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Bysecularstandards Herod the Great is one of the greatest kings Ju- dea ever had. He pro- duced public works from aqueducts to arenas, kept most people working, and had enough foreign pol- icy savvy to keep Roman occupiers at arms' length. Of course prophets reject Herod as an enemy of God because he kills any who cross him and puts him- self in the place of God for all practical pur- poses. Jesus tells his disciples to re- ject the influence of both Herod and the Pharisees in Mark 8:14-21. He rejects these influences be- cause they are idol- atry, which is noth- ing but the eleva- tion of our creations onto a throne reserved for the real Creator. The Pharisees — dom- inant religious author- ities — were no better. Their idolatry was to ele- vate their law, inspired by Ten Commandments but bloated to nearly seven hundred commandments of their own invention, to obsessively cross every T and dot every I they could imagine. When Jesus heals on the Sabbath — in fulfill- ment of God's Old Testa- ment admonition to show mercy at all times — the Pharisees demand an ac- counting. He violates their law — which they worship — mistaking it for the God they reject. In the Garden of Eden the first people disobey God by eating forbidden fruit despite His admoni- tion to leave it alone. But their sin is to place their will to know and under- stand on the throne of the One who already does. Idolatry goes back a long way and it keeps on re- turning to the prominence it demands for itself in California. During California's Gold Rush we placed our will to strike it rich ahead of God's commands to love one another, treat one an- other honestly, and stew- ard the environment of the most wonderful place on the planet. We slaugh- tered Native inhabitants — and any Euros we consid- ered to be rivals — while we stole claims and goods from one another and raped the en- vironment to get at the gold. We en- slaved Natives, Blacks and Asians even after Cali- fornia was admit- ted to the Union as a free state be- cause we decided our legal rights (the 13th Amendment had not yet become law in 1850) trumped God's word that His Son sets all free. To- day the state government — through taxpayers — funds thirty thousand an- nual abortions; we place our love of self-determi- nation in all things above the overwhelming witness of science that every preg- nancy is against all odds. California leads the nation in abortion and suicide disproportionately to our share of the population; this is the fruit of militant self-determination. That's right — abortion AND sui- cide. Today we adopt laws denying young people seeking to escape same sex attractions the right to counseling and — in the same spirit — adults the right to work if advo- cates of small fish or op- ponents of fossil fuels are offended. We mandate the end of privacy for school- aged young people in mis- guided efforts to help the gender dysphoric feel bet- ter about themselves de- spite the fact these mea- sures help none. And we preside over an economy so dysfunctional through over-regulation that five of the ten most difficult US cities for young people seeking work are in Cali- fornia. This is the fruit of idolizing the human will to make things and peo- ple better. This is sin of which we in the Rain and Reign Coalition repent on behalf of ourselves and the state we love. But what do we need to do; what is the practical out- flow of repentance after prayer? That outflow should re- focus our attention on God Himself and His vision for our state — any state — as a place that maximizes opportunity for all and places a premium on per- mitting each of its citizens to "work out your own sal- vation in fear and trem- bling," as Paul writes in Philippians. The outflow of that is to stop honor- ing the expressions of our idolatries from the Gold Rush to politically cor- rect thought and from the slaughter of the unborn to the excesses of the envi- ronmentalist movement. Our laws should reflect stewardship of the human and physical environment without the manipulation of it. Thus ends the influ- ence of Herod. Those churches and leaders who absent them- selves from public affairs because their concern is otherworldly need to get a clue: this is the influence of the Pharisees — don't look and don't touch be- cause you might make a mistake. Jesus calls us to walk on water; Peter is re- penting when he begins to sink and calls on His Lord to save him. What is required of us is both difficult and risky. But it is not complex and it is our participation in the Kingdom of God in Cali- fornia if we choose to be- lieve. JamesA.Wilsonistheau- thor of Living As Ambas- sadors of Relationships and The Holy Spirit and the End Times — available at local bookstores or by e- mailing him at praynorth- state@charter.net. GODTALK James Wilson : That idolatry thing — enough is enough Jim Wilson By Fernando Peinado Associated Press MIAMI Elias Barrocas grew up thinking of Spain as a beloved ancestral home, but one that pain- fully rejected his Jewish family five centuries ago. Now, he is waiting ex- pectantly for a long over- due homecoming. The Spanish government presented a bill last month that would grant citizen- ship to Jews forced into ex- ile from Spain by the In- quisition in 1492. The plan, expected to pass easily in Parliament, aims to right a past wrong and honor the loyalty of communities that "do not hold a grudge" against a country that for- got them, according to the bill. For Barrocas and many other American Jews of Spanish descent the emo- tional link with the Spain of their forefathers was never broken. His parents first taught him Ladino, a language spoken by the expelled Jew- ish communities that was derived from Old Spanish. He sang Ladino songs, ob- served traditions passed on for generations and heard stories of a people that ei- ther faced expulsion, con- version to Catholicism or death at the stake during the Inquisition. Barrocas, 63, only vis- ited Spain once — in 1982 — but a Spanish passport would make official what he has always felt. "I love Spain because my roots are there," said the Miami res- ident, who is a U.S. citizen. Worldwide, there are an estimated 3 million Jews of Spanish origin. They are known as Sephardic Jews, for the Hebrew word for Spain, though some Sep- hardic Jews' ancestors her- ald from other nearby coun- tries or North Africa. The Spanish government ex- pects most of the new ap- plications to come from Is- rael, where crowds have lined up outside the Span- ish Embassy and consul- ate to request more infor- mation, or from Turkey and Venezuela, home to large Sephardic communities. Many Sephardic Jews in Miami and New York have directed queries to organi- zations like the American Jewish Committee, which the Spanish government consulted during the draft- ing of the bill. "There is a lot of interest," said Dina Siegel Vann, director of the com- mittee's Latino and Latin American Institute. For many Sephardic Jews in the United States, the draw of Spanish citizen- ship is mainly symbolic, though it would give them access to residency and jobs across the European Union, she said. Sara Slomianski, a 49- year old housewife of Mex- ican origin who lives in Miami, said she is content with her U.S. citizenship, but her sister in Mexico is considering applying so she could move to Europe in search of a better life. Most of the United States' roughly 5.5 million Jews are of Central and East- ern European heritage, but as many as 300,000 have Sephardic roots. Many de- scended from Jews who fled from Spain to North Africa, the Middle East or other European countries and centuries later moved to the New World. Over the centuries, Sep- hardic Jews scattered in communities around the world have preserved their distinct language, prayers, songs and traditions. In congregations such as Temple Moses, in Miami Beach, members pray and sing in Ladino. Abraham Lavender, a Florida International Uni- versity professor of soci- ology and Judaic studies, said the emotional attach- ment many Sephardic Jews have with Spain has defied the passing of time. "It's almost like a linger- ing love that hasn't been fulfilled," he said. According to Spain's bill, to be eligible for dual citi- zenship, applicants will also have to take a Spanish cul- ture test and have their an- cient ties to the nation vet- ted by experts. The Spanish government is expecting a massive response, accord- ing to reports in the Span- ish news media. Jonatas Da Silva, 33, a Brazilian artist who mi- grated to the United States 20 years ago and is in the process of obtaining U.S. citizenship, says he has no plans to move to Spain but will apply for Spanish cit- izenship because it has a sentimental value for him. NATION Sp an is h ci ti ze ns hi p offer appeals to US Jews ASSOCIATEDPRESS In this June 20photo, Elias Barrocas, le , chats with Genie Milgrom at her home in Miami. Barrocas grew up thinking of Spain as a beloved ancestral home, but one that painfully rejected his Jewish family five centuries ago. Now, he is waiting expectantly for a long overdue homecoming. TehamaCountyChurchDirectory RedBluff.... ABUNDANTLIFEFELLOWSHIP 21080LutherRd.•528-2499 Pastor J.E. 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