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SOLOMON

God appeared in person to pick five leaders, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, and Josue in the first 621 years. Then 499 years later, Samuel heard God's voice in the night, and Samuel rose to lead the Israelites and to pick their first king. The rest of the kings that reigned until God abandoned the Jews, from Jeroboam who followed Solomon, to Osee at the end, were either elected, followed their fathers footsteps, or assassinated their predecessor. From the time God called Samuel until He appeared to Solomon was about 120 years. Until He abandoned Israel, 335 years later, He did not appear in person to pick a leader. Solomon was the only human to
'see" Him (3 Kings 11:9) in the 954 year period between Josue and Osee. The total years Israel was under Gods rule was 1,575 years.

Israel's God had grand-children by the daughters of man, was seen often as a man, and no man lives 1,575 years. So after creating and dealing with many generations of Israelite people, and after They acquired the last of King David's gold, the fifteenth or twentieth generation of Israelite, "Gods" gave up their attempt to control the nation their forefather had created, and abandoned Israel.

All the blood, the sacrifice, the suffering, and all the battles gained them nothing, not even the land they were promised so many times. He abandoned the Israelites, and several generations of his grand-children, never to be seen again.

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GOD"S GOLD
Before the golden calf incident at Mount Sinai, there were few battles and little was asked of the Jews in offerings or tithes other than animals. Then God decided to have them build Him a dwelling place so He could stay among them. This is what the Lord then said to Moses:

Again, 10 chapters later, (Exodus 35:5) He made exactly the same request for gold, silver, and bronze. Then after seven more verses God decided He still didn't have enough, so he ordered a census and a forfeit.

This "contribution" amounted to a considerable sum, considering how many men there were.

The amount of gold and silver used in the construction of God's new dwelling is staggering, even by todays standard.

When I read this, I wondered at the amount of gold. Then I wondered how people that were just a short time before, slaves in Egypt, could have so much wealth. As I pondered this, I remembered God's order to Moses in Exodus, before the tenth plague.

The more I dwelled on the enormous amounts of gold and silver the Jews were carrying, the more fascinated I became, until my curiosity got the best of me. It took considerable research to convert minas, shekels, becas, and talents to ounces and pounds. What I found was at first, to me, unbelievable. I researched the whole thing again and to my further amazement found I only had half the answer because the Hebrew talent is double the Attic talent. The result of this
research was finding the cost, at 1993 gold and silver prices, of The Dwelling of the Meeting Tent and the Ark of the Commandments. They cost Israel $15,227,066.75 in silver and gold at modern prices, and the combined weight was 12.92 tons or 25,831.14 pounds. (The reason for the 1993 price of gold and silver is because that is one of the many years I spent researching the Old Testament)

All this gold and silver was so heavy it took a whole Israelite tribe to break it down, move it across the desert, and reassemble it again.

To be exact, it took eight thousand five hundred eighty men to break down, transport, and reconstruct a meeting tent and ark that were made with almost 26,000 pounds of gold and silver.

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After God ordered the extermination of the Madianites, the officers of His army counted noses, and found not one warrior missing. They were so glad, each of them offered to God, of one of the gold articles they had picked up during the battle. The anklets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces.

This is equal to 8375 oz. If sold at 1993 gold prices, the sale would amount to $2,956,375 dollars. It would be interesting to know what they kept. You know it was more than they gave God. But if you only double the dollar amount of their offering, it comes to $5,912,750. Killing for gold was very profitable!

When the Jews were finally allowed to enter Chanaan with thirteen tons of God's gold, they were instructed not to take anything valuable.

But with all the gold and silver they brought back from the battle of Jericho, God was still not happy. Someone had been greedy! His anger, flared up against the Israelites. Someone had taken part of His loot. Finally Achan confessed,

For taking God's gold, he paid the ultimate price.

God had 13 tons of gold and silver in his new dwelling, yet he had a man stoned to death for a Babylonian mantle, two hundred shekels of silver and fifty shekels of gold. The Bible doesn't say why, "his sons and daughters , his ox, his donkey and his sheep, his tent, and all his possessions," were led into the desert, but since
they were led away, I doubt they were ever led back. This means not only was Achan punished, but also his sons and daughters. All of Achan's children and possessions had to suffer before, 'the anger of the Lord relented." This God was angry, vindictive, and hungry for gold and silver.

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Many battles were fought and I will describe later how God came to possess most of the gold in Chanaan, but King David was responsible for Him getting almost the last of it. King Thou sent his son to thank King David for defeating one of his enemies,

King David knew exactly what was required to keep his God happy. More gold and silver and this time, brass. David took the gold and silver from the nations of Syria, Moab, the Philistines, Amalec and Adarezer.

King Abiam collected the last of the gold, and when his son Asa became king, he gave it all to God.

God put a ban on gold, silver, and precious things. He wanted all of it, and he got it. His army brought it to him from the cities and countrysides they sacked and burned. King David gave it to him and Asa brought him whatever had been missed. But the demand for offerings to their God did not end with gold, silver, and precious metals. He also wanted the first and the best of everything else they had.

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TITHES
God covered all the bases in three sentences.

He also told them,

Then, just in case He had missed something, He left no doubt in their minds about giving.

Here, I would remind you again of his hunger for precious metals.
Every man must pay a half-shekel to the Lord as,

That offering wasn't enough, so again he demanded,

In this verse, for the first time, I began to realize the enormous numbers of lives God was controlling. Add at least one wife and three children to each man in this census. This is an extremely conservative guess, but the number is staggering. 3,017,750 people were led away from food, water, and for most, the only home they had ever known.

I can only guess one reason why this exchange of silver took place, greed. God wanted more silver, so He had a census of male babies taken, then evened up the difference with silver.

The Israelites had 273 more children than the Levites, so they were ordered to give Aaron, the priest, five shekels for each one?

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God didn't miss the smallest detail when He ordered Israel to give. Here He told the priests that they also had to give a portion of what they received.

Not counting the men too old to fight, 603,550 men gave of their harvest, their animals, and their wine press, and the priests gave a portion of what was given to them by the people. But God demanded much more than food. He wanted gold and silver, and ordered a tax or a gift of precious metals often.

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SACRIFICE
Here I will deal not with tithes or offerings, but with the blood sacrifice of both humans and animals under Gods watchful eye. Some are gross, some are funny and some would scare me just to watch. First, let's deal with Abraham and a little task he was ordered by his God to perform.

Abraham wouldn't stand up to his own wife, much less his God. Did he even question cutting his only son's throat and burning him to ashes. No. His fear was so complete he was afraid to even question his God. This gutless wonder was God's prophet and he was going to do as he was told! The Bible doesn't mention him asking God about anything. It just says,

He was to demonstrate his absolute, complete, and utter fear of his God. Abraham, who lied twice, and said his wife was his sister, loaded wood for a holocaust on his sons back and told him God was going to provide the sheep for the holocaust. (Another lie) Then he tied Isaac on the wood he had been made to carry to the altar. Isaac was thirteen years old and had seen many blood sacrifices in his life. He knew without doubt that he was the replacement for the missing
'sheep." Try to imagine the terror he felt when the ever obedient Abraham reached for a knife to kill him. Isaac could not help but know his father was not of strong character. He saw Ismael and his mother cast out to placate Sara. He knew as well as anyone his father wasn't going to stand up to his God. He knew he was about to die at his father's own hand. Then came the reprieve.

Abraham feared for his own life so much that he would without question kill
his own son. And what about Isaac? You know Abraham's God made an impression on Isaac that he would never forget! Do you suppose he ever forgot being tied to the holocaust firewood and his own father approaching him with a knife. What kind of God insists on fear to such degree? Can you imagine the terror going through
Isaac's mind when he realized HE was the sacrifice? He had seen hundreds of blood sacrifices in his life and knew exactly what was coming next. If I had been Isaac, I would have walked away from that altar a blithering idiot with a burning hatred in my heart for my father and the God of Catholic and Protestant alike. Is it any wonder every Catholic mass includes the phrase, "Lord have mercy?"

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The God of the Jews proved time after time that He was obsessed with the spilling of the blood of animals as well as humans. Next is the bloodiest example of blood sacrifice yet. It is also the funniest four thousand years later.

Blood on the tip of the right ear, on the thumbs of the right hand, and on the great
toes of their right feet? Splash blood on the altar? Mix blood with oil and sprinkle it on Aaron, his sons and their vestments so that they may be sacred? How were they able to stand in this bloody mess? How did they distinguish left from right when they were covered with blood? But who among these people had the intestinal fortitude to say to this God, "I don't think I want any blood on the tip of my right ear just yet. Maybe later."
THE GOD OF THE JEWS HAD A BLOOD FETISH! Many celebrate it to this day. They drink wine or grape juice in great reverence, drinking the "blood" of Christ.

Next there is a great deviation from most of God's instruction. In this rite there is no blood. You just lay your hands on a goat, confess all your sins, and lead the goat out into the desert. But since the attendant only leads the goat into the desert and 'sends" it away, how does the goat know where the "isolated" region is?
What happens if the goat doesn't find the isolated region and returns to camp?
Does he bring all the confessed sins back with him?