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Welcome To Furencarral-El Pardo

Located north of Madrid’s city centre, the Furencarral-El Pardo district is traditionally known for once being a Royal hunting ground as was consistent with the preferred pastime of the nobility that once resided in the area. In particular, Fuencarral-El Pardo was once the home of the dictator Franco and as such this area is most known for the magnificent Royal Palace and its surrounding lavish gardens reflective of the neoclassical era.

Explore some of the beautiful parks in this district

The expansive Casa de Campo is one of the largest public parks in Madrid and it boasts hills, streams and even a lake suitable for boating. Spend the day relaxing in the sun or embark on one of the many hiking trails in this area. If that sounds a little too energetic you can opt for a Segway tour of the park instead, or if you are feeling active you can even join a mountain biking tour to make the most of your visit, especially if your time in Fuencarral-El Pardo is limited. It’s a five hour day trip and includes all necessary equipment. A pick-up service is available. And even though the natural beauty of Fuencarral-el Pardo is perhaps its biggest drawcard, there is much more to see and do in this region.

Take a structured walking tour at your own pace

For an even more in depth exploration into the history and legends of this region, why not download an App which will enable you to listen to a customized audio or video walking tour, while being informed about significant details and sites to see to gain a complete understanding of the area by local knowledgeable tour guides. Once downloaded, you can listen or watch offline, making this a convenient way to navigate the area in a personalised experience.

Explore the area’s architecture

This district is the location of the 15th century former palace of the notorious dictator Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Known as the Royal Palace of El Pardo and set on over 15,000 hectares of woodland, the building is now owned by the Spanish state and is sometimes used as a temporary residence for foreign heads of state. The palace is open to the public on other occasions and is well worth a visit to view its magnificent structure, expansive gardens and impressive interior.

Looking for somewhere to eat?

One of the most popular restaurants in this district is Restaurante Filandon. It offers primarily seafood cuisine and is highly regarded for its high level service and upmarket, sophisticated atmosphere. Or for authentic and reliable Spanish cuisine try El Meson de Fuencarral with its friendly outdoor terrace and rustic appeal. Or for a memorable experience, engage in a traditional Spanish cooking class. Gourmet Madrid hosts private cooking classes where you be instructed how to prepare traditional or modern Spanish cuisine. There are a range of tours offered, so check the website to choose a class that suits your tastes.

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4 Games Free to Xbox Live Gold Members in August 2016

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Being an Xbox Live Gold subscriber means you get free games each month. The service costs around $60 per year, but the games are worth far more than that, even if you’re only interested in playing a fraction of them. (If you’re a PlayStation owner, check out Sony’s similar service, PlayStation Plus.)

Each month, Microsoft gives away two games apiece for Xbox One and Xbox 360. Thanks to backwards compatibility, you can play all of the Xbox 360 games on your Xbox One, which means Xbox One owners effectively get four free games each month instead of two.

It’s also worth noting that even if you don’t have an Xbox One yet, you can redeem your free games either on Xbox.com or your Xbox 360. Then if you buy an Xbox One in the future, you’ll be able to find those games in your account and download them for free.

Without further ado, here are the free Games With Gold for August 2016.

1. Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate

Platform: Xbox One
Metacritic score: 77
Original price: $60
Available: August 1 – 31

This intense hack-and-slash action game is a bulked-up, remastered edition of a 2012 game for last-gen systems. It puts you in control of a samurai warrior and has you fend off wave after wave of enemies, from armies of swordsmen to packs of wolves. Thankfully, you are a super-powered fighter, with special moves that send out strikes in all directions — which comes in handy when you’re being attacked from all sides. And because this edition includes new story lines, scenarios, and characters, it’s worth downloading even if you’ve already played the original game.

2. WWE 2k16

Platform: Xbox One
Metacritic score: 73
Original price: $40
Available: August 16 – September 15

All you wrestling fans will want to take a look at WWE 2K16, the latest in the yearly franchise famous for body slams, pile drivers, and flying elbows. This year’s model limits the number of reversals you’ll be able to pull off each match, so you can’t annoy other players by reversing all of their moves. It also lets you attack other players during their entrances, which might lose you a friend or two, but is always hilarious.

3. Spelunky

Platform: Xbox 360
Metacritic score: 87
Original price: $20
Available: August 1 – 15

Spelunky is a side-scrolling platformer made up of randomly generated levels, which means no two play-throughs will be exactly the same. The thing is, it’s a long game that takes several hours to complete, so when you die and have to restart from the beginning, it can be disheartening. But for all you lose, you also learn a lot with every play-through. Most people who see Spelunky through to the end spend weeks or months playing before they have a chance to fight the final boss. But by the time you do, no one can say you haven’t earned it.

4. Beyond Good and Evil HD

Platform: Xbox 360
Metacritic score: 84
Original price: $15
Available: August 16 – 31

Here’s a modern classic you may have heard about but might not have played. It’s a unique game that stars Jade, an investigative reporter who’s working on a case about a planet-wide alien conspiracy. She can kick serious butt when the situation dictates, but she’s also known to stop and photograph the fauna when she has a free moment.

The game was originally planned to be the first in a trilogy, but Ubisoft doesn’t seem to be in a hurry to continue it. Beyond Good and Evil 2 is one of a number of games that are taking forever to come out.

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Using fewer ingredients can help reduce the likelihood of digestive problems and food sensitivities. That’s why Nutro Limited Ingredient Diet Adult Dog Food is made with two primary ingredients: real, Australian and New Zealand lamb and whole brown rice. This natural adult dog food has added vitamins, minerals and natural antioxidants that are vital for a healthy metabolism. Plus, the premium, natural ingredients Nutro uses can all be traced back to their source. The result is optimal nutrition your dog needs, a taste they enjoy and the visible health benefits you want.

Key Benefits

  • Number-one ingredient is great-tasting grass-fed lamb, which delivers amino acids to build muscle and maintain a healthy metabolism. Give your dog all she needs to thrive and stay healthy.
  • By limiting the number of ingredients, this nutritionally complete formula helps promote optimal digestive health in dogs with sensitive stomachs.
  • They include antioxidants, such as vitamin E, for a healthy immune system and overall cellular health. These components will help keep your pup lively with endless tail wags and barks for years to come.
  • Made with absolutely no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. This is a high quality product that is produced in the manufacturer's own facilities to ensure safety and quality.
  • Nutro's dedicated team of experts tailor their formulas to your pet's life stage and health condition. They only use natural ingredients that they directly buy and can trace back to their suppliers.

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Deboned Lamb, Lamb Meal, Brewers Rice, Rice Bran, Split Peas, Chickpeas, Whole Brown Rice, Whole Grain Oatmeal, Pea Protein, Natural Flavor, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Sunflower Oil (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Soybean Oil (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Potassium Chloride, Salt, Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid (preservatives), Taurine, Zinc Sulfate, Niacin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Selenium Yeast, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B2), Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Rosemary Extract.

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3,642 kcal/kg, 304 kcal/cup

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Crude Protein 22.0% min
Crude Fat 14.0% min
Crude Fiber 3.50% max
Moisture 10.0% max
Linoleic Acid 3.50% min
Zinc 250 mg/kg min
Selenium 0.35 mg/kg min
Vitamin E 60 IU/kg min
Niacin 250 mg/kg min
Biotin 2.5 mg/kg min

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Weight Activity Level I Daily Feeding (cup) Activity Level II Daily Feeding (cup) Activity Level III Daily Feeding (cup)
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25 lbs 1 2/3 1 3/4 2
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45 lbs 2 1/2 3 3 1/3
55 lbs 3 3 1/3 3 3/4
65 lbs 3 1/3 3 3/4 4 1/3
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  • Activity Level II 1 - 2 Hour(s)/Day Playing Off Lead
  • Activity Level III 3 - 4 Hours/Day Intense Training/Play

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If feeding Nutro Dog Food for the first time or changing formulas, we suggest you blend increasing amounts of the new formula with your old dog food for 6 days.

  • Days 1 - 2: 25% Nutro/75% Old Formula
  • Days 3 - 4: 50% Nutro/50% Old Formula
  • Days 5 - 6: 75% Nutro/25% Old Formula
  • Days 7+: 100% Nutro

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    I wanted to try this food as I have older dogs that have allergies, we have just about completed one 30 lb bag with absolutely no adverse reaction period. It's been great nice small stools. No scratching just great the lamb formula is great the only change I may make is get the small bites next time I have a tiny Chihuahua that does have a little trouble with the size of the kibble don't get me wrong he loves the food all my dogs love it. Thanks chewy

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    I have an older Black Lab (10yrs) with a sensitive stomach. I had her on the Venison formula and since it hasn't been available I needed to find something comparable. She loves this food and no stomach issues. She even seems to have more energy. Not sure if that is due to the food or what. But wow what a difference. Cheaper too than the Venison one. Highly recommend

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    I added this food to my multiple dog household just recently and so far they are doing great on it. They love the flavor and I am hoping to see some differences in their over all health and coats.

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    I researched foods for a long time for my dogs, one of which has a sensitive stomach. This is great quality food. Both my dogs love it.

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    We originally ordered the chicken recipe food but 4/5 of our dogs started licking their feet within a couple of days, so the next time we ordered, we tried this Lamb and Rice recipe. It took care of the foot licking and everyone really likes it! Thank You for making such a quality product at such a reasonable price and with free shipping!

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    Callie is on a restricted or limited diet because of allergies and this was a good choice for her. She likes it and will eat it. No potato, chicken etc.

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    My pup hated the chicken flavor, but loves the lamb version! Would definitely recommend.

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    Overall I think this is a good quality dog food but it is becoming increasingly more expensive. This is going to need more evaluation and consideration of change.

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    This is one of the flavors that my dogs like and can tolerate. My one dog cannot eat anything with chicken. My dogs love the lamb and the venison.

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Sam Raimi brings the jokey, adolescent sensibility of his Drag Me to Hell to this lavish Wizard of Oz prequel, and the result is as unshapely as that premise would suggest. The special effects are imaginative and the script (cowritten by Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist David Lindsay-Abaire) has some nice sentiments about the power of illusion. But Raimi seems unwilling (or perhaps unable) to take any of it seriously, racing through scenes that ought to inspire wonder or playing the material for cheap, sarcastic laughs. He's found an ideal leading man in James Franco, whose smug, incredulous line readings suggest he took the role as inside joke. With Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, and Mila Kunis.
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Producer: Joe Roth, Grant Curtis, Palak Patel, Josh Donen and Philip Steuer
Cast: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King, Tony Cox, Stephen Hart, Abigail Spencer, Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi, Tim Holmes, Toni Wynne and Rob Crites

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Female 47 years old Non-smoker Member since Sep 2009 Last Updated Nov 2017 Last Login 12 Dec 2017 Email

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Part Time Nanny
Full Time Nanny
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You may be wondering what the difference is between a childminder and a nanny. If ofsted registered not a lot apart from the joy of knowing your little ones get to be cared for in their own home having more one to one care. No early morning rushing out of the house with the little ones to a minder the children get a much more relaxed start to their day. It's also easier for general sickness too because no other mindees to pass anything onto meaning you don't have to take a day off work. The child/children's laundry and light house work is also taken care of leaving you more quality time with your little ones any questions please do ask.because I'm registered you can still claim working families tax credits.

I live in tingley with my husband and 2 children whom are 16y and 19y old. My son is about to start his a levels and my daughters about to start her second year at university. i adore animals and I have 4 rabbits 2 guinea pigs and 1cat.Please take a look at my reviews .I also have fabulous references from my past families

My Experience

i've worked in childcare since i was 16 so over 30 years experience ,first in nursery then has a nanny.ive also had 11 happy years childminding caring for children from birth to teen years before returning to been a nanny/babysitter. I have full knowledge of the eyfs framework and practise this on a daily basis to ensure your little ones meet all their goals in life and are fully engaged through out the day. activities are planned around the child's interests and around the early years goals.currently studing the early years eductor level 3 .thank you for reading . Tracy culpan.

My Qualifications

working towards the early years educator diploma.guilds in child care,child protection and other childminder qualifications.diploma in social care. Crb checked and first aid training up to date.ofsted registered and fully insured.

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flexible to your needs. early starts or late finishes catered for.

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This child minder is really good and took good care of my son.

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Thank you. So glad your happy.

Tracy has been taking care of my son on a Tuesday for over a year now. Unfortunately this will soon come to an end because he will be starting school in September. He enjoys his time with Tracy enormously. She takes him to farms, day trips, shopping, music clubs, soft play areas, and all manner of out door activities. She has broadened the scope of his activities and he has benefited enormously from this.

From my point of view Tracy is always reliable, punctual and flexible.

We wish her luck with her future positions.

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Thank you for leaving a review. I enjoyed my time so much with your sweet child. He will always have a special place in my heart. Quickest 18 months ever. Hope he's settling into school like.

Tracy has been with us since the new year and it couldn't have worked out better. The boys (age 9 and 5) adore her she is great with both of them. My little girl (8 months) is completely thriving and that is a lot thanks to Tracy. Tracy is brilliant with all three, I know when I go off to work they are undoubtedly in safe hands. All three of mine have very different needs and she takes it all in her stride. They are always out and about doing fun things. I would definitely recommend Tracy, we feel very lucky to have found her.

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Tracy has been absolutely amazing with my 15 month old.
He has never been happy around other people unless I'm there, but he took to tracy straight away and he really came out of his shell with her.
I believe she has given him a confidence to be around others, and helped him develop and learn songs, numbers and colours.
She always takes him out on interesting trips, and if they are in the house she plays with him and gives him 110% attention, love and care.
She has also filled a diary out every day of his day which has been a pleasure to read, and been a comfort to me to know what he's been doing, eating and his mood etc.
Not only is she loving and compassionate but also very professional and goes the extra mile to be the best nanny possible.

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Thank you so much. You've a special little man there. So sorry we didn't have longer together.

Really happy with the service provided by Tracy and the kids love her. She makes sure they get out on a daily basis and encourages them to develop, teaching them but in an enjoyable creative way. She had been a life saver in terms of having my sons bottles sterilised and ready for when we get home as well as both children bathed and ready for bed, making getting home from work far less stressful, not to mention the children's ironing and all our washing sorted. Would definitely recommend.

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China successfully developed its first flexible display

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China successfully developed its first flexible display

According to the Nanfang Daily, recently, China’s first flexible AMOLED display has been successfully and jointly developed by the State Luminescent Materials and Devices Key Laboratory of South China University of Technology and Guangzhou New Horizons Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd (广州新视界光电科技有限公司). The display uses Ln-IZO metal oxide TFT technology with a display size of 4.8 inches, a thickness of 100 microns and a weight of less than 1g. The display achieves the display of video and images. It is China’s first successful development of a flexible AMOLED display.

The display is ultra-thin, flexible and bendable, resistant to mechanical shock, it has very broad market prospects. The display can be made into curtains, it can roll up and does not affect the day light during the day and at night it can serve as a television screen; it can also act as wearable display device to be mounted onto the cuffs, collar, shoes, ties, etc., and even a special display on human body. In addition, because of its light weight, it is easy to carry, and be used as cover to hide objects. In future, any items around us are likely to become a monitor.

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The term ‘narrow victory’ took on a whole new meaning in the clash between last season’s two play-offs winners Rushall and Chorley.

The hosts eventually hung onto a one-goal advantage gained mid-way through the first half but were under siege throughout the second period.

They somehow survived a barrage of shots in the last 15 minutes, when the home goalmouth resembled a shooting-gallery.

A relatively uneventful first half was enlivened by a spectacular strike by Olympic’s Ahmed Obeng on 23 minutes.

Capitalising on full-back Tom Walker’s inexplicable error in redirecting a harmless centre back across the Chorley box, Obeng showed great technique in volleying an unstoppable shot into the top corner.

Although the Magpies created space down the flanks for several telling crosses, the support or accurate finish was missing.

It was a much more assertive Chorley who emerged for the second half.

After substitute Chris Denham had a strong shot well held by Chris Gemmell, the home keeper did an even better to keep out a stinging low drive from Steve Foster at full stretch.

Rushall were increasingly penned in and around their own penalty area as the blockade intensified in the final quarter-hour.

Gemmell held a Foster rocket and then was beaten by the same player’s cross-shot which flew just beyond the far post.

Adam Roscoe saw a blockbuster cleared off the line and then, following a corner, Tom Ince and Roscoe in succession had shots blocked in the jaws of goal.

As the match moved into added time, Ince teed up Andy Russell whose powerful header cannoned out off the bar and Jamie Vermiglio was the next Chorley player to see a piledriver blocked by a defender on the line.

To compound the Magpies’ frustration, Dale Whitham was red-carded for a second outburst towards the referee, and there was still time for Roscoe to fire hastily over the bar from a clear scoring chance.

Also in the NPL Premier Division, Burscough went down 3-1 at home to Frickley Athletic, Mark Beesley scoring their goal.

In the NPL Division One North, a Keigan Parker hat-trick helped Fylde to a 4-0 win over Cammell Laird, but Clitheroe lost 4-1 at home to Trafford.

Ryan Salmon scored Bamber Bridge’s goal in a 3-1 defeat at Garforth Town. Second-half strikes from David Swarbrick (68) and Lee Dodgson (79) gave Lancaster a 2-0 home win over Wakefield.

Kendal Town drew 3-3 at Stourbridge in the FA Trophy second qualifying round.


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Carnitas Quest and La Verdad

Carty | May 27, 2008 11:40 AM

I started this thread:

a while ago about trying to find carnitas here in Boston like that I enjoy in the SF Bay area.

BTW, if you look at the original thread and are a carnitas fan do not click through on 9lives flickr link unless you want to get depressed :).

Finally got around to trying KO's La Verdad because the online menu contains the word 'carnitas'.

It comes as a 'carnitas taco plate'. The pork appears to be stewed, at beast broasted. Wet, stringy, gray. Not roasted, not roasted then fried, not carnitas.

The dish was unremarkable.. A little cilantro and cumin, not enough to offend the palates of the suburban New Englanders who frequent the place drunk after the redsox or drunk after Jillians's.

In the men's room some sort of appliance had been torn off the wall, wires dangling, secured with scotch tape.

Only way procure tortilla chips is to purchase guac' ($9 for one, $13 for two). Abstained.

Dos Equis on tap was tasty.

In short, no reason to return.

I can't imagine what, if anything, KO's actual involvement is with the place.

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Desert Island booze

Scortch | Mar 4, 2008 11:41 AM

This is kind of a flexible survey. No absolute rules except you have to be self-limiting in terms of your selections.

In reading the new Difford's Guide to Cocktails, I was surprised by his "14 key Ingredient" list. The boldness of suggesting such a list, especially by BRAND, impressed me with its bravado (the whole dang book is an exercise in bravado to tell the truth). Agree or no, you could certainly do far, far worse than to take his advice.

So I ask you: If you were stranded on a desert island, what would be the spirits of choice to bring along? What would be the Go-To brand of choice for each? While I won't say you can choose only one base, etc. I will say that the more limiting you make your response the more interesting the answer.

Oh, and yes, this desert island has a glorious supply of citrus fruits and a strange ice lake - no Polar Bears, though, LOL. - just to get that out of the way.

To start I'll limit myself to one base and a few key other ingredients:

Plymouth Gin
Noilly Pratt Dry Vermouth
M&R Sweet Vermouth
Angostura Bitters

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sublimesushi | May 29, 2008 01:24 PM

Hi folks. Looking for a good spot in Bellevue to have dinner with a group of friends friday night before we go see the "Sex and the City" premier at Lincoln Square. So should be a fun atmosphere with good drinks and good food. Still somewhat new to the area, the only thing that came to mind was Trader Vic's, but from what I understand their food is not all that great. Any suggestions? Thanks!

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dinner at cafe del rey last night

westsidegal | Feb 10, 2008 09:07 AM

mostly good dishes, but not as many really excellent dishes as i seem to remember from last year.

the good:
crab cake starter
eel roll starter
hama hama oyster starter
the trio of sorbets for dessert

the ok:
the white fish main dish (i forgot exactly what type of fish it was)--served on a glob of very rich sauce with mushrooms.

the not-to-my-liking
agnolotti starter -- was WAY too rich, both my dinner partner and i tasted it and left on the plate. (we ordered this because it was recommended by the waiter)

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MJT | Dec 1, 2005 11:01 AM

I haven't been to Firewood in a couple years, I remember liking it back then but is it still decent pizza. Will be in the Castro area tomorrow night, any other recommendations for dinner?

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I am looking for grocery delivery for my mom. Has anyone heard of any? There are a few private ones out there, but I am not sure, I was hoping there was an actual businessout there that does it? Suggestions?

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berkleybabe | Jan 19, 2008 09:57 AM

Thinking of one of my favorite dine-out meals, sweetbreads. Used to love them at the venerable, and now gone, Pontchartrain Wine Cellars. Any suggestion for getting this decliate dish in Detroit area?

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craigcep | Jan 29, 2012 04:47 PM

There is apparently a pizza place in West Virginia serving a "kosher" pizza. That is meat that is kosher, as well as halal meat, to go on cheese pizzas. It's a cute effort.

See here:

The most interesting thing in the article to me is this line: "Local farmers are also jumping on the opportunity to offer kosher and halal meat, said Buddy Davidson, the state Department of Agriculture's communications director." I'm curious if West Virginia could become a mecca for the origination of kosher meat.

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little lads at 120 broadway in the lower concourse is once again under rabbinical supervision: rabbi israel mayer steinberg.

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The following commentary covers Chapters 9 and 10.

Judgment on Ahab's house begun by Jehu

In chapter 9 the judgment on Ahab's house commences. He who executes it does not remove, in so doing, the rod which God had lifted up against Israel in the person of Hazael. By means of Jehu God judges the house of Ahab; but Israel was oppressed by the Syrians, and their land overrun by them during the whole of Jehu's reign. Going farther than Jehoram, Jehu destroyed Baal and his worship at the same time as the house of Ahab: but he did not return unto Jehovah. He saw the folly of idolatry: energetic and ambitious, his interest lay on the other side. When the prophet of the Lord announces to him the near possession of the throne, he hearkens unto him. Sincere perhaps in the conviction that Jehovah was God, he was quite ready to honour Him when his interest agreed with his convictions. He displayed all his energies in accomplishing a work to which he had devoted himself. Ahab's religion had no charm for him. He had felt in his conscience the power of Elijah's testimony; and he understood that it was madness to fight against Jehovah, whose part he had taken. What he did for Jehovah, he did well, according to his wonted energy. Nevertheless his vengeance is without the fear of Jehovah; it is carnal (see Hosea 1: 4). At the same time the golden calves still existed, as the sanctuary of the kingdom, with whose origin they were connected, and of which they were the national religion. This Jehu did not care to touch. God recognises a zeal which had judged evil uprightly; for the question here was His outward government, and not His judgment of the secrets of the heart; and in fact Jehu acted faithfully in destroying Baal root and branch. Thus he slays the king of Judah, who was confederate with the evil, and the royal family of Judah, who had come to visit that of Israel. Everything falls before his avenging sword, and the words of Elijah, the servant of Jehovah, are fulfilled. Thus it is Elisha who performs the function of Elijah [1] in his stead, prophetically anointing Hazael and Jehu, although not with his own hands.

[1] In this respect Elijah and Elisha form but one prophet, with the difference that has been pointed out. Elisha was a "prophet in his room," an expression not used with regard to prophets in general. In fact it is Christ risen who will execute, or cause to be executed judgments of God upon apostate Israel (see Psalms 20, 21).


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Observe here the way in which the apostle grounded his replies with regard to details on the highest and fundamental principles. This is the manner of Christianity (compare Titus 2:10-14). He introduces God and charity, putting man in connection with God Himself. In that which follows we have also a striking example of this. The subject is a direction for women.

They were not to pray without having their heads covered. To decide this question, simply of what was decent and becoming, the apostle lays open the relationship and the order of the relationship subsisting between the depositories of God's glory and Himself, [1] and brings in the angels, to whom Christians, as a spectacle set before them, should present that of order according to the mind of God. The head of the woman is the man; that of man is Christ; of Christ, God. This is the order of power, ascending to Him who is supreme. And then, with respect to their relationship to each other, he adds, the man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man. And as to their relations with other creatures, intelligent and conscious of the order of the ways of God, they were to be covered because of the angels, who are spectators of the ways of God in the dispensation of redemption, and of the effect which this marvellous intervention was to produce. Elsewhere (see note below) it is added, in reference to the history of that which took place, the man was not deceived; but the woman, being deceived, transgressed first. Let us add-from the passage we are considering-that, as to creation, the man was not taken from the woman, but the woman from the man. Nevertheless the man is not without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord; but all things are of God;-and all this to regulate a question of modesty as to women, when in praying they were before the eyes of others. [2] The result-in that which concerns the details-is that the man was to have his head uncovered, because he represented authority, and in this respect was invested (as to his position) with the glory of God, of whom he was the image. The woman was to have her head covered, as a token that she was subject to the man (her covering being a token of the power to which she was subject). Man however could not do without woman, nor woman without man. Finally the apostle appeals to the order of creation, according to which a woman's hair, her glory and ornament, shewed, in contrast with the hair of man, that she was not made to present herself with the boldness of man before all. Given as a veil, her hair shewed that modesty, submission-a covered head that hid itself, as it were, in that submission and in that modesty-was her true position, her distinctive glory. Moreover, if any one contested the point, it was a custom which neither the apostle nor the assemblies allowed.

Observe also here that, however man may have fallen, divine order in creation never loses its value as the expression of the mind of God. Thus also in James, man is said to be created in the image of God. As to his moral condition, he needs (now that he has knowledge of good and of evil) to be born again, created in righteousness and in true holiness, that he may be the image of God as now revealed through Christ; but his position in the world, as the head and centre of all things-which no angel has been-is the idea of God Himself, as well as the position of the woman, the companion of his glory but subject to him; an idea which will be gloriously accomplished in Christ, and with respect to the woman in the assembly; but which is true in itself, being the constituted order of God, and always right as such: for the ordinance of God creates order, although, no doubt, His wisdom and His perfection are displayed in it.

The reader will remark, that this order in creation, as well as that which is established in the counsels of God in respect of the woman, of the man, of Christ, and of God Himself, and the fact that men-at least Christians under redemption-are a spectacle to angels (compare chap. 4:9), subjects which here I can only indicate, have the highest interest. [3] The apostle afterwards touches upon the subject of their assemblies. In verse 2 he had praised them; but on this point he could not do so (v. 17). Their assemblies manifested a spirit of division. This division concerned the distinction between the rich and the poor, but, as it seems, gave rise to others: at least others were necessary to make manifest those who were really approved of God. Now these divisions had the character of sects; that is to say, particular opinions divided Christians of the same assembly, of the assembly of God, into schools; they were hostile to each other, although they took the Lord's supper together-if indeed it could be said that they took it together. Jealousies that had arisen between the rich and the poor tended to foster the sectarian division. If, I observed, it could be said that they broke bread together; for each one took care to eat his own supper before the others did so, and some were hungry while others took their fill. This was not really eating the Lord's supper.

The apostle, guided by the Holy Ghost, seizes the opportunity to declare to them the nature and the import of this ordinance. We may notice here, that the Lord had taught it him by an especial revelation-proof of the interest that belongs to it, [4] and that it is a part of the Lord's mind in the entire christian walk, to which He attaches importance in view of our moral condition, and of the state of our spiritual affections individually, as well as those of the assembly. In the joy of christian liberty, amid the powerful effects of the presence of the Holy Ghost-of the gifts by which He manifested Himself in the assembly, the Lord's death, His broken body, was brought to mind, and, as it were, made present to faith as the basis and foundation of everything. This act of love, this simple and solemn deed, weak and empty in appearance, preserved all its importance. The Lord's body had been offered for us! to which the Holy Ghost Himself was to bear witness, and which was to maintain all its importance in the Christian's heart, and to be the foundation and centre of the edifice of the assembly. Whatever might be the power that shone forth in the assembly, the heart was brought back to this. The body of the Lord Himself had been offered, [5] the lips of Jesus had claimed our remembrance. This moral equilibrium is very important to saints. Power, and the exercise of gifts do not necessarily act upon the conscience and the heart of those to whom they are committed, nor of those always who enjoy their display. And, although God is present (and when we are in a good state, that is felt), still it is a man who speaks and who acts upon others; he is prominent. In the Lord's supper the heart is brought back to a point in which it is entirely dependent, in which man is nothing, in which Christ and His love are everything, in which the heart is exercised, and the conscience remembers that it has needed cleansing, and that it has been cleansed by the work of Christ-that we depend absolutely on this grace. The affections also are in the fullest exercise. It is important to remember this. The consequences that followed forgetfulness of the import of this ordinance confirmed its importance and the Lord's earnest desire that they should take heed to it. The apostle is going to speak of the power of the Holy Ghost manifested in His gifts, and of the regulations necessary to maintain order and provide for edification where they were exercised in the assembly; but, before doing so, he places the Lord's supper as the moral centre, the object of the assembly. Let us remark some of the thoughts of the Spirit in connection with this ordinance.

First, He links the affections with it in the strongest way. It was the same night on which Jesus was betrayed that He left this memorial of His sufferings and of His love. As the paschal lamb brought to mind the deliverance which the sacrifice offered in Egypt had procured for Israel, thus the Lord's supper called to mind the sacrifice of Christ. He is in the glory, the Spirit is given; but they were to remember Him. His offered body was the object before their hearts in this memorial. Take notice of this word "Remember." It is not a Christ as He now exists, it is not the realisation of what He is: that is not a remembrance-His body is now glorified. It is a remembrance of what He was on the cross. It is a body slain, and blood shed, not a glorified body. It is remembered, though, by those who are now united to Him in the glory into which He is entered. As risen and associated with Him in glory, they look back to that blessed work of love, and His love in it which gave them a place there. They drink also of the cup in remembrance of Him. In a word, it is Christ looked at as dead: there is not such a Christ now.

It is the remembrance of Christ Himself. It is that which attaches to Himself, it is not only the value of His sacrifice, but attachment to Himself, the remembrance of Himself. The apostle then shews us, if it is a dead Christ, who it is that died. Impossible to find two words, the bringing together of which has so important a meaning, The death of the Lord. How many things are comprised in that He who is called the Lord had died! What love! what purposes! what efficacy! what results! The Lord Himself gave Himself up for us. We celebrate His death. At the same time, it is the end of God's relations with the world on the ground of man's responsibility, except the judgment. This death has broken every link-has proved the impossibility of any. We shew forth this death until the rejected Lord shall return, to establish new bonds of association by receiving us to Himself to have part in them. It is this which we proclaim in the ordinance when we keep it. Besides this, it is in itself a declaration that the blood on which the new covenant is founded has been already shed; it was established in this blood. I do not go beyond that which the passage presents; the object of the Spirit of God here, is to set before us, not the efficacy of the death of Christ, but that which attaches the heart to Him in remembering His death, and the meaning of the ordinance itself. It is a dead, betrayed Christ whom we remember. The offered body was, as it were, before their eyes at this supper. The shed blood of the Saviour claimed the affections of their heart for Him. They were guilty of despising these precious things, if they took part in the supper unworthily. The Lord Himself fixed our thoughts there in this ordinance, and in the most affecting way, at the very moment of His betrayal.

But if Christ attracted the heart thus to fix its attention there, discipline was also solemnly exercised in connection with this ordinance. If they despised the broken body and the blood of the Lord by taking part in it lightly, chastisement was inflicted. Many had become sick and weak, and many had fallen asleep, that is, had died. It is not the being worthy to partake that is spoken of, but the partaking in an unworthy manner. Every Christian, unless some sin had excluded him, was worthy to partake because he was a Christian. But a Christian might come to it without judging himself, or appreciating as he ought that which the supper brought to his mind, and which Christ had connected with it. He did not discern the Lord's body; and he did not discern, did not judge, the evil in himself. God cannot leave us thus careless. If the believer judges himself, the Lord will not judge him; if we do not judge ourselves, the Lord judges; but when the Christian is judged, he is chastened of the Lord that he may not be condemned with the world. It is the government of God in the hands of the Lord who judges His own house: an important and too much forgotten truth. No doubt the result of all is according to the counsels of God, who displays in it all His wisdom, His patience, and the righteousness of His ways; but this government is real. He desires the good of His people in the end; but He will have holiness, a heart whose condition answers to that which He has revealed (and He has revealed Himself), a walk which is its expression. The normal state of a Christian is communion, according to the power of that which has been revealed. Is there failure in this-communion is lost, and with it the power to glorify God, a power found nowhere else. But if one judges oneself, there is restoration: the heart being cleansed from the evil by judging it, communion is restored. If one does not judge oneself, God must interpose and correct and cleanse us by discipline-discipline which may even be unto death (see Job 33, 36; 1 John 5:16; James 5:14, 15).

There are yet one or two remarks to be made. To "judge" oneself, is not the same word as to be "judged" of the Lord. It is the same that is used in chapter 11:29, "discerning the Lord's body." Thus, what we have to do is not only to judge an evil committed, it is to discern one's condition, as it is manifested in the light-even as God Himself is in the light-by walking in it. This prevents our falling into evil either in act or thought. But if we have fallen, it is not enough to judge the action; it is ourselves we must judge, and the state of heart, the tendency, the neglect, which occasioned our falling into the evil-in a word, that which is not communion with God or that which hinders it. It was thus theLord dealt with Peter. He did not reproach him for his fault, He judged its root.

Moreover the assembly ought to have power to discern these things. God acts in this way, as we have seen in Job; but the saints have the mind of Christ by the Spirit of Christ, and ought to discern their own condition.

The foundation and centre of all this, is the position in which we stand towards Christ in the Lord's supper, as the visible centre of communion and the expression of His death; in which sin, all sin, is judged. Now we are in connection with this holy judgment of sin as our portion. We cannot mingle the death of Christ with sin. It is, as to its nature and efficacy, of which the full result will in the end be manifested, the total putting away of sin. It is the divine negation of sin. He died to sin, and that in love to us. It is the absolute holiness of God made sensible and expressed to us in that which took place with regard to sin. It is absolute devotedness to God for His glory in this respect. To bring sin or carelessness into it, is to profane the death of Christ, who died rather than allow sin to subsist before God. We cannot be condemned with the world, because He has died and has put away sin for us; but to bring sin to that which represents this very death in which He suffered for sin is a thing which cannot be borne. God vindicates that which is due to the holiness and the love of a Christ who gave up His life to put away sin. One cannot say, I will not go to the table; that is, I will accept the sin and give up the confession of the value of that death. We examine ourselves, and we go; we re-establish the rights of His death in our conscience-for all is pardoned and expiated as to guilt, and we go to acknowledge these rights as the proof of infinite grace.

The world is condemned. Sin in the Christian is judged, it escapes neither the eye nor the judgment of God. He never permits it; He cleanses the believer from it by chastening him, although He does not condemn, because Christ has borne his sins, and been made sin for him. The death of Christ forms then the centre of communion in the assembly, and the touchstone of conscience, and that, with respect to the assembly, in the Lord's supper.

[1] In 1 Timothy 2:11-15 the moral effect of the circumstances of the fall is introduced, as giving the woman her true place in the assembly with regard to man.

[2] We are not as yet come to the order in the assembly. That commences with verse 17.

[3] The first chapter of Genesis gives us man in his place in creation as from God the Creator; the second, his own relationship with Jehovah God, where he was placed in connection with Him, and the woman's with himself.

[4] This connects itself too with the fact that it is the expression of the unity of the body-truth specially committed to the apostle. On the other hand, he was not sent to baptise. That was mere admission to the house already formed, and to which the apostle had been admitted like others.

[5] I do not say "broken", the best MSS. omitting it; but it is the memorial of Christ slain, and His precious blood poured out.


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This chapter contains a prophecy of the taking of Babylon by Cyrus, and of the deliverance of the Jews; who are encouraged to expect the divine protection, and a continuance of it; are dehorted from idolatry, and directed to look to the Lord alone for righteousness and salvation. The taking of Babylon is signified by the demolition of its idols, which become the plunder of the enemy, and by the carrying of the inhabitants of it captive, Isaiah 46:1. Then follows a promise of grace and mercy to the remnant of Israel that should now be delivered; that the Lord, who had cared for them from the infancy of their state, would not leave them in their declining times, Isaiah 46:3, when they are dehorted from the worship of idols, from the consideration of the matter of which they were made, as silver and gold; from their being the works of men's hands; and from their inability to move themselves, or help others; and from the Lord being the true God, as appears by his omnipotence and omniscience, Isaiah 46:5. A description is given of Cyrus, who should be the instrument of the Jews' deliverance from Babylon, Isaiah 46:11. And the chapter is concluded with an address to the stout hearted and unrighteous Jews, to observe the righteousness and salvation which were brought near and set before them, Isaiah 46:12.

Verses 1 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth,.... These are names of the idols of Babylon. Bel is by some thought to be the contraction of Baal, the god of the Phoenicians, called by them Beel; so "Beelsamin" {h}, in the Phoenician language, is Lord of heaven: but rather this is the Belus of the Babylonians, who was a renowned king of them, and after his death deified; whom Nebuchadnezzar, according to Megasthenes {i}, calls Belus his progenitor, and by whom Babylon was walled about. This idol is, no doubt, the same with Jupiter Belus, who had a temple in Babylon with gates of brass, and which was in being in the times of Herodotus {k}, as he reports. This name is sometimes taken into the names of their kings, as Belshazzar or Beltesbazaar. Nebo was another of their idols, an oracular one, from whom, by its priests, prophesies of things future were pretended to be given out; for it may have its name from abn, "to prophesy," and answers to the Apollo or Mercury of other nations. The Alexandrian copy of the Septuagint has very wrongly, instead of it, Dagon the god of the Philistines; and so the Arabic version "Dsagon." This name Nebo was also taken into the names of the kings of Babylon, as Nabonassar, Nabopalassar, Nebuchadnezzar, and others. As Bel is the same with Belus, so Nebo is the same with Beltis, the queen Megasthenes or Abydenus speaks of in the same place; and Bel may design the sun, and Nebo the moon, which may have its name from bwn, "to bud forth," or "make fruitful," as the moon does; see Deuteronomy 33:14. It is said of both these deities, that they "stooped" or "bowed down"; being taken down from the high places where they were set upright, and looked grand and majestic, and where they might be seen and worshipped by the people. Jarchi gives the words another sense, that it represents in a sarcastic way these idols, as through fear, in a like condition that men are in, in a fit of the colic, who not being able to get to the solid stool, are obliged to bend their knees, and ease themselves as they can {l}. Aben Ezra seems to refer to the same signification of the word, when he says the sense was well known, but it was not fit to write it. The prophet goes on in the derision of these idols:

their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle; that is, being taken down, and broke to pieces for the sake of the silver, and gold, and brass that were about them, or they were made of, they were put into sacks by the Persians, and laid upon camels, and mules, and horses, and transported into Media and Persia. Jarchi interprets it, their idols are like to beasts, which defile themselves with their dung as they do; and so the Targum renders it, "their images are "in" the likeness of serpents and beasts." These were the forms of them:

your carriages were heavy loaden, they are a burden to the weary beast; this seems to be spoken to the Persians, who loaded their carriages, and their beasts, with this lumber, that their wagons were ready to break down, and their cattle groaned under the weight of it; a sarcastic jeer at the idols which were become the plunder and prey of the soldiers. It was usual at the taking of cities to demolish the idols of them; and this was typical of the demolition of Heathen idols, and the cessation of Heathen oracles in the Gentile world, through the spread of the Gospel in it, in the first times of Christianity.

{h} Sanchoniatho apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 1. c. 10. p. 34. {i} Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 4. l. p. 456. {k} Clio, sive l. 1. c. 181. Vid. Pausan. Messen. p. 261. {l} Vid. gloss. in T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 63. 2.

Verse 2. They stoop, they bow together,.... Either the beasts under their burdens, or other idols besides those mentioned; or rather the Babylonians themselves, who were obliged to submit to the conquerors:

they could not deliver the burdens; the idols could not save themselves from being laid as burdens upon the beasts, any more than they could save their worshippers: so the Targum understands this and the preceding clause of them; "they are cut off, and cut to pieces together, they could not deliver those that carried them;" or else the Babylonians are designed, who could not save their gods from being used in this shameful manner:

but themselves are gone into captivity, or "their souls" {m}; what were as dear to them as their own souls, their idols; to whom also souls may be ascribed by way of derision, being inanimate as well as irrational; and it is not unusual for idols to be said to be carried captive; hence those words of Tertullian, "manent et simulachra caplira": or rather the Babylonians, who went into captivity themselves, and so could not save their idols: thus they who had led captive the Jews are led captive themselves; and thus it will be with mystical Babylon, Revelation 13:10.

{m} Mvpnw "et animae eorum," V. L. Munster, Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius.

Verse 3. Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob,.... The Jews, the descendants of Jacob:

and all the remnant of the house of Israel; those that remained of the ten tribes that had been carried captive long ago. These may, in a spiritual sense, design those who are Israelites indeed; the household of the God of Jacob; the chosen of God, and called; the remnant according to the election of grace:

which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: here the Lord distinguishes himself from the idols of the Babylonians; they were laid as burdens upon beasts, and bore and carried by them; but the Lord is born and carried by none, but bears and carries his people. The allusion is to tender parents that have compassion on their children as soon as born, and take care of them, and bear them in their bosoms, and carry them in their arms; and may have respect, in the literal sense, to the infant state of the Jews, both as a church and commonwealth, when the Lord took pity on them, and care of them, and bore them as a father bears his son; and bore with their manners too, and carried them all the days of old through the wilderness to Canaan's land; see Numbers 11:12. It may be applied to the care of God in the preservation of men by his providence, especially his own people, whose God he is from their mother's belly; who takes them under his protection as soon as born, and carries them through every state of infancy, youth, manhood, and old age, and never leaves nor forsakes them; see Psalm 22:10, and with great propriety may be applied to regenerate persons, who, as soon as born again, are regarded by the Lord in a very visible, tender, and compassionate manner; he "bears" them in his bosom, and on his heart; he bears them in his arms; he puts his everlasting arms underneath them; he bears with them, with all their weakness and infirmities, their peevishness and frowardness; he bears them up under all their afflictions, and sustains all their burdens; he bears them through and out of all their troubles and difficulties: he "carries" them, in like manner, in his bosom, and in his arms; he "carries" them into his house, the church, which is the nursery for them, where they are nursed and fed, and have the breasts of consolation drawn out to them; he carries on the good work of grace in them; he carries them through all their trials and exercises safe to heaven and eternal happiness; for they are poor, weak, helpless creatures, like newly born babes, cannot go alone, but must be bore up and carried.

Verse 4. And even to your old age I am he,.... The same he ever was, the eternal and unchangeable Jehovah; the same in his love and affections; in his sympathy and care; in his power and protection; in his promises, truth, and faithfulness to his people, in their last days, as at the first moment of their conversion; and therefore they are safe; see Psalm 102:27:

and even to hoar hairs will I carry you {n}; which is doing more than the most tender parent does, or can, or need to do! God will not leave his people in the decline of life, when pressing infirmities are upon them, and they stand in as much need as ever of being bore up, supported, and carried: wherefore it follows,

I have made; these persons, not merely as creatures, but as new creatures; they are formed for myself; they are my sons and daughters, the works of my hands: I have an interest in them,

therefore I will bear, even I will carry: from the first of their regeneration, to their entrance into glory; See Gill on "Isa 46:3";

And will deliver you; out of all affliction; out of all temptations; out of the hand of every enemy; from a final and total falling away; from a body of sin and death; from death eternal, and wrath to come; and even at last from the grave and all corruption.

{n} This seems to express more than old age, as Ben Melech observes hence the Jews say, a man sixty years old is come to old age, and one of seventy to hoary hairs.

Verse 5. To whom will ye liken me?.... Was it lawful that any likeness might be made, which yet is forbidden, Exodus 20:4 what likeness could be thought of? is there any creature in heaven or earth, among all the angels or sons of men, to whom God can be likened, who has done such works of power, and acts of grace, as to care and provide not only for the house of Israel, from the beginning of their state to the close of it, but for all his creatures from the beginning of life to the end thereof, yea, from the beginning of the world to the end of it, and has shown such special grace and goodness to his chosen people, in such a kind and tender manner?

And make me equal; or any equal to him in power and goodness, since all are but worms, dust, and ashes, as the small dust of the balance, yea, as nothing in comparison of him.

And compare me, that we may be like? which is impossible to be done; for what comparison or likeness can there be between the Creator and a creature, between an infinite, immense, and eternal Being, possessed of all perfections, and a finite, frail, imperfect one? see Isaiah 40:18. To pretend to frame a likeness of such a Being, is to act the absurd and stupid part the Heathens do, described in the following verses.

Verse 6. They lavish gold out of the bag,.... As if it was of no value and account; that is, the Heathen idolaters, some of them, who are excessively devoted to idolatry; these, being rich, take out their bags of gold, and give it in a very profuse manner to a workman to make a golden image for them, not caring what it cost them; such an one was that which Nebuchadnezzar made, sixty cubits high, and six broad, Daniel 3:1 see an instance of profuseness this way in the Israelites themselves, Exodus 32:2.

And weigh silver in the balance; or "with a reed" {o}. Others, though idolaters, yet less devoted to idolatry, and more tenacious of their money, make silver do for a god, and weigh it out to the workman, that it be made of such a weight, and no more, and that they might not be cheated of their silver; or they weighed it to pay the workman for his workmanship. Money formerly was not coined and stamped, so not numbered by pieces, but weighed.

And hire a goldsmith, and he maketh it a god; a "finer" or "founder," with whom they agree for such a sum of money, and he, of the gold or silver that is put into his hands, makes a god: he casts and moulds it into such a form or shape that is agreed upon, and this is called a god; though nothing but a piece of gold or silver fashioned by art and man's device, and the work of his hands:

they fall down, yea, they worship; the god they made; both the artificer, and he that employed him, fall down upon their knees, or their faces, and pay divine worship add adoration to the idol; though the one knew it was made of his own gold or silver, and the other knew it to be the workmanship of his hands. Worshipping is more than falling down, as Ben Melech observes, and therefore it is said, yea, they worship.

{o} hnqb "in calamo," Pagninus, Montanus. The bar of the balance on which they hang the scales with threads, Ben Meleck says is called hnq, the "reed." So Vatablus.

Verse 7. They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him,.... That is, the idol; men carry him upon their shoulders in procession, and expose him to the view and veneration of the people, just as the host is carried in procession by the Papists; or the idol being made, the workman or his men lift it up, for it cannot lift up itself, and take it upon their shoulders, and carry it home to the proprietor:

and set him in his place; in his house, if an household god: or in the temple, church, or place of public worship, if designed for that:

or cause him to rest under him {p}, or "in his place"; under the roof of his house or temple; a jeer upon him, as if he was weary of his long journey, though carried. Here again the idols are distinguished from the true God, and he from them; they are on men's shoulders, and set in a certain place, but he carries all his people, and is not limited to, or included in any place:

and he standeth, and from his place he shall not remove; the idol being set in his place stands fast, being nailed; he stands upright as a palm tree, and can never stir from the place where he is, to help any of his worshippers, in whatsoever distress they may be; nor can he get out of the way of any danger to which he may be exposed; if the temple or house, in which he is, is on fire, or overflowed with water, or broke into by thieves, he cannot move out of his place, and escape the danger; a fine deity to be worshipped indeed! see Isaiah 44:13.

Yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer; as Baal's priests and worshippers cried to him, but no voice was heard, nor answer returned, 1 Kings 18:26 for though they have ears, they hear not, and mouths, yet they speak not, Psalm 115:5

nor save him out of his trouble; that is, the idol cannot save the idolatrous worshipper out of his distress, which has caused him to cry unto him; see Isaiah 45:20.

{p} wytxt whxyny "et quiescere eum faciunt suo loco," Musculus.

Verse 8. Remember this,.... Or "these things," as the Syriac version, concerning the matter of which, and the manner in which idols are made; their impotency to move themselves, and their inability to help their votaries, and the difference between them and the true God:

and show yourselves men; and not brutes, as the makers and worshippers of images are, or show themselves as if they were; who unmanly themselves, and act contrary to the natural reason of mankind: or "be ye strong" {q}; so the Targum and Jarchi; fortify yourselves against all temptations to idolatry, and against all the arguments and persuasions of idolaters; or "burn ye" {r} or "be ye inflamed," so Rabenu Hal and Joseph Kimchi; that is, blush and be ashamed at such sottishness and stupidity, as men when they are ashamed look as if their faces were inflamed; so the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "be ye confounded" {s}; or the sense is, be fervent in spirit, be fired {t} with zeal for God and his glory, and with indignation against such gross idolatry:

bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors; of the law of God, in this instance of idolatry; meaning either the Babylonians, or rather the Jews, who had been drawn in by them to idolatrous practices; calling upon them to return to their senses; to use and exercise their reason; to recollect and reconsider things, and observe and repent of the folly and wickedness they had been guilty of.

{q} wvvath "roborat vos," Pagninus, Tigurine version; so Ben Melech interprets the word. {r} Ardete, "comburite vos," some in Vatablus. {s} "Confundamini," V. L. "et erubescite," Calvin. {t} "Incendimini sive corripimini zelo," Vitringa.

Verse 9. Remember the former things of old,.... The things that were from the beginning, or the ancient things done by the Lord, whether as the effects of power, wisdom, and goodness, or in wrath, or in mercy; such as the creation of the heavens, and the earth, and all things in them; the destruction of the old world, and of Sodom and Gomorrah; the bringing of Israel out of Egypt through the Red sea and wilderness, to Canaan's land, and all the wondrous things then done for them; which are so many proofs of the true deity of the God of Israel, in opposition to the idols of the Gentiles:

for I am God, and there is none else; as he must needs be what did the above things:

I am God, and there is none like me; for greatness or goodness, or that has done the like things; not one of the gods of the Gentiles.

Verse 10. Declaring the end from the beginning,.... The end of the Jewish state, both as a church, and a commonwealth, from the first settlement of it in the times of Moses, and by him, Deuteronomy 32:29. The end of the world, and all things in it, as early as the times of Enoch, the seventh from Adam, Jude 1:14. The end and issue of every event, at least of many very remarkable and momentous ones, before they came to pass; and particularly things relating to Christ, the beginning and end; the fulfilling end of the moral law for righteousness; the scope and design of the ceremonial law, to which that tended, and in which it issued; as well as the end of the whole Scripture, of the prophecies and promises of it: and this end was declared very early, and spoken of by all the prophets that were from the beginning of the world; and which is a full proof of the omniscience of God, and so of his true deity, Luke 1:70.

And from the ancient times the things that are not yet done; that were not at this time done, though they are since: such as the captivity of the Jews, and their return from it; also the incarnation of Christ, his obedience and sufferings, and the glory that should follow; his resurrection, ascension, and session at the right hand of God; the work of redemption by him; the effusion of the Spirit; the spread of the Gospel among the Gentiles, and their conversion; and others which are now not yet done; as the conversion of the Jews in the latter day, and the bringing in the fulness of the Gentiles; the glory of the church in those times as to knowledge, peace, purity, power, and authority; the destruction of antichrist; and the second coming of the Messiah; all which have been declared from ancient times; and as the former have been accomplished, there is reason to believe the latter will:

saying, my counsel shall stand; the purposes and decrees of God, which are within himself, wisely formed by him, eternal and not frustrable; and which shall stand, or be accomplished, being the counsels of him who is all wise, all knowing, all powerful, unchangeable, true, and faithful; whether they respect the providence of God in relation to the world in general, and the government of it, or to particular persons, and their affairs, from the time of their birth to their death; or whether they respect his grace and goodness in the salvation of men; such as his purpose according to election, the covenant of his grace, redemption by Christ, the effectual calling, and eternal glorification; all which, as they are according to the will and counsel of God; stand firm and sure, and shall have their full accomplishment; see Psalm 33:11.

And I will do all my pleasure; as he has done in creation, and does in providence, so he has done, can do, and does in grace, in predestination and redemption, and in the effectual calling. And particularly this may refer to the deliverance of the Jews by Cyrus, a type of Christ, and deliverance by him, as follows:

Verse 11. Calling a ravenous bird from the east,.... Or "a flying fowl," or "swift winged bird" {u}; for the word used does not so much denote rapaciousness as swiftness; which well agrees with Cyrus, who is here meant, and not Abraham, as Jarchi, nor Nebuchadnezzar, as others; and who was always swift in all his expeditions, and always recommended celerity and dispatch of business to his soldiers and others, as Xenophon {w} often observes; and very remarkable is that speech of Tigranes to him, in which he tells him {x}, that he so far exceeded the king of Armenia in swiftness, that he came upon him with a great army, from a far country, before he could get his army together, which was just by him. And very observable are the words of Cyrus himself, who was desirous of being a thorough horseman, that he might seem to be
anyrwpov pthnov, "a winged" or "flying man" {y} So the Targum here renders it, a swift bird. Aben Ezra, who interprets it of Cyrus, says he is so called, as if he flew to do the will of God; and Kimchi observes of Cyrus, that he has this name because he came swiftly, and in haste, as a bird that flies: and it is no unusual thing for a mighty monarch, or a general, marching with his army, to be compared to a flying bird, particularly an eagle, Jeremiah 48:40 and may be the bird intended here, which well suits with Cyrus, who had, as Plutarch {z} reports, an aquiline nose; hence men that have such noses, among the Persians, are highly esteemed: and Xenophon {a} says, that the standard of Cyrus was a golden eagle upon the top of a high spear, and which is retained by the kings of Persia. Cyrus is said to be called from the east, because, as Kimchi observes, his country lay to the east of Babylon:

the man that executeth my counsel from afar country; as Persia was from Babylon, Assyria and other provinces lying between; but though he lived in a far country, and knew nothing of the affairs of the people of God in Babylon, or what work he was to do, yet God called him, and brought him to do his will, which he was ignorant of: so God sometimes puts into the hearts of men to fulfil his will, which they are strangers to, Revelation 17:17. It is in the Hebrew text, "the man of my counsel" {b}; not with whom the Lord consulted, for none are of his counsel in this sense; but whom in his counsels, decrees, and purposes, he appointed to such service, and whom he made use of as an instrument to do his pleasure; see Isaiah 44:8

yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass: I have purposed, I will also do it; the counsel of the Lord, concerning the deliverance of his people from Babylon, by the hand of Cyrus; this he had purposed in his own breast, had spoken of in prophecy, and would certainly perform. R. Joseph Kimchi interprets this verse of the Messiah, and so does Jerom, of whom, no doubt, Cyrus was a type; and what is here said agrees with him: he may be compared to a flying bird for his swiftness in coming at the appointed time; he came from the east, as the rising sun of righteousness; he was the man of God's counsel in the highest sense, and came, being called, to execute it; the work of redemption was according to the eternal purpose of God, and spoke of by all the holy prophets, and now accomplished; and his righteousness and salvation are made mention of in the following verses.

{u} jye "avem, a velocitate," Munster; so Vatablus; ab jwe "in volando celeriter et cum impetu," Forerius; so Ben Melech says, Cyrus is surnamed a fowl, because of his great swiftness and haste to come to Babylon; though he observes that some say, that a ravenous fowl is called jye; the singular may be put for the plural; so Cocceius renders it, "volucres," birds, and may design the whole army of Cyrus. {w} Cyropaedia, l. 1. c. 17. and l. 3. c. 6. and l. 6. c. 17. {x} Cyropaedia, l. 3. c. 2. {y} Ib. l. 4. c. 17. {z} In Apothegm. {a} Cyropaedia, l. 7. c. 1. {b} ytue vya "virum mei consilii," Munster, Pagninus, Montanus; so according to the Keri: but the Cetib is wtue vya, "the man of his counsel."

Verse 12. Hearken unto me, ye stout hearted,.... This is not an address to the Chaldeans, as Kimchi and others think, who were merciless and cruel to the Jews, and far from doing that which was right unto them, but oppressed them, and would not let them go; but to the Jews themselves, at least to the wicked and profligate among them, who were always a stouthearted, stiffnecked, and a rebellious people; and even those who made more presences to religion were only self-righteous, and were far from true righteousness. The whole may be applied to all persons destitute of the grace of God, professors or profane, who are stout or stubborn hearted; have hard and impenitent hearts; proud and haughty in their hearts; proud of their wisdom, power, and strength; stout in their hearts against God, as appears by their words and actions; oppose themselves to the people of God, his word and ordinances; and some so daring as to make a mock at sin, at religion, and a future state, and outbrave death itself; though when God calls them to an account, as he sometimes does by his judgments here, and will at the last judgment hereafter; or by the workings of his Spirit upon them, convincing them of sin, righteousness, and judgment; their hearts fail, and they cannot be strong and endure; when his word comes with power, and they hear it, and feel the energy of it, they are cut to the heart, and their stout and proud spirits are brought down, and made to submit: even such

that are far from righteousness; as all men are in a state of nature, none are righteous, no, not one, but are full of all unrighteousness; even those that are the most righteous and religious, externally, are without a righteousness; they do not attain to one by the law of works; they go about to establish their own, and do not submit to the righteousness of God, and so are far from it: and indeed all God's elect, in a state of unregeneracy, are far from any knowledge of the righteousness of Christ, they not being yet convinced of the need of it, and it having not yet been revealed and applied unto them, and received by faith; now these are called upon to hear the word externally, which coming with power, causes them to hear spiritually what follows:

Verse 13. I bring near my righteousness, it shall not be far off,.... Meaning either the faithfulness of God, in fulfilling his promises; or the justice of God displayed, in redemption by Christ; or Christ himself, God's righteous One, and the Lord our righteousness; or rather the righteousness of Christ itself, which Jehovah the Father may call his, because he sent his Son to work it out, approved of it, accepted it, and imputes it to his people, and justifies them by it; and which was near to be wrought out by Christ, and revealed in the Gospel; and which is brought near and applied by the Spirit of God to a sensible sinner, to a sinner convinced of the insufficiency of his own righteousness, and of the suitableness and excellency of Christ's, and of his need of it; and which is near in Christ, and in the Gospel, for faith to come at, at any time; nor is it ever far off from the believer, to whom it is imputed, and on whom it is put:

and my salvation shall not tarry; either Christ, who is God's salvation, provided and appointed by him, who was to come as a Saviour, and should not tarry; nor did he tarry beyond the appointed time, Habakkuk 2:3 or the salvation itself wrought out by him; this work is done by Christ, and is published in the Gospel, and is brought nigh and applied by the Spirit of God in conversion, in due and proper time, and shortly will be fully enjoyed in heaven:

and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory: the Saviour himself was to come to Zion; near to Zion was salvation wrought out; here the Gospel of salvation was first published, and out of it the word of it was sent into all the world; and in Zion, the church of God, Christ the Saviour is to be met with; and his salvation is the safety of it, it is placed about it instead of walls and bulwarks; and all this is for the Israel of God, the spiritual Israel, chosen, redeemed, and called, and who shall be saved with an everlasting salvation; and who are the glory of God, have the glory of God, the grace of God in them, and the righteousness of God upon them, by which they are glorious; who enjoy the presence of the glorious God, and who is glorified in them, and by them; whose glory, even the glory of all his perfections, wisdom, grace, mercy, justice, holiness, truth, and faithfulness, is great in their salvation. So Kimchi gives the sense of the words, "the salvation I will give to them shall be glory to me," Or Israel may be called his glory, because he gives glory to them; not only grace here, but glory hereafter, when their salvation wilt be complete, that is, completely enjoyed.


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The Martyr Legion from Thebes

Dan Graves, MSL

The Martyr Legion from Thebes

That was the Theban Legion and why do many western churches commemorate it on this day, September 22? According to the earliest accounts we have, an entire Roman legion was martyred for refusing to sacrifice to pagan gods and/or take an oath to extirpate the Christians of Gaul.

The year was 287 or thereabouts. Diocletian shared imperial rule with Maximian Herculius. The two claimed to be sons of the gods, incorporated the names of Jove and Hercules into their titles, and set about imposing Roman peace to the empire. A revolt was in progress in Gaul, its adherents calling themselves the Bagaudians. It was to quell this disturbance that Maximian brought up the Theban Legion from Egypt.

The region of Thebes was the most fiercely Christian of all Egypt. Supposedly this whole legion of 6,600 men were Christians. Ordered to sacrifice to pagan deities they refused, and were encouraged by their commanders, Maurice, Exuperius and Candidus to remain strong. Consequently, Maximian had 1/10th of the Theban soldiers executed. When the rest of the men remained stubborn, he killed more, and finally slaughtered everyone who was left. Certainly Maximian was brutal enough to order such a deed. Maurice was beheaded, too. This took place near Lake Geneva.

The memory of the event was so strong that in the middle of the following century, a church was built in honor of the martyrs. Bishop Theodore claimed he had a vision showing where the martyrs' bones were buried. The name of the town of Saint-Moritz, Switzerland preserves the memory of Maurice.

But is the tale probable as told? Most writers doubt it. It seems incredible that every one of over 6,600 men would remain a dedicated Christian in face of death. Furthermore, there is reason to believe that not all the Thebans were present at the site of the massacre. Nor do Christian historians who lived at the time mention the event, which, if it took place as recorded, was surely an astonishing occurrence. More likely, a single squad or detachment was involved.

Just what happened we will probably never know in this life. The problem is that the first significant account we have of the affair was written 150 years after the events by Eucherius, who was Bishop of Lyons from 435 to 450. Because some details of his account are wrong, there is reason to suspect the other details, too, although he assured his readers that he had the story on good authority.

  1. Baring-Gould, Sabine. "SS. Maurice and Comp., MM." Lives of the Saints. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1914.
  2. Butler, Alban. "SS. Maurice and His Companions, Martyrs of the Theban Legion." Lives of the Saints. Various editions.
  3. Firth, John B. Constantine the Great. New York: Putnam, 1905. Source of the portrait.
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Last updated June, 2007

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1 American, 192 Dutch, 44 Malaysian, 27 Australian; Read the Complete List of the 298 Killed on Flight MH17

(Photos: Facebook)Husband and wife couple, Howard and Susan Horder, (l) both 63 from Brisbane Australia were among the 298 people killed on Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine last Thursday. Quinn Schansman (r) was identified as the lone American killed in the tragedy. He is also a Dutch citizen.

Malaysia Airlines released its complete passenger manifest from the doomed Flight MH17 Saturday identifying the 298 people from 11 countries who were on board when it exploded and crashed after it was shot down from the air in eastern Ukraine last Thursday.

Almost two-thirds of the victims on the list, a total of 192, were identified as Dutch, one of them, Quinn Lucas Schansman, who was born in New York, according to ABC, had dual U.S. citizenship.

President Barack Obama identified Schansman during a news conference Saturday and said his "thoughts and prayers are with his family through this terrible loss."

Relatives told ABC that Schansman was planning to meet with family for a vacation in Malaysia.

"Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of the victims," Rodney Schansman, who lives in Georgia and is a cousin of the victim's father, told ABC. "We didn't believe the news until Quinn's grandfather called us."

Some 44 Malaysians, 27 Australians, 12 Indonesians, 10 Britons, four Belgians, four Germans, three Filipinos, one Canadian and one New Zealander were also killed.

The dead include heartbreaking stories of couples like 63-year-old retiree Howard Horder and his wife, Susan, from Brisbane, Australia.

Horder's brother Glenn Horder told AAP that his brother had joked that he had bought a one way ticket days before going off on vacation with his wife.

"I spoke to him two days before he went on his holiday and he said he was flying with Malaysia Airlines," Glenn Horder told AAP.

I said, "Jeez really?" and he said, "Yes, I only bought a one-way ticket." Howard, however, was just joking.
"He did buy a return ticket, but that's just my brother's sense of humor," said Glenn. "He just said that because the other flight [MH370] didn't come back."

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