Haven
Adamide Fellowship Rainbow Bible
The
Book of Karaite Adamidism
Created
by
Daniel
Thomas Andrew Daly
6177
SC
Lesson
One
The
Scripture - the Tanakh. The Foundation - Genesis 1 - 5.
The
Purpose - Sanctification. The Result - Life Eternal.
Lesson
Two
The
Religion - Descendants of Adam. The Sign - Creation.
The
Purpose - Protection from Destruction. The Result -
Everlasting.
Lesson
Three
The
Doctrine - A Moral Life. The Reason - Civilization.
The
Purpose - Law and Order. The Result - Eternal Peace.
Lesson
Four
The
Community - A Family of Faith. The Structure - Faithful
Genealogies.
The
Purpose - A Sense of Belonging. The Result - Meaning in
Life
Mission
To
Proclaim the Religion to Mankind. To Uphold the Teaching of
Scripture.
To
Build an Everlasting Fellowship. To Live Long, Prosper and be at
Peace with God and the World.
ABOUT
HAF
Haven
Adamide Fellowship is the seventh of the seven divine fellowships of
the Advancing Noah Movement. We teach biblical monotheism based on
the Hebrew Scriptures, Genesis 1:1 – 11:9 being the primary
scripture, which we call the Rainbow Torah, for the purposes of the
ANM in the Karaite Adamide-Noahide fold. HAF has a particular
concentration on Genesis 1 – 5, but the entire Rainbow Torah is
definitely of relevance, especially as mankind was judged by a flood,
which is shown in the latter half of the Rainbow Torah. We also teach
religion originating in the thoughts of Daniel Daly, the founder of
the ANM (Myself), who has studied many years on biblical monotheism
and religious thought. The intent of the ANM is to teach the truth. I
am not trying to do what has been done before – it is just that is
hasn't. Technically, to the best of my understanding, Jesus never
really was the Messiah and Christianity is flawed on some other
spiritual reasonings also. I can't in good faith simply teach
Christian doctrine and live my life by that as it is ultimately not
quite right – there are fundamental problems with it, especially to
do with lawkeeping and idolatry. Talmudic Noahide faith is
reasonable, and a life based on that would be worthwhile and decent
enough. But the flawed thinking of ascribing the oral law to the
generation of Moses is still rejected in Karaite Jewish thinking, and
I maintain and agree with that judgment. There are manifold religious
books from Jewish and Christian scholars on how to live a life.
Surely they should suffice? Ultimately, they can work, and do. But
the basic truth that the Tanakh represents God's will more clearly,
and that the Tanakh based approach to Noahidism is the most accurate
understanding of religious truth for mankind remains just that - the
ultimate truth. With that in mind I find no real books or movements
on Karaite Noahidism available. They just haven't been done yet.
Somebody, thus, has to start that, if it is ever going to be done. I
find myself needing this spiritual teaching, so I've had to do it
myself. Thus Haven Adamide Fellowship represents a journey and
adventure in biblical faith for the majority of mankind, and here in
this Rainbow Bible are assorted teachings to guide a human beings
life in service and devotion to Almighty God in the name of mankind's
father, Adam.
ADAMIDE
RULES
Introduction
In
the year 2012 CE (7DF 6176 SC), mankind has traveled along its
pathway of living, going through many spiritual occurrences, yet the
truth remains the same. God Almighty is God, he is the Creator of the
physical universe, and he has expectations on a way of life called
'Holiness'. This law code of 30 rules is simply a guidepost of a
Torah way of life, devised for Adamides to follow and apply to their
lives. It is similar to other Noahide codes devised by the Rabbis,
yet its origin is clearly stated as being developed by myself for the
Haven Adamide Fellowship community. I have studied Torah a great deal
– and lived in the real world a long time. This is a basic code -
it doesn't pretend to be overly complex – on how to live life with
some essential Torah principles in mind to use as a guide on
difficult issues of morality.
THE
LAW CODE - THE 30 RULES
Rule
1
Sermon
1 of HNF IS BINDING.
Rule
2
Worshipping
idols or false deities is not permitted
Rule
3
Stealing
and robbing people is not permitted
Rule
4
Moving
boundary markers of property is not permitted
Rule
6
Kidnapping
people is not permitted
Rule
7
Poisoning
food is not permitted
Rule
8
Raping
women is not permitted
Rule
9
Bestiality
is not permitted
Rule
10
Hurting
people is not permitted
Rule
11
Practising
Witchcraft is not permitted
Rule
12
Practising
Astrology is not permitted
Rule
13
Practising
Tarot is not permitted
Rule
14
Adultery
is not permitted
Rule
15
Sexual
relations with parents and siblings are not permitted
Rule
16
Speeding
to fast in public in vehicles is not permitted
Rule
17
Blackmailing
people is not permitted
Rule
18
Bribing
people is not permitted
Rule
19
Honouring
parents is encouraged
Rule
20
Lies
are not permitted. White lies for a good purpose are permitted
Rule
21
Vandalism
is not permitted
Rule
22
Bullying
is not permitted
Rule
21
Deriding
and slandering people is not permitted
Rule
22
Charity
is required in the form of paying tax to a government with welfare,
or personal giving to poorer people in your own society or
nation
Rule
23
Violence
is never permitted
Rule
24
Sexual
harassment is never permitted
Rule
25
Torture
is never permitted
Rule
26
Coveting
your neighbours belongings is not acceptable
Rule
27
Harming
animals is not permitted. They may be slaughtered humanely for
food.
Rule
28
You
must take care of the environment
Rule
29
You
must show proper respect for God
Rule
30
You
must abide by the rules of your nations when they are Torah faithful
and not corrupt. This does not include any 'Positives' within the
Torah, but only a refrainment of negatives, if that is what your
nation has judged
PSALMS
OF HAVEN ADAMIDE FELLOWSHIP
Psalm
1
Praise
be to the God of Adam and Eve
Praise
be to the Everlasting Father
Praise
be to the Glorious One upon High
Praise
be to God
Holiness
is in the heart of man
When
he chooses the right way
Praise
be to God
Righteousness
is in the heart of man
When
he follows what is true
Praise
be to God
Sense
is in the heart of man
When
he humbles his pride
Praise
be to God
Love
is in the heart of man
When
he succumbs to the choice of grace
Praise
be to God
Praise
be to the God of Adam and Eve
Praise
be to the Everlasting Father
Praise
be to the Glorious One upon High
Praise
be to God
Psalm
2
May
the Tree of Life
Fill
my soul
Making
me strong
Making
me whole
May
the Tree of Life
Enrich
me every day
Charting
my course
Charting
my way
Thank
you God
For
your spirit of Truth
Thank
you God
For
Everlasting Youth
Psalm
3
In
the pathway of Eternal Life
Are
the temptations to Sin
Yet
the power to overcome
Is
the repentance within
Make
Law your Guide
And
Love your Choice
And
in the Ways of God
Rejoice
Psalm
4
Grace
be with us all
Grace
be through us all
Grace
be upon us all
Grace
be the heart of us all
I
thank you father
For
your eternal Grace
May
your shine upon us always
And
Show your Face
Psalm
5
Walk
with God
Each
Day till the End
Walk
with God
On
whom we depend
Walk
with God
Follow
his Rule
Walk
with the Eternal
Let
his law be your School
Psalm
6
The
Origin of Creation
Begins
with the Heaven and the Earth
Whereupon
Man was Formed
The
Origin of Creation
Begins
with Night and Day
Wherewithin
Man Dwells
The
Origin of Creation
Captures
the Heart of the Four Elements
Wherewithin
Mankind Lives and Dwells and Has his Being
Without
God
The
Creator of Life
What
is Man?
And
why would God be mindful of him?
Who
is but a pile of dust
Who
returns to Ashes
From
which he was formed
And
had his being
Praise
be to God
The
Giver of Life
Praise
be to God
AMEN
Psalm
7
I
thank you God
For
the heart of Man
The
wonder that is Woman
Who
embellishes my life
As
a helpmeet
A
loyal partner
A
trusted friend
A
sacred lover
Who
is the mother of my family
And
my right hand on whom I rely
Thank
you God
For
the wonder of woman
Alleluia
Psalm
8
Children
are a Heritage from the LORD
Thank
God for gracing me with Offspring
Yet
should I lack this blessing
I
thank God for my parents
And
whatever family I have
For
the love of God
Is
in the friendship of your kin
Were
we have love and fellowship and good times
Sharing
a meal, a conversation, a time of recreation
And
life and love
And
sweet and blessed harmony
AMEN
Psalm
9
Dear
God
Please
Help me to become Moral
Please
Help me to become Good
Please
Help me to become Kind
Please
Help me to become as you Would
Guide
me in your ways Forever
Guide
me in your Truth right Now
Guide
me in your peace and calmness
Show
me what to do and How
Teach
me all Creations Wonders
Teach
me all Creations Lore
Teach
me all Creations Wisdom
Teach
me from your holy Law
Thank
you God for showing me mercy
Thank
you God time and again
Thank
you God the Lord of Salvation
Thank
you God my Father, AMEN
Psalm
10
In
the Beginning it was God
And
at the end so shall it be
From
eternity to forever
God
exists eternally
He
is sovereign in Creation
He
is sovereign over us
By
his power he rules forever
Both
on earth and up above
Praise
to God my blessed Saviour
Praise
to God who cares for me
Praise
to God the Lord of Glory
Praise
to God eternally
AMEN
Psalm
11
Almighty
God of the Covenants of Mankind
To
you we pray and beseech, entrust unto us your divine will
Favour
us with knowledge of your eternal covenant with Mankind
And
teach us forever, save us forever, and fill our hearts with the
stability, peace and endurance
The
Eternal Covenant of God warrants us
As
faithful adherents to the core promises of God.
Alleluia.
Alleluia. Alleluia. AMEN.
Psalm
12
Be
now, in this moment, dedicated, like no other, to at least commit the
eternity of your life to God
No
small thing, you say, the eternity of it all. But if you want eternal
life, how will you do it without him?
Do
you have the strength of forever in your heart on your own
strength?
Can
you guide and protect your eternal walk by your own power and wisdom
from all harm?
Can
you steer the way of eternal life every and each day, forever and
ever and ever, and not once ever go astray from it?
The
power of eternal life is in God's hands. Repentance makes us worthy
of it.
The
power of eternal life is in God's hands. Repentance makes us worthy
of it.
The
power of eternal life is in God's hands. Repentance makes us worthy
of it.
Mastering
the walk is about Repenting of sin. The power of Eternal life is in
God's voice and hearing it and committing to
him.
Alleluia
Amen
Psalm
13
Sure,
God is glorious. Sure, he is great. Sure, he's the Lord Divine, cept
to you he aint
Sure,
God is wonderful. Sure God is brill. Sure, he's the Lord Majestic,
but you don't get no thrill.
A
sensible young gifted heart, sits in this congregation.
A
sensible young gifted heart, thinks talking to God aint
conversation.
Your
far to wise to Praise the Lord.
Your
far to wise to tithe.
And
as for all this scripture stuff,
Well
it's just a pack of lies
Ho
hum Jehovah
This
God he aint for me
He
hum Jehovah
Please
just let me be
One
day a thought crossed through your mind, and nature did its part
The
trees, the flowers, the birds and bees, why their a work of
art
Sitting
near a flowing stream, my heart it is refreshed
You
hear a quiet voice which says 'Maybe I know what is best'.
Through
reason, logic, thought and fact, you've known that God's not true
But
something now, inside your heart, says 'Well maybe you aint too'.
A
voice majestic, a voice that's brill, now entertains your days
He's
clever too and points out all the silly things we say
And
then one day, You know its God, who's known you all along
And
spite your pride, and foolish heart, like them you sing this
song
Praise
to you Jehovah, You've found old silly me
Praise
to you Jehovah, I was blind but now I see
AMEN
Psalm
14
A
Sadducee must praise God
A
Sadducee must do his will
Today
you say you'll serve him forever
But
Tomorrow will you be serving still
To
keep the faith
A
soul must strive
For
the spirit within
Needs
God to stay alive
A
Sadducee must praise God
A
Sadducee must do his will
And
should you refrain and say enough
Your
walk with God's just standing still
Trust
in God
With
all thine heart
Always
do Jehovah's Will
Follow
the Sadducee way forever
Till
'Always Have' and 'Always Will'
AMEN
Psalm
15
Peaceful
Beauty
On
a beach of Paradise
Resting
from hard work
Good
for the soul
Recovering
from the stress
Of
a hard life
Which
has paid a toll
So
rest and relax
And
consider the beauty of God's creation
With
the waves crashing royal thunder
Of
the Holy God who made it as such
And
the winds blowing and the sun shining and all Screaming
Alleluia
Delighting
in their beauty, made from the mind of Infinity
Who
has brought forth this beauty
And
has brought forth this wonder
And
has brought forth this paradise
So
you can rest
From
your hard work
Which
was good for the soul
And
so you can recover from the stress
Of
a hard life
Which
has paid a toll
So
rest and relax
And
enjoy the beauty of God's creation
AMEN
Psalm
16
Praise
the God of Zion
Praise
the God of Shiloh
Praise
the God of Bethlehem
Praise
the God of Shechem
Praise
be to him
Whose
Word is Eternal
Which
guides us in love
And
Guides us in truth
May
you bless us Lord God Almighty
As
our deeds and your justice deserve
As
your mercy and grace allow
As
your patience and kindness intend
And
enrich the streets of Zion
And
embellish the walkways of Shiloh
And
enshroud the gardens of Bethlehem
And
encourage the hearts of Shechem
With
your eternal love
And
your eternal truth
And
the richness of the harvest
And
the richness of our works
In
your holy name
AMEN
Psalm
17
The
Garden of Eden
Is
paradise on Earth
Yet
we fell from grace
And
tasted the turf
Forgive
us now
Almighty
God
And
grant us grace
To
Rise Above
And
seek your name
And
seek your truth
And
Walk with God
Like
Boaz and Ruth
And
in Bethlehem
Let
us find our consolation
In
the harvests of the field
In
the harvests of salvation
As
we walk in Law
And
we walk in Truth
Like
Faithful Boaz
And
Gentle Ruth
Alleluia
Amen
From
Beginning
To
the End
Psalm
18
The
world is flux of day and night
Travelling
in constant flight
From
day to night and night to day
And
each keeps the other always at bay
The
ocean rises and tide comes in
Guided
by the moon's stellar grin
The
ocean falls and tide goes out
And
the moon again it gives its shout
The
flowers bloom in blessed light
Yet
fall asleep every night
To
wake again the following dawn
To
sing their glory to the morn
There
is a way in natures law
Which
every day doth have in store
Patterns
true and constant fixed
Of
God's design which has no tricks
The
mind of God created all
Spring,
Summer, Winter, Fall
The
decrees of God stand since their birth
To
guide each step of mother earth
Psalm
19
A
kind word spoken, is never amiss
For
many are in trouble, from Mr to Miss
And
hearing a saying, from a friend who does care
Can
grant grace to a heart with words ever so fair
Remember
to speak with love in your heart
If
wrath you have spoken then do not depart
Till
you smooth over a tiff, and make wrong a right
So
find peace there that day, and you'll sleep well that night
The
Torah gives knowledge of things you should say
Of
words of true wisdom which guide you each day
Speak
words of life and speak words of peace
Speak
them to the great and speak them to the least
For
a reputation one will inevitably earn
For
every word spoken, for everything heard
From
your mouth, be it wisdom, or error indeed
So
speak truth with your words, in each word do take heed
Psalm
20
Let
the heart of the garden of Eden show me
The
way of calm natural life in my eternity
Let
me swim in the waters and go with the flow
Let
me walk in the meadows and rest in their growth
Let
the mountains amaze me with their splendourous spires
Let
the tornado bedazzle me with the wrath it inspires
May
I climb up a tree and look all around
May
the sea winds refresh me, yet my feet on the ground
In
all of this nature, on this planet Earth
I
find my own purpose, and meaning and worth
Psalm
21
Lord
God
May
you please bless the economies of the world
Bring
neither inflation or deflation, but bring eternal price stability
Let
mankind earn its wages fairly and squarely
Let
mankind do a proper job for its wealth acquisition
Bless
the economies to employ people
Bless
the economies to give useful goods and services for mankind
Help
bosses to supervise fairly
Help
workers to work according to requirements
May
you please bless the economies of the world
AMEN
PROVERBS
AND PRINCIPLES OF HAVEN ADAMIDE FELLOWSHIP
Obviously
people are not fond of hypocrites. Sometimes though we contradict
ourselves later on from things we have said earlier in life. Try and
find consistency when and where you can, but obviously we mature and
develop as people, so if you have to correct yourself, be humble
enough to do so, and come clean and learn to be more honest and
truthful with people, acknowledging your past errors and
mistakes.
Learn
from your mistakes and try not to repeat them if you can, but when
you do, remember you are only human, and stuffing up is just a
reality of life.
Kindness
to people never really goes out of fashion, and if someone judges you
harshly, why always react with a harsh word yourself? Sometimes it is
just for the best to let the issue drop, let the other person have
the last word, and learn to control your anger and remain calm about
life and the obstacles it throws in your path.
There
is a lot of diversity in the family of Adam and Eve. Don't expect to
understand everyone and everything right away. Learn to have patience
with humanity as you grow in wisdom and experience through life's
hard learned lessons.
Not
everyone wants to do it your way, so sometimes learn to do it
theirs.
Getting
along with the world and finding a decent place in it with a good
reputation is generally something worth working hard to achieve. But
don't sell out yourself on dearly held principles. Sometimes you have
to fight for what you believe in.
Appearances
can often be deceiving. Sometimes saints are sinners, and often the
other way around. Take time learning the heart of man if you can, and
see as God sees the person.
Don't
always judge a book by its cover, but, in truth, sometimes the cover
often reveals quite a lot.
Value
your family – in tough times they are often your only true friends,
and the only ones who are prepared to help you out of difficult
situations.
Do
you want the reputation of a fair-weather friend? Just someone who is
only there for the good times with others? If you bear with them in
their difficulties then your friendship is real, and you show that
you genuinely care for them, and not just the thrill that they can
offer you when times are good.
Using
people just for what they can offer you doesn't really show much
concern and love for others does it? Be real and honest with people,
and learn to treat them as you would hope people would value your own
life.
Tell
the truth to God – no point in trying to lie to him anyway as he
already knows – so keep communication channels open, as he is
ancient in his wisdom and can guide you well throughout life.
In
the 21st century of the Common Era, life in the Garden of Eden –
planet Earth – has become a lot more complicated. Trust God to
guide you through this often complex life, and it should hopefully
work out well enough in the end.
Humanity
is part of the family of Adam and Eve. Families drift apart in time
as generations come and go, and we mainly stick with our immediately
family of our parents and often our grand-parents. But do remember we
are one big, vast family of man, and we are all ultimately kindred,
all of us facing the challenges of this human existence on planet
earth.
When
one considers properly we are all descended from Adam and Eve and all
ultimately related, discriminating on the basis of race, because of
things like the colour of skin, or features, well, it looks a bit
silly when you find out your distant cousin-ship of such people after
a long time of study in the hereafter. Learn to respect your fellow
men – we are all in this together.
Studying
up on knowledge in a certain area before a formal degree course of
study, to learn it well beforehand, well it obviously gives you an
advantage when the formal education begins, and will far more easily
help you to pass and get through your education with the
qualification at the end of it all.
It
is a true saying – you learn about life by living it – so
sometimes do remember to pay attention to the lessons life is
naturally teaching you, as these are your wisdom principles for
eternity, and will guide you through the humdrum of everyday
existence. Sometimes God is teaching you things without you even
knowing he is doing it, so be aware of what is going on in your
life.
Make
your plans before you begin a project. Plan well, and take all things
into consideration. You can't always account for extraordinary
circumstances, but contingency measures need to be put in place for
such events. Plans will succeed if they are well thought out,
realistic, affordable and generally achievable in the real world.
Take wise counsel, and think through things carefully.
Learn
to manage your income through balancing your wants and needs with the
costs of these things. Try and save when and where you can for more
expensive items and things like holidays and other services, but in
the end money is to be spent, and don't be afraid to spend a fair bit
on an item if you can afford it and generally want it enough. No
point in being a scrooge and denying yourself too much, but also
learn restraint, and going into too much debt is never a wise option.
Usually best to live within your means.
When
a new paradigm or issue or experience enters your life, give some
time to think about things relating to it properly, and don't make
too rash decisions based upon these new ideas. There is a lot of
wisdom in learning to sleep on an issue, as in the morning you often
think a lot more conservatively and wisely on issues.
Sometimes
a dream tells us what we really need to know and crystalizes in
symbolic form the truth of many a situation.
Some
people will betray you at the drop of a hat, and some people will
stand by you when the whole world is against you. Be loyal to your
real friends because of it, and with others who are flakes, well, in
all honesty, sometimes bridges need to be burned, and some people are
not worth having in your life, no matter how impressive they might
seem to you.
Foolish
people speak their mind easily and this we know well. But sometimes
you have just got to speak your mind if you are well researched on a
subject, as the fool needs someone to oppose them, and better the
well educated and considered thinker's view prevail rather than the
know-it-all loud mouth, who just gets their way because nobody really
wants to protest.
Consider
your ways in life and review them regularly. At times you might
reflect, with greater experience, that things you are doing you
perhaps you shouldn't be doing, and that they way you have always
done things can perhaps be done differently or improved
upon.
Remember
you are only human, so when you make mistakes, unless they are quite
callous, give yourself a break and know that nobody is quite perfect
yet.
You
learn about life by living it, so at least commit to living life and
choosing life, because while you might find it hard and depressing at
some points, persevere, because experience is a valuable teacher, and
you can cope better later on in life after the trials of your heart
have strengthened you for the fight of life.
People
can be stubborn, so don't expect everyone to agree with you, and thus
make the best of bad situations, and get along as best you can.
If
you really have the truth sometimes you damn well do need to express
it. So make a noise if you must, but it can be embarrassing if you
are proven dead wrong.
Look
before you leap which really means have a good think about new
situations, and be prepared for what they might throw at you.
As
it has been said fools rush in, but as it has also been said faint
heart never won fair lady.
It
has often been said that people don't care what you know till they
know how much you care. But this isn't always true. Sometimes people
aren't looking for the best of friendships from you, as they might be
content in life, so, using wisdom, sometimes, if you have something
to say, just blurt it out. At least it has been said and has provided
food for thought.
God
created the world. He knows how it works. He knows the systems of
life, and the processes of human thought in our minds. God knows. To
worship or believe in another deity, which are all ultimately false,
is irrational thinking in the end. God provides enough witness in
mankind to the truthfulness of biblical faith should the searcher of
truth really yearn for an issue on the crucial issues of human
origins and moral meaning in life. God can be known. Idolatry ignores
the truth of Almighty God, and is never a wise choice if the spirit
pricks your conscience and is trying to lead you on to a better
understanding of human existence.
Respecting
your parents is a natural thing which humans normally do if raised
well. We should respect our parents, and ultimately, the great grand
parent of humanity also, God himself. Living a life with proper
respect of authority and others will show a life approved of, and one
which gets along better in life.
Hurting
people is never much fun for the people who have to suffer the wrath
of others. A cardinal precept of civic law is that it aims to protect
citizens from being harmed by others. That is wise and sensible, so
you have a right to be protected from harm, and a responsibility to
also not harm others.
Fidelity
to the marriage bed keeps away Vds, bastard children, and jealous
husbands who often show their anger at adulterous wives and their
lovers.
If
you like your neighbours car, at least let your neighbour enjoy it in
peace, and save up your own money and buy a similar model from the
car salesman to enjoy for yourself. Coveting your neighbours stuff
never really makes you terribly popular.
You
like owning nice things and having them kept safe, right? Well so
does everyone else. Remember that before you go out and, with slight
of hand, 'borrow permanently' that item of your buddies you've had
your eye on for ages.
Forbidden
fruit is so tasty, and goes down so well, but it has a bitter seed,
which leaves you in no doubt about what just went down.
Save
your finances, and spend according to a carefully monitored budget,
for overcoming the obsession with belongings needs financial control,
and strength to resist the desire to buy and buy and buy. If you
never stop spending, you will find yourselves with lovely things,
indeed, but the bigger picture will suffer, and you might never own
that home, and often, when debts become high, around comes the debt
collector, and takes what you own, simply because interest is costing
you a repayment which you simply can't afford. Kill the habit, learn
discipline, and live within your means. Credit isn't free – it
costs you in the end, more than you could ever really afford
anyway.
Discipline
your children and tell them life isn't a fairy tale, and if they want
to cruise around upon reaching adulthood, let them know the party
will only go on so long, and if they don't sort things out properly
and find some sort of occupation and career in life, they will be on
that couch permanently, watching daytime TV, eating fast food,
getting fat, ultimately living in shoddy govvie flats, and standing
in Social Security queues, bitching on about how your ex left you,
and that you aren't as good looking as you were in your teens. And
its mostly down hill from there.
Diet
well, by eating fruits and vegetables. Too many pizzas, too many
chocolate bars, too many ice cream desserts, and you will be a big
blob, not terribly attractive to the opposite sex, and watching TV
commercials on weight loss aids, which you have longingly desired to
try, but your motivation is hopeless now, and you just reach for that
pack of Tim Tams under the couch. Eat sensibly.
SERMONS
OF HAVEN ADAMIDE FELLOWSHIP
The
First Sermon
Eternity
And
as you chart your eternal destiny, keep in mind those things you
learned from the start. Trust in God and follow his Rule. Let your
heart never succumb to temptation to sin, and follow diligently what
you know to be true. Seek good standing with your fellow man, and
likewise show him and her the grace warranted them. Be at peace in
your heart, in your household and in your family. Keep the faith
always, and walk forever in partnership with God and his people. The
life ahead is eternal if you judge it righteously by the established
pathways of true and accurate knowledge and true and accurate
spirituality. The point is to find eternity in your heart, and if
there are things which whisper against this, seek them out, challenge
them, for in the end they are shallow temptations, yielding no
enduring peace. Walk with God, be at peace, and may the Grace of
Eternal El Shaddai watch over your comings and goings this time forth
and forever. AMEN.
The
Second Sermon
What
is 'Torah' and what is 'Scripture'?
Torah
means, in general, 'Teaching'. In Jewish tradition, the primary
teaching is the written Torah, the Chumash, the Pentateuch, the 5
books of Moses, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers &
Deuteronomy, the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible. Yet, in the
'Advancing Noah Movement' we firmly believe as one of our paradigms
in the continuity of history and the unfolding of more of the 'Tree
of Knowledge'. The Tree of Knowledge is seen as the body of knowledge
that mankind learns from era to era, and as the era's progress, that
body of knowledge naturally grows. The 'Tree of Knowledge' of mankind
is 'TORAH'. The various study books on science and history and
literature and language and music and all the various branches of
knowledge form the overall vast 'Tree of Knowledge' that mankind has
accumulated since the beginning. On this Tree are 'Billions' of
pieces of fruit now, and you have to be wise and discerning in life
to see what fruit you acquire, because the earthly life is the only
time you will be able to gain this fruit which establishes your
rights on this delectable commodity. The library down the road from
me, with all its various books, is a current 'Tree of Knowledge' and
a current 'Torah' for my district. The online available websites of
the Internet are an 'International Torah'. Now, when does Torah
become Scripture? In our view, when it is largely factual, or if it
is fictive, when it displays morality and decency, when it has some
use of purpose to accomplish things which are beneficial in nature,
and when it does not promote evil. In general, for example, a science
textbook of reasonable merit would be deemed as 'Mankind's Torah of
Knowledge' by ourselves, part of the vast Tree of Knowledge. The
quality of the work is of natural importance, which is something
which defines its scriptural and Torah like worthiness. For 7DF,
Knowledge of Society in the Branches of Human Knowledge and
Understanding our Academic Libraries express are our 'Torah's of
Society and Civilization' and they are much valued and respected in
the eyes of our movement.
Daniel
Thomas Andrew Daly
Canberra,
Australia, 27 August 6177 SC (updated calendar date) / 27 August 2014
CE
The
Third Sermon
Spirituality
There
are many teachings on spirituality. There are websites and books
which abound on the subject. For many a higher power is called upon,
but many want to be spiritual without necessarily believing in
God.
Spirituality
is finding a soul, a spirit within us, which is what our true self is
in many ways, more than just the exterior which hides how much
goodness we want to show the world. We are not perfect beings, and
our bodies are not perfect bodies. But love and friendliness are
perfect attitudes, and how can we not show respect and grace to those
who show us love? Spirituality comes with age, also. The more we
mature and find the purpose of life in our own living journey, the
more spiritual we often become. Dry and hard souls can often be
surprised as they age at the gentle touch of the divine as it
sanctifies our life and shows that inwardly is a beautiful person
being born anew each day, a person we have always longed to become,
who life is forming within us, giving us what we need, as we turn
away from the childish sins of youth, and turn to the growth of
spiritual and loving care. When we mature, we inevitably grow
spiritually. And all of us must become spiritual in time. Surely that
is the destiny of the eternal which longs to share itself with our
hearts. But beware dark spirituality. For often many are led astray
from the light of love and truth.
The
Fourth Sermon
Patience
It
is not always within us, a certain desire, to sit down, shut up and
just wait things out. We long to get on with it, to get the result we
want and need, and we often don't care if we cause harm or anxiety to
others along the way, because we need to get the damn thing done.
Sometimes, we blithely just go about chores and other things, happy
in our own little world of self improving realities, were we
congratulate ourselves for doing our tasks and accomplishing things
when, if we just exhibited a little patience, and let the natural
rate of the task accomplish itself, indeed, at its most natural rate,
we could smell the roses that much more beautifully, have the time to
talk to a family member as we go about things, even perhaps sit down,
and chat for a while, or have the time to think through that problem
issue that has been bugging you and get a proper solution, instead of
rumbling about like a bull in a china shop, bugging family members to
lift their feet so you can 'get the vacuuming bloody done' and all
sorts of tasks which 'must be done immediately'. You need a little
patience, as it takes a little time sometimes to get the best results
in life. You could rush that pizza along out of the oven and think,
yeh its cooked enough, but you might end up with lukewarm cheese, and
a taste which is not exactly mouth-watering. You could go ahead with
that renovation project early, before the wife gets home to chat, and
she ends up hissing at you, complaining that everything is wrong, and
insists you change it all, at your own expense as well. You could
rush off to the store to collect the groceries which your online
order said were ready to collect, but you were in such a rush you
failed to notice it said after 9:00 AM TOMORROW, and not that
afternoon. Whatever it is, you can't rush life. You need some
patience. Good things come to those who wait and often it is just
that those good things have been timed correctly, have been served
upon with patience properly, and have matured to the exact level of
maturity required for the outcome at the right time and right place.
It all happens in a natural way, and an Adamide should follow the
natural order and flow in natural patience with things. Don't rush
it. Let it happen at its own pace. Best results come to those who are
not impatient and anxious, but trust in the regularity of life and
things happening in their own time. Learn patience, my friend. Learn
patience.
The
Fifth Sermon
Calmness
Radiating
that kind of spirit you may have seen, in earlier years, which
captured your heart for a moment, a spirit which you felt at peace
with and which just seemed to say to your heart 'Why do you fret so
much?'. Calmness. Serenity. Peace. A spirit which, when you have
gotten yourself into trouble of sorts, or which pervades your life,
so it seems, incessantly, you react to at once and find, even
jealously, that it is wonderful and just what the doctor ordered. A
perfectly lovely spirit of calmness. It's like, you are in a conflict
situation, arguing with someone, and there is suddenly that level
head, that smooth voice, which you instantly connect to, which brings
the tension out of the situation with soft words and a calm demeanour
and an authority which you just seem to naturally respect. And,
suddenly, the conflict is resolved, and you feel less afraid and less
worried. You see, we all need calmness in our lives, and often there
are times when we really know this. That it is turmoil and anxiety
within and we can't find that peace of mind we seek. Calmness is the
antidote, in many ways, to the chaotic lifestyles we often find
ourselves caught up in. If we can take the time to 'smell the roses'
as it were, and just be at peace with society and creation, if we can
take the time to put on that relaxation music instead of that thunder
bopping rock and roll album, if we can take the time to call 'Time
out' from the kids fights and put them in separate spaces for a
moment, and go off to our 'quiet zone' and chill, if we can, whenever
we are faced with a turmoil which agitates, try and find a bit of
peace and calmness, and reflect on gentle things, those things of
peace which make us happy, and maybe even sit down with a spiritual
book on reflections and find our hearts peace, life will work so much
better for us. Calmness can be prayed for, and the more you study
Torah the more you will naturally grow in the ways of peace over
time. Repentance – turning from aggravating ways and your own
inclinations to argue with everyone – can lead to inner peace and,
in time, you yourself could be radiating the kind of spirit that you
are so jealous of in others. Calmness is a reward for a soul which
has agreed that it doesn't always want to live at 'Action Central
Station' and is happy to find time in life for peaceful, calm and
content ways, were the 'Heat of the Day' is left to bubble alone on
its own strength, for you have found some time out and are chilling
with the spirit and enjoy some peace and quiet of your own.
The
Sixth Sermon
Gaining
Employment in a Modern World
They
often say what you really need is experience. But, to me, what you
really need is a good education first and foremost, because unless
you know the deeper roots and ideas of an occupation or pastime,
advancing at it, going up the ladder in your chosen industry,
achieving good, real and lasting success, will not very easily be
accomplished. Learn a lot. When you are young study hard at school
and TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. Parents, encourage this in your children.
Explain to them that in the real world, which they will join soon
enough, it is a tough, demanding and competitive place, and relying
on mum and dad's purse-strings to always get you out of trouble might
not always be that easy. Yes, we definitely need to be able to always
have a support available for our offspring when push comes to shove,
and a good society needs a good welfare system, just in case of
troublesome times. But you shouldn't think this is what you need to
rely on. You need a spirit of endeavour within you, which pursues a
life with a passion, and educates itself on the principles of that
life, especially in relation to your occupation, which is one of the
fundamental ways a decent income is obtained. Study a lot. Watch
educational TV programs a lot and read a lot of books on various
things as your life develops. In fact, you really should commit to
lifelong learning. And when schooling years are finished, and
tertiary education looms, you really need to have worked out what you
want to study and, when you have, don't be half hearted in pursuing
that education. In fact, study like your life depends on it, for, in
a competitive world we often sink or swim with how much academic
success we have gained in the end anyway. Your finding it difficult
to choose exactly the right thing? You know a secret I have learned.
There really isn't one in the end. Not just one right thing for you.
There are options. Always options. And the secret is this – just
MAKE A CHOICE in the end, and when you do, STICK TO IT LIKE ABSOLUTE
CRAZY AND PUSH YOURSELF TO THE ABSOLUTE LIMITS OF YOUR ENDURANCE in
learning this field or fields of endeavour and leave no stone
unturned to be the best you can be, and to learn all you can learn in
your chosen field. Why be an amateur? Be an expert. Be the best in
the business. Don't settle for second best – BE NUMBER ONE. Gaining
employment in a modern world needs careful grooming and good clothing
choices appropriate for your work environment. Good manners always
help, but in blokey and relaxed sort of work forces don't be afraid
to get along and talk the talk and chow down with your work mates if
you have to. GET ALONG. Be one of the guys and one of the girls and,
if you can, set an example of mateship and friendliness with them.
And, if you wish to choose a career as your own entrepreneur GET
ALONG WITH ANY EMPLOYEES and TREAT THEM WELL. Care for them as your
own. Think about their fortunes and lives and what they want for
success in life. HAVE A POSITIVE AND GOOD ATTITUDE IN ALL THINGS AND
PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS AND MINOR DETAILS.
The real principle in the end is hard work, reliable work, faithful
and committed work and sticking with it through the long haul.
Gaining employment in the modern world is about putting in a genuine
effort, and not selling yourself short on things you neglected which
really were and are necessary for your chosen occupations. In essence
– APPLY YOURSELF TO THE TASK AT HAND.
The
Seventh Sermon
The
Life of the World to Come and the Resurrection of the Dead by 2020
I
prayed for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to
come to advent on January 4th this year (2015ce/6178sc). The time
wasn't quite yet right, and people still need to finish some of their
works off. I am now 'rolling my prayers over' and asking God (Dear
God, by your grace) that the resurrection of the dead and the life of
the world to come will now advent on January 4th next year instead,
January 4, 2016ce/January 4, 6179sc. If it doesn't happen next year,
I will keep the prayers prayed and roll it over again till the
January 4 date the following year also. And so on if necessary. But I
have a hunch its soon. I once suggested 2020 as the date of the
resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. So I will
definitely keep on asking God for it to occur, and will pray
fervently till 2020 if necessary. Hopefully it will occur before that
date, but for now, believing it may potentially or possibly be true,
and that my biblical faith may indeed be correct, and the book of
Daniel's prophecies ultimately true, I will continue to ask in faith
for this to occur. This Rainbow Bible is full of doubts and questions
over whether such a thing will occur, or won't occur, and both way of
looking at it are considered. But, for now, I shall pray the 4th of
January date for each year, and especially for 2020 if it hasn't
happened in the meantime. We shall see soon enough either way.
AMEN
The
Eighth Sermon
Following
Jehovah
A
purpose in life, if you don't know, if you have lived a life so far,
not really questioning, but going with the flow somewhat, a purpose
in life, well, really, perhaps the main purpose in life, when
it
comes
right down it, is to find the one, the ineffable, the mysterious, the
grand impossible, the Almighty God, who created and designed and gave
life to it all. Just a purpose? No, not really. In fact, it is
perhaps THE purpose, really, until you know better and how to live
your life according to sound principles of holiness. God doesn't
exactly have to be the centre of it all when you are experienced
enough in eternity principles, able to chart your way successfully
through an eternal life. No, he doesn't have to be the absolute
centre, which can be used on whatever your ultimate passions in life
really are. But he damn well needs to be your top advisor and
instructor at the very least if he is not going to be Almighty
Consuming Passion. Jehovah is their to guide you and lead you if you
will follow him. If you want an arm wrestle of pride in 'I live my
life by my own choices and decisions' go right ahead, because he
probably won't care to argue very much, unless a faithful mother has
spent years in prayer on your behalf. Yes, if you insist on the
doctrines of self, indeed, go ahead. A lot of the time those
doctrines are quite good ones anyway. But what surprises do you have
for a God who has been around since the beginning of humanity? Are
you going to teach him something he doesn't already know? God is a
vast reservoir of experience and wisdom and, as he has already
existed eternally, who better than Jehovah to place your trust in to
deliver you to the shores of eternal life? Following Jehovah is your
choice, but doing it, and committing to him, is not an unwise choice,
even if your pride sometimes gets in the way. In fact its a wise
choice because, often as he grinds you over the guilt trips of
repentance, you might really not like the way you are being treated
very much but, when you come through the trial on the other side, you
start to understand the wisdom of eternity through the strengths,
truths and virtues he has fostered into your heart, and begin
understanding that following Jehovah is not really anywhere as lame
as the politically correct or the 'cool' kids make out it to be
anyway.
The
Ninth Sermon
Stability
and maturity comes with time and patience
The
Jehovah's Witnesses are often called a cult. The reality, though, is
that as time passes and more and more people are baptised as members
of the Philadelphia and Watchtower and Tract Society, the 'Spirit' of
the organisation learns greater and greater stability and, through
older members (especially in the heavenlies) greater maturity. Yet
this is true for not only the Jehovah's Witnesses, but the
Christadelphians and Mormons as well, and those others who may have
been labelled cults. These organisations continue to grow
historically, and more and more committed members come along and, as
the years come and go and as the decades come and go and even as the
centuries now come and go, organisations such as these stabilize,
mature and earn their place amongst the legitimate religious
assemblies of mankind. Catholicism, now, has quite an old spirit. If
you ever really do attend a Catholic Mass and you get involved with
things catholic for a while, and visit various churches and
cathedrals, you will sense a deep and thoughtful and conservative
spirit in this church. It is old and makes its decisions with great
forethought and patience. This is what each denomination of
Christianity is in the process of gradually earning, as they mature
and go the distance and build their memberships. Judaism, also, has
done this for a very long time now, and Islam, a new member of the
pack compared with the older monotheisms, is based on similar
principles. In time, I feel, you will find the extremist element of
Islam gradually dissipate as they mature and let go of the need for
so much passion in the defence of their faith. They will grow and
mature with members and numbers, which gradually weighs them down to
a spirit of stability and regularity. Noahidism is ancient, but in
many respects we are just emerging as a faith now. But with wisdom
and patience in what our movement learn and teach, and attempting to
follow God properly, with a commitment as eternal as the rainbow, may
we too last and be a boon to mankind, and find that spiritual home
and salvation which the other monotheisms have also provided for for
so long now as well. AMEN.
The
Tenth Sermon
Keeping
the Faith
Keeping
the faith is easy for an afternoon after you have committed your life
to God and agreed to amend your lifestyles. By evening you have
positively convinced yourself you will be the greatest of all the
saints for all time to come, such is the definite truth of your
conversion. You wake cursing your parents, arguing all day, and
swearing at your brothers and sisters all morning and afternoon.
Great commitment, huh? Keeping the faith is not a walk in the park.
It is neither a temporary training regime to get fit for a while for
a competition, but letting it all go afterwards. Keeping the Faith
with Jehovah God is about a commitment. A commitment to endure not
just for a day or a week, or even a pretty committed year of worship.
It's your life, and after that IT'S FOREVER. Keeping the Faith is
about keeping the faith. Not letting go of the faith. And it is about
keeping something precious and something worthwhile and, if
necessary, protecting that and keeping it from being stolen by
hostile competitors in false religions who are preying on your soul
to boost their numbers and finances. The faith of the truth of
Almighty God is something precious and something worth keeping, and
worth keeping for ALL eternity. It is not a temporary rush, a bout
with a cool idea, something to ponder and consider and move on from.
No, its forever. That is what God is – that is what he wants from
you. Adamide faith is about the principles of the Torah being kept by
all interested peoples, and being kept forever. It is about those
Torah rules and lifestyle commitments which are meant to be kept in
our hearts, cherished, kept with a vital faith of commitment for the
long haul. Not just the holiday weekend spiritual retreat love you
God, then back to the real world kind of thing. Keeping the faith
means just that – keeping the faith. NOT letting it go. So, if you
are really going to keep the faith as a member of the Adamide
community, at least Keep it and MEAN it. Don't let it go as something
trivial if you really have made a commitment, which is what we are
all about in the end anyway. AMEN.
The
Eleventh Sermon
You're
not Jewish, but Judaism sort of represents God's ideas of a Holy
Life
Ok.
You know, in the end, you're never really going to be up for
circumcision, as you like your pecker left alone thank you very much,
but you kinda get the point from God that he has sort of expectations
on the kind of life you really should be living for him when it all
comes down the line. No, he probably does not expect legalistic
observance of every aspect of the Torah lifestyle from you as an
Adamide, but get serious. You can't be a schmuck about it in the end,
can you? It's like stealing. It's sort of kinda hard to be really
sure if it is even addressed in the early parts of scriptures,
because there just doesn't really seem to be any explicit command
forbidding it, but you know, he judges our hearts, so can we really
expect to get away with those shitty lifestyle choices? Guilt. On the
heart. You know. It answers the questions on sin you might have for
God when a law directed at you is absent. You should know. He's
pricking your conscience. But if he isn't, then perhaps he wants you
to check out the Tanakh and, more than that, ask the fundamental
questions. Are these rules any Good? Do they work? Do they make you
holy? Is it worthwhile living a holy life? Our faith does not try and
forcefeed you the Tanakh and Torah way of life. But, in our movement,
you know, if you are serious, the pastor should be sort of pointing
out to you that this is what we are sort of on about, in a round
about kind of way my dear friend. We are never absolutely commanded
to put into practice the laws of the Torah, but that's not why you
joined this group. You joined it because you want to be in a
pro-Torah environment, which is not necessarily absolutely legalistic
about every damn point of the Law, but does sort of get the point
that you can't go around being 'Sodomite Central' and expect
everything to be fine and dandy and smelling roses with the Big
Kahuna all the time. Unlimited codes of what you could call an
acceptable 'Way of Life' based on this or that list of laws chosen
from the Torah can indeed be made. The Rabbis, it seems to me, have
already had a few go's at defining what applies to Adamides. And, in
the end, there is nothing really wrong with doing that. Teaching the
code as the absolute fundamental will of God and that it is the
ultimate revelation of all Adamide truths, well, there might be a few
who query you on that supposed epiphany. But a sensible, even
personally derived code of law, from the Torah-Tanakh, can always be
a good way to go, and is indeed a sensible suggestion for our
adherents to consider. It's not rocket science in the end. It's
simply about laws which make sense, and putting sensible ones into
practice. You're not really Jewish, you don't really want to sell out
on your own culture either, but you do love God or admire him, and
you realize you need some of his rules. And that is what Torah Faith
is all about. AMEN.
The
Twelfth Sermon
Passion
What
do you need passion for? What does passion accomplish? Is being
zealous about something really going to accomplish much? In fact, if
you have a bit of passion in life for something, often you will work
a lot harder for that passion, commit more time to it and commit more
of your life's resources to it. It can even become a major focus or
preoccupation in your life. Passions can be healthy, especially a
focus on spiritual things. But, even especially on spiritual things,
don't misfocus your passion. Going off, joining a religion, putting
your heart and soul into it, and being passionate about it is not
really a great thing if, later on, you have found out you don't
really believe that anymore, and in fact find what you were into was
really not good news, but a whole bunch of bad. Misplaced passion –
misplaced effort – and you might have used up some of the really
enthusiastic spirit and motivation in your life on a vain cause. It
can sometimes be hard then, to ever really have the passion to focus
again on a more enlightened revelation, especially if you found your
life devoted for years to a truth that you simply no longer believe
as just that – a truth. Passion, in such an example, needs to be
tempered. And tempered by prudence and tempered by caution. Prudent
enough to think you might not yet have all the answers or correct
knowledge on a situation, and cautious enough not to get too carried
away, even if you believe yourself infallibly enlightened. In the
real world, or in reality, the mainstream society we are often part
of, people often really like passion in others. And sometimes others
just mock it or disdain it. Some of us, truly, are conservative
souls, preferring a far more sedate and moderate approach to things,
rather than running hurly burly headfirst into the latest doctrine,
the latest trend, the latest scene or the latest get rich scheme.
Passion is great, in areas of knowledge you are already secure upon
and well established within. And, on spiritual things, really make
sure you are in the truth, because I fear so many lives will be
apprehensive at meeting the throne of judgement, full of passion for
what they had fought to be true, but finding themselves well short of
that mark and, potentially, with some great explaining to do for
things they claimed were true and, in fact, were not. In this sense,
choose your passions carefully. And, perhaps, the greatest of all of
passions targets – romance. If you are a passionate person, and
really want to impress that special someone, it can be great to come
on strong, and sometimes that is really appreciated. But sometimes it
is exactly the opposite, and you can lose a bit of your reputation as
a 'loverboy' or a 'chauvinist', and for women labels such as 'Harlot'
and 'Slut' really probably should be avoided if possible. Sure, it is
great, in the end, to be people of passion. But sometimes, for the
sake of caution and wisdom, you really need to temper that passion,
and think a lot more carefully about what you say, do and preach to
others in general.
The
Thirteenth Sermon
The
Five Books of Moses
It
becomes apparent from reading 'Who Wrote the Bible?' by Richard
Elliott Friedman that the absolutist idea of Mosaic authorship of the
whole Chumash is unreasonable. But what do we conclude? Do we throw
the baby out with the bathwater? No. We don't. The Torah – the
Written Torah – stands, and has stood, the test of time. And the
written Torah was the heart of the ancient Sadducee sect. And for
this Modern Day Sadducee movement of Noahide impulse, yet open to
figures of Israelite standing should they choose to join, the written
Torah stands, ultimately, and perhaps ironically, regardless. It's a
matter of continuity of faith, more prominent in what defines us,
rather than primacy of historical factual detail of original Mosaic
authorship of the strands within. We accept the Torah as our guide.
We learn from it, uphold its central moral teachings and authority,
and look to it as the Word of God to guide us from generation to
generation. Its not so much whether its absolutely the direct
communication of Yahweh in every detail that motivates this movement
– it is rather we have an undoubtable faith that Yahweh kicked the
whole thing off in the first place and that, be it Ezra or someone
else who concluded the matter of Moshe's ponderings, we uphold the
tradition of observance, relevant to covenantal status, and the light
of the Kingdom of Priests shines to us from generation to generation
regardless of exact original status of this section of JEPD or that
section of JEPD. And why? Because, in the end, its the word of Israel
regardless, and they were trained well enough in the pathways of
divine call and moral, that we have judged the word, which has lasted
over two millennia since canonisation so far, as worthy of unchanging
devotion by our movement, unchanging acceptance as the primary text
of spiritual study and authority and the motivator for our spiritual
halakah of life each and every day we call upon the living God. In a
sense, we don't need to really know how exactly it reflects God's
mind and will – we know well enough that it carries his
fingerprints, and that it suffices us for study and application, as
it has done so for many others in many generations previously. It is
the Sadducee book. It is the Sadducee scriptures. And while we in
this world not yet of the world to come, should it eventuate, do not
know for sure just what else of the Tanakh they did or did not
uphold, we affirm the Torah as a primacy of our spiritual teaching,
and while we may approach it from liberal to orthodox ways of
practice and reception, we uphold it as the vital Word of what is to
guide this movement this time forth and, by the will of God,
evermore. AMEN.
The
Fourteenth Sermon
Do
Not Murder
A
mitzvot of wisdom that we know so well, and all of us obey, we tell
ourself. We never like to think, as we walk with God, that we would
ever kill anyone. Surely such a thing is beyond this gentle soul that
God knows so well. Yet even the gentlest and most godfearing of men
can find a place, in a temptation of a trial, were they find a
jealous spirit, sparked by the power of sin, which can lead astray,
and make the very impossible possible. Killing someone really kind of
hurts that soul. You know. Wouldn't like it to happen to you? Would
you? Walking along, minding your own business, and out comes jealous
jack and knocks you off for that insult the other day. Wouldn't be
nice, would it? So remember, as you gaze into your inner soul in
those times of reflection, has the servant of God's heart really put
to death that arrogant and proud spirit within that can still rise to
the challenge and the heckle, and do things it never thought it
could. It's a work, and while you may congratulate yourself often at
you well earned and hard earned repentance, remember dangerous dave
lies within, ready to get out the axe and cut off that bastards head,
cause he really pissed me off. Thank God there's no death penalty for
murder, right? And if the laws suddenly changed, or you ended up in
Texas? Murder is perhaps the greatest of impolite actions. Sorry
about that chief – didn't mean to knock off your brother. He was
just in the way, and I was kind of in a rush. Don't worry. I'm sure
you've got another one. Get the point, buddy. Murder is a big sin,
and while Cain resented his own brother, in this modern day and age
of a modern day Sadducee, we really should know well by now just how
wicked and evil killing an innocent soul really is. And they don't
even have to be that innocent for it still to be murder, you know.
Even if there a bad ass mutha, unless they have a contract on their
head, murder is murder. And God says don't do it. It's hate, its
hurting someone in the most fundamental and absolute of ways, and its
horrendous to deal with in society and the biggest of all wreckers of
societal harmony and bliss. Root out that man who says to you in your
heart 'I could never do it' and replace it with the man who says 'Ok,
I'm now humbler than the deepest trench of the pacific ocean, so I
kinda get the point buddy – I'm a man of peace. And it's just not
in me anymore.' Find peace – cement it like rock forever in your
heart, and love those people out there with quite a bit more than
'Howdy Mate' and you will find the temptation to kill someone, a real
evil, dissipate each and every day you take God's Torah seriously and
realize just how horrible it is to take a life. AMEN
The
Fifteenth Sermon
Avoid
that Blood
Blood
is nasty business. Gushing out everywhere. Kill that animal, yep, you
gotta – your hungry right. Now there is all that delicious blood,
and the Vampire in you just wants to hook in and howl all night long.
But the sane human residing in the majority of your soul just says
'Yuck'. It's life. In that red stuff. The life of the creatures.
Plasma, blood cells, oxygen, all that stuff. But it's life, which
carries that oxygen around the body, and enlivens the being. And God
says you can't eat it, because its the life of the beast, and in the
grand book of divine truths housed in the heavenlies we have all the
answers on what exactly and why all that means in rationale terms,
but putting it bluntly, as its a decree of sorts we might not fully
comprehend, we don't eat the stuff. It's a rule. An ancient rule. And
it has its roots in the covenant of Noah, so its really universal. We
might, in some ways, be taking the life of a creature into us, and
that might be a perverted form of some bestiality principle but,
regardless, we don't do it. We just don't. Do not eat the blood of a
creature, drain it properly, and in Orthodoxy make sure of that
absolutely, but biblically just make sure you've got that sucker all
well and truly bled before you fry up and tuck in. Blood of a
creature, of an animal, is not kosher, for Noahides or Abrahamides or
Israelides. So for a modern day Sadducee movement it ends up being
one of the foundational principles, as the Noahide biblical code
really is, of observance by all this particular community of Torah
faith. Blood sausage – an interesting question, cause perhaps its
quite dead by the time we go to devour it, but for the doctrine of
this assembly, should I choose to be its spiritual dictator in a way,
is the general principle best not to touch such stuff either. In
general, then, avoid that blood. It's a spiritual cleanliness thing,
and by avoiding the eating of the blood of an animal we stay a degree
spiritually purer and cleaner, also affected by other biblical ideas
on cleanliness as well, but avoiding blood is most likely a big one
when it all comes down. It's sort of confronting stuff to many a
connoisseur who, despite being well aware that the great chefs of
Master Chef and My Kitchen rules often like the steak a bit red and
rare, much of the rest of us, when going out for the night on the
down and the big restaurant really need it quite well done, and 'No
Red' is one of the main requirement in our meat. Me to – I really
need a well done steak before I am prepared to tuck in. Always been
like that anyway – just don't like the thought of undercooked meat
in many ways. No, we perhaps might not fully grasp the divine wisdom
of the exactitude of why this law is such a big deal to be
fundamental to the rainbow covenant, but it is, and that is just the
way it is I guess. We don't eat blood, we drain the animal completely
of it and, for Noahides, its pretty much the main kosher rule which
does apply to our meat eating, and for the observant Jew its a
fundamental also.
The
Sixteenth Sermon
Paradise
Lost
It's
a stark lesson. You come to life, and live in a garden which provides
for all you need, and a mate is given to you, and you are alive, and
life is wonderful, and vibrant and truly a living alive experience.
You eat wonderful fruit, are passionate with your lover, and
everything is new and exciting. This is life. It is amazing. And then
there is a temptation, and it is wonderful, because having knowledge
of the divine things of your heavenly creator, the God figure, who
has been teaching you and guiding you, well, how can you say no to
that offer? So you don't say no, and take up that Serpent on that
most demanding offer of lovely fruit, which is that one thing you are
not supposed to have, so obviously it must be the best fruit of all.
Something which is highly desirable. And you take the fruit offered,
and you eat, and then you know it. Your naked, and there are new
weird thoughts, and you kind of know you have sinned, and when God
shows up, you hide, because you are embarrassed, and you fear his
anger. And while he is not that angry, he gives you that look, and
you know you have stuffed up, and that there is a price to pay. A
terrible price to pay. And that price is what you have been enjoying,
paradise, now lost to you, and you are going to have to learn about
the good things in life, and how you lose them, the hard way. And God
kicks you out of paradise, and tells you its cursed where you are
going, and when you see the angel drawing his sword, and not letting
you back into the good life, and you see the kind of life you are
getting, you are full of regret, and probably some bitterness, and
you know you have stuffed up, and you keep telling yourself time and
time again, what a fool I have been. That, of course, is what
happened, to varying degrees, to our father and mother, Adam and Eve.
But it is something in that lesson we need to learn also, for it is
eternally relevant. You might be in a society which has mostly worked
it out, and looks blissful, and is truly paradise. But that tempter
is still in business, and if you listen to that voice of rebellion,
and take of that fruit yet again, and walk down the pathways of sin,
and enjoy that delicious forbidden fruit, remember – the mighty can
fall – and don't expect your own dear soul to be impervious to the
wrath of sin either. The cure to life is eternally the same. It is
that God who walks around in the garden, and talks to you, and
reminds you to listen to his voice and obey his rule, it is that God
you need to learn to listen to, because as life goes on those rules
remain eternally relevant, not to disobey God, and to do what he
says, and be decent and lawful sort of of people. For the judgment
was exile once, from paradise, and later, for a latter generation, it
was destruction in a flood. So do remember those lessons, that sin
has its reward, and as delightful as the temptation may be, it is
never, ever, worth it in the end. Never.
HISTORY
BASICS
AUSTRALIA
- Australia became a nation in 1788. It celebrated its bicentennial
in 1988. Canberra is the capital city of Australia. It had an old
Parliament House, but in 1988 it celebrated its New Parliament House
on Capital Hill. There have been many Prime Ministers of Australia.
In the 80s we had Malcolm Fraser, and since then there has been Bob
Hawke, Paul Keating, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Kevin
Rudd, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull. Australia is a constitutional
Monarchy, part of the Commonwealth of Nations, with the British
Monarch as the Head of State, but legally, since the Australia Acts,
Australia generally has no reliance on Britain for its law at all,
and runs its own affairs completely. The Governor-General still must
assent laws passed, but that is mostly a formality these days. There
are 6 states and more territories which form the country of
Australia. We have membership in the United Nations. Australia
celebrated the Olympic Games in Melbourne, the capital city of the
state of Victoria, in 1956. Dawn Fraser, the swimmer, was a champion
of those games. Australia celebrated the Olympics again in 2000 in
Sydney. Some of the big Olympic stars from Australia of recent times
have been Kieran Perkins and Ian Thorpe in swimming, Kathy Freeman in
athletics and Robert DeCastella in the Marathon in the 1980s. In 2016
the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks won the NRL grand final.
THE
UNITED KINGDOM - Theresa May became the Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom in 2016. The UK celebrated the Olympic Games in 2012. Mo
Farrah was a successful athlete from Team GB in the Olympics. Brexit
occurred recently when Great Britain left the European Union, and
decided to run their own affairs completely. Queen Elizabeth II is
the current Monarch of the UK, and she turned 90 in recent times,
still going strong. The Capital City of the United Kingdom is London,
which is the most populated city in the UK also. Since Margaret
Thatcher in the 1980s the Prime Ministers of the UK have been John
Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Theresa May. The
usual two main political parties of the UK have been the Tories and
the Labour Party. Jeremy Corbyn is the current leader of the UK
Labour Party in 2017. In 2012 Team GB won 29 Olympic Gold Medals in
London, and in 2016 they won 27 gold medals at Rio. They have been
doing very well in recent Olympic Games. The next Olympic Games is at
Tokyo in Japan in 2020. Go Team GB! The Beatles were a popular
British band in the 1960s, along with the Rolling Stones. The Beatles
were comprised of Paul McCartney, Johh Lennon, George Harrison and
Ringo Starr. Queen were popular in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as
Pink Floyd. Queen were comprised of Freddie Mercury (Real Name Farouk
Bulsara), Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor. The Spice Girls
and Take That were popular in the 1990s, and Girls Aloud and S Club 7
were popular in the 2000s. The Spice Girls were comprised of Geri
Halliwell, Melanie Chisholm, Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown and Emma
Bunton. In the 2010s probably the biggest British acts have been One
Direction, Coldplay and Little Mix. Little Mix were comprised of
Jessie Nelson, Jade Thirlwall, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Perrie Edwards.
Naturally there are many others who have had great success
also.
HUMOR
OF HAVEN ADAMIDE FELLOWSHIP
Humor
Humor
is what is funny in life. Things which make us laugh. Jokes, yarns,
tales, anecdotes. Witty stories which bring a smile, a grin, a
chuckle and even a frown. A lot of humor is soft and friendly enough,
but when people dig into taboo subjects, as they are often called, we
can get quite crude and ribald humor from many comedians. Swears are
practically a given in this 21st century. They are not absolutely
required – I watched a Christian pastoral sort of figure give a
standup routine the other day on youtube and he kept it clean enough,
and was genuinely funny. No, we don't need the swears necessarily,
and there are plenty of life's ironies to laugh out without resorting
to the 'F' word. But those swears really can make people laugh a lot,
especially well timed ones, and while younger people are definitely
the ones we teach as a society should be shielded and protected from
such language, usually they are the first in line who have seen the
latest fowl mouthed comedians video, and are more often than not the
ones with the filthiest language in their coarse school yard
shenanigans anyway. That's a reality of life – it's probably not
going to change anytime soon. But we are supposed to laugh in the end
– I am sure of that – it is simply what we do as people. It's how
we think and how our mouths naturally work. We laugh naturally. A
giggle occurs totally naturally. It's something we just do. We
shouldn't really be ashamed of this, although many teach we need a
stiff upper lip and to take life terribly seriously. But with all the
jackasses around these days, perhaps such traditional wisdom is not
that bad an idea anyway. Keep it in check in the end – keep your
humor under control. Don't let it go to your head. But laugh at a
funny joke, and smile at a silly video, and learn to look on the
brighter side of life. It sure makes it a lot easier on rainy Sunday
afternoons.
Adam
and Eve
(From
the Chronicle of the Illuminati – An anecdote from the lighter side
of life)
Adam
and Eve are the parents of mankind. All our DNA has its origins in
these primal parents of mankind. In fact it says in Genesis that Eve
is the mother of all the living. Adam and Eve had available to them
the tree of life, yet never gained access to this tree because they
chose to rebel against God's command to not eat the tree of knowledge
of good and evil. God tested Adam and Eve, which is not a very loving
act in their innocence, but this was not how God felt. God requires
obedience, and places it as a higher category than any personal
commitments of love to a human being. God insists on obedience, but
is not loyal to us in our sufferings. He is only a fair-weather
friend of a God. This shows a shallow heart, a hypocrite, which
claims loving concern, but falls far short. God has never been as
holy as he thinks in his quite vain imagination. It is certainly true
the more you kiss God's arse, the more he will bless you. Sabbath
keeping and kosher rules are the heart of God's delight, and he
enjoys the suffering of souls who do not conform to whatever torah
paradigm, in his dictatorial whims, he chooses to require at any
given time. He is not exactly a 'divine' deity. Yet Adam and Eve are
fundamentally good in every way, and a good example to God of decent
behaviour. Heh heh. Hope you enjoyed that diversion into sarcasm with
our fair divine heavenly father. God probably has a sense of humour.
Probably. Religious extremists like to shun the lighter side of life
very often, and make out that religion and life is all grave
sobriety, with no spirit of adventure. How wrong they are. Adam and
Eve were people – alive people – with a spirit and a life. And in
Adam and Eve's DNA were the vast reservoirs of mankind's genetic
patterns, and no matter how strictly obedient such offspring should
be, there is obviously a flock within all of that life which has an
imagination and believes in having a bit of fun in life. I would find
it very difficult to believe that we couldn't crack a joke in life in
walking with God, and that it is all boring Torah study. All work and
no play makes Jack a dull boy, as they say. Life has to have
adventure in it. It needs those lighter moments. It needs the absurd
even, the ridiculous, to remind us not to take ourselves too
seriously, and that we are ultimately alive and hear on Earth to
having something approximating a happy and wonderful time, and that
we don't always have to get bogged down in the dull drudgery of
serious conformity to every principle designed to take all the fun
out of life. True – go off the edge, and that is what you will end
up – right off the edge and living in fantasy land. Make sure you
get a grip. But some of us, not necessarily all, for life has all
sorts of people in it – but some of us need to know how to crack
that well timed joke, and look on the lighter side of things, to
lighten up a dull day, and bring gentle (and sometimes wild) humor to
a life which can often be lived FAR TOO SERIOUSLY.
Dan's
Stand up
You
know, I'm an ole pommy from way back. All of 3 bloody months, or
thereabouts, living in England, as a wee little one, then back to
Australia with mum and Dad, returning from grandmas, to live in
Berridale. But fuckit, the patriotism rose up in me, and I supported
the English all my life in sports, and didn't give a damn about the
aussies. And then I became a citizen - to join the public service.
Legal requirement for a permanent citizen. Good huh. Become an aussie
to fill the selection criteria. Still, supporting old england in a
place like Australia does not necessarily make you many friends. A
degree of mockery you can expect, but, in truth, the Australian male
today has - evolved. Have you seen that show 'House Father's' or
'home fathers' or something like that? Do you get that here? Well
garry sweet and some other charming aussie blokes are now the
politically correct housed dads, sending their kids off to school,
dealing with parental problems, doing all things for their kids,
while the women, I guess, does all the work. How far has the
Australian male fallen. Remember the 80s. Crocodile Dundee. Out comes
that fucking knife. Big as your fucking arm. That's a fucking knife,'
he says. Rambo kiss my arse. Bob Hawke - prime minister. the
quintessential Aussie male in the 80s. Australia - tops at cricket.
Winning the Americas cup. Sporting champions in so many endeavours.
Valiant men of the southern cross. And now their house dads. And you
know what that is? a grown up snag. A grown up Sensitive New Age Guy.
But it was bound to happen. With the rise of the femminazis's as I
like to call them, the great Australian bloke's day was limited. Once
it was 'Get me a fucking beer, bitch.' Now its 'Could you pour me a
glass of chardonnay, hubbie. It is been a difficult day in the
office.' Femminazis. Fallen. the Aussie bloke has fallen from grace.
And how far have they fallen? Julia Gillard. a female prime minister.
Quentin Bryce - a female governer general. And the most sacred of
male glories now gone - the female footie commentator. The Aussie
blokes days of glory are well gone. And of course - the cricket. 18
years thrashing the poms, and 2005, the glory departs. don't worry
mate, they won 5 nill the following time, but lost both following
series. rugby union. hardly a win for the wallabies in a decade.
France looking more threatening. i mean, France? Olympics. 7 gold or
something like that. and the poms? 29 remeber the bragging of old?
Fallen, I tell you. I mean, come on, you know what Ricky Ponting says
when he loses the last ashes series in australia? i was enjoying it
so much, i didn't even mind losing. great captain australia. way to
go Ricky. The great australian male. what can he do? The fundamental
problem, now, of course, is ipod. ipod and mobile phone and xbox. the
kids are so fucking soft now they would rather watch sonic collect
love potions and chase mario around a racing track then get off there
arses and kick a footie around. depressing, aint it. But life goes
on. For the battler, the great aussie bloke, the true blue, dinky di,
bronzed aussie male still lives. And when the sons of the southern
cross will need it most, a Bradman will emerge, or a Wally Lewis, or
a Lionel Rose, and remind the world once more of that tried and true
rebel yell. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!!!
Scots
humour
You
know how tight scots are? Give em a piggy bank and they'll put in a
penny and six months later they will still expect a return. (Takes
the piggy bank and shakes it,' getting out the one coin and says 'and
the rest you bastard.'
Classic
Sayings of the Antichrist - Black Humour
In
regards to the suffering unemployed in Spain, commenting to the
French leader of the opposition.
'Let
them eat shit.'
In
regards to the suffering of the Jews, commenting to New York's
Catholic Archbishop.
'Hitler
had the right idea.'
In
response to a Jehovah's Witness pointing to the Glory of God's
salvation
'Jehovah
can save my retarded son's hairy anus.'
In
response to the homeless in New York, commenting to the
President
'Cheap
labour, I suppose.'
In
response to a zealous Pentecostals fear of a mark of the beast
'Now
that's a good idea'
In
response to the Israelis Prime Minister's concerns about the
Palestinians
'Have
you considered genocide.'
In
response to the China Japan island chain conflict, commenting to a
Chinese politician
'I
am sure the nips have no nukes. Just bully them around Genghis.'
In
response to his second in commands worries on the Greeks leaving the
Euro
'There's
plenty of other suckers in Europe, meine friend.'
In
response to the revival of neo-nazism, commenting to the German
Arch-Chancellor
'Don't
worry, its just a front for my organisation.
In
response to African Famine, commenting to the South African
president
'It
should keep the population under control, at least.'
In
response to civil unrest in the Balkans, commenting to an Italian
dignitary
'Just
throw a soccerball at them.'
In
response to Islamic State, commenting to the president of Iraq
'I
suppose they are effective in purging sinners from the world.
Lawyers, doctors, priests. Children under the age of 5. Yep, very
effective.'
In
response to Hilary Clinton, commenting on Donald Trump's
presidency
'Never
underestimate the general stupidity of the American people dear
Hilary.'
In
response to J K Rowling, commenting on the success of Harry
Potter.
'Don't
worry, sweetie. I'm sure your not to blame for the increasing growth
of virginal sacrifices in the lower western
quarter.'
MISCELLANEOUS
Daly
Country
(A
Speculative and lighthearted article on the possibilities of clan’s
and family surnames ideas for Earth and Heaven. A particular example
– Daly Country – is employed. It could just as well be Smith or
Jones or Chang or Perrot, etc)
‘Daly’
is a country in heaven, just north or Ireland. It is inhabited 100%
by members of the ‘Daly’ clan. There is a castle ‘Daly’ where
the King of the Daly clan resides and watches over ‘Daly’. All
around ‘Ireland’ in heaven are countries for each of the Irish
clans. These are specific ‘Clan’ nations for purebred members of
each clan to have their own specific country. But as Ireland’s
heavenly nation grows, more and more countries are being formed for
all the Irish clans, as well as more ‘Irelands’ for all the
clans, all being formed interspersed in ‘Jigsaw’ fashion with all
the Irish clan countries will develop.
In
Castle Daly is the official ‘Daly’ library, where are collected
the vast and numerous works of all the worldwide writings of the Daly
clan. The ‘bards’ of old have there works featured here, and
around the vast fireplace in the heart of the library, on a cold and
dark Sunday Night, tales are told of the legends the Daly’s have
accumulated over their long sojourn.
The
library also holds the official ‘Daly Family Tree’ which charts
the entire family from the first ‘Daly’ downwards.
Castle
Daly is also home to the ‘Daly’ Archives, were are stored all the
various famous creations of the Daly’s throughout history. And, of
course, the ‘Daly’ hall of photography, were a vast collection of
Daly family photos are stored is connected to the Archives.
Castle
Daly is also home to the ‘Daly’ Kitchen and Eatery, were Daly’s
from all over Country Daly gather to take part in finely prepared,
elegant and tasteful ‘Daly’ cuisine, the best the family has to
offer.
In
the ‘Hall of Chivalry’ the Daly coats of arms are stored, as well
as portraits of the noble Daly’s of old.
All
throughout castle Daly there are constant celebrations of our beloved
clan, testimony to our eternal and dutiful service in fidelity to God
and King.
‘Daly’
sub-clans
The
‘Daly’ sub-clans are further divisions in the ‘Daly’ clan as
a whole. The tradition is for the sub-clan family name to be placed
before the ‘Daly’ clan name, which is the end name of a person’s
name.
New
Daly Sub-Clan names.
The
following Daly Sub-Clan names are available to those who claim
them.
Dovechild
– to be claimed by a Daly family were the wife of Mr Daly is an
English lady, but claimed once only by one family.
Briddakai
– to be claimed by a Daly family were the wife of Mr Daly is an
Asian Indian lady, but claimed once only by one family.
Radrillion
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Raznadore
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Goldfire
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Silverstorm
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Dragonforge
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Calmwater
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family
Winterstorm
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Goldenchild
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Darkfury
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Sundancer
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Webspinner
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Darkclaw
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Havensgold
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Falconstorm
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Wintermaiden
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Dragonfury
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Quickfire
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Goldenhawke
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Dragonrider
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Hedrakandrason
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Splindarlingtonfire
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Kodradandastravere
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Goldsilverbronzington
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Waterstormfire
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Goldstormington
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
O’Goldenrider
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
O’Murphinton
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Quickwinter
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Kaladannystormington
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Corrgoodlington
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Minoguefire
– to be claimed by any Daly member, but claimed once only by one
family.
Ireland
Mullingar
The
Dominion of Daniel Thomas Andrew Daly
The
Kingdom of Adam and Eve
Haven
Adamide Fellowship
Haven
Even Fellowship
Haven
Sethide Fellowship
Haven
Enoshide Fellowship
Haven
Cainaanide Fellowship
Haven
Mahalalelide Fellowship
Haven
Jaredide Fellowship
Haven
Enochide Fellowship
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Methuselahide Fellowship
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Lamechide Fellowship
The
Nation of Kadravana
The
Nation of Eve
The
Nation of Adam
Kadravanian
Clans Even Clans Adamic Clans
Dovechild
Evelandrya Adamlya
Radrillion
Evlington Adamandrya
Briddakai
Evelondya Adamtom
Raznadore
Eventuranya Adamondya
Quickwinter
Evenellyandranksia Adamandranksia
Firestorm
Evendra Adamendra
Ranebow
Evertstorm Adamstorm
Stormheart
Stormfire Stormwarden
Bloodhunter
Bloodchild Bloodsmoke
The
Nation of Noah
Noahide
Clans
Noandrya
Noahton
Noandya
Noahturanya
Noahandranksia
Noahstorm
Noahfire
Noahchild
The
Nation of Seth
Sethide
Clans
Sethandrya
Sethton
Sethandya
Sethturanya
Sethdranksia
Sethstorm
Sethfire
Sethchild
The
Nation of Anavardak
Anavardakian
Clans
Personal
Education and Study
A
thorough education from a wide range of reading materials is an
essential in life to fashion your ‘Life Rights’ through the
knowledge you gain from such studies. Eternal rewards in heaven often
hinge on the quota of books and knowledge you obtain in life, this
life on earth, and were applicable to heavenly citizens, defines your
eternity. I recommend reading a number of fiction and non-fiction
works in life to embellish your life with wisdom and understanding.
Knowledge and learning is how we understand life and get the wisdom
to navigate our way through our earthly or heavenly sojourn.
Non-fiction gives you practical knowledge to undertake task and jobs
and occupations, assisting you to do things well and according to
proper procedures. Fiction embellishes life and culture with better
understanding on how it all fits together, and is often just an
enjoyable pastime and escape from the more mundane elements of life,
and quite obviously something to do from keeping us being bored a lot
of the time. Reading develops our personality and character, and is a
fundamental thing all Adamides should be involved with and find
enjoyment and pleasure from. Many people spend a lot of time writing
books, and a career as a writer or author is a realistic occupation
for the more literary minded amongst us. It's not easy getting
published, mind you, but if you have something valuable or worthwhile
to say it is definitely a consideration for a life occupation.
Learning – its what it is mostly about, and we understand this
world better with more accuracy the more wide read we are. Certainly
we can specialize our knowledge and studies onto one or a few
particular subjects and become experts in the field. For a formal
degree of education we usually do have to do just that –
specialize. Concentrate or 'Major' on a field of knowledge. And
sometimes this field of expertise can be quite precise indeed. For
example, we might have 500 books on human genetics, but only one on
the history of England. And this variety is as huge as the human
population itself. It all depends on what we are into, and what suits
our style. There are no rules for what you must read, but obviously
there are classics of literature which are widely read by many
people, and that is often a good starting point if you are looking to
expand your reading horizon. Book clubs are good things to join,
especially as you read the same books of others in the club, and can
discuss the fruits of a book you might have enjoyed a great deal.
And, of course, formalized study is a great place to learn together
with fellow students on the exact same reading materials. Its what a
class is usually all about. There is so much to study – and so much
to know – but developing a personal library of books over life is
definitely a worthwhile pursuit, and forms the core of your eternal
knowledge, so I suspect, much of how your life of eternity is likely
shaped. Read, study and learn. You'll never regret it. And you world
will open up so much as you explore ideas of other thinkers besides
yourself who have gone through life and answered the big questions in
their own, inestimable, way.
Assorted
Fiction Books I have Read and enjoyed in life:
The
Twilight Realm - Christopher Carpenter
This
is the way the world begins - J T Macintosh
The
Belgariad & The Malloreon – David Eddings
The
Riftwar Trilogy & The Sons of Krondor – Raymond E Feist
The
Galactic Milieu saga – Julian May
Memory,
Sorrow & Thorn books 1 & 2 – Tad Williams
The
first Shannara trilogy – Terry Brooks
The
Greyhawk Trilogy – Forgotten Realms
The
Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings & The Cottage of Lost Play –
J R R Tolkien
Xanth
Series books 1 to 9 – Piers Anthony
Incarnations
of Immortality books 1 to 7 – Piers Anthony
Battle
Circle – Piers Anthony
Dorian
Hawkmoon books – Michael Moorcock
The
Three Investigators – Various Authors
The
Sword and the Satchel – Elizabeth H Boyer
The
Chronicles of an Age of Darkness – Hugh Cook
How
to eat fried worms - Thomas Rockwell
Stark
– Ben Elton
Z
is for Zachariah - Robert C. O'Brien
Where
the Heart Is – Billy Letts
Foundation
saga 5 books – Isaac Asimov
I
Robot – Isaac Asimov
Faded
Sun Trilogy books 1 & 2 – C J Cherryh
First
Majipoor Trilogy – Robert Silverberg
Gilgamesh
the King – Robert Silverberg
Sunrise
on Mercury – Robert Silverberg
The
Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever – Stephen
Donaldson
The
Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant book 1 – Stephen
Donaldson
Daughter
of Regals – Stephen Donaldson
Heliconnia
Spring – Brian Aldiss
The
Dying Earth Series 3 books - Jack Vance
War
of the Powers – Robert E. Vardeman & Victor Milan
Kidnapped
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Macbeth
- William Shakespeare
Star
Wars IV
Star
Wars V
Star
Wars VI
Good
Omens – Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
The
Anvil of Ice – Michael Scott Rohan
The
Forge in the Forest – Michael Scott Rohan
Hammer
of the Sun - Michael Scott Rohan
A
Different Drummer - Maggi Charles
The
Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield
Screwtape
– C S Lewis
Mere
Christianity – C S Lewis
The
Getting of Wisdom – Henry Handel Richardson
The
Holy Bible
The
Tanakh
King
Arthur – Roger Lancelyn Green
Mort
& Reaper Man – Terry Pratchett