Who was the Nephilim?

VI-XI. The Fall of the Angels: the Demoralization of Mankind: the Intercession of the Angels on behalf of Mankind. The Dooms pronounced by God on the Angels of the Messianic Kingdom-- (a Noah fragment).

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And it came to pass when the children of men had multiplied that in those days were born unto

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them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of the heaven, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: 'Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men

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and beget us children.' And Semjâzâ, who was their leader, said unto them: 'I fear ye will not

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indeed agree to do this deed, and I alone shall have to pay the penalty of a great sin.' And they all answered him and said: 'Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations

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not to abandon this plan but to do this thing.' Then sware they all together and bound themselves

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by mutual imprecations upon it. And they were in all two hundred; who descended in the days of Jared on the summit of Mount Hermon, and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn

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and bound themselves by mutual imprecations upon it. And these are the names of their leaders: Samîazâz, their leader, Arâkîba, Râmêêl, Kôkabîêl, Tâmîêl, Râmîêl, Dânêl, Êzêqêêl, Barâqîjâl,

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Asâêl, Armârôs, Batârêl, Anânêl, Zaqîêl, Samsâpêêl, Satarêl, Tûrêl, Jômjâêl, Sariêl. These are their chiefs of tens.

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And all the others together with them took unto themselves wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go in unto them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught them charms

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and enchantments, and the cutting of roots, and made them acquainted with plants. And they

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became pregnant, and they bare great giants, whose height was three thousand ells: Who consumed

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all the acquisitions of men. And when men could no longer sustain them, the giants turned against

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them and devoured mankind. And they began to sin against birds, and beasts, and reptiles, and

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fish, and to devour one another's flesh, and drink the blood. Then the earth laid accusation against the lawless ones.

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And Azâzêl taught men to make swords, and knives, and shields, and breastplates, and made known to them the metals of the earth and the art of working them, and bracelets, and ornaments, and the use of antimony, and the beautifying of the eyelids, and all kinds of costly stones, and all

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colouring tinctures. And there arose much godlessness, and they committed fornication, and they

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were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways. Semjâzâ taught enchantments, and root-cuttings, 'Armârôs the resolving of enchantments, Barâqîjâl (taught) astrology, Kôkabêl the constellations, Êzêqêêl the knowledge of the clouds, Araqiêl the signs of the earth, Shamsiêl the signs of the sun, and Sariêl the course of the moon. And as men perished, they cried, and their cry went up to heaven...

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And then Michael, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel looked down from heaven and saw much blood being

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shed upon the earth, and all lawlessness being wrought upon the earth. And they said one to another: 'The earth made without inhabitant cries the voice of their cryingst up to the gates of heaven.

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And now to you, the holy ones of heaven, the souls of men make their suit, saying, "Bring our cause

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before the Most High."' And they said to the Lord of the ages: 'Lord of lords, God of gods, King of kings, and God of the ages, the throne of Thy glory (standeth) unto all the generations of the

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ages, and Thy name holy and glorious and blessed unto all the ages! Thou hast made all things, and power over all things hast Thou: and all things are naked and open in Thy sight, and Thou seest all

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things, and nothing can hide itself from Thee. Thou seest what Azâzêl hath done, who hath taught all unrighteousness on earth and revealed the eternal secrets which were (preserved) in heaven, which

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men were striving to learn: And Semjâzâ, to whom Thou hast given authority to bear rule over his associates. And they have gone to the daughters of men upon the earth, and have slept with the

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women, and have defiled themselves, and revealed to them all kinds of sins. And the women have

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borne giants, and the whole earth has thereby been filled with blood and unrighteousness. And now, behold, the souls of those who have died are crying and making their suit to the gates of heaven, and their lamentations have ascended: and cannot cease because of the lawless deeds which are 11 wrought on the earth. And Thou knowest all things before they come to pass, and Thou seest these things and Thou dost suffer them, and Thou dost not say to us what we are to do to them in regard to these.'

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Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of Lamech,

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and said to him: 'Go to Noah and tell him in my name "Hide thyself!" and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that the whole earth will be destroyed, and a deluge is about to come

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upon the whole earth, and will destroy all that is on it. And now instruct him that he may escape

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and his seed may be preserved for all the generations of the world.' And again the Lord said to Raphael: 'Bind Azâzêl hand and foot, and cast him into the darkness: and make an opening

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in the desert, which is in Dûdâêl, and cast him therein. And place upon him rough and jagged rocks, and cover him with darkness, and let him abide there for ever, and cover his face that he may 6,7 not see light. And on the day of the great judgement he shall be cast into the fire. And heal the earth which the angels have corrupted, and proclaim the healing of the earth, that they may heal the plague, and that all the children of men may not perish through all the secret things that the

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Watchers have disclosed and have taught their sons. And the whole earth has been corrupted

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through the works that were taught by Azâzêl: to him ascribe all sin.' And to Gabriel said the Lord: 'Proceed against the bastards and the reprobates, and against the children of fornication: and destroy [the children of fornication and] the children of the Watchers from amongst men [and cause them to go forth]: send them one against the other that they may destroy each other in

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battle: for length of days shall they not have. And no request that they (i.e. their fathers) make of thee shall be granted unto their fathers on their behalf; for they hope to live an eternal life, and

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that each one of them will live five hundred years.' And the Lord said unto Michael: 'Go, bind Semjâzâ and his associates who have united themselves with women so as to have defiled themselves

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with them in all their uncleanness. And when their sons have slain one another, and they have seen the destruction of their beloved ones, bind them fast for seventy generations in the valleys of the earth, till the day of their judgement and of their consummation, till the judgement that is

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for ever and ever is consummated. In those days they shall be led off to the abyss of fire: and

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to the torment and the prison in which they shall be confined for ever. And whosoever shall be condemned and destroyed will from thenceforth be bound together with them to the end of all

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generations. And destroy all the spirits of the reprobate and the children of the Watchers, because

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they have wronged mankind. Destroy all wrong from the face of the earth and let every evil work come to an end: and let the plant of righteousness and truth appear: and it shall prove a blessing; the works of righteousness and truth' shall be planted in truth and joy for evermore.

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And then shall all the righteous escape,
And shall live till they beget thousands of children,
And all the days of their youth and their old age
Shall they complete in peace.

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And then shall the whole earth be tilled in righteousness, and shall all be planted with trees and

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be full of blessing. And all desirable trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for all the seed which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand, and each measure of olives shall yield

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ten presses of oil. And cleanse thou the earth from all oppression, and from all unrighteousness, and from all sin, and from all godlessness: and all the uncleanness that is wrought upon the earth

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destroy from off the earth. And all the children of men shall become righteous, and all nations

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shall offer adoration and shall praise Me, and all shall worship Me. And the earth shall be cleansed from all defilement, and from all sin, and from all punishment, and from all torment, and I will never again send (them) upon it from generation to generation and for ever.

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And in those days I will open the store chambers of blessing which are in the heaven, so as to send

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them down upon the earth over the work and labour of the children of men. And truth and peace shall be associated together throughout all the days of the world and throughout all the generations of men.'

Until the light takes us;

CLOSE HIS EYES SO HE MAY NOT SEE THE LIGHT!

ONLY THEN SHALL THE DARKNESS BECOME VISIBLE TO HIM!

Still falls the Rain.

Still falls the Rain—-
Dark as the world of man, black as our loss—-
Blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails
Upon the Cross.

Still falls the Rain
With a sound like the pulse of the heart that is changed to the hammer-beat
In the Potter's Field, and the sound of the impious feet

On the Tomb:
Still falls the Rain

In the Field of Blood where the small hopes breed and the human brain
Nurtures its greed, that worm with the brow of Cain.

Still falls the Rain
At the feet of the Starved Man hung upon the Cross.
Christ that each day, each night, nails there, have mercy on us—-
On Dives and on Lazarus:
Under the Rain the sore and the gold are as one.

Still falls the Rain—-
Still falls the Blood from the Starved Man's wounded Side:
He bears in His Heart all wounds,—-those of the light that died,
The last faint spark
In the self-murdered heart, the wounds of the sad uncomprehending dark,
The wounds of the baited bear—-
The blind and weeping bear whom the keepers beat
On his helpless flesh… the tears of the hunted hare.

Still falls the Rain—-
Then—- O Ile leape up to my God: who pulles me doune—-
See, see where Christ's blood streames in the firmament:
It flows from the Brow we nailed upon the tree

Deep to the dying, to the thirsting heart
That holds the fires of the world,—-dark-smirched with pain
As Caesar's laurel crown.

Then sounds the voice of One who like the heart of man
Was once a child who among beasts has lain—-
"Still do I love, still shed my innocent light, my Blood, for thee."

By Dame Edith Sitwell 1887-1964 written in 1942

Judith.

Funny how things happen in this world. Last week I spoke to my lady friend Judith and she complains that she has a headache, so I gave her 2 pain tablets. Her “mild migrains” occur 2 to 3 times per week. So this week Tuesday she is on her way to work and while standing at the robot waiting for the light to go green another motorist smashes into the back of a woman’s car that was standing behind Judith hence she crashes in to Judith’s car. Luckily Judith gets a little whiplash and a few seatbelt bruises yet she is still taken for x-ray’s to see if she has any neck injuries.
As the doctor excamines the x-ray’s he sees a dark spot on the front part of Judith’s skull. They took the x-ray’s of Judith from her head to her shoulders, and the first thing the doc asks Judith, “Do you suffer from constant headache’s …?”

Yesterday she had a cat scan and a growth was found between the skull and brain what exactly it is they can’t say she must see a neurologist and the earliest appointment open is only in April. Apparently neurologists are scares in South-Africa and the ones that are here are booked full. So today Judith will go to her GP who will try to make a plan. I pray to God she can do something for my friend. Judith I know you are scared but all your friends and family are here and we pray and hope that God will help you in this hard time. You are not alone.

Al my liefde en sterkte aan jou my “maaikie”.

Gerhard.

Why do we work and pay tax in South Africa ?

A Zimbabwean arrives in Jo'burg as a new immigrant in South Africa . He stops the first person he sees walking down the street and says, "Thank you Mr. South African, for letting me in this country, and giving me free housing, food, free medical care, affirmative action job and free education!"

But the passer-by says, "You are mistaken, I am a Nigerian. I'm just here for the free medical care"

The man goes on and encounters another passer-by "Thank you for having such a beautiful country here in South Africa !"
The person says, "I'm not South African, I'm from Mozambique . I'm just here for the free housing"

The new arrival walks further and the next person he sees he stops, shakes hands and says, "Thank you for the wonderful South Africa !" That person puts up his hand and says, "I am from Botswana, I am not a South African .I'm just here for the free education"

He finally sees a lady and asks suspiciously, "Are you a South African? She says, "No, I am from Ghana !"
So he is puzzled and asks her, "Where are all the South Africans?" The Ghana lady looks at her watch, shrugs, and says..."Probably at work!"

*Caution... They Walk Among Us!*

*Some guy bought a new fridge for his house. To get rid of his old fridge, he put it in his front yard and hung a sign on it saying: "Free to good home. You want it, you take it." For three days the fridge sat there without
even one person looking twice at it. He eventually decided that people were too un-trusting of this deal. It looked to good to be true, so he changed the sign to read: "Fridge for sale R50." The next day someone stole it.*

*Caution... They Walk Among Us!*


*One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when someone shouted...."Look at that dead bird!" Someone looked up at the sky and said..."where???"*

**They Walk among us!!*

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While looking at a house, my brother asked the estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn't want the sun waking him up every morning. She asked, "Does the sun rise in the north?" When my brother
explained that the sun rises in the east, and has for sometime, she shook her head and said, "Oh, I don't keep up with that stuff." *

**They Walk Among Us!!*

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My colleague and I were eating our lunch in our cafeteria, when we overheard one of the administrative assistants talking about the sunburn she got on her weekend drive to the beach. She drove down in a convertible, but "didn't
think she'd get sunburned because the car was moving".*

**They Walk Among Us!!!!*

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I told the girl at the steakhouse register that I wanted the half kilogram sirloin. She informed me they only had an 500g sirloin. Not wanting to make a scene, I told her I would take the 500g steak instead of the half-kgr.*

**They walk among us! *

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My sister has a lifesaving tool in her car it's designed to cut through a seat belt if she gets trapped She keeps it in the boot...*

**They Walk Among Us!!!!!*

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My friends and I were on a Lager run and noticed that the cases were discounted 10%. Since it was a big party, we bought 2 cases. The cashier multiplied 2 times 10% and gave us a 20% discount.... *

**They Walk Among Us!!!!!!*

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I was hanging out with a friend when we saw a woman with a nose ring attached to an earring by a chain. My friend said, "Wouldn't the chain rip out every time she turned her head?" I had to explain that a person's nose
and ear remain the same distance apart no matter which way the head is turned...*

**They Walk Among Us!!!!!!! *

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I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area. So I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional
and I was in good hands. "Now," she asked me, "Has your plane arrived yet?"...*

**They Walk Among Us!!!!!!!!*

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While working at a pizza parlour I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go. He appeared to be alone and the cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 pieces or 6. He thought about it for some time before responding.
"Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don't think I'm hungry enough to eat 6 pieces.*

**Yep, They Walk Among Us, too.!!!!!!!!*

*Sadly, not only do they walk among us, they also reproduce!!!!*

Honey, Not Tonight.

I have never understood why the sexual urge of men and women differ so
much.

FOR EXAMPLE: One evening last week, my wife and I were getting into bed.

The passion starts to heat up, when she eventually said “I don’t feel like it, I just want you to hold me.”

I said “WHAT??!! What was that?!”

So she says the words that every husband on the planet dreads to hear…”You’re just not in touch with my emotional needs as a woman enough for me to satisfy your physical needs as a man.”

She then responded to my puzzled look by saying, “Can’t you just love me for who I am and not for what I do in the bedroom?”

Realizing that nothing was going to happen that night, I went to sleep…

The very next day I opted to take the day off of work to spend time with her.

We went out to a good lunch and then went shopping at a very big department store. I walked around with her while she tried on several different very expensive outfits.

She couldn’t decide which one to take so I told her we’d just buy them all.

She wanted new shoes to complement her new clothes, so I said “Let’s get a pair for each outfit”.

We went onto the jewelry department where she picked out a pair of diamond earrings.

Let me tell you…she was so excited. She must have thought I was one wave short of a shipwreck.

I started to think she was testing me because she then asked for a tennis bracelet when she doesn’t even know how to play tennis.

I think I threw her when I said, “That’s fine, honey.”

She was almost nearing sexual satisfaction from all of the excitement.

Smiling with excited anticipation she finally said, “I think this is all dear, let’s go to the cashier.”

I could hardly contain myself when I blurted out, “No honey, I don’t feel like it.”

Her face just went completely blank as her jaw dropped with a baffled “WHAT?”

I then said “Honey! I just want you to HOLD this stuff for a while. You’re just not in touch with my financial needs as a man enough for me to satisfy your shopping needs as a woman.”

And just when she had this look like she was going to kill me, I added, “Why can’t you just love me for who I am and not for the things I buy you?”

Apparently I’m not having sex tonight either.

FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY

In Florida, an atheist created a case against the coming Easter and Passover holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians, Jews and observances of their holy days.

The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days.
The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel declaring,"Case dismissed!"
The lawyer immediately stood objecting to the ruling saying, "Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and others. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah, yet my client and all other atheists have no such holidays."

The judge leaned forward in his chair saying, "But you do. Your client, counsel, is woefully ignorant."

The lawyer said, "Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance or holiday for atheists."

The judge said, "The calendar says April 1st is April Fools Day.
Psalm 14:1 states, 'The fool says in his heart, there is no God.'
Thus, it is the opinion of this court, that if your client says there is no God, then he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day. Court is adjourned.

You gotta love a Judge that knows his scripture!
This is too good not to forward.

(How true this is i do not know i got it vua e-mail from a friend.)

20 Maniere om te weet jy is kommin.

1 Die Halloween pampoen op jou stoep het meer tande as jou girlfriend.

2 Jou twaalf jarige dogter mag rook by die tafel voor haar kinders.

3 Jy is al drie keer getroud maar jou skoonouers bly dieselfde.

4 Jy dink chicks wat nie in jou belangstel nie, bestaan nie.

5 Jack Daniels is op jou lys van mense wat jy graag wil ontmoet.

6 Jy wonder hoe die garages hulle toilette so skoon hou.

7 As iemand in jou familie al dood is nadat hulle gesê het, "Hey, check dit uit."

8 Jy dink Dom Perignon is 'n Mafia baas.

9 Jou vrou se hare het al vasgesit in die ceiling fan.

10 Jy dink Johnny Walker het die comrades gewen.

11 Jy het al 'n vuurhoutjie gestrike in jou huis en net die wiele het oorgebly na die ontploffing.

12 Jy kan nie met jou sweetheart trou nie omdat die wet dit verbied.

13 Jy dink om die skottelgoedwasser te laai is om jou vrou dronk te kry.

14 Jou toilet papier het bladsy nommers.

15 Jou engelse buurman skree, "Ho Down" en jou chick Val op die grond.

16 Jy het een volledige stel koppies en almal sê Wimpy.

17 Die grootste dorp wat jy al in was, was Boys Town .

18 Jou werkende TV sit Bo op jou gebreekte TV.

19 Jou bure dink jy is 'n speurder want die polisie bring jou altyd huis toe

20 Jy skree vir die SHARKS!!!!!

MEDEMENSLIKHEID.

Beste Vriende


So 'n paar dae gelede het ek in die pad afgestap, besig met my eie dinge. Voor my was een van daardie mense wat jy so baie in die stad sien deesdae.

Die persoon het geskeurde klere gehad en twee plastiek sakke seker vol 'n paar persoonlike besittingkies.

My hart het uitgegaan na die persoon. Sommige mense het verby gestap en gestaar, maar ander wat saam hulle vrouens en meisies was het verby gestap asof hulle niks sien nie.

Toe onthou ek my Christelike opbrengs, en onthou dat ek moet uitreik, omgee, en kos gee vir die wat dit nodig het. Ek het net gevoel dat ek moet uitreik na die mens.

Dit is waar dat sommige mense nie verby die geskeurde klere kan kyk nie maar ek het, en ek het die beeldskoonheid raak gesien. Terwyl ek gestap het en 'n stem binne my gesê....reik uit....reik uit.... en toe…… reik ek uit....

Die dokter sê ek sal weer eendag kan loop, ek moet net baie oefen, maar tot dan stuur maar 'n kaartjie, of kom kuier te minste... Groete,

EPOL (A TALL TALE)

Nou die dag gaan koop ek 'n sak E_POL hondekos by Pick 'n Pay en terwyl ek so in die ry staan, vra 'n vrou agter my of ek 'n hond het.
Sommer aspris, sê ek vir haar: Nee, ek het nie 'n hond nie - ek begin weer met die E_POL diëet.

Ek sien sy kyk my so snaaks aan, maar ek gaan aan: "Eintlik weet ek dat ek nie weer op die diëet moet gaan nie, want laaskeer het ek in die hospitaal beland - wakker geword in die intensiewe eenheid met pype wat uit elke gaaitjie in my lyf kom . Maar ek het 22kg verloor voor en dit was die moeite werd."

Ek vertel haar dat die E_POL diëet eintlik volledig voedsaam is met al die vitamienes en minerale wat mens nodig het. En dis so maklik! Al wat jy doen is om jou broeksakke vol te maak met EPOL nuggets en jy eet een of twee wanneer jy ookal honger voel.

Teen hierdie tyd luister al wat 'n persoon is na my storie - veral die ou wat agter die vrou staan.
Heel geskok vra die vrou my toe of ek in die hospitaal beland het van voedselvergifting.

Ek antwoord toe: "Nee, ek het in die straat gesit en my privaatdele gesit en lek, toe 'n kar my raakry!"

EK DOG DIE OU AGTER HAAR KRY 'N HARTAANVAL VAN DIE LAG!
SIMPEL KOEI - VIR WIE HET SY GEDINK KOOP EK DIE HONDEKOS???????????/!!!!!!!

12-01-2009

YESTERDAY I LOST MY FRIEND CARL THE BIG “C”.

I AM STILL IN SHOCK I DID NOT EXCPECT IT.

I AM GOING TO MISS YOU DUDE.

I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE NIGHTS YOU CAME AND SAT WITH ME WHILE I WORKED ON YOUR PAINTING.

YOU ALWAYS MADE ME LAUGH, I AM GOING TO MISS TEACHING YOU HOW TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OR JUST SITTING AT YOUR HOUSE HAVING A DRINK AND SOLVING THE WORLDS PROBLEMS AFTER A FEW GLASSES OF JACKS WHILE LED ZEPPELIN PLAYED IN THE BACKGROUND.

I GUESS NOW YOU KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THE THINGS WE SOMETIMES SPOKE ABOUT.

R.I.P. MY FRIEND.

PS. FRASER MISSIS YOU THE MOST.

2009

2009
Another year
I am on the road looking for my Gypsy,
In 2008 I lost her along the way…
I miss her soul next to me,
I miss her hand in mine,
I miss her arms around me when we raced
down the hill on my bicycle,
I miss her sms to me during the day,
I miss the long e-mails that she sent to me,
I miss you…
I miss…
I …

THE WATCHMAN.

I was 14 years old when my father got a job, to be a farm manager of De Ridders drift. De Ridders drift was 1 of 3 farms in an area I will not mention, and belonged to a wealthy farmer in that district. I have never been back there again, after our brief stay there of 6 weeks it may be 8 I can’t remember. It has been 23 years since I was there yet, I can still remember it as if it had happened yesterday.

But let me start from the beginning. The man my dad got the job from I shall call Jones, he was one of the richest farmers in our country, and he offered my dad a huge salary per month to run De Ridders drift one of his wheat farms. We had a huge and beautiful old farm house to live in and the area around the house was a lush garden and tree’s all around, I remember my dad saying that the farm was so big it takes a full 2 days just to drive the perimeter in his bakkie. We moved there during the December holidays, and I would be enrolled in the boarding school located about 350km to the nearest town. I did not like the idea about not living with my mom and dad fulltime but understood why my dad took the job.

Now about Jones, from the first day I met the man he was strange to me almost weird as if he did not belong here on earth. Don’t get me wrong here Jones was a very friendly and open man always a smile on his face, but I saw something else in him, and for the life of me I could never understand why my Folks could not see it. From the second I laid eyes on him, I felt a sense of peace and only later in my life it dawned on me that, that weird feeling towards Jones was my 14 year old mind telling me that Jones had a very big secret in his life that he was hiding. Never the less I liked him.

On the far north side on the border of De Ridder drift, lay a bank of hills and at the foot of these hills was a large dam surround by tree’s mainly willows and a few berry bushes and other exotic plant life. My first week on the farm I asked dad if I could take the 50cc dirt bike and explore that hillside and dam. Dad said yes and after pleading with my mom she agreed reluctantly, I remember packing my rucksack with food and water and of I went on my great adventure.
It took me a good 2 hours to reach the edge of the tree’s among them I could see the calm blue water of the dam and on the other side the hills rising up to the sky. And here I spent the rest of the day exploring among the tree’s, around the dam and partly up one side of the hill witch rather looked more like a mountain once you stood by its foot.

On my way back home, driving on the side of the wheat fields which seem to go on and on with no end, I decided my next trip to the dam would be for fishing. I imagined myself walking into the house with a nice big catch, but at 14 it did not cross my mind what type of fish or even if there was any fish in that dam, all I could see in my mind’s eye was 2 or 3 huge fishes and the surprise and happiness on my parent’s faces.

The next week or few weeks that followed I helped my mom and dad on the farm and by the end of the last few days on the farm before we left for good I had a free day to myself and I decided to go and do some fishing. A few days before I had taken my fishing gear and I had hidden it at the side of the wheat field among some bushes because I wanted my big catch to be a surprise for my parents. So of I went early that morning during past the lush yellow wheat fields softly blowing in the wind.

Once there I stopped the dirt bike at the line of trees from there it was about a 400meter walk through the trees before you reached the dam. I remember as I got of the bike that the air around me was deadly silent. There was no bird chatter in the trees no noises of a light wind or the buzz of insects, all around me was silent to the point that I felt a tinge of fear in my belly. I looked back and about 100 meters away the wheat was still swaying in the wind, looking back at and up the trees all was frozen not a leave or branch moved.

That’s when I heard a noise, like a splash in the water, I slowly started walking towards the dam, forgetting why I was there in the first place. Moving among the trees I felt the deathly silence around me, slowly the view of the dam started opening up and then I stopped dead in my tracks. To my left I saw Jones on his knees arms in the air, wearing a funny white robe, he was at the edge of the water. He was loudly chanting in some weird language. After a few minutes the water started to ripple and then rise in front of Jones, and from the centre of the dam something was rising out of the water. And at this point my jaw dropped to the ground. Rising out of the water was what appeared to be 2 giant men also in white robes they hovered above the water, and then slowly moved towards Jones. At the edge of the water they crossed to the ground. At this point Jones was up and walking to them he stopped in front of them. All 3 then held their right hands up in the air almost like a Nazi salute they took turns mumbling in that strange language Jones was saying earlier. The 2 was men big and very tall at least 10meters high and the color of their skin were white like milk they both had long white hair down to almost their hips. One had what looked like a beard but I was too far away to make out any facial features. Then Jones himself started to shimmer and blur and in seconds he looked just like the 2 men.

At this point I let out a soft yelp in fear and all 3 the giants looked in my direction and all I could do was turn and run for all my life’s worth. Reaching the bike I jumped on and as I started it they came running out the trees towards me and could now clearly see their faces, big blue eyes and one had a beard. Hey boy stop one shouted in a loud voice. But fear took me beyond reason and I sped off at top speed on the bike, how I got home I could not remember, but my parents found me lying curled up in a ball at the front door mumbling insanely and when my dad picked me up I wet myself and screamed like a mad man.

I was catatonic for at least 2 days and when I came round mom dad and the local district doctor was sitting by my bed, when I told them what I saw the doctor raised his eyebrows and looked at my father, they both left the room and I never saw the doctor again. The next day dad was in the wheat fields, and mom was busy outside in the vegetable garden at the back of the house. As I was lying in bed the events at the dam ran in my head like a movie and I was wondering if I did not imagine it, and until now neither of my parents seem to believe me.

A soft knock on my door brought me back to reality and as the door opened in stepped Jones. As I opened my mouth to scream he jumped on the bed and tightly placed his hand over my mouth. Be silent my son I will take my hand away but if you so much as make a peep I will disappear before your mommy can reach the door, do you understand me. I slowly nodded yes. As he removed his hand I kept my lips tightly closed staring up at him. But now I felt peace and calmness welling up in me like a thunder storm. Then Jones reached into his pocket and took out a small white feather. Now, said Jones I am not going to hurt you I am going to say a prayer that will make you forget what you saw the other day, you might feel a little sleepy but that’s all. He must have read my mind because he answered exactly what I was thinking. What am I, he said, well I might as well tell you before I pray for you, I am not from this world son but from a far far away a place, your little mind won,t understand. And we are not here to kill and eat you we are here to observe the human race, we are watchers. It saddens us to see how you humans are destroying not just your self’s but also this beautiful planet you live on. I am sorry mister, I whispered softly, but I won’t hurt the world please don’t make me forget, please I beg you, I promise I won’t say a word. At this point Jones closed his eyes and softly mumbled, then as if getting an answer he nodded his head and looked at me with a smile, my master says you may remember, I wanted you to forget because I don’t like it when little children gets scared of us. Oh it happens you know people, fear us because we are so huge, or as you think, like giants.
You see my son you may remember because my master says that one day this will be your testimony to other people and that you are going to do a lot of good things in his name.
Jones smiled at me and then he said, but for now this must remain a secret until you turn 21, can you promise me and your master to do that.

Who is the master I asked? Oh, the one you and your mom and dad pray to every night he is the almighty God who made the heavens and earth, he who sent his only son Jesus to die for your sins. He, our master is lord Yahweh the one and only god from the heavens and earth.

I was stunned into silence and tears was running down my cheeks, and the only thing I felt was heart sore and a terrible sadness. What’s wrong my child Jones asked me? Can you tell Jesus something for me please, tell him I am sorry the people hurt and killed him, tell him I read all his deeds in the bible and I think he was a good and kind man, could you please tell him I love him and our great Father very much. Jones smiled and again closed his eyes after a few seconds he looked at me and said, Jesus and our Father says they love you very much, and that his host of angels shall look after you and your mom and dad. God also says to remember this day and that you must always follow his way for one day you must carry his word across the world.
I will I promise, I said.

That’s a good boy now I must go, but before I leave in a few days you and your parents will move away to the city for I need your father to work for me there, and their you will meet a preacher who will lead you in the ways of God, do you understand that my son.
I just nodded yes, then Jones leaned over me and kissed my forehead, he got up and walked out and slowly closed the door behind him.

This happened 23 years ago and I never saw the angel, Jones after that. But about a year ago as I was doing the closing prayer for a group of converted Christians in Moscow Russia, I looked across the room and Jones was standing at the door with a huge smile on his face he turned and walked out slowly closing the door behind him like that day when I was 14, and I felt great peace and love in my heart.

THE EVIL THAT MEN DO.

Love is a razor and I walked the line
On that silver blade
Slept in the dust with his daughter
Her eyes red with
The slaughter of innocence
And I will pray for her
I will call her name out loud
I would bleed for her
If I could only see her now

Living on a razor's edge
Balancing on a ledge
Living on a razor's edge
Balancing on a ledge
Balancing on a ledge
Living on a razor's edge
Balancing on a ledge
You know, You know

The evil that men do lives on and on...
The evil that men do lives on and on...
The evil that men do lives on and on...
The evil that men do lives on and on...

Circle of fire my baptism of joy and at an end it seems
The seventh lamb slain
The book of life opens before me
And I will pray for you
Some day I may return
Don´t you cry for me
Beyond is where I learn

Living on a razor's edge
Balancing on a ledge
Living on a razor's edge
You know, you know

The evil that men do lives on and on...
The evil that men do lives on and on...
The evil that men do lives on and on...
The evil that men do lives on and on...

Living on a razor's edge
Balancing on a ledge
Living on a razor's edge and
You know, you know

The evil that men do lives on and on...
The evil that men do lives on and on...
The evil that men do lives on and on...
The evil that men do lives on and on...

The evil, the evil, the evil that men do...
The evil, the evil, the evil that men do...

ARTISTS. IRON MAIDEN

PICTURES OF YOU.

I've been looking so long at these pictures of you
that I almost believe that they're real
I've been living so long with my pictures of you
that I almost believe that the pictures are all I can feel

remembering you standing quiet in the rain
as I ran to your heart to be near
and we kissed as the sky fell in
holding you close
how I always held close in your fear
remembering you running soft through the night
you were bigger and brighter and whiter than snow
and screamed at the make-believe
screamed at the sky
and you finally found all your courage to let it all go

remembering you falling into my arms
crying for the death of your heart
you were stone white so delicate
lost in the cold
you were always so lost in the dark
remembering you how you used to be
slow drowned
you were angels
so much more than everything
hold for the last time then slip away quietly
open my eyes
but I never see anything

If only I'd thought of the right words
I could have held on to your heart
If only I'd thought of the right words
I wouldn't be breaking apart
all my pictures of you

looking so long at these pictures of you
but I never hold on to your heart
looking so long for the words to be true
but always just breaking apart
my pictures of you

there was nothing in the world
that I ever wanted more
than to feel you deep in my heart
there was nothing in the world
that I ever wanted more
than to never feel the breaking apart
all my pictures of you.

ARTISTS: THE CURE.

SLEEPING WITH GHOSTS.

The sea's evaporating
Though it comes as no surprise
These clouds we're seeing
They're explosions in the sky
It seems it's written
But we can't read between the line

Hush
It's okay
Dry your eye
Dry your eye
Soulmate dry your eye
Dry your eye
Soulmate dry your eye
Cause soulmates never die

This one world vision
Turns us in to compromise
What good's religion
When it's each other we despise
Damn the government
Damn their killing
Damn their lies

Hush
It's okay
Dry your eyes
Dry your eyes
Soulmate dry your eyes
Dry your eyes
Soulmate dry your eyes
Cause soulmates never die

Soulmates never die
Never die
Soulmates never die
Never die...
Soulmates never die
Soulmates never die
Soulmates never die
Soulmates never die

ARTISTS: PLACEBO

ALBASTERS DEUR CORNE GRUNDLING (SAUK JOERNALIS)

“Hoe ouer ek word, hoe meer geniet ek saterdagoggende. Miskien is dit die stil alleenheid wat daarmee kom om eerste op te staan of meskien die uitbundige vreugde om nie werk toe te gaan nie. Hoe dit ook al sy, die eerste paar ure op n saterdagoggend is die lekkerste.

N paar weke gelede was ek oppad na die motorhuis met n stomende koppie koffie in die een hand en die oggenkoerant in die ander hand. Wat as n tipiese saterdag begin het sou draai in een van daardie lesse wat die lewe van tyd tot tyd vir n mens gee. Laat ek jou hiervan vertel.

Ek is n radio amateur en het my ontvangstoestel ingeskakel op die telefoniese band om na die saterdagoggend gesprekke te luister. Met die luister op die na die gesprekke kom ek af op n man wat ouerig klink, met n sterk sein en n goue stem. Jy weet n stem wat klink of hy in die uitsaaiwese hoort. Hy was besig om te vertel, wie ookal wou luister van n ding met n duisend alabasters. Ek was skielik geinteresseerd en besluit om te luister na wat hy te se het.

Wel tom, dit klink sekerlik dat jy baie besig is met jou werk. Ek is seker dat hulle jou goed betaal, maar dit is hartseer dat jy soveel weg is van die huis en jou gesin. Dit is moeilik om te glo dat n jong man sestig tot sewentig uur n week moet werk om deur te kom. Dit is hartseer dat jy jou dogter se dansopvoering gemis het. Maar laat ek jou iets vertel wat my gehelp het om my prioriteite reg te hou.

Dit is toe wat die man sy teorie van n duisend alabasters verduidelik. Jy sien , ek het eendag gesit en n bietjie somme gemaak. Die gemiddelde person leef 75 jaar. Ek weet, sommige leef meer en sommige minder, maar gemiddeld, leef mense ongeveer 75 jaar.

Wat ek toe doen is om 75 te vermenigvuldig met 52 en ek het die getal 3900 gekry dit is die aantal saterdae wat die gemiddelde mens in sy hele leeftyd het. Hou nou net n bietjie uit Tom, ek kom nou by die belangrike deel. Ek het eers op die ouderdom van 55 jaar begin dink aan hierdie detail, en by daardie tyd het ek reeds deur meer as 2800 saterdae geleef. Ek het ongeveer n duisend saterdae oor om te geniet. So het ek na die speelgoedwinkels gegaan en al die alabasters in die winkel gekoop. Uiteindelik moes ek by nog twee speelgoedwinkels ingaan om by n 1000 albasters uit te kom. Ek het die alabasters huis toe geneem en hulle in n groot, helder deursigtige plastiese fles geplaas geplaas hier in my stoor kamer langs al my goed.

Van daardie dag af het ek elke saterdagoggend een alabaster uitgehaal en weggegooi. Ek het agtergekom soos ek die alabasters sien minder raak, ek al meer gefokus het op die regtige belangrike dinge in die lewe.

Daar is niks soos om te sien hoe jou tyd op die aarde besig is om uit te hardloop , om jou te help om jou prioriteite reg te kry nie.

Wel , laat ek jou vertel voordat ek van die lug afgaan om my lieflike vrou vir ete uit te neem. Vanoggend het ek die laaste alabaster uit die fles gehaal. Ek reken indien ek dit volgende saterdag maak, is ek n klein bietjie ekstra tyd gegun. En die een ding wat ons almal kan gebruik is n klein bietjie ekstra tyd.

Dit was lekker om te kon gesels, Tom, ek hoop jy spandeer meer tyd met jou gesin, en ek hoop ons ontmoet weer hier op die lug. Dit is n 75-jarige ou man, K9NZQ wat groet, oor en uit.
Jy kon n speld op die lug hoor val toe die man van die lug afgaan. Ek reken hy het vir ons almal iets gegee om oor na te dink. Ekself het beplan om die oggend te werk aan die antenna van my radio, en daarna was ek van plan om met n paar van die ander radioamateurs saam te werk aan ons klub se nuusbrief.

Ek het egter instead daarvan om dit te doen die trappe opgeklim na ons slaapkamer en my vrou met n soen wakker gemaak. Komaan my vroutjie, ek neem vir jou en die kinders vir ontbyt. Sy het regop gesit met n glimlag: wat het gemaak om dit meet e bring? Ek na haar gekyk en gedink hoe gelukkig ek is. Ag wat, niks besonders nie, dit is slegs n lang tyd gelede dat ons n saterdagoggend saam met mekaar en met die kinders spandeer het. En terwyl ons nou uitgaan kan ons stop by die speelgoedwinkel? Ek het nodig om albasters te koop

JOKE

SPIRIT IN BLACK

Welcome to my world
Involve yourself within my dream
Experience a life
Just like your mind thought not to be
Take a look through time
As past or present words to be
I rule this inferno
Enthroned for eternity

Coils of the serpent unwind
Buried beneath you will find
Deep in the halls of the damned
Spirit in black till the end

Spirits damned to rot
Amidst the brimstone fireballs
Eyes of the dead
Watching from their living walls
Broken glass reflections
Show your flesh eaten away
Beyond the gates I 'll take you
Where the blood forever rains

Coils of the serpent unwind
Buried beneath you will find
Deep in the halls of the damned
Spirit in black till the end

Afterlife confessions
Tell me who you used to be
Looking on in wonder
As I show you it was me
Burning from within
You know one spark is all it takes
Hear the piercing cries of all
Who found that hell awaits

Living nightmare can't you see
You really have no choice
Faded memories haunt you
Listen closely to my voice
Feed me all your hatred
Empty all your thoughts to me
I can fill your emptiness
With immortality

Welcome to my world
Involve yourself within my dream

ARTIST: SLAYER.