The Moses 12:3 Rule
If you take anything from the Old Testament, note (a) the voluminous treatise was penned by mere men – polygamous, patriarchal slave-owning men (b) Genesis 12:3 says those who rail God's Chosen People are cursed while those who do not are blessed. Historical nuances and trajectories of nations lay the uncanny prophecy of Moses bare. While the old man proposed the verse as a moral and intellectual barometer, he implied a form of Pre-emptive Intimidation to the potential warmonger against his people.
Consider Renaissance Europe that descended to doldrums in the 20th century with persecution of the Jews but saw ascendency only when its acrimony ceased. On the other hand, despite being blessed with earthly resources, ideology stymies and continues to stymie the Middle Eastern coterie with the prevailing Antisemitism inversely proportionate to a regressive and unproductive society.
On the micro, quiet and secular Singapore is on the ascendency while vocal and ideological Malaysia is on a decline witnessing the upward trajectory of its neighbors’ being converse with their apparent lack of Jew-baiting. The ubiquitous verse ensures that the acrimonious position of Malaysia and alignment with the religious fervor against the Jewish state, would thwart a linear progression of its once bubbling economy and conversely, once the nation reconciles with the biblical prophecy, its ascendency will begin.
To surmise, those lacking due diligence in the divination are bound to transgress the Moses Rule at their peril.
On a tangent, Radical History has a contender perpetually resonating in the background. Its contender is History; and Enya’s stripped rendition of the Christmas classic resonates the historical era in the land where 'he' was born.
Words, Videography – Tommy Peters (on YouTube)
(The clip was made on a Mac with CoverVersion’s Cuboid and Screenflow)
(To my dearest Jan - whom the post is dedicated)
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