by Avram Yehoshua - The Seed of Abraham

1 THE STAR OF DAVIDby Avram ,backin1987,whentheLordwasdealingwithmea boutthe Jewish StarofDavid,becausemyheart,asaJew, tkosher,andthatIlookintoitshistory,Ibe-c amedefensive,but,Ididresearchitandthemor eIlookedintothematter,themoreIbecameconv incedthatIcouldnot,ingoodconscience,cont inuetouseitonmystationary(letterheadands ynagoguecard)orwearitasjewelry,etc.,beca useitwasnotabiblicalsymbol, ,itwasaprofane(common),ordinarysymbol, ,ithadbeentakenfromtheoccultandintroduce dintoJudaismbyKabbalah, information was found on a Jewish book marker. It said that the Star of David was, Inuseformanycenturiesandinmanycultures,t heoriginalhexagramswereapartofritualmagi candcabalistic(alsospelled;Kabbalistic) 2 That (HebrewforShieldofDavid, a common term for the Star of David) has this: Mysticalsymbolconsistingoftwosuperimpose dtrianglesformingastarorhexagram; ( ),itwasinancienttimespredominantlyanon-J ewishdecorativemotif( ),andisfoundinChristianchurchesintheMidd leAges, practicalKabbalah, whereitisamagicsymbolassociatedwiththepe ntagramor StarofSolomon (withwhichitisfrequentlyconfused).

2 (1897)asasymbol, ,intheformofayel-low star, as the Jewish Badge of shame. 3 Theso-calledStarofDavid,orhexagramisa magicsymbolassociatedwiththepentagram. (LawofMoses).AsJews,andcertainlyasfollow ersofMessiahYeshua,wearenottolookto1 Thefirst StarofDavid ,butit ,thatsynagoguemayverywellhavebeenusedbyp eoplewhoweren tJewish,placingboththezodiacandtheir Starof David there, or Jews who were not following the way of 24 karat, gold plated Pagemarker Bookmarks; designed and manufactured by Marbex, Inc. , ,EditorinChief,TheNewStandardJewishEncyc lopedia(NewYork Oxford:Factson File, 1990, 7th Edition), p. (Kabbalah),magicians,mediumsorsorcerers, etc.

3 ,toguideusinourwalkwiththeLord, God said, WhenyouentertheLandwhichYahvehyourGodgiv esyou, ,onewhousesdivination,onewhopracticeswit chcraft,oronewhointerpretsomens,orasorce rer,oronewhocastsaspell,oramedium,oraspi ritist, ,whichyoushalldispossess,listentothosewh opracticewitchcraftandtodiviners, but as for you,Yahveh your God has not allowed you to do so (Dt. 18:9-14). ( :18; :2-7;18:9-14).Thesixpointedstarwasfoundo nRomanmosaicpavements,andso,itcertainlyc ouldhavebeenpartoftheancient Jewish synagogueinthethirdcentury,especiallyofJ ewswhobelievedinGnosticism(paganism), ,whichconfirmsthattheJewsinthatsynagogue weren tfollowingTorah(iftheywereJewsatall;they couldhavebeenGentileworshipers).

4 ThezodiacoriginatedinancientBabylon,befo re1, spredicatedupontheknowledgeofthemovement ofthesun,moonandstarsandwasworshippedbyt hepagans,andunfortunately, as a way of determining the future: Andtakeheed,lestyouliftyoureyestoheaven, andwhenyouseethesun,themoon,andthestars, allthehostofheaven,youfeeldriventoworshi pthemandservethem,whichtheLordyourGodhas giventoallthepeoplesunderthewholeheavena saheritage. (Deuteronomy 4:19)BelieversinMessiahYeshuamustnottake thethingsofsorcerers( ),andusethemfor symbols of Yeshua or the Jewish people. We must be blameless before Yahveh our God: Butsolidfoodisforthemature,whobecauseofp racticehavetheirsensestrainedtodis-cern good and evil (Hebrews 5:14).

5 IfwesaythatwehavefellowshipwithHimandyet walkinthedarkness,welieanddonot practice the Truth (1st John 1:6).Barney Kasden, though, in wanting to uphold the Star of David within Messianic Judaism, writes: ,thementionismadeofhowhehadpoweroverdemo nicforcesbytheemblemonhisringknownasthe SealofSolomon (Gittin68).Althoughthespe-cificdesignoft hissealisnotdescribedinthispassage,itisa lsocalledthe ShieldofDavid (MagenDavid)becauseaccordingtolatertradi tionthisalsoappearedonKingDavid s battle gear. , ,youwillrememberthefamoussix-4 Ibid., p. ,theone likely used by Yeshua himself (Lk. 4:31-37). 5 KasdanappearstohaveconfusedtheStarofDavi d(sixpointed)fortheSealofSolomon(fivepoi nted),astheEncyclopediamentionsthediffer enceabove(pentagramisafivepointedstar).

6 Bethatasitmay,hewantstofosterafoundation foracceptanceoftheStarofDavidbyspeakingo farcheologicalevidencemakesitkosher, trealizethatthosesymbolswererep-resentat iveofthepagangods,TamuzandDagon, ,mostbelieverswhoweartheStarofDavidorthe crossorwhousethefishsymbol,don trealizeit, saverysadcommentaryonMessianic Judaism s teachers, as well as the ,whichlendsitselftomagic(thatbytheringSo lomoncouldcontroldemons), ,livingatleast600 1,000yearsafterKingSolomon,knowifSolomon hadaringlikethat,ifitwasn twritteninScripture?Also,howcouldthewrit ersoftheTalmudknowanythingabouttheshield thatDavidusedforbattleifit snotmentionedinancientliterature( )?

7 TheRabbislovetomakeuplegendsthatfurthere nslavetheJewishpeopleindarkness, theStar soanti-Torah,andthereforeanti-God,isbeca useofitsmagicandoccultfounda-tion, ,thispracticeisprevalentwithinJudaism(an dChristianity)today:aninterweavingofoccu ltmysticismwiththeScripturesandthetradit ionsoftheJew-ish(orChristian) ,withallitspagan-occultinfluences,longaf terKing gnosticism in Jewish ,meaningthatthereisnowayforustoknowwhata ctualdesignwasuponit(thefivepointsbeingg iventotheringatalater date). This is a moot point, though, for the ring never existed, except in the minds of the ,wasneveracityinIsrael, ,theringthatwasfoundinthe7thcenturyBCwit hthesixpointedstarwasnottheringofaJew, tknownasthe StarofDavid tothepaganwhoworeit!

8 , this cannot be used to support the use of the Star of David for believers was taken from the website of Barney Kasdan at (Neptune,NewJersey, : Loizeaux Brothers, 1959)7 Wigoder,TheNewStandardJewishEncyclopedia , : , ,later, ,thepermutationandcombinationofHebrewlet ters,magicalformulae(amulets), ,..Thereligioussyncretism(theminglingand fusionofvariousorientalreligions,mytholo gies,semi-philosophicalnotions,etc.). Somemajorconcepts: Alltheseconceptsareevilbecausetheygoagai nst God and His Word; Kabbalah is truly Babylonian mysticism or witchcraft in Jewish (whichhewronglystateswasa2ndcenturysynag ogue) spresenceattheCapernaumsyna-gogue,ifitwa sinthesamelocationasthe3rdcenturysynagog ue, ,datingbacktothe3rdcenturyastheJewishEnc y-clopediastatesspeaksofpaganorChristian influence,justasthezodiacfoundonanothers ynagoguefloorinIsraeltellsusthatthoseJew s(iftheywereJews)werenotundulyinfluenced bytheirpaganneighbors.

9 Thereisnobiblicalevidence,whetherScriptu ralorarcheological,thatthesocalled StarofDavid isaGodgivensymbolforHispeopleIsrael,butt hereisextensiveevidencethattheso-called StarofDavid originatedintheoccultandcontinuestooccup yaplaceinittoday, ,asarepresentativeofYeshuaandHisTruth, ,IdiscontinuedusingtheStarofDavid,throwi ngouteverythingthatIhadwithitonit, ,butit scertainlyasymbolofpagan-ism and the occult long before it came to be a symbol for the Jewish , whyIdothereligious,cer-emonial,symbolict hingsthatIdo. IkeepShabat(Hebrew;Sabbath)becauseitisco mmanded( :8-11).Iwearthetzit-ziot(tassels; :37-41)becauseitiscommanded, StarofDavid , twanttowalkindarknessofanykind, ,howeverbrightlyitmightappear, ,butintrinsically,there is no real Light or Life within (Messianic,traditionalorsecular,itdoesn tmatter) ,andhewilltellyouthathedoesn tcare;it snotmagictohim!

10 Thisisnotagoodanswer,though,foroneseekin gtowalkinMessiah ;tomixtheperversewiththepure,aswefindinb othJudaismandChristianity( ,thedayofpaganworshipofthesun,over7thday Sabbathholiness;Easter,apaganholyday, instead of Passover, etc.).Whenbelievers don tcare abouttheoriginandocculticpracticesthatth eyparticipatein( ,EasterandChristmas,andKabbalah,etc.),or thewearingofocculticobjects(thecross,the fish,andtheStarofDavid), sTruth( :13),butthisdoesn sTruth,whichmanytimes,goesagainstwhatisb eingpracticedinChristianityandJudaism,wh ichmeansthatthepersonhastodecidewhose side hewantstobe on: God s or the world , : Whichwaydoyouwantgo?