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To: Grig; Enosh

First of all, Ham was not black. His wife, Egyptus, was. Her very name means “that which is forbidden”. However, she was righteous as were many of her posterity. The curse that came upon Cain was that he would not enter into the presence of the Lord, the same curse that the Lord swore in His wrath to the children of Israel as a nation, though there were individuals like Moses and Joshua who entered into the order of the Melchizedek priesthood, which is necessary to enter into the actual presence of the Lord. The Aaronic Priesthood holds the keys to the ministering of angels and deals with the outward ordinances of the Gospel and of the Lord’s House and the Melchizedek (or higher priesthood)holds the keys to the ministering of the Father and the Son and deals with the binding covenants of eternity such as was excercised by Elijah and the sealing covenants. The dark skin was not a curse but a mark that was given to Cain and his seed so as to separate them from their bretheren and “protect” them from unrighteous retribution. The Lord applied the mark at the request of Cain who was fearful for his life and was given the promise that any who sought to take away his life would be dealt with sevenfold.


190 posted on 07/16/2007 11:45:34 AM PDT by DanielLongo (Don't tread on me)
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To: DanielLongo
"... order of the Melchizedek priesthood, which is necessary to enter into the actual presence of the Lord."

Oh, brother.

Point one: Only Jesus holds that title. Hebrews 6:20. Note the word "forever" to understand the LDS folly concerning this.

Point two: Revelation 21:3, "Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them."

210 posted on 07/16/2007 3:18:00 PM PDT by Enosh (†)
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To: DanielLongo
First of all, Ham was not black. His wife, Egyptus, was. Her very name means “that which is forbidden”.

AHhh... data from the BoA, without which we would NEVER had known Ham's wife's name!

261 posted on 07/17/2007 6:12:12 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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