I am now a little more comfortable with the book and I am starting to catch on the important bullet points of the history more so. There is so much history that has happened on this holy site, at a certain point I was sort of depressed... What has happened to the people that lived on the land is so sad. We see it being ruled by so many different people and every time there seems to be a new system which works well for a while then later collapses or one that starts off in some sort of seclusion of different sects.
Of coarse while reading these chapters I have in the back of my mind " what is the problem with why the people in this land cant get a long" and the more I read I have noticed that the answer lies in between the lines ... I know we haven't talked about the other two faiths, well actually Christianity was mentioned briefly which was a little surprising due to the history given about Judaism you would think she would go into more of the roots. Instead I felt that Jesus was the bad guy during his time. Going back to what I was talking about noticing the other two faiths one of which I know great history about (Islam) I have come to the conclusion that the issue of why there is so much separation between certain faiths is because there is more focus on the differences than the similarity's. Each religion has there own reason for why the land is "Holy" instead of noticing that it is not JUST the religions that make this land holy but, it is that these religions and different kinds of people actually existed on that land. I mean it is obvious that the land its self is holy because it was chosen to be a place of importance for all three religions!
I have repeatedly seen in this book through out the different rulers, God reminding the people(Jews) of their true roots of their religion... reminding them that they should only worship one God, not bear hatred in ones heart, to not be guilty of unjust verdicts, to not jeopardize your neighbors life, and if a stranger lives with you in your land you do not molest him... that you must count him as one of your countrymen ans love him as yourself because they were once strangers in Egypt. Wow, clearly that is not what is being practiced in recent history. just goes to show how human beings have the capacity to love something so much to the point where it could destroy them.
Again, there is a lot of repetition that goes on with in these chapters, you see the temple being rebuilt, you see repetition in how tend to go back to the pure version of their faith but then falling of track, disappointment,and repetition of the people adapting to new rulings .... I guess it is true when said that history tends to repeat its self.....
A really important point that I tend to focus a lot on is how people might/have the tendency to misinterpreted the words of God. like for example in the book it mentions how during the passover the words that are used are "Next year in Jerusalem!" which refers to future messianic age and not the earthly city.
Seems to me that the people/human kind has had the tendency to get carried away with the love of their religion to the point of where it becomes dangerous instead of peaceful and misinterpretation is a big factor. I see that exclusion is not just between the NOW "Palestinian/Israeli conflict" but it has been a problem of this land since way way back.... I think a good example is when Ezra commanded the members of Golah to send aways their wives and where people were not allowed to marry outside of their tribe. Marrying an outsider at that time was equivalent to leaving the sacred enclave and going into the god-less wilderness.
Also, another thing that caught my attention is that a wall was being built to protect the temple that was later demolished... seems kind of crazy but in a way in our present history Israel is and has built a wall claiming that its for protection..... wonder what the end of that wall will be ...
In conclusion really I have come to the thought that what is now the Palestinian/Israeli conflict is not a new thing in a certain way.... because clashes between different faiths , race, and ethnicity has been a recurring part of history of The Holy Land (Palestina).
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