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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Why I can't support Ron Paul


The absolutely mind-boggling position of Republican candidate, Ron Paul, who has written the following astounding statements:
"One can understand why (the mullahs) might want to become nuclear-capable, if only to defend themselves and be treated more respectfully," Paul has written. The congressman opposes economic sanctions on Iran. He opposes pre-emptive strikes on Iran. Indeed, Paul has indicated he does not have a problem with Iran acquiring nuclear weapons because he doesn't think mullahs in Iran would actually use such weapons against their enemies. What's more, he has stated that he would not come to Israel's defense if Iran fired nuclear weapons at the Jewish state.



By the way, if you think Iran won't do anything to illuminate Israel, then let me include the words of Ayatollah Khomeini who judged that the elimination of the State of Israel is a religious duty similar to other duties to which all Muslims are committedThe verses of the Quran which discuss the Jews are always applicable, and there is no other people about which the Quran warns the Muslims as much as the Jews

Iran, Turkey, and Russia along with countries from North Africa will come against Israel. You can read about it in Ezekiel  chapters 38 & 39 written around 500 BC. The players in this battle are given there ancient names, but they are still identifiable. By the way, little Israel wins in what appears to be a nuclear exchange, did I mention this was written in 500 BC. 

This is the reason I won't support Ron Paul, even though I agree with him economically. To do so would be to go against the Word of God when he told Abraham, the father of the Jewish people,  "And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed." Genesis 12:3

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

What is the Shekhinah?




The Shekhinah is the outward appearances of the presence or glory of God. While it is used like a noun it is actually derived from the verb שָׁכַן shakan or שָׁכֵן shaken (1014d); a prim. root; to settle down, abide, dwell. [i] The vast majority of words in the Hebrew language can be boiled down to a three-consonant root word that contains the essence of the word's meaning.[ii] This is the case with the word Shekhinah. The root of the word gives it its primary meaning “to dwell”.  In each of the following verses it is the word “shaken” that is translated “dwell” or “abide”.
And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell  שָׁכֵן among them. ” (Exodus 25:8, NKJV)
I will dwell שָׁכֵן among the children of Israel and will be their God. ” (Exodus 29:45, NKJV)
You shall put out both male and female; you shall put them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camps in the midst of which I dwell .” ” (Numbers 5:3, NKJV)
then there will be the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. There you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, and all your choice offerings which you vow to the Lord. ” (Deuteronomy 12:11, NKJV)
Then Solomon spoke: “The Lord said He would dwell in the dark cloud. ” (1 Kings 8:12, NKJV)
“Thus says the Lord: ‘I will return to Zion, And dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth, The Mountain of the Lord of hosts, The Holy Mountain.’ ” (Zechariah 8:3, NKJV)

The word “shaken” is found 123 times in the Bible and it is translated primarily as dwell or a derivative of that word.
In Exodus the Lord appeared to Moses and the Israelites in a pillar of cloud and a pillar of fire. When the tabernacle was built, God appeared as a pillar of cloud and rested “shaken” on it. Moses was unable to enter into the tabernacle because of the visible presence of God.
And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. ” (Exodus 40:35, NKJV)
In the New Testament the ultimate visible presence of God is seen in the Son, Yeshua. He is the ultimate expression of who God is.
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ” (John 14:9, NKJV)
  “For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; ” (Colossians 2:9, NKJV)
 [i] NASB Dictionaries