PRIDE / PROUD

PRIDE / PROUD

These definitions are from Daniel Webster's 1828 dictionary of the English language. 

PRIDE, noun

1. Inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, accomplishments, rank or elevation in office, which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.

Martial pride looks down on industry.

PRIDE goeth before destruction. Proverbs 16:18.

PRIDE that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.

All pride is abject and mean.

Those that walk in pride he is able to abase. Daniel 4:37.

2. Insolence; rude treatment of others; insolent exultation.

That hardly we escap'd the pride of France.

3. Generous elation of heart; a noble self-esteem springing from a consciousness of worth.

The honest pride of conscious virtue.

4. Elevation; loftiness.

A falcon tow'ring in her pride of place.

5. Decoration; ornament; beauty displayed.

Whose lofty trees, clad with summer's pride

Be his this sword

Whose ivory sheath, inwrought with curious pride

Adds graceful terror to the wearer's side.

6. Splendid show; ostentation.

Is this array, the war of either side

Through Athens pass'd with military pride

7. That of which men are proud; that which excites boasting.

I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. Zechariah 9:6. Zephaniah 3:11.

8. Excitement of the sexual appetite in a female beast.

9. Proud persons. Psalms 36:11.

PRIDE, verb transitive With the reciprocal pronoun, to pride one's self, to indulge pride; to take pride; to value one's self; to gratify self-esteem. They pride themselves in their wealth, dress or equipage. He prides himself in his achievements.


PROUD, adjective

1. Having inordinate self-esteem; possessing a high or unreasonable conceit of one's own excellence, either of body or mind. A man may be proud of his person, of his talents, of his accomplishments or of his achievements. He may be proud of any thing to which he bears some relation. He may be proud of his country, his government, his equipage, or of whatever may, by association, gratify his esteem of himself. He may even be proud of his religion or of his church. He conceives that any thing excellent or valuable, in which he has a share, or to which he stands related, contributes to his own importance, and this conception exalts his opinion of himself. proud is followed by of, before the object, supra.

2. Arrogant; haughty; supercilious.

A foe so proud will not the weaker seek.

3. Daring; presumptuous.

By his understanding he smiteth through the proud Job 26:12.

4. Lofty of mien; grand of person; as a proud steed.

5. Grand, lofty; splendid; magnificent.

Storms of stones from the proud temple's height.

6. Ostentatious; grand; as proud titles.

7. Splendid; exhibiting grandeur and distinction; exciting pride; as a proud day for Rome.

8. Excited by the animal appetite; applied particularly to the female of the canine species.

9. Fungous; as proud flesh.

Are the Jews the Indigenous People to the Land of Israel?

 Are the Jews the indigenous people to the land of Israel?

Beyond politics, and I do support Israel's right to resist Islam, one has to reckon with the Biblical account. Starting with Genesis chapter 12 it's clear that Abraham, first known as Abram, was not born in Israel. Israel was not a nation when he was born. Abram was born in Chaldea, which is now present day Iraq! God called Abram. He spoke to him and told him to leave his land and his family and he would make of him a great nation, and will bless him, and make his name great; and to be a blessing to others. In the New Testament, Hebrews chapter 11:8 we read: "Abraham had faith and obeyed God. He was told to go to the land that God had said would be his, and he left for a country he had never seen."

Do you believe what you read in the Tanakh and New Testament? Abram was an immigrant to the land of Canaan. That is the land that became Israel.

AI reports:
1. The biblical land of Canaan corresponds to Israel, Palestine (the West Bank and Gaza), Lebanon, Jordan, and parts of southern Syria.
2. The original inhabitants of Canaan were called Canaanites. Canaan was the earliest native name generally applied to Lebanon-Syria-Palestine. Modern linguistic research indicates close relationship between Canaanites, Amorites, Assyro-Babylonians, Hebrews and Arabians.

Canaan was inhabited by seven tribes: the Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, Amorites, Perizzites and Jebusites. Google: https://www.waynestiles.com/blog/sorting-out-those-odd-canaanite-names-and-places/#:~:text=1.%20Canaanites,through%20the%20line%20of%20Ham.&text=2.%20Hittites&text=3.%20%26%204.%20Girgashites%20and&text=5.%20Amorites&text=6.%20Perizzites&text=7.%20Jebusites&text=1.%20God's%20Mercy%20and%20Patience,Toward%20the%20Unrepentant

I will probably make a few people upset by this comment. That's not my intention. It's very clear that Israel is an important name. It is the name given to Jacob by God. Jacob was one of Isaac and Rebecca's twin sons. Isaac was the miracle child of Abraham and Sarah. Isaac was born when Abraham was 100 years old. Jacob was born when.Isaac was 60 years old. It's not known exactly how old Jacob was when God gave him the name Israel but it is estimated that he was 90 plus years old. This confirms that Israel was not a name known to Canaan prior to Abram/Abraham's arrival over 200 years before God gave Jacob the name Israel. My Messianic Jewish friend taught me that Israel became a NATION when Moses received for them the 10 Commandments and the 603 laws from God at Mt. Sinai. They were God's chosen PEOPLE before that but it is law which defines a people as a NATION. I have no reason to doubt this is true.

So in truth, Abram/Abraham and His wife were immigrants to Canaan and their children and grandchildren "colonized" that land which became Israel. I'm sure the word colonized is a little hard to take regarding this wonderful nation in Israel. Jewish scholars say that Moses was born in 1393BCE. He was 80 years old when he returned to Egypt. It would've been only a few years later that he received the 10 Commandments making Israel a PEOPLE and a NATION.

So what shall we say? Does this biblical history cancel the Jewish claim to Israel? Not at all. The most important thing to consider first and last here is that it is God, the maker of heaven and earth, who called Abram/Abraham out of Chaldea (Iraq) and let him into Canaan where he found seven indigenous tribes. If we have a problem with this we should take it to God and let Him help us to see things from His point of view.

One additional note. And it is an important note. There was another tribe of people in Canaan when Abram/Abraham arrived there. They were called the Philistines.

From the Virtual Jewish Library:
"The Philistines are referred to as the descendants of the Casluchim in Genesis 10:14 and Exodus 13:17. Known as a seafaring nation, the Philistines were a non-Semitic people who left Crete and arrived in Canaan at the beginning of the 12th century B.C.E. The Philistines inhabited the Mediterranean coast of Canaan during the period of the Book of Judges. They founded five principalities - Gaza, Asheklon, Ashdod, Ekron, and Gath.

"Their highly-developed weapons brought a great threat to the Israelites. During the Exodus from Egypt, the Israelites purposely took a southern route to circumvent them. The Philistines often battled against the Israelites. The first King of Israel, Saul, temporarily weakened them. Later, a little-known shepherd by the name of David (later second King of Israel) defeated them after his battle with the large Philistine by the name of Goliath. The Philistines were reduced to mainly commercial ventures rather than military ventures. Throughout the Books of Kings, different Jewish leaders fought the nation until the Assyrians completely defeated them. The Philistines then assimilated into the surrounding cultures and ceased to exist as a separate nation.

"The name Palestine originates from the Philistine inhabitance of the land of Judea. After the Romans conquered the region in the second century C.E., the Romans used the term Palestinia to refer to the region in an attempt to minimize Jewish attachment to the land. The Arabic use of the term Filastin is from this Latin root. https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-philistines

🌅 a little light 💡 summer 🌞 reading. 🌇

🌅 a little light 💡 summer  🌞 reading 🌇

Must reads for those who want more clarity on why things are as they are in the U.S.A.

1. Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky

https://dn721507.ca.archive.org/0/items/RulesForRadicals/RulesForRadicals.pdf
 
2. Color, Communism, & Common Sense by Manning Johnson 
https://www.heritagehistory.com/site/hclass/secret_societies/ebooks/pdf/johnson_color.pdf