> On Jun 27, 8:49 am, saint7pe...@hotmail.com wrote:
>

>> On Jun 27, 4:56 am, Thom Madura optonline.net> wrote:

>

>>> I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create
>>>     evil: I the Lord do all these things.
>>>         ---Isaiah 45:7

>

>> Yeah, well, I say all kinds of things, some of them true,
>> If you take me too literally,
>> I'll confuse the hell out of you.

>

>> ---Isaiah 45:7.001

>
> This is very revealing though.  The Persians were like the Xtians in
> that they believed in a dualism of gods, one for good and one for
> evil.  I got news for you Hashem is not too happy with people who
> corrupt themselves and drag along others with them.
>
> Is this a joke to you?
>
> For a person not to at least concentrate deeply on issues such as this
> before commenting,  proves that you only pick and chose the things
> that comply with your belief system.
>
> It is so funny how the inconvenient Is 45:4 is completely ignored.
>
> 45:4 I have called you by name for the sake of My servant, Jacob and
> My chosen one, Israel.  I have named you but you did not know me.
>
> This is telling, Hashem is saying you have an opportunity to know Him
> but you don't bother.  You go down one rabbit trail after another to
> suit your fancy.  He saying that even though you think you are
> acknowleding Him, that you really don't know Him.  And He gives you a
> pure clue with the name Jacob and His chosen Israel.  This never
> changed.  Ultimately Cyrus did  see "the anointed one" mentioned here
> and Ezra 1:2-4 shows that he did get it.
>
> Go back just a bit more to IS 44:21 Remember these things, O Jacob,
> for you are My servant, O Israel.
>
> You all have been trained not to study deeply the relationship between
> Hashem and Israel.
>
> Shame on you.