Author: WyattPitts

What is the view of the biblical materials on the role of ethics in the development of history? Today there are much different ethics that the Bible presents to us today. If someone is stressed about something happening the day after that they ca recite Mathew 6:34 says “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” If someone has trouble loving one another they can recite 1 Peter 4:8 which says “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.” 

Different Bible verses have different themes. Proverbs is about wisdom and Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John (the Gospels) are about the life of Jesus. Different people get different sanctions depending on how they obey God. If someone wants sanctions they will want to obey God and do what He says. Your sanctions from God can change depending on things like how you act, what you say, and what you let your eyes see. No one can really choose if their life is good or not. All they can do is obey God and be diligent in their work. Your life can start out as you loving and obeying God and then you turn away from Him and God changes your sanctions from good to bad or it can go the other way. 

Like I said before having wisdom and obedience can to God can lead to good sanctions, but a life of wickedness and foolishness will lead to bad sanctions. I will bet your wondering why people do wicked things anyway. Well they either don’t care about sanctions and just do things because they want too or they don’t know about sanctions and how they can do bad things for you if you disobey God. 

An example of a good sanction in the Bible was when Noah obeyed God and built an Ark because God said there would be a flood and for that Noah and his family survived. An example of a bad sanction id the Bible Was when  David took Bathsheba for his wife and then killed her husband. For this God killed David’s firstborn. Sanctions can be good or bad and I hope you choose wisely.

Most wars begin because one nation is scared of a nation getting too big or too strong. The Peloponnesian war began because of Sparta’s fear of the Athens getting too strong. Sparta eventually won the war and became the strongest nation. There were still some wars now and then competing for the strongest nation, but in the end everyone just didn’t care and the war ended. 

The Persian wars started when King Darius of Persia wanted to expand his nation. They started by invading Greece. The Persian’s lost many man in later wars and it seemed as if the Persians would win the war, but soon enough Greece won. We can only guess what would of happened if the Persian’s won. 

The relationships between ethics and sanctions in Proverbs 1-7. Most of the Proverbs were written by King David’s son Solomon. The first nine books of Proverbs are focused on wisdom. Solomon is trying to keep his son with wise people and away from fools and wicked people. Solomon wants to keep his son away from evil. In the proverbs Solomon describes wisdom as a woman. Proverbs 4:10-15 says

10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

The woman in these verses is wisdom. There is also another woman in Proverbs, and that is fools. Proverbs 2:12-19 says

12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. 

Solomon wanted to keep his son from getting caught up with the things of this world, but to focus on wisdom and God. Solomon was known for his wisdom and his goal was to teach his son wisdom. In Proverbs 6:6-8 Solomon tells his son to act like an ant.6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. The relationship between ethics and sanctions in Proverbs is very powerful. And not just Solomon and his son should be wise, but that everyone should be wise.

Sparta was a very crude society. They were obsessed with war. At the age of seven boys were taken from their homes and trained for war. All year even in winter they wore barely any clothes at all. They were fed barely anything and this was to train them because they would try to steal food and if they were caught their punishment was big. at age twenty they were allowed to get married, but they were hardly ever allowed to see their wife or kids. This was done to train them to sneak out. At age thirty they could be real citizens. Although the woman ate at home good food and the men ate at public mess halls which were very dirty. They ate horrible food which sometimes had blood in it.

Aristotle is known as one of the greatest philosophers to ever live. For twenty years he was a student in Plato’s academy and later founded his own school. He spent a lot of his life their teaching. studying, and writing. 

The cash method is more of an immediate recognition of revenue and expenses. When someone sells something for cash they will wright down what they sell and how much it was so at the end of the day they will know how much they sold and if they were paid the correct amount of money. According to Accounting Made Simple by Mike Piper, “The problem with the cash method, however, is that it doesn’t always reflect the economic reality of a situation.” 

The accrual accounting method is more based on anticipated revenue and expenses. According to Investopedia “Under this method, revenue is accounted for when it is earned. Unlike the cash method, the accrual method records revenue when a product or service is delivered to a customer with the expectation that money will be paid in the future.” This means that you track the money that you should be paid with high expectations that you will be paid in the future. 

If your starting a business now or will be in the future start with the cash method because it will be easier. 

Some of the reasons offered in the Psalms for long-term optimism. According to Wikipedia “Optimism is an attitude reflecting a belief or hope that the outcome of some specific endeavor, or outcomes in general, will be positive, favorable, and desirable.” Optimism is basically a hopeful mode about something when there is not too much hope to have. Apparently there are ten Psalms about hope. One is Psalms 34:17-20:

When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears,
and rescues them from all their troubles.

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted,
and saves the crushed in spirit.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
but the Lord rescues them from them all.

He keeps all their bones;
not one of them will be broken.

There is also Psalm 71: 1-6

In you, O Lord, I take refuge;
let me never be put to shame.

In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;
incline your ear to me and save me.

Be to me a rock of refuge,
a strong fortress, to save me,
for you are my rock and my fortress.

Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and cruel.

For you, O Lord, are my hope,
my trust, O Lord, from my youth.

Upon you I have leaned from my birth;
it was you who took me from my mother’s womb.

My praise is continually of you…

A lot of long-termed optimism is David asking God to deliver him from his enemies. One of these is Psalm 59:

1 Deliver me from my enemies, O God;
    be my fortress against those who are attacking me.
2 Deliver me from evildoers
    and save me from those who are after my blood.

3 See how they lie in wait for me!
    Fierce men conspire against me
    for no offense or sin of mine, Lord.
4 I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me.
    Arise to help me; look on my plight!
5 You, Lord God Almighty,
    you who are the God of Israel,
rouse yourself to punish all the nations;
    show no mercy to wicked traitors.c]

6 They return at evening,
    snarling like dogs,
    and prowl about the city.
7 See what they spew from their mouths—
    the words from their lips are sharp as swords,
    and they think, “Who can hear us?”
8 But you laugh at them, Lord;
    you scoff at all those nations.

9 You are my strength, I watch for you;
    you, God, are my fortress,
10     my God on whom I can rely.

God will go before me
    and will let me gloat over those who slander me.
11 But do not kill them, Lord our shield,d]
    or my people will forget.
In your might uproot them
    and bring them down.
12 For the sins of their mouths,
    for the words of their lips,
    let them be caught in their pride.
For the curses and lies they utter,
13     consume them in your wrath,
    consume them till they are no more.
Then it will be known to the ends of the earth
    that God rules over Jacob.

14 They return at evening,
    snarling like dogs,
    and prowl about the city.
15 They wander about for food
    and howl if not satisfied.
16 But I will sing of your strength,
    in the morning I will sing of your love;
for you are my fortress,
    my refuge in times of trouble.

17 You are my strength, I sing praise to you;
    you, God, are my fortress,
    my God on whom I can rely.

In this Psalm David is asking for deliverance from his enemies. He has optimism that God will save him from his enemies (which He does). That is what men faithful to God do. They pray and have optimism that God will answer their prayers.

One of my favorite product based companies is Amazon. You can get almost anything from it. My parents get school books, gifts, clothes, and other things that I may not know of. Sometimes my dad gets plants from Amazon. All they need to do is get on the internet, look up Amazon, find what they need for a reasonable price, buy it, then be patient for a day or two until it arrives. That is simple.

Another one of my favorite product based companies is Aldi. Aldi is a store that sells mainly food. My mom goes there all the time because it has cheap prices and not a ton of food with plastic in it. 

One more of my favorite product based companies is Target. We go to Target to get gifts for people, gift cards, makeup (for mom of course), and Treats we don’t usually get. 

 

According to Wikipedia ” Plato was a Greek philosopher born in Athens during the Classical period in Ancient Greece.” He made an allegory called “Allegory of the Cave.” I will write about this and philosopher kings. 

According to Philosophyzer, “The ‘Allegory Of The Cave’ is a theory put forward by Plato, concerning human perception. Plato claimed that knowledge gained through the senses is no more than opinion and that, in order to have real knowledge, we must gain it through philosophical reasoning.” 

A king is someone who rules and most of them are hungry for power, so a philosopher king must be a person who is hungry for wisdom. And that is what Plato was.

How important is the concept of historical sanctions in the Psalms? Psalms is a book found in the Bible. In all it has 150 chapters. It’s longest chapter “Psalms 119” is the longest chapter in the Bible. Most of the psalms were written by king David. According to the dictionary Psalms is “A sacred song or hymn, in particular any of those contained in the Biblical Book of Psalms and used in Christian and Jewish worship.” Psalms are soothing and sometimes if someone is scared they will read a Psalm to calm them down. Psalms are not just meant for soothing. They are important to understand the power and authority of God. Some Psalms are written by David’s son Solomon, but most people know who David is. 

Many Psalms are the author of that Psalm asking God for help or thanking God for the help He has given. A common theme in Psalm is Gods power. Most Psalms are talking about the power and authority God has. Some Psalms ask Him for forgiveness or for His blessing. Others will be praising God in their Psalms. Some also tell about battels that happen and the author is thanking God for victory. But all Psalms are about God. 

Psalms are songs focused on one thing, God. They can be soothing and comforting, but they all have one meaning. The most famous Psalm is Psalm 23.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Psalm is a very good book and if you haven’t please read it.

When the Trojan war came to an end Odysseus decided to return home to his wife and son. Odysseus and his men get hungry on the way back so when they found an island they stoped there and looked for food. They go into a cave to see if anyone lives there and a cyclops comes in. The cyclops shuts the door and makes a fire then sees Odysseus and and his men. The cyclops eats two men and agrees to eat Odysseus last because of the wine he made. The cyclops goes to sleep then Odysseus and his men put a spear into the fire until it was red the stuck it into the cyclops eye.

They escape and sail to an island called Aeolia. There the king of winds lived. Aeolus greeted Odysseus and his men well. Odysseus asked if Aeolus could make the winds take them to their island and he agreed. When they were almost home Odysseus’s men thought there was gold in the bag that held the east, south, and north winds in it and opened the bag. the winds leapt and blew them back to Aeolia. Aeolus became furious and made them leave his island.

Soon they came to another island and this time Odysseus sent three men to investigate. Those three found a girl getting water and she told them to go to the king of that island where they would be welcomed. The three went to the king and found out that the people were cannibals! The king jumped on one and ate him alive while the others ran back to tell Odysseus. The cannibals started throwing huge boulders at the ships and only Odysseus’s escaped.

Soon they came to another island called Aedea. Odysseus sent 23 men to investigate. Those men found a castle and a woman named Circe offered them some food. They ate like hogs so Circe who was an enchantress turned them into hogs. One man escaped and told Odysseus and he went himself to confront her. On the way a god gave Odysseus an herb so Circes magic couldn’t work on him. Odysseus made her turn his men back into people and to tell him the way home.

They were to go to a river and make a blood sacrifice and a ghost would tell them how to reach home. After that they sailed past a cave and a six headed monster came out and ate six men. The boat escaped and came to the island of the sun god. The crew, but not Odysseus ate two of the sun gods cattle and that made Zeus so mad that he threw a lightning bolt at the ship. Only Odysseus survived so he made a raft and sailed home where his wife and son hadn’t forgotten about him. Odysseus disguised as a beggar and found out that many men were trying to marry his wife so he killed all of them and lived the rest of his life with his wife and his son.