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Moloch Yahweh, and Allah are they the same God? Pt 4
Moloch Yahweh/Molech Yahweh/Malak Yahweh we can see so far from the previous post is very different than Elah/Ilah/Alah/Allah.
Moloch Yahweh is a deity of holocaust and sacrifice. Moloch Yahweh is satiated through the suffering of others. The Hebrews would sacrifice their children to Moloch Yahweh. This was the picture that was given to us in the previous entry. That Abraham (upon whom be peace) was asked to give his child up in holocaust (ritual burning "cleansing" by fire).
As we have already mentioned and discussed, no one today has the original Torah. The Torah we have today is construction of a Hebrew people that had become partisan. Divided by a bitter civil-war with each side accusing the other of treachery.
We have seen two important occasions of 'sacrifice' in the Bible and the Qur'an in the previous entry. The first ever sacrifice, that of Cain and Abel. We also looked at the sacrifice of Abraham. What is note worthy is that none of these sacrifices were to be for the 'forgiveness of sins'. In fact we found out that the Qur'an clarified why God accepted the sacrifice of Abel. It was not because Abel offered blood, but because Abel was righteous. The Bible hinted at this by God instructing Cain that if he was not to DO GOOD would it not be accepted from him (the fruit of his harvest).
We also gave good reasons to support why Ishmael was to be the sacrifice and not Isaac. We also mentioned that the Qur'an does not describe the sacrifice as a holocaust (or a burnt offering).
Now this is where the story gets very interesting and the treachery is laid bare before you all to ponder and investigate.
The Babylonian Talmud still permits the Jews to this very day to sacrifice their children to Moloch Yahweh-albeit under certain conditions. The Bible is very clear that you can sacrifice children to Moloch Yahweh (as long as they are not your own children). This means a priest can sacrifice someone Else's children to Moloch Yahweh but not their own for example.
Here is what the Catholic Encyclopedia has to say under the entry of Moloch\Molech\Malak
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10443b.htm
(Hebrew Molech, king).
A divinity worshipped by the idolatrous Israelites. The Hebrew pointing Molech does not represent the original pronunciation of the name, any more than the Greek vocalization Moloch found in the LXX and in the Acts (vii, 43). The primitive title of this god was very probably Melech, "king", the consonants of which came to be combined through derision with the vowels of the word Bosheth, "shame". As the word Moloch (A.V. Molech) means king, it is difficult in several places of the Old Testament to determine whether it should be considered as the proper name of a deity or as a simple appellation. The passages of the original text in which the name stands probably for that of a god are Lev., xviii, 21; xx, 2-5; III (A. V. I) Kings, xi, 7; IV (II) Kings, xxiii, 10; Isaiah 30:33; 57:9; Jeremiah 32:35. The chief feature of Moloch's worship among the Jews seems to have been the sacrifice of children, and the usual expression for describing that sacrifice was "to pass through the fire", a rite carried out after the victims had been put to death. The special center of such atrocities was just outside of Jerusalem, at a place called Tophet (probably "place of abomination"), in the valley of Geennom. According to III (I) Kings, xi, 7, Solomon erected "a temple" for Moloch "on the hill over against Jerusalem", and on this account he is at times considered as the monarch who introduced the impious cult into Israel. After the disruption, traces of Moloch worship appear in both Juda and Israel. The custom of causing one's children to pass through the fire seems to have been general in the Northern Kingdom [IV (II) Kings, xvii, 17; Ezech. xxiii, 37], and it gradually grew in the Southern, encouraged by the royal example of Achaz (2 Kings 16:3) and Manasses [IV (II) Kings, xvi, 6] till it became prevalent in the time of the prophet Jeremias (Jerem. xxxii, 35), when King Josias suppressed the worship of Moloch and defiled Tophet [IV (II) Kings, xxiii, 13 (10)]. It is not improbable that this worship was revived under Joakim and continued until the Babylonian Captivity.
On the basis of the Hebrew reading of III (I) Kings, xi, 7, Moloch has often been identified with Milcom, the national god of the Ammonites, but this identification cannot be considered as probable: as shown by the Greek Versions, the original reading of III (I) Kings, xi, 7, was not Molech but Milchom [cf. also III (I) Kings, xi, 5, 33]; and according to Deuteronomy 12:29-31 and 18:9-14, the passing of children through fire was of Chanaanite origin [cf. IV (II) Kings, xvi, 3]. Of late, numerous attempts have been made to prove that in sacrificing their children to Moloch the Israelites simply thought that they were offering them in holocaust to Yahweh. In other words, the Melech to whom child-sacrifices were offered was Yahweh under another name. To uphold this view appeal is made in particular to Jeremiah 7:31 and 19:5, and to Ezekiel 20:25-31. But this position is to say the least improbable(but not impossible). The texts appealed to may well be understood otherwise, and the prophets expressly treat the cult of Moloch as foreign and as an apostasy from the worship of the true God. The offerings by fire, the probable identity(but not for certain) of Moloch with Baal, and the fact that in Assyria and Babylonia Malik, and at Palmyra Malach-bel, were sun-gods, have suggested (thought not for certain) to many that Moloch was a fire- or sun-god.They have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as offerings to Baal--something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind. (Jeremiah 19:5)
"'Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Malak (Molech), for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD. (Leviticus 18:21)
The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth Baal, and from there he saw part of the people. (Numbers 22:41)
They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sorcery and sold themselves to do evil in the eyes of the LORD, provoking him to anger. (2 Kings 17:17)
They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. (Psalm 106:37)
They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood. (Psalm 106:38)
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire--something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind. (Jeremiah 7:31)
They built high places for Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Malak(Molech), though I never commanded, nor did it enter my mind, that they should do such a detestable thing and so make Judah sin. (Jeremiah 32:35)
You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols. (Ezekiel 16:21)
This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because you gave them your children's blood, (Ezekiel 16:36)
Comments: What is interesting is that the above commands no where say "do not sacrifice your children, or do not burn your children". Obviously that command could not be there because it would be a bit hypocritical considering that Abraham was allegedly commanded to offer his son up as a holocaust (burnt offering). The commands above do not find it abominable that children blood would be given to God, but it's abominable when it is given to false gods! Remember Moloch Yahweh is a 'jealous god'.
Etymology of Ba'al.
Baʿal, (bāʾ-ʿayn-lām), is a Semitic word signifying "The Lord, master, owner (male), keeper, husband".[citation needed] Cognates include Standard Hebrew (Bet-Ayin-Lamed; בַּעַל / בָּעַל, Báʕal, Akkadian Bēl and Arabic بعل. The feminine form is Baʕalat (Hebrew בַּעֲלָה Baʕalah, Arabic بعلـة baʕalah) signifying "lady, mistress, owner (female), wife".
The words themselves had no exclusively religious connotation, they are a honorific title for heads of households or master craftsmen, but not for royalty. The meaning of "lord" as a member of royalty or nobility is more accurately translated as Adon in Semitic.
"Ba'al ul bayt" in modern Levantine Arabic is widely used to mean the head of the household, literally 'Master of the House' and has a somewhat jocular, semi-mocking connotation.[citation needed] In modern Levantine Arabic, the word Báʕal serves as an adjective describing farming that rely only on rainwater as a source of irrigation. Probably it is the last remnant of the sense of Baal the god in the minds of the people of the region. In Amharic, the Semitic word for "owner" or "husband, spouse" survives with the spelling bal.
Moloch, Molech, Molekh, Molok, Molek, Molock, or Moloc (representing Semitic מלך m-l-k, a Semitic root meaning "king") is the name of an ancient Semitic god, in particular a god of the Phoenicians, and the name of a particular kind of child sacrifice associated with that god.
The Hebrew letters מלך (mlk) usually stand for melek 'king' (Proto-Northwest Semitic malku) but when vocalized as mōlek in Masoretic Hebrew text, they have been traditionally understood as a proper name Μολοχ (molokh) (Proto-Northwest Semitic Mulku) in the corresponding Greek renderings in the Septuagint translation, in Aquila, and in the Middle Eastern Targum. The form usually appears in the compound lmlk. The Hebrew preposition l- means "to", but it can often mean "for" or "as a(n)". Accordingly one can translate lmlk as "to Moloch" or "for Moloch" or "as a Moloch", or "to the Moloch" or "for the Moloch" or "as the Moloch", whatever a "Moloch" or "the Moloch" might be. We also once find hmlk 'the Moloch' standing by itself.
Because there is no difference between mlk 'king' and mlk 'moloch' in unpointed text, interpreters sometimes suggest molek should be understood in certain places where the Masoretic text is vocalized as melek, and vice versa.
Moloch has been traditionally interpreted as the name of a god, possibly a god titled the king, but purposely mispronounced as Molek instead of Melek using the vowels of Hebrew bosheth "shame".[2]
Moloch appears in the Hebrew of 1 Kings 11:7 (on Solomon's religious failings):
Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and lmlk, the abomination of the Sons of Ammon.
The 12th century rabbi Rashi, commenting on Jeremiah 7:31 stated:
Tophet is Moloch, which was made of brass; and they heated him from his lower parts; and his hands being stretched out, and made hot, they put the child between his hands, and it was burnt; when it vehemently cried out; but the priests beat a drum, that the father might not hear the voice of his son, and his heart might not be moved.
A rabbinical tradition attributed to the Yalkout of Rabbi Simeon,[5] says that the idol was hollow and was divided into seven compartments, in one of which they put flour, in the second turtle-doves, in the third a ewe, in the fourth a ram, in the fifth a calf, in the sixth an ox, and in the seventh a child, which were all burned together by heating the statue inside.
Israel, The Golden Calf, and the worship of Moloch Yahweh.
Why is the 2nd chapter of the Qur'an called Al Baqarah. (The Cow, The Heifer) and why would that be an appropriate title when delving into a summation of the history of the people of Israel?)20:83 And what made thee hasten from thy people, O Moses?20:84 He said: They are here on my track, and I hastened on to Thee, my Lord, that Thou might be pleased.20:85 He said: Surely We have tried thy people in thy absence, and the Samiri has led them astray.20:86 So Moses returned to his people angry, sorrowing. He said: O my people, did not your Lord promise you a goodly promise? Did the promised time, then, seem long to you, or did you wish that displeasure from your Lord should come upon you, so that you broke (your) promise to me?20:87 They said: We broke not the promise to thee of our own accord, but we were made to bear the burdens of the ornaments of the people, then we cast them away, and thus did the Samiri suggest.20:88 Then he brought forth for them a calf, a body, which had a hollow sound, so they said: This is your god and the god of Moses; but he forgot.20:89 Could they not see that it returned no reply to them, nor controlled any harm or benefit for them?20:90 And Aaron indeed had said to them before: O my people, you are only tried by it, and surely your Lord is the Beneficent God, so follow me and obey my order.20:91 They said: We shall not cease to keep to its worship until Moses returns to us.20:92 (Moses) said: O Aaron, what prevented thee, when thou sawt them going astray,20:93 That thou didst not follow me? Hast thou, then, disobeyed my order?20:94 He said: O son of my mother, seize me not by my beard, nor by my head. Surely I was afraid lest thou shoud say: Thou hast caused division among the Children of Israel and not waited for my word.20:95 (Moses) said: What was thy object, O Samiri?20:96 He said: I perceived what they perceived not, so I took a handful from the footprints of the messenger then I cast it away. Thus did my soul embellish (it) to me.20:97 He said: Begone then! It is for thee in this life to say, Touch (me) not. And for thee is a promise which shall not fail. And look at thy god to whose worship thou hast kept. We will certainly burn it, then we will scatter it in the sea.20:98 Your Lord is only Allah, there is no God but He. He comprehends all things in (His) knowledge.20:99 Thus relate We to thee of the news of what has gone before. And indeed We have given thee a Reminder from Ourselves.20:100 Whoever turns away from it, he will surely bear a burden on the day of Resurrection, (Holy Qur'an chapter 20: 83-100)
7:148 And Moses’ people made of their ornaments a calf after him — a (lifeless) body, having a lowing sound. Could they not see that it spoke not to them, nor guided them in the way? They took it (for worship) and they were unjust.7:149 And when they repented and saw that they had gone astray, they said: If our Lord have not mercy on us and forgive us, we shall certainly be of the losers.7:150 And when Moses returned to his people, wrathful, grieved, he said: Evil is that which you have done after me! Did you hasten on the judgment of your Lord? And he threw down the tablets and seized his brother by the head, dragging him towards him. He said: Son of my mother, the people reckoned me weak and had well-nigh slain me. So make not the enemies to rejoice over me and count me not among the unjust people.7:151 He said: My Lord, forgive me and my brother, and admit us to Thy mercy, and Thou art the Most Merciful of those who show mercy.7:152 Those who took the calf (for a god) — wrath from their Lord, and disgrace in this world’s life, will surely overtake them. And thus do We recompense those who invent lies.7:153 And those who do evil deeds, then repent after that and believe — thy Lord after that is surely Forgiving, Merciful.7:154 And when Moses’ anger calmed down, he took up the tablets; and in the writing thereof was guidance and mercy for those who fear their Lord. (Holy Qur'an chapter 7:148-154)
Exodus 32
The Golden Calf
1 When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us godsa]">[a] who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.” 2 Aaron answered them, “Take off the gold earrings that your wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.” 3 So all the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron. 4 He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods,b]">[b] Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.” 5 When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will be a festival to the LORD.” 6 So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings. Afterward they sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry. 7 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt, have become corrupt. 8 They have been quick to turn away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’ 9 “I have seen these people,” the LORD said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked people. 10 Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.” 11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God. “LORD,” he said, “why should your anger burn against your people, whom you brought out of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? 12 Why should the Egyptians say, ‘It was with evil intent that he brought them out, to kill them in the mountains and to wipe them off the face of the earth’? Turn from your fierce anger; relent and do not bring disaster on your people. 13 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’” 14 Then the LORD relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened. 15 Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back. 16 The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. 17 When Joshua heard the noise of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “There is the sound of war in the camp.”18 Moses replied:
“It is not the sound of victory,
it is not the sound of defeat;
it is the sound of singing that I hear.”19 When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. 20 And he took the calf the people had made and burned it in the fire; then he ground it to powder, scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it. 21 He said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you led them into such great sin?” 22 “Do not be angry, my lord,” Aaron answered. “You know how prone these people are to evil. 23 They said to me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.’ 24 So I told them, ‘Whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off.’ Then they gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!” 25 Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock to their enemies. 26 So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites rallied to him. 27 Then he said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.’” 28 The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died. 29 Then Moses said, “You have been set apart to the LORD today, for you were against your own sons and brothers, and he has blessed you this day.” 30 The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. But now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.” 31 So Moses went back to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made themselves gods of gold. 32 But now, please forgive their sin—but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written.” 33 The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book. 34 Now go, lead the people to the place I spoke of, and my angel will go before you. However, when the time comes for me to punish, I will punish them for their sin.” 35 And the LORD struck the people with a plague because of what they did with the calf Aaron had made.
Comments: The big difference between the Qur'an and the Bible's testimony is that the Qur'an does not seem to pin the blame on Aaron for the making of the golden calf or calves. The Qur'an mentions that this is at the suggestion of the Samiri which is quite interesting.
The Bible has a few curious points. Who would gain by making the first high priest of Israel (Aaron) into an idol worshiper? Not just any idol but why a golden calf? Why not a golden snake? A golden eagle? Why a CALF? Notice the story says that the people gave 'burnt offerings' basically a holocaust. This is what Moloch Yahweh would want from his followers. I also find it curious that there is some dispute in the present Hebrew text on the highlighted red section on rather or not the text says "these are your gods" or "this is your god". I believe that the text said "this is your god" but there is a polemic involved that changes it to god(s) especially to reflect the reality of the civil war in Israel between the 10 northern tribes and the two southern tribes.
The Biblical narration gives a few pointers that is difficult for me to swallow as a Muslim. Such as Moses trying to 'calm God down' and reasoning with God that if he takes this course of action such and such would be said about God. This is a bit odd as God would not care what people would think about him as God is sovereign. To say that God 'relented' is also a bit odd for a Muslim to ascribe to the creator.
Lastly here is something to ponder for Christians and others who think that Muhammed (saw) wrote the Qur'an. Let us say for the sake of argument that the Qur'an is the work of the Prophet Muhammed (saw). Which Jewish faction or group would have claimed that the Samiri (Samaritan) inspired the people of Israel to make an idol or image of the Golden calf? Whom? What would be their purpose or motive? Obviously Muhammed (saw) did not get this information from Samaritans living in Arabia either. Why? Because they obviously would not implicate themselves in such a crime. So surely I hope this open's people's chest by the grace of Allah and causes you people to ponder much.
1 Kings 12:26-30The story where Aaron gets accused of making images and telling the people "these are your gods" sounds awfully familiar.
Jeroboam thought to himself, "The kingdom will now likely revert to the house of David. If these people go up to offer sacrifices at the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, they will again give their allegiance to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah. They will kill me and return to King Rehoboam." After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves. He said to the people, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Here are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt." One he set up in Bethel, and the other in Dan. And this thing became a sin . Again why the obsession with calves? Why not eagles? Why not lions?
Now there are two things we need to focus on from the information provided above.
1) Allegedly the first high priest of the Levite tribe of Israel who's tribe eventually joins the north during the civil war (is alleged to be an idol maker).
2) The idol in question is fashioned and shaped into a golden calf. Why a calf???
The visions (revelations?) in Ezekiel and the Sons of Zadok.
There were also four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, and one cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high, on which the instruments were to be laid with which the burnt offerings and the sacrifices were slaughtered. 43There were pegs, one handbreadth long, fastened all around the inside. And on the tables the flesh of the offering was to be laid. 44On the outside of the inner gateway there were chambers for the singers in the inner court, one at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the east gate facing north. 45He said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple, 46and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who have charge of the altar; these are the descendants of Zadok, who alone among the descendants of Levi may come near to the Lord to minister to him.” (Exodus chapter 40:42-46)
It was formed of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Each cherub had two faces: 19a human face turned toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion turned toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around; 20from the floor to the area above the door, cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall. 21(Exodus 41:18-21)
Comments: Let me get this right. Aaron is supposed to be scolded for making the image/idol of the golden calf? But some disembodied voice is telling Ezekiel or the 'mortal' that the temple should have Cherubims in it? Search yourself and guess what those Cherubims often or not looked like our 'human faced, winged calf shaped friend above'.
God's mode of transportation?
"He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind." (Pslam 18:10) I hope people don't take this text literally. To believe that God cruises around on such winged creatures is very degrading.
Then he said to me: Mortal, thus says the Lord God: These are the ordinances for the altar: On the day when it is erected for offering burnt offerings upon it and for dashing blood against it, 19you shall give to the levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who draw near to me to minister to me, says the Lord God, a bull for a sin offering. 20And you shall take some of its blood, and put it on the four horns of the altar, and on the four corners of the ledge, and upon the rim all around; thus you shall purify it and make atonement for it. 21You shall also take the bull of the sin offering, and it shall be burnt in the appointed place belonging to the temple, outside the sacred area. 22On the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering; and the altar shall be purified, as it was purified with the bull. 23When you have finished purifying it, you shall offer a bull without blemish and a ram from the flock without blemish. 24You shall present them before the Lord, and the priests shall throw salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord. 25For seven days you shall provide daily a goat for a sin offering; also a bull and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be provided. 26Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, and so consecrate it. 27When these days are over, then from the eighth day onward the priests shall offer upon the altar your burnt offerings and your offerings of well-being; and I will accept you, says the Lord God. (Ezekiel 43:18-27)
14Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, to do all its chores, all that is to be done in it. 15But the levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me to minister to me; and they shall attend me to offer me the fat and the blood, says the Lord God. 16It is they who shall enter my sanctuary, it is they who shall approach my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.(Ezekiel chapter 44: 14-16)
This shall be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept my charge, who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray, as the Levites did. 12It shall belong to them as a special portion from the holy portion of the land, a most holy place, adjoining the territory of the Levites.(Ezekiel 48:11-12)
(Comments: You will learn above why you would need"singers" in a place that is essentially a slaughter house. That's a bit disturbing. We will also like to investigate why the sons of Zadok are so special.)
Aaron had four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.But what of Ithamar? It is interesting to note that there is no line given for Ithamar anywhere in the OT. That which is found is in 1 Chronicles chapter 24, which calls Ahimelech the son of Ithamar. Nadab and Abihu were killed (Leviticus chapter 10). Yet we hear nothing about the descendants of Ithamar which is rather curious.
The only point of view we are left with is the mysterious 'Sons of Zadok" or in Hebrew the 'Sons of ZDK' sons of righteousness. Tzadok or Tzdk meaning 'righteous or righteousness' Melchizedek Molch i zodok Moloch i zodok or Melech i zedek Moloch the Righteous.
It is interesting that Moloch The Righteous (Melchizedek) is mysterious priest that as mentioned prior appears only in a very ambiguous context, yet many believe that it is Moloch the Righteous that asked Abraham to offer up his son in holocaust (burning by fire).
There is some dispute between the Samaritans (who only accept the first five books known as the Torah and reject the rest of the TNCH (Old Testament) and the Jews on what Deuteronomy 27:4 should say.The typically Samaritan reading “Gerizim” instead of “Ebal” in Deut. 27:4 and “the place that God chose” instead of “the place which the Lord shall chose” in Deut. 12:14, 26, shows that there was some tampering of the text. As I mentioned as we do not have the original it's hard to say who's who and what's what in this instance.
Where was the house of God (Bethel) with the ark of the covenant of the Lord
before which Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron served (cf. Judges 20:21-28)?Could the Samaritan tradition be right that it was at Har Gerizim Bethel? After all, it was atGerizim and Ebal that the great covenant ceremony was enacted by Joshua and the stone of witness (Jos. 24:27) set up at Shechem. Was this stone not a Matzebhah, a Bethel?
More to come your way as we unlock the secrets of the cult of Moloch Yahweh ( a deity who accepts burnt offerings, holocaust, and is satiated only through the suffering of other beings, and needs blood to be appeased). We will continue to show the development of this and how it eventually suppressed worship of Elah/Ilah/Alah/Allah. Insh'Allah we will explore the roll of the sons of Zadok, and look more into the obsession with the Golden Calf and Molech Yahweh.
We will continue to contrast Allah the creator of the universe, the God of mercy, forgiveness and compassion with the Molech Yahweh the deity that repents, relents, is jealous, flies around on cherubims, and is gratified by blood, child sacrifices and the suffering of the innocent.
It will be up to the truth seekers to investigate more into this subject. May Allah open your hearts and guide you all to the truth.
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