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    Men and women both were committing unnatural acts by offering themselves up as strange flesh to entities not of human flesh. Both men as well as woman were lying with angels (angelic men). The “due penalty” clause is quite a mystery without this understanding. What would this due penalty be that these people would be receiving in their persons? This word, persons, is a reference to their own bodies. They are receiving demons into their own flesh. The initial stage is probably some kind of…

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    one day bless all of the ethnics of the world. God trusted God’s promises and through the righteousness of Abraham God blessed he and his wife Sarah with a son, Isaac. God continually presented His promises and time went on. Isaac later had twins, Esau and Jacob. God then decided to choose Jacob to receive the Promised Land, Israel. Due to the large amounts of depravation, Jacob decided to move his family from the land of Canaan to the new growing land, called Egypt. Under the order of the…

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    The Salvation History describes God’s plan of salvation that is narrated in the canonical Scriptures. To better understand the history of salvation, the Scripture can be categorized into eight units: each unit is filled with experiences of faith that transmit God’s saving plan. The first part of the Sacred Scripture is a figurative and theological narration of the first events of existence. It narrates how God created everything. Moreover, it describes God’s creation as perfect, and orderly. He…

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    when he sees some speakers who stood up against racial inequality and wonders if he could have been one of the people who rose up for what they believed in no matter what the penalty might have been. The phrase a mess of pottage refers to the story of Esau who sold his birthright for a bowl of soup. He cannot truly pass as a white man and he knows that because he is biracial. I think the whole book shows us a man who is trying to live in two worlds at once and is choosing the easy way out which…

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    with key functions such as learning, planning and organization”, (). These types of injuries can alter lives and change the thinking of many in the worst cases these diseases have proven to be fatal. A National Football player by the name of Junior Esau suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, his disease became so bad that he formed depression that led to his suicide at the age of forty-three. The interesting part about this is he was never diagnosed with a concussion over his career in…

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    Religions are and have been for a centuries the social constructs of each culture. Every culture 's social expectencies of its citizens relies on the type of religion, the variety in each culture, and the literal religion itself. This essay will discuss the six most practiced religions. Judaism is the first consecutive religion in the three part worship of God - the omnipotent, all-powerful creator of the universe, revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Judaism is the beginning; its…

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    obtained and misused for criminal gain. Identity theft is not new; it has been around for a life-time. One is amazed to discover that the first case of identity theft was in the bible when Jacob tricked his father into thinking he was the first born, Esau, in order to inherit the land. It is detailed in the book of Genesis, Chapter 25, how Jacob covered himself in goat skin, deceived his father, and took his brother’s inheritance. The 24th Amendment led to the next reason why identities…

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    Sisters in the Struggle focuses on the roles of African American women during the Civil Rights Movement (CRM). In chapter 7, titled “We Seek to Know . . . in Order to Speak the Truth”, the book delves into the life of Septima P. Clark and her experiences as a female civil rights activist. Often overshadowed by boycotts and marches, African American literacy crusades were a crucial step to combating oppression. Clark’s legacy embodied this notion. Her main efforts were concentrated in areas of…

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    Go to a new land God tells Abram, “Go forth from your land, kinsmen, and father’s house to a land that I will show you, I will make of you a great nation and I will bless you. I will make your name great and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and I will curse those who curse you. All of the clans of the earth will be blessed through you.” Abram went forth taking with him his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot. In Canaan, Abram spread his tent and built an altar and called…

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    In the book of Genesis and Exodus God makes covenants with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses in return for obedience of his commands. God promised blessings that consisted of acquiring Promised Land, building a great nation and having children to fulfill his perfect plan. The Abrahamic and Mosaic Covenants are affirmed and re-affirmed on a continued basis but the promises take years to be executed. While Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses obey God’s commands, they are almost never enriched with…

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