Sunday, March 31, 2013

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Fiename: YOM KIPPUR
Elias: The Israeli Black Panthers, U.S distribution rights, Doc Martens

Louis Bouizeron, CEO of MatrixMotors, owner of publicly traded shell: GRENADA 
History: Georges Marciano, the supply chain for the designer jeans industry

Joe Phillipi: Auto Analyst, UBS, circa 2000
ICV: The Shell Corporation which hold all the intellectual property to the MacLaren F1 less the engine=3 seater[Dino 206 Competizione][K11][SuperAmerica]
Pininfarina P365:http://www.borsaitaliana.it/borsa/azioni/scheda.html?isin=IT0003056386&lang=en , Precursor to the Dino, also a 3 seater[Dino246.com]

Project Car: The K-11 SuperAmerica


Cross Reference: 1966 Ferrari 375 America, Ferrari 375-F1
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Song of Solomon 1:5Dino246.com

Seth: what kind of bullshit are you spewing now? CLIMATE CHANGE?  are you fucking out of your mind? when ACTS OF GOD, as defined by the insurance industry, and completely unpredictable by definition? What do these people think we should do, and where is the documentation which can predict or prove the outcome of these suggestions? 82% of which people? How many were polled? Exactly what was asked? Statistically significant sample?  Representative of the entire population of America? Were the survey results audited by an accounting firm who will sign their name to the audit that the methodology and process was completely unbiased (like the lottery and KPMG)? I doubt it, and otherwise doubt that you have much credibility, when it comes down to how rigorous you research something before you publish it. ;-)

thats funny, because being a sabre, a PRINCE and the most eligible bachelor in  the world,  i'm more of a YOM KIPPUR guy, (and much more interested in the daughters of Jerusalem (* as my friends in Israel have been lining up prospects for me for several years now *), than anything you might want to tell me) at least thats the only time i attended sadir with members of the Elias (son of the founder of the Israeli Black Panther Party, strategic partner, co-campaigner of an Israeli Le-Mans team sponsored by Motorious ("Bentley or Maserati"?) and the Mossad.  Having been born in Jerusalem and baptized into the Anglican Communion by an Anglcan priest, my earliest memories, oldest friends and loyalty lie with those people my family called friends, and who welcomed my parents and later their children into the country. In fact, Golda Meier gave my sister a special pair of earrings to commemorate her birth. Golda was very close to my Godmother, who lives in Tel Aviv.  She and other israelis come visit me frequently.  Its only american jews (some not all) who seem to be resistant to someone praying for their well being, and incapable of kind wishes from a stranger. Baruch ati..ADONAI[S] eluhenu.  SHALOM (*hello, goodbye, peace*). as Hebrew was my first language, a language which my parents speak fluently (as they trained for their Masters and MD degrees in Hebrew at Hadassah University, where I was born. The first church, and Orthodox Greek church is located in Jerusalem, and is arguably the most holy site of our relgion, and has been made an extension of the principality of the Vatican.  What I had said to Benjamin Netenyahu, and others, is that I intend to claim my birthright: ISRAELI CITIZENSHIP, at the point where I return to my birth place to claim my birthright (In my own religion), only after there has been 5 consecutive years of PEACE in the MIDDLE EAST.  I haven't really kept track, but I haven't heard of any suicide bombings in quite some time.  It is unclear if I will ever make it back to visit my homeland, because both the Israeli's and Arabs seem incapable of restraining themselves from breaking Exodus 10 for that period of time.  I'm not holding my breath.  Most American jews talk alot of shit about their opinions about Israel and Palestine, very few of you actually do anything.  I have made it clear that both Prince Niklaus of Greece and I intend to take a trip to Jerusalem "Camp David", to meet with whomever will have an audience with us.  No one else seems to be doing very much of anything except jabber jawing.  Allow me to point you to chapter and verse in the Torah/Talmud, which seem to be broadly misinterpreted: "Angels in America".  Apparently, the first priests were Hebrew.  Most people look at my skin color, and automatically ascribe me to be an "African American" whereas, it is more accurate that I am an Israeli by birth, Yoruba by descent, who has been naturalized to be an American Citizen.  I first asked for my citizenship when I was 13, but was told that I would have to serve two years in the military in order to reclaim what should be my birthright.  I refused on account of the fact that i am both APOLITICAL and do not believe in violence: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR.  The law was subsequently changed several years later, and I was told that I was welcome to switch whenever I wanted.  In lieu of that, I am considering a Guest Worker program in Germany and working with the Research Institute of Symbolic Computation (I have also accepted a Guest Lecturer position at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland, and am also applying for a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford, UK, simply because I am not going to put my life and business on hold, to argue the minutiae of something so rediculous as "religion".  Prior to a visit by an angel=messenger from God, I had never once mentioned politics, sports or religion with anyone, because it only leads to senseless arguments. 

SONGS OF SOLOMON: Solomon Brothers Private Equity Holdings, Berkshire Hathaway (Warren Buffett, former CEO of Solomon Smith Barney_Michael Ward, Ward Automotive, SSB-Ward Supplier Index*).  Apparently, I am a shareholder in both Goldman Sachs: GS.com and the former Kidder-Peabody: General Electric.

1 The song of songs, which is Solomon's.

2 Let [him] kiss me with the kisses of [his] mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

5 I AM BLACK, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

6 Look not upon me, becauseI AM BLACK, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

Foucault's Pendulum Chapter 66: The Car As A Metaphor for Creation
The Drivers Manual ANALAGOUS to Mass Customization Patent ANALOGOUS to the Tree of Sefirot: Angelic Hierachy

Ezekiel 1: The Chariot of Fire[666]
Ezekiel 8:1: And i came to pass on the [6]th year [6]month and [5] day=665, "The Island of the Day Before" [2006.6.6]]
Ezekiel 33
Ezekiel 44
Micah 7:6
Malachi 1-4: REVELATION
Jude 1:9=ArchAngel Michael

[666]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariots_of_Fire_(disambiguation)

Ezekiel 1:1-28  In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. 2 On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoi'achin), 3 the word of the LORD came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chalde'ans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was upon him there. 4 As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness round about it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming bronze. 5 And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the form of men, 6 but each had four faces, and each of them had four wings. 7 Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like burnished bronze. 8 Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. And the four had their faces and their wings thus: 9 their wings touched one another; they went every one straight forward, without turning as they went. 10 As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man in front; the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle at the back. 11 Such were their faces. And their wings were spread out above; each creature had two wings, each of which touched the wing of another, while two covered their bodies. 12 And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit would go, they went, without turning as they went. 13 In the midst of the living creatures there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches moving to and fro among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. 14 And the living creatures darted to and fro, like a flash of lightning. 15 Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them. 16 As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like the gleaming of a chrysolite; and the four had the same likeness, their construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel. 17 When they went, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went. 18 The four wheels had rims and they had spokes; and their rims were full of eyes round about. 19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose. 20 Wherever the spirit would go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. 21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those rose from the earth, the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. 22 Over the heads of the living creatures there was the likeness of a firmament, shining like crystal, spread out above their heads. 23 And under the firmament their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another; and each creature had two wings covering its body. 24 And when they went, I heard the sound of their wings like the sound of many waters, like the thunder of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of a host; when they stood still, they let down their wings. 25 And there came a voice from above the firmament over their heads; when they stood still, they let down their wings. 26 And above the firmament over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire; and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness as it were of a human form. 27 And upward from what had the appearance of his loins I saw as it were gleaming bronze, like the appearance of fire enclosed round about; and downward from what had the appearance of his loins I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him. 28 Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking. (RSV)
 
On the Fifth day of the Fourth month called Tammuz (approx. July) of 594 BCE, the fifth year of Jehoiachin’s captivity in the Thirtieth year of the Sacred Calendar, the prophet Ezekiel was given a vision on the banks of the river Chebar (Ezek. 1:1ff.). He was with the other captives of the tribe of Judah who had been brought there in the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.
 
He was given the vision by the river Chebar and sent to another river of similar name, which was a tributary of the Euphrates system.
 
The prophets Ezekiel and Daniel were of the same period. Nevertheless, God dealt with and through them separately.
 
Ezekiel was to be given a vision of the four Cherubim who cover the Throne of God, and by symbols he was shown the entire Plan of Salvation and the role of the nation of Israel (which includes the Gentile elect) in that plan as the priesthood of the world.
 
However, the first important fact that can be deduced from this vision is that of the fixing of the Jubilee years and the Sabbath years. This makes possible the restoration of the land Sabbaths at the time of the end; for restoration is essential to the continued prosperity of our people. The restoration of the entire system of God's government is only possible from a restoration of the Jubilees. The calculation of the Jubilee is simply established by this statement of Ezekiel: it gives us a verifiable historical date together with the statement of which year of the Sacred Calendar this was, i.e. the Thirtieth.
 
The fifth year of Jehoiachin’s captivity is established in the following manner. We know that Jerusalem fell and that Jehoiachin was taken prisoner on the second day of Adar, or 15/16 March, in the year 597 BCE (according to Encyclopedia Judaica). As Adar is the last month of the year (and this year was WeAdar or Adar 2: see note at end of paper), his second year began one month later in Nisan or April 597 BCE, at the beginning of the Sacred Year. The fifth year was therefore 594 BCE, which establishes the Thirtieth year of the Sacred Calendar at 594 BCE. The Jubilee years therefore fell on the years 574 BCE and 524 BCE in that century and so on to 1 CE, and the conversion to the current eras placed the first Jubilee year of the current era at 27.
 
Christ began his ministry at the Passover of 28 CE at the end of the Jubilee year. He was baptised 50 days prior to that date and performed his first miracle of the water into wine before time (Jn. 2:4) at the end of the Jubilee year, some days before the Passover, while he was still in Galilee after the 40-day fast (Mat. 4:2). This was before he went down to Capernaeum for the few days before the Passover (Jn. 2:12) (cf. the paper Reading the Law with Ezra and Nehemiah (No. 250)).
 
The next Jubilee year was 77 CE. The dates of the years prior to this Jubilee are of great significance. The three Sabbaths prior to the 77 CE Jubilee were 62 CE, 69 CE and 76 CE.
 
The year 62 CE marked the end of the 62 weeks of years of Daniel 9:25, the elimination of the tithes to the physical Temple, and the death of the second anointed one. From the period 62 CE to 70 CE the physical Temple was destroyed and the tithe system was transferred to the spiritual Temple of the Church in the wilderness (cf. the papers Tithing (No. 161); The Law of God (No. L1) and the Law series (Nos. 252-263)). The first anointed one at the end of the first seven weeks of years was Nehemiah. This year was the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes II (Arsakes) in 372 BCE, when Nehemiah returned (Neh. 13:10-18) and cleansed the Temple and the Sabbaths.
 
The second anointed one was James, brother of Jesus Christ and elder and bishop of Jerusalem, who was stoned in 62 CE. From 63 CE, the last week of years began with Nero's persecutions and the martyrdom of Paul and Peter, and the beginning of the troubles which became the Jewish War. 69 CE was the Sabbath year prior to the end of the 40 years given to Judah as the sign of Jonah from Christ's ministry. Judah was given a year-for-a-day on the basis of the period allowed to Nineveh for repentance following Jonah's ministry.
 
Christ prophesied to Judah for three years (Jonah prophesied for three days) and Judah was allowed 40 years to Nineveh’s 40 days. Nineveh repented; Judah did not. The last seven-year period of the Jubilee cycle from Christ's ministry saw the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE, which ended the 70 weeks of years from the Decree of Darius in 421 BCE, and the removal of spiritual authority from Jerusalem to the Church of the seven eras.
 
By 73 CE the Masada had fallen and Judah was taken captive, so that by the Sabbath of 76 CE and the Jubilee of 77 CE the process was complete to the extent that the treble-harvest year of 75 CE was not impaired and thereby allowed the keeping of the 76 CE and 77 CE Sabbaths. In other words, the Eternal accomplished the destruction of Judah within the system He had laid down so that the faithful could still keep His ordinances and prepare from 74 CE to keep the Sabbath and Jubilee periods, which are an integral part of the Sabbaths and are kept continuously. Judah was sent into captivity because the spirit of the Law was profaned. Land Sabbaths were being profaned and the Jubilee system became lost to the extent that Jews were selling land on the Seventh year of individual ownership to third parties and reclaiming the land the following year; and so on with business sold or leased during the Feasts etc. This practice mocks God.
 
The keeping of the land Sabbaths is critical to the nation’s continued prosperity. The punishment for not keeping the Law and land Sabbaths and the Jubilee period is national captivity (Lev. 26:33-35).
 
From 2Chronicles 36:20-21, we know that the purpose of the prophecy spoken of by Jeremiah, where Judah was taken into captivity and Jerusalem and the land of Judah lay desolate for 70 years, was for the land to reclaim or enjoy its Sabbaths – because Judah had not kept the Sabbaths and the Law properly for some 70 weeks of years previously: i.e. from the construction of Solomon’s Temple, which was the period of Israel's history signified by the second Cherub of Ezekiel's vision. It should also be noted that the nation that was used to destroy Judah was itself destroyed after the period and Judah was re-established.
 
However, after the next period, i.e. after the construction of the second Temple, the 70 weeks of years and after the Law had been re-established by Nehemiah, the third Cherub of Ezekiel's vision was to proceed for the allotted period and, after Judah’s pollution of the Law and rejection of Christ, the nation was sent into captivity; and it was not to be restored until the latter days. The fruits of it were given to another people, i.e. the fourth Cherub or the period of the seven Churches which from Ecclesiastes 6:6 appears to be stated to last 2,000 years, and to be dispersed and persecuted. This Church was protected by dispersal (Rev. 12:15-16).
 
Revelation 12:15-16  The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with the flood. 16 But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon had poured from his mouth. (RSV)
 
In other words, there was safety only in dispersion and flight. This period of flight will continue until, as Christ said:
Matthew 10:23 When they persecute you in one town flee to the next for truly I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of man comes.
 
Conditions are building up for another persecution with the conduct and suppression of sects. Israel is, however, dealt with also as a nation.
 
The land Sabbaths are still mandatory on the nation. After the restoration of the nation Israel from the 1800s, as the British Commonwealth and the United States of America, these years became an accumulating debt, as is the period of Judah's re-establishment in Israel from the Sabbath of 1948. The period of the covenant re-establishment was 200 years over four Jubilee periods from the Jubilee of 1777/8 to the Jubilee of 1977/8, and on to 2027/8. The last Jubilee was 1977, and 1976 was the preceding Sabbath. The years of 1975 and 1978 were noted as excellent years, 1978 actually being a year of a 100-year flood. The following Sabbath in 1984 was preceded by a very good year, and succeeded by an excellent year. It is worth noting that the Sacred Year beginning at the end of March 1983 ended a prolonged drought of some years in Australia. Rainfall records of the author showed beyond doubt that the Sabbaths and the optimum harvest years are living facts.
 
Failure to obey the Law and, in particular, the Sabbaths and Jubilees brought Judah (and Israel) into condemnation. The sign of Jonah was given to Judah on a year-for-a-day in relation to Nineveh. For Nineveh's 40 days, Judah was given 40 years but, as Judah was given 40 years, the world had been given 40 Jubilees to repent and to establish the Sabbath system. This has not been done and so, in this 40th Jubilee, the world system will be torn down.
 
It should be obvious to a farm economist that the cost/benefits of farming in Jubilee or Sabbath years in dry land conditions produces a marginal utility. The dormant Sabbath seasons reduce yields, making the relative returns to overheads much less. The depletion of the soil requires increased fertiliser costs not only for that year but also for the subsequent six years. The crops remove nutrients that the fertilisers do not replace, reducing the long-term productivity and life-sustaining qualities of the crop. Soil erosion and other costs increase the farm and public sector overheads and so on. The short-term gains have long-term costs, which the nation and ecology cannot afford. The Lord's Sabbaths have to be kept by the nations. God's people are an example. The punishment for not doing so is captivity.
 
Australia is losing its capacity to produce its own food. 70% is produced overseas and that rate is increasing. Food that is produced here is also taken overseas with no direct benefit to the nation. The system is wrong and has to be stopped. We are an example and should give direction on this matter.
 
Land has been continually degraded. In ancient times one could ride a horse along the coast of North Africa and not see clear sunlight because of the ability to travel though continuous forests there.
 
In these Last Days the captivity is millennial, under Jesus Christ. The Messiah "takes captivity captive" to restore the systematic damage incurred over 6,000 years. By 2027 all lands will be restored to their national groups. This reorganisation will have to be in place for the pre-Sabbath and Jubilee harvest requirements of 2025 (cf. The Law of God (No. L1) and the papers on the Law series (Nos. 252-263)).
 
Significance of the form of the Cherubim
 
To understand the sequence of events in this last Jubilee, it is necessary first to explain the meaning of the four Cherubim or Cherubs of Ezekiel. Ezekiel's vision came out of the north and this orientation is important to the relevance of the form. The Temple of God is on the sides of the north (Ps. 48:2 KJV).
 
Psalm 48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. (KJV)
 
Traditionally, the sides of the north was the direction of the Throne of God (Isa. 14:13).
Isaiah 14:13  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: (KJV)
 
Lucifer chose to ascend and be like the Most High.
 
The cloud and fire is similar to that of the Exodus where the Spirit of the Lord led and established Israel to be a separate and holy people. The fire was the colour of amber or bronze, which was derived from the body of the Spirit. Fire enfolding itself symbolised the containment of the Spirit within bounds and order. The enfolding symbolised the Law of God from which the Cherubim were regulated, even as the Spirit itself was regulated and enfolded because the Law emanated from the very nature of God of which we partake (2Pet. 1:4).
 
The enfolding of the fire also signified that the time sequence of the four Cherubim was enfolded to enable their appearance together. The throne above the Cherubim symbolised the Throne of God from which their judge, The Elohim and El, reigns. He hovers above the Cheribum in protection of them, and as the centre of the Tabernacle. The Throne is the “mercy seat” and was placed within the physical Tabernacle itself, symbolising the ultimate spiritual creation of the eternal spiritual Temple. Yahovah speaks for Yahovah of Hosts in this structure. They stand at the east gate and the glory of the Lord is above them (Ezek. 10:18-19).
 
Ezekiel 10:18-19 Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. 19 And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD'S house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. (KJV)
 
In Numbers 9 we see that the keeping of the Passover is the statute that identifies the holy people and the sojourners in their midst. From Exodus 13:6-9, we find that the Passover (and the Feast of Unleavened Bread) is the seal of God as a sign on our hand and as a memorial or sign between our eyes (i.e. on our forehead). This is the sign or mark of the Lord, which identifies the holy people "so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth" (Ex. 13:9 RSV). In other words, the seal of God is in our minds and hearts signified by the mark or frontlet between our eyes, and the mark on our hands signifies that our actions are in accordance with our words. The keeping of the Passover and Unleavened Bread, with the weekly Sabbath, is the specific identification of the congregation of the Lord. The keeping of the other Sabbaths of Leviticus 23 follows on automatically from the Passover seal. Atonement itself also becomes a sign of the Lord’s people (cf. the paper The Role of the Fourth Commandment in the Historical Sabbath-keeping Churches of God (No. 170)).
 
The Mark of the Beast is derived also from this concept with its own law and feasts. These were extant from the time of the Exodus as Easter and Sunday worship, and the festivals of 25 December follow from this satanic feast and seal or mark (cf. the papers The Origins of Christmas and Easter (No. 235); God’s Calendar (No. 156); The Quartodeciman Disputes (No. 277); and Mark of the Beast (No. 25)).
 
The pillar of cloud and fire encompasses the Host of the holy people, firstly from Exodus 14:19, and in Numbers 9:15 we find that the cloud covered the Tabernacle on the day that it was set up. The Tabernacle of the Lord was covered continually as cloud by day and fire by night, as a sign that the Spirit of the Lord dwelt over the Tent of Testimony and was with the Host of the holy people because they had been chosen as the priesthood. When the cloud and fire were taken up then the Tabernacle was taken up and moved (Num. 9:21-23).
 
The Living Creatures represent the four stages of the history of the priesthood and Israel. The first stage was the Tabernacle of the wilderness and the Judges. The second stage or Cherub was as the first Temple from Solomon to the captivity. The third stage was from the re-establishment after the return from captivity to the destruction in 70 CE, and the fourth stage was as the era of the seven Churches until the return of the Messiah (cf. the papers The Ark of the Covenant (No. 196); and Pentecost at Sinai (No. 115)).
 
Each stage is as a Covering Cherub that protects the Throne of God, and by human hands (under the wings) accomplishes His purpose on Earth. The Living Creatures have been described elsewhere in the Bible, but the symbolism of the form has a much deeper meaning than that of a created oddity with four different faces. In Revelation 4:6-8 we see the same faces, but separate as four Living Creatures, each with one of the faces but with six wings.
 
Revelation 4:6-8 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. (KJV)
 
The significance of the four faces can be deduced from the placement and battle standards of Israel from its original system of encampment. The ‘order of march’ of Israel first took effect from the 20th of the Second month of Ziv, in the second year of the Exodus, and as derived from Numbers 10 and other sections was as follows.
 
The advance guard was comprised of Judah, Issachar and Zebulun, who marched under the battle standard of Judah, which was a lion. The Tabernacle under its guard followed the advance guard. The third group was comprised of Reuben and the supporting tribes of Simeon and Gad who marched under the battle standard of Reuben, which was a man.
 
The fourth group and last segment of the main body was preceded by the Holy Artefacts of the Tabernacle. The Tabernacle was always set up before their arrival at the new encampment. This fourth group was comprised of Ephraim together with the half-tribe of Manasseh and the tribe of Benjamin. These marched under the standard of Ephraim, which was a bull, but it was also later sometimes depicted as a unicorn.
 
The rear guard was comprised of Dan followed by Asher and then Napthali. This marched behind the battle standard of Dan, which was an eagle (although the serpent or a poisonous reptile is also symbolic of this tribe – they were the ‘sting in the tail’). The party of the Ark of the Covenant preceded the Host as a clearing party.
 
When the Host made camp the Levites encamped around the Tabernacle and the tribes encamped outside them, according to their divisions. From Numbers 2 we establish that: in the east was Judah and then Issachar and Zebulun; in the south was Reuben and next to him Simeon and then Gad; in the west was Ephraim, next Manasseh and then Benjamin; in the north was Dan and then Asher and then Napthali.
 
This encampment organisation never varied, and it is for this reason that Ezekiel saw the vision coming from the north with the face of a man in front (Ezek. 1:10), i.e. Reuben in the south. The face of a lion on the right side was Judah in the east. The face of an ox on the left was Ephraim in the west, and the face of an eagle at the back was Dan in the north looking forward to the direction from which they had come.
 
The orientation of the nation around the Tabernacle did not vary, and for this reason Ezekiel states that they each went straight forward without turning. "As each went straight forward wherever the Spirit would go they went without turning as they went" (Ezek. 1:12).
 
This orientation also reflects the celestial system around the Throne of God, which we see in Revelation 4:1 to 5:14. There are twenty-four Elders or priests allocated to twelve systems, represented by the tribes within four administrative divisions.
 
In the midst of the Host were the Tabernacle and the Spirit of God "like burning coals of fire, like torches moving to and fro among the living creatures". The burning coals are as purification of the Host in the way that Isaiah was cleansed by the burning coal, and this was also symbolic of the sacrifice and later Spirit from Pentecost.
 
Each of these had four wings and two of these wings touched one another, performing the role of defensive perimeter of the encampment and symbolising unity and physical protection of the nation and the Tabernacle. The two wings covering the bodies symbolised the spiritual protection of the individual perfected as a servant of God.
 
The four Cherubim are depicted as having a wheel upon the Earth, one for each, and the construction was as it were a wheel within a wheel. The rims and spokes and the eyes of the wheels are the functions of the holy people essential to the continued Plan of Salvation, progressing with each wheel closer to the presence of the Lord. The spokes symbolise the unity of the Spirit to the centre Tabernacle or Throne of God, and the rim symbolises unity of the Hosts. It should be remembered that the seven Churches, represented by the fourth Cherub, are in fact the spiritual building blocks of the Temple of God. It is for this reason that Ezekiel states twice that the Spirit of the Living Creatures is in the wheels. The Holy Spirit was the means by which the Host has to accomplish this state.
 
This spiritual redemption of the Host was symbolised by the loaves at Pentecost. After the Passover had expiated sin and the Feast of Unleavened Bread had served as a symbol of a sinless purification (as a body guarded by the wings of the Cherub), then a new leaven was placed into the two loaves at Pentecost, symbolising the new leaven of sincerity and truth – leaven of the Holy Spirit. The two loaves symbolised the duality of salvation to Israel and Judah, to Israelite and Gentile, under the Messiah of Aaron and of Israel.
 
This salvation was depicted by Zechariah as the two olive trees standing on the right and left of the lamp stand (of the seven eras of the last Cherub) – the Messiah of Aaron at the beginning, and the Messiah of Israel at the end pouring out the Spirit of the Eternal onto the Earth through the two golden pipes. The duality of this symbol is also in the repetition of the accompanying prophets.
 
The four Cherubim or stages of the holy people have twenty-four facets symbolised by the twenty-four Elders at Revelation 4:9. These twenty-four are the symbols of the twenty-four divisions of the ministering priesthood detailed at 1Chronicles 24:1-6, and in the order as detailed from verses 7-18.
 
The allocation or order of the priesthood is on a basis of two per tribe. There are also two elohim allotted per tribe or division. We can deduce that this is reflected also by the numbering of the Judges and the Apostles on the basis of one per tribe, being twelve in each type.
 
In addition to the twenty-four divisions of the Temple, i.e. of the second and third Cherubim, there were also twenty-four Judges; twelve Judges holding office under the first Tabernacle or Cherub as the period of Judges and twelve Apostles appointed as judges for the restoration of the Millennium, thus providing the symbolic twenty-four Elders of the twenty-four divisions who cast their crowns before the Lord of Hosts, as their periods of office were combined under the Lord. At this time the four Cherubim or Creatures obtain six wings, gaining the last two wings of spiritual immortality with the Lord of Hosts. This status is equated with that of the Seraphim or the higher ranks of the angels. Thus, the elect have elohim or theoi status conferred upon them.
 
Zechariah 12:8 In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. (KJV)
 
Thus, the feeble shall be as David and the house of David shall be as Elohim as the Angel of Yahovah before them. This text establishes a phased sequence. The Angel of Yahovah was the Elohim of Israel, from Psalm 45:6-7. This Elohim was Christ from Hebrews 1:8-9. The House of David or the elect will become elohim as Christ himself was and is. They will strengthen the feeble of the restoration of the Messiah at the end of days (cf. the papers The Elect as Elohim (No. 1); The Angel of YHVH (No. 24); and The Pre-Existence of Jesus Christ (No. 243)).
 
The last period of the Host shows the four Living Creatures around the Throne of God, but the order of the Host for this fifth period has been changed. The placement of the tribes involving the movements of Judah, Reuben, Ephraim and Dan is a subject in its own right. The location of the tribes in Ezekiel 48:31ff. by gates also varies the positioning both by gates and lands (Ezek. 48:1-29).
 
The allocation of the tribes for the 144,000 is also related to these concepts. Dan is merged with Ephraim as the tribe of Joseph, and Manasseh becomes a tribe in its own right for this allocation, as does Levi. The allocation is for the purpose of the new priesthood (Rev. 7:4-8) (see also the paper The City of God (No. 180)).
Revelation 7:4-8 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. 5 Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. 6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Napthali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. 8 Of the tribe of Zebulun were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. (KJV)
 
In this allocation Dan is joined to Ephraim as the composite tribe of Joseph so that Levi can take its place among the priesthood of Melchisedek in the Last Days – but Dan proceeds to take its birthright in the physical system as Judge of Israel.
 
The Cherubim are one with Messiah in this final phase also. This aspect of the millennial system is dealt with elsewhere.
 
Note:
The determination of the month of Adar and (We)Adar in 597 BCE is determined by the phases of the moon. The Encyclopaedia Judaica makes note on the captivity and places 2 Adar on 15/16 March of 597 BCE. The article ‘Ezekiel’ in Volume 6, page 1082, footnote 1 states:
The year-count in the dates starts from the exile of King Jehoiachin (1:2; 33:21; 40:1), datable by a Babylonian chronicle to 2 Adar (mid-March) 597. However, II Chron. 36:10 has the exile beginning at "the turn of the year" -- i.e., the next month, Nisan, the start of Nebuchadnezzar's 8th year (II Kings 24:12). The era of the exile thus began in Nisan (April) 597, and its years, like Babylonian regnal years, ran from Nisan to Adar.
 
This is incorrect. The Jews refer to Adar 1 as Adar and to Adar 2 as and Adar or WeAdar. They do not use the terms Adar 1 and 2; it is simply Adar and Adar.
 
The reference to the turn of the year in 2Chronicles 36:10 refers to the equinox in March. It does not refer to the month of Nisan. The Bible reference to the turn of the year for Tabernacles also means in the period of the September equinox. The vernal equinox falls within WeAdar seven times in every nineteen- year cycle. There is thus no conflict whatsoever between the Babylonian Chronicles and 2Chronicles on the issue of the captivity.
 
Ezekiel’s reference is to the Thirtieth year. Such reference is not to any thirtieth year of any known king or system. The simple statement is taken as understood in the Old Testament text.
 
There is also another restoration by Whiston, which is incorrect, being based on a faulty structure of the regnal years. Some confusion occurs from this sometimes.
 
Determining the New Moons for 597 shows us there was a WeAdar in that year.
 
The New Moon fell on 12 March at 1500 hours Jerusalem LMT. The next New Moon fell on 11 April at 0733 hours. The equinox fell on 27 March at 1333 hours Jerusalem LMT.
 
It is more than 14 full days from the 12 March 597 to 27 March 597 afternoon to afternoon where we have sixteen days. Thus March cannot be the New Moon nearest the equinox, and 11 April at 0733 hours is the New Moon of Nisan. We thus have a WeAdar and the 2nd of WeAdar is 14/15 March, even assuming 13 March as the beginning of the month and not 15/16 March as Judaica holds.
 
The captivity thus occurred at the turn of the year, i.e. at the time of the equinox, which was in WeAdar and on 2 WeAdar or 14/15 March or 15/16 March on Jewish reckoning.
 
The year is thus calculated from the previous year’s commencement in April 598 BCE.
 
April 597 BCE is thus the beginning of the second year; 596 BCE is the beginning of the third year; 595 BCE is the beginning of the fourth year; and 594 BCE is the beginning of the fifth year of Jehoiachin’s captivity (cf. the papers Reading the Law with Ezra and Nehemiah (No. 250); and The Fall of Jerusalem to Babylon (No. 250B)).

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By Scott Tipton
April 23, 2003
AND THEN THERE WAS ONE
For those who came in late:
If you missed last week�s Comics 101, it�s probably a good idea to go back and catch up before diving into this week�s concluding installment. For those of you who can�t be talked into it, here�s the Cliff Notes version:
In an effort to explain why some of their co-existing characters had been around for decades while others were brand-new, DC Comics editors and writers created the concept of the DC Multiverse, in which it was revealed that the original DC characters from the 1940s lived on a parallel Earth, separated by a different vibrational frequency. This allowed the Justice Society of the 1940s, with a middle-aged Superman, Batman, Flash, etc., to meet up with the then-current and youthful Justice League of the 1960s, by traversing from Earth-Two to Earth-One, or vice versa. This simple and elegant concept was then endlessly muddied up by the introduction of numerous additional parallel Earths, due to either creative whimsy or the need to introduce new groups of characters acquired from other defunct comic-book publishers.
By the 1980s, editorial and fan opinion on the device was split: some felt the multiple Earths were far too confusing and served as an obstacle to the new reader, while others felt the concept unique and lots of fun if handled correctly, and that it encouraged new readers to learn more about DC�s universe. By 1985, it was time for someone to break the tie: Enter DC writer/editor Marv Wolfman and DC Comics Publisher Jenette Kahn.
In the early 1980s, Len Wein and Marv Wolfman were two of the hottest writers/editors in comics. Longtime fans turned professionals, Wein and Wolfman had both had stints in the editor-in-chief position at Marvel Comics, as well as turning in extremely popular, high-profile stints as writers. Wolfman had written just about every comic Marvel had put out, including a notable run on TOMB OF DRACULA with Gene Colan, while Wein had made a name for himself on AMAZING SPIDER-MAN and FANTASTIC FOUR, not to mention co-creating the new X-Men and Wolverine. Eventually, both found themselves at DC Comics, where Wein had a lengthy and well-regarded run on JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, among others, and Wolfman created THE NEW TEEN TITANS with artist George Perez, a critical and commercial smash hit.

Wein and Wolfman were of the belief that the parallel Earths of the DC Universe were far too complex and confusing to the common reader, and came to DC�s Publisher Jenette Kahn with a bold proposal: a 12-issue miniseries (unheard of at the time) that would involve all of DC�s characters, past, present and future, in a mammoth, cataclysmic adventure that would result in a single, elegant, consistent DC universe. Much to their surprise, Kahn approved the idea, and set them off to begin the research for what would be the single most ambitious project in DC�s publishing history.
With both Wein and Wolfman working full-time as writers/editors, the bulk of the research fell to Peter Sanderson, a comics fan/historian, who over the course of three years or so read every comic National/DC ever produced, taking extensive notes. The research took so long that the miniseries was postponed, eventually scheduled for 1985, which just happened to be DC�s 50th anniversary. When Wolfman nervously presented his first synopsis of the series to Kahn, he feared he may have been too outrageous, asking for changes that were too radical. To his surprise, Kahn returned the synopsis, asking Wolfman to take another crack at it and be even bolder, to really shake things up. Wolfman delivered.

When Marv Wolfman and George Perez�s first issue of CRISIS OF INFINITE EARTHS appeared in April 1985 (with Len Wein serving as Consulting Editor), DC fans were immediately put on notice; things would not be the same after this. Within the first ten pages, Earth-Three and the Crime Syndicate were dead and gone, wiped from existence by an unrelenting wall of anti-matter that was methodically eliminating parallel universe after parallel universe.

(In a nice bit of poetic irony, Earth-Three�s only superhero, Lex Luthor, managed to save his son Alexander by sending him off in a �vibratory capsule� to Earth-One, in a sweet little echo of the original Superman origin that started it all.

Readers were introduced to the Monitor, a mysterious benefactor who plucked select heroes and villains from various Earths and time periods in an effort to halt the ever-encroaching void.

By the series� halfway point, all the parallel universes and their corresponding Earths had been destroyed except five:



  • Earth-One, the home of the Justice League 
  • Earth-Two, birthplace of the Justice Society
  • Earth-X, residence of Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters (former Quality comics characters)
  • Earth-S, home of Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family (previously published by Fawcett Comics)
  • Earth-4, home to Blue Beetle, Captain Atom and the other characters purchased from Charlton ComicsThese five had been saved from destruction thanks to the mortal sacrifice of the Monitor, who allowed his own murder so that the energies released by his death could create a �safe zone� in which the universes could reside.

    In keeping with the series� theme of duplicates and parallels, the mastermind behind the destruction of countless parallel universes was revealed to be the Anti-Monitor, the Monitor�s evil counterpart bent on destroying all life and expanding his own anti-matter universe. It�s not easy to create a new villain and invest him with enough menace and malice to have readers really buy into him as the worst villain in all creation. Wolfman and Perez pulled it off though, and in several startling ways.

    In the first few issues of CRISIS, there are big doings afoot, and with the battles come casualties. The aforementioned Crime Syndicate is killed, as are a handful of other relatively minor DC characters: Old West hero Nighthawk, Legion of Superheroes member Kid Psycho, World War II combat heroes the Losers, a few others. Enough to get across the gravity of the situation, but nothing to really make you sit up and take notice. That is, not until CRISIS #7.
    In order to stop the five remaining Earths from merging together and ultimately destroying each other, a contingent of superheroes from all five Earths traverse to the anti-matter universe of the Anti-Monitor, to stop him once and for all.

    Once there, they discover that their powers work differently there, and some are considerably weaker. When Superman and the Anti-Monitor meet in personal combat, the no-longer-invulnerable Superman is swiftly taken down, and Superman�s life is only saved thanks to the arrival of his cousin Kara, a.k.a. Supergirl, who engages the Anti-Monitor long enough for his machinery to be destroyed, thereby saving the five universes. But not without a cost.


    In a moment unexpected by anyone reading comics at the time (and remember, there were no Previews catalog and no Internet back then, so you only knew what would happen when you picked the book up off the rack), Supergirl, a mainstay of DC Comics for over 30 years, was dead. I remember turning page after page at the end of this issue waiting for the catch, the twist, the way out. It never came.

    Just as readers were recovering from the loss of Kara, CRISIS #8 upped the stakes again. This time it was Barry Allen, the modern Flash, who would pay the ultimate price to save the Earths from destruction. As the only being who could travel from Earth to Earth freely, Flash had been held prisoner by the Anti-Monitor to insure he wouldn�t interfere. Breaking free, Flash discovered the Anti-Monitor�s fallback plan: an anti-matter cannon capable of destroying the five remaining Earths. To destroy the cannon, Flash raced around the cannon�s anti-matter power source at super-speed, forcing its energies inward, and causing his very body to deteriorate. The cannon was destroyed, and Barry Allen was no more. This was getting serious. Two major characters gone in two months. Little did we know that Wolfman was just getting warmed up.


    To keep things from getting too morose, Wolfman then unleashed one of my favorite plot twists of the series: Lex Luthor and Brainiac assembled every supervillain from all five Earths into a massive army and swiftly conquered three of the five worlds. Nice! In a shocking moment, Brainiac reminds Luthor�s Earth-Two duplicate precisely who�s in charge:

    After Earths� superheroes launch a counterattack, the Monitor�s assistants (including the now-grown Alexander Luthor, who alone can open a portal between the positive and negative universes) rally the troops once more when it�s discovered that the Anti-Monitor is still a very real threat and is planning to journey to the dawn of time to prevent the multiverse from ever existing. Heroes and villains pull together, and the Anti-Monitor is forced back once more at the dawn of time, but with some distressing results. After the battle�s climax, the superheroes find themselves home on Earth. But it�s a changed, unified, single Earth. In this newly revised universe, there was only one Superman, one Batman. The Justice Society is remembered as being the precursor to the current Justice League. According to the new Earth�s history, the Freedom Fighters had always lived on the same Earth as Captain Marvel and the Blue Beetle. Unfortunately, this left some surviving characters like the Earth-Two Superman, Robin and Huntress (daughter of the Earth-Two Batman and Catwoman) as non-people, lost in a world that never knew them. By series� end they�d all be casualties, not only forgotten but gone as well.

    Before the Earth�s heroes could fully take in their reborn universe, the Anti-Monitor played his final gambit: he plucked the Earth itself from its orbit and transplanted it into his anti-matter universe, there to more easily destroy it and clear the way for the destruction of all life. Again, the losses are heavy: Characters such as the Dove, the original Earth-Two Green Arrow, Clayface, the original Earth-Two Robin and the Huntress all sacrifice their lives to save the innocent. Through the concerted efforts of the newly united Earth�s superheroes, the Anti-Monitor is finally destroyed, with the final blow coming from the original Superman of Earth-Two, who elects to remain behind to make certain the Earth is able to safely return to its own universe.

    The gap between the positive and negative universes is closed by Alexander Luthor, who reveals that before the multiple Earths were lost, he had saved Superman�s wife Lois Lane from non-existence:
    �I knew how the universe would be reborn�I knew the consequences. And I could not let you, of all the heroes, suffer in that loss.�

    Alexander Luthor opens a portal into a mysterious place that Lois describes as �so beautiful,� and the original Superman and Lois go into a place where �there will be no fear�only peace�everlasting peace.�
    So after that, the DC universe was neat and orderly, and everything worked great, right?
    Well, you�d think so, but in reality � not so much.
    The idea was supposed to be that, post-Crisis, the DC Universe would be a simpler place, since every character now indisputably lived in the same universe. Instead, for some reason, the various DC editors, for reasons that to this day elude me, interpreted the reborn DC Universe as �whatever I say goes,� and the continuity suffered more than it ever did with multiple Earths. Let�s take a look at how: Not long after CRISIS, Superman�s entire history was re-conceived by John Byrne in the MAN OF STEEL miniseries. Among the arbitrary decisions made:
    Clark Kent�s adoptive parents never died. Okay, fine. No harm done. Superman was now the only native of Krypton to survive its destruction, meaning not only was Supergirl dead, but according to new post-Crisis continuity, she�d never existed. Say goodbye to Krypto the Superdog as well. Luthor was now a billionaire mogul instead of an evil genius. And it was decreed that Clark Kent had never been Superboy, meaning that the Legion of Superheroes, a futuristic team of teenage super-types whose entire origin was based on Superboy, would be plunged into a nightmare of rewrite after rewrite from which the series to this day has never recovered.
    Batman got off easier when it comes to the rebooting; the biggest revamp involved Batman�s second young partner, the new Robin Jason Todd. Whereas before Jason was a nice enough kid trying to live up to the shadow of his predecessor Dick Grayson, the redesigned Jason Todd was an unlikable, barely reformed juvenile delinquent whose poor attitude and surly nature led to one of the low points of DC history: an ill-advised call-in promotion that let the readers decide whether or not the Joker would murder Robin. The new Robin was such an arrogant little punk that it was no surprise when readers voted to let the Joker beat him with a crowbar and blow him straight to hell.

    And if you thought those were extreme, check out Wonder Woman. It was decided that Wonder Woman had never existed until the first issue of her new series, which meant that any comic book you ever read that had Wonder Woman in it never really happened. Charming. Also, Wonder Woman�s secret identity of Diana Prince was summarily abandoned.

    And the worst decision of all? For reasons that were never explained, it was declared that Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman had absolutely never been members of the Justice League. What the --?!
    Removing the Big Three from the Justice Society wasn�t really that big a problem; in the scheme of things, they weren�t really pivotal characters. But nearly every issue of the Justice League had featured Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, and here was DC Comics telling us that all those stories never happened, or at least never happened the way they were originally told. It was infuriating. Much of the appeal of the JLA comes from the �Big Guns� of the DC Universe teamed up. Take away three of the seven, and the chemistry is definitely altered for the worse, as DC would discover.
    And it wasn�t just the major characters who caused problems. When Hawkman was re-introduced, he too was given the �today is his first day on Earth� treatment like Wonder Woman, which also played havoc with some twenty-five years� worth of Justice League comics. Had any of these decisions resulted in better comics, it wouldn�t have been so bad, but that wasn�t the case; as good as many of these comics were, they wouldn�t have suffered any by retaining that link to the Justice League. I certainly have no evidence of this, but from this reader�s perspective, it felt like nothing more than egotism on the parts of the creators, as if their characters were too important to be tied to the rest of the DC Universe.
    So was it all worth it?
    Hard to say. In terms of what it was supposed to achieve, it�s a tough call. While things seemed easier to understand without multiple Earths, the piecemeal plugging of the holes in continuity went on for years, and continues to this day.
    However, as an artistic enterprise in itself, CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS was an unqualified success. The first of the company-spanning maxiseries in comics, CRISIS set a standard that really hasn�t been met since. Every month, the series crossed over into numerous other DC series, whether in full plotlines that took off directly from the pages of CRISIS, or just the crimson skies that signaled the Anti-Monitor�s invasion, and which could be seen in almost every DC book for the 12 months of CRISIS� publication. George Perez�s finely detailed and expressive art conveyed both the grand scope of a series that literally had a cast of thousands, and the gentler nuance of a Superman in mourning. Marv Wolfman�s plot keeps the reader on the edge of his seat for 12 months straight (no easy task), while his characterizations and dialogue are dead-on accurate. The series is at times funny, exciting, breathtaking, moody and heartbreaking.
    CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS is available collected in trade paperback. I highly recommend it.

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