I received in the mail the other day the latest entry in IVP's excellent series of dictionaries: Dictionary of the Old Testament: Wisdom, Poetry & Writings, edited by Tremper Longman and Peter Enns. It contains 148 articles by experts on all aspects of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Lamentations, Ruth, and Esther.This volume joins two others for the OT:

 

• Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch
• Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books

A volume on the Prophets is also in the works, but no word yet on whether there will be a companion OT Backgrounds conmmentary.The NT side of the series is already complete:

 

• Dictionary of New Testament Background
• Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels
• Dictionary of Paul and His Letters
• Dictionary of Later New Testament & Its Developments

The entire series is well worth having.You can also get all the dictionaries--and more--electronically on the

IVP Essential Reference Collection.

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So I am a pagan. Did you know that? I'm sure you didn't but if you look it up it's the coolest thing since Scientology. You should join in, everyone is doing it, check it out!

The term can be defined broadly, to encompass the faith traditions outside the Abrahamic monotheistic group of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Actually, that's not all that impressive. It's just a cop out from calling myself an Atheist, which in my mind is a lot like yelling "Yo' Momma" jokes while walking blindfolded at night. It's also a book smartish way to say that I don't care about religion at all.

It's not that I am anti-religion, I see it's affects and have gained personally from it's various holidays of giving. Christmas, the birthday party of a man I don't believe in has served me VERY well. Annually receiving gifts, without ANY fear of crucification at all. So as many wonder, what has drawn me to a pagan path?

It's not so much that I shut out any religion (though I have slammed doors on missionaries) it's mostly because I was never taught anything biblical or otherwise. I learned a bit about Jesus and God from various religious relatives and pop culture, but for the bulk of my life, I have had no contact with anything holy. I could blame my parents for this, but I'm really not one to blame. 

The unfortunate part of this paganism is not so much my eternal damnation, but the realization that I know more about the relative canon of "The Simpsons", than I do about the entire hebrew race of people. I mention The Simpsons mostly for two reasons; 1: I've watched The Simpsons like some people read the bible, and 2: Most of the what I know about Judaeo-Christian religions is based on what I have learned from various episodes of the show.

Most notably, the fact that Krusty the Klown is jewish was a major turning point in my life, in a sense. Before the classic episode, I had no idea what a Bris was, or even who or what a Rabbi was. I always assumed that like The Greatful Dead, ZZ Top had an aging fan base of die hards.

This is a bit embarrassing, considering that I am currently editing a Bat-Mitzvah video (which I now know is a Bar-Mitzvah for girls). Even more embarrassing is that through my entire life, I have only known one practicing jewish person. I know a million and a half different Christians, each with some specific name for their sect, but only one practicing jew!

I assume this is not my fault, small town Alberta isn't really a place where one will find much culture without looking for it, but now that I am in Montreal, I feel a bit out of place. It's the only thing that is really reminding me of my deep redneck roots, that and the pale shade of red that keeps plaguing all attempts at fitting in.

So anyways, my post has become unstructured and I should be making my way in to the weekend. I will leave you with a request; Anonymously (or not) post your religion (or one that you think is super cool) and link me a thing or two that I did not already know about it (assume I know very little, but please challenge me a bit).

Christian religions get 1 point per link, unless they are specifically protestant or catholic facts, then you get 2 points. Anything else gets 2 points, except any religion that adheres to the spiritual governance by animals, that will get you 4 points (5 if the animal is also half human). If your religion involves any form of cannibalism you get 10 points, please provide some type of proof (no pictures).

Finally, you win the contest if you can provide a link to scripture or religious law that explicably contradicts another of it's own laws. (Note: I assume almost every religion does this, and I will assume that ANYONE that can find this flaw in their own religion is truly a winner.) Each point can be redeemed for 1 ounce of pure gold or precious metal of choice, available for pickup in your prescribed afterlife (tell them Jaron sent you).

「不輕易發怒」希伯來原文是 אֶ֥רֶךְ אַפַּ֖יִם，直譯是「長鼻子」（另參出34:6；民14:18；尼9:17；詩86:15；145:8；箴14:29；16:32；19:11；珥2:13；拿4:2；鴻1:3）。

《七十士譯本》用希臘文 μακρόθυμος，直譯是「長的怒氣」，意思是會有很長時間才發怒（不是要發怒很久的意思）。所以我們看到有些英文譯本用long-suffering，意思是長期忍受。總之，所要表達的都是「忍耐」「耐心」「不立刻發作」的意思。

為什麼希伯來文「怒氣」和「鼻子」（或「鼻孔」）是同一個字呢？你想想看，怒氣不是要從鼻孔出來嗎？所以鼻子越長，怒氣出來得越慢，不是很邏輯嗎？

感謝主，上帝的鼻子非常長，否則我們常常得罪祂的人怎能存活至今呢？

這個禮拜被學生氣得要死，所以特撰此文，勸勉自己鼻子要長！

]]> http://postedat.wordpress.com/?p=31 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:12:13 +0000 thenonconformer http://postedat.wordpress.com/?p=31 Florida Healing Outpouring with Todd Bentley: 30 Reasons for Healing (16-30)

27 06 2008

God has a hissy fit. He still hasn't learned to stay out of Hebrew affairs
Leviticus 26:27-34
" 'If in spite of this you still do not listen to me but continue to be hostile toward me, then in my anger I will be hostile toward you, and I myself will punish you for your sins seven times over. You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.  I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and I will abhor you. I will turn your cities into ruins and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will take no delight in the pleasing aroma of your offerings. I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who live there will be appalled. I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out my sword and pursue you. Your land will be laid waste, and your cities will lie in ruins."

1 Chronicles 21:14
"So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men." These were innocents by the way.

Somehow I'm missing the love here.

Hosea 13:16
"The people of Samaria must bear the consequences of their guilt because they rebelled against their God. They will be killed by an invading army, their little ones dashed to death against the ground, their pregnant women ripped open by swords."  I think I'm going to be sick here. Are we seeing the love yet?

These, of course, are just a few of the scriptures that illustrate the love that courses throughout the OT part of the Bible.  How people can read past these things and not be suspicious of the supposed God behind them is beyond me.

Is it any wonder that Paul, in his New Testament takeover, quickly steers the focus of the faithful away from this Old Testament Ogre, and into the different world vision of his supposed encounter with Jesus on the road (in a beam of light) to Damascus.  Using the established OT world vision that many/most people of that culture were acquainted with, and building a new mythology, a new religion based on a kinder, gentler God image.  Jesus...a God of Love...yea, that's the ticket.  Well, he didn't really work out Jesus being God...that had to wait until the Catholics got into power.  The early theology was a little rough and had to be tweaked a bit to make it more believable

I think Paul was looking around at all the religious fervor going on in his time, and got to thinking that if he could somehow meld the established OT religion (which Jesus was espousing) into the new mold of a milder spiritual personality that didn't go around killing, raping, and torturing ...he just might achieve lifetime employment for himself. The apostles didn't seem to be doing much with their inheritance, why not fudge a little and scoop up this opportunity and run with it.

The concept of ‘original sin' was pure genius on his part.  Oh, the possibilities of this for sermons, placing guilt on the masses, and solidifying his place in history. A new concept that heretofore was not even thought of or mentioned in OT writings, or by Jesus, and he was able...by himself... to get it accepted by the theologians and common folk.  What a guy.

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Romans 11:26 says, "And so all Israel will be saved." What does this mean?

Obviously, it doesn't mean every Jew will be saved. In fact, the same chapter says God hopes to "save some of them" (vs. 14). Judas was a Jew, yet we know he will be lost for betraying Christ. Jesus called him, "the son of perdition" (John 17:12). Jesus told many Jews, "If you do not believe I am He [the Messiah], you will die in your sins" (John 8:24). Not every Jew believes in Jesus Christ, thus many will "die in their sins" and be lost.

Many Christians today interpret Romans 11:26 as applying to the end of the seven-year tribulation when Jesus appears in the clouds at His Second Coming. In other words, they don't apply the verse to all Jews throughout history, but only to "all Jews" who are alive at the end. Supposedly, at the end of the tribulation, all remaining Jews in Israel will look up, see Christ coming in the clouds, realize He is the true Messiah, believe in Him, and thus "All Israel will be saved."

This is a false teaching, as I will attempt to show.

1. First, the context of Romans 11 is not the Second Coming.
2. "There is no partiality with God" (Romans 2:5-11). It would be an act of partiality to save "all Jews" at the end, but not "all Jews" in history. The idea is, "When all final Jews see Christ coming in the clouds, then they will believe." But this would give those final Jews a supposedly irresistible opportunity to believe in Jesus Christ which past Jews have not had. Nor would this be fair to "all Gentiles" living at the end. Why would God save all Jews at the end but not all Gentiles? All Gentiles will see Jesus coming just like all Jews.
3. When Christ finally appears in the clouds, IT'S TOO LATE TO BELIEVE IN HIM. Rev. 22:11,12 says that before He comes in the clouds, all decisions have already been made. Jesus said it will be like Noah's day (Mat. 24:37-39). In Noah's day the door of the ark closed before the flood came (Gen. 7:16). When the flood came, it was too late. To save all Jews AT THE SECOND COMING would be like saving all those outside the ark WHEN THE RAIN STARTED FALLING.
4. When Jesus comes in the clouds, this is the time of judgment upon ALL unbelievers who don't know God nor obey the gospel (2 Thess. 1:7-10; Jude 14,15).

So what does this mean, "All Israel shall be saved"? First of all, Romans 9:6 says there are two Israels. one is an Israel according to the flesh (Romans 9:3,4) and the other is the Israel of God (Galatians 6:14-16). The Israel of God is composed of both Jews and Gentiles who believe in Jesus Christ (Gal. 3:29). Gentiles who believe are grafted in. They become part of the "same body" with believing Jews (Eph. 3:6). Paul calls this unity of believing Jews and Gentiles, "the mystery of Christ" (Eph. 3:4).

The immediate context of Romans 11:26 is vs. 25. When "the fullness of the Gentiles has come in," then "all Israel will be saved." Or, to be exact, "And so all Israel will be saved." In other words, the coming in of the fullness or total number of the Gentiles results in "all Israel" being saved. Paul's idea seems to be that when all Gentiles (totally, throughout history) have come in, that is, have been grafted into the Vine, they, uniting with all Jews who have become believers, will form the total number of the saved. Paul also reveals that when Gentiles come in, God can use this to motivate some Jews to believe (verses 11 & 14). Vs. 25 calls this whole thing, "this mystery," which we have already proven to be the "mystery" of both Jews and Gentiles being united in one body through Christ (Eph. 3:4,6). Vs. 27 says all are saved because Christ takes away their sins through His covenant, which must be the New Covenant, which applies to all believers, Jew and Gentile. Thus the "all Israel" that is saved is the total group of believing Gentiles and Jews combined.

The "all Israel that is saved" does not apply to all Jews throughout history, nor can it apply to a select favored group who become instant believers when Jesus Christ comes crashing down through the sky. By that time, it is too late to believe.

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The Hebrew side of wedding invitations are the biggest waste of time. Besides for the point that invitations themselves are overrated (they make good dustpans when I can’t find mine), the only part anyone reads is the names to see if the chosson or kallah are hiding any embarrassing second names, like Yenta, Shprintzy, or my friend’s name, Geesa. Don’t know why people feel obligated to disclose their names in their invitations. There is no rule, or halacha of the sort, it’s not a kesubah…

In any case, nobody reads the Hebrew, yet some people, or actually most people make the biggest shtink over it. I know, because I worked as a secretary/typesetter/graphic artist in a Jewish printing press for a year.  People agonize over the wording, the font, the layout. Just stick to some standarized wording and layout the printer shows you, no one will be any wiser.

Should it be kol sasson v’cull simcha…. Or start with od yi'shama…

Should it be ha’kallah habesula, or just plain ha’kallah (If you’re even noticing this, one would assume she was a virgin and you wouldn’t need to specify)

Same with the chosson, is it, plain ha’chosson, or is it, ha’bochur  ha’chosson ha’mouflug….blah blah blah they’re all the same (the wording and the men).

Should the address of the hall be in Hebrew?

How do you spell Brooklyn, transliterated?

Where should they put the line breaks , before or after the Hebrew date?

Should that week’s Parsha be on the same line?

After the chosson’s and kallah’s names, should it be shetichye, or neryu, or a different one for each.

Should it be written out or abbreviated?

Should the time be in Hebrew, or Arabic numbers?

Someone once even asked if Arabic numbers were allowed on a Jewish invitation. I just looked at them.

And what is up with “ateres zekainim”? I love them and all, but what are they doing on an invitation?

With each invitation I’d go through at least 4 proofs, and most of the changes were on the Hebrew side.  

I’ve decided for my invitations, I’m going to have the Hebrew side, well, looking Hebrew, but actually English transliterated.

I doubt anyone would notice the difference.

Seriously.

Location On Body: Right ankle band

Shop Location: Santa Ana, CA

How Long It Took: 1 hour

This was my first tattoo at Sid's in OC. The words in hebrew mean house of God. It is the phrase that is used in the Old Testament that refers to the tabernacle and in the New Testament that refers to the body. There's two main things that I was going through at this point. One is the idea of merging as opposed to divorcing the old and new testaments. This is one of the first times in my life that I started to realize that the two were not only connected but saying the same thing. The second is in trying to come to grips with what it means that our body is the temple of God and what it means to be a good

 steward of that. As far as the design, I had some hebrew student from a bible college give it to me because evidently he was planning on getting the same thing. When he gave it to me though the two words were on top of  each other and the tattoo artist thought that one of the vowel points went on the top of the second word instead of the bottom of the first. This was easily covered up by extending one of the points on the letters though.

This tattoo has provided quite a bit of conversation. People ask if I am into music or if I am Jewish. I'm never really quite sure how to answer the second especially to a Jew. I always feel like they feel like I'm ripping off or taking advantage of their text in a way that it was never intended too. Last year at our fourth of July BBQ our Jewish neighbor told me how to pronounce the words on my leg. That was kind of cool. The only thing is that the word for God that is tattooed they believe you are not allowed to say so she told me that it says Adonai instead of YAHWEH.  Because I still have a pretty strong conviction about the reasons I got this tattoo and because hebrew is baddass looking I am rating this:

Regret-ability Scale: 2 out of 10

It's official: I'm taking Hebrew.  At DTS.

That is, unless I chicken out.

Joey went and talked to Ms. Coover-Cox today and she said that she'd totally make room for me in the class.  (I'm wait-listed right now because the class is full.)  So...one month from now I could be in class.  Oy.  I'm not sure I'm ready for this.

I’ve always been deathly afraid of rejection.  In high school, I had some of the most intricate plans about how to get the gorgeous Jewish girl who I’d talked to a few times in a junior high drama class to go out with me.  I would have daydreams of learning Hebrew and going to temple, with the goal of converting to her great faith.  I would of course do this behind her back, because a big part of the plan involved me running into her, as if by accident, at temple one day, her curly hair shining in the evening sun, my payos perfectly complimenting my already spectacular beard.  I would look her longingly and say “your eyes shine more beautifully than the miraculous consecrated olive oil that burned for eight days during the rededication of the Temple after the revolt of Judah Maccabee.”  But, of course, I would say it in Hebrew.  She would melt, fall madly in love with me, and we would live happily and Semitically ever after.

Naturally, I never put this plan into action.  I could never get over the possibility that she might still not want me, even after my going through all the trouble of conversion.  And then what?  I was a hopeless romantic dreamer, but I was fairly practical.

Looking back on my life, I realize that I’ve probably missed out on a lot of opportunities for growth because I was too afraid of the unknown.  If I had gone through with any of my hair-brained plans, at the very least, I would have a lot more experience with trying and failing under my belt than I do now.

It was thoughts like these that inspired me to really sit down and think about things I’ve always wanted to do, but have been too afraid to, for whatever reason.  Here’s what I came up with:

1) Go to the Middle East and tell them all to “cool the fuck out.”

2) Run for public office, preferably for the office of “Recorder of Deeds.”

3) Track down the aforementioned Jewish girl and dust off that old plan to see if it would work.

4) Take over the city of Danville and turn it into my own personal fiefdom.

5) Go see the World’s Largest Pecan, which is located just down the road in Brunswick, Missouri (that pecan weighs 12,000 pounds!).

6) Submit a list to McSweeney’s website.

I looked over this list, and realized that most of them were slightly out of my reach at the time being, mostly due to my lack of transportation, and lack of a “war chest.”  However, submitting a list was something that I could do, and doing so could possibly kick up some exposure for this here blog.

I kicked the idea around for a while, and came up with a good list.  Having read McSweeney’s for a while now, I know damn well that their lists are pretty much entirely driven by their titles.  The title is the joke, and the list is usually very disappointing.  Here’s what I came up with:

Names of Feminist Authors Featured In My Summer School Class on Women's Literature If They Had Chosen To Dedicate Their Lives To Promoting Awareness of Oral Hygiene Instead of Promoting Awareness of the Plight of Women

-Charlotte Perkins Gil-Man Who Always Remembers to Brush and Floss

-Edith Whar-Tongue Care and Hygiene

-Toni Morri-Sonicare Vibrating Toothbrush

-Sylvia Plaque

Now, I accept that this isn’t the best list anyone’s ever made, but I deemed it good enough to submit.  Well surprise of surprises, I got an email today informing me that, while the list was fun, they were going to pass on it.

I was heartbroken.  I decided to head over to McSweeney’s and check out what lists they decided to publish instead.  I was sure that I would find some gems, some truly hilarious and cleverly put together lists, and that discovery would make it easier to accept my rejection.

What I found instead was a bunch of fairly decent lists, and a couple of abysmal, pointless ones.  I don’t know what I can and can’t quote from their site, but there is a particularly bad list about 30 different rocks that I know is inferior to mine.

Ironically, this experience, now that I’ve had a little time to wrestle with it, has been very illuminating.  I think back on my days pining for that Jewish girl in high school, and I realize that after I didn’t make my move, she started dating a really douchy guy.  I realize that there are a lot of parallels to my current situation.  If I had asked her out, she probably would have turned me down, and ended up dating that douche anyway.  My actions would most likely not have made any difference on the ultimate end result.  I put my hat into the ring by submitting my list, I was rejected, and a douchey list was published instead.

In the end, I’ve learned a very valuable lesson: don’t try.  Also, I’ve learned that if you do try and you fail, it’s a lot easier to claim that whoever rejected you is shortsighted or flawed than it is to accept that maybe your list just wasn’t that good or that you were unattractive and a pretty big loser in high school. 

Alright, this is getting a little too cathartic.  I’d better just end this here, I’ve got a lot of Hebrew to study tonight.

L'Hebreu sans Peine - Tome 1

Format: pdf, mp3
Quality: book - good; mp3 - 128 kbps
Pages: 420
Size: 85Mb + 35Mb

La phrase "Pour moi, c'est de l'hébreu" montre bien à quel point cette langue nous semble "exotique" et difficile. Assimil relève le défi et vous propose un vrai démarrage en hébreu parlé et écrit. Vous découvrirez, grâce aux dialogues vivants et réalistes, l'Israël d'aujourd'hui ainsi que ses habitants, leur vie et leur humour.

I attach only the audio for the tome 1.

Michal English Hebrew Dictionary
Author: Michal
Format: zip (program setup)
Size: 28.44 MB

Quick and easy to use, very recommended.

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There will be a time when one of the election of grace realizes they cannot share the wisdom God has given them but on a few things. The proof of this is many things written in the Bible. When the elect are in the synagogue of Satan, they really don't answer questions with the wisdom they'll have. They'll put things in a way that no one can gainsay or argue against. The Holy Spirit will speak for them but it's apparent that questions that are asked of them won't be totally answered. Their wisdom will be just as apparent plus they will have all amazed at their ability to communicate to everyone's native language. Proof they are sent by God.

Jesus was asked by his disciples why he speaks to everyone else in parables. Jesus said to them that because of who the people are he cannot speak openly so he speaks in parables. Only to the disciples can he speak openly to. The reason was because they were of the election of grace. He was able to tell them everything. In a previous blog I pointed out that in Matthew 24:3 when the disciples privily came to Jesus asking for the signs of his coming and the end of the world, that the word "world" really in the original Greek is the word "αιων" (ahee-OWN). Αιων actually means "age". Not world. They were not asking for signs of the end of the world, but the end of the age instead. How did they even know to ask for signs of the end of the age? Because Jesus taught them about the ages of our creation.

Being one of the election of grace, I would like to say everything on subjects in God's word, but I cannot. Only after the blowing of the seventh trump will God's mystery be finished. That is when the spirit of slumber is lifted so this creation can have the best choice possible. At that time all will know who Satan is and know God's word is true, but with Satan's ability to play on every human weakness that will be multiplied at that time will it be such a difficult choice. When Jesus returns, no human will be judged upon permanently except for those who make the right choice. Read the blog "There Is A Difference Between Heaven And Everlasting Life" and see what I mean by that.

It's tough to know what is right and what God really means on things but holding it back. If one of God's elect decides to share everything they know, people will not react to it in a positive way. They'd say "how can you go against the interpretations of hundreds of years by thousands of men? What makes you think you're right and all of them are wrong?" That kind of conversation will get no one anywhere. Centuries ago people would be chastized for blasphemy or heresy for teaching God's word in its true form. Prophets were killed for doing just that. The prophets were right and the murderers and true heretics were wrong, but one prophet is but one prophet. Going against the grain amongst thousands of people is perceived as wrong to the thousands of people.

The election of grace are the prophets of any era, including this one. If this is the last generation then there are 6999 others on Earth at this time. Many have not answered their call as of yet, but they will. They have to. God will not let them fail. They may not give the all of the answers you seek, but have faith in why they cannot. Don't be discouraged as to why God has given you the spirit of slumber. He is God and He has His reasons. Have faith in that as well. Gain in wisdom and faith, which everyone is allowed to do, so you can make the best choice when that choice is brought to you. If this generation is the last one, then the only way to avoid that choice and the hardships of the Tribulation Period is by death alone. There is no rapture.

Then the family moved to Paris and I joined a course for beginners at the local university. I drove there every thursday and had a two hour lesson with a group of other people. There were about eight of us. The aproach was different - more systemeatic - and this time we were learning modern Hebrew from a textbook. Yet the teacher was patient, kind and conscientious which made the course pleasant and worthwhile. I felt that I was learning and improving. We also had exams and I meant to go on like this for a few years.

Unfortunately the next year was far from being as positive. We still had the same teacher (but only for an hour) and we had a new teacher. The problem when you are a language teacher yourself is that you can tell how a course has been devised as well as if there is clear planning behind what you are being taught.

Obviously this new teacher was not as careful as the other one about what she wanted us to learn and how. It is useless to go into the details of what was wrong with this part of the course but the unfortunate result was that I quit.

The other regrettable outcome is that I no longer learn Hebrew on a systematic basis. I pray in Hebrew and sometimes check a word to make sure I get the overall idea of what I am saying but this is far from enough. Sadly my hometown is too small and there is no rabbi in residence so nobody to learn with. I still feel however that I greatly need to improve but am not sure how.

HUM KUCH LUMHO KE MUSAFIR HAIN

HUM AATE HAIN, CHALE JATAY HAIN

IS BAR HUMAIN KUCH KAHAINA HAIN

IS DUNIYA MAY KHUSH RANAA HAIN

TOO PYAR KAROO OR MARJAOO, TUM LOOT KE WAAPIS AYOGAY

KABHE PURAB MAIN

KABHE PACHUM MAIN

KABHE ADAM MEIN

KABHE LAILA MEIN

PHIR PYAR TUMHE MIL WAHEYGA

KABHE MUJNO MEIN

KABHE MAHI MEIN

TUM LOOT KAY WAAPIS AYOGAY

AUR SAB KO YAHIEN BUTAYOGAY

KAY PYAR KARO OR MARJAOO, TUM LOOT KE WAAPIS AYOGAY

TUM DOAHH HO APNI MAAOH KEY

AAYTH HO BAAP KE GAOH KEY

JAAB TAKH YE DUNIYAH BAAKEY HAI

TUM AYOGAY AUR JAYOGAY BUS SUB KOH YAHEE BUTAOHGAY

KAY PYAR KAROH OR MARJAOO,TUM LOOT KE WAAPIS AYOGAY

KABHE NAGMA MEIN

KABHE LUCKY MEIN

KABHE MAGHRIB MEIN

KABHE MASHRIKH MEIN

KABHE MAZHAB MEIN

KABHE MUSHRIKH MEIN

TUM LOOTKAY WAAPIS AYOGAY

TUM SAB KO YAHIEN BUTAYOGAY

TUM PYAR KARO OR MARJAOO

KABHE MASJID MEIN

KABHE MANDIR MEIN

KABHE RUNGO MEIN

KABHE NAAMO MEIN

TUM AKAR YAHIENN BATAOGAY

TUM PYAR KAROO OR MARJAOO

TUM LOOT KE WAAPIS AYOGAY

KABHE INDIA MEIN

KABHE ENGLAND MEIN

KABHE ARABI MEIN

KABHE AJMI MEIN

KABHE JEWISH MEIN

KABHE MISRI MEIN

YAHIEN PYAR KHUDAH KE ADUT HAIN

YAHIEN PYAR HE MOT, ABADUT HAIN

YE AJJ BE TAH , YE KAL BE HAIN

YE AATA HAIN, CHALA JATAH HAIN

TUM SUB BE SUCHA PYAR KAROY

TUM LOOTKAY WAAPIS AYOGAY

KABHE URDU MEIN

KABHE HINDI MEIN

TUM SAB KO YAHIEN BUTAYOGAY

TUM PYAR KARO OR MARJAOO, TUM LOOT KE WAAPIS AYOGAY

YAHIEH PYAR MOHHAMAD,MOSSAH TAH

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The little keyboard icon over the microphone is for keyboard options (including adding other languages). This is where the Tyndale fonts will be accessed from. I am including a second picture below to show you the language options and how to click on them once you have installed the tyndale fonts. Another way to use them (and much faster) is through a keyboard shortcut that toggles between English, Greek, and Hebrew. All you have to do is while you are typing hit Ctrl+Shift and you will toggle first from English to Greek and if you hit it again from Greek to Hebrew and again from Hebrew back to English. By doing this you can use Greek and Hebrew fonts even while blogging. So here goes:

John 1:1 - "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

John 1:1 - "εν αρχη ην ο λογος και ο λογος ην προς τον θεον και θεος ην ο λογος

Genesis 1:1 - "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

Genesis 1:1 - "ברַשִית ברַא אֶלֹהִים אֶת הַשָׁמִַים ואֶת הֶָָרֵז

I am still working on the accents and pointing but with some work it can be done. This can be a really helpful way of using Greek and Hebrew in blogging without having to transliterate it.

Here is the picture of the keyboard options:

What language did Jesus speek?

Paarsurrey answers:

Hi

Jesus and his mother Mary were Jewish religious people; they spoke Hebrew or Aramaic. The languages of the common inhabitants of Jerusalem at the time of Jesus were Hebrew or Aramaic; and they were addressees of Jesus. So Jesus spoke one of these languages only then his message could reach the masses that Jesus was set to purify.

In no case Jesus' language was Latin or Greek; while we find the scriptures or NTBible in Latin or Greek languages which means the originals if any were lost or were non-existent and what we have now is translations only or that these have been written much afterward and most probably were not an account of the eyewitnesses of the account of Jesus' life or Mary's life. The disciples of Jesus were also Jews and hence they spoke Hebrew or Aramaic.

Paul was not a disciple of Jesus; he was not trained or educated by Jesus; he was an enemy of Jesus and his disciples and his own testimony is on record.

"Eli, Eli Lima sabaqtani" the only surviving words from Jesus mouth on Cross are of Hebrew; that proves undoubtedly that Jesus spoke Hebrew.

Thanks

I am an Ahmadi peaceful Muslim

Source(s):
"Jesus in India" by the Promised Messiah 1835-1908
http://www.alislam.org/library/books/jes...

According to this article, Jews have long been told the adage "If you get a tattoo, you can’t be buried in a Jewish cemetery." However, some Jews in their 20s and 30s are deciding that tattoos are not as taboo as they once were. Rabbis disagree about how bad it is to get inked.

Marshal Klaven, a rabbinical student, said: "When Leviticus was written, tattooing was largely a pagan practice, done to mark slaves or to show devotion to a pharaoh." Since tattooing has evolved, he thinks the rule may be outdated.

But Rabbi Alan Bright disagrees, saying Deuteronomy 4:15 commands Jews to take care of their bodies.

Andy Abrams, a filmmaker, has spent five years making a documentary called “Tattoo Jew.” In his interviews with dozens of Jews with body art, he’s noticed the prevalence of Jewish-themed tattoos. Abrams said:

“The people I interviewed are trying to express their Judaism, or connect with God or their Jewish roots. They’re taking this prohibited act and using it to feel more Jewish.”

A pro-tattoo community is emerging online. "Jews with Tattoos" is a Myspace group dedicated to people with tattoos that symbolize the Jewish faith.

Read the full article here

When a son was born to a Hebrew family they would circumcise him on the eighth day and give him his name at that time. For daughters they would typically wait 30 days until they gave her a name. Names were of the utmost significance and were filled with meaning and vision casting for the child's future. Even today we don't meet many Jezebell's of Judas's because of the connotations that come with those names. Hollywood has certainly had a fun time with baby names but for the ancients a name was part of who you are.

In scripture we find people who were given a new name at critical moments of their lives (Abram, Jacob, Simon, and Saul). There is another man whose name was changed and one we don't often associate with that. His name was Joseph and he was a Levite from Cyprus. We first read about him in Acts 4:36-37 as he was among the first to sacrificially give to the growing group of Jerusalem Christians. The apostles gave him a nickname. They called him Bar-nabas (son of - encouragement). It could be that this great act of generosity recorded in Acts 4 was the occasion that influenced the apostles to give him a nickname. Bar-nabas doesn't show up again until Acts 9 in the story of another man who received a new name - Saul Paul (although some think his name may have actually been Saul Paul (See Dunn's Galatians Commentary). After Saul's conversion he came to Jerusalem (Acts 9:26) where the disciples were not very quick to warm up to this former persecutor of the church. Guess who stepped in? Joseph (a.k.a the Son of Encouragement) who became an advocate for Saul and brought him to the apostles and convinced them of the legitimacy of Saul's conversion. Notice what happened when a man known for his gift of encouragement came into a controversial situation and gave his support to the unpopular Saul. Saul gained acceptance where he would have otherwise found none. Encouragers believe the unbelievable and get others to believe it too! When everyone else is being critical and negative encouragers see the possibilities. They see the potential. Joseph spoke up for Paul and the rest is history.

Did you know that in the list of gifts from God (teaching, prophesying, serving, and giving) that encouragement is listed? (Rom 12:4-8). Encouragement comes from God because God is a God of encouragement. That is part of his nature. When we get to heaven do you think he is going to meet us at the gate and be Mr. Gloomy Gus? I don't think so. What is he going to say? "Well done...enter in." That sounds pretty encouraging to me! Jesus was an encourager. We are to be Bar and Bat Nabases because that is being like our Father.

When I ran track at Harding I wasn't the best runner in the world. I was a walk on and enjoyed the camaraderie. I was a little faster than one of our world class female runners so I often helped train her to help her get faster but I also decided my role was to be an encourager. When my race was done I would spend the rest of the time running to and fro yelling words of encouragement. I would run across the infield to one of our runners in a race and yell at them, "You can do it! Run faster! Go, go, go!" Then I would run to the other side of the field and wait on them to get there and yell at them some more encouraging words. I never won a race but I shared in a lot of victories. I won a medal but I had a place on the medal stand with our champions because I helped encourage them to the victory. Who do you know who is rooting you on in your race? Who is believing in you, hoping in you, counting on you, and wanting you to succeed? Even if you can't think of anyone I assure you God is! God is the great encourager. He is cheering us on toward the goal.

This video is from the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and is a race where Derek Redmond was running the 400 meter. He blew out his hamstring and then...well you will just have to watch.

God, our Father, does more than stand by and watch us struggle through this race called life. As the great encourager, he enters the race and helps carry us to the finish line. We couldn't do it without him. What is more, he even put the uniform on himself, laced up his running shoes, and took up his cross shaped baton. He walked onto the track of life on earth as a baby in a manger. And he ran the race perfectly. He ran it better than anyone else has ever run it. He won the victory. Now we too run the race and we are being cheered on by the champion of the world and his message is clear, "Keep running, keep going, victory is yours, stay in this race! Go, go, go!"

What greater encourager could we have than to know that the maker of heaven and earth is calling us heavenward. He is encouraging us and pulling for us. So keep on running. Don't give up the race. Take the relay baton from the champion, keep on running, and hand it off to someone else giving them a start in the greatest race that has ever been rung. In the stands are all those who have gone on before us encouraging us and cheering us on to victory.

Do you know the classic preschool elephant song?  It goes like this:  

One elephant went out to play

Upon a spider's web one day,

He had such enormous fun

That he called for another elephant to come.

The second verse has two elephants, the third verse has three elephants, and so on.  You can find foreign language versions of this fun song on the Teach Me CD's, as well as other sources.  I love the Teach Me CD's, but for this particular song I just use it as a teacher resource for learning the words.  The verses go back and forth between English and the target language, which throws me just a bit.  

So, here's how you can turn a cute, catchy elephant song into a fun and effective game.  Gather the children into a close circle and have them hold on to the edges of a small parachute.  (I find a vinyl tablecloth to be a dandy, frugal parachute substitute.)  Ta-da . . . it's a spider's web!

Prepare small, laminated paper elephants and number them from 1-10.  Toss Elephant #1 onto the spider's web and sing the song as the children gently move the parachute up and down.  Kids love to see the elephant jumping up and down and having such enormous fun!  When the verse is done, everyone shouts, "Come!" in the target language.  Add in Elephant #2 and count the elephants.  Sing again.  Call over another elephant.  Count.  Sing.  Get the drill?  Continue the routine until all ten elephants have a turn.  This game is so hands on and repetitive, staying immersed in the target language is a breeze.

I just played this game a few weeks ago with kids ages 2-7.  Then we played it again later in the week.  The kids keep asking me to bring the elephants back to play.  I'm telling you, this game's a hit with the little ones!

The Teach Me CD's are available in ten languages:  English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hebrew, and Russian.

For more counting ideas, check out my article on Foreign Language Number Games.