DANIEL CHAPTER ONE

[JLG]

Erik said:
The story of the Tower of Babel is part of "our" "primordial history" (Genesis chapters 1-11), it is actually a collection of myths about the origin of the world, humanity and human culture - prior to the long story of the people of Israel, which begins with the forefather Abraham in Genesis 12 (originally Abram of Ur of Caldean (1813-1638 – married 1788))
But Chaldea is not believed to exist before about 1200 BC
Chaldea | Babylonian, Mesopotamian, Sumerian | Britannica
The Tower of Babel (build 1765 BC) is thus included as a motif in a mythical story about how humanity collectively sought to anchor their unity by founding a single city.
(1765 BC, is according to Chabad)

______________________________________________________________________________________

-It is necessary to remember one essential point!
- It was a different time with different people and a different mentality!
- The Hebrew language is basic compared to Ancient Greek which is probably the richest language in the world!
- People usually forget that that's why the majority will never understand the Bible!

 

[JLG]

Erik said:
Whether there have been one or more Trinitarian gods before cannot change the origin of the Christian version.
______________________________________________________________________________________

- Everywhere in the Bible there is a continuous fight between human tradition and Yah.weh’s word!

- The devil has been at work right at the beginning!

- Yah.weh said, you will die, the devil said you won’t die and guess what they died!

- Through human history it has always been the same!

- Religion usually say, you won’t die, it doesn’t matter what you do!

- But life is not a right, we have to work for it!

- We have to show our faithfulness to Yah.weh!

- No faithfulness to Yah.weh, no future life!

- You can take any biblical book, it is the same, it is a fight between human tradition and Yah.weh’s word!

- Job is telling Yah.weh’s word, the three men tell about the devil’s word!

- Job keeps warning them, they don’t listen!

- With Daniel it’s exactly the same!

- Human’s tradition vs Yah.weh’s word!

- With Samuel it’s exactly the same!

- Yah.weh has left the country!

- Yah.weh is the king of Israel but the Hebrews want a human king!

- Samuel can’t believe it and warns them!

- But Yah.weh says to let them have their human king and they will pay the price!

- They started rejecting Yah.weh from the beginning!

- They have never been his people!

- And religions keep corrupting Yah.weh’s word because they don’t come from him but from the god of this world!

 

[JLG]

Erik said:
Corruption, I guess, existed long before the OT was written down from oral traditions between 900 and 500 BCE.
The devil, Adam and Eve:
https://www.researchgate.net/public..._Marjo_Korpel_Johannes_de_Moor_Sheffield_2014
Together with other things we read about in the five books of Moses.
What's Ugaritic Got to Do with Anything?
Noah, the ark and the flood
Evidence for a Flood
//Only one leader Yah.weh, no more stupid human leaders, no more stupid human leadership, no more destruction!//
There have been and still are countless gods around the world -
However, the very first omnipotent god and therefore written with a capital G, God, was Akhenaten's Athos.
Next was YHWH the oldest known YHWH is from c 860 BC and is seen on the Mesha stele.
The Triune God, the idea behind it is from ca. year 100 AD, but does not become a reality until 325 AD, at the Synod of Nicaea.
______________________________________________________________________________________

- About corruption!

- As I said right at the beginning, the devil, Adam, Eve, you shall not die and they died!

- And religion keeps repeating the same credo!

- Then we get Cain and Abel: One bad and one good! (Genesis chapter 4)

- Corruption evolved like a pandemia!

- Yah.weh warned Cain to change his attitude but he didn’t listen as men usually do!

 

[JLG]

- In Genesis chapter 4 we are also told about Lamech who married two women ( we may remember Yah.weh said one) and he killed a young man who had wounded him and he made a song of his action!

- Once again corruption but it is everywhere from the beginning!

- Wherever we go, we can see how corrupt men are!

- We can add men away from Yah.weh!

- Faithfulness is something essential!

- But as everything is corrupt, it is also important to get away from corruption if we don’t want to share responsibility!

- Then in Genesis 4:26, we are told about the birth of Enosh and it was when men began to call upon the name of Yah.weh!

- Thus we get corruption all the time and from time to time men start to remember that Yah.weh is there!

- So if we want to understand the Bible we must take corruption as the basis!

- If we want to be accepted by Yah.weh we must take corruption as the basis!

- If we want to be accepted by Yah.weh we must glorify God's only name which is Yah.weh!

- If we don’t do it we can’t be accepted by Yah.weh!

- There is only one way, Yah.weh’s way, not man’s way!

- If we follow man’s way as everybody does it, we can’t be accepted by Yah.weh!

- It is as simple as that!

 

[JLG]

- In Genesis 5, we are told about men who can live a bit less than 1,000 years!

- Then we are told about Enoch who walked with Yah.weh and he lived 365 years which is quite different from the other men!

- And it is said it was because Yah.weh took him!

- We can imagine it was a kind of protection because the situation was too bad, too much corruption!

- And then we arrive at Noah!

- Then Yah.weh takes a very different decision!

- Or maybe it is not so different in the case of Enoch because in a way he took him from mankind by bringing the flood to the earth and destroying mankind!

- The only difference was a new start for mankind!

 

[JLG]

- In Genesis chapter 6, we are told about angels who went down the earth and married women!

- They would take as many as they could!

- Their sons were giants who took advantage of their strength!

- Of course, it brought more corruption on earth!

- Yah.weh decided to put an end to human society!

- So he wanted to destroy the majority and saved a minority!

- Here we are told about Noah and his family!

- So few people for such a big mankind!

- It tells about corruption!

- But it was in the past!

- Corruption has kept growing and growing that it stinks corruption everywhere.

- But men are used to it!

- They like it, they need it, it’s their spiritual food!

- Yah.weh goes one way, they go the opposite!

- They can only follow their god, the devil!

 

[JLG]

Genesis 6:9

Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

Genesis 6:11

Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God and full of violence.

Genesis 6:12

And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.

Genesis 6:13

Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.”

Genesis 6:17

“And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth, to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

Genesis 6:22

So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.

- Now the question is: is there a difference between the situation before the flood and nowadays?

- I don’t see any!

- On the contrary, today we have become masters of corruption!

- We can produce corruption of every type!

- What is the conclusion of such a situation?

- Time has come to put an end to this human society which can only demonstrate corruption!

- We eat and drink and breathe corruption!

- Yah.weh must clean the earth again from corruption!

- It is not going to be the last time!

- There will be a period of 1,000 years and corruption will come again to put a definite end to corruption!

- Definitely hard work!

- But that’s the price of free will!

- Do you see the difference with Noah!

- So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him!

- Another faithful servant of Yah.weh who shows us the way to Yah.weh!

- Now think about today!

- It smells really bad!

 

[JLG]

- In Genesis chapter 9, Yah.weh tells Noah that every creature on earth will fear men!

- Yah.weh gives animals as food to eat for men!

- Which means it wasn’t the case before!

- Which means that one day men and animals will leave in peace without fear!

- Let’s have a look at Genesis 9:4

But
אַךְ־ (’aḵ-)
Adverb
Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

you must not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

eat
תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃ (ṯō·ḵê·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 398: To eat

meat
בָּשָׂ֕ר (bā·śār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

with its lifeblood
בְּנַפְשׁ֥וֹ (bə·nap̄·šōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

[still] in it.
דָמ֖וֹ (ḏā·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

- Just stop for a minute and think of that!

- Who still follows this commandment from Yah.weh?

- Another proof that all mankind is corrupt without discussion!

- Now think about faithfulness!

- What’s left?

- Man is really good at nothing!

- now listen to religious leaders!

- What for?

- They are corrupt like the rest of mankind!

 

[JLG]

- In Genesis chapter 11, we are after the flood, Yah.weh told Noah and his family to fill the earth!

- And what do men decide to do?

- Right at the new beginning, they decide to oppose Yah.weh by staying together building a big and high city!

- They are still one people with one language!

- They keep putting their future and the future of their sons in danger!

- Thus men always want to oppose Yah.weh!

- They are ready to pay the consequences and they have always been paying them!

- They will never understand!

- They are stubborn without limits!

- As a consequence, Yah.weh confuses their language to force them to fill the earth!

- Everywhere we can see the same biblical expressions!

- It is not possible to make mistakes except if we want to do them voluntarily!

- Always the same free will!

- That’s a personal choice!

- It’s really tiring!

- So many baby boys!

 

[JLG]

- In Genesis chapter 12, we are told about Abraham!

- Yah.weh tells him to leave his land and his relatives and he will make a great nation of him!

- So Abraham goes with his family to Canaan!

- And Yah.weh tells him that he will give the land to his descendants!

- Then a famine arises so Abraham must go to Egypt!

- And Yah.weh will protect him and his family!

- There is no one like Abraham in the Bible!

- On the one hand, man’s corruption, on the other hand, Abraham’s faithfulness!

- Such a complete opposition!

- Abraham’s faithfulness shines among the darkness of men!

- it is incredibly violent, totally insane!

- Man’s faithfulness is incredibly rare, thus incredibly precious, thus incredibly unbelievable!

- When you usually listen to men, you hear the same usual unfaithfulness!

- It is everywhere, contaminating everything!

- And men are not ashamed of it!

- They spread it like venom!

- That’s why we get corruption everywhere!