Legacy of King Herod’s… ‘Sword of the Damocles’
Sam
Mwaka-karama
2013 years ago – there once reined a
King in the land of the Judean people in ancient Jerusalem. ‘King Herod the
Great’ was to be the ancient non-Jewish monarch and Allie of the Romans as they
ruled over Mesopotamia, Egypt and much of North Africa, to see the words of the
old prophets come to pass: “A King shall be born in the house of Judah…” who is
the son of Jehovah God of Abraham.
So that as the Jews flocked to their cities for the population day
counting of people, which in keeping with their ancient laws only adult males
got counted - and as the old Patriarchs, Rabbis and scribes of the great Temples, reading
signs of the times, accurately focused on the date and time of the birth of the
Lord Jesus Christ – the small monarch King Herod was a secretly worried man; [when
you find the new-born infant King… come tell me, that I may go pay my respect].
Telling the Gabi; three wise men. And when the wise men avoided him after
seeing Christ – the reputed mad king was annoyed!
But the Angel of the Lord woke-up Joseph;
“Arise, Take the child and mother and head for the land of Egypt…” so that the infant
Jesus Christ and the blessed Virgin were to be briefly exiled in the land of
ancient slavery where their fore bearer Hebrews lived once upon a time.
Swords of the Damocles
As the son of God was headed to the
land of Egypt, the Herod’s wreath came down and the swords lashed-out; ‘kill
all the new-born male child…’ suddenly King Herod’s men slayed scores of the
first generation Christmas kids in the Judah linage throughout the land of
Judea. Terror reined as babies were sliced wide-open, smashed against the walls
or caught dangling by the tender ankles and pierced or cut through… and those
were the way such killings were executed from of old.
Like in the days of King Solomon;
whose wisdom prevailed over two women who were claiming and fighting over a
child.
One woman claimed “My child” and the
other woman cried “O! No it is my child”
So the wise King Solomon roughly holds
out the kid and the sword of the Damocles; ‘the child be sliced in two… each of
you takes one part’ – the cantankerous woman said ‘Yes my Lord…’ as the humbled
motherly said ‘No my lord give the child to her’.
The Herodian legacy – and the Christmas children up to now!
Misfortune, victimization, stigmatization, malice, hate – are some of
the many-many evils that are constantly befalling Christmas children. Many of
us Christmas children grew-up under very difficult circumstances – with often in-surmountable
obstacles barring your way, impossible odds ruining you down… people just hate
you and unrelentingly fight you down! Always aiming to ultimately take your
life. Those Christmas children who are well-off perhaps having been born to a
wealthy pair of parents – might get best education, become successful but,
might be accident prone. Some of such Christmas children might develop
complicated health that constantly sap your energy and drain your income.
The year 2013 [unlucky 13] – is more likely ending a bad year for us
Christmas children. Every year coming up to Christmas we all face the
challenges of [accommodation displacement] – since there was no room for Christ
on population day… as Maria labored with the pains of child delivery. Also for
many of us we face those odds yearly. Our share of the privilege of being born
on Christmas day… many of us live and die not building a house!
Conspiracy rule our lives and often we even lose our children
inexplicably… many people just find themselves inexplicably in groups
conspiring feverishly against us – even if they didn't know you; they will
somehow find themselves in a group fighting someone they didn't know – but heated.
There are untold ends… among us because the King Herod the Great legacy lives
on! And continue to wreck us in many ways.
If you were born on Christmas day…
please take good care of yourself this Christmas. For [13] the bad luck number
has a proxy crypto-relativity to [33] and, the legacy signs are very-very strong
and bad this year – and if you are born child of a father who is a Christmas
child… close yourself indoors till the season pass – watch and listen very
carefully to everything said and digest them carefully. Be alert and watchful
for the King Herod legacy is at its worst this Christmas; food poisoning,
accidents, other people’s malice. Pray Quietly. ***
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