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Derech Moshiach:
Remember the Che-Donkey…
Forget the White Horse.
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Paul Kennedy: The European Union and the United States are both declining, in terms of economic and military power.
Brent Landau: It’s an incredibly grand story, so who the Magi are in this text is, they are descendants of Adam and Eve’s third son, Seth. They live in this far eastern land. The text calls the land "Shir" and from other ancient texts, it seems like the place it had in mind is the land of China. The cave is filled with light. They’re kind of hesitant about this, but eventually the star…its light concentrates and reveals the small luminous human being…a star child, if you will…it’s Christ. Christ tells them, "This is one of many occasions on which I have appeared to the peoples of the world," so this text may even be saying that there are no non-Christian religions because Christ is the revelation behind everything.
Adeline Lum: Tom saw a vision of how the Lord is on a white horse of revival with two guns: in one gun, the trigger was Japan, the barrel was China, and the cork was Korea. This is what he called as the chopstick revival. Instead of fighting each other, the Lord will unite them as one, as they return to the promised land
Journey of the Magi by Thomas Stearns Eliot OM
‘A cold coming we had of it,Just the worst time of the yearFor a journey, and such a long journey:The ways deep and the weather sharp,The very dead of winter.’And the camels galled, sorefooted, refractory,Lying down in the melting snow.There were times we regrettedThe summer palaces on slopes, the terraces,And the silken girls bringing sherbet.Then the camel men cursing and grumblingand running away, and wanting their liquor and women,And the night-fires going out, and the lack of shelters,And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendlyAnd the villages dirty and charging high prices:A hard time we had of it.At the end we preferred to travel all night,Sleeping in snatches,With the voices singing in our ears, sayingThat this was all folly.
Then at dawn we came down to a temperate valley,Wet, below the snow line, smelling of vegetation;With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness,And three trees on the low sky,And an old white horse galloped away in the meadow.Then we came to a tavern with vine-leaves over the lintel,Six hands at an open door dicing for pieces of silver,And feet kicking the empty wine-skins.But there was no information, and so we continuedAnd arrived at evening, not a moment too soonFinding the place; it was (you might say) satisfactory.
All this was a long time ago, I remember,And I would do it again, but set downThis set downThis: were we led all that way forBirth or Death? There was a Birth, certainlyWe had evidence and no doubt. I had seen birth and death,But had thought they were different; this Birth wasHard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death.We returned to our places, these Kingdoms,But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation,With an alien people clutching their gods.I should be glad of another death.
Alexander Lucie-Smith: The Magi come from "the East" and the Matthean story seems to indicate that their journey took two years, as Herod later has all the male children under the age of two put to death "in accordance with the time he had ascertained from the magi" [Matthew 2:16]. The furthest East one could take as a starting point is of course China. Are we meant to understand the Magi as Chinese scholars who took to the long overland route from China, the fabled Silk Road, in their search for the infant King of the Jews whose star they had seen? It is an idea that I very much like. I have a very strong desire to see China become Christian. Might this understanding of the Magi help with the evangelisation of China?
Axis Powers: Hetalia, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan
Paul Kennedy: Asia will be the center of the global economy. The global order is all ready being transformed by the Nations of Asia, as they realign with China as the primary power at the center.
Mohamed Hassan Saeed: The Middle East region, which is witnessing great transformations, needs the Chinese wisdom and policy which stands on the principle of non-intervention in other countries’ internal affairs.
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Ordered a breakfast burrito; the burrista's goal was clearly quantity over quality. It was a hot mess. It was good.
— Mervin Tran (@skate_moivo) ספטמבר 19, 2015
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Revach.net: Rav Schwab answers that the gemara in Sanhedrin [98a] says that when the geula comes, if we are zocheh [deserving] Moshiach will arrive on clouds, if not then Moshiach will come come as a pauper on a donkey. Why? The whole world needs to know that Hashem is bringing the geula and Moshiach has no power by himself. If Bnei Yisroel are Maaminim and Ovdei Hashem then Moshiach can come in grand fashion and we will all place thanks in Hashem and not Moshiach. But if we do not recognize Hashem’s hand, then Hashem will need to send a Moshiach who is powerless and destitute to show that it is not his charisma, brains, or money that will release us from the galus.
Moshe was the Goel in Mitzrayim. Bnei Yisroel was not zocheh and Moshe came riding into town on a donkey lacking any pomp or grandeur. He came with the stick in his hand and the shirt on his back. To show his poverty he should have asked Bnei Yisroel to pay for his donkey. Even then he did not, since he did not want to take anything from any member of Klal Yisroel
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Mrs. Shira Smiles: Frum Nowhere comes Salvation. He’ll come, suddenly. ET’s ganna be a complete shift from what we’re used to. There’s so much Confusion, around U.S., but as long as we know that if David can come from S’dm, we know Moshiakh can come from the most unlikely places, ET can come at the most unlikely times, and when we’re not Evin looking, we’re not Evin aware, there’s ganna be a total transformation, from one End of the World to:/ |[{The Other _ Z}]| ~
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johncAtl: Life was better before Twitter.
||I’ve been single for a really long time, but if I did have a boyfriend, he wouldn’t be getting in that door:|| ~ SomeTipsForLife
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ילקוט שמעוני אדוני יודע כי הילדים רכים א”ל יעקב אני רואה שיסורין עתידין לבוא מבניך על ילדי אלא :נהוג אתה בשררותך ושמש בכתרך עד שיעמוד משיח מחלצי ויקבל המלכות ממך שנאמר יעבר נא אדוני לפני עבדו עד אבוא אל אדוני שעירה זה בית גוברין. דרש ר’ אחא עתידין כל אומות העולם לבגוד במלכות הרביעית ולפנותה מבינם ואין מניחין לה לא כרך ולא מדינה ודוחין אותה מאומה לאומה עד שמגעת לבית גוברין ומוצאה שם מלך המשיח ומשלים לו המלכות ומנהן הוא בורח לבצרה ונגלה עליו הקב”ה להרגו והוא אמר ולא צוית ונס אל אחת הערים האל וחי והקב”ה משיב לו לא קראת מה כתיב בצדו גואל הדם הוא ימית את הרוצח. וכתיב בני בכורי ישראל וכתיב אחי ורעי וכתיב לבני ישראל עם קרובו וכתיב דודי צח ואדום וכתיב או דודו או בן דודו יגאלנו. מיד הקב”ה תופס לשרו בציצת ראשו ואליהו שוחטו ודמו נתז על בגדיו בחזרתו משם אומר מי זה בא מאדום וגו’:
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Ari Goldwag: A Catan shouldn’t even enter into his new home, unless his Wife {His Kallah, the Jewish People} gives him permission; until She explicitly says, ‘Come in’: he has to wait. THAT’S the Derech Eretz - THAT’S THE PROPER WAY OF BEHAVING.
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Hafetz Hayim: Any spiritual matter - its value cannot be recognized and its taste cannot be felt - except to one who contemplates it. For example, knowledge of Torah for those who learn and those who busy themselves with it. Exactly like this will be the coming of Mashiah which is the revelation of the Shechina in the entire world, and whoever does not contemplate the coming of Mashiah will not feel it at all.