After they are defeated by the Israelites at Rephidim, God promises unending judgement on Amalek in Exodus 17:
14Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” 15And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord Is My Banner, 16saying, “A hand upon the throne of the Lord! The Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.” ESV
The reason for the judgement and the form of the judgement are given in slightly more detail in Deuteronomy 25:
17“Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you came out of Egypt, 18how he attacked you on the way when you were faint and weary, and cut off your tail, those who were lagging behind you, and he did not fear God. 19Therefore when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you, in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget. ESV
What I find difficult to understand is how ‘the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation’ if their memory has been blotted out from under heaven. Am I missing the Hebrew idiom here? Is one or other of the statements not to be taken literally, and if so, which one?
Varnel Watson
Alan N Carla Smith Was the man right or was the man right? PastorDavid FreshFire David Lewayne Porter David Rollings David M. Hinsen Roger David John Conger Ricky Grimsley William DeArteaga
David M. Hinsen
Wow. That’s the first I’ve heard of this image being projected.
David Lewayne Porter
Makes me want to repent for America and throw up all at once.
Ricky Grimsley
Seriously though people. Washington DC is giant symbol idolatry. Our money has evil symbols. The steeples on top of churches are a pagan. America was founded by idol worshipers. The very name america comes from amaruka “land of the plumed serpent.
David M. Hinsen
Seriously? About the steeples I mean.
Ricky Grimsley
Steeples are Egyptian obelisks which symbolize the phallus of the god Horus.
Ricky Grimsley
Can someone explain why jonathan cann gets to call himself rabbi?
Varnel Watson
Who knows? Rabbi = a learned teacher of the law Alan N Carla Smith
Ricky Grimsley
Matthew 23:7-8 KJVS
[7] And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. [8] But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.?