Opinions are divided. "Our ENORMOUS DEBT, $37 Trillion" is certainly nothing to sneeze at. If people think my posts are "TL DR", how about 37 trillion dollar bills lined up? See, it could be worse.
Perhaps the purpose is to get Americans in a festive mood for Christmas, into the spirit of giving, and receiving.
More of interest to me (no pun intended but there it is), is that
"2000" is the number appearing on the radar all of a sudden, in the context of 37 trillion in debt, and of giving.
2000 is rather interesting, Biblically and Judaically, especially for where it all began (the giving, of the Torah).
It's not just about this passage:
Joshua 3
1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
2 And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
3 And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
4 Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
5 And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
Or about the swine (pork is not kosher)...
Mark 511 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand) and were choked in the sea.
But also,
United States of America [אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית שֶׁל אָמֵרִיקָה]
= 2000
And the Hebrew abbreviation for the USA/US -- ארה"ב -- is for the first two letters of each word "אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית", which would be the same for creating an abbreviation for "Ark of the Covenant", אֲרוֹן הַבּרִית.
But back to the 2,000 as some kind of financial gamble, a big bet...
Hebrew letters also represent 1000x their regular value when written with a little geresh (apostrophe-like mark), such as in year dates.
The letter bet (meaning "house") -- ב -- has the value of 2.
The letter bet with a geresh -- 'ב -- represents 2000.
The Torah literally begins with a big bet, "in the beginning" (some might even catch a Baseball analogy), like this:
בראשית
These United States...
The number 50 is used as the measure that places something at a distance. The Talmud notes the use of a rope measuring 50 cubits for matters such as measuring the 2,000-cubit distance of techum Shabbos, the distance beyond the city one may travel on Shabbos.
Speaking of the distance beyond the city one may travel on Shabbos.:
Acts 1
6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
Yet there shall be a space between you and it.
The Moon is symbolic of the Kingdom of David, so it's a nice touch that the horizontal Saturn V dynamic test vehicle Restoration is displayed in the Davidson Center for Space Exploration, which was built for it:
Visitors are welcomed at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Marshall’s official Visitor Center. U.S. Space & Rocket Center visitors can learn more about Marshall’s legacy and ongoing work.
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"Pharaoh" comes from the Egyptian and means "big house".
Seems that people like it there, knowing no other way.
Merry Christmas!
