LUST - SODOMY - SELF(pleasure) - [SW-23] - 4 December 2017 - (From the desk of Celia Joy Martins)
LOT'S WRONG CHOICE:
When Abraham and Lot's paths separated, Lot chose for himself the best share of land though it MEANT LIVING NEAR SODOM - a CITY KNOWN for ITS SIN. Lot's GREEDINESS and SELFISHNESS for the "BEST" overrided righteousness, goodwill and fairness towards his uncle Abraham.
CHOICES:
As in today's life - life is a SERIES OF CHOICES. The CHOICE LOT made - was a COMING DISASTER thinking only of himself - he CHOSE the "BEST" well-watered AREA for himself - then he MOVED nearer and nearer to SODOM (known for its sinfulness) and EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN the city of SODOM.
The WRONG CHOICE CAN DESTROY AN ENTIRE FAMILY:
SODOM'S (and GOMORRAH and the CITIES AROUND IT'S) SIN and WICKEDNESS were FUELED by the SPIRITUAL STRONGHOLD (an IRON GRIP, THROTTLEHOLD, LOCK, HEADLOCK, FORTRESS) of the STRONGHOLD-trinity - each a STRONGHOLD ON ITS OWN but WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER:
LUST - SODOMY - and SELF(-PLEASURE)
Together it provides "TEMPTATIONS" that are so STRONG - that it could DESTROY an entire FAMILY.
THE ANGELS ('sons' of God) that SINNED:
In 2 Peter 2:4 - the apostle Peter tells us that:
"... Yahweh did NOT SPARE the ANGELS that SINNED, but CAST them INTO HELL ... to KEEP THEM THERE in PITS of GLOOM."
Jude, the "brother" of Messiah, tells us the same thing in the Book of Jude 1:6: "And the ANGELS WHO DID NOT KEEP (CARE FOR, GUARD, AND HOLD TO) THEIR OWN FIRST PLACE OF POWER BUT ABANDONED their PROPER DWELLING PLACE - these YAHWEH HAS RESERVED IN CUSTODY in ETERNAL CHAINS (bonds) under the THICK GLOOM of UTTER DARKNESS UNTIL the judgment and doom of the GREAT DAY."
The Book of Enoch tells us all about this EVILNESS.
Enoch 6:2 "And the ANGELS, the CHILDREN of HEAVEN, SAW AND LUSTED AFTER THEM and said, COME, LET US CHOOSE US WIVES FROM AMONG THEM CHILDREN of MEN AND BEGET US CHILDREN. :3 And SEMJAZA ... their LEADER ... said unto them: I fear you will not indeed agree to do this DEED, and I ALONE HAVE TO PAY the PENALTY OF A GREAT SIN."
The Bible tells us in Genesis 6 verse 4 that the Nephilim were also on the EARTH AFTERWARD:
Gen.6:4 "The NEPHILIM were on the EARTH in THOSE DAYS, and ALSO AFTERWARD"
Another Book that was lost to our generation until the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls is yet another real treasure - the Book of Jubilees. Jubilees is a more in-depth writing of the events of Genesis and is considered to many as the "LESSER GENESIS (Lepto-genesis) although it is "typically" considered by the Catholic Church and affiliates (Lutheranism etc) the Protestant Churches that evolved from the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches to be a "Pseudipigrapha" (as false). It was though, well-known to EARLY BELIEVERS.
It was LEFT OUT (one of several books) OF the CANON that the SANHEDRIN and RABBI AKIVA ESTABLISHED in the FIRST CENTURY. It COVERED the SAME GROUND as GENESIS, but with ADDITIONAL DETAIL regarding angels, the fallen angels, the Nephilim and descendants, the Elioud (the antediluvian - or pre-flood) children of the Nephilim - considered as part-angel part-human avatar, hybrid races of their own. Like the Nephilim, the Elioud are exceptional in both ability (super beings) and wickedness - the NIMROD'S (Gen. 10:8-9)
From the BOOK of JUBILEES:
Jub. 29:9 "But before they used to call the land of Gilead, 'The land of the REPHAIM (Nephilim-tribe); for it was the LAND of the REPHAIM and the REPHAIM were BORN there. GIANTS WHOSE HEIGHT WAS TEN, NINE, EIGHT DOWN to SEVEN CUBITS.
:10 And their HABITATION was from the LAND of the CHILDREN OF AMMON to MOUNT HERMON and the SEATS of their KINGDOM were KARNAIM AND ASHTAROTH and EDREI and MISUR and BEON.
:11 And YAHWEH destroyed them because of their EVIL DEEDS; for they WERE VERY MALIGNANT, and the AMMORITES DWELT IN THEIR STEAD, WICKED AND SINFUL ..."
THEY JUST DID IT AGAIN:
The original angels were kept in chains (in hell) but Satan and his evil agents JUST DID IT AGAIN - for the "... NEPHILIM were on the EARTH in THOSE DAYS AND ALSO AFTERWARD" (Gen. 6:4).
SODOM'S SIN ORIGINATED from the ANGELS that sinned by FORCING THEMSELVES on the DAUGHTERS of MEN to produce offspring for themselves.
They did not LOVE them - they LUSTED AFTER them.
This act of TAKING FRO THEMSELVES WHOEVER THEY CHOOSE was DONE with WICKEDNESS AND LUST - REBELLION in the highest degree towards Elohim Yahweh. THEY JUST DID WAT THEY WANT - taking matters in own hands in misusing Abba's Creation by SODOMIZING and RAPING the daughters of men - for they LUSTED AFTER THEM.
Their OFFSPRING (the Nephilim) was on a DESTRUCTION PATH and SINNED EVEN MORE: The Book of Enoch tells us that their offspring - GIGANTIC ANGEL-HUMAN (Nephilim) BEINGS - began to DEVOUR mankind, and when man could no longer sustain them, they SINNED - SODOMIZED - the BIRDS, ANIMALS, REPTILES and FISH - creating HUGE ANGEL-HUMAN-ANIMAL BEINGS (the DINOSAUR beings) and to DRINK BLOOD.
SODOMY DEFINED: ANY type of SEXUAL CONDUCT (ACTIVITY - ACTION - DEED) held to be ABNORMAL or UNNATURAL (PERVERSE that is WICKED - VICIOUS - MEAN - BAD) performed with "MAN" (man or woman) or BEAST (ANIMAL, REPTILE, FISH).
SATAN and HIS AGENTS' WORKS:
The destruction of Yahweh's creation and the evilness that came upon them - were so severe - that the ALMIGHTY CREATOR decided to DESTROY ALL FLESH. Gen. 4:7 "So the Lord said, I WILL WIPE MANKIND, WHOM I HAVE CREATED FROM THE FACE of the EARTH - MEN AND ANIMALS, AND CREATURES that MOVE ALONG the GROUND, AND the BIRDS of the AIR, for I AM GRIEVED that I HAVE MADE THEM."
The Nephilim beings (and their offspring) were LIVING in CANAAN and were the (EVERLASTING) ENEMIES of ISRAEL - cruel and wicked - extremely immoral and corrupt - dishonest and sinful - barbaric and murderous - violent and inhuman - aggressive and brutal - sadistic and vicious - destructive and hostile - intimidating and unsympathetic - harsh and unkind - merciless and heartless - hard-hearted and insensitive - unforgiving and merciless - vindictive and ruthless - controlling and oppressive - uncaring and cold-hearted - etc.
According to the Original Hebrew Picture Words most of all the "-ites" (and others) were of 'foreign' descent - a primitive root.
THE SODOM-ITES:
Hebrew Picture Word H6945 and H6942 - a PRIMITIVE ROOT - meaning "DEFILED" and "SANCTIFICATION of 'SELF' " - Nephilim origin.
Later on in the history of Israel we read about the rest of the " -ites" nations. Deut. 7:1-3 mentions seven '-ites' enemies of Israel when they entered the promised land After Joshua became leader and the new generation of Israel entered in to the new land of Canaan as Yahweh promised.
"When Yahweh brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations - the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you - and when Yahweh has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then YOU MUST DESTROY THEM TOTALLY. MAKE NO TREATY WITH THEM, AND SHOW NO MERCY. DO NOT INTERMARRY WITH THEM. DO NOT GIVE YOUR DAUGHTERS TO THEIR SONS OR TAKE THEIR DAUGHTERS FOR YOUR SONS."
Some of the 'ITES' NATIONS/TRIBES in Canaan:
SODOM-ITES
CANAAN-ITES
PERIZZ-ITES
HETT-ITES
AMOR-ITES
HEV-ITES
JEBUS-ITES
GIRGASH-ITES
AMMON-ITES
MOAB-ITES etc.
From Babylon:
ELAM-ITES
An ANCIENT WAR:
The story of LOT to CHOOSE for HIMSELF to live in Sodom began with an account of an ancient WAR - an INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT that had personal CONSEQUENCES for Abraham and his family. It is such a familiar story of OPPRESSION - DOMINATION - HARASSMENT - CRUELTY and TYRANNY by a COALITION OF STRONGER POWERS.
THE BATTLE OF THE KINGS:
The FOUR "FOREIGN" (BABYLONIAN) KINGS from the EAST - the MESOPOTAMIA REGION (the NIMROD region) from the place that ABRAHAM LEFT BEHIND to MOVE to his PROMISED LAND in OBEDIENCE - MARCHED AGAINST the FIVE LOCAL KINGS of the JORDANIAN REGION (inclusive of Sodom).
For twelve years the local kings had paying tribute to the foreign kingdoms, and for some reason they chose to WITHOLD that tribute in the thirteenth year. This was UNACCEPTABLE to the MESOPOTAMIA kings, and they were not going to ALLOW the REBELLION to go UNCHECKED.
The foreign four kings' AIM was to CONQUER the FIVE JORDANIAN CITIES around the DEAD SEA and on their way, they PLUNDERED AND WIPED OUT ALL the TRIBES they ENCOUNTERED. This was a military plan to prevent an attack from the REAR, and it was extremely successful. After the elimination of all the neighboring people who might have stood in their way, the four Eastern kings from Mesopotamia turned their FULL ATTENTION to the REBELLING FIVE - determinedly DEFEATED THEM IN THE VALLEY OF SIDDIM.
Although there is no mention of the battle itself, it is mentioned that the kings of SODOM and GOMORRAH FLED, as did many of their men. With the victory for the eastern kings, they seized all the wealth from Sodom and Gomorrah, took all they need for provisions - took LOT and ALL HIS GOODS AND POSSESSIONS and went on their way.
With LOT CAPTURED, some of the men escaped and fled to Abraham bringing him the bad news. Living in Hebron, he was OUTSIDE the TERRITORIES in question and would not have intervened was it not for Lot that was considered part of his family. Maybe Abraham, who had no heir yet, thought that his "promised" descendant would come through Lot.
ABRAHAM TRUSTED YAH (GOD) - IN BATTLE:
When Abraham heard that his nephew had been captured, he ARMED and led forth the 318 TRAINED SERVANTS BORN IN HIS OWN HOUSE AND PURSUED the ENEMY AS FAR AS DAN.
There he DIVIDED HIS FORCES AGAINST THEM by NIGHT, HE AND HIS SERVANTS, and ATTACKED AND ROUTED them, and PURSUED THEM AS FAR AS HOBAH, WHICH IS NORTH OF DAMASCUS. "And Abraham brought back ALL THE GOODS and ALSO BROUGH BACK HIS KINDSMAN LOT AND his POSSESSIONS, the WOMEN ALSO AND THE PEOPLE." (Gen. 14:14-16).
Gen. 14:17 "After this Abram's RETURN from the DEFEAT AND SLAYING OF CHEDORLAOMER AND the KINGS WHO WERE WITH him, the KING of SODOM WENT OUT to MEET him at the Valley of SHAVEH, that is, the King's Valley.
The MECHIZEDEK BLESSING: (The KING of SALEM - YAHSHUA HA'MASCHIACH - CAPTAIN of the HEAVENLY ARMY that HELPED ABRAHAM and BLESSED ABRAHAM AFTERWARD) - THE FIRST HOLY COMMUNION:
:18 MELCHIZEDEK King of SALEM [later called Jerusalem] BROUGHT OUT BREAD AND WINE; (the first HOLY COMMUNION) he was the HIGH PRIEST of YAHWEH ELOHIM the MOST HIGH.
:19 And he blessed Abram and said, BLESSED (FAVOURED FOR BLESSINGS, MADE BLISSFUL, JOYFUL) be ABRAM by YAHWEH ELOHIM the MOST HIGH, POSSESSOR AND MAKER of HEAVEN AND EARTH,
:20 AND BLESSED, PRAISED, AND GLORIFIED be YAHWEH ELOHIM the MOST HIGH, Who HAS GIVEN YOUR FOES INTO YOUR HAND! And ABRAM GAVE him a TENTH of ALL he had taken.
THEN the SODOMITE KING COULD SPEAK:
:21 And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons and keep the goods for yourself.
:22 But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I HAVE LIFTED UP MY HAND and SWORN to ELOHIM YAHWEH, the MOST HIGH, the POSSESSOR AND MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH,
:23 that I would NOT TAKE A THREAD OR A SHOELACE OR ANYTHING THAT IS YOURS, lest you should say, I have made Abram rich.
:24 [Take all] except only what my young men have eaten and the share of the men [allies] who went with me - Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion."
ABRAHAM CHOSE PEACE - LOT WENT BACK to SODOM:
Abraham rejected the king of Sodom's suggestion to keep the spoils, as HE KNEW that ELOHIM YAHWEH would PROVIDE IN ALL HIS NEEDS. The king of SALEM was at Abraham's mercy but Abraham gave him back the spoils, the women and children and went on home - ABRAHAM CHOSE PEACE - sadly LOT apparently WENT BACK to SODOM.
The FIVE kings of the EAST (MESOPOTAMIA) (BABYLON) according to Gen 14:1:
"In the days of the kings AMRAPHEL of SHINAR, ARIOCH of Ellasar, CHEDORLAOMER of Elam, and TIDAL of Goiim ..."
AMRAPHEL (Nimrod) - "I WILL CAST DOWN"
(Of "Foreign" ORIGIN - Nephilim)
of SHINAR (Gen. 14:1)
(Rabbinic sources identify AMRAPHEL with NIMROD - Sefer haYashar 11 "And Nimrod dwelt in Babylon, and he there renewed his reign over the rest of his subjects, and he reigned securely, and the subjects and princes of Nimrod called his NAME AMRAPHEL, saying that AT THE TOWER HIS PRINCES AND MEN FELL THROUGH HIS MEANS." Genesis RABBAH 42 says AMRAPHEL WAS CALLED BY THREE NAMES: CUSH (after his FATHER'S NAME as in Gen. 10:8, NIMROD, because he ESTABLISHED REBELLION in the world, and AMRAPHEL AS HE DECLARED (AMAR) "I WILL CAST DOWN" (apilah). According to the Original Hebrew Picture Word Dictionary "amrapel" (AMPRAPHEL) corresponds to the Picture Word H569 - of FOREIGN ORIGIN. (Some other speculations are that he could also have been HAMMURABI - as mentioned as the AMRAPHEL of Gen 14.)
ARIOCH:
(a Babylonian of "Foreign" ORIGIN - Nephilim)
of ELLASAR (according to the Original Hebrew Picture Word dictionary - Arioch corresponds to the Hebrew Picture Word - H746 - 'aryok - meaning of FOREIGN ORIGIN; Aryok (Arioch) - the name of two Babylonians.)
CHEDORLAOMER
(Of "foreign ORIGIN - ELAM-ITE - a servant of the Elamite pantheon (gods and goddesses) - Nephilim) -
of ELAM - (According to the Original Hebrew Picture Word - H3540 - "Kedorla'omer" - of foreign origin. From Rabinical sources - Chedorlaomer of Elam - was a ELAMITE - his name associated with familiar Elamite components such as "KUDUR" meaning "SERVANT" and "LAGAMAR" who was a HIGH GODDESS in the ELAMITE PANTHEON) .
TIDAL
(An ELAM-ITE - a terrible dreadful creature - Nephilim)
of GOIIM (Also an Elamite - according to the original Hebrew Picture Word "TID'AL" (H8413) meaning FEARFUL - TID'AL also corresponds to the Hebrew Picture Word (H1763) "de'hal" corresponding to H2199 to SLINK by IMPLICATIONS of being FORMIDABLE - MAKE AFRAID - DREADFUL AND TERRIBLE.)
They made WAR on the kings
BERA of SODOM
(ORIGIN UNCERTAIN - ROOT DESCENT? - Nephilim)
(From the Original Hebrew Picture Word H1298 - from uncertain derivation (seed, origin, root, descent) - a SODOMISH king.)
SHINAB of ADMAH
(A PRIMITIVE Root - changed and altered - Nephilim)
(From the Original Hebrew Picture Word H8134 - coming from Hebrew Word H8132 - a PRIMITIVE ROOT - to ALTER - to CHANGE)
SHEMEBER of ZEBOIIM
(A Primitive root word - nicknamed to be formidable - a man of "RENOWN" - like Nimrod who was the first - Nephilim)
(From the Original Hebrew Picture Words - H8034 - 'sem' a primitive word from H7760 - an appellation [name - designation - title - tag - term - label] as a mark of or memorial [cenotaph individuality; by implication honor, authority, character base fame infamous, name, named, renown, report.)
Also SHEMEMBER
(LOFTY - CAME from the SKY where the CELESTIAL BODIES REVOLVE - Nephilim)
as "Sameh" and "samayin" (from the Original Hebrew Picture Word H8064 from a root meaning "to be LOFTY" - the sky and "FROM the SKY" as the clouds move as well as the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve [in the air, heaven, heavens.)
and
the KING of BELA, that is ZOAR.
(An Egyptian from G124 - an UNCERTAIN DERIVATION - Nephilim)
From the Original Hebrew Picture Word H6814 - So'an meaning "from Egyptian derivation")
The latter kings JOINED TOGETHER [as allies] in the VALLEY of SIDDIM which is [now] the [DEAD] SEA of SALT. Twelve years they had SERVED CEDORLAOMER; but in the thirteenth year they rebelled." (Gen. 14:1-4)