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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 —
- 4 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:
- Revisit: The ‘Redeemed’ and the ‘Elect’ in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
- Revisit: The 3rd Monotheistic Religion that is from Abraham
- Revisit: What about the 3rd world monotheistic religion, Islam?
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
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 5th Sabbath of April
- A Sinaite’s Sabbath Liturgy – on the Celebration of Jewish Passover
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 3rd Sabbath of April
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 2nd Sabbath of April
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 1st Sabbath of April
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 4th Sabbath of March
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 3rd Sabbath of March
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 2nd Sabbath of March
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 1st Sabbath of March
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 4th Sabbath of February
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 3rd Sabbath of February
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 2nd Sabbath of February
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 1st Sabbath of February
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 5th Sabbath in January
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 4th Sabbath of January
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 3rd Sabbath of January
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – Sabbath at the Celebration of the Gregorian Calendar’s New Year
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – Sabbath on the week of the Christian celebration of Christmas
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 3rd Sabbath of December
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 2nd Sabbath of December, during the 8-day celebration of the Jewish Hanukkah
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 1st Sabbath of December, before the Jewish Festival of Lights
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 4th Sabbath of November
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 3rd Sabbath of November
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 2nd Sabbath of November
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 1st Sabbath of November
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 5th Sabbath of October
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 3rd Sabbath of October
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 2nd Sabbath of October
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – Sabbath during the Season of Joy, Sukkot – Israel’s Feast of Booths
- A Sinaite’s 5th Anniversary Celebration – 4th Sabbath of September
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 3rd Sabbath of September
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 2nd Sabbath of September
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 1st Sabbath of September
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 5th Sabbath of August
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 4th Sabbath in August
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 3rd Sabbath of August
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 2nd Sabbath of August
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy — 1st Sabbath of August
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy for the 4th Sabbath of July
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy for the 3rd Sabbath of July
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 2nd Sabbath in July
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 1st Sabbath in July
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 4th Sabbath in June
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 3rd Sabbath in June
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 5th Sabbath of May
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 4th Sabbath of May
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 1st Sabbath of May
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 1st Sabbath of December
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 5th Sabbath of November
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 2nd Sabbath of August
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 1st Sabbath of June
- A Sinaite’s Celebration of Shavuot – June 3, 2014
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 5th Sabbath of May
- A Sinaite’s Musical Liturgy – 4th Sabbath of May
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy — 3rd Sabbath of May
- A Sinaite’s Liturgy – 2nd Sabbath of May
06/09/16 “death-funeral-grave-grave_stone-gravestone-headstone-rmo0135l” –
- Life, Death, and the Book of Life
- “Choose Life” . . . how?
- “And just like that, he is no longer alive . . .”
- Must Read: The Death of Death
- Does Judaism believe in heaven and hell?
06/09/16 “JOHN DOE” –
06/09/16 “collection-jewish-new-year-tree-of-life2” –
- Revisit: The Serpent, the Tree, and the ‘I’
- The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life – Proverbs 11:30
- What is “the Tree of Life”? –1
- Revisit: The Tree of Life is the Torah -2
- The Tree of – ‘the Knowledge of’/’the Knowing of’ – Good and ‘Evil’/Good and ‘Bad’
- “Choose Life” . . . how?
- MUST READ/MUST OWN: The Five Books of Moses by Everett Fox – 2
- MUST READ/MUST HAVE: The Five Books of Moses by Everett Fox – 1
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[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:
“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.]