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With the noahide laws drawing more and more attention (with good reason) it reminded me I wanted to chase down the identity of the biblical character Jason. He’s the type of character anyone interested in confirming the basis of authority would look into of any organization attempting to gain control over humanity like a parasite such as Israel did with the insertion of their Noahide laws into our Congressional Record which they claim extends back to Adam and that is long, long, long before Semites were noticed on Earth.
It’s a shame they hadn’t included some proof of that claim on their website because as far as most of us know about the Garden of Eden story only God, Adam, Eve and Satan were recognized as being in the garden. Who do you think was the Chabad informant?
There are a lot of Jewish comedians; maybe Chabad was thinking of a different Adam. Hey, if we jump to conclusions Jews should be blamed? Oi!
I started looking for information about the biblical character Jason after I learned of the historic part he played in eliminating any existing legitimate claim of the Jews have remaining in the role as the “Chosen People”.
From the KJV Archaeological Study Bible Cultural and Historical notes: The Jewish Priesthood and Religious Life in the First Century A.D. page 1556.
According to Biblical tradition the priesthood was entrusted to the hereditary, Levitical descendants of Aaron. During the Solomonic age the high priesthood belonged to the family of Zadok (2Sa 15:24), which, together with the other anointed offices of prophet and king, exercised leadership over the nation. In the Persian period Judea was reconstituted as a temple-state under the exclusive political and religious hegemony of the high priests, who were themselves subordinate only to the king of Persia.
The house of Zadok, from which the name Sadducees probably derived, controlled the office until 174B.C., when Jason effectively purchased the high priesthood from the Seleucid king Antiochus IV, who at that time controlled Judea. This accomplished a fundamental shift away from hereditary succession to the unprecedented situation of having a pagan ruler appoint the high priest in Israel, usually in return for pledges of loyalty and outright payment of money.
As a result of the Maccabean success against the Seleucid dynasty, the Hasmonean family established itself as a clan of priest-kings, even though they were descendants of neither the Zadokite family nor the royal line of David. Their questionable status produced tremendous strife among certain factions within Judaism, especially the Pharisees, who appealed to them to relinquish the high priesthood and to be content with governing the people. The Romans eventually prohibited the Hasmonean leaders from using the title of king and restricted their influence to political control of Judea and religious authority over all Jews everywhere.
In 37 B.C. Herod the Great received Judea as a client kingdom from Caesar Augustus. He promptly murdered Aristubulus, the last Hasmonean high priest, and transferred the office to the family of Booths. From the inauguration of Herod’s reign to the destruction of the temple in A.D. 70, 28 different high priests were appointed. The only one to serve for any length of time was Joseph Caiphas (A.D. 18-36).
Despite considerable fluctuations in the priesthood, the office continued to enjoy tremendous prestige and influence. The high priest served as the supreme religious functionary in the temple liturgy. And he alone was granted access to the most holy place on the Day of Atonement. He also presided as the president of the supreme judiciary council, the Sanhedrin, comprised of members of the leading aristocratic members of society.
Under direct authority of the high priests were the chief priests, temple treasurer and the remainder of the common priests and Levites. During the first century A.D. there were approximately 7,200 common priests, divided into 24 course or divisions. Members of each course were called from their homes to serve in Jerusalem temple for one week at a time. The remainder of the temple duties were fulfilled by approximately 9,600 Levites, who were also divided into weekly courses.
The religious life of the first-century Jews was oriented around the temple, which was admired by pagans and a source of pride for Jews. While the great pilgrimage festivals demarcated the liturgical year, individual piety was both cultivated and demonstrated through daily observances, such as morning and evening prayers, tithing, participating in public and private fasts, study and the keeping of the Sabbath. Jews maintained their unique identity through circumcision, dietary laws and an abiding determination to avoid mixed marriages. Synagogues also served as centers for communal prayer, study and the rehearsal of Jewish lifestyle obligations. Although their [the synagogues] importance expanded after the destruction of the temple in A.D. 70, their origin dates from a much earlier period. Jesus spoke frequently in synagogues.
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A Prayer of Thanksgiving from the Saint Joseph Daily Missal January 1, 1961
It is fitting and just, right and helpful to salvation, for us always and everywhere to give thanks to You, O Holy Lord, Father Almighty, Everlasting God, Who with Your Only-begotten Son and the Holy Spirit are one God, one Lord; not in the unity of a single person, but in the trinity of a single nature. For that which we believe on Your revelation concerning Your glory, that same we believe of your Son, that same of the Holy Spirit, without difference or discrimination. So that in confessing the true and everlasting Godhead, we shall adore distinction in persons, one-ness in being and equality in Majesty. This the Angels and Archangels, the Cherubim, too and the Seraphim do praise; day by day they cease not to cry out as with one voice, saying:
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts, Heaven and earth are filled with Your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.
Do you accept and embrace the belief in our Father God, His Son, our Savior and the Holy Spirit as the Trinity of Life’s sanctuary and the basis for your life hereafter and the salvation of your eternal soul?
Are you prepared to face this?