Unlike “Navin R. Johnson”, Steve Martin’s moronic characterization in the 1979 comedy film “The Jerk” , I was not born a “poor black child”. I arrived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on the 18th of October in 1946 - the firstborn of European immigrant offspring. My father’s parents were Irish and my mother’s parents were Sicilian. Although I was born in New England and could characterize myself as “a Yankee”, the Lion’s share of my cultural identity rests in background of the people who had a hand in raising me. What I know about the warmth and affection among extended family members, I learned from my mother’s Sicilian people. My incisive wit is… brought to you by the makers of …my father’s Irish people.
Read MoreComfort For God’s People 1. Comfort…..Comfort my people commandeth your (Israel’s) God. . . . . . . . . 2. Speak to them (Israel’s people) concerning the heart (central point; purpose) of Jerusalem (“Teachings of Peace and Salvation”) and proclaim unto her (Jerusalem) that she has fulfilled (brought to completion; performed; done ) a great service in as much as, with […]
Envoys from Babylon 1. During our time, Merodach (“a lot of Melchizedek high-priests who subjugate people to “) Baladan (Ba’al-worship ), are, themselves, sons (subjects of; delivered into the dominion of) Baladan (“Ba’al-worship”), who is the undisputed ruler of Babylon (confusion; representation). They send (commission; appoint) numerators (“bean-counters” accountants; actuaries; auditors; bookkeepers; CPA’s) and gifts (bribes) unto Hezekiah (“Those who honor their allegiance to Israel’s […]
12. The stakes (interest; involvement; concern), which hold the tents (tabernacles; habitations) of my generation in their rightful places, have been pulled-up (removed) and taken from us as if Salt Lake’s weaver has totally removed our lives from the loom (Melchizedek apparatus for weaving fabrications) and has consistently cut us off (severed-us; disconnected-us) as if to ensure (make certain of; guarantee) the tidy (well-ordered) finish (end) of us. . . . . 13. I (Judah) wait until dawn (sunrise), as the Lion (king-maker; royalty) of Israel’s house, […]