In the Book of Judges (11:1-11,29-33) we learn that when the children on Ammon made war against Israel, Jephthah, a mighty man of valor, vowed unto the Lord, and said "if thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the ...

Learn about the OES star point Adah. ADAH. JEPHTHAH'S DAUGHTER. The scene of the first Star Point is laid beyond the Jordan River in Mizpah, the home of Jephthah, and the surrounding country, some ninety miles northeast from Jerusalem and thirty miles southeast of the sea of Galilee. The countries east of the Jordan, beginning with the Land of ...

2015年8月4日 · The five points of the Order of the Eastern Star are female biblical figures that are associated with a color, a cardinal feminine virtue and, in some cases, a season of the year. The first point is Adah, Jephtah's daughter from the Book of Judges. She is associated with the youth of spring and the color blue. Her cardinal virtue is respect for the binding power of a vow.

The second of the Star Point heroines. Shares lessons of Honor & Justice. The name Ruth means “friend.” She represents the “Ideal Widow” because she cherished her family, faith, and inheritance of her husband above her every personal ambition, her original native allegiance, and her originally heathen religion.

2015年4月22日 · The celebration is short lived however, because the first thing that comes out of his house upon his return, is his daughter, called Adah (in OES). Jephthah really doesn’t want to go through with this sacrifice anymore, but after explaining the situation to his daughter, she agrees that the vow must not be broken.

The Order of the Eastern Star (OES) is a Masonic appendant body open to both men and women. It was established in 1850 by lawyer and educator Rob Morris, a noted Freemason, and adopted and approved as an appendant body of the Masonic Fraternity in 1873.The order is based on some teachings from the Bible [1] and is open to people of all religious beliefs. . It has approximately 10,000 chapters ...

History of the Star Points John Lacock, Signet Chapter No. 22, Mass. The purpose of these brief articles on the Star Points is to furnish an historic background for a better understanding of the lessons taught as

2017年10月4日 · The Order of the Eastern Star is a society open to Freemasons holding the rank of Master Mason and the female relatives of Masons. The Bible forms the basis for its teachings, and its multicolored star-shaped logo has five points which symbolically represent character-building lessons exemplified by significant female biblical figures.

An oft quoted reason for choosing Martha, was that it was known that the majority of OES members would be homemakers like Martha, not dreamers like her sister Mary. Martha was shown multiple times worrying about the state of the household, and serving guests in her home. Personally, I feel that Martha is the most relatable of the star points. ...

The Organization for Ethical Source (OES) is a non-profit organization founded by Coraline Ada Ehmke in December 2020, to support the ethical source movement, which promotes that "software freedom must always be in service of human freedom". [2] The organization is dedicated to "giving technologists tools and resources to ensure that their work is being used for social good and to minimize harm".