The Guardians of the Covenant

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The role of Jochebed, the mother of Moses, was similar to that of Rachel, for Jochebed’s son was also a member of the Egyptian court. He was taken there as a baby and was raised by Pharaoh’s daughter. And yet, when the test came, Moses forsook the court of Pharaoh; he gave up his foster home and country in favor of the oppressed Israelites. Core Rulebook • Game Master's Kit • Enemies Within • Forgotten Gods • Enemies Without • Enemies Beyond Surely during those long, barren years, the Lord was preparing Rachel for the great responsibility of teaching Joseph and training him in the ways of the Lord. He must be taught well if he would remain faithful, for in his chartered course he would be subjected to the contaminating influence of a heathen nation for the greater part of his life.

But through the centuries, Ethiopian Christians have claimed that the ark rests in a chapel in the small town of Aksum, in their country's northern highlands. It arrived nearly 3,000 years ago, they say, and has been guarded by a succession of virgin monks who, once anointed, are forbidden to set foot outside the chapel grounds until they die. I very much like the idea of man-made deathworlds. I think that's a brilliant idea that works very well. Of course, it's important to remember that GW has stipulated that recruits from the Astartes have to be aged between 10-16 or thereabouts. As a result, many of the hive gangers and malcontents would be too old. I just mention this because although I believe you're trying to intimate that the inmates have had children and a society has evolved, you might want to specify.

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Litanies of the Lost adventures ( Grim Harvest • Vow of Silence • Dark Bidding • Duty Beyond Death) • Before leaving Addis Ababa for Aksum, I went to the offices of His Holiness Abuna Paulos, patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, which has some 40 million adherents worldwide, to ask about Ethiopia's claim to have the ark of the covenant. Paulos holds a PhD in theology from Princeton University, and before he was installed as patriarch, in 1992, he was a parish priest in Manhattan. Gripping a golden staff, wearing a golden icon depicting the Madonna cradling an infant Jesus, and seated on what looked like a golden throne, he oozed power and patronage. Ethiopia was invaded by the Italian troops during a military campaign that lasted from 1935 to 1936. After Italy declared war on the United Kingdom in 1940, British forces invaded and took Ethiopia in 1941. At the time, Ullendorff was a British army officer who was also a young scholar with extensive knowledge of Ethiopian history and languages, Parfitt told Live Science. According to Parfitt, the army officer then walked over to the place where the ark was said to reside. "What he saw was what you find in any Ethiopian church, which is a model of the Ark of the Covenant," Parfitt said. Apparently, Ullendorff said that "it didn't differ in any way from many arks he had seen in other churches in Ethiopia," Parfitt said. "It wasn't ancient and certainly wasn't the original ark."

Broken Chains • Core Rulebook • Game Master's Kit • Hand of Corruption • Tome of Fate • Tome of Blood • Tome of Excess • Tome of Decay • Binding Contracts In a spiritual sense, devious wolves roam the countryside awaiting their chance to move in and hurt or destroy. As a protection against this danger, the Lord committed into the hands of the mothers in Israel the responsibility of keeping the fires of faith alive and bright in the hearts of their children. These mothers in Israel are the guardians of the covenant. And if they are true to this trust, the covenant that the Lord has made with his people that they will be a chosen people unto him—“a royal priesthood”—will continue in effect from generation to generation. If they fail, the “wolves” will move in, and the blessings of the covenant will be lost. On a more serious note - has anyone got any C&C for the IA article? I would especially value the comments of Ferrata and Commissar Molotov...

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We've had the guardian tradition from the beginning," the high priest told us. "He prays constantly by the ark, day and night, burning incense before it and paying tribute to God. Only he can see it; all others are forbidden to lay eyes on it or even go close to it." Over the centuries, a few Western travelers have claimed to have seen it; their descriptions are of tablets like those described in the Book of Exodus. But the Ethiopians say that is inconceivable—the visitors must have been shown fakes. Dimitri Bielak, Alberto Bontempi, Matt Bradbury, Kevin Childress, Kevin T. Chin, David Griffith, Anton Kokarev, Jason Juta, Jorge Maese, Ameen Naksewee, David Auden Nash, Mark W. Smith, Florian Stitz, Aidan Wilson But in looking at the past through a wide lens, the book papers over problematic practices of the time – the child bride effortlessly warms to her husband 30 years her senior, high-caste and low-caste live together as family, colonial masters and subjects are nothing but friends, the revolutionary regrets his uprising, and independence erases all ills of colonialism (“It’s all Indian now, whatever its origins. The only white faces around belong to scruffy tourists”). Today the Lord is calling his people from every land and clime. Mothers of the birthright tribe again have the privilege of being the guardians of the covenant. This time they must not fail! Congratulations GMB! Remember to relax and take time to actually enjoy the wedding - all too often people are so nervous/stressed etc that they dont actually enjoy the greatest day of their lives! Let your best man, groomsmen, the bride and grooms families etc deal with any problems. I had a breakfast with my attendants the morning of my wedding and said - I dont want to hear about an problems, any concerns, anything - thats your job guys. And the did a fantastic job too!

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Eleventh Hour • Core Rulebook • Game Master's Kit • Final Testament • Hammer of the Emperor • Enemies of the Imperium • No Surrender • Shield of Humanity • Salvaging Solace He wore an olive-colored robe, dark pillbox turban and sandals. He glanced warily at me with deep-set eyes. Through the bars he held out a wooden cross painted yellow, touching my forehead with it in a blessing and pausing as I kissed the top and bottom in the traditional way. The developer is supposed to issue an “assumption of liability” notice when applying for planning permission and pay the CIL once they’ve notified the council that works have commenced. A number of attempts have been made by Ethiopia to get the tabots returned but the museum argues it is forbidden by the British Museum Act of 1963 to restitute objects in its collection. Parfitt said that Ullendorff was concerned after he gave the interview and hoped that Ethiopian authorities did not become aware of the Los Angeles Times article. As far as Parfitt knows, Ullendorff never spoke to a reporter again about what he saw.