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officialyourdailyinspiration · 2 years

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Elijah Flees From Jezebel

1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and also how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.”

3 And when he saw that, he arose and went for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.

4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers.”

5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him and said unto him, “Arise and eat.”

6 And he looked, and behold, there was a cake baked on the coals and a cruse of water at his head. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.

7 And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for thee.”

8 And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

9 And he came thither unto a cave and lodged there; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said unto him, “What doest thou here, Elijah?”

10 And he said, “I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down Thine altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword. And I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

11 And He said, “Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

12 And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.

13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice unto him and said, “What doest thou here, Elijah?”

14 And he said, “I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts, because the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down Thine altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword. And I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

15 And the Lord said unto him, “Go, return on thy way to the Wilderness of Damascus. And when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;

16 and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy stead.

17 And it shall come to pass that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay; and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

18 Yet I have left Me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.”

19 So he departed from thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth; and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee.” And he said unto him, “Go back again, for what have I done to thee?”

21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slew them and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him. — 1 Kings 19 | 21st Century King James Version (KJV21) The Holy Bible; 21st Century King James Version Copyright © 1994 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc. Cross References: Genesis 16:8; Genesis 21:14; Genesis 21:31; Genesis 28:12; Exodus 3:6; Exodus 19:20; Exodus 24:12; Numbers 11:15; Judges 7:22; Ruth 1:17; 1 Samuel 11:5; 1 Samuel 18:19; 1 Samuel 28:14; 2 Samuel 3:9; 2 Samuel 24:22; 1 Kings 18:20; 1 Kings 18:22; 1 Kings 18:30; 2 Kings 2:8; 2 Kings 3:11; 2 Kings 8:8; 2 Kings 8:12-13; 2 Kings 9:2; Job 4:16; Job 6:9; Daniel 3:18; Hosea 13:2; Zechariah 4:1; Zechariah 4:6; Matthew 4:2; Matthew 8:21-22; Matthew 26:7; Luke 4:2; Romans 11:3-4; Hebrews 11:34; Hebrews 11:37-38

#Elijah flees from Jezebel #The LORD speaks to Elijah at Horeb #the calling of Elisha #1 Kings 19 #Book of First Kings #Old Testament #KJV21 #Holy Bible #21st Century King James Version #Deuel Enterprises Inc.

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countesspetofi · 1 month

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Today in the Department of Before They Were Star Trek Stars, DeForest Kelley guest stars in "The Riley Brand," episode 23 of the single season of A Man Called Shenandoah (original air date Feb 21, 1966).

Kelley plays a hand on Julia Riley's ranch in Wyoming. She believes the amnesiac Shenandoah may be her long-lost brother, who went missing when they were children. The foreman is a poor relation, a distant cousin who hopes to marry Julia and become half-owner of the ranch, and Kelley assists him in his plans to get rid of Shenandoah.

Other Trek connections:

Elisha Cook, Jr., AKA Samuel T. Cogley, Captain Kirk's lawyer in the Star Trek episode "Court Martial," plays a livery stable owner.

The scheming ranch foreman is played by Warren Stevens, who went on to play Rojan, the leader of the Kelvans in the Star Trek episode "By Any Other Name."

The director of "The Riley Brand" is Jud Taylor, who also directed five Season Three episodes of Star Trek.

#star trek #star trek tos #star trek the original series #a man called shenandoah #1960s tv #tv sci fi #tv westerns #deforest kelley #elisha cook jr.#warren stevens #robert horton #jud taylor #image heavy

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goatbeard-goatbeard · 10 months

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A Companion to Owls is such an underrated minisode. I think a lot of viewers don’t realize how much of that is a DIRECT pull from the Bible.

Like, God actually makes that bet with Satan. The poor dude actually gets his kids killed and replaced with new ones (sometimes pastors wave that away with “well, his old children are waiting for him in heaven”). God actually goes on that long-winded petty rant about how Job shouldn’t question what God’s doing because he didn’t make stars and oceans and leviathans and behemoths. Bitch we SAW why you did it, you were literally just dicking around, trying to prove a point to Satan! Mysterious Ways(tm) my ass!

For, um, obvious reasons, it’s not a very popular Bible story to cover in church. Which is a shame, because it means secular/casually-Christian viewers don’t realize IT ACTUALLY GOES EXACTLY LIKE THAT FOR REAL.

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sampilled · 7 days

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Hey spn cast 🔫 can you be in things I actually wanna watch? 🔫🔫🔫🔫

#this post is not for you Kathryn newton #everything I would watch I had already watched pre spn obsession #I love you Gilmore girls 💕 I probs wouldn’t have watched spn if I didn’t recognise Jared lol #he got sooooo lucky with gg and spn cuz they are both so popular on streaming like all of his ig comments call him dean #compare that to Jensen on Dawsons creek which was the more popular show at the time I’m pretty sure #like what a lucky little duck #I’m rambling lol soz #anyway go Jared for getting super lucky #house of wax is also a classic. to me. at least.#especially in the current Paris renaissance it might get a bit of air time #a 20 year reunion would be so fun if they don’t all hate each other #is elisha cuthburt even still acting?#hmmmmm anyway I’ll manifest that 🙏

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quicksiluers · 2 years

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Elisha Hunt Rhodes, eldest son of ship captain Elisha Hunt Rhodes and Eliza Ann (Chace) Rhodes, was born in Pawtuxet Village on March 21, 1842. This lineal descendant of Roger Williams attended schools in Cranston and Providence including Potter & Hammond’s Commercial College. His father’s death at sea when Elisha was only sixteen left him the sole supporter of his family. He left school to work as a clerk in the office of a mill supplier. When the Civil War erupted, he promptly enlisted as a private in Co.D, 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers . He remained in this unit from June 5, 1861 until it was disbanded on July 28, 1865 rising from the rank of private to that of colonel. Rhodes participated in every campaign of the Army of the Potomac from Bull Run to Appomattox, keeping a detailed diary of his war experiences. After the war Rhodes engaged in marketing cottons and woolens throughout the country, but his truly significant efforts still pertained to the military. He headed veterans organizations, organized reunions at various battlefields, and helped raise funds for monuments in battlefield parks. He served in the Rhode Island Militia becoming state adjutant general, and he was a founder and first president of the Soldiers’ and Sailor’s Historical Society of Rhode Island, a position that enabled him to continue his Civil War writings. Rhodes also engaged in political life serving in such posts as a member of the Providence School Board, assessor of taxes in Providence, and Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Rhode Island. General Rhodes was an active Mason and a deacon and Sunday school superintendent at Providence’s Central Baptist Church. He died on January 14, 1917 at the age of seventy-five.

#elisha hunt rhodes #american civil war #us civil war #us history #army of the potomac #acw #history #if you can you gotta read his book called 'all for the union'#it's basically all his diary entries from the start to the end of the war #an awesome read #and he's very funny!#but it's great insight into the day to day of a soldier

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cryptotheism · 5 months

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So, Moses is a cleric, Solomon is a wizard, Joshua is a paladin, David is a bard, Jesus is a sorcerer, his apostles and Paul are warlocks, Elisha is a druid, Elijah is a monk, Samson is a barbarian, Tahkemonite along with Eleazar and Dodo are fighters, John the Baptist is a ranger, Jacob is a rogue

I'm really cautious about using DnD terms to describe nuanced historical metaphysics like this. DnD's cosmology is a mess. I don't know how it works because the writers don't know how it works. It's very easy for readers to come away with the wrong impression, and tbh it often comes off with this corny-ass "hello fellow kids did you know the Buddha was literally a hecking druid" type energy.

I wanna stress: This is fun to think about, but please don't treat this as meaningful analysis of real-world religions. I wanna demonstrate how quickly these terms break down when you're looking at actual historical metaphysics.

If we wanted to analyze biblical characters with DnD terms, every Charismatic Jewish Holy Man would be classified as a warlock. Moses is not a nebulous intermediary between gods and mortals. The man famously had a covenant. The whole covenant thing is a pretty important part of Judaism. But then again, that brings up problems for what the destruction of the first temple would mean for the classification of Judaism. Does the development of the rabbinical system suddenly turn everyone from warlocks into clerics? Within Judaism, the word of God is the law under-girding the whole of the world, including nature. Does that make every Rabbi a druid?

Jesus certainly wouldn't be a sorcerer, hes just a God. His power isn't hereditary, he is literally God. Calling Christ a sorcerer would be heresy.

Solomon is a wizard. The DnD wizard archetype is quite literally based on the biblical character of Solomon.

Samson is kinda a paladin? I'm not entirely sure what he would be classified as.

The Apostles are tricky, because their classification would probably change as the doctrine developed. Initially they would probably be classified as warlocks who "inherited" the laws and works of the new covenant with God, which is warlock metaphysics. But, several of them were kinda in charge of writing the new laws of the covenant, which I guess would be cleric metaphysics. Several of them also have priestly vows, which is paladin metaphysics.

John the Baptist is the only one on this list who could be considered a DnD Druid. Baptism as a rite probably has non-jewish pre-christian roots. I guess its the closest thing Christian metaphysics has to "nature magic." But my even suggesting that the power of baptism stems from a source other than God would be heresy.

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filth-thezine · 2 years

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Elisha Lim discussing the self-surveillance of social media and the weaponizing of identity markers

#identity economics #elisha lim #call out culture #Youtube #echo chamber

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zomnommbie · 1 month

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"To be deprived of the use of one's limbs is of little help to one in carrying out the work of government. If I could be cured of the disease of Naaman, I would wash seven times in Jordan, but I have found in the present age no Elisha who can heal me. It is not fitting that a hand so weak as mine should hold power when fear of Arab agression daily presses upon the Holy City and when my sickness increases the enemy's daring... I therefore beg you that, having called together the barons of the kingdom of France, you immediately choose one of them to take charge of this Holy Kingdom. For We are prepared to receive with affection whomever you send Us, and We will hand over the kingdom to a suitable successor." - King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem

#king baldwin iv #kingdom of heaven #kingdom of heaven fandom #kingbaldwin #baldwin iv #kingdom of heaven 2005 #koh #balduin iv #baldwin-iv

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sunnycanvas · 2 months

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A letter From King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem to King Louis VII of France.

Source: Bernhard Hamilton -The Leper King and his heirs

#kingdom of heaven #baldwin iv #kingdom of heaven 2005 #kingdom of heaven fandom #king baldwin iv

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gsirvitor · 4 months

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Why do Catholics believe that their saints are already resurrected, awake, and active? I cannot think of a single time in the Bible when God resurrected someone while leaving their old body dead.

When Elisha's bones were touched by a dead man, the dead man awoke in the same body. When Jesus called Lazarus out of the tomb, Lazarus emerged still wearing his burial wrappings. Plus various examples of Jesus or an earlier prophet waking people in their own bodies on their deathbeds.

When Jesus himself rose from the dead, it was his original body, which he later took with him into the heavens.

1 Thessalonians 4:14-16 says that dead Christians sleep until the day Jesus returns, when they will be raised to meet him ahead of those who had not yet died. 1 Corinthians 15:18 likewise characterizes dead Christians as those who sleep in Christ, neither wakeful nor active.

For that matter, is there any passage that claims Jesus himself did not sleep while he was dead?

Easy, Catholics do not believe this.

Saints are active in Heaven, it is a common misconception made by those not within Catholicism, the idea that due to the power of the Resurrection, Catholics believe that the saints are not dead.

In truth the idea is more like this, the Saints have conquered death and are united to the Holy Trinity through Jesus, that does not mean they are alive through resurrection, or active on earth, but with Jesus in Heaven, and one with the Trinity.

Yes, when Jesus rose again, he rose in the body his mother had birthed, the body that had been crucified, he still had his wounds, but they no longer hobbled him, instead wearing them jewels or trophies of victory.

Catechism insists on this point, Catholics believe in God who is creator of the flesh; Catholics believe in the Word made flesh in order to redeem the flesh; Catholics believe in the resurrection of the flesh, the fulfillment of both the creation and the redemption of the flesh.

Catholics believe not just in the survival of the soul, but in the resurrection of the body, the idea that man was created to live forever and find peace and satisfaction in a way that is fully human, in both flesh and spirit.

So while Catholics believe that the soul is active, the flesh sleeps, for what is the purpose of Heaven if our souls are not meant to be active within it?

Now, here's an interesting bit of information, prior to the idea of the soul, or anima, the early church worked off of an old Jewish notion, that the breath held our essence, and would trap the final breath of a dying person so as to preserve their essence to be buried with them for the time of resurrection when God would imbue the flesh with breath or pneuma, which means spirit, or breath of life, in the New Testament.

So, God would imbue your flesh with your pneuma, which would cause it to be resurrected.

The "sleep" Paul refers to here was a common expression of the period, which implied death, it was meant to emphasize the ide that physical death for Christians was temporary.

Don't know if I'm giving sufficient answers.

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eesirachs · 2 months

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thinking about how god always calls prophets himself, except for once: in 1 kings he has elijah, a prophet so good he's already tried to kill himself, find elisha, just a boy, and summon him into the death that is prophecy. elisha doesn't know that this prophetic call is a kind of violence. but elijah does. elijah asks himself, asks elisha, asks god: "מֶה-עָשִׂ֖יתִי לָֽךְ" what have i done to you? but the tenses aren't right. or, the question is tenseless. לָֽךְ is feminine. you wouldn't use it to address elisha. or, you would only if something has gone so wrong. לָֽךְ is tender and anatopic. לָֽךְ gives elisha a thingness and elijah a culpability. לָֽךְ tells us that though god thinks he's calling elisha, elijah knows he's killing him

#thinking

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wishmaster · 3 months

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Wishmaster, I request your help! I'm a dnd player with a bard character and i love to do the whole ''horny bard''. But my fellow players are annoyed by it because i'm not like that in real life! I'd wish to become my character, a hot male bard able to seduce any guys with my high charisma and charming voice. Please?

New World Order

You've always had a good idea what your character would look like if real, so you plugged him into a drawing program and bam.

Fuck, you think looking at him, fuck your dick twitches as you touch the screen you feel a zap. Suddenly you look down and see your hands are bigger and covered in gauntlet like gloves.. like your guy in the picture, suddenly you feel the rest of you changing, your body muscles up, your clothing turns to leather, your face becomes handsome, chiseled, but it's the intense blue eyes staring back at you that tells you you are now your character, as your dick awakes standing at attention under your soft new leather pants you try to push it down, but even lying against your leg the girth was not hard to miss.

Then you happened to glance at you phone.

The old you was now in the phone where your bard creation just was. Such a pathetic nerd you think, never followed through on his potential to be a real stud. No, you could feel the old you fading away, the bard in you was taking hold, and damn look at him why wouldn't you rather he take over?

You press the button and the old you disappears for good. You strut your new body into your office, your dick outline gains immediate attention from everyone. The girl at the desk points it out.

You like? you say, something about your voice changes her.

Suddenly this gorgeous Asian Archer is staring back at you, his eyes locked on you, obsessed with you now. He reaches over and kisses you, your horniness increases, another colleague stands in shock having viewed the whole thing. What? you as and flash.

Another new partner appears all of theming fitting perfectly into your new look, he reaches over, kisses and grabs your dick. you move through the offices every time someone listens to your heavenly voice they transform into yet another Lover for you. You come to your friend Elisha, a fellow DND player and the one that called you out for your character. All you say us hey and bam.

The new massive stud runs his fingers down your chest sending shivers through your body, you lead your new lovers into the conference room where you proceed to have a massive orgy, when you get excited and cover the room with your cum, the sound you let out transforms everyone in the office into your personal wet dreams, suddenly work has combined with your new DND life and the world around you takes on the land of wizards and dragons and in your case never-ending sex. Welcome to your new life you horny Bard with the magic voice!

Soon the world would be filled with nothing but gorgeous men with eyes only for you! Welcome to your New Life.

#body transformation #male transformation #twisted wish #magical voice

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heartfullofleeches · 1 year

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Okay okay hear me out, Eggnog is being a creep and watching reader pleasure themselves, and surprise surprise, reader moans out Eggnogs actual name, what would Egg do next?

[stalking, suggestive things and such]

This is bad.... Very bad.

Though they've managed to pull their eyes away from the inciting scene and shut the closet door, Eggnog could still hear your lewd sounds and the rustle of your sheets.

This was not was supposed to happen. You were normally asleep at this hour when they used the passageway conveniently hidden in your closet to watch you sleep and steal things. They were so accustomed to finding you asleep that they nearly got caught; a well timed moan sparing them from the heat of being discovered while kindling a different kind of flame with their chest.

The memory of the scene is still fresh in their mind no matter how far they try to push it into the depths, trapped in a never ending cycle that makes them squirm and pull their sweater over their crotch each time it repeats. Your blankets tangled around one leg, fingers worked deep inside yourself as your body twitches and expels hitched breaths. The closet was positioned at the foot of the bed so they could see it all. Your legs spread further right as they eased the door shut.

Eggnog curses themselves as they palm over the swelling in their jeans to relieve the worsening ache. You're still so loud, so inviting. Their thoughts slip to fantasies of their tongue taking place of your fingers. Worshipping your flesh and body far better than they ever could. They'd bury themselves in your heat and take all you have to offer like the greedy soul they were, leaving their love and gifts of pleasure as payment and praying it'll be enough.

Eggnog's hand slips past their waistband before they can come to their senses. Precum dampens their fingers as they tease the tip of their cock. They hate themselves for it, but it hurts so much. Your sounds flood their ears and it leaves them a complete mess on your closet floor. Eggnog even has the nerve to pick up a discarded shirt and use it to both muffle their huffs and get off to your scent. They can't do this while you're here. They can't. They can't.

"Elisha...."

Eggnog whimpers at the call of their name- then stops. That... wasn't from their head. Reality and fantasy were blended together, but that definitely wasn't from them. There was no way they could imagine their name sounding so sweet. Eggnog places their ear to the door.

"Fuck... Elisha.."

There it is again. That voice that makes their sight blurred, calling them to the heaven they were sure they were in to have such a beautiful mess begging for them. Eggnog would've finished right then and there if guilt had ate at their core so. Taking advantage of your vulnerable state, nearly losing themselves and breaking from the closet to give you what you desired.

Eggnog stands with shaking knees and gropes for the ladder to the attic. They need to leave. Right now. Before they did something they were unsure was just. Their hand missing the railing by a mile and they stumble into the wall knocking over your storaged items in the process. Your room lights flicker on.

"Is someone there?"

Shit.

#Milk farm tag #yandere oc #yandere #yandere imagines #yandere x reader #yandere x you #yandere headcanons #yandere insert #yandere scenarios #yandere blurb #yandere smut #yandere lemon #yandere hybrid #yandere drabble

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black-is-beautiful18 · 8 months

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Christians try to separate history from the Bible because they don’t wanna get “political”, meanwhile the Bible is literally full of history. The Old Testament isn’t just about the prophets like Isaiah, Elijah, and Elisha. It’s history. It’s even said in the Old Testament that keeping history and remembering it is important. Y’all like to pick and choose what to follow but y’all ignore the passages that completely contradict you, your beliefs, and the way you think. Then you wonder why ppl call you flip floppy. I will always stand by what I’ve been saying when it comes to this topic: y’all do not know what it is y’all believe in. Not all of the Bible is a metaphor. A lot of it is very straight forward and clear. Y’all also need to understand that Palestine has existed for thousands of years. Not the country of israel. Palestine. It was Palestine when Jesus was born and it was Palestine when David was king. Do better and actually do research. Listen to Palestinians. They know better than you and the settlers that have stolen their land.

#christianity #bible #use your brain #free palestine #till it’s backwards #the nation of israel is only 75 years old #do the math and make it make sense #there are stories of Palestinians literally coming back home to changed locks after allowing settlers into their homes #history #it is not antisemitic to be antizionist #unique writes

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adventure-showdown · 7 months

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What is your favourite Doctor Who story?

ROUND 2 MASTERPOST

synopses and propaganda under the cut

The Chimes of Midnight

Synopsis

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house not a creature was stirring...

But something must be stirring. Something hidden in the shadows. Something which kills the servants of an old Edwardian mansion in the most brutal and macabre manner possible. Exactly on the chiming of the hour, every hour, as the grandfather clock ticks on towards midnight.

Trapped and afraid, the Doctor and Charley are forced to play detective to murders with no motive, where the victims don't stay dead. Time is running out.

And time itself might well be the killer...

Propaganda

"Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without one of Mrs. Baddeley's plum puddings." And Christmastime wouldn't be Christmastime if I don't re-listen to this audio story at least once each year. (@youremyonlyhope )

It just wouldn't be Christmas without it (anonymous)

Minuet in Hell

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The twenty-first century has just begun, and Malebolgia is enjoying its status as the newest state in America. After his successful involvement with Scotland's devolution, Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart has been invited over to Malebolgia to offer some of his experiences and expertise.

There he encounters the charismatic Brigham Elisha Dashwood III, an evangelical statesman running for Governor who may not be quite as clean-cut and wholesome as he makes out. One of Dashwood's other roles in society is as patron of a new medical institute, concentrating on curing the ills of the human mind. One of the patients there interests the Brigadier — someone who claims he travels through space and time in something called a TARDIS.

Charley, however, has more than a few problems of her own. Amnesiac, she is working as a hostess at the local chapter of the Hell Fire Club, populated by local dignitaries who have summoned forth the demon Marchosias. And the leader of the Club? None other than Dashwood, who seems determined to achieve congressional power by the most malevolent means at his disposal...

Propaganda

this is objectively bad but i have also listened to it at least five times (october)

#round 2

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beebopboom · 5 months

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Always an Angel, Never a Man

Intro post - where we discussed some more Wizard of Oz parallels and some of the title sequence

Now though we are going to dive deeper in the character that is the Metatron, and for that we are going to be going into The Book of Enoch and who he is as an angel - at least for this part

Background info

I've said this before but I’ll reiterate here - yes I know that Neil has said…somewhere that the Metatron has always been an angel in reference to someone asking about Enoch - but I don't think we can throw all the books away especially when it seems ideas have been pulled from them.

This actually started out as a question of whether or not the Metatron had come down to Earth and paraded around as Enoch to further his agenda - and well, it was a start.

So for the most part there seems to be two explanations for the origins of the Metatron - one: he was always an angel - two: he was the human, Enoch who was then turned into the Metatron. Each of these versions vary from religion to religion but for the most part that’s the gist of it

ha yeah right you know me time for probably unnecessary long explanations to the best of my ability

Disclaimer (I guess): These explanations are not going to stick to just one religion and are going to be summaries to the best of my ability - summaries are the devil how tf do people do this all the time

Also this is quite long - it took me about ten minutes to read through

The Metatron

The Voice of God, King of Angels, Prince of Divine Presence, Prince of the World, Prince of the Countenance, lesser YHWH, Angel of the Veil

Just some of the titles that have been attributed to the archangel known as Metatron - the list could go on

Created before or along side fellow archangels - including Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel - he is considered to be above them and the one they defer to. He sits at the hand of God as their scribe and is one of the few angels able to see beyond the veil God sits behind, able to look upon and hear God. He is said to have immense Power and Wisdom

His main job is to write down the good deeds of both Heaven and the Earth and record those in the Book of Life. He is said to have connections to both the Tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life therefore having a special interface between the two realms, physical and celestial - he is a bridge between God and humanity. He is a patron angel of children, giving them the knowledge they had not received and can be said to have been the angel who led the people of Israel through the wilderness. He is in charge of guiding the souls ascending to Heaven.

He is often attributed to roles God, Jesus, and even the Archangel Michael has had - to the point where there is a story of Rabbi Elisha calling out that there were two powers in Heaven and the Metatron is punished by 60 fiery lashes and unable to sit in Gods presence again for not correcting the assumption

Which leads us to the other origin story for him and that is-

Enoch

Now he has one mention in the Bible in the book of Genesis and it is only to say he no longer walks among men because God took him. This then spawned the Book of Enoch - which is really three books. Among other stories that I will get into later - it is the story of a man that was so righteous God took him so he didn’t experience death and made him an angel with all the same roles as we just went over.

This book covers things such as the concepts of fallen angels, a Messiah, Resurrection, the Final Judgement, and a heavenly kingdom on earth

………we aren't going to talk about the Nephilim

But there are these angels called the Watchers who have banded together and turned away from God. Enoch is shown the destruction and knowledge these angels have put upon humanity and shown the four archangels and their task to go about fixing the Earth. Enoch is then tasked with telling the Watchers that they shall have no peace or forgiveness for sin. He then goes on to see the universe - the Earth, the cosmos, and both Heaven and Hell - guided by angels. He sees the fiery pit that is where the Fallen are held and the river where all the dead souls await Judgement. He is shown the cornerstone of Earth and the pillars(mountains) of Heaven, and on the highest one sits the throne of God. He is told the secrets of the stars and is shown the hierarchy of Angels.

He goes on a few journeys through the Heavens and eventually turned into the angel Metatron - which some would say this is a reversal of the Fall of Man, where Enoch is given that “spark" back. Upon reaching the 6th sphere of Heaven the angels call out to God asking why he has been brought to Heaven and God answered that he was righteous and worth the rest of the people - this is placed in flood times I forgot to mention

But why is any of this important? Well we are working with around 10 minutes of screentime people - crumbs I tell you, crumbs.

What really got this going though was Metatron saying this when referring to his outfit and corporation

"This calls for much less attention, though”

This implies the Metatron knows how to blend in - with humans and angels……and demons

But particularly with humans - further proven with the line

"I've ingested things in my time, you know”

Whether or not this is true he is really pushing this in front of Aziraphale and Crowley - clothes and food wonder why - it’s almost like it’s reminiscent of another conversation, one between Aziraphale and Gabriel back in season one at the Sushi restaurant.

Anyway though - the Metatron may not have had the transformation from Enoch but the story is still relevant to who he is as a character - it’s actually a great combination of the two

In season one he only appears as a floating head but I want to start with right before he appears

Four lights come down and four pointed stars start to appear

The thing is I think these are meant to represent our archangel council

The number four and its connection to the Metatron has been sitting in the back of my head for a while now - it's a common grouping in good omens with the horsepeople, the them, the angels, and the demons - but I think it's also a call back to Enoch and the four archangels that guided him, here me out - I mean it’s four colored lights surrounded by stars cmon

The only one missing is Raphael. In season one he is replaced with Sandalphon - who has a special connection to the Metatron with a similar origin story as Enoch and is said to be his twin brother. In season two he is replaced with Saraqael who is also mentioned in the Book of Enoch, one of the only places to do so.

This council though is the last stop before reaching the Metatron - so they have to come first. Four angels at the trial and four (active) angels when he appears in the bookshop. Sensing a theme of needing four angels.

Aziraphale then asks if he is God which is quickly corrected by the Metatron saying he is only the voice and to speak to him is to speak to God which then Aziraphale calls him a presidential spokesperson - and yeah that all tracks for what we know to be his role, just no mention of the other things he is in charge of

Which let’s take a quick break to point out that the Metatron is supposed to guide souls into Heaven - Heaven is very much empty, where are you taking them our dark clothed angel hmmm?

Season two though we really get a look into his character

In the trial we get to see a bunch of floating heads and yet his is still different, as he has no body. He is still concealed with no corporation - behind that curtain

Now we have two instances of this both in Heaven and Earth - not something we see with anyone else who all have a corporation to move about - besides when Aziraphale gets discorporated but even then he is still shown with his whole see-through body. So here is that special interface playing out - his way of showing his position off and maintaining an air of mystery

An interesting thing to note during his speech is him saying that for one prince of heaven to be cast down to hell makes for a good story - in the habit of telling stories about fallen angels there Metatron?

Now we’ve analyzed the coffee shop scene to death and I don’t particularly have anything to add so we are just going to keep truckin

But the bookshop - the bookshop tells us so much.

He walks in and hardly anyone recognizes him - only Crowley and Saraqael. And this makes sense, he’s in a corporal form - out from behind the curtain. The thing that made him special, that put him above other archangels - he’s removed it. They’ve probably never felt his full essence and it’s not like it’s going to set off alarm bells when they are the same rank as you, essentially. Then Crowley describes him in terms he knew Aziraphale (and others) would recognize - finally cluing everyone in

But why Crowley and Saraqael? What makes them special?

I’ll admit I don’t have a clear answer for Saraqael - for why they are different. Only a theory that they are one of the angels that he has keeping an eye on the angelic deeds he was told to keep track of - perhaps even the corporations that are being used, when one is needed and whatnot

Crowley though is a Fallen Angel - the series goes through great lengths to stress this point - this term. You may remember that this is the term used in Enoch to describe the Watchers. The group of angels that turned away from God and Enoch then had to inform them of their fate.

It’s been sprinkled in throughout the series that Crowley only ever asked those “damn fool” questions and went his “own way” with hints that those questions were never asked to God. Which leaves the Metatron. The Metatron who Crowley has seen.

"Oh I know you. Last time I saw you, you were a big, floating giant head, mind.”

The last time implying there was a Before - before the beginning perhaps.

So let’s say God gives this criteria of what qualifies as a rebelling angel which then the Metatron is supposed to carry out the acts of punishment - except he’s an angelic scribe not a fighter so he gives this confrontation job to fellow archangels, let’s say Michael, and tells them this what God told them to do, while he works on the way to make it actually stick - through the Book of Life and finally activating the threat of this book by crossing the angels out causing them to lose their names, their status, their place in paradise

and then comes in this pretty high ranking angel, a prince perhaps, asking these questions that just happen to fit into this criteria but different in the way that they don’t want it all to end and you still turn him away

(I’m probably going to do a whole other thing about the connection between Crowley and the Metatron but for the sake of not derailing this post even more I’m just going to move on)

The Book of Life - The Metatron is said to be the angel that writes in it - records all the names of the beings doing good deeds in both Heaven and Earth. He hears all, sees all, and he’s going through past exploits. And yet has only just recently made a move - he truly is a King

He immediately calls Michael out for their “you’ll be erased from existence” spew saying they don’t have the authority for that and sending them away - implying he does have the authority and he’s here to offer a way for that not to happen**

And here on out we get to see some interesting characteristics. The Metatron has always been one to offer shallow praise - even back in season one - and he is shown to be openly revered and feared. He has this all seeing - big brother affect on all the angels. He is said to see everything it’s only a matter of what and when he chooses to use it. And use it well he does - he’s manipulative with praise and interest, with the knowledge he reveals. He is also in the nature to wind them up and watch them go. I’d say this is a twisted take on the Patron Angel of Children.

So when you take out the parts of those two versions of Metatron’s backstory that we know are not canon to Good Omens and mush it all together - this could be a narrative that comes out

But I want to take a quick dip back into his clothes before rounding this off. He is dressed in darker colors, usually associated with demons, there is just no way to ignore this. An angel with duality written into their clothes - An angel that can go into Hell - An angel that is supposed to guide souls to Heaven and yet there are none but there is an overflow in Hell - An angel that created the back channels.

Now hear me out - I know we are heading into a crack theory area.

Back in season one when Michael brings forward the pictures of Aziraphale and Crowley they say they got them from the Earth observational files - something that the Metatron would be in charge of as the angel tasked with the Book of Life - and ask Gabriel to use the back channels already knowing they were going to.

Michael is the only angel we really see have any connection to these back channels, through the phone and actually going down to Hell. Michael is also very quick to take up the Supreme Archangel spot without explicit permission, a role apparently the Metatron is able to assign. It almost like the Metatron has given them special permission before….

Why would Metatron have use for those back channels though? Well gotta put those human souls somewhere, not that he particularly wants to deal the predictable and dim humans - and why not make sure all plans are running smoothly for the inevitable next War.

There is also this concept called the Humbling of the Metatron - has it already happened or is that where we are heading? All I know is we have a lying***, manipulative, exploitative Angel on our hands

and I truly think that he has made his moves and revealed his cards - it’s only putting it all together

**I really don’t think the Metatron has access to this book like he is foretold to have, like he acts like he does - at least not anymore

***When he orders the coffee he asks for a dash of almond syrup but when telling Aziraphale he says a hefty jiggle - such a weird thing to lie about there Metatron

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This series is mainly just going to be exploring the character that is The Metatron with pretty much every route possible. I’m not trying to say which is the correct conclusion because this character could really go in any direction. This is just for fun. I tired to get all the religious stuff as correct as possible but there is always the room for error, things I’ve missed, etc

but anyway for the next part we are going to dive into another big influence over our series and characters, as Crowley calls them - Occult Forces.

part 2 is out!!

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