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Wright is not all wrong… but the Bush-era Road Map to ‘Palestinian liberation’ still leads to destruction

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The Liberation Theology advocated by Chicago Pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is nothing new.  It was taught at the graduate theology school I attended for three years back in the early 1980s, as the biblical right to “throw off the yoke of oppression.”

Certainly the European settlers who came to America — mostly convicts, whores and thieves banished from Europe, along with a contingent of religious zealots and others seeking refuge  –  placed a yoke on the Native population.  Now, after 400 years of “Manifest Destiny” followed by 5 years of “Restoration of Native American Spiritual Sovereignty,” to quote the Reverend Wright, those chickens indeed are “coming home to roost.”

A telling documentary narrated by Kevin Costner, “500 Nations,” spells out the sins of these European transplants and their “Manifest Destiny” at the expense of Native Americans, Native spirituality (since proven Israelite) and the Land.  Not one treaty signed between the U.S. Government and 500 Native tribes was honored by the government. Not one. Native peoples have known for centuries that the government cannot be trusted for this reason.  While a particular administration may have Native American concerns in mind, the Corporataucracy of government responds without human feeling or long after the fact and congressional aide’s assistants reply with “form letters.”

Failure to be ‘brother’s keeper’ damns America

We have written earlier that the real sin at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not the cowardly choice to disregard wholesale humanity and the sacredness of blood with the A-bomb, but that Ephraimite Europeans and Americans decimated their own brothers, clans of M’nashe who migrated East into Burma, Thailand, Korea, Vietnam and Japan.  With the recent positive ID of Native tribes, including the Apache and Navajo, with Israelite East M’nashe, the Indian wars have also proven to be fraticide.

The BIBLICAL context of that oppressive yoke dealt specifically with the everlasting enmity between two other brothers, Jacob and Esau, both grandsons of Abraham and sons of Isaac.  The Esavite descendants were promised — at a future time — that they would throw off the yoke of Jacob.

Why Wright should be answered

The question Wright has put before the American public and the world — which could not be heard by most over the din of racism three years ago — is the plight of the Palestinians and how much of the hatred of America is traced to the perceptions that America is playing favorites in the Middle East?  Since that is the motive traced to both World Trade Center bombings, as a matter of national security, President Obama has had to distance himself from these radical views.

But rather than run from the question or raise up a false banner against an imagined demon of fear, ANSWER THE MAN!

The answer: Palestinian state by pre-1967 lines usurps Birthright

The Reverend Wright has charged that the Palestinian plight is part of his list of victims deserving liberation. Since this is envisioned in the framework of a Palestinian state THAT USURPS THE BIRTHRIGHT OF JOSEPH, the biblical answer may be:

The Bush-era plan which advocates a Palestinian state in the birthright territory of Joseph:

1)  Attaches a curse to America for aiding and abetting the wholesale theft of Jacob’s birthright — the territories of Joseph — to give to the House of Esau.  The prophet Obadiah wrote that when Jacob would return to this region, Jacob would find it occupied by the House of Esau.  So once again the media has been manipulated for more than 30 years to brainwash Americans into believing that this region is “Israeli-occupied Arab or Palestinian territories,” when the reality is the area is “Esau-occupied House of Joseph territories.” To be politically correct, it has been “Israeli-administered territories.”

TAMPERING WITH A BIRTHRIGHT MERITS THE BLACKEST OF BLACK ROADS NOT TO MENTION TAMPERING WITH THE BIRTHRIGHT.  THIS CURSE — FROM PRESSING ISRAEL FOR A PALESTINIAN STATE IN THE BIRTHRIGHT REGION — IS THE SPIRITUAL ROOT OF OUR NATION’S ECONOMIC DEPRESSION.

2) Spells the certain death of every Palestinian who remains in the territories of Joseph (the head and crown region in the outline above explained in detail at www.torah-voice.org) as well as the millions of Palestinian refugees who would return to this region.  This is because the prophet Obadiah, himself an Edomite, also warned his own people that when Jacob would return to his possessions, the House of Esau (about 1.5 million Palestinians living in Joseph’s territories) would perish to the last man, woman and child.

Palestinian, Israeli disengagements mutual

Elsewhere in our website, (see the Zechariah Plan), we have outlined the biblical Palestinian state and the region to which the Palestinian people must be transferred in order to save their lives. The plan modeled after a much more humane and abbreviated version of the Cherokee Removals — its international precedent, would require mutual disengagements of Israelis and Palestinians.

Elsewhere in Scripture the “yoke of oppression” is part of the judgment of Grandfather against His own people, Israel, for not obeying the Torah to which they swore at Mount Sinai. This oppression would occur in every land throughout their years of exile until they repented and returned to Grandfather and His Law, which is today as it always has been “binding on all of your generations.”

Are the people ready for the Land?

So another dimension to the Liberation Theology argument is whether these “oppressed” Palestinian people are entitled to live in the region until the House of Joseph gets it act together, reconciles among itself and prepares itself to return to its possessions.   Ironically, this will require “prideful and arrogant Ephraim” (Hosea’s words), to humble itself by recognizing the very Native American spiritual sovereignty their ancestors attempted to quash and the authority of the Torah it counted as a strange thing, which led to its exile in the first place.

Reverend Wright, the Liberationists have no biblical grounds on which to stand without the Wisdom of the Fear of the Creator and the Understanding that comes from Torah.  That Wisdom and Understanding promises a liberation of the Palestinians to better lands, homes, orchards, farms and businesses (see the Zechariah Plan at www.torah-voice.org), but the possessions of Joseph are not for negotiation and are set-aside for the Return of the House of Joseph to be reunited with the House of Judah on the “mountains of Israel.”

Maggid ben Yoseif

The Religious Right Made Him Do It

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Yes, I am disappointed that President Obama has publicly approved of same-sex marriages even though he does not favor federal legislation to this effect and knows that in every state where it has been proposed, it has not passed.

So why would Obama be the first president to “come out of the closet”?  Is it his extreme liberalism? Was it a purely a political move? Or is he the devil in disguise as much of the Religious Right believes?

There is no escaping that he is the most liberal president we have had in some time and the Bleeding Hearts Club – of which I have been a lifelong member — finds it hard to limit civil rights and liberties of any citizens regardless of the other characterizations of those citizens.  He also has socialist leanings, if you consider requiring the wealthy to pay the same percentage “thanksgiving offering” as the rest of us and health care we can all afford.   And he believes in the need for government oversight again of the financial institutions relieved of oversight under the George W. Bush administration, a major factor that led to the current Depression.

Coming Out hurts Obama in polls

Politically, the timing for his announcement – largely the result of Vice President Biden’s interview on Meet The Press the previous Sunday – could not have been worse for him.  It became political fodder for GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney to fire up the evangelicals at Liberty University.  Polls show it lost Obama about 7 percent of the electorate which is reflected in the current 4 percent lead given to Romney – his first lead since polling began.  Certainly it has resulted in funding for Obama’s campaign from the gay and lesbian community and their commitment to get out the vote for him.

But I believe the Religious Right drove our president to this decision.  Bible colleges and religious institutions have betrayed their core values and surrendered their podiums to politicians who will say anything for their constituencies’ votes and even flip-flop on their stand about same-sex marriage. Pastors and preachers have compromised their pulpits to demonize Obama just for his Moslem beliefs – which are guaranteed UNDER GOD by our U.S. Constitution.  Obama is so hated and despised that Church-going Congressmen in league with Religious leaders, Religious lobbyists and Religious advertising executives vowed to oppose him on every front.

Religious conspirators and impotent church

Robert Draper in his expose of the Obama Congress, “Do Not Ask What Good We Do,” exposes the conspiracy by religious leaders, congressmen and financiers to oppose everything about Obama’s administration “just so he will fail,” regardless of how this strategy has hurt the nation.  WE SHOULD FIND FAULT WITH THE CHURCHES, BIBLE COLLEGES AND SORRY EXCUSES FOR PASTORS AND PREACHERS WHO ARE PART OF THIS CONSPIRACY.

I would also like to remind the leaders of the churches and religious institutions of your responsibility as servants of Creator to never judge a sinner.  We may judge the sin, but not the sinner.  I also believe “legislating morality” as the GOP is attempting is a cop-out by a weak and impotent politically infiltrated church who should not have to rely on government to fix moral behavior.

The root of homosexual sins

Look instead at the Gospel you preach and its omission of Torah principles.  See our blog titled, “Wrong Gospel Preached by Church for Past 2,000 Years.”   Look at the Light you are supposed to be to ALL of the masses.  Look at the sin in Romans 1 and tackle these alternate lifestyles at their roots:  Failing to glorify Creator as Creator (possibly pertaining to Shabbat?), unthankfulness (no knowledge of the Bread of Shame), vain imaginations and foolish hearts filled with idolatry and lust (all linked to turning away from God).  Church, if your Light were Torah, the “biblical” “lamp unto my feet and light unto my path” would they turn away?

Church if you are not yourself responsible for the explosion of these alternative lifestyles in your midst, be doubly careful you don’t judge those caught up in them … less your judgment bring the judgment from their heads to your congregations.

Spiritual issue remains Birthright

The most important spiritual issue in this election remains whether the Birthright of Joseph would be usurped in the Palestinian state soon to be declared.  Neither candidate has yet to state for the record his position on the Birthright concern, which determines whether America will remain under a curse for attempting to curse Israel or be delivered from the curse.

Until we get an answer from Romney on his position as a Mormon disciple of Joseph (156) Smith (510) = 666,  who divined the inheritance of Joseph to be here in America, my only advice to the Religious leaders who invite Romney’s pandering is this.  For your own protection, smash or burn the podium afterwards.

Maggid ben Yoseif

Torah and Contraceptives: Helping an Elephant out of a ditch

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Note:  What is often not considered when evaluating a nation’s religious freedoms is that the protection of separation of “church” and “state” is a protection from the religious proclivities of one political faction or leadership.  For instance, under a Moslem president we would not be brought under “Sharia Law,” yet we have the freedom to elect a Moslem or a person of any faith to be president.  The same freedom should be afforded a secular citizenry regardless of the personal faith of the nation’s leaders.  The clarification below is not intended for the Torah observant who already know these things, but rather to those attempting to legislate morality … or render the people ruled by Caesar fit for the Kingdom of God apart from the Rule of Faith.

The Religious Right’s moral case against contraceptive use is based on one passage from Torah, Genesis 38:7-10, that has been misinterpreted or not understood completely.

In Orthodox yeshivas in Jerusalem the acts of Er and Onan, are taught as the same according to the oral tradition. (Rashi on Alshich, Niddah 13b) However, Er acted out of perversity and Onan out of hatred for his brother.  Neither motive was “contraception” without other factors being present.

While the Orthodox frown on contraceptive use to prevent pregnancy, it is for much more esoteric and mystical reasons that are pure and without these other factors, plus the need to populate a nation.

But when the Torah is taught without its oral traditions that clarify what is taught — the blind leading the blind — all fall in a ditch, which is where the GOP finds itself today preaching an indefensible social agenda.

A more sane approach to the contraceptive debate is first to separate it from the abortion debate.

From the Torah, we learn in Leviticus 17:11, 14 and other Scripture that “ha-nephesh b’dam,” (the soul is in the blood).  In more than 25 years of looking for another container for the soul besides blood in the human physiology, I have yet to find one.  (The Quantum Kingdom:  Insights into God’s Light Domain or subtitled, Why Blood?, unpublished, copyright 1986)

This means that if the blood is the container for the soul, then the soul may not be present until blood is present in the fetus.  Fetal blood is not present until the 20-22nd day of pregnancy.

So there should be no moral objection to contraceptive use to avoid pregnancy; even the morning after pill especially if the logic is to avoid later abortions.

If this nation could be turned toward revival with a presidential social agenda, some of these social issues may be pertinent.    But I see no King Josiah on the horizon and no move that will deter unbridled sexuality, which is itself a reason for contraceptive health care.

Further, the promise that one-third of humanity will die in the End Times events that lie dead ahead (forgive the pun), and the “full end” of America, (Jeremiah 30:11), offers no incentive to expose future generations to the fate of planet Earth.   Jesus said as much when he warned that when the abomination that maketh desolate is seen spreading where it should not be, the people should flee to the mountains of Judea and “woe be those with child.”

Contraceptive use in third world countries has helped curb all manner of sexually transmitted diseases and has also helped reduce the spread of AIDS. Some women today must rely on contraceptives as a form of hormone therapy. To a very great extent, whether or not or when to use contraceptives determines a woman’s fate, her contributions to the family income and even her overall health.

All these factors considered, providing free contraceptive health care for all of the nation’s ladies is the sane and gentle-manly thing to do.

Maggid ben Yoseif