Back in time, I read the bible. Yes, all of it, but
for “Esther” and “Ruth”. The bible I read was pretty “not very much to read”,
and it took me, when reading 15-25 pages per day, roughly 50-100 days to get
through it.
Yesterday, I read “Esther”, and “Ruth”. Yes, by checking condensed
versions and comments to the same. That way of reading the bible gave more, than
reading the whole thing start – end.
It turned out these 2 books are the only
ones where is the female in the focus, and name of the (old) testament books.
“Ruth”
shows a woman, married outside her own ancestry lines and into a line suggested
leading to “David” (David being the guy that by using “thinking” defeated
Goliath. Goliath was supposedly 15 times larger that David, so Davids' slingshot
(a handheld weapon throwing stones) was likely very welcome (though not to
Goliath – he died).
When checking it, “Ruth” ancestry does not lead directly to
David, but rather to his near predecessor as King of Israel. David was placed
there, as king, with the help of “the mad man in the mountains”, Jesse. Yes,
David was new lineage.
And “Ruth” was loyal, loyal to her new lineage, given to
her by marriage. Yes, the bible, as many other things in this world (though more
“before”), count only men. So, when “Ruth” husband died, and that husbands
brother and father died at the same time, “Ruth” decided to stay and take care
of her stepmother, that complete with her “new by marriage lineage”, and
customs.
“Ruth” was loyal, to her “near and dear ones”, and by choosing to stay
with her stepmother demonstrated both her own strong will (she was recommended
to go back to her own old bloodline, and didn't), and “humane” way of being
(choosing). Guesswork is, those Basques of northern Spain, those Irish of
Northern Ireland and those curdish tribes that are today almost half of Turkey,
may have done better, by using the same way of thinking, as did “Ruth”.
Why try
keeping ones own “bloodline customs” by isolating, rather than change the
customs of “the dominating bloodline (of a country)”, by blending in?
Wars are
normally fought to gain power (money), and guesswork is, some mighty guy (not
“Ruth”) and leader of these basques saw it as more beneficial (to giving himself
more power), to focus – by conflicts and war – on “cultural differencies”
between the basques, and Spain. And he possibly succeeded, that guy in basque
land, to gain power.
Did he?
Where?
How?
And what about “Esther”, then, and
“Mortdecai”?
Many hundred years after that “David” was chosen king – that was
around 1000 years before the birth of Jesus (of that same blood line) – jews
were once more placed to inferior at times slavelike circumstances, this time to
Iran (Persia). This was during the regency of Xerxes 1, the gifted and
“warhappy” king of Persia, in ~ 480 B.C. As also customs are, Xerxes nobility
got ideas as how to themselves get into power/money. Yes, by murdering Xerxes 1.
Mortdecai somehow came in the know of these devious plans, and informed (how?
Hmmm – well, by screaming and bawling the details of this scheming, and so loud
Xerxes heard it), Xerxes, who expediantly executed the main men behind the plot.
Later, Xerxes wife died, and he started the search to replace her, this as also
normal is by asking his servants to run about looking for the most beautiful
female they could find.
And that was “Esther”.
So, “Esther” became Xerxes wife,
and as is reported (possibly also somewhere in the bible, but more likely
elsewhere), his favourite concubine.
Still later, Xerxes grand visier (“prime
minister”) decided to kill all jews kept in “Persian custody”. Yes, he probably
felt for taking all that money and all jewellery, that was surely kept by
“greedy and narrow minded jewish pawn brokers”, i.e. “Mortdecai”.
As all
remember, God back in time gave the people of Israel a covenant, often referred
to as “the old covenant”. The old covenant was first given to Abraham, and after
that to both Isaak and Jacob. Yes, and to Moses, too, on Mount Sinai. And what
was this covenant; what did it say?
The covenant said to these three, that God
would lead his people (the human being), to “the promised land”. The covenant
was made clearer, to Moses on Mount Sinai – the 10 commandments. Yes, and as I
see it natural and logical not to steal or murder, nor prefer to hop into bed
with somebodys “wear- and tear bored and wasted” wife – yes, that's what that
commandment says (husbands neither mentioned nor counted)...as all this is “the
natural and humane way for a human to behave”, I prefer to summarise these 10
commandments;
“Treat Your neighbour as You Yourself prefer to be treated”.
So,
what God asks people to do, in his “old commandment” (*), is to “behave humane”
- to behave as a humane human being. Yes, one more thing God said, and that more
specifically to the jews - “circumscription is in ways a good thing”. So, all
jewish men are, still today, circumscribed.
Why “circumscription”?
To get more
sensitive.
God and myself has recently had talks of just that – sensitivity. Of
the 4 human treats by “the All” given to me as model of how “we up here” evolve
the human being; whats to be given most emphasis. God has stubbornly kept to
“thinking”, and I have asked “why not sensitivity”? When more sensitive, better
thinking and, furthermore, sensitivity (emotion) is what gives the human
capacity to “becoming aware”. We need our six sences, to ourselves experience,
ourselves and everything else.
So, God changed “our mind”; “Yes,
“emotion/sensitivity” will, with time, become even more important, than
“thinking”.
The treats not here mentioned, “clear light” and “love” are both
given less room, than the other two. “Clear light” works as “I know that,
somehow, but I don't know how”, and “love” is there, anyhow, and everywhere. WE
ARE LOVE, that's why we are given red blood, an at times good reminder.
So, the
jews are circumscribed, so more sensitive (the males). And, as males are the sex
doing war, and looking for power, jews typically avoid war. Money is a different
issue. Money is power, and that typically without any killing, or war. So, jews
concentrated on gathering money, instead of glory. One may hope that that same
sensitivity/intelligence will help all “Mortdecai” take the decision to use
theirs' pawnbroker money, to help people in poor circumstances.
Now, back to
“Esther”. When Mortdecai is made aware of Xerxes “prime ministers” plans to
murder all jews (to get their money), he wisely asks “Esther” for help.
Concubine and most beautiful “Esther” is to make Xerxes aware of his grand
visiers plans, and “rebutt” them (make them invalid).
So, “Esther” invites
Xerxes to beautiful and fun dinners, this complete with “nightly activities”.
Esther gives Xerxes 3 dinners and 3 nights, and after that informs Xerxes of his
grand visiers plans (to get money, that money likely to be used by the visier to
topple Xerxes).
The story ends with Xerxes killing the former grand visier (with
entourage), this to replace the devious prime minister, with Mortdecai (no
scheming expected from Mortdecai, who as jewish and circumscribed will not wish
for neither power nor glory).
(*) The old covenant was later replaced with “the
new covenant”. The new covenant was made, by God (“the all”) placing himself to
the cross. On that cross were placed all 3 parts of “God” - the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Ghost. Yes, remember the night in Getsemane, where God tells Jesus
that he will prefer to join him on the cross (the next day), and that
furthermore also The Holy Ghost – the part of God that impersonate that seen by
“us up above”, as “holy” - will hang there.
Jesus is placed to the cross, thus
becoming “the Christ”. Yes, that in company of (invisible) “Father”, and “Holy
Ghost”. He is, after 9 hours and 42 minutes (18:42 in the afternoon), killed by
a roman lance, stuck into the left side of his belly. I was reminded of that,
when 33 years, 3 months and a bit more - the crucifiction took place on 33-3-30 - being given pains in my belly, those
pains staying with me for almost 21 years.
Why the reminder – I was part of the
Holy Ghost placed to that cross.
The new covenant is “KNOWLEDGE” (this including
intelligence/sensitivity).
