The Sumerian, the Israelite, and the Jew ...
First off, biblically speaking, Abram - or Abraham, was
not a 'Jew', or Yuhdean.
Neither was Moses - he was, if not Hyskos, Yisraeli, specifically of Levite descent. Both, as well as Yeshua, were certainly
not 'Christian' or 'Catholic'.
Ironically, the only one who is technically a 'Jew', is all but rejected as such by the numerous and variant traditions associated around that culture.
Moving on, popular Yuhdaic traditions, Levitical and otherwise, often claim to derive certain authority upon distinct bodies of ancient scripture texts.
The text is prearranged in a way that will attempt to better establish specific doctrine, much like the ambiguity employed when creating political ads.
A similar dynamic is then employed by most all of Levitical Christianity (Levite Catholics, Levite Protestants, Levite Mormons, Levite JW's, etc., etc.).
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Human sacrifice is the act of killing human beings as part of a religious ritual (ritual killing). Its typology closely parallels the various practices of ritual slaughter of animals (animal sacrifice) and of religious sacrifice in general. Human sacrifice has been practiced in various cultures throughout history. Victims were typically ritually killed in a manner that was supposed to please or appease gods, spirits or the deceased, for example as a propitiatory offering, or as a retainer sacrifice when the King servants die in order to continue to serve their master in the next life. Closely related practices found in some tribal societies are cannibalism and headhunting.
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This phenomena apparently trickles throughout all of Levitical evangelical Christianity and the many other traditions requiring the acknowledgement and acceptance of an innocent human, without spot or blemish, sacrificed as an act of propitiation or worship to obtain salvation, eternal life or continuous living.
A harmonious bond that many of these specific traditions share in common is their appeal to, first, Abraham’s covenant with God and, second, his authority.
These components are then later meshed with various sacrificial Levitical doctrines assisting in the facilitation of exclusivity, membership dues and carnage.
Although Jewish tradition does not necessarily claim the man that has become widely supposed to be a Sumerian Prince as a ‘Jew’, a certain tendency appears quite evident wherein many from within the Abrahamic traditions attempt to associate him as such; of course, Ishmael & Co. assign him to Islam.
However, Abram, or Abraham, did not live in the days of the tribes of Yisrael - such as the tribe of Levi and the tribe of Yuhdah, being their great grandpa and all, and so, imho, it seems he may not easily or reasonably be considered a Levitical Jew, a Levitical Christian or a Levitical Catholic, biblically or otherwise, regardless of the aggressive force of appeal in this nature on behalf of ancient religions such as Yuhdaism, Christianity and Catholicism.
Similarly, the latter traditions derived from Levitical doctrines do not necessarily claim the Anointed One of the tribe of Yuhda called Yeshua/Jesus of Nazareth as ‘other than Jewish’ - ie. Catholic, Protestant, etc.; yet, a certain trend among Abrahamic traditions is evident wherein many do just that.
However, Joshua the Anointed One, while noting
'salvation is of the Jews', does not appear easily depicted as a practitioner of Levitical tradition, whether it be the early versions promoted by the various ruling sects associated to the tribe of Yuhda, such as the Pharisees and the Sadducees or the latter devised versions employed by the Levitical Christian and Levitical Catholic. Abraham, Moses and Joshua were not Pharisees, Sadducees, Christians or Catholics.
Is it the sheer numbers who are indoctrinated into such beliefs that allow for the promotion and persistent, aggressive continuation of doctrines borrowing from conceptualizations such as 'Abraham was the first Jew and his covenant is Jewish' and 'Joshua's murder is a neccessary Levitical animal sacrifice'?
Reasonably, will not the same Levitical doctrines that were directly involved with the destruction of 1st and 2nd Temple Yuhdaism, also naturally lead to the ultimate destruction of Levitical Catholicism and the entirety of Levitical Christianity? And if so, how long will the Father endure such weak minded faith and continuous delusions of granduer before clearing His name of blasphemy? Is the Father not patient while waiting for His children to discern these issues?
I am curious if anyone recognizes, if any, the similarity, contrast or significance between the Levitical appeal by the tribe of Yuhda to a certain covenant authority derived from Abraham - and the Levitical Catholic, as well as general Levitical Christian, appeal to the covenant authority relegated to Joshua?
It appears blatantly obvious that Abraham did not practice ritualistic Levitical Yuhdaism in form (obey 613 ToRaH commands and additional oral doctrine commentaries or exchange funds and perform penal animal sacrifice, etc.) - and it was accredited to him as righteousness, and, being equally obvious, that Joshua/Yeshua the Anointed One of Nazareth did not practice ritualistic Levitical Christianity or Catholicism in form (ie. propagate the necessity of a human sacrifice in Levitical fashion to ascertain hope of being salvaged) and it was - by all accounts except the biblical Levites, unanimously accredited to him as righteousness, so then, are the Levitical doctrines which crept & found their way into many traditions associated with the various tribes of Yisrael, such as those subscribed to by various remnants of the tribe of Yuhda, and Levitical Catholics, as well as variant Levitical Christian sects, simply entertained as a result of their lack of faith in the Almighty Creator and the summated aggressive force of their persistence in delusion, perhaps combined with a lack of desire, discipline, encouragement and energy on behalf of those aptly suited to swiftly combat such rampant ignorance with reason, if not scripture?
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Edited by Bailey, : pnct.
I'm not here to mock or condemn what you believe, tho my intentions are no less than to tickle your thinker.
If those in first century CE had known what these words mean ...
'I want and desire mercy, not sacrifice'They surely would not have murdered the innocent; why trust what I say, when you can learn for yourself?
Think for yourself.
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