Thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving Hymn

/ By / Thanks be to God!

Excerpts from ‘The Thanksgiving Hymns’ from the Dead Sea Scrolls

“…I have counted twenty‑five compositions similar to the biblical Psalms.  They are all Hymns of Thanksgiving… expressing a rich variety of spiritual and doctrinal detail.  But the two fundamental themes running through the whole collection are those of Salvation and Knowledge.  The sectary thanks God continually for having been saved/delivered from the ‘lot’ of the Wicked, and for His gift of insight into the Divine Mysteries.  He, a ‘creature of clay’, has been singled out by his Maker to receive favors of which he feels himself unworthy and he alludes again and again to his frailty and total dependence on God.” ‘The Introduction’

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Don’t Give Thanks, Seek God

/ By / Historical, Holidays of Man

Thanksgiving is not a Holy Day from God.  It is a National Holiday created for the purpose of celebrating war victories.  The Thanksgiving narrative taught today differs greatly from the original presidential proclamations.   The “first Thanksgiving” in 1621, is portrayed as a three-day harvest celebration between the pilgrims and the Native American Indians.  Most accounts neglect to acknowledge what happened next in history.  The Indians were driven from their lands and massacred.  This was hardly the start of a period to remember with thankfulness.  The “discovery” of America turned into the start of many wars in a new land.

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