Another lie from "God's ineffable, inerrant word":
Genesis 10 says of Shem, the firstborn son of Noah (a.k.a. Sem), that he was "the father of all the children of Eber [Genesis 10:21b]." This is noteworthy, inasmuch as Eber is the great- grandson of Shem through his third son of five: Arphaxad. And because Baal worship had long ago been established [Genesis 4:26]. Yet of none of the other sons and descendants of Shem is this declaration pronounced. This implies the lineage so specified is more than genetic. It is in fact spiritual. Shem is "a father and a priest [Judges 17:10 & 18:18]" unto the children of Eber as the Levite was to Micah and, later, the Danites (in the book of Judges).
The meaning of the name Eber is "One from beyond, from the other side." I suppose scholars are wont to consider the 'other side' pointed to in Eber's moniker as indicative of the other side of the flood; but of course Eber wasn't born until well after the flood. There is, however, another 'other side' referred to in scripture.
Jude speaks of "certain men crept in unawares.... angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation.... wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. [Jude 4a; 6a & b; & 13b & c]." Jesus of Nazareth refers many times to "outer darkness [Matthew 8:12, eat. al.]" as a place: i.e. a point of origin or destination. Solomon confesses of the 'God' of Moses and his father David (not to mention Jesus of Nazareth): "The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness [1 Chronicles 6:1b, eat. al.]."
This, in light of the Doctrine as a whole, is clearly the 'other side' indicated in the father and priest of the Hebrews-- Eber's-- name: the other side of the morning. The first day of the creation accounted for in Genesis 1 began with night. "And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day [Genesis 1:5]."
Notice how time begins with the "evening" of darkness and light. Isaiah 14:12 refers to Lucifer-- the "
Light- Bringer"-- as, "son of the morning." If the negative connotations associated with the name Lucifer in the canon were deserved, why would he be a "son" instead of a cockroach? Is not the 'God' who disparages the one bringing light a cockroach? He dwells in "the thick darkness [1 Chronicles 6:1, et. al.]."
Naturally, a
strange 'God' tells strange lies. These lies begin in the second chapter of the first book of the canon. In verse 4 of chapter two of Genesis, the LORD God suddenly shows up taking credit for all the work which the first chapter of Genesis says God did. The LORD God and God are not the same entities or personalities. [In fact, the virgin birth of Jesus of Nazareth clearly indicates a female entity like the Sumerian goddess
Nammu as a more likely 'former of all things' than any male entity, be it "God" or "LORD God."]
Be that as it may, the text of chapter two states, "the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth... But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground [Genesis 2:5c & 6]." Thus, after taking credit for creating the cosmos in the particular fashion which compels the water to evaporate and fall as 'rain' on the ground-- as "night follows day," which is to say, naturally-- the LORD God says he "had not caused it to rain upon the earth." What does he call rain? destroying "all flesh, wherein is the breath of life [Genesis 6:17f & g]" in a flood? Even without the light, the creation had to be wet enough to rain. What's he doing? admitting he's not responsible for bringing the Light- Bringer?
In taking credit for the work of God in Genesis 1, "the LORD God" of nearly the rest of the canon, shows why Jacob is the prince of the house of Israel, the kingdom of Jesus [Luke 1:33]: he's a supplanter like the LORD God before him. Like his own 'blessing'/ scapegoating of Dan before the day of his own death [Genesis 49:17],
Jacob's name means "he will supplant; a heeler; one who trips- up." Is this why Dan is not included as a tribe of Israel in Revelation 7(:5 - 8)? He's too much like his father Israel to be included?
"The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name [Isaiah 10:16, et. al.]." Darkness is former. Is Israel a rod "pilled [Genesis 30:37 - 39]" for sex- magic to bring forth the "basest of men [Daniel 4:17]" to receive the darkness as revealed in the peculiar exercise of making 'Darkie' comfortable in the light; where he, like Job's "Satan," plays 'God [Job 2:6, et. al.]?'
