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An Open Letter to President Obama Regarding the Iranian "Ransom"

Dear President Obama, You are the President of the United States of America, the "leader of the free world."  You are an authority figure who has been placed over this country by God, so I want to address you respectfully, yet frankly.  I'm not writing to air grievances or make accusations.  My goal here is simple.  I want to inform you that we (informed American citizens) don't believe in coincidences anymore.  You say that you gave Iran back their money and that it was not a ransom.  I guess we'll have to take your word for that.  You're technically correct, I guess, but it just seems a little too convenient.  Can you understand our suspicion?  It seems like one of those Washington cover stories that hide the back-door dealings of world leaders.  Some people may believe you.  After all, they'll believe anything you say!  There are plenty of others who simply don't pay any attention.  Those of us who pay attention, howe...

Our Ransom and Atonement

                                                                 Exodus 30:11-16: "And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,  When you take the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul to the LORD, when you number them; that there be no plague among them, when you number them.  This they shall give, every one that passes among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD. Every one that passes among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to the LORD.  The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering to the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls....