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THE DAY OF JUDGMENT AWAITED BY THE WAR SCROLL'S ANONYMOUS AUTHORS YET TILL NOW NEVER CAME! WITHIN THOSE PAST 2000 YEARS 'THE END OF THE WORLD' HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED MANY TIMES BY DIFFERENT EXTREMELY FANATICAL SECTARIAN GROUPS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SOON {?} BEGAN TO REALIZE THAT "THE FINAL AGE WILL BE EXTENDED AND
GO BEYOND ALL THAT THE PROPHETS SAY, BECAUSE THE MYSTERIES OF 'G D' ARE WONDERFUL" {1QpHab}.
When the Romans invaded, the Qumranites saw them - & not the members of the community - as the instruments of divine wrath against "the last priests of Yerushalayim ... [for] in the last days their riches and their loot will be given into the hands of the army of the Kittim" {1QpHab}.
WERE IT NOT FOR THE EXISTENCE OF ELEMENTS THAT PROVED THEMSELVES MALLEABLE TO THESE NEW DE-VELOPMENTS, THE FAILURE OF THE ACTIVIST LINE MIGHT HAVE SIGNALED THE COLLAPSE OF THE COMMU-NITY ALTOGETHER. BUT THE EXTANT SOURCES PORTRAY THE DEAD SEA COMMUNITY AS A VERY FASCINATING EXAMPLE OF THE EVOLUTION OF A PHILOSOPHY THAT MANAGES TO PRESERVE ITSELF ONLY BY ALTERING THE MEANING OF KEY CONCEPTS, EVEN TO THE POINT OF OUTRIGHT REVERSAL!
The activism that had earlier dominated now became a conditional pacifism. To be sure, the members of the Community did not relinguish their dream of ultimate victory, but they did allow that the time for this victory was not yet at hand. They are now '[THOSE WHO KEEP] THEIR NERVE UNTIL THE TIME OF YOUR JUDGMENTS' {1QH}! The community bases this new position on the doctrine of double predestination, which itself undergoes a transformation. The same view that had previously emboldened the authors of the War Scroll to outline a holy war aimed at annihilating the lot of Belial, now becomes an ideology of patient acceptance of the injustice that governs the world. This new logic is as follows: "G d" predetermined the time of vengeance against the Sons of Darkness according to his secret wisdom, but has yet to reveal this time to his followers. So it is incumbent upon the members of the sect to avoid any rash activity that might undermine the world order established by "G d" since before creation, for "all who know you do not change your words. For you are just, and all your chosen one are truth. All injustice and
wickedness you obliterate for ever, and your justice is revealed to the eyes of all your creatures" {1QH6}!
Nog steeds zo actueel als wat in de meest uiteenlopende groepen waar ook ter wereld met 'n iets ander jasje aan & petje op [of met gebleekt haar & 'n hoofddoekje o.i.d. om]!
GO BEYOND ALL THAT THE PROPHETS SAY, BECAUSE THE MYSTERIES OF 'G D' ARE WONDERFUL" {1QpHab}.
When the Romans invaded, the Qumranites saw them - & not the members of the community - as the instruments of divine wrath against "the last priests of Yerushalayim ... [for] in the last days their riches and their loot will be given into the hands of the army of the Kittim" {1QpHab}.
WERE IT NOT FOR THE EXISTENCE OF ELEMENTS THAT PROVED THEMSELVES MALLEABLE TO THESE NEW DE-VELOPMENTS, THE FAILURE OF THE ACTIVIST LINE MIGHT HAVE SIGNALED THE COLLAPSE OF THE COMMU-NITY ALTOGETHER. BUT THE EXTANT SOURCES PORTRAY THE DEAD SEA COMMUNITY AS A VERY FASCINATING EXAMPLE OF THE EVOLUTION OF A PHILOSOPHY THAT MANAGES TO PRESERVE ITSELF ONLY BY ALTERING THE MEANING OF KEY CONCEPTS, EVEN TO THE POINT OF OUTRIGHT REVERSAL!
The activism that had earlier dominated now became a conditional pacifism. To be sure, the members of the Community did not relinguish their dream of ultimate victory, but they did allow that the time for this victory was not yet at hand. They are now '[THOSE WHO KEEP] THEIR NERVE UNTIL THE TIME OF YOUR JUDGMENTS' {1QH}! The community bases this new position on the doctrine of double predestination, which itself undergoes a transformation. The same view that had previously emboldened the authors of the War Scroll to outline a holy war aimed at annihilating the lot of Belial, now becomes an ideology of patient acceptance of the injustice that governs the world. This new logic is as follows: "G d" predetermined the time of vengeance against the Sons of Darkness according to his secret wisdom, but has yet to reveal this time to his followers. So it is incumbent upon the members of the sect to avoid any rash activity that might undermine the world order established by "G d" since before creation, for "all who know you do not change your words. For you are just, and all your chosen one are truth. All injustice and
wickedness you obliterate for ever, and your justice is revealed to the eyes of all your creatures" {1QH6}!
Nog steeds zo actueel als wat in de meest uiteenlopende groepen waar ook ter wereld met 'n iets ander jasje aan & petje op [of met gebleekt haar & 'n hoofddoekje o.i.d. om]!
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