YAAKOV KATZ: Begin did not speak a word about it beforehand. Today, Netanyahu can’t stop talking annexation.
Death of the Virgin by Andrea Mantegna
As prime minister for 13 years, @netanyahu has never really outlined a vision for what he would like to see happen in the West Bank or between Israel and the Palestinians.
"Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, 'I [A]m thirsty'" (New International Version, John 19:28).
Jesus Christ Son of God and Mary couldn't breathe. Covid~19 Casualties couldn't breathe. George Perry Floyd couldn't breathe. Virginia Millano Evangelista Fabro~Rivera couldn't breathe.
In the Jubilee Year of 2020, on Friday Mourning, June 30th, just over a half Hour past Midnight, in the Midst of the Jewish Sabbath, Eastern Standard Time, when the West was fast asleep, right after Pastor Samson Abad of International Christian Fellowship prayed and Phoenix Micah Khan son of Anthony Hamid Khan and Mercedes Millano Evangelista Fabro Rivera~Khan obtained his last Blessing from Lola: Mother was gathered to Her People. It rained Off and On for 24 Hours, while Her Bedroom Window was left open for Her Soul to migrate.
Virginia faithfully sat on a Recliner donated by Conductor David Hanson's Wife Elizabeth for many years, until She was carried to an Electric Bed of Thorny Roses. Being Widowed did not stop Her from Her Earthly duties. "I'm going to pray for everybody," She Promised on Her Deathbed, as the Heavens prepared to welcome Her into their Monolithic Rainstorm Cloud. Like Lightning from the east, She followed Her Husband Sixto Enriquez Rivera into Eternal Livelihood,,,
Sister Mercy inquired on Facebook, "¿Onions or Scallions?" Neither. They're Golgolot: Hebrew Plural for Skulls. For the first time, Her Garden lies fallow. That is why it is a Jubilee Year: Supposedly, Slaves are set free, Debts are forgiven, and Planet Earth rests, except Her only Orphaned son.
There are Israeli Spies to be trained and Commissioned. There is the Persian Gulf, the Arctic Sea, the South China Sea, and the East China Sea for China to seize and extract Gas and Oil from, at Mom's expense. There is Humanity comprised of more than 7,000,000,000 Souls to forcibly inject. There is Martial Law to impose on States Occupied by the Chinese People's Liberation Army. There is Antarctica that requires immediate defrosting, courtesy of Chinese and Russian Icebreakers. A Giant Shadow of Dancing Queens is being cast over Nuclear Plants the World over. Virginia's Garden of Gethsemane remains Wild, so Wild that Fiery Riots cannot quench Her thirst for Justice; Justice shall be pursued, until all of Creation can't breathe.
May Our Heavenly Father revive His Universal Church with His Holy Spirit,,,
In Yeshua's Name,
Amane And Amane
Virginia Millano Evangelista Fabro~Rivera's Song of Songs,,,
PHYLLIS TRIBLE: Whatever her particular disease, Miriam remains a condemned woman, a warning for generations to come (see Deut 24:8–9).
Mother had Cancer for seven thousand years.
She was encapsulated by coughing fits below.
Sealions and Crabs were her only companions.
None of our Relatives or Friends came to her aid
As the archangel's scalpel hovered over her bosom:
A crimson tambourine shook in her right hand
As she slept crying out for God to "Have Mercy,,,"
When the anesthesia finally wore off,
Not even halfway through her cruel sentence
(Shocking the doubtful medical professionals),
Suddenly, she could still be heard crying out, "Have Mercy!"
She drove herself to the hospital and drove herself back to the Camp.
Turns out Mom had her head covered with ash for only one week.
Stoned, that's just seven long days to work out your own Salvation.
BART EHRMAN: According to Josephus, the Pharisees believed that after death good souls pass “into another body.” This may sound to modern ears like reincarnation, but it is usually thought that Josephus means they held to the doctrine of resurrection: the soul would not remain naked but would be re-embodied.
DAVID WOLPE: We are told that because of kotzer ruach – literally shortness of spirit, and because of hard bondage, the beleaguered people are impervious to Moses’s message of hope (Ex. 6:9) – lacking the vital spirit necessary to lift their eyes from any but the most necessary tasks. Rashi takes kotzer ruach as literal shortness of breath.
The Italian~Sicilian surname, Fabro, is derived from the Latin "Faber" meaning "Craftsman," and, as such, it was likely Occupational, borne by someone who was an Ironworker or some kind of Architect, Artificer, Artisan, Blacksmith, Craftsman, Creator, Forger, or Maker.
DAVID PRASHKER: Asherah would also become Asher in the masculine, and the Asherim (or sometimes Asherot and Ashterot) were the sacred trees, effectively totem poles, used in her worship: the Cross, the Obelisk and the Christmas Tree are all variations of it.
it is logical to suggest that the tribe of Asher was defined precisely by its inclination to worship the goddess as Asherah, rather than under any of her other names; and that they were tribally connected to those other, more famous worshippers of Asherah - the Ashurim or Assyrians. In all probability these people, at an early stage of occupation, held sway over an area considerably larger than that defined by Yehoshu'a.
GEOFFREY DENNIS: witches in the Bible are often shown in positions of power, notably the wizards in the employ of the kings of Babylon and Egypt and the witches in the employ of King Manasseh. Queen Jezebel herself is a witch (Exodus 7: 11; Daniel 2:2; II Kings 9:22, 21:2).
JILL HAMMER: Eating after Ritual is a common way to Ground.
JILL HAMMER: It also seems to me to imply that your life is still valuable. Even if you're gonna die tomorrow, it still matters to me that you're hungry. I find that really moving.
JILL HAMMER: This does feel like a Final Meal and she makes it a Big Meal.
JILL HAMMER: She doesn't say any comforting words. It doesn't make sense to try to comfort him, for such a terrible fate. She comforts him in the Body, really.
JILL HAMMER: It's a kind of Hospice that she's doing for him. She's giving him nurturing at the end of his life. She knows the spirits have spoken. She's not trying to change it.
Grandfather Benjamin Lopez Fabro gave uninvited trick~or~treaters American "Change." I'm going to continue that tradition, if that's so. For the past few years, there has been no Halloween "Change." I consider Halloween the Edomite Purim.
Intention: Prayer for Rain בְּשֵׁ֣ם יֵשׁוּעַ (In the Name of Yeshua) ⛈️
Plan of Latent Action: Open Bottle of Sea Shells. Position Umbrella made in the Philippines in Bedroom corner opposite adjacent Broom made in the Philippines. ☂️ Fill Sungka Shiphole with Water (anoint with Asher Oil made in Israel) near Altar for Deceased Relatives (including Maltese Dog named Rain). Wait for Evaporation (take Picture). Leave Lamp on during Sleep to invoke Lightning. 💡 Listen to Samulnori daily, until Rain comes.
Note: Compile Album with Photographs from Baptisms, Snow, and Swimming Pools.
JOSHUA TRACHTENBERG: The mezuzah, on the contrary, retained its original significance as an amulet despite rabbinic efforts to make it an exclusively religious symbol. Descended from a primitive charm, affixed to the door-post to keep demons out of the house, the rabbinic leaders gave it literally a religious content in the shape of a strip of parchment inscribed with the Biblical verses, Deut. 6:4-19, 11:13-20, in the hope that it might develop into a constant reminder of the principle of monotheism—a wise attempt to re-interpret instead of an unavailing prohibition.
ALEXANDER POLTORAK: A mezuzah affixed to the doorpost as commanded by G‑d at Sinai still has the power to "not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to smite you". Indeed, immediately after the commandment of mezuzah, the Torah continues
"...so that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children... (Deuteronomy XI, 21)"
This verse is the biblical source of the firm belief in the power of the mezuzah to protect from harm and to prolong one’s life.
BLU GREENBERG: A mezuzah serves two functions: Every time you enter or leave, the mezuzah reminds you that you have a covenant with God; second, the mezuzah serves as a symbol to everyone else that this particular dwelling is constituted as a Jewish household, operating by a special set of rules, rituals, and beliefs.
Use feathers as charms, amulets, talismans, medicine pouches and spells. They are a ready made fetish (a charm with magical powers) and can be fashioned into smudge fans, healing sticks, fetish pots, prayer sticks and wands.
White: often said to be a sign the angels are watching over you and faith and hope.
JewishEncyclopedia: The right side, or right limb, of a person receives special prominence; the place of honor is at his right. "Upon thy right hand did stand the queen" (Ps. xlv. 9). Solomon placed a seat of honor for his mother, the queen, on his right side (I Kings ii. 19).
Etiquette commands that the most prominent person sit or walk in the center, the next in rank at his right hand, and the third in rank on the left ('Er. 54b).
SARA YOHEVED RIGLER: In Kabbalah, the right side stands for chesed, a free pouring-forth;
Chesed pours forth without restraint. Sometimes that's not the best way to give. Sometimes the one receiving requires more measured giving. For example, Albert Einstein teaching math to an eight-year-old would not help her by pouring forth everything he knows.
DOUG JOHNSON: In their 2015 paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association, they reported that the elephants’ extra copies of this tumor-squashing gene triggers a type of programmed cell death and a defense against cancer called apoptosis. When a cell splits and experiences some kind of DNA damage—from chemical agents, for example—the cell will either try to fix itself, or self destruct to prevent the mutations from spreading to other cells. Both whale and elephant cells are also likely to undergo apoptosis more often compared to humans.
WIKIPEDIA: Many African cultures revere the African Elephant as a symbol of strength and power. It is also praised for its size, longevity, stamina, mental faculties, cooperative spirit, and loyalty.
Asian cultures admire the high intelligence and good memory of Asian elephants. As such, they symbolise wisdom and royal power. It is often considered sacred and symbolises royalty in Thailand and Burma, where it is also considered a symbol of good luck. The classical Sanskrit literature also attributes earthquakes to the shaking of their bodies when they tire.
The elephant as the symbol for the Republican Party of the United States originated in an 1874 political cartoon of an Asian elephant by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly.
DAHL BENNETT: A collection of naked and baptized Sto. Niños in brass and ivory, and medallions that illustrate the marriage of our animist past with Christianity, with the animasola atop the Jesus image.
TREASURES OF THE CHURCH: Scripture teaches that God acts through relics, especially in terms of healing.
A woman was healed of her hemorrhage simply by touching the hem of Jesus’ cloak (Matthew 9:20-22).
When handkerchiefs or aprons that had been touched to Paul were applied to the sick, the people were healed and evil spirits were driven out of them (Acts 19:11-12).
When the corpse of a man was touched to the bones of the prophet Elisha the man came back to life and rose to his feet (2 Kings 13:20-21).
ERIC TOKAJER: In the Bible, when one says “In the name of,” it means according to the character, nature, or authority of.
For instance, when we pray for healing in Yeshua’s name, we do so because we know He has the authority to heal and that it is fully within His character and nature to heal. We know that because the Bible tells us what His promises are and that He has the authority to heal. So, when we pray in His name, we are trusting that because we know who and what He is, then He will do all that He promised to do. This is what we are taught in John 20:31 TLV:
"31 But these things have been written so that you may believe that Yeshua is Mashiach Ben-Elohim, and that by believing you may have life in His name."
Notice what brings life “in His name” is, believing that Yeshua is the Messiah The Son of G-D.
EVAN PYLE: The walk of the Spirit requires faith, not a spoken formula. I understand why people so want this spoken formula to be true and effective because it is so easy. However, replacing faith with a stock utterance smacks of superstition and reminds me of going to a medicine man or shaman to have an incantation uttered in hopes of achieving a success or victory of some kind.
Errant theology suggests we can achieve a quick fix by repeating a formula with conviction. Can you see that this is little more than superstition?
The gospel of grace declares that we are saved by grace through faith alone. Our response to God’s saving grace is not a set of spoken formulae but a “living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God...”
Indeed these matters of governing the Church well and protecting the integrity of the fellowship are serious business requiring much prayer, careful consideration and heavenly wisdom.
DAVID AZULAI: A red string bracelet is an invariable piece of clothing for every true kabbalist.
The closed circle symbolizes an unbreakable shield which the red string represents when it does not allow bad energies affect the body. It transforms, increases, or alleviates energy’s flow to provide required equilibrium. This helps support the immunity and vitality of the cells in our body and promote fast effective healing. There have been various occasions when a red string worn on a wrist restored health and balance of the mind, spirit and body of a human being.
THE FORMULA: When the Righteous Judgment has already decreed death from illness, behold, our saintly rabbis said: Three things annul the decree; and one of them is changing the name of the patient. We therefore, in conformity with their advice, have changed the name of [mention here the former name] to the name of [mention the adopted name], who is now another person. The decree shall not have any force with regard to [him or her]. Together with the change in name, so shall His decree be reversed from justice to mercy, from death to life, from illness to perfect health for [mention adopted name]. In the name of all the sacred names mentioned in this Sefer Torah, and in the name of the angels, the messengers of all healing and salvation, O Lord, send speedily a perfect cure to [adopted name], that [his or her] days and years may be prolonged in happiness, in goodness, and in peace, for ever and ever. Amen, Selah.
MAGGIE ANTON: Catholics pray to the saints. Most of these Jewish incantations are directed to angels. God is too busy running things. God has a big bureaucracy. When you want something, you go to the secretary, the guy behind the counter; they saw the angels as part of the bureaucracy.
MAGGIE ANTON: As I discovered that sorcery was rampant, it was interesting to see the differences between sorcerers. Today we think of wicked witches, but according to the Talmud, sorcerers are actually in league with the angels. In Jewish tradition, nobody has ever burned witches. Now I can understand why. There was a tradition of healing magic.
REBECCA SPALDING: The tools, like gene therapy, to address diseases have evolved in the past 20 years, meaning the science is not necessarily the hurdle for some conditions, Kakkis said.
She's decided her only hope is to bypass the pharmaceutical industry and fund the research on a new gene therapy directly. But she needs cash.
“This is what’s so frustrating,” Freed said. “It’s truly a matter of money.” 💰
PATRICIA KARLIN-NEUMANN: Five words — 11 Hebrew letters — are all that Moses speaks (Numbers 12:13).
The essence of what we seek is still found in his direct and eternal prayer.
El na rfa na la.
In response to Moses’ prayer, God reveals the duration of Miriam’s exile to the wilderness of disease. Her fortunate loved ones have only to wait out a time of disequilibrium and uncertainty; they have received sacred reassurance that all will be well. Yet in anticipating her return, the Torah conveys a truth well known to the loved ones of someone contending with affliction and crisis — v’haam lo nasa ad heasef Miryam (“And the people did not march on until Miriam was readmitted,” Numbers 12:15).
Life does not go on with any sense of normalcy or progression while one whom we love is endangered; the caregiver’s attention and effort revolves around the one who is stricken. Time and space are altered. The yearning for healing expands to fill both.
It is not the entreaty of the one beset by the catastrophe, but rather that of the witness, the powerless onlooker, the potential caregiver absorbing the shock, the one who is overwhelmed and stymied about how to help.
For the caregiver, there is time only for truncated and hurried prayer, time only for stolen moments of naked cries and yearnings of hope. For the caregiver shouldering the burdens of action — making the loved one comfortable, researching treatment, running interference with physicians, reporting news, calming fears–prayer is a blessed moment of calm in an otherwise turbulent time.
So, too, the prayer of the caregiver is private, conspiratorial, hidden from the one who is the object of supplication, yet revealed to the One who can respond. We want to protect the one who is suffering from the compounded weight of the caregiver’s distress.
In the darkness, it is a relief to relinquish the weight of trying to hold up another’s spirits, and to acknowledge that someone with far more power than we possess is the ultimate caregiver.
BIBLEMESH: When people reached for the corners of Jesus’ garment, it was in many cases more than a grab for the most accessible part of His person. It was a sign that they wanted to identify with Him. There was nothing magical about the cloth that brought healing. It came by faith as people publicly aligned themselves with Jesus. As He told the woman with a discharge of blood, “Your faith has made you well” (Matthew 9:22).
WIKIPEDIA: In Buddhism the Sign of the Horns is seen as an apotropaic gesture very commonly used by Gautama Buddha as "Karana Mudra" which is synonymous with expulsion of demons and removal of obstacles like sickness or negative thoughts.
BRIAN BLUM: The friends around our dining room table became quiet. In a world where no place is safe, the question becomes less about outright prevention than of who do you want around you when tragedy strikes?
HELEN INGRAM: Since the world-view that was active in the first centuries associated sickness with demonic influence, many healers considered it necessary to bind the demon responsible for an illness in order to bring about the cure. Therefore binding and loosing are both terms that were closely related to healing in the ancient world.
we can safely assume that the author of Luke intended healing to be understood as an exorcism.
DEENA METZGER: The Navajo people rarely gather ceremonially except to bring healing to each other. When the nature of the illness has been established, a Singer is sought who will preside over the healing ceremony. As illness is understood to occur when the spirits, the community or the natural world have been violated, healing consists of reconstituting the world, gathering the community, entering into ceremony, reciting the prayers and telling the myths in perfect order. What has been disrupted is healed through the perfection of the sacred.
MATT CARON: Interestingly, the healing process works by training the brain waves so as to synchronize with the sounds of the bowl. Their whole purpose is to restore vibratory frequencies of the body, mind, and soul that are out-of-harmony and diseased. These unique tones emitted will prepare you for deep meditation, intuitive messages, as well as creative thinking.
MINDWORKS TEAM: The Buddhist meditation bell is used today for a variety of reasons. They include:
To clear your space. A bell can create an atmosphere of purity and inspire deeper meditation. Some people believe that the sound of a meditation bell wards off negative energies.
MARTIN G. COLLINS: Like the miracle of the healing of the nobleman's son (John 4:46-54), the healing of the centurion's servant (Matthew 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10) reveals Christ as able to heal from a distance merely by the power of His word. Then, as now, distance is not a factor in Christ's ability to heal; His word is sufficient whether near or far.
Nancy Flam with ideas formulated with Amy Eilberg: Richard Levy of Los Angeles teaches the wisdom of writing the verse and affixing it where one will see it throughout the day: above one’s desk, on the telephone key pad, on the dashboard. Meditation upon a verse of Torah, upon the Shema, or upon Hebrew letters can calm the spirit, and bring it into communion with the Divine.
INTEGRAL CHRISTIAN NETWORK: When in healing mode, Jesus transmitted healing, and is never once recorded as asking God to do the healing. He taught the apostles to do the same. He even gave us a tantalizing description of healing prayer when a woman touched [H]im and was healed of her hemorrhages. Jesus said, “Who touched [M]e? . . .Someone touched [M]e for I noticed that power had gone out from [M]e (Luke 8:46).” What an exceptionally clear and vivid description of transmission.
Geoffrey Dennis: The magical ritual of reducing the word is intended to yield a parallel reduction in the severity of the illness.
GEOFFREY DENNIS: Along with conventional folk remedies involving diet, curative foods (Gittin 67b; Eruvin 29b; Gittin 69a-70a; Avodah Zarah 28a-b; Ketubot 50a; Yoma 83b-84a), exercise, and healthful practices, the Sages would prescribe the recitation of Scriptural verses (the Shema or Psalm 29, for example) and incantations, called refuot (healings). Talmud Shabbat 66b-67a and Gittin 67a-69a record examples of such healing incantations.
RACHEL SCHEINERMAN: “The word of the Lord came to Jonah.” Just as “once upon a time” signals a fairy tale, this biblical formula signals a book of prophecy.
🥠 #Recession#Depression Unfortunately I need to toss American~"Change" on my "CHAOS" Board. Actually, I'll just keep the American~Coins in a sealed Ziploc Bag for now. 👛
MICHAEL BROYDE: The Talmud (Shavuot 35b) explicitly prohibits the waging of war in a situation where the casualty rate exceeds a sixth of the population.
I'm a Filipino (Sephardic Spanish and Sephardic Italian) Messianic Warlock with a Concentration in Asherism, Virtual Asherim, Blog Divination, Digital Altars, and Crypto~Magickkk. Filipin@~Irish Mestiz@s are gorgeous! Some Famous Filipin@~Irish Mestiz@s are Darren Criss, Kirk Hammett, and Vanessa Hudgens. I have several Filipin@~Irish relatives. The Irish Side might be strong, if Joe Biden is elected. The Filipina Spirit may be potent, if Sara Duterte wins. I've embedded this video in a Blog Post of Shadows [I gravitate between Public and Private]: https://ananedim.blogspot.com/2019/04/blog-post.html
PAUL FAHEY: In the first centuries of Christianity the Church existed in a pagan world where the halls of power and the prevalent social mores were often hostile to the faith. The pagans saw when Christians chose torture and death over having a respectable place in society. The pagans saw that the Christians took care of the poor and marginalised, believers or not. It was the credibility of their witness that won over non-believers.
Heather Tomlinson: In recent years, there has been concern that some Christians are even advocating for or using tarot themselves. Some use cards that have a similar look to tarot, but contain Scriptures or Bible stories, such as the "Jesus Deck," and go to New Age festivals to minister to people there.
Moon Cho: I also talk to my Food. Food is also a Consciousness.
Since the Workplace is often about the least Spiritual Space you’ll be during the Work Week, It may be Helpful to construct a little Altar to remind you of your Spiritual practice on a daily basis.
Pick out a Space on your Desk and erect representations of the five elements on it.
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Ezekiel 36:26 Reversed: I shall give you an Old Heart and put an Old Spirit in you; I shall remove from you your Heart of Flesh and give you a Heart of Feminine Stone.
😇You are the Brown Sugar of Paradise, but if the Sugar loses its Sweetness, how can you be made Sweet again? Refined Sugar is addictive, but ~ at the same time ~ Sugar sure makes Food hard to resist! It's actually the only taste that Humans are born desiring, so be sure to avoid hardening your Heart for a long Suite life,,,😇
DOV LIPMAN: Jewish tradition teaches ma’aseh avot siman l’banim – that which happened to the forefathers is a sign for what will transpire with their descendants. Nachmanides goes as far as saying, “Everything that happened to the fathers, happens to the sons” and “not one thing that occurred with the fathers won’t occur with their descendants.”