B'reisheet (Genesis)
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Meaning
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Day Four
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Haftara
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B'rit Hadashah
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1 Our Father, we receive Your Words and hide Your commandments with us; 2 we incline our ear unto wisdom, and apply our hearts to understanding; 3 We cry after knowledge and lift up our voices for understanding; 4 we seek it as silver; and search for it as for hidden treasures; 5 We declare that we shall understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. Declaration of Proverbs 2:1-5
Genesis 4:1-26 (NASB)1
1 Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, "I have gotten a manchild with the help of the LORD." 2 Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground. 4 Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and for his offering; 5 but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell. 6 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7 "If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it." 8 Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. 9 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?" 10 He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground. 11 "Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. 12 "When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth." 13 Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is too great to bear! 14 “Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” 15 So the LORD said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” And the LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him. 16 Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. 17 Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son. 18 Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad became the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael became the father of Methushael, and Methushael became the father of Lamech. 19 Lamech took to himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah. 20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. 21 His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. 22 As for Zillah, she also gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger of all implements of bronze and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. 23 Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, Listen to my voice, You wives of Lamech, Give heed to my speech, For I have killed a man for wounding me; And a boy for striking me; 24 If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.” 25 Adam had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for, she said, “God s appointed me another offspring in place of Abel, for Cain killed him.” 26 To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. Isaiah 43:10. This has got to be why very nearly the entire world hates Israel and the subset of that nation, the Jews. If men were able to be perfectly honest, they might admit that it isn't so much “Jews” that they despise, but it is the God for whom they represent. There were no 'Jews' until after Jacob's wife Leah birthed his fourth son, Judah AKA Yehuda. There were no 'Jews' until centuries later. What we read about here in Genesis, chapter four, is the ancestry of the Jews on the planet. The Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown commentary succinctly parsed out verse ten from Isaiah.
“10. Ye--the Jews, to whom I have given predictions, verified by the event; and in delivering whom I have so often manifested My power (see Isa 43:3-4).
and my servant--that is, the whole Jewish people (Isa 41:8).
believe--trust in.
formed--before I existed none of the false gods were formed. "Formed" applies to the idols, not to God. Re 1:11 uses the same language to prove the Godhead of Jesus, as Isaiah here to prove the Godhead of Jehovah.”
11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. Revelation 1:11.
There it is. Yahweh was the Aleph and the Tav from the Hebrew. Messiah was the Alpha and Omega from the Greek. They are the beginning and the end. There are no others that are not formed by men's hands or their minds. Every other small 'g' god we can think of is represented by something “formed” by the hands of men. They all have a representation of their god, and generally it is some form or mixture of celestial bodies, or animals, or animals mixed with human parts. Islam reveres a black stone. That's right. A stone. It is revered in Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, and is believed by Islam to be from the days of Adam. It was originally white but turned black from all the sins of men. Touching this stone is a means of expiating sin. Now that right there tells us that Islam is an imitation and a shadow of the worship of the True and ONLY God. Millions are caught up in this deception, as are millions who take the name of Messiah nominally but who do not take the Bible seriously.
Our reading takes us from the focus of one man to one family of that man. Adam and Eve (AKA Havah: חַוָּה Chavvâh, meaning life giver) became fruitful, and they multiplied—just as the plan of God was set to unfold! Two boys arrived. I have to wonder about the logistics of this first birth of the son named Kayin (meaning acquisition) or Cain, as we know it in English. How did they know what to do? How did they know that the swollen belly meant that another creation like themselves was growing in there? Was Eve frightened when the pains of childbirth came upon her? She had been told that she would experience pain in childbirth (Genesis 2:16). At that time, did she even have an idea what pain was? Certainly, once they sinned with the fruit of that tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they must have experienced emotional 'pain'. How did they know what to do when the baby arrived? These are all questions that never even occurred to me in my early years of being a believer. They certainly never came up in any study. I'm sure that I'd have remembered that. Nobody else that I know ever brought up these questions either. I can't be the first...
Nevertheless, the children came, and they did all the right stuff at their births. The boys thrived. There may even have been many other births of boys AND girls, but for the purpose that our Father God set forth, we only know a little about the first three sons. There may even have been sets of twins born along the way. Wouldn't it be mind-blowing to be able to find, on the other side of eternity, the library that our Father has kept, and in there would be all the genealogical knowledge about the lives of Adam and Eve that He recorded just for us to discover? Even more incredible is to contemplate that we may be able to meet, IN PERSON, the faithful descendants who came long before us! Are you beginning to think that the colder temperatures up here in the north are affecting Anne's mind? Is this what Gaylen meant when he used to say that she got “a little squirrelly” come winter? Perhaps these are all the questions that you thought about but were afraid to ask.
3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. Genesis 4:3-5.
Here are verses that bring even more questions to what I laughingly call my mind. The sons would imitate the worship practices of their parents. We discover that the firstborn perhaps did not have the same attitude. Their parents were redeemed from premature death when the animals were slain to cover their naked bodies. (Who knew that ingestion of the fruit of 'that' tree would introduce them to a thing called 'shame'.) In the natural, the animal skins covered their bodies, but in the spiritual, they covered their sin of rebellion in the garden. The shedding of blood was necessary for the covering of sin. Cain didn't think so, by the nature of his offering. It's recorded that he knew it wasn't the way, and he became angry and jealous, or maybe jealous first, and then angry, because he knew his brother's offering was more acceptable. Can you see the enemy nearby, whispering into Cain's head? “Hevel (AKA Abel in English) is the favorite! He is loved more than I. My gift isn't good enough!” Because of the nature of the attack of the enemy on our human minds, we tend to believe that the origin of these thoughts is ours and not “the suggestions” of the enemy. It all led up to increased tension, resentment, and then hatred. It culminated in the death of his brother Abel. He then attempted to cover it up. No, he wasn't his brother's 'keeper', but he did know where he was.
9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. Genesis 4:9-12.
There was some extraordinary conversation between God and the first generation after Adam because we are reading the text of it! (So, that might be how the first parents were guided through childbirth.) Cain remains the poster child of the rebel. Let's take note also that when innocent blood is shed, the very earth suffers. Abel's blood “cried out” from the ground. God saw it and He heard it. God KNEW it. The very occupation at which Cain excelled was removed from him, and he became a builder of cities instead. There is one conundrum and perhaps an example of the 'secrets' of the LORD that we touched on yesterday in verse fifteen.
15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. Genesis 4:15.
Who were these other “any” who might find Cain and kill him? How much time has elapsed since these boys were born? Were there others upon the earth at this same time, or was God speaking as He knew what would happen down through time? More questions. More secrets. But what is important to know is that Cain's genealogical tree is made known in this fourth chapter of the first book of the five. We are made privy to six generations from Cain and their accomplishments. Then, as if to break in or to counter the generations of Cain, we have the third son of Adam and Eve introduced in Scripture.
25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. Genesis 4:25-26.
It is entirely possible that Seth (Sheth) was born, in time, after the death of Abel. It is recorded that his mother said that God “said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew”. The son of Seth was Enos, AKA אֱנוֹשׁ ʼĕnôwsh. It is then recorded that “then began men to call upon the name of the LORD”. There are two streams of thought on that statement. It could mean that:
Adam Clarke tells us in his commentary:
“Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord - The marginal reading is, Then began men to call themselves by the name of the Lord; which words are supposed to signify that in the time of Enos the true followers of God began to distinguish themselves, and to be distinguished by others, by the appellation of sons of God; those of the other branch of Adam's family, among whom the Divine worship was not observed, being distinguished by the name, children of men.”
Maimonides, AKA (1138-1204), also referred to by the Hebrew acronym, Rambam, was a Sephardic rabbi, physician, and astronomer who wrote influential works on Jewish law, theology, and philosophy. He was one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. Adam Clarke included his paragraph in his commentary.
"In the days of Enos the sons of Adam erred with great error, and the counsel of the wise men of that age became brutish, and Enos himself was (one) of them that erred; and their error was this: they said, Forasmuch as God hath created these stars and spheres to govern the world, and set them on high, and imparted honor unto them, and they are ministers that minister before him; it is meet that men should laud, and glorify, and give them honor. For this is the will of God, that we magnify and honor whomsoever he magnifieth and honoureth; even as a king would have them honored that stand before him, and this is the honor of the king himself. When this thing was come up into their hearts they began to build temples unto the stars, and to offer sacrifice unto them, and to laud and glorify them with words, and to worship before them, that they might in their evil opinion obtain favor of the Creator; and this was the root of idolatry, etc. And in process of time there stood up false prophets among the sons of Adam, which said that God had commanded and said unto them, Worship such a star, or all the stars, and do sacrifice unto them thus and thus; and build a temple for it, and make an image of it, that all the people, women, and children may worship it. And the false prophet showed them the image which he had feigned out of his own heart, and said it was the image of such a star, which was made known unto him by prophecy. And they began after this manner to make images in temples, and under trees, and on tops of mountains and hills, and assembled together and worshipped them, etc. And this thing was spread through all the world, to serve images with services different one from another, and to sacrifice unto and worship them. So, in process of time, the glorious and fearful name (of God) was forgotten out of the mouth of all living, and out of their knowledge, and they acknowledged him not. And there was found no people on the earth that knew aught, save images of wood and stone, and temples of stone, which they had been trained up from their childhood to worship and serve, and to swear by their names. And the wise men that were among them, as the priests and such like, thought there was no God save the stars and spheres, for whose sake and in whose likeness they had made these images; but as for the Rock everlasting, there was no man that acknowledged him or knew him save a few persons in the world, as Enoch, Methuselah, Noah, Sham, and Heber. And in this way did the world walk and converse till that pillar of the world, Abraham our father, was born." ( Maim. in Mishn, and Ainsworth in loco)
Incredibly interesting, don't you think? Perhaps we now see how the progression of idol worship began right at its origin (and possibly how it hit a peak in the tower of Babel in Genesis chapter eleven). The record of God the Father now splits off to men misrepresenting their Creator and substituting His creation instead of Him! How much of this was in part due to the whispering of the enemy in the ears of the descendants of Cain? It happened back then like it happens now. Nothing in that respect has changed. We must recognize that the enemy is indeed an entity and not a force, although his 'force' is seen everywhere as well. Hamas has returned the live hostages of their 7 October attack, but are still resisting laying down arms and capitulating to peace. They took out their wrath at having to return the hostages and the bodies of dead Israelis, on Palestinians they 'claim' collaborated with Israel. These were accused of treason, with apparently no evidence given. They were executed publicly yesterday. I pray for mercy for the Gaza population, who are truly long-term hostages of Hamas. Now, as we move on to our 'daily routine', let us Occupy and Give Yah Glory!
“10. Ye--the Jews, to whom I have given predictions, verified by the event; and in delivering whom I have so often manifested My power (see Isa 43:3-4).
and my servant--that is, the whole Jewish people (Isa 41:8).
believe--trust in.
formed--before I existed none of the false gods were formed. "Formed" applies to the idols, not to God. Re 1:11 uses the same language to prove the Godhead of Jesus, as Isaiah here to prove the Godhead of Jehovah.”
11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. Revelation 1:11.
There it is. Yahweh was the Aleph and the Tav from the Hebrew. Messiah was the Alpha and Omega from the Greek. They are the beginning and the end. There are no others that are not formed by men's hands or their minds. Every other small 'g' god we can think of is represented by something “formed” by the hands of men. They all have a representation of their god, and generally it is some form or mixture of celestial bodies, or animals, or animals mixed with human parts. Islam reveres a black stone. That's right. A stone. It is revered in Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, and is believed by Islam to be from the days of Adam. It was originally white but turned black from all the sins of men. Touching this stone is a means of expiating sin. Now that right there tells us that Islam is an imitation and a shadow of the worship of the True and ONLY God. Millions are caught up in this deception, as are millions who take the name of Messiah nominally but who do not take the Bible seriously.
Our reading takes us from the focus of one man to one family of that man. Adam and Eve (AKA Havah: חַוָּה Chavvâh, meaning life giver) became fruitful, and they multiplied—just as the plan of God was set to unfold! Two boys arrived. I have to wonder about the logistics of this first birth of the son named Kayin (meaning acquisition) or Cain, as we know it in English. How did they know what to do? How did they know that the swollen belly meant that another creation like themselves was growing in there? Was Eve frightened when the pains of childbirth came upon her? She had been told that she would experience pain in childbirth (Genesis 2:16). At that time, did she even have an idea what pain was? Certainly, once they sinned with the fruit of that tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they must have experienced emotional 'pain'. How did they know what to do when the baby arrived? These are all questions that never even occurred to me in my early years of being a believer. They certainly never came up in any study. I'm sure that I'd have remembered that. Nobody else that I know ever brought up these questions either. I can't be the first...
Nevertheless, the children came, and they did all the right stuff at their births. The boys thrived. There may even have been many other births of boys AND girls, but for the purpose that our Father God set forth, we only know a little about the first three sons. There may even have been sets of twins born along the way. Wouldn't it be mind-blowing to be able to find, on the other side of eternity, the library that our Father has kept, and in there would be all the genealogical knowledge about the lives of Adam and Eve that He recorded just for us to discover? Even more incredible is to contemplate that we may be able to meet, IN PERSON, the faithful descendants who came long before us! Are you beginning to think that the colder temperatures up here in the north are affecting Anne's mind? Is this what Gaylen meant when he used to say that she got “a little squirrelly” come winter? Perhaps these are all the questions that you thought about but were afraid to ask.
3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. Genesis 4:3-5.
Here are verses that bring even more questions to what I laughingly call my mind. The sons would imitate the worship practices of their parents. We discover that the firstborn perhaps did not have the same attitude. Their parents were redeemed from premature death when the animals were slain to cover their naked bodies. (Who knew that ingestion of the fruit of 'that' tree would introduce them to a thing called 'shame'.) In the natural, the animal skins covered their bodies, but in the spiritual, they covered their sin of rebellion in the garden. The shedding of blood was necessary for the covering of sin. Cain didn't think so, by the nature of his offering. It's recorded that he knew it wasn't the way, and he became angry and jealous, or maybe jealous first, and then angry, because he knew his brother's offering was more acceptable. Can you see the enemy nearby, whispering into Cain's head? “Hevel (AKA Abel in English) is the favorite! He is loved more than I. My gift isn't good enough!” Because of the nature of the attack of the enemy on our human minds, we tend to believe that the origin of these thoughts is ours and not “the suggestions” of the enemy. It all led up to increased tension, resentment, and then hatred. It culminated in the death of his brother Abel. He then attempted to cover it up. No, he wasn't his brother's 'keeper', but he did know where he was.
9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. Genesis 4:9-12.
There was some extraordinary conversation between God and the first generation after Adam because we are reading the text of it! (So, that might be how the first parents were guided through childbirth.) Cain remains the poster child of the rebel. Let's take note also that when innocent blood is shed, the very earth suffers. Abel's blood “cried out” from the ground. God saw it and He heard it. God KNEW it. The very occupation at which Cain excelled was removed from him, and he became a builder of cities instead. There is one conundrum and perhaps an example of the 'secrets' of the LORD that we touched on yesterday in verse fifteen.
15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. Genesis 4:15.
Who were these other “any” who might find Cain and kill him? How much time has elapsed since these boys were born? Were there others upon the earth at this same time, or was God speaking as He knew what would happen down through time? More questions. More secrets. But what is important to know is that Cain's genealogical tree is made known in this fourth chapter of the first book of the five. We are made privy to six generations from Cain and their accomplishments. Then, as if to break in or to counter the generations of Cain, we have the third son of Adam and Eve introduced in Scripture.
25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. 26 And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. Genesis 4:25-26.
It is entirely possible that Seth (Sheth) was born, in time, after the death of Abel. It is recorded that his mother said that God “said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew”. The son of Seth was Enos, AKA אֱנוֹשׁ ʼĕnôwsh. It is then recorded that “then began men to call upon the name of the LORD”. There are two streams of thought on that statement. It could mean that:
- Men then began calling on the name of the LORD or
- That men began calling themselves by the name of the LORD.
Adam Clarke tells us in his commentary:
“Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord - The marginal reading is, Then began men to call themselves by the name of the Lord; which words are supposed to signify that in the time of Enos the true followers of God began to distinguish themselves, and to be distinguished by others, by the appellation of sons of God; those of the other branch of Adam's family, among whom the Divine worship was not observed, being distinguished by the name, children of men.”
Maimonides, AKA (1138-1204), also referred to by the Hebrew acronym, Rambam, was a Sephardic rabbi, physician, and astronomer who wrote influential works on Jewish law, theology, and philosophy. He was one of the most prolific and influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. Adam Clarke included his paragraph in his commentary.
"In the days of Enos the sons of Adam erred with great error, and the counsel of the wise men of that age became brutish, and Enos himself was (one) of them that erred; and their error was this: they said, Forasmuch as God hath created these stars and spheres to govern the world, and set them on high, and imparted honor unto them, and they are ministers that minister before him; it is meet that men should laud, and glorify, and give them honor. For this is the will of God, that we magnify and honor whomsoever he magnifieth and honoureth; even as a king would have them honored that stand before him, and this is the honor of the king himself. When this thing was come up into their hearts they began to build temples unto the stars, and to offer sacrifice unto them, and to laud and glorify them with words, and to worship before them, that they might in their evil opinion obtain favor of the Creator; and this was the root of idolatry, etc. And in process of time there stood up false prophets among the sons of Adam, which said that God had commanded and said unto them, Worship such a star, or all the stars, and do sacrifice unto them thus and thus; and build a temple for it, and make an image of it, that all the people, women, and children may worship it. And the false prophet showed them the image which he had feigned out of his own heart, and said it was the image of such a star, which was made known unto him by prophecy. And they began after this manner to make images in temples, and under trees, and on tops of mountains and hills, and assembled together and worshipped them, etc. And this thing was spread through all the world, to serve images with services different one from another, and to sacrifice unto and worship them. So, in process of time, the glorious and fearful name (of God) was forgotten out of the mouth of all living, and out of their knowledge, and they acknowledged him not. And there was found no people on the earth that knew aught, save images of wood and stone, and temples of stone, which they had been trained up from their childhood to worship and serve, and to swear by their names. And the wise men that were among them, as the priests and such like, thought there was no God save the stars and spheres, for whose sake and in whose likeness they had made these images; but as for the Rock everlasting, there was no man that acknowledged him or knew him save a few persons in the world, as Enoch, Methuselah, Noah, Sham, and Heber. And in this way did the world walk and converse till that pillar of the world, Abraham our father, was born." ( Maim. in Mishn, and Ainsworth in loco)
Incredibly interesting, don't you think? Perhaps we now see how the progression of idol worship began right at its origin (and possibly how it hit a peak in the tower of Babel in Genesis chapter eleven). The record of God the Father now splits off to men misrepresenting their Creator and substituting His creation instead of Him! How much of this was in part due to the whispering of the enemy in the ears of the descendants of Cain? It happened back then like it happens now. Nothing in that respect has changed. We must recognize that the enemy is indeed an entity and not a force, although his 'force' is seen everywhere as well. Hamas has returned the live hostages of their 7 October attack, but are still resisting laying down arms and capitulating to peace. They took out their wrath at having to return the hostages and the bodies of dead Israelis, on Palestinians they 'claim' collaborated with Israel. These were accused of treason, with apparently no evidence given. They were executed publicly yesterday. I pray for mercy for the Gaza population, who are truly long-term hostages of Hamas. Now, as we move on to our 'daily routine', let us Occupy and Give Yah Glory!
2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. John 1:2-5.
1 NASB www.lockman.org for daily reading and KJV in commentary unless otherwise specified
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