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| '''Comments''' 
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| * [[Christ]], [[Moses]], and [[Abraham]] all established [[altars]] of [[stones]]. 
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| * The [[Pharisees]] believed in blood sacrifice on dead [[stones]] and the [[Essenes]] reading the same Torah did not. by '''[[sophistry]]'''?
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|* [[Isaiah 66]]:4  I also will choose their '''delusions''' <Ref name=delusion>{{08586}}</Ref>, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.
: [[Isaiah 3]]:4 And I will give children <Ref>{{05288}}</Ref> [to be] their princes, and '''babes'''<Ref name=delusion></Ref> shall rule over them.
* [[2 Thessalonians]] 2:11  And for this cause God shall send them [[strong delusion]], that they should believe a lie:
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| * The idea of a [[stones upon]] stones is connected to unhewn stones.
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| '''Questions'''
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| * What was the [[golden calf]]?
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| * What was different about the altars of [[Nimrod]]?
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| * Were the [[Levites]] the [[Church in the wilderness]], the [[called out]]?
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|* Have the [[metaphor]]s and [[allegory|allegories]] of the old testament been unmoored from their true meaning by [[sophistry]], creating a [[strong delusion]] that you might believe a lie that it is okay to pursue [[covetous practices]] to obtain [[Social Security|social security]]?
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| * Where are the lively [[altars]] of '''[[Clay and Stone]]''' used to bind families together through [[charity]] and [[love]] rather than force and violence?
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| * What does it mean to eat of either the  of [[Trees|tree of Knowledge of good and evil or the tree of Life]]?
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| * What does it mean to [[tithe]] to them according to their service?
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<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=4><I><B>Living Altars of Men</B></I></FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Christ, Moses, and Abraham
realized this necessity in any society seeking freedom under God.
Abraham&rsquo;s and Moses&rsquo; altars were metaphors for a system
of charity<A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote1anc" HREF="#sdfootnote1sym"><SUP>1</SUP></A>
that cared for the needs of the people, without making them human
resources---as was done in Babylon, Ur, Haran, Sodom and Gomorrah,
Egypt, and any other government that followed that way of force,
submission, and control, which takes away the natural liberty or
right to choose granted by God to all mankind.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Moses made an altar of
earth. The word for <I>earth</I> was also a metaphor for the sons of
Adam.<SUP><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, serif"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration: none"><A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote2anc" HREF="#sdfootnote2sym"><SUP>2</SUP></A></SPAN></FONT></SUP>
Was the altar made of dirt or people? We are all altars of clay. The
members of a family joined together in a marriage under the authority
of God are one person under God.<A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote3anc" HREF="#sdfootnote3sym"><SUP>3</SUP></A>
The family is God&rsquo;s institution. Coming together as an
autonomous family without the impairment of rights granted by God
requires that people care about each other as much as they care about
themselves.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>The family is God&rsquo;s
institution. It is the foundation of all society. &ldquo;When the
foundation fails all fails.&rdquo;<A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote4anc" HREF="#sdfootnote4sym"><SUP>4</SUP></A>If
the autonomy of the family is diminished all society suffers. Coming
together as a group of autonomous families without impairment of
rights granted by God requires that people care about each other as
much as they care about themselves. It requires that we do not covet
our neighbors goods nor steal them.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In order for Israel to
remain free, they were required to love justice and mercy, which is
the character of God, and to love their neighbor as much as
themselves. In order to practice what Moses preached in God&rsquo;s
name ,the Levites were called out to serve the tents of the
congregations, the families of God. The Levites were not just a tribe
but a body of men who were called out to serve a nation as one people
under God. Their primary national law was the Ten Commandments, their
courts were the congregations of the people in groups of ten, their
appeals courts were the congregations of ministers.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>The people were free from
authoritarian rulers in a free voluntary government designed by God.
The power and authority of the state was truly in the hands of the
people. Everyone belonged to their families, and their possessions
belonged within the family. They came together in free association.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>There were attempts to
consolidate the people into one body by mocking God. They placed
their wealth in a central depository designed as a golden calf which
had to be defended by all. They attempted to unite under leaders like
Saul, rejecting God. The only system blessed by God was one based on
voluntary charity through congregations of the people and their
servant ministers.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>In God&rsquo;s government,
people never give up their God given right to choose. Their leaders
are titular and are chosen because of their desire and ability to
serve. The people tithed to their public servants, called Levites,
according to their service to the people.<A CLASS="sdfootnoteanc" NAME="sdfootnote5anc" HREF="#sdfootnote5sym"><SUP>5</SUP></A>
This was a government that worked for the diligent who strove for
justice and mercy, devoid of covetousness, virtuous and unselfish in
purpose.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<FONT FACE="Garamond, serif"><FONT SIZE=3>Everything in the old
testament society was geared to keep the people free souls under God.
The free will offerings, honoring of the parents so that their <I>days
would be long on the land</I>, the feasts that brought the people
together producing family alliances by marriage from many
communities, the dependence on personal and community charity - all
contributed to a society bound by liberty, through hope and charity.</FONT></FONT></P>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote1">
	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote1sym" HREF="#sdfootnote1anc">1</A>See
	the book Thy Kingdom Comes or the article Artifice in Language Land
	for a clarification on living altars.</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote2">
	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote2sym" HREF="#sdfootnote2anc">2</A>[<FONT FACE="OLBHEB">hmda</FONT>]
	&lsquo;adamah from &ldquo;adam&rdquo; the red earth from which Adam
	all mankind is made.</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote3">
	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote3sym" HREF="#sdfootnote3anc">3</A>Holy
	Matrimony vs. Marriage, 1<SUP>st</SUP> Chapter of The Covenants of
	the gods, His Church Press.</P>
</DIV>
<DIV ID="sdfootnote4">
	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote4sym" HREF="#sdfootnote4anc">4</A>Maxims
	of Law from 1856 Bouvier&rsquo;s Law Dictionary</P>
</DIV>
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	<P CLASS="sdfootnote"><A CLASS="sdfootnotesym" NAME="sdfootnote5sym" HREF="#sdfootnote5anc">5</A>Numbers
	7:5 &ldquo;Take [it] of them, that they may be to do the service of
	the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto
	the Levites, to every man according to his service.&rdquo;</P>
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