Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar and Nevim Arith Hayomin:
Proverbs 30:15-16: “The leech has two daughters, “Give,” “Give.” There are three things that will not be satisfied, Four that will not say: “Enough.” Sheol, and the barren womb, Earth, that is never satisfied with water and fire that never says: “Enough.”
Proverbs 30 is a chapter that is as relevant today as it was in Solomon’s time. As Solomon said in Ecclesiastes 1:9 “There is nothing new under the sun.” The basic theme of Proverbs 30 refers to those who sin and yet they say they never sin. Verse 12 “There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes, yet not washed from his filthiness.
You will note the subtle suggestion of verses 15-16 “Give,” “Give” , never satisfied, never enough. The sheol or grave never has enough bodies, never satisfied with the bodies it already has. The barren woman, never satisfied with her desire for children and never enough pity from others. The dry earth is never satisfied with water and never has enough. And the fire which is satisfied to burn but never has enough fuel to keep burning.
A little side note, the lack of satisfaction and never having enough is typical of the “leech.” It is the Hebrew word “alukah” which Strong’s and your Lexicons will say means a “bloodsucker” or a “leech.” This word is used only once in the Old Testament and hence, we have little other than Strong’s, Davidson and the few other lexiconographers to give us insight into this word. They all feel this is referring to a leech. However, what does a barren woman, a dry earth, a grave, or fire have to do with a leech?
Checking extra Biblical literature we find that alukah is used to refer to something else, a mythical person believed to roam the earth during Solomon‘s time. In the “Testament of Solomon” and the “Sefer Chasidim” we find reference to an alukah that was said to be a living human being, similar to a witch. It could change it’s shape into a wolf. It could fly like a bat and would eventually die if prevented from feeding on blood for a long enough time. Once dead the alukah can be prevented from becoming a demon by being buried with it’s mouth stuffed with moist earth. Their bodies continue to crave water, yet never having enough to keep the soil moist. They do not bear children but make creatures of their own by sucking the blood of other humans turning them into an alukah. Their thirst for more their kind is never satisfied. they have a fiery sexual passion that can not be quenched and always crave for more.
The thing is, you need not go to Netflix to get a copy of the movie “Twilight” to see these creatures, they may be sitting right next to you in church. They are the ones who appear pure in their own eyes but are not washed from their own filthiness. They are constantly crying “Give” “Give.” “I want music I like, I want sermons that make me feel good, I want to be on the platform giving announcements, or singing with the worship team.” Their selfish desires are never quenched. They have no spiritual children but will prey on those who are believers and suck their blood or spiritual life force by drawing them into their circle with gossip about those who are serving God, who give the announcements or sing with the worship team. They only want more and more followers and continue to infect others with their aulukah blood. Like the earth craving more water they crave only more attention to themselves. Like the fire that never has enough fuel, they must continually fuel their passion for recognition by destroying the reputations of others.
These creatures have infiltrated our churches and will innocently say: “Did you hear about poor old Ms. Jensen? Her husband has a new assistant and…” Careful, this creature is really sucking your blood, your spiritual life force and you may find yourself enjoying it and even sharing in it. You may be serving God with all your heart conducting a small Bible study of four people and some alukah may walk up to you and say: “You know I don’t think you should be using the NIV in your study because I heard…” or “I don’t believe God is in this because if He was, your study should have grown by now to at least 10 people.” or “You should be bearing more fruit than this, maybe you ought to disband and teach a Sunday school class for little children, yes, I think you would be perfect the need we have right now.” Before long your spiritual life force is totally drained and replaced with the that of the alukah. You, yourself can then become an “alukah.” You may find yourself telling the four faithful to your Bible Study, “We need to draw more people into this, we are going to have the biggest, Bestest, Bible study in the church and we will show them how spiritual we are “Before you know it you will have become an alukah and begin preying on the innocent members of your Bible study to make you look like a real spiritual giant.
Be on guard, the alukahs are all around us, they may even be on the worship team, or teaching your Sunday school class. They can appear so holy that they could pose for a picture on a holy card. They may be sitting right next to you in church this morning, ready to suck your spiritual blood from you. If fact, it may even be you —– or maybe even me ——–Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
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