I have discovered dates, names, and events that link the original American Woodstock festival of 1969 and at least one of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Woodstock was originally to be held in Wallkill, NY on 8/15, 16, & 17/69, but the people there did not like the hippie crowd and they protested. So, Woodstock ended up being held in Bethel, NY on 8/15, 16, & 17/69. I Kings ch. 12 in the Bible tells about another sinful and misguided festival held in Bethel on 8/15. Some have pointed out that the calendar used to schedule the Woodstock festival is different than the calendar used to schedule the festival in I Kings. I take this as a sign of just how unimportant a particular calendar is to God. This same line of thinking has caused me to come to another conclusion about what makes a land Holy. Any land is as Holy as another, it is the actions presently taken by the people on a land that make it Holy. The original author of about 100 B.C. interpreted several Bible verses in this particular scroll. One of the verses is Micah 2; 11. In my modern Catholic Bible(I do not believe in every Catholic practice), Micah 2; 11 reads, "If one acting on impulse should make the futile claim: "I pour you wine and strong drink as my prophecy," then he would be the prophet of this people." Concerning this verse the scroll anthor wrote about a, "follower of the wind, one who raised storms and rained down lies, had preached to them(Mic. 2; 11), against all of whose assembly the anger of God was kindled." At Woodstock Joe Cocker sang, Lets Go Get Stoned, and then, With A Little Help From My Friends, Just seconds after Joe was finished singing it began to rain. A witness recalled that there was no rain forcasted for that day. These two songs give a negative and a positive message and therefore constitute a, following of the wind. Joe should not be considered an anti-Christ or anything like that, but just another lost sheep. A lost sheep with a microphone and LOTS of listeners. The words, their wine is their ways, are also stated in the scroll. There are two kinds of wine involved. The other wine is the thinking that we as individuals and thereby the world can not change OUR sinful ways. Main References: Woodstock an Oral History, by Joel Makower Dead Sea Scrolls in English, by Geza Vermes The New American Catholic Translation Bible www.woodstockanddeadseascrolls.net The situation reminds me of a saying by Jesus, taken from a Gnostic Gospel, the Gospel of Thomas: "If those who lead you, say to you: See the kingdom is in the sky, then the birds of heaven will precede you. If they say to you: It is in the sea, then the fish will precede you. But the kingdom is within you and it is with out you. When you know yourselves, then you will be known, an you will know that you are sons of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you are in poverty, and you are poverty." In America, in the late 1960's and early 1970's there was a primarily unorganized group of young people known as hippies, while some were known as Jesus freaks. The people in the scroll known as scoffers, roughly equate to people known as yuppies, in the late 1960's and early 1970's. Instead of encouraging the dreams of peace and harmony of the hippies, drugs and chemical dependency quelled real progress in the peace and harmony social movement. The scroll mentions this with the words, for they sought smooth things and preffered illusion. These among other lines lead me to believe that the scroll is telling about the times we are living in. Whether it is a first time happening or a history repeating itself, these words should be heeded. Here is another portion of the scroll: "Interpreted, these are the three nets of Satan with which Levi son of Jacob said that he catches Israel by setting them up as three kinds of righteousness. The first is riches, the second is fornication, and the third is profanation of the Temple. Whoever escapes the first is caught in the second, and whoever saves himself from the second is caught in the third(Isa. 24). In America and in much of the world these things have gone from being social taboos to being virtual forms of righteousness, since the early 1970's. (1) Lotteries, casinos, and personal debt have all risen. There is at least one casino in every state. (2) There is the simultaneous popularity of teen pregnancy, abortion, and sexual stimulants. (3) Now we have the exaltation of homosexual clergymen, and the sanctioning of same sex marriage. Another portion of the scroll: This was the time of which it is written, Like a stubborn heifer thus was Israel stubborn(Hos. 4; 16), when the Scoffer arose who shed over Israel the waters of lies. He led them astay in a wilderness without way by bringing low the everlasting hills, and by causing them to depart from the paths of righteousness.... Performers at Woodstock were flown in by helicopter because of the huge crowd. If the author or authors of this scroll had visions of the distant future, bringing low the everlasting hills, might have been the best way he could descibe what he saw. Also, upstate New York is very forested, thus the reference to wilderness. Why has Nostradamus gained such notoriety? The author of this Dead Sea Scroll tops Nostradamus! The answer is, the scroll states things more clearly. The problem is it sparks feelings of guilt, and therefore readers often scoff at it. One must work through this guilt. many have not reached their breaking point yet. The problem of terrorism will hasten that breaking point. Like a stubborn heifer thus was Israel stubborn. This is not to say that the terrorists are in the right. They are not. However, the society that created the terrorists has it's roots in the self serving and short sightedness of the founders of blame. Man is at a point of maturity and decision. The scroll talks about this decision time. God loves knowledge. Wisdom and understanding He has set before Him, and prudence and knowledge serve Him. Patience and much forgiveness are with Him towards those who turn from transgression; but power, might, and great flaming wrath by the hand of all the Angels of Destruction(terrorists) towards those who depart from the way and abhor the Precept. They shall have no remnant or survivor. For from the beginning God chose them not; He knew their deeds before they ever were created and He hated their generations, and He hid His face from the land until they were consumed. For He knew th years of their coming and the length and exact duration of their times for all ages to come and throughout eternity. He knew the happenings of their times throughout all the everlasting years. And in all of them He raised for Himself men called by name, that a remnant might be left to the Land, and that the face of the earth might be filled with their seed... A few more lines from the scroll: He made His Covenant with Israel forever, revealing to them the hidden things in which all of Israel had gone astray. He unfolded before them His Holy Sabbaths and His glorious feasts, the testimonies of His righteousness and the ways of His truth, and the desires of His will which a man must do in order to live. The Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule, whether man like it or not are the key to our very survival. We can make it,With A Little Help From Our Friends!