand on the seashore.

1Kings 6:2, 2CH 3:3 Solomon's temple was only about ninety feet long by thirty feet wide, yet:
1Kings 5:15-16 153,300 persons were employed to build it.
1Kings 6:38 It took seven years to build.
1Chronicles 22:14 ~7,500,000 lbs. of gold and ~75,000,000 lbs. of silver were used.
1Chronicles 23:4 24,000 supervisors and 6,000 officials and judges were employed to manage it. (Note: Inasmuch as there seems to be uncertainty as to the exact weight of the biblical talent, some estimates place the weight of gold at more than 13,000,000 lbs. and the weight of silver at more than 116,000,000 lbs.)

1Kings 10:24 The whole world sought an audience with Solomon to hear his wisdom.

1Kings 17:2-6 The Lord commands ravens to bring bread and meat to Elijah.

1Kings 18:33-38 Fire consumes wet wood, stones, and dust, and "licks up" water.

2Kings 6:5-7 An iron axe head "swims" (or floats).

2Chronicles 9:23 All the kings on earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom.

2Kings 13:21 A man who is being buried comes alive after touching the bones of Elisha.

2Kings 16:2, 20, 18:1-2 Ahaz was thirty-six years old when he died. His twenty-five year old son Hezekiah succeeded him. Thus Ahaz was a ten or eleven year old father.

2Kings 19:35 (KJV) "...the angel of the Lord...smote...an hundred four score and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning ... they were all dead...."

2Kings 20:11 The shadow on a sun dial moves backwards.

2Chronicles 7:5, 8-9 Solomon sacrificed 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep in one week. This is 845+ animals per hour, 14+ animals per minute, for seven days straight.

2Chronicles 21:20, 22:1-2 Ahaziah was forty-two when he became king; he succeeded his father, who died at the age of forty. Thus, Ahaziah was two years older than his father. 2CH 21:20, 22:1-2 Ahaziah was forty-two when he became king; he succeeded his father, who died at the age of forty. Thus, Ahaziah was two years older than his father. [Note: Some translations use "twenty-two" here in an attempt to rectify this discrepancy. The Hebrew is clear, however, that 2CH 22:2 is 42. The Hebrew words involved are Strong's H705 and H8147, "forty" and "two," respectively.]

2Cronicles 13:3 Abijah sent 400,000 men into battle against Jeroboam's 800,000 men. This is a total of 1,200,000 men, all of them Jews. (Note: Assuming one additional woman per man of fighting age, plus two persons per man [either older persons or children] would put the Jewish population of the surrounding area at a minimum of 4,800,000 persons; hardly feasible.)

2Chronicles 13:17 500,000 Israelites are slain in a single battle. (Note: This is more than were lost in any single battle of World War II, and even exceeds the number of deaths that resulted from the dropping of the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.)