Stoping the violence and promoting peace
Lent is a period of six weeks that was constituted by the Catholic church, where fasting and weeping was done for those six weeks before Easter. The fasting really originates from the pagan worship of Tammuz. Ezekiel 8:14-15 New (NKJV) 14 So He brought me to the door of the north gate of the Lord’s house; and to […]
Condemn means: to express complete disapproval of; censure. To declare something or someone as an fit for spiritual use, unclean, wrong, evil, which could lead to the state of boycott, being excommunicated from the benefits of a society, community or organization. synonyms: censure, criticize, castigate, attack, denounce, deplore, decry, revile, inveigh against, blame, chastise, berate, […]
On Nov. 29, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution calling for Palestine to be partitioned between Arabs and Jews, allowing for the formation of the Jewish state of Israel. It has taken a period of 70 years since that U.N partition plan was put into force: Counting from 1947 until the present year […]
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order. Why did UN come into being? A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II in order to prevent another such conflict. At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; there […]
Esau was a twin brother of Jacob, both being the sons of Isaac, and Isaac being the son of Abraham. 1 Chronicles 1:34-36 (NKJV) The Family of Isaac – Esau was mentioned in the 1 Chronicles 1:34-36 for the sake of bringing out the historical facts, and repeated circle of events that relates back to Esau’s […]
The Semitic word baal, meaning owner or master, was also used in ancient religions for lord or god, and it is still defined as a Canaanite or Phoenician deity. Among the greatest of the Semitic peoples’ deities were Baal and Astarte-both symbols of fertility. Numbers 25:3 So Israel was joined to Baal of Peor, and the anger of the Lord was […]
Rivers reflecting the underworld emotions: There are five main rivers that are visible both in the living world and the underworld. Their names were meant to reflect the emotions associated with death. Hate – The Styx is generally considered to be one of the most prominent and central rivers of the Underworld and is also the most […]
Lethe was also the name of the personification of forgetfulness and oblivion, with whom the river was often associated. In Greek mythology, Lethe /ˈliːθi/ (Greek: Λήθη, Lḗthē; Ancient Greek:) was one of the five rivers of the underworld of Hades. Isaiah 28:15: Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge […]