One in Messiah Congregation קָּהָל אֶחָד בְּמָּשִׁיחַ 
Shabbat Shalom 
Nov. 18, 2006 - 8th month, 28th day 
8th month called Bul ( pronounced Bool, rain ) 1 Kings 6:38 
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Phase of the Moon on 22 November, Wed. 2006 the waxing crescent will be 4% - New Moon visible - 9th Month - Khislev
Zech.7[1] And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu.
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Let's clear up some false doctrines today
Please watch out for people that add or diminish fron the word of God.
Deut.4 [2] Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Deut.12 [32] What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
אֵת כָּל-הַדָּבָר, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה אֶתְכֶם--אֹתוֹ תִשְׁמְרוּ, לַעֲשׂוֹת: לֹא-תֹסֵף עָלָיו, וְלֹא תִגְרַע מִמֶּנּוּ
Prov.30 [6] Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
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Melchizedek is not Shem
Rabbis say that Melchizedek was Shem the righteous son of Noah who became priest in Salem, later Jerusalem, 
( which is false )
Also Perry Stone's "The Code of the Priest" lesson repeats this.

The Midrash Aggadah ( Targum Jonathan, Ned. 32b, Mid. Ps. 76:3 ) states that he, Malchizedek was Shem, the son of Noah. bread and wine. This is done for those weary from battle, and he [Malchizedek] demonstrated that he bore no grudge against him [Abram] for slaying his sons (Tan. Lech Lecha 15).And according to the Midrash Aggadah 

This below, the Midrash Rabbah is the imagination of men, not in the Scriptures.
Midrash Rabbah - Genesis XLIV:7

7. FEAR NOT, ABRAM. Whom did he fear? R. Berekiah said: He feared Shem,’ as it is written, The isles saw, and feared (Isa. XLI, 5): just as islands stand out in the sea, so were Abraham and Shem outstanding in the world. ’And feared’: Each one feared the other. The former feared the latter, thinking, Perhaps he nurses resentment against me for slaying his sons. And the latter feared the former, thinking, Perhaps he nurses resentment against me for begetting wicked offspring. The ends of the earth (ib.): One dwelt at one end of the world and the other dwelt at another end of the world.2 

They drew near, and came (ib.): each approached the other. They helped every one his neighbour (ib. 6): each helped the other. One helped the other with blessings, as it says, And he blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abram, etc. (Gen. XIV, 19).  3 ( Shem is identified with Melchizedek )

And the other helped the former with gifts, as it says, And he gave him a tenth of all (ib. 20). So the carpenter encouraged (Isa. XLI, 7): this alludes to Shem, who made the Ark4;

 The refiner (ib.): this is Abraham, whom the Holy One, blessed be He, refined [tried] in the fiery furnace. And he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth the anvil--pa'am (ib.): he smoothed with the hammer and beat all mankind into one path  (pa'am).5

 Saying of the join: It is good (ib.): This refers to the nations of the world, who said: It is better to be joined to the God of Abraham than to the idol of Nimrod. And he strengthened it with nails (ib.): Abraham strengthened Shem in religious acts and pious deeds; He shall not be moved (ib.): viz. Abraham.

(3) Shem is identified with Melchizedek

Does this above sound like Shem below? NO!

 Shem had a mother, father, children and also died!

Noah the 10th person recorded in scripture, born 1056 BC, had sons when he was 500 yrs old, lived 950 yrs., died in 2006
Shem the 11th person recorded in scripture, born 1556 BC, had a son when he was 100 yrs. old, lived 600 yrs., died in 2156 

Heb.7[1] For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
[2] To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
[3] Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
[4] Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

Gen.5[32] And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Gen.10[1] Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. 
[21] Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. 
[22] The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. [23] And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
[24] And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
[25] And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
[26] And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazar-maveth, and Jerah,
[27] And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
[28] And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
[29] And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
[30] And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
[31] These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

Gen.11[10] These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: [11] And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. 600 years
In Gen.14 you can read that Melchizedek king of Salem was not in the battle.
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Hagar is not Keturah
Rashi ( Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki )  ( 1040-1105 C.E. - A.D. ) It is assumed in Judaism's traditional circles that when you read the TaNaKh, you also read Rashi. Rashi's commentary on the Talmud was even more important than his TaNaKh commentary.
Rashi Genesis Chapter 25 1 
Keturah  - ( Gen. Rabbah  61:4) This is Hagar. She was called  Keturah because her deeds were as beautiful as incense  

(z¤x«h§w) , and because she tied  ( d¨x§h¨w , the Aramaic for “tied” ) her opening, for she was not intimate with any man from the day she separated from Abraham.

** Obviously Rashi is wrong,  Hagar is not Keturah. They also had different children.**

Gen.16[16] And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.

Gen.25[1] Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
[2] And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
[3] And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
[4] And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.

[5] And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.

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Two genders, male and female, but One Race
Acts.17 [26] And hath made of "one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth", and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
Gen.5 [2] Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
mankind
Lev.18 [22] Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Lev.20 [13] If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Job.12 [10] In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
1Cor.6 [9] Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1Tim.1 [10] For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
Jas.3 [7] For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
womankind
Lev.18 [22] Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
וְאֶת-זָכָר--לֹא תִשְׁכַּב, מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִשָּׁה: תּוֹעֵבָה, הִוא
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A look at the line from Terah, David, Solomon and Rehoboam the son of Solomon 
H218 אוּר 'ur oor The same as H217; Ur, a place in Chaldaea; also an Israelite: - Ur. 
BDB Definition: Ur = flame 1) city in southern Babylonia, city of the Chaldeans, centre of moon worship, home of Abrahams father, Terah, and departure point for the Abrahams migration to Mesopotamia and Canaan 
Part of Speech: noun proper locative 
Gen.11[ 28] And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees . 
[31] And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees , to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 
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H761 ארמּי arammiy ar-am-mee' Patrial from H758; an Aramite or Aramaean: - Syrian, Aramitess. 
BDB Definition: Syrian or Aramean = exalted 1) a thing or a person from Syria or Aram Part of Speech: adjective 
H758 ארם aram arawm' From the same as H759; the highland ; Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of a son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite: - Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians. 
BDB Definition: Aram or Arameans = exalted 1) Aram or Syria the nation 2) the Syrian or Aramean people 
3) fifth son of Shem 4) a grandson of Nahor 5) a descendant of Asher Part of Speech: noun proper masculine 
Gen.25[ 20] And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. 
וַיְהִי יִצְחָק, בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה, בְּקַחְתּוֹ אֶת־רִבְקָה בַּת־בְּתוּאֵל הָאֲרַמִּי, מִפַּדַּן אֲרָם־־אֲחוֹת לָבָן הָאֲרַמִּי, לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה 
Gen.28 [5] And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. 
וַיִּשְׁלַח יִצְחָק אֶת־יַעֲקֹב, וַיֵּלֶךְ פַּדֶּנָה אֲרָם־־אֶל־ לָבָן בֶּן־בְּתוּאֵל, הָאֲרַמִּי, אֲחִי רִבְקָה, אֵם יַעֲקֹב וְעֵשָׂו 
Gen.31 [20] And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian , לָבָן הָאֲרַמִּי in that he told him not that he fled. 
[24] And God came to Laban the Syrian לָבָן הָאֲרַמִּי in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or 
Laban is the brother Rebekah the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian 
Gen.29[10 ] And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother , and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. 
רָחֵל, בַּת־לָבָן אֲחִי אִמּוֹ 
[13 ] And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, 
[16] And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 
Jacob + Leah & Zilpah ( Leah's maid ) and Rachel & Bilhah ( Rachel's maid ) = 12 tribes 
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Gen.39 [ 1] And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; ( born of Rachel, Gen.30:22- 24 ) 
Gen.41[45 ] And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On . 
BDB Definition: Zaphnath-paaneah = treasury of the glorious rest 
BDB Definition: Asenath = belonging to the goddess Neith 
BDB Definition: On = strength or vigour 1) city in lower Egypt, bordering land of Goshen, centre of sun-worship, residence of Potipherah (priest of On and father-in-law of Joseph) 
Gen.46[ 20] And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. 
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Ruth the Moabitess 
Simple to show that Ruth the Moabitess was from Moab, not an Israelite. 
They had other gods and were from other people, Moab. 
Verses show Ruth did not convert until after their husband was dead 
Please read your scriptures, not other books. 
This verse shows this event is during the "Judges", before Israel split into two kingdoms
read 1 Kings 11 
Ruth.1[ 1] Now it came to pass in the days "when the judges ruled" , that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.[2 ] And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab , and continued there.[3 ] And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.[4] And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.[ 5] And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the 
( this verse shows Ruth or Orpah did not convert. Why would Naomi want to send two new believers back to pagan gods? Think this over, does not make sense ) Also shows two different peoples . 
woman was left of her two sons and her husband.[ 6] Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab : for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.[ 7] Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.[8 ] And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.[ 9] The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.[10 ] And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.[11 ] And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?[ 12] Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons;[ 13] Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.[14] And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. 
This verse shows they had the gods of Moab, not the God of Israel 
[15] And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people , and unto her gods : return thou after thy sister in law. 
This verse shows Ruth was not, at this point, part of the people of the God of Isreal or at this point even had the God of Israel. The words "I will" and "shall be" imply future tense. 
[16] And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest , I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:[17] Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. 
Ruth's conversion and confession to the God of Israel ( above and below ) 
[18] When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. 
[19] So they two went until they came to Bethlehem . And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?[ 20] And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.[ 22] So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest. 
Ruth.2[ 2] And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. 
[21] And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. 
Ruth.4[ 5] Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. 
[10] Moreover Ruth the Moabitess , the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. 
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Gen.11[ 27] Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.[ 28] And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. 
Gen.19[35 ] And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.[36 ] Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.[37 ] And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.[38 ] And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. 
BDB Definition: Ur = flame 
1) city in southern Babylonia, city of the Chaldeans, centre of moon worship, home of Abraham's father, Terah, and departure point for the Abraham's migration to Mesopotamia and Canaan 
Part of Speech: noun proper locative 
H4124 מואב mo ab - Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants: - Moab 
H4125 מואבית מואביּה מואבי moabiy moabiyah moaabiyth mo-aw-bee', mo-aw-bee-yaw', mo-aw-beeth' 
Patronymic from H4124; a Moabite or Moabitess , that is, a descendant from Moab: - (woman) of Moab, Moabite (-ish, -ss) 
These people below are not Israelites 
Num.22[ 10] And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab 
Judg.10[ 6] And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him. 
Judg.3[ 17] And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab : and Eglon was a very fat man. 

Ruth.1[1] Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
[2] And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
[3] And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
[4] And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: 
Ruth.4[13 ] So Boaz took Ruth , and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son. 
[14] And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. 
[15] And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. 
[16] And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. 
[17] And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. 
[18] Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, 
[19] And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, 
[20] And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, 
[21] And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 
[22] And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. 
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Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess 
1Kgs.11[ 1] But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;[ 2] Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.[ 3] And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. 
Deut.23[ 3] An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: 
Neh.13[ 1] On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; 
1Kgs.14[ 21] And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah . Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. וְשֵׁם אִמּוֹ, נַעֲמָה הָעַמֹּנִית 
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Think this over before you get into a bloodline debate: 
Ur of the Chaldees ( Babylon )
Syrian 
Pharaoh, Egypt 
Moabite 
Ammonite
 
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