THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND THE LAND OF ISREAL: To be a Jew means to have strong feelings for the land of Israel. A Jew should support the land of Israel. ... (Peter 3; 18-19; 4:6) The Bible also indicates that after his resurrection, when HE ascended into Heaven, Jesus took Paradise with Him, transferring the spirits of dead Saints to Heaven. (Ephesians 4:8-9 and 2 Corinthians 12:1-4) The spirits of dead saints are therefore pictures as being in Heaven before the throne of God. ...

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Mesopotamia, also known as, the land between the two rivers, a hostile environment so to speak, was where each city observed the formal recognition of a specific patron god. ... The Lord said to Abram, "Go forth from your native land and from your father's house to the land that I will show you. ... Backman writes, " At Shechem, which was roughly in the center of Canaan, the Lord actually appeared to Abram and promised to give all the surrounding land to his offspring,"(69-70) illustrating the beginning to ethical monotheism. ... Osiris was the God of Egypt but when Osiri...

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At the end of one's life, after living the commandments and the Torah, modern Judaism allows that one will have a deliverance to the promised land, or what would be conceived as the ultimate holy. ... Jesus is believed to have died through crucifixion and then resurrected from the dead by God to illustrate forgiveness of human sin, the conquering of death, and denial of Satan. This act of redemption would be visualized by those who have faith in God, who then would likewise be resurrected from the dead to ascend into heaven. ...

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Their recollections of Jesus' words and deeds recall his days on earth and the miracle of his resurrection from the dead on the first Easter. ... In time, the problem was mitigated by the belief that virtue and obedience ultimately would be rewarded and sin punished by divine judgment after death, and that at the end of time God would send his Messiah to redeem the Jews and restore them to sovereignty in their land. ... However, the Crusades did not permanently restore Christian rule to the Holy Land, and they did not unify the West either ecclesiastically or politically. ...

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It was after a second evasion of Egypt and the false rumor of the king's death was spread throughout the land. ... Once the word got back to King Antiochus he felt that the land was in rebellion and sat out to apply the new law of the land. ... King Antiochus IV begins by informing everyone that the people of the land would become as one. ...

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In attending the synagogue or burying their dead they must go to Altona, which became the new German Jewish cultural center. ... Her pride in her religion carried over into her life as wife, merchant, and as a resident of a German speaking land. ...

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After He died, his disciples spread his teachings over the land. ... The contrast between Jews and Buddhist is that Jews believe that when you die the judgment is left to God, whereas Buddhist keep trying to help the person once they are dead by given gifts to their gods/leaders. ...

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There belief was that the Messiah would rise up against the evils of the earth and return God's people back to the Holy land (Israel). ... You who are like whitewashed tombs that look handsome on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and every kind of corruption. ...

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(Psalms 33:15) 11) I believe with complete faith that the Creator, Bless is His Name, rewards with good those who observe His commandments, and punishes those who violate his commandments. 12) I believe with complete faith in the coming of the Messiah, and even though he may delay, nevertheless I anticipate every day that he will come. 13) I believe with complete faith that there will be a resuscitation of the dead whenever the wish emanates from the Creator, Blessed is His Name and exalted is His mention, forever and for all eternity. ... Gather all Jews back to the Land of ...

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It is nearly impossible to accurately posit a specific date to any books or verses in the Hebrew Bible.1 The Dead Sea Scrolls, most probably written by a minor sect, the Essenes, are the oldest extant pieces of scripture. Prior to their discovery at Qumran near the Dead Sea in the 1940's, our oldest Hebrew scriptures are only one thousand years old. ...

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Never had the world seen such devastation to not only land but to culture and people. ... While napping on another day of survival, Andrew's luck turned sour, and was found sleeping under rubble in a stolen Nazi uniform he"d taken from a dead body along with genuine papers from the victim. ...

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"Nisa" by Marjorie Shostak, describes the life a !kung woman, a life span of nearly 50 years. The book was written during the 1970's, while Shostak was interviewing !Kung women for her research. Nisa was just one of those women, but her story captivated Shostak, making her wrtie the book. ...

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INTRODUCTION In his book "Love of Enemies" William Klassen examines the various interpretations of love of enemies in relation to war and peace in the Jewish and Christian faiths. Klassen has three distinct concerns that make an influence on his views on peace. First, Klassen feels he has a responsibility, as a student of the bible, to listen to the word of the bible. He feels that most of the Anglo-Saxon scholars have not done a good job of actually listening to the word and what it really means. Klassen believes that the use of references to the biblical word a...

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