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Post subject: Holocaust in the Bible
holocaust: 1 : a sacrifice consumed by fire (Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary)
The Bible uses the word to denote a high (possibly the highest) form of sacrifice, and is first used in the narration of Noah, who offers holocausts after alighting from the Ark. This finds favor with God, and He resolves never again to curse the earth (Genesis, 8:20-21).
The next involves Abraham and Isaac, in which God commands Abraham to offer Isaac for an holocaust. Abraham's compliance is followed by God's oath to multiply his seed as the stars of the heaven and the sand that is by the sea shore. (Genesis, 22:2-17)
"Holocaust" used for human sacrifice:
4 Kings; 3,27: Then he took his eldest son, that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall: and there was great indignation in Israel, and presently they departed from him, and returned into their own country.
The above translation is Douay-Rheims version; while the same term is rendered "holocaust" in Genesis (8:20, 22:2), here it has been presented as "burnt offering".
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Thu 24 Dec, 2009 12:46 pm
AhmedBahgat Site Admin
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That is a good point mate. would that mean that Jews should not be upset by it rather happy that they have been sacrified to God?, _________________ http://free-islam.com
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Thu 24 Dec, 2009 4:19 pm
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Well, I guess "holocaust" is a Jewish concept, so only Jews would be offering a holocaust (don't think most Christians still believe in it). Wonder if the Zionists saw here the opportunity to market the death of innocent Jews as a "holocaust" (and we should remember that a "holocaust" brings Yahweh's blessings); wouldn't be beyond a movement that is given to delusion.
Another thing is that the idea of holocaust is that the offering is complete. If there are survivors, then how can any tragedy be called the "Holocaust"? A "Holocaust survivor" is technically an oxymoron. I guess the Zionists played it up and gave it a religious twist to garner pity, and mask the real plot that they were carrying out.
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