THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO DO IMMIGRATION

If someone wants to immigrate to America, they have a choice to do it it the legal way or the illegal way. They can enter through the legal door, following all the steps, proceduress and requirements. They must wait long periods of time, often years. They face numerous hurdles, administrative hassles and expenses. OR, they can break in illegally. 

IMMIGRATION IS A PRIVILEDGE, NOT A RIGHT!!

The job of our government boils down to this simple concept: Make it so difficult to enter America illegally that those whom WISH to immigrate AND America DESIRES will enter America legally.  

THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IMMIGRATION:

1. LEGALLY - Legal immigrates are vetted so we can reject those who pose an unacceptable risk to American citizens for reasons such as crime, health, etc. Legal immigrants are documented. We know who they are and where they are. 

Intelligent legal immigration standards benefit America and its citizens in many ways including greater diversity, ability to address labor force skill needs, etc. America has the opportunity to acquire individuals with special talents, abilities, high levels of education or accomplishments and other unique qualities. 

At the end of 2021 the backlog of people seeking to LEGALLY IMMIGRATE to America from around the WORLD was over 8 million cases. Many wait multiple years. Similar is true with work visas. 

THE OTHER WAY:

2. ILLEGALLY - Over the last 2 years of the Biden Administration, approximately 4 million people ILLEGALLY entered the USA. A record high number people illegally AVOIDED vetting and documentation.  

We don't know who they are or where they are. We didn't vett their criminal records or health risks. We didn't vett whether they would put an undue strain on hospitals or schools. 

THERE IS A RIGHT WAY TO DO IMMIGRATION AND A WRONG WAY. 

THE AMERICAN GOVERMENT CAN'T GET IT RIGHT EITHER WAY!  

SUPERMAN AS sAVIOR

No man is made of steel.

The lower case "s" in sAVIOR in this article's title is intentional because surely Superman was no messiah. While some yearn for the true Messiah and some have the Messiah, others worship idols.  

There have been many false prophets and mistaken messiahs, but there is only one true God. Nonetheless, in the fantasy world of comic-book hereos, Superman is "king."

Cover #1 - Notice in the first cover above: Rolling the stone (car) away from the entrance of the tomb. Notice the end of the front bumper and the red (blood) cape covering the person in red. Notice the reactions.

This is the original opening monologue for Superman, which goes:

"Superman - strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman - who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands, and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a neverending battle for Truth, Justice, and the American Way."

The comic character "Superman" was first conceived in 1933 in the Depression-era Midwest by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. Both were teenagers in Cleveland and the children of Jewish immigrants. 

The first Superman comic appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938. The comic was published on April 18, 1938 which would have been Nisan 17, the date of the 2nd Passover festival date which would be just before the 3rd day of the Passover, the day of Yeshua's ressurection. This was also during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. 

Genesis 8.4 -- the ark came to rest in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

Though published in April the cover was dated June 1938. So the first Superman cover would have included both the Feast of Unlevened Bread and First Fruits.

June 1938 would have included the days during the "Counting of the Omer" and included the 50th, Pentecost, when Jews celebrate (Shavuot) receiving the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai and Christians celebrate receiving the Holy Spirit. 

The writer Siegel is a German (Ashkenazi) Jewish surname. Shuster is as well. A German "Schuster" was a maker or repairer of shoes. The stories being heard from Siegel and Shuster's relatives out of Germany must have been horrific!

During the rise of Nazi Germany the Jews certainly needed a Savior.  Jewish survival was at stake. But if these comic creators were going to be successful they had to know that their "messiah figure" would have to appeal to a Christian audience too. About 75% of America was church going at that time. That was the "American way." 

As America entered the war, the world needed hope. Millions of Americans prayed for "truth, justice and the American way" to prevail. 

Notice the eagles wings and the resemblance to the American Seal (See below).  Notice the issue is #14. That is the gematria of King David.  The history and origins of the Great Seal are fascinating, but were probably lost on the young creators of the Superman comic.

If the Jewish comic book writers were consciously or subconsciously seeking to create a "messiah figure," they would naturally draw inspiration from the bible.  Parallels would be nearly unavoidable with Superman, but there are too many to excuse as pure coincidence. Many people have noticed!

In the story, Superman's birth name, on the planet Krypton,  is Kal-El son of Jor-El.  (Jo-el is the first born son of Samuel.) “Kal-el” follows the traditional Jewish naming practice of adding the suffix “el,” which is singular for “Elohim,” a biblical name for God. The name Jorel means God will Uplift.  Kal, or קל, means "easy" or "light." With the accents at the time, Kal would be read as Kol, or קול, meaning "voice." El in Hebrew, אל, means "God," thus Superman's name in Hebrew is קול-אל, which loosely translates to "the voice of God."

Before Krypton's doom, when Kal-El is a tiny infant, his scientist father and mother, put him in a small ship and send him down the Nile of intergalactic space until he landed safely on Earth.  A baby put in a small ship (basket) and sent out to be spared by devine providence is an obvious play on Moses, a savior to Jews. 

He landed on Earth and after a time growing up on a rural farm he emerged and went on to become the world’s greatest superhero, saving his adopted planet countless times and becoming a symbol of hope for people around the world. Surely the Jewish writers of Superman, in a world coming apart for Jews, were praying for a Messiah. In a comic strip fantasy context, Superman gave the reader "hope." 

He could fly, even as high as the stars and when the times call for it, come back to down to rescue us. "Look, up in the sky. Its a bird (holy spirit), its a plane (to take us away). Its Superman."

A comic book messiah would need to have supernatural powers. Superman was able to see right through walls with X-ray vision, like Messiah could see through the walls we put up and into Man's heart.  Superman could leap tall buildings in a single bound and was more powerful than a locomotive. 

Superman's weakness was kryptonite. Like chumetz (leaven bread on Passover), even the smallest crumb (sin) of kryptonite in the room would weaken him.

Clark Kent was a humble man and wouldn't display his superpowers for just anyone. People would challenge Clark to show them his abilities, but he wouldn't give them a sign.  Once the situation was dire, Clark Kent would strip off his clothes and change into Superman.

The iconic "S" crest on Superman's chest became symbolic of his protection. The Hebrew letter for "S" is the "Shin." The first letter of the word שָׁלוֹם (shalom) peace is shin. Shin ש is also the first letter of the word שַׁדַי (shadai), which is one of the names of G-d.  The Kohen (priest) forms the letter shin with his hands 🖖 as he recites the Aaronic (Priestly) Blessing. Like other letters, there is a duality with shin; shin also the first letter in the word שֶׁקֶר (sheker) lie/falsehood. And as far as the true Messiah goes, Superman was a falsehood.

The Shin is the letter you see on the case (cover) of the Mezuzah protecting practically every Jewish home. The Mezuzah fills a command/mitzvah in the Torah to God's commandments on the doorposts of Jewish homes andvour gates. Those bible passages are on a tiny parchment scroll inside the Mezuzah. On the reverse side of the parchment are written the three Hebrew letters, Shin (ש), Dalet (ד), Yud (י). This is an acronym for the Hebrew words, שומר דלתות ישראל, meaning, “Guardian of the doors of Israel”.  

When wrapping tefillin the letter Shin (ש) is formed on the hand. 

The case for Superman’s Jewishness can also be related to his need to hide his identity. Over thousands of years, many Jews couldn't publicly express their religion. So Jews hid and many changed their names. Superman had to hide his identity as Clark Kent.

Like Superman had to hide his identity as Clark Kent, early comic pioneers such as Jacob Kurtzberg and Stanley Lieber changed their names to Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. Ironically, despite all of the Jews bringing comic books into the mainstream, very few—if any—comic book characters were made to be explicitly Jewish.

Hitler made exposing Jewish identity of utmost importance and the one group that Superman’s Jewishness was not lost on was the Nazis. While Superman creator, Siegel, may not have been able to actually make Superman Jewish, he made his opposition to the Nazis a major driving force for the character. “Action Comics” often featured Superman battling with the Nazis or Nazi stand-ins during the 1940s. To many Americans this was merely a display of patriotism. However, in the weekly Nazi newspaper Das Schwarze Korps, Superman was called one of the “fantasies of Jerry Israel Siegel.” It has been said that Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels declared that “Superman is a Jew!”

In the decades after World War II, many non-Jewish writers have taken on the character and infused him with their own Christian perceptions. Many Christians have considered Superman to be a Christ-like figure. The most recent movie iterations of the character, directed by Zack Snyder, have been immersed in Christian imagery.  But imagery of a Jewish Messiah has been present in the Superman story from the very first cover illustrations. 

Sadly, a world in need of a Savior will some times turn to idols. We know what the Israelites did when Moses appeared to not be coming down from Mount Sinai. In this early cover below, a golden calf comes to my mind.

Notice the inscription on the base, in the cloud caption and the pigeon doves.  

I want to come back to Superman's crest. Again, I said it reminds me of Hebrew letter "shin." (ש)

The letter shin can make either a "sh" sound or "S" sound. What determines this when the Hebrew has vowels is whether the little dot (the somech) is on the upper right or the upper left side of the letter.

שׂ - left is pronounced Sin

שׁ - right is pronounced Shin‎‎ as in Shalom and Shadai

While Superman is clearly an "S" sound, it seems to me that the artist in this version of the crest deliberately slipped a little dot into the upper-right side to suggest a Shin שׁ.

2022 cover for the "Darker Crisis" series. Isn't in interesting how the artist used a clever technique to make Superman less white. There is still no mistaking the Shin.

In Hebrew, the Messiah is often referred to as Melekh Mashiach מלך המשיח which translates to 'the Anointed King'. The story of Superman as king of the world continues to this day. So do the religious undertones and overtones. They've also taken on a darker theme.

THERE IS ONE TRUE GOD!

Moses said to the people, Don't be afraid! Stand firm and see the Lord's salvation . . . Read Shemote (Exodus) 14:13-31.

Devarim - Deuteronomy - Chapter 32:8-12

When the Most High gave nations their lot, when He separated the sons of man, He set up the boundaries of peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.

Because the Lord's portion is His people Jacob, the lot of His inheritance.

He found them in a desert land, and in a desolate, howling wasteland. He encompassed them and bestowed understanding upon them; He protected them as the pupil of His eye.

As an eagle awakens its nest, hovering over its fledglings, it spreads its wings, taking them and carrying them on its pinions.

[So] the Lord guided them alone, and there was no alien deity with Him.

FIRST THOUGHTS ON THE FIRST DAY

A good friend of God and mine, whose name is Ruel, which literally means "friend of God," wished me a happy new year with these words, 

"Greetings Jonah, asking father God to make His face shine upon you and your loved ones and May His favor rest on you throughout the new year."

His choice of words, "His face shine upon," got me thinking. Thinking gets me writing in my journal. Here are my first thoughts on this first day of the new year. 

HOW

When God's face shines upon a people they multiply, they are blessed. When God turn's his face, his protection is withdrawn and death and destruction ensue. This is "how" it goes.  

Why does this happen? Because of our disobedience to God. God has told us explicitly what things we are not to do. God even wrote them down on two stone tablets.

Our disobedient (sinful) nature was solidified in Genesis 3.9. After Adam ate the Forbidden Fruit, God calls out to Adam:

And the Lord God called to man, and He said to him,"Where are you?" In the Hebrew it is:

וַיִּקְרָ֛א יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־הָֽאָדָ֑ם וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ל֖וֹ אַיֶּֽכָּה

Of course Hashem, the almighty Lord God (יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים), knows "where" Adam is in a locational sense. God knows where we all are, at all times. That was obvious to Jonah. His disobedience was the deliberate use of the concept of where he was. Jonah channeled the concept of Adam's disobedience in the Garden. Then Jonah willingly went down to the pit of sheol in telling the Sailors to through him overboard. He knew his disobedience was the cause of the perilous seas that were destroying the boat.

The Hebrew word that we see in Genesis 3.9 for the word "where" is אַיֶּֽכָּה.  It sounds like "ayeh".

There are two words for "where" in the Hebrew bible. One version is a more generic straightforward request for location. On the other hand, the version of "where" we see in Genesis 3.9, is אַיֶּֽכָּה (Eicha), and it implies a deeper meaning. Here are two other spots this version of "where" is used in the bible: 

In Genesis 22:7, when Abraham and Isaac are ascending the mountain on the way to the "Binding of Isaac,"Isaac calls out, Hineh ha'esh...v'ayeh haseh l'olah? -- "Here's the fire, but where is the lamb for the offering?"  

Another example of the use of this form is found in The Book of Job verse 14.10. Vayigva adam y'ayamot, v'ayeh? -- "A man dies and then where is he?"

In each of these instances, God is not making a simple request for the location. So we the reader need to ponder for a deeper meaning. This dramatically changes the meaning of God's question. The implication is that something transformative has happened. 

In the case of Adam in the Garden, the answer to "where are you" is also the answer for how it happened -- disobedience. By expelling Adam from the Garden, God has in essense withdrawn His face by placing Adam outside of the Garden. 

When God shines His face on us, we are blessed. We are multiplied. But when we are disobedient, God may turn His face and withdraw. 

We see the Israelites' disobedience throughout the Hebrew bible. The Israelites have suffered greatly. This is a pattern we find in the bible and throughout history. Jews are well aware of it. It even has a date, the 9th day of the month of Av, Tisha'B'Av  - the saddest day in the year for spiritual Jews. Scripture has been written for it. 

There is a Hebrew book written which expresses the deep lamentations of the prophet Jeremiah. It is noted for it's dark imagery of the devestated city of Jerusalem and the Temple. This scripture is read in Temples by Jews on Tisha B'Av. The book opens in 1.1-2 with the following words:

"O how has the city that was once so populous remained lonely! She has become like a widow! She that was great among the nations, a princess among the provinces, has become tributary.

She weeps, yea, she weeps in the night, and her tears are on her cheek; she has no comforter among all her lovers; all her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies."

Most people know this as the "Book of Lamentations," but that is not the actual Hebrew title of the book. The Hebrew title for this book is אֵיכָ֣ה (Eicha).  

Notice how similar אֵיכָ֣ה and אַיֶּֽכָּה are to each other? In fact they are virtually the same. The only difference is a slight difference in the vowels, the little dots and dashes. They alter the pronunciation of אַיֶּֽכָּה  (ayeh) which means "where" to אֵיכָ֣ה  (Eicha) and means "how."

Thus, the Book of Lamentations in essence asks the great question of "how" could God have allowed great tradegy to befall us. But like the question of "where," we are left to ponder. And the answer that the sages, the prophets and many others conclude, is disobedience. 

Here is the interesting thing. There are no vowels, in the actual Torah. So in effect, אַיֶּֽכָּה (where) and אֵיכָ֣ה (how) are in some sense the same thing. That is something to ponder. 

THE WAR IS OVER THE PEACE

RUSSIA HAS ALREADY WON, BUT UKRAINE AND THE WEST EITHER DOESN'T REALIZE IT OR WON'T ADMIT IT. 

Ukraine can not sustain itself without massive capital improvements to restore power, water, sewer, communications, transportation, hospitals, housing etc.Those improvements can not be made during a war time. If Ukraine was a person you could say that it is a "Dead Man Walking."

Putin knows this. Time is on his side. If Putin can survive, he just needs to wait and let the Ukrainian people suffer until they're willing to make the peace deal he can live with.

A vast amount of Ukraine's natural resource wealth will have to be spent on rebuilding Ukraine. Those improvements are essentially "The spoils of the war." There is no way that Putin/Russia wants those improvements to be made by Western companies. And there's no way Western companies want to let those spoils go to Russia and China. 

The battle at this point is for the peace and who gets the spoils. Meanwhile the Ukrainian people suffer! Such is the real tragedy of war!

"IF WE DON'T END THE WAR, THE WAR WILL END US." H.G. WELLS

THE WAR PIGS ARE AT IS AGAIN!
UKRAINE - SAME SHIT! DIFFERENT WAR. 

COVID IS GOING AS PLANNED

When I read the news from China about Covid, my take is not that of a healthcare crisis. What I see is a covert eugenics project going as planned.

It is my opinion since the virus started in 2019 that the Wuhan Virus, Covid, was designed in Chinese labs to purposely kill older people. In other words, the "gain of function" virus is a covert eugenics plan to reduce the aging population, in China particularily, who put the most strain on government health care and are least productive. I would not be surprised if our own CIA and Dr. Faucci was on board. 

Governments around the world are all facing the insurmountable challenge with the strain of healthcare costs. The actuarial reality is that countries simply can not afford to meet the high costs of long term care.  

Covid is overwhelming hospitals now, but the cost of dealing with a 70 year old person who will die in a few days or even weeks from Covid is a small fraction of what their health care costs would have been over the next ~20 years otherwise. 

China has a rapidly aging population. According to Chinese state media, China is already approaching a “moderately aging” scenario, in which 20% of its population is ages 60 and older. By 2035, that percentage is expected to rise to 30%, or more than 400 million people.

By 2100, China also appears poised to roughly double its “dependency ratio” – the proportion of its population that is outside working age (either ages 0 to 14 or ages 65 and older), compared with the proportion that is working age (15 to 64). 

Both age groups, the young and the old, are dependent and lower productivity.  The "future" depends on the young. The most telling feature about the design of the Wuhan Virus is the target population at highest risk. Notice how Covid mysteriously kills elderly and spares the very young, unlike the typical flu.

Coincidently, the Wuhan virus will largely solve China's demographics problem and increase it's productivity per capita.    

Eugenics isn't new in China. China has long had ambitious eugenic plans.  Some of which that have been very public about. 

For 30+ years limited families from having more than one child. It wasn't until 2015, just a few years before the virus was ready to be leaked from a top secret biological weapons labratory in Wuhan, that the CCP relented, and married couples were told they could have two children.

In 2019 U.S. intelligence started to warn that China was engineering "biologically enhanced" soldiers in it's People's Liberation Army. There have been scholarly papers writen that examine China's ambitions to apply biotechnology to the battlefield, including what they said were signs that China was interested in using gene-editing technology to enhance soldier performance. A prominent former member of Congress warned that "There are no ethical boundaries to Beijing's pursuit of power." 

Hitler did it in Europe to kill Jews, gypsies, mental patients and the disabled. Margaret Sanger did it in the USA to kill Black babies. Xi Jinping is doing it now in China to kill old people and others with premorbidity conditions. Eugenics is alive and going very well in China! Covid is going as planned!  

MIRACLE OF MIRACLES

L'Chaim

Miracle - definition 1. a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency.

The Hebrew spelling of Hanukkah חֲנֻכָּה begins with the 8th letter in the Hebrew alphabet, Chet ח, which is also the Hebrew number 8.

ח=8

The 8th day of Hanukkah is considered by Jewish sages as the most important DAY of Hanukkah. It is called Zos Hanukkah, which translates to "This is Hanukkah."  

"Zos" is the trait of Hanukkah. In other words, the 8th day is like ALL of Hanukkah - all the miracles wrapped into one. You might say, the miracle of miracles. 

The Maccabees celebrated Sukkout, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles (Booths), once they rededicated the Temple. It too concluded with an all important and distinguishable 8th day. That day is called Shemini Atzeret, which means "Eighth Day of Assembly." The 8th Day was "The last day of the Great Feast."  The great "Water Pouring Ceremony" took place. The celebrants would call out "Hoshana Rabbah" which means "please save us." They were seeking "Great Salvation."

Whether it is Zos Hanukkah or Shemini Atzeret, 8 is very great!   

There is so much that can be said about the number 8. After all, the mathmatical symbol for infinity is an 8 on it's side. 

In the world, times revolves around the number seven: the seven days of the week. Eight, however, represents transcendence, a level that is beyond the natural order. 8 brings us to new beginning -- A New Song.  Noah's family of eight represented a new beginning.  In the Christian Gospels, Yeshua rises on the day after the Sabbath- the eighth day. 

Leviticus 12.3 -- And on the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Hanukkah, Festival of light, is celebrated for eight days. 1 Maccabees 4:59 -- Then Judah and his brothers and all the assembly of Israel determined that every year at that season the days of the dedication of the altar should be observed with gladness and joy for eight days, beginning with the twenty-fifth day of the month of Kislev. 

According to Torah sages, Life can only be considered "true" when it is infused with Godliness, because the body by itself is temporary, and any­thing temporary cannot be true. True life is immortal and everlasting. The way one acquires everlasting life is by con­necting with God. 

Thus, infinity, salvation and chet (8) are all connected. You have likely heard the expression L'chaim, "to life."

The Hebrew symbol for the expression L'Chiam is spelled Chet-Yud (חי). The Yud is the 10th letter - devine completeness. Chet (8)+ Yud (10) = 18, which is a very special number indeed! The symbol חי is very familiar to Jews. It is often seen in Jewish art and jewelry.  Jews almost always give financial gifts in multiples of 18 so as to give the gift of life!

Ancient Tablet with Babylonian Value for Pi

Even if you are not Jewish or know Hebrew, the Hebrew letter Chet ח may look familiar to you because it is very similar to the letter Pi (π). Pi has been known for almost 4000 years. Pi is hidden through gematria in the first verse of the Torah (Genesis 1.1). 

Modern Mathematicians began using the Greek letter π in the 1700s. But as you can see on the ancient Babylonian table above, it was used long before that. 

The ancient Babylonians calculated the area of a circle by taking 3 times the square of its radius, which gave a value of pi = 3. One Babylonian tablet (ca. 1900–1680 BC) shown above indicates a value of 3.125 for π, which is a closer approximation.

Pi is an infinite number. Isn't it ironic that something which encloses space, a circle, would have a formula that has an infinite value. 

Such is the circle of life. Such is the miracle of mircles. Happy Zos Hanukkah!

P.S. I have some more in another blog article titled Hanukkah and the Number 8.

THIS JEW ON CHRISTMAS EVE (I AM NOT ALONE)

CHRISTMAS, it is late or early and the house is very silent. 

Silent Night is a famous Christmas song.  It is a tradition for many to sing it on Christmas eve. Here are some of the lyrics that were written in 1816 by a young priest in Austria, Joseph Mohr.  

"Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright. 'Round yon Virgin Mother and Child, Holy Infant so tender and mild. Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace.

Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight! Glories stream from heaven afar, heavenly hosts sing Alleluia! Christ, the Savior is born, Christ, the Savior is born.

Silent night, holy night, Son of God, love's pure light. Radiant beams from thy holy face, with the dawn of redeeming grace. Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth, Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth."

 Holocaust book about the "longest night."

It strikes me as profoundly ironic that when an older Jew hear's the word "Night" in the spiritual context of Christmas, there is a good chance they will think of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass. (Kristall is glass, not Christ.) 

The Hebrew word for "how" is Eicha.  Eicha is the Jewish name for the "Book of Lamentations." Eicha (Lamentations) is a theological and prophetic response to the destruction of the First Temple (Beit Hamikdash) in Jerusalem in 586 B.C.(E.). It is believed to have been written by the prophet Jeremiah.

EICHA is not concerned with the historical details of the destruction, but rather with larger theological questions: Why did God, who had once been Israel’s redeemer, acquiesce to the destruction of His holy city and temple? Why is God’s love no longer evident? How can it be that “the city that was full of people” now “dwells alone” In Lamentations 1:1, the first word in Hebrew, Eicha, is the basis for the name of the book.

On Christmas Eve, which coincided with the 7th Night of Hanukkah this year, I went to a Christmas Eve dinner. I brought my Hanukkiah (menorah) along and lit it before dinner. At dinner, one of guests said that on Christmas it was tradition for him and his friends to get together and sing "War Pigs." 

I recognized the song because it is by one the most famous 1970's heavy metal rock bands. Black Sabbath, War Pigs, is sung by the iconic Ozzy Ozborne.

War Pigs is reputed to be an anti-war anthem. Originally, “War Pigs” was titled “Walpurgis” after the Christian feast of Walpurgis Night. But according to song's principle lyricist and the band original bassist, Geezer Butler, in a 2010 interview with Noisecreep, Walpurgis is essentially “Christmas for Satanists.” Here are the lyrics:

Generals gathered in their masses

Just like witches at black masses

Evil minds that plot destruction

Sorcerers of death's construction

In the fields the bodies burning

As the war machine keeps turning

Death and hatred to mankind

Poisoning their brainwashed minds

Oh Lord yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away

They only started the war

Why should they go out to fight?

They leave that all to the poor, yeah

Time will tell on their power minds

Making war just for fun

Treating people just like pawns in chess

Wait till their judgment day comes, yeah!

No more war pigs have the power

Hand of God has struck the hour

Day of Judgment God is calling

On their knees the war pigs crawling

Begging mercies for their sins

Satan laughing spreads his wings

Oh Lord yeah

The band's name, Black Sabbath, conjures up images of a Black Mass.  A Black Mass is a ceremony which celebrates death and destruction held by various Satanic groups over the centuries. It is intentionally sacrilegious and a blasphemous mockery of a Catholic Mass.

War Pigs is possibly the magnum opus of Black Sabbath. The lyrics provide an image of burning bodies ignored by the unstoppable war machine bringing death and hatred to all the land.  The generals and politicians who bring war face judgement in the end, but Satan laughs and appears to fly off. It is as though Satan leaves a trail of death and destruction throughout history; corrupting the minds of all who aren’t strong enough to resist Satan's sorcery

Interestingly, in the Hebrew Talmud, Jesus is accused by the pharises of being a sorcerer.  The New Testamant, essentially confirms this in Matthew 12:24, "But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils."

There is perhaps no greater trail of death and destruction than the tragic events through history associated with Jews and Tisha B'Av. Jews have asked themselves for thousands of years, HOW could so many tragic events in history befall us. Eicha reverberates throughout history.  In Jeremiah's time they asked "how" God could have allowed for the destruction of the first temple. In my time, Jews ask how the Holocaust could have happened. 

On Christmas Eve, when Christians sing Silent Night, this Jew, me, am reminded of the "Longest Night," the Holocaust. I am not alone. The question has to be asked. How could the Austrians that gave us Silent Night, have also given us Hitler and the Holocaust?  Eicha? 

While Jews and Christians have different beliefs about the Messiah, they do both believe in a Messiah. Jews and Christians both believe in the "Shield of David" -- God's protection of his chosen people. Jews and Christians both believe that sin is disobedience. But when it comes to evil influence in the world, Jews and Christians diverge. Each answer the question of "How" very differently. Jews believe in Man's "evil inclination" which is called "yetza hara" in Hebrew. Christians take evil a step further with the belief in a super natural force of evil -- a fallen Angel called Lucifer, otherwise known as Satan. 

If Satan does exist, then War Pigs seems to hit the nail on the head in. Satan laughing spreads his wings.

In these times, very religious Jews and Christians see many signs that the scriptures prophesied of. Both are watching for the Messiah. Christians expect to see the anti-Christ first. Time will tell if there is a Satan. Then, we will all see who the Messiah is and whether he is pierced. 

Fear the Lord. Merry Christmas. 

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline." Proverbs 1.7