2 Nephi Chapter 10. "The Practicing Jew."
Jacob explains that the Jews will crucify their God—They will be scattered until they begin to believe in Him—America will be a land of liberty where no king will rule—Reconcile yourselves to God and gain salvation through His grace. About 559–545 B.C.
1 And now I, Jacob, speak unto you again, my beloved brethren, concerning this righteous abranch of which I have spoken.
2 For behold, the apromises which we have obtained are promises unto us according to the flesh; wherefore, as it has been shown unto me that many of our children shall perish in the flesh because of bunbelief, nevertheless, God will be merciful unto many; and our children shall be crestored, that they may come to that which will give them the true knowledge of their Redeemer.
3 Wherefore, as I said unto you, it must needs be expedient that Christ—for in the last night the aangel spake unto me that this should be his name—should bcome among the cJews, among those who are the more wicked part of the world; and they shall dcrucify him—for thus it behooveth our God, and there is none other nation on earth that would ecrucify their fGod.
4 For should the mighty amiracles be wrought among other nations they would repent, and know that he be their God.
5 But because of apriestcrafts and iniquities, they at Jerusalem will bstiffen their necks against him, that he be ccrucified.
Priestcraft= Leprosy, the "crucifixion" mentioned in the rubric:
Tzaraat (commonly translated as “leprosy”) was a supra-natural bodily affliction. Our sages say that it was contracted from speaking lashon hara, gossip. The metzora (as the one who contracted tzaraat is called) would remain isolated outside the encampment until he was restored to health. The Torah talks at length about the metzora’s healing process. A priest would travel to the metzora and dip cedar wood, scarlet thread and a hyssop plant into a mixture of bird’s blood and spring water, and sprinkle it on the metzora seven times. Seven days later, the metzora would shave his hair and immerse in a mikvah (ritual pool) to culminate his healing.
This is how the Torah describes the meeting between the metzora and the priest:
This shall be the law of the metzora on the day of his cleansing: he shall be brought to the priest. The priest shall go out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and see if the plague of tzaraat has been healed ... (Leviticus 14:2)
The Torah’s instructions seem to be conflicting. Initially we read that “he [the metzora] shall be brought to the priest,” and then, in the next verse, “the priest shall go out of the camp.” Does the metzora go to meet the priest, or does the priest come to him?1
We can see an organic reconciliation between the conflicting instructions when we view the metzora through the lens of Kabbalah. Mystically, the metzora is the persona of an individual who doesn’t see the unifying thread of divinity running through his life. That’s why he’s insensitive to the social discord he creates through his gossip. When we gossip, we create an energetic rift—between my impulsive tongue and your sacred privacy, and ultimately, a schism between spiritual and practical existence. Maimonides goes as far as to say that one who speaks lashon hara will come to speak words of heresy against G‑d.
6 Wherefore, because of their iniquities, destructions, famines, apestilences, and bloodshed shall come upon them; and they who shall not be destroyed shall be bscattered among all nations.
7 But behold, thus saith the aLord God: bWhen the day cometh that they shall believe in me, that I am Christ, then have I covenanted with their fathers that they shall be crestored in the flesh, upon the earth, unto the dlands of their inheritance.
8 And it shall come to pass that they shall be agathered in from their long dispersion, from the bisles of the sea, and from the four parts of the earth; and the nations of the Gentiles shall be great in the eyes of me, saith God, in ccarrying them forth to the lands of their inheritance.
Gentiles "Carving Of The Nations, Silence Of The Gentiles" disperse the nations, Jews are gatherers.
The Book of Mormon says practicing Jews are needed if the Nations ever hope to be great in the Eyes of God. This is the Root Cause of this Midrash called the Book of Mormon to explain the importance of the Practicing Jew, who is radically decentralized within the human population, as the mechanism of unity and gathering called Mashaich.
9 aYea, the kings of the Gentiles shall be nursing fathers unto them, and their queens shall become nursing mothers; wherefore, the bpromises of the Lord are great unto the Gentiles, for he hath spoken it, and who can dispute?
10 But behold, this land, said God, shall be a land of thine inheritance, and the aGentiles shall be blessed upon the land.
11 And this land shall be a land of aliberty unto the Gentiles, and there shall be no bkings upon the land, who shall raise up unto the Gentiles.
12 And I will fortify this land aagainst all other nations.
13 And he that afighteth against Zion shall bperish, saith God.
14 For he that raiseth up a aking against me shall perish, for I, the Lord, the bking of heaven, will be their king, and I will be a clight unto them forever, that hear my words.
15 Wherefore, for this cause, that my acovenants may be fulfilled which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do unto them while they are in the flesh, I must needs destroy the bsecret works of cdarkness, and of murders, and of abominations.
16 Wherefore, he that afighteth against bZion, both Jew and Gentile, both bond and free, both male and female, cshall perish; for dthey are they who are the ewhore of all the earth; for fthey who are gnot for me are hagainst me, saith our God.
17 For I will afulfil my bpromises which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do unto them while they are in the flesh—
18 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, thus saith our God: I will afflict thy seed by the hand of the Gentiles; nevertheless, I will asoften the hearts of the bGentiles, that they shall be like unto a father to them; wherefore, the Gentiles shall be cblessed and dnumbered among the house of Israel.
19 Wherefore, I will aconsecrate this land unto thy seed, and them who shall be numbered among thy seed, forever, for the land of their inheritance; for it is a choice land, saith God unto me, above all other lands, wherefore I will have all men that dwell thereon that they shall worship me, saith God.
20 And now, my beloved brethren, seeing that our merciful God has given us so great knowledge concerning these things, let us remember him, and lay aside our sins, and not hang down our heads, for we are not cast off; nevertheless, we have been adriven out of the land of our inheritance; but we have been led to a bbetter land, for the Lord has made the sea our cpath, and we are upon an disle of the sea.
21 But great are the promises of the Lord unto them who are upon the aisles of the sea; wherefore as it says isles, there must needs be more than this, and they are inhabited also by our brethren.
=Islands are practicing Jews.
22 For behold, the Lord God has aled away from time to time from the house of Israel, according to his will and pleasure. And now behold, the Lord remembereth all them who have been broken off, wherefore he remembereth us also.
23 Therefore, acheer up your hearts, and remember that ye are bfree to cact for yourselves—to dchoose the way of everlasting death or the way of eternal life.
24 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, areconcile yourselves to the bwill of God, and not to the will of the devil and the flesh; and remember, after ye are reconciled unto God, that it is only in and through the cgrace of God that ye are dsaved.
25 Wherefore, may God araise you from death by the power of the resurrection, and also from everlasting death by the power of the batonement, that ye may be received into the ceternal kingdom of God, that ye may praise him through grace divine. Amen.
There is, always has been and always will be just the God of Israel. He is the Christ, the King and the Kingdom itself and there are no others of any other kind.
The 9 Plagues referred to above, synonymous with different types of propaganda.
The Ten Decrees vs. The Ten Plagues.
The Ten Decrees have polar opposites called Ephahs, or "Plagues." They are:
I am the Lord Your God. You are a man. I am forever, you are ephemeral. I make all things, you make each other.
During the Plague of Blood when Aaron dips his staff into the Nile, the River of Life, it turns to blood. Men make water into blood, blech, and can create other human beings, but only God is the maker of all things.
2. You shall not make idols vs. the Plague of Frogs:
Frogs hide, then they stick their tongues out and snatch prey. They are vicious creatures, too. Frogs represent gossip, false counsel, lies, propaganda. Frogs are very bad news. They are also loud and cause the stank.
FROGS call attention to themselves, especially at night. They are distractions from the voice of God.
3. You shall not take the Name of the Lord in Vain vs. the Plague of Gnats.
Plague of Gnats= as if gossips aren’t bad enough, the corrupt come along and parasitize society. They make a name for themselves, don't they?
4. Remember the Sabbath Day vs. the Plague of Flies.
The Sabbath, Shabbat renews our interest in being educated, productive, peaceful, grateful, and glad. It gives us reasons to look forward and to start again.
Plague of Flies= waste, abuse, corruption, impropriety eventually these reach the farm and the arbor and society starves. Then, it starves for talent, for abundance, for freedom, for peace of mind.
5. Honor your father and mother vs. Plague on the Livestock.
Our parents provide us, and so do other parents of other children. Locusts are adults and their offspring that detract from our quality of life, consuming their graces, complaining and pining, leaving little else to remember behind.
Bad parents are a plague on livestock, their little ratbrats ruin the fun and development of the rest.
One locust here or there isn’t too much too worry about. Ten, twenty, thirty, are going to get your attention, but when they block the sun and eat everything, are unstoppable it is too late.
The Locusts represent the stark absence of the Qualities of the People of Israel in the land of Egypt. Their polar opposites- they destroyed everything. The Wind is always the Law. Every faith has a Wind God that clears the sky, chases away the rain, parts the sea and gives us a fresh start.
6. You shall not murder vs. The Plague of Boils.
God told Moses and Aaron to take the ashes from the furnace and hurl them at Pharaoh and his magicians and priests. They resulted in boils and sores across Egypt, in men and in beasts.
We are looking closely at the internal landscape of these symbols and how their illustrative processes bind us to self, to God and to the rest of the created and phenomenal world.
Understanding of cause and effect, of how sin and its flawed rationales lead to ruin burns all of its root causes to ash. It exhausts them like ash is the exhaust of fuel. Pharaoh is the lazy, guilty, selfishly end driven slave master that uses all kinds of tricks, magic spells, and brutality if needed to achieve his ends. Boils result when this understanding starts to singe the deeper ignorances that allowed Pharaoh and his beast boys to take over the inner and sadly, often the outer worlds also.
7. Do not commit adultery vs. the Plague of Hail.
And G‑d rained hail upon the land of Egypt. And there was hail, and fire burning within the hail... (Exodus 9:23-24)
A plague of fire and ice =a plague by a cold individual who is also aflame—fired with self-love, ablaze with egotistical passions. Indeed, it is his excess of inner heat that is the cause of his icy exterior.
8. Do not steal vs. the Plague of Locusts.
Locusts symbolize the emptiness results when we neglect duty. Things don’t get done, the work that is performed is insufficient or shoddy, supplies dry up, the ability to obtain more goes away.
One locust here or there isn’t too much too worry about. Ten, twenty, thirty, are going to get your attention, but when they block the sun and eat everything, are unstoppable it is too late.
The Locusts represent the stark absence of the Qualities of the People of Israel in the land of Egypt. Their polar opposites- they destroyed everything. The Wind is always the Law. Every faith has a Wind God that clears the sky, chases away the rain, parts the sea and gives us a fresh start.
Unless you say “Tomorrow, I will do it".
9. You shall not lust after your neighbor's wife vs. The Plague of Darkness.
The Plague of Darkness, the 9th Plague corresponds to the 9th Commandment, do not lust after your neighbor's wife. Remember the people of Israel were enslaved after the Pharaoh, the Confederate and his people became jealous of them and enslaved them.
10. Do not covet vs. the Death of the Firstborn, invokes the death of the First Born, which on the Israelite side is Reuben, the Leader, "leads others" vs. Rameses, "ram= exalted, ish=man", "worships self."
These are the reason the Book of Mormon says the God of Israel has been crucified by His own flock- no one has been spared.
The very idea a God incarnate can be the King of Murder is as repugnant as the verse says. All apostasy regarding this has to be expunged:
15 Wherefore, for this cause, that my acovenants may be fulfilled which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do unto them while they are in the flesh, I must needs destroy the bsecret works of cdarkness, and of murders, and of abominations.
Be this as it may, even after all the secret combinations between the government, religion, the public and industry are gone, the chapter says we need the Jew to practice his statecraft out in the open if the promises God made to every ancestor on this planet about peace on earth and goodwill between us is to come to pass.
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A Promise
It has stopped raining for about fifteen minutes now and it is beautiful in a hilltop neighbourhood in Upper Hut, New Zealand, USAA. Our view is a blue mountain range in the distance hued by grey sky. The clouds are receding into the distance.
We hear footsteps as our view moves to the sidewalk and the wind blows a polaroid postcard with a blonde woman posing beside a sentry at Buckingham Palace on it. A hand reaches out for it and picks it up. A mailman is the figure in shorts and NZ Post blue polo. He looks at it and turns the postcard over to read it. As he reads, he chuckles. Still laughing, the mailman gets to the door, and Clarkson’s father, Harry Black opens it. Startled, the mailman stops chuckling and straightens up. He puts the postcard down, and then realises, looks at the postcard, then hands it over to Harry. “Your mail”, he says in a Kiwi accent. Harry looks at him with a cheeky annoyance, and then says to him, “You know… you shouldn’t be reading my mail”. Then Young Clarkson comes to the door with a tee-shirt that reads “HAIRY WHALES” on it, and a corresponding graphic to go with it and looks at the mailman. “Nice tee-shirt there, son. Well, I didn’t mean to read your postcard, mate. It just dropped and I picked it up and noticed it. Well, I’m off. Kia ora”. “Kia ora”, Harry responds. Young Clarkson does too and waves the mailman goodbye. Then as the mailman walks off, Young Clarkson walks out to the front steps and looks up to the sky. “Dad, it’s stopped raining. Let’s go!”, as Young Clarkson pulls his father’s hand and then drags him out to the driveway. “Okay, okay. I’m coming”, Harry responds as he is pulled along. Harry looks at the postcard and smiles. Then look to his son, then bends down to pull Young Clarkson up into the air. Young Clarkson starts laughing and says, “On your shoulders! On your shoulders!” Harry then rotates Young Clarkson in the air and places him on his shoulders. They walk up the hill towards the park. Then, Harry says, “Your mother sent another one”, as he passes the postcard to his son. Young Clarkson takes it and looks at it. He laughs, “Mum, always doing those goofy poses when she sends one!” “Yes, she’s quite cheeky like that”, Harry responds. “It’s one of those army men”. “Yeah, the sentry of the British Guards. Me and mum took you there when you were two, just a wee boy”. “Read it dad”. Harry looks up, then takes the postcard from his son. He looks at it again. “Yeah, she always does that, doesn’t she? Just like you”. Harry turns over the postcard, “Hmm… What did she write?... “I’ve travelled in time to the future and now I’m trapped. Clarkson, come find me! Love mom.” “She’s a silly winkle”, Young Clarkson responds. “P.S. Tell your dad to stop calling me during conferences or else I’ll get fired and fly straight home to hug and kiss my little kangaroo… She’s not going to get fired, the Prime Minister handpicked her herself”, he shakes his head. P.S.S. Here is a photo of me at Buckingham Palace with the British Guard. He’s actually just as still like this even in person”, Young Clarkson chuckles. P.S.S.S. I’ll be coming home early, Professor Beckon is heading to Toronto with the delegation of Prime Minister Ardern”. “Why are there so many P.S.es when she writes to me?”. “Yeah she does that quite a lot… P.S.S.S.S. Which souvenir would you like me to get you while I’m in London? A fluffy Queen's Guard? Love again, Mom”. “I want a kangaroo!”, as Young Clarkson punches the air in excitement. “Okay, I’ll tell her tonight”, Harry responds.
As they get to the park, Harry brings his son down in front of him. Young Clarkson runs to the playground and climbs the jungle gym. Harry walks to the swing and turns to look at his son, “Hey, careful there”. He sits on the swing and then digs his wife’s postcard into his shirt pocket. He then looks around as if to see if someone is looking at him, then takes it back out and kisses it. Then with a satisfied smile, he puts it back into his pocket. There are sounds of children playing to the side of him. Then Young Clarkson runs into his laps. Harry embraces his son. Then Young Clarkson slips out to the swing beside Harry. They both sit there as they softly swing. “Dad, when is mum coming back?” “Well, she was supposed to be back in a week, but I guess we’ll be seeing her much sooner”. “Then she can come with you to my rugby practises before we start our games!” “She sure can, son”, Harry replies. “Yes!”, as Young Clarkson raises his fist into the air. “I don’t think she would miss any of it given she’s been away from you for two weeks”. Then, Young Clarkson sees a coin on the ground in front and jumps off. “I found a coin!... and… a four-leaf clover. This is my luckiest day! YEAH!” Young Clarkson goes toward Harry to show what he has found. “It is your luckiest day… a Canadian toonie AND a four-leaf clover? You know what they say when you find a four-leaf clover…” “What, dad?” “You’ll be lucky…”, Harry chuckles. “Really?” “Yeah, of course, make a prayer while you’re still lucky”. “I pray you take me to the playground everyday”, he prays aloud. “You don’t have to pray for that, son. But, I promise you”. “YES! I’m the luckiest person in the world!” “Yes, you are. But we should get going soon”, Harry says. Young Clarkson is still marveling at what he has found. “Son, we should go”. Young Clarkson looks up to see a rainbow in the sky. “Dad, look. It’s a rainbow. It’s beautiful”. “Yeah, it is.” “You know what they say about rainbows…” “What?” “If you get to the end of it you’ll find a pot of gold”. “I’m going to be rich!”, as he raises his four-leaf clover into the air. “Not if I get there first!” Harry laughs as he tries to catch up to his son. “No way, the pot of gold is mine!” “Okay, it’s a race”, Harry smiles as he jogs along. As Young Clarkson is ahead of him, he quickens his pace, “I’ll tell you what. I’ll meet you there and we can split the gold.” “Even if you win? You promise?”. “It’s a promise”. As Young Clarkson approaches the school building, a person appears from the corner. It is his mother, Beth. Harry comes to a stop as he sees her. Young Clarkson sees her too. “Mum!”, as he runs towards her. She spreads her arms and crouches. Young Clarkson runs into her embrace and they hug. “Hey, there my little kangaroo! I missed you.” She smiles at Young Clarkson then towards Harry. She then reaches into her bag and takes out a fluffy British Guard. “Look, what I got you”, she says to Young Clarkson. “Aww! I wanted a kangaroo!”. Young Clarkson throws it down to the ground. Then Beth grabs it and slaps Young Clarkson’s hand, “Don’t you ever do that again!”, as she picks him up and walks towards Harry. Beth, with her son in her arm, comes into Harry’s embrace.
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