My dad has this bookmarked. I'm sure reading this gives him much pleasure: Nehemiah 13: 23-30 --
"In those days also I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab; and half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and they could not speak the language of Judah, but the language of each people. And I contended with them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair; and I made them take oath in the name of God, saying: 'You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves. Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of such women? Among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless foreign women made even him to sin. Shall we then listen to you and do all this great evil and act treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?'" "And one of the sons of Jehoiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was the son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite [Nekkid and Horny]; therefore I chased him from me. Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites." "Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and I established the duties of the priests and Levites, each in his work; and I provided for the wood offering, at appointed times, and for the first fruits. [Will you] Remember me, O my God, for good." </quote> Acts 28: 28-30 -- "Let it be known to you then that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen." "And he lived there two whole years at his own expense [rent], and welcomed all who came to him, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus [Crucified] quite openly and unhindered." </quote> This ain't no coinkydink folks. I've been using the terminology for quite some time now -- from Nemo and from the Apostles. Fits my hypotheses of the battle between those who love God and the nitwits as if my Archimedes' was made for Tiffany's Isosceles'. That is, snugly and firmly. _Rent_ : _Stomp_ at the Orpheum Theatre on Market Street in San Franciso. Not too shabby, but not all that great either.
