Leviticus 20:27 in all English translations Leviticus 20:6 Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)Ħ And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. Leviticus 19:31 in all English translations Leviticus 20:27 King James Version (KJV)Ģ7 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them. Leviticus 19:31 Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)ģ1 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God. Jeremiah 10:2–4 King James Version (KJV)Ģ Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven for the heathen are dismayed at them.ģ For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.Ĥ They deck it with silver and with gold they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Ephesians 6:11–12 Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)ġ1 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. These excerpts are courtesy of the Bible Gateway site. I generally go with the version that is most terrifying. I prefer the King James Version, though I also use the Authorized King James Version. In any case, I do not think that my wife consulting with a fortuneteller is evil, though I am mindful of the Biblical proscriptions against witches and prognostications. But I am human, and it is natural for me to ascribe gender to all creatures, even to the one that is synonymous with the energy that created our universe. In my case, I refer to Him as Him, out of habit, and out of convenience. The Great Architect of the Universe is beyond gender, but this is a digression.Īscribing gender to God is a reflection of our human limitations, as are the multiple ways that we refer to Him. I told Harry that we all glorify His name differently, referring to our apex deity, and that we name Him and we worship Him in many different ways.Īs an aside I believe that the historical divinity that some call Yahweh and others Brahman is asexual. In my experience, there are no combat veterans who survive that experience without a profound, implacable belief in a higher power.
While I also believe that my wife’s fortuneteller was correct, that I will die six years from now, these are not necessarily conflicting ideas. Harry said, “only God knows that,” meaning that only God knows when we are going to die. In fact, it was that cardiac episode that triggered me to return to America, and the continuum of those events landed me on a surgical table for a procedure the day before I originally wrote this piece. This fortuneteller also told my wife that I almost died last year, and this is correct. I mentioned that my wife talked with a fortuneteller who told her that I would die in my 62d year of life. Harry and I share some history that will only be interesting to old Rangers, but he was the senior sergeant in my 300F1 class at Fort Sam Houston in 1983, and he witnessed the death in combat of my friend Ranger Mark Yamane, on Point Salines, revolutionary Grenada on 25 October, 1983.
I was talking with my old friend Ranger Harry Hunter, formerly a senior medical sergeant at the 1st Ranger Battalion, a veteran of Operation Urgent Fury.
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