Inspired by the commemoration, in this year MMXXIV, of Jesus’ Last Supper, Crucifixion and Resurrection from the dead, I want to examine, prior to the founding of the Israeli state, the last period in history, 1,889 years ago, when Jews controlled what is today Palestine.
This is so important. It doesn't matter where I go, what group of Christians I am speaking to, if I have a chance to gently bring up this truth, they are completely amazed. They never heard it before. It has been truly, intentionally hidden by some churches for centuries, and by the Catholic Church, at least since Vatican II. Thank you for providing this information for us.
Psalm 12:8 "The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted."
Saint Patrick: Save me O Lord "against the craft of idolatries."
Arthur Koestler, one of the great writers of our times, says on p. 17 of The Thirteenth Tribe: "The story of the Khazar Empire, as it slowly emerged from the past, begins to look like the most cruel hoax which history has ever perpetrated."
(Good to bear in mind that the ruler of the Khazarians was called the Kagan.)
On p. 136, Koestler describes a rabbinical fable wherein the Jewish people of Baghdad were instructed to assemble on their rooftops to await a rapture in which they'd be flown on clouds to their Messiah's camp (12th c.) Makes one wonder whether the rabbis who advised Scofield used this proto-rapture as a "deliberate misdirection" (see Hoffman, Judaism Discovered) in the Scofield Reference Bible which is a nullification of the Word of God.
"I am the true vine: my Father is the husbandman." S John, XV
A blessed (Western) Holy Week*, everyone! One correction, Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD. Hadrian founded Aelia Capitolina in 130 AD. After the Romans, the city was added to by the Byzantines, various Islamic caliphates and dynasties, Crusaders, Seljuk Turks, Egyptian Mamluks, and the Ottoman Turks under whom the walls were built. The Crusader "Old City" was modeled after a typical medieval Italian city, and later redesigned by Muslims.
* Eastern Orthodox Holy Week is April 28-May 5, 2024.
Yes, by God's Holy Grace, two Great Lents and two Easters (see John Crossan's book, Resurrecting Easter) but my real question (Katya here) has to do with genes: decades ago, the English journalist Bruce Chatwith, wondered whether mankind was irredeemably marked with a gene for violence/cruelty. Hoffman's Judaism Discovered might say yes to this. Koestler, the Jewish writer, tells us that the Khazarians were conquered by the Mongols. Ghengis Khan and his descendents left countless progeny. Just wondering.
Doctor Zhivago (the book, not the movie) has interesting dialogue about the Khazarians question. Boris Pasternak was Jewish, and wrote beautifully Orthodox and poetic work under the Soviets. His eponymous doctor would have been thrilled with two Easters. A true heir of Dostoevsky.
I just finished reading a fabulously researched and (mostly) great book recommended by Michael, THE SAINT AND THE SULTAN - THE CRUSADES, ISLAM, AND FRANCIS OF ASSISI'S MISSION OF PEACE, by Professor Paul Moses. I say mostly because on p. 222 the author touts the 1986 syncretist "World Day of Prayer". I do not believe that anyone is marked with a gene for cruelty. Most people probably have an atavistic instinct for self-defense. The Talmudic-Zionists, the Scofield Dispensationalists, and most members of Congress and the Biden Administration, as well as certain presidential candidates, are certainly the SPIRITUAL heirs of, and as much patriotic Americans as, Genghis Khan and the Pharisees. Speaking of the scions of Genghis Khan and the Pharisees, there is a good book about one of them, "The big cheat : how Donald Trump fleeced America and enriched himself and his family."
This is so important. It doesn't matter where I go, what group of Christians I am speaking to, if I have a chance to gently bring up this truth, they are completely amazed. They never heard it before. It has been truly, intentionally hidden by some churches for centuries, and by the Catholic Church, at least since Vatican II. Thank you for providing this information for us.
Excellent Michael.
Katya here, thanks again to Roscoe!
Psalm 12:8 "The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted."
Saint Patrick: Save me O Lord "against the craft of idolatries."
Arthur Koestler, one of the great writers of our times, says on p. 17 of The Thirteenth Tribe: "The story of the Khazar Empire, as it slowly emerged from the past, begins to look like the most cruel hoax which history has ever perpetrated."
(Good to bear in mind that the ruler of the Khazarians was called the Kagan.)
On p. 136, Koestler describes a rabbinical fable wherein the Jewish people of Baghdad were instructed to assemble on their rooftops to await a rapture in which they'd be flown on clouds to their Messiah's camp (12th c.) Makes one wonder whether the rabbis who advised Scofield used this proto-rapture as a "deliberate misdirection" (see Hoffman, Judaism Discovered) in the Scofield Reference Bible which is a nullification of the Word of God.
"I am the true vine: my Father is the husbandman." S John, XV
Ever and always thank you, Michael.
Blessed Pasqua.
A blessed (Western) Holy Week*, everyone! One correction, Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD. Hadrian founded Aelia Capitolina in 130 AD. After the Romans, the city was added to by the Byzantines, various Islamic caliphates and dynasties, Crusaders, Seljuk Turks, Egyptian Mamluks, and the Ottoman Turks under whom the walls were built. The Crusader "Old City" was modeled after a typical medieval Italian city, and later redesigned by Muslims.
* Eastern Orthodox Holy Week is April 28-May 5, 2024.
Yes, by God's Holy Grace, two Great Lents and two Easters (see John Crossan's book, Resurrecting Easter) but my real question (Katya here) has to do with genes: decades ago, the English journalist Bruce Chatwith, wondered whether mankind was irredeemably marked with a gene for violence/cruelty. Hoffman's Judaism Discovered might say yes to this. Koestler, the Jewish writer, tells us that the Khazarians were conquered by the Mongols. Ghengis Khan and his descendents left countless progeny. Just wondering.
Doctor Zhivago (the book, not the movie) has interesting dialogue about the Khazarians question. Boris Pasternak was Jewish, and wrote beautifully Orthodox and poetic work under the Soviets. His eponymous doctor would have been thrilled with two Easters. A true heir of Dostoevsky.
I just finished reading a fabulously researched and (mostly) great book recommended by Michael, THE SAINT AND THE SULTAN - THE CRUSADES, ISLAM, AND FRANCIS OF ASSISI'S MISSION OF PEACE, by Professor Paul Moses. I say mostly because on p. 222 the author touts the 1986 syncretist "World Day of Prayer". I do not believe that anyone is marked with a gene for cruelty. Most people probably have an atavistic instinct for self-defense. The Talmudic-Zionists, the Scofield Dispensationalists, and most members of Congress and the Biden Administration, as well as certain presidential candidates, are certainly the SPIRITUAL heirs of, and as much patriotic Americans as, Genghis Khan and the Pharisees. Speaking of the scions of Genghis Khan and the Pharisees, there is a good book about one of them, "The big cheat : how Donald Trump fleeced America and enriched himself and his family."