Act by the Plumb | How Freemasonry builds upright men

[@paranoidandroid8852]

Aloha From the Hawaiian Lodge. I just wanted to say, I've been loving your deep dives into these topics.

[@Thewindingstairs]

Mahalo! Thank you so much for the kind words.

[@timclemons8719]

Brother Juan I am so happy to see you back in the swing of things. Thank you 🙏🏻 love and respect

[@Thewindingstairs]

Good to hear from you, Brother. Thanks for the kind words. Be well, Brother.

[@Azupiru]

Let me tell you about a small thing you missed. In the passages of Amos, where Amos sees the Lord with a plumb bob and then the Lord states that He has placed a plumb bob in the midst of Israel, the bob itself, a small thing, is referred to as an אֲנָךְ. Transliterated, it is anak. This word is derived directly from Sumerian 𒀭𒈾, referring to lead and tin, literally meaning "sky/god/heaven" and "stone." It is composed of the signs AN and NA. The Hebrews had another name for the plumb bob, a ha-eben ha-bedeel, which means literally "tin stone" in the exact format as AN-NA. So, why does their God use an anak? It is such a small thing, but the plumb line will prove their understanding of their foundation as flawed. Who destests the day of small things?

[@Thewindingstairs]

Great insight. Thanks for sharing.

[@Azupiru]

@@Thewindingstairs You're welcome. Next you should ask yourself why the word "ladder" is a hapax legomenon in the Tanakh, referring only to Jacob's ladder. The consonantal ordering of the word is s-l-m. Cognates in other Semitic languages are attested long before this, and all have an s-m-l ordering. An s-l-m ordering referring to celestial bodies referred to a 'comet,' and the Hebrew scribes would have known this from their familiarity with Assyrian and Babylonian omen traditions. Jacob's Ladder was a comet. The omen texts attest that Semitic assumptions regarding the mysterious visiting bodies were that the enemies of the nation would collapse. This is why the Maccabees revolted during the apparition of Halley's Comet, and why they revolted again in 66 ce, and why they revolted again under Bar Kochba (son of star). And 76 years before 66 ce, it was the apparition that was preserved in memory as the "Star of Bethlehem." After the failure of Bar Kochba, rabbis wrote a proscription against following the comet that returns every "70" years...

[@laskri]

Mr. Juan, when talking about justice for the oppressed, I would like to know your positioning in the conflict between Israel and Palestine?

[@Thewindingstairs]

Thanks for watching. I'm not informed enough about the current state of that affair to make a comment about it here.

[@severinodelacruz]

I am wondering about the relevamcy of this question. With regard to freemasonry.

[@laskri]

@@severinodelacruz He said in his video hat we should stand with the victims and denounce the oppressor, that's why I asked.

[@severinodelacruz]

@@laskri your opinion about that conflict may not be his. Be your own man. I know of a Palestinian and an israelian who are freemasons. They have different opinion about the conflict.