Greetings Doves,
This post may be somewhat
lengthy, but will prove to be rewarding to those who read through it. After
about 4 paragraphs I will first post my conclusions, followed by it's backup
information.
First I want to reference
the Book of Jasher Chapters 22 & 23, which I have included at the end.
See Ch 22:41 & 22:53 & 23:51. To see Talmud references do GOOGLE
search "TALMUD ONLINE". ALSO I did not "spell check" this post, so
if you wish to 'study' it, please "wash it through" you spell check if readibility
is important -- we engineers are not noted for our spelling.
The significance of prototypes (types, foreshadows
and similitudes), their largely, almost perfect representation and
efficacy of the final type (teleotype) as Christ cannot be over stressed.
For example Moses as a "type" or prototype of Christ is well document. So
effective was the Mosaic prototype that "they were baptized into Moses"
(cf 1 Cor. Ch 10). Abraham's son Issac, was also a type of Christ as is
seen in Issac (Gen. 22:6) carring the wood (implying the crucifix)
for himself as the sacrifice, as did Jesus. The effectiveness of the
prototype is essential because IF THE PROTOTYPE IS INEFFECTIVE, PEOPLE HAVE
NO REASON TO TRUST OR SUSPECT THAT THE TELEOTYPE WILL BE EFFECTIVE EITHER!!!!
Hence the absolute requirement for truly effective prototypes. We can see
this principle with a designer who promises to create an say, automobile
with attendant benefits. If the prototype automobile does not work, it does
not start, or ride etc; we will have absolutely no confidence of any promise
for a well running finished product. Our Lord knows we reason much in this
way.
Furthermore if one
does not have Messianic prophecies within their sacred body of "scripture",
then "they" CANNOT HAVE A MESSIAH! The Judeo-Christian scriptures
have many messianic prophecies (promises from God), thus those who trust
in those scriptures can have a Messiah!. Any other "scriptures" do not have
specific, detailed Messianic prophecy, THEREFORE such a group CANNOT have
the Messiah, it's that simple. For this reason is why the Koran is
flawed (I'm not attempting "to pick on" Muslims here); but the Koran has
no messianic prophesies regarding Mohammed ipso facto Mohammed CANNOT be
Messiah.
In fact it gets more
tangled. Traditional Judaism worships YHVH, but takes the many messianic
prophesies and assigns them away to the likes of David, Solomon, Hezekiah
etc. In effect they have #1. MORE than ONE Messiah and #2. "used up"
all scriptural proof that would be used "to verify" any claimed Messiah.
Thus traditional Judaism has used up their messianic verses and now "cannot
have a messiah" in the scripturally verifiable sense. The enemy, hasatan,
knows this, but will be more than happy to supply a "messiah" (the antichrist)
anyway!
CONCLUSIONS
#1. Yeshua began
His ministry at age 30+ somewhere in what we would call 24 AD. The reason
He started at age 30, was that the High priest had to be age 30 before taking
on that position. (Yeshua is our High Priest -- See The Book of Hebrews),
#2. Yeshua
died at age 37; On Wednesday April 3, 30 AD (Abib 13), arose on Saturday
afternoon - April 6, 30 AD- about 5 pm (Saturday Abib 16),
#3. Jesus' ministry
was SEVEN YEARS IN DURATION (NOT the 3.5 - 4 years as we believe we have
in the Gospel Accounts; The Gospel of John supports this claim: Jn 21:25
),
#4. Having a SEVEN
year ministry serves as the imitatable time span which allows, provides
and serves as the paradigm for the anti-christs hegemony for SEVEN FULL
YEARS, IN DIRECT IMITATION OF CHRIST,
#5. Being 37 years
old at His time of death, and this event occurring in 30 AD, places his
birth at 6 BC. Below I will show His birth WAS PRECEEDED BY A SAROS YEAR
of 7 eclipses.,
#6. Between 6
BC and 1 AD (Gregorian calendar -- The Julian Day Calendar does provide
for days in going from BC to AD.) there are 7 years. The next Saros will
be in 2007 through 2008; 8 years after 2000 AD. The 7 years plus the
8 = 15 years -- the world receives a King Hezekiah time extension - 15 years
- of life. This puts the rapture in the spring of 2008! Information
will also show that the present Hillel II Jewish calendar is short 231 years;
the true year being 5766 + 231 = 5997. The cycle of intercalary months is
also off, making the Hillel II "Out of phase" with respect to the insertion
of intercalary months.
#7. Since Yeshua's birth
was heralded by a saros year containing 7 eclipses, and since He died at
age 37, His death and RESURRECTION was also heralded by a saros 12 month
time in which there were 7 eclipses. 2 eighteen years saros cycles = 2 X
18 = 36. His 36th year contained 7 eclipses, which heralded His Resurrection
in the 37th year of His life.
#8. The Jubilee year
is the 49-50th year of 3 consecutive saros cycles. The Jubilee year is the
19th year of the following progression: 3,6,7,10,13,14,17, 22, 25, 26, 29,
32, 33, 36, 39, 42, 43, 46, 49, 50, 53,,,,.The 49-50th years saw some significant
feast day(s) begin or end on the Saturday Shabbat.
#9. After thought
note: The Flood mentioned in the Book of Rev 12:7 is a "real" flood ---
See what happened to Abraham and Issac in the Book of Jasher 23:33-40 below.
THE
RATIONAL & PROOF
First we commence with
some discussion about calendars, times and seasons. A synodic month: Occurs
when our moon completes it's full cycle (also called a lunation) of phases.
This takes about 29.53059 days. The Hebrew lunar calendar (presently dubbed
the HILLEL II) has alternating months of 30 and 29 days.
A mean (average) solar
year (MSY) is based on the time it takes the earth to make one complete
orbit of the sun and this equates to 365.242199 days. This leads to a MSY
of 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds..
The 7 day - week is
based roughly on the 4 phases of the moon (New, First Half, Full, Last Half)) and
is a rough quotient of 29 / 4 = 7 (approx).
Our 24 hour day is
roughly based on the 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night that occur
at the vernal and autumnal equinoxes (About our March 21 & September
21 respectively). The equinoxes being the moment when our sun "passes"
the earth's equator heading northward or southward. The earth's spinning
axis also has a wobble called the precession of the equiniox, which, if
the earth's axis could be thought of as a large pencil, would inscribe a
"small" circle in the polar skies. It takes about 24,000 - 25,000 to complete
the circle.
Seasons are determined
by the sun, NOT THE MOON, by the amount of darkness or light it casts upon
a given area. Because our Sun controlls the seasons, the lunar calendar
must be "solar adjusted" in timely fashion, by the inclusion of an intercalary
month.
In "low lattitudes"
there are basically ONLY 2 SEASONS: RAINY and DRY. In somewhat higher lattitudes
there are basically 3 SEASONS. In higher lattitudes there are the familiar
4 SEASONS. At the polar lattitudes we are back to 2 SEASONS, Winter (a period
of extended darkness) and "summer" (a period of extended daylight hours).
The length of a day
can be gauged either by the earth's position relative to "fixed" stars or
by the sun. If stars are employed then the interval is called the sidereal
day -- 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.10 seconds of mean solar time. However a
mean solar day (MSD) based on sidereal mechanics and due to the earth's
spin on it's axis and due to its orbit around the sun (It must complete
MORE than one complete rotation to obtain a mean solar day), the MSD is
24 hours, 3 minutes, 56.25 seconds. The MSD is the period used in calendar
computations.
Now things start to
get important. The Julian Day Calendar (JDC), was formulated by Joseph
JUSTUS Scaliger (1540 AD - 1609 AD). The JDC is based on the greatest common
multiple of the Metronic cycle (19 years) X The Solar Cycle (28 years) X
The Induction cycle (15 year ancient Egyptian Fiduciary/Financial cycle)
= 7,980 years. HOWEVER the JDC's "starting point" is rooted in the inaccurate
Roman Jullian calendar system; taking as it's "first day" as January 1,
4713 BC. The JDC greatly facilitates the calculation of the number of intervening
days between historical and/or astronomical events, and in that sense is
very handy. The "meeting up" of various calendars to a single point
in time is termed 'commensurability".
An early calendar cycle
and still very highly effective is the SAROS cycle -- 18 years, plus 9 -
11.33 days (depending upon the number of intervening leap years) including
a 12 month period in which there are SEVEN eclipses. In any given 12 month
span, the LEAST number of eclipses is 2, the average is 4 and the maximum
is 7 (God's number for perfection/completion). Shortly we will see how a
12 month period of 7 eclipses PRECEEDED (ANNOUNCED) Yeshua's Birth; AND
will PRECEED HIS coming for His Bride. In this 18 year cycle there are usually
(however not always) 72 eclipses; 48 lunar, 24 solar. Note the ratio's
48/72 = 2/3 's and 24/72 = 1/3.
We know from scripture
knowledge is displayed in the heavens. In a figurative/symbolic sense, God
The Father can be symbolized by the sun - so bright that no man can steadily
gaze/look upon Him directly for any length of time; we need "welders glasses"
-- AN optical VEIL to do so. On the other hand our moon represents Yeshua
(Abib 13/14/15 being the time of the fullness of the moon). At the crucifixion
the full moon was in ascension coming up over the cross. The cratered surface
of the moon represents the horrific beating He took for us as the moon intercepts
the cosmic stoning by asteroids intended to strike the earth.
When NASA wants
to "know where the moon is" so that astronauts and moon can meet at the
same time and location, one of the personnel consulted is Dr. Meese, astrophysics
dept MIT - Mass Institute of Tech. Dr. Meese wrote a highly accurate program
for "MATHCAD", a product of MathSoft Corp. for the calculation of the phases
of the moon. His program runs on MathCad, uses the JDC for computations
and is accurate to within +/- 2-3 minutes. About 8 years ago I modified
his program (using MathCad) to calculate the day of the week (Monday, Tuesday,
etc) for each phase of the moon. I cannot include the program or its calculations
here; but by this program I determined The day and year of Yeshua's death
and resurrection with exacting precision. MathCad is now at version 12 and
very expensive, however lesser versions can usually be found on E-bay for
less expense.
THE PRESENT HILLEL II JEWISH CALENDAR IS ERRANT
Returning,,, The present Jewish lunar calendar
(called the HILLEL II) is a metronic -- 19 year cycle -- calendar of (110
X 29) + (125 X 30) 6940 days. It consists of 110 "defective" or short months
of 29 days and 125 full months of 30 days. It's present year-date of
5766 is in error by 231 years. {See massichtoth (tractates) AZ 9b, Sanh
97a & b, 98a & b, Yoma 86b, RH 11a & 118b, Palest. Taan 64a}.
In Avodah Zarah (idolatry) 9b, the rabbi got notice of 4231 years, the 4000
years was accounted for, but not the 231. When the 231 is added the true
year is 5797; 3 years from the alloted 6,000 from Adam.
The present HILLEL
II is intercalated at the following years in its 19 year cycle: 3, 6, 8,
11, 14, 17, 19.
Presently the "FULL
MONTHS" are: Nisan, Sivan, Av, Tishri, Shevat and in a leap year First Adar.
The "defective months"
are: Iyyar, Tammuz, Elul, Tevet and Second Adar.
The months of Cheshvan
and Kislev ARE FORCED TO VARY!! THE FORCED TRUNCATION TO A DEFECTIVE
MONTH ARISES BECAUSE THE RABBI'S WILL NOT PERMIT THE DAY OF ATONEMENT (TISHRI
10) TO FALL ON A FRIDAY OR SATURDAY, NEITHER WILL THEY ALLOW THE SEVENTH
DAY OF THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES (TISHRI 21) TO FALL ON A SATURDAY SHABBAT
THUS THE CONJUNCTION OF THE MOON AND SUN (hEBREW 'MOLDAD') AT TISHRI
1 IS DELAYED (HEBREW 'DEHIYYOT) TO ACCOMODATE
THE ABOVE RESTRICTIONS.
THE WAY IT SHOULD BE
For the sake of brevity
I cannot provide a full explanation for all that follows, merely to give
it. The true Jewish calendar should be constructed as; an 18 year calendar
with 7 intercalary months inserted at the "Fibonacci year". The Fibonacci sequence
1,1,2,3,5,8,13,,,, is fully associated with the golden ratio phi = 1.618033989,
and is seen "all over"; from leaf growth patterns, to conch shell growth,
to spiral galaxies and to logarithmic curves. The golden ratio leads to
the golden angle: 137.5077641.
To obtain the correct
calendar cycle, draw a 6" diameter circle on graph paper. Divide the circle
into 18 equal "pie slices". Starting at the "EAST" (zero degree axis) label
the slices from 1 - 18 proceeding counterclockwise. Then take a protractor
and along the circumference "tick off" at 137.5 degree increments seven
hash marks this yields:
#1. 137.5 (137.5 degrees) corresponding
to slice number 3 or year 3,
#2. 275.0 (275.0 degrees) corresponding
to slice number 6 or year 6,
#1. 412.5 (52.52 degrees) corresponding
to slice number 7 or year 7,
#1. 550.0 (190.0 degrees) corresponding
to slice number 10 or year 10,
#1. 687.5 (327.5 degrees) corresponding
to slice number 13 or year 13,
#1. 825.0 (105.0 degrees) corresponding
to slice number 14 or year 14,
#1. 962.5 (242.5 degrees) corresponding
to slice number 17 or year 17.
December 1917 - November
1917 was a saros year containing 7 eclipses. Our year Feb 2007 - March 2008
will be a 12 month saros year of 7 eclipses; IT WILL HERALD THE RAPTURE!
REFERENCES
1 And Ishmael then rose up and took his wife and his children and his cattle
and all belonging to him, and he journeyed from there and he went to his
father in the land of the Philistines.
2 And Abraham related to Ishmael his son the transaction with the first
wife that Ishmael took, according to what she did.
3 And Ishmael and his children dwelt with Abraham many days in that land,
and Abraham dwelt in the land of the Philistines a long time.
4 And the days increased and reached twenty six years, and after that Abraham
with his servants and all belonging to him went from the land of the Philistines
and removed to a great distance, and they came near to Hebron, and they
remained there, and the servants of Abraham dug wells of water, and Abraham
and all belonging to him dwelt by the water, and the servants of Abimelech
king of the Philistines heard the report that Abraham's servants had dug
wells of water in the borders of the land.
5 And they came and quarreled with the servants of Abraham, and they robbed
them of the great well which they had dug.
6 And Abimelech king of the Philistines heard of this affair, and he with
Phicol the captain of his host and twenty of his men came to Abraham, and
Abimelech spoke to Abraham concerning his servants, and Abraham rebuked
Abimelech concerning the well of which his servants had robbed him.
7 And Abimelech said to Abraham, As the Lord liveth who created the whole
earth, I did not hear of the act which my servants did unto thy servants
until this day.
8 And Abraham took seven ewe lambs and gave them to Abimelech, saying, Take
these, I pray thee, from my hands that it may be a testimony for me that
I dug this well.
9 And Abimelech took the seven ewe lambs which Abraham had given to him,
for he had also given him cattle and herds in abundance, and Abimelech swore
to Abraham concerning the well, therefore he called that well Beersheba,
for there they both swore concerning it.
10 And they both made a covenant in Beersheba, and Abimelech rose up with
Phicol the captain of his host and all his men, and they returned to the
land of the Philistines, and Abraham and all belonging to him dwelt in Beersheba
and he was in that land a long time.
11 And Abraham planted a large grove in Beersheba, and he made to it four
gates facing the four sides of the earth, and he planted a vineyard in it,
so that if a traveler came to Abraham he entered any gate which was in his
road, and remained there and ate and drank and satisfied himself and then
departed.
12 For the house of Abraham was always open to the sons of men that passed
and repassed, who came daily to eat and drink in the house of Abraham.
13 And any man who had hunger and came to Abraham's house, Abraham would
give him bread that he might eat and drink and be satisfied, and any one
that came naked to his house he would clothe with garments as he might choose,
and give him silver and gold and make known to him the Lord who had created
him in the earth; this did Abraham all his life.
14 And Abraham and his children and all belonging to him dwelt in Beersheba,
and he pitched his tent as far as Hebron.
15 And Abraham's brother Nahor and his father and all belonging to them
dwelt in Haran, for they did not come with Abraham to the land of Canaan.
16 And children were born to Nahor which Milca the daughter of Haran, and
sister to Sarah, Abraham's wife, bare to him.
17 And these are the names of those that were born to him, Uz, Buz, Kemuel,
Kesed, Chazo, Pildash, Tidlaf, and Bethuel, being eight sons, these are
the children of Milca which she bare to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
18 And Nahor had a concubine and her name was Reumah, and she also bare
to Nahor, Zebach, Gachash, Tachash and Maacha, being four sons.
19 And the children that were born to Nahor were twelve sons besides his
daughters, and they also had children born to them in Haran.
20 And the children of Uz the first born of Nahor were Abi, Cheref, Gadin,
Melus, and Deborah their sister.
21 And the sons of Buz were Berachel, Naamath, Sheva, and Madonu.
22 And the sons of Kemuel were Aram and Rechob.
23 And the sons of Kesed were Anamlech, Meshai, Benon and Yifi; and the
sons of Chazo were Pildash, Mechi and Opher.
24 And the sons of Pildash were Arud, Chamum, Mered and Moloch.
25 And the sons of Tidlaf were Mushan, Cushan and Mutzi.
26 And the children of Bethuel were Sechar, Laban and their sister Rebecca.
27 These are the families of the children of Nahor, that were born to them
in Haran; and Aram the son of Kemuel and Rechob his brother went away from
Haran, and they found a valley in the land by the river Euphrates.
28 And they built a city there, and they called the name of the city after
the name of Pethor the son of Aram, that is Aram Naherayim unto this day.
29 And the children of Kesed also went to dwell where they could find a
place, and they went and they found a valley opposite to the land of Shinar,
and they dwelt there.
30 And they there built themselves a city, and they called the name at the
city Kesed after the name of their father, that is the land Kasdim unto
this day, and the Kasdim dwelt in that land and they were fruitful and multiplied
exceedingly.
31 And Terah, father of Nahor and Abraham, went and took another wife in
his old age, and her name was Pelilah, and she conceived and bare him a
son and he called his name Zoba.
32 And Terah lived twenty-five years after he begat Zoba.
33 And Terah died in that year, that is in the thirty-fifth year of the
birth of Isaac son of Abraham.
34 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and he was buried
in Haran.
35 And Zoba the son of Terah lived thirty years and he begat Aram, Achlis
and Merik.
36 And Aram son of Zoba son of Terah, had three wives and he begat twelve
sons and three daughters; and the Lord gave to Aram the son of Zoba, riches
and possessions, and abundance of cattle, and flocks and herds, and the
man increased greatly.
37 And Aram the son of Zoba and his brother and all his household journeyed
from Haran, and they went to dwell where they should find a place, for their
property was too great to remain in Haran; for they could not stop in Haran
together with their brethren the children of Nahor.
38 And Aram the son of Zoba went with his brethren, and they found a valley
at a distance toward the eastern country and they dwelt there.
39 And they also built a city there, and they called the name thereof Aram,
after the name of their eldest brother; that is Aram Zoba to this day.
40 And Isaac the son of Abraham was growing up in those days, and Abraham
his father taught him the way of the Lord to know the Lord, and the Lord
was with him.
41 And when Isaac was thirty-seven years old, Ishmael his brother was going
about with him in the tent.
42 And Ishmael boasted of himself to Isaac, saying, I was thirteen years
old when the Lord spoke to my father to circumcise us, and I did according
to the word of the Lord which he spoke to my father, and I gave my soul
unto the Lord, and I did not transgress his word which he commanded my father.
43 And Isaac answered Ishmael, saying, Why dost thou boast to me about this,
about a little bit of thy flesh which thou didst take from thy body, concerning
which the Lord commanded thee?
44 As the Lord liveth, the God of my father Abraham, if the Lord should
say unto my father, Take now thy son Isaac and bring him up an offering
before me, I would not refrain but I would joyfully accede to it.
45 And the Lord heard the word that Isaac spoke to Ishmael, and it seemed
good in the sight of the Lord, and he thought to try Abraham in this matter.
46 And the day arrived when the sons of God came and placed themselves before
the Lord, and Satan also came with the sons of God before the Lord.
47 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? and Satan answered
the Lord and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking
up and down in it.
48 And the Lord said to Satan, What is thy word to me concerning all the
children of the earth? and Satan answered the Lord and said, I have seen
all the children of the earth who serve thee and remember thee when they
require anything from thee.
49 And when thou givest them the thing which they require from thee, they
sit at their ease, and forsake thee and they remember thee no more.
50 Hast thou seen Abraham the son of Terah, who at first had no children,
and he served thee and erected altars to thee wherever he came, and he brought
up offerings upon them, and he proclaimed thy name continually to all the
children of the earth.
51 And now that his son Isaac is born to him, he has forsaken thee, he has
made a great feast for all the inhabitants of the land, and the Lord he
has forgotten.
52 For amidst all that he has done he brought thee no offering; neither
burnt offering nor peace offering, neither ox, lamb nor goat of all that
he killed on the day that his son was weaned.
53 Even from the time of his son's birth till now, being thirty-seven years,
he built no altar before thee, nor brought any offering to thee, for he
saw that thou didst give what he requested before thee, and he therefore
forsook thee.
54 And the Lord said to Satan, Hast thou thus considered my servant Abraham?
for there is none like him upon earth, a perfect and an upright man before
me, one that feareth God and avoideth evil; as I live, were I to say unto
him, Bring up Isaac thy son before me, he would not withhold him from me,
much more if I told him to bring up a burnt offering before me from his
flock or herds.
55 And Satan answered the Lord and said, Speak then now unto Abraham as
thou hast said, and thou wilt see whether he will not this day transgress
and cast aside thy words.
1 At that time the word of the Lord came to Abraham, and he said unto him,
Abraham, and he said, Here I am.
2 And he said to him, Take now thy son, thine only son whom thou lovest,
even Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt
offering upon one of the mountains which shall be shown to thee, for there
wilt thou see a cloud and the glory of the Lord.
3 And Abraham said within himself, How shall I separate my son Isaac from
Sarah his mother, in order to bring him up for a burnt offering before the
Lord?
4 And Abraham came into the tent, and he sat before Sarah his wife, and
he spoke these words to her,
5 My son Isaac is grown up and he has not for some time studied the service
of his God, now tomorrow I will go and bring him to Shem, and Eber his son,
and there he will learn the ways of the Lord, for they will teach him to
know the Lord as well as to know that when he prayeth continually before
the Lord, he will answer him, therefore there he will know the way of serving
the Lord his God.
6 And Sarah said, Thou hast spoken well, go my lord and do unto him as thou
hast said, but remove him not at a great distance from me, neither let him
remain there too long, for my soul is bound within his soul.
7 And Abraham said unto Sarah, My daughter, let us pray to the Lord our
God that he may do good with us.
8 And Sarah took her son Isaac and he abode all that night with her, and
she kissed and embraced him, and gave him instructions till morning.
9 And she said to him, O my son, how can my soul separate itself from thee?
And she still kissed him and embraced him, and she gave Abraham instructions
concerning him.
10 And Sarah said to Abraham, O my lord, I pray thee take heed of thy son,
and place thine eyes over him, for I have no other son nor daughter but
him.
11 O forsake him not. If he be hungry give him bread, and if he be thirsty
give him water to drink; do not let him go on foot, neither let him sit
in the sun.
12 Neither let him go by himself in the road, neither force him from whatever
he may desire, but do unto him as he may say to thee.
13 And Sarah wept bitterly the whole night on account of Isaac, and she
gave him instructions till morning.
14 And in the morning Sarah selected a very fine and beautiful garment from
those garments which she had in the house, that Abimelech had given to her.
15 And she dressed Isaac her son therewith, and she put a turban upon his
head, and she enclosed a precious stone in the top of the turban, and she
gave them provision for the road, and they went forth, and Isaac went with
his father Abraham, and some of their servants accompanied them to see them
off the road.
16 And Sarah went out with them, and she accompanied them upon the road
to see them off, and they said to her, Return to the tent.
17 And when Sarah heard the words of her son Isaac she wept bitterly, and
Abraham her husband wept with her, and their son wept with them a great
weeping; also those who went with them wept greatly.
18 And Sarah caught hold of her son Isaac, and she held him in her arms,
and she embraced him and continued to weep with him, and Sarah said, Who
knoweth if after this day I shall ever see thee again?
19 And they still wept together, Abraham, Sarah and Isaac, and all those
that accompanied them on the road wept with them, and Sarah afterward turned
away from her son, weeping bitterly, and all her men servants and maid servants
returned with her to the tent.
20 And Abraham went with Isaac his son to bring him up as an offering before
the Lord, as He had commanded him.
21 And Abraham took two of his young men with him, Ishmael the son of Hagar
and Eliezer his servant, and they went together with them, and whilst they
were walking in the road the young men spoke these words to themselves,
22 And Ishmael said to Eliezer, Now my father Abraham is going with Isaac
to bring him up for a burnt offering to the Lord, as He commanded him.
23 Now when he returneth he will give unto me all that he possesses, to
inherit after him, for I am his first born.
24 And Eliezer answered Ishmael and said, Surely Abraham did cast thee away
with thy mother, and swear that thou shouldst not inherit any thing of all
he possesses, and to whom will he give all that he has, with all his treasures,
but unto me his servant, who has been faithful in his house, who has served
him night and day, and has done all that he desired me? to me will he bequeath
at his death all that he possesses.
25 And whilst Abraham was proceeding with his son Isaac along the road,
Satan came and appeared to Abraham in the figure of a very aged man, humble
and of contrite spirit, and he approached Abraham and said to him, Art thou
silly or brutish, that thou goest to do this thing this day to thine only
son?
26 For God gave thee a son in thy latter days, in thy old age, and wilt
thou go and slaughter him this day because he committed no violence, and
wilt thou cause the soul of thine only son to perish from the earth?
27 Dost thou not know and understand that this thing cannot be from the
Lord? for the Lord cannot do unto man such evil upon earth to say to him,
Go slaughter thy child.
28 And Abraham heard this and knew that it was the word of Satan who endeavored
to draw him aside from the way of the Lord, but Abraham would not hearken
to the voice of Satan, and Abraham rebuked him so that he went away.
29 And Satan returned and came to Isaac; and he appeared unto Isaac in the
figure of a young man comely and well favored.
30 And he approached Isaac and said unto him, Dost thou not know and understand
that thy old silly father bringeth thee to the slaughter this day for naught?
31 Now therefore, my son, do not listen nor attend to him, for he is a silly
old man, and let not thy precious soul and beautiful figure be lost from
the earth.
32 And Isaac heard this, and said unto Abraham, Hast thou heard, my father,
that which this man has spoken? even thus has he spoken.
33 And Abraham answered his son Isaac and said to him, Take heed of him
and do not listen to his words, nor attend to him, for he is Satan, endeavoring
to draw us aside this day from the commands of God.
34 And Abraham still rebuked Satan, and Satan went from them, and seeing
he could not prevail over them he hid himself from them, and he went and
passed before them in the road; and he transformed himself to a large brook
of water in the road, and Abraham and Isaac and his two young men reached
that place, and they saw a brook large and powerful as the mighty waters.
35 And they entered the brook and passed through it, and the waters at first
reached their legs.
36 And they went deeper in the brook and the waters reached up to their
necks, and they were all terrified on account of the water; and whilst they
were going over the brook Abraham recognized that place, and he knew that
there was no water there before.
37 And Abraham said to his son Isaac, I know this place in which there was
no brook nor water, now therefore it is this Satan who does all this to
us, to draw us aside this day from the commands of God.
38 And Abraham rebuked him and said unto him, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan,
begone from us for we go by the commands of God.
39 And Satan was terrified at the voice of Abraham, and he went away from
them, and the place again became dry land as it was at first.
40 And Abraham went with Isaac toward the place that God had told him.
41 And on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place at
a distance which God had told him of.
42 And a pillar of fire appeared to him that reached from the earth to heaven,
and a cloud of glory upon the mountain, and the glory of the Lord was seen
in the cloud.
43 And Abraham said to Isaac, My son, dost thou see in that mountain, which
we perceive at a distance, that which I see upon it?
44 And Isaac answered and said unto his father, I see and lo a pillar of
fire and a cloud, and the glory of the Lord is seen upon the cloud.
45 And Abraham knew that his son Isaac was accepted before the Lord for
a burnt offering.
46 And Abraham said unto Eliezer and unto Ishmael his son, Do you also see
that which we see upon the mountain which is at a distance?
47 And they answered and said, We see nothing more than like the other mountains
of the earth. And Abraham knew that they were not accepted before the Lord
to go with them, and Abraham said to them, Abide ye here with the ass whilst
I and Isaac my son will go to yonder mount and worship there before the
Lord and then return to you.
48 And Eliezer and Ishmael remained in that place, as Abraham had commanded.
49 And Abraham took wood for a burnt offering and placed it upon his son
Isaac, and he took the fire and the knife, and they both went to that place.
50 And when they were going along Isaac said to his father, Behold, I see
here the fire and wood, and where then is the lamb that is to be the burnt
offering before the Lord?
51 And Abraham answered his son Isaac, saying, The Lord has made choice
of thee my son, to be a perfect burnt offering instead of the lamb.
52 And Isaac said unto his father, I will do all that the Lord spoke to
thee with joy and cheerfulness of heart.
53 And Abraham again said unto Isaac his son, Is there in thy heart any
thought or counsel concerning this, which is not proper? tell me my son,
I pray thee, O my son conceal it not from me.
54 And Isaac answered his father Abraham and said unto him, O my father,
as the Lord liveth and as thy soul liveth, there is nothing in my heart
to cause me to deviate either to the right or to the left from the word
that he has spoken to thee.
55 Neither limb nor muscle has moved or stirred at this, nor is there in
my heart any thought or evil counsel concerning this.
56 But I am of joyful and cheerful heart in this matter, and I say, Blessed
is the Lord who has this day chosen me to be a burnt offering before Him.
57 And Abraham greatly rejoiced at the words of Isaac, and they went on
and came together to that place that the Lord had spoken of.
58 And Abraham approached to build the altar in that place, and Abraham
was weeping, and Isaac took stones and mortar until they had finished building
the altar.
59 And Abraham took the wood and placed it in order upon the altar which
he had built.
60 And he took his son Isaac and bound him in order to place him upon the
wood which was upon the altar, to slay him for a burnt offering before the
Lord.
61 And Isaac said to his father, Bind me securely and then place me upon
the altar lest I should turn and move, and break loose from the force of
the knife upon my flesh and thereof profane the burnt offering; and Abraham
did so.
62 And Isaac still said to his father, O my father, when thou shalt have
slain me and burnt me for an offering, take with thee that which shall remain
of my ashes to bring to Sarah my mother, and say to her, This is the sweet
smelling savor of Isaac; but do not tell her this if she should sit near
a well or upon any high place, lest she should cast her soul after me and
die.
63 And Abraham heard the words of Isaac, and he lifted up his voice and
wept when Isaac spake these words; and Abraham's tears gushed down upon
Isaac his son, and Isaac wept bitterly, and he said to his father, Hasten
thou, O my father, and do with me the will of the Lord our God as He has
commanded thee.
64 And the hearts of Abraham and Isaac rejoiced at this thing which the
Lord had commanded them; but the eye wept bitterly whilst the heart rejoiced.
65 And Abraham bound his son Isaac, and placed him on the altar upon the
wood, and Isaac stretched forth his neck upon the altar before his father,
and Abraham stretched forth his hand to take the knife to slay his son as
a burnt offering before the Lord.
66 At that time the angels of mercy came before the Lord and spake to him
concerning Isaac, saying,
67 0 Lord, thou art a merciful and compassionate King over all that thou
hast created in heaven and in earth, and thou supportest them all; give
therefore ransom and redemption instead of thy servant Isaac, and pity and
have compassion upon Abraham and Isaac his son, who are this day performing
thy commands.
68 Hast thou seen, O Lord, how Isaac the son of Abraham thy servant is bound
down to the slaughter like an animal? now therefore let thy pity be roused
for them, O Lord.
69 At that time the Lord appeared unto Abraham, and called to him, from
heaven, and said unto him, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou
any thing unto him, for now I know that thou fearest God in performing this
act, and in not withholding thy son, thine only son, from me.
70 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, a ram was caught
in a thicket by his horns; that was the ram which the Lord God had created
in the earth in the day that he made earth and heaven.
71 For the Lord had prepared this ram from that day, to be a burnt offering
instead of Isaac.
72 And this ram was advancing to Abraham when Satan caught hold of him and
entangled his horns in the thicket, that he might not advance to Abraham,
in order that Abraham might slay his son.
73 And Abraham, seeing the ram advancing to him and Satan withholding him,
fetched him and brought him before the altar, and he loosened his son Isaac
from his binding, and he put the ram in his stead, and Abraham killed the
ram upon the altar, and brought it up as an offering in the place of his
son Isaac.
74 And Abraham sprinkled some of the blood of the ram upon the altar, and
he exclaimed and said, This is in the place of my son, and may this be considered
this day as the blood of my son before the Lord.
75 And all that Abraham did on this occasion by the altar, he would exclaim
and say, This is in the room of my son, and may it this day be considered
before the Lord in the place of my son; and Abraham finished the whole of
the service by the altar, and the service was accepted before the Lord,
and was accounted as if it had been Isaac; and the Lord blessed Abraham
and his seed on that day.
76 And Satan went to Sarah, and he appeared to her in the figure of an old
man very humble and meek, and Abraham was yet engaged in the burnt offering
before the Lord.
77 And he said unto her, Dost thou not know all the work that Abraham has
made with thine only son this day? for he took Isaac and built an altar,
and killed him, and brought him up as a sacrifice upon the altar, and Isaac
cried and wept before his father, but he looked not at him, neither did
he have compassion over him.
78 And Satan repeated these words, and he went away from her, and Sarah
heard all the words of Satan, and she imagined him to be an old man from
amongst the sons of men who had been with her son, and had come and told
her these things.
79 And Sarah lifted up her voice and wept and cried out bitterly on account
of her son; and she threw herself upon the ground and she cast dust upon
her head, and she said, O my son, Isaac my son, O that I had this day died
instead of thee. And she continued to weep and said, It grieves me for thee,
O my son, my son Isaac, O that I had died this day in thy stead.
80 And she still continued to weep, and said, It grieves me for thee after
that I have reared thee and have brought thee up; now my joy is turned into
mourning over thee, I that had a longing for thee, and cried and prayed
to God till I bare thee at ninety years old; and now hast thou served this
day for the knife and the fire, to be made an offering.
81 But I console myself with thee, my son, in its being the word of the
Lord, for thou didst perform the command of thy God; for who can transgress
the word of our God, in whose hands is the soul of every living creature?
82 Thou art just, O Lord our God, for all thy works are good and righteous;
for I also am rejoiced with thy word which thou didst command, and whilst
mine eye weepeth bitterly my heart rejoiceth.
83 And Sarah laid her head upon the bosom of one of her handmaids, and she
became as still as a stone.
84 She afterward rose up and went about making inquiries till she came to
Hebron, and she inquired of all those whom she met walking in the road,
and no one could tell her what had happened to her son.
85 And she came with her maid servants and men servants to Kireath-arba,
which is Hebron, and she asked concerning her Son, and she remained there
while she sent some of her servants to seek where Abraham had gone with
Isaac; they went to seek him in the house of Shem and Eber, and they could
not find him, and they sought throughout the land and he was not there.
86 And behold, Satan came to Sarah in the shape of an old man, and he came
and stood before her, and he said unto her, I spoke falsely unto thee, for
Abraham did not kill his son and he is not dead; and when she heard the
word her joy was so exceedingly violent on account of her son, that her
soul went out through joy; she died and was gathered to her people.
87 And when Abraham had finished his service he returned with his son Isaac
to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba, and they
came home.
88 And Abraham sought for Sarah, and could not find her, and he made inquiries
concerning her, and they said unto him, She went as far as Hebron to seek
you both where you had gone, for thus was she informed.
89 And Abraham and Isaac went to her to Hebron, and when they found that
she was dead they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly over her; and
Isaac fell upon his mother's face and wept over her, and he said, O my mother,
my mother, how hast thou left me, and where hast thou gone? O how, how hast
thou left me!
90 And Abraham and Isaac wept greatly and all their servants wept with them
on account of Sarah, and they mourned over her a great and heavy mourning.