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a migrant labourer (internet postings 2009-2013) …contents… foreword … essay, poem .or. extract posted on internet … a Legal primer March 2009 the perfectibility of men August 2010 growing like a tree :- -:an extract do the 66 books really measure up? March 2011 the contents of my family Bible :- -:an extract poets on GOD’s Footstool September 2011 earthbound wealth : a means December 2011 mysterious matrilineage March 2012 escape from the paycheck factory June 2012 gardeners by Design July 2012 he will grow sturdy like a tree August 2012 our collective immortality rate January 2013 is it really just another oscillation? February 2013 seaweed enough for everyone! March 2013 on choosing festivals wisely April 2013 earthquakes and hail April 2013 of shepherds who love HIM April 2013 …foreword… Delta is a symbol used to denote change or difference in mathematics. The modern Greek symbol Δ is a simple triangle while an older Hebrew form is more like the mouth of a river where a significant change becomes obvious. Where rivers empty into large waters, the finer particles carried along on the journey settle out forming what we still call a river delta. My life has been shaped by moving from place to place, from job to job, living in one culture and then another. I liken those to the meanderings of a river. The next part of my life will be different enough to title this book delta. From 2009 to 2013, I posted essays and poems on the internet which are included here in the order of posting. It remains my hope that sharing these views will help younger people make better decisions about some eternal matters, and even some worldly ones, earlier in life than I did. “YOUR Word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path”1 GOD, how i sought that perfect Book in my native English. I refer often to the Bible. Most direct quotes of Bible verses come from my own un-published family rendering called FATHER’S Holy Light (FHL). I do not agree completely with any of the English-language versions and so have spent more than a decade already rendering my own. My capitalizations are different than most, not to be “loud” but to show additional distinction about WHO HE is. Among the modern versions publicly available, I am more than familiar with a dozen and still read from several of those with regularity. Some word choices are superior to others, and yet I could not agree completely with any one of the publicly sold renderings. Even my FHL table of contents is different, and is provided here with an examination of the 66 books that most Bibles contain. Today, I encourage young readers to outgrow every human teacher and institution sooner rather than later. We will never outgrow the HOLY SPIRIT, and that is by Design, but we ought to outgrow flesh and blood teachers of every age and all of their books. No matter how helpful other writings can seem to begin with, learn to leave them behind because only the FATHER, SON and HOLY SPIRIT can guide you in all of the unique particulars of your own earthly life and any crises that may erupt down here. Some English-language Bibles are clearly better than others, but do not get stuck on the notion that there is a right one nor that you ever need more than one. You can attribute most differences and errors to cultures and to the passage of time. The fact that most of the message remains the same in all honest renderings can be attributed to the greatness and mercy of GOD. Understand there is but One Reality - the way that YHVH knows HIS Universe to be at all times. The views of creatures are opinion with more or less alignment to the Truth. I hope these essays and poems will help you better discern the difference between HIS prompting you and where something gets in the way of your healthy growth. I wish you many happy growing pains in this first season of your eternity. embrace the One Reality the way your life was meant to be with Righteousness not bribery the Right Path for eternity … a migrant labourer reaching this river’s end April, 2013 *** this page introduces the book …Delta… updated slightly for issue in 2015 with … Three Briefs … This work is © non-commercial, share alike. For my fellow students, this is not to deter you. I request you to freely use and improve upon these writings as you pass along your own to others, without need to mention me. Find a way to leave me a message if you wish to at www.primeconcord.info. 1 see Psalm 119:105 a Legal primer Commandments, Testimony and Judgment - these are major currents running through the Bible. While our relationships with our CREATOR1 are multi-faceted, we should not gloss over the Legal aspects of GOD’s Revelation to us in the Bible. Decades ago, our CREATOR called me to be HIS servant and to seek HIS Commandments. YESU (JESUS), the Judge of heaven and the earth, will Judge each individual rightly. As a result of diligent search of the Torah, the Prophets, and books from the days of YESU, I find there are five codes of Divine Legislation, and only five. For each person on earth today, one of the latter four codes will apply. I find these are poorly taught in my day; thus, my notes. Legal Code (1) : given to Adam about 6100 years ago - Do not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.2 Legal Code (2) : given to Noah about 4500 years ago - all people of the earth today are his descendants. Two commandments forbid murder and forbid blood in our food. The rainbow is the sign of Covenant. Legal Code (3) : given to Avraham about 4200 years ago - the descendants of Avraham include Ishmael, Yitzhak (father of Esau and Yakov, also called Israel) and six other sons. In addition to the commandments given to Noah, physical male circumcision was added as a sign of special Covenant. Legal Code (4) : given to Moses about 3500 years ago - this is full national Legislation for HIS chosen people Israel, the descendants of Yakov. The books of Moses are the first five books of the Bible, the Torah. There are some Amendments made by our CREATOR in the books of the Prophets over the centuries that followed. Such Amendments are rare but vital, and several important clarifications are also found in those later books. The keeping of Shabbat is the sign of special Covenant. Legal Code (5) : given by the HOLY SPIRIT about 2000 years ago for believers in YESU throughout the nations. This was given through the Apostles of YESU to conclude a special debate held in Jerusalem on Divine Legislation.3 It is stated most succinctly as follows ... But as for the Gentiles who have become believers (in YESU), we have sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from 4 what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from fornication. all generations are invited to keep Shabbat (Isaiah 56) Legal Code (2) Legal Code (3) all Generations of Noah all Generations of Avraham No blood in food, No murder, No blood in food, No murder, Male Rainbow in sky sign of Covenant see circumcision sign of Covenant notes see notes b & c Legal Code (5) a,b&c Legal Code (4) Ge ntile followe rs of YESU all Generations of Yakov Abstain from things sacrificed to Keep the Torah, and Amendments idols, from blood, from what is in the Books of the Prophets strangled, and from fornication Shabbat is sign of Covenant (a) Male circumcision if you partake Passover (Exodus 12:43-49) (b) Invited to keep Shabbat and serve YHVH (Isaiah 56:6-8) (c) In future times, keep Festival of Ingathering (Zechariah 14) The codes of Legislation for non-Israelites are blessedly simple to remember and to live by. Legal Code (2) applies to about ninety percent of the people in Asia, a region where I lived and worked for decades; it applies to about half the people on earth today. Knowledge of the Legal codes improves cooperation between children of Goodness everywhere, a term we have used to avoid arguing about Names. Knowledge of the Legal codes helps us avoid being impediments to the children of Israel who remain under Covenant to keep the most comprehensive Divine Legislation given. In my years of visiting 1 use of ALL-CAPS is for DIVINE INDIVIDUALS. This is not meant to suggest a ‘louder’ reading 2 see Genesis 2:15-17 3 read Acts chapter 15 in its entirety, noting especially verses 28-29 4 see Acts 21:25, a reminder given to the Disciple Paul, with (context) added here a Legal primer p.2 of 10 practicing Christians and Jews on the several continents where I have lived, I have not found any who hold and teach a clear view of GOD’s several Legislative codes for humanity. Rather, I find a pick-and- choose mindset that I abhor, and much squabbling about imaginary middle ground. YESU told us that those who obey HIM are like the man who dug deep to build a foundation upon rock that withstood all manner of worldly testing.5 This primer was developed to be worthy reading material for serious young people; for their sakes, most especially, I committed the primer to writing and posted it on the internet.
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