jueves, 8 de enero de 2009
W H Y - O H - I S R A E L ?
Isaiah 30
1 "Woe to My rebellious children," says ETERNAL; "you ask advice from everyone but Me and decide to do what I don't want you to do. You yoke yourselves with unbelievers, thus piling up your sins. 2 For without consulting Me you have gone down to Egypt to find aid and have put your trust in Pharaoh for his protection. 3 But in trusting Pharaoh, you will be disappointed, humiliated and disgraced, for he can't deliver on his promises to save you. 4 For though his power extends to Zoan and Hanes, 5 yet it will all turn out to your shame--he won't help one little bit!"
6 "See them moving slowly across the terrible desert to Egypt--donkeys and camels laden down with treasure to pay for Egypt's aid. On through the badlands they go, where lions and swift venomous snakes live--and Egypt will give you nothing in return! 7 For Egypt's promises are worthless! 'The Reluctant Dragon,' I call her!"
The Disobedient People
8 "Now go and write down this word of mine concerning Egypt, so that it will stand until the end of time, forever and forever, as an indictment of Israel's unbelief. 9 For if you don't write it, they will claim I never warned them. 'Oh no,' they'll say, 'You never told us that!' For they are stubborn rebels. 10 They tell My prophets, 'Shut up--we don't want any more of your reports!' Or they say, 'Don't tell us the truth; tell us nice things; tell us lies. 11 Forget all this gloom; we've heard more than enough about your 'Holy One of Israel' and all He says.'"
12 "This is the reply of the Holy One of Israel: 'Because you despise what I tell you and trust instead in frauds and lies and won't repent, 13 therefore calamity will come upon you suddenly, as upon a BULGING WALL that bursts and falls; in one moment it comes crashing down." 14 "CREATOR will smash you like a broken dish; He will not act sparingly. Not a piece will be left large enough to use for carrying coals from the hearth, or a little water from the well."
15 "For ETERNAL CREATOR, the Holy One of Israel, says: 'Only in returning to Me and waiting for Me will you be saved; in quietness and confidence is your strength; but you'll have none of this.' 16 'No,' you say. 'We will get our help from Egypt; they will give us swift horses for riding to battle.' But the only swiftness you are going to see is the swiftness of your enemies chasing you! 17 One of them will chase a thousand of you! Five of them will scatter you until not two of you are left together. You will be like lonely trees on the distant mountaintops. 18 Yet ETERNAL still waits for you to come to Him so He can show you His love; He will conquer you to bless you, just as He said. For ETERNAL is faithful to His promises. Blessed are all those who wait for Him to help them."
CREATOR Will Bless His People
19 "O My people in Jerusalem, you shall weep no more, for He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. He will answer you. 20 Though He give you the bread of adversity and water of affliction, yet He will be with you to teach you--with your own eyes you will see your Teacher. 21 And if you leave CREATOR's paths and go astray, you will hear a Voice behind you say, 'No, this is the way; walk here.' 22 And you will destroy all your silver idols and gold images and cast them out like filthy things you hate to touch. 'Ugh!' you'll say to them. 'Be gone!' 23 Then CREATOR will bless you with rain at planting time and with wonderful harvests and with ample pastures for your cows. 24 The oxen and young donkeys that till the ground will eat grain, its chaff blown away by the wind. 25 In that day when CREATOR steps in to destroy your enemies, He will give you streams of water flowing down each mountain and every hill. 26 The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sunlight brighter than seven days! So it will be when ETERNAL begins to heal His people and to cure the wounds He gave them."
27 See, ETERNAL comes from afar, aflame with wrath, surrounded by thick rising smoke. His lips are filled with fury; his words consume like fire. 28 His wrath pours out like floods upon them all, to sweep them all away. He will sift out the proud nations and bridle them and lead them off to their doom. 29 But the people of CREATOR will sing a song of solemn joy, like songs in the night when holy feasts are held; his people will have gladness of heart, as when a flutist leads a pilgrim band to Jerusalem to the Mountain of ETERNAL, the Rock of Israel. 30 And ETERNAL shall cause his majestic voice to be heard and shall crush down his mighty arm upon his enemies with angry indignation and devouring flames, with tornados, terrible storms, and huge hailstones. 31 The voice of ETERNAL shall punish the Assyrians, who had been his rod of punishment. 32 And when ETERNAL smites them, his people will rejoice with music and song. 33 The funeral pyre has long been ready, prepared for Molech, the Assyrian CREATOR; it is piled high with wood. The breath of ETERNAL, like fire from a volcano, will set it all on fire.
First Lamentation
1 Aleph Jerusalem's streets, once thronged with people, are silent now. Like a widow broken with grief, She sits alone in Her mourning. She, once queen of nations, is now a slave.
2 Beth She sobs through the night; tears run down her cheeks. Among all Her lovers, there is none to Help Her. All Her friends are now her enemies.
3 Ghimel Why is Judah led away, a slave? Because of all the wrong she did to others, making them Her slaves. Now she sits in exile far away. There is no rest, for those she persecuted have turned and conquered her.
4 Daleth The roads to Zion mourn, no longer filled with joyous throngs who come to celebrate the Temple feasts; the city gates are silent, Her priests groan, Her virgins have been dragged away. Bitterly she weeps.
5 He Her enemies prosper, for ETERNAL has punished Jerusalem for all Her many sins; Her young children are captured and taken far away as slaves.
6 Waw All Her beauty and Her majesty are gone; Her princes are like starving deer that search for pasture -Helpless game too weak to keep on running from their foes.
7 Zain And now in the midst of all Jerusalem's sadness she remembers happy bygone days.
She thinks of all the precious joys she had before Her mocking Enemy struck Her down And there was no one to give Her aid.
8 Heth For Jerusalem sinned so horribly; therefore, she is tossed away like dirty rags. All who honored her despise her now, for they have seen Her stripped naked and humiliated. She groans and hides her face.
9 Teth She indulged herself in immorality and refused to face the fact that punishment was sure to come. Now she lies in the gutter with no one left to lift Her out. O ETERNAL, she cries, see my plight. The enemy has triumphed.
10 Yod Her enemies have plundered her completely, taking everything precious she owns. She has seen foreign nations violate her sacred Temple -foreigners you had forbidden even to enter.
11 Kaph Her people groan and cry for bread; They have sold all they have for food to give a little strength. Look, O ETERNAL, she prays, and see how I'm despised.
12 Lamed Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow because of all ETERNAL has done to me, in the day of His fierce wrath.
13 Mem He has sent fire from Heaven that burns within my bones; He has placed a pitfall in my path and turned me back. He has left me sick and desolate the whole day through.
14 Nun He wove my sins into ropes to hitch me to a yoke of slavery. He sapped my strength and gave me to my enemies; I am Helpless in their hands.
15 Samek ETERNAL has trampled all my mighty men. A great army has come at His command to crush the noblest youth. ETERNAL has trampled His beloved city as grapes in a winepress.
16 Ain For all these things I weep; tears flow down my cheeks. My Comforter is far away-He who alone could Help me. My children have no future; we are a conquered land.
17 Pe Jerusalem pleads for Help, but no one comforts her. for ETERNAL has spoken: Let her neighbors be Her foes! Let her be thrown out like filthy rags!
18 Sade And ETERNAL is right, for we rebelled. And yet, O people everywhere, behold and see my anguish and despair, for my sons and daughters are taken far away as slaves to distant lands.
19 Qoph I begged my allies for their Help. False hope--they could not Help at all. nor could my priests and elders-- they were starving in the streets while searching through the garbage dumps for bread.
20 Resh See, O ETERNAL, my anguish; my Heart is broken and my soul despairs, for I have terribly rebelled. In the streets the sword awaits me; at home, disease and death.
21 Shin Hear my groans! And there is no one anywhere to Help. All my enemies have Heard my troubles, and they are glad to see what you have done. And yet, O ETERNAL, the time will surely come- for You have promised it--when You will do to them as you have done
22 Tau Look also on their sins, O ETERNAL, and punish them as you have punished me, for my sighs are many and my Heart is faint.
Second Lamentation
1 Aleph A cloud of anger from ETERNAL has overcast Jerusalem; the fairest city of Israel lies in the dust of the earth, cast from the Heights of Heaven at His command. In His day of awesome fury He has shown no mercy even to His Temple.
2 Beth ETERNAL without mercy has destroyed every home in Israel. In His wrath He has broken every fortress, every wall. He has brought the kingdom to dust, with all its rulers.
3 Ghimel All the strength of Israel vanishes beneath His wrath. He has withdrawn His protection as the enemy attacks. CREATOR burns across the land of Israel like a raging fire.
4 Daleth He bends His bow against His people as though He were an enemy. His strength is used against them to kill their finest youth. His fury is poured out like fire upon them.
5 He Yes, ETERNAL has vanquished Israel like an enemy. He has destroyed her forts and palaces. Sorrows and tears are His portion for Jerusalem.
6 Waw He has violently broken down His Temple as though it were a booth of leaves and branches in a garden! No longer can the people celebrate their holy feasts and Sabbaths. Kings and priests together fall before His wrath.
7 Zain ETERNAL has rejected His own altar, for He despises the false worship of His people; He has given their palaces to their enemies, who carouse in the Temple as Israel used to do on days of holy feasts!
8 Heth ETERNAL determined to destroy Jerusalem. He laid out an unalterable line of destruction. Therefore the ramparts and walls fell down before Him.
9 Teth Jerusalem's gates are useless. All their locks and bars are broken, for He has crushed them. Her kings and princes are enslaved in far-off lands, without a temple, without a divine law to govern them or prophetic vision to guide them.
10 Yod The elders of Jerusalem sit upon the ground in silence, clothed in sackcloth; they throw dust upon their Heads in sorrow and despair. The virgins of Jerusalem hang their Heads in shame.
11 Kaph I have cried until the tears no longer come; my Heart is broken, my spirit poured out, as I see what has happened to my people; little children and tiny babies are fainting and dying in the streets.
12 Lamed "Mama, Mama, we want food," they cry, and then collapse upon their mothers' shrunken breasts. Their lives ebb away like those wounded in battle.
13 Mem In all the world has there ever been such sorrow? O Jerusalem, what can I compare your anguish to? How can I comfort you? For your wound is deep as the sea. Who can Heal you?
14 Nun Your prophets have said so many foolish things, false to the core. They have not tried to hold you back from slavery by pointing out your sins. They lied and said that all was well.
15 Samek All who pass by scoff and shake their Heads and say, Is this the city called Most Beautiful in All the World,' and 'Joy of All the Earth'?
16 Ain All your enemies deride you. They hiss and grind their teeth and say, "We have destroyed her at last! "Long have we waited for this hour, and it is finally here! "With our own eyes we've seen her fall."
17 Pe But it is ETERNAL who did it, just as He had warned. He has fulfilled the promises of doom He made so long ago. He has destroyed Jerusalem without mercy and caused her enemies to rejoice over her and boast of their power.
18 Sade Then the people wept before ETERNAL. O walls of Jerusalem, let tears fall down upon you like a river; give yourselves no rest from weeping day or night.
19 Qoph Rise in the night and cry to your CREATOR. Pour out your Hearts like water to ETERNAL; lift up your hands to Him; plead for your children as they faint with hunger in the streets.
20 Resh O ETERNAL, think! These are your own people to whom you are doing this. Shall mothers eat their little children, those they bounced upon their knees? Shall priests and prophets die within the Temple of ETERNAL?
21 Shin See them lying in the streets-old and young, boys and girls, killed by the enemies' swords. You have killed them, ETERNAL, in your anger; you have killed them without mercy.
22 Tau You have deliberately called for this destruction; in the day of your anger none escaped or remained. All my little children lie dead upon the streets before the enemy.
Third Lamentation
1 Aleph I am the man who has seen the afflictions that come from the rod of CREATOR's wrath. He has brought me into deepest darkness, shutting out all light. .He has turned against me. Day and night His hand is heavy on me.
2 Beth He has made me old and has broken my bones. He has built forts against me and surrounded me with anguish and distress. He buried me in dark places, like those long dead.
3 Ghimel He has walled me in; I cannot escape; He has fastened me with Heavy chains. And though I cry and shout, He will not Hear my prayers! He has shut me into a place of high, smooth walls; He has filled my path with detours.
4 Daleth He lurks like a bear, like a lion, waiting to attack me. He has dragged me into the underbrush and torn me with His claws, leaving me bleeding and desolate. He has bent His bow and aimed it squarely at me,
5 He And sent His arrows deep within my Heart. My own people laugh at me; all day long they sing their ribald songs. He has filled me with bitterness and given me a cup of deepest sorrows to drink.
6 Waw He has made me eat gravel and broken my teeth; He has rolled me in ashes and dirt. O ETERNAL, all peace and all prosperity have long since gone, for you have taken them away. I have forgotten what enjoyment is. All hope is gone; my strength has turned to water, for ETERNAL has left me.
7 Zain Oh, remember the bitterness and suffering you have dealt to me! For I can never forget these awful years; always my soul will live in utter shame. Yet there is one ray of hope:
8 Het His compassion never ends. It is only ETERNAL's mercies that have kept us from complete destruction. Great is His faithfulness; His loving-kindness begins afresh each day. My soul claims ETERNAL as my inheritance; therefore I will hope in Him.
9 Tet ETERNAL is wonderfully good to those who wait for Him, to those who seek for Him. It is good both to hope and wait quietly for the salvation of ETERNAL. It is good for a young man to be under discipline,
10 Yod For it causes him to sit apart in silence beneath ETERNAL's demands, to lie face downward in the dust; then at last there is hope for him. Let him turn the other cheek to those who strike Him and accept their awful insults,
11 Kaph For ETERNAL will not abandon Him forever although CREATOR gives him grief, yet He will show compassion too, according to the greatness of His loving-kindness. for He does not enjoy afflicting men and causing sorrow.
12 Lamed But you have trampled and crushed beneath your feet the lowly of the world, and deprived men of their CREATOR-given rights, and refused them justice. No wonder ETERNAL has had to deal with you!
12 Mem For who can act against you without ETERNAL's permission? It is ETERNAL who Helps one and harms another. Why then should we, mere humans as we are murmur and complain when punished for our sins?
13 Nun Let us examine ourselves instead, and let us repent and turn again to ETERNAL. Let us lift our Hearts and hands to Him in Heaven, for we have sinned; we have rebelled against ETERNAL, and He has not forgotten it.
14 Samek You have engulfed us by your anger, ETERNAL, and slain us without mercy. You have veiled yourself as with a cloud so that our prayers do not reach through. You have made us as refuse and garbage among the nations.
15 Pe All our enemies have spoken out against us. We are filled with fear, for we are trapped and desolate, destroyed. My eyes flow day and night with never-ending streams of tear because of the destruction of my people.
16 Ain My eyes flow and do not cease, Without interruption, Oh, that ETERNAL might look down from Heaven and respond to my cry! My Heart is breaking over what is happening to the young girls of Jerusalem.
17 Sade My enemies, whom I have never harmed, chased me as though I were a bird. They threw me in a well and capped it with a rock. The water flowed above my Head. I thought, this is the end!
18 Qoph But I called upon your name, O ETERNAL, from deep within the well, and you Heard me! You listened to my pleading; you Heard my weeping! Yes, you came at my despairing cry and told me not to fear.
19 Resh O ETERNAL, You are my lawyer! Plead my case! For you have redeemed my life. You have seen the wrong they did to me; be my Judge, to prove me right. You have seen the plots my foes have laid against me.
20 Shin You have Heard the vile names they have called me, and all they say about me and their whispered plans. See how they laugh and sing with glee, preparing my doom.
21 Tau O ETERNAL, repay them well for all the evil they have done. Harden their Hearts and curse them, ETERNAL. Go after them in fierce pursuit and wipe them off the earth, beneath the Heavens of ETERNAL.
Fourth Lamentation
1 Aleph How the finest gold has lost its luster! For the inlaid Temple walls are scattered in the streets!
2 Beth The cream of our youth--the finest of the gold-- are treated as earthenware pots.
3 Ghimel Even the jackals feed their young, but not my people, Israel. They are like cruel desert ostriches, Heedless of their babies' cries.
4 Daleth The children's tongues stick to the roofs of their mouths for thirst, for there is not
a drop of water left. Babies cry for bread, but no one can give them any.
5 He Those who used to eat fastidiously are begging in the streets for anything at all. Those brought up in palaces now scratch in garbage pits for food.
6 Waw For the sin of my people is greater than that of Sodom, where utter disaster struck in a moment without the hand of man.
7 Zain Our princes were lean and tanned, the finest specimens of men;
8 Heth But now their faces are as black as soot. No one can recognize them. Their skin sticks to their bones; it is dry and hard and withered.
9 Teth Those killed by the sword are far better off than those who die of slow starvation.
10 Yod Tenderhearted women have cooked and eaten their own children; thus they survived the siege.
11 Kaph But now at last the anger of ETERNAL is satisfied; His fiercest anger has been poured out. He started a fire in Jerusalem that burned it down to its foundations.
12 Lamed Not a king in all the earth--no one in all the world--would have believed an enemy could enter through Jerusalem's gates!
13 Mem Yet CREATOR permitted it because of the sins of Her prophets and priests, who defiled the city by shedding innocent blood.
14 Nun Now these same men are blindly staggering through the streets, covered with blood, defiling everything they touch.
15 Samek Get away! the people shout at them. You are defiled! They flee to distant lands and wander there among the foreigners; but none will let them stay.
16 Ain ETERNAL Himself has dealt with them; He no longer Helps them, for they persecuted the priests and elders who stayed true to CREATOR.
17 Pe We look for our allies to come and save us, but we look in vain. The nation we expected most to Help us makes no move at all.
18 Sade We can't go into the streets without danger to our lives. Our end is near--our days are numbered. We are doomed.
19 Qoph Our enemies are swifter than the eagles; if we flee to the mountains they find us, if we hide in the wilderness, they are waiting for us there.
20 Resh Our king--the life of our life, ETERNAL's anointed--was captured in their snares. Yes, even our mighty king, about whom we had boasted That under His protection we could hold our own against any nation on earth!
21 Shin Do you rejoice, O people of Edom, in the land of Uz? But you, too, will feel the awful anger of ETERNAL.
22 Tau Israel's exile for Her sins will end at last, but Edom's never.
Fifth Lamentation
1 Aleph O ETERNAL, remember all that has befallen us; see what sorrows we must bear!
2 Beth Our homes, our nation, now are filled with foreigners.
3 Ghimel We are orphans--our fathers dead, our mothers widowed.
4 Daleth We must even pay for water to drink; our fuel is sold to us at the highest of prices. We bow our necks beneath the victors' feet; unending work is now our lot.
6 Waw We beg for bread from Egypt, and Assyria too.
7 Zain Our fathers sinned but died before the hand of judgment fell. We have borne the blow that they deserved!
8 Heth Our former servants have become our masters; there is no one left to save us.
9Teth We went into the wilderness to hunt for food, risking death from enemies.
10 Yod Our skin was black from famine.
11 Kaph They rape the women of Jerusalem and the girls in Judah's cities.
12 Lamed Our princes are hanged by their thumbs. Even aged men are treated with contempt.
13 Mem They take away the young men to grind their grain, and the little children stagger beneath their Heavy loads.
14 Nun The old men sit no longer in the city gates; the young no longer dance and sing.
15 Samek The joy of our Hearts has ended; our dance has turned to death.
16 Ain Our glory is gone. The crown is fallen from our Head. Woe upon us for our sins.
17 Pe Our Hearts are faint and weary; our eyes grow dim.
18 Sade Jerusalem and the Temple of ETERNAL are desolate, deserted by all but wild animals lurking in the ruins.
19 Qoph O ETERNAL, forever you remain the same! Your throne continues from generation to generation.
20 Resh Why do you forget us forever? Why do you forsake us for so long?
21 Shin Turn us around and bring us back to you again! That is our only hope! Give us back the joys we used to have!
22 Tau Or have you utterly rejected us? Are you angry with us still?
R E F L E X I O N E S
Los siete hábitos mortales vs los siete hábitos de Amor
Los Siete hábitos mortales. Crecimiento espiritual. Superar problemas emocionales. Buenos y malos hábitos.
Muchas personas tenemos estos 7 hábitos mortales, sin darnos cuenta de ello:
1. Castigar
2. Quejarse
3. Culpar
4. Amenazar
5. Perseguir
6. Criticar
7. Sobornar
Estos hábitos hacen que la mayor parte de sus problemas emocionales esten directamente vinculados con el hecho de que usted ha aprendido a tratar de controlar a las personas que lo rodean. Aprendemos esos hábitos en nuestra infancia de maestros, padres, abuelos y otros.
Ejemplo:
Limpia la habitación, sino, no hay televisión para ti esta noche (castigo).
Esas galletas que preparé serán para ti cuando todo esté limpio y ordenado. (soborno).
Después de pasar años expuesto a esta forma de manipular, finalmente comienza a utilizarla también. Probablemente se limpiará la habitación, pero no quedará una buena relación.
El problema práctico de tratar de controlar a otros es que, cada vez que usted cumple, soborne, se queje, critique, castigue o amenace a alguien, encontrará resistencia, le responderán: Lucharán; de hecho la ignorarán, mentirán, harán las cosas a escondidas o acudirán a un millón de medios, para hacer que usted retroceda. Es simplemente la naturaleza humana.
Estamos genéticamente programados para resistir cuando alguien nos trata de obligar a hacer algo que no queremos. Tal vez sea más pronunciado en una persona que en otra, pero a menos que usted reconozca lo que está haciendo y aprenda a buscar lo que desea en una relación, sin tratar de controlar a los demás, todas sus relaciones se convertirán en una lucha por el poder que harán sufrir a todos los involucrados.
LOS 7 HÁBITOS DE AMOR DE LAS PERSONAS REALMENTE FELICES
La mejor manera de eliminar los 7 hábitos mortales es reemplazarlos con los 7 hábitos de amor:
1. Apoyar
2. Estimular
3. Escuchar
4. Aceptar
5. Confiar
6. Respetar
7. Negociar las diferencias.
Pareciera fácil, ya que lo único que uno necesita hacer es aceptar a la gente tal como es. Pero, al igual que muchas cosas valiosas en la vida, los hábitos del amor son más difíciles de poner en práctica de lo que uno podría imaginar, especialmente si representan la personalidad que usted se ha formado. Algunos aspectos que pueden ayudar:
Hágase un análisis realista.
¿Tiene usted los 7 hábitos mortales?
¿Cómo le habló esta mañana a la gente con quien vive? ¿Las estimuló a realizar lo que habían planeado para el DIA?
Escuche con atención: Trate a las personas como si ellos fueran sus mejores amigos. Escuche cada palabra, busque el tiempo para sentarse con las personas y realmente prestarle atención sin distraerse con teléfonos celulares o las exigencias de otras personas.
Visualice su nuevo yo: Haga una imagen mental de usted como una persona que practica los 7 hábitos de amor.
Consérvela en la mente y acuda a ella cuando esté hablando con sus seres queridos, para ver si está actuando como una persona que sabe dar amor.
Haga la pregunta adecuada: En el instante en que surge la necesidad de culpar, quejarse, criticar, insistir, amenazar, castigar o sobornar, antes de decir nada, deténgase y pregúntese ¿Es esto realmente importante?
Acepte la realidad: Uno debe comprender que la única persona que puede cambiar es uno mismo. Cuando usted tiene una diferencia con una persona que es importante en su vida, negocie.
Escoja un modelo: Cuáles son las personas a las que admira más, pregúntese que harían ellas antes de reaccionar con uno de los 7 hábitos mortales.
Escriba sobre sus experiencias: Haga un diario, lo que le ayudará a atravesar la transición y ver sus progresos.
LOS 7 HÁBITOS MORTALES vs. 7 HÁBITOS DE AMOR
CONVIERTA:
Culpar - Aceptar
Sobornar - Estimular
Quejarse - Escuchar
Criticar - Respetar
Perseguir - Solucionar diferencias
Castigar - Apoyar
Amenazar - Confiar
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miércoles, 7 de enero de 2009
¿ Por qué la Guerra?
Carta de Einstein a Freud en 1932
¿Por qué la guerra?
Carta de Einstein a Freud
Caputh, cerca de Potsdam, 30 de julio de 1932.
Estimado profesor Freud:
La propuesta de la Liga de las Naciones y de su Instituto Internacional de Cooperación Intelectual en París para que invite a alguien, elegido por mí mismo, a un franco intercambio de ideas sobre cualquier problema que yo desee escoger me brinda una muy grata oportunidad de debatir con usted una cuestión que, tal como están ahora las cosas, parece el más imperioso de todos los problemas que la civilización debe enfrentar.
El problema es este: ¿Hay algún camino para evitar a la humanidad los estragos de la guerra?
Es bien sabido que, con el avance de la ciencia moderna, éste ha pasado a ser un asunto de vida o muerte para la civilización tal cual la conocemos; sin embargo, pese al empeño que se ha puesto, todo intento de darle solución ha terminado en un lamentable fracaso.
Creo, además, que aquellos que tienen por deber abordar profesional y prácticamente el problema no hacen sino percatarse cada vez más de su impotencia para ello, y albergan ahora un intenso anhelo de conocer las opiniones de quienes, absorbidos en el quehacer científico, pueden ver los problemas del mundo con la perspectiva que la distancia ofrece.
En lo que a mí atañe, el objetivo normal de mi pensamiento no me hace penetrar las oscuridades de la voluntad y el sentimiento humanos.
Así pues, en la indagación que ahora se nos ha propuesto, poco puedo hacer más allá de tratar de aclarar la cuestión y, despejando las soluciones más obvias, permitir que usted ilumine el problema con la luz de su vasto saber acerca de la vida pulsional del hombre.
Hay ciertos obstáculos psicológicos cuya presencia puede borrosamente vislumbrar un lego en las ciencias del alma, pero cuyas interrelaciones y vicisitudes es incapaz de imaginar; estoy seguro de que usted podrá sugerir métodos educativos, más o menos ajenos al ámbito de la política, para eliminar esos obstáculos.
Siendo inmune a las inclinaciones nacionalistas, veo personalmente una manera simple de tratar el aspecto superficial (o sea, administrativo) del problema: la creación, con el consenso internacional, de un cuerpo legislativo y judicial para dirimir cualquier conflicto que surgiere entre las naciones.
Cada nación debería avenirse a respetar las órdenes emanadas de este cuerpo legislativo, someter toda disputa a su decisión, aceptar sin reserva sus dictámenes y llevar a cabo cualquier medida que el tribunal estimare necesaria para la ejecución de sus decretos.
Pero aquí, de entrada, me enfrento con una dificultad; un tribunal es una institución humana que, en la medida en que el poder que posee resulta insuficiente para hacer cumplir sus veredictos, es tanto más propenso a que estos últimos sean desvirtuados por presión extrajudicial.
Este es un hecho que debemos tener en cuenta; el derecho y el poder van inevitablemente de la mano, y las decisiones jurídicas se aproximan más a la justicia ideal que demanda la comunidad (en cuyo nombre e interés se pronuncian dichos veredictos) en tanto y en cuanto ésta tenga un poder efectivo para exigir respeto a su ideal jurídico.
Pero en la actualidad estamos lejos de poseer una organización supranacional competente para emitir veredictos de autoridad incontestable e imponer el acatamiento absoluto a la ejecución de éstos.
Me veo llevado, de tal modo, a mi primer axioma: el logro de seguridad internacional implica la renuncia incondicional, en una cierta medida, de todas las naciones a su libertad de acción, vale decir, a su soberanía, y está claro fuera de toda duda que ningún otro camino puede conducir a esa seguridad.
El escaso éxito que tuvieron, pese a su evidente honestidad, todos los esfuerzos realizados en la última década para alcanzar esta meta no deja lugar a dudas de que hay en juego fuertes factores psicológicos, que paralizan tales esfuerzos. No hay que andar mucho para descubrir algunos de esos factores.
El afán de poder que caracteriza a la clase gobernante de todas las naciones es hostil a cualquier limitación de la soberanía nacional. Este hambre de poder político suele medrar gracias a las actividades de otro grupo guiado por aspiraciones puramente mercenarias, económicas.
Pienso especialmente en ese pequeño pero resuelto grupo, activo en toda nación, compuesto de individuos que, indiferentes a las consideraciones y moderaciones sociales, ven en la guerra, en la fabricación y venta de armamentos, nada más que una ocasión para favorecer sus intereses particulares y extender su autoridad personal.
Ahora bien, reconocer este hecho obvio no es sino el primer paso hacia una apreciación del actual estado de cosas.
Otra cuestión se impone de inmediato:
¿Cómo es posible que esta pequeña camarilla someta al servicio de sus ambiciones la voluntad de la mayoría, para la cual el estado de guerra representa pérdidas y sufrimientos?
(Al referirme a la mayoría, no excluyo a los soldados de todo rango que han elegido la guerra como profesión en la creencia de que con su servicio defienden los más altos intereses de la raza, y de que el ataque es a menudo el mejor método de defensa.)
Una respuesta evidente a esta pregunta parecería ser que la minoría, la clase dominante hoy, tiene bajo su influencia las escuelas y la prensa, y por lo general también la Iglesia. Esto les permite organizar y gobernar las emociones de las masas, y convertirlas en su instrumento.
Sin embargo, ni aun esta respuesta proporciona una solución completa.
De ella surge esta otra pregunta:
¿Cómo es que estos procedimientos logran despertar en los hombres tan salvaje entusiasmo, hasta llevarlos a sacrificar su vida?
Sólo hay una contestación posible: porque el hombre tiene dentro de sí un apetito de odio y destrucción.
En épocas normales esta pasión existe en estado latente, y únicamente emerge en circunstancias inusuales; pero es relativamente sencillo ponerla en juego y exaltarla hasta el poder de una psicosis colectiva.
Aquí radica, tal vez, el quid de todo el complejo de factores que estamos considerando, un enigma que el experto en el conocimiento de las pulsiones humanas puede resolver.
Y así llegamos a nuestro último interrogante:
¿ Es posible controlar la evolución mental del hombre como para ponerlo a salvo de las psicosis del odio y la destructividad ?
En modo alguno pienso aquí solamente en las llamadas “masas ¡letradas”.
La experiencia prueba que es más bien la llamada “intelectualidad” la más proclive a estas desastrosas sugestiones colectivas, ya que el intelectual no tiene contacto directo con la vida al desnudo sino que se topa con esta en su forma sintética más sencilla: sobre la página impresa.
Para terminar: hasta ahora sólo me he referido a las guerras entre naciones, a lo que se conoce como conflictos internacionales. Pero sé muy bien que la pulsión agresiva opera bajo otras formas y en otras circunstancias.
(Pienso en las guerras civiles, por ejemplo, que antaño se debían al fervor religioso, pero en nuestros días a factores sociales; o, también, en la persecución de las minorías raciales).
No obstante, mi insistencia en la forma más típica, cruel y extravagante de conflicto entre los hombres ha sido deliberada, pues en este caso tenemos la mejor oportunidad de descubrir la manera y los medios de tornar imposibles todos los conflictos armados.
Sé que en sus escritos podemos hallar respuestas, explícitas o tácitas, a todos los aspectos de este urgente y absorbente problema. Pero sería para todos nosotros un gran servicio que usted expusiese el problema de la paz mundial a la luz de sus descubrimientos más recientes, porque esa exposición podría muy bien marcar el camino para nuevos y fructíferos modos de acción.
Muy atentamente,
Albert Einstein.
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¿Por qué la guerra?
Carta de Einstein a Freud
Caputh, cerca de Potsdam, 30 de julio de 1932.
Estimado profesor Freud:
La propuesta de la Liga de las Naciones y de su Instituto Internacional de Cooperación Intelectual en París para que invite a alguien, elegido por mí mismo, a un franco intercambio de ideas sobre cualquier problema que yo desee escoger me brinda una muy grata oportunidad de debatir con usted una cuestión que, tal como están ahora las cosas, parece el más imperioso de todos los problemas que la civilización debe enfrentar.
El problema es este: ¿Hay algún camino para evitar a la humanidad los estragos de la guerra?
Es bien sabido que, con el avance de la ciencia moderna, éste ha pasado a ser un asunto de vida o muerte para la civilización tal cual la conocemos; sin embargo, pese al empeño que se ha puesto, todo intento de darle solución ha terminado en un lamentable fracaso.
Creo, además, que aquellos que tienen por deber abordar profesional y prácticamente el problema no hacen sino percatarse cada vez más de su impotencia para ello, y albergan ahora un intenso anhelo de conocer las opiniones de quienes, absorbidos en el quehacer científico, pueden ver los problemas del mundo con la perspectiva que la distancia ofrece.
En lo que a mí atañe, el objetivo normal de mi pensamiento no me hace penetrar las oscuridades de la voluntad y el sentimiento humanos.
Así pues, en la indagación que ahora se nos ha propuesto, poco puedo hacer más allá de tratar de aclarar la cuestión y, despejando las soluciones más obvias, permitir que usted ilumine el problema con la luz de su vasto saber acerca de la vida pulsional del hombre.
Hay ciertos obstáculos psicológicos cuya presencia puede borrosamente vislumbrar un lego en las ciencias del alma, pero cuyas interrelaciones y vicisitudes es incapaz de imaginar; estoy seguro de que usted podrá sugerir métodos educativos, más o menos ajenos al ámbito de la política, para eliminar esos obstáculos.
Siendo inmune a las inclinaciones nacionalistas, veo personalmente una manera simple de tratar el aspecto superficial (o sea, administrativo) del problema: la creación, con el consenso internacional, de un cuerpo legislativo y judicial para dirimir cualquier conflicto que surgiere entre las naciones.
Cada nación debería avenirse a respetar las órdenes emanadas de este cuerpo legislativo, someter toda disputa a su decisión, aceptar sin reserva sus dictámenes y llevar a cabo cualquier medida que el tribunal estimare necesaria para la ejecución de sus decretos.
Pero aquí, de entrada, me enfrento con una dificultad; un tribunal es una institución humana que, en la medida en que el poder que posee resulta insuficiente para hacer cumplir sus veredictos, es tanto más propenso a que estos últimos sean desvirtuados por presión extrajudicial.
Este es un hecho que debemos tener en cuenta; el derecho y el poder van inevitablemente de la mano, y las decisiones jurídicas se aproximan más a la justicia ideal que demanda la comunidad (en cuyo nombre e interés se pronuncian dichos veredictos) en tanto y en cuanto ésta tenga un poder efectivo para exigir respeto a su ideal jurídico.
Pero en la actualidad estamos lejos de poseer una organización supranacional competente para emitir veredictos de autoridad incontestable e imponer el acatamiento absoluto a la ejecución de éstos.
Me veo llevado, de tal modo, a mi primer axioma: el logro de seguridad internacional implica la renuncia incondicional, en una cierta medida, de todas las naciones a su libertad de acción, vale decir, a su soberanía, y está claro fuera de toda duda que ningún otro camino puede conducir a esa seguridad.
El escaso éxito que tuvieron, pese a su evidente honestidad, todos los esfuerzos realizados en la última década para alcanzar esta meta no deja lugar a dudas de que hay en juego fuertes factores psicológicos, que paralizan tales esfuerzos. No hay que andar mucho para descubrir algunos de esos factores.
El afán de poder que caracteriza a la clase gobernante de todas las naciones es hostil a cualquier limitación de la soberanía nacional. Este hambre de poder político suele medrar gracias a las actividades de otro grupo guiado por aspiraciones puramente mercenarias, económicas.
Pienso especialmente en ese pequeño pero resuelto grupo, activo en toda nación, compuesto de individuos que, indiferentes a las consideraciones y moderaciones sociales, ven en la guerra, en la fabricación y venta de armamentos, nada más que una ocasión para favorecer sus intereses particulares y extender su autoridad personal.
Ahora bien, reconocer este hecho obvio no es sino el primer paso hacia una apreciación del actual estado de cosas.
Otra cuestión se impone de inmediato:
¿Cómo es posible que esta pequeña camarilla someta al servicio de sus ambiciones la voluntad de la mayoría, para la cual el estado de guerra representa pérdidas y sufrimientos?
(Al referirme a la mayoría, no excluyo a los soldados de todo rango que han elegido la guerra como profesión en la creencia de que con su servicio defienden los más altos intereses de la raza, y de que el ataque es a menudo el mejor método de defensa.)
Una respuesta evidente a esta pregunta parecería ser que la minoría, la clase dominante hoy, tiene bajo su influencia las escuelas y la prensa, y por lo general también la Iglesia. Esto les permite organizar y gobernar las emociones de las masas, y convertirlas en su instrumento.
Sin embargo, ni aun esta respuesta proporciona una solución completa.
De ella surge esta otra pregunta:
¿Cómo es que estos procedimientos logran despertar en los hombres tan salvaje entusiasmo, hasta llevarlos a sacrificar su vida?
Sólo hay una contestación posible: porque el hombre tiene dentro de sí un apetito de odio y destrucción.
En épocas normales esta pasión existe en estado latente, y únicamente emerge en circunstancias inusuales; pero es relativamente sencillo ponerla en juego y exaltarla hasta el poder de una psicosis colectiva.
Aquí radica, tal vez, el quid de todo el complejo de factores que estamos considerando, un enigma que el experto en el conocimiento de las pulsiones humanas puede resolver.
Y así llegamos a nuestro último interrogante:
¿ Es posible controlar la evolución mental del hombre como para ponerlo a salvo de las psicosis del odio y la destructividad ?
En modo alguno pienso aquí solamente en las llamadas “masas ¡letradas”.
La experiencia prueba que es más bien la llamada “intelectualidad” la más proclive a estas desastrosas sugestiones colectivas, ya que el intelectual no tiene contacto directo con la vida al desnudo sino que se topa con esta en su forma sintética más sencilla: sobre la página impresa.
Para terminar: hasta ahora sólo me he referido a las guerras entre naciones, a lo que se conoce como conflictos internacionales. Pero sé muy bien que la pulsión agresiva opera bajo otras formas y en otras circunstancias.
(Pienso en las guerras civiles, por ejemplo, que antaño se debían al fervor religioso, pero en nuestros días a factores sociales; o, también, en la persecución de las minorías raciales).
No obstante, mi insistencia en la forma más típica, cruel y extravagante de conflicto entre los hombres ha sido deliberada, pues en este caso tenemos la mejor oportunidad de descubrir la manera y los medios de tornar imposibles todos los conflictos armados.
Sé que en sus escritos podemos hallar respuestas, explícitas o tácitas, a todos los aspectos de este urgente y absorbente problema. Pero sería para todos nosotros un gran servicio que usted expusiese el problema de la paz mundial a la luz de sus descubrimientos más recientes, porque esa exposición podría muy bien marcar el camino para nuevos y fructíferos modos de acción.
Muy atentamente,
Albert Einstein.
________________________________________
A CALLING TO JUDAH AND THE JEWS
By: J.N.Robles Olarte
Why the title? Because not all from Judah are Jews and not all Jews are from Jacob´s or Israel´s descent. The first one not want to believe their Eternal´s Creator words but their Hahans and Rabbies and the second one do not know who they are. We have chosen some few verses of the Holy Scriptures where we will see clearly what our Eternal Father has for all of us in His mind. A reality that will come soon a fact in this world.These callings and warnings are not for sake of Judah or Israel but for the sake of His same Name and for the sake of His Servant David (Isaiah 37 : 35)
“Because Rebel Israel had committed adultery, I cast her off and handed her a bill of divorce, yet her sister, Faithless Judah , was not afraid—she too went and whored., Indeed, the land was –and is—defiled by her casual immorality, as she committed –spiritual- adultery with stone and with wood. And after all that, her sister Faithless Judah, did not –had not- return to ME wholeheartedly, but insincerely—declares Eternal Creator.”
Jeremiah 3 . 8 – 10
Judah thinks that they have the blessings of our Almighty Creator yet. They continue doing the same things that in old times, forgetting His teachings and believing more what their Rabbies and Hahans say to them. But our Almighty Creator teach us very clearly that we need to observe and practice these words:
“Turn back . O rebellious children, I will heal your afflictions! Open your hearts to the Creator. Remove the thickening about your hearts— men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem – Lest My wrath break forth like fire, and burn, with none to quench it, because of you wicked acts.
“For My people are stupid, they give Me no heed; they are foolish children, they are not intelligent. They are clever at doing wrong, but unable do to right.”•
Jeremiah 3 . 22, 4 : 4, 22
“Hear O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for Eternal Creator has spoken: “I reared children and brought them up – and they have rebelled against Me! But rebels and sinner shall all be crushed, and those who forsake Eternal Creator shall perish.”
Isaiah 1 : 2, 28
Look at what He will do to His beloved people because the Judah´s conduct:
“For lo! The Sovereign Lord of Hosts will remove from Jerusalem and from Judah prop and stay, every prop of food and every prop of water, soldier and warrior, magistrate and prophet –false prophets-- augur and elder, captain of fifty, magnate and counselor, skilled artisan and expert enchanter; and He will make boys their rulers an babes shall govern them.”
“Ah, those who call evil good and good evil; who present darkness as light and light as darkness; who present bitter as sweet and sweet as bitter!
Isaiah 3 : 1 – 4 ; 5 : 20
Our Almighty Father gives us the description about His loved people:
“For the vineyard of Eternal Creator, Lord of Hosts, is the House of Israel, and the seedling He lovingly tended are the men of Judah”
Isaiah 5 : 7
We will see what our Eternal Creator has been doing to His people, Israel and Judah and what will happen then:
“Hear indeed, but do not understand; see, indeed, but do not grasp. Dull that peoples´s mind , stop its ears, and seal its eyes- lest seeing with its eyes and hearing with its ears, it also grasp with its mind, and repent and save itself.”
“Howl! For the Day of the Eternal is near , it shall come like havoc from Shaddai…Lo! The Day of Eternal is coming with pitiless fury and wrath, to make the earth a desolation, to wipe out the sinners upon it. The stars and constellations of heaven shall give off their light; the sun shall be dark when it rises, and the moon shall diffuse no glow. And I will requite to the world its evil, and to the wicked their iniquity; I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant and humble the haughtiness of tyrants…Therefore shall heaven be shaken and earth leap out of its place, at the fury of Eternal Creator , Lord of , on the Day of His burning wrath.”
Isaiah 6 : 9; 13 : 6, 9-11, 13
But not all will be a just wrath of our loved Eternal Creator but mercy and love. Let us read what He says to us, His loved people:
“But Eternal Creator will pardon Jacob and will again choose ISRAEL, and will settle them on their own soil. And strangers shall join them and shall cleave to the House of Jacob.” .“In That Day, Israel shall be a third partner with Egypt an Assyria as a blessing on earth; for Eternal Creator , Lord of Hosts, will bless them, saying “Blessed be My people Egypt , My handiwork Assyria, and My very own Israel.”
Isaiah 143 : 1; 19 : 24
But we must remember always the advices of our Eternal Creator and loved Father:
“Eternal Creator will strip the earth bare, and lay it waste, and twist its surface, and scatter its inhabitants. Layman and priest shall fare alike, slave and master, handmaid and mistrees, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.”
Isaiah 24 : 1,2
The reasons of all that about?
“For the earth was defiled –it´s defiled yet- under its inhabitants; because they transgressed teachings, violated laws, broke the ancient covenant. That is why a curse consume the earth, ands its inhabitants pay the penalty; That is why earth´s dwellers have dwindled, and but few men are –will be- left.”
“Terror, and pit, and trap upon you who dwell on earth! He who flees at the report of the terror shall fall into the pit; and he who climbs out of the pit shall be caught in the trap. For sluices are opened on high, and earth´s foundation tremble. The earth is breaking, breaking. The earth is crumbling, crumbling. The earth is tottering, tottering; the earth is swaying like a drunkard; It´s rocking to and fro like a hut. Its iniquity shall weight it down, and it shall fall, to rise no more. In THAT DAY , Eternal Creator will punish the host of heaven in heaven and the kings of the earth on earth.”
Isaiah 24 : 17 – 21
And speaking Eternal about the Mount of Zion, He says:
“And He –Eternal Creator- will destroy on this mount the shroud that is drawn over the faces of all the peoples and the covering that is spread over all the nations: He will destroy death forever. Our Eternal Creator will wipe the tears away from all faces and will put an end to the reproach of His people over all the earth – for it is Eternal Who has spoken.”
Isaiah 25 : 7 - 8
From: "The Jewish Bible, Tanakh, 1985
viernes, 2 de enero de 2009
DEFENDER LA ALEGRIA COMO UNA TRINCHERA
Mario Benedetti
Defender la alegría como una trinchera
defenderla del escándalo y la rutina
de la miseria y los miserables
de las ausencias transitorias
y las definitivas
defender la alegría como un principio
defenderla del pasmo y las pesadillas
de los neutrales y de los neutrones
de las dulces infamias
y los graves diagnósticos
defender la alegría como una bandera
defenderla del rayo y la melancolía
de los ingenuos y de los canallas
de la retórica y los paros cardiacos
de las endemias y las academias
defender la alegría como un destino
defenderla del fuego y de los bomberos
de los suicidas y los homicidas
de las vacaciones y del agobio
de la obligación de estar alegres
defender la alegría como una certeza
defenderla del óxido y la roña
de la famosa pátina del tiempo
del relente y del oportunismo
de los proxenetas de la risa
defender la alegría como un derecho
defenderla de los dioses del mundo y del invierno
de las mayúsculas y de la muerte
de los apellidos y las lástimas
del azar
y también de la alegría.
Defender la alegría como una trinchera
defenderla del escándalo y la rutina
de la miseria y los miserables
de las ausencias transitorias
y las definitivas
defender la alegría como un principio
defenderla del pasmo y las pesadillas
de los neutrales y de los neutrones
de las dulces infamias
y los graves diagnósticos
defender la alegría como una bandera
defenderla del rayo y la melancolía
de los ingenuos y de los canallas
de la retórica y los paros cardiacos
de las endemias y las academias
defender la alegría como un destino
defenderla del fuego y de los bomberos
de los suicidas y los homicidas
de las vacaciones y del agobio
de la obligación de estar alegres
defender la alegría como una certeza
defenderla del óxido y la roña
de la famosa pátina del tiempo
del relente y del oportunismo
de los proxenetas de la risa
defender la alegría como un derecho
defenderla de los dioses del mundo y del invierno
de las mayúsculas y de la muerte
de los apellidos y las lástimas
del azar
y también de la alegría.
jueves, 25 de diciembre de 2008
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BEWTEEN THE JEWS AND ISRAEL
What Is the Difference Between
the Jews & Israel
by Charles J. Voss
Did you know that the first place the word "Jew" is used in the Bible the JEWS ARE AT WAR WITH ISRAEL?
2 Kng 16:5-6 (KJV) "Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave* the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day."
*The word "drave" is a direct quote from the Kings James and it is archaic old "English," in modern times we would say "drove."
Did you know that all Jews are Israelites but not all Israelites are Jewish? How could that possibly be? The story begins with Abraham and his obedience to the Great CREATOR, who then gave him many promises. One of the promises was that his descendants would make up many nations:
Gen. 17:3-5 "Then Abram fell on his face, and CREATOR talked with him, saying: `As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.'" 1
Another of these promises was that these descendants of Abraham would be called the sons of Isaac:
Gen. 21:12 "And CREATOR said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called."
Even though Sarah was barren and was in her old age, the Great CREATOR intervened and she gave birth to a son and named him Isaac, (Gen. 21:2-3). Isaac had two sons Esau and Jacob. The birthright of Isaac was passed to Jacob (Gen. 25:24-33). Jacob's name was changed to Israel, (Gen. 35:10). Thus all the sons that Israel (Jacob) had became known as the "sons of Israel," and the resulting nation became the nation of Israel. Yet the overriding name would still be the "sons of Isaac."
The twelve sons of Israel (Jacob) were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher (Gen. 35:23-26). The families of each of these sons became large and were known as the twelve tribes of Israel. Moses later brought these Israelite tribes out of slavery in Egypt.
However, Joseph had two sons named Ephraim and Manasseh that took his place as two tribes, (Gen. 48:9-16). Joseph then accounted for two tribes, thus there were a total of thirteen tribes of Israel.
The tribe of Judah sprang from one man--Judah, who was only one of Israel's (Jacob's) children. They were later called the Jews. The Jewish people are only one-thirteenth of the tribes of Israel. This is a bit confusing because most Jews live in the country of Israel and in New York State. However, we can see that all Jews are Israelites but not all Israelites are Jewish.
The tribe of Levi became the Levitical priesthood, was scattered among all the tribes*, and was not counted as a tribal nation (Lev. 1:47-50). Thus, although there were actually thirteen tribes, they were counted only as twelve tribal nations.
* Most of the Levites returned to Jerusalem soon after the ancient nation of Israel divided into two nations (2 Chron 11:13) yet they never were counted as a nation of Israel.
Who are the people of Israel in today's world?
Abraham was promised that his descendants would become as numerous as the stars in the heavens (Gen. 17:5-7). Notice the longevity to the nations of Israel of a thousand generations that our CREATOR has promised:
Deut. 7:6-9 "For you are a holy people to ETERNAL CREATOR; ETERNAL CREATOR has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. ETERNAL did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because ETERNAL loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, ETERNAL has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Therefore know that ETERNAL CREATOR He is CREATOR the faithful CREATOR who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments."
Next ETERNAL CREATOR said the House of Israel would be taken captive. Take note that the House of Judah (Jews) is mentioned by itself, and that both nations are mentioned together as the House of Isaac. Therefore, it requires both Israel and Judah together to make up the House of Isaac.
Amos 7:9-16 "'The high places of Isaac shall be desolate, And the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste. I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.' Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, 'Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. For thus Amos has said: 'Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive from their own land.' Then Amaziah said to Amos: [Go, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah. There eat bread, and there prophesy. But never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is the royal residence.' Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah: 'I was no prophet; or was I a son of a prophet, but I was a sheepherder and a tender of sycamore fruit. Then ETERNAL took me as I followed the flock, And ETERNAL said to me, `Go, prophesy to My people Israel.` Now therefore, hear the word of ETERNAL: you say, `Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not spout against the house of Isaac.'"
After King Solomon's death, the Commonwealth of Israel split into two nations. The Northern Kingdom consisting of ten tribes became the nation of Israel with Shechem as the first capital. Samaria eventually became the permanent political capital of the Northern Kingdom. Israel consisted of the tribes of Reuben, Simeon, Issachar, Zebulun, Ephraim, Manasseh, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. Jeroboam (their king) set up a golden calf in Dan and one in Bethel and turned their religion to pagan mythology causing them to be taken into captivity and losing their identity.
The Southern Kingdom consisted of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and part of Levi, which became the nation of Judah with its capital remaining in Jerusalem. Judah was later taken into Babylonian captivity but retained the sign of the Sabbath and did not lose its identity as the tribe of Judah. After seventy years, most of them returned to Jerusalem to build the second Temple.
Since Israel had turned to a mythological religion, It no longer worshipped The Mighty One of Israel or kept the Sabbath. They worshipped the mythological sun 'god' on the first day of the week instead. The CREATOR set the Sabbath for all of Israel for a sign between Himself and Israel for all generations (Ex. 31:13: Ezek. 20:12,20). Thus Israel became the "lost ten tribes."
As time progressed Assyria became a powerful empire. They captured and deported the ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Israel in approximately 740 to 720 BCE (before Common Era). Assyria removed Israel from their homeland and replaced them with other captured peoples of the Assyrian Empire. The captured people of Israel were placed in the western part of the empire. Later Babylon became the world ruling empire - replacing Assyria. Rather than be taken captive by the Babylonians, the Assyrians migrated westward and, in doing so, they pushed the Israelites farther westward.
In the late 1800's some clay Assyrian cuneiform tablets were discovered and they were finally translated in the 1930's. These tablets were Assyrian records of this 700's BCE Israelite deportation. There were records of four deportations, which proved the ten tribes of the northern Nation of Israel were assembled into Assyrian culture and became identifiable as the Camerians, the Sycthians, and the Goths. Our records of ancient history show that over several hundred years, and through different paths, the Sycthian, Camerian and the Goths migrated essentially to northwest Europe and became known as the Anglo-Saxon Celtic people.
Linguistic analysis of the word "Anglo-Saxon" shows the word "Saxon" means "sons of Isaac." This is exactly what was promised to Abraham and again to Jacob:
Gen. 48:16 "The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."
Our CREATOR's statement to Abraham, "in Isaac shall your seed be called" has now happened exactly that way. The basic message the CREATOR was relaying through Abraham is, "That through Isaac the Children of Israel will be able to learn their identity."
Secular history traces the Anglo-Saxon "lost ten tribes" of Israel through the Caucasus Mountains, where they picked up the name Caucasians. From there they migrated into Europe and England. Portions of them migrated from Europe to America. Generally speaking, the democracies of Europe, America, and the countries of the former British Commonwealth are the "lost tribes" of Israel. Most people in these countries have the mistaken feeling that they are gentile because most people today have no idea past two or three generations where they came from.
The people of NW Europe migrated to the British Isles, Ireland, and Scotland. They colonized South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and America. Since they were from the Anglo-Saxon, Celtic people and are called Saxons (sons of Isaac), this is a fulfillment of prophecy.
For a long time many people have felt there was more to the Hebrew Scriptures (OT) than they have been taught. This is true because the Hebrew Scriptures is written to the people of Israel. The world time clock says we are less than a minute away from midnight. The hour is late in this earth age and the time is too short just to be playing church. Educate yourself on the location of Israel7 and the truth of The Holy Scriptures.
Footnotes
1. From the New Kings James Version and all emphasis are ours. We will use ETERNAL in place of "the Lord" and CREATOR in place of "God."
sábado, 20 de diciembre de 2008
ESCUCHA LA SABIDURÍA DEL SABIO
" Camina plácido entre el ruido y la prisa:
y piensa en la paz
que se puede encontrar en el silencio.
En cuanto sea posible y sin rendirte,
mantén buenas relaciones
Con todas las personas .
Enuncia tu verdad en una manera serena y clara;
Y escucha a los demás,
incluso al torpe e ignorante,
También ellos tienen su propia historia.
Esquiva a las personas ruidosas y agresivas,
Pues son un fastidio para el espíritu.
Si te comparas con los demás...
te volverás vano y amargado;
Pues siempre habrá personas
más grandes y mas pequeñas que tu.
Disfruta de tus éxito
lo mismo que de tus planes;
Mantén el interés en tu propia carrera,
por humilde que sea;
Ella es un verdadero tesoro
en el cambiar de los tiempos.
Se cauto en tus negocios,
pues el mundo esta lleno de engaños;
Mas no dejes que esto te vuelva ciego
para la virtud que existe;
Hay muchas personas
que se esfuerzan por alcanzar nobles ideales;
La vida esta llena de heroísmo.
Se sincero contigo mismo,
en especial no finjas el afecto,
Y no seas cínico en el amor,
pues en medio de todas las arideces
Y desengaños es perenne como la hierba.
Acata dócilmente el consejo de los años,
Abandonado con donaire
las cosas de la juventud.
Cultiva la firmeza de el espíritu
para que te proteja
En las adversidades repentinas.
Muchos temores
nacen de la fatiga y la soledad.
Sobre una sana disciplina,
se benigo contigo mismo.
Tu eres una criatura del universo;
No menos que las plantas y las estrellas,
Tienes derecho a existir
y sea que te resulte claro o no,
Indudablemente
el universo marcha como debiera.
Por eso debes estar en paz con Dios,
cualquier que sea tu idea de el;
Y sean cualquiera tus trabajos y aspiraciones
Conserva la paz con tu alma;
en la bulliciosa confusión de la vida.
Aun con toda su farsa,
penalidades y sueños fallidos
El mundo es todavía hermoso;
se cauto y esfuérzate por ser feliz!!!"...
y piensa en la paz
que se puede encontrar en el silencio.
En cuanto sea posible y sin rendirte,
mantén buenas relaciones
Con todas las personas .
Enuncia tu verdad en una manera serena y clara;
Y escucha a los demás,
incluso al torpe e ignorante,
También ellos tienen su propia historia.
Esquiva a las personas ruidosas y agresivas,
Pues son un fastidio para el espíritu.
Si te comparas con los demás...
te volverás vano y amargado;
Pues siempre habrá personas
más grandes y mas pequeñas que tu.
Disfruta de tus éxito
lo mismo que de tus planes;
Mantén el interés en tu propia carrera,
por humilde que sea;
Ella es un verdadero tesoro
en el cambiar de los tiempos.
Se cauto en tus negocios,
pues el mundo esta lleno de engaños;
Mas no dejes que esto te vuelva ciego
para la virtud que existe;
Hay muchas personas
que se esfuerzan por alcanzar nobles ideales;
La vida esta llena de heroísmo.
Se sincero contigo mismo,
en especial no finjas el afecto,
Y no seas cínico en el amor,
pues en medio de todas las arideces
Y desengaños es perenne como la hierba.
Acata dócilmente el consejo de los años,
Abandonado con donaire
las cosas de la juventud.
Cultiva la firmeza de el espíritu
para que te proteja
En las adversidades repentinas.
Muchos temores
nacen de la fatiga y la soledad.
Sobre una sana disciplina,
se benigo contigo mismo.
Tu eres una criatura del universo;
No menos que las plantas y las estrellas,
Tienes derecho a existir
y sea que te resulte claro o no,
Indudablemente
el universo marcha como debiera.
Por eso debes estar en paz con Dios,
cualquier que sea tu idea de el;
Y sean cualquiera tus trabajos y aspiraciones
Conserva la paz con tu alma;
en la bulliciosa confusión de la vida.
Aun con toda su farsa,
penalidades y sueños fallidos
El mundo es todavía hermoso;
se cauto y esfuérzate por ser feliz!!!"...
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