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The Star of David Window

Once a window with the Star of David in a house, but now sealed off reminds us that this is an old city. A city filled with rich history, terrible disasters and the center of the world as far as politics are concerned. Build by the Israelites under King David after he captured the area from the Jebusites, this is the second place the Yehovah placed His name.

Color archectiture everywhere you look in the old city

Color archectiture everywhere you look in the old city


Thus, with the name proclaimed here, the city is forever enshrined as the city of Yehovah.  Solomon built the first temple not too far from this site and when completed, he dedicated to Yehovah.  Yehovah in His acceptance of Solomon’s prayer, dwelled in Jerusalem as a think cloud of smoke called the Shekinah Glory.

When the Israelites rebelled against the instructions (Torah) of God, Yehovah removed his presence and allowed the temple to be destroyed, it’s contents and the people deported to Babylon.  70 Years later, a second temple was constructed at the same location.

The Star of David

What has come to be the symbol of Judaism is the Star of David (Pictured in the window above) or Magen of David. This is also know as the shield of David. Even though on the surface it would seem that the religion is extremely old, the origin of the Star of David is relatively new, dating back to the 17th century with some occurrences as far back as the 14th century.

There are many ideas about the symbolic meaning of the Star of David. Some Kabbalists thought that the six points represented God’s absolute rule over the universe in all six directions: north, south, east, west, up and down. They also believed that the triangles represented humanity’s dual nature – good and evil – and that the star could be used as protection against evil spirits.

A Masonic book called The Second Mile, an Eastern Star book, reveals that the “six pointed star is a very ancient symbol, and one of the most powerful.” The hexagram is used in magic, witchcraft, sorcery and occultism and the casting of zodiacal horoscopes by astrologers. “It was considered to posses mysterious powers,” says A Concise Cyclopedia of Freemasonry.

The six pointed star is used as a “stand-by for magicians and alchemists. The sorcerers believed it represented the footprints of a special kind of DEMON called a “trud” and used it in ceremonies both to call up demons and to keep them away” (O. J. Graham, The Six Pointed Star, New Puritan Library, 1988, p.35).

In the Renaissance Period, in the 16th-century Land of Israel, the book Ets Khayim conveys the Kabbalah of Ha-Ari (Rabbi Isaac Luria) who arranges the traditional items on the seder plate for Passover into two triangles, where they explicitly correspond to Jewish mystical concepts

The Jewish religion

The religion of Judaism started around the time the second temple was destroyed by the Romans when Rabbi’s made two significant changes to what was given to Moses. First the prohibited the mentioning of the sacred name (Yehovah) and second they changed God’s time in order to allow the scattered people to worship the feasts on the same day.

Continuing the practice of forbidding the speaking of the name (HaShem) is still in practice today.  Jesus expressly taught not to follow the Tanach of the Jews (Pharisees and Sadducees) thus meaning to speak the name.  In the time of Yeshua, the name was not forbidden, however Yeshua was a prophet and knew what was coming down and warned them ahead of time.  Thus we are not to stop from speaking the sacred name.

The Rabbi also changed the calendar of God as well.  Because the Israelites would no longer be in the land of Israel, thus not able to measure the aviv of the barley (ripeness) crop to identify the start of the new year, they made a change for the Jewish people to follow a different calendar.  Their logic was that they knew they were doing wrong, but when the Messiah comes he will fix their mistake and set things right.

Problem is they missed the Messiah and he is now setting things right.  Therefore, the Jewish religion does NOT follow what is in the Bible but follows the teachings of a man and cannot be considered a truthful faith.  We must follow the writings that Moses handed down and those the Yeshua reinforced from the instructions (Torah)

Conclusion of the Star

So when I see the Star of David, it causes me to reflect on how a people known as the Israelites have done a terrific job of preserving the scriptures, but have done a terrible job of following them.  I am thankful to the Father for being faithful even when we are not.  He still teaches us truth through his Holy Spirit, but only when our hearts are humble enough to allow our doctrines to be disrupted.

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