Yo Searchers! Need Help? — June 2016

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06/27/16  “joshua 1:8” – The only post we have on this is the photo of a scroll that hangs in the Sanctuary foyer of the University of the Cordilleras, and this is what it looks like: https://sinai6000.net/scroll-joshua-18-9/

The reason we have no articles on the rest of the books in the Hebrew Scriptures other than the TORAH is because we haven’t had time to ‘get there’ — meaning, it is in our agenda but need more time.  Perhaps in a year or so.

 

06/22/16  “islamic religion” – Anyone interested in this 3rd monotheistic religion that claims to be rooted to Abrahamic faith might be misled by the connection generally made with Abraham’s ‘firstborn’—no, not with Sarah (Isaac) but with her Egyptian maidservant Hagar who bore him Ysmael (Genesis 16).

 

The general thinking mistakenly points to Ysmael as the precursor of this religion when actually, it was founded only —

  •  millennia later,
  • some 6 centuries after the supposed birth of Christianity’s man-god 2nd person of Trinity (Jesus) and
  • 3 centuries after Christianity had become the official religion of the Roman Empire under the Emperor Constantine; yes, a religious metamorphosis from ‘pagan Rome’ to ‘papal Rome’.

Let’s get it right:   Mohammed/Muhammad (570-632 CE) was the ‘originator’ of Islam whose religious exposure included the scriptures of two major monotheistic movements that trace their roots to Abrahamic faith:

  • Judaism (TNK) and
  • Christianity (OT/NT) .

 

The book the Prophet Muhammad authored is known as the Koran/Quran; it has many references to Moses, as well as to Mary and Jesus.

 

The best way to understand this religion is to actually read its sacred scriptures which provide an insight into why its adherents could range from peaceful mosque-attending practitioners to radical Jihadists. Not a surprise,  religionists have that tendency to swing from one extreme to the other, from moderate to fanatic.

 

That said, we do have helpful posts that should start you off on your research, check out the following:

 

06/19/16 “happy sabbath quotes” – We have a whole category featuring original prayers and quotes for every Sabbath of each month for a whole year.  Our liturgy of course reflects the Sinaite’s creed and love for the God we have chosen to serve, YHWH, the self-revealing God in Israel’s Torah.  For images with Sabbath quotes, we resort to what is already available in the worldwideweb, just enter “images  for Sabbath blessing” and you will find there is plenty to choose from.  For those we have specifically selected for each Sabbath liturgy, take your pick;  just make sure the original source written at the bottom of each image is properly acknowledged:

 

A Sinaite’s Sabbath Liturgy

 

 

06/09/16   “death-funeral-grave-grave_stone-gravestone-headstone-rmo0135l” – 

 

 

06/09/16 “JOHN DOE” – 

 

06/09/16  “collection-jewish-new-year-tree-of-life2” – 

 

 


06/05/16  “the five books of moses everett fox pdf” MUST READ/MUST HAVE: The Five Books of Moses by Everett Fox – 3

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Image from www.tofinotime.com

[Seriously?  Yes, seriously there are many people in this day and age of information technology who still consult fortune tellers, horoscopes and the like.  Some do it for fun, curiosity, testing the ‘fates’ perhaps, others consult before making a decision, yes, seriously.

 

For example, this is from a WELLNESS site with the title “What do horoscopes have to do with wellness?”

 

Horoscopes Can Actually Provide Uncanny Perspective, and Valuable Insight into Decisions and Life Situations.

How?

As humans, we can receive messages in many different ways from many different sources. We’re often inspired by other people, songs, books, movies and ideas. Horoscopes are also intended to provide insightful, inspirational and cautionary perspectives without compromising your common sense.

Horoscopes are derived methodically through the study of astrological movements related to time, space, birth and the human condition. While some astrologers are known for their uncanny accuracy in their insight and predictions, many others are known for their influence over people who mindlessly fail to think for themselves. Make sure you use your own heart, intuition and intellect in making important decisions in your life. Nobody can do that for you.

However you get it, seeking any extra degree of insight in situations, changes and opportunities can be productive at times. Does it work for you? Millions of people seem to recognize more of the natural coincidences occurring daily in their lives through astrologically inspired messages going back thousands of years.

How accurate is your horoscope today?

 

 

OK, so be it?  Not so fast.  Superstition abounds where ignorance of the One True God and His Word abounds.  Because if they were simply aware that there is a God to begin with, Who has spoken against such superficial and wrong beliefs, perhaps they would simply heed His mouthpiece, the prophet Isaiah 8:20:

 

 

To the law and to the testimony!

if they speak not according to this word,

surely there is no morning for them.

 

 

But then, who bothers to read the “Old” testament in the Christian 2-part bible?  And even when they do, the translations are hardly recognizable to the very people whose scriptures it was borrowed from.

 

Horoscopes aside, the month of June welcomes summer in one part of the globe and the wet season in others.  It has been designated as commemorative month for awareness of whatever, ranging from serious to silly: safety, dairy, marriage, men’s health, yoyo, ad nauseum as they do for each month, devised by people with nothing better to do, or just having harmless fun, or intentionally to irritate skeptics.  Hey, live and let live, right?

 

June 2016 is specifically significant for a particular segment of society in the US that has fought for recognition, equal treatment, respect for gender choice, toilet-rights, etc. Well, not a surprise in the country that respects and protects individual freedom,  they finally got it from the sitting soon-to-move-on president who will be remembered for this legacy among other executive actions:

 

 

Image from STOCK PHOTOs

Image from STOCK PHOTOs

“NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2016 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month,” dictated the 44th US president. “I call upon the people of the United States to eliminate prejudice everywhere it exists, and to celebrate the great diversity of the American people.”

 

Yes indeed, each person born has free will to be what he/she wills to be, including choosing sexual preference, but we won’t get into that discussion in this post; that topic is in the back-burner for future articles.

 

Meanwhile, there’s Father’s Day coming up and we do have a post for that.  And for our category on Torah Study, we are adding the commentary from our latest acquisition, Robert Alter’s THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES, to the commentary already posted from Everett Fox’s translation with the same title as Alters,  and Pentateuch & Haftorahs, ed. Dr. J.H. Hertz.

 

Before we forget what this monthly post is all about, this is an ‘aid’ for searchers who enter specific ‘search terms’.  There have been less entries this year which could mean a couple of things, hopefully it is the second:

  • there are no newcomers to this website;
  • or if there are, they simply scroll through the SITEMAP or UPDATED SITE CONTENTS and find what they’re looking for.

 

Still, we will keep this up, if only to have an informal blog that doesn’t have to be as serious as all the other posts in this website.

 

So welcome, newcomers, oldtimers,  co-sojourners on the pathway to Spiritual Sinai, seekers of the One True God and His Original Revelation.  We hope this website helps you in your quest for Truth!—-Admin1.]

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