What's with the Moon?

(Times and Seasons Series: Post #VI)

Have you ever made observations of the moon for an extended period? how sometimes it's in the night sky and sometimes in the day sky? If its movements are to be for signs and for seasons and for days and for years, as in:

14 ¶ And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years: ...
16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. (JST Old Testament | Genesis 1:14, 16)

then what might we be missing by not paying attention?

From the Ethiopic Book of Enoch [1 Enoch],¹ we read this about the moon:

XLI. 3-9. Astronomical Secrets. ...
5. And I saw the chambers of the sun and moon, whence they proceed and whither they come again, and their glorious return, and how one is superior to the other, and their stately orbit, and how they do not leave their orbit, and they add nothing to their orbit and they take nothing from it, and they keep faith with each other, in accordance with the oath by which they are bound together.
6. And first the sun goes forth and traverses his path according to the commandment of the Lord of Spirits, and mighty is His name for ever and ever.
7. And after that I saw the hidden and the visible path of the moon, and she accomplishes the course of her path in that place by day and by night--the one holding a position opposite to the other before the Lord of Spirits. And they give thanks and praise and rest not; For unto them is their thanksgiving rest.
8. For the sun changes oft for a blessing or a curse, And the course of the path of the moon is light to the righteous And darkness to the sinners in the name of the Lord, Who made a separation between the light and the darkness, And divided the spirits of men,²

CHAPTER LXXII. The Sun.
3. And I saw six portals in which the sun rises, and six portals in which the sun sets and the moon rises and sets in these portals, and the leaders of the stars and those whom they lead: six in the east and six in the west, and all following each other in accurately corresponding order: also many windows to the right and left of these portals.³

32. On that day the night decreases and amounts to nine parts, and the day to nine parts, and the night is equal to the day and the year is exactly as to its days three hundred and sixty-four.⁴

37. As [the sun] rises, so he sets and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night, and his light is sevenfold brighter than that of the moon; but as regards size they are both equal.⁵

CHAPTER LXXIII.
1. And after this law I saw another law dealing with the smaller luminary, which is named the Moon.
2. And her circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and her chariot in which she rides is driven by the wind, and light is given to her in (definite) measure.
3. And her rising and setting change every month: and her days are like the days of the sun, and when her light is uniform (i.e. full) it amounts to the seventh part of the light of the sun.
4. And thus she rises. And her first phase in the east comes forth on the thirtieth morning: and on that day she becomes visible, and constitutes for you the first phase of the moon on the thirtieth day together with the sun in the portal where the sun rises.
5. And the one half of her goes forth by a seventh part, and her whole circumference is empty, without light, with the exception of one-seventh part of it, (and) the fourteenth part of her light.
6. And when she receives one-seventh part of the half of her light, her light amounts to one-seventh part and the half thereof.
7. And she sets with the sun, and when the sun rises the moon rises with him and receives the half of one part of light, and in that night in the beginning of her morning [in the commencement of the lunar day] the moon sets with the sun, and is invisible that night with the fourteen parts and the half of one of them.
8. And she rises on that day with exactly a seventh part, and comes forth and recedes from the rising of the sun, and in her remaining days she becomes bright in the (remaining) thirteen parts.⁶

CHAPTER LXXIV.
1. And I saw another course, a law for her [the Moon], (and) how according to that law she performs her monthly revolution.
2. And all these Uriel, the holy angel who is the leader of them all, showed to me, and their positions, and I wrote down their positions as he showed them to me, and I wrote down their months as they were, and the appearance of their lights till fifteen days were accomplished.
3. In single seventh parts she accomplishes all her light in the east, and in single seventh parts accomplishes all her darkness in the west.
4. And in certain months she alters her settings, and in certain months she pursues her own peculiar course.
5. In two months the moon sets with the sun: in those two middle portals the third and the fourth.
6. She goes forth for seven days, and turns about and returns again through the portal where the sun rises, and accomplishes all her light: and she recedes from the sun, and in eight days enters the sixth portal from which the sun goes forth.
7. And when the sun goes forth from the fourth portal she goes forth seven days, until she goes forth from the fifth and turns back again in seven days into the fourth portal and accomplishes all her light: and she recedes and enters into the first portal in eight days.
8. And she returns again in seven days into the fourth portal from which the sun goes forth.
9. Thus I saw their position--how the moons rose and the sun set in those days.
10. And if five years are added together the sun has an overplus of thirty days, and all the days which accrue to it for one of those five years, when they are full, amount to 364 days.
11. And the overplus of the sun and of the stars amounts to six days: in 5 years 6 days every year come to 30 days: and the moon falls behind the sun and stars to the number of 30 days.
12. And the sun and the stars bring in all the years exactly, so that they do not advance or delay their position by a single day unto eternity; but complete the years with perfect justice in 364 days.
13. In 3 years there are 1092 days, and in 5 years 1820 days, so that in 8 years there are 2912 days.
14. For the moon alone the days amount in 3 years to 1062 days, and in 5 years she falls 50 days behind: [i.e. to the sum (of 1770) there is to be added (1000 and) 62 days.]
15. And in 5 years there are 1770 days, so that for the moon the days in 8 years amount to 2832 days.
16. [For in 8 years she falls behind to the amount of 80 days], all the days she falls behind in 8 years are 80.
17. And the year is accurately completed in conformity with their world-stations and the stations of the sun, which rise from the portals through which it (the sun) rises and sets 30 days.⁷

CHAPTER LXXVIII. The Sun and Moon: the Waxing and Waning of the Moon.
1. And the names of the sun are the following: the first Orjârês, and the second Tômâs.
2. And the moon has four names: the first name is Asônjâ, the second Eblâ, the third Benâsê, and the fourth Erâe.
3. These are the two great luminaries: their circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and the size of the circumference of both is alike.
4. In the circumference of the sun there are seven portions of light which are added to it more than to the moon, and in definite measures it is s transferred till the seventh portion of the sun is exhausted.
5. And they set and enter the portals of the west, and make their revolution by the north, and come forth through the eastern portals on the face of the heaven.
6. And when the moon rises one-fourteenth part appears in the heaven: ⌈ the light becomes full in her ⌉: on the fourteenth day she accomplishes her light.
7. And fifteen parts of light are transferred to her till the fifteenth day (when) her light is accomplished, according to the sign of the year, and she becomes fifteen parts, and the moon grows by (the addition of) fourteenth parts.
8. And in her waning (the moon) decreases on the first day to fourteen parts of her light, on the second to thirteen parts of light, on the third to twelve, on the fourth to eleven, on the fifth to ten, on the sixth to nine, on the seventh to eight, on the eighth to seven, on the ninth to six, on the tenth to five, on the eleventh to four, on the twelfth to three, on the thirteenth to two, on the fourteenth to the half of a seventh, and all her remaining light disappears wholly on the fifteenth.
9. And in certain months the month has twenty-nine days and once twenty-eight.
10. And Uriel showed me another law: when light is transferred to the moon, and on which side it is transferred to her by the sun.
11. During all the period during which the moon is growing in her light, she is transferring it to herself when opposite to the sun during fourteen days [her light is accomplished in the heaven], and when she is illumined throughout, her light is accomplished full in the heaven.
12. And on the first day she is called the new moon, for on that day the light rises upon her.
13. She becomes full moon exactly on the day when the sun sets in the west, and from the east she rises at night, and the moon shines the whole night through till the sun rises over against her and the moon is seen over against the sun.
14. On the side whence the light of the moon comes forth, there again she wanes till all the light vanishes and all the days of the month are at an end, and her circumference is empty, void of light.
15. And three months she makes of thirty days, and at her time she makes three months of twenty-nine days each, in which she accomplishes her waning in the first period of time, and in the first portal for one hundred and seventy-seven days.
16. And in the time of her going out she appears for three months (of) thirty days each, and for three months she appears (of) twenty-nine each.
17. At night she appears like a man for twenty days each time, and by day she appears like the heaven, and there is nothing else in her save her light.⁸

CHAPTER LXXIX.
1. And now, my son, I have shown thee everything, and the law of all the stars of the heaven is completed.
2. And he showed me all the laws of these for every day, and for every season of bearing rule, and for every year, and for its going forth, and for the order prescribed to it every month and every week:
3. And the waning of the moon which takes place in the sixth portal: for in this sixth portal her light is accomplished, and after that there is the beginning of the waning:
4. 〈And the waning〉 which takes place in the first portal in its season, till one hundred and seventy-seven days are accomplished: reckoned according to weeks, twenty-five (weeks) and two days.
5. She falls behind the sun and the order of the stars exactly five days in the course of one period, and when this place which thou seest has been traversed.
6. Such is the picture and sketch of every luminary which Uriel the archangel, who is their leader, showed unto me.⁹

CHAPTER LXXIV
4. And in certain months she [the Moon] alters her settings, and in certain months she pursues her own peculiar course.
5. In two months the moon sets with the sun: in those two middle portals the third and the fourth. ¹⁰

Does the moon really set with the sun in portals three and four? if so, why does she do this? And are those middle portals the ones that relate to months 6 and 7 (with five months on each side of them) and with the Fall Equinox (transition) marking the end of month 6 and the beginning of month 7?

If we observed the moon using 1 Enoch's calendar, what might it tell us about signs and seasons, days and years?

With out Gregorian Calendar, we seem to have lost the precision and beauty of days and months and years as seen in the grid version of 1 Enoch's calendar.¹¹

If indeed, the sun and the moon “keep faith with each other, in accordance with the oath by which they are bound together,”¹² then should we be more observant of their signs and seasons, days and years?

For now, let us also begin observing the moon to see what she does in relation to 1 Enoch's calendar.

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1. Perhaps the best source to explore all the extant Enoch writings and references is the Annotated Edition - The Book of Enoch: Translated from the Ethiopic Text by R. H. Charles, D.Litt., D.D. (Includes the Slavonic Text (2 Enoch); the Hebrew Text (3 Enoch); and Enoch Text Passages from the Writings of Moses and the Book of Jasher) compiled by David R. Hocking, Editor. Available at BeaconLight Books.com ( https://beaconlightbooks.com/the-annotated-book-of-enoch/ ) or other online or walk-in book stores.
Note: The Slavonic Book of Enoch (2 Enoch) gives different timing for the moon: 7 months of 31 days, 4 of 30, and one of 28, totaling 365 days (Hocking, p. 106).

Other Annotated Books by David R. Hocking at https://beaconlightbooks.com/
• The "Gospel Tangents" interview with the Editor, David R. Hocking can be seen at:
   723: Books of Enoch & Jasher (David Hocking 2 of 2) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oGXd3cWvUs&t=4220s
   722: Annotated Book of Mormon (David Hocking 1 of 2) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6osuaogbT0
• See also the Enoch chart posted at Deja Vu - Times II: https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/signs-seasons-days-and-years-part-ii.html
• and the calendar / time series posts:
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/04/gods-prophetic-day-evening-to-evening.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/deciphering-heavens-times-signs-and.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/signs-seasons-days-and-years-part-ii.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/deciphering-night-and-day-or-day-and.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/12/signs-seasons-iv-do-we-need-sundial.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2023/02/pondering-enochs-calendar-v.html
2, Anonymous, Enoch. The Book of Enoch: The Complete Collection (Translation and commentary by R.H. Charles) (Alpha Centauri Religion 9201) (Kindle Locations 1625-1648). Alpha Centauri Publishers. Kindle Edition. (All bold emphasis added.)
3. Ibid., (Kindle Locations 2510-2513)
4. Ibid., (Kindle Locations 2567-2569)
5. Ibid., (Kindle Locations 2577-2578)
6. Ibid., (Kindle Locations 2580-2597)
7. Ibid., (Kindle Locations 2598-2628)
8. Ibid., (Kindle Locations 2702-2737)
9. Ibid., (Kindle Locations 2741-2751)
10. Ibid., (Kindle Locations 2604-2606)
11. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2023/02/pondering-enochs-calendar-v.html
12. See CHAPTER XXL.5 above.

Pondering Enoch's* Calendar?

(Times and Seasons Series: Post #V)

Because we:

▪ are approaching the vernal equinox of Gregorian year 2023 A.D¹;
▪ are nearing the season that God appointed for the beginning of a new year² for the children of Israel as they left their bondage in Egypt;
▪ are mostly unfamiliar with the 364-day calendar year that 1 Enoch detailed³;
▪ are perhaps out of sync with God's specifically marked and detailed Feasts⁴;
▪ are perhaps naïve about the adversary's purposes in corrupting times and dates; and
▪ are probably needing to pay more attention to the lights God placed in the heavens “for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and for years”⁵;

I decided to post this pdf grid of what the Enoch solar year might look like according to my reading of 1 Enoch.⁶ Undoubtedly others have done something similar, though I haven't yet seen one starting on Sunday (Day One of creation). However, last December, I came across a Zadok calendar using a similar grid, but it  begins each year on a Wednesday (Day Four of the 7-day week) according to their beliefs.⁷

Notice the beauty of the perfect blocking of  52 weeks; the pleasing repetition of 4 sections of 3 months each, marked off by the four transitioning seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. According to Enoch's calendar, we are approaching day one of a new year following Day 31 of the last winter (12th) month.  On the 31st day of each 91 day course, a seasonal transition occurs. If the vernal equinox is calculated correctly (equal light and dark), will it fall on the transition day (31st) of Month XII to bring on Day One of Month I? Will a new (crescent) moon play any role as a second witness to a new beginning of the year? Do we mistake looking for the new moon to start each new month? or is it a simple count of 30, 30, then 31 days before the next seasonal transition with the moon playing some part (or not) that we don't yet understand? If we don't observe, how will we know? Do the four directions and the four seasons have any symbolism in the four faces described in Ezekiel chapters1 and 10?

There is much yet to explore, investigate, discern, and reconcile, not just in the Enoch versions, but with our 365 ¼ day year. But let us consider this: If we have a God who sometimes micromanages things, such as:

▪ the timing and conduct of Feast Festivals (ibid., footnote 4);
▪ the detailed construction, décor, clothing, and service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation⁸;
▪ the use of mechanized wheels within wheels? (cogs?)⁹;
▪ the Kirtland buildings: dimensions and patterns¹⁰;
▪ 1841 Joint Stock Company¹¹;
▪ frequent reference to a required pattern for things¹²;

then, could there be some unseen order or pattern in a 364-day solar year mixed with a 354-day lunar year that we have lost? How does it all jive with our 365 ¼ day Gregorian year? Do the sun, moon, and stars serve the Law of Witnesses¹³ so that if we knew the true pattern, we could reset Gregorian time and date to God's time and date? I have read some of John Pratt's thoughts¹⁴ on these matters, but have not yet settled on a pattern that reconciles the precision that seems to characterize the works of God. 

In the meantime, let's all be more observant, and understand, as usual, that the efforts to uncover buried or corrupted truth seem unending.

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* Perhaps the best source to explore all the extant Enoch writings and references is the Annotated Edition - The Book of Enoch: Translated from the Ethiopic Text by R. H. Charles, D.Litt., D.D. (Includes the Slavonic Text (2 Enoch); the Hebrew Text (3 Enoch); and Enoch Text Passages from the Writings of Moses and the Book of Jasher) compiled by David R. Hocking, Editor. Available at BeaconLight Books.com ( https://beaconlightbooks.com/the-annotated-book-of-enoch/ ) or other online or walk-in book stores. Other Annotated Books at https://beaconlightbooks.com/
• The "Gospel Tangents" interview with the Editor, David R. Hocking can be seen at:
   723: Books of Enoch & Jasher (David Hocking 2 of 2) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oGXd3cWvUs&t=4220s
   722: Annotated Book of Mormon (David Hocking 1 of 2) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6osuaogbT0
• See also the Enoch chart posted at Deja Vu - Times II on https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/signs-seasons-days-and-years-part-ii.html
• and the calendar / time series posts:
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/04/gods-prophetic-day-evening-to-evening.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/deciphering-heavens-times-signs-and.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/signs-seasons-days-and-years-part-ii.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/09/deciphering-night-and-day-or-day-and.html
https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/12/signs-seasons-iv-do-we-need-sundial.html

1. https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=2023&country=22&wno=1
2. Old Testament | Exodus 12:1-2
   1 AND the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
   2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
Old Testament | Exodus 13:3-4
   3 ¶ And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
   4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.
Old Testament | Exodus 34:18
   18 ¶ The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
Old Testament | Deuteronomy 16:1
   1 OBSERVE the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
3. See footnote 6.
4. Old Testament | Leviticus 23:2 (Plus entire chapter)
   2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.
(Feasts named here and elsewhere: Passover, Unleavened Bread; Firstfruits; Weeks / Pentecost; Trumpets; Booths / Tabernacles; Dedication; Purim)
5. JST Old Testament | Genesis 1:14, 16
   16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
I acknowledge that 2 Enoch specifies a 365 ¼ day year, but 2 Enoch does not contain the detail of 1 Enoch.
6. Here are the relevant Enoch verses as to the sun. The moon verses will be posted on February 23.
CHAPTER LXXII. The Sun.
   1. The book of the courses of the luminaries of the heaven, the relations of each, according to their classes, their dominion and their seasons, according to their names and places of origin, and according to their months, which Uriel, the holy angel, who was with me, who is their guide, showed me; and he showed me all their laws exactly as they are, and how it is with regard to all the years of the world and unto eternity, till the new creation is accomplished which dureth till eternity.
   2. And this is the first law of the luminaries: the luminary the Sun has its rising in the eastern portals of the heaven, and its setting in the western portals of the heaven.
   3. And I saw six portals in which the sun rises, and six portals in which the sun sets and the moon rises and sets in these portals, and the leaders of the stars and those whom they lead: six in the east and six in the west, and all following each other in accurately corresponding order: also many windows to the right and left of these portals.
   4. And first there goes forth the great luminary, named the Sun, and his circumference is like the circumference of the heaven, and he is quite filled with illuminating and heating fire.
   5. The chariot on which he ascends, the wind drives, and the sun goes down from the heaven and returns through the north in order to reach the east, and is so guided that he comes to the appropriate (lit. 'that') portal and shines in the face of the heaven.
   6. In this way he rises in the first month in the great portal, which is the fourth ⌈ those six portals in the cast ⌉.
   7. And in that fourth portal from which the sun rises in the first month are twelve window-openings, from which proceed a flame when they are opened in their season.
   8. When the sun rises in the heaven, he comes forth through that fourth portal thirty mornings in succession, and sets accurately in the fourth portal in the west of the heaven.
   9. And during this period the day becomes daily longer and the night nightly shorter to the thirtieth morning.
   10. On that day the day is longer than the night by a ninth part, and the day amounts exactly to ten parts and the night to eight parts.
   11. And the sun rises from that fourth portal, and sets in the fourth and returns to the fifth portal of the east thirty mornings, and rises from it and sets in the fifth portal.
   12. And then the day becomes longer by †two† parts and amounts to eleven parts, and the night becomes shorter and amounts to seven parts.
   13. And it returns to the east and enters into the sixth portal, and rises and sets in the sixth portal one-and-thirty mornings on account of its sign.
   14. On that day the day becomes longer than the night, and the day becomes double the night, and the day becomes twelve parts, and the night is shortened and becomes six parts.
   15. And the sun mounts up to make the day shorter and the night longer, and the sun returns to the east and enters into the sixth portal, and rises from it and sets thirty mornings.
   16. And when thirty mornings are accomplished, the day decreases by exactly one part, and becomes eleven parts, and the night seven.
   17. And the sun goes forth from that sixth portal in the west, and goes to the east and rises in the fifth portal for thirty mornings, and sets in the west again in the fifth western portal.
   18. On that day the day decreases by †two† parts, and amounts to ten parts and the night to eight parts.
   19. And the sun goes forth from that fifth portal and sets in the fifth portal of the west, and rises in the fourth portal for one-and-thirty mornings on account of its sign, and sets in the west.
   20. On that day the day is equalized with the night, [and becomes of equal length], and the night amounts to nine parts and the day to nine parts.
   21. And the sun rises from that portal and sets in the west, and returns to the east and rises thirty mornings in the third portal and sets in the west in the third portal.
   22. And on that day the night becomes longer than the day, and night becomes longer than night, and day shorter than day till the thirtieth morning, and the night amounts exactly to ten parts and the day to eight parts.
   23. And the sun rises from that third portal and sets in the third portal in the west and returns to the east, and for thirty mornings rises in the second portal in the east, and in like manner sets in the second portal in the west of the heaven.
   24. And on that day the night amounts to eleven parts and the day to seven parts.
   25. And the sun rises on that day from that second portal and sets in the west in the second portal, and returns to the east into the first portal for one-and-thirty mornings, and sets in the first portal in the west of the heaven.
   26. And on that day the night becomes longer and amounts to the double of the day: and the night amounts exactly to twelve parts and the day to six.
   27. And the sun has (therewith) traversed the divisions of his orbit and turns again on those divisions of his orbit, and enters that portal thirty mornings and sets also in the west opposite to it.
   28. And on that night has the night decreased in length by a †ninth† part, and the night has become eleven parts and the day seven parts.
   29. And the sun has returned and entered into the second portal in the east, and returns on those his divisions of his orbit for thirty mornings, rising and setting.
   30. And on that day the night decreases in length, and the night amounts to ten parts and the day to eight.
   31. And on that day the sun rises from that portal, and sets in the west, and returns to the east, and rises in the third portal for one-and-thirty mornings, and sets in the west of the heaven.
   32. On that day the night decreases and amounts to nine parts, and the day to nine parts, and the night is equal to the day and the year is exactly as to its days three hundred and sixty-four.
   33. And the length of the day and of the night, and the shortness of the day and of the night arise--through the course of the sun these distinctions are made (lit. 'they are separated').
   34. So it comes that its course becomes daily longer, and its course nightly shorter.
   35. And this is the law and the course of the sun, and his return as often as he returns sixty times and rises, i.e. the great luminary which is named the sun, for ever and ever.
   36. And that which (thus) rises is the great luminary, and is so named according to its appearance, according as the Lord commanded.
   37. As he rises, so he sets and decreases not, and rests not, but runs day and night, and his light is sevenfold brighter than that of the moon; but as regards size they are both equal.
Anonymous, Enoch. The Book of Enoch: The Complete Collection (Translation and commentary by R.H. Charles) (Alpha Centauri Religion 9201) (Kindle Locations 2503-2578). Alpha Centauri Publishers. Kindle Edition.
7. https://www.returningtothegarden.com/
I think some of the reasoning behind Day 4 is to avoid some overlapping of Festivals with Sabbaths, and to reconcile beliefs about crucifixion and resurrection dates. And who knows, perhaps they are right.
8. Old Testament | Exodus 25:8-9
   8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
   9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.
Read also multiple detailed instructions thereafter: Exodus chapters 26-30+
Old Testament | Exodus 25:40
   40 And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
Old Testament | Numbers 8:4
   4 And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
9. Old Testament | Ezekiel, chapters 1 & 10
10. Doctrine and Covenants | Section 94
11. Doctrine and Covenants | Section 124:62-82; 111-123
12. Old Testament | 1 Chronicles 28:10, 12-19
   10 ¶ Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, ...
   12 And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:
   13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD.
   14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:
   15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.
   16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
   17 Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:
   18 And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
   19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
New Testament | Hebrews 8:5
   5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 97:10
   10 Verily I say unto you, that it is my will that a house should be built unto me in the land of Zion, like unto the pattern which I have given you.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 102:12
   12 Whenever a high council of the church of Christ is regularly organized, according to the foregoing pattern, it shall be the duty of the twelve councilors to cast lots by numbers, and thereby ascertain who of the twelve shall speak first, commencing with number one and so in succession to number twelve.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 115:14-16
   14 But let a house be built unto my name according to the pattern which I will show unto them.
   15 And if my people build it not according to the pattern which I shall show unto their presidency, I will not accept it at their hands.
   16 But if my people do build it according to the pattern which I shall show unto their presidency, even my servant Joseph and his counselors, then I will accept it at the hands of my people.
Pearl of Great Price | Moses 6:46
   46 For a book of remembrance we have written among us, according to the pattern given by the finger of God; and it is given in our own language.
13. New Testament | 2 Corinthians 13:1
   1 ... In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
Doctrine and Covenants | Section 6:28; (see also 128:3)
   28 And now, behold, I give unto you, and also unto my servant Joseph, the keys of this gift, which shall bring to light this ministry; and in the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
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The Yoke of Bondage*

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If there is one word in scripture that best describes the déjà vus of history, it might be the word bondage.¹ Bondage appears 169 times (also, captivity 188 times) in the Quad² to describe the recycling condition of the peoples in those books. It was the condition that necessitated Exodus upon exodus³; conflict on conflict, war on war. It is the condition (whether physical, mental, or spiritual) that oppresses millions billions in our present world. Bondage is the (imagined) final solution to the chaos, disorder, and “evil”⁴ that the Utopians of our technocratic world hate. Bondage is the end-game of the WEF,⁵ the WHO,⁶ their hidden masters, and their power competitors. And how do we know this about the WEF and the WHO, et al.? Simple: we go by their publications (web and print)⁷ and their actions sifted through history; especially 20th Century history — the yet-living history we were never going to repeat or forget.⁸

We have already seen the unfolding bondage of many in the so-called freedom-loving western nations; how the ignored subtext of the CV campaign “keeping-us-safe”⁹ is bondage — a bondage that is demonic in origin. It is the day- and nightmare that always follows unchecked, unrepentant corruption, pride,¹⁰ and iniquity. Every discerning human is witnessing in real time how the powers and their (witting and unwitting) minions in North America have become exporters and advocates of unchecked corruption, pride, inversion, and iniquity, linking into a global intention because bondage has always been the intent of evil and its advocates.

The Utopians are already inside the open gates¹¹ and (like the PWOCs¹² and traitors that they are) are inviting (and provoking) the “Assyrians and Babylonians” to bring greater destruction and death in the cause of order-out-of-chaos. Remember: “Never let a crisis go to waste”¹³? And if we don't have a useful crisis, the powers invent or create one (disease, famine, shortage, unemployment, climate woes, conflict, war, etc., etc.); all in pursuit of a global bondage scenario. And what else should we expect when so many are saying: “We trust you: WEF and WHO and PHO and Pharma and Silicon Valley”?

And what is bondage if not being compelled to bend to official narratives (whether CV, climate, allowed speech, allowed opinion, etc., etc.), or else:

• lose your employment,
• lose freedom of association
• lose travel and mobility rights
• lose your bank and bank account 
• lose your license to practice your profession
• lose your social media platform
• lose home and family ties
• be denied medical treatment
• be cut from your team or benched
• be smeared and targeted
• lose custody of children
• go into lockdown, quarantine, or jail
• lose your life
• and on and on,

In the once-free West, many are daily experiencing the above losses, yet so many are not paying attention or are in bondage to fear and lying wonders. Our world has fallen under the spirit of bondage — the spirit of domination.¹⁴ If we go by prophecy, it's going to get suddenly worse in another repeat of this:

21 And except they repent and turn to the Lord their God, behold, I will deliver them into the hands of their enemies; yea, and they shall be brought into bondage; and they shall be afflicted by the hand of their enemies.
22 And it shall come to pass that they shall know that I am the Lord their God, and am a jealous God, visiting the iniquities of my people.
23 And it shall come to pass that except this people repent and turn unto the Lord their God, they shall be brought into bondage; and none shall deliver them, except it be the Lord the Almighty God. (Book of Mormon | Mosiah 11:21-23)

and this: 

47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young (Old Testament | Deuteronomy 28:47-50).

We are broadcasting our iniquity and guilt every day — 24/7 worldwide — in graphic color and recorded sound. So if the angels thought 1832 was a bad year, what must they think of 2023?

5 Behold, verily I say unto you, the angels are crying unto the Lord day and night, who are ready and waiting to be sent forth to reap down the fields (Doctrine and Covenants | Section 86:5).

If only we sinners could see and hear and believe:

28 ¶ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light (New Testament | Matthew 11:28-30).

15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father (New Testament | Romans 8:15).

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* Bondage: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bondage
   1: the tenure or service of a villein, a serf, or an enslaved person
   2: a state of being bound usually by compulsion (as of law or mastery): such as
       a: CAPTIVITY, SERFDOM
       b: servitude or subjugation to a controlling person or force
           young people in bondage to drugs
See also: When We Become Property at https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2021/02/when-we-become-property.html

1. Sample of Examples:
Also, review other stories in history and consider the recycling sequence: falling into bondage; suffering in bondage; escaping from bondage. Also search the word yoke.
Old Testament | Exodus 2:23
   23 ¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Old Testament | Exodus 6:5-6
   5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
   6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
Old Testament | Nehemiah 5:5
   5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Old Testament | Isaiah 14:3
   3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
New Testament | John 8:32-34
   32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
   33 ¶ They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
   34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
New Testament | Romans 8:21
   21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 

New Testament | Galatians 2:4
   4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
New Testament | Galatians 4:3, 9
   3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: ...
   9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
New Testament | Galatians 5:1
   1 STAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
New Testament | Hebrews 2:14-15
   14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

   15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Book of Mormon | 1 Nephi 17:24-25
   24 Yea, do ye suppose that they would have been led out of bondage, if the Lord had not commanded Moses that he should lead them out of bondage?
   25 Now ye know that the children of Israel were in bondage; and ye know that they were laden with tasks, which were grievous to be borne; wherefore, ye know that it must needs be a good thing for them, that they should be brought out of bondage.
Book of Mormon | Mosiah 7:15
   15 For behold, we are in bondage to the Lamanites, and are taxed with a tax which is grievous to be borne. And now, behold, our brethren will deliver us out of our bondage, or out of the hands of the Lamanites, and we will be their slaves; for it is better that we be slaves to the Nephites than to pay tribute to the king of the Lamanites.
Book of Mormon | Mosiah 7:20
   20 And again, that same God has brought our fathers out of the land of Jerusalem, and has kept and preserved his people even until now; and behold, it is because of our iniquities and abominations that he has brought us into bondage.
Book of Mormon | Mosiah 7:20-22
   20 And again, that same God has brought our fathers out of the land of Jerusalem, and has kept and preserved his people even until now; and behold, it is because of our iniquities and abominations that he has brought us into bondage.
   21 And ye all are witnesses this day, that Zeniff, who was made king over this people, he being over–zealous to inherit the land of his fathers, therefore being deceived by the cunning and craftiness of king Laman, who having entered into a treaty with king Zeniff, and having yielded up into his hands the possessions of a part of the land, or even the city of Lehi-Nephi, and the city of Shilom; and the land round about—
   22 And all this he did, for the sole purpose of bringing this people into subjection or into bondage. And behold, we at this time do pay tribute to the king of the Lamanites, to the amount of one half of our corn, and our barley, and even all our grain of every kind, and one half of the increase of our flocks and our herds; and even one half of all we have or possess the king of the Lamanites doth exact of us, or our lives.
Book of Mormon | Mosiah 7:33
   33 But if ye will turn to the Lord with full purpose of heart, and put your trust in him, and serve him with all diligence of mind, if ye do this, he will, according to his own will and pleasure, deliver you out of bondage.
Book of Mormon | Mosiah 9:10-12
   10 Now it was the cunning and the craftiness of king Laman, to bring my people into bondage, that he yielded up the land that we might possess it.
   11 Therefore it came to pass, that after we had dwelt in the land for the space of twelve years that king Laman began to grow uneasy, lest by any means my people should wax strong in the land, and that they could not overpower them and bring them into bondage.
   12 Now they were a lazy and an idolatrous people; therefore they were desirous to bring us into bondage, that they might glut themselves with the labors of our hands; yea, that they might feast themselves upon the flocks of our fields.
Book of Mormon | Mosiah 12:2
   2 Yea, wo be unto this generation! And the Lord said unto me: Stretch forth thy hand and prophesy, saying: Thus saith the Lord, it shall come to pass that this generation, because of their iniquities, shall be brought into bondage, and shall be smitten on the cheek; yea, and shall be driven by men, and shall be slain; and the vultures of the air, and the dogs, yea, and the wild beasts, shall devour their flesh.
Book of Mormon | Mosiah 12:14-15
   14 And now, O king, behold, we are guiltless, and thou, O king, hast not sinned; therefore, this man has lied concerning you, and he has prophesied in vain.
   15 And behold, we are strong, we shall not come into bondage, or be taken captive by our enemies; yea, and thou hast prospered in the land, and thou shalt also prosper.
Book of Mormon | Mosiah 21:36
   36 And now all the study of Ammon and his people, and king Limhi and his people, was to deliver themselves out of the hands of the Lamanites and from bondage.
Book of Mormon | Mosiah 22:1-4
   1 AND now it came to pass that Ammon and king Limhi began to consult with the people how they should deliver themselves out of bondage; and even they did cause that all the people should gather themselves together; and this they did that they might have the voice of the people concerning the matter.
   2 And it came to pass that they could find no way to deliver themselves out of bondage, except it were to take their women and children, and their flocks, and their herds, and their tents, and depart into the wilderness; for the Lamanites being so numerous, it was impossible for the people of Limhi to contend with them, thinking to deliver themselves out of bondage by the sword.
   3 Now it came to pass that Gideon went forth and stood before the king, and said unto him: Now O king, thou hast hitherto hearkened unto my words many times when we have been contending with our brethren, the Lamanites.
   4 And now O king, if thou hast not found me to be an unprofitable servant, or if thou hast hitherto listened to my words in any degree, and they have been of service to thee, even so I desire that thou wouldst listen to my words at this time, and I will be thy servant and deliver this people out of bondage.
Book of Mormon | Mosiah 22:1-4
   1 AND now it came to pass that Ammon and king Limhi began to consult with the people how they should deliver themselves out of bondage; and even they did cause that all the people should gather themselves together; and this they did that they might have the voice of the people concerning the matter.
   2 And it came to pass that they could find no way to deliver themselves out of bondage, except it were to take their women and children, and their flocks, and their herds, and their tents, and depart into the wilderness; for the Lamanites being so numerous, it was impossible for the people of Limhi to contend with them, thinking to deliver themselves out of bondage by the sword.
   3 Now it came to pass that Gideon went forth and stood before the king, and said unto him: Now O king, thou hast hitherto hearkened unto my words many times when we have been contending with our brethren, the Lamanites.
   4 And now O king, if thou hast not found me to be an unprofitable servant, or if thou hast hitherto listened to my words in any degree, and they have been of service to thee, even so I desire that thou wouldst listen to my words at this time, and I will be thy servant and deliver this people out of bondage.
Book of Mormon | Mosiah 23:23
   23 For behold, I will show unto you that they were brought into bondage, and none could deliver them but the Lord their God, yea, even the God of Abraham and Isaac and of Jacob.
Book of Mormon | Mosiah 24:13-21
   13 And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came to them in their afflictions, saying: Lift up your heads and be of good comfort, for I know of the covenant which ye have made unto me; and I will covenant with my people and deliver them out of bondage.
   14 And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions.
   15 And now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon Alma and his brethren were made light; yea, the Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord.
   16 And it came to pass that so great was their faith and their patience that the voice of the Lord came unto them again, saying: Be of good comfort, for on the morrow I will deliver you out of bondage.
   17 And he said unto Alma: Thou shalt go before this people, and I will go with thee and deliver this people out of bondage.
   18 Now it came to pass that Alma and his people in the night–time gathered their flocks together, and also of their grain; yea, even all the night–time were they gathering the flocks together.
   19 And in the morning the Lord caused a deep sleep to come upon the Lamanites, yea, and all their task–masters were in a profound sleep.
   20 And Alma and his people departed into the wilderness; and when they had traveled all day they pitched their tents in a valley, and they called the valley Alma, because he led their way in the wilderness.
   21 Yea, and in the valley of Alma they poured out their thanks to God because he had been merciful unto them, and eased their burdens, and had delivered them out of bondage; for they were in bondage, and none could deliver them except it were the Lord their God.
Book of Mormon | Mosiah 25:16
   16 And he did exhort the people of Limhi and his brethren, all those that had been delivered out of bondage, that they should remember that it was the Lord that did deliver them.
Book of Mormon | Mosiah 27:15-17
   15 And now behold, can ye dispute the power of God? For behold, doth not my voice shake the earth? And can ye not also behold me before you? And I am sent from God.
   16 Now I say unto thee: Go, and remember the captivity of thy fathers in the land of Helam, and in the land of Nephi; and remember how great things he has done for them; for they were in bondage, and he has delivered them. And now I say unto thee, Alma, go thy way, and seek to destroy the church no more, that their prayers may be answered, and this even if thou wilt of thyself be cast off.
   17 And now it came to pass that these were the last words which the angel spake unto Alma, and he departed.
Book of Mormon | Mosiah 29:18-20
   18 Yea, remember king Noah, his wickedness and his abominations, and also the wickedness and abominations of his people. Behold what great destruction did come upon them; and also because of their iniquities they were brought into bondage.
   19 And were it not for the interposition of their all–wise Creator, and this because of their sincere repentance, they must unavoidably remain in bondage until now.
   20 But behold, he did deliver them because they did humble themselves before him; and because they cried mightily unto him he did deliver them out of bondage; and thus doth the Lord work with his power in all cases among the children of men, extending the arm of mercy towards them that put their trust in him.
Book of Mormon | Mosiah 29:40
   40 And they did wax strong in love towards Mosiah; yea, they did esteem him more than any other man; for they did not look upon him as a tyrant who was seeking for gain, yea, for that lucre which doth corrupt the soul; for he had not exacted riches of them, neither had he delighted in the shedding of blood; but he had established peace in the land, and he had granted unto his people that they should be delivered from all manner of bondage; therefore they did esteem him, yea, exceedingly, beyond measure.
Book of Mormon | Alma 5:5-6
   5 And behold, after that, they were brought into bondage by the hands of the Lamanites in the wilderness; yea, I say unto you, they were in captivity, and again the Lord did deliver them out of bondage by the power of his word; and we were brought into this land, and here we began to establish the church of God throughout this land also.
   6 And now behold, I say unto you, my brethren, you that belong to this church, have you sufficiently retained in remembrance the captivity of your fathers? Yea, and have you sufficiently retained in remembrance his mercy and long-suffering towards them? And moreover, have ye sufficiently retained in remembrance that he has delivered their souls from hell?
Book of Mormon | Alma 9:22
   22 Yea, and after having been delivered of God out of the land of Jerusalem, by the hand of the Lord; having been saved from famine, and from sickness, and all manner of diseases of every kind; and they having waxed strong in battle, that they might not be destroyed; having been brought out of bondage time after time, and having been kept and preserved until now; and they have been prospered until they are rich in all manner of things—
Book of Mormon | Alma 29:11-12
   11 Yea, and I also remember the captivity of my fathers; for I surely do know that the Lord did deliver them out of bondage, and by this did establish his church; yea, the Lord God, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, did deliver them out of bondage.
   12 Yea, I have always remembered the captivity of my fathers; and that same God who delivered them out of the hands of the Egyptians did deliver them out of bondage.
Book of Mormon | Alma 36:2
   2 I would that ye should do as I have done, in remembering the captivity of our fathers; for they were in bondage, and none could deliver them except it was the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and he surely did deliver them in their afflictions.
Book of Mormon | Alma 36:28-29
   28 And I know that he will raise me up at the last day, to dwell with him in glory; yea, and I will praise him forever, for he has brought our fathers out of Egypt, and he has swallowed up the Egyptians in the Red Sea; and he led them by his power into the promised land; yea, and he has delivered them out of bondage and captivity from time to time.
   29 Yea, and he has also brought our fathers out of the land of Jerusalem; and he has also, by his everlasting power, delivered them out of bondage and captivity, from time to time even down to the present day; and I have always retained in remembrance their captivity; yea, and ye also ought to retain in remembrance, as I have done, their captivity.
Book of Mormon | Alma 43:8
   8 For behold, his designs were to stir up the Lamanites to anger against the Nephites; this he did that he might usurp great power over them, and also that he might gain power over the Nephites by bringing them into bondage.
Book of Mormon | Alma 43:29
   29 And now, as Moroni knew the intention of the Lamanites, that it was their intention to destroy their brethren, or to subject them and bring them into bondage that they might establish a kingdom unto themselves over all the land;
Book of Mormon | Alma 43:48-49
   48 And it came to pass that when the men of Moroni saw the fierceness and the anger of the Lamanites, they were about to shrink and flee from them. And Moroni, perceiving their intent, sent forth and inspired their hearts with these thoughts—yea, the thoughts of their lands, their liberty, yea, their freedom from bondage.
   49 And it came to pass that they turned upon the Lamanites, and they cried with one voice unto the Lord their God, for their liberty and their freedom from bondage.
2. Quad: being the scriptures of the People of the Books: 1) Bible (Old and New); 2) the Book of Mormon; 3) The Doctrine and Covenants; and 4) the Pearl of Great Price.
3. Exodus: https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2022/12/patterns-of-exodus-preparing-for-exodus.html
4. "Evil" is everything that irritates or frustrates the devil and his agenda of captivity, bondage, death, destruction.
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Economic_Forum
(though more accurately, the intent of their masters behind the scenes)
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Health_Organization
(though more accurately, the intent of their masters behind the scenes)
7. https://www.weforum.org/
https://www.who.int/
8. https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2023/02/our-human-duty.html
9. https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2023/01/cult-of-safety-inverted-quarantine.html
10. https://dejavu-timestwo.blogspot.com/2019/08/are-we-repeating-history-without-memory.html
11. https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2021/01/utopians-at-open-gates.html
12. PWOC: People Without Conscience
13. Rahm Emanuel?:
https://freakonomics.com/2009/08/quotes-uncovered-who-said-no-crisis-should-go-to-waste/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/25/lets-make-sure-this-crisis-doesnt-go-waste/
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill (see under "Disputed" at bottom of Wikiquote article)
14. https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2023/01/plague-of-tyrants.html

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