Need Illustration Scan, Please

by cameo-d 13 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  TD

  But cameo,

  Wasn't the artist just trying to illustrate this narrative?

  "And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin-offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin-offering which is for himself: and he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:and he shall put the incense upon the fire before Jehovah, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not: and he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-seat on the east; and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times."
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  cameo-d

  Hi TD!

  Thanks for contributing the scripture for the illustration. I have no doubt that is the scripture being portrayed in the illustration. What I am saying is that these blood rituals seem to have been in place for thousands of years and in most every culture. It seems to be a prevailing concept of secret societies and religions alike.

  What exactly is all this blood shed for? What is this blood covenant all about?

  Blood Covenant

  The purpose of the blood covenant is to bind two individuals, families, or tribes together. The covenant was cut in blood to demonstrate that it was to be an everlasting covenant. The life or spirit of a man, according to the scriptures, is said to be in the persons blood itself.

  A blood covenant ...represented an eternal bond between the two bloodlines. In a blood covenant, the two bloodlines were believed to be merged together into one.

  (There is more going on here than what has been revealed to the outsiders. Who are these two bloodlines? Is it a covenant between humans and angels? Is it a covenant between humans and a blood thirsty demon?)

  The slaying of the sacrificial animals left a pool of blood. The two entering into covenant would often stand in the midst of the pool of blood, their bare feet being immersed in the warm blood of the slain animal(s). It is while both were standing in this pool of blood that the ceremony would take place. The blessings and curses were usually stated while standing in the blood. It was understood that each representative would do his utmost to perform the vow of the covenant, even if it should cost him the same price that it has cost the sacrificial animal, the shedding of blood and the very life of the creature.

  This was to ensure that the blessing would come to the other party, no matter what it might cost. When the curses were pronounced, the slaughtered animal would represent the cost to each party for willfully breaking the blood covenant. Because tribes were joined by such blood covenants when trust and faithfulness were of paramount importance, the curse was pronounced. The willful breaking of the blood covenant would initiate the beginning of a tribal war or feud. To willfully break the covenant meant that the guilty party must be slain as the sacrificial animal had been slain.

  http://revelationofjohn.com/Marriage.html
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  cameo-d

  Something else that is rather telling about this illustration is that the priest has his back toward the viewer. It could be a subliminal message that something is being purposely hidden from your knowledge.

  This reminds me of the folk etymology concerning the action of the Catholic priest when he turns his back to the congregation and mumbles some incantation using the magicians words of "hocus pocus". This chant is done over the euchrist (the wafer and wine) and this little chant is supposed to cause it to *magically* change into real blood and real flesh. The change over is called transubstantiation.

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  He quotes from a biography of Harry Houdini by Bernard C. Mayer that says that

  When the unlettered congregations attending the sacrement of the Eucharist, heard the Latin 'hoc est corpus' chanted during the awesome transformation of the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ, the words came out as 'hocus pocus', the traditional watchword of conjuring...

  It is to John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury, that we owe the etymology of hocus pocus as a corruption of latin words of the Eucharist. In his sermon xxvi he suggests that

  In all probability those common juggling words of hocus-pocus are nothing else but a corruption of hoc est corpus, by way of ridiculous imitation of the priests of the Church of Rome in their trick of Transubstantiation.

  The phrase hoc est corpus meaning "here is my body"....

  http://www.laputanlogic.com/articles/2004/05/26-0001.html
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  shamus100

  

  Same as the Catholic version. No conspiracy here.