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Is it possible to wish people “good luck”
Be vigilant, wish each other well-being and God's Help, not the devil!
“I see that in some memorials you mentioned the demon Luck, writing: “About the luck of a daughter,” “About the luck of a son,” “About the luck of a family.” Why did you write the devil in my memorial? Do you know who Luck was? It was the biggest demon that mowed down millions of souls. Moloch, or "Luck", was the god of happiness among the Romans, Sumerians and Carthaginians. What was this god Moloch, or “Luck” as we call him today? His statue, cast from copper or silver, was carried on a two-wheeled cart. On his back was a copper stove, and in front of him was a copper frying pan; from behind, firewood was thrown into Luck until the statue became hot. And his priests carried axes in their hands, large and sharpened. What kind of sacrifice did Luck accept? Only infants from the hands of mothers. They came to the village where you live. They dragged the chariot of Luck with a red-hot frying pan and called, clapping their hands: “Whoever wants good luck, make a sacrifice to Luck!”
– Archimandrite Cleopas (Ilie)
Is it possible to wish people “good luck”? “You wouldn’t wish this on your enemy!” they say in cases where some kind of misfortune or trouble occurs. However, we are accustomed to constantly wishing each other “Good Luck”, without even imagining what a terrible curse we are sending on the one to whom this wish is intended!
The fact is that Luck or, as we better know, Moloch, was the main deity among the Semitic peoples, who was one of the incarnations of Baal (or Baal, Beelzebub, Belshazzar), i.e. the devil. Baal is mentioned several times in the Bible in the Book of Judges - 2:11, 3:7, 10:6; Molech - in the Book of Amos 5:26 and 1 Kings 11:7.
The cult of Moloch-Baal among the Semites consisted of wildly unbridled voluptuousness, seeking artificial stimulation. Its external symbol was always the phallus, which was depicted as a column with a truncated top. At the temples of Baal lived the so-called kedeshim and kedeshom, holy fornicators and harlots who doomed themselves to serve the temple by earning money through fornication.
The purpose of this cult was to deeply corrupt the people who resorted to it. The fruits of this worship were the well-known sad events that occurred in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, where the cult of Baal was especially pronounced.
Both now and previously, the main feature of the Semitic peoples - worshipers and servants of Satan - is lies and deceit. The priests of Baal-Moloch were no exception, who, trying to veil the true purpose of the cult, so as not to scare people away from its devilish essence, spread the idea that they served the fertile Sun, the source of warmth and life fire manifested in it.
As in all pagan cults, Moloch's servants made sacrifices to him. As a rule, these were human sacrifices that were performed in honor of Moloch through burnt offerings, supposedly passing them through the solar life fire. The most pleasant sacrifices to Baal were newborn babies, especially children of noble families: “and they built the high places of Tophet in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in fire, which I did not command and which did not enter into my heart” (Jer. 7). :31). The children lay down on the outstretched hands of the idol, which had the face of a calf, and a fire burned below. These monstrous sacrifices were performed at night to the sounds of flutes, tambourines and lyres, which drowned out the cries of the unfortunate children and also increased the excitement among the people. The altars of the gods were constantly stained with the blood of children, and in the years of major festivals or in times of disaster, people, and in particular children, were sacrificed in hundreds and thousands.
“First approaches Moloch, the terrible king, spattered with the blood of human victims and the tears of fathers and mothers. But because of the noise of the drums the cries of their children are not heard when they are thrown into the fire in honor of the terrible idol" (John Milton, Paradise Lost).
“The statue of Moloch was built specifically for accepting human sacrifices and burning them. She was colossally tall, all made of copper, and empty inside. The head was of a bull, because the bull was a symbol of strength and the sun in its fierce form. The arms of the statue were of monstrous length, and the victims were placed on the huge outstretched palms; the hands, moved by chains on blocks hidden behind the back, lifted the victims to the hole located in the chest, from where they fell into the flaming inferno, which was placed inside the statue, on an invisible grate , and the ash and coals that fell through it formed an ever-increasing heap between the legs of the colossus... the children were laid alive on the terrible red-hot palms of the monster. Relatives were strictly forbidden to show sadness. Children, if they screamed while they were being prepared for the terrible ritual, were calmed down with caresses. As ugly and impossible as it may seem, mothers were obliged not only to be present at the terrible celebration, but to refrain from tears, sobs and any manifestation of sadness, because otherwise they would not only lose all the honor due to them due to the great honor bestowed upon them by the people, but they could bring the wrath of the offended deity upon the entire people, and one reluctantly made offering could destroy the effect of the entire sacrifice and even bring upon the people troubles worse than before. Such a weak-willed mother would be forever disgraced. Drums and flutes maintained a continuous noise, not only to drown out the screams of the victims, but to increase the excitement among the people." (Ragozina Z. A. History of Assyria. St. Petersburg: Ie A. F. Marx, 1902. P. 151–152).
As mentioned above, Moloch Valaam also had the nickname “Luck”. Why? Because it was believed that a family that sacrificed its child to the deity would certainly have a successful year in terms of agricultural work and harvesting. Therefore, when the priests of Moloch brought their idol cast from copper or silver on a two-wheeled cart to the next village, they clapped their hands and shouted: “Whoever wants good luck in business, make a sacrifice to Baal!” Then the crazy women took their babies and gave them to the servants of Satan...
This kind of ritual infanticide was subsequently prohibited by the Mosaic Law and punishable by death (Lev. 18:21; Lev. 20:2), but the Semites did not stop practicing them until the Babylonian captivity (586 BC).
After the revolution of 1917, when the Russian soil was desecrated by trampling on faith and apostasy from God, ritual infant sacrifices were introduced by allowing abortion at the state level. Russia became the first country in the world to legalize abortion. Subsequently, this “legal” horror spread throughout the world. And to this day, these monstrous sacrifices are performed, but already disguised as a medical procedure...
Or do you think that aborted babies are not a sacrifice to the demon Luck? After all, it is precisely to avoid sorrows and for the sake of good luck at work or in personal life, for the sake of a comfortable life, people sometimes make the decision without hesitation: “the baby in the womb must be killed!” And from the fact that the honest word “infanticide” was replaced by the cunning and harmless-sounding word “termination of pregnancy”, and the child by the soulless word “fetus” - the essence does not change - the child in the womb will be torn alive into pieces or burned alkaline solution, and then they will destroy it. Moloch is pleased and can reward the child killers with luck for a short time, but sometimes he can simply laugh with his demonic laugh and say: “Why do you need luck, you’re already mine?!”
Because luck is a positive event attributed to chance or luck. A Christian should not be a hunter of unknown luck, but a co-worker with the Heavenly Father in the work of salvation. The providence of God is what a Christian hopes and trusts in. “Thy will be done,” we turn to the Creator in the “Our Father” prayer, “a good and all-perfect will, leading to absolute happiness.
Any events sent (or even allowed) by God are aimed at the salvation of man in eternity. The meaning and significance of many events in life can become clear to us through for many years, but trusting in God, and not in blind chance, is the sure path to deification.
The providence of God (the word providence refers to a craft; a folk craft, but the providence of God) is the constant action in the world of the all-good, all-wise and omnipotent will of God, turning everything to good and directing each person individually and humanity as a whole to the eternal salvation.
If you want to know God's Providence, determine what your Christian duty is in the situation in which you find yourself today.
God provides and participates in people's lives, but often does not interfere in our lives visibly so that our free will can make voluntary choices. God's providence means that at every stage of our life the Lord places us in such conditions under which we could make a free choice in favor of goodness, truth, justice and through this ascend to Heavenly Father. However, the depths of God’s Providence are incomprehensible to the limited human mind, so that, knowing about God’s Providence, we are not able to comprehend it fully.
Very often pains and joys come to us not from our past, but from the future. God sometimes warns us about the future towards which we are rushing at full speed. God's providence, as it were, trips us up so that we fall before we fall into a hole that we do not yet see. Let your knee be broken, but let’s keep your head intact.
One hermit asked God to make him understand the ways of His Providence, and imposed a fast on himself. When he went to visit an old man who lived far away, an Angel appeared to him in the form of a monk and offered to be his companion. In the evening, they stopped for the night with a pious man, who offered them food on a silver platter. But what a surprise! Immediately after the meal, the elder’s companion took the dish and threw it into the sea.
They went further and the next day stayed with another pious man. But trouble again! When the hermit and his companion began to prepare for the journey, the one who received them brought his young son to them to bless him. But instead of blessing, the companion, touching the boy, took his soul. Neither the old man, out of horror, nor the father, in despair, uttered a word. On the third day they took shelter in a dilapidated house. The elder sat down to eat food, and his companion first dismantled the wall and then repaired it again. Here the elder could not stand it: “Who are you - a demon or an angel? What are you doing? Three days ago you took away a dish from a good man, yesterday you took the life of a boy, and today you are straightening walls that no one needs.”
Do not be surprised, elder, and do not be tempted about me. I am the Angel of God. The first person to receive us acts in a manner pleasing to God, but he acquired that dish untruthfully, so I threw it away so that he would not lose his reward. The second husband is also pleasing to God, but if his son had grown up, he would have been a terrible villain. The owner of the house where we stayed is an immoral, lazy person and therefore became impoverished. His grandfather, while building this house, hid gold in the wall. That’s why I straightened the wall so that the owner wouldn’t find him and thereby die. Return, elder, to your cell and do not suffer madly, for this is what the Holy Spirit says: “The judgments of the Lord are unknown to men.” Therefore, do not test them either - it will not do you any good.
Everything is from God, both good and sorrowful, and unworthy; but one is by good will, the other by economy, the third by permission. And by good will - when we live virtuously, for it pleases God that we lead a sinless life, live virtuously and piously. According to the economy, when, falling into mistakes and sinning, we are admonished; by permission, when even those admonished we do not convert.
God was pleased that man should be saved, just as the angels cried out, saying: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men (Luke 2:14). Again, economically, God admonishes us who sin, so that we are not condemned with the world, as the apostle says: We are judged by God and punished, lest we be condemned with the world (1 Cor. 11:32). And there are evils in the city that the Lord has not created (Amos.3:6), such as: famine, plagues, illnesses, defeats, battles; for all this serves to cleanse sin, who either do not want to live without sin, or those who are admonished do not convert, but remain in sin, as it is written: God has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts (John 12:40); and: he gave them over to an unskilled mind, that is, he allowed them to create incomparable freedom (Rom. 1:28); also: by hardening I will harden Pharaoh’s heart (Ex. 4:21), that is, I will allow it to become hardened because of his disobedience. (Reverend Ephraim the Syrian)
Be vigilant, wish each other well-being and God's Help, not the devil!
I see that in some memorials you mentioned the demon Luck, writing: “About the luck of a daughter,” “About the luck of a son,” “About the luck of a family.” Why did you write the devil in my memorial? Do you know who Luck was? It was the biggest demon that mowed down millions of souls. Moloch, or "Luck", was the god of happiness among the Romans, Sumerians and Carthaginians. What was this god Moloch, or “Luck” as we call him today? His statue, cast from copper or silver, was carried on a two-wheeled cart. On his back was a copper stove, and in front of him was a copper frying pan; from behind, firewood was thrown into Luck until the statue became hot. And his priests carried axes in their hands, large and sharpened. What kind of sacrifice did Luck accept? Only infants from the hands of mothers. They came to the village where you live. They dragged the chariot of Luck with a red-hot frying pan and called, clapping their hands: “Whoever wants good luck, make a sacrifice to Luck!
- Archimandrite Cleopas (Ilie)
Is it possible to wish people “good luck”? “You wouldn’t wish this on your enemy!” they say in cases where some misfortune or misfortune occurs. However, we are accustomed to constantly wishing each other “Good Luck”, without even imagining what a terrible curse we are sending on the one to whom this wish is intended!
The fact is that Luck or, as we better know, Moloch, was the main deity among the Semitic peoples, who was one of the incarnations of Baal (or Baal, Beelzebub, Belshazzar), i.e. the devil. Baal is mentioned several times in the Bible in the Book of Judges - 2:11, 3:7, 10:6; Molech - in the Book of Amos 5:26 and 1 Kings 11:7.
The cult of Moloch-Baal among the Semites consisted of wildly unbridled voluptuousness, seeking artificial stimulation. Its external symbol was always the phallus, which was depicted as a column with a truncated top. At the temples of Baal lived the so-called kedeshim and kedeshom, holy fornicators and harlots who doomed themselves to serve the temple by earning money through fornication.
The purpose of this cult was to deeply corrupt the people who resorted to it. The fruits of this worship were the well-known sad events that occurred in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, where the cult of Baal was especially pronounced.
Both now and previously, the main feature of the Semitic peoples - worshipers and servants of Satan - is lies and deceit. The priests of Baal-Moloch were no exception, who, trying to veil the true purpose of the cult, so as not to scare people away from its devilish essence, spread the idea that they served the fertile Sun, the source of warmth and life fire manifested in it.
As in all pagan cults, Moloch's servants made sacrifices to him. As a rule, these were human sacrifices that were performed in honor of Moloch through burnt offerings, supposedly passing them through the solar life fire. The most pleasant sacrifices to Baal were newborn babies, especially children of noble families: “and they built the high places of Tophet in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in fire, which I did not command and which did not enter into my heart” (Jer. 7). :31). The children lay down on the outstretched hands of the idol, which had the face of a calf, and a fire burned below. These monstrous sacrifices were performed at night to the sounds of flutes, tambourines and lyres, which drowned out the cries of the unfortunate children and also increased the excitement among the people. The altars of the gods were constantly stained with the blood of children, and in the years of major festivals or in times of disaster, people, and in particular children, were sacrificed in hundreds and thousands.
First approaches Moloch, the terrible king, spattered with the blood of human victims and the tears of fathers and mothers. But because of the noise of the drums, the cries of their children are not heard when they are thrown into the fire in honor of the terrible idol ( John Milton "Paradise Lost").
This is what the idol looked like:
The statue of Moloch was built specifically for accepting human sacrifices and burning them. She was colossally tall, all made of copper, and empty inside. The head was of a bull, because the bull was a symbol of strength and the sun in its fierce form. The arms of the statue were of monstrous length, and the victims were placed on the huge outstretched palms; the hands, moved by chains on blocks hidden behind the back, lifted the victims to the hole located in the chest, from where they fell into the flaming inferno, which was placed inside the statue, on an invisible grate , and the ash and coals that fell through it formed an ever-increasing heap between the legs of the colossus... the children were laid alive on the terrible red-hot palms of the monster. Relatives were strictly forbidden to show sadness. Children, if they screamed while they were being prepared for the terrible ritual, were calmed down with caresses. As ugly and impossible as it may seem, mothers were obliged not only to be present at the terrible celebration, but to refrain from tears, sobs and any manifestation of sadness, because otherwise they would not only lose all the honor due to them due to the great honor bestowed upon them by the people, but they could bring the wrath of the offended deity upon the entire people, and one reluctantly made offering could destroy the effect of the entire sacrifice and even bring upon the people troubles worse than before. Such a weak-willed mother would be forever disgraced. Drums and flutes kept up a continuous noise, not only to drown out the screams of the victims, but to increase the excitement among the people. ( Ragozina Z. A. History of Assyria. St. Petersburg: I-e A.F. Marx, 1902. P. 151-152).
As mentioned above, Moloch-Valaam also had the nickname “Luck”. Why? Because it was believed that a family that sacrificed its child to the deity would certainly have a successful year in terms of agricultural work and harvesting. Therefore, when the priests of Moloch brought their idol cast from copper or silver on a two-wheeled cart to the next village, they clapped their hands and shouted: “Whoever wants good luck in business, make a sacrifice to Baal!” Then the crazy women took their babies and gave them to the servants of Satan...
This kind of ritual infanticide was subsequently prohibited by the Mosaic Law and punishable by death (Lev. 18:21; Lev. 20:2), but the Semites did not stop practicing them until the Babylonian captivity (586 BC).
After the revolution of 1917, when the Russian soil was desecrated by trampling on faith and apostasy from God, ritual infant sacrifices were introduced by allowing abortion at the state level. Russia became the first country in the world to legalize abortion. Subsequently, this “legal” horror spread throughout the world. And to this day, these monstrous sacrifices are performed, but already disguised as a medical procedure...
Or do you think that aborted babies are not a sacrifice to the demon Luck? After all, it is precisely in order to avoid sorrows and for the sake of good luck at work or in personal life, for the sake of a comfortable life, that people sometimes without hesitation make the decision: “the baby in the womb must be killed!” And because the honest word “infanticide” was replaced by the cunning and seemingly harmless word “termination of pregnancy”, and the child by the soulless word “fetus” - the essence does not change - the child in the womb will be torn alive into pieces or burned with an alkaline solution, and then they will destroy it. Moloch is pleased and can reward the child killers with luck for a short time, but sometimes he can simply laugh with his demonic laugh and say: “Why do you need luck, you’re already mine?!”
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Very often in everyday life Before an important task, we wish each other good luck. This is considered a gesture of politeness and, in theory, does not carry any negative connotation. However, not everyone considers such a wish to be good. Some people may take it almost as a personal insult. Who should you not wish good luck and why? Day.Az will talk about this with a link to russian7.ru.
Creepy Moloch
Luck in the usual sense of the word is a positive event that occurred as a result of a certain combination of circumstances. Few people know that luck in the Bible is directly related to the ancient Semitic pagan god Moloch. Mention of it, in particular, is found in the Old Testament Third Book of Kings and the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah.
Moloch is the god of luck and luck among the Sumerians and some other peoples, and later among the Carthaginians. The statue of the deity was cast from silver, in front of it was a copper frying pan with boiling oil, and behind it was a burning stove. Babies were sacrificed to Molech.
It was believed that whoever donates his child will have a future whole year Good luck. It was for the sake of a good harvest, success in trade and any other activity that people sacrificed their children. As a result, the very word “luck” acquired a negative connotation among the ancients, associated with the thousands of innocent victims of Moloch.
Christianity
The first Christians were well aware of the bloody cult of the god of luck, so the corresponding wish began to be viewed as a terrible punishment. Archimandrite Cleopas (Ilie) noted in his writings that wishing good luck for a Christian is a desire to bring Moloch upon a person. Thus, a seemingly harmless wish is actually a grave sin.
This belief is widespread among believers to this day. Christians rely solely on the will of God, and not on chance or luck, and even with obvious pagan overtones. The Gospel of Luke says: “God was pleased that man should be saved, just as the angels cried out, saying: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”
Believers believe that what is happening to us is sent down by God. And human achievements are the result of his own labors and diligence, as well as God’s help, and not a coincidence of circumstances.
In Islam
A similar approach is professed in Islam. Devout Muslims may also not be happy if you wish them luck. Luck is well-being, and any good can only come from Allah.
If you just wish good luck, then it’s not entirely clear where this good comes from? The 18th sura of the Koran al-Kahf says: “I will do it tomorrow. Unless Allah wishes it! If you have forgotten, then remember your Lord and say: “Perhaps my Lord will lead me in a more correct path.”
Devout Muslims, if they want to wish well-being, usually mention Allah. “Success to you from Allah” and so on.
Hunters and fishermen
It is also not customary to wish good luck to fishermen, hunters and all those who obtain their food in this way. As the Soviet ethnographer and religious scholar Sergei Tokarev noted, signs associated with hunting and fishing are the most ancient, because the survival of the people of that time depended on success in this matter.
It was impossible to wish good luck, since it was believed that it could be heard evil spirits, which will then certainly disrupt the entire fishery. It is from this belief that the wishes we know come from - “no tail, no scales”, “no fluff, no feather” and the like. It was believed that evil spirits, satisfied with what they heard, would leave the person alone.
The belief has survived unchanged to this day. True, in modern times it extends not only to fishing and hunting. For example, you should not wish good luck to a person before an exam.
Actors and doctors
You can’t wish good luck or a good performance to the artists either. According to the old English tradition, which began in the second half of the 16th century, actors were asked to break a leg before going on stage. This was done in approximately the same way as in the case of hunters and fishermen: they wished for bad things, which means there will be success.
Why "break a leg"? Firstly, at the end of the performance the actor had to kneel down and bow his head before the audience, and secondly, he had to pick up the coins that they threw to him instead of flowers.
Now, both in Russia and abroad, many artists before a performance join hands and shout “Bless God!” There are also those who repeat the triple “ugh”.
Doctors are also superstitious. Among doctors, it is believed that if you hear a wish of good luck addressed to you, your duty will certainly be hectic and fussy.
Very often in everyday life, before an important task, we wish each other good luck. This is considered a gesture of politeness and, in theory, does not carry any negative connotation. However, not everyone considers such a wish to be good. Some people may take it almost as a personal insult. Who should you not wish good luck and why?
Creepy Moloch
Luck in the usual sense of the word is a positive event that occurred as a result of a certain combination of circumstances. Few people know that luck in the Bible is directly related to the ancient Semitic pagan god Moloch. Mention of it, in particular, is found in the Old Testament Third Book of Kings and the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah.
Moloch is the god of luck and fortune among the Sumerians and some other peoples, and later among the Carthaginians. The statue of the deity was cast from silver, in front of it was a copper frying pan with boiling oil, and behind it was a burning stove. Babies were sacrificed to Molech.
It was believed that whoever donated his child would have a whole year of good luck ahead of him. It was for the sake of a good harvest, success in trade and any other activity that people sacrificed their children. As a result, the word “luck” itself acquired a negative connotation among the ancients, associated with the thousands of innocent victims of Moloch.
Christianity
The first Christians were well aware of the bloody cult of the god of luck, so the corresponding wish began to be viewed as a terrible punishment. Archimandrite Cleopas (Ilie) noted in his writings that wishing good luck for a Christian is a desire to bring Moloch upon a person. Thus, a seemingly harmless wish is actually a grave sin.
This belief is widespread among believers to this day. Christians rely solely on the will of God, and not on chance or luck, and even with obvious pagan overtones. The Gospel of Luke says: “God was pleased that man should be saved, just as the angels cried out, saying: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.”
Believers believe that what is happening to us is sent down by God. And human achievements are the result of his own labors and diligence, as well as God’s help, and not a coincidence of circumstances.
In Islam
A similar approach is professed in Islam. Devout Muslims may also not be happy if you wish them luck. Luck is prosperity, and any good can only come from Allah.
If you just wish good luck, then it’s not entirely clear where this good comes from? The 18th surah of the Quran al-Kahf says: “I will do it tomorrow. Unless Allah wills it! If you have forgotten, then remember your Lord and say: “Perhaps my Lord will lead me in a more correct path.”
Devout Muslims, if they want to wish well-being, usually mention Allah. “Success to you from Allah” and so on.
Hunters and fishermen
It is also not customary to wish good luck to fishermen, hunters and all those who obtain their food in this way. As the Soviet ethnographer and religious scholar Sergei Tokarev noted, signs associated with hunting and fishing are the most ancient, because the survival of the people of that time depended on success in this matter.
It was impossible to wish for good luck, since it was believed that evil spirits could hear this, who would then certainly disrupt the entire fishery. It is from this belief that the wishes we know come from: “no tail, no scales,” “no fluff, no feather,” and the like. It was believed that evil spirits, satisfied with what they heard, would leave the person alone.
The belief has survived unchanged to this day. True, in modern times it extends not only to fishing and hunting. For example, you should not wish good luck to a person before an exam.
Actors and doctors
You can’t wish good luck or a good performance to the artists either. According to the old English tradition, which began in the second half of the 16th century, actors were asked to break a leg before going on stage. This was done in approximately the same way as in the case of hunters and fishermen: they wished for bad things, which means there will be success.
Why exactly “break a leg”? Firstly, at the end of the performance the actor had to kneel down and bow his head before the audience, and secondly, he had to pick up the coins that they threw to him instead of flowers.
Now, both in Russia and abroad, many artists before a performance join hands and shout “With God!” There are also those who repeat “ugh” three times.
Doctors are also superstitious. Among doctors, it is believed that if you hear a wish of good luck addressed to you, your duty will certainly be hectic and fussy.
