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God 'made His Holy Spirit known to them by the hand of His Messiah
-The Damascus Document (the word Damascus means "to drink of the new covenant")
A staff shall rise from the root of Jesse, [and a Planting from his roots will bear fruit.'] . . . the Branch of David. They will enter into judgement with ... and they will put to death the Leader of the Community, the Branch of David
[they] shall be ruled by the primitive precepts in which the men of the Community were first instructed until there shall come the Prophet and the Messiahs of Aaron and Israel
No one is allowed to touch the food or wine until only "Afte[rward] the Messiah of Israel [shall re]ach for the bread"
In the Council of the Community there shall be twelve men and three Priests, perfectly versed in all that is revealed of the Law, whose works shall be truth, righteousness, justice, loving-kindness and humility. They shall preserve the faith in the Land with steadfastness and meekness and shall atone for sin by the practice of justice and by suffering the sorrows of affliction.
He caused to sprout from Israel and from Aaron a root of [His] planting to possess His land and to grow fat in the goodness of His soil. And God took note of their deeds, for they sought Him with a perfect heart; and He raised up for them a teacher of righteousness to lead them in the way of His heart, that He might make known to the last generations what He was about to do to the last generation—the congregation of deceivers.
All the doers of the law in the house of Judah, whom God will save from the house of judgment because of their trouble and their faith in the Teacher of Righteousness. They shall see His salvation, for they have put their trust in His holy name
“And so in the days of Herod, King of Judea, John came baptizing a baptism of repentance in the Jordan River. He was said to have come from the tribe of Aaron, the priest, and was the child of Zacharias and Elizabeth. And everyone went out to him.”
originally posted by: isofakingwetoddid
Would the most important man in the HISTORY of this earth leave no record of anything? And would he be named after Spanish explorers?
originally posted by: isofakingwetoddid
Would the most important man in the HISTORY of this earth leave no record of anything? And would he be named after Spanish explorers? We don't know where he was born. His name is very suspect for that age and time.
Thou hast upheld me with certain truth;
Thou hast delighted me with Thy Holy Spirit
and [hast opened my heart] till this day ...
The abundance of (Thy) forgiveness is with my steps
and infinite mercy accompanies Thy judgement of me.
Until I am old Thou wilt care for me;
for my father knew me not
and my mother abandoned me to Thee.
For Thou art a father
to all [the sons] of Thy truth,
and as a woman who tenderly loves her babe,
so dost Thou rejoice in them;
and as a foster-father bearing a child in his lap,
so carest Thou for all Thy creatures.
Just face a few facts... All the Hebrew bibles and all the Torahs and all the "old" stuff can say anything they want without anyone doubting it...
Then when someone does......It all goes away......How come GOD just doesn't forgive Satan and your whole THEORY goes away?
Why?
If your brother sins by speaking a word against you, but then makes it up to you, you should accept him seven times a day.’ His disciple Simon said to him, ‘Seven times in a day?’ The Lord responded, ‘Yes indeed, I tell you—even up to seventy times seven! For even among the prophets, after they were anointed by the Holy Spirit, a word of sin was found.’ ”
You say that all confess the existence of evil, which is verily false; for, first of all, the whole Hebrew nation deny its existence.
If indeed, you will do as I think right, I would have it done according to the precept of my Master, who first of all commanded the Hebrew nation, whom He knew to have knowledge of God, and that it is He who made the world, not that they should inquire about Him whom they knew, but that, knowing Him, they should investigate His will and His righteousness; because it is placed in men's power that, searching into these things, they may find, and do, and observe those things concerning which they are to be judged. Therefore He commanded us to inquire, not whence evil cometh, as you asked just now, but to seek the righteousness of the good God, and His kingdom; and all these things, says He, shall be added to you.
originally posted by: Iamthatbish
Did I miss the link? Where are those quotes from?
originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: greyer
I have studied the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Qumran community, and have a number of books on the subject, for several years.
Where did you get your information because in all those years, I have heard no mention of many of the things you posted?
And when these become members of the Community in Israel according to all these rules, they shall separate from the habitation of unjust men and shall go into the wilderness to prepare there the way of Him.
As it is written, Prepare in the wilderness the Way, make straight in the desert a path for our God.(Isa. xl, 3)
originally posted by: isofakingwetoddid
Please Stop...There is NO evidence of any guy named JESUS that ever lived....Would the most important man in the HISTORY of this earth leave no record of anything? And would he be named after Spanish explorers?
originally posted by: greyer
originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: greyer
I have studied the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Qumran community, and have a number of books on the subject, for several years.
Where did you get your information because in all those years, I have heard no mention of many of the things you posted?
One of the problems to me is that every source besides Vermes seems to completely lacking.
I mean we quote from the scrolls here, and there should be absolutely no doubt in the media and academic world that John the Baptizer was an Essene. There can be no doubt whatsoever that the Qumran community was Essene, but there is no doubt that the scrolls were from all over Judea, not just Qumran, but in any case, there can be no doubt that John the Baptizer was from the same Jewish sect after taking this quote from the scrolls.
And when these become members of the Community in Israel according to all these rules, they shall separate from the habitation of unjust men and shall go into the wilderness to prepare there the way of Him.
As it is written, Prepare in the wilderness the Way, make straight in the desert a path for our God.(Isa. xl, 3)
John came out of the wilderness. He spoke those exact same words, the same words taken from the scroll community, so how can academia be so utterly naive to make the assumption that those two evidences that could not be more defined do not have a relation to each other. It has made me furious to see the approach that scholars and the media have taken to this discovery. They all admit the importance of the discovery but when it comes to answering our bible, they just keep their mouth shut and turn their head as if they cannot tolerate helping any human soul, which brings us all around to the fanatical aspect of the scrolls themselves, that the whole world is a sinful generation who worships the spirit of falsehood and manipulates the world by taking their fears and cursing them through the media keeping them in the spirit of darkness and falsehood taking control of their beliefs. It was simply street smarts in that case to see the Gentiles for the liars that they are and exposing them in every way possible.
originally posted by: chr0naut
The quote from Isiah 40:3 is hardly Essene specific and you have also provided a very loose paraphrase. The actual text of Isiah 40:3 (translation with restored names of God and notes) is:
"A voice (sound) of he who cries out (addresses by name - the gender is implied) in the wilderness (uninhabited land) prepare the way for the Lord (Yhvh); and in the desert (plain) a straight highway (raised way) for our God (Elohim)".
Translated more clearly, it is not a general command for the community but is more indicative of a specific event and person.
And when these become members of the Community in Israel according to all these rules, they shall separate from the habitation of unjust men and shall go into the wilderness to prepare there the way of Him.
He plunged them into the stream of the Jordan and dismissed them, instructing them that they should cease from evil works, and [promising] that there would [then] be given them a ruler who would set them free and subject to them all that is not in submission
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. 9 And do not think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’
originally posted by: isofakingwetoddid
.How come GOD just doesn't forgive Satan and your whole THEORY goes away?