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Topic: Who is Belial?
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whitewitch111 Knowflake Posts: 165 From: Hillsboro, OR, USA Registered: Jan 2013
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posted February 09, 2013 10:41 PM
I've heard mention of the demon Belial several times but who is he in reality?IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 25293 From: Saturn next to Charmainec Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 10, 2013 09:38 AM
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Lei_Kuei Moderator Posts: 877 From: Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 10, 2013 11:03 AM
I don't think it is synonymous with any individual per-say. It was originally more of a generally term in relation to trouble makers. quote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belial The term belial (בליעל bĕli-yaal) is a Hebrew adjective meaning "worthless" from two common words beli- (בְּלִי "without-") and ya'al ( יָעַל "value") It occurs twenty-seven times in the Masoretic Text in verses such as the following: "A worthless man (Hebrew adam beli-yaal)" Book of Proverbs 6:12[2]
Of these 27 occurrences, the idiom "sons of Belial" (בְּנֵֽי־בְלִיַּעַל beni beliyaal) appears 15 times to indicate worthless people, including idolators (Deuteronomy 13:13), the men of Gibeah (Judges 19:22, 20:13), and the sons of Eli (1 Samuel 2:12, Nabal and Shimei) and so on. In the King James Version, these occurrences are rendered with "Belial" capitalised: "the sons of Eli were sons of Belial " (KJV) In modern versions these are usually read as a phrase: "the sons of Eli were worthless men " (NRSV, NIV) In the Hebrew text the phrase is either "sons of Belial" or simply "sons of worthlessness."[3][4] However "sons of" phrases are a common semitic idiom such as "sons of destruction" "sons of lawlessness".[5]
In the dead sea scrolls in relation to the "The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness" its seems to pop up again. quote: These scrolls contain an apocalyptic prophecy of a war between the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness. The war is first described as an attack by the Sons of Light, consisting of the sons of Levi, the sons of Judah, and the sons of Benjamin, and the exiled of the desert, against Edom, Moab, the sons of Ammon, the Amalekites, Philistia, and the Kittim of Asshur (referred to as the army of Belial), and [those who assist them from among the wicked] who "violate the covenant."[12] In the end, all of Darkness is to be destroyed and Light will live in peace for all eternity. The war is then described again as a conflict between the congregation of God and the congregation of men.
It is really imo, only later when the likes of Crowley found such words useful for his own theatrics did its meaning really shift to some unseen spiritual force/being. However I wonder maybe if you are thinking of "Baal"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal That's an entirely different matter. ------------------ ~*~ Did you know that a circle is round? ~*~ - Tautology You can't handle my level of Tinfoil! ~ {;,;} IP: Logged |
Lexxigramer Moderator Posts: 1489 From: The Etheric Realms...Still out looking for Schrodinger's cat...& LEXIGRAMMING.♥.. is my Passion! Registered: Feb 2012
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posted February 10, 2013 02:26 PM
quote: Originally posted by whitewitch111: I've heard mention of the demon Belial several times but who is he in reality?
I saw your post but have to go to the hospital right now. Thank you for the reading you gave me for my husband. I replied to you on that thread. Later Thanks again. IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 25293 From: Saturn next to Charmainec Registered: Apr 2009
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posted February 11, 2013 01:25 PM
Is he back home, LEXX?IP: Logged | |