#prophet yosef

[aura-morgenstern]

Omg I wanna see the full ocs graph! I want to know who loves Adona but not loved back, I want to know Resh/Alef and Mekh kid's name, I don't need sleep I need answers

Only showing this family in particular. I actually have a lot more ocs, but that’s like an info overload.

[challahbeloved]

Someday, I’m gonna learn to quilt or knit myself a long coat of many colors

[deconstructingchabad]

Chabad isn’t Christian but there are a few too many similarities for comfort. At least to early Christianity when it was still predominantly Jewish ethnically and for the most part culturally and religiously but with clear divergence.

Yes, all issues aside, it's a very interesting case study on perhaps getting a glimpse on the beliefs and dynamics of pre-Christianity Jewish followers of Jesus of Nazareth. I think what has kept Chabad, and certainly the most fringe mishichistim and tzfatim, from diverging into a different religion entirely is a couple of factors:

-Chabad-Lubavitch is still quite young as a movement. The Lubavitch branch of Chassidism as a whole is only about ~250 years old (founded in 1775 by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi), the movement under Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson is only 104 years old (he began his leadership in 1920), the movement under Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson is only 73 years old (he began his leadership in 1951), and it's only been 30 years since Rabbi MM Schneerson died (he died in 1994).

-Chabad-Lubavitch still identifies as Jewish and the majority of the Jewish world considers them as such. They still follow the core tenets of Judaism, such as the observance of Shabbat on Saturday, Kashrut, and circumcision, and while the question of Avodah Zara (idol worship) is a bit more complex, every other aspect of Judaism is still followed, quite strictly, by Chabad-Lubavitch. Additionally, Jewish conversions that are overseen by Chabad-Lubavitch are generally recognized as valid by the greater Orthodox Jewish governing bodies. In contrast, Early Christianity diverged because of its acceptance of non-Jewish converts and their conversions not being recognized as valid by the greater Jewish authorities of the time, especially since they stopped requiring basic Jewish tenets such as circumcision, Shabbat, and kashrut.

Whether these two factors will change in the next few decades or even centuries remains to be seen, I'm not a prophet, so I don't know for sure whether Chabad would ever diverge into an entirely different religion entirely. Judaism is a very old religion and culture, and so changes within Judaism happen much slower than perhaps in younger religions such as Christianity and Islam, where the former especially seems to develop changes relatively quickly in the timescale. But who knows, perhaps Chabad will one day be in a position similar to Mormonism, l'havdil, where it began as an offshoot of Christianity and still somewhat considers itself Christian, but a lot of other Christians do not claim them anymore due to how fringe their beliefs are.

[pearwaldorf]

I don't disagree with any of this excellent Star Wars meta about the Jedi, but I have some things to add from a historical perspective, based on what I have played/watched.

The information asymmetry of the original and prequel trilogies has always been interesting to me. We don't really dig into how it must look to randos in the galaxy until the sequels.

The Jedi and to some extent the Resistance are just not things relevant to Rey and Finn's day to day lives, until they are. It's like finding out the Greek gods or King Arthur are in fact real and still wandering around the galaxy. Or the difference between Jesus Christ and Yeshua ben Yosef: one is a semi-mythological figure who we "know" through centuries of being told things about him, and another is a supposed prophet who happened to have some influential followers.

I want to step back a little and give some in-universe historical context about the Jedi. They're an extremely ancient organization, going back beyond the Old Republic. So are the Sith*.

The Knights of the Old Republic games are probably the most nuanced explorations of what it means to be a Force user, and how that is influenced by being a Jedi or Sith, or perhaps neither**. The thing that struck me is how similar the issues the Jedi face in KOTOR or the prequels: old farts who don't understand the need to adapt and thus risk the destruction of their organization, or arrogantly assume their religious authority successfully translates to the military and political.

(It's a little more understandable during KOTOR, where they are legit at war with the Sith, and Revan defects from the Jedi. But anyways.)

There was absolutely no reason for the Jedi to get involved in a military capacity in the prequels, even if it was a Jedi Master who had a vision about an upcoming war that would need a truly staggering amount of soldiers (which is why the clones exist***).

I do not think it is possible to discuss the Jedi without also acknowledging the things they did as part of the political apparatus of the Old Republic, on a macro and micro level. (A More Civilized Age talks about this a lot.)

To be clear, they were also victims of religious (and because of the Empire's xenophobic views, racial) genocide, and that is awful. Nobody deserves that. But I think it is deeply simplistic to just be like "The Jedi did nothing wrong/they were trying their best."

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* I have always found it curious that everything we know about the Force is filtered through the extremely divergent perspectives of these two organizations.

** God I wish we'd gotten some actual gray Jedi content in the sequel trilogy.

*** No I still have not watched all of Clone Wars. I really need to. (Droid rights and clone rights are things I haven't really seen anybody tackle in-universe. Please tell me if I'm mistaken.)

[dafyomilimerick]

Gittin 60

Both Rabba and Rav Yosef  said The haftarah must never be read From a scroll made of just Haftarot, but you must Read from whole scrolls of prophets instead.

[magnetothemagnificent]

speaking of avraham, at the church i work for it has these stained glass windows in the sanctuary with prominent biblical figures, which i’ll admit are very pretty. but it starts with moses. avraham isn’t on there once. it starts on the left with moses and then (not sure of the order) daniel, amos, isaiah, someone else, then obviously a big ol jesus in the middle with some of the apostles on the right. like it’s just bizarre to me how little xtians ever talk abt avraham i guess????????

Truly.

Interesting that Daniel, Amos, and Yishiyahu are there like...yeah I guess they're important but like??? What about Eliyahu?? Yosef??? I guess they only care about the prophets they can project Jesus onto.....

[dfroza]

A new november moon

(A beautiful mystery)

The next moon phase milestone will be the New Moon, which will occur on Nov. 23, at 5:57 p.m. EST (2257 GMT).

The new moon is the so-called "invisible phase of the moon," according to NASA because the illuminated side of the moon is facing away from Earth, toward the sun. The moon is also in the sky during the day, and without its Earth-facing side illuminated by the sun, observers can't really see it.

A new moon points to beginning (inside, Anew) in the rebirth of the heart (spirit) as the place of conception (the instrumental womb)

knowing the rebirth of the Son in (A new covenant of grace) promises rebirth of the body, now physical and temporal, to be made eternal

and the promise of earth’s rebirth in (Anew, genesis)

for the moon simply mirrors the Light of the sun (in humility) just as we do from the heart (holding the invisible and silent Spirit in the inner room becoming a part of our thought-lives, the inner voice)

giving expression on earth through writing and speaking and doing (initiated by Love) as the acts of the Body as we are each made of (silence & sound)

and it truly matters what we come to “believe…” in the heart and speak since each of our lives are being documented in a book contained in a heavenly Library

do you see the significance of this?

what we are carrying in the Temple is the most precious message in all of earth, greater than any work of fiction.

(to be sure)

Are you brave enough to carry this within you? to guard the space of the heart and the pure genesis of grace that is unadulterated by man?

the seed of the Church is pure in heart even though people have marred its image over History.

A post by John Parsons that points to the new Hebraic month of Kislev:

This evening at sundown marks "Rosh Chodesh Kislev" (which occurs for two days this year, including Thanksgiving Day). On the Biblical calendar the month of Kislev (כִּסְלֵו) is the ninth of the year (counting from Nisan), and it is also one of the "darkest," with the days progressively getting shorter and the nights getting progressively longer. Kislev is perhaps best known for the eight day holiday of Chanukah (חג החנוכה) which begins on the 25th of the month (Sun. Dec. 18th) and runs through the third day of the following month (of Tevet). Since there is always a new moon during the season of Chanukah, it is no wonder that this holiday represents an appropriate time to kindle the lights of faith, and especially to recall the advent of Yeshua the Messiah, the Light of the World (אוֹר הָעוֹלָם).

Chodesh Kislev is sometimes called the “month of dreams” because the weekly Torah portions for this month contain more dreams than any other in the Scriptures. No less than nine dreams (of the ten in the Torah) appear in the four portions of Vayetzei, Vayishlach, Vayeshev, and Miketz - all of which are usually read during the month of Kislev. In the Torah, the primary figure connected with dreams is Jacob’s son Joseph, who was nicknamed by his brothers as "that dreamer" and who was later named "Decipherer of Secrets" (Tzofnat Paneach) by Pharaoh (Gen. 41:45). Joseph was able to authentically mediate the spiritual and the physical realms through the Spirit of God within him (Gen. 41:38). Prophetically Joseph represents Yeshua the “disguised Egyptian” who likewise was rejected and hated by his brothers but who later became their savior (for more see “Mashiach ben Yosef”). [Hebrew for Christians]

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Psalm 104:19 Hebrew reading:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm104-19-jjp.mp3

Hebrew page:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Blessings/Blessing_Cards/psalm104-19-lesson.pdf

More on the month of Kislev:

https://hebrew4christians.com/Holidays/Rosh_Chodesh/Kislev/kislev.html

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the discovery of gold in earth can spark a gold rush, but are people willing to seek (to “unearth”) the True and purest gold through the heart being “refined” in Light?

this is how we mine the eternal words conserved for us to see clear as daughters & sons of our beautiful mysterious Creator

we have to see that the pride and vengeance of man that has stained earth’s History will at some point be fully cleansed. the peace will be restored (there will be recompense) to start new after all the wars of mankind, healing the curse of sin and death that now exists in this world.

Love will rule in perfect Justice.

for those who fail to see that we have an eternal King, there is no Light at all. people who make themselves into their own “god” will not last forever.

but Love never ends…

[yhwhrulz]

Worthy Brief - February 14, 2023

Persecution is coming? Are you ready?

Genesis 37:4 And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

John 15:25 But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

Matthew 5:11-12 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Being hated without cause is an aspect of Messianic prophecy that applies to both Mashiach ben Yosef and Mashiach ben David. Just as Joseph was hated by his brothers, and David was hated by Saul without cause, is it any wonder that Yeshua (Jesus) was hated by the world without cause -- thus fulfilling a Messianic Psalm. [Psalm 69:4]. And should it surprise us that He is still hated? And if Yeshua was hated without a cause, should we expect our lives to be any different?

As thousands of saints suffered intense persecution in ages past, and thousands are still being persecuted today (126,000 martyrs last year alone), they prepare(d) the way for the salvation of millions of others. Since Yeshua said, "Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends," the love expressed by the martyrs is a tremendous source of inspiration to all of us.

As we are rapidly approaching the end of the age, we can expect persecution to be on the rise. We're sent out as sheep among wolves – so lift your head high when suffering persecution for the Lord. Your response of faith and love could well lead to the salvation of the ones persecuting you!

Your family in the Lord with much agape love,

George, Baht Rivka, Obadiah and Elianna (Going to Christian College in Dallas, Texas) Daytona Beach, Florida

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[ramrodd]

Lost in Translation: Did the Prophet Isaiah Predict the Virgin Birth?

COMMENTARY:

Jimmy, this is the thing you and David Koresh don't get about Jesus: He grossly simplified  effective devotion,  From Jesus's point of view. Romans 10:2 is close enough for government work. The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And from that wisdom flows knowledge. But you don't have to put it into writing to put it into action, All soldiers become Pagan God Fears. It comes with the Pucker Factor, which is what "zealous for God" is all about. You don't need the Gospels to know God. Job didn't have shit in regards to a library about God, but he knew God. The point of scripture is that God exists and how do we get the biggest bang for the buck from that knowledge Well, it turns out, putting that knowledge into writing created a new and infinitely possible category of knowdledge, which Philosophers call "Metaphysical Knowdledge" and I associate with the number 3 in terms of the numerology of the literature of the Bible. The basic fact is that Mary's virginity was a valuable commodity for her farther and the deal for Joseph was that he received a vessel for his seed that was unpolluted by any previous donor. It was john Locke that corrected the legacy heresy by stating that children are not the property of their parents, which is to say, Mary's daddy  did't own her uterus, which is the basis of Roe v Wade. Mary's situation was a consequence of Moses' corruption of the 7th Commandment into a formula for animal husbandry in regards to women as brood mares. This is the basis for the toxic paternalism of any religious tradition that adopts a Pro-Life convent as a divine covenant. Jesus does away with all that shit, but it took until the 19th Amendment for human governance to catch up, And that's why N.T. Wright's interpretation of Pauline Theology trumps anything David Koresh may have fabricated in his fevered brow. As a bastard, Jesus was a singularity in the culture of Nazareth, That's more to the point than how his baby momma got knocked up. The fact is that Matthew's nativity narrative is meant to be associated with Sura 13 Yosef in the Koran as the gateway narrative for the Children of Ishmael back in out of the cold with the gift of Khadijah and the connection between Sura 19:19 and John 19:19. Matthew has the same number of chapters as the Arabic alphabet, The first seven chapter begin in the dark of the moon and end at Ramadan, And Matthew 28 takes place in the waning  gibbous of Passover. Khadijah was Mohammad's Witch of Endor and gateway to Gabril. While she lived, he was a True Prophet. When she died, he lapsed into the dementia of the False Prophet, like Trump. 19 is the Alpha and Omega of the mind of Elohim the One for all three religions. Faith and righteousness are measured existentially by Acts and not by academic knowledge,

[600shekels]

2 Chronicles 20: 20-23. "Echad: People Who are One With God."

The People of Judah are under attack by an invading force of low born barbarians replete with their wicked smelly snakes* and their allies from the suburbs. Jehoshaphat, the King of Judah gets them to rally:

20 Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the Lord your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.” 

Something stirred the people, made them want to look back, like Edith the wife of Lot. The King of the Ordinances, knowing full well going back was forbidden, first thing in the morning took the people of Judah to the Desert of Tekoa saying "the Religion has to be upheld", and gave them a refresher course in Sodom and Gomorrah, a place God destroyed because its people were without boundaries.

תקע

The verb תקע (taqa') means to blow, clap or strike; to produce a sudden and brief burst of force. Noun תקע (teqa') means a blast or sudden sound (of a horn). Noun תקוע (taqoa') means trumpet.

21 After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise him for the splendor of his[c] holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying:

“Give thanks to the Lord,     for his love endures forever.”

22 As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. 

23 The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

The text of the Nigun Atik, "messenger melody" of which the above two lines are but a few is said to open the dialogue between God and man, especially when there is doubt the Religion can withstand attacks from the low born:

Again we shall turn to the ancient melody And the song shall give us pleasure We'll kiss the old, guarded glass With joyful eyes and heart. Our tents are good And the dance beckons Our tents are good Again we shall turn to the ancient melody.

This was enough to convince the townspeople and the traditionalists to defeat the hairy cavemen from Seir who put themselves above their betters and came looking for trouble- to brutally enforce their religion on the people of Judah.

The bizarre ending to this tale, verse 23, says "they helped to destroy one another" has a winding staircase of Gematria, but it explains the entire section.

The reason Egypt fell and became a slave state, the reason everything goes wrong on this planet is jealousy.

Jealousy leads to slavery. Prevention of slavery is why governors consult with the people when dissent arises.

All the problems confronting the world are because we refuse to discuss scientific ways to alleviate the jealousy we have for each other. If we did, we would be amazed.

The Gematria for verse 23 is:

First, God smelled these cave guys odeurs and recoiled: And Lo The Wicked Revealed Their Weaknesses To All Mighty God And As Less Than Snakes Their Smells Fully Know Each And All Met All Gods Might.

2. Then He explained what the source of the stank was: Ye Shall Not Bear False Witness Against Nor Willfully Deceive Any Nor Yet Covet Or Steal Their Goods.

3. Next, He stated what has to be done to repent: When Mind Vision Unfolds To A Higher Stage In The Human Race By Increasing Awareness Of The Divine Light Which Centers Man.

4. The evidence is obtained, explained, and documented: And That Mystery Knoweth Why The Light Land Hath Arisen And Why The Great Receiver Of The Light Hath Arisen.

The value in Gematria is 7634 זו‎ד‎ה‎ "it's the same" meaning idolatry and slavery, which has a value of 20, the letter Yud, associated with Yosef the youngest son of Israel, who turned Egypt upside down by transitioning it from a state religion based on Idolatry to the worship of One God of Israel.

Our raiders in this section of the Tanakh were bent on doing the opposite to the People of Judah:

The mere removal of the dalet’s yud changes the concept of “one G‑d” to “other gods,” or idol wor­ship. By removing the yud, thus declaring one’s belief in other gods, the Midrash tells us it is as if one is “destroying worlds.”

We find a reverse situation in regard to the birth of Joseph (Yosef). When Joseph was born, his mother, our Matriarch Rachel, said, “Yosef li Hashem ben acher—G‑d, add to me another son (ben).” In Hebrew, the word yosef means “to add.” Acher means “other.” The Tzemach Tzedek explains that the mission of every Jew is to change a person who is “other,” who doesn’t appreciate holiness, into one who is a ben (a child of G‑d). In other words we must transform an acher into an echad, a person who is one with G‑d.

This wraps around nicely with what is stated at the beginning of this section which discusses Tekoa, "to push from doubt to realization with the fanfare of trumpets" so slavery and oppression of the other does not return for any reason.

*= uncircumcised cox.

[besorah-tovah]

VaYigash 11-2

and came closer

Genesis 44:31 – 45:7

Now, then, do not be saddened or weighed down by having sold me here; for to preserve lives God sent me ahead of you.

(Gen. 45:5 NASB)

Who understands purposes that are beyond the immediate?

Despite having sold Yosef with envy and hatred, something positive could come out of it. The Almighty used the wickedness of the brothers to fulfill his purposes. The knowledge of the Eternal is infinite and he knows all the things that are going to happen and can take advantage of the decisions that men make, even if they are bad, so that his redemption plan is carried out. Yosef had understood this and he chose to look at the Almighty and his greatness and his plans instead of looking at the wickedness of men. And he now encourages his brothers to do the same.

It is easier to forgive others than to forgive yourself. The brothers had been feeling the pangs of their conscience for many years and now when they were in front of Yosef they had a lot of shame and guilt. Yosef helps them lighten that burden by pointing to the divine purposes of what had happened and not to the negative.

Yosef helped his brothers to do the same thing that he himself had learned in the school of suffering, raise their eyes and see beyond the immediate, and thus he not only saved them from hunger but also helped them save their souls from destruction. eternal through the forgiveness of their sins.

Dear brother of the Messiah, do not lament for the mistakes of others or for your own mistakes. Forgive others and forgive yourself. Raise your eyes and look for the divine purposes of what is happening. There is nothing too negative that can happen in this life that the Eternal cannot change into something positive if we repent of the bad things we have done. Let him take control and make your life what he wants and so you too can be a channel of salvation for many people.

Yosef's life is a prophetic reflection of the life of Yosef's son Messiah. He had to die to save many souls from eternal death. Stop thinking once and for all that the Jews killed the Messiah. That was part of the divine purpose for the salvation of the world. Thanks to his death and resurrection there is a resurrection for all who trust in the Eternal.

May the Eternal give us grace to be able to raise our gaze and see things in a broader perspective,

[dadyomi]

Monday 9/21, Eruvin 43: Those are our options, Elijah or Yosef

Every once in a while something wildly contextless pops up in the Talmud and you just gotta go “Oh sure, Yosef the demon. Doesn’t observe Shabbat, but will definitely carry some teachings from Sura to Pumbedita if you catch him in a good mood.”

(I googled. We will encounter Yosef the Demon again. Exciting!)

[harrelltut]

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[jewishvirtuallibrary-blog]

The Old Jewish Cemetery in Safed, Israel; 1995. x

Graves in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Safed can be traced back starting in the later centuries B.C.E. Hannah and her Seven Sons - murdered by the Hellenistic ruler Antiochus during the Maccabean revolt - are buried in the Safed cemetery. Other ancient graves include that of Hosea the Prophet and Rabbi Pinchas Ben Yair.  

During the 16th century, many great Rabbis settled in Safed including many Sephardi Jewish people fleeing the Inquisition in Spain.  These great scholars include Rabbi Isaac Ben Solomon Luria, Rabbi Yosef Caro, Rabbi Moshe Alsheich, Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz, Rabbi Chaim Vital and others. Many of them were buried in the Old Jewish Cemetery as well.  The cemetery remains a major pilgrimage destination for religious Jewish people who visit the ancient graves to pay their respects. The Safed Cemetery is located directly below the Old Jewish Quarter of Safed. It is accessible by either of 2 paths that descend from the Old City, one of which is located below the HaAri Sepharadi Synagogue and the second which extends from the Military Cemetery.

[ffej16]

THEinc-HIM Daily Bible Meditation - February 15 - Full Text

FEBRUARY 15

PSALMS: 15, 45, 75, 105, 135

PROVERBS: 15

OLD TESTAMENT: 1 SAMUEL 1:1 - 2:21

NEW TESTAMENT: JOHN 5:1 - 23

PSALMS: 15

1 LORD, who shall dwell in your sanctuary?

Who shall live on your holy hill? 

2 He who walks blamelessly, does what is right,

And speaks truth in his heart; 

3 He who doesn't slander with his tongue,

Nor does evil to his friend,

Nor casts slurs against his fellow man; 

4 In whose eyes a vile man is despised,

But who honors those who fear the LORD;

He who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change; 

5 He who doesn't lend out his money for usury,

Nor take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things shall never be shaken.

PSALMS: 45

1 My heart overflows with a noble theme.

I recite my verses for the king.

My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer. 

2 You are the most excellent of the sons of men.

Grace has anointed your lips,

Therefore God has blessed you forever. 

3 Gird your sword on your thigh, mighty one,

Your splendor and your majesty. 

4 In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds. 

5 Your arrows are sharp.

The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king's enemies. 

6 Your throne, God, is forever and ever.

A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom. 

7 You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness.

Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil

of gladness above your fellows. 

8 All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia.

Out of  ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad. 

9 Kings' daughters are among your honorable women.

At your right hand the queen stands in gold of Ofir. 

10 Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear.

Forget your own people, and also your father's house. 

11 So will the king desire your beauty,

Honor him, for he is your lord. 

12 The daughter of Tzor comes with a gift.

The rich among the people entreat your favor. 

13 The princess inside is all glorious.

Her clothing is interwoven with gold. 

14 She shall be led to the king in embroidered work.

The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you. 

15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be led.

They shall enter into the king's palace. 

16 Your sons will take the place of your fathers.

You shall make them princes in all the eretz. 

17 I will make your name to be remembered in all generations.

Therefore the peoples shall give you thanks forever and ever.

PSALMS: 75

1 We give thanks to you, God,

We give thanks, for your Name is near.

Men tell about your wondrous works. 

2 When I choose the appointed time,

I will judge blamelessly. 

3 The eretz and all its inhabitants quake.

I firmly hold its pillars. Selah. 

4 I said to the arrogant,

"Don't boast;"

To the wicked,

"Don't lift up the horn. 

5 Don't lift up your horn on high.

Don't speak with a stiff neck." 

6 For neither from the east, nor from the west,

Nor yet from the south, comes exaltation. 

7 But God is the judge.

He puts down one, and lifts up another. 

8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup,

Full of foaming wine mixed with spices.

He pours it out.

Indeed the wicked of the eretz drink and drink it to its very dregs. 

9 But I will declare this forever:

I will sing praises to the God of Ya`akov. 

10 I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,

But the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.

PSALMS: 105

1 Give thanks to the LORD!

Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples. 

2 Sing to him, sing praises to him!

Tell of all his marvelous works. 

3 Glory in his holy name.

Let the heart of them rejoice who seek the LORD. 

4 Seek the LORD and his strength.

Seek his face forever more. 

5 Remember his marvelous works that he has done;

His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, 

6 You seed of Avraham, his servant,

You children of Ya`akov, his chosen ones. 

7 He is the LORD, our God.

His judgments are in all the eretz. 

8 He has remembered his covenant forever,

The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

9 The covenant which he made with Avraham,

His oath to Yitzchak,

10 And confirmed the same to Ya`akov for a statute;

To Yisra'el for an everlasting covenant, 

11 Saying, "To you I will give the land of Kana`an,

The lot of your inheritance;" 

12 When they were but a few men in number,

Yes, very few, and sojourners in it. 

13 They went about from nation to nation,

From one kingdom to another people.

14 He allowed no one to do them wrong.

Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes, 

15 "Don't touch my anointed ones.

Do my prophets no harm." 

16 He called for a famine on the land.

He destroyed the food supplies. 

17 He sent a man before them.

Yosef was sold for a slave.

18 They bruised his feet with shackles.

His neck was locked in irons, 

19 Until the time that his word happened,

And the LORD's word proved him true. 

20 The king sent and freed him;

Even the ruler of peoples, and let him go free. 

21 He made him lord of his house,

And ruler of all of his possessions; 

22 To discipline his princes at his pleasure,

And to teach his Zakenim wisdom. 

23 Yisra'el also came into Mitzrayim.

Ya`akov sojourned in the land of Ham. 

24 He increased his people greatly,

And made them stronger than their adversaries. 

25 He turned their heart to hate his people,

To conspire against his servants. 

26 He sent Moshe, his servant,

And Aharon, whom he had chosen. 

27 They performed miracles among them,

And wonders in the land of Ham. 

28 He sent darkness, and made it dark.

They didn't rebel against his words. 

29He turned their waters into blood,

And killed their fish. 

30 Their land swarmed with frogs,

Even in the chambers of their kings. 

31 He spoke, and swarms of flies came, ‘

And lice in all their borders. 

32 He gave them hail for rain,

With lightning in their land. 

33 He struck their vines and also their fig trees,

And shattered the trees of their country. 

34 He spoke, and the locusts came,

And the grasshoppers, without number, 

35 Ate up every plant in their land;

Ate up the fruit of their ground. 

36 He struck also all the firstborn in their land,

The chief of all their strength. 

37 He brought them forth with silver and gold.

There was not one feeble person among his tribes. 

38Mitzrayim was glad when they departed,

For the fear of them had fallen on them. 

39 He spread a cloud for a covering,

Fire to give light in the night. 

40 They asked, and he brought quails,

And satisfied them with the bread of the sky. 

41 He opened the rock, and waters gushed out.

They ran as a river in the dry places. 

42 For he remembered his holy word,

And Avraham, his servant. 

43 He brought forth his people with joy,

His chosen with singing. 

44 He gave them the lands of the nations.

They took the labor of the peoples in possession, 

45 That they might keep his statutes,

And observe his laws.

Praise the LORD!

PSALMS: 135

1 Praise the LORD!

Praise the name of the LORD!

Praise him, you servants of the LORD, 

2 You who stand in the house of the LORD,

In the courts of our God's house. 

3 Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good.

Sing praises to his name, for that is pleasant. 

4 For the LORD has chosen Ya`akov for himself;

Yisra'el for his own possession. 

5 For I know that the LORD is great,

That our Lord is above all gods. 

6 Whatever the LORD pleased, that he has done,

In heaven and in eretz, in the seas and in all deeps; 

7 Who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the eretz;

Who makes lightnings with the rain;

Who brings forth the wind out of his treasuries; 

8 Who struck the firstborn of Mitzrayim,

Both of man and animal; 

9 Who sent signs and wonders into the midst of you,

Mitzrayim,

On Par`oh, and on all his servants; 

10 Who struck many nations,

And killed mighty kings, 

11 Sichon king of the Amori, `Og king of Bashan,

All the kingdoms of Kana`an, 

12 And gave their land for a heritage,

A heritage to Yisra'el, his people. 

13 Your name, LORD, endures forever;

Your renown, LORD, throughout all generations. 

14 For the LORD will judge his people,

And have compassion on his servants.

15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold,

The work of men's hands. 

16 They have mouths, but they can't speak;

They have eyes, but they can't see; 

17  They have ears, but they can't hear;

Neither is there any breath in their mouths. 

18 Those who make them will be like them;

Yes, everyone who trusts in them. 

19 House of Yisra'el, praise the LORD!

House of Aharon, praise the LORD! 

20House of Levi, praise the LORD!

You who fear the LORD, praise the LORD! 

21 Blessed be the LORD from Tziyon,

Who dwells at Yerushalayim. Praise the LORD!

PROVERBS: 15

1 A gentle answer turns away wrath,

But a harsh word stirs up anger. 

2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,

But the mouth of fools gush out folly. 

3 The LORD's eyes are everywhere,

Keeping watch on the evil and the good. 

4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life,

But deceit in it crushes the spirit. 

5 A fool despises his father's correction,

But he who heeds reproof shows prudence. 

6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure,

But the income of the wicked brings trouble. 

7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge;

Not so with the heart of fools. 

8 The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to the LORD,

But the prayer of the upright is his delight.

9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD,

But he loves him who follows after righteousness. 

10 There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way:

Whoever hates reproof shall die. 

11 She'ol and Avaddon are before the LORD --

How much more then the hearts of the children of men! 

12 A scoffer doesn't love to be reproved;

He will not go to the wise. 

13 A glad heart makes a cheerful face;

But an aching heart breaks the spirit. 

14 The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge,

But the mouths of fools feed on folly. 

15 All the days of the afflicted are wretched,

But one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast. 

16 Better is little, with the fear of the LORD,

Than great treasure with trouble. 

17 Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is,

Than a fattened calf with hatred. 

18 A wrathful man stirs up contention,

But one who is slow to anger appeases strife. 

19 The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch,

But the path of the upright is a highway. 

20 A wise son makes a father glad,

But a foolish man despises his mother. 

21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom,

But a man of understanding keeps his way straight. 

22 Where there is no counsel, plans fail;

But in a multitude of counselors they are established. 

23 Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth.

How good is a word at the right time!

24 The path of life leads upward for the wise,

To keep him from going downward to She'ol. 

25 The LORD will uproot the house of the proud,

But he will keep the widow's borders intact. 

26 The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked,

But the thoughts of the pure are pleasing. 

27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house,

But he who hates bribes will live. 

28 The heart of the righteous weighs answers,

But the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil. 

29 The LORD is far from the wicked,

But he hears the prayer of the righteous. 

30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart.

Good news gives health to the bones. 

31 The ear that listens to the reproof lives,

And will be at home among the wise. 

32 He who refuses correction despises his own soul,

But he who listens to reproof gets understanding. 

33 The fear of the LORD teaches wisdom.

Before honor is humility.

OLD TESTAMENT: 1 SAMUEL 1:1 - 2:21

1:1 Now there was a certain man of Ramatayim-Tzofim, of the hill-country of Efrayim, and his name was Elkana, the son of Yerocham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tochu, the son of Tzuf, an Efratite: 2 and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3 This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts in Shiloh. The two sons of `Eli, Hofni and Pinechas, Kohanim to the LORD, were there. 4 When the day came that Elkana sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: 5 but to Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had shut up her womb. 6 Her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. 7 [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. 8 Elkana her husband said to her, Hannah, why weep you? and why don't you eat? and why is your heart grieved? am I not better to you than ten sons? 9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now `Eli the Kohen was sitting on his seat by the door-post of the temple of the LORD. 10 She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, and wept sore. 11 She vowed a vow, and said, the LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid a man-child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come on his head. 12 It happened, as she continued praying before the LORD, that `Eli marked her mouth. 13 Now Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore `Eli thought she had been drunken. 14 `Eli said to her, How long will you be drunken? put away your wine from you. 15 Hannah answered, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before the LORD. 16 Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto. 17  Then `Eli answered, Go in shalom; and the God of Yisra'el grant your petition that you have asked of him. 18 She said, Let your handmaid find favor in your sight. So the woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression wasn't sad any more. 19 They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkana knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. 20 It happened, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Shemu'el, [saying], Because I have asked him of the LORD. 21 The man Elkana, and all his house, went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 22 But Hannah didn't go up; for she said to her husband, [I will not go up] until the child be weaned; and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide forever. 23 Elkana her husband said to her, Do what seems you good; wait until you have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman waited and nursed her son, until she weaned him.24 When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, and one efah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young. 25 They killed the bull, and brought the child to `Eli. 26 She said, Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to the LORD. 27  For this child I prayed; and the LORD has given me my petition which I asked of him: 28 therefore also I have granted him to the LORD; as long as he lives he is granted to the LORD. He worshiped the LORD there.

2:1 Hannah prayed, and said: My heart exults in the LORD; My horn is exalted in the LORD; My mouth is enlarged over my enemies; Because I rejoice in your salvation. 

2  There is none holy as the LORD; For there is none besides you, Neither is there any rock like our God. 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; Don't let arrogance come out of your mouth; For the LORD is a God of knowledge, By him actions are weighed. 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken; Those who stumbled are girded with strength. 

5 Those who were full have hired out themselves for bread; Those who were hungry have ceased [to hunger]: Yes, the barren has borne seven; She who has many children languishes. 6 The LORD kills, and makes alive: He brings down to She'ol, and brings up. 7  The LORD makes poor, and makes rich: He brings low, he also lifts up. 8 He raises up the poor out of the dust, He lifts up the needy from the dunghill, To make them sit with princes, Inherit the throne of glory: For the pillars of the eretz are the LORD's, He has set the world on them. 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones; But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; For by strength shall no man prevail. 10 Those who strive with the LORD shall be broken to pieces; Against them will he thunder in the sky: The LORD will judge the ends of the eretz; He will give strength to his king, Exalt the horn of his anointed. 11 Elkana went to Ramah to his house. The child did minister to the LORD before `Eli the Kohen. 12 Now the sons of `Eli were base men; they didn't know the LORD. 13 The custom of the Kohanim with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the Kohen's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand; 14 and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the Kohen took therewith. So they did in Shiloh to all the Yisra'elites who came there. 15 Yes, before they burnt the fat, the Kohen's servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the Kohen; for he will not have boiled flesh of you, but raw. 16 If the man said to him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as your soul desires; then he would say, No, but you shall give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. 17  The sin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for the men despised the offering of the LORD. 18 But Shemu'el ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen efod. 19 Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20 `Eli blessed Elkana and his wife, and said, the LORD give you seed of this woman for the petition which was asked of the LORD. They went to their own home. 21 The LORD visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Shemu'el grew before the LORD.

NEW TESTAMENT: JOHN 5:1 - 23

5:1 After these things, there was a feast of the Yehudim, and Yeshua went up to Yerushalayim. 

2 Now in Yerushalayim by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, "Beit-Zata," having five porches. 

3 In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water; 

4 for an angel of the Lord went down at certain times into the pool, and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was made whole of whatever disease he was afflicted with. 

5 A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years. 

6 When Yeshua saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to be made well?" 

7  The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I'm coming, another steps down before me." 

8 Yeshua said to him, "Arise, take up your mat, and walk." 

9 Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Shabbat on that day. 

10 So the Yehudim said to him who was cured, "It is the Shabbat. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat." 

11 He answered them, "He who made me well, the same said to me, 'Take up your mat, and walk.'" 

12 Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your mat, and walk'?" 

13 But he who was healed didn't know who it was, for Yeshua had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place. 

14 Afterward Yeshua found him in the temple, and said to him, "Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you." 

15 The man went away, and told the Yehudim that it was Yeshua who had made him well. 

16 For this cause the Yehudim persecuted Yeshua, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Shabbat. 

17 But Yeshua answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too." 

18 For this cause therefore the Yehudim sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Shabbat, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

19 Yeshua therefore answered them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise. 

20 For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel. 

21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires. 

22 For neither does the Father judge any man, but he has given all judgment to the Son, 

23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him.

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Jumblr ask game (DnD classes): Joseph, David, and Jonathan

Joseph:

Yosef is a tough one, honestly. I'm kind of torn between Monk, Sorcerer, and Rogue, but I think I'm gonna go with Sorcerer, but like it's very close between the other two options. His magic is obviously his prophetic dreams and ability to interpret dreams, and that makes him a bit of an outcast. He's charismatic, and a little bit of know-it-all. Like his father, he can engage in a bit of trickery, like the whole bit he played on his brothers in Egypt.

His alignment is Neutral Good. He's good, but he's definetly a bit decietful sometimes, and sometimes it's hard to know his intentions.

David:

BARD. This one is an easy one, this man composed Psalms and played the harp. He used his music to ease Shaul's tension, and to praise G-d. His music is how he channels his devotion to his people and to G-d.

His alignment is Lawful Neutral. David is a complicated character. I do think he's ultimately good in the end, but he's done some pretty morally questionable things, such as the whole thing with Batsheva. I like David, he's awesome, but he's definately danced along the morally grey sometimes. But, even when he does bad things, he does it through loopholes and "technically following the law".

Jonathan:

He's a Rogue, but I think more out of necessity. He was raised to be a Fighter, but he never wanted to do that, and only wants to live in peace. But, he has to resort to trickery in order to do what he thinks is right. He went behind his father's back multiple times, and devised a secret code with David in order to communicate. He also secretly visited David's camp to convey information, essentially acting as a spy. But, I think he's only a Rogue because he has to be.

His alignment is Neutral Good. Yonatan is good, but sometimes he has to break the law in order to do what he knows is right. He's calculated and less reckless than David, and very smart.