Kunz Meyer-Waldeck (1859-1953), 'The Witch of Endor', ''La Ilustración artística'', Oct. 28, 1901 Source

A portrait of Absalom ✨

"Now in all Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him."

- 2 Samuel 14, 25

round 1, part c

isaac’s nightmare…

A renaissance era Catholic religious art image of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. I don't know who the artist is.

rage, rage

I think it's about time I state my opinion on the war in Palestine.

I've been watching and reading viewpoints from both sides of the war. I will not say anything against Israel, because God clearly told Abraham, "I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee" (Genesis 12:3). I do not know whether Israel is doing what God wants them to do or not. Each side is citing genocide, propaganda, and war crimes from the other side, so I figure either both sides are lying, or both sides are doing things that may not be proper, even in war.

What I do know is that God promised that Israel would be His nation forever, because He made an everlasting covenant with them. So He is on their side. But I also know that God does not approve of anyone, including (especially!) his own people, doing things under their own power and outside of His will.

For the record, the Old Testament lists many groups of people- the Ammonite, the Edomites, the Midianites, and others- to whom God sent prophets saying that He would wipe them out because of the things they did to Israel. The descriptions of the things these other nations did often match the things that Israel has claimed Hamas did to them.

But there are some differences between then and now. For one thing, sometimes God didn't even use Israel to destroy these other nations. There are stories in the Bible of God sending wild animals into the cities of Israel's enemies, or of God allowing/arranging things so that Israel's enemies fought each other and the Israelites never had to lift a finger.

And after Jesus' ministry, things changed in the world. We no longer live under "eye for an eye," Jesus called us to love and to forgive, as He does. He often had to correct His disciples and tell them "no, we will not call down fire from heaven," or "put away your sword." And my understanding is that God is waiting until the world has reached a point where there is no one left who will turn to Him, and then Jesus will return and wipe out all those who oppose Him and His people (which, btw, will include only those who have accepted Jesus as their Saviour, whether Gentile Christians or Messianic Jews).

So I can't say whether Israel is fighting this war the way God wants them to fight it. I can't even say that God wants them to fight this war at all. What I can do is pray that Israel does whatever God directs them to do, and if they do not, then I know He will do with Israel whatever He sees fit.

I also know one other thing: that at the end of this age, all the nations of the world will gather and march on Israel at Armageddon. Sometimes God allows people to do certain things, things that we consider to be evil, things that even God says are evil, so that the future will come to pass (I have some other thoughts on this topic, I will address them in another post). So it could be that God is simply allowing Israel to wage this war in the way they are because this is what it will take to make the entire world turn against Israel (and against God). That, to me, is reason enough to stand back and shut my mouth about what I think is right or wrong.

Things the 10 Plagues of Egypt taught me about God:

God doesn't care if he hurts (or kills) innocent people (kids included)

God doesn't care if he hurts/kills innocent animals

God could have freed the Hebrews at any time before Moses was even born but chose to let them suffer (including letting babies suffer being eaten alive by crocs)

Thank goodness we know for sure the Exodus never happened!

David: Oh no, my nemesis's son, my current enemy, is dead! Oh, the Tragedy! Yoav, how could you?? D':

Also David: *ordered said assassination*

Stay yourself, stay curious

Igor Oleynikov - The Old Testament

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The tower of Babel -> the brewery of babel

Paradise -> radish

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