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FOR
I KNOW
THAT SHORTLY YOU
WILL RAISE A SURVIVOR
AMONG YOUR PEOPLE: A REMNANT
IN YOUR INHERITANCE. YOU WILL PURIFY
THEM TO CLEANSE THEM OF GUILT. FOR ALL THEIR DEEDS
ARE IN YOUR TRUTH AND IN YOUR KINDNESS YOU JUDGE THEM
WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF COMPASSION AND A MULTITUDE OF FORGIVENESS.
ACCORDING TO YOUR MOUTH YOU TEACH THEM,
AND ACCORDING TO THE CORRECTNESS
OF YOUR TRUTH TO ESTABLISH THEM
IN YOUR COUNCIL FOR
YOUR GLORY.


The community,
which is the only path to salvation,
is not only the natural framework that encompasses all of g d's elect;
adherence to the union and observance to its laws are a necessary condition of redemption.
Thus, membership in this fellowship of grace is itself one of the gracious acts
that g d has bestowed upon his chosen ones:
'YOU, YOU ALONE, HAVE CREATED
THE RIGHTEOUS MAN ... TO KEEP
YOUR COVENANT!'


Indeed,
the elect's recognition
that it is the purifying holy spirit
that beats in his heart as he is elevated
"from a depraved spirit to your knowledge",
as well as the exoteric & esoteric doctrines of the community
~ to which the members wholly devote themselves ~
all these are gracious acts of a beneficent g d
toward his elect: "And your compassion
for all the sons of your approval, for
you have taught them the basis
of your truth, & instructed them
in your wonderful
mysteries".

In
other words,
the community itself
played a central role in the doctrine
of g d's gracious salvation of man: this doctrine
is of course not contrary to the accepted views within the union
regarding the cosmic role of the 'community of g d' in the processes
that govern the universe, from its inception to its ultimate end,
nor to the notion that the members of the community
will all be handsomely rewarded
in the end of days
for their fidelity
to the union.

The teaching
that it is predestined
divine grace that elevates one
from the human impurity posits a sharp opposition
between the vast majority of mankind, that is doomed, on the one hand,
and the small number of elect who have been purified.
Humanity is divided along a horizontal line,
with a small group of individuals
elevated above it through
the will of g d.

This dichotomy
is essentially different
from the vertical division of the two camps
facing off against one another ~ the lot of g d & the lot of Belial,
the Sons of Light & the sons of darkness ~ which is one of the key teachings of the war scroll
and of the manual of discipline. The Hodayot are aware of this division as well,
albeit in a much weaker form, as the doctrine of the individual's election
out of the defiled state of mankind moves front and center.
It is possible that the two doctrines of election are not,
from a conceptual point of view, mutually exclusive,
and thus may be found
in conjunction.

It should be noted
that "BELIAL" designates an angel of darkness in the war scroll & in the manual of discipline,
but 'something bad, a transgression' in the hymn appended {to 1QS &} in the Hodayot. This meaning
is also reflected in the Septuagint & the apocryphal book of Ascensio Isaiae & the "DSS"!
Indeed, the same two doctrines are attested in primitive Christianity: their roots
are in the Dead Sea Community,
or affiliated circles.

Another possibility
is that the Qumranites reconciled the two doctrines
by assuming that all of humanity is the lot of Belial, judging by its crooked ways,
whereas only those purified of the "sins of mankind"
are of the lot of light.

Gezien
de verschillen
en overeenkomsten tussen
de betrokken groepen tedientijde,
de positie van Yehosjoea tussen 'die anderen'
& wat er gebeurde na de verwoesting van de Tempel [e.d.],
't actuele samenspel van 'goede & kwade machten & krachten',
is het wel duidelijk dat 'ze' het hebben over wat voordien al bekend & voorspeld was,
hun eigen interpretatie van die 'oude ontdekkingen', 'de situatie van toen' & hun verwachtingen
voor de 'nabije toekomst': kortom eigenlijk zitten alle mensen uiteindelijk [nog steeds]
in 'hetzelfde schuitje' ~ kapiteins bevechten elkander op leven en dood, de beste
stuurlui staat [zoals gewoonlijk] aan wal, de rijken zitten aan boord
van 't statige piratenschip van staat & de armen dobberen
tussen 'wal & schip' zich vastklampend aan 't wrakhout
drijvend op de oceanen des levens ~
vroeger of later komen we dan
[ooit] met z'n allen aan op
Schateiland, Wonderland
& de Paradijselijke Hof
van Eten, Drinken
& Slapen
...
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