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Ya know, it would be alot easier to click on this thread, had you given it a title and not 2 smileycons.. 
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They pierced His side and out flowed water.
There are archeological remains of blasphemy in Israel because they were idolatrous and whored themselves to every idol including the demon goddess Eostare / Astarte / Ashereh.
They were wicked and blasphemous people. Just because you find evidence of idolatry in Israel does not mean you found a good thing or something to inform your theology; instead, evidence of their evil. It's what you ought to expect to find given what the OT says about how adulterous they have been as His people.
There are archeological remains of blasphemy in Israel because they were idolatrous and whored themselves to every idol including the demon goddess Eostare / Astarte / Ashereh.
They were wicked and blasphemous people. Just because you find evidence of idolatry in Israel does not mean you found a good thing or something to inform your theology; instead, evidence of their evil. It's what you ought to expect to find given what the OT says about how adulterous they have been as His people.
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ASHERAH (DEITY) [Heb ˒ăšērâ (אֲשֵׁרָה); ˒ăšêrâ (אֲשֵׁירָה)]. Asherah appears in the OT both as the name of a Canaanite goddess and of her wooden cult-symbol. She is known in the Ugaritic texts under the name of Athirat (˒aṯrt), where she functions as consort of the chief god, El, and mother of the gods. Prior to the discovery of the Ugaritic texts some scholars denied that Asherah was the name of a goddess while others wrongly equated her with Astarte (Ashtoreth). Since Yahweh is equated with El in the OT, it is understandable, and wrong, that in syncretistic circles Yahweh also appropriated Asherah as his consort.
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The word Shaddai (often represented by just it's first letter ש) appears on most doorposts in the modern state of Israel and on other Jewish doorposts around the world. It is treated by modern Jews as an abbreviation:
ש.ד.י
שומר דלתות ישראל
S.D.I
Shomer Daltot Israel
Guardian of Israel's Gates (or just keeper of doorposts)
This is done in remembrance of the mercy God had on the Israelites on Passover.
ש.ד.י
שומר דלתות ישראל
S.D.I
Shomer Daltot Israel
Guardian of Israel's Gates (or just keeper of doorposts)
This is done in remembrance of the mercy God had on the Israelites on Passover.
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Yes, that was at the Hebrew language site I shared.
https://hebrew4christians.com/Names_of_G-d/El/el.html
There is only one. God is a noun. The Father is Holy Spirit and Jesus was the Father alive with us. One. Not three. The powers that would later be understood as any is why I think God referred to himself in the plural form. The royal language the people would understand when speaking as the many. We, Us, and so forth.
While God himself assured us, there is only one. There is no other savior but He. That is because God is our Savior.
https://hebrew4christians.com/Names_of_G-d/El/el.html
There is only one. God is a noun. The Father is Holy Spirit and Jesus was the Father alive with us. One. Not three. The powers that would later be understood as any is why I think God referred to himself in the plural form. The royal language the people would understand when speaking as the many. We, Us, and so forth.
While God himself assured us, there is only one. There is no other savior but He. That is because God is our Savior.
That is a new take on things. Very well could be. I have always thought the plural form of language God used in such teachings was the royal tongue usage. Because in the Bible His is called the Royal law.
Your idea though is new and could be just as valid.
We know if we study beyond the Bible those who are the teachers of the deep studies of scripture, such as Soteriology, Apologetics, and so forth, that the Bible has been edited over the years.
The first KJV for instance carried the Apocrypha. Now current versions do not unless someone seeks that copy out.
The American Standard Bible carries those what are now called, forbidden or lost books, as well. Many versions are now being published with that addition.
There's the contemporary language version out now. The Bible has not remained in its original form from the beginning. And it stands to reason that in a Patriarchal system like Judaism and then the Catholic influence that later followed the copied version after the Council of Nicea gathering, and the subsequent councils that convened over the centuries, that anything that would empower the female spirit would likely be deleted.
Women were thought to be the servants of the male. Even in American law in the early founding women were property to be controlled by the patriarch in their family. And later in their marriage house. It is not too far off the beam then to believe a female power in God's word would not be acceptable in those times.
And what a lesson that is too. That male bias toward the female sex, empowered by God to continue the bloodline of the human race and nourish the fruits of their womb from their own body, would be deemed by men to be less than. When God clearly created us to be far more than what is presented in Patriarchal ideologies, not just the Hebrew Christian, across the globe.
I wonder if the remark about God hating such things was an addition that the scribes installed so as to make the prohibition more solid? God hates this so best not disobey for sure.
I did read that passage in chapter 16 as well. I think the problem was in Exodus the emancipated Israelite's lost faith in Moses leading them when they cast the gold the Egyptians gave them at their Exodus into the form of a calf. Their worship of that golden idol that was thought to be able to guide them through the desert where Moses failed, in their view, would likely be why graven images were later forbidden them.
I wonder if people today realize that would mean even the dove, or the cross, are not to be worn or displayed in the home or church?
Now when I read of the Asherah pole I think of the ancient history related to the pagan May pole. A phallic symbol related to the fruitfulness of the communities or tribes.
Could this be the same meaning in that Hebrew era? After all, the prohibitions of mixing the bloodlines in early Hebrew history was related to keeping the tribal bloods pure. The continuation of a blood line would be of high importance. And the early Jews were polytheists as we know.
Good posts. Likely very unique for Christian discussion sites when so many topics can repeat themselves quite often.
Your idea though is new and could be just as valid.
We know if we study beyond the Bible those who are the teachers of the deep studies of scripture, such as Soteriology, Apologetics, and so forth, that the Bible has been edited over the years.
The first KJV for instance carried the Apocrypha. Now current versions do not unless someone seeks that copy out.
The American Standard Bible carries those what are now called, forbidden or lost books, as well. Many versions are now being published with that addition.
There's the contemporary language version out now. The Bible has not remained in its original form from the beginning. And it stands to reason that in a Patriarchal system like Judaism and then the Catholic influence that later followed the copied version after the Council of Nicea gathering, and the subsequent councils that convened over the centuries, that anything that would empower the female spirit would likely be deleted.
Women were thought to be the servants of the male. Even in American law in the early founding women were property to be controlled by the patriarch in their family. And later in their marriage house. It is not too far off the beam then to believe a female power in God's word would not be acceptable in those times.
And what a lesson that is too. That male bias toward the female sex, empowered by God to continue the bloodline of the human race and nourish the fruits of their womb from their own body, would be deemed by men to be less than. When God clearly created us to be far more than what is presented in Patriarchal ideologies, not just the Hebrew Christian, across the globe.
I wonder if the remark about God hating such things was an addition that the scribes installed so as to make the prohibition more solid? God hates this so best not disobey for sure.
I did read that passage in chapter 16 as well. I think the problem was in Exodus the emancipated Israelite's lost faith in Moses leading them when they cast the gold the Egyptians gave them at their Exodus into the form of a calf. Their worship of that golden idol that was thought to be able to guide them through the desert where Moses failed, in their view, would likely be why graven images were later forbidden them.
I wonder if people today realize that would mean even the dove, or the cross, are not to be worn or displayed in the home or church?
Now when I read of the Asherah pole I think of the ancient history related to the pagan May pole. A phallic symbol related to the fruitfulness of the communities or tribes.
Could this be the same meaning in that Hebrew era? After all, the prohibitions of mixing the bloodlines in early Hebrew history was related to keeping the tribal bloods pure. The continuation of a blood line would be of high importance. And the early Jews were polytheists as we know.
Good posts. Likely very unique for Christian discussion sites when so many topics can repeat themselves quite often.
I know I would never be so bold as to claim something in God's eternal word is from the Devil.
If you don't wish to read parts of this discussion you are certainly mature enough and free enough to scroll past, are you not?
We who choose to participate in the discussion concerning Asherah do so because Asherah, just like the Devil, is part of the Holy Bible writings.
Please don't presume to tell a Christian they are not entitled to speak of what is written in God's breath. When God's holy words contain it we are certainly entitled to discuss it. If it offends you you are certainly entitled to ignore us and those passages under discussion.
God Bless.
100 Bible Verses about Asherah
If you don't wish to read parts of this discussion you are certainly mature enough and free enough to scroll past, are you not?
We who choose to participate in the discussion concerning Asherah do so because Asherah, just like the Devil, is part of the Holy Bible writings.
Please don't presume to tell a Christian they are not entitled to speak of what is written in God's breath. When God's holy words contain it we are certainly entitled to discuss it. If it offends you you are certainly entitled to ignore us and those passages under discussion.
God Bless.
100 Bible Verses about Asherah
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Indeed. Something evil titled sacred?
I went looking for something to answer that new question that you brought to my mind. I found these links. There are far more of course. I used the search criterion, why was asherah called sacred bible.
These are just a few of those result sources I wanted to share with you. https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org...herah-and-the-asherim-goddess-or-cult-symbol/
https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/asherah/
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/asherahasherim-bible
I went looking for something to answer that new question that you brought to my mind. I found these links. There are far more of course. I used the search criterion, why was asherah called sacred bible.
These are just a few of those result sources I wanted to share with you. https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org...herah-and-the-asherim-goddess-or-cult-symbol/
https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/asherah/
https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/asherahasherim-bible