“And [on the way to the Promised Land] the children of Israel…pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. And Balak the son of Zippor [king of the Moabites] saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites…and sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the [Euphates river of the land of the children of his people [Mesopotamia] to call him, saying…Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me...for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.” (Numbers 22:1-6)
The location and widespread fame of the children of “his people” point squarely at one man.
“Now the LORD had said unto Abram…I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great…And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”) Genesis 12:1-2)
Balack king of the Moabites recognized the children of “Israel / Prince of El” as Abram’s nation, and was simply playing the transactional religious game the only way he knew.
“And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth…God is not a man, that he should lie… hath he said, and shall he not do it?…according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion…he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain…Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!” (Numbers 24)
Despite being an outcast of Israel:
“Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword.” (Joshua 13:22)
Balaam is counted a true Melchizedekian prophet of Israel:
“O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.” (Micah 6:5),
As was the great prophet Daniel, despite being an outcast from Israel’s worship system, accepted as a Melchizedek of God.
“And the LORD gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand…And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel…among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel.” (Daniel 1:2-7)
If Daniel’s condition is an overlooked factoid readily dismissed or even denied for its disturbing sexual content, check out Daniel chapter one where his status is stated no less than seven times.
The fact is that castration was an overwhelmingly common wartime practice in ancient times. When Nebuchadnezzar returned again in 587 to totally destroy Jerusalem, the Babylonian king was again accompanied by his “Rab-saris,” or chief [of the] eunuchs (Jeremiah 39:3, 13).
One reason was to destroy hopes, therefore efforts, to resist submission to the captive state. A person without heirs faced dreadful conditions in the afterlife.
In Mesopotamian culture, even after death, as long as family members continued to remember the dead and provide the expected rituals, the deceased would experience a more favorable existence in the underworld. This belief gave enormous importance to having children as a safeguard for life after death. Descendants were expected to preserve the memory of their ancestors and provide the offerings that sustained them.
From the beginning of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, eunuchs came to dominate civil service.
- appointed governors of major provinces
- the king’s personal attendants
- the royal bodyguard
- army officers, the chief eunuch sometimes even replacing the king as supreme military commander on long and dangerous campaigns
- foreign envoy
Only one official, the castrated superintendent of the palace, had permanent direct access to the Assyrian king. The tradition of using eunuchs as highly-trained and important officers in royal service was passed on from the Assyrians to the Babylonians and then to the Persians.
Worship of the Great Mother / Mother of all gods / Mistress of all life dates back to the earliest pagan religion in Sumeria, with obvious alignment to Gaia, the female element attributed to creation, and the mothers of the hybrid giants fathered by the fallen angels prior to the flood. Early visual images, dating from the fourth millennium BC, from Uruk, i.e. before the Flood, and associated with Inanna (Ishtar), display three types of human figures: men, women, and what anthropologist Susan Pollock has called “genderless figures,” because they lack hair and genitals. A text dating from the reign of Hammurabi of Babylon (1792–1750 BC ) says explicitly that the goddess of Uruk makes eunuchs.
Worship of this female divinity by her Greek name of Cybele arrived in Greece around 300 BCE along with its sacred symbol, a black meteorite, in a temple called the Megalesion in Pessinus in modern Turkey. In 204 BCE, the Roman Senate officially adopted Cybele as a state goddess and brought her cult image to Rome.
Her priests, called the galli, were initiated during a sacred feast and ritual in which castrated themselves. During a celebration held on March 24 called the Dies sanguinis, or “Day of Blood” they danced wildly to the music of pipes and tambourines, and, in an ecstasy, flogged themselves until they bled, followed by a day of feasting and rest.
The signs of their office have been described as a type of crown, possibly a laurel wreath, as well as a golden bracelet known as the occabus. They generally wore women’s clothing (often yellow), and a turban, pendants, and earrings. They bleached their hair and wore it long, and they wore heavy makeup. They wandered around with followers, begging for charity, in return for which they were prepared to tell fortunes, like Balaam.
Interesting that Western society is becoming dominated by effeminate, self-imposed impotent/infertile men, who until very recently were considered socially deviant, not only tolerated but promoted by Christian countries, while Majority Muslim countries stand out for their lack of social progress on issues like gay rights and women rights. Generally, progress on such issues is more related to levels of development…The massive exception is places where Islamic political movements hold sway. Despite high levels of economic development, these places remain socially backwards or massively regress when these movements come to power (Turkey, Qatar, UAE etc…)…At minimum, it is intolerable that we consider [having Muslim countries as] allies and sell weapons to nations with human rights records like Saudi Arabia.
Isaiah addresses what would become a serious problem for masses of these unfortunate de-sexed Jewish boys.
“neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; Even unto them will I give in mine [heavenly] house and within my [heavenly sanctuary] walls a place and a name / identity better than of sons and of daughters [can give them].” (Isaiah 56:4-6)
What covenant is that? Clearly defined as being outside the Mosaic of priestly service , it can only be the pre-existing Melchizedekian covenant of dominion over the whole earth. Once we understand this we get a whole new perspective on Moses’ prophecies to the Gentile nations.
“And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to
- the house [blood dynasty] of Jacob,
- and tell the [adopted] children of Israel [from the mixed multitude]…
IF ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people…And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.” (Exodus 19:3-6)
And when Israel failed to keep their part of the national covenant, they came under chastisement.
“O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger…I will send him against an hypocritical nation…to tread them down like the mire of the streets.” (Isaiah 10:5-6)
Transferring rule over the whole earth to…the Gentiles.
“Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden…I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel…I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.”
For the express purpose of maintaining the covenant of dominion!
“That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me…I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways…For thus saith the LORD …Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.” (Isaiah 45)
And during the times of the Gentiles, Daniel was the Melchizedek maintaining the covenant of dominion over the whole earth.
“Then the [Babylonian] king Nebuchadnezzar…made Daniel…ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.” (Daniel 2:46-48)
“It pleased [the Persian king] Darius to set over the kingdom…three presidents; of whom Daniel was first:” (Daniel 6:1-2)
Henry A. Kissinger, the most famous and controversial American diplomat of the 20th century, would be a good example of the equivalent role in our time.
Kissinger became a naturalized citizen in 1943 after his family emigrated from Germany to escape Nazi persecution of the Jews. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and in the postwar U.S. military government of Germany, then received a B.A. (1950) and a Ph.D. (1954) from Harvard University. In 1954 he joined the faculty, becoming director of the Defense Studies Program from 1959 to 1969 while simultaneously serving as a consultant on security matters to various U.S. agencies during the administrations of Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson. He served as head of the National Security Council (1969–75) and as secretary of state (September 1973–January 20, 1977). In 1973 he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace with Le Duc Tho of North Vietnam for their efforts to negotiate a peaceful settlement of the Vietnam War.
And Daniel’s Melchizedekian role is what Paul refers to in his doctrine:
- “they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of [the Hebrew] Abraham, are they all children…That is they which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God:
- but the children of the promise [“IF ye will obey my voice...ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests” Exodus 19:3-6] are counted for the seed…Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles…they be called the children / replicas, eternal continuation of the living God.” (Romans 9:6-8, 24-26)
Kingdom Come 