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Sicario is a Spanish word that means hitman. Sicarii is a group of Jewish zealots' assassination of Roman forces in Judea after the fall of the Temple in AD 70. Principles, illumination, revelation, numerology, entendre, simile, types and foreshadow.
This week we finish up our series on the Sicarii. We talk about the fall of jerusalem and the sicarii getting their justice against Rome and their own leaders.
This week we have a special guest, friend of the pod, Samuel David to talk about The Sicarii and other jewish messiahs of Jesus. time.
This week King Prince,Killah Keel & Wes Craven are joined again by Sicarii to discuss the new album he dropped with Wes Craven (''Growtesque 2'').Later on in the episode special guest John aka White Folks also joins the conversation.Tune in for unfiltered Hip Hop discussion. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tavon-prince-nelson/support
Wir starten einen Zweiteiler zur Geschichte des Terrors und besprechen in der ersten Folge die antiken Sicarii, die Assassinen und die 1. Welle von modernem Terrorismus mit der anarchistischen Bewegung im 19. Jahrhundert.#terror #terrorismus #geschichte #podcast #assassinen--- Youtube-Kanalmitglied werden und exklusive Vorteile erhalten: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8d09rKkWS5MkIdAuzUpkmA/join Dir gefällt der Podcast? Dann kannst du uns gerne auf Patreon unterstützen: https://www.patreon.com/allezeitderwelt Wir würden uns ebenfalls riesig darüber freuen, wenn du uns eine Bewertung hinterlässt und uns auf YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@allezeitderwelt) folgst! Danke für deine Unterstützung! --- Quellen & Literatur: Carola Dietze, Die Erfindung des Terrorismus in Europa, Russland und den USA 1858-1866, 2016. https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/historikerin-ueber-terrorismus-terror-braucht-die-medien-100.html David C. Rapoport, Waves of Global Terrorism: From 1879 to the Present, 2022. David C. Rapoport, The 4 Waves of Modern Terrorism: https://international.ucla.edu/media/files/Rapoport-Four-Waves-of-Modern-Terrorism.pdf Andreas Elter: Die Definition von Terrorismus. In: Dossier: Die Geschichte der RAF. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung: http://www.bpb.de/geschichte/deutsche-geschichte/geschichte-der-raf/49218/definition-von-terrorismus?p=all Mehr zum Definitionsproblem: https://www.bpb.de/shop/zeitschriften/apuz/228864/terrorismus-merkmale-formen-und-abgrenzungsprobleme/
22）羅13:1-14 愛就是法律的滿全。 1每人要服從上級有權柄的人，因為沒有權柄不是從天主來的，所有的權柄都是由天主規定的。2所以誰反抗權柄，就是反抗天主的規定，而反抗的人就是自取處罰。3 因為長官為行善的人，不是可怕的；為行惡的人，纔是可怕的。你願意不怕掌權的嗎？你行善罷！那就可由他得到稱讚，4 因為他是天主的僕役，是為相幫你行善；你若作惡，你就該害怕，因為他不是無故帶劍；他既是天主的僕役，就負責懲罰作惡的人；5 所以必須服從，不只是為怕懲罰，而也是為了良心。6 為此，你們也該完糧，因為他們是天主的差役，是專為盡這義務的。7 凡人應得的，你們要付清；該給誰完糧，就完糧；該給誰納稅，就納稅；該敬畏的，就敬畏；該尊敬的，就尊敬。 8除了彼此相愛外，你們不可再欠人什麼，因為誰愛別人，就滿全了法律。9其實「不可姦淫，不可殺人，不可偷盜，不可貪戀」，以及其他任何誡命，都包含在這句話裡：就是「愛你的近人如同你自己」。10愛不加害於人，所以愛就是法律的滿全。11再者，你們該認清這個時期，現在已經是由睡夢中醒來的時辰了，因為我們的救恩，現今比我們當初信的時候更臨近了。12 黑夜深了，白日已近，所以我們該脫去黑暗的行為，佩戴光明的武器；13 行動要端莊，好像在白天一樣，不可狂宴豪飲，不可淫亂放蕩，不可爭鬥嫉妒；14 但該穿上主耶穌基督；不應只掛念肉性的事，以滿足私慾。 ❖13:1-7信友對於合法的政府，應以「服從」為原則，因為一切權柄皆是「從天主而來的」（1）；所以應「為了良心」（5），即為了天主，服從政府所下的合法政令。這正是耶穌所說：「凱撒的，就應歸還凱撒；天主的，就應歸還天主」一語的最好注釋（路20:25）。保祿在12:19禁止任何人私自報仇雪恥，已暗示世界上有一個報復懲兇的合法權柄，有這合法權柄的即是政府。因此在本章內首先講明信友── 也可說是一切人── 對政府所應有的態度，和政府對人民所應盡的職分和義務 ❖「每人要服從上級有權柄的人，因為沒有權柄不是從天主來的，所有的權柄都是由天主規定的」（1）── 如果將他有關服從政府所講的原則和當時猶太人對羅馬政府的敵視兩相比較，我們不能不驚奇他的高明的見解。他不許信友附和那些反對羅馬政府，並企圖以武力復國的猶太人熱誠黨和匕首黨（Zelots, Sicarii），惟獨勸勉信友們無論何時何地對合法的政府應該忠信服從。他的這項道理是有永久性的，完全是根據耶穌的話，而絲毫不是由於機會主義。實際上他寫這封信的時候（公元58年），羅馬帝國的政府尚未開始迫害基督教會，就連後來尼祿、多米仙等迫害基督教會最慘烈的時期，宗徒們和教會當局仍聲明「所有的權柄都是由天主規定的」。為此除非掌權者強迫信友違犯天主的法律，在其他任何事上應該絕對服從他們並為他們祈禱。 ❖「所以誰反抗權柄，就是反抗天主的規定，而反抗的人就是自取處罰」（2）── 根據「所有的權柄都是由天主規定的」（1）這個原則，保祿推論政府的義務和人民的義務。執政者都是天主所使用的人，是為幫助百姓行善避惡。他們要本著正義懲罰作惡的，獎勵行善的，也有權利徵收賦稅，為能養活軍政人員。刀劍是表執政者正義的象徵。執政者既然是天主所使用的人，就該常懷念替天行道的這個嚴重責任（智6:5）。保祿要基督徒知道政權是來自天主，不應當謀叛或反抗，而應當服從，只要政府的命令不相反天主的法律（宗5:29；瑪22:21）。保祿在別處也指出，為君王和有權位的人祈禱的目的，是為獲得一個好政府，一個愛好和平的政府，為的是在好政府的治理下能宣揚耶穌基督的福音，更容易執行宗教和倫理的一切職務（弟前2:1-2）。伯多祿也要求信友尤其戒避「殺人、偷盜、作奸犯科和煽亂」四種罪惡，是怕信友因遭受無理迫害，一時起了報復的心，做出這四樣犯法的事來，惟應在基督徒的名稱下，以自己清白的生活，使天主獲得光榮（伯前4:14-16）。（「煽亂」avllotriepi,skopoj - allotriepiscopos，是指好干涉人事，招惹是非，或不滿現狀，圖謀不軌的舉動，故譯為「煽亂」） 保祿認為「權柄都是由天主規定的」，但這話假定「長官為行善的人，不是可怕的」（3）。保祿並非說所有統治者都作了「天主的僕役，是為相幫你行善」（4），這亦非對當下羅馬政府的評論，雖則尼祿王初五年執政期間，仍未有明顯針對基督徒的措施。他的意思是基督信仰本身並非反政府的，相反還假定合法的政府常是為了人民公益，因而說「權柄都是從天主來的，」所以信友「要服從上級有權柄的人」（1）。其實，這教訓也是傳統的聖經訓導，耶肋米亞甚至訓示充軍巴比倫的人民說：「萬軍的上主，以色列的天主，向由耶路撒冷被擄往巴比倫的全體俘虜這樣說：你們應建築房屋居往，種植田園，吃田園的出產；自己娶妻，生養兒女，也給自己的子女娶妻擇夫，生養兒女；在那裡繁殖，不要減少。在我令你們流徙所到的城裡，你們應尋求當地平安，為當地祈禱上主，因為你們的幸福是有賴於當地的安寧」（耶29:4-7）。 ❖「因為長官為行善的人，不是可怕的；為行惡的人，纔是可怕的。你願意不怕掌權的嗎？你行善罷！那就可由他得到稱讚」（3）──這段話也曾出現在五至六世紀拜占庭時代的凱撒勒雅（Caesarea Maritima）的官府地板上，那裡可能是稅局，因為這句話的下文正提到「該給誰納稅，就納稅」（7）。 ❖「所以必須服從，不只是為怕懲罰，而也是為了良心」（5）──百姓的義務是服從政權（假定所有政權都是為造福人民！），誰若有意推翻政府，就是反抗天主，受罰自然是理所應該的。完糧納稅不只是為了怕政府的懲罰，更是為了怕良心的責備。道德秩序所需要的權威，是從天主來的（教理1899）。 ❖「凡人應得的，你們要付清；該給誰完糧，就完糧；該給誰納稅，就納稅；該敬畏的，就敬畏；該尊敬的，就尊敬」（7）──道德秩序所需要的權威，是從天主來的（羅13:1-2）。（教理1899）對權威的服從和對公益的共同負責，在道德上要求國民盡納稅的義務、行使選舉的權利以及保衛國家。「基督徒居住在他們自己的國家內，但一如定居在當地的外國人一樣。他們履行公民所有的義務，同時又如外國人般承受一切……。他們既遵守既定的法律，而他們的生活方式卻超越法律之上……。天主給他們指定的崗位是如此高貴，他們是不該擅離職守的。」（Ad Diognetum, 5:5,10; 6:10）保祿勸勉我們要為君王和所有掌權的人祈禱和感恩，「為叫我們能以全心的虔敬和端莊，度寧靜平安的生活」（弟前2:2）。（教理2240） ❖「除了彼此相愛外，你們不可再欠人什麼」（8）──基督徒對人的最大責任是愛人如己（路10:25-27），所以保祿再轉筆，特別強調這個責任的重要性，並將這種責任，認為是人所欠的債務（8），因為信徒如若在愛人一事上無所虧缺，便是「滿全了法律」。 ❖「不可姦淫，不可殺人，不可偷盜，不可貪戀」（9）── 人若懷着愛人的心，一定不會姦淫，不會殺人，不會偷盜⋯⋯一定會遵守任何誡命，就如耶穌提示那少年人，而他自少已做到的（谷10:17-20）。基督徒對他人的最大責任是「愛你的近人如同你自己」，這原是舊約已包含的誡命（肋19:18），有時簡稱為「愛人如己」。 ❖「愛就是法律的滿全」（10）──「愛不加害於人」因為一切的誡命都是命人愛他人，「所以愛就是法律的滿全」。如果我們在愛上有所虧欠，便是沒有滿全了法律。為此聖奧思定（St. Augustine 354-430）對這愛人的道理發揮過說：「只要你能愛，就可以隨己所欲而行：你若緘默不言，是因愛而緘默不言；你若高聲吶喊，是因愛而高聲吶喊；你若糾正人，是因愛而糾正人；你若寬宥人，是因愛而寬宥人。事之所以如此，是因為愛的根苗在你的心內，從這個根苗中除了善事，不能生出任何惡事」（In Epistolam Joannis ad Parthos, 7,8; PL 35:2033: ‟Dilige, et quod vis fac: sive taceas, dilectione taceas; sive clamas, dilectione clamas; sive emendes, dilectione emendes; sive parcas, dilectione parcas: radix sit intus dilectionis, non potest de ista radice nisi bonum existere.”）。 當有人問耶穌：「法律中那條誡命是最大的？」（瑪22:36），耶穌回答說：「你應全心、全靈、全意、愛上主你的天主。這是最大也是第一條誡命。第二條與此相似：你應當愛近人，如你自己。全部法律和先知，都繫於這兩條誡命」（瑪22:37-40）。解釋十誡，必須在愛的誡命光照之下。這是一條二而一的愛的誡命，而愛就是法律的滿全（教理2055）。 ❖「你們該認清這個時期」（11）──信友該「認清」目前的時代，因為目前已是最末的時代（即由耶穌升天至他再來之間的時期），「救恩」的完全實現，「比我們當初信的時候，更臨近了」。實在，每過一日，離耶穌再臨的時期就近了一日，所以信友應時時警惕，勵行各種善行，準備主的來臨（谷13:33-36）。 ❖「所以我們該脫去黑暗的行為，佩戴光明的武器；行動要端莊……」（12-14）──既然信友「得救，還是在於希望」（8:24），就應該「脫去黑暗的行為」，而「佩戴光明的武器」，因為只有這樣才可以妥善預備去迎接基督的日子。「黑夜深了，白日已近」，是說舊時代、罪惡勢力的時代已經過去，新時代已近，或如谷1:15所說：「天主的國臨近了。」信友在這個新時代中，不應過一種安於逸樂的生活，「不可狂宴豪飲，不可淫亂放蕩，不可爭鬥嫉妒……不應只掛念肉性的事，以滿足私慾」（13-14），而應過着一種攻打邪惡的生活，「佩戴光明的武器」。 ❖聖奧思定在《懺悔錄》（Confessiones, VIII 12, LP 32:762）記載，當他聽見有聲音喊說：「拿起來讀罷！拿起來讀罷！」（Tolle, lege; tolle, lege.）他就拿起保祿的《致羅馬人書》，隨意翻開，正碰到了本章這一段：「再者，你們該認清這個時期，現在已經是由睡夢中醒來的時辰了，因為我們的救恩，現今比我們當初信的時候更臨近了。黑夜深了，白日已近，所以我們該脫去黑暗的行為，佩戴光明的武器；行動要端莊，好像在白天一樣，不可狂宴豪飲，不可淫亂放蕩，不可爭鬥嫉妒；但該穿上主耶穌基督；不應只掛念肉性的事，以滿足私慾」（13:11-14）。讀過之後，立時就決定了自己的前途，全心歸順了主耶穌。他日後追述那回事說：「我念完了這幾行，一線恬靜之光射進我的心，把我不安的黑暗一掃而光。」（Confessiones, VIII 12 Statim quippe cum fine hujusce sententiæ quasi luce securitatis infusa cordi meo, omnes dubitationis tenebræ diffugerunt.）
GOSPELS 1 BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE The combined accounts of the four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, give us a comprehensive narrative of the life of Jesus from his birth through to his resurrection and ascension into Heaven. The four Gospels are written by four different men of different temperaments and backgrounds who also write from different perspectives, so there are variations in details and emphases and there are certain gaps in some Gospels that end up being filled by other Gospels. For example, only Matthew and Luke write in their early chapters about the birth of Jesus and give genealogies of his ancestry. The Christmas stories in the books of Matthew and Luke reveal the fact that Jesus and John the Baptist were cousins because of their mothers, Mary and Elizabeth, and would have met one another as families in their younger years when everyone visited the Temple in Jerusalem for the three major Jewish feasts of Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles. And they may also have enjoyed other family gatherings together before John went off to live in the wilderness. John the Baptist had for many years lived a monastic life in the wilderness amongst a group of male Jewish disciples called the Essenes (which are not mentioned as such in the Bible but are referred to generally as Zealots), and they lived in the lowest geographical place in the earth close to the Dead Sea near Jericho. Simon the Zealot is named in the Gospels as a disciple of Jesus, and Judas Iscariot is also believed to have been a Zealot. Iscariot means to be a member of the Sicarii, the Zealots who committed assassinations against Romans and their allies and were waiting for a Messianic leader to lead them into war against the Roman oppressors. This could partly explain the disappointment of Judas and his bitter betrayal of Jesus. All the Gospel writers begin talking about the ministry of Jesus by introducing the ministry of John the Baptist and his message of repentance. Matthew dramatically describes the entrance of John the Baptist into the religious and political scene in Judea. He was wearing a camel's skin and eating locusts and wild honey and he despised the opulent and corrupt lifestyle of the rich and powerful people like Herod Antipas who cruelly lorded over the people on behalf of the Roman Empire. John saw that the integrity of Israel's religion was under threat and decaying from within and he berated the religious teachers of the Jewish Law as well as the corrupt Jewish tax collectors who acted for the Roman government. The simple God-fearing hearts of the Galileans were becoming more and more burdened by the ungodly influences around them which offended their consciences and distressed their souls, and the same oppression was felt by the needy and the poor in spirit in Judea and Jerusalem. So the warning issued by John the Baptist began to draw many hearts back to godliness like a magnet. Matthew 3:1 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.'” Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of snakes! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth the fruit of repentance. And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father. He spoke fervently to all the different types of people who came to hear his message of repentance and the warnings of judgement - and among these were certain fishermen from the Lake of Galilee who had heard how John had been baptising people in the Jordan River. He told them that if the tree that bore the fruit of their lives was useless then an axe would have to be laid to the root of that tree. He told different ones about how their actions and attitudes had to change, saying to the plentiful who had ample food and clothing that if they had two coats then they should give one away (Luke 3). ‘Then tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do? And he said to them, "Collect no more than what is appointed for you." Likewise, the soldiers asked him, saying, "And what shall we do?" So he said to them, "Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be content with your wages." (Luke 3:12:15). The fervent call of John the prophet to repentance pierced the consciences of many people, drawing their hearts to desire a return to the ways of God just like the prophets of God's people in the days of old such as Jeremiah; Turn me, O Lord and I will be turned. And after my turning, I was surely sorry. (Jeremiah 31:18) The word for turning in the Old Testament is ‘sub' which means turning from and turning to - from the bad that you had been drawn to and being drawn back to the good that God wants for you. But the turning is only the beginning and then there is the sorrow and the need for forgiveness. God's word, the Torah guided Israel and highlighted their disobedience of what they had to turn from. There were the weighty commandments not to steal or to kill or to lie and there were the countless precise rules or regulations like the multitude of unclean food laws or the touching of dead things like reptiles - lizards, and the hundreds of other ordinances in the book of Leviticus. They would have to go to the priest who would offer specific sacrifices of atonement on their behalf such as goats, bulls, doves and pigeons, for all of these transgressions and in this way a person received forgiveness. Then once a year on the Feast of yom kippur, the Day of Atonement, all Israel were cleansed and forgiven. But as that sense of being right with God soon wore off they their minds and hearts continued day after day to bear the guilt and shame for all of these sins and indiscretions. The word in the New Testament for this kind of repentant turning towards God and away from self is stronger than sub in the Old Testament. The Greek word is epistreph?? which is found in this transformational Scripture from 2Corinthians.' even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord (epistrepho), the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom and liberty. But we, all of us, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, by the Spirit of the Lord (2Corinthians 3:15) This word epistrepho comes from the word trope which means being drawn in a certain direction because of an attracting influence. The movement of a plant shoot being drawn towards the sun is phototropic, which means being drawn to the light (photos) because of a growth substance called auxin which is part of its design of creation. A plant shoot will not reach up and grow toward the light if it is corrupted at the roots or deprived from its auxin. Part of the creative design of every human heart is that it is spiritually coded to be drawn toward the light of God's love and truth. But there is a part in every human mind and heart that can be drawn away from the light by being damaged at the roots by the destructive power of darkness and become blinded from God's light and truth. This struggle goes on in every human heart since the time of Adam when darkness first invaded the human soul. The fervent words of John the Baptist were able to draw the poor in Spirit away from darkness and toward the light, but John the Baptist could only point toward the light that only Jesus could shine into their hearts. John pointed to Jesus and said to the people ‘I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance (a change of mindset, turning from and turning to), but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. And this is where John's Gospel fills in a gap in the other Gospels about who the true light is. ‘God sent John as a witness to the fact that Jesus Christ is the true Light. John himself was not the Light; he was only a witness to identify it, but then the one would come who is the true Light and to bring light to everyone who comes into the world. But even though Jesus the true light made the world, the world didn't recognize him when he came. And even in his own land and among his own people, the Jews, he was not accepted. Only a few would welcome and receive him. But to all who received him, he gave the power (exousia – authority, liberty, freedom and sovereignty) to become children of God. All they needed to do was to trust him to save them. (John 1:6) Welcoming and receiving Jesus in any and every circumstance in our lives is the sovereign authority and freedom that wins against the struggle of the power of darkness to damage our souls. David in the Psalms described this internal destructive drawing power of darkness. He asked God to search his heart and know him and to show him any wicked way that was in him and he asked God to lead him in the way everlasting. The word for wicked here is ‘ôs?e?; an idol (as in fashioning an idol); also pain (bodily or mental): or sorrow, wickedness. (the destructive baggage in our souls – confused mind and crippled heart) We can have the same honest prayer as David had to search our heart and show us any wicked way in us and to draw us into the way everlasting. That wicked way, the ‘oseb' of inner pain along with all the other crooked ways that cripple our souls draws us like a magnet back into ourselves where we resist the drawing power of God's love and truth to us. It is grievous to see so many people in these days being drawn inwards by the pain and sadness in their lives rather than being drawn upwards into the light of God's hope and purpose for their lives. Many people sadly spend most of their thinking lives in the inner pain of their souls, trying to find a way to fix things and feel better about themselves instead of finding the freedom of faith in God . It's one thing to be made aware of the oseb of our inner pain and waywardness but we do not have to go and get a priest like in the Old Testament to make a sacrifice of atonement, because we have what Jesus has done for us and the fervent drawing of the Holy Spirit turning us towards him, to his love and truth about who we are in our togetherness with him.
Thursday, 21 December 2023 Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! For you sit to judge me according to the law, and do you command me to be struck contrary to the law?” Acts 23:3 The Greek more literally reads, “Then Paul said to him, ‘God is set to strike you, you plastered wall. And you, you sit judging me according to the law, and law-transgressing command me to be struck?'” (CG). In the previous verse, the high priest Ananias commanded that Paul be struck on the mouth. Now, in response to that, it says, “Then Paul said to him, ‘God sets to strike you.'” The verb melló gives the sense of “about to happen.” It is variously translated, but it carries with it the idea of expectation. Being in the present tense, and as a single word to define it, “sets” get the idea across. With that, Paul next says, “you plastered wall.” This is the second and last use of the word koniaó in Scripture. It is derived from konia, dust. Its only other use is found in Matthew 23:27 – “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.” The word, though coming from dust, also signifies lime used to plaster something over. Paul uses this expression to describe this terrible person. It was either an idiom of the time which was used by Jesus, or it was something that Jesus coined and became known among the disciples. If coined by Jesus, it was now idiomatically used by them. In essence, it means a hypocrite or having a hypocritical attitude. The reason for this is seen in Paul's continued words, “And you, you sit judging me according to the law, and law-transgressing command me to be struck?” Paul cites the intent of the law in his defense, though not a particular passage. In what he says is a word found only this one time in Scripture, paranomeó. It is a single noun derived from para, by or alongside, and nomos, law. In the sense used by Paul, it means law-transgressing. This is justification for using the idiomatic expression. The high priest was giving a law in violation of the law. His actions were hypocritical. It was as if he was a dirty wall that was simply plastered over to hide the defilement below. In John 7, in his words to the Pharisees, Nicodemus said, “Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?” (John 7:51). This was understood and taken as an axiom within Israel. Before a judgment for guilt and/or punishment was rendered, there had to be a trial to determine the facts. Paul was denied this and given a punishment before he had even spoken in his defense. As for Paul's words to Ananias, although extra-biblical, Josephus says that he was eventually killed by the Sicarii. (Flavius Josephus, Wars ii 17 2-9). Life application: Our world today is becoming more and more corrupt. Unlawful renderings of judgment permeate the nations of the world. Set laws are flagrantly ignored, and those in positions of legal authority demonstrate overt biases against particular ideologies. And yet, they refuse to recuse themselves. Instead, they convict the innocent and acquit the guilty. This type of corruption will only increase as the world continues to devolve into anarchy and chaos. As this occurs, decent people are harmed, Christian rights are removed, and unrighteousness will eventually permeate the world. It is frustrating and even maddening to behold, but it is not the end of the story. Just as Paul said to Ananias, we can rightfully assert that God will strike them as well. Their teeny little victories will not be remembered when they are brought to an end. Someday, they will be raised before God at the Great White Throne. There, they will be judged and condemned. Their destiny is the Lake of Fire. We shouldn't rejoice that they will be condemned, but we should be comforted that their actions will be judged and the people of God will be vindicated. From that point on, righteousness will rule for God's people for all eternity. Don't look at what is happening now as a failure of God. He is allowing what shouldn't be saved to destroy itself. What is of value will be purified and will then go forth in perfect goodness forever and ever. Thank You, O God, for the precious hope we possess. This fallen world is perishing and will pass away. But those who have called on Jesus shall be raised to live in a state of perfection and glory forever and ever. May that wondrous day be soon, O God. Amen.
Friday, 17 November 2023 But Paul said, “I am a Jew from Tarsus, in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city; and I implore you, permit me to speak to the people.” Acts 21:39 More precisely, the verse reads, “And Paul said, indeed, I am a man, a Jew of Tarsus of Cilicia – not an insignificant city. And I beg you, allow me to speak to the people” (CG). In the previous verse, the Roman commander had asked Paul if he wasn't the Egyptian who had stirred up a rebellion among the people and who led four thousand Sicarii into the wilderness. In response to that, it next says, “And Paul said, indeed, I am a man, a Jew.” Where the man just referred to was clearly an Egyptian who led Jews, Paul is a Jew who was being persecuted by Jews. He is contrasting himself to the Egyptian. The intent is surely to reveal to the commander that there was more hanky-panky going on than first met the eye. With that, he continues identifying himself, saying, “of Tarsus of Cilicia.” This is the second and last time that Tarsus is identified this way. The first was in Acts 9:11. Being from Tarsus meant that he was a part of the dispersion. Thus, he would be familiar with the way Gentiles lived. He would also more than likely speak several languages and dialects (see 1 Corinthians 14:18), including the Greek he is now conversing in. The particular spelling of the name in Greek is Tarseus. It is also called Tarsus in Acts 9:30, 11:25, and 22:3. James Strong speculates that the name comes from tarsos, meaning a flat basket. If so, it may reflect the layout of the city. It is one of the longest continually inhabited cities in the world. Paul came from the opposite direction of Egypt, and he claimed to be a citizen from there. If he was found lying, it would only make it worse on him. Hence, there was every reason to believe him. Paul next notes that Tarsus is “not an insignificant city.” The Greek word used to describe it is asémos. It means “not distinguished.” Vincent's Word Studies says – “...without a mark or token (σῆμα [sema]). Hence used of uncoined gold or silver: of oracles which give no intelligible response: of inarticulate voices: of disease without distinctive symptoms. Generally, as here, undistinguished, mean. There is a conscious feeling of patriotism in Paul's expression.” Ellicott further notes, “In addition to all its fame for culture, the town of Tarsus bore on its coins the word METROPOLIS-AUTONOMOS (Independent).” Having confirmed his identity, thus demonstrating that he was not a rabble-rouser, he then makes a formal request to speak to the people, saying, “And I beg you, allow me to speak to the people.” It is a formal request to the man who could allow it to be realized. His boldness in asking demonstrates that he was hoping it would make a difference in the outcome of the situation. Being a Jew and also not an instigator, then he must want to make a defense against their treatment of him. Life application: As Paul does elsewhere, he appeals to his cultural and national identity. He was willing to work within the framework of the society in which he lived, using his particular identity for the benefit of himself and the ministry. This is completely the opposite of how many cults and sects treat the national identity they possess. They shun participating in various aspects of society that affect them while actively participating in others. They claim they are not of this world, completely abusing the intent of Jesus' words, in order to not participate. At the same time, they have driver's licenses, registered marriages, and (you betcha they do) pay taxes, claiming it is right and responsible to do so. And yet, they refuse to vote, engage in politics, participate in other cultural events, etc. It is a failed “pick and choose” type of lifestyle that harms the very goals they set forth for themselves in the country in which they live. This is completely the opposite of the biblical model found in both testaments of Scripture. Don't hesitate to participate. Your failure to do so may result in the loss of rights you possess or in harm to others (such as the Jews during Nazi Germany). You have a voice as a citizen of your nation. Use it. Lord God, we are citizens of heaven because of Jesus, but we are also living out earthly lives in the lands which You have ordained for us. May we be responsible citizens of both as we await our departure from here and the trip to our final, heavenly, home with You. Help us in this. Amen.
Thursday, 16 November 2023 “Are you not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a rebellion and led the four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?” Acts 21:38 A more literal rendering would be, “Are you not, then, the Egyptian who before these days having upheaved and having led out into the wilderness the four thousand men, the Sicarii?” (CG). In the previous verse, Paul was about to be taken into the barracks by the Roman soldiers. At this time, he asked the commander for permission to speak. In response, the commander asked if Paul spoke Greek. It can be inferred that Paul either nodded or verbally responded affirmatively. With that, the confusion of the commander arose, asking, “Are you not, then, the Egyptian.” The conjunction, translated as “then,” reflects an inference on the part of the commander. He must have heard one of the people in the crowd (see verse 21:34) and deduced that what he had heard must be the truth of the matter. In other words, the claim was so outlandish that he assumed it must be true. “Hey, get him. He's the Egyptian that you've been looking for!” Luke will continue describing this Egyptian in his coming words. Some scholars, however, look at his words as confirming a suspicion that he had. They say that the commander means, “You art not, then, that Egyptian?” The claim is that because he spoke in Greek, the assumption that he was the Egyptian was wrong. Two things would argue against this. The first is that he had to defend Paul, not fight against him. Secondly, Greek was well-known in Egypt at the time. The weight of the evidence is that he is now making the assumption that this is the Egyptian, and for some reason, he has fallen into disfavor with the Jews. Thus, the probable explanation for the words is that someone called out this lie, and the commander accepted it in his mind. Luke explains who that Egyptian was, saying, “who before these days having upheaved and having led out into the wilderness the four thousand men.” There was a rebellion of some sort that took place. The commander was fully aware of it and was probably even told that his unit should be on the lookout for them. The word translated as “upheaved” has only been previously seen in Acts 17:6. It signifies to turn upside down, upset, unsettle, etc. HELPS Word Studies says, “properly, turn something over (up to down), i.e., to upset (up-set), raising one part up at the expense of another which results in dislocation (confusion).” Thus, using “upheaved” sufficiently translated the idea. As for this crowd of four thousand, the commander next identifies them as “the Sicarii.” It is a word found only here in Scripture, sikarios. Thayer's explains the word, saying, “an assassin, i. e. one who carries a dagger or short sword (Latinsica (cf. Josephus, as below)) under his clothing, that he may kill secretly and treacherously anyone he wishes to (a cut-throat).” It specifically defines a Jewish fanatical group outlawed by the Roman authorities. Concerning such a band of men, Cambridge notes – “Josephus (Ant. xx. 8. 6; Bell. J. ii. 13. 5) tells how he was one of many impostors of the time, and when Felix was governor came to Jerusalem, gave himself out as a prophet, gathered the people to the Mount of Olives in number about 30,000, telling them that at his word the walls of Jerusalem would fall down, and they could then march into the city. Felix with the Roman soldiers went out against him. The impostor and a part of his adherents fled, but a very large number were killed and others taken prisoners. The narrative of Josephus does not accord with the account of St Luke, but if the former be correct, we may well suppose that the numbers and the occasion spoken of by the chief captain relate to an event anterior to that great gathering on the Mount of Olives. The fame of the impostor may have grown; indeed, must have done so before he could collect the number of adherents of which Josephus speaks.” Life application: The account between the Roman commander and Paul shows us the extreme nature of hatred the Jewish people had developed toward Paul and his doctrine. Paul was a respectable Jew, a Pharisee. He was well-educated and well-known during his day. When he came to faith in Jesus, he began to share the message of salvation to the Gentiles. Because of this, he became hated. The Jews thought that salvation and exaltation in the eyes of the Lord belonged exclusively to them. They were incensed that he would speak to Gentiles about such matters. And yet, an Egyptian thug was given the lead over four thousand Jews and would have been almost a folk hero among the people in his resistance to Roman authority. If the account of Josephus is correct, even more sided with him eventually. To these Jews, it was okay to follow a murderous Egyptian if it meant casting off Roman oppression, but it was not okay to follow a Savior who told the Gentiles that they could cast off the bondage of sin and death through faith in Him. To this very day, such an idea of Gentile salvation without conversion to Judaism is repugnant. Paul's words in the epistles are words of the Lord. They tell of freedom in Christ, but there are many who want to bring people back into bondage. Be careful to avoid anyone, Jew or Gentile, who preaches a message of works, especially works of the law, to somehow merit God's favor. Christ has done it all. Trust in Christ alone for your salvation. How we praise You, Lord God Almighty! Thank You for the freedom we possess from the bondage that once held us. Addictions are gone, legalism is removed, and purity of worship in spirit and in truth is realized when we come to Jesus, accepting the good news of His completed work. Yes, Thank You for Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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A slave owned by a Jew who is sold to a non-Jew, never mind the penalty in place from the mishnah (on yesterday's daf). The Gemara provides different reasons for why a slave might end up with a new non-Jewish owner - including a Jewish owner trying to pay off debt, or the Sicarii taking the slave as property... Plus, the question of tithing in the context of another taking the property - what happens to the slave who comes alongside? Also, when a slave is sold with the specifics in a document... and the details may not align with the immediate reality, specifically when that means a purchaser who lives outside of the land of Israel.
For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' website.James 5:7-9More about the ZealotsIn the Jewish War, they took revenge on the rich, according to Josephus.Rooted in the 2nd century BC:Revolution (Judas Maccabaeus)The ensuing Hasmonean dynasty becomes corruptThe Zealots targeted corrupt Hasmoneans – even assassinating a high priest.Later they targeted Romans. = dagger-bearers.Herod the Great tries to extinguish the movement, forcing them to Galilee.Later history (the Jewish War, 66-73 AD):Wealthy priestly families attacked. (They enjoyed a very high standard of living.)The Roman Emperor, Nero, aware of the seriousness of the rebellion in Palestine, sent his best general Vespasian, with three legions, to quell the outbreak. Vespasian's troops easily penetrated Josephus' defences and dispersed the Galilean army.Gamla vanquished, 4000 Zealots killed, while 5000 hurled themselves over the cliff.Masada—another amazing story of resistance.Today's text urges patience. Recall the socioeconomic disparities / lack of love, as well as the real possibility of persecution.No grumbling or bad attitudes.We are reminded not to be judgmental (negativity)—harking back to 4:11-12.The rich will get what's coming to them: 1:10-11; 4:9-10; 5:1-6.Nearness of the Lord can be taken two ways.The Judge is standing at the door.Awareness of that fact should keep us humble.This should also prevent us from resorting to violence, or association with violent powers, when we feel desperate about the injustices in the world—or the wickedness of our enemies.Tomorrow: Hang in there!Sicarii
This is part 2 of the Early Church History class. Before the great revolution of 66 in which the Jewish nation declared independence from the Roman empire, no fewer than five micro-revolution occurred between 4 BC and 58 AD. In the years that led up to the first Jewish-Roman war (66-73), incompetent Roman governors repeatedly and egregiously antagonized the Jewish populous until there was no turning back. After the war that destroyed the temple that Herod had renovated, Christians and Jews began parting ways. This episode will briefly cover the three Jewish-Roman wars and how Christians and Jews gradually began to separate. Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ9ExalbABs&list=PLN9jFDsS3QV2lk3B0I7Pa77hfwKJm1SRI&index=2 —— Links —— More Restitutio resources on history More classes here Support Restitutio by donating here Join our Restitutio Facebook Group and follow Sean Finnegan on Twitter @RestitutioSF Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or comments and we may play them out on the air Intro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library. Who is Sean Finnegan? Read his bio here —— Notes —— Flavius Josephus (AD 37-100) primary source for first-century Jewish history Antiquities of the Jews The Jewish War Revolutionary Movements Athronges (4 BC) Judah the Galilean (AD 6) The Samaritan Prophet (AD 36) Theudas (AD 45) The Egyptian Prophet (AD 58). Four Types of Judaism Pharisees Sadducees Essenes Fourth Philosophy Sicarii The First Jewish-Roman War (66-73) Began in 12th year of Nero's rule anti-taxation protests Roman governor, Gessius Florus, plundered the temple rebellion took Antonia fortress, forcing King Agrippa II and his government to retreat from the city Nero sent Vespasian with four legions In 69 Vespasian went to Rome to become emperor, leaving his son, Titus, to conquer Jerusalem Titus breached the city in 70 He plundered and burned the temple, leaving for Rome in 71 at the head of a Roman triumph The last holdouts fell at Masada in 73 Christians Fled from Jerusalem Jesus warned his followers to flee “when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies” (Luke 21.2-24) Eusebius (AD 324) and Epiphanius (AD 375) both mention the desertion of Christians from Jerusalem Exclusion of Christians from Synagogue Berkat haMinim = blessing the heretics actually a curse upon Christians whom the Jews called “Nazarenes” late first century or early second century In AD 160, Justin Martyr mentions the curse in the synagogues Rabbinic Judaism organized at Yavneh (Jamnia) at the end of the first century Mishna (AD 200) Talmud (AD 500) Three Total Jewish-Roman Wars 66-73 First Jewish-Roman War 115-117 Kitos War 132-135 Bar Kokhba Revolt These wars made Christians less likely to befriend or interact with Jews throughout the Roman Empire in the late-first and early-second centuries. Jews had the reputation of being rebels. Jewish synagogues made it hard for Christians, even those of Jewish ethnicity, to attend since they regularly pronounced a curse on the Nazarenes. Still, Jews and Christians continued to interact and affect each other for the first several centuries of Christianity. Even so, Christianity from the second century onwards gradually adopted Greco-Roman categories of thought, leaving behind our Jewish roots.
Acts 25:1-12 ESV Now three days after Festus had arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. 2 And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews laid out their case against Paul, and they urged him, 3 asking as a favor against Paul that he summon him to Jerusalem—because they were planning an ambush to kill him on the way. 4 Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea and that he himself intended to go there shortly. 5 “So,” said he, “let the men of authority among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them bring charges against him.” 6 After he stayed among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea. And the next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought. 7 When he had arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him that they could not prove. 8 Paul argued in his defense, “Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I committed any offense.” 9 But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried on these charges before me?” 10 But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar's tribunal, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you yourself know very well. 11 If then I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything for which I deserve to die, I do not seek to escape death. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar.” 12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, “To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you shall go.” AN APPEAL TO CAESAR Governor Felix was removed by Emperor Nero and was replaced by Porcius Festus, as the new governor of Judea, Samaria, Galilee, Syria, and Cilicia. Festus immediately tried to build good relationships with the local leaders. He barely has time to drop off his things in Caesarea before he was off to Jerusalem to meet the Sanhedrin, the religious and cultural leaders of the Jews. He was reportedly a good ruler, fair and reasonable and even destroyed the ‘Sicarii assassins' Felix had used to do his dirty work. These leaders urged him, asking as a favor against Paul, that he would summon him to Jerusalem. They just cared about one thing, that is, if Festus would agree to a trial in Jerusalem, he will have to transport Paul the long distance from Caesarea. The assassins will finally have another chance to ambush Paul and kill him. Festus refused to take accountability for any verdict. He asked Paul if he will agree to the Sanhedrin's request to hold a trial in Jerusalem (v. 9), possibly not knowing they plan to kill Paul during his travels (v.3). Paul knew of their previous assassination plot. Instead, he took the only action he could - he appealed his case to Caesar (v.11–12). Not long after, he was on his way to Rome. Let's recall that God had told Paul earlier that he is going to testify about Him in Rome as he did in Jerusalem. [Acts 23:11] Did Paul decide to appeal to Caesar because of this revelation? Definitely! God has used the circumstances for Paul to have a strong case to appeal to Caesar. Was the indecision of Festus incidental? Why did he ask Paul's consent whether he would like his case to be tried in Jerusalem? Apparently, the hand of God was all over the place. What God's will is, He would pave the way. It isn't clear at the beginning but becomes apparent after some time. God's will is sure but sometimes it's slow. Discerning the right timing needs time. As the writer of Hebrews exhorted us, “Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.”[Heb 10:35,36]
This week King Prince & Wes Craven discuss and rank their top 10 albums by Hip Hop producers.They also discuss new music(Westside Gunn,Sicarii,Slime Po,J-Love),and pay their respects to Hurricane G,Tame One,and Takeoff.Tune in for unfiltered Hip Hop discussion. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
Looking for something exciting? Perhaps a bit of murder? Tune in and learn a bit about the Sicarii, a group of Ancient Jewish assassins willing to do whatever necessary in opposition of Roman rule in first-century CE Judea. You can find the Hardtack Community on all our socials via our linktree. If you have any feedback on our episodes or suggestions for future episodes, please send us an email: hsmilitaryhistory@gmail.com Don't forget to rate us and stab that subscribe button! Sources: Brighton, Mark Andrew. The Sicarii in Josephus's Judean War Rhetorical Analysis and Historical Observations. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2009. Charles River Editors, The Sicarii: The History of the Ancient Jewish Assassins Who Fought the Romans. Josephus, Flavius. THE WARS OF THE JEWS OR HISTORY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. Translated by William Whiston. Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg. Accessed September 20, 2022. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2850/2850-h/2850-h.htm. Korb, Scott. Life in Year One: What the World Was like in First-Century Palestine. New York: Riverhead Books, 2010. Law, Randall David, ed. The Routledge History of Terrorism. The Routledge Histories. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge, 2015. THE SICARII IN MASADA — GLORY OR INFAMY? Sidney B. Hoenig. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23256300 Zeitlin, S. “Zealots and Sicarii.” Journal of Biblical Literature 81, no. 4 (December 1962): 395-98. https://doi.org/10.2307/3265095. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hardtackpod/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hardtackpod/support
1. Intro 2. The Terrorist in the Ancient world 3. 17th, 18th & 19th Century Terror 4. The Anti-Colonial Wave 5. Extremism and Technology 6. Spectaculars 7. State Sponsored Terrorism and the Lone Wolf 8. The Future p.s. The ReaperWhether the Sicarii of ancient Judea or Al-Qaeda of modern times, terrorist groups and their accompanying violence have scarred human existence for millennia. Technology and human interdependence – along with the rise of air travel, computing and the advent of high explosives – have ensured that anyone with a grudge or malign political motive, can resort to violence in order to achieve their aims. Sometimes that very violence is an end in itself and the late twentieth century saw the rise of terrorist organisations whose aim was to create as much destruction and bloodshed as possible. The late 1960s saw Palestinian terrorism on the rise, closely followed by the radical left wing European groups such as the Red Army faction. Later, there came the mercenary types such as Abu Nidal and Carlos the Jackal. Finally there came the extremist Islamic groups: Al Qaeda and Isis.But the tactics of all these groups flowed from the post-Colonial era, when kidnapping, hostage-taking and car bombings were the norm, and often achieved results. This then is the blood-soaked trail, and the placing of terrorist incidents in the context of wider asymmetric threats. Terrorism can be a tool of both the deranged individual and the oppressive state. We ignore such threats at our peril.
#153** With Tisha B'Av approaching, check out Aleph Beta's collection of inspiring Tisha B'Av videos. Rabbi David Fohrman, founder of Aleph Beta, explores some of the most beloved Tisha B'Av texts to discover the deeper meaning and relevance of the day. And for a limited time only, listeners get $18 off an annual Aleph Beta membership, which will give you access to all the Tisha b'av videos plus hundreds more on parsha and the other holidays. Go to AlephBeta.org and enter coupon code SEFORIM22 for $18 off an annual premium membership: https://bit.ly/3Oeokdx**The Judean Revolt Series with Prof. Guy M. Rogers: The Great Jewish Revolt, 66-74 CE and the destruction of the Second Temple. Part I: Causes of conflict. Based on Prof. Rogers new book, "For the Freedom of Zion: The Gerat Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66 - 74 CE"We discussed Herod (the great): his bio, relationship with Rome, kingdom, reign, death, and more, what happened after Herod's death, Sicarii, Pontius Pilate (and the killing of Jesus), Agrippa I, and much moreTo purchase the book: https://amzn.to/3OdwXFeTo support the podcast or to sponsor a show, please email seforimchatter@gmail.com, or click this link: https://www.seforimchatter.com/support-seforimchatter/
This week King Prince & Wes Craven revisit albums from Meyhem Lauren and Real Live.They also discuss Sicarii's new album ''Psionic'',Freddie Gibbs new movie ''Down with the king'',the reason Eminem never made a ''boom bap''album,''Bagpiping'',and of course everything current in the culture.Tune in for unfiltered Hip Hop discussion. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven revisit albums from Meyhem Lauren and Real Live.They also discuss Sicarii's new album ''Psionic'',Freddie Gibbs new movie ''Down with the king'',the reason Eminem never made a ''boom bap''album,''Bagpiping'',and of course everything current in the culture.Tune in for unfiltered Hip Hop discussion. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven discuss the new garbage Mase song,''The Rise & Fall of Slaughterhouse'' album,''Tana Talk 4'',and everything current in Hip Hop culture.They are also joined by Almighty El Infinite to discuss fans vs supporters,Kindred,Sicarii,The Just being Frank podcast,is ghostwriting acceptable,the influence Snoop's ''Doggystyle'' album had on him,his upcoming trilogy of projects,etc.Tune in for unfiltered Hip Hop discussion. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven discuss the new garbage Mase song,''The Rise & Fall of Slaughterhouse'' album,''Tana Talk 4'',and everything current in Hip Hop culture.They are also joined by Almighty El Infinite to discuss fans vs supporters,Kindred,Sicarii,The Just being Frank podcast,is ghostwriting acceptable,the influence Snoop's ''Doggystyle'' album had on him,his upcoming trilogy of projects,etc.Tune in for unfiltered Hip Hop discussion. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven discuss the new garbage Mase song,''The Rise & Fall of Slaughterhouse'' album,''Tana Talk 4'',and everything current in Hip Hop culture.They are also joined by Almighty El Infinite to discuss fans vs supporters,Kindred,Sicarii,The Just being Frank podcast,is ghostwriting acceptable,the influence Snoop's ''Doggystyle'' album had on him,his upcoming trilogy of projects,etc.Tune in for unfiltered Hip Hop discussion. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven discuss new albums from Conway the Machine,Sicarii,Blaksmif and Krs-one.Trick Daddy's new cooking show,the New York mayor's attack on drill music,the ridiculous movie ''Karen'',the new season of ''Snowfall''and of course everything current in the culture.Tune in for unfiltered Hip Hop discussion. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven discuss new albums from Conway the Machine,Sicarii,Blaksmif and Krs-one.Trick Daddy's new cooking show,the New York mayor's attack on drill music,the ridiculous movie ''Karen'',the new season of ''Snowfall''and of course everything current in the culture.Tune in for unfiltered Hip Hop discussion. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven discuss new albums from Conway the Machine,Sicarii,Blaksmif and Krs-one.Trick Daddy's new cooking show,the New York mayor's attack on drill music,the ridiculous movie ''Karen'',the new season of ''Snowfall''and of course everything current in the culture.Tune in for unfiltered Hip Hop discussion. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
Day 10 Today's Reading: Matthew 10 I want to tell you the history of two groups of people who are in the New Testament—the tax collectors and the zealots. The tax collectors were Jews who collected taxes from fellow Jews for the Roman Empire. They made their living by charging an extra amount on top of what everyone owed. Some of them made more than a living. They exacted any amount they could and became well to do. The Jews considered tax collectors to be traitors, because they “stole” money; they became wealthy by collaborating with Roman authorities at the expense of their own people. And their own people hated them. The Zealots strongly believed that the Romans should not rule their land— and they confronted any opposition directly, even considering violence an appropriate response. Within the Zealots were a subgroup called the Sicarii, or “dagger men.” Sicarii were a group of rebels, most widely known today as the group who fought against the Roman authorities and took Masada, Herod's famous fortress in the desert. Today we would call them first-century terrorists. They murdered in the name of religion. And they hated traitors— more specifically, tax collectors. Zealots were the terrorists. Tax collectors were the traitors. Put those two together, and it isn't going to be good. Call 911. And that's where we find ourselves in today's reading: "Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Him. These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them." (Matthew 10:1-5, emphasis added) Think about that. Jesus put a zealot and a tax collector close to each other as His disciples. Out of the twelve disciples, two of them were sworn enemies of each other: Simon the Zealot and Matthew the tax collector. Matthew 10 even labels them for us, so we know of the potential conflict. And Jesus specifically called each of them to follow Him and to work and live together. It wasn't an accident or a mistake. He did that on purpose! What does that have to do with you and me? Our tendency is to hang out with people we like and who are like us. Think about your church. If you choose a church based upon the people whom you have stuff in common with, then you want a club not a church. What I love about Jesus' disciple list is that it doesn't say, “Peter, a fisherman; John, a fisherman; Simon, a fisherman . . .” Their descriptions show us that Jesus chose people who couldn't be more opposite. God can put you with people who irritate you. That is how sandpaper works. You get rubbed so the rough edges come off of you, you can be smooth, and you become more like Christ. You don't grow by being with people who are just like you. (You become boring but you don't grow.) Oswald Chambers explained it this way: “God can never make us wine if we object to the fingers He uses to crush us with. If God would only use His own fingers and make us wine. But when He uses someone whom we dislike, and makes those the crushers . . . we object.” God may have put the tax collector with the zealot in your church. Why? Because this is a church, not a club. Because the church is about making people become more like Christ. It represents Jesus' loves and not your likes. And He loves everyone—even the people you might think are the worst. So the next time your zealot nature sits next to an irritating tax collector,
Deacon Hakah, member of Sicarii, claims Paul lied, the scriptures err in some errors and some other nonsense as well! Me and @VOCAB MALONE response to them here, enjoy! #VocabMalone #DeaconHakah #BlackHebrewIsraelites Subscribe & click
This week King Prince & Wes Craven check in with Sicarii for a quick convo about the upcoming joint album with Wes Craven (''Growtesque'').Then Smifhouse producer Slime Po joins them to discuss the upcoming projects he's involved in,the best storytelling hip hop song bracket put out by Complex,their favorite horror movies of all time,classic video games,Prodigy's slept on classic ''H.N.I.C.2'',and all types of other sh*t,tune in for unfiltered discussion... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven check in with Sicarii for a quick convo about the upcoming joint album with Wes Craven (''Growtesque'').Then Smifhouse producer Slime Po joins them to discuss the upcoming projects he's involved in,the best storytelling hip hop song bracket put out by Complex,their favorite horror movies of all time,classic video games,Prodigy's slept on classic ''H.N.I.C.2'',and all types of other sh*t,tune in for unfiltered discussion... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven check in with Sicarii for a quick convo about the upcoming joint album with Wes Craven (''Growtesque'').Then Smifhouse producer Slime Po joins them to discuss the upcoming projects he's involved in,the best storytelling hip hop song bracket put out by Complex,their favorite horror movies of all time,classic video games,Prodigy's slept on classic ''H.N.I.C.2'',and all types of other sh*t,tune in for unfiltered discussion... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven celebrate the release of The Barbershop Talk Soundtrack vol.2,and are joined by Killah Keel,Sicarii,& Raw Wattage to discuss the project and everything current in Hip Hop culture.Also,Ashley T returns to discuss television,movies,and all types of f*ckery as usual.Tune in... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven celebrate the release of The Barbershop Talk Soundtrack vol.2,and are joined by Killah Keel,Sicarii,& Raw Wattage to discuss the project and everything current in Hip Hop culture.Also,Ashley T returns to discuss television,movies,and all types of f*ckery as usual.Tune in... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven celebrate the release of The Barbershop Talk Soundtrack vol.2,and are joined by Killah Keel,Sicarii,& Raw Wattage to discuss the project and everything current in Hip Hop culture.Also,Ashley T returns to discuss television,movies,and all types of f*ckery as usual.Tune in... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This Week King Prince & Wes Craven discuss their favorite Hip Hop albums for each season of the year.They are joined by special guest Sicarii to discuss his many upcoming projects,(including his project with Danny Caiazzo "Antarctica'') and of course everything current in Hip Hop culture.And later,Ashley T joins to discuss ''White Boy Rick'',''The Corpse of Anna Fritz'',and all types of f*ckery,Tune in... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This Week King Prince & Wes Craven discuss their favorite Hip Hop albums for each season of the year.They are joined by special guest Sicarii to discuss his many upcoming projects,(including his project with Danny Caiazzo "Antarctica'') and of course everything current in Hip Hop culture.And later,Ashley T joins to discuss ''White Boy Rick'',''The Corpse of Anna Fritz'',and all types of f*ckery,Tune in... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This Week King Prince & Wes Craven discuss their favorite Hip Hop albums for each season of the year.They are joined by special guest Sicarii to discuss his many upcoming projects,(including his project with Danny Caiazzo "Antarctica'') and of course everything current in Hip Hop culture.And later,Ashley T joins to discuss ''White Boy Rick'',''The Corpse of Anna Fritz'',and all types of f*ckery,Tune in... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven are joined by special guest Raw Wattage as they discuss sophomore albums that were better than their predecessors,and everything else current in Hip Hop culture.We also preview some exclusive sh*t from Sicarii produced by Danny Caiazzo and some new fire from Donns Day,so tune in... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven are joined by special guest Raw Wattage as they discuss sophomore albums that were better than their predecessors,and everything else current in Hip Hop culture.We also preview some exclusive sh*t from Sicarii produced by Danny Caiazzo and some new fire from Donns Day,so tune in... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven are joined by special guest Raw Wattage as they discuss sophomore albums that were better than their predecessors,and everything else current in Hip Hop culture.We also preview some exclusive sh*t from Sicarii produced by Danny Caiazzo and some new fire from Donns Day,so tune in... And for the record,Wes Craven's voice is still recovering. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
GRLA Hebrew & Hasad interview Sicarii's man in Miami Officer Rab Yawasap & he gives his testimony of coming into the truth. APTTMH! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The second part of the legendary in depth dive into the origins of the Sicarii Camp by GRLA Hebrew, Deacon Hakah & Cap! APTTMH! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
The Sicarii team goes over the interesting theory that the character Ghost aka James St. Patrick from the hit show "Power" is not actually dead. APTTMH! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
In the first ever installment of the GRLA Time podcast Chief Priest Ahlazar BanLawya AKA GRLA Hebrew, Deacon Hakah & Captain Tazamah Ahmath detail the origins and formulation of the Sicarii Camp. APTTMH! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
This Sunday we’ll be looking at Luke’s account of the temptation of Jesus. We’ll be reading Luke 4:1-13. This entire account is rife with symbolism, much of it acting as a hyper-link back to the Old Testament. Remember how we said that the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) basically tell one story over and over? Well, this is the core of it. A human is called to image God into creation, like Adam and Eve were intended to do – but there is a test to determine if they’ll stay true to that calling. Adam and Eve did not, and the result is the world we live in today.Over and over that pattern is repeated – from Abraham to Moses to Israel to her kings – and each time the choice is made to order things around human wisdom instead of God’s. It all culminates with Israel sent into exile, without form and void.The Good News is introduced into that repeated pattern – the Son of Man is identified and goes into the wilderness, ready to image God into the world, and he is tested. It is here that the pattern breaks.Jesus is tempted with three different suggestions from the satan. One thing I won’t be able to get into on Sunday is how each environment correlates with agencies of influence in Jesus’ day. The wilderness was the place of the Zealots and Sicarii who hoped to gain power through an insurrection of outliers. The kingdoms were the realm of the Herodians, who looked to leverage politics to gain power. Then there was the temple, where Israel’s spiritual leaders grasped for power through religion. I find it intriguing that Jesus is arrayed opposite of all of these.Jesus overcame these three particular temptations. What do you notice about how he did that. To what did he appeal in response to the suggestions? At one point, the satan quotes Scripture. What does that tell us about how Scripture can be used? How can we discern the proper use of Scripture?Click here for a pdf version of the teaching slideshow.
This week King Prince & Wes Craven are joined by Sicarii to discuss his new album ''Delusions of Grandeur'',upcoming projects,MF DOOM's influence,etc.They also check in with Donns Day and Dayna Grosso,tune in for unfiltered Hip Hop discussion... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven are joined by Sicarii to discuss his new album ''Delusions of Grandeur'',upcoming projects,MF DOOM's influence,etc.They also check in with Donns Day and Dayna Grosso,tune in for unfiltered Hip Hop discussion... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven are joined by Sicarii to discuss his new album ''Delusions of Grandeur'',upcoming projects,MF DOOM's influence,etc.They also check in with Donns Day and Dayna Grosso,tune in for unfiltered Hip Hop discussion... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
On this episode King Prince & Wes Craven are joined by special guests/extended family, Yagati,Sicarii,Bonnie Stone,and Killah Keel as they discuss the year 2020: The Top 10 Albums of the Year,The Year's Best Videos,The Year's Best Podcasts,The Most Entertaining Instagram pages,The Most Improved artists,The Year's Worst albums,2020's MVP,and of course everything current in Hip Hop cultuture.Tune In!!!!!!!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
On this episode King Prince & Wes Craven are joined by special guests/extended family, Yagati,Sicarii,Bonnie Stone,and Killah Keel as they discuss the year 2020: The Top 10 Albums of the Year,The Year's Best Videos,The Year's Best Podcasts,The Most Entertaining Instagram pages,The Most Improved artists,The Year's Worst albums,2020's MVP,and of course everything current in Hip Hop cultuture.Tune In!!!!!!!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
On this episode King Prince & Wes Craven are joined by special guests/extended family, Yagati,Sicarii,Bonnie Stone,and Killah Keel as they discuss the year 2020: The Top 10 Albums of the Year,The Year's Best Videos,The Year's Best Podcasts,The Most Entertaining Instagram pages,The Most Improved artists,The Year's Worst albums,2020's MVP,and of course everything current in Hip Hop cultuture.Tune In!!!!!!!! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven are joined by The Shadow King himself(aka Sicarii),as they discuss the legendary Boot Camp Clik in depth,and of course everything current in Hip Hop culture...Tune in. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven are joined by The Shadow King himself(aka Sicarii),as they discuss the legendary Boot Camp Clik in depth,and of course everything current in Hip Hop culture...Tune in. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven are joined by The Shadow King himself(aka Sicarii),as they discuss the legendary Boot Camp Clik in depth,and of course everything current in Hip Hop culture...Tune in. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
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Digging Up Masada (Episode 14) Along the western shore of the Dead Sea, amid the vast and unforgiving wilderness of Judea, we find a precipitous plateau, isolated by millions of years of erosion that turned it into an impregnable fortress. The Hebrew word for fortress is Masada, by which it is still called to this day. Its greatest claim to fame derives from events that transpired at the end of the Great Revolt against Rome, when for three years (70-73 CE), the freedom fighters on this ancient Gibraltar – known as the Sicarii – managed to hold off 10,000 Roman troops. But it's up to us find the lessons, knowing that those who fail to learn from the mistakes of the past are condemned to repeat them. Dr. Kenneth Hanson, http://drkenhanson.com/
King Prince & Wes Craven talk with Sicarii and Bonnie Stone right after their epic versus battle. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven chop it up with legendary Wu Tang producer 4th Disciple,also Bonnie Stone checks in to discuss her upcoming versus battle against Sicarii,and of course they cover everything current in Hip Hop culture...TUNE IN. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven chop it up with legendary Wu Tang producer 4th Disciple,also Bonnie Stone checks in to discuss her upcoming versus battle against Sicarii,and of course they cover everything current in Hip Hop culture...TUNE IN. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven chop it up with legendary Wu Tang producer 4th Disciple,also Bonnie Stone checks in to discuss her upcoming versus battle against Sicarii,and of course they cover everything current in Hip Hop culture...TUNE IN. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven chop it up with legendary Wu Tang producer 4th Disciple,also Bonnie Stone checks in to discuss her upcoming versus battle against Sicarii,and of course they cover everything current in Hip Hop culture...TUNE IN. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
On this episode King Prince & Wes Craven discuss the year 1996 in hip hop,Lil Kim's catalog vs Foxy Browns,also Sicarii checks in with us to discuss his upcoming verses battle with Bonnie Stone.Tune in for unfiltered Hip Hop discussion. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
On this episode King Prince & Wes Craven discuss the year 1996 in hip hop,Lil Kim's catalog vs Foxy Browns,also Sicarii checks in with us to discuss his upcoming verses battle with Bonnie Stone.Tune in for unfiltered Hip Hop discussion. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven chop it up with 2 of 413's finest,Bonnie Stone and Sicarii.(who both have just released fire albums).You already know how we do in the barbershop,so tune in for raw unfiltered hip hop discussion. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
This week King Prince & Wes Craven chop it up with 2 of 413's finest,Bonnie Stone and Sicarii.(who both have just released fire albums).You already know how we do in the barbershop,so tune in for raw unfiltered hip hop discussion. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
On this episode of Real Talk Chicago we sit down with a friend of the network & Barber extraordinaire Smoque. Smoke is a Hebrew Israelite & we get a chance to sit down with him and discuss the misconceptions. Who are the Hebrew Israelites? Are they a Hate Group as the media would report? are they Racist? What is there purpose and message? Join the Conversation!Check out our #RealTalkChicago Playlisthttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-VlFKdikTRmAILRBkwLFq-6mKfgAF98N#jointheconvsersation with us on FB--> https://www.facebook.com/MogulMindsPodcastNetwork/we post good memes - IG @mmpn___Support us and our content by checking out our Merch - https://www.mogulmindsnetwork.com/merch
King Prince & Wes Craven have a few beat battles between some of hip hops best producers:Pete Rock vs Rza,Heatmakerz vs Large Professor,Havoc vs Madlib,DJ Muggs vs Alchemist,and a few more.Tune in... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
King Prince & Wes Craven have a few beat battles between some of hip hops best producers:Pete Rock vs Rza,Heatmakerz vs Large Professor,Havoc vs Madlib,DJ Muggs vs Alchemist,and a few more.Tune in... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
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Niko and Lauren discuss the Zealots, the Sicarii, Flavius Josephus and the destruction of the second temple, and everything else in the story of the siege of Masada. Plus: 20th century Israeli poetry, and Niko wants a taste of those ancient dates! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We are the specifically selected men defecting from the enemy, to join the ranks of Heaven’s Armies1 Chronicles 12 – The Warriors join David”“12 These were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the warriors who helped him in battle; 2 they were armed with bows and were able to shoot arrows or to sling stones right-handed or left-handed; they were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin): 3 Ahiezer their chief and Joash the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Berakah, Jehu the Anathothite, 4 and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty warrior among the Thirty, who was a leader of the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite,[a] 5 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah and Shephatiah the Haruphite; 6 Elkanah, Ishiah, Azarel, Joezer and Jashobeam the Korahites; 7 and Joelah and Zebadiah the sons of Jeroham from Gedor. 8 Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were brave warriors, ready for battle and able to handle the shield and spear. Their faces were the faces of lions, and they were as swift as gazelles in the mountains. 9 Ezer was the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third, 10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 13 Jeremiah the tenth and Makbannai the eleventh. 14 These Gadites were army commanders; the least was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand. 15 It was they who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight everyone living in the valleys, to the east and to the west. 16 Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold. 17 David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, I am ready for you to join me. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free from violence, may the God of our ancestors see it and judge you.” 18 Then the Spirit came on Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, David! We are with you, son of Jesse! Success, success to you, and success to those who help you, for your God will help you.” So, David received them and made them leaders of his raiding bands. 19 Some of the tribe of Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (He and his men did not help the Philistines because, after consultation, their rulers sent him away. They said, “It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.”) 20 When David went to Ziklag, these were the men of Manasseh who defected to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, leaders of units of a thousand in Manasseh. 21 They helped David against raiding bands, for all of them were brave warriors, and they were commanders in his army. 22 Day after day men came to help David, until he had a great army, like the army of God.”God’s Preparation in Our LivesRomans 5:2-4:2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope.We will study key individuals in the Bible and how God’s preparation in their lives provided them with the necessary knowledge to be activated at their appointed time for God’s Kingdom.How if we step out of our calling for God and try to go at things on our own, we often fall or lose our anointing in the spirit, as we will discuss in depth in a future session when we talk about Saul and Samuel; as well as, David and bringing the Ark of The Covenant into Jerusalem.We accept that we are stewards of this ministry and carrying out God’s calling in our livesJeremiah 10:23: I know, LORD, that our lives are not our own. We are not able to plan our own course.An understanding that this ministry is not our, God has bestowed it on us as stewards, and if we deviate from His guidance then all of this can be taken away from us and given to someone else at any moment.Indirect Connection1. Men learn by doing. We rarely connect directly. We tend to size each other up in action and in work. 2. Men determine things while we are in motion. It’s one of God’s gift to us, menThis Sounds Like Right-wing Extremism:Two Extreme Groups of The Bible1. The Zealot During Jesus’ Time - Zealots, were members of a Jewish sect noted in the 1st Century, known for their uncompromising opposition to pagan Rome and the polytheism it professed. The Zealots were an aggressive political party whose concern for the national and religious life of the Jewish people led them to despise even Jews who sought peace and conciliation with the Roman authorities. A census of Galilee ordered by Rome in AD 6 spurred the Zealots to rally the populace to noncompliance on the grounds that agreement was an implicit acknowledgment by Jews of the right of pagans to rule their nation.2. The Sicarii - Extremists among the Zealots turned to terrorism and assassination and became known as Sicarii. (Greek sikarioi, “dagger men”). They frequented public places with hidden daggers to strike down persons friendly to Rome. In the first revolt against Rome (AD 66–70) the Zealots played a leading role, and at Masada in 73 they committed suicide rather than surrender the fortress, but they were still a force to be reckoned with in the first part of the following century. A few scholars see a possible relationship between the Zealots and the Jewish religious community mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls.All Right-wing extremist groups and para-militia groups you read about all end up adopting one philosophy; that not enough is being done, so they take matters into their own hands. When they do this they say, “We know better than God.” “we are above the rule of law and above God’s word and scripture.”Joshua 24:12: “And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out before you, the two kings of the Amorites; it was not by your sword or by your bow.”Romans 12:19: “19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saithe the Lord.”Striving in whatever we do, whatever we say, and however we act, must comply with God’s word and should be tested by God’s word. God’s word becomes a filter by which by which we teach, and we hold God’s word in the highest place and priority. If you ever hear something or feel like what we are doing goes against scripture, we urge you to bring it to our attention so that we can discuss it together and so that we can all grow and become better.How can we make sure that we are teaching sound theology that is solely based on scripture and God’s word? How would you know?The problem with the church today is discerning whether or not the Holt Spirit is present or not. Because even if the Holy Spirit started with the church, only the church would know if the Holy Spirit has gone away but the people would have no idea because the church is still carrying on its good works. Paraphrased from RT Kendall’s Book, Holy Fire.The same can be said of us and our ministry. We hold true to the fact that works alone do not get you into heaven. You can’t buy your way in and you cannot work your way in. The irony of the concentration camps during WWII is most terribly depicted by the sign at Auschwitz that said, “Arbeit macht frei” – “Work Will Set You Free” in German.We do believe that works we do here does store of gifts for us in heaven and we want to be rewarded for what we do here in the name of God’s Kingdom. That is scripturally based.
Masada was an ancient fortress in which, during the First Jewish Revolt against the Roman Empire, "Sicarii" rebels committed suicide in 73 A.D. Though Masada's defenders did not defeat their Roman besiegers, the fort became a great force in Jewish memory, especially in the context of Zionism and the creation of the state of Israel. In this podcast I will talk about the background of this memory, some of its uses in modern times, and also perceived problems with the narrative of Masada. Intro/outro music from https://filmmusic.io"Deliberate Thought" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Herkese Merhaba, biz Geçmişten Geliyoruz! Sizde farkındasınız değil mi? Günlük yaşantımızda hep bir geçmişe atıfta bulunuruz ya da geçmişi anarız. Bugünü yaşarken aslında geçmişe olan bağlarımız ile hareket ederiz.. Peki ya insanlık tarihinin geçmişinde neler vardı? Geçmişte yaşanmış çoğu olay günümüze hâlâ nasıl etki ediyordu? Bizim merak ettiğimiz ve üzerine konuşacağımız çok konu var! Geçmişten Gelen, bu hafta Bir topluluğun mevcut yönetime ve kendisine ihanetini konuştu; Sicari hareketi! Tarihte bilinen ilk organize terör örgütlerinden biri olarak kabul edilen Sicariler hakkında bilinmeyenleri gelin, beraber konuşalım. Çaylar bizden :)
Sicarii returns to the shop to help us wrap up the amazing yr it was in hip hop and we also wanna know who shitted on themselves in the shop! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavon-prince-nelson/support
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We examine three "precursor terrorist" groups that showed elements of terrorism centuries ago. The Judean "daggermen" of the Sicarii...the feared suicide assassins of the Hashshashin, and the deadly highway robbers, the Thuggees. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nutshell-politics/support
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Madlik Podcast – Torah Thoughts on Judaism From a Post-Orthodox Jew
The Hanukah Dilemma – The Birth of Judaism How the Rabbis stole Hanukah and gave Judaism a new life notes ------------- They celebrated it for eight days with gladness like Sukkot and recalled how a little while before, during Sukkot they had been wandering in the mountains and caverns like wild animals. So carrying lulavs [palm branches waved on Sukkot]…they offered hymns of praise (perhaps, the Hallel prayer) to God who had brought to pass the purification of his own place. (II Maccabees 10:6-7) Babylonian Talmud 21b What is the reason for Hanukkah? For our rabbis taught: On the twentyfifth of Kislev begin the days of Hanukkah [which are eight] on which a lamentation for the dead and fasting are forbidden. For when the Greeks entered the Temple, they defiled all the oils therein, and when the Hasmonean dynasty prevailed against and defeated them, they searched and found only one jug of oil which lay with the seal of the kohen gadol, but which contained enough for one day's lighting only; yet a miracle occurred and they lit the lamp for eight days. The following year these days were appointed a festival with the recitation of hallel and thanksgiving. מאי חנוכה דתנו רבנן בכ"ה בכסליו יומי דחנוכה תמניא אינון דלא למספד בהון ודלא להתענות בהון שכשנכנסו יוונים להיכל טמאו כל השמנים שבהיכל וכשגברה מלכות בית חשמונאי ונצחום בדקו ולא מצאו אלא פך אחד של שמן שהיה מונח בחותמו של כהן גדול ולא היה בו אלא להדליק יום אחד נעשה בו נס והדליקו ממנו שמונה ימים לשנה אחרת קבעום ועשאום ימים טובים בהלל והודאה Who were the Maccabees and/or the Hasmoneans? The revolt begins, in fact, when the patriarch of the Maccabees (as the family that led the campaign came to be known) kills a fellow Jew who was in the act of obeying the king's decree to perform a sacrifice forbidden in the Torah. The Maccabean hero also kills the king's officer and tears down the illicit altar. These were blows struck for Jewish traditionalism, and arguably for Jewish survival and authenticity, but not for religious freedom. The Meaning of Hanukkah - A celebration of religious freedom, the holiday fits well with the American political tradition. By JON D. LEVENSON December 16, 2011 In a fascinating book written by Harvard scholar Shaye J.D. Cohen; From the Maccabees to the Mishnah, the author follows the emergence of Jewish sects starting from the Maccabees and culminating with the emergence of the Pharisees (Rabbinic Judaism), Essenes, Samaritans, Christians, Sicarii and zealots . He writes: The Maccabean period lasted a century, from the victory of 164 B.C.E. to the entrance of the Romans into Jerusalem in 63 B.C.E. During their tenure, the Maccabees gradually increased their power and prestige, They began as rebels against the Seleucid empire, but less than ten years after Judah’s death his brother was appointed high priest by a relation of Antiochus Epiphanes! By the 140s and 130s B.C.E. the Seleucids had little choice but to accept the independence of the Maccabean state. The rise of the Maccabees within the Jewish polity was just as phenomenal. They began as insignificant country priests and became high priests and kings, the rulers of an independent state. They pursued an aggressive foreign policy, seeking alliance with Rome against the Seleucids and carving out for themselves a kingdom larger than that of David and Solomon. Their fall from power was caused by both internal and external enemies…. Their fall from power was caused by both internal and external enemies. During the reigns of John Hyrcanus (135-104 B.C.E.) and Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 B.C.E.), many Jews opposed Maccabean rule. These opponents were not “Hellenizers” and “law- less” Jews who supported Antiochus’ attempt to destroy Judaism, but loyal Jews who had had enough of the Maccabees’ autocratic ways. [p15] The Hasmonean dynasty was not itself a sect; it was the corrupt ruling power under whose rule it became clear that the Jewish Commonwealth and Temple were doomed. The sects were a natural response… the emergence of a plan for a new age. The Hasmoneans left little more than a trail of blood. They took power, land and made treaties with foreigners when it served their purpose. Their dynasty ended when the wicked Herod was appointed Governor.. they had prepared the way. Of interest: “The opponents of Herod the Great called him a “half-Jew” because he was a decedent of the Idumeans, who had been forcibly converted to Judaism by the Maccabees.” [p.54] In the Talmud (Kiddushin 66a) there is an account of a Hasmonean King named Yannai: It happened that King Yannai went to Kochalis in the desert and conquered 60 cities. Upon his return he was exceedingly happy and so he invited all the sages of Israel to a celebration…they served delicacies on gold tables and they feasted. …. There was there a certain elder named Yehudah ben Gedidyah. He said to Yannai: “King Yannai! Be satisifed with the crown of kingship; leave the crown of Kehunah for the descendants of Aaron.” Yannai removed the sages from the feast. Eliezer ben Poira said to King Yannai: “King Yannai! If an ordinary Jew were treated in this way it would be his lot, but you are a King AND Kohen Gadol, is this your lot?” … immediately Yannai executed all the sages of Israel and the world was bereft of Torah knowledge until Shimon ben Shetach came and returned the Torah to its former standing. מעשה בינאי המלך שהלך לכוחלית שבמדבר וכיבש שם ששים כרכים ובחזרתו היה שמח שמחה גדולה וקרא לכל חכמי ישראל אמר להם אבותינו היו אוכלים מלוחים בזמן שהיו עסוקים בבנין בית המקדש אף אנו נאכל מלוחים זכר לאבותינו והעלו מלוחים על שולחנות של זהב ואכלו והיה שם אחד איש לץ לב רע ובליעל ואלעזר בן פועירה שמו ויאמר אלעזר בן פועירה לינאי המלך ינאי המלך לבם של פרושים עליך ומה אעשה הקם להם בציץ שבין עיניך הקים להם בציץ שבין עיניו היה שם זקן אחד ויהודה בן גדידיה שמו ויאמר יהודה בן גדידיה לינאי המלך ינאי המלך רב לך כתר מלכות הנח כתר כהונה לזרעו של אהרן שהיו אומרים אמו נשבית במודיעים ויבוקש הדבר ולא נמצא ויבדלו חכמי ישראל בזעם ויאמר אלעזר בן פועירה לינאי המלך ינאי המלך הדיוט שבישראל כך הוא דינו ואתה מלך וכהן גדול כך הוא דינך ומה אעשה אם אתה שומע לעצתי רומסם ותורה מה תהא עליה הרי כרוכה ומונחת בקרן זוית כל הרוצה ללמוד יבוא וילמוד אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק מיד נזרקה בו אפיקורסות דהוה ליה למימר תינח תורה שבכתב תורה שבעל פה מאי מיד ותוצץ הרעה על ידי אלעזר בן פועירה ויהרגו כל חכמי ישראל והיה העולם משתומם עד שבא שמעון בן שטח והחזיר את התורה ליושנה The Hasmanoim destroyed the historical division of power between the king and the priest, Temple and State. King Yannai Alexander Yannai was a son of Yochanan Hyrkanos, son of Simeon, a son of Mattathias (Matisyohu), the son of Yochanan the High Priest. Thus, Alexander Yannai was a great-grandson of the first Hasmonean, who, together with his heroic sons, fought against the Greek King Antiochus. Their self sacrifice for the Torah and for the Jewish people, resulted in the truly delightful and inspiring holiday of Chanukah. Yannai inherited the royal crown at the age of 23, after the early death of his older brother Yehudah Aristobulus. Yehudah Aristabulus was the first of the Hasmoneans who was not satisfied merely with the title "Nasi" (Prince) and had himself crowned as "king." The Talmud (Babylonian Talmud Rosh Hashanah 18b) recounts: Once in the city of Lod they decreed a fast on the holiday of Hanukah. In response, Rabbi Eliezer went to a bathhouse and took a bath and Rabbi Yehoshua went to a barber in Lod and had his haircut. These two rabbis said to the people of Lod who had fasted: “Go out and make another fast on account of the fact that you fasted on Chanukah.” We learn from this that the Holiday of Hanukah was controversial, even then… clearly some Jews did not believe that the re-packaging of Hanukah as a festival of lights had done the job. Their hatred for the Hasmanoim was so great that they actually fasted on Hanukah. The Talmud in Rosh HaShana continues: “On the Third of Tishrei, the superfluous mention of God’s name was removed from secular documents. For the Greek kingdom had decreed that God’s name not be mentioned, and when the Hasmoneans took power they decreed that people should mention God’s name EVEN in secular documents. And so they would write, ‘In the year so and so to Yochanan who is the Kohen Gadol to the Supreme God (kohen gadol le-el elyon).’ When the sages heard about this matter they were displeased, for they said: ‘Tomorrow this person will repay his debt and the unneeded document will be found lying in a garbage heap.’ And so they nullified the Hasmonean decree. That day they made into a festival.” What makes this story remarkable is that the Third of Tishrei is also a fast day… it is the Fast of Gedaliah… the first instance of Jew-on-Jew assassination that occurred in the time of Jeremiah where the governor that Jeremiah supported was killed as a Babylonian collaborator by a zeolot. It would seem that even though the 3rd of Tishrei was a fast day (Tzom Gedlaiah) which is observed by Orthodox Jews till today on the day after Rosh HaShanah, the Rabbis saw no contradiction in celebrating the nullification of a Hasmonean decree. It would appear that the Rabbis made a connection between the Jew-on-Jew violence of the zealots in Jeremiah’s generation with the similar action of the Hasmoneans in their own. Nullifying a Hasmonean decree was an act in the spirit of the fast of Gedalya. The blessing: And [we thank You] for the miracles, for the redemption, for the mighty deeds, for the saving acts, and for the wonders which You have wrought for our ancestors in those days, at this time— In the days of Matityahu, the son of Yochanan the High Priest, the Hasmonean and his sons, when the wicked Hellenic government rose up against Your people Israel to make them forget Your Torah and violate the decrees of Your will. But You, in Your abounding mercies, stood by them in the time of their distress. You waged their battles, defended their rights, and avenged the wrong done to them. You delivered the mighty into the hands of the weak, the many into the hands of the few, the impure into the hands of the pure, the wicked into the hands of the righteous, and the wanton sinners into the hands of those who occupy themselves with Your Torah. You made a great and holy name for Yourself in Your world, and effected a great deliverance and redemption for Your people Israel to this very day. Then Your children entered the shrine of Your House, cleansed Your Temple, purified Your Sanctuary, kindled lights in Your holy courtyards, and instituted these eight days of Hanukah to give thanks and praise to Your great Name. עַל הַנִּסִּים וְעַל הַפֻּרְקָן וְעַל הַגְּבוּרוֹת וְעַל הַתְּשׁוּעוֹת וְעַל הַנִּפְלָאוֹת וְעַל הַנֶּחָמוֹת שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה. בִּימֵי מַתִּתְיָהו בֶן יוֹחָנָן כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל חַשְׁמוֹנָאִי וּבָנָיו כְּשֶׁעָמְדָה מַלְכוּת יָוָן הָרְשָׁעָה עַל עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהשַׁכִּיחָם תּוֹרָתָךְ וּלְהַעֲבִירָם מֵחֻקֵּי רְצוֹנָךְ וְאַתָּה, בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים, עָמַדְתָּ לָהֶם בְּעֵת צָרָתָם: רַבְתָּ אֶת רִיבָם דַּנְתָּ אֶת דִּינָם נָקַמְתָּ אֶת נִקְמָתָם מָסַרְתָּ גִבּוֹרִים בְּיַד חַלָּשִׁים וְרַבִּים בְּיַד מְעַטִּים וּטְמֵאִים בְּיַד טְהוֹרִים וּרְשָׁעִים בְּיַד צַדִּיקִים וְזֵדִים בְּיַד עוֹסְקֵי תוֹרָתֶךָ וּלְךָ עָשִׂיתָ שֵׁם גָּדוֹל וְקָדוֹשׁ בְּעוֹלָמָךְ וּלְעַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל עָשִׂיתָ תְּשׁוּעָה גְדוֹלָה וּפֻרְקָן כְּהַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וְאַחַר כֵּן, בָּאוּ בָנֶיךָ לִדְבִיר בֵּיתֶךָ וּפִנּוּ אֶת הֵיכָלֶךָ וְטִהֲרוּ אֶת-מִקְדָּשֶׁךָ וְהִדְלִיקוּ נֵרוֹת בְּחַצְרוֹת קָדְשֶׁךָ וְקָבְעוּ שְׁמוֹנַת יְמֵי חֲנֻכָּה אֵלּוּ לְהוֹדוֹת וּלְהַלֵּל לְשִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל. The schoolmen propounded a question: Should the 'Hanukah incident be mentioned in the benediction after meals? Shall we assume that because it is rabbinical it is unnecessary? or, for the sake of the proclamation of the miracle, it should? Said Rabba in the name of R. S'haura, quoting R. Huna: "It is not necessary; however, if one wishes to do it, he should incorporate it in the thanksgiving part. R. Huna b. Judah chanced to visit Raba's academy [and] thought to mention it [Hanukkah] in [the benediction] ‘he will rebuild Jerusalem.’ Said R. Shesheth to them [the scholars], It is as the Prayer: (the Amidah – 18 Benedictions] just as [it is inserted in] the Prayer in the [benediction of] ‘Thanks,[Modi’im anachnu Lach and not Shma Kolaein – hear our prayer] so [is it inserted in] grace after meals in the [benediction of] ‘Thanks' ." Babylonian Talmud Sabbath 24a איבעיא להו מהו להזכיר של חנוכה בברכת המזון כיון דמדרבנן הוא לא מדכרינן או דילמא משום פרסומי ניסא מדכרינן אמר רבא אמר רב סחורה אמר רב הונא אינו מזכיר ואם בא להזכיר מזכיר בהודאה רב הונא בר יהודה איקלע לבי רבא סבר לאדכורי בבונה ירושלים אמר להו רב ששת כתפלה מה תפלה בהודאה אף ברכת המזון בהודאה The purified temple – a failed model But the newfound importance of the temple could not hide several difficult problems. Built by a Davidic king, authorized by a prophet, and authenticated through the miraculous manifestation of God (a cloud of smoke and, according to Chronicles, fire from heaven), the first temple was the splendid achievement of a splendid reign. The second temple, by contrast, although authorized by the prophets Haggai and Zechariah, was built by a gentile king and was never authenticated by an overt sign of divine favor. Second Isaiah, in his prophecy announcing God’s selection of Cyrus the Great to be his “anointed one” to free the Jews from the Babylonian captivity and to build the temple, is aware that some Jews do not approve of God’s plan …. The old men who had seen the first temple in its glory cried at the dedication of the second (Ezra 3:12) - apparently tears of sadness, as they contemplated the puny temple that was before them. In the second century B.C.E., the temple’s problematic status was revealed to all. The high priests were corrupted and the temple was profaned by a gentile monarch. Even after it was regained and purified by pious Jews, there was no prophet to approve their work and no miracle to assure them that the temple was once again the abode of God. The Maccabees installed themselves as high priests although they were not of the high priestly line. When the Romans conquered Jerusalem in 63 B.C.E. they entered the sacred precincts, polluting them with their presence. Herod the Great rebuilt the temple magnificently, but his detractors Viewed him as a “half-Jew.” He completely debased the high priesthood, appointing men who had even less claim than the Maccabees to be the legitimate successors of Aaron. [pp131-2] The desecration of the temple and the persecution of Judaism by Epiphanes, the overt corruption of the high priesthood, the Maccabean revolt and the reclamation of the temple through force of arms, and the usurpation of the high priesthood by jonathan the Hasmonean, all these highlighted the problematic status of the temple. Was it legitimate? Was it the real house of God? Even if the temple had been legitimate before, how could one be sure that its purification was efficacious in the eyes of God? The dissonance between the real and the perceived was greater now than before. Through vigorous propaganda the Maccabees sought to legitimate both themselves and the temple they had regained, but many Jews were not convinced. Those who were least convinced formed sects. [161]
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