Thoughts/OpEd Page 8
From a Christian Perspective; From a Drummer's Perspective
(and lately, the Spring of 2020, an American's perspective)
Some thoughts, some ideas, some concepts, some principles to contemplate.
(scroll down for new entries)
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(and lately, the Spring of 2020, an American's perspective)
Some thoughts, some ideas, some concepts, some principles to contemplate.
(scroll down for new entries)
(hi-lite, copy and paste any links or hi-lite and right click)
700. "Baalenciaga"
701. SOLOS for Concept Drum Sets coming soon
702. A Genocidal War
Whitney Webb
703. Ears to Hear
Jordan Peterson is Not an Evangelist
Deborah Emmanuel Yakubu
704. Gianluca Pellerito
705. The Future of Drum Set Artistry
706. Did Trump Really State That?
Spin Right, Drop and Die
Here Come the Nukes
TRUMP is HUNGRY!
Pope Francis: Bad Times Coming
39% of Americans believe...
706. An Unfortunate Missing the Mark
"Your Designed Body"
Baby Alex
707. Let's Be Logical About January 6th, 2021
REF - SOLOS for Concept Drums Sets - From the Sublime to the Ridiculous
708. This is Babylon
709. Oh, Arizona
Chip Roy Says It!
710. This is Babylon, 2
711. Virgil Donati - The Dawn of Time
7500 People A DAY
712. Can Jesus Come Tomorrow?
713. Elon Musk Is Not Our Saviour
Damar Hamlin
714. LEGEND Revisited
Some Astute Reasoning
Why Is Kevin McCarthy So Important?
715. The CLICK god.
716. Loneliness
717. This is Babylon, 3
Once Again SCOTUS Waffles
They're Coming for You, Francis
MTG Jumps the Shark
Jeff Beck, R.I.P.
718. Speaking of Death (and life)
719. Which Brings Up Separation of Church and State
720. Which Brings Up the Secret Rapture, 7-Year Tribulation and Last-day Events
721. Where Did the Elements Come From?
A Vaccine for the Vaccine???
The Canadian College of Psychologists vs. Jordan Peterson
UAP Report Finally Released (Yawn)
"Jesus Saves" is Offensive???
Are These the People You Want Running the World?
The Worst Drum Kit He Could Find
722. Dr. Malone Sounds the Alarm
Trump Keeps Hammering
Crowder on Big Con
Big Con Replies?
The Most Thoroughly Engaging, Entertaining 20 Minutes I've Had All Day
Did You Know This?
A Pope with Potty Mouth?
A New Miracle?
723. Absolute Garbage
Congressman Believes Bible Shows UFOs
724. A Challenge to Ken Ham
725. Aretha Franklin Cannot Be a "Natural Woman"
FRIGHTENING
726. LEGEND Revisited to What?
727. All By Accident on YT
728. Just Who or What Keeps the Time?
729. Francis Gets Cringey Again
Brave New World?
Brave New Sermons???
730. But...
QUESTIONS
A Quote
Fly the Friendly Skies
Floyd Sneed RIP
731. Is Religion a Protected Class in America?
732. A Case in Point
Geoengineering
733. Total BS
A Powerful Promise
S.O.T.U.
Another Incredible Misfire
Explain This to Me
Roger Waters Speaks to the UN
734. The Movie is Out
Idris Elba is Correct
Chick-fil-A Goes Alternative
Outraged Yet???
735. Was Jesus a Refugee?
LEGEND Revisited: Here We Go
736. A.I. WILL Take Over the World of...
FBI Goes After Traditional Catholics
Hmm. What Exactly is Being Shot Down?
737. Once Again, Evangelicals Get It Wrong
738. Pope Francis Should Listen
739. Is It Beginning?
740. Finding the Right Fit is Harder Than You Think
741. VIGANO AND CARLSON
Just Because It's "Healthy" Doesn't Mean It's Healthy
Another One Bites The Dust
742. The Foolishness of Happenstance
743. Catholicism: The Religion of Man
Oops: Webb Takes Aim at Early Galaxy Formation
A.I. is in LOVE
More Babylon
A Revival of What, Exactly?
744. Revival, According to Men Who Experienced it
745. A Difference Between Left and Right
More International Studies on the Dangers of the Injections
A Simple Explanation of the Coming Financial Collapse
The Florida of Ron DeSantis
746. Calls for Clergy Accountability
747. Oh, You Know I'm Going to Hit This
748. How Would You Answer This Question?
749. World Obesity Day
A strange Sign of the Times
More Signs of the Times
750. A Fair Question
Words Mean Things
The J6 Criminal SCAM
751. Which Way?
A Measuring Stick
752. Just a Church? No.
Aha. UFOs for Money
A Silly Headline
Scary. A.I. Can Read Minds.
Satan Club Happily Received in Colorado
753. It's Okay to Attack Christianity
It's Okay to Attack Women, Too
The Pivotal 1990's
754. Babylon/Rome Strikes Again
For Those Who Do Not Believe Yet
755. Monster Energy Drink 666?
756. What Does God Own?
757. Target the Red States
758. Antisemitism On the Rise, of Course
TRUMP TO BE ARRESTED
Another Home Run From Digital Engine
These People
MAGA vs. Multinational Corporations
Finally. Races. NOT
"Cosmic Origins Remain a Mystery"
759. Is Easter Christian or Pagan?
760. Can There be an Alien Invasion?
Is Trump America First or Trump First
Parker Posie
761. Trans vs. Christianity?
LEGEND UPDATE
761. More Thoughts
A Warning, Open Letter About A.I.
Fuel to the A.I. Fire
762. Australia Deep Dives into Theology?
763. Arrested for Giving Christian Conversion Testimony
764. What is Life?
765. Scales
RIP Dino Danelli
Jimmy Dore Gets Serious About Covid
766. The Anvil and the Woodchipper
Who Can Tell What a Woman Is?
767. Tik Tok, Tik Tok, Tik Tok; the Bomb is Going Off on the Web
Rubicon Schmubicon
A Banana Republic
"Everyone Will Die"
"Les Deplorables"
How Can LEGEND be Revisited?
768. The Ancient Mocker
More Babylon
769. The Mixture Continues
770. Sing a Song, be Purified?
771. Get Ready for True Revival
A Plea From a Hip-Hop Artist
Who is the G.O.A.T.?
772. LEGEND UPDATE: GOD
*An A.I. WARNING*
Sunday is not the Sabbath
They Cannot Buy or Sell
Who Wins the Pyric Victory?
Revisited - It Sounds As I Pictured It
773. Another Misapplied Comparison
A Weak Non-apology Apology
What's Good for the Goose...
Earthquake Predictions
JWST Does It Again
774. By the Mouth of Two Witnesses
775. Federal Identity Number
776. Time for Christians to Fight Back?
A Tribute to Guitarist Extraordinaire, Kevin Nugent
777. UPDATE: Home Stretch
RFK vs. DJT
The Common Sense of Firearms
King Charles Gets a Piece
778. The March of Sodom and Gomorrah
779. It is Building and Will Come On Strong
780. What Would You Do to Save a Life?
"From the Lord" - An UPDATE
Why the Changes
"Hail Satan!" Seriously?
LEGEND Revisited - Next Phase. Race Against Time?
781. LEGEND Revisited - An Honest Appraisal of the Process
The Coronation of a... Protestant?
The Frightening Advancement of A.I.
The 8-pointed Star
"God is Trans?"
Climate Change Tyranny
More Babylon - The Peta Bible
Yeonmi Park
Will the Real Lunatics, Please, Stand Up?
782. Vigano Shows His True Colors
LEGEND UPDATE - All the People
783. Tom Renz
Only 4%
784. New Vatican 'Fundamental Law'
785. What About Those Who Never Heard?
A UAP Congressional Hornet's Nest
Apprehension
A Message From Rick Schroder
786. The Power of the Will
787. Revelation Road
788. Archbishop Vigano Truly is Roman Catholic
789. Creation Ministries Continue to Denounce Life Beyond Earth
Is This an Appropriate Gauge?
A Disgustingly Frightening Pyramid
Tulsi Gabbard - Memorial Day
"Tell it Like a Woman"
790. WHAT IS GOD?
Programmed to Kill
How Close is the Big One?
The Hypocrisy of Hate
791. 'The Chosen" Controversy
Megan Kelly Wakes Up
"Plandemic 3"
Arnold and Heaven
Whistleblowers and UFOs
Christian Street Preacher Arrested... in America
The Incredible 'Water Bear'
Tucker Draws Almost 100 Million Viewers
Mike Pence
Target Threatened Over "Pride"
Yuval Noah Harari
792. The Futility of Mankind
"81 Million Votes My Ass"
*Public Scam Warning*
Petar Janjic
793. The Purpose of Life
794. The Worship of the Sacred Heart
This Week in Babylon
The Nebular Hypothesis
National Press Club UFO Disclosure
71% - Biden Too Old
The Shocking 'Deagel Forecast'
795. Music. The Same Battleground
Gary Novak
El Estepario Siberiano
How Much Worse Can It Get, A.I.?
U.S. Senate Hearings on Transgenderism
Putin Threatens the West... Again
Nanotechnology and Transhumanism
796. Can A.I. be God?
797. Qualifying Remarks Again
798. What Do You Want Me to Call You?
799. Imam Younus Kathrada
Every Single President Since Harry Truman
701. SOLOS for Concept Drum Sets coming soon
702. A Genocidal War
Whitney Webb
703. Ears to Hear
Jordan Peterson is Not an Evangelist
Deborah Emmanuel Yakubu
704. Gianluca Pellerito
705. The Future of Drum Set Artistry
706. Did Trump Really State That?
Spin Right, Drop and Die
Here Come the Nukes
TRUMP is HUNGRY!
Pope Francis: Bad Times Coming
39% of Americans believe...
706. An Unfortunate Missing the Mark
"Your Designed Body"
Baby Alex
707. Let's Be Logical About January 6th, 2021
REF - SOLOS for Concept Drums Sets - From the Sublime to the Ridiculous
708. This is Babylon
709. Oh, Arizona
Chip Roy Says It!
710. This is Babylon, 2
711. Virgil Donati - The Dawn of Time
7500 People A DAY
712. Can Jesus Come Tomorrow?
713. Elon Musk Is Not Our Saviour
Damar Hamlin
714. LEGEND Revisited
Some Astute Reasoning
Why Is Kevin McCarthy So Important?
715. The CLICK god.
716. Loneliness
717. This is Babylon, 3
Once Again SCOTUS Waffles
They're Coming for You, Francis
MTG Jumps the Shark
Jeff Beck, R.I.P.
718. Speaking of Death (and life)
719. Which Brings Up Separation of Church and State
720. Which Brings Up the Secret Rapture, 7-Year Tribulation and Last-day Events
721. Where Did the Elements Come From?
A Vaccine for the Vaccine???
The Canadian College of Psychologists vs. Jordan Peterson
UAP Report Finally Released (Yawn)
"Jesus Saves" is Offensive???
Are These the People You Want Running the World?
The Worst Drum Kit He Could Find
722. Dr. Malone Sounds the Alarm
Trump Keeps Hammering
Crowder on Big Con
Big Con Replies?
The Most Thoroughly Engaging, Entertaining 20 Minutes I've Had All Day
Did You Know This?
A Pope with Potty Mouth?
A New Miracle?
723. Absolute Garbage
Congressman Believes Bible Shows UFOs
724. A Challenge to Ken Ham
725. Aretha Franklin Cannot Be a "Natural Woman"
FRIGHTENING
726. LEGEND Revisited to What?
727. All By Accident on YT
728. Just Who or What Keeps the Time?
729. Francis Gets Cringey Again
Brave New World?
Brave New Sermons???
730. But...
QUESTIONS
A Quote
Fly the Friendly Skies
Floyd Sneed RIP
731. Is Religion a Protected Class in America?
732. A Case in Point
Geoengineering
733. Total BS
A Powerful Promise
S.O.T.U.
Another Incredible Misfire
Explain This to Me
Roger Waters Speaks to the UN
734. The Movie is Out
Idris Elba is Correct
Chick-fil-A Goes Alternative
Outraged Yet???
735. Was Jesus a Refugee?
LEGEND Revisited: Here We Go
736. A.I. WILL Take Over the World of...
FBI Goes After Traditional Catholics
Hmm. What Exactly is Being Shot Down?
737. Once Again, Evangelicals Get It Wrong
738. Pope Francis Should Listen
739. Is It Beginning?
740. Finding the Right Fit is Harder Than You Think
741. VIGANO AND CARLSON
Just Because It's "Healthy" Doesn't Mean It's Healthy
Another One Bites The Dust
742. The Foolishness of Happenstance
743. Catholicism: The Religion of Man
Oops: Webb Takes Aim at Early Galaxy Formation
A.I. is in LOVE
More Babylon
A Revival of What, Exactly?
744. Revival, According to Men Who Experienced it
745. A Difference Between Left and Right
More International Studies on the Dangers of the Injections
A Simple Explanation of the Coming Financial Collapse
The Florida of Ron DeSantis
746. Calls for Clergy Accountability
747. Oh, You Know I'm Going to Hit This
748. How Would You Answer This Question?
749. World Obesity Day
A strange Sign of the Times
More Signs of the Times
750. A Fair Question
Words Mean Things
The J6 Criminal SCAM
751. Which Way?
A Measuring Stick
752. Just a Church? No.
Aha. UFOs for Money
A Silly Headline
Scary. A.I. Can Read Minds.
Satan Club Happily Received in Colorado
753. It's Okay to Attack Christianity
It's Okay to Attack Women, Too
The Pivotal 1990's
754. Babylon/Rome Strikes Again
For Those Who Do Not Believe Yet
755. Monster Energy Drink 666?
756. What Does God Own?
757. Target the Red States
758. Antisemitism On the Rise, of Course
TRUMP TO BE ARRESTED
Another Home Run From Digital Engine
These People
MAGA vs. Multinational Corporations
Finally. Races. NOT
"Cosmic Origins Remain a Mystery"
759. Is Easter Christian or Pagan?
760. Can There be an Alien Invasion?
Is Trump America First or Trump First
Parker Posie
761. Trans vs. Christianity?
LEGEND UPDATE
761. More Thoughts
A Warning, Open Letter About A.I.
Fuel to the A.I. Fire
762. Australia Deep Dives into Theology?
763. Arrested for Giving Christian Conversion Testimony
764. What is Life?
765. Scales
RIP Dino Danelli
Jimmy Dore Gets Serious About Covid
766. The Anvil and the Woodchipper
Who Can Tell What a Woman Is?
767. Tik Tok, Tik Tok, Tik Tok; the Bomb is Going Off on the Web
Rubicon Schmubicon
A Banana Republic
"Everyone Will Die"
"Les Deplorables"
How Can LEGEND be Revisited?
768. The Ancient Mocker
More Babylon
769. The Mixture Continues
770. Sing a Song, be Purified?
771. Get Ready for True Revival
A Plea From a Hip-Hop Artist
Who is the G.O.A.T.?
772. LEGEND UPDATE: GOD
*An A.I. WARNING*
Sunday is not the Sabbath
They Cannot Buy or Sell
Who Wins the Pyric Victory?
Revisited - It Sounds As I Pictured It
773. Another Misapplied Comparison
A Weak Non-apology Apology
What's Good for the Goose...
Earthquake Predictions
JWST Does It Again
774. By the Mouth of Two Witnesses
775. Federal Identity Number
776. Time for Christians to Fight Back?
A Tribute to Guitarist Extraordinaire, Kevin Nugent
777. UPDATE: Home Stretch
RFK vs. DJT
The Common Sense of Firearms
King Charles Gets a Piece
778. The March of Sodom and Gomorrah
779. It is Building and Will Come On Strong
780. What Would You Do to Save a Life?
"From the Lord" - An UPDATE
Why the Changes
"Hail Satan!" Seriously?
LEGEND Revisited - Next Phase. Race Against Time?
781. LEGEND Revisited - An Honest Appraisal of the Process
The Coronation of a... Protestant?
The Frightening Advancement of A.I.
The 8-pointed Star
"God is Trans?"
Climate Change Tyranny
More Babylon - The Peta Bible
Yeonmi Park
Will the Real Lunatics, Please, Stand Up?
782. Vigano Shows His True Colors
LEGEND UPDATE - All the People
783. Tom Renz
Only 4%
784. New Vatican 'Fundamental Law'
785. What About Those Who Never Heard?
A UAP Congressional Hornet's Nest
Apprehension
A Message From Rick Schroder
786. The Power of the Will
787. Revelation Road
788. Archbishop Vigano Truly is Roman Catholic
789. Creation Ministries Continue to Denounce Life Beyond Earth
Is This an Appropriate Gauge?
A Disgustingly Frightening Pyramid
Tulsi Gabbard - Memorial Day
"Tell it Like a Woman"
790. WHAT IS GOD?
Programmed to Kill
How Close is the Big One?
The Hypocrisy of Hate
791. 'The Chosen" Controversy
Megan Kelly Wakes Up
"Plandemic 3"
Arnold and Heaven
Whistleblowers and UFOs
Christian Street Preacher Arrested... in America
The Incredible 'Water Bear'
Tucker Draws Almost 100 Million Viewers
Mike Pence
Target Threatened Over "Pride"
Yuval Noah Harari
792. The Futility of Mankind
"81 Million Votes My Ass"
*Public Scam Warning*
Petar Janjic
793. The Purpose of Life
794. The Worship of the Sacred Heart
This Week in Babylon
The Nebular Hypothesis
National Press Club UFO Disclosure
71% - Biden Too Old
The Shocking 'Deagel Forecast'
795. Music. The Same Battleground
Gary Novak
El Estepario Siberiano
How Much Worse Can It Get, A.I.?
U.S. Senate Hearings on Transgenderism
Putin Threatens the West... Again
Nanotechnology and Transhumanism
796. Can A.I. be God?
797. Qualifying Remarks Again
798. What Do You Want Me to Call You?
799. Imam Younus Kathrada
Every Single President Since Harry Truman
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700. Baalenciaga - December 5, 2022
No. That is not an incorrect spelling. That is a changed spelling. No. That is not my changed spelling. That is Balenciaga's changed spelling for one of its own ads. Yes. It is.
https://themostimportantnews.com/archives/baal-enci-aga-literally-means-baal-the-king
This is not some backward masking-thing on an old vinyl, Rock album. This is an actual change made public by the very company who paid for the ad's creation. They added an extra "a" in the name, seen on a roll of tape in the ad. A mistake? For a company that has become known for its cryptic ads, hardly. Every item in their ads seems to have distinct meaning and presence. Because of that, people are now fine-toothing Balenciaga ads to see what's in them. Their entire pedo-ad schemes are now a global outrage. People are burning the company's products, totally abandoning them and swearing them off for good. That's as it should be.
Adding an extra "a" to the company name. So what? Check out the link and read for yourself.
Baal - enci - aga.
In Latin - Baal the king. In the Bible, Baal (Bah-al), is a primary pagan deity in ancient times. It means "Lord." Lord of this, Lord of that, in various cultures, especially ancient Phoenician and Canaanite cultures. The name appears 81 times in the King James Version.
In the New Testament, the Pharisees called Jesus, Beelzebub, Matt 12:24; a name which means 'Lord of the flies' or Lord of the dung hill, among other translations. It's a take on Baal. The Pharisees, themselves, define who Beelzebub is: prince of the devils. In Strong's concordance, #G954, it means the dung god.
Balenciaga has gone out of its way to state who the allegiance of the company is directed to. No other logical conclusion can be drawn.
While I admire Michael Snyder for his stands as a patriot and someone who scours the news for things happening in our world, he is a Futurist, as far as Bible prophecy goes, and I do not adhere to his understanding of last-day events. I feel that must be made known. That said, he finds out things, and in this case the information about the ad was sent to him. It's a shocking development in the Balenciaga debacle.
I never cared much about fashion and what's "in." I never heard of the company until the pedophile ads went viral and began showing up at all the news sites I frequent. You pay a lot of money for the company's products. Their stock is taking a huge hit, as it should. The company should go under, bankrupt, done. Using such advertising is about as abominable as you can get. It's unthinkable but, in this current perverted world, quite fashionable.
Jesus said, whatever is hidden will be exposed from housetops. Balenciaga didn't even hide anything. They put it right out there. They sued the photographer of the ads. He's in shock. All he did was take pictures. Is he the ad agency that set up the message in the shoot that Balenciaga agreed to? Balenciaga is stuck on this one and I am going to imagine they will not go down alone.
Already, big names, endorsers, are under a microscope.
Expect all kinds of revelations as time moves along. It's a time of separation, and God is going to shake and sift and expose and show the world who His people are, and who are not.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
https://themostimportantnews.com/archives/baal-enci-aga-literally-means-baal-the-king
This is not some backward masking-thing on an old vinyl, Rock album. This is an actual change made public by the very company who paid for the ad's creation. They added an extra "a" in the name, seen on a roll of tape in the ad. A mistake? For a company that has become known for its cryptic ads, hardly. Every item in their ads seems to have distinct meaning and presence. Because of that, people are now fine-toothing Balenciaga ads to see what's in them. Their entire pedo-ad schemes are now a global outrage. People are burning the company's products, totally abandoning them and swearing them off for good. That's as it should be.
Adding an extra "a" to the company name. So what? Check out the link and read for yourself.
Baal - enci - aga.
In Latin - Baal the king. In the Bible, Baal (Bah-al), is a primary pagan deity in ancient times. It means "Lord." Lord of this, Lord of that, in various cultures, especially ancient Phoenician and Canaanite cultures. The name appears 81 times in the King James Version.
In the New Testament, the Pharisees called Jesus, Beelzebub, Matt 12:24; a name which means 'Lord of the flies' or Lord of the dung hill, among other translations. It's a take on Baal. The Pharisees, themselves, define who Beelzebub is: prince of the devils. In Strong's concordance, #G954, it means the dung god.
Balenciaga has gone out of its way to state who the allegiance of the company is directed to. No other logical conclusion can be drawn.
While I admire Michael Snyder for his stands as a patriot and someone who scours the news for things happening in our world, he is a Futurist, as far as Bible prophecy goes, and I do not adhere to his understanding of last-day events. I feel that must be made known. That said, he finds out things, and in this case the information about the ad was sent to him. It's a shocking development in the Balenciaga debacle.
I never cared much about fashion and what's "in." I never heard of the company until the pedophile ads went viral and began showing up at all the news sites I frequent. You pay a lot of money for the company's products. Their stock is taking a huge hit, as it should. The company should go under, bankrupt, done. Using such advertising is about as abominable as you can get. It's unthinkable but, in this current perverted world, quite fashionable.
Jesus said, whatever is hidden will be exposed from housetops. Balenciaga didn't even hide anything. They put it right out there. They sued the photographer of the ads. He's in shock. All he did was take pictures. Is he the ad agency that set up the message in the shoot that Balenciaga agreed to? Balenciaga is stuck on this one and I am going to imagine they will not go down alone.
Already, big names, endorsers, are under a microscope.
Expect all kinds of revelations as time moves along. It's a time of separation, and God is going to shake and sift and expose and show the world who His people are, and who are not.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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701. SOLOS for Concept Drum Sets coming soon - December 5, 2022
I have been writing on the recording blog page about the current recording project. That's not a misprint and mistake. While the previous three recordings have been titled 'Concepts for Solo Drum Set," this new recording is not about ideas for performance but, a recording of sound, drum sound, manipulated drum sound, using concept drum sets: drums that are not drums or, are not drums generally considered worthy of a recording studio session.
REF - SOLOS for Concept Drum Sets - From the Sublime to the Ridiculous - contains eight different drum sets in ten solos, with a little extra ditty thrown in for fun. Some are traditional drums, some are most definitely not traditional drums, and all of these instruments have been recorded like the previous albums, and are now under the manipulative talents of John Mayes, my guitarist friend from WV, for mixing and mastering. When finished, I'll place the recording on my YouTube channel for people to squint their eyes or raise their eyebrows or drop their jaw when they learn exactly what they are listening to. You will not believe your ears.
This is a one of a kind recording, as far as I am aware. If you visit here and read around, you know my position on drum manufacturing industry super-hype on proprietary drum shells and claimed sound. This recording will be a landmark entry into the world of drums and their placement under microphones and software manipulation, to boldly show what can be done with any "drum" in the arena of software processing.
No one need come under the influence or spell of ultra-hype marketing, compelling players to shell out boatloads of money for drums to record with.
I'm excited for this recording to be put out there. While every person who listens may not hear a personal preference for drum sound in these kits, which is highly subjective, they will not be able to gainsay their usefulness for any style or genre of drumming, with all the various things made to manipulate the sound of drum heads under tension, which is the lion's share of what a drum produces for sound.
You should find this recording pretty enlightening.
I'll let you know when the album is up on my YT channel, and a new page for it here on the web site. It should be up in two or three weeks.
Stay tuned.
REF - SOLOS for Concept Drum Sets - From the Sublime to the Ridiculous - contains eight different drum sets in ten solos, with a little extra ditty thrown in for fun. Some are traditional drums, some are most definitely not traditional drums, and all of these instruments have been recorded like the previous albums, and are now under the manipulative talents of John Mayes, my guitarist friend from WV, for mixing and mastering. When finished, I'll place the recording on my YouTube channel for people to squint their eyes or raise their eyebrows or drop their jaw when they learn exactly what they are listening to. You will not believe your ears.
This is a one of a kind recording, as far as I am aware. If you visit here and read around, you know my position on drum manufacturing industry super-hype on proprietary drum shells and claimed sound. This recording will be a landmark entry into the world of drums and their placement under microphones and software manipulation, to boldly show what can be done with any "drum" in the arena of software processing.
No one need come under the influence or spell of ultra-hype marketing, compelling players to shell out boatloads of money for drums to record with.
I'm excited for this recording to be put out there. While every person who listens may not hear a personal preference for drum sound in these kits, which is highly subjective, they will not be able to gainsay their usefulness for any style or genre of drumming, with all the various things made to manipulate the sound of drum heads under tension, which is the lion's share of what a drum produces for sound.
You should find this recording pretty enlightening.
I'll let you know when the album is up on my YT channel, and a new page for it here on the web site. It should be up in two or three weeks.
Stay tuned.
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702. A Genocidal War - December 6, 2022
Do you know why articles about Covid are still circulating? It's not because the WHO/CDC/Fauci/Gates brigade is constantly pimping out fear mongering garbage. Nobody is paying attention to those people anymore, save for those remaining ignorant of the the truth, which, unfortunately is a fair share of the global population. If they did a little research, they would learn they have been shafted by very wicked people.
No, the only reason we are still seeing stories and articles about Covid is because justice departments around the world are refusing to hold these devils accountable. Why? Because they, too, are populated by pawns of the globalist cabal intent on taking control of poor Mother Earth, needing as many humans as possible removed from her surface. If justice departments did their jobs, these evil elements of society would have been arrested, tried and locked up a year ago; remedies for the illness would be widely available, and life would go back to normal, like any Flu season.
So, those who do investigation continue to put out information about what the Covid injections are doing to people around the world, trying to warn and educate people.
You see, even if all these maniacs were rounded up and put away, the fallout of the injection serums is going to wreak havoc upon us all, "vaccinated" and by "shedding" the unvaccinated, as well.
Everybody I know has gone back to life, normalized again by some common sense and enough citizens being pissed off to tell the elected civil servants to get off our backs and get back to living everyday life, at least here in America. Our hearts go out to states and nations on continents run by globalist puppets of death, like California and America's neighbor above us, comrade Trudeau's Canada.
Read and see what is happening, and legally, not happening.
https://expose-news.com/2022/12/06/researchers-discuss-nanotechnology-and-structures/
https://expose-news.com/2022/10/28/nanostructures-in-covid-vaccines-are-not-self-assembling/
*they are being constructed by micro-machines*
https://expose-news.com/2022/08/13/german-researchers-stop-vaccines-immediately/
https://expose-news.com/2022/10/26/covid-tests-and-vaccines-are-delivering-a-weapon/
https://expose-news.com/2022/10/21/covid-injection-vial-contents-a-genocidal-war/
Those links were posted in the article of the first link. The Expose' is as major player in showing the totalitarian globalists and their agenda for just what they are and it is.
A genocidal war upon humanity has been initiated.
God only knows how this ends up.
No, the only reason we are still seeing stories and articles about Covid is because justice departments around the world are refusing to hold these devils accountable. Why? Because they, too, are populated by pawns of the globalist cabal intent on taking control of poor Mother Earth, needing as many humans as possible removed from her surface. If justice departments did their jobs, these evil elements of society would have been arrested, tried and locked up a year ago; remedies for the illness would be widely available, and life would go back to normal, like any Flu season.
So, those who do investigation continue to put out information about what the Covid injections are doing to people around the world, trying to warn and educate people.
You see, even if all these maniacs were rounded up and put away, the fallout of the injection serums is going to wreak havoc upon us all, "vaccinated" and by "shedding" the unvaccinated, as well.
Everybody I know has gone back to life, normalized again by some common sense and enough citizens being pissed off to tell the elected civil servants to get off our backs and get back to living everyday life, at least here in America. Our hearts go out to states and nations on continents run by globalist puppets of death, like California and America's neighbor above us, comrade Trudeau's Canada.
Read and see what is happening, and legally, not happening.
https://expose-news.com/2022/12/06/researchers-discuss-nanotechnology-and-structures/
https://expose-news.com/2022/10/28/nanostructures-in-covid-vaccines-are-not-self-assembling/
*they are being constructed by micro-machines*
https://expose-news.com/2022/08/13/german-researchers-stop-vaccines-immediately/
https://expose-news.com/2022/10/26/covid-tests-and-vaccines-are-delivering-a-weapon/
https://expose-news.com/2022/10/21/covid-injection-vial-contents-a-genocidal-war/
Those links were posted in the article of the first link. The Expose' is as major player in showing the totalitarian globalists and their agenda for just what they are and it is.
A genocidal war upon humanity has been initiated.
God only knows how this ends up.
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Whitney Webb
Ever heard of her? I never had until about 45 minutes ago. I came upon a link to an interview she did with broadcaster, Glenn Beck. I'm about 35 minutes in to a 1:23:38 interview.
For the last couple years, on this website, I have hammered the anvil of corruption. For one, it is a major sign of the times, noted in Genesis 6, in Noah's time, at the judgment of the deluge. Two, there is nothing that corruption does not involve and does not affect our lives to varying degrees.
Watching this interview (or listening as it plays in the background), I know everything I have stated about corruption is true. Whitney Webb has proved it with a fine toothed comb investigation of the subject in American history, especially in the last 30 years. Corruption of magnitudes far too many Americans do not understand.
At one point in the interview Beck mentions, "You have not improved my mood any." Anybody who watches this interview will not maintain a good mood, if they had one going in.
Whitney Webb, a 33 yr. old female journalist is as unassuming as one can imagine. She looks studious. She sounds... well, once she opens her mouth and begins rattling off names, places, dates and information in complete full-borne sentences, like a computer, you are witnessing someone with a mind like a steel trap who is truly gifted. She rarely hesitates, trying to remember anything. It just pours out of her.
The world is coming under darkness, foreboding an evil time. Beck titles the interview:
"How the Elites Will Create a Class of Slaves." Thus far, since Nov. 5th, it has racked up 1,728,000 views. It's surprising Google leaves it up, seeing they are a major player in the problems that plague America.
For the most part, the interview looks at the role of the Jeffrey Epstein thing in American... well, there wasn't much he was not into. It was a whole lot more than sex trafficking and politics and a web as wide as Texas.
This woman should get a medal of some kind. May God continue to use her and protect her.
That said, only God can stop this elitist machine from gaining its desired ends. That is blazingly clear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-d3jFIGxdQ
For the last couple years, on this website, I have hammered the anvil of corruption. For one, it is a major sign of the times, noted in Genesis 6, in Noah's time, at the judgment of the deluge. Two, there is nothing that corruption does not involve and does not affect our lives to varying degrees.
Watching this interview (or listening as it plays in the background), I know everything I have stated about corruption is true. Whitney Webb has proved it with a fine toothed comb investigation of the subject in American history, especially in the last 30 years. Corruption of magnitudes far too many Americans do not understand.
At one point in the interview Beck mentions, "You have not improved my mood any." Anybody who watches this interview will not maintain a good mood, if they had one going in.
Whitney Webb, a 33 yr. old female journalist is as unassuming as one can imagine. She looks studious. She sounds... well, once she opens her mouth and begins rattling off names, places, dates and information in complete full-borne sentences, like a computer, you are witnessing someone with a mind like a steel trap who is truly gifted. She rarely hesitates, trying to remember anything. It just pours out of her.
The world is coming under darkness, foreboding an evil time. Beck titles the interview:
"How the Elites Will Create a Class of Slaves." Thus far, since Nov. 5th, it has racked up 1,728,000 views. It's surprising Google leaves it up, seeing they are a major player in the problems that plague America.
For the most part, the interview looks at the role of the Jeffrey Epstein thing in American... well, there wasn't much he was not into. It was a whole lot more than sex trafficking and politics and a web as wide as Texas.
This woman should get a medal of some kind. May God continue to use her and protect her.
That said, only God can stop this elitist machine from gaining its desired ends. That is blazingly clear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-d3jFIGxdQ
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703. Ears to Hear - December 9, 2022
Who knows the number of books that have been written on the subject of sound down through the centuries. The science of sound began to be looked into thousands of years ago. China, India, Greece and Pythagoras, Galileo and the findings of waves with associated pitches, down to the 19th century and invention of the phonograph, then telephone and children speaking to each other with cans and wire.
One of the most amazing things I ever experienced was the simplicity of the parabolic acoustic mirrors at a museum of science. People all over the room, walking and talking and I and my daughters held a conversation yards apart, speaking to each other in whispers. Fascinating.
As someone into sound - in my case the sound of percussion - I am moved by the thunder and lightning of drums and cymbals, and the acoustic rain drops and wash of bells and hand chimes. We have wind chimes all around our home, all year round.
Right now I am into, having to be into sound coming from various speakers, as I listen to recordings of drum sets, trying to find the essence of what constitutes audible placement of the sound waves of all my drums, cymbals and percussive sound effects. In particular, the right dimension of inclusiveness in a mix of bass drums with their other drum set components. Deciding what is the most natural place of a bass drum in a mix can be tricky. You can listen on speaker monitors and sit in the usual triangle of distance and angle of speakers to your ears. Move in or out just a little and things change. Place your hands behind your ears and move them out and forward, and frequency changes will shock you. It's no wonder why animals like deer and rabbits hear so well. They can turn their ears to face sound coming at them from various directions, manipulated and controlled antennas.
Today I was in the room where my interface and speaker monitors are, packing away drums used for the latest recording. As I moved around, the sound of the bass drums used in each solo changed radically. The room acoustics and my proximity to the speakers had a dramatic effect on what I was hearing. Sitting in front of the speakers trying to decide the volume of each bass drum in relation to other instruments and their volume, as a set of drums and cymbals, attempting to keep it all as natural as possible, is quite a task, keeping in mind the broad and general use of listening devices people will hear it all on.
Sound waves would be moot if we did not have a brain and designed ear systems to capture and interpret them. The tiniest bones in our bodies are in our ears - the malleus, the incus, and the stapes bones, which work in an absolutely fantastic way, with the outer ear, ear drum and canal way, all connected to our brains, to catch and interpret sound.
Here's a link to an explanation of it all -
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/how-the-ear-works
You can read all kinds of things about how sound waves develop and travel and how the ears address them in hundreds, thousands of books and to me, someone telling me the system is just an accident of nature, developed with small changes over time, is one of the most ridiculous things humans can believe.
The system is designed and works together. There is no room for loss of designed parts and have hearing take place. To believe that a living cell just happened somehow and over time developed the system of hearing... how can people seriously believe this? In what world do we observe such things taking place, naturally?
A catapillar surrounds itself with a membrane. It then turns into goo, literally. It then emerges as one of nature's most beautiful things, a Butterfly. Let's face it. Some humans have a difficult time getting dressed in the morning. Most humans cannot cook a meal. Others do it for them. Mixing together just a dozen ingredients in various quantities and applying varying degrees of heat, is something they cannot naturally do. They must be taught with information but, the system of hearing; one of the most delicate processes in nature, just accidently developed over eons of time? Is there proof of such a thing? Is their evidence seen or reproduced in a laboratory: operational science? There is not. Men cannot make a cell, let alone an organic system that remains light years away from creating the system of hearing, involving billions of cells.
I used to believe everything was an accident, mutations and chance and all that. I never questioned what teachers told me. As a young atheist I just accepted the story, even though it made no sense. Then, I met my Creator and things that never made sense became sensical and obvious. Every living thing took on a brilliance and meaning and place and purpose that all just existed as a story up until the time I was born again. Yes, Genesis is a historical account, too; a story. It makes a whole lot more sense than believing the existence of sound waves and systems of hearing them are all accidents.
If you look at the linked page, ask your self how many times could you throw up a box of letters (after you ask yourself and answer how those letters, elements of information created themselves), and they should fall into the precise organization to give us the information on that page? The possibility of it happening is a statistical impossibility. Just because I might believe it happened does not make it so. It's a story based on belief, not methodical and observable science. The same can be said for all symbiotic relationships in our anatomies, and throughout all nature.
Why did my entire being change one evening in 1979? What is the scientific explanation for it; observable, testable, repeatable in every day laboratory life? No such information out of science exists. I had an experience that exceeds the vast limits of human understanding. An ancient book describes it as being born-again, all things becoming new, a change, a renewal of the mind not precipitated by anything I did or could do. Despite being a diehard atheist, despite fighting the entire premise of religion, I was changed in an instant; an instant of surrendering my life into the hands of my Creator. There is no scientific explanation. There is no ratio of chemicals mixing or neurons firing that can explain it.
Whoever you are, reading this right now, if you believe you are just an accident, just a bag of chemicals all accidentally functioning in absolute miraculous ways no human or group of humans can evidentially explain or recreate but, sperm and egg can; with no evidence of them just happening by an accident of unguided, undirected, chance of nature: truly think about what you believe and how such massive amounts of necessary information could just appear and somehow build you. The chances of Santa Clause existing at the North Pole and going to several billion homes in one night make more sense than materialism and naturalism.
I am constantly astonished at the number of times the word "designed" or "created" appears in articles about things supposedly developed and made by purposeless, unguided, undirected accidents of nature. I suspect those who believe in materialism and naturalism offer no more reflection on the use of language than they do in the stories about life just showing up one day, which they believe, without a shred of observable, testable and repeatable evidence.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
One of the most amazing things I ever experienced was the simplicity of the parabolic acoustic mirrors at a museum of science. People all over the room, walking and talking and I and my daughters held a conversation yards apart, speaking to each other in whispers. Fascinating.
As someone into sound - in my case the sound of percussion - I am moved by the thunder and lightning of drums and cymbals, and the acoustic rain drops and wash of bells and hand chimes. We have wind chimes all around our home, all year round.
Right now I am into, having to be into sound coming from various speakers, as I listen to recordings of drum sets, trying to find the essence of what constitutes audible placement of the sound waves of all my drums, cymbals and percussive sound effects. In particular, the right dimension of inclusiveness in a mix of bass drums with their other drum set components. Deciding what is the most natural place of a bass drum in a mix can be tricky. You can listen on speaker monitors and sit in the usual triangle of distance and angle of speakers to your ears. Move in or out just a little and things change. Place your hands behind your ears and move them out and forward, and frequency changes will shock you. It's no wonder why animals like deer and rabbits hear so well. They can turn their ears to face sound coming at them from various directions, manipulated and controlled antennas.
Today I was in the room where my interface and speaker monitors are, packing away drums used for the latest recording. As I moved around, the sound of the bass drums used in each solo changed radically. The room acoustics and my proximity to the speakers had a dramatic effect on what I was hearing. Sitting in front of the speakers trying to decide the volume of each bass drum in relation to other instruments and their volume, as a set of drums and cymbals, attempting to keep it all as natural as possible, is quite a task, keeping in mind the broad and general use of listening devices people will hear it all on.
Sound waves would be moot if we did not have a brain and designed ear systems to capture and interpret them. The tiniest bones in our bodies are in our ears - the malleus, the incus, and the stapes bones, which work in an absolutely fantastic way, with the outer ear, ear drum and canal way, all connected to our brains, to catch and interpret sound.
Here's a link to an explanation of it all -
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/how-the-ear-works
You can read all kinds of things about how sound waves develop and travel and how the ears address them in hundreds, thousands of books and to me, someone telling me the system is just an accident of nature, developed with small changes over time, is one of the most ridiculous things humans can believe.
The system is designed and works together. There is no room for loss of designed parts and have hearing take place. To believe that a living cell just happened somehow and over time developed the system of hearing... how can people seriously believe this? In what world do we observe such things taking place, naturally?
A catapillar surrounds itself with a membrane. It then turns into goo, literally. It then emerges as one of nature's most beautiful things, a Butterfly. Let's face it. Some humans have a difficult time getting dressed in the morning. Most humans cannot cook a meal. Others do it for them. Mixing together just a dozen ingredients in various quantities and applying varying degrees of heat, is something they cannot naturally do. They must be taught with information but, the system of hearing; one of the most delicate processes in nature, just accidently developed over eons of time? Is there proof of such a thing? Is their evidence seen or reproduced in a laboratory: operational science? There is not. Men cannot make a cell, let alone an organic system that remains light years away from creating the system of hearing, involving billions of cells.
I used to believe everything was an accident, mutations and chance and all that. I never questioned what teachers told me. As a young atheist I just accepted the story, even though it made no sense. Then, I met my Creator and things that never made sense became sensical and obvious. Every living thing took on a brilliance and meaning and place and purpose that all just existed as a story up until the time I was born again. Yes, Genesis is a historical account, too; a story. It makes a whole lot more sense than believing the existence of sound waves and systems of hearing them are all accidents.
If you look at the linked page, ask your self how many times could you throw up a box of letters (after you ask yourself and answer how those letters, elements of information created themselves), and they should fall into the precise organization to give us the information on that page? The possibility of it happening is a statistical impossibility. Just because I might believe it happened does not make it so. It's a story based on belief, not methodical and observable science. The same can be said for all symbiotic relationships in our anatomies, and throughout all nature.
Why did my entire being change one evening in 1979? What is the scientific explanation for it; observable, testable, repeatable in every day laboratory life? No such information out of science exists. I had an experience that exceeds the vast limits of human understanding. An ancient book describes it as being born-again, all things becoming new, a change, a renewal of the mind not precipitated by anything I did or could do. Despite being a diehard atheist, despite fighting the entire premise of religion, I was changed in an instant; an instant of surrendering my life into the hands of my Creator. There is no scientific explanation. There is no ratio of chemicals mixing or neurons firing that can explain it.
Whoever you are, reading this right now, if you believe you are just an accident, just a bag of chemicals all accidentally functioning in absolute miraculous ways no human or group of humans can evidentially explain or recreate but, sperm and egg can; with no evidence of them just happening by an accident of unguided, undirected, chance of nature: truly think about what you believe and how such massive amounts of necessary information could just appear and somehow build you. The chances of Santa Clause existing at the North Pole and going to several billion homes in one night make more sense than materialism and naturalism.
I am constantly astonished at the number of times the word "designed" or "created" appears in articles about things supposedly developed and made by purposeless, unguided, undirected accidents of nature. I suspect those who believe in materialism and naturalism offer no more reflection on the use of language than they do in the stories about life just showing up one day, which they believe, without a shred of observable, testable and repeatable evidence.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
*****************************
Jordan Peterson is Not an Evangelist
He is a loved and hated clinical psychologist and commentator on world affairs, a Canadian by residence, and a fearless voice for whatever he truly believes. He is not a Christian evangelist or preacher of biblical prophetic events.
So, as you watch and listen to this seven minute explosion of facts, ask yourself who and what is the most dangerous threat to humanity: Christian preachers who believe in the second coming of Christ, which shall usher in eternal life for those who choose to love God or, globalist elitists who are working to depopulate the planet and use the rest of humanity as peons and servants for their supposed utopia with them in control, no choice; just slave-like conditions?
"It's Getting Really Serious." "WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT THIS?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I49iDDi1Pb4
Well, people are talking about it. They just lack the verbal skills Peterson exudes every time he speaks.
So, as you watch and listen to this seven minute explosion of facts, ask yourself who and what is the most dangerous threat to humanity: Christian preachers who believe in the second coming of Christ, which shall usher in eternal life for those who choose to love God or, globalist elitists who are working to depopulate the planet and use the rest of humanity as peons and servants for their supposed utopia with them in control, no choice; just slave-like conditions?
"It's Getting Really Serious." "WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT THIS?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I49iDDi1Pb4
Well, people are talking about it. They just lack the verbal skills Peterson exudes every time he speaks.
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Deborah Emmanuel Yakubu
She was a citizen of Nigeria. She was murdered, executed on May 12, 2022 by young Muslim extremists, her classmates at college. They stoned her. Then they burned her corpse. They videotaped her death and put it online. When asked by a classmate how she did so well on a test she replied, Jesus. That got her murdered. Deborah is just one of thousands of Christians martyred for their faith. She was one of 896 Christians killed for their faith in Nigeria in just the first three months of 2021. Last year a reported 4,650 Christians were killed by various Islamic groups following the tenets of their religion. The government has done little to nothing to stop the persecution. Perpetrators are rarely held responsible. Christians are rather told to keep their faith to themselves lest they run risks of retaliation for perceived "blasphemy" towards Allah, Islam's deity or, Mohammed, its prophet.
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2022/november/stop-killing-christians-biden-admin-hit-with-massive-petition-over-puzzling-handling-of-persecution-in-nigeria
For me, that is not the worst of the story. Last year the Biden administration took Nigeria OFF a list of nations that persecute people, called the Countries of Particular Concern list. Nigeria is considered in the top ten on the list of most dangerous nations for Christians to live in or go to, according to Open Doors, an American organization that keeps watch of such situations. Just type this into a search engine and watch what appears -
Where does Nigeria rank as a nation that persecutes Christians?
Why did the Biden administration remove Nigeria from that list? The Trump administration ranked Nigeria higher on the list in 2020. Biden goes in and removes the nation altogether? That's like a "hate crime" in and of itself.
3,000 signatures from Nigerians, thus far, form a petition to place the nation back on that list. Biden remains aloof to the petition. Nigeria has more professed Christian citizens than any other African nation. That means the chances of Christian persecution are higher there, than anywhere else on the continent, because of Islamic Shariah Law held in place, regardless of whoever is in political office in that nation.
I will not comment on Biden's personal profession of faith as a Roman Catholic. I will just say, Biden's hatred of all things Trump, and his administration's obvious denial of the most well understood aspects of the Christian faith, place him and those in his cabal in a most dangerous position before God. Biden shall reap what he sows, as will all others in his administration and beyond, in the web of evil encircling this nation.
For those who claim Allah, of the Quran, and Yehovah, the God of the Bible, are the same deity, their ignorance reaches to Heaven.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2022/november/stop-killing-christians-biden-admin-hit-with-massive-petition-over-puzzling-handling-of-persecution-in-nigeria
For me, that is not the worst of the story. Last year the Biden administration took Nigeria OFF a list of nations that persecute people, called the Countries of Particular Concern list. Nigeria is considered in the top ten on the list of most dangerous nations for Christians to live in or go to, according to Open Doors, an American organization that keeps watch of such situations. Just type this into a search engine and watch what appears -
Where does Nigeria rank as a nation that persecutes Christians?
Why did the Biden administration remove Nigeria from that list? The Trump administration ranked Nigeria higher on the list in 2020. Biden goes in and removes the nation altogether? That's like a "hate crime" in and of itself.
3,000 signatures from Nigerians, thus far, form a petition to place the nation back on that list. Biden remains aloof to the petition. Nigeria has more professed Christian citizens than any other African nation. That means the chances of Christian persecution are higher there, than anywhere else on the continent, because of Islamic Shariah Law held in place, regardless of whoever is in political office in that nation.
I will not comment on Biden's personal profession of faith as a Roman Catholic. I will just say, Biden's hatred of all things Trump, and his administration's obvious denial of the most well understood aspects of the Christian faith, place him and those in his cabal in a most dangerous position before God. Biden shall reap what he sows, as will all others in his administration and beyond, in the web of evil encircling this nation.
For those who claim Allah, of the Quran, and Yehovah, the God of the Bible, are the same deity, their ignorance reaches to Heaven.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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704. Gianluca Pellerito - December 12, 2022
Ever been asked who is the G.O.A.T of something or, who is the "best" of something? Ever see the question anywhere? For those who play a drum set, the question seems ubiquitous.
When it comes to drum set artistry, I do not believe there is a greatest of all time, nor a best, at any given time. Why? Simply because it is all subjective, with no standard parameters for what constitutes "best" or "greatest." Plus there is this aspect of reality. Such questions can only be answered from a pool of known players. Known by virtue of live appearances or audio and/or video recordings or, airplay of music they are part of. There is always someone out there, unknown, who can do it all and do it well or better than whoever sits on a public throne of the "best."
I never heard of this guy and would still not know of him were it not for seeing one of the short YT videos that appear in a list. I was watching something totally different, scrolled down a few more videos and this guy appears and dazzles with his open-handed playing. Literally, I could watch this guy play all day long. How is this player not known world-wide? Well, just the way life and a career has gone for him thus far, and there are so many more like him. Some may not gig at all. They are home, just playing for fun and have absolute mastery of the instrument.
Gianluca Pellerito is, by any and all definitions, a monster who can chew up a drum set with the "best of the best."
www.youtube.com/shorts/3lgbLTz0Z6E
Here's his YT channel -
www.youtube.com/gianlucapellerito/videos
If speed and chops is your thing (again - subjective), this guy has fast twitch muscles on top of his fast twitch muscles. If pocket is your thing, it doesn't get stronger than this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yhyh5BAAZY
Addendum -
But, here's the thing. If you go to the YT channel, Drum Compilations, which I have previously mentioned in another post, you will see numerous players with the same technique and abilities, also not widely known players, as far as the general drumming public. Another is Joshua Crawford's YT channel. He highlights many different players that are not well known that can turn your eyes inside out trying to keep up with them.
Like I say, they are out there. That takes nothing away from Gianluca. It's an art form. Art is subjective. Music is subjective. He's building a following. He'll be well known at some point.
One thing I also notice. Many of the players employing the Gospel Chops-type of playing, use highly muffled drums, which accentuates notes over tone, resonance and sustain. A flurry of notes on this type of sound, sounds faster with little spread of prominent pitch range to draw attention or mask things. That does not take away from Gianluca's ability at all. It's just an observation of sound.
While I enjoy watching the style from time to time, I still always go back to the aspect of making music on a drum set when it's time to solo or create a fill. Constant, muted fast notes can be a wall to keeping a player from having their own voice at the instrument. Speed can be a deterrent. It's entertaining to watch or listen to. Does it identify you at the instrument?
Consider Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's, 'Flight of the Bumble Bee.' Well known in popular culture. Many instrumentalists from violin to electric guitar have sought to master it. It's one, small section of an opera he wrote. His great work, Scheherazade, with a rendition by Prog-Rock supergroup Renaissance, back in the 1970's, is a far more full vision of the composer's works.
Have you noticed player's who prefer playing pocket, then exploding with super fast notes, do not seem to have a musical, mid-range of playing fills or solos? Just another observation.
I comment on this a lot because I believe it's an important subject today. Always remember, music is just as much space between notes, as it is the notes in the spaces.
When it comes to drum set artistry, I do not believe there is a greatest of all time, nor a best, at any given time. Why? Simply because it is all subjective, with no standard parameters for what constitutes "best" or "greatest." Plus there is this aspect of reality. Such questions can only be answered from a pool of known players. Known by virtue of live appearances or audio and/or video recordings or, airplay of music they are part of. There is always someone out there, unknown, who can do it all and do it well or better than whoever sits on a public throne of the "best."
I never heard of this guy and would still not know of him were it not for seeing one of the short YT videos that appear in a list. I was watching something totally different, scrolled down a few more videos and this guy appears and dazzles with his open-handed playing. Literally, I could watch this guy play all day long. How is this player not known world-wide? Well, just the way life and a career has gone for him thus far, and there are so many more like him. Some may not gig at all. They are home, just playing for fun and have absolute mastery of the instrument.
Gianluca Pellerito is, by any and all definitions, a monster who can chew up a drum set with the "best of the best."
www.youtube.com/shorts/3lgbLTz0Z6E
Here's his YT channel -
www.youtube.com/gianlucapellerito/videos
If speed and chops is your thing (again - subjective), this guy has fast twitch muscles on top of his fast twitch muscles. If pocket is your thing, it doesn't get stronger than this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yhyh5BAAZY
Addendum -
But, here's the thing. If you go to the YT channel, Drum Compilations, which I have previously mentioned in another post, you will see numerous players with the same technique and abilities, also not widely known players, as far as the general drumming public. Another is Joshua Crawford's YT channel. He highlights many different players that are not well known that can turn your eyes inside out trying to keep up with them.
Like I say, they are out there. That takes nothing away from Gianluca. It's an art form. Art is subjective. Music is subjective. He's building a following. He'll be well known at some point.
One thing I also notice. Many of the players employing the Gospel Chops-type of playing, use highly muffled drums, which accentuates notes over tone, resonance and sustain. A flurry of notes on this type of sound, sounds faster with little spread of prominent pitch range to draw attention or mask things. That does not take away from Gianluca's ability at all. It's just an observation of sound.
While I enjoy watching the style from time to time, I still always go back to the aspect of making music on a drum set when it's time to solo or create a fill. Constant, muted fast notes can be a wall to keeping a player from having their own voice at the instrument. Speed can be a deterrent. It's entertaining to watch or listen to. Does it identify you at the instrument?
Consider Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's, 'Flight of the Bumble Bee.' Well known in popular culture. Many instrumentalists from violin to electric guitar have sought to master it. It's one, small section of an opera he wrote. His great work, Scheherazade, with a rendition by Prog-Rock supergroup Renaissance, back in the 1970's, is a far more full vision of the composer's works.
Have you noticed player's who prefer playing pocket, then exploding with super fast notes, do not seem to have a musical, mid-range of playing fills or solos? Just another observation.
I comment on this a lot because I believe it's an important subject today. Always remember, music is just as much space between notes, as it is the notes in the spaces.
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705. The Future of Drum Set Artistry - December 13, 2022
Yesterday I wrote an addendum to a post, writing some more thoughts on the whole drive to attain more speed in playing the drum set. Two things happened last night. It was late, I was just watching things on YouTube, and came upon channels I had not seen before. The rabbit hole just led me to watch some different players, especially three, to be exact and I had some impressions.
One was a performance clinic put on by Eric Moore, in Austria. In answering one of the questions from the audience he mentioned how a Zildjian rep told him they already had a 'gospel chops' drummer for a signature stick and didn't need another player because they all sound the same. Eric said he was insulted and offended and proceeded to start his own stick company. Bold move.
I'm sorry he was offended but, from the standpoint of sound and performance, I have to agree. Of all the gospel chops players I have seen in videos, drum battles or "shed sessions" as they are called, I could never tell the difference between the players. I repeat, if you play really fast on muted drums, with no distinct pitches picked up for recordings or live, all that's heard is flurries of indistinguishable notes. So many players are out there today, with terrific speed, it's not as impressive as it once was. It's entertaining. It's very percussive but, not necessarily musical. Being musical is what creates individuality and a 'voice' signature of some kind.
Then I watched some Virgil Donati videos. Apparently he wrote a concerto for drum set and a guy with his own channel on YT that reviews various players, commented on the third and fourth movements of the concerto. From a technical standpoint, I have said before Virgil may have THE most recognizable voice at the instrument today. From a musical standpoint, his playing within that concerto was absolutely magnificent. Totally awe inspiring. He became the concerto, not just playing along with it. An astonishing performance. I need to hunt down the whole thing. It is the epitome of perfection in performance. Every note seemed designed for the concerto. It is a "must watch."
Then the fellow reviewed some work by Gergo Borlai. Borlai is not just a fantastic player, he is a gifted player. With him, his precision is that of Donati and others at that level but, his speed has elements of repetition so a listener or watcher can hang on for the ride. He places notes on instruments in his set-ups like a drumming scientist or surgeon. His accuracy at those speeds is otherworldly. He began playing at 3 years old and something inside that child just ignited. Fast twitch muscles and a mind for drum set artistry rarely seen in a generation. I watched a video someone compiled with all of his solos in an evening's performance with Frank Gambale. You can hear every solo is unique to the piece of music. He makes it look effortless and it is insanely difficult stuff.
And just to give you an idea how great Donati is, he and Gergo did some back and forth at a drum camp of some kind, and I was shocked to see him pull off fills that literally caused Borlai to pause and take in what he was up against. On the last fill Virgil played Gergo just went back to the beat. He was done.
The only other well-known player I have watched who also moves as fast, is Ronald Bruner Jr. but, the styles are very different. Ronald, again, seems all about speed without declarations of musical statements. There are other players in that speed camp, not so well known. I mention the 'Drum Compilations' YT channel. Some of those guys are literally like lightening. It's speed so fast, hands and sticks are just a blur.
So many players are out there today with incredible skill and facility. They all have deep "pocket" playing. From there... I don't know. Just because a player is fast does not mean they are musical. If they only want to be percussive, that's fine but, without a sound signature, they are just in an ocean of players that can create serious flurries of notes. There isn't much to help them stand out with a voice all their own.
Writing on the subject as I have, I always include the ever growing field of players from around the globe and how difficult it is to have your own, recognizable voice through sound, touch, and technique today. One can add visuals but, without being audible, that's only good for show and entertainment in a live setting. Stick twirling is cool and all but, it can't be a voice. It can only be an effect for entertainment's sake.
Today, someone could spend weeks, months, years, 24/7 studying drum set artists. I believe it's kind of sad that younger players feel the need for more speed to set them apart. Someone like Riccardo Merlini is in a class by himself, a freak of nature if you will, that rises well above the fastest players on Earth and then what? He's reached the pinnacle of human limits. He isn't going to get faster and at those speeds, about the only thing he can play is speed metal. Nothing else has room for establishing a pocket at those speeds.
Is Merlini the greatest drummer on Earth because he can play at those tempos? No, obviously not. He can hold a title for fastest but, will that get him gigs beyond speed metal? I suppose playing a Jazz ride tempo at those speeds could get him a gig with musicians that can keep up with it.
I don't purchase and read drum magazines anymore so, I don't know if this is a subject people are commenting on. I know Dennis Chambers has mentioned it in interviews.
Where will drum set players go when they all realize the limits of physical human speed have been reached? The limits of complex limb patterns and independence have been achieved. Some might say they were reached a generation ago. They could make a case for that, too.
If I'm still around, it will be interesting to see what develops in the world of drum set artitry.
One was a performance clinic put on by Eric Moore, in Austria. In answering one of the questions from the audience he mentioned how a Zildjian rep told him they already had a 'gospel chops' drummer for a signature stick and didn't need another player because they all sound the same. Eric said he was insulted and offended and proceeded to start his own stick company. Bold move.
I'm sorry he was offended but, from the standpoint of sound and performance, I have to agree. Of all the gospel chops players I have seen in videos, drum battles or "shed sessions" as they are called, I could never tell the difference between the players. I repeat, if you play really fast on muted drums, with no distinct pitches picked up for recordings or live, all that's heard is flurries of indistinguishable notes. So many players are out there today, with terrific speed, it's not as impressive as it once was. It's entertaining. It's very percussive but, not necessarily musical. Being musical is what creates individuality and a 'voice' signature of some kind.
Then I watched some Virgil Donati videos. Apparently he wrote a concerto for drum set and a guy with his own channel on YT that reviews various players, commented on the third and fourth movements of the concerto. From a technical standpoint, I have said before Virgil may have THE most recognizable voice at the instrument today. From a musical standpoint, his playing within that concerto was absolutely magnificent. Totally awe inspiring. He became the concerto, not just playing along with it. An astonishing performance. I need to hunt down the whole thing. It is the epitome of perfection in performance. Every note seemed designed for the concerto. It is a "must watch."
Then the fellow reviewed some work by Gergo Borlai. Borlai is not just a fantastic player, he is a gifted player. With him, his precision is that of Donati and others at that level but, his speed has elements of repetition so a listener or watcher can hang on for the ride. He places notes on instruments in his set-ups like a drumming scientist or surgeon. His accuracy at those speeds is otherworldly. He began playing at 3 years old and something inside that child just ignited. Fast twitch muscles and a mind for drum set artistry rarely seen in a generation. I watched a video someone compiled with all of his solos in an evening's performance with Frank Gambale. You can hear every solo is unique to the piece of music. He makes it look effortless and it is insanely difficult stuff.
And just to give you an idea how great Donati is, he and Gergo did some back and forth at a drum camp of some kind, and I was shocked to see him pull off fills that literally caused Borlai to pause and take in what he was up against. On the last fill Virgil played Gergo just went back to the beat. He was done.
The only other well-known player I have watched who also moves as fast, is Ronald Bruner Jr. but, the styles are very different. Ronald, again, seems all about speed without declarations of musical statements. There are other players in that speed camp, not so well known. I mention the 'Drum Compilations' YT channel. Some of those guys are literally like lightening. It's speed so fast, hands and sticks are just a blur.
So many players are out there today with incredible skill and facility. They all have deep "pocket" playing. From there... I don't know. Just because a player is fast does not mean they are musical. If they only want to be percussive, that's fine but, without a sound signature, they are just in an ocean of players that can create serious flurries of notes. There isn't much to help them stand out with a voice all their own.
Writing on the subject as I have, I always include the ever growing field of players from around the globe and how difficult it is to have your own, recognizable voice through sound, touch, and technique today. One can add visuals but, without being audible, that's only good for show and entertainment in a live setting. Stick twirling is cool and all but, it can't be a voice. It can only be an effect for entertainment's sake.
Today, someone could spend weeks, months, years, 24/7 studying drum set artists. I believe it's kind of sad that younger players feel the need for more speed to set them apart. Someone like Riccardo Merlini is in a class by himself, a freak of nature if you will, that rises well above the fastest players on Earth and then what? He's reached the pinnacle of human limits. He isn't going to get faster and at those speeds, about the only thing he can play is speed metal. Nothing else has room for establishing a pocket at those speeds.
Is Merlini the greatest drummer on Earth because he can play at those tempos? No, obviously not. He can hold a title for fastest but, will that get him gigs beyond speed metal? I suppose playing a Jazz ride tempo at those speeds could get him a gig with musicians that can keep up with it.
I don't purchase and read drum magazines anymore so, I don't know if this is a subject people are commenting on. I know Dennis Chambers has mentioned it in interviews.
Where will drum set players go when they all realize the limits of physical human speed have been reached? The limits of complex limb patterns and independence have been achieved. Some might say they were reached a generation ago. They could make a case for that, too.
If I'm still around, it will be interesting to see what develops in the world of drum set artitry.
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706. Did Trump Really State That? - 12/14/2022
I generally check out a few news sites every day. Some days I just stay away but, most days I check out what's happening. I don't recall seeing this story at any of the news sites I frequent. When I saw it in a headline this evening; a story about the GOP loving the idea that Senator Tim Scott run for POTUS in '24, and in it a statement Trump made that the Constitution should be terminated, I bolted back in my chair. What? When did he state such a thing?
Well, to believe all the Leftist news sites out there, and comments by RINOs in the GOP, and screeching and howling by hypocritical Democrats; all of it showing itself in search engine hits, I decided to take a look.
We all know the msm, corporate-run news cannot be trusted to throw a walnut five feet. They twist and pervert and outright lie every single day. So, what did Trump really state?
This is a paragraph from Politico -
"The post seemed to be a complete denial of his post from Saturday, which remained online as of Monday afternoon: “A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” Trump wrote over the weekend, once again falsely asserting that there was widespread fraud in the 2020 election."
Right there, if you know anything of the research and investigations done into the 2020 election, you know Politico is a junk fake news source. Take that out, though and just look at Trump's comment. He did not state the Constitution should be terminated. He said because of all the fraud that has been allowed and perpetrated with no Congressional investigation, the rules and regulations and laws involved, including those in the Constitution, have been terminated. Congress allowed for the complete trouncing of the laws of the land.
That is why SCOTUS now has on its docket a lawsuit filed against any and all persons of responsibility who cast aside that responsibility in going ahead and certifying the 2020 election BEFORE serious charges of election problems and issues were looked into, breaking the law.
Tim Canova: Supreme Court Considers Case Seeking to Overturn 2020 Presidential Election
Read that article and see, quite clearly, Congress had no authority to certify the federal electors until serious charges of fraud, etc., were investigated. They never were. Not by the justice department: Barr just throwing it all under a rug, and certainly not by the FBI, now seen to have worked with social media to see to it Trump was not reelected. The corruption now being seen in this nation is the worst at any time in America history.
Do I think SCOTUS will reverse the 2020 election? I do not. They are on the horns of a dilemma, though. If they do not address this lawsuit, they expose themselves to obvious open charges of corruption. They must address this. From there, no, I do not believe a court with chief justice John Roberts will do the right thing, regardless of the turmoil it may cause. If the rule of law is no longer the guiding principle of this nation, there is no more USA. As it is it is not united, and probably never shall be, politically again. The Constitution hangs on by threads of hypocrisy, members of both parties using it and abiding by it, only if they believe it aids in their complete control of the country. Talk about irony.
And to top it off SCOTUS will here arguments for the suit on January 6th, 2023.
On top of all that, a judge will decide if the lawsuit filed by Kari Lake's attorneys will go through or not, by Thursday. If these two lawsuits proceed, one with a literal mountain of evidence of election irregularities and criminal actions and the other, an absolutely foolproof indictment of hundreds of elected civil servants in DC, and possible criminal charges of high crimes and treason a possibility, well, let's see how interested America is in this process and how much they care about free, fair, honest, transparent elections, which is the only block that holds up the wall of liberty in this nation.
As it is good ol' Mitch McConnell stated the GOP could have done better in the midterms if Trump did not have so many endorsed candidates running. Meaning, McConnell and company could care less about the will of Republicans and delegates in the Party. McConnell wants his political business to be successful, not Constitutional. Trump supporters are just trouble makers that need to be removed.
Corruption on top of corruption. Systemic corruption. I seriously doubt it can be overcome through the current justice system and judges sitting on benches of power today. I'll believe it when I see it.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Well, to believe all the Leftist news sites out there, and comments by RINOs in the GOP, and screeching and howling by hypocritical Democrats; all of it showing itself in search engine hits, I decided to take a look.
We all know the msm, corporate-run news cannot be trusted to throw a walnut five feet. They twist and pervert and outright lie every single day. So, what did Trump really state?
This is a paragraph from Politico -
"The post seemed to be a complete denial of his post from Saturday, which remained online as of Monday afternoon: “A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,” Trump wrote over the weekend, once again falsely asserting that there was widespread fraud in the 2020 election."
Right there, if you know anything of the research and investigations done into the 2020 election, you know Politico is a junk fake news source. Take that out, though and just look at Trump's comment. He did not state the Constitution should be terminated. He said because of all the fraud that has been allowed and perpetrated with no Congressional investigation, the rules and regulations and laws involved, including those in the Constitution, have been terminated. Congress allowed for the complete trouncing of the laws of the land.
That is why SCOTUS now has on its docket a lawsuit filed against any and all persons of responsibility who cast aside that responsibility in going ahead and certifying the 2020 election BEFORE serious charges of election problems and issues were looked into, breaking the law.
Tim Canova: Supreme Court Considers Case Seeking to Overturn 2020 Presidential Election
Read that article and see, quite clearly, Congress had no authority to certify the federal electors until serious charges of fraud, etc., were investigated. They never were. Not by the justice department: Barr just throwing it all under a rug, and certainly not by the FBI, now seen to have worked with social media to see to it Trump was not reelected. The corruption now being seen in this nation is the worst at any time in America history.
Do I think SCOTUS will reverse the 2020 election? I do not. They are on the horns of a dilemma, though. If they do not address this lawsuit, they expose themselves to obvious open charges of corruption. They must address this. From there, no, I do not believe a court with chief justice John Roberts will do the right thing, regardless of the turmoil it may cause. If the rule of law is no longer the guiding principle of this nation, there is no more USA. As it is it is not united, and probably never shall be, politically again. The Constitution hangs on by threads of hypocrisy, members of both parties using it and abiding by it, only if they believe it aids in their complete control of the country. Talk about irony.
And to top it off SCOTUS will here arguments for the suit on January 6th, 2023.
On top of all that, a judge will decide if the lawsuit filed by Kari Lake's attorneys will go through or not, by Thursday. If these two lawsuits proceed, one with a literal mountain of evidence of election irregularities and criminal actions and the other, an absolutely foolproof indictment of hundreds of elected civil servants in DC, and possible criminal charges of high crimes and treason a possibility, well, let's see how interested America is in this process and how much they care about free, fair, honest, transparent elections, which is the only block that holds up the wall of liberty in this nation.
As it is good ol' Mitch McConnell stated the GOP could have done better in the midterms if Trump did not have so many endorsed candidates running. Meaning, McConnell and company could care less about the will of Republicans and delegates in the Party. McConnell wants his political business to be successful, not Constitutional. Trump supporters are just trouble makers that need to be removed.
Corruption on top of corruption. Systemic corruption. I seriously doubt it can be overcome through the current justice system and judges sitting on benches of power today. I'll believe it when I see it.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Spin Right, Drop and Die
There will always be people who refuse evidence to believe something that is just too off the wall or horrifying to accept.
When those of us in this world state publicly a bioweapon was released upon the planet and people in positions of power and responsibility were aware of it before it hit, even planned it, refused and demonized simple methods available to treat it, and those in the medical field endorsing it and made them targets, and used another bioweapon to supposedly guard against it, locked down the world with fear, force and maniacal madness, and millions of people around the globe have suffered and are suffering from adverse effects and death, it just has to be an insane conspiracy theory, a take on some tv program or movie or sci-fi book. There cannot be people in this world that evil. A Hitler comes along once in a generation, right? You cannot have actual groups of wealthy elitists planning such an event, years in advance. It's just too ghastly and dastardly to believe. Why did I believe it by the end of January 2021? I must be a conspiracy theory nut, right? All this exposure from morticians finding all these enormous blood clots in young and old. All these people dying suddenly, of all ages; seemingly healthy, active people, some of them the healthiest people on Earth - athletes - collapsing and dying, or having heart failure, careers ended. Parents, children, friends shocked and confused, being told it was a reaction to the Flu, to climate change or some other ridiculous lie. It cannot all be a concerted effort to depopulate planet Earth and save it from out of control humanity. That's Hollywood not reality, right?
You can believe that if you choose to. I would say, WAKE UP!
Now we have this extending phenomena. People in different countries and cultures, one second seemingly just fine and the next, they turn to their right and act as though they see something terrifying and begin swiping at it and falling down, shaking and dying. Must be some bug, some virus, some Flu symptom, some new bacteria floating around. Must be a brain aneurysm. Well, of course! That must be it because no group of human beings would ever intentionally place such a thing upon humanity, right?
For me, as I have mentioned before, finding out other explanations of the events that transpired on September 11, 2001 changed me; changed my outlook as to how and why things are happening in our modern world. It has just been a steady stream of such events with a myriad of tentacles involving people proven, by their own writings or testimony, to be nefarious characters with nefarious intentions. I go by the weight of evidence.
You can watch the whole thing but, the phenomena begins around 44 minutes in.
https://rumble.com/v20ccoa-the-final-lockdown-and-spinning-deaths-report-hope-and-tivon.html
True? Erroneous? See what you think.
More? Yep. Almost every day -
https://rumble.com/v20i84s-globalists-plan-another-catastrophic-pandemic-simulation-plan-with-virus-to.html
Predictive Programming is a real thing. Hollywood has been ahead of the curve for a generation. How can that be? Because it is all tied in to a huge, yes, a man-made conspiracy plan to take control of the world. Will they be successful? God knows. Regardless, at some point God takes control. God wins.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
When those of us in this world state publicly a bioweapon was released upon the planet and people in positions of power and responsibility were aware of it before it hit, even planned it, refused and demonized simple methods available to treat it, and those in the medical field endorsing it and made them targets, and used another bioweapon to supposedly guard against it, locked down the world with fear, force and maniacal madness, and millions of people around the globe have suffered and are suffering from adverse effects and death, it just has to be an insane conspiracy theory, a take on some tv program or movie or sci-fi book. There cannot be people in this world that evil. A Hitler comes along once in a generation, right? You cannot have actual groups of wealthy elitists planning such an event, years in advance. It's just too ghastly and dastardly to believe. Why did I believe it by the end of January 2021? I must be a conspiracy theory nut, right? All this exposure from morticians finding all these enormous blood clots in young and old. All these people dying suddenly, of all ages; seemingly healthy, active people, some of them the healthiest people on Earth - athletes - collapsing and dying, or having heart failure, careers ended. Parents, children, friends shocked and confused, being told it was a reaction to the Flu, to climate change or some other ridiculous lie. It cannot all be a concerted effort to depopulate planet Earth and save it from out of control humanity. That's Hollywood not reality, right?
You can believe that if you choose to. I would say, WAKE UP!
Now we have this extending phenomena. People in different countries and cultures, one second seemingly just fine and the next, they turn to their right and act as though they see something terrifying and begin swiping at it and falling down, shaking and dying. Must be some bug, some virus, some Flu symptom, some new bacteria floating around. Must be a brain aneurysm. Well, of course! That must be it because no group of human beings would ever intentionally place such a thing upon humanity, right?
For me, as I have mentioned before, finding out other explanations of the events that transpired on September 11, 2001 changed me; changed my outlook as to how and why things are happening in our modern world. It has just been a steady stream of such events with a myriad of tentacles involving people proven, by their own writings or testimony, to be nefarious characters with nefarious intentions. I go by the weight of evidence.
You can watch the whole thing but, the phenomena begins around 44 minutes in.
https://rumble.com/v20ccoa-the-final-lockdown-and-spinning-deaths-report-hope-and-tivon.html
True? Erroneous? See what you think.
More? Yep. Almost every day -
https://rumble.com/v20i84s-globalists-plan-another-catastrophic-pandemic-simulation-plan-with-virus-to.html
Predictive Programming is a real thing. Hollywood has been ahead of the curve for a generation. How can that be? Because it is all tied in to a huge, yes, a man-made conspiracy plan to take control of the world. Will they be successful? God knows. Regardless, at some point God takes control. God wins.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Here Come the Nukes
"Russian President Vladimir Putin warned NATO and the US Tuesday that any deployment of troops or missiles in Ukraine would cross a “red line” and prompt a military response.
“The emergence of such threats represents a ‘red line’ for us,” the Russian leader said. “I hope that it will not get to that and common sense and responsibility for their own countries and the global community will eventually prevail.”
Putin also threatened to retaliate using the Kremlin’s latest weapon, a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile Russia successfully test-fired earlier this month that can travel nine times the speed of sound.
“If some kind of strike systems appear on the territory of Ukraine, the flight time to Moscow will be 7-10 minutes, and five minutes in the case of a hypersonic weapon being deployed,” Putin said.
“What are we to do in such a scenario?” he continued. “We will have to then create something similar in relation to those who threaten us in that way. And we can do that now.”
https://nypost.com/2021/11/30/putin-threatens-retaliation-if-missiles-placed-in-ukraine/
So, Putin states the Red Line.
And what does America do?
"Biden Regime Ramps Up Their Kinetic War Against Russia – Will Send Patriot Missile Systems to Ukraine"
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/biden-regime-ramps-kinetic-war-russia-will-send-patriot-missile-systems-ukraine/
So, tell me. Is the USA being run by complete imbeciles or is it being run by wicked, evil people, or both?
“The emergence of such threats represents a ‘red line’ for us,” the Russian leader said. “I hope that it will not get to that and common sense and responsibility for their own countries and the global community will eventually prevail.”
Putin also threatened to retaliate using the Kremlin’s latest weapon, a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile Russia successfully test-fired earlier this month that can travel nine times the speed of sound.
“If some kind of strike systems appear on the territory of Ukraine, the flight time to Moscow will be 7-10 minutes, and five minutes in the case of a hypersonic weapon being deployed,” Putin said.
“What are we to do in such a scenario?” he continued. “We will have to then create something similar in relation to those who threaten us in that way. And we can do that now.”
https://nypost.com/2021/11/30/putin-threatens-retaliation-if-missiles-placed-in-ukraine/
So, Putin states the Red Line.
And what does America do?
"Biden Regime Ramps Up Their Kinetic War Against Russia – Will Send Patriot Missile Systems to Ukraine"
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/biden-regime-ramps-kinetic-war-russia-will-send-patriot-missile-systems-ukraine/
So, tell me. Is the USA being run by complete imbeciles or is it being run by wicked, evil people, or both?
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TRUMP is HUNGRY!
Orange man roars. Has he finally awoken to the dangerous nature of trusting anyone in the DC swamp? Can he really clean it out if elected, and by all the polls and numbers, he will be elected, IF fraud and criminal activity can be kept out of it. That's two years away, though. So much can happen in 23 months it's moot, at this point. So, why would Trump make an announcement like this now? Because all players guilty of criminal activity involving elections and the 1st amendment to the Constitution will work 24/7 to delete any and all traces of evidence to that fact. Trump put it all on the table two years ahead of time. Pretty amazing declaration to make.
https://twitter.com/Surabees/status/1603437839533965312
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/must-watch-urging-house-republicans-immediately-send-preservation-letters-president-trump-makes-huge-announcement-vowing-reclaim-first-amendment-rights/
Now to watch the Leftist cabal begin tripping over itself to say and do whatever necessary to undo and bury the clarion call to liberty.
https://twitter.com/Surabees/status/1603437839533965312
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/must-watch-urging-house-republicans-immediately-send-preservation-letters-president-trump-makes-huge-announcement-vowing-reclaim-first-amendment-rights/
Now to watch the Leftist cabal begin tripping over itself to say and do whatever necessary to undo and bury the clarion call to liberty.
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Pope Francis: Bad Times Coming
"In his homily, the pontiff said 'it is a bitter time, filled with the rumbling of war, growing injustice, famine, poverty and suffering,' but at this 'bleak and disconcerting' time, there are 'omens of even greater destruction and desolation'."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11532695/Pope-warns-seen-omens-greater-destruction-desolation-mankind.html
Therein lies something both the Pope and the majority of professed Protestants believe. Things are going to get steadily worse as time moves along.
There was something that he said that is afoul of the truth, though. Speaking about Ukraine:
"Instead I must present you with the pleas of children, elderly, mothers and fathers and the young people of that martyred land, that is suffering so much."'
I wonder why the Pope has said little, if anything, about those in the Southeast provinces of Ukraine, who suffered at the hands of Zelenskyy for years which is why Russia finally attempts to put a stop to it? Were it not for the West backing the corrupt Ukraine leader with money and arms, the conflict would have been over months ago. So, while even Putin chastises the West for its deliberate junking of Christian civilization, Francis condemns Russia for standing up for martyrs in the South East provinces that finally broke away from Ukraine. They want to be Russians. Zelenskyy said, No way, battered them, Putin steps in, and Putin is the bad guy? It's the Pope and the West backing the openly neo-Nazi, Azov Battalion in Ukraine.
Think it not that odd Francis would support Zelenskyy. Here's what the Ukraine president said and has done:
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY: We have to create such conditions when any people dependent on the country-aggressor won't be able to manipulate Ukrainians and weaken Ukraine from within. First, the National Security and Defense Council instructed the government to submit to the Verkhovna Rada, a draft law on making it impossible for religious organizations affiliated with centers of influence in the Russian Federation to operate in Ukraine.
""Personal economic and restrictive sanctions will be applied to any Christian caught worshiping in unapproved ways."
So, you have the Orthodox Church, more than a thousand years old, now having to cease operating because it may have reason to feel allegiance to Moscow, a political belief. If you go up against Zelenskyy he'll shut down your church. That's actually quite harmonious with the history of the RCC, its popes and prelates.
The Pope sees omens of great destruction coming. The article, nor the Pope's homily states what those omens are. Francis said God gave him a vision. Catholics are wondering what the Pope knows, to make such a statement.
No vision necessary. The Bible is chock full of statements about the descension into darkness the time of the end will sink into.
Bear in mind; the "man of sin" will be used by Satan to deceive, if possible, the very elect with all power, signs and lying wonders. The Dragon's "seat" is Rome, just as prophecy lays out, and at some point in the dire future that is coming, a pope will be used to bring about strong delusions of peace and safety. Watch it happen just as prophecy predicts.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11532695/Pope-warns-seen-omens-greater-destruction-desolation-mankind.html
Therein lies something both the Pope and the majority of professed Protestants believe. Things are going to get steadily worse as time moves along.
There was something that he said that is afoul of the truth, though. Speaking about Ukraine:
"Instead I must present you with the pleas of children, elderly, mothers and fathers and the young people of that martyred land, that is suffering so much."'
I wonder why the Pope has said little, if anything, about those in the Southeast provinces of Ukraine, who suffered at the hands of Zelenskyy for years which is why Russia finally attempts to put a stop to it? Were it not for the West backing the corrupt Ukraine leader with money and arms, the conflict would have been over months ago. So, while even Putin chastises the West for its deliberate junking of Christian civilization, Francis condemns Russia for standing up for martyrs in the South East provinces that finally broke away from Ukraine. They want to be Russians. Zelenskyy said, No way, battered them, Putin steps in, and Putin is the bad guy? It's the Pope and the West backing the openly neo-Nazi, Azov Battalion in Ukraine.
Think it not that odd Francis would support Zelenskyy. Here's what the Ukraine president said and has done:
VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY: We have to create such conditions when any people dependent on the country-aggressor won't be able to manipulate Ukrainians and weaken Ukraine from within. First, the National Security and Defense Council instructed the government to submit to the Verkhovna Rada, a draft law on making it impossible for religious organizations affiliated with centers of influence in the Russian Federation to operate in Ukraine.
""Personal economic and restrictive sanctions will be applied to any Christian caught worshiping in unapproved ways."
So, you have the Orthodox Church, more than a thousand years old, now having to cease operating because it may have reason to feel allegiance to Moscow, a political belief. If you go up against Zelenskyy he'll shut down your church. That's actually quite harmonious with the history of the RCC, its popes and prelates.
The Pope sees omens of great destruction coming. The article, nor the Pope's homily states what those omens are. Francis said God gave him a vision. Catholics are wondering what the Pope knows, to make such a statement.
No vision necessary. The Bible is chock full of statements about the descension into darkness the time of the end will sink into.
Bear in mind; the "man of sin" will be used by Satan to deceive, if possible, the very elect with all power, signs and lying wonders. The Dragon's "seat" is Rome, just as prophecy lays out, and at some point in the dire future that is coming, a pope will be used to bring about strong delusions of peace and safety. Watch it happen just as prophecy predicts.
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39% of Americans Believe...
...we are living in the end times. A significant number. Four in ten Americans see the world coming to a close at some point in the future. That number includes those not professing membership in any church.
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/11/17/how-religion-intersects-with-americans-views-on-the-environment/
In a study done about how believers line up with climate change discussion, they interjected a survey on beliefs about the end of the world.
The Bible predicts a massive turn towards the subject of last-day events at some future point. It also says people will mock the idea. Peter pointed that out. 'Where is the promise of His return, for all things continue on as they always have.' But that is no longer the case, is it? My generation has never seen such things that are happening today. Since the existence and destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, no generation of people across the globe have seen what is happening today. Maybe at times in ancient Greece or Rome but, even then, marriage was never considered something between two men or two women. Even pagans had more common sense than that.
Down in Austin, here in Texas, a Drag Queen show for all ages took place last week. It shocked people in attendance who saw a stage filled with men posing in lude, totally inappropriate positions of sex acts, singing songs about female breasts in a box, and other abominations. Tell me a time in the last 1000 years civilization has seen such things. Ancient pagan Rome was the end of public debauchery in what was considered civilization in that time. It was the termination of temple prostitutes and open homosexuality. Now, it's back, and it too, shall get worse, just as bad as it was in Sodom and Gomorrah which brought down their destruction.
The Pope is right. Destruction is coming. Are we ready for what is soon to break on the world as an overwhelming surprise?
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/11/17/how-religion-intersects-with-americans-views-on-the-environment/
In a study done about how believers line up with climate change discussion, they interjected a survey on beliefs about the end of the world.
The Bible predicts a massive turn towards the subject of last-day events at some future point. It also says people will mock the idea. Peter pointed that out. 'Where is the promise of His return, for all things continue on as they always have.' But that is no longer the case, is it? My generation has never seen such things that are happening today. Since the existence and destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, no generation of people across the globe have seen what is happening today. Maybe at times in ancient Greece or Rome but, even then, marriage was never considered something between two men or two women. Even pagans had more common sense than that.
Down in Austin, here in Texas, a Drag Queen show for all ages took place last week. It shocked people in attendance who saw a stage filled with men posing in lude, totally inappropriate positions of sex acts, singing songs about female breasts in a box, and other abominations. Tell me a time in the last 1000 years civilization has seen such things. Ancient pagan Rome was the end of public debauchery in what was considered civilization in that time. It was the termination of temple prostitutes and open homosexuality. Now, it's back, and it too, shall get worse, just as bad as it was in Sodom and Gomorrah which brought down their destruction.
The Pope is right. Destruction is coming. Are we ready for what is soon to break on the world as an overwhelming surprise?
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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706. An Unfortunate Missing the Mark - 12/17/22
www.youtube.com/watch?v=suuxAZbDCYE
That's a link to a video on the Discovery Science YouTube channel. It's #10 in a series. I believe the series is phenomenal. I wrote them to tell them that. They were appreciative in their reply. Here, they have missed the mark. I sat rather stunned watching it. They miss the mark because they miss the point. The video is two months old and it is already obsolete, based on where things have gotten in the march to make A.I. 'sentient.'
As I've mentioned previously, some believe A.I., as created by some companies, is already sentient: aware of it's own existence and able to address it, intelligently. Others believe it's all still smoke and mirrors. Well, if you have been staying up to date with the Digital Engine YT channel, you are seeing an exponential development of this march because it means billions of dollars to whoever gets there first.
Already A.I. systems are being creative, wholly apart from human programming. Type in a suggestion; a banana playing drums, and in minutes an A.I. program portrays the suggestion in multiple ways. In some cases cases, portrays the scene so vividly, it would take days or weeks or longer for a human artist and their imagination to come up with the same.
Can a machine love? Do not forget. It is artificial intelligence. Artificial love, compassion, understanding, value, you name it, the computers are displaying it by use of programmed information the computers take and assemble into things artificial but, information-based.
How many reading this have artificial flowers or plants in their lives right now, at home or office or school? How many fake Christmas decorations will adorn your homes this season? From trees, to wreaths, to garland, to Poinsettias and Mistletoe, our lives are already filled with artificial things. Right now, today, people are consuming fake food, artificial flesh, both carnivorous and omnivore eaters. They are serving fake meat at schools. Vegetarians are eating soy-based or wheat gluten-based, or other plant-based alternatives, like Pea protein, for animal flesh. Fast food places are selling the burgers. Walmart has shelves of the stuff in freezers.
To state that computers will never become human is missing the point altogether. Science is not trying to make humans. They are trying to make robots to replace humans at any and every stage of life. I am not a great fan of Elon Musk but, what he says seems absolutely true. A.I. will just remove humans as in the way of progress. Don't humans do that already? Don't humans remove other humans if they stand in the way of progress as it's seen by those in control? What is war? It's a removal of humans in the way of someone's idea of progress. Right now Canada, the Canadian medical community, is offering death as a way to address serious problems of life. Some Canadians are up in arms and outraged. Others, like globalist puppet Trudeau, see it as a way to gain and progress and better society. Simply remove those in the way. The same ideas have captured European nations, as well.
Whether we like it or not, men are artificial females and women are artificial males. You cannot truly change your gender, your sex. You can pretend. People may support you, even motivate you. Artificial gender is now a huge subject in our society. A man can call himself a woman all day long. That does not make him one. He can dress like one, slather makeup all over his face, wear wigs and stuffed bras and all the rest. They can fill themselves with hormones. Sorry; you're a man. You produce sperm and will never produce an egg or have a baby. You are a male, not a female. More and more transitioners are speaking out against this mental dysphoria. Children are being lied to and being mutilated by madmen, just to make a buck.
Marriage has been a situation of a man and a woman. Always, in all civilizations, that has been the definition of marriage. The joining of a male and a female. Just because the Supreme Court and now, American law says otherwise does not change anything in the high court we shall all have to deal with some day. In God's eyes there is marriage as He established it, and there is artificial marriage as mankind is perverting it.
What is fake news? It's artificial news: made up, twisted, perverted, corporate agenda-driven garbage, rather than presenting ACTUAL EVIDENCE and FACTS, regardless of how it affects the globalist, corporate agenda.
I am sad to see Discovery Science, an Intelligent Design organization, dropping the ball on this. Their position is obsolete by the evidence of what is transpiring as I type. It's an exponential science and development. What is driving that? Smarter people? No. Smarter computers. Artificial intelligence.
God help us.
That's a link to a video on the Discovery Science YouTube channel. It's #10 in a series. I believe the series is phenomenal. I wrote them to tell them that. They were appreciative in their reply. Here, they have missed the mark. I sat rather stunned watching it. They miss the mark because they miss the point. The video is two months old and it is already obsolete, based on where things have gotten in the march to make A.I. 'sentient.'
As I've mentioned previously, some believe A.I., as created by some companies, is already sentient: aware of it's own existence and able to address it, intelligently. Others believe it's all still smoke and mirrors. Well, if you have been staying up to date with the Digital Engine YT channel, you are seeing an exponential development of this march because it means billions of dollars to whoever gets there first.
Already A.I. systems are being creative, wholly apart from human programming. Type in a suggestion; a banana playing drums, and in minutes an A.I. program portrays the suggestion in multiple ways. In some cases cases, portrays the scene so vividly, it would take days or weeks or longer for a human artist and their imagination to come up with the same.
Can a machine love? Do not forget. It is artificial intelligence. Artificial love, compassion, understanding, value, you name it, the computers are displaying it by use of programmed information the computers take and assemble into things artificial but, information-based.
How many reading this have artificial flowers or plants in their lives right now, at home or office or school? How many fake Christmas decorations will adorn your homes this season? From trees, to wreaths, to garland, to Poinsettias and Mistletoe, our lives are already filled with artificial things. Right now, today, people are consuming fake food, artificial flesh, both carnivorous and omnivore eaters. They are serving fake meat at schools. Vegetarians are eating soy-based or wheat gluten-based, or other plant-based alternatives, like Pea protein, for animal flesh. Fast food places are selling the burgers. Walmart has shelves of the stuff in freezers.
To state that computers will never become human is missing the point altogether. Science is not trying to make humans. They are trying to make robots to replace humans at any and every stage of life. I am not a great fan of Elon Musk but, what he says seems absolutely true. A.I. will just remove humans as in the way of progress. Don't humans do that already? Don't humans remove other humans if they stand in the way of progress as it's seen by those in control? What is war? It's a removal of humans in the way of someone's idea of progress. Right now Canada, the Canadian medical community, is offering death as a way to address serious problems of life. Some Canadians are up in arms and outraged. Others, like globalist puppet Trudeau, see it as a way to gain and progress and better society. Simply remove those in the way. The same ideas have captured European nations, as well.
Whether we like it or not, men are artificial females and women are artificial males. You cannot truly change your gender, your sex. You can pretend. People may support you, even motivate you. Artificial gender is now a huge subject in our society. A man can call himself a woman all day long. That does not make him one. He can dress like one, slather makeup all over his face, wear wigs and stuffed bras and all the rest. They can fill themselves with hormones. Sorry; you're a man. You produce sperm and will never produce an egg or have a baby. You are a male, not a female. More and more transitioners are speaking out against this mental dysphoria. Children are being lied to and being mutilated by madmen, just to make a buck.
Marriage has been a situation of a man and a woman. Always, in all civilizations, that has been the definition of marriage. The joining of a male and a female. Just because the Supreme Court and now, American law says otherwise does not change anything in the high court we shall all have to deal with some day. In God's eyes there is marriage as He established it, and there is artificial marriage as mankind is perverting it.
What is fake news? It's artificial news: made up, twisted, perverted, corporate agenda-driven garbage, rather than presenting ACTUAL EVIDENCE and FACTS, regardless of how it affects the globalist, corporate agenda.
I am sad to see Discovery Science, an Intelligent Design organization, dropping the ball on this. Their position is obsolete by the evidence of what is transpiring as I type. It's an exponential science and development. What is driving that? Smarter people? No. Smarter computers. Artificial intelligence.
God help us.
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Your Designed Body
While I just mentioned a disappointment with the Discovery Science YT channel, that represents just an atom of a problem. The rest of the channel has terrific stuff on it, from the Intelligent Design viewpoint. In less than 10 minutes, here's four videos that present an Olympus Mons for materialists and naturalists to climb.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IGG7KmCk48
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8CBTm2O5XI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6vyt4o50xo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWkwihIk8_E
It's so easy for materialists to make their claims without addressing serious problems that rise up to challenge them. Yes, creationists face problems, as well. Should that not mean evidence should be taken as evidence, regardless of the source, of something that must be addressed before people make claims they cannot substantiate? All understood origins information should be allowed for open discussion in all areas of life, including schools. None of the four videos above mention the biblical Creator. They are just presenting physical, scientific hurdles that must be addressed. Darwinism does not and cannot address them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IGG7KmCk48
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8CBTm2O5XI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6vyt4o50xo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWkwihIk8_E
It's so easy for materialists to make their claims without addressing serious problems that rise up to challenge them. Yes, creationists face problems, as well. Should that not mean evidence should be taken as evidence, regardless of the source, of something that must be addressed before people make claims they cannot substantiate? All understood origins information should be allowed for open discussion in all areas of life, including schools. None of the four videos above mention the biblical Creator. They are just presenting physical, scientific hurdles that must be addressed. Darwinism does not and cannot address them.
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Baby Alex
I watched this and my jaw clenched hard. It's a horror story. It's beyond belief and it's a heartbreaking reality check for what is happening in our world.
rumble.com/v215ctk-baby-given-vaccinated-blood-infusion-dies-within-days-from-blood-clot.html
All of us who remain unvaccinated with the mRNA gene therapy injections feel terrible for those who are waking up to the reality of the situation, especially those waking up because of tragedy in their lives. We know we must do our part to warn people even if we have loved ones in extended families or in our general lives who have been injected and time will tell what happens to them.
For those who push, in the face of world-wide evidence to the contrary, we must expose you and do what can be done to warn people and stop your ignorance or worse, your deliberate attempt to harm your fellowman. Your arrogance, your disdain of integrity and honesty and truth is now open, unmasked (pun intended), and you are guilty before God and humanity.
Perhaps it is fear that drives you. Fear of reprisal, fear of job or career loss. No matter. Not taking a stand places disability and death on your doorstep. If you do not meet responsibility and accountability in this life, you shall face your Maker and receive the just sentence of your cowardice. "The wages of sin is death." So God's Word states. So it shall be.
rumble.com/v215ctk-baby-given-vaccinated-blood-infusion-dies-within-days-from-blood-clot.html
All of us who remain unvaccinated with the mRNA gene therapy injections feel terrible for those who are waking up to the reality of the situation, especially those waking up because of tragedy in their lives. We know we must do our part to warn people even if we have loved ones in extended families or in our general lives who have been injected and time will tell what happens to them.
For those who push, in the face of world-wide evidence to the contrary, we must expose you and do what can be done to warn people and stop your ignorance or worse, your deliberate attempt to harm your fellowman. Your arrogance, your disdain of integrity and honesty and truth is now open, unmasked (pun intended), and you are guilty before God and humanity.
Perhaps it is fear that drives you. Fear of reprisal, fear of job or career loss. No matter. Not taking a stand places disability and death on your doorstep. If you do not meet responsibility and accountability in this life, you shall face your Maker and receive the just sentence of your cowardice. "The wages of sin is death." So God's Word states. So it shall be.
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707. Let's be Logical About January 6th, 2021 - 12/20/2022
Anybody who believes J6 was an insurrection is an ignorant, empty vessel. Nobody starts an insurrection with cameras and little American flags.
Anybody who believes the J6 Committee is a legitimate process to get facts and truth is an ignorant, empty vessel. It may be the most disgusting excuse for a judicial process ever, in D.C. but, then there's the Warren Commission and JFK's assassination by a magic bullet.
Trump is on record telling people to keep their proceedings of the day in an orderly fashion and ultimately told people to go home when things began to go awry. The FBI had agents everywhere: infiltrators and instigators, along with agents of disgrace in the Capitol Police Force. We know all the actors and their agenda. The amount of video taken that day amounts to hundreds of hours and it's all a show of condemnation on the J6 Committee, the most corrupt group of politicians in America at present. The J6 Committee has taken a stance of blindness to it all: all facts, all evidence, all truth, everything and have now placed Trump before the American populace as an enemy of the state. What does that logically mean?
It means the 70+ million people we know voted for him (and all those whose votes were stolen away or thrown away), are also enemies of the state. They must be. All the millions who have collectively shown up at Trump rallies are enemies of the state. Anybody who refuses to believe the rancid, garbage-filled dung heap official story of what happened on January 6th, is an enemy of the state. Hundreds of people rounded up are still in jail while others have been sentenced with the most severe penalties possible. People have been tortured, left with permanent injuries... we know it all. It's all out there. Devils are at work. People under the absolute influence of satanic forces are in positions of power in this nation.
I hold my ground; Washington, D.C. is one of the most corrupt cities on the planet. Maybe the most corrupt. God knows. It's worse than a swamp. It's a cesspool.
What next? Are these blatantly ignorant excuses for statesmen going to round up all Americans they hate?
If Donald Trump is an enemy of the state, then the State is a dark and dangerous sink hole of corruption. There are people in power whose conscience is seared with a hot iron.
For anyone to think the systemic corruption can be changed by 'voting the bums out' may be heartfelt sincere but, so short of reality it's worse than heartbreaking.
An Arizona judge rejected 8 of 10 charges Kari Lake's attorneys placed before him. What are they left with? Having to prove intentional fraud took place in voting machines not working. Good luck with that. Without a smoking gun and confessions from perpetrators, you may as well expect the corrupt Hobbs to remain the new governor.
When big things like this are 'fixed,' they are not meant to be undone. The entire system is rigged with conspiracy figures playing severe hardball. It's been like this for decades.
I hope Lake's attorneys can pull out a win. I will not be surprised if they do not, even in the face of hard evidence. Presenting evidence is not the point, when people in positions of authority do not care about evidence. **
Democrats are corrupt and Republicans are basically Democrats. Without seriously strong, honest judges of integrity, and totally patriotic county sheriffs and police departments, the swamp remains to drown us all.
** - Unless Katie Hobbs has a meltdown on the witness stand.
'Tis the season to be jolly.
Anybody who believes the J6 Committee is a legitimate process to get facts and truth is an ignorant, empty vessel. It may be the most disgusting excuse for a judicial process ever, in D.C. but, then there's the Warren Commission and JFK's assassination by a magic bullet.
Trump is on record telling people to keep their proceedings of the day in an orderly fashion and ultimately told people to go home when things began to go awry. The FBI had agents everywhere: infiltrators and instigators, along with agents of disgrace in the Capitol Police Force. We know all the actors and their agenda. The amount of video taken that day amounts to hundreds of hours and it's all a show of condemnation on the J6 Committee, the most corrupt group of politicians in America at present. The J6 Committee has taken a stance of blindness to it all: all facts, all evidence, all truth, everything and have now placed Trump before the American populace as an enemy of the state. What does that logically mean?
It means the 70+ million people we know voted for him (and all those whose votes were stolen away or thrown away), are also enemies of the state. They must be. All the millions who have collectively shown up at Trump rallies are enemies of the state. Anybody who refuses to believe the rancid, garbage-filled dung heap official story of what happened on January 6th, is an enemy of the state. Hundreds of people rounded up are still in jail while others have been sentenced with the most severe penalties possible. People have been tortured, left with permanent injuries... we know it all. It's all out there. Devils are at work. People under the absolute influence of satanic forces are in positions of power in this nation.
I hold my ground; Washington, D.C. is one of the most corrupt cities on the planet. Maybe the most corrupt. God knows. It's worse than a swamp. It's a cesspool.
What next? Are these blatantly ignorant excuses for statesmen going to round up all Americans they hate?
If Donald Trump is an enemy of the state, then the State is a dark and dangerous sink hole of corruption. There are people in power whose conscience is seared with a hot iron.
For anyone to think the systemic corruption can be changed by 'voting the bums out' may be heartfelt sincere but, so short of reality it's worse than heartbreaking.
An Arizona judge rejected 8 of 10 charges Kari Lake's attorneys placed before him. What are they left with? Having to prove intentional fraud took place in voting machines not working. Good luck with that. Without a smoking gun and confessions from perpetrators, you may as well expect the corrupt Hobbs to remain the new governor.
When big things like this are 'fixed,' they are not meant to be undone. The entire system is rigged with conspiracy figures playing severe hardball. It's been like this for decades.
I hope Lake's attorneys can pull out a win. I will not be surprised if they do not, even in the face of hard evidence. Presenting evidence is not the point, when people in positions of authority do not care about evidence. **
Democrats are corrupt and Republicans are basically Democrats. Without seriously strong, honest judges of integrity, and totally patriotic county sheriffs and police departments, the swamp remains to drown us all.
** - Unless Katie Hobbs has a meltdown on the witness stand.
'Tis the season to be jolly.
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REF - SOLOS for Concept Drum Sets - From the Sublime to the Ridiculous
Is Here - December 21, 2022
The video is up on my YouTube Channel -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O2T_SWoGh0
And the new page is up, here on the site - "Concepts" Recording #4, with full explanations and pics of each set recorded.
This was the toughest recording to bring to you. Just issues in performance, from all the variables involved with each kit, and then issues with phase problems in mixing down the tracks because of room bleed into the kick mic. Strange stuff for me, but apparently not uncommon. Lots of extra work for John Mayes to do but, he did so brilliantly. The drums explode with musical power. I am exceedingly thankful for all the time and effort John has put into these recordings.
As I've stated, listeners will hear real drums in anything but, typical drum sets. In some cases sheer unbelief will be the listener response.
This brings to a close the last five years of writing and recording videos on the subject of drum shells and manufacturer ultra-hype about their proprietary shells. I believe the recording will speak for itself.
Trying to put aside all the hassles involved, listening to the recording is actually amusing and eye-opening for me. You'll understand when you listen. I played the stuff and chuckle when I hear it all coming back at me.
If you have always believed the sound of a drum is because of the drum shell, and the more money spent, the better the sound, prepare to have that challenged by the evidence.
If you listen with some nice headphones or earphones, or on good hi-fi speakers, you'll hear cool detail and a lot of character and personality to the drum kits. And you'll have to remind yourself of what you are actually listening to - eight acoustic drum kits in ten solos that say what I mean and mean what I say - the sound of a drum is mostly from the heads, not the shells.
I hope the recording is an encouragement to those players who have always desired to own the best and never been able to. Take heart. A drum is a drum. Meet a few particular parameters and you can sound as good as anyone live or recorded. That's the truth.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O2T_SWoGh0
And the new page is up, here on the site - "Concepts" Recording #4, with full explanations and pics of each set recorded.
This was the toughest recording to bring to you. Just issues in performance, from all the variables involved with each kit, and then issues with phase problems in mixing down the tracks because of room bleed into the kick mic. Strange stuff for me, but apparently not uncommon. Lots of extra work for John Mayes to do but, he did so brilliantly. The drums explode with musical power. I am exceedingly thankful for all the time and effort John has put into these recordings.
As I've stated, listeners will hear real drums in anything but, typical drum sets. In some cases sheer unbelief will be the listener response.
This brings to a close the last five years of writing and recording videos on the subject of drum shells and manufacturer ultra-hype about their proprietary shells. I believe the recording will speak for itself.
Trying to put aside all the hassles involved, listening to the recording is actually amusing and eye-opening for me. You'll understand when you listen. I played the stuff and chuckle when I hear it all coming back at me.
If you have always believed the sound of a drum is because of the drum shell, and the more money spent, the better the sound, prepare to have that challenged by the evidence.
If you listen with some nice headphones or earphones, or on good hi-fi speakers, you'll hear cool detail and a lot of character and personality to the drum kits. And you'll have to remind yourself of what you are actually listening to - eight acoustic drum kits in ten solos that say what I mean and mean what I say - the sound of a drum is mostly from the heads, not the shells.
I hope the recording is an encouragement to those players who have always desired to own the best and never been able to. Take heart. A drum is a drum. Meet a few particular parameters and you can sound as good as anyone live or recorded. That's the truth.
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708. This is Babylon - December 23, 2022
Babylon. Spiritual, prophetic Babylon. Religious confusion. Confusion, in general. A world becoming more confused because it is veering away from the mind of its Creator. "Babylon is fallen, is fallen."
Watch this one closely, if you will. In the UK a big to do has arisen because a super-Leftist, LGBTQ congregation in the Anglican Church placed some new lyrics in the melody of the Christmas carol - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen."
"God rest you also, women,
who by men have been erased,
Through history ignored and scorned,
defiled and displaced;
Remember that your stories too,
are held within God’s grace.
The network noted there’s more where that came from:
"God rest you, queer and questioning,
your anxious hearts be still,
Believe that you are deeply known
and part of God’s good will
For all to live as one in peace;
the global dream fulfilled."
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/christmas-carol-rewritten-to-be-more-inclusive-pushes-woke-unbiblical-agenda/ar-AA15v5rG
Considering the entire scope of what the Church of England had become in the 19th and 20th centuries; well, even before that because it's basically been Catholic-lite in doctrine and practice, since it's inception, and from some viewpoints it's worse, today. I would not argue that, either, biblically speaking.
The new lyrics show an obvious "woke" slant. From my point of view, lyrics for any hymns are not sacredly inspired, however moving and enshrined they may be. They are just putting an understanding of God's character, government, purposes, plans, doctrines, etc., into words of things taken from Scripture and placed in a more congenial format. If a writer of lyrics has an unfortunately wrong view of any particular belief they hold, one should expect their lyrics to be wrong, as well. Such hymns have existed for ages, literally. Churches disagree on doctrines. Why wouldn't hymn writers disagree, as well?
Let's face it. Today, even the "music" is at odds. "Christian Rock" is nowhere near the confrontation it used to be. On the other hand, plenty of believers, if not a majority of professed Christians, would wince at the notion of "Christian Death Metal." The very term is an oxymoron.
Babylon is confusion and it abounds. Outright biblical Christian doctrine is neglected, if not rejected. Everybody knows it. Thousands of churches exist. They do not all believe the same things. Only one church existed for all believers in the beginning. Before the first century was done, splits and divisions began. It never stopped, nor will it. That is not a point against the faith. There is only one faith handed down and delivered unto the saints. The task is finding it in all the confusion.
Back to the hymn. Here's the point. Look at the original lyrics, written in the 16th century, the time of the Protestant Reformation's powerful influence throughout Europe:
God rest ye merry gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
For Jesus Christ our Saviour
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray
O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
From God our Heavenly Father
A blessed Angel came;
And unto certain shepherds
Brought tidings of the same,
How that in Bethlehem was born
The Son of God by Name.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding
In tempest, storm and wind,
And went to Bethlehem straightway
The Son of God to find.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
But when to Bethlehem they came,
Whereat this infant lay,
They found Him in a manger,
Where oxen feed on hay;
His Mother Mary kneeling down,
Unto the Lord did pray.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood
Each other now embrace;
This holy tide of Christmas
All other doth efface.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy.
The very first stanza contains error.
For Jesus Christ our Saviour
Was born on Christmas Day
No, He was not. For one thing, there was no recognition of Christ's birth in the early church, as far as the NT goes. The Gospels, Acts and Epistles are silent as to remembrance or veneration of Christ's day of birth. If there were, it certainly would not have been called "Christ's Mass Day." The term is wholly Roman Catholic in origins. Christmas is foreign to the Gospels. The early church did not celebrate "the Eucharist," the Mass, the constant re-enactment of the death of Jesus, which is what the mass is. It is the immolation of Christ every single time it is practiced, which it is, 24/7 around the world. That is one of Rome's most tried and true positions on the mass but, the Bible says Jesus died once, for all. Once. Period. It is finished. Done.
Next, Christ was not born on December 25th. The date was well known for the births of some pagan deities but, no, not the birthday of Yeshua, the Son of Mary. The date was chosen to just go along with other pagan days and dates the church of Rome "christianized." "Baptized paganism" has been the term used for centuries by those who protested the existence of the RCC calendars and ceremonies, all made up, all just man-made traditions.
The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding
In tempest, storm and wind,
Huh? What tempest, storm and wind?
Luke 2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Luke 2:9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
Who in their right mind would be out in a field on a stormy December night? The flocks would be in the holding area for the night and the shepherds inside keeping warm. BTW, the latitude of Israel is about the same as Dallas, Texas, and while it can generally be cool to rather cold at night in December, you can stay outside and star watch without great discomfort if you dress warmly but, it can get downright frigid at night here and if it's a tempest taking place at 30 degrees, that's a blizzard or ice storm. No. No shepherds would be out watching their flocks in such conditions. Not much of an evening for angels to shine brightly around the shepherds, either.
I never understood "mind" and "wind," anyway. They don't come close to a rhyme. "A Baby they should find" would have made more sense.
"Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood
Each other now embrace;
This holy tide of Christmas
All other doth efface."
I can guarantee you the very apostles, themselves, would fit into that last line. They would definitely efface (erase) the 25th of December, Christmas. They would erase any remembrance of such a day, for God gave no such remembrance of it. God gave one day to remember, by the fourth commandment of the Decalogue; the seventh-day Sabbath. That's the day most of professed Christendom has forgotten, replaced with another day the apostles would efface, the venerable day of the sun; Sunday. There is no pagan Sunday sacredness in the Bible, nor a pagan Easter, nor a pagan 25th of December, which was actually the feast of Saturnalia, a pagan festival that mimics most of what people practice at Christmas time today. Well, factually, I should reverse that. Christmas activities mimic what the feast of Saturnalia was all about in ancient times. Look it up.
Is it a sin to practice the 25th of December? In the Roman Catholic Church it is considered a sin not to practice it, for it is a holy day of obligation that must be practiced by attendance at Mass. All the rest, the giving of gifts to each other... if it's Christ's birthday why do people give gifts to each other? Should they not be giving all the money used to purchase all those gifts and wrapping paper, and trees and ornaments and all the rest to Christ, the ministry of help to the poor and needy, and the proclamation of the gospel, through the church of their choice?
It seems rather odd, if not futile for people to get upset with Leftists trying to efface an ancient hymn with lyrics of their own social agenda, when the original lyrics just give aid to the Church of Rome's traditions and paganization of a church which the Bible refers to as "the spirit of antichrist" - which has put itself in place of Christ.
From a secular point of view, the lights are quite charming, and it's nice to give gifts to those we love, and gather together to think of peace and good will towards men. Let's be honest, though, a Christmas office party is an oxymoron. People partying and getting drunk in the name of the birth of Jesus and a special mass said for Him? Yeah, no.
Christmas is, obviously, a combination of two totally separate, cultural events. What does an angel or star on top of a pine tree have to do with tiny lights, candy canes, ornaments and tinsel all over it? Nothing. It just a combination of two totally man-made events: the births of pagan deities like Tammuz, Saturn, Mithra and others with the festivities chosen for the days; with the chosen day for the birth of Christ and a mass, and other religious obligations bequeathed to the world through the Roman Catholic Church, the prophetic Mother of abominations, in the book of Revelation. Add in St. Nikolas, good ol' Santa Clause, and you have Babylon in a frame.
And just to add something I have mentioned here before. There were no wise men at the manger. The men from the East came when the Babe was going on two years old, which is why Herod had all the male children, two years old and younger, killed, to make certain no new king would rise up to take his place. What was the "star" that guided them? Logically, a retinue of angels hovering above, to coax them along to the house the Messiah was living in when they arrived.
I'm not trying to rain on your parade if you want to "keep Christmas" in the cultural way it is celebrated today. It just behooves any Bible believing Christian to refrain from stating "Put Christ back into Christmas." He was never there to begin with.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Watch this one closely, if you will. In the UK a big to do has arisen because a super-Leftist, LGBTQ congregation in the Anglican Church placed some new lyrics in the melody of the Christmas carol - "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen."
"God rest you also, women,
who by men have been erased,
Through history ignored and scorned,
defiled and displaced;
Remember that your stories too,
are held within God’s grace.
The network noted there’s more where that came from:
"God rest you, queer and questioning,
your anxious hearts be still,
Believe that you are deeply known
and part of God’s good will
For all to live as one in peace;
the global dream fulfilled."
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/music/christmas-carol-rewritten-to-be-more-inclusive-pushes-woke-unbiblical-agenda/ar-AA15v5rG
Considering the entire scope of what the Church of England had become in the 19th and 20th centuries; well, even before that because it's basically been Catholic-lite in doctrine and practice, since it's inception, and from some viewpoints it's worse, today. I would not argue that, either, biblically speaking.
The new lyrics show an obvious "woke" slant. From my point of view, lyrics for any hymns are not sacredly inspired, however moving and enshrined they may be. They are just putting an understanding of God's character, government, purposes, plans, doctrines, etc., into words of things taken from Scripture and placed in a more congenial format. If a writer of lyrics has an unfortunately wrong view of any particular belief they hold, one should expect their lyrics to be wrong, as well. Such hymns have existed for ages, literally. Churches disagree on doctrines. Why wouldn't hymn writers disagree, as well?
Let's face it. Today, even the "music" is at odds. "Christian Rock" is nowhere near the confrontation it used to be. On the other hand, plenty of believers, if not a majority of professed Christians, would wince at the notion of "Christian Death Metal." The very term is an oxymoron.
Babylon is confusion and it abounds. Outright biblical Christian doctrine is neglected, if not rejected. Everybody knows it. Thousands of churches exist. They do not all believe the same things. Only one church existed for all believers in the beginning. Before the first century was done, splits and divisions began. It never stopped, nor will it. That is not a point against the faith. There is only one faith handed down and delivered unto the saints. The task is finding it in all the confusion.
Back to the hymn. Here's the point. Look at the original lyrics, written in the 16th century, the time of the Protestant Reformation's powerful influence throughout Europe:
God rest ye merry gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
For Jesus Christ our Saviour
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan's pow'r
When we were gone astray
O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
From God our Heavenly Father
A blessed Angel came;
And unto certain shepherds
Brought tidings of the same,
How that in Bethlehem was born
The Son of God by Name.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding
In tempest, storm and wind,
And went to Bethlehem straightway
The Son of God to find.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
But when to Bethlehem they came,
Whereat this infant lay,
They found Him in a manger,
Where oxen feed on hay;
His Mother Mary kneeling down,
Unto the Lord did pray.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy
Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood
Each other now embrace;
This holy tide of Christmas
All other doth efface.
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy.
The very first stanza contains error.
For Jesus Christ our Saviour
Was born on Christmas Day
No, He was not. For one thing, there was no recognition of Christ's birth in the early church, as far as the NT goes. The Gospels, Acts and Epistles are silent as to remembrance or veneration of Christ's day of birth. If there were, it certainly would not have been called "Christ's Mass Day." The term is wholly Roman Catholic in origins. Christmas is foreign to the Gospels. The early church did not celebrate "the Eucharist," the Mass, the constant re-enactment of the death of Jesus, which is what the mass is. It is the immolation of Christ every single time it is practiced, which it is, 24/7 around the world. That is one of Rome's most tried and true positions on the mass but, the Bible says Jesus died once, for all. Once. Period. It is finished. Done.
Next, Christ was not born on December 25th. The date was well known for the births of some pagan deities but, no, not the birthday of Yeshua, the Son of Mary. The date was chosen to just go along with other pagan days and dates the church of Rome "christianized." "Baptized paganism" has been the term used for centuries by those who protested the existence of the RCC calendars and ceremonies, all made up, all just man-made traditions.
The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding
In tempest, storm and wind,
Huh? What tempest, storm and wind?
Luke 2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Luke 2:9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
Who in their right mind would be out in a field on a stormy December night? The flocks would be in the holding area for the night and the shepherds inside keeping warm. BTW, the latitude of Israel is about the same as Dallas, Texas, and while it can generally be cool to rather cold at night in December, you can stay outside and star watch without great discomfort if you dress warmly but, it can get downright frigid at night here and if it's a tempest taking place at 30 degrees, that's a blizzard or ice storm. No. No shepherds would be out watching their flocks in such conditions. Not much of an evening for angels to shine brightly around the shepherds, either.
I never understood "mind" and "wind," anyway. They don't come close to a rhyme. "A Baby they should find" would have made more sense.
"Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood
Each other now embrace;
This holy tide of Christmas
All other doth efface."
I can guarantee you the very apostles, themselves, would fit into that last line. They would definitely efface (erase) the 25th of December, Christmas. They would erase any remembrance of such a day, for God gave no such remembrance of it. God gave one day to remember, by the fourth commandment of the Decalogue; the seventh-day Sabbath. That's the day most of professed Christendom has forgotten, replaced with another day the apostles would efface, the venerable day of the sun; Sunday. There is no pagan Sunday sacredness in the Bible, nor a pagan Easter, nor a pagan 25th of December, which was actually the feast of Saturnalia, a pagan festival that mimics most of what people practice at Christmas time today. Well, factually, I should reverse that. Christmas activities mimic what the feast of Saturnalia was all about in ancient times. Look it up.
Is it a sin to practice the 25th of December? In the Roman Catholic Church it is considered a sin not to practice it, for it is a holy day of obligation that must be practiced by attendance at Mass. All the rest, the giving of gifts to each other... if it's Christ's birthday why do people give gifts to each other? Should they not be giving all the money used to purchase all those gifts and wrapping paper, and trees and ornaments and all the rest to Christ, the ministry of help to the poor and needy, and the proclamation of the gospel, through the church of their choice?
It seems rather odd, if not futile for people to get upset with Leftists trying to efface an ancient hymn with lyrics of their own social agenda, when the original lyrics just give aid to the Church of Rome's traditions and paganization of a church which the Bible refers to as "the spirit of antichrist" - which has put itself in place of Christ.
From a secular point of view, the lights are quite charming, and it's nice to give gifts to those we love, and gather together to think of peace and good will towards men. Let's be honest, though, a Christmas office party is an oxymoron. People partying and getting drunk in the name of the birth of Jesus and a special mass said for Him? Yeah, no.
Christmas is, obviously, a combination of two totally separate, cultural events. What does an angel or star on top of a pine tree have to do with tiny lights, candy canes, ornaments and tinsel all over it? Nothing. It just a combination of two totally man-made events: the births of pagan deities like Tammuz, Saturn, Mithra and others with the festivities chosen for the days; with the chosen day for the birth of Christ and a mass, and other religious obligations bequeathed to the world through the Roman Catholic Church, the prophetic Mother of abominations, in the book of Revelation. Add in St. Nikolas, good ol' Santa Clause, and you have Babylon in a frame.
And just to add something I have mentioned here before. There were no wise men at the manger. The men from the East came when the Babe was going on two years old, which is why Herod had all the male children, two years old and younger, killed, to make certain no new king would rise up to take his place. What was the "star" that guided them? Logically, a retinue of angels hovering above, to coax them along to the house the Messiah was living in when they arrived.
I'm not trying to rain on your parade if you want to "keep Christmas" in the cultural way it is celebrated today. It just behooves any Bible believing Christian to refrain from stating "Put Christ back into Christmas." He was never there to begin with.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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709. Oh, Arizona - December 24, 2022
In reading a new article at Gateway Pundit about the AZ judge dismissing the Lake case, and reading some comments from readers, it somehow delved into a religious ping-pong table. Apparently that type of drop into religious discussions is common enough for people to make comment for it to stop. The response was that everything is ultimately about the battle between good and evil.
That is biblical. Between God and Christ, and Lucifer and his hosts, there is constant war. I am bound to recognize the facts of that observation. People would like it to just go away but, sorry. Cannot happen. Will not happen.
Everything that goes on in this world is not and cannot be free from the larger battle between powers of the kingdoms of light and darkness. That war is the war. All other wars are just encapsulated in the greater war. Especially in this time of closing events is that true. Prophecy is either surging forward, stalled or stopped and detoured by mankind's choices. Moment by moment, hour by hour, day by day decisions are made by all humans that affect how things move; those who are members of Christ's kingdom against those who live and work for the kingdom of Lucifer, even if by ignorance and default. Ignorance of the war does not remove us from the war. Are citizens of Ukraine removed from the war because they are not politicians or soldiers? No. They are part of it because they occupy space in the war zone. So it is for all humanity on this world.
In the case of Kari Lake and the AZ political contest, those who serve the Lord have every right and purpose to call on God for His aid and help in that battle between obvious righteousness and obvious unrighteousness. The judge sitting on the bench is not the final arbiter by a long shot. Nor shall that be the case when everything goes before an appeals court, all the way to the Supreme Court of the State and ultimately, all the way to the nation's highest court. All of it is just a subsidiary of God's law and kingdom or, Satan's rebellion and kingdom of darkness. All of it.
The attempt to remove God from the political table in this nation is a satanic effort to enshroud the nation in darkness, regardless of how much "freedom" movers and shakers of the spirit antichrist involve themselves in belief, pushing God out of the fabric of society is better for it. If they are successful, nothing but, destruction awaits. That is a given in all human history. All societies, all civilizations exposed to light, that reject the light of truth, fall into dissension, disarray, and destruction. The time element may vary but, the ultimate end is sure, and history shows it. America is swiftly headed for that cliff.
Truth is God's. Truth comes from God. Truth is light that shines in darkness, even if those who proclaim it do not realize the higher cause truth involves and are not aware of the larger field of battle.
Corruption at high levels exists in Arizona politics. The election had enormous man-made complications to ensure a win for the person who actually ran the election by virtue of her office, chose not to campaign, chose not to debate her opponent, with her opponent up by double digits the day before the election. Common sense dictates, at the very least, the total incompetence involved by election officials should force a new election, regardless of whether or not intentional fraud and criminal law breaking took place. The election was an enormous debacle. If it was fair and honest why have both Democrats and certain Republicans worked tirelessly to not be totally and completely transparent with all documents, machinery, video, email transmissions and any other parcel of information to prove everything they did was above board? Because they cannot. They will not expose themselves to the light of investigation and have stonewalled at every juncture.
The battle is not between Kari Lake and Katie Hobbs; between Republicans and Democrats. That would be the case if both sides held to political platforms that openly endorse the presence of God in the affairs of the state, and the election was just about details of governance. I've already shared the Preamble of the AZ state Constitution here but, again -
"We the people of the State of Arizona, grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution."
Both parties, any and all parties should be functioning under that principle. Are they? Are they functioning as people that are grateful to Almighty God for their liberties? Are they acting as thought liberty comes from God and must be protected by just laws and procedures free from corruption? Are they in service to God and His laws in their elected civil service to the citizens of Arizona? Not even close. While some care for those principles, others in positions of responsibility obviously do not.
ALL politics cannot be free from either godliness or ungodliness. If a state recognizes the Sovereign of the universe; if a nation does the same in its official documents of history and law and order, it is then impossible to attempt to free yourself from such commitment without drawing down disapproval from on high and even judgment.
Everybody knows Kari Lake won the election, handily. The evidence shows it, involving the entire process. The judge shut down total transparency and limited Lake's attorneys to proving intentional fraud in just two categories of investigation. They produced their experts who testified, under oath, that only intentional operations could have caused the debacle that took place. Did they lie? The judge dismissed the case. Righteous or unrighteous? Obviously, unrighteous. He just flipped the bird at truth and justice and sent it up to the next court. He squandered an opportunity to stand for truth, and waffled on his responsibilities. The full reason is between him and God, ultimately, and he shall stand before God someday to answer for his cowardice and standing up for lies. He chose to disregard the testimony of truth, obvious truth, that caused an unprecedented mess on election day. Add to that the unbelievable arrogance of Hobbs' attorney, who blamed Lake's supporters for showing up on election day rather than vote by mail-in ballot. The ignorance of such a comment should have shut down Hobbs' side of the argument right then and there. No, the judge dismissed that attorney's giving the hand away. That was not just a tell, some flinch or tick of the eye. That was an outright turning his hand around and showing everybody at the table the cards he was playing!
Nothing but, evil comes from evil. Without the intervention of God, no good will come out of lies gaining a human victory over truth. Only problems can develop in Arizona as the blessing of God is pushed away for the sake of lies, power and control. God will choose to honor the pleas of His people weighed against the necessity of reaping what was sown. Hobbs' attorney had the gall to tell Lake and her supporters they reaped what they sowed by voting on election day, the DAY PEOPLE VOTE FOR NEW REPRESENTATIVES. The conniving liars want the mail-in ballot schemes intact because they can corrupt results, have and will continue to do so, to stay in power and control.
All of it is open before the judgment bar of God. It's ultimately in God's hands, always. None of it will escape His scrutiny. If the fraud stays, the fraud will destroy the state, sooner or later. Same goes for the American nation. Same goes for the entire world.
Righteousness from God will save individuals. The world? It is, by a process of natural selection or supernatural intervention, destined to collapse as the latter is rejected in place of the former.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
That is biblical. Between God and Christ, and Lucifer and his hosts, there is constant war. I am bound to recognize the facts of that observation. People would like it to just go away but, sorry. Cannot happen. Will not happen.
Everything that goes on in this world is not and cannot be free from the larger battle between powers of the kingdoms of light and darkness. That war is the war. All other wars are just encapsulated in the greater war. Especially in this time of closing events is that true. Prophecy is either surging forward, stalled or stopped and detoured by mankind's choices. Moment by moment, hour by hour, day by day decisions are made by all humans that affect how things move; those who are members of Christ's kingdom against those who live and work for the kingdom of Lucifer, even if by ignorance and default. Ignorance of the war does not remove us from the war. Are citizens of Ukraine removed from the war because they are not politicians or soldiers? No. They are part of it because they occupy space in the war zone. So it is for all humanity on this world.
In the case of Kari Lake and the AZ political contest, those who serve the Lord have every right and purpose to call on God for His aid and help in that battle between obvious righteousness and obvious unrighteousness. The judge sitting on the bench is not the final arbiter by a long shot. Nor shall that be the case when everything goes before an appeals court, all the way to the Supreme Court of the State and ultimately, all the way to the nation's highest court. All of it is just a subsidiary of God's law and kingdom or, Satan's rebellion and kingdom of darkness. All of it.
The attempt to remove God from the political table in this nation is a satanic effort to enshroud the nation in darkness, regardless of how much "freedom" movers and shakers of the spirit antichrist involve themselves in belief, pushing God out of the fabric of society is better for it. If they are successful, nothing but, destruction awaits. That is a given in all human history. All societies, all civilizations exposed to light, that reject the light of truth, fall into dissension, disarray, and destruction. The time element may vary but, the ultimate end is sure, and history shows it. America is swiftly headed for that cliff.
Truth is God's. Truth comes from God. Truth is light that shines in darkness, even if those who proclaim it do not realize the higher cause truth involves and are not aware of the larger field of battle.
Corruption at high levels exists in Arizona politics. The election had enormous man-made complications to ensure a win for the person who actually ran the election by virtue of her office, chose not to campaign, chose not to debate her opponent, with her opponent up by double digits the day before the election. Common sense dictates, at the very least, the total incompetence involved by election officials should force a new election, regardless of whether or not intentional fraud and criminal law breaking took place. The election was an enormous debacle. If it was fair and honest why have both Democrats and certain Republicans worked tirelessly to not be totally and completely transparent with all documents, machinery, video, email transmissions and any other parcel of information to prove everything they did was above board? Because they cannot. They will not expose themselves to the light of investigation and have stonewalled at every juncture.
The battle is not between Kari Lake and Katie Hobbs; between Republicans and Democrats. That would be the case if both sides held to political platforms that openly endorse the presence of God in the affairs of the state, and the election was just about details of governance. I've already shared the Preamble of the AZ state Constitution here but, again -
"We the people of the State of Arizona, grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution."
Both parties, any and all parties should be functioning under that principle. Are they? Are they functioning as people that are grateful to Almighty God for their liberties? Are they acting as thought liberty comes from God and must be protected by just laws and procedures free from corruption? Are they in service to God and His laws in their elected civil service to the citizens of Arizona? Not even close. While some care for those principles, others in positions of responsibility obviously do not.
ALL politics cannot be free from either godliness or ungodliness. If a state recognizes the Sovereign of the universe; if a nation does the same in its official documents of history and law and order, it is then impossible to attempt to free yourself from such commitment without drawing down disapproval from on high and even judgment.
Everybody knows Kari Lake won the election, handily. The evidence shows it, involving the entire process. The judge shut down total transparency and limited Lake's attorneys to proving intentional fraud in just two categories of investigation. They produced their experts who testified, under oath, that only intentional operations could have caused the debacle that took place. Did they lie? The judge dismissed the case. Righteous or unrighteous? Obviously, unrighteous. He just flipped the bird at truth and justice and sent it up to the next court. He squandered an opportunity to stand for truth, and waffled on his responsibilities. The full reason is between him and God, ultimately, and he shall stand before God someday to answer for his cowardice and standing up for lies. He chose to disregard the testimony of truth, obvious truth, that caused an unprecedented mess on election day. Add to that the unbelievable arrogance of Hobbs' attorney, who blamed Lake's supporters for showing up on election day rather than vote by mail-in ballot. The ignorance of such a comment should have shut down Hobbs' side of the argument right then and there. No, the judge dismissed that attorney's giving the hand away. That was not just a tell, some flinch or tick of the eye. That was an outright turning his hand around and showing everybody at the table the cards he was playing!
Nothing but, evil comes from evil. Without the intervention of God, no good will come out of lies gaining a human victory over truth. Only problems can develop in Arizona as the blessing of God is pushed away for the sake of lies, power and control. God will choose to honor the pleas of His people weighed against the necessity of reaping what was sown. Hobbs' attorney had the gall to tell Lake and her supporters they reaped what they sowed by voting on election day, the DAY PEOPLE VOTE FOR NEW REPRESENTATIVES. The conniving liars want the mail-in ballot schemes intact because they can corrupt results, have and will continue to do so, to stay in power and control.
All of it is open before the judgment bar of God. It's ultimately in God's hands, always. None of it will escape His scrutiny. If the fraud stays, the fraud will destroy the state, sooner or later. Same goes for the American nation. Same goes for the entire world.
Righteousness from God will save individuals. The world? It is, by a process of natural selection or supernatural intervention, destined to collapse as the latter is rejected in place of the former.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Chip Roy Says It!
Mr. Roy is a Texas Congressman. While we sit here waiting for pipes to thaw out, Chip Roy was on fire on the floor of the House. Telling it like it is, he just states the truth. The problem? I am willing to believe, by the evidence, most of the House could care less, and that includes Republicans, especially in the Senate. The uniparty will destroy America, by design, if things are not quickly turned around. They may have already done it, passing the 1.7 TRILLION dollar, 4,000 page omnibus bill. Chip Roy states his case anyway.
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1606365335925317633
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1606365335925317633
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710. This is Babylon, 2 - December 24, 2022
I used to really be into Christmas. Not the religious stuff. I was an atheist all my young life. The other, secular stuff - the lights, the trees and ornaments, gift giving, even singing Christmas carols, not the songs, the carols. Then, in the throws of becoming a Christian and studying about spiritual, prophetic Babylon, I began to come across information from long since dead authors of the 18th and 19th centuries, of all the stuff surrounding December 25th in ancient pagan religions. Ultimately, despite my love for the holiday, my love for truth was greater and I dropped the day from my life. I haven't "celebrated" Christmas for... around 25 years now.
I remember, at ten years old, hearing something outside my window on Christmas eve. Santa Clause? I quickly looked out my window and saw my parents carrying filled arms with Christmas presents inside the house. What???? I ran downstairs and accosted them that there was no Santa Clause! They were Santa Clause! They both laughed at this little prosecuting attorney covering them with the evidence of a deception no longer possible. Did it wreck my world? Hardly. That said, that same year I began to question the existence of God, and at 13 became an atheist.
So, you know, we learn and drop the guy in the red suit and reindeer but, what about the birth of Jesus Christ, Iesou Christos, Yeshua Messiah? Quite an entanglement. So, what does everybody do? They hinge it all on "love." God sent the greatest gift to mankind 2000 years ago and people make the attempt to somehow conflate the feast of Saturnalia with the Roman Catholic 'Christ Mass' in the name of love. Peace on Earth. Good will towards men.
That is called - Babylon - the mixing of the sacred with the pagan. In the book of Daniel, chapter 5, that very premise, mixing of the sacred with the pagan, when the pagan king took all the vessels from the Hebrew sanctuary services and used them in his big feast for eating and drinking out of. Daniel stood before the king, condemned his actions and that night, Babylon came down, overtaken in a swift move by the Medo-Persian forces. It's the story where the infamous saying, "The handwriting is on the wall," came from.
Mixing the sacred with the pagan. Babylon. Here is a picture I just saw on a Conservative newssite, attempting to establish the real and true meaning of Christ mass. Oh, you say, wait. You don't know if the writer knows where the day came from as far as its Roman Catholic background. True. I do not. I do not condemn the writer. I condemn the image as being totally ridiculous, with a message so Babylonian it is almost beyond belief. I have seen other such versions over the years. Little statues, artwork of various types. It's a lie, perpetuated by the mixing of the sacred with the pagan.
I remember, at ten years old, hearing something outside my window on Christmas eve. Santa Clause? I quickly looked out my window and saw my parents carrying filled arms with Christmas presents inside the house. What???? I ran downstairs and accosted them that there was no Santa Clause! They were Santa Clause! They both laughed at this little prosecuting attorney covering them with the evidence of a deception no longer possible. Did it wreck my world? Hardly. That said, that same year I began to question the existence of God, and at 13 became an atheist.
So, you know, we learn and drop the guy in the red suit and reindeer but, what about the birth of Jesus Christ, Iesou Christos, Yeshua Messiah? Quite an entanglement. So, what does everybody do? They hinge it all on "love." God sent the greatest gift to mankind 2000 years ago and people make the attempt to somehow conflate the feast of Saturnalia with the Roman Catholic 'Christ Mass' in the name of love. Peace on Earth. Good will towards men.
That is called - Babylon - the mixing of the sacred with the pagan. In the book of Daniel, chapter 5, that very premise, mixing of the sacred with the pagan, when the pagan king took all the vessels from the Hebrew sanctuary services and used them in his big feast for eating and drinking out of. Daniel stood before the king, condemned his actions and that night, Babylon came down, overtaken in a swift move by the Medo-Persian forces. It's the story where the infamous saying, "The handwriting is on the wall," came from.
Mixing the sacred with the pagan. Babylon. Here is a picture I just saw on a Conservative newssite, attempting to establish the real and true meaning of Christ mass. Oh, you say, wait. You don't know if the writer knows where the day came from as far as its Roman Catholic background. True. I do not. I do not condemn the writer. I condemn the image as being totally ridiculous, with a message so Babylonian it is almost beyond belief. I have seen other such versions over the years. Little statues, artwork of various types. It's a lie, perpetuated by the mixing of the sacred with the pagan.
We all know Santa Clause is a perpetuated lie. Regardless of the history of a "Saint" Nikolas, etc., in various European traditions, nobody is going down your chimney tonight.
A Santa kneeling before a painting of Christ, a very famous painting. My parents had a copy hanging in our home. "The Head of Christ" by Warner Sallman, 1940, has sold hundreds of millions of copies around the world. Is it true? Of course not. Nobody knows what Jesus looked like save for those who actually saw Him. The Hebrews were not into imagery, based on the Second Commandment, so nobody asked Messiah to sit for a portrait to be painted. And certainly no believer should kneel before a painting of a Christ. That is idolatry, which is why the RCC removed the second commandment and split the tenth into two, to keep ten commandments in its mix of apostasy from the faith once delivered unto the saints.
The image you are looking at evokes an emotional reaction for most people. "Aw, look. Santa praying to Jesus." The scene is completely fraudulent. Yet, somehow, even artwork of Santa kneeling at a manger the Babe laid in, has been done. It's preposterous but, popular. Babylon is always popular.
Ours is a mixed up society. A society mostly satisfied to have feelings about things, rather than rationally confront them. A society that believes lying is really not that bad, or for that matter, breaking all the other commandments in God's moral law. That includes professed Christians, too. The vast majority not only break the fourth commandment every week of their lives, just like I did until I knew the truth but, they do not even keep the day that they replaced the Sabbath with. They just go to church Sunday morning and do whatever they want the rest of the day. Some, as in the RCC, go to church Saturday evening, even though Sunday mass is a serious obligation. The Church figured, 'Let's get them in the door, at least on Saturday night, if they are too hung over Sunday morning.' My father ended up leaving the Catholic Church because of all the constant concessions it was making toward the faith he believed was true; the one he was taught as a child. That faith no longer exists in the Church of Rome. It was replaced by Vatican 2. The same can be said for most Protestant churches, too. That does not make Romanism less dangerous. It makes it more dangerous, as can be seen by all the professed Christian world beating a path to the Vatican's door.
When was the last time you saw a statement of belief from any Protestant church, any Evangelical group, that the Papacy, the Roman Catholic system and its Vatican is the man of sin, the antichrist power of prophecy? At one time, they all had that signification in their doctrines and statements of faith. Little by little, the spirit of Babylonian confusion and compromise crept in and whittled away, chipped away, chiseled away foundations of faith. The next thing you know, by the end of the 19th century, all the world was wondering after (admiring) the beast of Rev. 13. The 20th century saw, not just the basic collapse of Protestantism, for nobody protests Romanism anymore as a denominated people; it also beheld the RCC, itself, changing so radically many Catholics no longer recognized the Mass, itself. Today, millions of Catholics see their pope as an imposter, an apostate, an empty robe leaning towards everything the church used to stand against. What gives?
It's all Babylon. The Bible pegged it so clearly there can be no mistaking what has happened and what will continue to happen: the overtaking of the world with a confusion so great, it becomes a delusion that will convince people they are all right when they are totally wrong.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
A Santa kneeling before a painting of Christ, a very famous painting. My parents had a copy hanging in our home. "The Head of Christ" by Warner Sallman, 1940, has sold hundreds of millions of copies around the world. Is it true? Of course not. Nobody knows what Jesus looked like save for those who actually saw Him. The Hebrews were not into imagery, based on the Second Commandment, so nobody asked Messiah to sit for a portrait to be painted. And certainly no believer should kneel before a painting of a Christ. That is idolatry, which is why the RCC removed the second commandment and split the tenth into two, to keep ten commandments in its mix of apostasy from the faith once delivered unto the saints.
The image you are looking at evokes an emotional reaction for most people. "Aw, look. Santa praying to Jesus." The scene is completely fraudulent. Yet, somehow, even artwork of Santa kneeling at a manger the Babe laid in, has been done. It's preposterous but, popular. Babylon is always popular.
Ours is a mixed up society. A society mostly satisfied to have feelings about things, rather than rationally confront them. A society that believes lying is really not that bad, or for that matter, breaking all the other commandments in God's moral law. That includes professed Christians, too. The vast majority not only break the fourth commandment every week of their lives, just like I did until I knew the truth but, they do not even keep the day that they replaced the Sabbath with. They just go to church Sunday morning and do whatever they want the rest of the day. Some, as in the RCC, go to church Saturday evening, even though Sunday mass is a serious obligation. The Church figured, 'Let's get them in the door, at least on Saturday night, if they are too hung over Sunday morning.' My father ended up leaving the Catholic Church because of all the constant concessions it was making toward the faith he believed was true; the one he was taught as a child. That faith no longer exists in the Church of Rome. It was replaced by Vatican 2. The same can be said for most Protestant churches, too. That does not make Romanism less dangerous. It makes it more dangerous, as can be seen by all the professed Christian world beating a path to the Vatican's door.
When was the last time you saw a statement of belief from any Protestant church, any Evangelical group, that the Papacy, the Roman Catholic system and its Vatican is the man of sin, the antichrist power of prophecy? At one time, they all had that signification in their doctrines and statements of faith. Little by little, the spirit of Babylonian confusion and compromise crept in and whittled away, chipped away, chiseled away foundations of faith. The next thing you know, by the end of the 19th century, all the world was wondering after (admiring) the beast of Rev. 13. The 20th century saw, not just the basic collapse of Protestantism, for nobody protests Romanism anymore as a denominated people; it also beheld the RCC, itself, changing so radically many Catholics no longer recognized the Mass, itself. Today, millions of Catholics see their pope as an imposter, an apostate, an empty robe leaning towards everything the church used to stand against. What gives?
It's all Babylon. The Bible pegged it so clearly there can be no mistaking what has happened and what will continue to happen: the overtaking of the world with a confusion so great, it becomes a delusion that will convince people they are all right when they are totally wrong.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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711. Virgil Donati - The Dawn of Time - December 26, 2022
I begin typing this post while listening to a new CD I just got - Virgil Donati - The Dawn of Time - Orchestral Works. It is impressive almost instantly out of the gate.
If you are not a drummer or into drums; Virgil Donati is an Australian player who earned international fame back in the 1990's. He shocked people with the prowess of his feet, not just his hands. Incredible technique. A "monster" by any musical definition.
To learn Virgil wrote the orchestration for this, as well as played piano, is astonishing. I rarely use the word 'genius,' believing it's overused in our culture today but, considering the works of all the players I have known of for the last 68 years of my life, this is genius. A "drummer" composing and playing this? What word would I use, should I use? Remarkable? Weak. Outstanding? Weak. Noteworthy? Very weak. It's genius. No other word applies. I use the term in the aspect of all this being the work of an already world-renowned drumist.
I have already stated numerous times on my site that Virgil Donati, to my ears, is THE most recognizable voice in the world upon this instrument and its artistry. His phrasings, his stickings, his abilities for beat displacement and time manipulation, his velocity and dynamics are easily heard and if it isn't him, it's a Virgil clone. His dedication to the instrument is unsurpassed.
I'm only a few minutes in and if I didn't know the title of the recording, I'd guess it was Virgil playing. And here's the thing. I'm more into funky type-fusion players for voices that start my engine and Virgil doesn't have that kind of style but, my admiration for what this man has put down for work at the instrument makes me a fan, regardless. He has few contemporaries that can meet his mastery of the instrument.
Needless to say the complexity of the music he has written here is typical of the music Virgil's bands get into, and because he's written the music, he can internally feel it more than someone charting it out and fleshing out a performance for it. It's Virgil's baby. He knows every note. That said, it's an impeccable performance. Listening to the Concerto for Drums movements 1-4 is listening to a Swiss watch. The timing of every note he plays is metronomic. It's that way throughout the entire performance. If I were told he just winged it, I'd not believe it. Not to this kind of music.
If you are into drum set artistry you must have this in your music collection. I am surprised I'd not heard of this recording until a few weeks ago, coming upon it by accident on YouTube. It was released in 2016. How did I not come across it before now? Well, I don't read drum magazines anymore, if it was advertised there, nor I am prone into checking out Virgil's website or YouTube channel that often. Matter of fact, I don't think I have been to his web site. Still, something this monumental, literally, should have made tsunami waves that washed over the entire drumming community. You just hear about stuff like this because of what it is, what it demands for recognition.
I do not believe I can oversell this recording or Virgil's performance. The guy is a wizard that plays bombastic beats or little, subtle things that, in this kind of setting are just incredible. I cannot hear a misplaced note. Everything is seamless. It isn't just his playing. The music is beautiful. Powerful. Haunting. Mesmerizing. The drums are not an extra. The drum set is an integral part of it all. His piano work at the end will blow you away, as well. I was. I had no idea his talents went beyond drum set like this.
It is a rare thing for me to be this moved by a drumming performance. While I'm not a real big fan of Classical music I have a bunch in my CD collection but, of course, none have the presence of drum set playing in them. My daughter plays and teaches violin and has played with various orchestras and sends me her performances and I am exposed to various types of Classical music. This stuff is something I should expose her to. I believe she'll be impressed.
I don't review recordings here. I mention things I may find unique from time to time. I'll give honor to players passing away and their contributions to the instrument. In this case, while this isn't a track by track review, it is a commendation for something that deserves exposure and recognition. It's just unlike any recording I have ever heard.
From the days of The Beatles, The Moody Blues and many other bands back in the 60's and 70s, use of orchestras has been something that became common in popular music. It was always a band in motion though, or, as in Big Band and orchestra days, a singer showcased. Having something written around a drum set like this, although done before, has not been done, to my knowledge, by the drum set artist themselves. This is a tremendous listening experience. The mixing and mastering is gorgeous.
Virgil Donati - The Dawn of Time.
Excellence beyond description.
If you are not a drummer or into drums; Virgil Donati is an Australian player who earned international fame back in the 1990's. He shocked people with the prowess of his feet, not just his hands. Incredible technique. A "monster" by any musical definition.
To learn Virgil wrote the orchestration for this, as well as played piano, is astonishing. I rarely use the word 'genius,' believing it's overused in our culture today but, considering the works of all the players I have known of for the last 68 years of my life, this is genius. A "drummer" composing and playing this? What word would I use, should I use? Remarkable? Weak. Outstanding? Weak. Noteworthy? Very weak. It's genius. No other word applies. I use the term in the aspect of all this being the work of an already world-renowned drumist.
I have already stated numerous times on my site that Virgil Donati, to my ears, is THE most recognizable voice in the world upon this instrument and its artistry. His phrasings, his stickings, his abilities for beat displacement and time manipulation, his velocity and dynamics are easily heard and if it isn't him, it's a Virgil clone. His dedication to the instrument is unsurpassed.
I'm only a few minutes in and if I didn't know the title of the recording, I'd guess it was Virgil playing. And here's the thing. I'm more into funky type-fusion players for voices that start my engine and Virgil doesn't have that kind of style but, my admiration for what this man has put down for work at the instrument makes me a fan, regardless. He has few contemporaries that can meet his mastery of the instrument.
Needless to say the complexity of the music he has written here is typical of the music Virgil's bands get into, and because he's written the music, he can internally feel it more than someone charting it out and fleshing out a performance for it. It's Virgil's baby. He knows every note. That said, it's an impeccable performance. Listening to the Concerto for Drums movements 1-4 is listening to a Swiss watch. The timing of every note he plays is metronomic. It's that way throughout the entire performance. If I were told he just winged it, I'd not believe it. Not to this kind of music.
If you are into drum set artistry you must have this in your music collection. I am surprised I'd not heard of this recording until a few weeks ago, coming upon it by accident on YouTube. It was released in 2016. How did I not come across it before now? Well, I don't read drum magazines anymore, if it was advertised there, nor I am prone into checking out Virgil's website or YouTube channel that often. Matter of fact, I don't think I have been to his web site. Still, something this monumental, literally, should have made tsunami waves that washed over the entire drumming community. You just hear about stuff like this because of what it is, what it demands for recognition.
I do not believe I can oversell this recording or Virgil's performance. The guy is a wizard that plays bombastic beats or little, subtle things that, in this kind of setting are just incredible. I cannot hear a misplaced note. Everything is seamless. It isn't just his playing. The music is beautiful. Powerful. Haunting. Mesmerizing. The drums are not an extra. The drum set is an integral part of it all. His piano work at the end will blow you away, as well. I was. I had no idea his talents went beyond drum set like this.
It is a rare thing for me to be this moved by a drumming performance. While I'm not a real big fan of Classical music I have a bunch in my CD collection but, of course, none have the presence of drum set playing in them. My daughter plays and teaches violin and has played with various orchestras and sends me her performances and I am exposed to various types of Classical music. This stuff is something I should expose her to. I believe she'll be impressed.
I don't review recordings here. I mention things I may find unique from time to time. I'll give honor to players passing away and their contributions to the instrument. In this case, while this isn't a track by track review, it is a commendation for something that deserves exposure and recognition. It's just unlike any recording I have ever heard.
From the days of The Beatles, The Moody Blues and many other bands back in the 60's and 70s, use of orchestras has been something that became common in popular music. It was always a band in motion though, or, as in Big Band and orchestra days, a singer showcased. Having something written around a drum set like this, although done before, has not been done, to my knowledge, by the drum set artist themselves. This is a tremendous listening experience. The mixing and mastering is gorgeous.
Virgil Donati - The Dawn of Time.
Excellence beyond description.
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7500 People A DAY
Every once in awhile I come across an article that encompasses more than one important subject wrapped up in a concise way. This is one of them -
discernreport.com/warning-from-ed-dowd-7500-americans-are-killed-or-disabled-each-day-as-jabs-take-heavy-toll/
Mike Adams, known as the Health Ranger by many, runs an award winning laboratory. He's a very talented, intelligent man. The article is based on an interview he did with Ed Dowd, author of "Cause Unknown - The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 and 2022" an expose' into the mRNA gene modifying injections and the fallout upon humanity.
7,500 people are either dying or disabled every day in America since the rollout of the shots. "Died Suddenly," the documentary, also addresses the issue head on. Honestly, I'm surprised Amazon is carrying the book. They've been censors for Covid truth right along with the social network and tech giants.
The obvious nature of the situation can no longer be hidden from the masses, regardless of fear mongering, lies, pressures, stigmatization, ostracization, marginalizing and censoring people attempting to warn humanity all across the globe. It has come down to locking people up in some nations. Laws are being made to disallow negation of "official stories" with what official stories call mal, mis and disinformation. It is a war for the minds of all humanity.
What Adams does is also bring in other facets of fallout because of the loss of those 7500 people every day. It all seems quite logical to me. America is, again, in dangerous trouble. It cannot be repeated enough.
Check it out.
discernreport.com/warning-from-ed-dowd-7500-americans-are-killed-or-disabled-each-day-as-jabs-take-heavy-toll/
Mike Adams, known as the Health Ranger by many, runs an award winning laboratory. He's a very talented, intelligent man. The article is based on an interview he did with Ed Dowd, author of "Cause Unknown - The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 and 2022" an expose' into the mRNA gene modifying injections and the fallout upon humanity.
7,500 people are either dying or disabled every day in America since the rollout of the shots. "Died Suddenly," the documentary, also addresses the issue head on. Honestly, I'm surprised Amazon is carrying the book. They've been censors for Covid truth right along with the social network and tech giants.
The obvious nature of the situation can no longer be hidden from the masses, regardless of fear mongering, lies, pressures, stigmatization, ostracization, marginalizing and censoring people attempting to warn humanity all across the globe. It has come down to locking people up in some nations. Laws are being made to disallow negation of "official stories" with what official stories call mal, mis and disinformation. It is a war for the minds of all humanity.
What Adams does is also bring in other facets of fallout because of the loss of those 7500 people every day. It all seems quite logical to me. America is, again, in dangerous trouble. It cannot be repeated enough.
Check it out.
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712. Can Jesus Come Tomorrow? - 12/ 30/ 2022
That is the premise of the linked article: that Jesus could come tomorrow.
https://anotherwell.org/2022/12/30/be-ready-jesus-is-coming-soon/
'Soon,' all believers should believe in, if they have any connection to the Scriptures. The general signs of the times that Christ and the disciples and prophets have left for God's people, point that out pretty resoundingly. If you do not believe we are living in the time of the end, you are unfortunately ignorant of information vital to understanding the days and times you are now living in. The author states this:
"There are many people around us that do not want to live as if Jesus could return tomorrow, but He could. He is coming soon! Today, we should pray for those who have not accepted Him as Savior. We need to remind them that He could return at any time. It is important that we be ready."
First, is it possible that Jesus could return tomorrow? The author gives no evidence for that statement.
Second, exactly what does he mean when he says we must be ready? he doesn't offer any information for that, either.
Once again, three major positions exist on understanding and interpreting Bible prophecy, and thereby, readiness.
1. Preterism - Most all of prophetic events have already been fulfilled, even as far back as the first century.
2. Historicism - Bible prophecy is in a continual state of fulfillment from the time of the prophet's visions of information received, till the end of time. (*note* the end of time is not the same biblical information as the time of the end.)
3. Futurism - Prophetic events will be mostly fulfilled in the future, based around it's focus on a seven year tribulation and the secret taking of God's people on Earth in the "rapture." Poof, gone. The tribulation begins.
Preterism misses so many marks it is hard to understand how so many professed Protestants adhere to it, especially seeing it is the child of the Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, Luis De Alcazar, in the 16th century, writing to stave off the influence of the Reformation.
Futurism takes the same hit, at least as far as Protestants should understand things, because it is the child of the another Spanish Jesuit priest, Francisco De Ribera, also writing in the 16th century, for the same reason: stopping the influence of the Reformation. Why?
Historicism was the original position of Protestant Reformers for centuries, pointing out that the Papacy of the Roman Catholic Church represented the Man of Sin of 2 Thes.; the Little Horn Power of Daniel 7; and the first Beast power of Rev. 13; as well as the RCC being the Mother Whore of Rev. 17 and other portions of Scripture devoted to exposing the apostate power arising to change God's laws, God's prophetic time table, persecute His people, and work to gain control of the whole world.
If one is a Preterist or Futurist, then yes, Christ could come tomorrow. Either enough events have already been fulfilled or will be, after the Rapture of the church, then a seven year tribulation.
If one is a Historicist, they are grounded by the necessity of seeing events transpire in a given Scriptural order, from Daniel's time to that of a last generation, same as the apostle John's prophecies (which are actually Christ's revelation to the angel, who then gave it all to John). The same goes for the Master's sermons on last-day events recorded in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21. A definitive order is created by all the information rendered to us for guidance. In the case of that line of reasoning, no, Christ cannot come tomorrow, if the church stays true to the information and events lined up leading to the seven last plagues and return of Christ in great power and glory.
There is another way to realize Christ is not returning tomorrow. Readiness. What does it even mean to be "ready?"
As far as the secret rapture doctrine, readiness is unnecessary. Especially if coupled with the doctrine of eternal security, i.e. "once saved, always saved." As long as someone professes faith in Jesus, regardless of what the life is in daily living, they will be raptured out. Then, all hell breaks loose and then the whole world gets a second shot at salvation as the church returns to rebuild the Earth seven years after the rapture. I know. It is a confusing hodge-podge of doctrinal rabbits out of hats that hits numerous concrete walls time and again, point by point of a thus saith the Lord. It runs into the last plague, which decimates the planet, along with the power and glory of Christ doing it's natural work of repelling sin and unrighteousness in a fire of glory that shall torch the Earth. The Bible says God's people go up, rise up to meet Him in the air. Futurism teaches Christ shall touch the Earth, stay on the Earth to rebuild it for 1000 years, after just destroying the world with the brightness and power of His return? Babylon, confusion is what it is for easily seen reasons. If people would just stop and think for a minute or two, the problems would stand before these faulty lines of reasoning but, people just trust their shepherds, rather than study for themselves to know the truth. The futurist sees the destruction of the world like some HGTV renovation program but, the return of Christ is not a renovation project. It is a cataclysmic, catastrophic world-ending event that does not just tear down interior walls. It brings down the entire building and leaves it in a heap of rubble for a thousand years.
What did the disciples ask Jesus? 'What shall be the sign of your coming and the end of the world?' Not sign of your coming and beginning of a new world. The end of the world is the end of the world as we know it. Lucifer and his hordes of fallen angels from his rebellion will have nothing but darkness and a wrecked planet to ponder before they meet their own final destruction at the end of the thousand years.
Readiness. What does it mean? Ready to meet Jesus. What has to be ready? If I had only one passage of Scripture to define the matter, this would be it:
Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Eph 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Eph 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
By the influence of the Word of God upon the believer's life, Christ means to make the believer sanctified [set apart from the world], spiritually cleansed, no spots in the life, no wrinkles, or any such thing, holy and without blemish upon the character, as in Christlike in character.
That is the ready body of believers Christ is coming for. He's not coming for a dirty church, caught up in the world, caught up in its influences and compromises and lies and nonsense. Hey, don't look at me as an example. I'm a mess. I'm just showing you the truth of the matter, regardless of what you are taught every week in your own church.
Do you not know what it means for Christ to be our High Priest in the Heavenly Sanctuary above? What do you think He's doing up there? What is He ministering for? He's working to clean up a final body of people to represent Him when He finishes His ministerial work and prepares to come as a conquering King to save His ready people from a world gone totally Satanic. And don't kid yourself. In His day, the religious leaders were of their father, the devil. They were considered by the people to be the holiest people around. Not even close. They were hypocrites, liars; religious businessmen running a con game and profiting from it. Do you think it's any different today? How many preachers are flying around in private jets? Living in mansions? Driving fancy cars, wearing the finest clothing money can buy, their wives all dolled up like fashion models? Are you serious? And that's just the tip of the iceberg. The rest is the broader portion below the surface, sounding and looking like the average believer but, living for the institution, not the truth, and putting down all aspects of revival and reformation that threatens their religious social club. They clamp down on anything that threatens their power and control. That is everyday life in most denominations, and even small congregations. It's often been called "kingly power." Peopl who believe position gives authority, not a Thus saith the Lord. Blind guides leading blind people over a cliff.
Do you think Jesus uttered this rhetorical question for naught?
"Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" Luke 18:8
The fact that God loves you only saves you if you respond accordingly. God loves the whole world. Is the whole world saved? Obviously not. The question of readiness revolves around this: how much do you love God? Enough to obey Him in all things? No cafeteria-style religion. No picking and choosing what is convenient for you. Yeah, I know. We all do it but, that boat don't float.
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Does obedience save you? Good luck with that. That's what the Jews thought and think today. It's what the Roman Catholic Church teaches. Many false religions teach it. By the same token, many churches teach works are not necessary. !!!??? What did you just read? Christ saves you by His grace, through His faith in you UNTO good works, that we should walk in them. We are born again, recreated in our mind and life towards God and our fellowman to love, obey and serve in any capacity God chooses for us. Try to escape that and shoot ourselves, not in the foot but, in the head.
Being ready is reflecting the character of Christ in our own life. Thinking and acting like Christ. Doing like Christ. Obeying Him as He obeyed the Father. Only those with that character and life will be ready to live in the final days of planet Earth to represent Him before a dying, rebellious world, and meet Him in peace when He returns.
He's not coming tomorrow. Too much has yet to happen in prophetic events, and be thankful for that. It means the time of our probation remains open. Once it closes?
Rev 22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
Rev 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Rev 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Rev 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Rev 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Rev 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
You say, 'Well, I'm no murderer. I'm no idolater.'
A 'dog' is just an unbeliever in the ancient metaphor. A sorcerer, in the Greek is pharmakos - a user of drugs. A whoremonger? All one needs to do is see how much sex outside of marriage takes place to realize the nature of that condemnation. It's been that way for a generation. A murderer?
Mat 5:21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Mat 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
You would have to ask yourself what you generally need to be angry at people if you have no cause to, or call people you think... yeah, probably something a whole lot stronger than a fool. Murder is a lot deeper in God's eyes than man's. Killing with words takes place as a profession today, even as a social pastime.
An idolater? You don't bow before paintings or statues? That's the only thing you believe amounts to idolatry?
Col 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence [desire], and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Exodus 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Indeed, we all fall into that hole. Desiring what other's have is just our culture. It's built into it - "Keeping up with the Joneses." It's a sin. Doesn't matter what society thinks. It's a sin because it centers around self, around lack of faith in God's provisions for His people, as He understands and sees the development of our lives in faith. It could be said with some strength, covetousness is the sin of our age. Entire industries are centered on covetousness.
Col 3:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
Col 3:7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
Col 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
How often do you take the Lord's name in vain? How many "F" bombs do you drop in a day, let alone all the rest of the language considered okay today, in this fallen culture?
Col 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Lying is now considered common practice for people. The majority of people surveyed believe lying is not a big deal, unless, of course, someone lies to them.
Col 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Two camps. Two fully developed camps shall exist at the end of time. There will be no undeveloped camps. All humanity will find themselves in one or the other by choice; by daily choices. A naturally sinning, deluded camp, and a created camp, recreated through conversion of mind and heart - spirit and soul - to live according to the revealed will of God.
Which camp will you be fully in?
What has yet to take place before Jesus returns?
1. A delusive, false, religious revival based on fake signs, wonders and miracles: in America and the world.
a. along with a revival of the Papacy in world events.
2. A true, world-wide revival of deep love and obedience towards God and truth.
3. The finishing of the final warning to the world - the Three Angel's Messages, Rev 14:6-12.
4. The final warning of the call to come out of spiritual, prophetic Babylon, Rev. 18:1-4.
5. The legislation, both nationally and internationally, of the RCC, Papacy and Vatican's chosen and claimed mark of authority - the change of the seventh-day Sabbath to Sunday.
6. The denial of God's people being able to buy or sell.
7. The rise and deceptions of spiritualism in all that term implies.
8. The literal persecution of God's people around the world.
9. The close of human probation (we won't know when that takes place until -
10. The seven last plagues.
That's ten basic things. Will we see these events take place in our lifetime's? I don't know. Maybe. On the other hand, the world now faces the biggest detour in church history - the rise of globalism, totalitarianism, secularism, genocide and democide, evil on a scale not seen before, which may envelope the world and take generations to overcome. Even if that were not on our doorsteps, just consider the rise of Islam, itself, a religious movement in competition with the Vatican for world-wide conquest. Ah. Consider the alliance of the two in standing against the globalist cabal. Where would that lead the world? Add in Buddhism? Add in other world religions. What do you have? BABYLON.
Make the tent bigger. Add in a Satanic delusion of a parade of "ET" to stop the world in its tracks.
It may get real interesting, real fast.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
https://anotherwell.org/2022/12/30/be-ready-jesus-is-coming-soon/
'Soon,' all believers should believe in, if they have any connection to the Scriptures. The general signs of the times that Christ and the disciples and prophets have left for God's people, point that out pretty resoundingly. If you do not believe we are living in the time of the end, you are unfortunately ignorant of information vital to understanding the days and times you are now living in. The author states this:
"There are many people around us that do not want to live as if Jesus could return tomorrow, but He could. He is coming soon! Today, we should pray for those who have not accepted Him as Savior. We need to remind them that He could return at any time. It is important that we be ready."
First, is it possible that Jesus could return tomorrow? The author gives no evidence for that statement.
Second, exactly what does he mean when he says we must be ready? he doesn't offer any information for that, either.
Once again, three major positions exist on understanding and interpreting Bible prophecy, and thereby, readiness.
1. Preterism - Most all of prophetic events have already been fulfilled, even as far back as the first century.
2. Historicism - Bible prophecy is in a continual state of fulfillment from the time of the prophet's visions of information received, till the end of time. (*note* the end of time is not the same biblical information as the time of the end.)
3. Futurism - Prophetic events will be mostly fulfilled in the future, based around it's focus on a seven year tribulation and the secret taking of God's people on Earth in the "rapture." Poof, gone. The tribulation begins.
Preterism misses so many marks it is hard to understand how so many professed Protestants adhere to it, especially seeing it is the child of the Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, Luis De Alcazar, in the 16th century, writing to stave off the influence of the Reformation.
Futurism takes the same hit, at least as far as Protestants should understand things, because it is the child of the another Spanish Jesuit priest, Francisco De Ribera, also writing in the 16th century, for the same reason: stopping the influence of the Reformation. Why?
Historicism was the original position of Protestant Reformers for centuries, pointing out that the Papacy of the Roman Catholic Church represented the Man of Sin of 2 Thes.; the Little Horn Power of Daniel 7; and the first Beast power of Rev. 13; as well as the RCC being the Mother Whore of Rev. 17 and other portions of Scripture devoted to exposing the apostate power arising to change God's laws, God's prophetic time table, persecute His people, and work to gain control of the whole world.
If one is a Preterist or Futurist, then yes, Christ could come tomorrow. Either enough events have already been fulfilled or will be, after the Rapture of the church, then a seven year tribulation.
If one is a Historicist, they are grounded by the necessity of seeing events transpire in a given Scriptural order, from Daniel's time to that of a last generation, same as the apostle John's prophecies (which are actually Christ's revelation to the angel, who then gave it all to John). The same goes for the Master's sermons on last-day events recorded in Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21. A definitive order is created by all the information rendered to us for guidance. In the case of that line of reasoning, no, Christ cannot come tomorrow, if the church stays true to the information and events lined up leading to the seven last plagues and return of Christ in great power and glory.
There is another way to realize Christ is not returning tomorrow. Readiness. What does it even mean to be "ready?"
As far as the secret rapture doctrine, readiness is unnecessary. Especially if coupled with the doctrine of eternal security, i.e. "once saved, always saved." As long as someone professes faith in Jesus, regardless of what the life is in daily living, they will be raptured out. Then, all hell breaks loose and then the whole world gets a second shot at salvation as the church returns to rebuild the Earth seven years after the rapture. I know. It is a confusing hodge-podge of doctrinal rabbits out of hats that hits numerous concrete walls time and again, point by point of a thus saith the Lord. It runs into the last plague, which decimates the planet, along with the power and glory of Christ doing it's natural work of repelling sin and unrighteousness in a fire of glory that shall torch the Earth. The Bible says God's people go up, rise up to meet Him in the air. Futurism teaches Christ shall touch the Earth, stay on the Earth to rebuild it for 1000 years, after just destroying the world with the brightness and power of His return? Babylon, confusion is what it is for easily seen reasons. If people would just stop and think for a minute or two, the problems would stand before these faulty lines of reasoning but, people just trust their shepherds, rather than study for themselves to know the truth. The futurist sees the destruction of the world like some HGTV renovation program but, the return of Christ is not a renovation project. It is a cataclysmic, catastrophic world-ending event that does not just tear down interior walls. It brings down the entire building and leaves it in a heap of rubble for a thousand years.
What did the disciples ask Jesus? 'What shall be the sign of your coming and the end of the world?' Not sign of your coming and beginning of a new world. The end of the world is the end of the world as we know it. Lucifer and his hordes of fallen angels from his rebellion will have nothing but darkness and a wrecked planet to ponder before they meet their own final destruction at the end of the thousand years.
Readiness. What does it mean? Ready to meet Jesus. What has to be ready? If I had only one passage of Scripture to define the matter, this would be it:
Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Eph 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Eph 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
By the influence of the Word of God upon the believer's life, Christ means to make the believer sanctified [set apart from the world], spiritually cleansed, no spots in the life, no wrinkles, or any such thing, holy and without blemish upon the character, as in Christlike in character.
That is the ready body of believers Christ is coming for. He's not coming for a dirty church, caught up in the world, caught up in its influences and compromises and lies and nonsense. Hey, don't look at me as an example. I'm a mess. I'm just showing you the truth of the matter, regardless of what you are taught every week in your own church.
Do you not know what it means for Christ to be our High Priest in the Heavenly Sanctuary above? What do you think He's doing up there? What is He ministering for? He's working to clean up a final body of people to represent Him when He finishes His ministerial work and prepares to come as a conquering King to save His ready people from a world gone totally Satanic. And don't kid yourself. In His day, the religious leaders were of their father, the devil. They were considered by the people to be the holiest people around. Not even close. They were hypocrites, liars; religious businessmen running a con game and profiting from it. Do you think it's any different today? How many preachers are flying around in private jets? Living in mansions? Driving fancy cars, wearing the finest clothing money can buy, their wives all dolled up like fashion models? Are you serious? And that's just the tip of the iceberg. The rest is the broader portion below the surface, sounding and looking like the average believer but, living for the institution, not the truth, and putting down all aspects of revival and reformation that threatens their religious social club. They clamp down on anything that threatens their power and control. That is everyday life in most denominations, and even small congregations. It's often been called "kingly power." Peopl who believe position gives authority, not a Thus saith the Lord. Blind guides leading blind people over a cliff.
Do you think Jesus uttered this rhetorical question for naught?
"Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" Luke 18:8
The fact that God loves you only saves you if you respond accordingly. God loves the whole world. Is the whole world saved? Obviously not. The question of readiness revolves around this: how much do you love God? Enough to obey Him in all things? No cafeteria-style religion. No picking and choosing what is convenient for you. Yeah, I know. We all do it but, that boat don't float.
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Eph 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Does obedience save you? Good luck with that. That's what the Jews thought and think today. It's what the Roman Catholic Church teaches. Many false religions teach it. By the same token, many churches teach works are not necessary. !!!??? What did you just read? Christ saves you by His grace, through His faith in you UNTO good works, that we should walk in them. We are born again, recreated in our mind and life towards God and our fellowman to love, obey and serve in any capacity God chooses for us. Try to escape that and shoot ourselves, not in the foot but, in the head.
Being ready is reflecting the character of Christ in our own life. Thinking and acting like Christ. Doing like Christ. Obeying Him as He obeyed the Father. Only those with that character and life will be ready to live in the final days of planet Earth to represent Him before a dying, rebellious world, and meet Him in peace when He returns.
He's not coming tomorrow. Too much has yet to happen in prophetic events, and be thankful for that. It means the time of our probation remains open. Once it closes?
Rev 22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
Rev 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Rev 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Rev 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Rev 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Rev 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
You say, 'Well, I'm no murderer. I'm no idolater.'
A 'dog' is just an unbeliever in the ancient metaphor. A sorcerer, in the Greek is pharmakos - a user of drugs. A whoremonger? All one needs to do is see how much sex outside of marriage takes place to realize the nature of that condemnation. It's been that way for a generation. A murderer?
Mat 5:21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Mat 5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
You would have to ask yourself what you generally need to be angry at people if you have no cause to, or call people you think... yeah, probably something a whole lot stronger than a fool. Murder is a lot deeper in God's eyes than man's. Killing with words takes place as a profession today, even as a social pastime.
An idolater? You don't bow before paintings or statues? That's the only thing you believe amounts to idolatry?
Col 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence [desire], and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Exodus 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Indeed, we all fall into that hole. Desiring what other's have is just our culture. It's built into it - "Keeping up with the Joneses." It's a sin. Doesn't matter what society thinks. It's a sin because it centers around self, around lack of faith in God's provisions for His people, as He understands and sees the development of our lives in faith. It could be said with some strength, covetousness is the sin of our age. Entire industries are centered on covetousness.
Col 3:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
Col 3:7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
Col 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
How often do you take the Lord's name in vain? How many "F" bombs do you drop in a day, let alone all the rest of the language considered okay today, in this fallen culture?
Col 3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Lying is now considered common practice for people. The majority of people surveyed believe lying is not a big deal, unless, of course, someone lies to them.
Col 3:10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Two camps. Two fully developed camps shall exist at the end of time. There will be no undeveloped camps. All humanity will find themselves in one or the other by choice; by daily choices. A naturally sinning, deluded camp, and a created camp, recreated through conversion of mind and heart - spirit and soul - to live according to the revealed will of God.
Which camp will you be fully in?
What has yet to take place before Jesus returns?
1. A delusive, false, religious revival based on fake signs, wonders and miracles: in America and the world.
a. along with a revival of the Papacy in world events.
2. A true, world-wide revival of deep love and obedience towards God and truth.
3. The finishing of the final warning to the world - the Three Angel's Messages, Rev 14:6-12.
4. The final warning of the call to come out of spiritual, prophetic Babylon, Rev. 18:1-4.
5. The legislation, both nationally and internationally, of the RCC, Papacy and Vatican's chosen and claimed mark of authority - the change of the seventh-day Sabbath to Sunday.
6. The denial of God's people being able to buy or sell.
7. The rise and deceptions of spiritualism in all that term implies.
8. The literal persecution of God's people around the world.
9. The close of human probation (we won't know when that takes place until -
10. The seven last plagues.
That's ten basic things. Will we see these events take place in our lifetime's? I don't know. Maybe. On the other hand, the world now faces the biggest detour in church history - the rise of globalism, totalitarianism, secularism, genocide and democide, evil on a scale not seen before, which may envelope the world and take generations to overcome. Even if that were not on our doorsteps, just consider the rise of Islam, itself, a religious movement in competition with the Vatican for world-wide conquest. Ah. Consider the alliance of the two in standing against the globalist cabal. Where would that lead the world? Add in Buddhism? Add in other world religions. What do you have? BABYLON.
Make the tent bigger. Add in a Satanic delusion of a parade of "ET" to stop the world in its tracks.
It may get real interesting, real fast.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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713. Elon Musk Is Not Our Saviour - 12/31/2022
He seems like a pretty cool guy for many. Brilliant, erudite billionaire, with a boyish twinkle in his eye and all.
Elon Musk buys Twitter. Leftists go apoplectic. Musk fires tons of people. They start having cows. He begins releasing secret documentation of the tech giant's inner working and the Leftist world rains down a hatred unlike much of anything seen save for upon Donald Trump.
I've seen a lot of comments about Musk being the savior of America by showing all this information about Twitter - government agencies working together, etc., etc. - as though all of it is going to be picked up by the American justice department looking for heads to roll. Not. All it does is expose corruption to millions that already know exists.
There is one thing I wanted to show in this post that is rather nonchalant of Musk -
"Thank you for the blessing, but I’m ok with going to hell, if that is indeed my destination, since the vast majority of all humans ever born will be there."
5:57 AM · May 9, 2022
That is one of the dumbest statements ever made by a seemingly intelligent person I have ever seen.
First, you know I totally repudiate the Roman Catholic, pagan, confused Protestant concept of "hell." It's one of the great doctrines of prophetic, spiritual Babylon. The Bible, in its entirety, most definitely does not teach that doctrine of souls/people burning forever. It's ridiculous and the most revolting attack on God's character ever created.
If, indeed, this ancient, traditional view of "hell" were accurate (indeed, pagan views are not as disgusting as the Roman Catholic teaching bequeathed to her Protestant daughters), regardless of how many people end up there, the population of the place will not affect the pains of the place. Musk would not be having parties or tech conventions there. He'd be suffering unimaginable torments for eternity. The volume of screams would be the only thing enlarged by the population.
Musk, not being God, cannot possibly know what portion of the human race shall end up in this place of burning forever. God would know and Musk is no prophet having anything revealed to him. Why does Musk take this approach to an unknown? It's obvious his view of God, the possibility of God, His kingdom, His character and government is erroneous, like it is for most people who reject the Creator and Sustainer of all. It certainly was for me in my young years being an atheist. I knew nothing of truth about God. All I knew was Roman Catholic traditions and terrors the nuns placed upon us as children about Hell and Purgatory. If that's God, I reject God, was my logical conclusion to make. I was 13 years old. My parents were dumbfounded and heartbroken but, had no answers to all my questions, nor did friends or other members of my extended family. At 24, circumstances caused me to be exposed to the Bible in a way I never knew and the existence of God became rather obvious, especially when I was born again; an actual, physical experience no one can gainsay.
Elon Musk may be revealing lots of pertinent information on the corruption of the US government in league with the tech giants. All well and good but, anybody who takes such a nonchalant view of such a possible destination is no saviour of the American Republic.
Of course, Musk is generally considered an atheist, at best agnostic and as such, his statement is, apparently, an intended joke. Well, no amount of money or intelligence or hard work can get anyone into eternal life and Heaven so, should an unconverted Elon Musk face his Creator on judgment day, he will feel a loss and a terror unknown to him at present. As with any and all who will be lost, it will be a tragedy difficult to comprehend.
I hope Elon Musk is someday born-again and realizes the obvious nature of a created, designed universe and life within it. His talents and abilities would take on dramatic difference. His nature to truly peer into things would serve him well as a student of the Bible. God loves the inquisitive mind.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Elon Musk buys Twitter. Leftists go apoplectic. Musk fires tons of people. They start having cows. He begins releasing secret documentation of the tech giant's inner working and the Leftist world rains down a hatred unlike much of anything seen save for upon Donald Trump.
I've seen a lot of comments about Musk being the savior of America by showing all this information about Twitter - government agencies working together, etc., etc. - as though all of it is going to be picked up by the American justice department looking for heads to roll. Not. All it does is expose corruption to millions that already know exists.
There is one thing I wanted to show in this post that is rather nonchalant of Musk -
"Thank you for the blessing, but I’m ok with going to hell, if that is indeed my destination, since the vast majority of all humans ever born will be there."
5:57 AM · May 9, 2022
That is one of the dumbest statements ever made by a seemingly intelligent person I have ever seen.
First, you know I totally repudiate the Roman Catholic, pagan, confused Protestant concept of "hell." It's one of the great doctrines of prophetic, spiritual Babylon. The Bible, in its entirety, most definitely does not teach that doctrine of souls/people burning forever. It's ridiculous and the most revolting attack on God's character ever created.
If, indeed, this ancient, traditional view of "hell" were accurate (indeed, pagan views are not as disgusting as the Roman Catholic teaching bequeathed to her Protestant daughters), regardless of how many people end up there, the population of the place will not affect the pains of the place. Musk would not be having parties or tech conventions there. He'd be suffering unimaginable torments for eternity. The volume of screams would be the only thing enlarged by the population.
Musk, not being God, cannot possibly know what portion of the human race shall end up in this place of burning forever. God would know and Musk is no prophet having anything revealed to him. Why does Musk take this approach to an unknown? It's obvious his view of God, the possibility of God, His kingdom, His character and government is erroneous, like it is for most people who reject the Creator and Sustainer of all. It certainly was for me in my young years being an atheist. I knew nothing of truth about God. All I knew was Roman Catholic traditions and terrors the nuns placed upon us as children about Hell and Purgatory. If that's God, I reject God, was my logical conclusion to make. I was 13 years old. My parents were dumbfounded and heartbroken but, had no answers to all my questions, nor did friends or other members of my extended family. At 24, circumstances caused me to be exposed to the Bible in a way I never knew and the existence of God became rather obvious, especially when I was born again; an actual, physical experience no one can gainsay.
Elon Musk may be revealing lots of pertinent information on the corruption of the US government in league with the tech giants. All well and good but, anybody who takes such a nonchalant view of such a possible destination is no saviour of the American Republic.
Of course, Musk is generally considered an atheist, at best agnostic and as such, his statement is, apparently, an intended joke. Well, no amount of money or intelligence or hard work can get anyone into eternal life and Heaven so, should an unconverted Elon Musk face his Creator on judgment day, he will feel a loss and a terror unknown to him at present. As with any and all who will be lost, it will be a tragedy difficult to comprehend.
I hope Elon Musk is someday born-again and realizes the obvious nature of a created, designed universe and life within it. His talents and abilities would take on dramatic difference. His nature to truly peer into things would serve him well as a student of the Bible. God loves the inquisitive mind.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Damar Hamlin
If my life depended on me telling you who Damar Hamlin is, I'd be in deep trouble. Today, he's all over the news. He made a tackle, stood up, dropped back down. Heart attack. Now he's in intensive care. Do not expect doctors to tell the truth of what happened to him, especially if fibrous blood clots are in his system.
Almost 800 young athletes around the globe died suddenly on the field of play in 2022. Hamlin starts off 2023. With him, former professional athletes, coaches and others, "died suddenly." Already, 2023 will tragically add to this baleful number, probably by a factor of 3 or 4 times.
The world is now waking up to what has been done to them. It could be seen on the faces of various Bills' players on the sideline. Needless to say, the shock of Hamlin's fall was first and foremost in their minds but, does anyone honestly think all those players injected are not thinking of their own welfare and future?
The culling of the human race by those claiming to care about Mother Earth and overpopulation will continue to spread across the continents. How angry will the human race become? How intensified will rebellion become? How radical will deniers become to silence the voices of truth, exposing the dark deeds of a few with incredible power and control?
Did you see the information out a couple weeks ago that miscarriages and still births are up by 4000%? Yes, three zeros. Four thousand percent. As individual couples grieve their loss, sooner than later the full impact of what they are part of will strike them like missiles.
If you are someone injected, my heart goes out to you. If you are not, thank God you held to truth and conviction and common sense.
Did you see how, when Katie Hobbs, criminal election thief in Arizona's gubernatorial race was sworn in and admonished to protect the Constitution, she cackled? She laughed. The laugh of guilt? The laugh of anguish, knowing what she has done and knowing the more people inquire and investigate the sooner she is arrested, tried and convicted of massive election fraud? She rejected reporters being invited. Fear? Only she knows. I doubt she is arrogant enough to think she has successfully gamed the system. It was done so shoddily only corrupt judges will keep her out of prison. Nobody could be that foolish and dense. She knows what she has been part of and a relentless wave of pressure is going to build in that state. Especially given she is anti-American, and for all intents and purposes, anti-Arizonan, as well. She cannot govern well because she is an inept puppet of a larger cabal. The cabal only cares about control, period. It's happening all over the world.
2023. Tragedy awaits. That is a given. Does justice await? That remains to be seen.
Almost 800 young athletes around the globe died suddenly on the field of play in 2022. Hamlin starts off 2023. With him, former professional athletes, coaches and others, "died suddenly." Already, 2023 will tragically add to this baleful number, probably by a factor of 3 or 4 times.
The world is now waking up to what has been done to them. It could be seen on the faces of various Bills' players on the sideline. Needless to say, the shock of Hamlin's fall was first and foremost in their minds but, does anyone honestly think all those players injected are not thinking of their own welfare and future?
The culling of the human race by those claiming to care about Mother Earth and overpopulation will continue to spread across the continents. How angry will the human race become? How intensified will rebellion become? How radical will deniers become to silence the voices of truth, exposing the dark deeds of a few with incredible power and control?
Did you see the information out a couple weeks ago that miscarriages and still births are up by 4000%? Yes, three zeros. Four thousand percent. As individual couples grieve their loss, sooner than later the full impact of what they are part of will strike them like missiles.
If you are someone injected, my heart goes out to you. If you are not, thank God you held to truth and conviction and common sense.
Did you see how, when Katie Hobbs, criminal election thief in Arizona's gubernatorial race was sworn in and admonished to protect the Constitution, she cackled? She laughed. The laugh of guilt? The laugh of anguish, knowing what she has done and knowing the more people inquire and investigate the sooner she is arrested, tried and convicted of massive election fraud? She rejected reporters being invited. Fear? Only she knows. I doubt she is arrogant enough to think she has successfully gamed the system. It was done so shoddily only corrupt judges will keep her out of prison. Nobody could be that foolish and dense. She knows what she has been part of and a relentless wave of pressure is going to build in that state. Especially given she is anti-American, and for all intents and purposes, anti-Arizonan, as well. She cannot govern well because she is an inept puppet of a larger cabal. The cabal only cares about control, period. It's happening all over the world.
2023. Tragedy awaits. That is a given. Does justice await? That remains to be seen.
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714. Legend Revisited - January 5, 2023
In life, there are things that define us. Different people see different things about us that define our character and personality and the approach to life we take. Each generation has things like music that defines them. Their own pursuits of education, careers, hobbies and all get into the mix. Who people marry, how they raise their children, and certainly their religious faith defines them.
For me, what defines me has remained a fairly small arena. Drums and drumming certainly defines who and what I am in life. Being a Christian is the most obvious thing but, I suppose there may be far more people who know me as the drummer on the Legend, From the Fjords album, than the guy who spent years in the public ministry.
If you come here to the site often, you see those two aspects of life intertwining for daily purpose and existence. I am also a committed American; committed to the principles of Americanism and being a citizen, not just of the kingdom of God but, also the Constitutional Republic of the United States of America.
Reaching my 68th birthday brought some renewed reality checks about life and what is done with it. I see a possibility of doing something I have wanted to try for the last 30 years. I want to redo the Legend album. Same basic music, totally new message. A decided Christian message, focusing on things like last-day events and the return of Christ.
Years ago I rewrote lyrics for all the songs on the album and then some. I had wanted to learn percussion keyboard, in my case utilizing my Mallet KAT, and redoing the album in a digital format. Well, I got two-thirds of the way through the first cut on the album and realized I was way in over my head. Plus, I had yet to enter the world of digital recording and had nothing to record anything with. I just let the idea go.
Now, a couple decades later, having the ability to record my instruments, I decided to reach out to my friends in Greece, Manos and Kostas at Sonic Age Records, who reissued Fjords in 2019, to see if an interest for a revisiting the album from a Christian perspective is of interest. The interest is there. I was grateful for the candid response to my email. Footstone number 1, in place.
Next step is a search for musicians of the caliber and talents of Kevin and Fred. Or, something totally different; pairing with a talented, maxx'd out keyboard player, something I have always wanted to try. The canvas is empty. I'll let things go as they will develop.
Finding players to redo the songs, who have ability to record themselves, and are committed believers who can stand behind the lyrical message, is a big task. My own ability to find such musicians is limited but, I'll use the various ways and means at my disposal.
Then there is the footstone of mixing and mastering files. If I could do it, in a heartbeat I would. An unlikely talent I'd be able to handle on my own at this point in life. If one of the musicians has the ability, great. I am always reminded how Kevin and I mixed and mastered the original recording to send tapes off to the record manufacturer. I am a committed DIYer. Always have been. Always will be. Finding some people with the same outlook on life would be ideal.
In the event the musicians could record themselves but, not handle the finer points of producing the music, a separate agent would have to be found. Always doable.
Then comes the aspect of the packaging. Artwork, etc. I haven't really spent any time on that and a whole different approach than Vikings battling and the band up on a mountain, like gods, looking down at the scenes of war is certainly out. There'll definitely be a lot of brainstorming on that part of the project.
I'll be honest. America is a mess. Corruption abounds. Turmoil is ubiquitous. The entire financial system of this nation and the world is heading for collapse. How much time before it all comes down? I don't know. I do know we must be about our Father's business in the ways, talents and gifts He has given to His people. A message is the most important thing right now, especially the Three Angel's Messages of Revelation 14:6-12. It needs to be trumpeted in any and all ways available for a Remnant, taking the stand for truth and the commandments of God, and the testimony and faith of Jesus Christ, the coming King.
So, here I go, down the path of talents and gifts God has given me. If you see yourself as part of this project, or know someone who would be a good fit, please, get in touch with me via the Contact page on the website.
Everything for the believer is a walk of faith and the prospect of open and closed doors. I'm putting my fleece out there. Let us see what the great Provider and Sustainer of the universe has in mind.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
For me, what defines me has remained a fairly small arena. Drums and drumming certainly defines who and what I am in life. Being a Christian is the most obvious thing but, I suppose there may be far more people who know me as the drummer on the Legend, From the Fjords album, than the guy who spent years in the public ministry.
If you come here to the site often, you see those two aspects of life intertwining for daily purpose and existence. I am also a committed American; committed to the principles of Americanism and being a citizen, not just of the kingdom of God but, also the Constitutional Republic of the United States of America.
Reaching my 68th birthday brought some renewed reality checks about life and what is done with it. I see a possibility of doing something I have wanted to try for the last 30 years. I want to redo the Legend album. Same basic music, totally new message. A decided Christian message, focusing on things like last-day events and the return of Christ.
Years ago I rewrote lyrics for all the songs on the album and then some. I had wanted to learn percussion keyboard, in my case utilizing my Mallet KAT, and redoing the album in a digital format. Well, I got two-thirds of the way through the first cut on the album and realized I was way in over my head. Plus, I had yet to enter the world of digital recording and had nothing to record anything with. I just let the idea go.
Now, a couple decades later, having the ability to record my instruments, I decided to reach out to my friends in Greece, Manos and Kostas at Sonic Age Records, who reissued Fjords in 2019, to see if an interest for a revisiting the album from a Christian perspective is of interest. The interest is there. I was grateful for the candid response to my email. Footstone number 1, in place.
Next step is a search for musicians of the caliber and talents of Kevin and Fred. Or, something totally different; pairing with a talented, maxx'd out keyboard player, something I have always wanted to try. The canvas is empty. I'll let things go as they will develop.
Finding players to redo the songs, who have ability to record themselves, and are committed believers who can stand behind the lyrical message, is a big task. My own ability to find such musicians is limited but, I'll use the various ways and means at my disposal.
Then there is the footstone of mixing and mastering files. If I could do it, in a heartbeat I would. An unlikely talent I'd be able to handle on my own at this point in life. If one of the musicians has the ability, great. I am always reminded how Kevin and I mixed and mastered the original recording to send tapes off to the record manufacturer. I am a committed DIYer. Always have been. Always will be. Finding some people with the same outlook on life would be ideal.
In the event the musicians could record themselves but, not handle the finer points of producing the music, a separate agent would have to be found. Always doable.
Then comes the aspect of the packaging. Artwork, etc. I haven't really spent any time on that and a whole different approach than Vikings battling and the band up on a mountain, like gods, looking down at the scenes of war is certainly out. There'll definitely be a lot of brainstorming on that part of the project.
I'll be honest. America is a mess. Corruption abounds. Turmoil is ubiquitous. The entire financial system of this nation and the world is heading for collapse. How much time before it all comes down? I don't know. I do know we must be about our Father's business in the ways, talents and gifts He has given to His people. A message is the most important thing right now, especially the Three Angel's Messages of Revelation 14:6-12. It needs to be trumpeted in any and all ways available for a Remnant, taking the stand for truth and the commandments of God, and the testimony and faith of Jesus Christ, the coming King.
So, here I go, down the path of talents and gifts God has given me. If you see yourself as part of this project, or know someone who would be a good fit, please, get in touch with me via the Contact page on the website.
Everything for the believer is a walk of faith and the prospect of open and closed doors. I'm putting my fleece out there. Let us see what the great Provider and Sustainer of the universe has in mind.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Some Astute Reasoning
Someone sent me an email today with a post by a pastor on the Damar Hamlin situation. I went to the original source and while I know nothing about the website, the reasoning in the post tells it like it is. Check it out:
news.gab.com/2023/01/damar-hamlin-and-pursuing-the-truth-in-the-empire-of-lies/
It is yet amazing, if not grievous, that millions are still divided on this subject with all the evidence out there now. You can lead a horse to water. You can't make him drink.
news.gab.com/2023/01/damar-hamlin-and-pursuing-the-truth-in-the-empire-of-lies/
It is yet amazing, if not grievous, that millions are still divided on this subject with all the evidence out there now. You can lead a horse to water. You can't make him drink.
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Why Is Kevin McCarthy So Important?
The barnyard defecation show that took place in the House of Representatives this week is the perfect example of why I hate politics. Simply because I cannot stand politicians. They are a totally untrustworthy cabal of corrupt intentions and empty suits. It got so bad one Rep moved towards Rep. Matt Gaetz to physically assault him and had to be held back. The cameras in the House caught it all for the world to see.
I am not a Republican. I'm a registered Independent. What the GOP does or doesn't do makes a difference to me only as much as they waffle their responsibilities to stick with the limits of Constitutional government. They don't. Hence, America is failing, miserably.
The very fact one single man's ego and desire for power could have caused the train wreck we all saw this past week, finally gaining his gavel in the 15th round of voting, making deals, offering empty promises, promoting pressures and threats to holdouts begs the question why is this man so important to the general GOP? Over 200 Republicans to vote for. Why is Kevin McCarthy so important? Simply because he's a player, a bendable elastic band of compromise towards every principle Americanism stands for. He will never stand for principle. He apparently has none. He's a politician, not a statesman. That is what the entirety of the House of Representatives has become. With only a couple dozen people holding firm to principle, under severe public attack, we see a government beholding to special interests, not the American people or the Constitution they swear an oath to protect.
They blame the embarrassment of the week on the holdouts. Misplaced blame. The blame falls squarely on the shoulders of the status quo, the GOPe as they now call it. RINOs in the Grand Old Party establishment. It is all a political business. It is not national governance, in essence. They govern their political party. Woe to the holdouts who will now face an entire political party to squeeze them out of office come the next election cycle, unless, of course, they tow the party line and work to keep the wheels of political business turning and making a profit.
When Jesus said the days of Noah is what it shall be like when He returns, and the days of Noah single out corruption as one of the signs of the end, believe it. See it and realize the fabric of society is being taken over by Lucifer, the father of lies. It used to be almost imperceptible. Today, it's bold and in our faces.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
I am not a Republican. I'm a registered Independent. What the GOP does or doesn't do makes a difference to me only as much as they waffle their responsibilities to stick with the limits of Constitutional government. They don't. Hence, America is failing, miserably.
The very fact one single man's ego and desire for power could have caused the train wreck we all saw this past week, finally gaining his gavel in the 15th round of voting, making deals, offering empty promises, promoting pressures and threats to holdouts begs the question why is this man so important to the general GOP? Over 200 Republicans to vote for. Why is Kevin McCarthy so important? Simply because he's a player, a bendable elastic band of compromise towards every principle Americanism stands for. He will never stand for principle. He apparently has none. He's a politician, not a statesman. That is what the entirety of the House of Representatives has become. With only a couple dozen people holding firm to principle, under severe public attack, we see a government beholding to special interests, not the American people or the Constitution they swear an oath to protect.
They blame the embarrassment of the week on the holdouts. Misplaced blame. The blame falls squarely on the shoulders of the status quo, the GOPe as they now call it. RINOs in the Grand Old Party establishment. It is all a political business. It is not national governance, in essence. They govern their political party. Woe to the holdouts who will now face an entire political party to squeeze them out of office come the next election cycle, unless, of course, they tow the party line and work to keep the wheels of political business turning and making a profit.
When Jesus said the days of Noah is what it shall be like when He returns, and the days of Noah single out corruption as one of the signs of the end, believe it. See it and realize the fabric of society is being taken over by Lucifer, the father of lies. It used to be almost imperceptible. Today, it's bold and in our faces.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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715. The CLICK god - January 7, 2023
Yesterday I had some correspondence with a guitarist interested in being part of the Legend Revisited project. Nice guy. I had a recording engineer contact me, as well, one I've worked with in the past. The guitarist mentioned he was re-listening to the album and stated, we did not use a click to record, did we?
Nope. We surely did not. Nobody was using click tracks back then, that I remember. I don't know when all that began. I figure in the 80's when edrums and drum machines began to be used and all genres of music seemed to get cold and lifeless. Much of that robotlike sound remains to this day. Is it because of click tracks?
Legend was a jam band, for all intents and purposes. We tended to wing it on every song. We listened to each other, we responded to each other, followed each other, led each other. The music breathed and was more organic back then. All bands had an elastic nature to them. Any band influenced by Jazz or the Blues had a natural ebb and flow to the time. The more music was improvised, the more natural it was.
I'll never forget Fred and I driving through the solo section of Golden Bell when we recorded it. It was all new, in the moment. It was incredible. No click. Human excitement and passion brought the fire.
In all of God's creation, tell me, what creature moves exactly the same, speaks exactly the same, reacts exactly the same, all its waking hours? None. Not a one. Nothing in God's creation is robotic and certainly not monolithic in tone. Everything that breathes, breathes differently under varying influences. Everything speaks differently under the same. No person talks at the same pace or uses the same tone of voice throughout a day. If they did, they'd be considered robotic. There are no robots in God's creation. That's mankind's gig.
Children learn to play instruments with a metronome. Once they ground that inner clock through practice, the metronome is left aside.
Who decided musicians needed to be hamstrung by a constant time element in their ears? Who decided music has to be perfect when nothing else humans do has to be or is. No athlete, no professional of any kind does things perfectly throughout a day. Surgeons make mistakes. All professionals make mistakes. None operate at the same, exact tempo throughout the day. Perfect music...
What conductor leads an orchestra with a click track? The very premise is ridiculous. The conductor is involved in a mental and emotional task. He's guiding musicians according to his sense of how the music is moving in him or her. He may quicken it, she may slow it down. It breathes. It's a living actuation involving human beings. If an orchestra, with dozens of people, needs no click track, a band of four people do?
One can see the possible need for some kind of click pulse in the performance of a score for a film, where music and action must align correctly. That's two different trains on parallel tracks to keep correct. Possibly the same for many popular concert performances where bands have to link up sound and video on big screens behind them. Those are different circumstances, though. Even at that, conductors may watch the film as the orchestra plays and use their own sense of time to meet the needs of what's being portrayed on the screen.
A click track in Jazz? That seems offensive. I recall a comment by Jazz drumist, Carl Allen, in a magazine interview: I'm nobody's time-keeping babysitter. Everybody needs to know where "1" is.
So Pop music, the most simplistic music known to man, has to have click tracks to keep things in time? For what? What is the purpose? Competent musicians have a sense of time that keeps things on track. Incompetence, by its very nature, is an oxymoron to performance and recording sessions for professionals and good musicians. The very premise of bad musicians making recordings is sacrilege. Ah, but that is what the music industry became when the suits took total control and money became everything. Regardless of the immature, moronic nature of music and lyrics, if it sold, it's gold.
What do you suppose the percentage of people is who cannot walk in 4/4 time? Think about it. Entire armies move and march without a click track. Somebody calling out the time does so without a click track. Is the entire music industry occupied by a bunch of Gomer Pyles? Modern music and musicians need click tracks so music can be perfect when nothing else in life is? Seriously? Where did this faux godlike authority come from?
No, whatever fluctuations of time this mind and body produce, I'll not be using a click track to rerecord From the Fjords. There is nothing that says, with any authority, every beat must be perfect. Common sense and observance of life all around me tells me otherwise.
I don't care about perfect music. I care about passionate musicians making music and breathing life into it. Real life. Today, with an evening's entertainment in a club being an incessant digital beat from a disk jockey, music shows it has lost so much, it is just a mechanical façade.
When people say, 'Well, we don't want the pulse to push ahead or drag,' I reply, Says who? Says why?
We are being told that Artificial Intelligence and robots are going to ultimately overtake the workforce of the world. Think you the same will not happen in the music industry? You are being naive. The more perfect producers want you to be, the more room exists for AI to create future music and replace you as too human.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Nope. We surely did not. Nobody was using click tracks back then, that I remember. I don't know when all that began. I figure in the 80's when edrums and drum machines began to be used and all genres of music seemed to get cold and lifeless. Much of that robotlike sound remains to this day. Is it because of click tracks?
Legend was a jam band, for all intents and purposes. We tended to wing it on every song. We listened to each other, we responded to each other, followed each other, led each other. The music breathed and was more organic back then. All bands had an elastic nature to them. Any band influenced by Jazz or the Blues had a natural ebb and flow to the time. The more music was improvised, the more natural it was.
I'll never forget Fred and I driving through the solo section of Golden Bell when we recorded it. It was all new, in the moment. It was incredible. No click. Human excitement and passion brought the fire.
In all of God's creation, tell me, what creature moves exactly the same, speaks exactly the same, reacts exactly the same, all its waking hours? None. Not a one. Nothing in God's creation is robotic and certainly not monolithic in tone. Everything that breathes, breathes differently under varying influences. Everything speaks differently under the same. No person talks at the same pace or uses the same tone of voice throughout a day. If they did, they'd be considered robotic. There are no robots in God's creation. That's mankind's gig.
Children learn to play instruments with a metronome. Once they ground that inner clock through practice, the metronome is left aside.
Who decided musicians needed to be hamstrung by a constant time element in their ears? Who decided music has to be perfect when nothing else humans do has to be or is. No athlete, no professional of any kind does things perfectly throughout a day. Surgeons make mistakes. All professionals make mistakes. None operate at the same, exact tempo throughout the day. Perfect music...
What conductor leads an orchestra with a click track? The very premise is ridiculous. The conductor is involved in a mental and emotional task. He's guiding musicians according to his sense of how the music is moving in him or her. He may quicken it, she may slow it down. It breathes. It's a living actuation involving human beings. If an orchestra, with dozens of people, needs no click track, a band of four people do?
One can see the possible need for some kind of click pulse in the performance of a score for a film, where music and action must align correctly. That's two different trains on parallel tracks to keep correct. Possibly the same for many popular concert performances where bands have to link up sound and video on big screens behind them. Those are different circumstances, though. Even at that, conductors may watch the film as the orchestra plays and use their own sense of time to meet the needs of what's being portrayed on the screen.
A click track in Jazz? That seems offensive. I recall a comment by Jazz drumist, Carl Allen, in a magazine interview: I'm nobody's time-keeping babysitter. Everybody needs to know where "1" is.
So Pop music, the most simplistic music known to man, has to have click tracks to keep things in time? For what? What is the purpose? Competent musicians have a sense of time that keeps things on track. Incompetence, by its very nature, is an oxymoron to performance and recording sessions for professionals and good musicians. The very premise of bad musicians making recordings is sacrilege. Ah, but that is what the music industry became when the suits took total control and money became everything. Regardless of the immature, moronic nature of music and lyrics, if it sold, it's gold.
What do you suppose the percentage of people is who cannot walk in 4/4 time? Think about it. Entire armies move and march without a click track. Somebody calling out the time does so without a click track. Is the entire music industry occupied by a bunch of Gomer Pyles? Modern music and musicians need click tracks so music can be perfect when nothing else in life is? Seriously? Where did this faux godlike authority come from?
No, whatever fluctuations of time this mind and body produce, I'll not be using a click track to rerecord From the Fjords. There is nothing that says, with any authority, every beat must be perfect. Common sense and observance of life all around me tells me otherwise.
I don't care about perfect music. I care about passionate musicians making music and breathing life into it. Real life. Today, with an evening's entertainment in a club being an incessant digital beat from a disk jockey, music shows it has lost so much, it is just a mechanical façade.
When people say, 'Well, we don't want the pulse to push ahead or drag,' I reply, Says who? Says why?
We are being told that Artificial Intelligence and robots are going to ultimately overtake the workforce of the world. Think you the same will not happen in the music industry? You are being naive. The more perfect producers want you to be, the more room exists for AI to create future music and replace you as too human.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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716. Loneliness - January 7, 2023
Despite 8 billion people on this planet, loneliness is epidemic. Especially is that the case for many during holidays. But, even throughout a day, with people rubbing shoulders with dozens of coworkers in plants, in high rise offices in major cities, people feel alone. It's the business of life that seems to keep people going. Without it, many would just sink into despair.
The Bible places before us a number of lonely people. They were people of great faith, too. So, it seems an oxymoron. How can someone walking close to God feel alone?
Job, Moses, Elijah, Jeremiah, Daniel, and especially the Messiah, Himself, experienced a loneliness no human being will ever understand.
Job was a large influence in his time. A wealthy owner of land and herds. In a seeming instant he lost everything: his flocks and herds, his property and worst of all, his children. His wife was so upset she told Job to just curse God and die. Considering Job was covered with painful Bagdad boils and he was scraping the puss oozing from them, with a piece of broken pottery, such a choice may have seemed logical but, he would not do that. He was completely oblivious to the discussion and situation between God and Lucifer taking place in the courts of Heaven. Tragedy and destruction struck like catastrophic land upheaval. He was confused, shattered and broken yet, he refused to yield his faith.
Three "friends" came along, and as the religious belief was in his day, not very different from today, they said all Job's problems had to be his fault. They offered no condolences. They offered no more solace than his wife. They offered only veiled condemnation and told him to get his act together so God could straighten him out.
Back and forth the discussions went, with Job getting more and more frustrated. A young wise-guy entered the discussion and just made things worse. Job cries out to understand what was happening to him and why, pleading with God to give him his day in court. He felt totally alone. Then God entered the discussion and stopped all mouths, including Job's. When it was all over, Job was blessed with more than he had before the ordeal took place.
Job felt forsaken. He had no idea God chose him to be an example of faith before the courts above.
Moses was overwhelmed with the task of leading 2 million people out of Egypt. Among the two million were stragglers from Egypt, itself. They saw the plagues, saw the power of Yehovah, and decided to leave Egypt with the Hebrews. When things got tough out in the wilderness, they became a real thorn in the side and provoked a great deal of agitation among the multitude. Moses became despondent.
His father-in-law, Jethro, advised him to spread out the responsibilities and create sections of people, by population numbers; groups of travelers overseen by chosen positions for leaders of the people within the tribes. A simple, yet brilliant plan. The nation of Israel was formed into an entity no nation could stand against, unless the nation itself wandered from God's revealed will and instructions. Unfortunately, that happened over and over again until the nation fell apart and was ultimately scattered in every direction.
Because Moses committed one sin that had a major effect upon the people, God did not let Moses enter the promised land. Still, He had other plans and we read in Jude that Moses was resurrected from his lonely grave, no one in the nation knew its place, and was taken to Heaven. He later came to encourage Christ in His mission, along with Elijah, on the mount of transfiguration.
Elijah was a mighty prophet of the Lord. Generally fearless, played no games with the faith; committed and stalwart. Then a time of drought came. Years of crop failure, angry, confused, desperate people. The king blamed Elijah. The queen, Jezebel, one of the most heinous individuals in the Bible, put Elijah in her sights and he ran. Living in caves, thinking he was all alone, wanting to die, God sent before him destructive winds, an earthquake, and fire and then spoke to Elijah in a quiet voice that he was not alone; God had faithful people scattered throughout the land. Enlivened, Elijah was told to anoint a new king and anoint a new prophet to stand in his place.
Ultimately, when Elijah's work was done, God dramatically took him to Heaven in a fiery chariot of angels.
I was in a despondent place not long after I became a Christian. One day, reading 1 Kings and also a book about the time period, Prophets and Kings, and reading about Elijah. I literally rose from my bed and jumped up and down on it, seeing how God works when we are at our lowest points. There is nowhere else to look but up, and up is where God takes our spirits to keep marching.
Jeremiah, constantly threatened, thrown into a muddy pit to rot, feeling alone and forgotten, was rescued by the hands of those yet faithful to God. Jeremiah was ultimately slain for his faithfulness in proclaiming the messages of God to the people. They were not worthy to lace Jeremiah's sandals.
Ezekiel proceeded Daniel into Babylonian captivity. Ezekiel presided over the most incredible times of apostasy and abominations in the nation. Just to speak in God's name brought constant looks of anger and hatred upon him. Yet, the people thought they were doing just fine. Irrevocable blindness was upon them and destruction was coming. God showed him all the abominations and the ultimate fate of the nation, and he wrote it all down, feeling alone and constantly threatened, ultimately God showed him details of the temple to come, and the divisions of the land for the tribes that would finally come out of Babylon and settle in their own land once again.
Daniel was taken into Babylonian captivity. Incredibly faithful, decade after decade, from his teenage years to old age, he served under various pagan kings, probably castrated and made a eunuch, went through death threats, was betrayed and was shoved into a lion's den but, the angel of the Lord came and communed with him while the hungry lions sat like kittens, in awe. How alone Daniel felt was summed up in his prayer to God in chapter 9 of that book. God sent the angel Gabriel to him to understand the times and what would take place in the future, including the Prince of peace to finally arrive. In all the stress and trial of captivity, Daniel held his integrity, was visited by the LORD in vision, as well as angels that spoke with him.
When the Messiah finally arrived, the Bible says He tread the winepress alone, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. He cried out one day, 'How long do I have to be here with you!' Day after day of weak faith, if any at all among the people. He was misunderstood by his brethren, had no place to lay His head. He said the birds have nests and the foxes have holes but the Son of man had no place to really call home. Cast out of one town after another, the leaders of the nation plotting to kill Him, and finally He was all alone in a garden, under such stress He sweat blood. He was facing the second death, the death of the lost at the end of the millennium. The final judgment upon lost mankind. He tasted a death no believer will have to face. It was black, alone, terrifying and He had to face it to save the human race from the penalty and power of sin. An angel came to him to try and comfort Him in His agony. He went forth to trial, forth to the treatment of sinful minds and hands, forth to Calvary, whipped within an inch of His life, crown of thorns pressed into His flesh, feeling a total separation from His Father, and God truly pulled back from His Son, taking on the sins of the world. He raised the dead. He healed untold numbers, and the day came when His disciples fled, and the nation rejected Him. He was more alone than any person in history could ever be.
No human being can possibly understand the loneliness Christ experienced. A darkness so deep, light could not penetrate. He died and was buried, and the hopes and asperations of his disciples was totally cast down. Then, it all turned around. He rose from death, spoke to His disciples, left them instructions and before them and 500 hundred witnesses, He rose from the Earth and entered Heaven to a tremendous outburst of approval and triumph. He defeated death, He defeated Lucifer, He defeated fear; the fear of death, and abides in all those who connect to Him through the Holy Spirit's life giving power.
The Bible is for the world in such a time as this. Salvation from sin is for a lonely, tired, worn out world of confused people, just trying to keep heads above water. Wicked, devilish human beings acting more like animals, seek to depopulate the world, to control the world, to enslave the world and there seems nothing that can be done to stop them.
A time will come when we shall each be tested as though there were not another soul on the face of the Earth. All earthly support shall be cut off. Cannot buy, cannot sell, may end up in prisons or in solitary places in forests, mountains, deserts, and places of retreat, not knowing when or where the next meal comes from. Hunted by the wicked, struggling with our own sense of guilt and sins and unworthiness as Satan bears down to give up and join the majority, God's people will hang on, in faith, until the moment the final plague of hail and earthquake strike and Christ returns in blazing glory with billions of angels and powerful trumpets shattering the glory of man into specks of nothingness. His people shall arise to meet Him in the air, and so will they ever be with the Lord. Loneliness gone, forever.
It's tragic how such a story, such a plan, such an invitation is rejected and cast down today. People worship science, money, popularity and fame thinking loneliness must not take place in such environs. Wrong. Money, fame, scientific discovery, none of it prevents loneliness when the soul is empty of Christ and life from above. Walking dead people, zombies are what the human race actually is, though they know it not. When Christ returns, terror shall reign upon those who reject so great a salvation. It need not be. The invitation is for all. Go to Christ, just as you are, and He will receive you. For most it is the most simple yet difficult choice they will ever make. Once made, it's war. War for the mind. It's a battle and march. A battle and a march. Untold millions have made the choice and entered the field of battle down through time. Some do not even realize what they have done but, they respond to the Holy Spirit's prompting, and seek the hand and mind of the Creator.
There will be a number of redeemed so great, no man can count them in a lifetime; in a hundred lifetimes. The lonely will find comfort in the family of God for eternity.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
The Bible places before us a number of lonely people. They were people of great faith, too. So, it seems an oxymoron. How can someone walking close to God feel alone?
Job, Moses, Elijah, Jeremiah, Daniel, and especially the Messiah, Himself, experienced a loneliness no human being will ever understand.
Job was a large influence in his time. A wealthy owner of land and herds. In a seeming instant he lost everything: his flocks and herds, his property and worst of all, his children. His wife was so upset she told Job to just curse God and die. Considering Job was covered with painful Bagdad boils and he was scraping the puss oozing from them, with a piece of broken pottery, such a choice may have seemed logical but, he would not do that. He was completely oblivious to the discussion and situation between God and Lucifer taking place in the courts of Heaven. Tragedy and destruction struck like catastrophic land upheaval. He was confused, shattered and broken yet, he refused to yield his faith.
Three "friends" came along, and as the religious belief was in his day, not very different from today, they said all Job's problems had to be his fault. They offered no condolences. They offered no more solace than his wife. They offered only veiled condemnation and told him to get his act together so God could straighten him out.
Back and forth the discussions went, with Job getting more and more frustrated. A young wise-guy entered the discussion and just made things worse. Job cries out to understand what was happening to him and why, pleading with God to give him his day in court. He felt totally alone. Then God entered the discussion and stopped all mouths, including Job's. When it was all over, Job was blessed with more than he had before the ordeal took place.
Job felt forsaken. He had no idea God chose him to be an example of faith before the courts above.
Moses was overwhelmed with the task of leading 2 million people out of Egypt. Among the two million were stragglers from Egypt, itself. They saw the plagues, saw the power of Yehovah, and decided to leave Egypt with the Hebrews. When things got tough out in the wilderness, they became a real thorn in the side and provoked a great deal of agitation among the multitude. Moses became despondent.
His father-in-law, Jethro, advised him to spread out the responsibilities and create sections of people, by population numbers; groups of travelers overseen by chosen positions for leaders of the people within the tribes. A simple, yet brilliant plan. The nation of Israel was formed into an entity no nation could stand against, unless the nation itself wandered from God's revealed will and instructions. Unfortunately, that happened over and over again until the nation fell apart and was ultimately scattered in every direction.
Because Moses committed one sin that had a major effect upon the people, God did not let Moses enter the promised land. Still, He had other plans and we read in Jude that Moses was resurrected from his lonely grave, no one in the nation knew its place, and was taken to Heaven. He later came to encourage Christ in His mission, along with Elijah, on the mount of transfiguration.
Elijah was a mighty prophet of the Lord. Generally fearless, played no games with the faith; committed and stalwart. Then a time of drought came. Years of crop failure, angry, confused, desperate people. The king blamed Elijah. The queen, Jezebel, one of the most heinous individuals in the Bible, put Elijah in her sights and he ran. Living in caves, thinking he was all alone, wanting to die, God sent before him destructive winds, an earthquake, and fire and then spoke to Elijah in a quiet voice that he was not alone; God had faithful people scattered throughout the land. Enlivened, Elijah was told to anoint a new king and anoint a new prophet to stand in his place.
Ultimately, when Elijah's work was done, God dramatically took him to Heaven in a fiery chariot of angels.
I was in a despondent place not long after I became a Christian. One day, reading 1 Kings and also a book about the time period, Prophets and Kings, and reading about Elijah. I literally rose from my bed and jumped up and down on it, seeing how God works when we are at our lowest points. There is nowhere else to look but up, and up is where God takes our spirits to keep marching.
Jeremiah, constantly threatened, thrown into a muddy pit to rot, feeling alone and forgotten, was rescued by the hands of those yet faithful to God. Jeremiah was ultimately slain for his faithfulness in proclaiming the messages of God to the people. They were not worthy to lace Jeremiah's sandals.
Ezekiel proceeded Daniel into Babylonian captivity. Ezekiel presided over the most incredible times of apostasy and abominations in the nation. Just to speak in God's name brought constant looks of anger and hatred upon him. Yet, the people thought they were doing just fine. Irrevocable blindness was upon them and destruction was coming. God showed him all the abominations and the ultimate fate of the nation, and he wrote it all down, feeling alone and constantly threatened, ultimately God showed him details of the temple to come, and the divisions of the land for the tribes that would finally come out of Babylon and settle in their own land once again.
Daniel was taken into Babylonian captivity. Incredibly faithful, decade after decade, from his teenage years to old age, he served under various pagan kings, probably castrated and made a eunuch, went through death threats, was betrayed and was shoved into a lion's den but, the angel of the Lord came and communed with him while the hungry lions sat like kittens, in awe. How alone Daniel felt was summed up in his prayer to God in chapter 9 of that book. God sent the angel Gabriel to him to understand the times and what would take place in the future, including the Prince of peace to finally arrive. In all the stress and trial of captivity, Daniel held his integrity, was visited by the LORD in vision, as well as angels that spoke with him.
When the Messiah finally arrived, the Bible says He tread the winepress alone, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. He cried out one day, 'How long do I have to be here with you!' Day after day of weak faith, if any at all among the people. He was misunderstood by his brethren, had no place to lay His head. He said the birds have nests and the foxes have holes but the Son of man had no place to really call home. Cast out of one town after another, the leaders of the nation plotting to kill Him, and finally He was all alone in a garden, under such stress He sweat blood. He was facing the second death, the death of the lost at the end of the millennium. The final judgment upon lost mankind. He tasted a death no believer will have to face. It was black, alone, terrifying and He had to face it to save the human race from the penalty and power of sin. An angel came to him to try and comfort Him in His agony. He went forth to trial, forth to the treatment of sinful minds and hands, forth to Calvary, whipped within an inch of His life, crown of thorns pressed into His flesh, feeling a total separation from His Father, and God truly pulled back from His Son, taking on the sins of the world. He raised the dead. He healed untold numbers, and the day came when His disciples fled, and the nation rejected Him. He was more alone than any person in history could ever be.
No human being can possibly understand the loneliness Christ experienced. A darkness so deep, light could not penetrate. He died and was buried, and the hopes and asperations of his disciples was totally cast down. Then, it all turned around. He rose from death, spoke to His disciples, left them instructions and before them and 500 hundred witnesses, He rose from the Earth and entered Heaven to a tremendous outburst of approval and triumph. He defeated death, He defeated Lucifer, He defeated fear; the fear of death, and abides in all those who connect to Him through the Holy Spirit's life giving power.
The Bible is for the world in such a time as this. Salvation from sin is for a lonely, tired, worn out world of confused people, just trying to keep heads above water. Wicked, devilish human beings acting more like animals, seek to depopulate the world, to control the world, to enslave the world and there seems nothing that can be done to stop them.
A time will come when we shall each be tested as though there were not another soul on the face of the Earth. All earthly support shall be cut off. Cannot buy, cannot sell, may end up in prisons or in solitary places in forests, mountains, deserts, and places of retreat, not knowing when or where the next meal comes from. Hunted by the wicked, struggling with our own sense of guilt and sins and unworthiness as Satan bears down to give up and join the majority, God's people will hang on, in faith, until the moment the final plague of hail and earthquake strike and Christ returns in blazing glory with billions of angels and powerful trumpets shattering the glory of man into specks of nothingness. His people shall arise to meet Him in the air, and so will they ever be with the Lord. Loneliness gone, forever.
It's tragic how such a story, such a plan, such an invitation is rejected and cast down today. People worship science, money, popularity and fame thinking loneliness must not take place in such environs. Wrong. Money, fame, scientific discovery, none of it prevents loneliness when the soul is empty of Christ and life from above. Walking dead people, zombies are what the human race actually is, though they know it not. When Christ returns, terror shall reign upon those who reject so great a salvation. It need not be. The invitation is for all. Go to Christ, just as you are, and He will receive you. For most it is the most simple yet difficult choice they will ever make. Once made, it's war. War for the mind. It's a battle and march. A battle and a march. Untold millions have made the choice and entered the field of battle down through time. Some do not even realize what they have done but, they respond to the Holy Spirit's prompting, and seek the hand and mind of the Creator.
There will be a number of redeemed so great, no man can count them in a lifetime; in a hundred lifetimes. The lonely will find comfort in the family of God for eternity.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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717. This is Babylon, 3 - January 8, 2023
Over the last couple of years I have shared much about the prophetic position which shows Roman Catholicism and her daughters, apostate Protestantism, are gradually linking up, more and more, to address various causes, like abortion and other moral issues tearing at the fabric of Western civilization.
Yesterday I came upon two various testimonies that both defy and make a case for this union. Confusion. Babylon.
First, in reading about the event of Fatima, Portugal, in 1917, the Vatican put out this information. Actually, more specifically, The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith put it out, which is the reformed name for "The Office of the Inquisition" -
"CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH
THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA
INTRODUCTION
As the second millennium gives way to the third, Pope John Paul II has decided to publish the text of the third part of the secret of Fatima.
The twentieth century was one of the most crucial in human history, with its tragic and cruel events culminating in the assassination attempt on the sweet Christ on earth. Now a veil is drawn back on a series of events which make history and interpret it in depth, in a spiritual perspective alien to present-day attitudes, often tainted with rationalism."
https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20000626_message-fatima_en.html
Now, whatever one thinks of Pope JP2 in any way, shape or form, he was most assuredly not "sweet Christ on Earth" but, that is what the RCC teaches. The popes, the priesthood, it is all "in place of Christ," antichristos. How could ANY serious, committed Protestant link up with an organization that teaches such a thing? How is it possible? How could it happen? Apostasy. Ignorance. Blindness. Foolishness.
"Well," says today's evangelical, "we do not believe the Popes are Christ on Earth but, you know, to save America, to save Western civilization and the world, joining together to do that is a good thing."
And Rome slides her hands together, working to gain what she lost centuries ago: total control over the European continent, aspirations to make America Catholic, and ultimately be top banana on the Earth.
The supreme Court of the United States. Six of nine justices, Roman Catholic. Almost one-third of Congress, Roman Catholic. The number of professed Christians in Congress has grown quite a bit from this last election cycle. It now stands at 87.7%, 27% of those, Roman Catholics.
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2023/01/03/faith-on-the-hill-2023/
Some would say that is great news? Seriously? You think the last week of gross excuse for statesmanship in the House is an example of Christianity? 200+ representatives standing behind a corrupt, power hungry politician? The other 200+ standing for a radical, racist? Are you kidding me?
Then this, a conversation between political pundit Steve Bannon and a European reporter for his outfit, Ben Harnwell. Around three minutes into the interview, Harnwell states this -
“...talking about the importance, again here, really important, of traditional Catholics and conservative evangelicals working together to try to restore these pillars that the haters of Western civilization have been, rather successfully, kicking down in recent decades.”
https://rumble.com/v24c1yo-harnwell-traditional-catholics-and-conservative-evangelicals-will-join-forc.html
I doubt Mr. Harnen realizes the prophetic import of his position. He sees power to restore. The Bible says it shall be a power to stand against the law of God and God's remnant people and bring about the destruction of mankind.
Frankly, at this point there are not enough traditional Catholics or conservative Evangelicals to pull off such a force. Enter "all power, signs and lying wonders" creating a delusion to suck the rest of the world in. 2 Thes. 2:7-12
People have absolutely no idea what is coming.
DO NOT FORGET what Jesus said -
John 16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time comes, that whosoever kills you will think that he does God service.
John 16:3 And these things will they do to you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
The apostate Jews did that very thing to the early Christians but, it must also be part of His outline for last days events, as well, when God's people will not be allowed to buy or sell and finally a death decree will be pronounced upon them. The globalist, authoritarian lunatics trying to depopulate the Earth do not think they are doing God service. Romanism did, in persecuting Protestants down through time. Ignorant Protestants did when they persecuted people not of the prominent faiths in the Reformation. The Puritans did to those not of their faith in Early America. Sabbath keepers were persecuted by Sunday keeping magistrates in the 1800's when Sunday legislation was being discussed in Congress. Professed Christians persecuting other Christians is world history! It is coming again.
The Beast is the Roman Catholic Church, Papacy, Vatican.
The image to the Beast shall ultimately be her daughters in apostate Protestantism in America, and finally, a world-wide joining together to establish the authority of the Papacy and save the world, while they step all over God's law doing it, which shall bring about the end of all things. The religious faiths of the world will join forces, creating a world-wide super church, none actually leaving off their central tenets but, joining together enough on a couple major points to save the world from the bad guys. That is spiritual, prophetic Babylon.
Crazy, you say? Impossible? All I say is, watch. It is going to happen.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Yesterday I came upon two various testimonies that both defy and make a case for this union. Confusion. Babylon.
First, in reading about the event of Fatima, Portugal, in 1917, the Vatican put out this information. Actually, more specifically, The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith put it out, which is the reformed name for "The Office of the Inquisition" -
"CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH
THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA
INTRODUCTION
As the second millennium gives way to the third, Pope John Paul II has decided to publish the text of the third part of the secret of Fatima.
The twentieth century was one of the most crucial in human history, with its tragic and cruel events culminating in the assassination attempt on the sweet Christ on earth. Now a veil is drawn back on a series of events which make history and interpret it in depth, in a spiritual perspective alien to present-day attitudes, often tainted with rationalism."
https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20000626_message-fatima_en.html
Now, whatever one thinks of Pope JP2 in any way, shape or form, he was most assuredly not "sweet Christ on Earth" but, that is what the RCC teaches. The popes, the priesthood, it is all "in place of Christ," antichristos. How could ANY serious, committed Protestant link up with an organization that teaches such a thing? How is it possible? How could it happen? Apostasy. Ignorance. Blindness. Foolishness.
"Well," says today's evangelical, "we do not believe the Popes are Christ on Earth but, you know, to save America, to save Western civilization and the world, joining together to do that is a good thing."
And Rome slides her hands together, working to gain what she lost centuries ago: total control over the European continent, aspirations to make America Catholic, and ultimately be top banana on the Earth.
The supreme Court of the United States. Six of nine justices, Roman Catholic. Almost one-third of Congress, Roman Catholic. The number of professed Christians in Congress has grown quite a bit from this last election cycle. It now stands at 87.7%, 27% of those, Roman Catholics.
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2023/01/03/faith-on-the-hill-2023/
Some would say that is great news? Seriously? You think the last week of gross excuse for statesmanship in the House is an example of Christianity? 200+ representatives standing behind a corrupt, power hungry politician? The other 200+ standing for a radical, racist? Are you kidding me?
Then this, a conversation between political pundit Steve Bannon and a European reporter for his outfit, Ben Harnwell. Around three minutes into the interview, Harnwell states this -
“...talking about the importance, again here, really important, of traditional Catholics and conservative evangelicals working together to try to restore these pillars that the haters of Western civilization have been, rather successfully, kicking down in recent decades.”
https://rumble.com/v24c1yo-harnwell-traditional-catholics-and-conservative-evangelicals-will-join-forc.html
I doubt Mr. Harnen realizes the prophetic import of his position. He sees power to restore. The Bible says it shall be a power to stand against the law of God and God's remnant people and bring about the destruction of mankind.
Frankly, at this point there are not enough traditional Catholics or conservative Evangelicals to pull off such a force. Enter "all power, signs and lying wonders" creating a delusion to suck the rest of the world in. 2 Thes. 2:7-12
People have absolutely no idea what is coming.
DO NOT FORGET what Jesus said -
John 16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time comes, that whosoever kills you will think that he does God service.
John 16:3 And these things will they do to you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
The apostate Jews did that very thing to the early Christians but, it must also be part of His outline for last days events, as well, when God's people will not be allowed to buy or sell and finally a death decree will be pronounced upon them. The globalist, authoritarian lunatics trying to depopulate the Earth do not think they are doing God service. Romanism did, in persecuting Protestants down through time. Ignorant Protestants did when they persecuted people not of the prominent faiths in the Reformation. The Puritans did to those not of their faith in Early America. Sabbath keepers were persecuted by Sunday keeping magistrates in the 1800's when Sunday legislation was being discussed in Congress. Professed Christians persecuting other Christians is world history! It is coming again.
The Beast is the Roman Catholic Church, Papacy, Vatican.
The image to the Beast shall ultimately be her daughters in apostate Protestantism in America, and finally, a world-wide joining together to establish the authority of the Papacy and save the world, while they step all over God's law doing it, which shall bring about the end of all things. The religious faiths of the world will join forces, creating a world-wide super church, none actually leaving off their central tenets but, joining together enough on a couple major points to save the world from the bad guys. That is spiritual, prophetic Babylon.
Crazy, you say? Impossible? All I say is, watch. It is going to happen.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Once Again SCOTUS Waffles
The Supreme Court of the United States, once again, shows its true colors of cowardice, stabbing the nation in the back by refusing to address suits brought by patriot citizens, with mountains of evidence, that election corruption took place in the 2020 presidential contest.
The rule of law is diminishing exponentially in this nation. It is becoming meaningless, which can only lead to the destruction of the Republic. No nation can stand indefinitely when the rule of just and prudent law is cast aside.
"Corrupt elections breed corrupt politicians which bread corrupt government officials which breed corrupt media and social media companies and so on…"
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/us-supreme-court-also-decides-not-look-mail-ballot-bonner-case/
While I spend time researching things for the new album project it is impossible not to recognize the condition all the cowardice is dumping on the country.
How long will the descension into collapse take?
The rule of law is diminishing exponentially in this nation. It is becoming meaningless, which can only lead to the destruction of the Republic. No nation can stand indefinitely when the rule of just and prudent law is cast aside.
"Corrupt elections breed corrupt politicians which bread corrupt government officials which breed corrupt media and social media companies and so on…"
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/us-supreme-court-also-decides-not-look-mail-ballot-bonner-case/
While I spend time researching things for the new album project it is impossible not to recognize the condition all the cowardice is dumping on the country.
How long will the descension into collapse take?
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They're Coming for You, Francis
"Pope Francis could be ousted in 'secret plan' by Vatican hardliners
Reports say the campaign, which began days after his predecessor died, hopes to place him ‘under such stress that he will have to resign’
By Nick Squires IN ROME, 8 January 2023 • 3:26pm"
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/01/08/vatican-conservatives-waging-secret-plan-oust-pope-francis/
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/vatican-conservatives-reportedly-secret-plan-remove-commie-pope-francis/
All accurate? Given the history of the Vatican, probably so.
Told ya.
The truly sad thing is American Christians and patriots thinking any pope is on their side.
Reports say the campaign, which began days after his predecessor died, hopes to place him ‘under such stress that he will have to resign’
By Nick Squires IN ROME, 8 January 2023 • 3:26pm"
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/01/08/vatican-conservatives-waging-secret-plan-oust-pope-francis/
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/vatican-conservatives-reportedly-secret-plan-remove-commie-pope-francis/
All accurate? Given the history of the Vatican, probably so.
Told ya.
The truly sad thing is American Christians and patriots thinking any pope is on their side.
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MTG Jumps the Shark
I have stated it over and over again, these people cannot be trusted to stick with principle and the principles of Americanism. They just cannot do it because DC is a pit of corruption.
"Kurtz also asked Greene if she believed Joe Biden was legitimately elected as president.
“Do you believe that Joe Biden is the legitimately elected president?” Kurtz said.
“Of course, Joe Biden is the president. That’s always a silly question,” she said.
No, that's always a legitimate question, based on the evidence compiled by DOZENS of investigators, researchers and patriots.
I don't know what happened during the McCarthy fiasco last week but, MTG became a literal McCarthyite and is a goner.
I'm telling you, they will say anything, do anything to gain power and stay elected. It's an addiction, an illness. Nothing is more serious than term limits being installed into law. Career politicians are the bane of the nation. And MTG is new! What will she be like in what is coming ahead?
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Then there is all this excited talk about "Concessions" McCarthy and his team made to Conservatives to gain their vote. On the face of it, that is reason to deny McCarthy the Speaker's gavel. Concessions? Nothing he signed off on should be a concession. They should all be the regular practice of government, especially the professed Republican Party.
To imagine Gaetz and co. are convinced said concessions will be honored is ludicrous. These people believe their own junkyard cars can sail to the moon.
Reality TV. That's all it is.
"Kurtz also asked Greene if she believed Joe Biden was legitimately elected as president.
“Do you believe that Joe Biden is the legitimately elected president?” Kurtz said.
“Of course, Joe Biden is the president. That’s always a silly question,” she said.
No, that's always a legitimate question, based on the evidence compiled by DOZENS of investigators, researchers and patriots.
I don't know what happened during the McCarthy fiasco last week but, MTG became a literal McCarthyite and is a goner.
I'm telling you, they will say anything, do anything to gain power and stay elected. It's an addiction, an illness. Nothing is more serious than term limits being installed into law. Career politicians are the bane of the nation. And MTG is new! What will she be like in what is coming ahead?
**********************************************
Then there is all this excited talk about "Concessions" McCarthy and his team made to Conservatives to gain their vote. On the face of it, that is reason to deny McCarthy the Speaker's gavel. Concessions? Nothing he signed off on should be a concession. They should all be the regular practice of government, especially the professed Republican Party.
To imagine Gaetz and co. are convinced said concessions will be honored is ludicrous. These people believe their own junkyard cars can sail to the moon.
Reality TV. That's all it is.
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Jeff Beck, R.I.P.
I have stated it here a number of times that the musical voice of guitarist, Allan Holdsworth, was, to me, the most recognizable voice at the instrument of his time. A close second, for me, would have to be Jeff Beck. Their styles could not be more different and while Holdsworth was always way over my head, Jeff Beck was everyman's guitarist. His genius did not overpower his musicality for the everyman's ear.
Not being a guitarist, there isn't much I can actually say about his talents and abilities. They spoke for themselves. What I can say is, his playing was a big influence upon my playing. His years of recordings influenced by the Mahavishnu Orchestra and John McLaughlin, and other Fusion groups and guitarists of eminent domain, were on my turntable regularly as I played along. Blue Wind was a closing song for Legend. We loved playing it. It was an interesting piece because keyboardist, Jan Hammer, played drums on the recording. Live, it has been played by everyone from Tony Williams to Vinnie Coliuta and so many other players in Jeff's bands, including Narada Michael Walden who played drums on Wired but, handled the chair for Blue Wind live back in the day.
The Jeff Beck Group, Blow by Blow and Wired were my favorite albums. On my YT channel, I used Led Boots as an example of using an internal framework for a drum solo. I always found Beck's Bolero to be one of the most engaging pieces of music and literally opened the way, along with ELP, to investigate Classical music more.
When news of his death arrived, I disbelieved it and found sources saying it's just part of a rash of fake death reports being used today, like one for Eric Clapton not too long ago. This evening, my wife said Jeff did die and looking it up, found it was so. The guy seemed eternally youthful. Live at Ronnie Scott's is a favorite DVD. The rhythm section of Vinnie and Tal is so incredible it can drop your jaw. He just seemed to truly enjoy the presence of the musicians he played with.
It wasn't that long ago I watched a video by Rick Beato on Beck's genius and style.
His death is shocking the guitar and musician and fan world for good reason.
His was a very unique voice. It will be deeply missed.
Jeff Beck, R.I.P.
Not being a guitarist, there isn't much I can actually say about his talents and abilities. They spoke for themselves. What I can say is, his playing was a big influence upon my playing. His years of recordings influenced by the Mahavishnu Orchestra and John McLaughlin, and other Fusion groups and guitarists of eminent domain, were on my turntable regularly as I played along. Blue Wind was a closing song for Legend. We loved playing it. It was an interesting piece because keyboardist, Jan Hammer, played drums on the recording. Live, it has been played by everyone from Tony Williams to Vinnie Coliuta and so many other players in Jeff's bands, including Narada Michael Walden who played drums on Wired but, handled the chair for Blue Wind live back in the day.
The Jeff Beck Group, Blow by Blow and Wired were my favorite albums. On my YT channel, I used Led Boots as an example of using an internal framework for a drum solo. I always found Beck's Bolero to be one of the most engaging pieces of music and literally opened the way, along with ELP, to investigate Classical music more.
When news of his death arrived, I disbelieved it and found sources saying it's just part of a rash of fake death reports being used today, like one for Eric Clapton not too long ago. This evening, my wife said Jeff did die and looking it up, found it was so. The guy seemed eternally youthful. Live at Ronnie Scott's is a favorite DVD. The rhythm section of Vinnie and Tal is so incredible it can drop your jaw. He just seemed to truly enjoy the presence of the musicians he played with.
It wasn't that long ago I watched a video by Rick Beato on Beck's genius and style.
His death is shocking the guitar and musician and fan world for good reason.
His was a very unique voice. It will be deeply missed.
Jeff Beck, R.I.P.
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718. Speaking of Death (and life) - January 13, 2022
"Democratic Rep. Cites Jeremiah 1:5 in Opposing Protections for Babies Who Survive Abortion
The bill passed the House, 220-210, yet during floor debate Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Mich.) cited Jeremiah 1:5 in opposing the bill. The verse is often quoted by the pro-life community. It reads, in part, "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born, I set you apart."
"As a pro-choice Christian who chose life, this issue is so personal to me," Scholten said. "My faith informs my actions, but it doesn't dictate the policy of an entire nation. And further, when I read the Scripture, I turn to passages and I'm guided by passages like Jeremiah 1, verse 5, which states, 'I knew you before I formed you and I placed you in your mother's womb.' It doesn't say the government's womb or the speaker's womb. It says the mother's womb.
"I believe life is precious," Scholten added, "but I reject the idea that if I embrace the sanctity of life, I also must be forced to invite the federal government in to regulate it. We must protect families from unnecessary government intrusion into the most sacred and personal decisions of our life and our children's lives."
https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/democratic-rep-cites-jeremiah-15-in-opposing-protections-for-babies-who-survive-abortion.html
Jer. 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
How a professed Christian misses the theological intent, the moral rock foundation, and the common reading of this verse escapes me.
I could have placed this in a post about Babylonian confusion easily enough but, it may be a singularly ignorant stance taken by this one person. That doesn't mean she is not confused. She is, both biblically and lawfully. I'm just not going to take a broad swipe at a larger group committed to death/choice while professing Christianity because I have never seen any one of them use this verse to do so.
Obviously, the life in the womb, known by God as a person, means it is not just a gathering of cells, tissue, material yet to be a human being. The fact God set apart Jeremiah before he was born, shows God recognized Jeremiah as a viable person with a past, present and future, before birth. It's an obvious reason why those who are committed to protecting life use the verse for that foundation and principle. That is the spiritual position. Should it be the law of the land? Pray tell, is Rep. Scholten opposed to Federal kidnapping laws, abuse laws, exploitation laws and others that protect children? A right to kill a child in a woman's body is no different than killing a child outside a woman's body. It is NOT her body. She is carrying a separate body within her. A mistake on her part to get pregnant cannot remove the child's right to life anymore than a mother losing sight of her child and it gets kidnapped, a right for a kidnapper to do so, and loss of right of the child so to be kidnapped at will and even killed, as is so often the case. Are you offended by that comparison? So be it. Your principles are far more policy. Atrocious policy. A child did not ask to be created. It did not ask to be born. That does not take away its rights to live.
Beyond that, the politician is wrong when she claims the government should not be involved. First though, the recent SCOTUS decision throws the issue of abortion back to the states. The Federal government is out of it. Second, it is the duty of government to protect life, as well as liberty and pursuit of happiness. It can be easily observed the Federal government is not doing any of the three in the current administration but, that's another subject.
Those, like myself, who see people so anxious to kill babies, they want the right to do it, even if the baby survives an abortion attempt and emerges from the womb, are sick individuals. Lawmakers are trying to protect those children. To not do so and continue to kill the born child is murder. It is first degree murder. It's a looked at, planned outcome. There is no other common sense position to take. If the mother wants to relinquish ownership of the child so be it. Good for the child. How many parents unable to have children would welcome the opportunity to adopt and is it not the height of irony many in the agencies of adoption and child protection endorse abortion but, make adoption one of the biggest jump-through-hoops processes known to mankind! They want adoptive parents to be as upstanding as possible and investigate every portion of their lives, when they were perfectly willing to allow a doctor to kill the infant, even after it is outside the womb! Sick.
Rep. Scholten should also be reminded the fabric of the society of this nation was founded on biblical Judeo/Christian principles. Said principles in Jeremiah 1:5 most definitely has good reason to be part of the law of this land. There is good reason why male circumcision is practiced in America and female mutilation is not. God stated in His Word the practice and principle of circumcision. Islamic female clitoral mutilation is not there. Muslims should not have the right to practice a mutilation in the name of religion. Nor should they be allowed to sacrifice animals in the practice of their religion. How is it witchcraft or occultic practices such as that can land a person in jail. Muslims get to do this, legally now, in Michigan? The hypocrisy is flagrant and white hot. As well as the phobia of Islamic reaction. It's cowardice towards the foundation of the rule of law America was established upon.
The cult of death is alive and well in America. It's just another reason to practically, legally split the nation. The current situation will never heal itself. More states and parts of states will want to secede or join other states. The problems are systemic, when you cannot get a population to agree life must be protected, regardless of where it is, inside a womb or without.
I saw a meme today, emailed to me. A picture of Chuck Norris, as Walker, Texas Ranger, and the words -
"I, too, was once trapped in a woman's body. Then I was born."
Amen and Amen.
The bill passed the House, 220-210, yet during floor debate Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Mich.) cited Jeremiah 1:5 in opposing the bill. The verse is often quoted by the pro-life community. It reads, in part, "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born, I set you apart."
"As a pro-choice Christian who chose life, this issue is so personal to me," Scholten said. "My faith informs my actions, but it doesn't dictate the policy of an entire nation. And further, when I read the Scripture, I turn to passages and I'm guided by passages like Jeremiah 1, verse 5, which states, 'I knew you before I formed you and I placed you in your mother's womb.' It doesn't say the government's womb or the speaker's womb. It says the mother's womb.
"I believe life is precious," Scholten added, "but I reject the idea that if I embrace the sanctity of life, I also must be forced to invite the federal government in to regulate it. We must protect families from unnecessary government intrusion into the most sacred and personal decisions of our life and our children's lives."
https://www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/democratic-rep-cites-jeremiah-15-in-opposing-protections-for-babies-who-survive-abortion.html
Jer. 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
How a professed Christian misses the theological intent, the moral rock foundation, and the common reading of this verse escapes me.
I could have placed this in a post about Babylonian confusion easily enough but, it may be a singularly ignorant stance taken by this one person. That doesn't mean she is not confused. She is, both biblically and lawfully. I'm just not going to take a broad swipe at a larger group committed to death/choice while professing Christianity because I have never seen any one of them use this verse to do so.
Obviously, the life in the womb, known by God as a person, means it is not just a gathering of cells, tissue, material yet to be a human being. The fact God set apart Jeremiah before he was born, shows God recognized Jeremiah as a viable person with a past, present and future, before birth. It's an obvious reason why those who are committed to protecting life use the verse for that foundation and principle. That is the spiritual position. Should it be the law of the land? Pray tell, is Rep. Scholten opposed to Federal kidnapping laws, abuse laws, exploitation laws and others that protect children? A right to kill a child in a woman's body is no different than killing a child outside a woman's body. It is NOT her body. She is carrying a separate body within her. A mistake on her part to get pregnant cannot remove the child's right to life anymore than a mother losing sight of her child and it gets kidnapped, a right for a kidnapper to do so, and loss of right of the child so to be kidnapped at will and even killed, as is so often the case. Are you offended by that comparison? So be it. Your principles are far more policy. Atrocious policy. A child did not ask to be created. It did not ask to be born. That does not take away its rights to live.
Beyond that, the politician is wrong when she claims the government should not be involved. First though, the recent SCOTUS decision throws the issue of abortion back to the states. The Federal government is out of it. Second, it is the duty of government to protect life, as well as liberty and pursuit of happiness. It can be easily observed the Federal government is not doing any of the three in the current administration but, that's another subject.
Those, like myself, who see people so anxious to kill babies, they want the right to do it, even if the baby survives an abortion attempt and emerges from the womb, are sick individuals. Lawmakers are trying to protect those children. To not do so and continue to kill the born child is murder. It is first degree murder. It's a looked at, planned outcome. There is no other common sense position to take. If the mother wants to relinquish ownership of the child so be it. Good for the child. How many parents unable to have children would welcome the opportunity to adopt and is it not the height of irony many in the agencies of adoption and child protection endorse abortion but, make adoption one of the biggest jump-through-hoops processes known to mankind! They want adoptive parents to be as upstanding as possible and investigate every portion of their lives, when they were perfectly willing to allow a doctor to kill the infant, even after it is outside the womb! Sick.
Rep. Scholten should also be reminded the fabric of the society of this nation was founded on biblical Judeo/Christian principles. Said principles in Jeremiah 1:5 most definitely has good reason to be part of the law of this land. There is good reason why male circumcision is practiced in America and female mutilation is not. God stated in His Word the practice and principle of circumcision. Islamic female clitoral mutilation is not there. Muslims should not have the right to practice a mutilation in the name of religion. Nor should they be allowed to sacrifice animals in the practice of their religion. How is it witchcraft or occultic practices such as that can land a person in jail. Muslims get to do this, legally now, in Michigan? The hypocrisy is flagrant and white hot. As well as the phobia of Islamic reaction. It's cowardice towards the foundation of the rule of law America was established upon.
The cult of death is alive and well in America. It's just another reason to practically, legally split the nation. The current situation will never heal itself. More states and parts of states will want to secede or join other states. The problems are systemic, when you cannot get a population to agree life must be protected, regardless of where it is, inside a womb or without.
I saw a meme today, emailed to me. A picture of Chuck Norris, as Walker, Texas Ranger, and the words -
"I, too, was once trapped in a woman's body. Then I was born."
Amen and Amen.
*****************************
719. Which Brings Up Separation of Church and State - 1/13/23
https://www.faithwire.com/2023/01/13/real-history-behind-the-separation-of-church-and-state-inside-the-contentious-phrase-and-thomas-jeffersons-intent/
"Real History Behind the ‘Separation of Church and State?’ Inside the Contentious Phrase and Thomas Jefferson’s Intent"
Indeed, the phrase, "separation of church and state" is not in the Constitution. The principle most definitely is.
As explained in the article and the two short videos with it, President Thomas Jefferson received a letter from a Baptist church in Danbury, Connecticut. They were concerned the new nation would, like in England, tell preachers and teachers what could be proclaimed and taught. Jefferson wrote back a wall of separation exists to keep that from happening. What was that wall? The first Amendment to the Constitution, in the Bill of Rights.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
All of that language addresses the Wall. Congress can make no law respecting an establishment of religion. What's an establishment of religion? A church, a denomination, a doctrine or practice, and the people involved within these parameters. As long as the establishment of religion does not infringe upon the life, liberty or pursuit of happiness of fellow citizens, the government cannot interfere. It was an extremely radical position in the world at that time, when the influences of Roman Catholicism wielded tremendous power in the affairs of European States for centuries, and the newer Protestant faiths, rejecting Romanism, created their own power over religious people and practices. The Constitution creates a Wall of separation between "church" and any establishments of it, and "state." It protects the religions from government and also protects the government from religious intrusion. That invisible wall made America the greatest nation in the world, where a type of freedom and liberty did not exist anywhere else on Earth, and nation after nation adopted the principles the Founders of this country established.
While one sector of society regards any affiliation of religion and government a violation of the Constitution, the other believes, while government cannot control the work of any religious group of people, the religious people have a duty to control the nation's government. A thousand times wrong.
For instance, the above post, on abortion and Jeremiah 1:5. The history of America, as recorded in the writings of the men and women who founded this nation, show the influence of Judeo/Christian principles, as found in the Bible, which comes from God, establish said freedom and liberty for all citizens. Freedom and Liberty come from God, not the State. No Pope, no ecclesiastical body, no religious personage or entity can tell government how to function, nor can government tell religion how to function, unless it violates principles of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness of our fellow citizens. You are free to denounce me, curse at me, shout in my face BUT, you are not free to assault me physically. Nor are you free to lie about me and create difficulty for my life and work.
Those principles of law and order are found in the Bible. The Framers did not lay claim to any particular passages of Scripture. The principle are just sound and of common sense. Many of these things were in the British Magna Carta.
America had Sunday laws throughout the states. The federal government wanted to establish Sunday as the federal, national day of rest, in the late 1800's. The Blair Bill, put forth by Senator Henry W. Blair, from New Hampshire, posited to make Sunday the national day of rest. It failed, thanks to the efforts of a Seventh-day Adventist preacher, historian and writer, Alonzo Trevier Jones, who spoke at length before the assembled Congress in debate of the Bill, and peppered by Blair with many questions, which Jones answered brilliantly. Even Blair was forced to admit the cognizance of Jones' position on the history and non-practicality of the matter.
The Catholic Church and many Protestant churches wanted the law to pass. They believed the separation of church and state did not apply to them. But, Sunday was and is an establishment of religion. Congress shall make no law...
As I have written before, there is a world of difference between the separation of church and state, and the separation of God from state. Church and State must remain separate. God and State being separate is a recipe for disaster, which we see building around us every week of every month for every year, for decades now.
Almost all 50 states record, in the preambles of their Constitutions, thanks to the God of the Bible for the freedoms and liberties we have had. It was not a violation of church and state to thank God for His mercies and guidance and many U.S. presidents sought it daily. While the principles of government America has involves things found in the Bible, George Washington stated, in writing, the government of the United States is not founded on the Christian religion. He was a great man of faith. Yet, in fact, our government is founded on some facets of Greek and Roman government, like the Senate. Judicial matters are not founded on the principles of a theocracy. They are founded on principles and practices known before the Christian religion was founded.
The Founders and Framers of the nation and its laws were guided by right principles, and recognized liberty comes from God, not man. There may have been a separation of church and state but, there was most definitely not a separation from God and State in their minds. They all had varying beliefs about God but, recognized the Sovereign of the universe was He who made the way for this nation to exist. The 20th century has chipped away at that truth and the 21st is the worse for it, and prophecy predicts a union of church and state is coming, one that shall level this nation into the dust for its dangerous policy and ignorance.
It may seem America is done for, and a great detour may take place but, God has a vested interested in this nation and its place in prophetic events. It shall all come to pass some day. It was very close in the late 1800's, and the 1980', as well. Time and delay causes detours and right now, the world is looking at godless globalistic totalitarians as the great crisis upon the nations. While I will not argue with that, per se,' it is NOT the prophetic Beast of Revelation. Not even close. Anymore than Hitler or Mao, or Pol Pot or Lenin was. Devils all, they are not "in place of Christ." They did not regard Christ, had no use for Him, and had no intention of putting themselves in His place on Earth. Xi, from China, in fact does but, he cannot fulfill dozens of other marks in the Bible identifying the power of antichrist; he who thinks to change times and laws. That position belongs to one power and only one power in all history, meeting all the descriptive marks given: the Roman Catholic Church and its Papacy and its Vatican City State, and her daughters, apostate Protestantism. Watch it all join together someday, probably soon. Regardless of detours, the prophetic characters will fulfill their place in world events, sooner or later.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
"Real History Behind the ‘Separation of Church and State?’ Inside the Contentious Phrase and Thomas Jefferson’s Intent"
Indeed, the phrase, "separation of church and state" is not in the Constitution. The principle most definitely is.
As explained in the article and the two short videos with it, President Thomas Jefferson received a letter from a Baptist church in Danbury, Connecticut. They were concerned the new nation would, like in England, tell preachers and teachers what could be proclaimed and taught. Jefferson wrote back a wall of separation exists to keep that from happening. What was that wall? The first Amendment to the Constitution, in the Bill of Rights.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
All of that language addresses the Wall. Congress can make no law respecting an establishment of religion. What's an establishment of religion? A church, a denomination, a doctrine or practice, and the people involved within these parameters. As long as the establishment of religion does not infringe upon the life, liberty or pursuit of happiness of fellow citizens, the government cannot interfere. It was an extremely radical position in the world at that time, when the influences of Roman Catholicism wielded tremendous power in the affairs of European States for centuries, and the newer Protestant faiths, rejecting Romanism, created their own power over religious people and practices. The Constitution creates a Wall of separation between "church" and any establishments of it, and "state." It protects the religions from government and also protects the government from religious intrusion. That invisible wall made America the greatest nation in the world, where a type of freedom and liberty did not exist anywhere else on Earth, and nation after nation adopted the principles the Founders of this country established.
While one sector of society regards any affiliation of religion and government a violation of the Constitution, the other believes, while government cannot control the work of any religious group of people, the religious people have a duty to control the nation's government. A thousand times wrong.
For instance, the above post, on abortion and Jeremiah 1:5. The history of America, as recorded in the writings of the men and women who founded this nation, show the influence of Judeo/Christian principles, as found in the Bible, which comes from God, establish said freedom and liberty for all citizens. Freedom and Liberty come from God, not the State. No Pope, no ecclesiastical body, no religious personage or entity can tell government how to function, nor can government tell religion how to function, unless it violates principles of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness of our fellow citizens. You are free to denounce me, curse at me, shout in my face BUT, you are not free to assault me physically. Nor are you free to lie about me and create difficulty for my life and work.
Those principles of law and order are found in the Bible. The Framers did not lay claim to any particular passages of Scripture. The principle are just sound and of common sense. Many of these things were in the British Magna Carta.
America had Sunday laws throughout the states. The federal government wanted to establish Sunday as the federal, national day of rest, in the late 1800's. The Blair Bill, put forth by Senator Henry W. Blair, from New Hampshire, posited to make Sunday the national day of rest. It failed, thanks to the efforts of a Seventh-day Adventist preacher, historian and writer, Alonzo Trevier Jones, who spoke at length before the assembled Congress in debate of the Bill, and peppered by Blair with many questions, which Jones answered brilliantly. Even Blair was forced to admit the cognizance of Jones' position on the history and non-practicality of the matter.
The Catholic Church and many Protestant churches wanted the law to pass. They believed the separation of church and state did not apply to them. But, Sunday was and is an establishment of religion. Congress shall make no law...
As I have written before, there is a world of difference between the separation of church and state, and the separation of God from state. Church and State must remain separate. God and State being separate is a recipe for disaster, which we see building around us every week of every month for every year, for decades now.
Almost all 50 states record, in the preambles of their Constitutions, thanks to the God of the Bible for the freedoms and liberties we have had. It was not a violation of church and state to thank God for His mercies and guidance and many U.S. presidents sought it daily. While the principles of government America has involves things found in the Bible, George Washington stated, in writing, the government of the United States is not founded on the Christian religion. He was a great man of faith. Yet, in fact, our government is founded on some facets of Greek and Roman government, like the Senate. Judicial matters are not founded on the principles of a theocracy. They are founded on principles and practices known before the Christian religion was founded.
The Founders and Framers of the nation and its laws were guided by right principles, and recognized liberty comes from God, not man. There may have been a separation of church and state but, there was most definitely not a separation from God and State in their minds. They all had varying beliefs about God but, recognized the Sovereign of the universe was He who made the way for this nation to exist. The 20th century has chipped away at that truth and the 21st is the worse for it, and prophecy predicts a union of church and state is coming, one that shall level this nation into the dust for its dangerous policy and ignorance.
It may seem America is done for, and a great detour may take place but, God has a vested interested in this nation and its place in prophetic events. It shall all come to pass some day. It was very close in the late 1800's, and the 1980', as well. Time and delay causes detours and right now, the world is looking at godless globalistic totalitarians as the great crisis upon the nations. While I will not argue with that, per se,' it is NOT the prophetic Beast of Revelation. Not even close. Anymore than Hitler or Mao, or Pol Pot or Lenin was. Devils all, they are not "in place of Christ." They did not regard Christ, had no use for Him, and had no intention of putting themselves in His place on Earth. Xi, from China, in fact does but, he cannot fulfill dozens of other marks in the Bible identifying the power of antichrist; he who thinks to change times and laws. That position belongs to one power and only one power in all history, meeting all the descriptive marks given: the Roman Catholic Church and its Papacy and its Vatican City State, and her daughters, apostate Protestantism. Watch it all join together someday, probably soon. Regardless of detours, the prophetic characters will fulfill their place in world events, sooner or later.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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720. Which Brings Up the Secret Rapture, 7-Year Tribulation and Last-Day Events - January 14, 2023
I like Kevin Sorbo. He's a nice guy, a devoted family man, a Conservative and a professed Christian. And, of course, he's Hercules.
That said, his new movie endorsing the Jesuit Roman Catholic interpretations of prophecy, known in the "Late Great Planet Earth," by Hal Lindsey, and the Left Behind series, is a led balloon sinking to the bottom of the sea. Well, it should be anyway. Suffice to say, the child of preachers and writers like Hal Lindsey, as far back as 1971 now, and many others, and those going back to the Oxford apostasy, in Great Britain in the early 19th century, have paved the way for the fall of spiritual, prophetic Babylon and her daughters: Mother Rome and those churches still hanging on to her apostate apron strings.
"Kevin Sorbo’s ‘Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist’ Takes New Look at End Times: ‘The Bible … Predicted All These Things’"
https://www.faithwire.com/2023/01/10/kevin-sorbos-left-behind-rise-of-the-antichrist-takes-new-look-at-end-times-the-bible-predicted-all-these-things/
NO, it most definitely did not predict what is happening at the hands of a small group of radical, lunatic totalitarians forming the World Economic Forum, the World Monetary Fund, the United Nations, and other such entities and leaders, including the European Union, Chinese Communist Party and an apostate United States of America Federal government, etc. all joining together to control the world. I am not denying their presence. I am denying their pursuit can be called "the rise of the antichrist." The USSR, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Hitler, Mussolini, name them all, despots all, devils all and none of them can match all the marks given in Scripture for the power and entity of the final antichrist - that which puts itself "in place of Christ." Only one power in history can: the Roman Catholic Church, it's Papacy and its Vatican City State.
Having gone over this, in detail, at length in previous posts, I won't here but, this notion of what is happening now is the fulfillment of prophecy is not just wrong, it comes from the writings of Catholic Jesuit priests and prelates who wrote it all based on perversions of Daniel 9, in an attempt to take the finger of Protestantism, for centuries, off from pointing out the Papacy as the biblical man of sin, mother of harlots and abominations, and fornicator with the kings of the earth.
Previous to Hal Lindsey, all these entities were chalked up to fulfillment of Bible prophecy by Christian writers and preachers in our and our parent's and grand parent's times. Whoever, whatever the little horn power of Daniel is or, the beast of Revelation is; dozens of marks in those books and other OT prophecies, as well as the Gospels, and Epistles must all match up. Cafeteria-style prophetic commentary may make some seemingly solid points, that then totally crash and burn when all the other defining, descriptive points are brought up.
The current popular notions of "Futurism" were fathered by the Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, Francisco Ribera, in the 16th century. It began what is called, the Counter Reformation - Mother Rome's attempt to say, We are not the antichrist because it comes in the future, in a seven-year tribulation. By the 19th century that hogwash began to catch on in various sermons by traveling evangelists and theologians in high places, like Oxford college in England, no longer truly Protestant but, apostates from its principles; wayward Anglican children wanting to go back to Mother Rome.
Today, as far as evangelical churches are concerned, JP2 was a rock star. His funeral was attended by these apostates from the faith once delivered unto the saints. They are still courting Mother to this day. It's a crime against truth and Heaven. The ignorant have no excuse. Truth is everywhere, now. That said, the preachers influencing their flocks with Roman Catholic prophetic positions, direct from her pens, shall have no place to hide when their sheep seek retribution for the delusions and lies pushed at them.
I am not denying Sorbo's sincerity and passion for his film project. Even he says in the interview, the Lord may come a thousand years from now. Well, I deny that, too but, Kevin is at least not dogmatic about the movie's message. I am denying its validity as having anything to do with the war taking place between Christ and His church and the devil's, the dragon's seat of power, Rome.
She calls herself "the Mother of all Churches" for a reason. She chides Protestants for following her doctrines and traditions. She sees herself as a 2000 year old colossus that cannot be taken down. "I sit a queen. I am no widow." She is the queen of apostasy and her daughters are following her over a cliff. The kings of the Earth shall not escape. Satan shall use her to administer "all power, signs and lying wonders," bringing an overmastering delusion upon all those who shall not stand upon a firm Thus Saith The LORD. We shall either love the truth and be sanctified by it, or we shall neglect it and be deluded; if possible even the very elect shall be deceived.
There is no secret coming of Christ. There is no seven-year tribulation. There is no Islamic or atheist antichrist coming in fulfillment of Bible prophecy. That is the fulfillment of foolish minds, influenced by the doctrines of Mother Rome. They are all antichrists, to be sure, as the same existed in the apostle John's day. They are not "the" antichrist power of the Little Horn in Daniel 7 or other chapters of his book, nor the first Beast of Revelation 13, nor the Mother Whore of Rev. 17, etc., etc., etc.
Be warned. This issue will not go away but, build until the end of time.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
That said, his new movie endorsing the Jesuit Roman Catholic interpretations of prophecy, known in the "Late Great Planet Earth," by Hal Lindsey, and the Left Behind series, is a led balloon sinking to the bottom of the sea. Well, it should be anyway. Suffice to say, the child of preachers and writers like Hal Lindsey, as far back as 1971 now, and many others, and those going back to the Oxford apostasy, in Great Britain in the early 19th century, have paved the way for the fall of spiritual, prophetic Babylon and her daughters: Mother Rome and those churches still hanging on to her apostate apron strings.
"Kevin Sorbo’s ‘Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist’ Takes New Look at End Times: ‘The Bible … Predicted All These Things’"
https://www.faithwire.com/2023/01/10/kevin-sorbos-left-behind-rise-of-the-antichrist-takes-new-look-at-end-times-the-bible-predicted-all-these-things/
NO, it most definitely did not predict what is happening at the hands of a small group of radical, lunatic totalitarians forming the World Economic Forum, the World Monetary Fund, the United Nations, and other such entities and leaders, including the European Union, Chinese Communist Party and an apostate United States of America Federal government, etc. all joining together to control the world. I am not denying their presence. I am denying their pursuit can be called "the rise of the antichrist." The USSR, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Hitler, Mussolini, name them all, despots all, devils all and none of them can match all the marks given in Scripture for the power and entity of the final antichrist - that which puts itself "in place of Christ." Only one power in history can: the Roman Catholic Church, it's Papacy and its Vatican City State.
Having gone over this, in detail, at length in previous posts, I won't here but, this notion of what is happening now is the fulfillment of prophecy is not just wrong, it comes from the writings of Catholic Jesuit priests and prelates who wrote it all based on perversions of Daniel 9, in an attempt to take the finger of Protestantism, for centuries, off from pointing out the Papacy as the biblical man of sin, mother of harlots and abominations, and fornicator with the kings of the earth.
Previous to Hal Lindsey, all these entities were chalked up to fulfillment of Bible prophecy by Christian writers and preachers in our and our parent's and grand parent's times. Whoever, whatever the little horn power of Daniel is or, the beast of Revelation is; dozens of marks in those books and other OT prophecies, as well as the Gospels, and Epistles must all match up. Cafeteria-style prophetic commentary may make some seemingly solid points, that then totally crash and burn when all the other defining, descriptive points are brought up.
The current popular notions of "Futurism" were fathered by the Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, Francisco Ribera, in the 16th century. It began what is called, the Counter Reformation - Mother Rome's attempt to say, We are not the antichrist because it comes in the future, in a seven-year tribulation. By the 19th century that hogwash began to catch on in various sermons by traveling evangelists and theologians in high places, like Oxford college in England, no longer truly Protestant but, apostates from its principles; wayward Anglican children wanting to go back to Mother Rome.
Today, as far as evangelical churches are concerned, JP2 was a rock star. His funeral was attended by these apostates from the faith once delivered unto the saints. They are still courting Mother to this day. It's a crime against truth and Heaven. The ignorant have no excuse. Truth is everywhere, now. That said, the preachers influencing their flocks with Roman Catholic prophetic positions, direct from her pens, shall have no place to hide when their sheep seek retribution for the delusions and lies pushed at them.
I am not denying Sorbo's sincerity and passion for his film project. Even he says in the interview, the Lord may come a thousand years from now. Well, I deny that, too but, Kevin is at least not dogmatic about the movie's message. I am denying its validity as having anything to do with the war taking place between Christ and His church and the devil's, the dragon's seat of power, Rome.
She calls herself "the Mother of all Churches" for a reason. She chides Protestants for following her doctrines and traditions. She sees herself as a 2000 year old colossus that cannot be taken down. "I sit a queen. I am no widow." She is the queen of apostasy and her daughters are following her over a cliff. The kings of the Earth shall not escape. Satan shall use her to administer "all power, signs and lying wonders," bringing an overmastering delusion upon all those who shall not stand upon a firm Thus Saith The LORD. We shall either love the truth and be sanctified by it, or we shall neglect it and be deluded; if possible even the very elect shall be deceived.
There is no secret coming of Christ. There is no seven-year tribulation. There is no Islamic or atheist antichrist coming in fulfillment of Bible prophecy. That is the fulfillment of foolish minds, influenced by the doctrines of Mother Rome. They are all antichrists, to be sure, as the same existed in the apostle John's day. They are not "the" antichrist power of the Little Horn in Daniel 7 or other chapters of his book, nor the first Beast of Revelation 13, nor the Mother Whore of Rev. 17, etc., etc., etc.
Be warned. This issue will not go away but, build until the end of time.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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721.Where Did the Elements Come From? - 1/14/2023
Where did all the elements on the periodic table come from?
Every week I go to the NASA picture of the day website and check out the week's photos in the archive.
In going there just now, to see some of the handiwork of the Creator, I see for January 8 a picture of the periodic table, color coded.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230108.html
The explanation -
"Explanation: The hydrogen in your body, present in every molecule of water, came from the Big Bang. There are no other appreciable sources of hydrogen in the universe. The carbon in your body was made by nuclear fusion in the interior of stars, as was the oxygen. Much of the iron in your body was made during supernovas of stars that occurred long ago and far away. The gold in your jewelry was likely made from neutron stars during collisions that may have been visible as short-duration gamma-ray bursts or gravitational wave events. Elements like phosphorus and copper are present in our bodies in only small amounts but are essential to the functioning of all known life. The featured periodic table is color coded to indicate humanity's best guess as to the nuclear origin of all known elements. The sites of nuclear creation of some elements, such as copper, are not really well known and are continuing topics of observational and computational research."
If you have come here regularly, you know my observations of Evo-speak. The language of modern science is constantly using these terms to deal with "origins." Some of the many terms used are found in the above paragraph and people just gloss over them as though they are the actual work and conclusions of observational, testable and repeatable science. Do you see them? Look again -
Explanation: The hydrogen in your body, present in every molecule of water, came from the Big Bang. There are no other appreciable sources of hydrogen in the universe. The carbon in your body was made by nuclear fusion in the interior of stars, as was the oxygen. Much of the iron in your body was made during supernovas of stars that occurred long ago and far away. The gold in your jewelry was likely made from neutron stars during collisions that may have been visible as short-duration gamma-ray bursts or gravitational wave events. Elements like phosphorus and copper are present in our bodies in only small amounts but are essential to the functioning of all known life. The featured periodic table is color coded to indicate humanity's best guess as to the nuclear origin of all known elements. The sites of nuclear creation of some elements, such as copper, are not really well known and are continuing topics of observational and computational research.
Humanity's best guess. Not astronomer's best guess. Not astrophysicists best guess. Humanity's best guess. Make it a bigger than life statement. That is a lie. An outright, inflated lie. Much of humanity, billions of people to be exact, believe the answer is not a guess but, a bona fide statement from the Creator, in His message to mankind, found in the Bible. Ah, but, according to NASA, humanity can not have such a source. It isn't science. Well, my friends, neither are their best guesses.
To this day, the foundational idea they work with is the Big Bang. Aside from not having anything but mathematical formulas on chalk boards to prove this idea as reality, everything from nothing, it is the defacto unchallengable position all must take. Challenge it and "science" descends upon you as an enemy of "humanity." The big bang is the only appreciable source for hydrogen in our universe. Uh huh. And where did the universe come from? Science, please. Oh, you have no observable, testable and repeatable sources for the big bang. It is your guesswork because we all know out here in humanity, there is no God, no Creator that made everything.
"Such as" is simply a way to state more than copper is not factually known. The problem is not the honesty of the evo-speak. It is the fallout of not accepting it as non-negotiable fact.
Well, my sourcebook tells me everything came from nothing by an act of a Creator so powerful it is inestimable. How is that not just as worthy as "humanity's best guess?" Especially is that position worthy when most scientists in the Western Hemisphere used to believe just that and practiced real science based on that belief. Many still do, PhD's no less.
If you let these people take an inch, they'll not take just a mile but, will beat you to a pulp in the process. That's because they are scientists and we are just peons that must believe whatever they tell us: even the PhDs who disagree with them, based on actual observations. Some who have been drummed out of positions in schools and labs and careers because of it, have their experiences to tell.
That is not science. That is persecution, no different than the big church in the Dark Ages telling everybody what to believe or else.
Believe what you will. Do not tell me I have to believe it at the expense of an experience you cannot explain, based on information you cannot explain. I was born again, going on 44 years ago; a supernatural, life changing experience. The prophecies of the Bible remain unexplainable by "humanity" trying to figure how ancient writers could foretell future events with incredible clarity by centuries and millennia. Answer? God showed them and told them what to write so humanity could have confidence in His Word, regardless of the statements of humanity's best guesses how we got here and what we should do with our lives.
This all figures into last-day events. We all have eternal choices to make. No one shall be unaffected.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Every week I go to the NASA picture of the day website and check out the week's photos in the archive.
In going there just now, to see some of the handiwork of the Creator, I see for January 8 a picture of the periodic table, color coded.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230108.html
The explanation -
"Explanation: The hydrogen in your body, present in every molecule of water, came from the Big Bang. There are no other appreciable sources of hydrogen in the universe. The carbon in your body was made by nuclear fusion in the interior of stars, as was the oxygen. Much of the iron in your body was made during supernovas of stars that occurred long ago and far away. The gold in your jewelry was likely made from neutron stars during collisions that may have been visible as short-duration gamma-ray bursts or gravitational wave events. Elements like phosphorus and copper are present in our bodies in only small amounts but are essential to the functioning of all known life. The featured periodic table is color coded to indicate humanity's best guess as to the nuclear origin of all known elements. The sites of nuclear creation of some elements, such as copper, are not really well known and are continuing topics of observational and computational research."
If you have come here regularly, you know my observations of Evo-speak. The language of modern science is constantly using these terms to deal with "origins." Some of the many terms used are found in the above paragraph and people just gloss over them as though they are the actual work and conclusions of observational, testable and repeatable science. Do you see them? Look again -
Explanation: The hydrogen in your body, present in every molecule of water, came from the Big Bang. There are no other appreciable sources of hydrogen in the universe. The carbon in your body was made by nuclear fusion in the interior of stars, as was the oxygen. Much of the iron in your body was made during supernovas of stars that occurred long ago and far away. The gold in your jewelry was likely made from neutron stars during collisions that may have been visible as short-duration gamma-ray bursts or gravitational wave events. Elements like phosphorus and copper are present in our bodies in only small amounts but are essential to the functioning of all known life. The featured periodic table is color coded to indicate humanity's best guess as to the nuclear origin of all known elements. The sites of nuclear creation of some elements, such as copper, are not really well known and are continuing topics of observational and computational research.
Humanity's best guess. Not astronomer's best guess. Not astrophysicists best guess. Humanity's best guess. Make it a bigger than life statement. That is a lie. An outright, inflated lie. Much of humanity, billions of people to be exact, believe the answer is not a guess but, a bona fide statement from the Creator, in His message to mankind, found in the Bible. Ah, but, according to NASA, humanity can not have such a source. It isn't science. Well, my friends, neither are their best guesses.
To this day, the foundational idea they work with is the Big Bang. Aside from not having anything but mathematical formulas on chalk boards to prove this idea as reality, everything from nothing, it is the defacto unchallengable position all must take. Challenge it and "science" descends upon you as an enemy of "humanity." The big bang is the only appreciable source for hydrogen in our universe. Uh huh. And where did the universe come from? Science, please. Oh, you have no observable, testable and repeatable sources for the big bang. It is your guesswork because we all know out here in humanity, there is no God, no Creator that made everything.
"Such as" is simply a way to state more than copper is not factually known. The problem is not the honesty of the evo-speak. It is the fallout of not accepting it as non-negotiable fact.
Well, my sourcebook tells me everything came from nothing by an act of a Creator so powerful it is inestimable. How is that not just as worthy as "humanity's best guess?" Especially is that position worthy when most scientists in the Western Hemisphere used to believe just that and practiced real science based on that belief. Many still do, PhD's no less.
If you let these people take an inch, they'll not take just a mile but, will beat you to a pulp in the process. That's because they are scientists and we are just peons that must believe whatever they tell us: even the PhDs who disagree with them, based on actual observations. Some who have been drummed out of positions in schools and labs and careers because of it, have their experiences to tell.
That is not science. That is persecution, no different than the big church in the Dark Ages telling everybody what to believe or else.
Believe what you will. Do not tell me I have to believe it at the expense of an experience you cannot explain, based on information you cannot explain. I was born again, going on 44 years ago; a supernatural, life changing experience. The prophecies of the Bible remain unexplainable by "humanity" trying to figure how ancient writers could foretell future events with incredible clarity by centuries and millennia. Answer? God showed them and told them what to write so humanity could have confidence in His Word, regardless of the statements of humanity's best guesses how we got here and what we should do with our lives.
This all figures into last-day events. We all have eternal choices to make. No one shall be unaffected.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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A Vaccine for the Vaccine???
In the "You Can't Make This Up" category, the CEO of Moderna announces a vaccine is coming for the effects of the mRNA injections that are causing heart failure all over planet Earth, save for Africa, where less than 6% of the population have been injected and doing just fine. Hmm.
https://noqreport.com/2023/01/12/here-we-go-moderna-ceo-announces-new-mrna-shot-for-heart-failure-patients-to-help-grow-back-new-blood-vessels/
https://noqreport.com/2023/01/12/the-question-that-terrifies-branch-covidians-why-has-covid-spared-africa-where-only-6-are-vaxxed/
Not a single day goes by, not a one where one of the news sites I go to has a headline for a young person, especially athletes, dying suddenly from heart failure.
Lisa Marie Presley has everyone with a spec of knowledge asking, 'Why did she die?' The answer, the gene altering, bio-weapon, mRNA injections for Covid are a likely suspect.
There is only one way out of this for the perpetuators of this event: the deaths of the injected human race.
Entire nations, like Japan, are now investigating this phenomena in association with the death shots.
Unless the Fauci and Gates brigade, along with the Klaus Schwab Club and the rest of them head underground, it is unlikely an angry world is not able to heap its wrath upon these despicable excuses for human beings.
I find it difficult to pray for these people, purposefully doing this to humanity, and worse, thus far getting away with it.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
https://noqreport.com/2023/01/12/here-we-go-moderna-ceo-announces-new-mrna-shot-for-heart-failure-patients-to-help-grow-back-new-blood-vessels/
https://noqreport.com/2023/01/12/the-question-that-terrifies-branch-covidians-why-has-covid-spared-africa-where-only-6-are-vaxxed/
Not a single day goes by, not a one where one of the news sites I go to has a headline for a young person, especially athletes, dying suddenly from heart failure.
Lisa Marie Presley has everyone with a spec of knowledge asking, 'Why did she die?' The answer, the gene altering, bio-weapon, mRNA injections for Covid are a likely suspect.
There is only one way out of this for the perpetuators of this event: the deaths of the injected human race.
Entire nations, like Japan, are now investigating this phenomena in association with the death shots.
Unless the Fauci and Gates brigade, along with the Klaus Schwab Club and the rest of them head underground, it is unlikely an angry world is not able to heap its wrath upon these despicable excuses for human beings.
I find it difficult to pray for these people, purposefully doing this to humanity, and worse, thus far getting away with it.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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The Canadian College of Psychologists vs. Jordon Peterson
Peterson is what he is. A practicing physician. An professional educator. An author. A podcaster. A frequent guest on all kinds of talk shows and interview programs. And he's a husband and father. Somewhere around 50 million people have purchased his books or subscribed to his social platforms and been under his brilliant intelligence in helping people with various personal issues to address.
Why would the Canadian College of Psychologists gone after him to take reeducation courses or he loses his license to practice? Because they are radical Leftists and Peterson is not. That's the simple answer and it's an accurate one. I believe there's more, though.
Having gone through numerous such situations with church leaders an age old situation takes place. Go after the top dog, the Alpha, the voice for the people, the one who takes a stand, the one who actually shows they care for whatever they belong to and do, those that have influence. Take them out and thereby cause others to fear, lest they undergo the same process to ruin their lives. Stress on marriage and family, stress on income and livelihood, stress on daily life that is cancerous and destructive. To hold your ground when you should not have to is debilitating and exhausting. It is all designed to weaken resolve, cause thoughts and reflections of inadequacy and loss of courage and hopefully cause the soul to just give up. Been there. Done that.
Peterson has a discussion with his daughter. Watching father and daughter is like watching bookends. Arms crossed. Fingers to chins. It's quite endearing but, one must not lose sight of what is taking place to this guy. They are attempting to destroy him that others will shut up and not cause problems for the radical Leftist cabal and their obvious plans to shut down all dissidence and rebuke. Canada is an absolute mess at the hands of Justin Trudeau and his cabal. Canada no longer looks like Canada, which once had the congenial attitude of letting people live their lives without undo government interference and oversight, even while America was undergoing "fundamental change." Trudeau, offspring of Klaus Schwab's, World Economic Forum, is a puppet, and an ignorant one, at that. Most of these people are, and cannot argue their way out of a wet paper bag. They operate on feelings. They are empty vessels and one wonders how such a person got elected to stand as the world representative for the nation. I suspect Canada has undergone the same technical takeover of elections as America has.
Peterson is not likely to capitulate and do what the College is requiring. I don't see him doing that under any circumstances developing. Principle is involved and Peterson, if nothing else, is a man of principle. He'll weather the storm regardless of what it takes out of him, and it has already done so, as you will see. He sits seething with anger at what has been perpetuated upon him.
He has skyrocketed in the eyes of the world precisely because he does help people. He is charged with basically being mean, on Twitter no less, to 12 or 13 people, some claiming to be his patients, who are not. The College wants to reeducate the man to be nice. To be "professional." I pity the person(s) who will go one on one with him should he decide to go ahead with this nonsense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQYCJIDHGnQ
Why would the Canadian College of Psychologists gone after him to take reeducation courses or he loses his license to practice? Because they are radical Leftists and Peterson is not. That's the simple answer and it's an accurate one. I believe there's more, though.
Having gone through numerous such situations with church leaders an age old situation takes place. Go after the top dog, the Alpha, the voice for the people, the one who takes a stand, the one who actually shows they care for whatever they belong to and do, those that have influence. Take them out and thereby cause others to fear, lest they undergo the same process to ruin their lives. Stress on marriage and family, stress on income and livelihood, stress on daily life that is cancerous and destructive. To hold your ground when you should not have to is debilitating and exhausting. It is all designed to weaken resolve, cause thoughts and reflections of inadequacy and loss of courage and hopefully cause the soul to just give up. Been there. Done that.
Peterson has a discussion with his daughter. Watching father and daughter is like watching bookends. Arms crossed. Fingers to chins. It's quite endearing but, one must not lose sight of what is taking place to this guy. They are attempting to destroy him that others will shut up and not cause problems for the radical Leftist cabal and their obvious plans to shut down all dissidence and rebuke. Canada is an absolute mess at the hands of Justin Trudeau and his cabal. Canada no longer looks like Canada, which once had the congenial attitude of letting people live their lives without undo government interference and oversight, even while America was undergoing "fundamental change." Trudeau, offspring of Klaus Schwab's, World Economic Forum, is a puppet, and an ignorant one, at that. Most of these people are, and cannot argue their way out of a wet paper bag. They operate on feelings. They are empty vessels and one wonders how such a person got elected to stand as the world representative for the nation. I suspect Canada has undergone the same technical takeover of elections as America has.
Peterson is not likely to capitulate and do what the College is requiring. I don't see him doing that under any circumstances developing. Principle is involved and Peterson, if nothing else, is a man of principle. He'll weather the storm regardless of what it takes out of him, and it has already done so, as you will see. He sits seething with anger at what has been perpetuated upon him.
He has skyrocketed in the eyes of the world precisely because he does help people. He is charged with basically being mean, on Twitter no less, to 12 or 13 people, some claiming to be his patients, who are not. The College wants to reeducate the man to be nice. To be "professional." I pity the person(s) who will go one on one with him should he decide to go ahead with this nonsense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQYCJIDHGnQ
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UAP Report Finally Released (yawn)
Officially to be released in October, the government has finally released another nothing burger. Why they took so long to release this waste of paper and time is beyond me. The last one was 9 pages. This one is 12 and honestly, I'll post a link. Beyond that, I'll not waste the space on my site for it.
https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Unclassified-2022-Annual-Report-UAP.pdf
What the document proves is that the United States Federal government is a bloated, worthless hodgepodge and collection of agencies, offices and employees who cause wonderment at their capacity to get paid big bucks for nothing.
With a whopping collection of a total of 510 case files between the first report and this one, they conclude zip. People in this field know that there are THOUSANDS and thousands of sightings every year around the world, an estimated 10,000+ a year by some in the field. Most of these events in North America. Take out 95% of them for reasons and factors known, that's a good 500 right there, aside from the 144 they already looked at. 500+ truly unknown sightings a year, most of them caught on camera and all they can look at are 510 total? Seriously?
Hardly anyone in UFOlogy is even making this known on their sites and YT channels. That's how much of a waste this thing is.
Hey, I know what I believe about UFOs and have stated so numerous times. That said, the phenomena is a real one and for the government to claim they are looking into it, when they have been for 80 years, and this is all they can say, shows an incredibly arrogant and passive position on the subject. I don't know what was shown to Congressional Reps on committee but, they should be embarrassed they have so little clout with deep state.
Everybody in UFOlogy is correct. The government will never disclose what they know about this matter. Waiting on them is a disclosure disaster. All that remains is for the "angel of light" to use the phenomenon for purposes of deception and delusions to come when the final battles between Christ and Lucifer hit high gear. That's my considered conviction on the matter. Time will tell.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Unclassified-2022-Annual-Report-UAP.pdf
What the document proves is that the United States Federal government is a bloated, worthless hodgepodge and collection of agencies, offices and employees who cause wonderment at their capacity to get paid big bucks for nothing.
With a whopping collection of a total of 510 case files between the first report and this one, they conclude zip. People in this field know that there are THOUSANDS and thousands of sightings every year around the world, an estimated 10,000+ a year by some in the field. Most of these events in North America. Take out 95% of them for reasons and factors known, that's a good 500 right there, aside from the 144 they already looked at. 500+ truly unknown sightings a year, most of them caught on camera and all they can look at are 510 total? Seriously?
Hardly anyone in UFOlogy is even making this known on their sites and YT channels. That's how much of a waste this thing is.
Hey, I know what I believe about UFOs and have stated so numerous times. That said, the phenomena is a real one and for the government to claim they are looking into it, when they have been for 80 years, and this is all they can say, shows an incredibly arrogant and passive position on the subject. I don't know what was shown to Congressional Reps on committee but, they should be embarrassed they have so little clout with deep state.
Everybody in UFOlogy is correct. The government will never disclose what they know about this matter. Waiting on them is a disclosure disaster. All that remains is for the "angel of light" to use the phenomenon for purposes of deception and delusions to come when the final battles between Christ and Lucifer hit high gear. That's my considered conviction on the matter. Time will tell.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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"Jesus Saves" is Offensive???
The Mall of America is an enormous place. Around 5 million square feet of space on 96 acres, with 12,000+ parking spaces. It can hold tens of thousands of people. Walk in and become anonymous in an instant. Just one of the crowd.
Imagine the number of T-shirts worn inside. Imagine all the various possible things they state and messages they convey. Hundreds, thousands of colors and lettering designs, pictures and images. It would take you all day to watch people go by wearing one and count the number.
How, in the United States of America, land of the free, legally guaranteed free speech, a nation with a history of the Judeo/Christian faith as part of its societal foundation, with 200 million citizens as professed believers, find itself in such a confused and corrupt state of affairs? How on Earth can a guy wearing a yellow t-shirt that says "Jesus Saves" get asked to leave the Mall of America because people found it offensive?!?! He was led out by mall police. Take the shirt off or leave was his choice. Why did not the police tell the offended this is America. You can continue shopping or leave but the man has a right to express himself and is not breaking the law. Does Bloomington, Minnesota have a law stating people have a right not to be offended?
Who found it so offensive they could not just keep shopping, walk around, get on with life? Who, what kind of person would seek out an authority figure to tell this guy a statement of his faith is not allowed? An atheist? A Muslim? Who? How? How many t-shirts do you suppose can be found moving around the mall on people with messages denouncing Christianity and its values and principles in some way? If someone was wearing a t-shirt stating "Allah Saves," would they be asked to leave the mall? Real Americans and especially Christians understand freedom of speech, regardless of being offensive, is more important than anyone's personal offense. A deep abiding principle is involved.
NO ONE has a Right not to be offended. The very nature of such a premise, in a free nation, is preposterous. Anybody and everybody is going to be offended at some point in their life. Get over it.
When I tell you spiritual, prophetic Babylon is saturated into the fabric of current American society and this nation is in prophecy as a nation that shall totally repudiate every principle of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, that shall completely fall and be cast into the dust, believe it.
If "Jesus Saves" is no longer allowed in public, America is lost. Things can only get worse, and they will, steadily.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/man-wearing-jesus-saves-shirt-kicked-mall-america-minnesota-video/
Imagine the number of T-shirts worn inside. Imagine all the various possible things they state and messages they convey. Hundreds, thousands of colors and lettering designs, pictures and images. It would take you all day to watch people go by wearing one and count the number.
How, in the United States of America, land of the free, legally guaranteed free speech, a nation with a history of the Judeo/Christian faith as part of its societal foundation, with 200 million citizens as professed believers, find itself in such a confused and corrupt state of affairs? How on Earth can a guy wearing a yellow t-shirt that says "Jesus Saves" get asked to leave the Mall of America because people found it offensive?!?! He was led out by mall police. Take the shirt off or leave was his choice. Why did not the police tell the offended this is America. You can continue shopping or leave but the man has a right to express himself and is not breaking the law. Does Bloomington, Minnesota have a law stating people have a right not to be offended?
Who found it so offensive they could not just keep shopping, walk around, get on with life? Who, what kind of person would seek out an authority figure to tell this guy a statement of his faith is not allowed? An atheist? A Muslim? Who? How? How many t-shirts do you suppose can be found moving around the mall on people with messages denouncing Christianity and its values and principles in some way? If someone was wearing a t-shirt stating "Allah Saves," would they be asked to leave the mall? Real Americans and especially Christians understand freedom of speech, regardless of being offensive, is more important than anyone's personal offense. A deep abiding principle is involved.
NO ONE has a Right not to be offended. The very nature of such a premise, in a free nation, is preposterous. Anybody and everybody is going to be offended at some point in their life. Get over it.
When I tell you spiritual, prophetic Babylon is saturated into the fabric of current American society and this nation is in prophecy as a nation that shall totally repudiate every principle of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, that shall completely fall and be cast into the dust, believe it.
If "Jesus Saves" is no longer allowed in public, America is lost. Things can only get worse, and they will, steadily.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/man-wearing-jesus-saves-shirt-kicked-mall-america-minnesota-video/
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Are These the People You Want Running the World?
John Kerry. At Davos/World Economic Forum meetings. Just 38 seconds tells you all you need to know about these "saviors" of Planet Earth.
The danger of elites is precisely that. They see themselves as better and more necessary than the rest of humanity. The fact is, the world needs far more farmers, builders, electricians, plumbers, furniture makers, auto manufacturers and auto repair "saviors" than any and all of these armed-guard surrounded, fossil fuel-traveling hypocrites.
wattsupwiththat.com/2023/01/17/climate-czar-john-kerry-we-planet-saviors-had-extraterrestrial-influence/
The danger of elites is precisely that. They see themselves as better and more necessary than the rest of humanity. The fact is, the world needs far more farmers, builders, electricians, plumbers, furniture makers, auto manufacturers and auto repair "saviors" than any and all of these armed-guard surrounded, fossil fuel-traveling hypocrites.
wattsupwiththat.com/2023/01/17/climate-czar-john-kerry-we-planet-saviors-had-extraterrestrial-influence/
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The Worst Drum Kit He Could Find
When thinking about recording the Concepts 4 album, and all the different drum sets used, proving the point of any "drum" sounding just fine for recording or playing live (depending on endurance factors), if you use good heads and can seat them correctly on any properly cut bearing edge, was easy to do. The proof is in the recording.
Today, I came upon a YT video of a guy who also proves the point. He admits to some software usage, which is fine. That's also the point - modern recording technology. He uses the cheapest drum kit he can find and works them over with new heads and you be the judge. You absolutely do not need high end drums to record with. Good heads, seated well, with isolation mounting of some kind and you're good.
Personally, because I can, I would have redone the bearing edges a touch but, he shows the edges the drums came with worked okay. Check it out -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=94bEUOLwhxQ
I am not endorsing the use of poorly made drums, and I am obviously not endorsing spending money for high end drums if you think you need them to record with or play live. I am endorsing truth. That's what means the most to me. The truth is, expensive drums mean little with today's technology in recording software and outboard equipment.
When the drum manufacturing industry stops the ultra-hype about proprietary shells and sound, consumers will be the winners, especially young players taught and influenced by a false psychology that the more money you spend, the better sound you get by virtue of drum shells.
Today, I came upon a YT video of a guy who also proves the point. He admits to some software usage, which is fine. That's also the point - modern recording technology. He uses the cheapest drum kit he can find and works them over with new heads and you be the judge. You absolutely do not need high end drums to record with. Good heads, seated well, with isolation mounting of some kind and you're good.
Personally, because I can, I would have redone the bearing edges a touch but, he shows the edges the drums came with worked okay. Check it out -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=94bEUOLwhxQ
I am not endorsing the use of poorly made drums, and I am obviously not endorsing spending money for high end drums if you think you need them to record with or play live. I am endorsing truth. That's what means the most to me. The truth is, expensive drums mean little with today's technology in recording software and outboard equipment.
When the drum manufacturing industry stops the ultra-hype about proprietary shells and sound, consumers will be the winners, especially young players taught and influenced by a false psychology that the more money you spend, the better sound you get by virtue of drum shells.
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722. Dr. Malone Sounds the Alarm - January 19, 2023
By now you should be aware the price of eggs has shot through the roof because tens of millions of birds have been destroyed because of the avian flu ravaging the industry.
You already know "Mad Cow Disease," Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, a neurological disorder, was in the news for years, especially as it began to jump to other species of animals. The disease was never eradicated. It can be found in humans, although in a variant form; Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease. Over 230 people, worldwide are known have been afflicted by 2019. While that number seems miniscule next to the entire population, a new twist has been added.
The flesh food industry has never been free of problems. Disease has been known to exist in the industry since the 19th century. By the turn of the 20th century all kinds of scandals were in the news regarding slaughterhouse procedures and they persist to this day. Things have gotten so bad all flesh foods are now irradiated to kill harmful bacteria.
Well, let's add the new factor. Covid. Sars-CoV-2. The mRNA injections are now being seen to bring on CJD. Besides all the other medical side effects and problems plaguing vast numbers of injected people world-wide, the risk for problems associated with the food chain now exist. How?
Dr. Robert Malone has been mentioned often here, since he began speaking out about the mRNA injections, which he holds patents on. When the man who invented this process raises warnings, obviously people start listening. Once people began listening, the medical community and main stream media began to attack Dr. Malone. That just made him more determined to speak out. He has spoken all over the world now.
In the article linked, Malone now warns that as far back as 2016 the drug companies were working on "vaccines" for livestock. This means if you eat a flesh food diet, you will ultimately receive the Covid vaccine and protein spikes lodged in the tissues of injected animals. Swine are now being injected. That good ol' bacon people love to eat is now a source of trouble never imagined, even though the Bible has warned of it for thousands of years.
rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/mrna-vaccines-in-livestock-and-companion
Malone is not to be trifled with. He has an inside track by default.
Bill Gates no longer hesitates on his schemes -
www.redvoicemedia.com/video/2023/01/does-bill-gates-really-want-to-pump-livestock-full-of-mrna-jabs-to-cure-vaccine-hesitancy/
I've been a vegetarian for 44 years now, most of that time vegan, based on the Genesis diet, a plant-based diet all humanity had, as well as all land life in the beginning of creation, which lasted almost 2,000 years until after the Deluge. And here is the thing. I am not a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist denomination but, I became very familiar with the writings of Ellen White, someone SDAs considered to have the gift of prophecy. Take that or leave that, based on the weight of evidence but, here is part of a statement she wrote in 1902. 120 years ago. Apply it to today.
"662. Animals are becoming more and more diseased, and it will not be long until animal food will be discarded by many besides Seventh-day Adventists. Foods that are healthful and life sustaining are to be prepared, so that men and women will not need to eat meat." {Counsels on Diet and Foods, pg. 384}
"Union Conference Record (Australasian), July 28, 1899
644. The light given me is that it will not be very long before we shall have to give up using any animal food. Even milk will have to be discarded. Disease is accumulating rapidly. The curse of God is upon the earth, because man has cursed it. The habits and practices of men have brought the earth into such a condition that some other food than animal food must be substituted for the human family. We do not need flesh food at all. God can give us something else." {Counsels on Diets and Foods, pg. 384}
Counsels on Diet and Foods is a compilation of statements drawn from the whole of her writings, some 150,000 hand written pages over the course of six decades.
Other such statements can be found in her messages. Over 120 years ago. How could she predict such circumstances arising? Especially in an age that saw "modern medical advances" begin to take off? Today, how can disease in animals be increasing? How can it have become more dangerous to eat flesh foods, not less?
SDAs, in general, because they regard the original, plant-based diet given to mankind superior - fruits, grains, nuts, and vegetables - are a people shown to live longer than the general population. Not all SDAs are vegan but, they have an advantage. Consider what develops if all flesh food animals are vaccinated with the mRNA serums. As the world is waking up to what has been done to them, as the heinous and devilish nature of this depopulation program becomes more and more obvious by the week, especially as people are "dying suddenly," the Earth will reel with shock and anguish and revolt. I've been writing this since 2020. It's happening.
Nobody can know exactly how this situation plays out. It does seem the cabal's plans are collapsing. Tyrannical ruler of New Zealand, Lucinda Ardern, has announced she is stepping down. Why? She knows what is coming. They all know what's coming. It may be her own life is medically threatened by the injections. Various leaders in promoting the injections are now sounding an alarm because their own family members are being effected. They were lied to. They trusted. Now they are in grief and anguish.
The fear mongering is picking up steam.
"By 2070, as many as three billion people will live in uninhabitable zones."
www.redvoicemedia.com/video/2023/01/wef-no-longer-a-climate-crisis-now-mass-extinction-planetary-safety-justice-crisis/
It's all about the climate change distortions and lies. Too many people for the planet to support. The answer? Remove people from the living.
This is going to become a tsunami.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
You already know "Mad Cow Disease," Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, a neurological disorder, was in the news for years, especially as it began to jump to other species of animals. The disease was never eradicated. It can be found in humans, although in a variant form; Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease. Over 230 people, worldwide are known have been afflicted by 2019. While that number seems miniscule next to the entire population, a new twist has been added.
The flesh food industry has never been free of problems. Disease has been known to exist in the industry since the 19th century. By the turn of the 20th century all kinds of scandals were in the news regarding slaughterhouse procedures and they persist to this day. Things have gotten so bad all flesh foods are now irradiated to kill harmful bacteria.
Well, let's add the new factor. Covid. Sars-CoV-2. The mRNA injections are now being seen to bring on CJD. Besides all the other medical side effects and problems plaguing vast numbers of injected people world-wide, the risk for problems associated with the food chain now exist. How?
Dr. Robert Malone has been mentioned often here, since he began speaking out about the mRNA injections, which he holds patents on. When the man who invented this process raises warnings, obviously people start listening. Once people began listening, the medical community and main stream media began to attack Dr. Malone. That just made him more determined to speak out. He has spoken all over the world now.
In the article linked, Malone now warns that as far back as 2016 the drug companies were working on "vaccines" for livestock. This means if you eat a flesh food diet, you will ultimately receive the Covid vaccine and protein spikes lodged in the tissues of injected animals. Swine are now being injected. That good ol' bacon people love to eat is now a source of trouble never imagined, even though the Bible has warned of it for thousands of years.
rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/mrna-vaccines-in-livestock-and-companion
Malone is not to be trifled with. He has an inside track by default.
Bill Gates no longer hesitates on his schemes -
www.redvoicemedia.com/video/2023/01/does-bill-gates-really-want-to-pump-livestock-full-of-mrna-jabs-to-cure-vaccine-hesitancy/
I've been a vegetarian for 44 years now, most of that time vegan, based on the Genesis diet, a plant-based diet all humanity had, as well as all land life in the beginning of creation, which lasted almost 2,000 years until after the Deluge. And here is the thing. I am not a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist denomination but, I became very familiar with the writings of Ellen White, someone SDAs considered to have the gift of prophecy. Take that or leave that, based on the weight of evidence but, here is part of a statement she wrote in 1902. 120 years ago. Apply it to today.
"662. Animals are becoming more and more diseased, and it will not be long until animal food will be discarded by many besides Seventh-day Adventists. Foods that are healthful and life sustaining are to be prepared, so that men and women will not need to eat meat." {Counsels on Diet and Foods, pg. 384}
"Union Conference Record (Australasian), July 28, 1899
644. The light given me is that it will not be very long before we shall have to give up using any animal food. Even milk will have to be discarded. Disease is accumulating rapidly. The curse of God is upon the earth, because man has cursed it. The habits and practices of men have brought the earth into such a condition that some other food than animal food must be substituted for the human family. We do not need flesh food at all. God can give us something else." {Counsels on Diets and Foods, pg. 384}
Counsels on Diet and Foods is a compilation of statements drawn from the whole of her writings, some 150,000 hand written pages over the course of six decades.
Other such statements can be found in her messages. Over 120 years ago. How could she predict such circumstances arising? Especially in an age that saw "modern medical advances" begin to take off? Today, how can disease in animals be increasing? How can it have become more dangerous to eat flesh foods, not less?
SDAs, in general, because they regard the original, plant-based diet given to mankind superior - fruits, grains, nuts, and vegetables - are a people shown to live longer than the general population. Not all SDAs are vegan but, they have an advantage. Consider what develops if all flesh food animals are vaccinated with the mRNA serums. As the world is waking up to what has been done to them, as the heinous and devilish nature of this depopulation program becomes more and more obvious by the week, especially as people are "dying suddenly," the Earth will reel with shock and anguish and revolt. I've been writing this since 2020. It's happening.
Nobody can know exactly how this situation plays out. It does seem the cabal's plans are collapsing. Tyrannical ruler of New Zealand, Lucinda Ardern, has announced she is stepping down. Why? She knows what is coming. They all know what's coming. It may be her own life is medically threatened by the injections. Various leaders in promoting the injections are now sounding an alarm because their own family members are being effected. They were lied to. They trusted. Now they are in grief and anguish.
The fear mongering is picking up steam.
"By 2070, as many as three billion people will live in uninhabitable zones."
www.redvoicemedia.com/video/2023/01/wef-no-longer-a-climate-crisis-now-mass-extinction-planetary-safety-justice-crisis/
It's all about the climate change distortions and lies. Too many people for the planet to support. The answer? Remove people from the living.
This is going to become a tsunami.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Trump Keeps Hammering
As suspicious as I remain, Trump keeps hammering on the anvil of America first.
theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/01/19/president-trump-outlines-policy-video-calling-for-ban-on-china-acquisition-of-american-infrastructure/#more-242329
"China is buying up our technology. They’re buying up food supplies. They’re buying up our farmland. They’re buying up our minerals and natural resources. They’re buying up our ports and shipping terminals. And with the help of corrupt influence peddlers like the Biden Crime Family, China is even trying to buy up the pillars of the U.S. energy industry. Because frankly, Biden and the group don’t care about real energy. They only care about nonsense energy, energy that doesn’t work, and it never will."
"While some are focused on China’s purchases near power plants and military bases, the fact is we should be very concerned about all Chinese Communist activity in the United States. As I’ve long said, economic security is national security. China does not allow American companies to take over their critical infrastructure. And America should not allow China to take over our critical infrastructure. I didn’t allow it when I was president, and I won’t allow it when we become president again."
"To protect our country, we need to enact aggressive new restrictions on Chinese ownership of any vital infrastructure in the United States, including energy, technology, telecommunications, farmland, natural resources, medical supplies, and other strategic national assets. We should stop all future Chinese purchases in these essential industries, and we should begin the process of forcing the Chinese to sell any current holdings that put our national security at risk."
theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/01/19/president-trump-outlines-policy-video-calling-for-ban-on-china-acquisition-of-american-infrastructure/#more-242329
"China is buying up our technology. They’re buying up food supplies. They’re buying up our farmland. They’re buying up our minerals and natural resources. They’re buying up our ports and shipping terminals. And with the help of corrupt influence peddlers like the Biden Crime Family, China is even trying to buy up the pillars of the U.S. energy industry. Because frankly, Biden and the group don’t care about real energy. They only care about nonsense energy, energy that doesn’t work, and it never will."
"While some are focused on China’s purchases near power plants and military bases, the fact is we should be very concerned about all Chinese Communist activity in the United States. As I’ve long said, economic security is national security. China does not allow American companies to take over their critical infrastructure. And America should not allow China to take over our critical infrastructure. I didn’t allow it when I was president, and I won’t allow it when we become president again."
"To protect our country, we need to enact aggressive new restrictions on Chinese ownership of any vital infrastructure in the United States, including energy, technology, telecommunications, farmland, natural resources, medical supplies, and other strategic national assets. We should stop all future Chinese purchases in these essential industries, and we should begin the process of forcing the Chinese to sell any current holdings that put our national security at risk."
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Crowder on Big Con
If you are a regular here you know I have not bothered with "Conservative" talk radio for years now, being disgusted with their lack of courage to really dig into issues and report the truth, all of it, based on the evidence. If I'm out in the shop I'll turn the radio on but, more than likely get upset by what I hear. They have waffled responsibilities for years, the biggest names in the business, which, as it happens, is the problem. It's all a big business now and has been for years. All of them put together could not stop Clinton, could not stop the Bush era lies, could not stop eight years of Obama, and for the longest time absolutely refused to discuss the 2020 election debacle and outright criminal steal. They would not address the Covid plandemic and even put down voices raising alarms. They refuse to "go there" on so many issues. That was Rush. That is all the rest. Why?
Steven Crowder, "Louder with Crowder," gives the answer in a recent program segment I just watched. I don't really follow him. I have seen a bunch of his 'Change My Mind' videos. I've known of him for years. Had I not seen this mentioned on a news site I go to, I'd not have known the stand Crowder is taking.
Why are professed Conservative voices so weak at times? The Big Con. There is Big Tech, as we now know. There is Big Pharma, as we have known for decades. Well, there is Big Con, too. Big Conservative business. Powerful top-dog controllers keeping full blown Conservative opinion from being heard. How? Contracts. Unbelievable contracts these voices sign to get on Conservative networks.
Crowder has initiated StopBigCon.com, and explains why in this 28 minute video. It's a sober Crowder appealing to reason, for those who will choose to be reasonable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTcq4UCTZ-Y&t=1669s
I am a Bible-believing Christian. A registered Independent. Because I believe the Bible, despite all my weaknesses, I agree with it and try to live it by the grace of God. I am not a professed Conservative, save by default. Crowder busts this wide open. God bless him.
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Big Con Replies?
Fair disclosure. I had no idea Crowder was addressing The Daily Wire and a contract, or starter document for negotiations. Crowder didn't mention names. Jeremy Boreing, Co-CEO of The Daily Wire posted a response on YT, which I just watched, which involves a document they sent to Crowder for his consideration to sign on with them. Check it out, if you're interested -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyCc5o1KDHU
What do I think? Not sure. I know I'm not prone to "feuds." In-house fighting, in this case, within the Conservative movement, is not generally a good thing unless serious principle is being violated and one must stand up against the dismissal of principle, while a party descends into a resolve for policy, alone.
I can see both sides. I cannot see both sides, as both sides relate their side. Yeah, complicated. Too complicated for me to spend time thinking about it because I retain my conviction the Conservative movement has become a big business which cripples the full disclosure of information. Every business that becomes an institution will guard the institution at all costs, regardless of the rights of the individual. THAT is America, today. The government is the institution and the individual's God-given rights are cast aside for the growth and stability of the institution as the handlers deem necessary.
America will implode. So will the Conservative movement. Some say it already has. Remember the Tea Party Patriot movement?
Every movement, every church, every group develops problems because there is an enemy of souls out to destroy anything that opposes his kingdom. Once communication breaks down, the dominoes, like some big display on a gymnasium floor, start to fall and cannot stop until the whole thing collapses. Unless you can stick your hand in somewhere to stop the next domino from falling and start rebuilding, the whole thing goes. It has happened over and over and over again down through history, including within the early Christian church and most all churches that developed since then. Problems of leadership dropped into policy over principle, biblical principle, which resulted in the Roman Catholic Church and everybody else from there. From there, institutionalized secular or religious government or straight religion has been plagued by the same history on varying levels.
So goes humanity.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus, when humanity professing Your name, gets it right.
Steven Crowder, "Louder with Crowder," gives the answer in a recent program segment I just watched. I don't really follow him. I have seen a bunch of his 'Change My Mind' videos. I've known of him for years. Had I not seen this mentioned on a news site I go to, I'd not have known the stand Crowder is taking.
Why are professed Conservative voices so weak at times? The Big Con. There is Big Tech, as we now know. There is Big Pharma, as we have known for decades. Well, there is Big Con, too. Big Conservative business. Powerful top-dog controllers keeping full blown Conservative opinion from being heard. How? Contracts. Unbelievable contracts these voices sign to get on Conservative networks.
Crowder has initiated StopBigCon.com, and explains why in this 28 minute video. It's a sober Crowder appealing to reason, for those who will choose to be reasonable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTcq4UCTZ-Y&t=1669s
I am a Bible-believing Christian. A registered Independent. Because I believe the Bible, despite all my weaknesses, I agree with it and try to live it by the grace of God. I am not a professed Conservative, save by default. Crowder busts this wide open. God bless him.
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Big Con Replies?
Fair disclosure. I had no idea Crowder was addressing The Daily Wire and a contract, or starter document for negotiations. Crowder didn't mention names. Jeremy Boreing, Co-CEO of The Daily Wire posted a response on YT, which I just watched, which involves a document they sent to Crowder for his consideration to sign on with them. Check it out, if you're interested -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyCc5o1KDHU
What do I think? Not sure. I know I'm not prone to "feuds." In-house fighting, in this case, within the Conservative movement, is not generally a good thing unless serious principle is being violated and one must stand up against the dismissal of principle, while a party descends into a resolve for policy, alone.
I can see both sides. I cannot see both sides, as both sides relate their side. Yeah, complicated. Too complicated for me to spend time thinking about it because I retain my conviction the Conservative movement has become a big business which cripples the full disclosure of information. Every business that becomes an institution will guard the institution at all costs, regardless of the rights of the individual. THAT is America, today. The government is the institution and the individual's God-given rights are cast aside for the growth and stability of the institution as the handlers deem necessary.
America will implode. So will the Conservative movement. Some say it already has. Remember the Tea Party Patriot movement?
Every movement, every church, every group develops problems because there is an enemy of souls out to destroy anything that opposes his kingdom. Once communication breaks down, the dominoes, like some big display on a gymnasium floor, start to fall and cannot stop until the whole thing collapses. Unless you can stick your hand in somewhere to stop the next domino from falling and start rebuilding, the whole thing goes. It has happened over and over and over again down through history, including within the early Christian church and most all churches that developed since then. Problems of leadership dropped into policy over principle, biblical principle, which resulted in the Roman Catholic Church and everybody else from there. From there, institutionalized secular or religious government or straight religion has been plagued by the same history on varying levels.
So goes humanity.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus, when humanity professing Your name, gets it right.
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The Most Thoroughly Engaging, Entertaining 20 Minutes I've Had All Day
A Tedx Talks with the wonderful guitarists, the Showhawk Duo. This was just incredible. Loved every minute of it. Especially their take on Queen's, Bohemian Rhapsody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIrkhJut4Ew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIrkhJut4Ew
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Did You Know This?
This particular Tucker Carlson segment contains information I really didn't know, specifically, though, in theory and principle and observation it is not surprising.
The bottom line? Unelected people are running the USA. While you might say, "Sure. Of course. Obviously," there are some details to modern American history I was not aware of and found this pretty incredible. True, though, according to Carlson.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIrkhJut4Ew
I am reading all over the place Joe Biden is toast. He will be removed from office in due time. Nobody wants VP Harris in the Oval Office. Kevin McCarthy, next in line, God forbid. But, in reality, it does not matter because the people running the country are not elected, and many not even known by the citizenship. I've been seeing the next Democrat candidate will be Michelle Obama. Yeah, God Forbid on that one, too.
Things are going to get sketchy this year. Surprises are coming, which, when you understand how the system now works, are not surprising at all.
I continue to be saddened Carlson continues with abandon to call America a Democracy. It is not. Never has been, and never should be. Again, it is a Constitutional Republic that employs some aspects of democratic systems to elect representatives, that's it. And those aspects are held in check, well, should be held in check by principles of Constitutional provisions and law, the rule of law, not the rule of the majority, which is what a democracy is. The Founders, the Framers, were as opposed to a democracy as they were kingly power.
As Benjamin Franklin is reported to have said, "A Republic, if you can keep it."
The bottom line? Unelected people are running the USA. While you might say, "Sure. Of course. Obviously," there are some details to modern American history I was not aware of and found this pretty incredible. True, though, according to Carlson.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIrkhJut4Ew
I am reading all over the place Joe Biden is toast. He will be removed from office in due time. Nobody wants VP Harris in the Oval Office. Kevin McCarthy, next in line, God forbid. But, in reality, it does not matter because the people running the country are not elected, and many not even known by the citizenship. I've been seeing the next Democrat candidate will be Michelle Obama. Yeah, God Forbid on that one, too.
Things are going to get sketchy this year. Surprises are coming, which, when you understand how the system now works, are not surprising at all.
I continue to be saddened Carlson continues with abandon to call America a Democracy. It is not. Never has been, and never should be. Again, it is a Constitutional Republic that employs some aspects of democratic systems to elect representatives, that's it. And those aspects are held in check, well, should be held in check by principles of Constitutional provisions and law, the rule of law, not the rule of the majority, which is what a democracy is. The Founders, the Framers, were as opposed to a democracy as they were kingly power.
As Benjamin Franklin is reported to have said, "A Republic, if you can keep it."
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A Pope With Potty Mouth?
I waited several days before posting about this, just in case reports were inaccurate.
Back in 2014, the Spanish-speaking Pope mixed up a couple Italian words and dropped an F-bomb in a sermon. Such an accident of bi-lingual speech could not hide his disdain for certain elements in the Catholic priesthood that actually practice canonical Catholicism by refusing absolution to people not repentant of their sins. The Pope said it should be given regardless. He chastised those "delinquent" priests. He got a lot saltier, though.
"According to reports, Francis also used his speech to rant against “f***ing careerists who f*** up the lives of others”.
The Pope also criticised “those who climb to show their a**”, the Italian media outlet Daily Compass reported."
catholicherald.co.uk/pope-francis-rants-against-delinquent-priests-who-withhold-absolution-2/
Here's the thing. In this age, with all its pressures and stressors and hassles and such, emotions can climb to the top and we all can say things we wish never leapt past our lips. That's fine for us commoners. The Pope is claimed to be God on Earth, the sweet Christ on Earth, Christ in the person of the Pontifex Maximus, etc.
You cannot call the man, just a man, and then also call Him Christ on Earth, the Vicar, the representative of Christ on Earth, and throw away your book of manners and dive into some rough language to make a point.
Col 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Indeed, all popes are, just men (save for Pope Joan, of course). They are not a "holy father," they are not only not "in place of Christ," they are the antithesis of the biblical Saviour; that which is represented by the apostle Paul's term - the man of sin - in 2 Thes. 2...
2Thes 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Thes 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
A tremendous amount of pomp and circumstance surrounds the popes to this day but, there was a time when the pomp was so over the top, ALL Reformers, all of them, for centuries, recognized the biblical man of sin, the antichrist, as the popes, the papacy of the Roman Catholic Church.
That view is still a biblical truth.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Back in 2014, the Spanish-speaking Pope mixed up a couple Italian words and dropped an F-bomb in a sermon. Such an accident of bi-lingual speech could not hide his disdain for certain elements in the Catholic priesthood that actually practice canonical Catholicism by refusing absolution to people not repentant of their sins. The Pope said it should be given regardless. He chastised those "delinquent" priests. He got a lot saltier, though.
"According to reports, Francis also used his speech to rant against “f***ing careerists who f*** up the lives of others”.
The Pope also criticised “those who climb to show their a**”, the Italian media outlet Daily Compass reported."
catholicherald.co.uk/pope-francis-rants-against-delinquent-priests-who-withhold-absolution-2/
Here's the thing. In this age, with all its pressures and stressors and hassles and such, emotions can climb to the top and we all can say things we wish never leapt past our lips. That's fine for us commoners. The Pope is claimed to be God on Earth, the sweet Christ on Earth, Christ in the person of the Pontifex Maximus, etc.
You cannot call the man, just a man, and then also call Him Christ on Earth, the Vicar, the representative of Christ on Earth, and throw away your book of manners and dive into some rough language to make a point.
Col 3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Indeed, all popes are, just men (save for Pope Joan, of course). They are not a "holy father," they are not only not "in place of Christ," they are the antithesis of the biblical Saviour; that which is represented by the apostle Paul's term - the man of sin - in 2 Thes. 2...
2Thes 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Thes 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
A tremendous amount of pomp and circumstance surrounds the popes to this day but, there was a time when the pomp was so over the top, ALL Reformers, all of them, for centuries, recognized the biblical man of sin, the antichrist, as the popes, the papacy of the Roman Catholic Church.
That view is still a biblical truth.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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A New Miracle?
To continue on with the issues of Romanism in our world... when I was raised Catholic, I spent many years going to Mass, and saw the ritual of the priests handling the "Host," the Eucharist taken out of its container, called a monstrance, and held up before the congregation as the very bodily essence of Christ, about to be immolated, again, I never really understood what was happening until I was born again, became a Protestant, studied religious history and all things Catholic and had a veritable cascade of bombs dropped on my mind. If you look up the monstrance you will see pictures of a glass case in the middle of a golden sun burst. I have never seen one that is not an image of the sun, and the wafer, the host itself, has an embossed image of the sun on it. It's all borrowed from paganism. Before it is removed by the priest for the intended ritual ceremony, it is worshipped, literally. A wafer in a glass case, worshipped by Catholic adherents during the mass. It is worshipped as Christ because it is about to turn into the body of Christ. The priest breaks it, consumes it, and then takes a chalice full of small wafers and gives each kneeling worshipper a wafer, placed on their tongues, where it supposedly turns into the real body of Christ: transubstantiation.
I was sent this YT link and wanted to share it with you. Decide for yourself what you are looking at. Such events have taken place many times over the centuries, which Catholics claim is proof of her place as the true church and Mother of all churches. Remember, even Satan used the Egyptian priests to make it look like their staffs turned into serpents. The Bible has stated its warnings against the "miraculous" as proof of God's presence. Only the preeminent Word of God makes something from God. The believer is to go by the Word, not their senses.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJe5ng_m83o
You will see what looks like a throbbing mass of something in the glass case. A miracle? Satanic deception? Just some post-video CGI?
I find it odd there is a rather subdued calm in the church, especially for those on the rostrum. Take a look yourself and know this. The time is going to come when Satan will use "all power, signs and lying wonders" through the man of sin, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God so that he, as God, sitting in the temple of God (the church on Earth), shows himself that he is God.
Pope Leo XIII, "We hold upon this Earth the place of God Almighty."
No, they do not. But, the dog and pony show coming will convince all, who do not study their Bibles, to believe he is the Representative of Christ on Earth.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
I was sent this YT link and wanted to share it with you. Decide for yourself what you are looking at. Such events have taken place many times over the centuries, which Catholics claim is proof of her place as the true church and Mother of all churches. Remember, even Satan used the Egyptian priests to make it look like their staffs turned into serpents. The Bible has stated its warnings against the "miraculous" as proof of God's presence. Only the preeminent Word of God makes something from God. The believer is to go by the Word, not their senses.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJe5ng_m83o
You will see what looks like a throbbing mass of something in the glass case. A miracle? Satanic deception? Just some post-video CGI?
I find it odd there is a rather subdued calm in the church, especially for those on the rostrum. Take a look yourself and know this. The time is going to come when Satan will use "all power, signs and lying wonders" through the man of sin, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God so that he, as God, sitting in the temple of God (the church on Earth), shows himself that he is God.
Pope Leo XIII, "We hold upon this Earth the place of God Almighty."
No, they do not. But, the dog and pony show coming will convince all, who do not study their Bibles, to believe he is the Representative of Christ on Earth.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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723. Absolute Garbage - January 20, 2023
Some reading this will feel I am being overly harsh in the title of this post. I understand that. Despite the possibility of being seen as unduly harsh, I forge ahead, regardless, because I believe the content of what I am going to address is filled, saturated with greatest attacks upon God's character ever known to man.
In the Jerusalem Post, for Jan. 19, 2023, is an article about a priest who had a heart attack, died and went to hell, come back to share his experience. The article is not specific about the religious faith of this priest: Roman Catholic, Russian or Greek Orthodox, Anglican or whatever.
www.jpost.com/omg/article-729030
I will place the bulk of the article here, paragraph by paragraph. I will underline pertinent places and number them.
"Priest says he went to Hell, wouldn't wish it on his worst enemy
"Priest Gerald Johnson says he went to Hell after suffering a heart attack and describes the things he saw in a series of TikTok videos.
"Priest Gerald Johnson from Michigan claimed to have visited Hell (1) after suffering a heart attack and said the experience changed his life forever.
"I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy," (2) he said.
"Johnson posted his claims in a series of TikToks and claimed that he was sent to Hell (3) in February of 2016 after his heart attack. In one of his more viral videos, which got 3.7 million views, Johnson said that he indeed saw real Hell.
"I was there and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. I don't care what he did to me. No one deserves that." (4)
"The priest from Michigan described the moment when he was launched to the center of the Earth (5) where he says Hell is.
"My spirit left my physical body, (6) and I thought I was on my way up [to Heaven]," he remembered. "I thought I did so much good during my life and that I helped so many people, (7) but even so, I went down [to Hell]. I entered the very center of the Earth. The things I saw there are indescribable. It brings up so many difficult feelings when I talk about it."
"So what happens in hell? Johnson, a priest of seven years, described some of the things he witnessed when he visited Hell including a man "walking on all fours like a dog and getting burned from head to toe. His eyes were bulging and worse than that: He was wearing chains on his neck. He was like a hellhound. There was a demon holding the chains." (8)
"He added that "like telepathically, I knew that the demon was sent in this man's life to ride him from his childhood to his death." (9)
"Johnson explained that the demon knows if he succeeds in making people not serve God and do bad things, he will overpower them in Hell where they will be his slaves. (10)
"We are slaves on Earth to the influence of the demon, and were are tortured dogs in Hell." (11)
"Gerald Johnson Johnson continued, adding that there is a section of Hell where music is played. He says he heard songs there like Rihanna's "Umbrella" and Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry Be Happy". Sounds nice, right? No. He said that it's not the original artists who sing the songs, but a group of demons that use the words to torture us.
"He added that "every word of every song was made to torture you for the fact that you didn't worship God through music while you were on Earth." (12)
"To end, Johnson revealed how he escaped Hell and returned to Earth.
"I was angry with God because I did so much good in my life and ended up in Hell," he said. "I rose up out of Hell and returned to Earth - and God spoke to me. He said ' you were secretly angry with people who harmed you, you hoped I would punish them. These are not your people. These are my people. (13) I just want you to focus on the task I give you.' Even though I did good, the thing I had in my heart was a lack of forgiveness for the people who wronged me.
"A man who cannot forgive is a man who forgot that he was forgiven. That is my experience from Hell. It's a completely real place." (14)
This is a pretty typical testimony from people who have "died" and gone to "hell" and came back. I have seen many over the last 40 years, including testimonies from Protestant preachers. Same type of thing. Some did not claim to die. They just talk about "hell" as though the Bible portrays what goes on in this supposed real place.
Before I get into the man's testimony, know this is not an attack on the man. I don't know him. I have no reason to attack him. I am attacking his story, and the typical view of "hell" in general.
As I have testified myself here, as a young Roman Catholic, the doctrine of "hell" and "Purgatory" were the largest forces and influences upon me becoming an atheist. Millions have denied the existence of God because of this heinous and disgusting doctrine. In fact, if you read materials from pagan sources, their version of eternal torment is not half what Roman Catholicism vaulted and bequeathed to her Protestant daughters. I have read from Catholic books and scared the life out of adults. Once, a young boy, the son of the man I did our radio program together with, was so traumatized he cried, just listening to us on the radio. His mother could not comfort him. FEAR. Does the God of the universe intimidate with fear? Is that His central appeal to sinners? "Come to Me or else?" It is not. To date, no one has shown me a single reference to such a place in 4000 years of Old Testament history. In every reference to fire being associated with judgment upon the wicked or lost, the fires do their work and go out. Show me something otherwise. In fact, not a single person in the OT was warned by God if they died an unrepentant sinner they would go to a place of fire. Not one. If there is one, I am unaware if them.
For 4,000 years God never warned a single person they would burn forever if they died unsaved. How can that possibly be just? It isn't, anymore than someone breaking the law here in Texas and not knowing such a crime carries with it the death penalty. And mind you, it is a death sentence. What would people think if a murderer sat in a chair and a switch were thrown every minute for the rest of his life, not killing him but, getting as close as possible. That is called cruel and unusual punishment, negated by law; the laws of sinful mankind yet, professed Christians have no problem believing God, who is love, will torture people forever. The wages of sin is not death, as the Bible point blank states. No, the wages of sin is eternal torture in a fire lit by God, that never goes out, a supernatural fire foreign to mankind's experience. I'm just addressing this from common sense and logic. I have addressed the subject at length here, from Scripture, more than once in the last couple of years.
On to Mr. Johnson's testimony.
1. How does Mr. Johnson know He went to "Hell?" Did God tell Him it was Hell? If he had a heart attack and died then he was dead. The Bible says the dead know nothing. All their thoughts and emotions perish, Ecc. 9:5,6.
The concept of a ghost, called a "soul," living inside human beings is a pagan concept, popularized by the Greek philosopher, Plato. It is a concept foreign to the Bible. You must read it into certain popular passages of the Testaments. We are made from the dirt, go back to the dirt and time passes to one of two resurrections: of the just when Christ returns, and a thousand years later, the unjust, at the White Throne judgment.
The Bible declares a human is a combination of spirit, soul and body, all meant to be sanctified, set apart and made holy by connection to Christ, through the indwelling Holy Spirit. Spirit, is a human's intellectual nature. Soul, is a human's emotional nature. Body, is a human's physical nature. If you look up all places in the Bible where soul and spirit are found, the truth becomes abundantly clear and cannot be undone by a few passages in the NT oft used to state otherwise. A soul is a life, a living breathing person, not a ghost that gets out at death. That's Plato, not Scripture.
2. Johnson would not wish hell upon his worst enemy BUT, professed Christians believe God wishes it upon His worst enemies so, apparently, the sinful human has a kinder more merciful heart and mind that the Creator and Saviour, Who died for all mankind. That is simple ignorance and lack of any knowledge of the true nature and character of God shown throughout the Bible.
3. Johnson was sent to Hell. He didn't just find himself there by any kind of accident. God sent him there. God lights the fire of the place, God sends people there, as "souls," then as resurrected humans, to experience unimaginable torture and torment forever. If that is God, I reject such a tyrant. Even the flames of the ovens went out in WW2. But, no, God can only be satisfied by burning people forever, even if they only lived 15, 20, 25 years, or even a hundred years, centuries, as the Patriarchs in Genesis. They burn forever. "Forever and ever." Think. What would you see if you saw what the apostle John saw in vision, a planet burning, going up in smoke, at the very end of time? How would you describe that column of smoke? He said it went up forever. Ever have a chore you said will take you forever to accomplish? I'll wager you have heard your children say it many times. Chores and "forever" go hand in hand.
Did you know the Bible uses the term "forever" over 5 dozen times to describe something decidedly not forever? If people actually studied the entire Bible, that fact would become clear, and all such places the term is used would be defined by context and the full testimony of Scripture on any given word and subject.
4. No one deserves Hell, says the priest, yet He presides over a doctrine which states God says people that sin and die without salvation DO deserve it. Once again, THE SINFUL HUMAN HAS A BETTER CHARACTER THAN GOD? Seriously? Do people actually think about what they state their belief about "hell?" Can anything more gross be stated? The man has been a priest for seven years. Has he resigned, now that he has seen "hell" and the God he serves says, 'Yes, they do deserve to go there?"
5. How does he know he went to the center of the Earth? The temperature in the molten core of the planet is as high as 13,000 degrees. Nothing natural could survive at such temperatures, including rock. But, the lost do? How? You say God makes them supernatural? And that information is found where? "Our God is a consuming fire." When the fire of God, His full, unleashed glory, is blasted forth at the end of the millennium, the Bible says it falls and "devours" the lost, Rev 20:9. The Greek word is 'katesthio' which means, 'to eat down.' When locusts devour vegetation do they just start eating the dirt? No. They move on and when all vegetation is devoured, the plague is over. When the fire of God devours what can be devoured, that is it. The fire goes out and God ultimately recreates a new Earth; no central oven where below the righteous the unrighteous are roasting and toasting in unimaginable agony. Such a concept is preposterous! Only the righteous are granted supernatural immortality, not the lost. God alone has immortality and bestows upon whom He will, 1 Tim. 6:16; 1 Cor. 15: 53,54; Rev, 3:5. The wages of sin is death, Rom. 6:23, not eternal dying. The gift of God is eternal life. Only the righteous experience it.
6. How does he know his "spirit" left his physical body? First, nobody has a ghost inside them. That's a pagan philosophical fairytale designed to explain the errors of life in mortal bodies, succumbing to what is known to be wrong all the time. The remedy? When you die, your bad body goes to Hades and your good soul gets out and lives in happiness. Hades, in the Greek, means the grave, just as the word Sheol means, in the Hebrew, also translated "hell." Sheol is translated 'hell' but, it means the pit, the grave we all go to, regardless of character and the life lived. Thank about that. EVERYBODY goes to sheol. If "hell" is the correct translation, everybody is going to "hell." Does that boat float for you? It totally sinks for me, as completely out of harmony with the testimony of Scripture. Johnson can have no actual idea what he experienced. The Bible says when you die your thoughts perish. That means Johnson may have seemed dead but, chemical processes continued. Do you think Satan and his supernatural host have no control over man's machinery and medical devices? Seriously? Men can make devices state untruths. Lucifer cannot? Please, do let us have common sense. His heart attack was real. His death was not, nor what he saw in his mind while yet functioning in his brain.
7. Mr. Johnson apparently believes in salvation by good works. If he does not understand the truth of salvation, do not trust he has an inside track on what happens when we die. That is foolishness on parade.
8. Sorry, in 13,000 degrees, there are no chains. There is nothing solid. What he saw is nonsense.
9. This just amazes me. The Bible states, point blank, the fire is kindled for the devil and his angels, Matt. 25:41. But, Ray, it says everlasting fire. Do you not know what everlasting fire is? You say, it's fire that lasts forever? Wrong.
Jude 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Think. Are Sodom and Gomorrah still burning? No. Than what is everlasting? The fire? No. The judgment, the vengeance of God upon sin is final. If the final judgment was reserved for Lucifer and the angels who rebelled with them, demons would not be playing around with lost humans, as slaves. This is all their fault. Sin and rebellion began with them. They are reserved in symbolic "chains" they cannot escape from. Think. They are not burning now. They cannot be in two places at once. Either they are in "hell" or they are loose on Earth. How can those they caused to sin be burning now while they are allowed to run around and wreak havoc all over the planet? Is that justice? That would be the height of injustice. If anything, the lost will be smacking the demons with chains and sticks and stones. But, wait. There are no chains, or sticks or stones in 13,000 degrees. I guess they could kick the demons forever. But, wait. Everybody is a disembodied ghost. No necks for chains and no feet to kick with. Do you see the absolute nonsense of the entire premise? This adult priest believes in total absurdity and rubbish a child could see through.
10. Sorry, justice would decree the demons get theirs first, and everybody else gets to treat them as slaves. They are responsible. This idea of demons treating the lost at their pleasure is so repugnant it is mindboggling how believers can go with this foolishness. According to the doctrine, ALL are tortured forever. The demons and Lucifer are not having a party down there. The fire is prepared for them! That's what Jesus said. That settles it.
11. Tortured dogs in hell. Might work as a fantasy script for a horror movie. It bears no semblance of truth as far as the Bible goes. It cannot even work as a fantasy. Not enough common sense. Totally unbelievable yet, MILLIONS believe it! God have mercy.
12. If you believe demonic choirs exist in "hell" you are dumb as a box of rocks. I'm sorry but, not sorry. You are not thinking and using the brain God gave you. Wake up.
13. I will admit to not quite understanding the context of stating "These are My people." Who? The lost, God is torturing? His people? Hardly. Sinners that harmed Mr. Johnson? Let the Bible state it:
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John 1:13 Which were born, [again] not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Believers are His people. Children of the wicked one, members of the synagogue of Satan, are not God's people. Yes, God's people, sincere ones seeking truth, out in spiritual, prophetic Babylon are His people and He calls them out onto the platform of eternal truth. There are sheep and goats for a reason. God does not have citizens in His kingdom who are not born again in Christ. However sincere, a change of heart and mind must take place to enter the family of God. Jesus said, "You must be born again." It is not an option. Mr. Johnson's speaking for God is erroneous.
14. Is "hell" a completely real place? The grave, sure. Some place in the center of the Earth or any other imagined place where souls are now roasting and toasting before the final judgment of humanity takes place? God forbid. How such a lie became so popular is the work of Mother Rome over many centuries. It is a gross attack on God's character, government and purposes and should be out and out rejected with prejudice. The doctrine is garbage and needs to be thrown into Gehenna. That's a word translated "hell" in the Gospels. That was a burning dump outside Jerusalem where trash, garbage and the bodies of dead animals and dead criminals were thrown, to be reduced to ashes. Nothing to burn, the fire can only be as perpetual as material exists to consume. Our God is a consuming fire. He consumes sin in us now, or we shall consume to ashes in the day He judges the world.
I can only hope Gerald Johnson sees past his delusions someday. The same goes for all those who believe lies from the father of lies; especially those handed out by Mother Rome.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
In the Jerusalem Post, for Jan. 19, 2023, is an article about a priest who had a heart attack, died and went to hell, come back to share his experience. The article is not specific about the religious faith of this priest: Roman Catholic, Russian or Greek Orthodox, Anglican or whatever.
www.jpost.com/omg/article-729030
I will place the bulk of the article here, paragraph by paragraph. I will underline pertinent places and number them.
"Priest says he went to Hell, wouldn't wish it on his worst enemy
"Priest Gerald Johnson says he went to Hell after suffering a heart attack and describes the things he saw in a series of TikTok videos.
"Priest Gerald Johnson from Michigan claimed to have visited Hell (1) after suffering a heart attack and said the experience changed his life forever.
"I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy," (2) he said.
"Johnson posted his claims in a series of TikToks and claimed that he was sent to Hell (3) in February of 2016 after his heart attack. In one of his more viral videos, which got 3.7 million views, Johnson said that he indeed saw real Hell.
"I was there and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. I don't care what he did to me. No one deserves that." (4)
"The priest from Michigan described the moment when he was launched to the center of the Earth (5) where he says Hell is.
"My spirit left my physical body, (6) and I thought I was on my way up [to Heaven]," he remembered. "I thought I did so much good during my life and that I helped so many people, (7) but even so, I went down [to Hell]. I entered the very center of the Earth. The things I saw there are indescribable. It brings up so many difficult feelings when I talk about it."
"So what happens in hell? Johnson, a priest of seven years, described some of the things he witnessed when he visited Hell including a man "walking on all fours like a dog and getting burned from head to toe. His eyes were bulging and worse than that: He was wearing chains on his neck. He was like a hellhound. There was a demon holding the chains." (8)
"He added that "like telepathically, I knew that the demon was sent in this man's life to ride him from his childhood to his death." (9)
"Johnson explained that the demon knows if he succeeds in making people not serve God and do bad things, he will overpower them in Hell where they will be his slaves. (10)
"We are slaves on Earth to the influence of the demon, and were are tortured dogs in Hell." (11)
"Gerald Johnson Johnson continued, adding that there is a section of Hell where music is played. He says he heard songs there like Rihanna's "Umbrella" and Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry Be Happy". Sounds nice, right? No. He said that it's not the original artists who sing the songs, but a group of demons that use the words to torture us.
"He added that "every word of every song was made to torture you for the fact that you didn't worship God through music while you were on Earth." (12)
"To end, Johnson revealed how he escaped Hell and returned to Earth.
"I was angry with God because I did so much good in my life and ended up in Hell," he said. "I rose up out of Hell and returned to Earth - and God spoke to me. He said ' you were secretly angry with people who harmed you, you hoped I would punish them. These are not your people. These are my people. (13) I just want you to focus on the task I give you.' Even though I did good, the thing I had in my heart was a lack of forgiveness for the people who wronged me.
"A man who cannot forgive is a man who forgot that he was forgiven. That is my experience from Hell. It's a completely real place." (14)
This is a pretty typical testimony from people who have "died" and gone to "hell" and came back. I have seen many over the last 40 years, including testimonies from Protestant preachers. Same type of thing. Some did not claim to die. They just talk about "hell" as though the Bible portrays what goes on in this supposed real place.
Before I get into the man's testimony, know this is not an attack on the man. I don't know him. I have no reason to attack him. I am attacking his story, and the typical view of "hell" in general.
As I have testified myself here, as a young Roman Catholic, the doctrine of "hell" and "Purgatory" were the largest forces and influences upon me becoming an atheist. Millions have denied the existence of God because of this heinous and disgusting doctrine. In fact, if you read materials from pagan sources, their version of eternal torment is not half what Roman Catholicism vaulted and bequeathed to her Protestant daughters. I have read from Catholic books and scared the life out of adults. Once, a young boy, the son of the man I did our radio program together with, was so traumatized he cried, just listening to us on the radio. His mother could not comfort him. FEAR. Does the God of the universe intimidate with fear? Is that His central appeal to sinners? "Come to Me or else?" It is not. To date, no one has shown me a single reference to such a place in 4000 years of Old Testament history. In every reference to fire being associated with judgment upon the wicked or lost, the fires do their work and go out. Show me something otherwise. In fact, not a single person in the OT was warned by God if they died an unrepentant sinner they would go to a place of fire. Not one. If there is one, I am unaware if them.
For 4,000 years God never warned a single person they would burn forever if they died unsaved. How can that possibly be just? It isn't, anymore than someone breaking the law here in Texas and not knowing such a crime carries with it the death penalty. And mind you, it is a death sentence. What would people think if a murderer sat in a chair and a switch were thrown every minute for the rest of his life, not killing him but, getting as close as possible. That is called cruel and unusual punishment, negated by law; the laws of sinful mankind yet, professed Christians have no problem believing God, who is love, will torture people forever. The wages of sin is not death, as the Bible point blank states. No, the wages of sin is eternal torture in a fire lit by God, that never goes out, a supernatural fire foreign to mankind's experience. I'm just addressing this from common sense and logic. I have addressed the subject at length here, from Scripture, more than once in the last couple of years.
On to Mr. Johnson's testimony.
1. How does Mr. Johnson know He went to "Hell?" Did God tell Him it was Hell? If he had a heart attack and died then he was dead. The Bible says the dead know nothing. All their thoughts and emotions perish, Ecc. 9:5,6.
The concept of a ghost, called a "soul," living inside human beings is a pagan concept, popularized by the Greek philosopher, Plato. It is a concept foreign to the Bible. You must read it into certain popular passages of the Testaments. We are made from the dirt, go back to the dirt and time passes to one of two resurrections: of the just when Christ returns, and a thousand years later, the unjust, at the White Throne judgment.
The Bible declares a human is a combination of spirit, soul and body, all meant to be sanctified, set apart and made holy by connection to Christ, through the indwelling Holy Spirit. Spirit, is a human's intellectual nature. Soul, is a human's emotional nature. Body, is a human's physical nature. If you look up all places in the Bible where soul and spirit are found, the truth becomes abundantly clear and cannot be undone by a few passages in the NT oft used to state otherwise. A soul is a life, a living breathing person, not a ghost that gets out at death. That's Plato, not Scripture.
2. Johnson would not wish hell upon his worst enemy BUT, professed Christians believe God wishes it upon His worst enemies so, apparently, the sinful human has a kinder more merciful heart and mind that the Creator and Saviour, Who died for all mankind. That is simple ignorance and lack of any knowledge of the true nature and character of God shown throughout the Bible.
3. Johnson was sent to Hell. He didn't just find himself there by any kind of accident. God sent him there. God lights the fire of the place, God sends people there, as "souls," then as resurrected humans, to experience unimaginable torture and torment forever. If that is God, I reject such a tyrant. Even the flames of the ovens went out in WW2. But, no, God can only be satisfied by burning people forever, even if they only lived 15, 20, 25 years, or even a hundred years, centuries, as the Patriarchs in Genesis. They burn forever. "Forever and ever." Think. What would you see if you saw what the apostle John saw in vision, a planet burning, going up in smoke, at the very end of time? How would you describe that column of smoke? He said it went up forever. Ever have a chore you said will take you forever to accomplish? I'll wager you have heard your children say it many times. Chores and "forever" go hand in hand.
Did you know the Bible uses the term "forever" over 5 dozen times to describe something decidedly not forever? If people actually studied the entire Bible, that fact would become clear, and all such places the term is used would be defined by context and the full testimony of Scripture on any given word and subject.
4. No one deserves Hell, says the priest, yet He presides over a doctrine which states God says people that sin and die without salvation DO deserve it. Once again, THE SINFUL HUMAN HAS A BETTER CHARACTER THAN GOD? Seriously? Do people actually think about what they state their belief about "hell?" Can anything more gross be stated? The man has been a priest for seven years. Has he resigned, now that he has seen "hell" and the God he serves says, 'Yes, they do deserve to go there?"
5. How does he know he went to the center of the Earth? The temperature in the molten core of the planet is as high as 13,000 degrees. Nothing natural could survive at such temperatures, including rock. But, the lost do? How? You say God makes them supernatural? And that information is found where? "Our God is a consuming fire." When the fire of God, His full, unleashed glory, is blasted forth at the end of the millennium, the Bible says it falls and "devours" the lost, Rev 20:9. The Greek word is 'katesthio' which means, 'to eat down.' When locusts devour vegetation do they just start eating the dirt? No. They move on and when all vegetation is devoured, the plague is over. When the fire of God devours what can be devoured, that is it. The fire goes out and God ultimately recreates a new Earth; no central oven where below the righteous the unrighteous are roasting and toasting in unimaginable agony. Such a concept is preposterous! Only the righteous are granted supernatural immortality, not the lost. God alone has immortality and bestows upon whom He will, 1 Tim. 6:16; 1 Cor. 15: 53,54; Rev, 3:5. The wages of sin is death, Rom. 6:23, not eternal dying. The gift of God is eternal life. Only the righteous experience it.
6. How does he know his "spirit" left his physical body? First, nobody has a ghost inside them. That's a pagan philosophical fairytale designed to explain the errors of life in mortal bodies, succumbing to what is known to be wrong all the time. The remedy? When you die, your bad body goes to Hades and your good soul gets out and lives in happiness. Hades, in the Greek, means the grave, just as the word Sheol means, in the Hebrew, also translated "hell." Sheol is translated 'hell' but, it means the pit, the grave we all go to, regardless of character and the life lived. Thank about that. EVERYBODY goes to sheol. If "hell" is the correct translation, everybody is going to "hell." Does that boat float for you? It totally sinks for me, as completely out of harmony with the testimony of Scripture. Johnson can have no actual idea what he experienced. The Bible says when you die your thoughts perish. That means Johnson may have seemed dead but, chemical processes continued. Do you think Satan and his supernatural host have no control over man's machinery and medical devices? Seriously? Men can make devices state untruths. Lucifer cannot? Please, do let us have common sense. His heart attack was real. His death was not, nor what he saw in his mind while yet functioning in his brain.
7. Mr. Johnson apparently believes in salvation by good works. If he does not understand the truth of salvation, do not trust he has an inside track on what happens when we die. That is foolishness on parade.
8. Sorry, in 13,000 degrees, there are no chains. There is nothing solid. What he saw is nonsense.
9. This just amazes me. The Bible states, point blank, the fire is kindled for the devil and his angels, Matt. 25:41. But, Ray, it says everlasting fire. Do you not know what everlasting fire is? You say, it's fire that lasts forever? Wrong.
Jude 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Think. Are Sodom and Gomorrah still burning? No. Than what is everlasting? The fire? No. The judgment, the vengeance of God upon sin is final. If the final judgment was reserved for Lucifer and the angels who rebelled with them, demons would not be playing around with lost humans, as slaves. This is all their fault. Sin and rebellion began with them. They are reserved in symbolic "chains" they cannot escape from. Think. They are not burning now. They cannot be in two places at once. Either they are in "hell" or they are loose on Earth. How can those they caused to sin be burning now while they are allowed to run around and wreak havoc all over the planet? Is that justice? That would be the height of injustice. If anything, the lost will be smacking the demons with chains and sticks and stones. But, wait. There are no chains, or sticks or stones in 13,000 degrees. I guess they could kick the demons forever. But, wait. Everybody is a disembodied ghost. No necks for chains and no feet to kick with. Do you see the absolute nonsense of the entire premise? This adult priest believes in total absurdity and rubbish a child could see through.
10. Sorry, justice would decree the demons get theirs first, and everybody else gets to treat them as slaves. They are responsible. This idea of demons treating the lost at their pleasure is so repugnant it is mindboggling how believers can go with this foolishness. According to the doctrine, ALL are tortured forever. The demons and Lucifer are not having a party down there. The fire is prepared for them! That's what Jesus said. That settles it.
11. Tortured dogs in hell. Might work as a fantasy script for a horror movie. It bears no semblance of truth as far as the Bible goes. It cannot even work as a fantasy. Not enough common sense. Totally unbelievable yet, MILLIONS believe it! God have mercy.
12. If you believe demonic choirs exist in "hell" you are dumb as a box of rocks. I'm sorry but, not sorry. You are not thinking and using the brain God gave you. Wake up.
13. I will admit to not quite understanding the context of stating "These are My people." Who? The lost, God is torturing? His people? Hardly. Sinners that harmed Mr. Johnson? Let the Bible state it:
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John 1:13 Which were born, [again] not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Believers are His people. Children of the wicked one, members of the synagogue of Satan, are not God's people. Yes, God's people, sincere ones seeking truth, out in spiritual, prophetic Babylon are His people and He calls them out onto the platform of eternal truth. There are sheep and goats for a reason. God does not have citizens in His kingdom who are not born again in Christ. However sincere, a change of heart and mind must take place to enter the family of God. Jesus said, "You must be born again." It is not an option. Mr. Johnson's speaking for God is erroneous.
14. Is "hell" a completely real place? The grave, sure. Some place in the center of the Earth or any other imagined place where souls are now roasting and toasting before the final judgment of humanity takes place? God forbid. How such a lie became so popular is the work of Mother Rome over many centuries. It is a gross attack on God's character, government and purposes and should be out and out rejected with prejudice. The doctrine is garbage and needs to be thrown into Gehenna. That's a word translated "hell" in the Gospels. That was a burning dump outside Jerusalem where trash, garbage and the bodies of dead animals and dead criminals were thrown, to be reduced to ashes. Nothing to burn, the fire can only be as perpetual as material exists to consume. Our God is a consuming fire. He consumes sin in us now, or we shall consume to ashes in the day He judges the world.
I can only hope Gerald Johnson sees past his delusions someday. The same goes for all those who believe lies from the father of lies; especially those handed out by Mother Rome.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Congressman Believes Bible Shows UFOs.
I have mentioned Congressman Tim Burchett, (R-TN) here before. He has been very vocal about the government burying what it knows about UFOs or, as they are referred to now, by those too sophisticated to say UFO; UAP - Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.
Burchett is a professed Christian and believes the book of Ezekiel is showing evidence for UFOs. I already covered this, at length, in a previous post, not too long ago. I won't repeat here but, one does not have to be a theologian to realize Ezekiel's vision was not of a UFO, not by a long shot. That said, many believe it is, without anything but, their imaginations and preconceived notions to foster that erroneous position.
I bring it up because Burchett, as a member of Congress, and an outspoken member regarding government corruption, cover-ups and secrecy, has more influence on the subject of transparency and disclosure than most other voices in UFOlogy. I'm not saying he'll have any success towards disclosure but, he could certainly have a growing impact on his fellow members of the House and Senate. Ezekiel 1 is not going to buy him any points, though.
This subject remains in the news because it is newsworthy. No longer the brunt of jokes and sarcasm, the subject is not going away. I continue to believe Satan is going to use it in last-day deceptions. All we can do is watch.
www.mediaite.com/weird/tennessee-congressman-says-bible-has-pretty-clear-evidence-of-ufo-sighting-calls-on-feds-to-stop-the-shenanigans-and-declassify-reports/
Burchett is a professed Christian and believes the book of Ezekiel is showing evidence for UFOs. I already covered this, at length, in a previous post, not too long ago. I won't repeat here but, one does not have to be a theologian to realize Ezekiel's vision was not of a UFO, not by a long shot. That said, many believe it is, without anything but, their imaginations and preconceived notions to foster that erroneous position.
I bring it up because Burchett, as a member of Congress, and an outspoken member regarding government corruption, cover-ups and secrecy, has more influence on the subject of transparency and disclosure than most other voices in UFOlogy. I'm not saying he'll have any success towards disclosure but, he could certainly have a growing impact on his fellow members of the House and Senate. Ezekiel 1 is not going to buy him any points, though.
This subject remains in the news because it is newsworthy. No longer the brunt of jokes and sarcasm, the subject is not going away. I continue to believe Satan is going to use it in last-day deceptions. All we can do is watch.
www.mediaite.com/weird/tennessee-congressman-says-bible-has-pretty-clear-evidence-of-ufo-sighting-calls-on-feds-to-stop-the-shenanigans-and-declassify-reports/
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724. A Challenge to Ken Ham - January 21, 2023
Ken Ham, if you don't know, is the director of Answers in Genesis, a Creationist science/theological ministry. There are many such ministries around the world. AiG is but one of the more well-known ones. I go to their website every week, as I do other such sites, to see what's happening. Today, at the AiG site, an article appears beginning a series they are going to present regarding the subject of Young Earth Evolutionists. Indeed, it seems an oxymoron. Young Earth Creationism has been the term used for scientists who believe the testimony of Genesis 1, a literal, 6-day creation, and believe the scientific evidence and data backs that up to enough degree to see no reason to take Genesis 1 as anything other than the actual, historical recounting of how everything got here. Obviously Naturalism, Materialism, Darwinism, etc., challenges that notion and back and forth the debates go, decade after decade.
The AiG article makes note of one such YEE (as opposed to YEC), R. Joel Duff, and a post he published on the Naturalis Historia website. Both links are below:
answersingenesis.org/young-earth-evolution/should-biblical-creation-become-more-evolution/
thenaturalhistorian.com/2019/08/13/a-challenge-to-ken-ham-send-your-employees-to-professional-science-conferences/
In the professed Christian church, and by that I mean all and everything considering itself Christian; Roman Catholicism to the most ardent Protestantism and everything in between, full blown materialism to young Earth creationism exists. Yeah, really confusing and complicated. Add to that dozens and dozens of translations of the ancient manuscripts into English Bibles, and things compound. The same can be said for doctrines churches hold to. Who and what is correct? The Bible's answer to that is thus -
2Tim 2:15 Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Personal study is the issue. It is not and has never been the role of church leaders to end all understanding and discussion about anything considered truth once they speak or write upon it. No way. Consider this well known passage -
Act 17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Act 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Act 17:12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
Paul and Silas are out doing evangelism, raising up new churches, new assemblies of believers. In Berea, it is stated they were more noble than the people Paul preached to in Thessalonica because the Bereans checked out, for themselves, everything Paul spoke upon. The Bible of that day was what we consider the Old Testament. Those books, scrolls, are what believers used to understand the will of God. They did not take Paul's words as the end of any matter. They checked him out for themselves and are stated to be noble in such an approach. Did Paul mind? Not at all. Such an approach is commended, and the Berean assembly is the only body of believers commended in such a way. Major lesson for us to understand and learn. Someone preaches, and for millions of professed believers, that settles it. That's the beginning and end of a matter. That is a dangerously incorrect approach to truth.
Consider: truth goes from God's infinite mind, into the finite mind of a biblical author, inspired by the Holy Spirit. From that mind it comes out their mouth or by their hand, into the finite mind of another person listening or reading. If you think that process is foolproof, you are decidedly wrong. Any number of misunderstandings or misinterpretations can take place. Ther obviously have. There are a thousand different churches out there. Thousands more religions. How to avoid it? Study. Notice -
Isaiah 28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
The situation being addressed is a dismal one. The priests and prophets were drunk all the time, wobbling around, hardly in a condition to lead anybody. God repeats his admonition and instruction:
Isa 28:13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Here's our choice. Just throw a building together, or use rulers and measuring devices to build something, row by row, nail by nail, stud by stud, rafter by rafter, etc. Otherwise, the building easily succumbs to the elements and falls down. The Jews had so many "leaders" it was pathetic, and these leaders could only fall down and break, be ensnared by pagan onslaught and go into captivity because they refused to study, to take what the Word says, cover to cover, line upon line, precept, command by command and structure things correctly to hold off attack and subtle sophistries the enemy of souls sends their way, sends our way, always. It is a never ending battle and a march, a battle and a march. There is no discharge from God's army. Not in this life. Once you enlist, forces of darkness are enraged and pout forth constant effort to derail us and get us to turn back. Because of "science, falsely so-called," millions of young people are leaving the faith, all around the world. Has science disproven the truth? No. All "evidence" all data is read with colored glasses determined by someone's worldview. It has perverted the worldview the committed Christian should have. Such as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it also be in the days of the coming of the Son of man.
The situation that exists is not one of science. It is one of biblical structure. Figure out what the Bible says and that is it. Science cannot undo it. The Bible is the foundation, the walls and the roof of protection. It remains, while scientists and their data comes and goes.
I do not have to be a professional scientist to understand the truth. For that matter, I need not be a professional theologian, either. I have a Bible, actually a bunch of translations but, even if I had but one, I have study aids to help and I can come to a knowledge of the truth, comparing Scripture with Scripture, line upon line, allowing the Bible to interpret itself. No principle is stronger, no path is safer.
When scientists tell me I must listen to them to know the truth, I reject that on the face of it. Scientists disagree with each other so keenly, so vociferously, it's pathetic to ask people to trust them. Same for doctors, obviously, and the last couple of years showed that so extraordinarily the citizens of the world have yet to process just how bad it is. There is a reason why we are told to get a second opinion when it comes to our health and doctors. The same can be said for clergy and all leaders of any kind. God, alone, is 100% right all the time. His Word is His pledge to us that want to know the truth we can trust the volume to guide us. The fulfilled prophecies are our guarantee the Word can be trusted.
Isa 46:8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
Isa 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
Isa 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
I do not need to know what Catholic theologians are saying at some Catholic conference to have a better understanding of the truth. Neither, then, do any creationists need to attend materialist or naturalist conferences to know how old the Earth is. Either the Bible is the bottom line or it's a waste of time.
What did Jesus say -
Matt 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
That scene shall be experienced, literally. People sure of salvation that refused to do the will of God, as stated in God's Word, will be shocked to hear Christ doesn't know them. Busy 'churchists,' always doing things but, never born again, never changed in heart and mind, trying to save themselves by their good works. That's an impossible task. Same for the "intelligent" among us, the "experts." You cannot smart your way into heaven. The intelligent among mankind have no better path to heaven than a child that puts its trust and faith in Christ.
The Jews were constantly imperiled by maintaining too close a distance and existence to pagan neighbors. The constant path to corruption was experienced by God's chosen people over and over. So much so, the centuries created a people so dense, so lost, they rejected God among them, in the presence of the Messiah. They killed Him. They chose a common thief. The people followed the cries of the leaders, "We have no king but Caesar. Let His blood be on our heads." And so it has been and will continue to be.
Spiritual gifts are God's provision for His church. They are wonderful combinations of guidance and strength in the spiritual body of Christ. Each one has a place. That does not mean they take the place of personal commitment to a thus saith the Lord.
I know what I believe and why I believe it, according to God's Word. Science is not the answer to the world's deepest questions. As much as fields of science accomplish, the science of salvation is the one thing all humanity needs. "You must be born again." "You must be renewed in the spirit of your mind" towards God and mankind. You may love science. If you have no love for your fellowman, no science will save you. No amount of data can or will undo the truth of God's Word and it's sanctifying influence upon each person who partakes of its wisdom and instruction. No matter the hammers that pummel the anvil. The hammers wear out. The anvil remains.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
The AiG article makes note of one such YEE (as opposed to YEC), R. Joel Duff, and a post he published on the Naturalis Historia website. Both links are below:
answersingenesis.org/young-earth-evolution/should-biblical-creation-become-more-evolution/
thenaturalhistorian.com/2019/08/13/a-challenge-to-ken-ham-send-your-employees-to-professional-science-conferences/
In the professed Christian church, and by that I mean all and everything considering itself Christian; Roman Catholicism to the most ardent Protestantism and everything in between, full blown materialism to young Earth creationism exists. Yeah, really confusing and complicated. Add to that dozens and dozens of translations of the ancient manuscripts into English Bibles, and things compound. The same can be said for doctrines churches hold to. Who and what is correct? The Bible's answer to that is thus -
2Tim 2:15 Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Personal study is the issue. It is not and has never been the role of church leaders to end all understanding and discussion about anything considered truth once they speak or write upon it. No way. Consider this well known passage -
Act 17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Act 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Act 17:12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
Paul and Silas are out doing evangelism, raising up new churches, new assemblies of believers. In Berea, it is stated they were more noble than the people Paul preached to in Thessalonica because the Bereans checked out, for themselves, everything Paul spoke upon. The Bible of that day was what we consider the Old Testament. Those books, scrolls, are what believers used to understand the will of God. They did not take Paul's words as the end of any matter. They checked him out for themselves and are stated to be noble in such an approach. Did Paul mind? Not at all. Such an approach is commended, and the Berean assembly is the only body of believers commended in such a way. Major lesson for us to understand and learn. Someone preaches, and for millions of professed believers, that settles it. That's the beginning and end of a matter. That is a dangerously incorrect approach to truth.
Consider: truth goes from God's infinite mind, into the finite mind of a biblical author, inspired by the Holy Spirit. From that mind it comes out their mouth or by their hand, into the finite mind of another person listening or reading. If you think that process is foolproof, you are decidedly wrong. Any number of misunderstandings or misinterpretations can take place. Ther obviously have. There are a thousand different churches out there. Thousands more religions. How to avoid it? Study. Notice -
Isaiah 28:10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
The situation being addressed is a dismal one. The priests and prophets were drunk all the time, wobbling around, hardly in a condition to lead anybody. God repeats his admonition and instruction:
Isa 28:13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.
Here's our choice. Just throw a building together, or use rulers and measuring devices to build something, row by row, nail by nail, stud by stud, rafter by rafter, etc. Otherwise, the building easily succumbs to the elements and falls down. The Jews had so many "leaders" it was pathetic, and these leaders could only fall down and break, be ensnared by pagan onslaught and go into captivity because they refused to study, to take what the Word says, cover to cover, line upon line, precept, command by command and structure things correctly to hold off attack and subtle sophistries the enemy of souls sends their way, sends our way, always. It is a never ending battle and a march, a battle and a march. There is no discharge from God's army. Not in this life. Once you enlist, forces of darkness are enraged and pout forth constant effort to derail us and get us to turn back. Because of "science, falsely so-called," millions of young people are leaving the faith, all around the world. Has science disproven the truth? No. All "evidence" all data is read with colored glasses determined by someone's worldview. It has perverted the worldview the committed Christian should have. Such as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it also be in the days of the coming of the Son of man.
The situation that exists is not one of science. It is one of biblical structure. Figure out what the Bible says and that is it. Science cannot undo it. The Bible is the foundation, the walls and the roof of protection. It remains, while scientists and their data comes and goes.
I do not have to be a professional scientist to understand the truth. For that matter, I need not be a professional theologian, either. I have a Bible, actually a bunch of translations but, even if I had but one, I have study aids to help and I can come to a knowledge of the truth, comparing Scripture with Scripture, line upon line, allowing the Bible to interpret itself. No principle is stronger, no path is safer.
When scientists tell me I must listen to them to know the truth, I reject that on the face of it. Scientists disagree with each other so keenly, so vociferously, it's pathetic to ask people to trust them. Same for doctors, obviously, and the last couple of years showed that so extraordinarily the citizens of the world have yet to process just how bad it is. There is a reason why we are told to get a second opinion when it comes to our health and doctors. The same can be said for clergy and all leaders of any kind. God, alone, is 100% right all the time. His Word is His pledge to us that want to know the truth we can trust the volume to guide us. The fulfilled prophecies are our guarantee the Word can be trusted.
Isa 46:8 Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
Isa 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
Isa 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
I do not need to know what Catholic theologians are saying at some Catholic conference to have a better understanding of the truth. Neither, then, do any creationists need to attend materialist or naturalist conferences to know how old the Earth is. Either the Bible is the bottom line or it's a waste of time.
What did Jesus say -
Matt 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
That scene shall be experienced, literally. People sure of salvation that refused to do the will of God, as stated in God's Word, will be shocked to hear Christ doesn't know them. Busy 'churchists,' always doing things but, never born again, never changed in heart and mind, trying to save themselves by their good works. That's an impossible task. Same for the "intelligent" among us, the "experts." You cannot smart your way into heaven. The intelligent among mankind have no better path to heaven than a child that puts its trust and faith in Christ.
The Jews were constantly imperiled by maintaining too close a distance and existence to pagan neighbors. The constant path to corruption was experienced by God's chosen people over and over. So much so, the centuries created a people so dense, so lost, they rejected God among them, in the presence of the Messiah. They killed Him. They chose a common thief. The people followed the cries of the leaders, "We have no king but Caesar. Let His blood be on our heads." And so it has been and will continue to be.
Spiritual gifts are God's provision for His church. They are wonderful combinations of guidance and strength in the spiritual body of Christ. Each one has a place. That does not mean they take the place of personal commitment to a thus saith the Lord.
I know what I believe and why I believe it, according to God's Word. Science is not the answer to the world's deepest questions. As much as fields of science accomplish, the science of salvation is the one thing all humanity needs. "You must be born again." "You must be renewed in the spirit of your mind" towards God and mankind. You may love science. If you have no love for your fellowman, no science will save you. No amount of data can or will undo the truth of God's Word and it's sanctifying influence upon each person who partakes of its wisdom and instruction. No matter the hammers that pummel the anvil. The hammers wear out. The anvil remains.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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725. Aretha Franklin Cannot Be a "Natural Woman" - Jan. 23, 2023
I was 13 when a 'Natural Woman' was playing on every radio in America. The iconic nature of that song is one of the granite structures of American music. If there was a female vocalist Mt. Rushmore, Aretha Franklin would most assuredly be on it.
But, a Trans Activist group in Oslo, Norway says that song must be removed from all outlets because it is offensive. Now, I want you to watch how this goes.
The TCMA - the Trans Cultural Mindfulness Alliance - claims that song is harmful to transsexuals.
"Aretha Franklin's 1968 song "Natural Woman" perpetuates multiple harmful anti-trans stereotypes.
There is no such thing as a "natural" woman.
This song has helped inspire acts of harm against transgender women.
TCMA is requesting it is removed from Spotify & Apple Music.
— TCMA: Trans Cultural Mindfulness Alliance (@TransMindful) January 20, 2023"
Now, I am offended by that. It offends my understanding of science. It offends my citizenship and place in Western culture. It offends my common sense. Good grief, does it offend that.
Ah, BUT, says they. You are a white, male, Christian. We do not care if YOU are offended.
You see how this works?
How do they know I am white? NOBODY is White. NOBODY is Black. NOBODY is Red. NOBODY is Yellow. ALL humans are a shade of BROWN. Melanin creates shades of brown. I am a shade of brown. I'm not White. Get over it.
Oh, say they. You are considered a member of the White race. How do they know? Well, I look "white."
Wait a minute! Stop the music! Stop the music!
I thought we are not supposed to judge anyone by the way they look. I thought we are supposed to judge people by the content of their character. What if I had a Negro in my family tree? What if that genepool is in there and it just has not manifested itself in my outward appearance? Hey, don't blame me for the use of the word 'Negro.' I didn't come up with it. The social engineers you idolize came up with the races of mankind. Caucazoid, Negroid, Mongoloid, etc.
I believe there is ONE RACE - the human race, period. So, don't even try to tag me with being a racist.
I'm a man? Wait a minute. If there's no such thing as a natural woman there can't be a natural man, either. You don't get to pin me against your flimsy Leftist, Woke wall with your duplicitous hypocrisy.
Ah, but, no one is born a Christian. That's a choice. Jesus said, "You must be born again." No one is a Christian until that takes place. If I have an experience with my Creator and Saviour, if I choose to be a follower of Jesus Christ and His teachings, I lose my right not to be offended? Just how does that work because I am offended by the growing cacophony of hypocrisy on an hourly basis these days. There's not a single sector of society that exhibits common sense anymore. They don't even stick with the data of science. Some people in science want me to reject observable, testable, repeatable science and go with some story backed up by what their "best guess" is as to how everything got here. Their story is okay. My story? That God created humanity in His image and likeness, and made them male and female? No. That story is not allowed. No mitochondrial Adam or Eve is allowed, no matter the scientific research and data shown. Only one story is allowed. The one that says there is no God.
So, they can offend me all day, every day but, we cannot offend them for a second. They are hypocrites. They are corrupt fountains of foolishness. And while they claim all these things are harming them, THEY, in fact, are harming an entire civilization with their fascistic, authoritarian, cry baby attitudes, and I am supposed to respect them? I think not. I shall not.
If you want to believe you are a woman and want to surgically change yourself to sort of appear as one, knock yourself out. I do not care. You are free to look and act however you want. DO NOT attempt to force me to park common sense and absolute scientific fact in some concocted unlevel lot of yours. If you want a truly level playing field, I'll stay out of your face. You stay out of mine. That's freedom. Attacking the rights of parents to allow children to be mutilated without their consent is a crime against humanity, for nothing holds a more sacred place in Western civilization than family and parenthood. Doesn't matter how many mistakes we make. We are humans. We are male, female, adult, children, babies born through a natural woman BY DESIGN. That is my belief and conviction and I'll be literally damned if a back away from that conviction because you get offended by it. YOU do not have a right NOT to be offended. Anyone who allows you to step on their God-given right to freedom and liberty of belief is an apostate to the pillars of Western civilization and common sense you want to destroy.
And now, you feign the claim it was all satire. 'Sorry, we meant no offense.' Oh! You encountered some backlash did you? Damn well should have. Three continents worth.
How is it you do not understand, the more you push, sooner or later humanity, all shades of it, all 1% genetic differences between humans and cosmetic looks, are going to push back and push back harder and harder and harder?
Live your life and take your risks as you want to. I'll do the same. There is never going to be unity between common sense and observable science, and the vast array of developing human preferences for daily living. I will not be cajoled or forced into stating your place in society allows for no offence but, mine does? Are you stupid?
Let me tell you this. If you continue to reject God, reject Western culture, reject science and reject common sense for your own little world you want to live in, attempting to suck everybody else into it, you will find it so crowded it will not just ruin your day, it will, for lack of any restraints, ruin your life.
Western culture, that which has always been understood as good and right with it, is what keeps "The Purge" from literally developing. Right now, mobs destroy stores and walk out with whatever they want and nobody wants to challenge them and get involved and arrest criminals actively provoking their place in society. It harms us all with higher insurance rates, which drives up prices. Walmart is now stating so much theft takes place in their stores, they must raise prices to compensate for losses. Thou shalt not steal has become meaningless. The result? It harms us all.
Wait. The time will come when the neighborhoods these hordes live in will become battle grounds of death as humanity gets sick and tired of Wokism destroying their balance of life in doing to others what you would have them do unto you. They already are! Children are killed every day by drive-by shootings. Taking guns from law-biding citizens will not change that. It will make it far worse. If you take rights away, you get control freaks running your life. You get lunatics with money and power ruling and ruining the lives of nations and civilizations.
If you remove balance, you get imbalance. If you get imbalance, you get the stronger controlling the weaker. That means your tiny world will become a sink hole of rejection and you will ultimately be destroyed. That's humanity without God's restraint upon a populace. The state will not protect you. The state only cares about its own survival, not yours. They can make all the most ridiculous laws they want. History shows, sooner or later, humanity fights back. That's just the way it is. It may take decades. It may take centuries but, it always happens. You will be on the short end of that stick when it begins to swing out of anger, disgust, frustration, revulsion, severity and retribution. And that doesn't even take into account having to face God for your thoughts, words and actions in your day of judgment.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
But, a Trans Activist group in Oslo, Norway says that song must be removed from all outlets because it is offensive. Now, I want you to watch how this goes.
The TCMA - the Trans Cultural Mindfulness Alliance - claims that song is harmful to transsexuals.
"Aretha Franklin's 1968 song "Natural Woman" perpetuates multiple harmful anti-trans stereotypes.
There is no such thing as a "natural" woman.
This song has helped inspire acts of harm against transgender women.
TCMA is requesting it is removed from Spotify & Apple Music.
— TCMA: Trans Cultural Mindfulness Alliance (@TransMindful) January 20, 2023"
Now, I am offended by that. It offends my understanding of science. It offends my citizenship and place in Western culture. It offends my common sense. Good grief, does it offend that.
Ah, BUT, says they. You are a white, male, Christian. We do not care if YOU are offended.
You see how this works?
How do they know I am white? NOBODY is White. NOBODY is Black. NOBODY is Red. NOBODY is Yellow. ALL humans are a shade of BROWN. Melanin creates shades of brown. I am a shade of brown. I'm not White. Get over it.
Oh, say they. You are considered a member of the White race. How do they know? Well, I look "white."
Wait a minute! Stop the music! Stop the music!
I thought we are not supposed to judge anyone by the way they look. I thought we are supposed to judge people by the content of their character. What if I had a Negro in my family tree? What if that genepool is in there and it just has not manifested itself in my outward appearance? Hey, don't blame me for the use of the word 'Negro.' I didn't come up with it. The social engineers you idolize came up with the races of mankind. Caucazoid, Negroid, Mongoloid, etc.
I believe there is ONE RACE - the human race, period. So, don't even try to tag me with being a racist.
I'm a man? Wait a minute. If there's no such thing as a natural woman there can't be a natural man, either. You don't get to pin me against your flimsy Leftist, Woke wall with your duplicitous hypocrisy.
Ah, but, no one is born a Christian. That's a choice. Jesus said, "You must be born again." No one is a Christian until that takes place. If I have an experience with my Creator and Saviour, if I choose to be a follower of Jesus Christ and His teachings, I lose my right not to be offended? Just how does that work because I am offended by the growing cacophony of hypocrisy on an hourly basis these days. There's not a single sector of society that exhibits common sense anymore. They don't even stick with the data of science. Some people in science want me to reject observable, testable, repeatable science and go with some story backed up by what their "best guess" is as to how everything got here. Their story is okay. My story? That God created humanity in His image and likeness, and made them male and female? No. That story is not allowed. No mitochondrial Adam or Eve is allowed, no matter the scientific research and data shown. Only one story is allowed. The one that says there is no God.
So, they can offend me all day, every day but, we cannot offend them for a second. They are hypocrites. They are corrupt fountains of foolishness. And while they claim all these things are harming them, THEY, in fact, are harming an entire civilization with their fascistic, authoritarian, cry baby attitudes, and I am supposed to respect them? I think not. I shall not.
If you want to believe you are a woman and want to surgically change yourself to sort of appear as one, knock yourself out. I do not care. You are free to look and act however you want. DO NOT attempt to force me to park common sense and absolute scientific fact in some concocted unlevel lot of yours. If you want a truly level playing field, I'll stay out of your face. You stay out of mine. That's freedom. Attacking the rights of parents to allow children to be mutilated without their consent is a crime against humanity, for nothing holds a more sacred place in Western civilization than family and parenthood. Doesn't matter how many mistakes we make. We are humans. We are male, female, adult, children, babies born through a natural woman BY DESIGN. That is my belief and conviction and I'll be literally damned if a back away from that conviction because you get offended by it. YOU do not have a right NOT to be offended. Anyone who allows you to step on their God-given right to freedom and liberty of belief is an apostate to the pillars of Western civilization and common sense you want to destroy.
And now, you feign the claim it was all satire. 'Sorry, we meant no offense.' Oh! You encountered some backlash did you? Damn well should have. Three continents worth.
How is it you do not understand, the more you push, sooner or later humanity, all shades of it, all 1% genetic differences between humans and cosmetic looks, are going to push back and push back harder and harder and harder?
Live your life and take your risks as you want to. I'll do the same. There is never going to be unity between common sense and observable science, and the vast array of developing human preferences for daily living. I will not be cajoled or forced into stating your place in society allows for no offence but, mine does? Are you stupid?
Let me tell you this. If you continue to reject God, reject Western culture, reject science and reject common sense for your own little world you want to live in, attempting to suck everybody else into it, you will find it so crowded it will not just ruin your day, it will, for lack of any restraints, ruin your life.
Western culture, that which has always been understood as good and right with it, is what keeps "The Purge" from literally developing. Right now, mobs destroy stores and walk out with whatever they want and nobody wants to challenge them and get involved and arrest criminals actively provoking their place in society. It harms us all with higher insurance rates, which drives up prices. Walmart is now stating so much theft takes place in their stores, they must raise prices to compensate for losses. Thou shalt not steal has become meaningless. The result? It harms us all.
Wait. The time will come when the neighborhoods these hordes live in will become battle grounds of death as humanity gets sick and tired of Wokism destroying their balance of life in doing to others what you would have them do unto you. They already are! Children are killed every day by drive-by shootings. Taking guns from law-biding citizens will not change that. It will make it far worse. If you take rights away, you get control freaks running your life. You get lunatics with money and power ruling and ruining the lives of nations and civilizations.
If you remove balance, you get imbalance. If you get imbalance, you get the stronger controlling the weaker. That means your tiny world will become a sink hole of rejection and you will ultimately be destroyed. That's humanity without God's restraint upon a populace. The state will not protect you. The state only cares about its own survival, not yours. They can make all the most ridiculous laws they want. History shows, sooner or later, humanity fights back. That's just the way it is. It may take decades. It may take centuries but, it always happens. You will be on the short end of that stick when it begins to swing out of anger, disgust, frustration, revulsion, severity and retribution. And that doesn't even take into account having to face God for your thoughts, words and actions in your day of judgment.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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FRIGHTENING
Another video from Digital Engine on the advancements of A.I. It's mindboggling and it's not even close to where it is all heading. As fascinating as it all is, it is equally frightening.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpRM25pUD8w
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpRM25pUD8w
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726. LEGEND Revisited to What? - January 25, 2023
As I field various people with a desire to be part of this project, and they send me links to projects they've been part of, which brings me face to face with 21st century music, I am exposed to something I feel constrained to share with them.
Legend Revisited. To what? What does that mean?
Honestly, for all that I've written about being a child and young person through the 60's and 70's music scene I hear truly significant differences between bands then and bands today. I wrote about the "Click god" a couple weeks ago (Jan. 7), and shared my thoughts about the use of that recording device in today's music production. I have to assume, again, that the 80's, that came with click tracks and drum machines and advent of digital recording, brought with it a type of temperature change to music. Just because Metal subdivided into so many genres and got fast, does not mean it became hot.
Back in the 60's and 70's all new music was influenced by what little was out there then, which was Jazz, Classical, Rock and Roll, Blues, Soul and R&B. Add to that Folk music, if you like. Every artist and band had an individual sound. You heard them, you knew it was them, at least for originality. Bands came and went that had no particular band sound because as the field thickened, so did the cloning. The Beatles, Cream, Hendrix, Purple, Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppelin, Zappa, Grand Funk Railroad, Black Sabbath, Sly and the Family Stone, the Doors, you name them, they all had those simple influences. They all had elements of R&R, Blues, Soul, and even Folk music in them. I mention this periodically here because it was an age of exploration that existed between the musicians, and the recording engineers and producers tried to capture that individuality, in some cases leaving it alone, and in other cases, tailoring it into a band's signature sound and style. Today? Not so much.
Why did people tell us Legend sounded different back then? Legend was as much a jam band as anything else. We could compose songs fast, almost with the express desire to just wing it within the compositions. We were composing a variety of genre based on our influences back then, which was heavily into Fusion bands, which was a combination of Jazz and Rock and Funk. Early Chick Corea's Return to Forever was touted by one reviewer as Heavy Metal Jazz. Chick's music had the Spanish flavor. Mahavishnu had McLaughlin's delving into Eastern religions and music. Weather Report had a "world music" flavor. Jean Luc Ponty's bands had this Euro flavor to them, much as did Passport. All the Classical Rock bands, which ended up being termed Progressive Rock; ELP, Yes, Gentle Giant, Kansas, etc. each had their own individual, recognizable sound created by whatever influences upon the musicians.
You can line up 20 of the most popular Metal or Prog bands today and I could not tell you one from another. How can they all sound so homogenized? Is the advent of clicks, drum machines, digital recording, and engineers that can take apart a performance and literally take notes apart and piece things back together for some producer's idea of perfection be the reason everything sounds so dense, thick, cold, machinelike and lifeless? I hear incredible technical facility by musicians and it all seems to be fast scales and demonstrations of speed without soulful melody and musicality.
Recently I was exposed to the Vivaldi Metal Project. It's an intense venture into combining the Classical music of Vivaldi with Metal and it's astounding, especially with all the female vocalists on these recordings. It's truly Goosebump City. One thing I noticed was the drumming, which in some cases, is so perfect I questioned if it was digitally programmed. And then someone told me that it can often be the case where a drum set performance is totally picked apart and reassembled to be as perfect as possible. ????!!! Call me old fashioned but, when did robotics become the essence of music? Are we trying to beat A.I. to the place where music is not about musicians but, computers, recording engineers and producers?
I want LEGEND Revisited to benefit from today's sonic frequencies and clean, hot potential but, in no way do I want the music to sound over produced, cold, and mechanical. I don't care what listeners have come to expect in today's "music." Too much of modern music is banal drivel; nothing more than an empty beat with no decent melody involved. It's like song writing fell off a truck somewhere along the line. I make music to satisfy my soul, my perceived purpose and place in the universe. From there, others hear things they like. The fans are the second rung on the ladder, not the first. If they become the first, the musician has already lost a certain sense of their being and contribution to his passion. If Legend's music must lose its organic nature and playfulness, to satisfy the developed, if not desensitized tastes of today's listener, I see little reason to do this project again, even with the emphasis on the new lyrics and message of Christian faith; not the dark side so much Metal and Prog has taken on and somehow, Legend gets parked with. Do I sound prejudiced? Of course I do! I grew up in the 60's and 70's when Ozzy was always smiling and telling audiences he loved them! As horror show dark Iommi was composing riffs, the band had truly gorgeous acoustic pieces, and fun sounding rompers. The Blues was part of the band's sound. I clearly remember a statement by Jazz/Fusion bassist, Stanley Clark, remarking "when Fusion was fun." Somewhere, it changed and became this complicated collection of time changes you can't tap your foot to.
In bringing on board guitarist, Martin J. Andersen, of Denmark, for the project, I sense as kinship to the organic era because of his love of Jimi Hendrix, and Blindstone plays a significant number of Hendrix tunes. Martin has that soulfulness in his playing, despite the 21st century technical wizardry found in today's recording studios. And Martin has even admitted to falling prey to that computerized perfection approach a time or two. It's too easy to let it control things.
Bottom line. I am not perfect. Humans are not perfect. How can imperfect creatures create perfect music? Why does music have to be "perfect?" Where did that come from? Obviously, computers and the ability to fine tooth comb any performances, by any musicians and take out any and every imperfection. No thanks. That is no longer music. That's mechanics. Have it if you want. I choose reality and musical truthfulness. Take the same Classical composition and watch what happens as each, individual conductor becomes involved with each, individual orchestra. As complicated as Classical music can be, the music can change its ebb and flow under each conductor's wand. It breathes. It lives. Dozens and dozens of people in the group setting. It's alive.
Fusion was a significant shockwave to the music world because of electric instruments coupled with Jazz and Rock and Funk. The big Fusion bands were packing the huge venues. It could be complicated music but, it had such life to it, Rockers, like Jeff Beck, were enamored with it and watched it in awe and it influenced their particular band sound in many ways. The Allman Brothers are classed by some as the original Fusion band. A Southern Rock band that soared into jazzy jams that left people mesmerized, with two drummers, no less.
I hope to assemble a group of people who understand my thoughts on this and desire the same thing. Legend was not perfect but, Legend was real, even dealing with complete fantasies, myths and legends for subject matter. LEGEND Revisited must retain that living, breathing, organic nature. If it can, the new recording should be a sonic blast furnace of fun.
We are still in the process of selecting a bassist for the project. A number of very talented people have contacted me. Man, I hate executive decisions but, hopefully we'll have our bassist soon.
Onward >>>
Legend Revisited. To what? What does that mean?
Honestly, for all that I've written about being a child and young person through the 60's and 70's music scene I hear truly significant differences between bands then and bands today. I wrote about the "Click god" a couple weeks ago (Jan. 7), and shared my thoughts about the use of that recording device in today's music production. I have to assume, again, that the 80's, that came with click tracks and drum machines and advent of digital recording, brought with it a type of temperature change to music. Just because Metal subdivided into so many genres and got fast, does not mean it became hot.
Back in the 60's and 70's all new music was influenced by what little was out there then, which was Jazz, Classical, Rock and Roll, Blues, Soul and R&B. Add to that Folk music, if you like. Every artist and band had an individual sound. You heard them, you knew it was them, at least for originality. Bands came and went that had no particular band sound because as the field thickened, so did the cloning. The Beatles, Cream, Hendrix, Purple, Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppelin, Zappa, Grand Funk Railroad, Black Sabbath, Sly and the Family Stone, the Doors, you name them, they all had those simple influences. They all had elements of R&R, Blues, Soul, and even Folk music in them. I mention this periodically here because it was an age of exploration that existed between the musicians, and the recording engineers and producers tried to capture that individuality, in some cases leaving it alone, and in other cases, tailoring it into a band's signature sound and style. Today? Not so much.
Why did people tell us Legend sounded different back then? Legend was as much a jam band as anything else. We could compose songs fast, almost with the express desire to just wing it within the compositions. We were composing a variety of genre based on our influences back then, which was heavily into Fusion bands, which was a combination of Jazz and Rock and Funk. Early Chick Corea's Return to Forever was touted by one reviewer as Heavy Metal Jazz. Chick's music had the Spanish flavor. Mahavishnu had McLaughlin's delving into Eastern religions and music. Weather Report had a "world music" flavor. Jean Luc Ponty's bands had this Euro flavor to them, much as did Passport. All the Classical Rock bands, which ended up being termed Progressive Rock; ELP, Yes, Gentle Giant, Kansas, etc. each had their own individual, recognizable sound created by whatever influences upon the musicians.
You can line up 20 of the most popular Metal or Prog bands today and I could not tell you one from another. How can they all sound so homogenized? Is the advent of clicks, drum machines, digital recording, and engineers that can take apart a performance and literally take notes apart and piece things back together for some producer's idea of perfection be the reason everything sounds so dense, thick, cold, machinelike and lifeless? I hear incredible technical facility by musicians and it all seems to be fast scales and demonstrations of speed without soulful melody and musicality.
Recently I was exposed to the Vivaldi Metal Project. It's an intense venture into combining the Classical music of Vivaldi with Metal and it's astounding, especially with all the female vocalists on these recordings. It's truly Goosebump City. One thing I noticed was the drumming, which in some cases, is so perfect I questioned if it was digitally programmed. And then someone told me that it can often be the case where a drum set performance is totally picked apart and reassembled to be as perfect as possible. ????!!! Call me old fashioned but, when did robotics become the essence of music? Are we trying to beat A.I. to the place where music is not about musicians but, computers, recording engineers and producers?
I want LEGEND Revisited to benefit from today's sonic frequencies and clean, hot potential but, in no way do I want the music to sound over produced, cold, and mechanical. I don't care what listeners have come to expect in today's "music." Too much of modern music is banal drivel; nothing more than an empty beat with no decent melody involved. It's like song writing fell off a truck somewhere along the line. I make music to satisfy my soul, my perceived purpose and place in the universe. From there, others hear things they like. The fans are the second rung on the ladder, not the first. If they become the first, the musician has already lost a certain sense of their being and contribution to his passion. If Legend's music must lose its organic nature and playfulness, to satisfy the developed, if not desensitized tastes of today's listener, I see little reason to do this project again, even with the emphasis on the new lyrics and message of Christian faith; not the dark side so much Metal and Prog has taken on and somehow, Legend gets parked with. Do I sound prejudiced? Of course I do! I grew up in the 60's and 70's when Ozzy was always smiling and telling audiences he loved them! As horror show dark Iommi was composing riffs, the band had truly gorgeous acoustic pieces, and fun sounding rompers. The Blues was part of the band's sound. I clearly remember a statement by Jazz/Fusion bassist, Stanley Clark, remarking "when Fusion was fun." Somewhere, it changed and became this complicated collection of time changes you can't tap your foot to.
In bringing on board guitarist, Martin J. Andersen, of Denmark, for the project, I sense as kinship to the organic era because of his love of Jimi Hendrix, and Blindstone plays a significant number of Hendrix tunes. Martin has that soulfulness in his playing, despite the 21st century technical wizardry found in today's recording studios. And Martin has even admitted to falling prey to that computerized perfection approach a time or two. It's too easy to let it control things.
Bottom line. I am not perfect. Humans are not perfect. How can imperfect creatures create perfect music? Why does music have to be "perfect?" Where did that come from? Obviously, computers and the ability to fine tooth comb any performances, by any musicians and take out any and every imperfection. No thanks. That is no longer music. That's mechanics. Have it if you want. I choose reality and musical truthfulness. Take the same Classical composition and watch what happens as each, individual conductor becomes involved with each, individual orchestra. As complicated as Classical music can be, the music can change its ebb and flow under each conductor's wand. It breathes. It lives. Dozens and dozens of people in the group setting. It's alive.
Fusion was a significant shockwave to the music world because of electric instruments coupled with Jazz and Rock and Funk. The big Fusion bands were packing the huge venues. It could be complicated music but, it had such life to it, Rockers, like Jeff Beck, were enamored with it and watched it in awe and it influenced their particular band sound in many ways. The Allman Brothers are classed by some as the original Fusion band. A Southern Rock band that soared into jazzy jams that left people mesmerized, with two drummers, no less.
I hope to assemble a group of people who understand my thoughts on this and desire the same thing. Legend was not perfect but, Legend was real, even dealing with complete fantasies, myths and legends for subject matter. LEGEND Revisited must retain that living, breathing, organic nature. If it can, the new recording should be a sonic blast furnace of fun.
We are still in the process of selecting a bassist for the project. A number of very talented people have contacted me. Man, I hate executive decisions but, hopefully we'll have our bassist soon.
Onward >>>
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727. All By Accident on YT - January, 26, 2023
So, it's around 2 a.m. and I'm surfing around YouTube. Yeah, don't ask. My sleep cycles have been messed up for a couple months now.
I never heard of Steven Wilson. No idea who he is. I happened to see a Rick Beato interview in the YT sidebar that caught my eye. Steven Wilson: The Modern Rock Producer. Hm, methinks, this might be interesting. If you raised your eyebrows at my stunning ignorance, you know Wilson is all the things Beato began the video with: Steve's work within the band Porcupine Tree, as guitarist, writer and lyricist, and all, and his work in other bands, as well as his work of mixing, mastering and producing. A master of all trades. My only exposure to Porcupine Tree had been videos of their drumist, Gavin Harrison, from drum festivals and such. I knew they were a popular band but, never really investigated their music.
After the glowing opening words from Rick about Wilson's career, he opens the interview asking Steve about his early influences. Like most musicians, things our parents had in their record collection was the foundation for how we perceived music, itself, and as an industry, whether we understood that or not as a child.
After writing a couple blog posts here on click tracks, and the organic nature of recorded music from the 60's and 70's, and the new LEGEND project, Wilson, around the 9 minute mark, begins to speak my absolute language and I sat there, jaw dropped. Speaking of recordings that Wilson has remixed and remastered from the 60's and 70's... A transcription:
"The main thing you learn, is of course, what every great musician understands, is that imperfection is personality. Uh, commit, commit, commit. And, a lot of these tracks were not recorded, obviously, to a click track, a tempo track, and that is what makes them exciting.
'If you listen to a drum... I mean, I mean, I mix a lot of the King Crimson records and Bill Bruford - incredible drummer - but, couldn't stay at one tempo to save his life. Um, and that's what makes him amazing. So, you have this natural sense of speeding up and slowing down all the time and the band, kind of hanging on by their fingertips, and it makes it absolutely thrilling to listen to. And, of course, I think I intuitively knew that but, it's when I actually started mixing these records I'm like; "Oh, yeah. That's why that's exciting; because it is slowing down and speeding up naturally."
!!!!
Big smile on Beato's face.
Preach it, Brother!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=03vThmG46A8
So, with some of the angst and trepidation I'm feeling about this new project and the players I'm going to be working with all into modern techniques of clicks and digital perfectionism in some form or other, I am now settled into my convictions that fluctuations of time is what made the music of the 60's and 70's so alive and real. Humans played music as humans live - in tempo variations with everything humans do - talking, walking, moving, working: it all happens in a natural ebb and flow of moment by moment breathing and living; emotional and mental pulse of real life.
I ask, honestly, well, I'm not going to say Bill Bruford couldn't stay at one tempo to save his life but, why should, what is the reason the music industry began to believe musicians need a click track, a static tempo, to record music by? I answer, either musicians were too stoned out to think straight enough to stay within a living time frame or, OR, digital technology opened up a door for people running the industry to manipulate things by the nanosecond and surgically do whatever they wanted with anyone's performance, which became common practice.
And just think of Wilson's example. One of the most recognizable players in modern music history, with his feel and signature snare shots, even playing Jazz; a seeming time clock, and you pick him for an example of poor time? Have mercy.
I have read interviews with various drummers who spoke to that exact fact. They'd record their drum tracks and hardly recognize them by the time a finished song or album was released. Complete change of tempo, of drum sound and tone with edrum patches, all become a big, stitched quilt of engineers and producers likes and dislikes. Nothing they could do. You're hired, you record, you get paid, they own it, and do with it whatever they like. A full performance or just pieces might even end up on a totally different recording. It's not only, not the recording of music. It's literal piracy! It's a deception, all for the almighty buck. All for "hits."
I am always thinking, The O'Jays - "Money, money, money, money. Money!"
Pink Floyd: Ca-ching, ca-ching, ca-ching.
People say I am quite opinionated. Well, actually, the truth is, all people are opinionated. It's just that not all people have convictions about their opinions they are willing to express and stand up for, publicly. On this subject, I am.
And it is no offense to anyone who likes using everything modern technology has to offer in regards to recording music. This old dog just is not into all the new tricks. It has to make logical sense; it has to contain common sense and reality or you lose me.
Thank you, Mr. Wilson. And look, he goes on to say he receives wave files from professionals who take analog signals and digitize them, then he goes to work on addressing stereo imagery and then the whole 5.1 surround sound, although he mentions everything is all Dolby Atmos today. Again, I plead ignorance. I'm sure it sounds terrific.
I should also add, as soon as I heard Wilson's comments on recorded music of the 60's and 70's I began the transcription and went to work on this post. I haven't listened to the rest of the interview and it may be he gets into the use of all the bells and whistles of modern recording technology and its benefits. So be it.
So, I conclude, the use of computers to record music may end up being the death of music someday and by that, I mean, real, human music. Hey, I love Animusic as much as the next person but, music, for me, remains a human pursuit of melody, harmony and rhythm, however real human beings create it.
All of this by accident. Every once in a awhile, within all the nonsense, YT is an education of gold.
I never heard of Steven Wilson. No idea who he is. I happened to see a Rick Beato interview in the YT sidebar that caught my eye. Steven Wilson: The Modern Rock Producer. Hm, methinks, this might be interesting. If you raised your eyebrows at my stunning ignorance, you know Wilson is all the things Beato began the video with: Steve's work within the band Porcupine Tree, as guitarist, writer and lyricist, and all, and his work in other bands, as well as his work of mixing, mastering and producing. A master of all trades. My only exposure to Porcupine Tree had been videos of their drumist, Gavin Harrison, from drum festivals and such. I knew they were a popular band but, never really investigated their music.
After the glowing opening words from Rick about Wilson's career, he opens the interview asking Steve about his early influences. Like most musicians, things our parents had in their record collection was the foundation for how we perceived music, itself, and as an industry, whether we understood that or not as a child.
After writing a couple blog posts here on click tracks, and the organic nature of recorded music from the 60's and 70's, and the new LEGEND project, Wilson, around the 9 minute mark, begins to speak my absolute language and I sat there, jaw dropped. Speaking of recordings that Wilson has remixed and remastered from the 60's and 70's... A transcription:
"The main thing you learn, is of course, what every great musician understands, is that imperfection is personality. Uh, commit, commit, commit. And, a lot of these tracks were not recorded, obviously, to a click track, a tempo track, and that is what makes them exciting.
'If you listen to a drum... I mean, I mean, I mix a lot of the King Crimson records and Bill Bruford - incredible drummer - but, couldn't stay at one tempo to save his life. Um, and that's what makes him amazing. So, you have this natural sense of speeding up and slowing down all the time and the band, kind of hanging on by their fingertips, and it makes it absolutely thrilling to listen to. And, of course, I think I intuitively knew that but, it's when I actually started mixing these records I'm like; "Oh, yeah. That's why that's exciting; because it is slowing down and speeding up naturally."
!!!!
Big smile on Beato's face.
Preach it, Brother!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=03vThmG46A8
So, with some of the angst and trepidation I'm feeling about this new project and the players I'm going to be working with all into modern techniques of clicks and digital perfectionism in some form or other, I am now settled into my convictions that fluctuations of time is what made the music of the 60's and 70's so alive and real. Humans played music as humans live - in tempo variations with everything humans do - talking, walking, moving, working: it all happens in a natural ebb and flow of moment by moment breathing and living; emotional and mental pulse of real life.
I ask, honestly, well, I'm not going to say Bill Bruford couldn't stay at one tempo to save his life but, why should, what is the reason the music industry began to believe musicians need a click track, a static tempo, to record music by? I answer, either musicians were too stoned out to think straight enough to stay within a living time frame or, OR, digital technology opened up a door for people running the industry to manipulate things by the nanosecond and surgically do whatever they wanted with anyone's performance, which became common practice.
And just think of Wilson's example. One of the most recognizable players in modern music history, with his feel and signature snare shots, even playing Jazz; a seeming time clock, and you pick him for an example of poor time? Have mercy.
I have read interviews with various drummers who spoke to that exact fact. They'd record their drum tracks and hardly recognize them by the time a finished song or album was released. Complete change of tempo, of drum sound and tone with edrum patches, all become a big, stitched quilt of engineers and producers likes and dislikes. Nothing they could do. You're hired, you record, you get paid, they own it, and do with it whatever they like. A full performance or just pieces might even end up on a totally different recording. It's not only, not the recording of music. It's literal piracy! It's a deception, all for the almighty buck. All for "hits."
I am always thinking, The O'Jays - "Money, money, money, money. Money!"
Pink Floyd: Ca-ching, ca-ching, ca-ching.
People say I am quite opinionated. Well, actually, the truth is, all people are opinionated. It's just that not all people have convictions about their opinions they are willing to express and stand up for, publicly. On this subject, I am.
And it is no offense to anyone who likes using everything modern technology has to offer in regards to recording music. This old dog just is not into all the new tricks. It has to make logical sense; it has to contain common sense and reality or you lose me.
Thank you, Mr. Wilson. And look, he goes on to say he receives wave files from professionals who take analog signals and digitize them, then he goes to work on addressing stereo imagery and then the whole 5.1 surround sound, although he mentions everything is all Dolby Atmos today. Again, I plead ignorance. I'm sure it sounds terrific.
I should also add, as soon as I heard Wilson's comments on recorded music of the 60's and 70's I began the transcription and went to work on this post. I haven't listened to the rest of the interview and it may be he gets into the use of all the bells and whistles of modern recording technology and its benefits. So be it.
So, I conclude, the use of computers to record music may end up being the death of music someday and by that, I mean, real, human music. Hey, I love Animusic as much as the next person but, music, for me, remains a human pursuit of melody, harmony and rhythm, however real human beings create it.
All of this by accident. Every once in a awhile, within all the nonsense, YT is an education of gold.
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728. Who or What Keeps The Time? - January 27, 2023
Growing up, my concept of drumming was two-fold, based on my favorites players to listen to: develop a sense of time and be a musical drummer. It is not just the percussive experience, it should be a musical experience, as well. Ginger Baker, Carl Palmer, Billy Cobham, Tony Williams. All wonderful keepers of time and significant players of musical phrases. I could add other players to that, of course, including Buddy but, I just traveled down those other pathways growing up. Blaring saxophones and trumpets was just not my thing past BS&T and Chicago. Even today I can only take straight Jazz in certain doses.
I've quoted Jazz drumist, Carl Allen numerous times: 'I'm nobody's time keeping baby sitter. Everyone needs to know where "1" is.' That has always been my position on things. It's what makes sense in a band, a group, of any size.
I believe more is more and less is less. The music determines that. I have never been a less is more player. Just not my philosophy. The music I grew into has been, not so much songs as I got older but, composed pieces, compositions that come from the elements of Classical Rock/Prog and Fusion. I was never a Beatles-type player, although, Ringo taught me about creating parts for songs. He's a master at it. I was always a "busy" player. I have never seen my role as solely a time keeper. I want to create musical passages just like any other musician. I never saw myself as a member of a duo rhythm section, per se.' I locked with bassists who felt the same way about time as I do, and we naturally clicked and morphed together. Look at the meaning of that word, "natural." Nature has it all, when people take the time to notice. Biomimicry science and industry is certainly paying attention.
When it comes to art, any artform, nobody wants to be forced to do something. You cannot force passion and devotion to a musical instrument for any lasting artistic results. Sure, you can set up calendar and clock time for children to practice an instrument. If they do not love it, it will never become a discipline. It will fade away. A former skill, not a present passion.
Now, to the point of this post, in relation to the previous ones on the subject of modern music.
Who is keeping the time? Is the person in the drum chair keeping the time or is it a device, a machine, the computer, the incessant perfect note placement keeping the time? The master click. Who is it? According to recording of music today, it's the device. It's a machine, not a human being. Stretching, pushing, holding back a touch; don't, can't be human. Have to play the way the machine dictates. If that makes sense to anyone who is a musician, let me know. I have always understood a musician is someone, a human being who makes, creates music; a blend of melody, harmony and rhythm. If every human is different, shouldn't all music have differences? All of it, even within genre categories. It used to be. For those who gravitate towards certain genres, fans could generally tell artists and bands apart from each other. At least, they used to.
I remember an album reviewer writing on a Dixie Dregs live album. He began by writing, just the way Rod Morgenstein clicked his sticks to bring in the first song, a surge of energy could be felt.
So, if I understand this correctly, the guy charged with keeping, guarding, monitoring, living the time gets to do whatever live but, on a studio recording, no. Nope, the machine gets the nod. The human musician is bound by the machine. Why? There is only one reason. Money. Second, it makes it easier for engineers to piece things together, which is also money related.
Music, by definition of its place in human history, is an emotional, intellectual, even spiritual experience and art form. Not anymore. Music is now mechanical because of the expense of studio time and engineers wanting things perfect so they jigsaw-piece a song together as easily as possible. Why, then, have drum set artists involved? If perfection is required, just use programmed drums, computerized players, that can play perfectly in any and every genre known to man. Just put a machine under the lights. Pave the way for robots. A.I. is coming. May as well roll out the carpet for it. Make it as easy as possible for the music industry to just remove humans altogether and let A.I. make music.
For those who think that is not possible, you are ignorant of A.I. artwork. It gets more and more sophisticated by the week. Literally. Look it up. It is absolutely astounding, jaw dropping, mesmerizing and more complicated than any artist can possibly create in weeks or months, let alone minutes.
*I'll honestly edit this and add, modern artists are scared to death their artform is being overtaken by A.I. Album cover art is becoming a computerized world where non-artists can just type in some information and in minutes incredible works are placed before them; take your pick. A.I. did not quite get it first, second, third or fourth time around? Just change your wording a touch, rearrange your parameters and again, in minutes, new artwork of incredible detail emerges. Commissioned artwork is in danger. I am exploring it. Again, money. If you have the budget to commission a work of art for thousands of dollars, great but, practically speaking, most musicians would rather invest in musical instruments, not artwork. Have the A.I. do it, save money, buy another piece of gear. The world keeps turning and today, it is artists nervous about the future. Tomorrow, the musicians will be nervous. My role is already threatened by the master click and programmed drumming. It can be called an aid. It isn't. It's a tool to make music more mechanical, not more human.
If you feed into a program every digital song, score, composition, theory, digital instrument, recording, etc., A.I. has the info. It just needs to learn the basic foundation. From there, it will eventually put humans on the shelf because of the array of melody, harmony and rhythm it will put out. If you have seen the strides in current A.I artwork, you know what's coming. No exorbitant paychecks, no stars to cater to, no special lists of protocols for backstage musicians before and after concerts. No limos, no jets, no semis driving down the roads all night long, and no roadie crews, either. Imagine a concert that is totally A.I. The music, the light show, the special effects, the holograms... I have already written on this but, I am telling you. Whatever expenses it may start off costing promoters and suits, it shall pay itself back so quickly, it will stun people. Teams of computer geeks will operate in-house machines and lights every venue will ultimately have, from small to enormous, from clubs to stadiums. Pop the program in, and ultimately, the geeks will not be necessary, either. Robotics is the future.
If you remove the role of the person sitting behind the drum set, you remove the foundation of most all modern music. Remove the foundation, the structure collapses.
Right now, the most sophisticated fireworks programs on Earth are all A.I. and computer controlled. Everything with the music, the shots, the extravaganza of it all, is controlled by computers. Humans are there for loading things but, once the fireworks are packed and set up, the click of a mouse starts it all off. If you think robots could not be used to pack the tubes and set things up, and sequentially fire things off, you are being naive. No more worker's comp, either. Robot roadies are coming. Ever see a drone show? Same thing. Ever see a big Christmas light show? Same thing.
Robots are going, more and more, from looking like robots to looking like humans. They can run, jump, dance, perform acrobatics, and it shall exponentially get better. But even with them, as far as entertainment goes, holograms will just get more lifelike and sophisticated. An entire new crop of stars shall be created. Not holograms of deceased entertainers. New entertainers. Dreamed up by... humans? No. By Artificial Intelligence. You want to see inhuman drum fills, blazing guitar scales, lightening keyboard riffs? It's coming.
All because the role of the drummer is being messed with? Am I serious? I believe the evidence makes that conclusion necessary and obvious. If time is handled by a machine, everything else falls like dominoes. Whatever humans bring to music - individuality, passion, imagination - A.I. will cop it all and do it all better.
Watch it happen... in our lifetime.
For this project, I am not just a piece of a musical jigsaw puzzle. And no, it shall not be a "live" environment but, nor is it true, as I have said before, I am playing to the four walls. I cannot do that and stay passionate. If I have to imagine a live audience or the presence of other musicians, I shall. Music is life, about life. Far be it from me to kill it by letting a machine guide me through a Legend performance.
Again, for whatever reasons humans use the time device to record music, to each his own. I can only speak for myself and my own place in the music universe. You can call me "old school." Just know "new school" is exponentially moving forward and is going to take our places someday, soon enough.
I've quoted Jazz drumist, Carl Allen numerous times: 'I'm nobody's time keeping baby sitter. Everyone needs to know where "1" is.' That has always been my position on things. It's what makes sense in a band, a group, of any size.
I believe more is more and less is less. The music determines that. I have never been a less is more player. Just not my philosophy. The music I grew into has been, not so much songs as I got older but, composed pieces, compositions that come from the elements of Classical Rock/Prog and Fusion. I was never a Beatles-type player, although, Ringo taught me about creating parts for songs. He's a master at it. I was always a "busy" player. I have never seen my role as solely a time keeper. I want to create musical passages just like any other musician. I never saw myself as a member of a duo rhythm section, per se.' I locked with bassists who felt the same way about time as I do, and we naturally clicked and morphed together. Look at the meaning of that word, "natural." Nature has it all, when people take the time to notice. Biomimicry science and industry is certainly paying attention.
When it comes to art, any artform, nobody wants to be forced to do something. You cannot force passion and devotion to a musical instrument for any lasting artistic results. Sure, you can set up calendar and clock time for children to practice an instrument. If they do not love it, it will never become a discipline. It will fade away. A former skill, not a present passion.
Now, to the point of this post, in relation to the previous ones on the subject of modern music.
Who is keeping the time? Is the person in the drum chair keeping the time or is it a device, a machine, the computer, the incessant perfect note placement keeping the time? The master click. Who is it? According to recording of music today, it's the device. It's a machine, not a human being. Stretching, pushing, holding back a touch; don't, can't be human. Have to play the way the machine dictates. If that makes sense to anyone who is a musician, let me know. I have always understood a musician is someone, a human being who makes, creates music; a blend of melody, harmony and rhythm. If every human is different, shouldn't all music have differences? All of it, even within genre categories. It used to be. For those who gravitate towards certain genres, fans could generally tell artists and bands apart from each other. At least, they used to.
I remember an album reviewer writing on a Dixie Dregs live album. He began by writing, just the way Rod Morgenstein clicked his sticks to bring in the first song, a surge of energy could be felt.
So, if I understand this correctly, the guy charged with keeping, guarding, monitoring, living the time gets to do whatever live but, on a studio recording, no. Nope, the machine gets the nod. The human musician is bound by the machine. Why? There is only one reason. Money. Second, it makes it easier for engineers to piece things together, which is also money related.
Music, by definition of its place in human history, is an emotional, intellectual, even spiritual experience and art form. Not anymore. Music is now mechanical because of the expense of studio time and engineers wanting things perfect so they jigsaw-piece a song together as easily as possible. Why, then, have drum set artists involved? If perfection is required, just use programmed drums, computerized players, that can play perfectly in any and every genre known to man. Just put a machine under the lights. Pave the way for robots. A.I. is coming. May as well roll out the carpet for it. Make it as easy as possible for the music industry to just remove humans altogether and let A.I. make music.
For those who think that is not possible, you are ignorant of A.I. artwork. It gets more and more sophisticated by the week. Literally. Look it up. It is absolutely astounding, jaw dropping, mesmerizing and more complicated than any artist can possibly create in weeks or months, let alone minutes.
*I'll honestly edit this and add, modern artists are scared to death their artform is being overtaken by A.I. Album cover art is becoming a computerized world where non-artists can just type in some information and in minutes incredible works are placed before them; take your pick. A.I. did not quite get it first, second, third or fourth time around? Just change your wording a touch, rearrange your parameters and again, in minutes, new artwork of incredible detail emerges. Commissioned artwork is in danger. I am exploring it. Again, money. If you have the budget to commission a work of art for thousands of dollars, great but, practically speaking, most musicians would rather invest in musical instruments, not artwork. Have the A.I. do it, save money, buy another piece of gear. The world keeps turning and today, it is artists nervous about the future. Tomorrow, the musicians will be nervous. My role is already threatened by the master click and programmed drumming. It can be called an aid. It isn't. It's a tool to make music more mechanical, not more human.
If you feed into a program every digital song, score, composition, theory, digital instrument, recording, etc., A.I. has the info. It just needs to learn the basic foundation. From there, it will eventually put humans on the shelf because of the array of melody, harmony and rhythm it will put out. If you have seen the strides in current A.I artwork, you know what's coming. No exorbitant paychecks, no stars to cater to, no special lists of protocols for backstage musicians before and after concerts. No limos, no jets, no semis driving down the roads all night long, and no roadie crews, either. Imagine a concert that is totally A.I. The music, the light show, the special effects, the holograms... I have already written on this but, I am telling you. Whatever expenses it may start off costing promoters and suits, it shall pay itself back so quickly, it will stun people. Teams of computer geeks will operate in-house machines and lights every venue will ultimately have, from small to enormous, from clubs to stadiums. Pop the program in, and ultimately, the geeks will not be necessary, either. Robotics is the future.
If you remove the role of the person sitting behind the drum set, you remove the foundation of most all modern music. Remove the foundation, the structure collapses.
Right now, the most sophisticated fireworks programs on Earth are all A.I. and computer controlled. Everything with the music, the shots, the extravaganza of it all, is controlled by computers. Humans are there for loading things but, once the fireworks are packed and set up, the click of a mouse starts it all off. If you think robots could not be used to pack the tubes and set things up, and sequentially fire things off, you are being naive. No more worker's comp, either. Robot roadies are coming. Ever see a drone show? Same thing. Ever see a big Christmas light show? Same thing.
Robots are going, more and more, from looking like robots to looking like humans. They can run, jump, dance, perform acrobatics, and it shall exponentially get better. But even with them, as far as entertainment goes, holograms will just get more lifelike and sophisticated. An entire new crop of stars shall be created. Not holograms of deceased entertainers. New entertainers. Dreamed up by... humans? No. By Artificial Intelligence. You want to see inhuman drum fills, blazing guitar scales, lightening keyboard riffs? It's coming.
All because the role of the drummer is being messed with? Am I serious? I believe the evidence makes that conclusion necessary and obvious. If time is handled by a machine, everything else falls like dominoes. Whatever humans bring to music - individuality, passion, imagination - A.I. will cop it all and do it all better.
Watch it happen... in our lifetime.
For this project, I am not just a piece of a musical jigsaw puzzle. And no, it shall not be a "live" environment but, nor is it true, as I have said before, I am playing to the four walls. I cannot do that and stay passionate. If I have to imagine a live audience or the presence of other musicians, I shall. Music is life, about life. Far be it from me to kill it by letting a machine guide me through a Legend performance.
Again, for whatever reasons humans use the time device to record music, to each his own. I can only speak for myself and my own place in the music universe. You can call me "old school." Just know "new school" is exponentially moving forward and is going to take our places someday, soon enough.
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729. Francis Gets Cringey Again - January 27, 2023
If I were a Roman Catholic I'd be writing this post. As a Bible-believing Protestant, I am writing this post. Either way, this post should be written just as other Catholics and Protestants are doing all around the world, cringing at another strange position by this proclaimer infallibility.
In an interview with the Associated Press, the Pope is quoted:
"ON HOMOSEXUALITY
Pope Francis has stepped up his criticism of discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community. He called laws criminalizing homosexuals unjust but reiterated Catholic Church teaching that homosexual activity is sinful.
Bantering with himself, Francis articulated the position: “It’s not a crime. Yes, but it’s a sin. Fine, but first let’s distinguish between a sin and a crime.”
apnews.com/article/pope-francis-ap-interview-highlights-8b9ec42afec4e0c0691a54f756b257bc
Let's.
First, a definition of sin -
1John 3:4 Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Rom 14:23 And he that doubts is damned if he eat, because he eats not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Sin is transgression of God's moral law, the ten commandments. On their surface, or contemplation of their deeper principles, sin is simply defined as breaking God's law.
Sin is also a matter if faithlessness, which gets a little deeper. The Bible states the believer is to walk by faith - i.e. trust - not by sight, 2 Cor. 5:7. We trust God's written Word over and beyond what we can see with our eyes. That is an obvious matter of developing trust in God and His Word. If we choose to walk by sight all the time, believing only what we see, we sin because it shows lack of faith/trust in God and His Word. It's a reason Jesus told the priest, Nicodemus, we must be born again, by the active influence of the Holy Spirit upon us, John 3:1-15. Like the wind, we cannot see it, where it comes from or where it goes but, we do see its results in the movement of things effected by the wind. So it is when we are born again. We do not see the experience but, we do not see it coming at us but, we do experience the results: a changed heart and mind of love towards God and our fellow man; a desire to live in harmony with God, in connection to God, every moment of every day; a literal new life that mysteriously comes upon us in the experience. It's a marvelous thing. The believer is not one who says, "I'll only believe it, if I can see it." Learning of, experiencing our Creator and Recreator is something that removes need of sight to follow God. If we live by sight, we sin, we show lack of faith and trust and therefore impugn God's character.
When Jesus comes again, He rhetorically asked:
"Nevertheless when the Son of man comes, shall he find faith on the earth?: Luke 18:8
People are all come into this world by a natural birth and develop faith in things all the time. We buy something unseen and unused inside a box. We have faith it will work; faith determined by other experience of purchasing items from the same company or faith in the words and experience of those we have learned to trust, telling us a product is a good thing. Everybody exercises a certain degree of faith and trust every day.
We know we can trust God because of His Word, especially fulfillment of the more sure word of prophecy,
2Pet 1:17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
2Pet 1:18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
2Pet 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
2Pet 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
2Pet 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Peter tells us it is a more sure thing to trust prophecy than our own eyes. He saw Jesus transfigured on the Mount; a fantastic, glorious sight, and still, he says it is more sure to trust the prophetic word of God. If we are not willing, we sin.
Now, what's a crime?
"Crime
noun
1
: an illegal act for which someone can be punished by the government
especially : a gross violation of law
2
: a grave offense especially against morality
3
: criminal activity
efforts to fight crime
4
: something reprehensible, foolish, or disgraceful
It's a crime to waste good food."
Check this out:
Eze 7:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Eze 7:2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
Eze 7:3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.
Eze 7:4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Eze 7:23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
The Hebrew word for crimes in the verse is, mishphat.
Job 31:11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
The Hebrew word for crime in the verse is, zammah.
Gen 26:10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
The Hebrew word for guiltiness is, asham.
Those Hebrew words are translated thusly in the King James Version -
adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just (-ice, -ly), (manner of) law (-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
heinous crime, lewd (-ly, -ness), mischief, purpose, thought, wicked (device, mind, -ness).
guiltiness, (offering for) sin, trespass (offering).
Moving to the New Testament and Greek -
Act 25:27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.
The Greek word for crimes in the verse is, aitia
John 18:38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
The Greek word translated fault? Aitia.
John 19:4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
John 19:5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
John 19:6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
In the Greek, aitia. The word is translated thusly, in the KJV -
accusation, case, cause, crime, fault,
According to Thayer's dictionary, under aitia -
Thayer Definition:
1) cause, reason
2) cause for which one is worthy of punishment, crime
3) charge of crime, accusation
Words, language is fascinating.
Going to Thesaurus.com I find these synonyms for the word "crime" -
In that list are plenty of words you will find in Scripture, as well, linked to what is iniquity, transgression and sin, what is an abomination, what is immorality, etc., and therefore, a crime.
The Bible states what is God's view of the practice of homosexuality. To the government of God, it is a sin and a crime. I am not an advocate of a theocracy, by any means. The ancient theocracy had its place in time and is over and gone. That said, is the government of the Pope not in harmony with the government of God; for certainly as a professed believer, as the professed leader and representative of God's church on Earth, in place of Christ, you would think he'd be in harmony with God's government in Heaven.
He is not.
What Earthly governments choose to state is a crime, is the business of the government of each nation and state, not the Pope; who has control only of his own nation/state, the Vatican. That control is wearing thin on millions of members of that religious nation, the nation in prophecy that is expressly titled, antichrist, the man of sin, the beast, the great whore and mother of harlots, fornicator with the kings of the earth.
The Pope also said God loves all people just as we are. Hm. Well, yes and no. God wants us to come to Him just as we are. To stay that way? Most definitely not. He desires to change us into the spiritual image and stature of Christ; indeed, into the spiritual likeness of Adam and Eve, before they fell. When a final generation, a remnant of believers can be sanctified to that place of spiritual life, then Christ shall come - to rescue them because their place on Earth will be the same shining light and condemnation of sin and corruption as Christ's presence on Earth 2,000 years ago. The cycle of salvation will be complete. Eden lost, to Eden restored, when God creates a new heaven and a new Earth, wherein dwells righteousness.
1Jn 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
1Jn 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
1Jn 3:3 And every man that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
In an interview with the Associated Press, the Pope is quoted:
"ON HOMOSEXUALITY
Pope Francis has stepped up his criticism of discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community. He called laws criminalizing homosexuals unjust but reiterated Catholic Church teaching that homosexual activity is sinful.
Bantering with himself, Francis articulated the position: “It’s not a crime. Yes, but it’s a sin. Fine, but first let’s distinguish between a sin and a crime.”
apnews.com/article/pope-francis-ap-interview-highlights-8b9ec42afec4e0c0691a54f756b257bc
Let's.
First, a definition of sin -
1John 3:4 Whosoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Rom 14:23 And he that doubts is damned if he eat, because he eats not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Sin is transgression of God's moral law, the ten commandments. On their surface, or contemplation of their deeper principles, sin is simply defined as breaking God's law.
Sin is also a matter if faithlessness, which gets a little deeper. The Bible states the believer is to walk by faith - i.e. trust - not by sight, 2 Cor. 5:7. We trust God's written Word over and beyond what we can see with our eyes. That is an obvious matter of developing trust in God and His Word. If we choose to walk by sight all the time, believing only what we see, we sin because it shows lack of faith/trust in God and His Word. It's a reason Jesus told the priest, Nicodemus, we must be born again, by the active influence of the Holy Spirit upon us, John 3:1-15. Like the wind, we cannot see it, where it comes from or where it goes but, we do see its results in the movement of things effected by the wind. So it is when we are born again. We do not see the experience but, we do not see it coming at us but, we do experience the results: a changed heart and mind of love towards God and our fellow man; a desire to live in harmony with God, in connection to God, every moment of every day; a literal new life that mysteriously comes upon us in the experience. It's a marvelous thing. The believer is not one who says, "I'll only believe it, if I can see it." Learning of, experiencing our Creator and Recreator is something that removes need of sight to follow God. If we live by sight, we sin, we show lack of faith and trust and therefore impugn God's character.
When Jesus comes again, He rhetorically asked:
"Nevertheless when the Son of man comes, shall he find faith on the earth?: Luke 18:8
People are all come into this world by a natural birth and develop faith in things all the time. We buy something unseen and unused inside a box. We have faith it will work; faith determined by other experience of purchasing items from the same company or faith in the words and experience of those we have learned to trust, telling us a product is a good thing. Everybody exercises a certain degree of faith and trust every day.
We know we can trust God because of His Word, especially fulfillment of the more sure word of prophecy,
2Pet 1:17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
2Pet 1:18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
2Pet 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
2Pet 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
2Pet 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Peter tells us it is a more sure thing to trust prophecy than our own eyes. He saw Jesus transfigured on the Mount; a fantastic, glorious sight, and still, he says it is more sure to trust the prophetic word of God. If we are not willing, we sin.
Now, what's a crime?
"Crime
noun
1
: an illegal act for which someone can be punished by the government
especially : a gross violation of law
2
: a grave offense especially against morality
3
: criminal activity
efforts to fight crime
4
: something reprehensible, foolish, or disgraceful
It's a crime to waste good food."
Check this out:
Eze 7:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Eze 7:2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land.
Eze 7:3 Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.
Eze 7:4 And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Eze 7:23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
The Hebrew word for crimes in the verse is, mishphat.
Job 31:11 For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
The Hebrew word for crime in the verse is, zammah.
Gen 26:10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
The Hebrew word for guiltiness is, asham.
Those Hebrew words are translated thusly in the King James Version -
adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just (-ice, -ly), (manner of) law (-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
heinous crime, lewd (-ly, -ness), mischief, purpose, thought, wicked (device, mind, -ness).
guiltiness, (offering for) sin, trespass (offering).
Moving to the New Testament and Greek -
Act 25:27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.
The Greek word for crimes in the verse is, aitia
John 18:38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
The Greek word translated fault? Aitia.
John 19:4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
John 19:5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
John 19:6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
In the Greek, aitia. The word is translated thusly, in the KJV -
accusation, case, cause, crime, fault,
According to Thayer's dictionary, under aitia -
Thayer Definition:
1) cause, reason
2) cause for which one is worthy of punishment, crime
3) charge of crime, accusation
Words, language is fascinating.
Going to Thesaurus.com I find these synonyms for the word "crime" -
- atrocity
- breach
- case
- corruption
- evil
- felony
- infraction
- lawlessness
- misconduct
- misdeed
- misdemeanor
- scandal
- transgression
- violation
- wrongdoing
- abomination
- break
- caper
- criminality
- delinquency
- depravity
- dereliction
- enormity
- fault
- hit
- illegality
- immorality
- infringement
- iniquity
- job
- malfeasance
- outrage
- racket
- sneak
- tort
- trespass
- vice
- villainy
- wickedness
- wrong
- antisocial behavior
- delict
- delictum
- evil behavior
- fast one
- malefaction
- mortal sin
- unlawful act
In that list are plenty of words you will find in Scripture, as well, linked to what is iniquity, transgression and sin, what is an abomination, what is immorality, etc., and therefore, a crime.
The Bible states what is God's view of the practice of homosexuality. To the government of God, it is a sin and a crime. I am not an advocate of a theocracy, by any means. The ancient theocracy had its place in time and is over and gone. That said, is the government of the Pope not in harmony with the government of God; for certainly as a professed believer, as the professed leader and representative of God's church on Earth, in place of Christ, you would think he'd be in harmony with God's government in Heaven.
He is not.
What Earthly governments choose to state is a crime, is the business of the government of each nation and state, not the Pope; who has control only of his own nation/state, the Vatican. That control is wearing thin on millions of members of that religious nation, the nation in prophecy that is expressly titled, antichrist, the man of sin, the beast, the great whore and mother of harlots, fornicator with the kings of the earth.
The Pope also said God loves all people just as we are. Hm. Well, yes and no. God wants us to come to Him just as we are. To stay that way? Most definitely not. He desires to change us into the spiritual image and stature of Christ; indeed, into the spiritual likeness of Adam and Eve, before they fell. When a final generation, a remnant of believers can be sanctified to that place of spiritual life, then Christ shall come - to rescue them because their place on Earth will be the same shining light and condemnation of sin and corruption as Christ's presence on Earth 2,000 years ago. The cycle of salvation will be complete. Eden lost, to Eden restored, when God creates a new heaven and a new Earth, wherein dwells righteousness.
1Jn 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
1Jn 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
1Jn 3:3 And every man that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Brave New World
That's the title of Aldous Huxley's 1932 sci-fi novel, and his take on the future. Well, how's this for future world -
www.faithwire.com/2023/01/26/brave-new-world-artificial-wombs-could-be-here-in-a-few-short-years-says-german-molecular-biologist/
"The video is titled “Ectolife: The World’s First Artificial Womb Facility.” It shows details of a factory that can incubate up to 30,000 babies per year by utilizing 75 state-of-the-art labs containing up to 400 pods.
"According to the video, every pod is designed to replicate the exact functions of a women’s uterus allowing the baby to access nutrients, oxygen, hormones, and antibodies. Each pod would also monitor the unborn baby’s vital signs including the baby’s heartbeat, temperature, blood pressure, breathing rate, and oxygen levels. Physical and genetic abnormalities would be monitored as well.
"According to the video, parents will be offered an “elite package” that would allow them to genetically edit their baby’s traits. That could include customizing the baby’s eye color, hair color, skin tone, physical strength, height, and level of intelligence."
We now live in a world where scientific amalgamations of human and animal take place. We live in a world that believes and postulates there is no need of a Creator God to form life. Life just sprang out of chemicals by accident, or naturally and man can control life, bring life. No Creator necessary. Man is god.
Most of us know and realize if they say it's ten years away, it's much closer and may even be here already. They just need to check all their legal and societal boxes before they tell the world.
I always bring this up. Remember Dolly?
Can you imagine the gross mistakes being made? Can you imagine the grotesque blunders and aberrations taking place before they can even get close to such an end? When everybody saw an ear growing on a mouse, the world was shocked. That's old stuff, now.
Fallen man, influenced and guided by a fallen angel, has this intrinsic need, this warped desire and corrupt lust to be God, to be in total and complete control.
Think you God will just watch this without response? Think again.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
www.faithwire.com/2023/01/26/brave-new-world-artificial-wombs-could-be-here-in-a-few-short-years-says-german-molecular-biologist/
"The video is titled “Ectolife: The World’s First Artificial Womb Facility.” It shows details of a factory that can incubate up to 30,000 babies per year by utilizing 75 state-of-the-art labs containing up to 400 pods.
"According to the video, every pod is designed to replicate the exact functions of a women’s uterus allowing the baby to access nutrients, oxygen, hormones, and antibodies. Each pod would also monitor the unborn baby’s vital signs including the baby’s heartbeat, temperature, blood pressure, breathing rate, and oxygen levels. Physical and genetic abnormalities would be monitored as well.
"According to the video, parents will be offered an “elite package” that would allow them to genetically edit their baby’s traits. That could include customizing the baby’s eye color, hair color, skin tone, physical strength, height, and level of intelligence."
We now live in a world where scientific amalgamations of human and animal take place. We live in a world that believes and postulates there is no need of a Creator God to form life. Life just sprang out of chemicals by accident, or naturally and man can control life, bring life. No Creator necessary. Man is god.
Most of us know and realize if they say it's ten years away, it's much closer and may even be here already. They just need to check all their legal and societal boxes before they tell the world.
I always bring this up. Remember Dolly?
Can you imagine the gross mistakes being made? Can you imagine the grotesque blunders and aberrations taking place before they can even get close to such an end? When everybody saw an ear growing on a mouse, the world was shocked. That's old stuff, now.
Fallen man, influenced and guided by a fallen angel, has this intrinsic need, this warped desire and corrupt lust to be God, to be in total and complete control.
Think you God will just watch this without response? Think again.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Brave New Sermons???
Oh, brother, where art thou? This is a whole lot more important than me being replaced by click tracks and computerized, A.I. drumming programs. This story is saturated with issues. Check it out -
www.christianpost.com/news/rabbi-uses-ai-tool-chatgpt-to-write-sermon.html
The entire premise of proclamation of the Word of God is a divine partnership and connection between the mind of God and the mind of humans. It is listed as a gift, a spiritually given talent. Sermons written by Artificial Intelligence???
Read the article. It will drop your jaw. It should, anyway because we are obviously on the cusp of events never before experienced or seen by mankind and where it all leads. Even the days of Noah had their limitations. Mankind had limitations. Today, mankind wants no limitations.
Two freedoms exist. Two freedoms do battle. Two prophetic women, two prophetic cities, two creatures, two armies, two Christs are locked in battle and it is going to get gargantuan.
Freedom in Christ. Freedom from Christ, even within that which professes Christ.
Christ, the Way, the Truth and the Life wins. Christ the Saviour and coming, conquering King, wins. Christ the Creator, wins. Christ, God in human flesh, glorified in power and authority, wins.
Even so, COME, Lord Jesus.
www.christianpost.com/news/rabbi-uses-ai-tool-chatgpt-to-write-sermon.html
The entire premise of proclamation of the Word of God is a divine partnership and connection between the mind of God and the mind of humans. It is listed as a gift, a spiritually given talent. Sermons written by Artificial Intelligence???
Read the article. It will drop your jaw. It should, anyway because we are obviously on the cusp of events never before experienced or seen by mankind and where it all leads. Even the days of Noah had their limitations. Mankind had limitations. Today, mankind wants no limitations.
Two freedoms exist. Two freedoms do battle. Two prophetic women, two prophetic cities, two creatures, two armies, two Christs are locked in battle and it is going to get gargantuan.
Freedom in Christ. Freedom from Christ, even within that which professes Christ.
Christ, the Way, the Truth and the Life wins. Christ the Saviour and coming, conquering King, wins. Christ the Creator, wins. Christ, God in human flesh, glorified in power and authority, wins.
Even so, COME, Lord Jesus.
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730. But... - January 28, 2023
In communicating with someone about the fourth Concept recording; 'Solos for Concept Drum Sets,' I said I know I'm not going to win any awards but, my purpose for the last five years has been to show, as emphatically as I am able, a drum, is a drum, is a drum. Despite some details on cosmetics, no marketing campaigns from manufacturers can back up their hype about their proprietary shells and supposed sonic wonders they create. The person I was speaking to said, I have done that and the recording cannot be put aside as a personal opinion of a fluke. It emphatically proves the point.
I am a crusader-type personality, when it comes to those personality tests you can take online. My daughter suggested I take one she recommended so she could understand me better. That was years ago. Did it help? I suppose so. It pegged me pretty good, I'll say that. I get into something and refuse to let go until the battle is won. You can call me crazy but, if a principle is involved that I believe in, I hold my ground. On the subject of overzealous marketing strategies drum manufacturers use to super-hype their drum shells and some superior sound produced, it got to the point where it became like some drip, drip, drip water torture. Enough already. Every year, every decade it just keeps getting worse. So, I went after it.
The idea to rerecord LEGEND, From the Fjords but, do so with a new message to the lyrics may seem rather odd or even foolish to some but, to have Legend corralled with a type of music and bands that makes no bones about being antichristian is so abhorrent to my senses, and just the truth of the history of the band back in the 70's, even as an atheist myself, I honed in on new lyrics, which came out of me very quickly, and have forged ahead.
Having Martin Andersen on board is a treat because I love the guy and his playing. I feel the same about the bassists who have offered their talents, as well. All nice guys who have a live and let live attitude and a do unto others kind of vibe and philosophy. Honestly, they have all told me they do not consider themselves Christians but, they hold no animosity towards the faith as they understand it and believe the project is a unique one they really would like to be part of. The possibility to see the music reach a new level of intensity and power, via these fine musicians and talents, with the era's recording technology, is something I believe Kevin would have jumped at were he with us today. We had many discussions about religion back then. He was raised Catholic and while he didn't practice the faith, he believed in God. I was raised Catholic, as well, and had become an atheist at a very young age. I know it shocked him and others in the band's orbit when I became a Christian and took a new path and journey in life. It confused them, especially right on the edge of the album coming out and receiving accolades from those who heard it. That said, never could I imagine finding out in 2006 just how far those accolades had traveled over the years; and with that, the genre it was placed in and the company it had been keeping with an image decidedly not the thinking and image we had 40 years ago.
I have written a lot here about my questions of what Heavy Metal has become, as a genre and all the sub-genres under it. Massive changes began to take place in the 80's and just progressed, or I should state, descended over the decades. I try to understand it from philosophical, as well as musical viewpoints. It is what it is but, I have felt the burden to release Legend from some of the categorization it has gotten placed in by those who were not alive back then and didn't know the entire catalog of music we put out there at the time, or even the basic premise of the band.
I will honestly say, when I read these new lyrics along side the songs on the album, I experience some serious horripilation. I am anxious to put it all together and have people hear it. That will be awhile yet, of course but, I am marching toward a goal, a principle that I hope brings fruition for all involved.
God is good. I trust in His guidance in this project.
It looks to be a year of unknowns and some pretty severe prognostications from many quarters. The world has been placed at 90 seconds to midnight on the great clock of nuclear disaster. The Biden administration, fraught with hatred for every principle that makes America the greatest nation in human history, despite all its problems in its time span thus far, is poking a bear of no mean strength. Biden is a puppet, a fool, an absolute fool (and I realize Christ's speaking upon using that term), making a mockery of the principles of Americanism, covered in a mafia garb of criminal activity a corrupt press and justice department refuse to pursue. He is a laughing stock around the world, and should be, if not pitied for being a pawn in his elder, and obviously mentally challenged closing years.
Making a new album in such an atmosphere is a unique time pursuit, indeed but, the times also require it, demand it, in my mind. The message of the return of Christ and issues involved is a planetary one. All humanity is facing it and will experience it. It will be like nothing humanity has ever faced. In many respects it makes nuclear warfare a shadow of contention. I personally do not believe Putin will drop a nuke first. The corrupt military industrial complex... yeah, I have no doubt they could and would if they can make money from it.
Making music in such an age as this, recording it, when people are saying everything could melt and go up in a blaze of nuclear insanity may seem a fool's errand but, music has always been at the forefront of great events and times. There is no time like the present.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
I am a crusader-type personality, when it comes to those personality tests you can take online. My daughter suggested I take one she recommended so she could understand me better. That was years ago. Did it help? I suppose so. It pegged me pretty good, I'll say that. I get into something and refuse to let go until the battle is won. You can call me crazy but, if a principle is involved that I believe in, I hold my ground. On the subject of overzealous marketing strategies drum manufacturers use to super-hype their drum shells and some superior sound produced, it got to the point where it became like some drip, drip, drip water torture. Enough already. Every year, every decade it just keeps getting worse. So, I went after it.
The idea to rerecord LEGEND, From the Fjords but, do so with a new message to the lyrics may seem rather odd or even foolish to some but, to have Legend corralled with a type of music and bands that makes no bones about being antichristian is so abhorrent to my senses, and just the truth of the history of the band back in the 70's, even as an atheist myself, I honed in on new lyrics, which came out of me very quickly, and have forged ahead.
Having Martin Andersen on board is a treat because I love the guy and his playing. I feel the same about the bassists who have offered their talents, as well. All nice guys who have a live and let live attitude and a do unto others kind of vibe and philosophy. Honestly, they have all told me they do not consider themselves Christians but, they hold no animosity towards the faith as they understand it and believe the project is a unique one they really would like to be part of. The possibility to see the music reach a new level of intensity and power, via these fine musicians and talents, with the era's recording technology, is something I believe Kevin would have jumped at were he with us today. We had many discussions about religion back then. He was raised Catholic and while he didn't practice the faith, he believed in God. I was raised Catholic, as well, and had become an atheist at a very young age. I know it shocked him and others in the band's orbit when I became a Christian and took a new path and journey in life. It confused them, especially right on the edge of the album coming out and receiving accolades from those who heard it. That said, never could I imagine finding out in 2006 just how far those accolades had traveled over the years; and with that, the genre it was placed in and the company it had been keeping with an image decidedly not the thinking and image we had 40 years ago.
I have written a lot here about my questions of what Heavy Metal has become, as a genre and all the sub-genres under it. Massive changes began to take place in the 80's and just progressed, or I should state, descended over the decades. I try to understand it from philosophical, as well as musical viewpoints. It is what it is but, I have felt the burden to release Legend from some of the categorization it has gotten placed in by those who were not alive back then and didn't know the entire catalog of music we put out there at the time, or even the basic premise of the band.
I will honestly say, when I read these new lyrics along side the songs on the album, I experience some serious horripilation. I am anxious to put it all together and have people hear it. That will be awhile yet, of course but, I am marching toward a goal, a principle that I hope brings fruition for all involved.
God is good. I trust in His guidance in this project.
It looks to be a year of unknowns and some pretty severe prognostications from many quarters. The world has been placed at 90 seconds to midnight on the great clock of nuclear disaster. The Biden administration, fraught with hatred for every principle that makes America the greatest nation in human history, despite all its problems in its time span thus far, is poking a bear of no mean strength. Biden is a puppet, a fool, an absolute fool (and I realize Christ's speaking upon using that term), making a mockery of the principles of Americanism, covered in a mafia garb of criminal activity a corrupt press and justice department refuse to pursue. He is a laughing stock around the world, and should be, if not pitied for being a pawn in his elder, and obviously mentally challenged closing years.
Making a new album in such an atmosphere is a unique time pursuit, indeed but, the times also require it, demand it, in my mind. The message of the return of Christ and issues involved is a planetary one. All humanity is facing it and will experience it. It will be like nothing humanity has ever faced. In many respects it makes nuclear warfare a shadow of contention. I personally do not believe Putin will drop a nuke first. The corrupt military industrial complex... yeah, I have no doubt they could and would if they can make money from it.
Making music in such an age as this, recording it, when people are saying everything could melt and go up in a blaze of nuclear insanity may seem a fool's errand but, music has always been at the forefront of great events and times. There is no time like the present.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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QUESTIONS
I finally decided to watch the videos related to the Tyre Nichols situation. As I watched, right from the beginning of the first video, questions developed in my mind. So, I typed a search - Tyre Nichols unanswered questions - and the first three hits were from British newspapers, asking the same questions that came into my mind.
Honestly, I never went past the second video. I may as well have been watching some scene from North Korea or Communist China or other despotic regime-run nation using attack dogs for a police force.
Everybody knows and understands police work is hard work in major cities. It's dangerous work. Criminals are now void of sense, void of reason, void of anything but anger. Lots of anger that turns a city into living nightmares of what police see and experience on a daily basis. Police are on edge and their own senses are overblown with apprehension. Everything is a powder keg waiting to get lit and explode.
Watching the body cam footage just raises questions of who, what, when, where, why and how did this all take place. If people were to tell me that kind of thing happens every day in large cities, I'd have chalked it up to criminal belligerence. Every such circumstance seems to have background information that brings a situation into a different focus than main stream media portrays. This situation? None of this makes sense, at all. None of it. A young guy crying out for his mother is some dangerous, deadly force of the night that must be beaten into submission? Seriously?
What kind of training or total lack of training are police recruits getting today? This is not something that just happened. These officers of law and order have some serious issues of disorder going on. By the time the guy with the baton gets involved, I had to wonder if the cops are the ones on PCP. The cops are the ones on drugs. The cops have become the criminals.
I'm not naive. I know corruption exists in police departments. Corruption is everywhere. It's a sign of the times.
I have never lived in an environment where any kind of large police presence was necessary. I have only lived in smaller communities where violence and crime are minimal. You see cops and you wave. You believe in the Blue.
My wife just informed me another such situation has taken place in Atlanta where a young guy was shot by police 12 times. ????
Something is way out of whack. We all see it. The answer, the situation is a complicated one. If you put more police on the streets as a show of force to protect the innocent, at this point, it's just a move towards a police state; a very different situation altogether. I mean, in this case, even the EMTs became suspect. It was a total loss of caring for a human life. Only a sick person would treat an animal like that without good reason of self-defense or something, let alone a human being asking what the heck is going on right from the get go. I'd have thought my life was in danger and get the hell away from these devils on crack before they killed me.
How did one cop get pepper spray in his eye? Under stress, did he point the container at himself? Was he that out of sync with self-control and order?
Lots of questions. Few answers. Save for this. "The love of many shall grow cold." That is as obvious as a train wreck.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Honestly, I never went past the second video. I may as well have been watching some scene from North Korea or Communist China or other despotic regime-run nation using attack dogs for a police force.
Everybody knows and understands police work is hard work in major cities. It's dangerous work. Criminals are now void of sense, void of reason, void of anything but anger. Lots of anger that turns a city into living nightmares of what police see and experience on a daily basis. Police are on edge and their own senses are overblown with apprehension. Everything is a powder keg waiting to get lit and explode.
Watching the body cam footage just raises questions of who, what, when, where, why and how did this all take place. If people were to tell me that kind of thing happens every day in large cities, I'd have chalked it up to criminal belligerence. Every such circumstance seems to have background information that brings a situation into a different focus than main stream media portrays. This situation? None of this makes sense, at all. None of it. A young guy crying out for his mother is some dangerous, deadly force of the night that must be beaten into submission? Seriously?
What kind of training or total lack of training are police recruits getting today? This is not something that just happened. These officers of law and order have some serious issues of disorder going on. By the time the guy with the baton gets involved, I had to wonder if the cops are the ones on PCP. The cops are the ones on drugs. The cops have become the criminals.
I'm not naive. I know corruption exists in police departments. Corruption is everywhere. It's a sign of the times.
I have never lived in an environment where any kind of large police presence was necessary. I have only lived in smaller communities where violence and crime are minimal. You see cops and you wave. You believe in the Blue.
My wife just informed me another such situation has taken place in Atlanta where a young guy was shot by police 12 times. ????
Something is way out of whack. We all see it. The answer, the situation is a complicated one. If you put more police on the streets as a show of force to protect the innocent, at this point, it's just a move towards a police state; a very different situation altogether. I mean, in this case, even the EMTs became suspect. It was a total loss of caring for a human life. Only a sick person would treat an animal like that without good reason of self-defense or something, let alone a human being asking what the heck is going on right from the get go. I'd have thought my life was in danger and get the hell away from these devils on crack before they killed me.
How did one cop get pepper spray in his eye? Under stress, did he point the container at himself? Was he that out of sync with self-control and order?
Lots of questions. Few answers. Save for this. "The love of many shall grow cold." That is as obvious as a train wreck.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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A Quote
I have heard or seen this quote a number of times over the years. I came across it again today and thought I'd post it.
It is generally associated with the WW2 Nazi propagandist, Joseph Goebbels, one of the main henchmen of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich but, no actual connection to Goebbels has ever been found. Some claim it is related to things Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf. Whatever, the quote contains truth, born out by centuries of practice. The policy behind it is active and forceful today, perhaps more than ever, with the cascading mountain of lies continually told the citizens of the world by Leftist elites bent on total world dominion and control.
Possibly the most useful lie used these days is plastering anything with "conspiracy theory" that the controllers do not want people looking into. Too bad because billions are now looking into things simply because the Leftists are ruining nations and people's lives all over the planet. Eating has no political stripe, nor does shelter and heat in the winter, and freedom and liberty to speak your convictions without political and government attack. We used to call that totalitarian Communism. Today we call that the Democrat Party playbook and the effect of Republican cowardice.
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
I saw the quote used by Stew Peters on a recent broadcast of his, where he links it to the Jewish Virtual Library.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/joseph-goebbels-on-the-quot-big-lie-quot
boxcast.tv/view-embed/tzjrj8lxkqpugbbdxlzo?showTitle=1&showDescription=1&showHighlights=1&showRelated=1&defaultVideo=next&market=smb&showDocuments=1&showIndex=1&showDonations=0&showChat=1&layout=playlist-to-right
I haven't followed Peters in awhile but, he now has his own network and is no longer on the Red Voice Media news site. He is still pounding the lies of anyone and everyone, regardless of political stripe. And, of course, still being attacked, relentlessly by Leftists who practice the Big Lie.
Nothing really changes.
It is generally associated with the WW2 Nazi propagandist, Joseph Goebbels, one of the main henchmen of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich but, no actual connection to Goebbels has ever been found. Some claim it is related to things Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf. Whatever, the quote contains truth, born out by centuries of practice. The policy behind it is active and forceful today, perhaps more than ever, with the cascading mountain of lies continually told the citizens of the world by Leftist elites bent on total world dominion and control.
Possibly the most useful lie used these days is plastering anything with "conspiracy theory" that the controllers do not want people looking into. Too bad because billions are now looking into things simply because the Leftists are ruining nations and people's lives all over the planet. Eating has no political stripe, nor does shelter and heat in the winter, and freedom and liberty to speak your convictions without political and government attack. We used to call that totalitarian Communism. Today we call that the Democrat Party playbook and the effect of Republican cowardice.
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
I saw the quote used by Stew Peters on a recent broadcast of his, where he links it to the Jewish Virtual Library.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/joseph-goebbels-on-the-quot-big-lie-quot
boxcast.tv/view-embed/tzjrj8lxkqpugbbdxlzo?showTitle=1&showDescription=1&showHighlights=1&showRelated=1&defaultVideo=next&market=smb&showDocuments=1&showIndex=1&showDonations=0&showChat=1&layout=playlist-to-right
I haven't followed Peters in awhile but, he now has his own network and is no longer on the Red Voice Media news site. He is still pounding the lies of anyone and everyone, regardless of political stripe. And, of course, still being attacked, relentlessly by Leftists who practice the Big Lie.
Nothing really changes.
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Fly the Friendly Skies
I have always disliked flying. After 9/11, I think I have flown once or twice. I forget so, it was a long time ago.
After the rollout of the injections, my chances of flying are now zero. Why?
www.sgtreport.com/2023/02/why-are-the-ekgs-of-pilots-no-longer-normal/
As more people wake up to what's happening, by experience, not outside information; meaning experience they, themselves have or family members, friends and acquaintances, not alternative news sources keeping up with all the data of what is happening, the airline industry is going to enormously suffer, and well they should for forcing the shots upon employees. As Pfizer gets exposed, and J&J, Moderna and all the rest, for things they knew BEFORE the pandemic was declared, and BEFORE the rollout of the injections, and right after the rollout, right up to today, well, I keep saying, there comes a point where humanity just no longer holds it all in.
It's actually a race now. A race between the elitist globalist cabal gaining control of the planet before enough of its citizens wake up and cry out for responsibility, accountability, retribution, and forced Karma payback.
After the rollout of the injections, my chances of flying are now zero. Why?
- October 24, 2022, the FAA changed the EKG requirements necessary for pilots to fly — but not to make them safer
- With no public announcement or explanation, the agency expanded the allowable range for PR, a measure of heart function
- Widening this parameter means those with potential heart damage are now allowed to fly commercial aircraft, potentially putting passengers at risk, should they suffer a heart attack or other event while in the air
- Evidence suggests that pilots’ worsening heart health is due to adverse effects of COVID-19 shots
- An estimated 20% of pilots screened may have suffered heart damage due to COVID-19 shots, and the FAA may have been forced to widen the EKG parameters so pilots could continue to fly
www.sgtreport.com/2023/02/why-are-the-ekgs-of-pilots-no-longer-normal/
As more people wake up to what's happening, by experience, not outside information; meaning experience they, themselves have or family members, friends and acquaintances, not alternative news sources keeping up with all the data of what is happening, the airline industry is going to enormously suffer, and well they should for forcing the shots upon employees. As Pfizer gets exposed, and J&J, Moderna and all the rest, for things they knew BEFORE the pandemic was declared, and BEFORE the rollout of the injections, and right after the rollout, right up to today, well, I keep saying, there comes a point where humanity just no longer holds it all in.
It's actually a race now. A race between the elitist globalist cabal gaining control of the planet before enough of its citizens wake up and cry out for responsibility, accountability, retribution, and forced Karma payback.
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Floyd Sneed RIP
Another day of sad news for the drumming community. Floyd Sneed, well known for his days playing with Three Dog Night, passed away on the 27th of January. He was 80 years young.
When I saw TDN back in the day, I was just a young teenager and wide-eyed as they come, as far as big concert venues. I had never seen clear, plexiglass drums before, and Sneed had a bigger set than Ginger Baker. TDN was a song band, and I never expected a drum solo and when it came, I was mesmerized. When he began playing with his hands, I was ignorant of Joe Morello and others, and saw Sneed as an incredible, happy innovator. Just a monster player. Bigger than life. He was very muscular, yet he played throughout the night with real finesse and style.
I went home and attempted the whole hand thing. I never got into it but, I spent a lot of time playing along to a TDN live album when one came along. Lots of fun and memories with all that.
Floyd kept playing all throughout his life. I would have loved to hear him get into Fusion when that era came around. I'm sure he could have brought the chops and the funk to it all. He stayed in the drum chair for TDN until the late 70's, and apparently rejoined when the band reunited in the 80's, and also worked with Chuck Negron into the 2000's.
Floyd Sneed. R.I.P.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nza--18LVQY
When I saw TDN back in the day, I was just a young teenager and wide-eyed as they come, as far as big concert venues. I had never seen clear, plexiglass drums before, and Sneed had a bigger set than Ginger Baker. TDN was a song band, and I never expected a drum solo and when it came, I was mesmerized. When he began playing with his hands, I was ignorant of Joe Morello and others, and saw Sneed as an incredible, happy innovator. Just a monster player. Bigger than life. He was very muscular, yet he played throughout the night with real finesse and style.
I went home and attempted the whole hand thing. I never got into it but, I spent a lot of time playing along to a TDN live album when one came along. Lots of fun and memories with all that.
Floyd kept playing all throughout his life. I would have loved to hear him get into Fusion when that era came around. I'm sure he could have brought the chops and the funk to it all. He stayed in the drum chair for TDN until the late 70's, and apparently rejoined when the band reunited in the 80's, and also worked with Chuck Negron into the 2000's.
Floyd Sneed. R.I.P.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nza--18LVQY
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731. Is Religion a Protected Class in America? - February 3, 2023
This is a hugely important topic.
The Satanic Temple is planning to hold the largest gathering of Satanists in history (according to them) in Boston, in April. SatanCon is being dedicated to the mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu, seemingly as a pushback against the Temple not being allowed to open a session of the City Council with an invocation, as I understand it.
The ST is an enigma. They claim they are atheists, not a religion. Yet, they worship Satan. Well, no, they don't because they do not believe in that supernatural personage. "Satan" is more a lifestyle policy for living. That's what they claim. They are not a religion but, they want the same status as a religion, mostly what they claim is the protected status of Christianity in America.
First, as major studies are showing over the last few decades, the Christian faith is in decline, especially among young people. Church attendance is down to 85% of pre-pandemic levels. Literally thousands of churches are closing down for lack of attendance, and thereby, lack of funds to pay mortgages or rent, utility bills, property upkeep, etc.
In the 1970's profession of faith was surveyed at 90% in America. Today, the populace of the United States surveys at just over 60%, an enormous drop in half a century.
Satanists, it seems to those looking on at their constant harassment and litigation against Christian businesses and their owners, are a hypocritical society, by wrote. Nothing in the religion of God protects hypocrites within the professed faith of believers. The ST, by design and definition do not believe in live and let live. They obviously do not follow the principle taught by Jesus Christ of do unto others what you would have them do to you. There policy is Whatsoever thou wilt. That is Lucifer's policy so, they are in it lock, stock and barrel.
My position is simple. If you want to deny any person any professional service for any reason, you should be allowed to do so. If you choose to be a bigot, a racist, and just a plain creep, do so, and don't cry when your business collapses for lack of patronage from reasonable and sensible people.
Well, that is not the law of the land. The law states you cannot deny services based on race. I deny that because there is only ONE race: the human race. Skin color; the amount of melanin genetically part of someone's cosmetic genepool, is of zero consequence to dividing humanity into faux classes. It's totally bogus based on science and based on logic and common sense. It's a man-made social construct. A house of cards meant to divide humanity to more easily control them, the stronger over the weaker.
Businesses are in business to make money. The more people you cater to, the more money you make. If you are foolish enough to deny entire sectors of society, set-up by godless social engineers, you should have your business fail; just the reasonable consequence of one's screwed up outlook of humanity.
Is religion, as the ST states, a protected class? Yes, and no.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof"
Government protects religion by staying neutral to it. It makes no laws respecting any establishments of religion, nor against its free exercise. Well, Covid changed all that. The bogus pandemic did away with the first amendment.
Government denies no practice of religion that follows the principles of Judeo/Christian concepts the nation was founded upon. That's history, that's the law. If you don't like it, go live somewhere else. You are free to leave. Well, that is not the policy of the ST. For them, like all "Woke" and radical Leftist society, you must bow, you must bend, you must accept, you must change or they will crush you.
Filing lawsuits against Christian bakers, photographers, etc., is their way of denying Christians as a protected class yet, they cannot produce a single law that proves their point. All they can show are new laws attempting to practice what the first amendment already guarantees. There are no laws that protect Christians, as Christians. ALL religions are protected to be free from government interference. All government is to be free from policies of church and state domination.
Don't bother bringing in abortion. It has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with the Founding principles of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Government should protect life, not protect those who kill innocent human life, which is what a baby is inside a woman. It is NOT the woman's body. It is another life in side her, BY DESIGN. Yeah, that's the part of the nation functioning on Judeo/Christian principles, BY DESIGN of the Founders and Framers. Again, you don't like that history or set of principles?, leave the nation for other shores. You are free to go pursue your policies opposed to the principles that established this nation. I'm sure China would love to have you.
Obviously the idea of a SatanCon is a very disturbing situation in America. Personally, I don't care if they hold their event. I mean, seriously? Look at TV and movies. Portraying a godless society has become more and more common. You can gather with tens of thousands of fans dedicating themselves to, not just atheism but, the conscious effort to attack anything associated with Christianity along with dozens and dozens of Heavy Metal bands out there. Nobody will or can stop you. This is America. Christians will not sue you if you choose to favor, listen to and attend such events. They won't take you to court for selling their merch. They will pray for you, for that is a foundational principle of their faith. They aren't going to sue you but BUT, the Satanic Temple and other godless groups, will sue you if you will not cater to them. That is the height of a hypocrisy that destroys nations. It has in the past, and it is doing that now. It's an agitation of societal order that always proves destructive. Every communist try ends in destruction. Totalitarians always destroy their nations and bind their citizens in chains of human bondage. Slavery was defeated in Western nations. Western civilization has grown and developed constantly, producing a place where the rest of the world tries to get to.
Do not forget the book of Genesis. Call it a fairy tale if you want to. So be it. Lucifer told the woman if she disobeyed God she would ascend to another state of existence. God said, if you disobey you will die. The first parents chose to disobey and they died. You can call that, just a story but, there is a principle involved, that even atheists believe in, if they truly believe in freedom and liberty and live according to the rule of law founded by men who did believe in God and gave Him honor and a place in human events, trials, tribulations and victories over despotism, which they saw as kingly power and Popery. Atheists enjoy the freedoms and liberty guaranteed them by believers in God as Sovereign.
Don't tell me about America's faults. Tell me about the principle of building a more perfect union. Well, those who hate God, the concept, the idea, the existence of God, an all-knowing, all-powerful Creator with designed laws and life, refuse to abide by laws made according to religious principles that are the foundation of this nation. No, no. They are determined to destroy that foundation. If they succeed, they will not have the freedom promised them by Lucifer, like promised to Eve; that they will ascend to some higher level of existence. No. They will suffer a mentality that descends into a broken humanity that brings about things like the Purge, the Lord of the Flies, a 1984 and other dystopian nightmares of the stronger dominating the weaker.
And here's the thing - the enormous thing - they fight with utter futility: the fulfillment of Bible prophecy. It proves the Word of God is true and the Satanic Temple is just a set of lies, very old lies, used by the god of their "ascension" to a higher plane of existence. They can only fulfill their role in the stream of events bringing about the end and the second coming of Christ.
I want freedom and liberty to be left alone. I'll happily do the same for you, if you hate the principles I live by. Now, if you hate America, if you hate your fellowman and have a need to destroy them any way you can, you are, by default, my enemy, America's enemy and you must be stopped. It is not an option. Now, the proponents of Islam, post-Medina Islam, will happily stop you as infidels. If they, as well, gain an ascendency in American juris prudence, they, as well, will destroy the Republic. They must not be allowed to do that. THEY are happy to wield a literal sword. The Christian is happy to wield the Sword of God, which is His word, the Scriptures.
Yeah, lots of battles and wars taking place. Laugh all you want. It is the time of the end. All things are going to develop into a saved and lost, sheep and goats, majority and minority of humanity. It cannot be avoided. It can be delayed. It cannot be stopped. If you remove God from the public sphere of the nation, you leave it in the hands of the father if lies, the first murderer from the beginning.
The Bible says, God wins; the Creator wins and those who live by faith in His truth shall triumph with Him. PROPHECY, by its very nature of accurate fulfillment down through history, assures and guarantees things will take place just as the Word predicts. THAT is God's promise backed up by Sovereign knowledge of what is coming upon the face of the Earth. God declares the end, from the beginning.
No one will be able to plead ignorance by the time this gig wraps up. No way. Bibles are available with dozens of study aids in print or online. Yes, no argument about so many denominations and interpretations of prophetic fulfillment. That is not the issue, though. God's character, government and purposes are the issue and if you want to know God, God will set a train of events in motion to bring you closer and closer to Him and His truth. Your choice. God is love. Love will not force you to comply. Love will guide you, if you let it.
The Satanic Temple is a just a big pack of lies and hypocrisy because it is of the father of lies. That's the biblical position. It makes more sense to me than anything else out there.
Whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely.
If there first be a willing mind, it is accepted according to that which a man has, not according to that which he has not.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
The Satanic Temple is planning to hold the largest gathering of Satanists in history (according to them) in Boston, in April. SatanCon is being dedicated to the mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu, seemingly as a pushback against the Temple not being allowed to open a session of the City Council with an invocation, as I understand it.
The ST is an enigma. They claim they are atheists, not a religion. Yet, they worship Satan. Well, no, they don't because they do not believe in that supernatural personage. "Satan" is more a lifestyle policy for living. That's what they claim. They are not a religion but, they want the same status as a religion, mostly what they claim is the protected status of Christianity in America.
First, as major studies are showing over the last few decades, the Christian faith is in decline, especially among young people. Church attendance is down to 85% of pre-pandemic levels. Literally thousands of churches are closing down for lack of attendance, and thereby, lack of funds to pay mortgages or rent, utility bills, property upkeep, etc.
In the 1970's profession of faith was surveyed at 90% in America. Today, the populace of the United States surveys at just over 60%, an enormous drop in half a century.
Satanists, it seems to those looking on at their constant harassment and litigation against Christian businesses and their owners, are a hypocritical society, by wrote. Nothing in the religion of God protects hypocrites within the professed faith of believers. The ST, by design and definition do not believe in live and let live. They obviously do not follow the principle taught by Jesus Christ of do unto others what you would have them do to you. There policy is Whatsoever thou wilt. That is Lucifer's policy so, they are in it lock, stock and barrel.
My position is simple. If you want to deny any person any professional service for any reason, you should be allowed to do so. If you choose to be a bigot, a racist, and just a plain creep, do so, and don't cry when your business collapses for lack of patronage from reasonable and sensible people.
Well, that is not the law of the land. The law states you cannot deny services based on race. I deny that because there is only ONE race: the human race. Skin color; the amount of melanin genetically part of someone's cosmetic genepool, is of zero consequence to dividing humanity into faux classes. It's totally bogus based on science and based on logic and common sense. It's a man-made social construct. A house of cards meant to divide humanity to more easily control them, the stronger over the weaker.
Businesses are in business to make money. The more people you cater to, the more money you make. If you are foolish enough to deny entire sectors of society, set-up by godless social engineers, you should have your business fail; just the reasonable consequence of one's screwed up outlook of humanity.
Is religion, as the ST states, a protected class? Yes, and no.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof"
Government protects religion by staying neutral to it. It makes no laws respecting any establishments of religion, nor against its free exercise. Well, Covid changed all that. The bogus pandemic did away with the first amendment.
Government denies no practice of religion that follows the principles of Judeo/Christian concepts the nation was founded upon. That's history, that's the law. If you don't like it, go live somewhere else. You are free to leave. Well, that is not the policy of the ST. For them, like all "Woke" and radical Leftist society, you must bow, you must bend, you must accept, you must change or they will crush you.
Filing lawsuits against Christian bakers, photographers, etc., is their way of denying Christians as a protected class yet, they cannot produce a single law that proves their point. All they can show are new laws attempting to practice what the first amendment already guarantees. There are no laws that protect Christians, as Christians. ALL religions are protected to be free from government interference. All government is to be free from policies of church and state domination.
Don't bother bringing in abortion. It has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with the Founding principles of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Government should protect life, not protect those who kill innocent human life, which is what a baby is inside a woman. It is NOT the woman's body. It is another life in side her, BY DESIGN. Yeah, that's the part of the nation functioning on Judeo/Christian principles, BY DESIGN of the Founders and Framers. Again, you don't like that history or set of principles?, leave the nation for other shores. You are free to go pursue your policies opposed to the principles that established this nation. I'm sure China would love to have you.
Obviously the idea of a SatanCon is a very disturbing situation in America. Personally, I don't care if they hold their event. I mean, seriously? Look at TV and movies. Portraying a godless society has become more and more common. You can gather with tens of thousands of fans dedicating themselves to, not just atheism but, the conscious effort to attack anything associated with Christianity along with dozens and dozens of Heavy Metal bands out there. Nobody will or can stop you. This is America. Christians will not sue you if you choose to favor, listen to and attend such events. They won't take you to court for selling their merch. They will pray for you, for that is a foundational principle of their faith. They aren't going to sue you but BUT, the Satanic Temple and other godless groups, will sue you if you will not cater to them. That is the height of a hypocrisy that destroys nations. It has in the past, and it is doing that now. It's an agitation of societal order that always proves destructive. Every communist try ends in destruction. Totalitarians always destroy their nations and bind their citizens in chains of human bondage. Slavery was defeated in Western nations. Western civilization has grown and developed constantly, producing a place where the rest of the world tries to get to.
Do not forget the book of Genesis. Call it a fairy tale if you want to. So be it. Lucifer told the woman if she disobeyed God she would ascend to another state of existence. God said, if you disobey you will die. The first parents chose to disobey and they died. You can call that, just a story but, there is a principle involved, that even atheists believe in, if they truly believe in freedom and liberty and live according to the rule of law founded by men who did believe in God and gave Him honor and a place in human events, trials, tribulations and victories over despotism, which they saw as kingly power and Popery. Atheists enjoy the freedoms and liberty guaranteed them by believers in God as Sovereign.
Don't tell me about America's faults. Tell me about the principle of building a more perfect union. Well, those who hate God, the concept, the idea, the existence of God, an all-knowing, all-powerful Creator with designed laws and life, refuse to abide by laws made according to religious principles that are the foundation of this nation. No, no. They are determined to destroy that foundation. If they succeed, they will not have the freedom promised them by Lucifer, like promised to Eve; that they will ascend to some higher level of existence. No. They will suffer a mentality that descends into a broken humanity that brings about things like the Purge, the Lord of the Flies, a 1984 and other dystopian nightmares of the stronger dominating the weaker.
And here's the thing - the enormous thing - they fight with utter futility: the fulfillment of Bible prophecy. It proves the Word of God is true and the Satanic Temple is just a set of lies, very old lies, used by the god of their "ascension" to a higher plane of existence. They can only fulfill their role in the stream of events bringing about the end and the second coming of Christ.
I want freedom and liberty to be left alone. I'll happily do the same for you, if you hate the principles I live by. Now, if you hate America, if you hate your fellowman and have a need to destroy them any way you can, you are, by default, my enemy, America's enemy and you must be stopped. It is not an option. Now, the proponents of Islam, post-Medina Islam, will happily stop you as infidels. If they, as well, gain an ascendency in American juris prudence, they, as well, will destroy the Republic. They must not be allowed to do that. THEY are happy to wield a literal sword. The Christian is happy to wield the Sword of God, which is His word, the Scriptures.
Yeah, lots of battles and wars taking place. Laugh all you want. It is the time of the end. All things are going to develop into a saved and lost, sheep and goats, majority and minority of humanity. It cannot be avoided. It can be delayed. It cannot be stopped. If you remove God from the public sphere of the nation, you leave it in the hands of the father if lies, the first murderer from the beginning.
The Bible says, God wins; the Creator wins and those who live by faith in His truth shall triumph with Him. PROPHECY, by its very nature of accurate fulfillment down through history, assures and guarantees things will take place just as the Word predicts. THAT is God's promise backed up by Sovereign knowledge of what is coming upon the face of the Earth. God declares the end, from the beginning.
No one will be able to plead ignorance by the time this gig wraps up. No way. Bibles are available with dozens of study aids in print or online. Yes, no argument about so many denominations and interpretations of prophetic fulfillment. That is not the issue, though. God's character, government and purposes are the issue and if you want to know God, God will set a train of events in motion to bring you closer and closer to Him and His truth. Your choice. God is love. Love will not force you to comply. Love will guide you, if you let it.
The Satanic Temple is a just a big pack of lies and hypocrisy because it is of the father of lies. That's the biblical position. It makes more sense to me than anything else out there.
Whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely.
If there first be a willing mind, it is accepted according to that which a man has, not according to that which he has not.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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732. A Case in Point - February 3, 2023
Is it true, as the the Satanic Temple proclaims, that Christianity is a protected class? Oh contraire.
www.foxnews.com/us/georgia-cop-19-resigns-after-suspension-for-religious-post-gay-marriage-dangerous-precedent
A 19 yr. old officer makes a statement about marriage, from a biblical perspective, on his social media. Someone files a charge against him because they were offended. He is investigated and nothing was found that violated any particular policy, however, he felt pressured by the powers that be so, he resigned.
"Kersey wasn't fired after the investigation, but he said he decided to quit because he was told he could face termination for future social media posts that others find offensive. He said he has spoken with a law firm about possible legal action."
"In his letter to Kersey, Maj. Bradwick Sherrod explained that while the department's investigation into his social media posts "did not find sufficient evidence to establish a violation of any policies," his posts regarding "protected classes" such as the LGBTQ community "could raise reasonable concerns regarding your objectivity and the performance of your job duties when a member or suspected member of the LGBTQ+ community is involved."
"As we have discussed previously, please be reminded that if any post on any of your social media platforms, or any other statement or action, renders you unable to perform, and to be seen as able to perform, your job in a fair and equitable manner, you could be terminated," the letter reads.
"The major also reminded Kersey that same-sex marriage is legal in Georgia and the U.S. following the 2015 Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges."
The actual protected class, the LGBTQ+ class, brought the young man to the place of resignation because THEY ARE NOT AMERICANS. No, they are not. Real Americans understand the Constitution and principles in the Bill of Rights, and those contained in the Declaration of Independence guaranteeing freedom of speech and religious convictions. NOBODY has a RIGHT NOT to be offended. And no true American would seek to get someone fired because they were offended by someone's position on any subject known to man, including defaming their Saviour and Lord. Happens all day, everyday somewhere in the nation: a ceaseless offense of instigation towards the Christian faith, and any and all faiths, for that matter.
If Kersey is a true Christian than he lives by principles, not personal opinion. Hence, if a lesbian couple were having a domestic dispute, Kersey would handle that according to the rule of law and the general public must honor that until he violated that in some specific way. Innocent until proven guilty by facts, not opinions or someone being offended by an opinion.
If any group should be able to stand up for the Constitution, rule of law and principle it should be a police department. They should have responded to the offended party, they do not have a right not to be offended and until the officer showed he could not enforce the rule of law, he has a right, a guaranteed right granted by God Almighty, to his personal convictions.
They did not do that because they are owned and operated by those who do not believe the Constitution, and seek to circumvent it any way they can, under any circumstances they can get away with.
In the history of the world, what is marriage? It is a religious and legal union between a man and a woman. Regardless of civilization, that has been the premise. That cannot be argued. That is certainly the case in the history and practice of Americans. The Supreme Court said No, God did not invent or establish marriage. Mankind did, and man can change it any way it pleases.
SCOTUS is an apostate group of people claiming to stand under the Constitution but, they constantly abrogate the history and document they stand for and profess fealty to. Just like the recent decision on abortion, the matter of marriage, at the very most, should have been sent back to the states because the Constitution does not address the institution of marriage and it certainly does not address the subject of sexual preference; therefore SCOTUS cannot, by law, make such a judgement. Anything not directly outlined in the Constitution gets thrown back to the States.
Mind you, no new amendment to the constitution has taken place. So, SCOTUS has become the rule of law, when they do not make law, Congress does. That's why the House of Representatives, controlled by radical, Leftist Democrats, tried to jam through an all encompassing law backing up the decision of the majority opinion of SCOTUS. SCOTUS does not have the authority to make laws. How are they getting away with this? A cowardly and apostate Congress, afraid to offend anyone and betraying the sacred trust of their oaths or, those being radical activists for the destruction of the Republic. That's how it all happened and has been happening for decades.
America is lost. Those who say, "Not yet," can only be commended for their hope, not their observations of objective facts.
www.foxnews.com/us/georgia-cop-19-resigns-after-suspension-for-religious-post-gay-marriage-dangerous-precedent
A 19 yr. old officer makes a statement about marriage, from a biblical perspective, on his social media. Someone files a charge against him because they were offended. He is investigated and nothing was found that violated any particular policy, however, he felt pressured by the powers that be so, he resigned.
"Kersey wasn't fired after the investigation, but he said he decided to quit because he was told he could face termination for future social media posts that others find offensive. He said he has spoken with a law firm about possible legal action."
"In his letter to Kersey, Maj. Bradwick Sherrod explained that while the department's investigation into his social media posts "did not find sufficient evidence to establish a violation of any policies," his posts regarding "protected classes" such as the LGBTQ community "could raise reasonable concerns regarding your objectivity and the performance of your job duties when a member or suspected member of the LGBTQ+ community is involved."
"As we have discussed previously, please be reminded that if any post on any of your social media platforms, or any other statement or action, renders you unable to perform, and to be seen as able to perform, your job in a fair and equitable manner, you could be terminated," the letter reads.
"The major also reminded Kersey that same-sex marriage is legal in Georgia and the U.S. following the 2015 Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges."
The actual protected class, the LGBTQ+ class, brought the young man to the place of resignation because THEY ARE NOT AMERICANS. No, they are not. Real Americans understand the Constitution and principles in the Bill of Rights, and those contained in the Declaration of Independence guaranteeing freedom of speech and religious convictions. NOBODY has a RIGHT NOT to be offended. And no true American would seek to get someone fired because they were offended by someone's position on any subject known to man, including defaming their Saviour and Lord. Happens all day, everyday somewhere in the nation: a ceaseless offense of instigation towards the Christian faith, and any and all faiths, for that matter.
If Kersey is a true Christian than he lives by principles, not personal opinion. Hence, if a lesbian couple were having a domestic dispute, Kersey would handle that according to the rule of law and the general public must honor that until he violated that in some specific way. Innocent until proven guilty by facts, not opinions or someone being offended by an opinion.
If any group should be able to stand up for the Constitution, rule of law and principle it should be a police department. They should have responded to the offended party, they do not have a right not to be offended and until the officer showed he could not enforce the rule of law, he has a right, a guaranteed right granted by God Almighty, to his personal convictions.
They did not do that because they are owned and operated by those who do not believe the Constitution, and seek to circumvent it any way they can, under any circumstances they can get away with.
In the history of the world, what is marriage? It is a religious and legal union between a man and a woman. Regardless of civilization, that has been the premise. That cannot be argued. That is certainly the case in the history and practice of Americans. The Supreme Court said No, God did not invent or establish marriage. Mankind did, and man can change it any way it pleases.
SCOTUS is an apostate group of people claiming to stand under the Constitution but, they constantly abrogate the history and document they stand for and profess fealty to. Just like the recent decision on abortion, the matter of marriage, at the very most, should have been sent back to the states because the Constitution does not address the institution of marriage and it certainly does not address the subject of sexual preference; therefore SCOTUS cannot, by law, make such a judgement. Anything not directly outlined in the Constitution gets thrown back to the States.
Mind you, no new amendment to the constitution has taken place. So, SCOTUS has become the rule of law, when they do not make law, Congress does. That's why the House of Representatives, controlled by radical, Leftist Democrats, tried to jam through an all encompassing law backing up the decision of the majority opinion of SCOTUS. SCOTUS does not have the authority to make laws. How are they getting away with this? A cowardly and apostate Congress, afraid to offend anyone and betraying the sacred trust of their oaths or, those being radical activists for the destruction of the Republic. That's how it all happened and has been happening for decades.
America is lost. Those who say, "Not yet," can only be commended for their hope, not their observations of objective facts.
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Geoengineering
I have mentioned this before, mostly by virtue of the work of Dane Wigington at geoengineering.org. That's a site on the whole contrail versus chemtrail debate. Documentation galore. Videos, reports. You could spend weeks at that site and come away with an overload of information that will stun you.
Geoengineering is a fact. It goes back to the 1960's and the first climate alarmists.
What is geoengineering? It's a man-made plan to disperse particulates into the atmosphere to reflect the sun back towards space to reduce greenhouse gases heating up the planet. Various chemicals and nanoparticles of metals, mostly aluminum, are sprayed into the atmosphere to do the job. This has been going on for half a century. I first heard about it in the 1980's and rejected the notion anyone would think they can control the atmosphere and weather of a planet.
The problem? NO studies have ever been done to see what the effect, the accumulated effect is upon life on the planet below the particle fallout. Well, I take that back. No studies from the side spraying the atmosphere. They have their computer models. From those below the fallout? Plenty of studies by private entities. Given the constant release of info the pharmaceutical companies knew well beforehand what the mRNA injections were going to cause, we can be sure government studies know what the fallout of geoengineering is. They just don't release the info. Wouldn't want to cause a panic or lose the next election because of their stupidity.
From the perspective of those trying to warn, there has been a collective, "Oh no. More conspiracy theories" attitude from the general public. I was in that camp. The thing is, watching a video like this, from a pro-climate change person, shows how it can be seen as a devil's bargain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLLZOkQJHDc
The guy obviously believes the global warming scenario because of the burning of fossil fuels, etc. So, he's not a "conspiracy theorist, climate denier." He knows stuff is being poured into the atmosphere by jet spraying. If Dane Wigington states it, it's a conspiracy theory. If a college student states it, it's just stuff about global warming/cooling/climate change.
The truth is obvious. Fools are going where angels fear to tread. We are the guinea pigs. This doesn't end well.
UPDATE - And here's something I must add. A debate between four people ( 2 v. 2 ) who all believe man-made global climate change is happening but, 2 argue against using geoengineering and 2 for geoengineering to help the situation. None of them seem aware this is already taking place and has been for years. Shocking. To the contrary, the 2 for the premise believe the governments of the world can be trusted to handle the situation via the United Nations, one of the most corrupt entities on the planet. I wonder if any of them are familiar with the geoengineering.org site. I doubt it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWi21U5PfnE
Geoengineering is a fact. It goes back to the 1960's and the first climate alarmists.
What is geoengineering? It's a man-made plan to disperse particulates into the atmosphere to reflect the sun back towards space to reduce greenhouse gases heating up the planet. Various chemicals and nanoparticles of metals, mostly aluminum, are sprayed into the atmosphere to do the job. This has been going on for half a century. I first heard about it in the 1980's and rejected the notion anyone would think they can control the atmosphere and weather of a planet.
The problem? NO studies have ever been done to see what the effect, the accumulated effect is upon life on the planet below the particle fallout. Well, I take that back. No studies from the side spraying the atmosphere. They have their computer models. From those below the fallout? Plenty of studies by private entities. Given the constant release of info the pharmaceutical companies knew well beforehand what the mRNA injections were going to cause, we can be sure government studies know what the fallout of geoengineering is. They just don't release the info. Wouldn't want to cause a panic or lose the next election because of their stupidity.
From the perspective of those trying to warn, there has been a collective, "Oh no. More conspiracy theories" attitude from the general public. I was in that camp. The thing is, watching a video like this, from a pro-climate change person, shows how it can be seen as a devil's bargain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLLZOkQJHDc
The guy obviously believes the global warming scenario because of the burning of fossil fuels, etc. So, he's not a "conspiracy theorist, climate denier." He knows stuff is being poured into the atmosphere by jet spraying. If Dane Wigington states it, it's a conspiracy theory. If a college student states it, it's just stuff about global warming/cooling/climate change.
The truth is obvious. Fools are going where angels fear to tread. We are the guinea pigs. This doesn't end well.
UPDATE - And here's something I must add. A debate between four people ( 2 v. 2 ) who all believe man-made global climate change is happening but, 2 argue against using geoengineering and 2 for geoengineering to help the situation. None of them seem aware this is already taking place and has been for years. Shocking. To the contrary, the 2 for the premise believe the governments of the world can be trusted to handle the situation via the United Nations, one of the most corrupt entities on the planet. I wonder if any of them are familiar with the geoengineering.org site. I doubt it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWi21U5PfnE
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733. Total BS - February 6, 2023
I just came upon a story at an alternative news site I frequent. I read it with disgust, for numerous reasons I'm going to lay out as simply as necessary.
Dangers of Raising Vegan Babies
by Dr. Joseph Mercola February 4, 2023
https://noqreport.com/2023/02/04/dangers-of-raising-vegan-babies/
Here are the bullet points that begin the article:
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
While it’s true that most people, children included, could benefit from adding more whole foods to their diets — including certain plant-based foods — there are risks involved when you move from eating a diet rich in plant foods to one that is strictly plant-based."
#1. The original diet given to all animals and humans on Earth, by the Creator, was plant based. Now, if you reject the Bible, your choice but, you must ask yourself how such an ancient book, the book of Genesis, would lay out such a specific dietary history by the writer (generally considered to be Moses), if such a diet was not known to be the healthiest diet one could consume, without all the modern studies over the last century that have shown its benefits. As a group, most Seventh-day Adventists are vegans. That is MILLIONS of people around the world for well over a century. They have been studied numerous times. As a group they live 7-9 years longer than the general population. Give me a break. Do you know who the Hunzas are? They are some of the longest living people on Earth.
"The Hunza cuisine also called the Burusho cuisine consists of a series of selective food and drink intake practiced by the Burusho people of northern Pakistan that is argued by some to be unique and have long lasting effects. The diet mostly consists of raw food including nuts, fresh vegetables, dry vegetables, mint, fruits and seeds added with yogurt. The cooked meal, daal included with chappati, is included for dinner. It has also been advocated for being inexpensive and mostly self-producible. The Hunza lifestyle was referenced in the Biorhythm Calendar published by the American Health Institute in the later 1970s."
Aside from the yogurt and some fish caught on mountain streams at times, they are a vegan people. They live on "steps." I have read of some known to live to 135 years old.
#2. First bullet point. BS. I've been vegan almost my entire adult life. My children were raised vegan. One still is; a rough terrain hiker, and her sister a one time competing power lifter. While she does consume animal flesh sparingly, she knows there is absolutely no necessity to.
#3. Second bullet point. Do you have any idea how many plant foods there are on the planet? Hundreds and hundreds: fruits, vegetables, grains, seeds and nuts. Count the others - and go by the list that God laid down for what his people can eat, from land, sky and sea. The lists are found in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14. Remember, the Creator decides what is food. People eat plenty of things that are considered common sources of food that God calls abominations, like swine's flesh. According to the Creator, if it is a predator or a janitor, it is not considered food by God. If it has paws or feet, it is not considered food by God. Splits hooves and chews the cud, okay. All others, not food. From the sky, seeing how many birds of prey exist, that list is short. From the waters if it has fins and scales, food. Otherwise, not to be considered as food. Why? Predators or janitors; bottom feeders cleaning up the filth that settles on the floors of bodies of water. The list of critters God says is okay to eat amounts to just what carnivores mostly eat - cows, chickens, turkeys and some species of fish. Add in some wild creatures like deer, buffalo, etc., and the list is incredibly short. Pigs are not food, as far as God is concerned. He knows what He created. They are the ultimate ground janitor. They can eat anything and live just fine, thank you. And they carry more toxins in their flesh than any other common source of "food."
#4. Third bullet point. No full, plant-based diet lacks anything by way of nutrition. If the children studied lack anything it's because parents are not selectively choosing the wide variety of nutrients found in plant foods. You cannot human blame ignorance on the diet, itself.
#5. Fourth bullet point. Again, human ignorance is not a scientific testimony against a vegan diet. We had care of a baby for four years and while an infant, we made him almond milk to drink. We gave him no soy products at all. He grew up to fine physical health.
#6. Fifth bullet point. BS. Tell me how many hundreds of millions of people in the United States eat JUNK food, fast food, deep fried foods, chemical and hormone laden animal flesh, and now irradiated flesh because of profuse bacteria problems, which also applies to industrial plant foods, as well now. For all these supposed proper, whole animal food categories what is the result? Children bouncing off walls, totally out of control, constant sickness and ill health. It's called SAD: the Standard American Diet. And notice, again, the first paragraph of the article -
"The debate over the healthiest diet for children is almost as controversial as the debate over plant- versus meat-based diets. And, no vegan parent wants to be told that feeding their baby a vegan diet is dangerous. However, it could, in fact, be damaging to children’s health.
There you go. "It could" be damaging. Not, it definitely "will damage children's health." It could. Yeah, well, eat nothing but, apples for your diet and watch what happens. That could (will) leave you deficient in nutrients, despite an apple a day keeping the doctor away. Balance. Intelligent balance is the key.
There are NO risks to eating a balanced, intelligent, plant-based diet.
Why did God give permission to eat animals after the flood, you ask? Because all the vegetation was wiped out. You will notice the ages of the patriarchs began to decline, as well. Add the 2 + 2 on that one.
Just because the devils in the World Economic Forum want everybody to eat bugs, does not mean a vegan diet is lacking. Bugs are not part of a vegan diet, even though the Creator also gave instructions on which species of bugs can be considered food, which I have addressed in previous posts.
I generally am on the side of Dr. Mercola but, in this case, no way. The number of vegan athletes, including body builders, continues to grow decade by decade. Any studies showing otherwise are lacking in full spectrum analysis.
That picture of a baby with a chicken leg in its mouth is ridiculous. A brand new baby's digestive system most certainly does not need animal food traveling through it's long digestive tract. Baby's don't have the teeth for addressing animal flesh, anyway. And NO human being has the incisors that carnivores have. Humans were not created to tear animal flesh. They were created to tear and masticate plants. You want a constipated baby? Animal flesh will do that. Same for adults, too. Vegans don't get constipated, unless they consume less than whole food. Refined flours and all, sure. Lots of "white" stuff, like sugar and salt? Sure. Otherwise, vegans have too much roughage in their diet to aid in digestion to get constipated.
Remember this, there ain't no McDonalds, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken or Captain Jack's in heaven. No five star restaurants, either. None of this - if it moves, use it for food attitude. Yes, we all understand the factors of living in the far north. That does not put polar bears or seals on the menu of God's design. Fish, yes. Caribou? Yes. Have you ever seen the vegetables you can grow in Alaskan soil? Short season, yes. Abundant harvest of huge plants that do well in that climate? Yes.
The carnivores among us will be sorely disappointed to learn all the redeemed will eat from the tree of life, bearing 12 manner of fruits, month to month, every year, forever. Now that is some kind of imagination on the Creator's part. Not even including all the other stuff to grow and eat in the New Earth. It is impossible to imagine what God has planned for His children when eternal life happens. I can't wait.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Dangers of Raising Vegan Babies
by Dr. Joseph Mercola February 4, 2023
https://noqreport.com/2023/02/04/dangers-of-raising-vegan-babies/
Here are the bullet points that begin the article:
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
- Children eating vegan diets faced an increased risk of nutritional deficiencies and lower bone mineral content (BMC), and were shorter by about 3.15 centimeters (1.2 inches) than omnivores
- Concerning nutrient deficiencies were also found in the vegan children fed a nutritionist-planned diet
- Nutrient deficiencies in vegan children included vitamin A insufficiency and “markedly low” levels of total, HDL and LDL cholesterol, essential amino acids and the omega-3 fat DHA
- One of the pitfalls of a vegan (or vegetarian) diet is that many people end up relying on ultraprocessed foods such soy infant formula, soy milk or fake meat products
- In most cases, infants and children do best with whole, animal foods in their diet to meet their complex nutritional needs
While it’s true that most people, children included, could benefit from adding more whole foods to their diets — including certain plant-based foods — there are risks involved when you move from eating a diet rich in plant foods to one that is strictly plant-based."
#1. The original diet given to all animals and humans on Earth, by the Creator, was plant based. Now, if you reject the Bible, your choice but, you must ask yourself how such an ancient book, the book of Genesis, would lay out such a specific dietary history by the writer (generally considered to be Moses), if such a diet was not known to be the healthiest diet one could consume, without all the modern studies over the last century that have shown its benefits. As a group, most Seventh-day Adventists are vegans. That is MILLIONS of people around the world for well over a century. They have been studied numerous times. As a group they live 7-9 years longer than the general population. Give me a break. Do you know who the Hunzas are? They are some of the longest living people on Earth.
"The Hunza cuisine also called the Burusho cuisine consists of a series of selective food and drink intake practiced by the Burusho people of northern Pakistan that is argued by some to be unique and have long lasting effects. The diet mostly consists of raw food including nuts, fresh vegetables, dry vegetables, mint, fruits and seeds added with yogurt. The cooked meal, daal included with chappati, is included for dinner. It has also been advocated for being inexpensive and mostly self-producible. The Hunza lifestyle was referenced in the Biorhythm Calendar published by the American Health Institute in the later 1970s."
Aside from the yogurt and some fish caught on mountain streams at times, they are a vegan people. They live on "steps." I have read of some known to live to 135 years old.
#2. First bullet point. BS. I've been vegan almost my entire adult life. My children were raised vegan. One still is; a rough terrain hiker, and her sister a one time competing power lifter. While she does consume animal flesh sparingly, she knows there is absolutely no necessity to.
#3. Second bullet point. Do you have any idea how many plant foods there are on the planet? Hundreds and hundreds: fruits, vegetables, grains, seeds and nuts. Count the others - and go by the list that God laid down for what his people can eat, from land, sky and sea. The lists are found in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14. Remember, the Creator decides what is food. People eat plenty of things that are considered common sources of food that God calls abominations, like swine's flesh. According to the Creator, if it is a predator or a janitor, it is not considered food by God. If it has paws or feet, it is not considered food by God. Splits hooves and chews the cud, okay. All others, not food. From the sky, seeing how many birds of prey exist, that list is short. From the waters if it has fins and scales, food. Otherwise, not to be considered as food. Why? Predators or janitors; bottom feeders cleaning up the filth that settles on the floors of bodies of water. The list of critters God says is okay to eat amounts to just what carnivores mostly eat - cows, chickens, turkeys and some species of fish. Add in some wild creatures like deer, buffalo, etc., and the list is incredibly short. Pigs are not food, as far as God is concerned. He knows what He created. They are the ultimate ground janitor. They can eat anything and live just fine, thank you. And they carry more toxins in their flesh than any other common source of "food."
#4. Third bullet point. No full, plant-based diet lacks anything by way of nutrition. If the children studied lack anything it's because parents are not selectively choosing the wide variety of nutrients found in plant foods. You cannot human blame ignorance on the diet, itself.
#5. Fourth bullet point. Again, human ignorance is not a scientific testimony against a vegan diet. We had care of a baby for four years and while an infant, we made him almond milk to drink. We gave him no soy products at all. He grew up to fine physical health.
#6. Fifth bullet point. BS. Tell me how many hundreds of millions of people in the United States eat JUNK food, fast food, deep fried foods, chemical and hormone laden animal flesh, and now irradiated flesh because of profuse bacteria problems, which also applies to industrial plant foods, as well now. For all these supposed proper, whole animal food categories what is the result? Children bouncing off walls, totally out of control, constant sickness and ill health. It's called SAD: the Standard American Diet. And notice, again, the first paragraph of the article -
"The debate over the healthiest diet for children is almost as controversial as the debate over plant- versus meat-based diets. And, no vegan parent wants to be told that feeding their baby a vegan diet is dangerous. However, it could, in fact, be damaging to children’s health.
There you go. "It could" be damaging. Not, it definitely "will damage children's health." It could. Yeah, well, eat nothing but, apples for your diet and watch what happens. That could (will) leave you deficient in nutrients, despite an apple a day keeping the doctor away. Balance. Intelligent balance is the key.
There are NO risks to eating a balanced, intelligent, plant-based diet.
Why did God give permission to eat animals after the flood, you ask? Because all the vegetation was wiped out. You will notice the ages of the patriarchs began to decline, as well. Add the 2 + 2 on that one.
Just because the devils in the World Economic Forum want everybody to eat bugs, does not mean a vegan diet is lacking. Bugs are not part of a vegan diet, even though the Creator also gave instructions on which species of bugs can be considered food, which I have addressed in previous posts.
I generally am on the side of Dr. Mercola but, in this case, no way. The number of vegan athletes, including body builders, continues to grow decade by decade. Any studies showing otherwise are lacking in full spectrum analysis.
That picture of a baby with a chicken leg in its mouth is ridiculous. A brand new baby's digestive system most certainly does not need animal food traveling through it's long digestive tract. Baby's don't have the teeth for addressing animal flesh, anyway. And NO human being has the incisors that carnivores have. Humans were not created to tear animal flesh. They were created to tear and masticate plants. You want a constipated baby? Animal flesh will do that. Same for adults, too. Vegans don't get constipated, unless they consume less than whole food. Refined flours and all, sure. Lots of "white" stuff, like sugar and salt? Sure. Otherwise, vegans have too much roughage in their diet to aid in digestion to get constipated.
Remember this, there ain't no McDonalds, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken or Captain Jack's in heaven. No five star restaurants, either. None of this - if it moves, use it for food attitude. Yes, we all understand the factors of living in the far north. That does not put polar bears or seals on the menu of God's design. Fish, yes. Caribou? Yes. Have you ever seen the vegetables you can grow in Alaskan soil? Short season, yes. Abundant harvest of huge plants that do well in that climate? Yes.
The carnivores among us will be sorely disappointed to learn all the redeemed will eat from the tree of life, bearing 12 manner of fruits, month to month, every year, forever. Now that is some kind of imagination on the Creator's part. Not even including all the other stuff to grow and eat in the New Earth. It is impossible to imagine what God has planned for His children when eternal life happens. I can't wait.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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A Powerful Promise
A family birthday brought us together for dinner last night and in the course of the various conversations at the table, in a fairly loud restaurant, my stepson shared how he and his wife have been reading the book of Genesis lately. We were discussing world events and there is a promise from God stated that I want to share because it dispels all the chatter and discussion about climate change and nukes, and viruses and false flag operations, and every other thing the calamity howlers like to use to tell us the end of the world is upon us. Oh, it is but, not from anything man-made or devised or planned. No. That is the event of the ages prepared by God for the return of His Son in unimaginable power and glory at some point in human history. Until that event takes place, we have this -
Gen 8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Gen 8:22 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Plug that into this next passage and the whole is made complete
Gen 9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
Gen 9:9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
Gen 9:10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
Gen 9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Gen 9:12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
Gen 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Gen 9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
Gen 9:15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Gen 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Gen 9:17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
After the flood waters dissipated and Noah and his family, and all within the Ark walked out onto dry land and a destroyed world, God told them the rainbow in the sky was a token of His promise that no such disaster would strike the Earth again. Seasons will continue, day and night, the cycles He created will remain as long as the Earth remains. Nothing man can do can cease these cycles. No amount of war, pollution, or anything else man-made will stop the usual courses of the earth on a global scale.
Some fool, or group of fools may drop a nuke, floods and droughts, tempests and earthquakes, and things from space or on Earth may devastate areas of the globe but, nothing is going to wipe out mankind, nor the planet until the Creator of it returns to put an end to humanity's sinful ways. THAT shall be the end of the world as we know it. That is the prophesied event of judgment upon a world that will wander so far from God, Lucifer's lies will have reached the limit of their influence and mankind will become his complete captives; with only a remnant of humanity taking a final stand against him and his kingdom of darkness and constant lies and delusions. Two camps shall develop. Two main camps. Only two agendas shall develop that shall mean everything. All humanity shall make decisions for eternity resting on those two premises - loyalty to man and his laws or loyalty to God and His law.
Regardless of what the "news" tells us, regardless of what think tanks and preachers of doom conjure up, from religion or secular fronts, the world is going to continue on as it has for ages since the deluge. God is in control, not man. There is a natural plan in order, just like planting a seed and watching it sprout, grow and develop fruit. The long train of sin shall continue until the Earth becomes, once again, ripe for destruction and the harvest of God's people from global tyranny and threat of death at the hands of the wicked, character depraved population of the planet.
That is the truth. Nothing can derail it. It can be delayed. It cannot be stopped.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Gen 8:21 And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Gen 8:22 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Plug that into this next passage and the whole is made complete
Gen 9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
Gen 9:9 And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
Gen 9:10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
Gen 9:11 And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Gen 9:12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
Gen 9:13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Gen 9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
Gen 9:15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Gen 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Gen 9:17 And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
After the flood waters dissipated and Noah and his family, and all within the Ark walked out onto dry land and a destroyed world, God told them the rainbow in the sky was a token of His promise that no such disaster would strike the Earth again. Seasons will continue, day and night, the cycles He created will remain as long as the Earth remains. Nothing man can do can cease these cycles. No amount of war, pollution, or anything else man-made will stop the usual courses of the earth on a global scale.
Some fool, or group of fools may drop a nuke, floods and droughts, tempests and earthquakes, and things from space or on Earth may devastate areas of the globe but, nothing is going to wipe out mankind, nor the planet until the Creator of it returns to put an end to humanity's sinful ways. THAT shall be the end of the world as we know it. That is the prophesied event of judgment upon a world that will wander so far from God, Lucifer's lies will have reached the limit of their influence and mankind will become his complete captives; with only a remnant of humanity taking a final stand against him and his kingdom of darkness and constant lies and delusions. Two camps shall develop. Two main camps. Only two agendas shall develop that shall mean everything. All humanity shall make decisions for eternity resting on those two premises - loyalty to man and his laws or loyalty to God and His law.
Regardless of what the "news" tells us, regardless of what think tanks and preachers of doom conjure up, from religion or secular fronts, the world is going to continue on as it has for ages since the deluge. God is in control, not man. There is a natural plan in order, just like planting a seed and watching it sprout, grow and develop fruit. The long train of sin shall continue until the Earth becomes, once again, ripe for destruction and the harvest of God's people from global tyranny and threat of death at the hands of the wicked, character depraved population of the planet.
That is the truth. Nothing can derail it. It can be delayed. It cannot be stopped.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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S.O.T.U.
No, of course I did not watch the State of the Union address. I have always considered Joe Biden a gangster, almost my entire adult life, and have stated so within these pages. His occupation of the White House has done nothing to change that conviction. I have no reason to listen to a liar, lie. Worse, a mentally impaired liar, lie, and just throw fantasy out there.
I did watch some of Governor Sarah Huckabee-Sanders Republican reply. It seemed a standard, old-fashioned Republican position - Love and admiration of God, country, family, military, free market Capitalism, etc. She's a pretty sound individual who cannot be easily pushed around. She showed that when she was press secretary. So, it was no surprise to hear her sharp remarks about Biden's state of the union, which is dismal, at best, and a functioning political mafia at worst.
The reason I am placing this post up is because of a picture I saw today. It speaks for itself.
I did watch some of Governor Sarah Huckabee-Sanders Republican reply. It seemed a standard, old-fashioned Republican position - Love and admiration of God, country, family, military, free market Capitalism, etc. She's a pretty sound individual who cannot be easily pushed around. She showed that when she was press secretary. So, it was no surprise to hear her sharp remarks about Biden's state of the union, which is dismal, at best, and a functioning political mafia at worst.
The reason I am placing this post up is because of a picture I saw today. It speaks for itself.
So. Biden, a mentally impaired senior citizen, apparently the oldest person to occupy the Oval Office, is now openly declaring he intends to start world war 3 with Russia. Why? Obviously for the tail to wag the dog of his and his son's criminal involvement in Ukraine.
Why haven't impeachment hearings been started? Because Democrats and Republicans do not want Harris going into the most significant seat of power on Earth. She would not be as controllable as Biden. She'd do a worse job, which would certainly satisfy the globalists but, she is a walking, word salad, political catastrophe waiting to happen.
So, a nice confrontation and conflict with Russia fits the bill for the moment. "Tyler" Nichols and his parents would be pleased, I'm sure. I obviously speak in jest.
Trump is stating he could stop the war at a negotiating table in a day. I imagine that is entirely possible. Won't happen though. Trump could get 150 million votes in 2024. I highly doubt he will ever occupy the Oval Office again, not until the functioning, elections criminal cabal is put down in every state of this supposed "union." The GOP will never ask for his intervention, even if they believed he could, indeed, work out a settlement between the waring factions, which at this point is basically Russia versus the Northern Western Hemisphere. His success would ensure his victory in 2024. That cannot happen. That would really mess up their political social club. Matter of fact, if push comes to shove among these pirates and devils, if they had to finally admit and openly state and pin all the vaccine adverse reactions and deaths on Fauci and company and Trump, to keep him out of office, they'll do that, and just line up their ducks to take the fall to accomplish that. Well, that would involve so many people in D.C., maybe not. Once the ducks begin to fall, the ducks will start quacking for their lives and take down as many people with them as possible. The dominoes would begin falling in so many directions the government of the United States might just come to a halt. That's actually a pleasing thought.
Yep. The most corrupt city on Earth.
Why haven't impeachment hearings been started? Because Democrats and Republicans do not want Harris going into the most significant seat of power on Earth. She would not be as controllable as Biden. She'd do a worse job, which would certainly satisfy the globalists but, she is a walking, word salad, political catastrophe waiting to happen.
So, a nice confrontation and conflict with Russia fits the bill for the moment. "Tyler" Nichols and his parents would be pleased, I'm sure. I obviously speak in jest.
Trump is stating he could stop the war at a negotiating table in a day. I imagine that is entirely possible. Won't happen though. Trump could get 150 million votes in 2024. I highly doubt he will ever occupy the Oval Office again, not until the functioning, elections criminal cabal is put down in every state of this supposed "union." The GOP will never ask for his intervention, even if they believed he could, indeed, work out a settlement between the waring factions, which at this point is basically Russia versus the Northern Western Hemisphere. His success would ensure his victory in 2024. That cannot happen. That would really mess up their political social club. Matter of fact, if push comes to shove among these pirates and devils, if they had to finally admit and openly state and pin all the vaccine adverse reactions and deaths on Fauci and company and Trump, to keep him out of office, they'll do that, and just line up their ducks to take the fall to accomplish that. Well, that would involve so many people in D.C., maybe not. Once the ducks begin to fall, the ducks will start quacking for their lives and take down as many people with them as possible. The dominoes would begin falling in so many directions the government of the United States might just come to a halt. That's actually a pleasing thought.
Yep. The most corrupt city on Earth.
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Another Incredible Misfire
I received an email today, asking the question - "Amazon Shopping - Mark of the Beast???"
I had to download a short video of a guy walking into an Amazon store. No people to be seen, as far as store employees. No clerks, no cashiers, nobody. You swipe a card which launches your visit. Everything you walk out of the store with is tabulated and you are charged for it via your Amazon card, money withdrawn from your bank account just like regular debit cards. Easy? Seems so. Creepy? Definitely. Wave of the future? Probably.
You remember I mentioned a short while back how Walmart is raising prices because of so much theft taking place? The videographer mentioned that, too. In the Amazon store there is no way to steal anything. You are fully scanned as you leave the store. All items you walk out with are technologically tabulated, somehow, some way. It wasn't made clear but, what was made clear is that either stores will have to drop their prices to compete or, begin installing the same technology in their stores, as well.
Does this have anything to do with the mark of the beast? NO. Amazon is not the beast of Revelation nor the Little Horn power of Daniel, John's antichrist or anything other than a potential player used to control buying and selling at the end of time. I have mentioned technology associated with the matter of controlling buying and selling many times so, for me, that's a given. That does not make the technology the beast, nor the mark, nor the name, nor the number of the beast.
This is becoming so ubiquitous it's embarrassing professed believers can be lead so easily astray, and done so by Futurism, the child of the Papal Jesuit soldiers of their day, in the 16th century. Again - Francisco Ribera, the father of Futurism, and just for categorization, Lucius Alcazar, the father of Preterism. And, once again, there are those who view prophecy through the lens of Historicism; looking at time prophecy beginning in the day of the prophet and moving forward through history.
Amazon is not the Beast that the Dragon, Satan, has established his seat of power in. Jeff Bezos is not the man of sin. Bar codes are not the mark of the beast, and once again, Futurism opens wide the door of nonsense to play cafeteria-style fulfillment of prophecy.
You can say the videographer did not state Amazon or Bezos, etc., are players in last-day events and characters of prophecy. Sorry, that is the logical conclusion when you pick out certain things as fulfillment of prophecy, ignoring all else. It's a package deal. It is all supposed to fit together, line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, there a little, and everything paints one picture that meets ALL the marks given in prophecy.
If this train remains the one the majority of professed believers are riding on, the delusions and erroneous conclusions being drawn about last-day events will create inestimable damage to souls trusting in this false and ridiculous line of reasoning.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
I had to download a short video of a guy walking into an Amazon store. No people to be seen, as far as store employees. No clerks, no cashiers, nobody. You swipe a card which launches your visit. Everything you walk out of the store with is tabulated and you are charged for it via your Amazon card, money withdrawn from your bank account just like regular debit cards. Easy? Seems so. Creepy? Definitely. Wave of the future? Probably.
You remember I mentioned a short while back how Walmart is raising prices because of so much theft taking place? The videographer mentioned that, too. In the Amazon store there is no way to steal anything. You are fully scanned as you leave the store. All items you walk out with are technologically tabulated, somehow, some way. It wasn't made clear but, what was made clear is that either stores will have to drop their prices to compete or, begin installing the same technology in their stores, as well.
Does this have anything to do with the mark of the beast? NO. Amazon is not the beast of Revelation nor the Little Horn power of Daniel, John's antichrist or anything other than a potential player used to control buying and selling at the end of time. I have mentioned technology associated with the matter of controlling buying and selling many times so, for me, that's a given. That does not make the technology the beast, nor the mark, nor the name, nor the number of the beast.
This is becoming so ubiquitous it's embarrassing professed believers can be lead so easily astray, and done so by Futurism, the child of the Papal Jesuit soldiers of their day, in the 16th century. Again - Francisco Ribera, the father of Futurism, and just for categorization, Lucius Alcazar, the father of Preterism. And, once again, there are those who view prophecy through the lens of Historicism; looking at time prophecy beginning in the day of the prophet and moving forward through history.
Amazon is not the Beast that the Dragon, Satan, has established his seat of power in. Jeff Bezos is not the man of sin. Bar codes are not the mark of the beast, and once again, Futurism opens wide the door of nonsense to play cafeteria-style fulfillment of prophecy.
You can say the videographer did not state Amazon or Bezos, etc., are players in last-day events and characters of prophecy. Sorry, that is the logical conclusion when you pick out certain things as fulfillment of prophecy, ignoring all else. It's a package deal. It is all supposed to fit together, line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, there a little, and everything paints one picture that meets ALL the marks given in prophecy.
If this train remains the one the majority of professed believers are riding on, the delusions and erroneous conclusions being drawn about last-day events will create inestimable damage to souls trusting in this false and ridiculous line of reasoning.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Explain This to Me
I say it often. I hate politics because I cannot stand politicians. They are an untrustworthy sector of society with far more control than the Founders of this nation ever imagined or intended.
I am seeing reference to something seen on the clothing of Democrats attending the State of the Union speech. A pin stating "ABORTION" with the "O" in the shape of a heart.
I am seeing reference to something seen on the clothing of Democrats attending the State of the Union speech. A pin stating "ABORTION" with the "O" in the shape of a heart.
I cannot remember a time in the modern history of this country where any member of either major political party, or any other minor political party, stated they loved abortion. That's the culturally understood meaning of a heart symbol in a word or phrase. "I [heart] NY" means, "I love NY." You may see that acknowledged by an I [heart] [apple], because NY city is often called "the Big Apple." The heart always means "love."
I can remember an early speech by Obama where he said no one likes abortion but, a woman should have the right to choose. Today's Democrat loves abortion. They proudly wear it on their clothing. It is their mantra. Abortion is the killing, the intended killing, 1st degree murder, of a child in a mother's womb. That is what it is and that cannot be denied by medical science. You cannot reason it away. You cannot sidestep it because of America's current culture. A defenseless, THE most defenseless human being known to our species, removed piece by piece in a brutal procedure. Democrats now love it. They love the procedure of abortion. Democrats are sick people. There is no other conclusion I can logically come to.
Even if I were not a Christian, I'd have to draw that conclusion. What else can an "I love abortion" pin mean?
If they loved "choice" they would wear a "CHOICE" pin, with the "O" in the shape of a heart. They love abortion. They love the killing of babies. Faced with that logical conclusion they would, I imagine, if they have any humanity in their soul, reject, vehemently, such a conclusion placed upon them, if faced with the charge. They rarely are, by their own species, politicians. Those politicians that say they are pro-life will rarely attack their "friends on the other side of the isle" who believe women should have the right, the legal right to kill another human being in its developmental form, and some now boldly state that choice and right should include babies in their final stage of development: obviously human beings with all parts assembled and working; babies right up to birth and even born babies outside the womb!
I remember a reporter for Infowars standing among some radical Leftists as one young woman said she loved killing babies inside her body. It was a morbidly shocking video. I certainly did not think that was a universal feeling among Liberals and Leftists. Seeing that pin, it is obvious Democrats, as a group are there, and many Republicans and other political stripes, and even professed Christians and positions of their churches, have become members of a dark and dramatically evil death cult.
Jesus is the way, the truth and the LIFE. How can someone claim to be a Christian, a follower of Jesus Christ, and commit to the death of the unborn, when Jesus Christ represents LIFE? He is the physical Creator and spiritual Recreator of humanity. That is the foundation of the Christian religion. If you stand for the death of the innocent, you cannot be a Christian, regardless of your profession of faith. Explain to me how one can be if they believe a woman has a right to kill a baby growing inside her? Where do you draw that option from, in the sourcebook God has given humanity to understand His will: the Bible?
Jesus cannot come back soon enough to end this insane nightmare.
I can remember an early speech by Obama where he said no one likes abortion but, a woman should have the right to choose. Today's Democrat loves abortion. They proudly wear it on their clothing. It is their mantra. Abortion is the killing, the intended killing, 1st degree murder, of a child in a mother's womb. That is what it is and that cannot be denied by medical science. You cannot reason it away. You cannot sidestep it because of America's current culture. A defenseless, THE most defenseless human being known to our species, removed piece by piece in a brutal procedure. Democrats now love it. They love the procedure of abortion. Democrats are sick people. There is no other conclusion I can logically come to.
Even if I were not a Christian, I'd have to draw that conclusion. What else can an "I love abortion" pin mean?
If they loved "choice" they would wear a "CHOICE" pin, with the "O" in the shape of a heart. They love abortion. They love the killing of babies. Faced with that logical conclusion they would, I imagine, if they have any humanity in their soul, reject, vehemently, such a conclusion placed upon them, if faced with the charge. They rarely are, by their own species, politicians. Those politicians that say they are pro-life will rarely attack their "friends on the other side of the isle" who believe women should have the right, the legal right to kill another human being in its developmental form, and some now boldly state that choice and right should include babies in their final stage of development: obviously human beings with all parts assembled and working; babies right up to birth and even born babies outside the womb!
I remember a reporter for Infowars standing among some radical Leftists as one young woman said she loved killing babies inside her body. It was a morbidly shocking video. I certainly did not think that was a universal feeling among Liberals and Leftists. Seeing that pin, it is obvious Democrats, as a group are there, and many Republicans and other political stripes, and even professed Christians and positions of their churches, have become members of a dark and dramatically evil death cult.
Jesus is the way, the truth and the LIFE. How can someone claim to be a Christian, a follower of Jesus Christ, and commit to the death of the unborn, when Jesus Christ represents LIFE? He is the physical Creator and spiritual Recreator of humanity. That is the foundation of the Christian religion. If you stand for the death of the innocent, you cannot be a Christian, regardless of your profession of faith. Explain to me how one can be if they believe a woman has a right to kill a baby growing inside her? Where do you draw that option from, in the sourcebook God has given humanity to understand His will: the Bible?
Jesus cannot come back soon enough to end this insane nightmare.
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Roger Waters Speaks to the UN
I was never a fan of Pink Floyd. I may have had one of their albums. I know Nick Mason has been their drummer for 50 years. Quite an achievement. I know Roger Waters played bass for them. I know the names of some of their albums. I don't know as I'd have much in common with the band members, as far as culturally or politically.
I do know Roger Waters gave a 14 minute speech to the UN about the Ukraine situation, that I found both accurate and in harmony with, at least common sense, and I would challenge anyone to find fault with the principles and positions contained in the speech.
"Read, read, read." Indeed. "Do the right thing." Of course but, that depends on one's understandings and beliefs about right and wrong, doesn't it? Waters tends to sail in opinions that make sense to me in this quiet yet, very pointed speech.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZXMmRg9ZcU&t=676s
I do know Roger Waters gave a 14 minute speech to the UN about the Ukraine situation, that I found both accurate and in harmony with, at least common sense, and I would challenge anyone to find fault with the principles and positions contained in the speech.
"Read, read, read." Indeed. "Do the right thing." Of course but, that depends on one's understandings and beliefs about right and wrong, doesn't it? Waters tends to sail in opinions that make sense to me in this quiet yet, very pointed speech.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZXMmRg9ZcU&t=676s
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734. The Movie is Out - February 10, 2023
I mentioned the new film about the Rapture; Kevin Sorbo's new project, The Rise of the Antichrist. Doing many interviews about the film, this one also caught my eye and I felt constrained to comment.
https://www.faithwire.com/2023/02/09/the-devil-has-no-stories-kevin-and-sam-sorbo-on-the-end-times-jesus-second-coming/
“We change the world through storytelling,” Sam Sorbo told CBN’s Faithwire. “Jesus was a storyteller and the Christian story is the story. In fact, the the devil has no stories.”
"She continued, “So, it’s important to continue to infuse the culture with storytelling, especially Christian storytelling.”
I really sense the need to take a different view of that statement. I don't know as story telling, in general, changes the world. It entertains. It may cause some personal introspection or pondering of various societal issues. Changes the world? Not so much. And that belief can change the world and has and not for the better when it comes to "Christian storytelling."
Jesus was a story teller, yes. But, bear in mind, JESUS told stories; perfect stories, parables, meant to be the Word, inspired, sacred Scripture. That is a far cry from the rest of us telling stories to make a point and teach. All preachers tell parables taken from object lessons of life. The stories, the parables told, make points about Scripture doctrine and teachings. The thing is, if the teaching, itself, is wrong, the parable, the story, is an accessory to error. Think of that fact.
“People are going to have their own points of view; this is one point of view,” he said. “One thing we can all agree on: If you’re a Christian, you believe that Jesus is coming back.”
We must not miss the serious import of his statement. Yes, we can all agree Jesus is coming back. Get the who, what, when, where, why and how wrong, and we drift into dangerous waters. The Devil is a counterfeiter, a deceiver, a deliverer of grand delusions. Much of that has to do with erroneous designs about last-day events and the return of Christ.
"If possible, Satan will deceive the very elect." That does not mean it is not possible. Not even close. It means Satan will do everything possible to deceive God's people. "If possible I am going to cause you to trip and fall." Does that mean it is not possible? Of course not. Only by the studied testimony of the Bible will delusions be unmasked and shunned. Take no time to familiarize yourself with the truth and be guaranteed, Satan will entrap you in lies.
“There are people out there who have different views of the rapture, the tribulation … their eschatology differs, and I understand that,” she said. “And yet, I still think it’s important to tell these stories at least to open the book for some people who just have never even been exposed to it.”
Well, let's apply that to salvation. People have different views of salvation. Some believe salvation is by good works. Others believe salvation is by grace through faith, without good works. Once saved, always saved. Others believe in salvation by grace through faith unto good works. Once saved always saved, as long as you stay saved.
There is the Roman Catholic view of salvation. There is the understanding of that train of theology embraced by John Calvin. There is the theology of the Reformer, John Wesley. Three very different views of salvation. What is the truth? Will a Roman Catholic movie portrayal of salvation by good works, by saying the Rosary, doing penance, going to confession before a priest be a step forward for non-Christians? Pray tell. How? By adding confusion?
The very possibility exists that this new movie, having wrong theology, could wreak havoc for non-believers and draw them into a complacency that will see them completely unprepared for the return of Jesus. This subject cannot be made light of.
“The vast majority of people still don’t know anything about … prophecy, and that includes the church,” LaLonde said. “People have, as the Bible prophesied they would, turned away from prophecy.”
People have no idea about prophecy? I would say, if the CIA and FBI and other alphabet agencies have people who believe in the second coming of Christ on their official watchlists, the general population is well aware of the concept that Jesus Christ is coming back to Earth again, someday. The details? Truth or error. One works. One does not.
Jesus prayed to the Father and said, "Sanctify them through Thy truth. Thy Word is truth," John 17:17. Truth sanctifies, meaning truth ennobles the soul, not error. Error sanctifies nothing. That simply means truth works. Error does not. Error is therefore dangerous. There are varying doctrinal positions on every single subject drawn from the Bible. Presenting erroneous positions offers nothing substantially positive and quite negative. The negative effects of error?
*Confusion, which is the foundation of all satanic sophistries. Create confusion. Confusion is the bottom line for spiritual, prophetic Babylon: a world confused by doctrinal errors bequeathed to it by Mother Rome and her traditions, many of which she borrowed from paganism.
*Waste of time. How much better would things be if only the truth existed? No weeding through all the various positions on any particular doctrine. Making decisions for life or death based on accepting truth or rejecting it. Nothing else to consider or wade through. Just one, clear truth to decide upon.
I cannot tell you how many times I have heard people say, "I don't know what to believe!" That can concern theology and doctrine, that can concern the entire last two and half years of "pandemic" and injections. That can exist for any and all subjects where multiple aspects of information are given, all claiming to be true. Helpful? In no way! It muddies all waters.
*Perhaps the greatest danger of error is how Satan can lay its tracks so close to truth only a thorough searching of Scripture can detect it. Otherwise, the train derails at some point.
I don't know how much error is in the Sorbo film. They themselves admit various positions on last-day events exist. This is just one. It seems logical it is the position they believe is the truth. If it is based on the secret rapture and a seven year tribulation following it, that is the basis of Futurism, Jesuit prophetic commentary and the counter-Reformation to derail it and ultimately destroy Protestantism.
For centuries, protesting the Mother church of Rome took place from within all European nations and beyond. Today? Name one, single professed Protestant nation. Name a single leader of a modern nation who believes or understands the principles of the Protestant Reformation and Protest of the evangelical princes in 1529.
No, be not deceived. Satan tells stories all the time, from pulpits all throughout the world which he feverishly intends to deceive.
The apostle Paul mentioned some interesting principles that can apply to this discussion.
Phil. 1:15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
Phil. 1:16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
Phil. 1:17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
Phil. 1:18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Gal 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Gal 1:7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Gal 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Gal 1:9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Notice the difference here. If Christ is preached, even if for the wrong reasons or result, Christ is made known BUT, specifically, the truth of Christ's message, the Gospel, the good news of salvation, there is NO room for error. There is one good news, not many Gospels. The is one way to salvation, not many of them. Hence, any story, any movie that does not proclaim the truth, is a dangerous imposture, regardless of intent, by default.
This new movie will give people the wrong idea about the nature of last-day events and the second coming of Christ or, it will give the truth. There is no general, in between.
It may entertain. It cannot be a guide to truth. It can only be a tripping mechanism into error God will have to deliver people from in whatever ways Omnipotence can maneuver, mind to mind, heart to heart.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
https://www.faithwire.com/2023/02/09/the-devil-has-no-stories-kevin-and-sam-sorbo-on-the-end-times-jesus-second-coming/
“We change the world through storytelling,” Sam Sorbo told CBN’s Faithwire. “Jesus was a storyteller and the Christian story is the story. In fact, the the devil has no stories.”
"She continued, “So, it’s important to continue to infuse the culture with storytelling, especially Christian storytelling.”
I really sense the need to take a different view of that statement. I don't know as story telling, in general, changes the world. It entertains. It may cause some personal introspection or pondering of various societal issues. Changes the world? Not so much. And that belief can change the world and has and not for the better when it comes to "Christian storytelling."
Jesus was a story teller, yes. But, bear in mind, JESUS told stories; perfect stories, parables, meant to be the Word, inspired, sacred Scripture. That is a far cry from the rest of us telling stories to make a point and teach. All preachers tell parables taken from object lessons of life. The stories, the parables told, make points about Scripture doctrine and teachings. The thing is, if the teaching, itself, is wrong, the parable, the story, is an accessory to error. Think of that fact.
“People are going to have their own points of view; this is one point of view,” he said. “One thing we can all agree on: If you’re a Christian, you believe that Jesus is coming back.”
We must not miss the serious import of his statement. Yes, we can all agree Jesus is coming back. Get the who, what, when, where, why and how wrong, and we drift into dangerous waters. The Devil is a counterfeiter, a deceiver, a deliverer of grand delusions. Much of that has to do with erroneous designs about last-day events and the return of Christ.
"If possible, Satan will deceive the very elect." That does not mean it is not possible. Not even close. It means Satan will do everything possible to deceive God's people. "If possible I am going to cause you to trip and fall." Does that mean it is not possible? Of course not. Only by the studied testimony of the Bible will delusions be unmasked and shunned. Take no time to familiarize yourself with the truth and be guaranteed, Satan will entrap you in lies.
“There are people out there who have different views of the rapture, the tribulation … their eschatology differs, and I understand that,” she said. “And yet, I still think it’s important to tell these stories at least to open the book for some people who just have never even been exposed to it.”
Well, let's apply that to salvation. People have different views of salvation. Some believe salvation is by good works. Others believe salvation is by grace through faith, without good works. Once saved, always saved. Others believe in salvation by grace through faith unto good works. Once saved always saved, as long as you stay saved.
There is the Roman Catholic view of salvation. There is the understanding of that train of theology embraced by John Calvin. There is the theology of the Reformer, John Wesley. Three very different views of salvation. What is the truth? Will a Roman Catholic movie portrayal of salvation by good works, by saying the Rosary, doing penance, going to confession before a priest be a step forward for non-Christians? Pray tell. How? By adding confusion?
The very possibility exists that this new movie, having wrong theology, could wreak havoc for non-believers and draw them into a complacency that will see them completely unprepared for the return of Jesus. This subject cannot be made light of.
“The vast majority of people still don’t know anything about … prophecy, and that includes the church,” LaLonde said. “People have, as the Bible prophesied they would, turned away from prophecy.”
People have no idea about prophecy? I would say, if the CIA and FBI and other alphabet agencies have people who believe in the second coming of Christ on their official watchlists, the general population is well aware of the concept that Jesus Christ is coming back to Earth again, someday. The details? Truth or error. One works. One does not.
Jesus prayed to the Father and said, "Sanctify them through Thy truth. Thy Word is truth," John 17:17. Truth sanctifies, meaning truth ennobles the soul, not error. Error sanctifies nothing. That simply means truth works. Error does not. Error is therefore dangerous. There are varying doctrinal positions on every single subject drawn from the Bible. Presenting erroneous positions offers nothing substantially positive and quite negative. The negative effects of error?
*Confusion, which is the foundation of all satanic sophistries. Create confusion. Confusion is the bottom line for spiritual, prophetic Babylon: a world confused by doctrinal errors bequeathed to it by Mother Rome and her traditions, many of which she borrowed from paganism.
*Waste of time. How much better would things be if only the truth existed? No weeding through all the various positions on any particular doctrine. Making decisions for life or death based on accepting truth or rejecting it. Nothing else to consider or wade through. Just one, clear truth to decide upon.
I cannot tell you how many times I have heard people say, "I don't know what to believe!" That can concern theology and doctrine, that can concern the entire last two and half years of "pandemic" and injections. That can exist for any and all subjects where multiple aspects of information are given, all claiming to be true. Helpful? In no way! It muddies all waters.
*Perhaps the greatest danger of error is how Satan can lay its tracks so close to truth only a thorough searching of Scripture can detect it. Otherwise, the train derails at some point.
I don't know how much error is in the Sorbo film. They themselves admit various positions on last-day events exist. This is just one. It seems logical it is the position they believe is the truth. If it is based on the secret rapture and a seven year tribulation following it, that is the basis of Futurism, Jesuit prophetic commentary and the counter-Reformation to derail it and ultimately destroy Protestantism.
For centuries, protesting the Mother church of Rome took place from within all European nations and beyond. Today? Name one, single professed Protestant nation. Name a single leader of a modern nation who believes or understands the principles of the Protestant Reformation and Protest of the evangelical princes in 1529.
No, be not deceived. Satan tells stories all the time, from pulpits all throughout the world which he feverishly intends to deceive.
The apostle Paul mentioned some interesting principles that can apply to this discussion.
Phil. 1:15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
Phil. 1:16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
Phil. 1:17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
Phil. 1:18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Gal 1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
Gal 1:7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
Gal 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Gal 1:9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Notice the difference here. If Christ is preached, even if for the wrong reasons or result, Christ is made known BUT, specifically, the truth of Christ's message, the Gospel, the good news of salvation, there is NO room for error. There is one good news, not many Gospels. The is one way to salvation, not many of them. Hence, any story, any movie that does not proclaim the truth, is a dangerous imposture, regardless of intent, by default.
This new movie will give people the wrong idea about the nature of last-day events and the second coming of Christ or, it will give the truth. There is no general, in between.
It may entertain. It cannot be a guide to truth. It can only be a tripping mechanism into error God will have to deliver people from in whatever ways Omnipotence can maneuver, mind to mind, heart to heart.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Idris Elba is Correct!
Idris Elba is an actor from Great Britain. Some would say he is a Black actor. What says he?
www.faithwire.com/2023/02/10/its-just-skin-idris-elba-says-people-are-obsessed-with-race/
In a recent interview with Esquire UK, the 50-year-old celebrity said human beings “are obsessed with race,” which he said “can really hinder people’s aspirations, hinder people’s growth.”
“Racism should be a topic for discussion, sure,” he said. “Racism is very real. But, from my perspective, it’s only as powerful as you allow it to be. I stopped describing myself as a ‘black actor’ when I realized it put me in a box. We’ve got to grow. We’ve got to. Our skin is no more than that: It’s just skin.”
More specifically, it is just melanin, the gene which decides skin shades, which are ALL shades of brown. If that fact were understood by all, all would have no reason to get into discussions of "race." There is only one race - the human race. Everything else is worthless, man-made, social engineering.
www.faithwire.com/2023/02/10/its-just-skin-idris-elba-says-people-are-obsessed-with-race/
In a recent interview with Esquire UK, the 50-year-old celebrity said human beings “are obsessed with race,” which he said “can really hinder people’s aspirations, hinder people’s growth.”
“Racism should be a topic for discussion, sure,” he said. “Racism is very real. But, from my perspective, it’s only as powerful as you allow it to be. I stopped describing myself as a ‘black actor’ when I realized it put me in a box. We’ve got to grow. We’ve got to. Our skin is no more than that: It’s just skin.”
More specifically, it is just melanin, the gene which decides skin shades, which are ALL shades of brown. If that fact were understood by all, all would have no reason to get into discussions of "race." There is only one race - the human race. Everything else is worthless, man-made, social engineering.
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Chick-Fil-A Goes Alternative
Well, with the World Health Organization now warning about Avian Flu, Bird Flu, jumping from birds to humans, creating the next "pandemic," the world either believes that organization or has heard enough in the last few years to stop their ears from hearing anything Mr. Tetros has to say.
More and more people are wary of animal flesh as food, from Mad Cow Disease to polluted fish, to bird viruses. Interestingly, Chick-Fil-A is about to introduce a new menu item, an alternative chicken sandwich. Made from Cauliflower. Ah, the lowly Cauliflower used to make a rice alternative, a pizza crust alternative, and fish filet alternatives. I've had them all. Tuna salad sandwiches made from Cauliflower? Yep. Amazed me the first time I tried it 40 years ago.
There ARE alternatives to animal flesh for food. Don't let anybody tell you otherwise.
www.faithwire.com/2023/02/10/chick-fil-a-unveils-plant-based-chicken-sandwich-alternative-after-four-years-of-experiments/
Four years of experiments. Way behind the curve but, nonetheless, good to see.
Bon appe'tit.
More and more people are wary of animal flesh as food, from Mad Cow Disease to polluted fish, to bird viruses. Interestingly, Chick-Fil-A is about to introduce a new menu item, an alternative chicken sandwich. Made from Cauliflower. Ah, the lowly Cauliflower used to make a rice alternative, a pizza crust alternative, and fish filet alternatives. I've had them all. Tuna salad sandwiches made from Cauliflower? Yep. Amazed me the first time I tried it 40 years ago.
There ARE alternatives to animal flesh for food. Don't let anybody tell you otherwise.
www.faithwire.com/2023/02/10/chick-fil-a-unveils-plant-based-chicken-sandwich-alternative-after-four-years-of-experiments/
Four years of experiments. Way behind the curve but, nonetheless, good to see.
Bon appe'tit.
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Outraged Yet???
What would you think if a woman, pushed into a crowd in a place police were trying to keep people out of, was punched in the face and whipped by batons by Capitol police 40 times, caught on camera, and brought within an inch of her life? Would that outrage you?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/breaking-judge-cracks-j6-defendant-police-assault-victim-victoria-white-spoke-gateway-pundit/
Read it and see how the entire January 6, 2020 situation was a massive, fraudulent, deep state set-up, which American patriots are still suffering from, incarcerated without due process.
Will the Grand Old Party, now a majority in the House of Representatives, finally do something for these people? It remains to be seen. Frankly, I doubt it.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/breaking-judge-cracks-j6-defendant-police-assault-victim-victoria-white-spoke-gateway-pundit/
Read it and see how the entire January 6, 2020 situation was a massive, fraudulent, deep state set-up, which American patriots are still suffering from, incarcerated without due process.
Will the Grand Old Party, now a majority in the House of Representatives, finally do something for these people? It remains to be seen. Frankly, I doubt it.
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735. Was Jesus a Refugee? - February 11, 2023
Apparently the Super Bowl is going to see two commercials addressing the Christian faith; the nature of Jesus Christ and His relationship to humanity and their suffering. In one commercial, it is stated Jesus was a refugee. Was He?
Here's the website of the organization placing the commercials and the page that gets into the subject:
https://hegetsus.com/en/jesus-was-a-refugee
The easiest way to address this, is the Bible, itself, first.
Of the wise men who came to see and worship the newly born king of the Jews, and of the departure of Joseph, Mary and Jesus -
Mat 2:12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
Mat 2:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Mat 2:14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
Mat 2:15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
Here is the definition of a refugee from the UN Refugee Agency -
The 1951 Refugee Convention is a key legal document and defines a refugee as:
“someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.”
Was Jesus a refugee? Not according to the parameters defined. Jesus was part of an age group selected by Herod to be killed. Before he made that decision, Joseph was warned to leave and go to Egypt. The family was not exposed to persecution or death. Mary saw no danger coming. She had to trust Joseph's testimony about his dream. They were warned beforehand by God's messenger. It was a preemptive warning.
Notice the rest of the passage -
Mat 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Mat 2:17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
Mat 2:18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
The Bible does not state all families with boys 2 years old and under left and headed to Egypt or any other nation. The event transpired quickly and caused tremendous mourning. It was a prophesied event.
I am not saying Christ does not care about refugees. Christ cares for all people, all "classes" of people as men define them, in all circumstances but, do not make Jesus out to be something He was not to prop up your agenda.
I am just against using the life of Christ incorrectly. I am against using the Bible incorrectly.
Other messages from "He Gets Us" -
Jesus didn’t want us to act like adults.
Jesus taught, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” What can we learn from the person who lived this way?
Yes, Jesus taught we should have the faith of children, who do not worry about their next meal, or paying bills, or living with the stressors adults do. They trust their parents to provide for them. We are to trust in God to take care of our needs, knowing He knows them before we do. "Seek first the kingdom of God and all these things shall be added unto us," is what Jesus taught. Tell me, is seeking the kingdom of God first an adult decision, or a child's decision? If you are a parent you know how self-centered children can be, don't you? They can hardly see past their own view of the world, which is about their own needs and desires. It is the adult who must choose to seek the kingdom of God first and trust that God will provide. Being like children is not an abandonment of adulthood.
Which is why the Bible states this -
Heb 5:11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
Heb 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Heb 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
Heb 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Eph 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Eph 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Eph 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Eph 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Balance. Balance in the Word of God is the key.
"The name of Jesus has been used to harm and divide, but if you look at how he lived, you see how backward that really is. Jesus was not exclusive. He was radically inclusive. What would our world look like if that were the norm? If strangers became friends over the dinner table as they did around Jesus?"
This one is deceptively narrow. As I mentioned, the tracks of truth and error lie close together. It becomes the preferred and easy way for the Adversary to deceive.
Sure, it would be Heaven if everyone got along or would it?
Jesus was invited to eat with people. They were not His friends. They were people interested in Him and His message. As far as I am aware Jesus invited Himself to only one person's home: the tax collector, Zacchaeus -
Luke 19:5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
He sat with people who would end up betraying Him. He sat with people who didn't like the way He conducted His ministry. He rebuked people He sat with. This was ministry, the instruction and salvation of souls, not friends gathering for happy times. He would get rest at Mary, Martha and Lazarus' home. They were His friends. Claiming Christ was always having dinner with friends is just inaccurate. He did not invite people to sit with Him. He was invited to sit with others.
To state Jesus is used to harm and divide has been historically true but, it is like people living in a cave, completely ignorant of the Scriptures.
Mat 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Mat 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Mat 10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
Mat 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Mat 10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Mat 10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Does that sound like someone sitting around singing Kumbaya with friends all the time?
People are making Jesus into their own image and likeness, their own desires and opinions of what the faith should be. The faith should be nothing more or less than a Thus Saith the LORD, Genesis to Revelation.
Balance is the key.
Here's the website of the organization placing the commercials and the page that gets into the subject:
https://hegetsus.com/en/jesus-was-a-refugee
The easiest way to address this, is the Bible, itself, first.
Of the wise men who came to see and worship the newly born king of the Jews, and of the departure of Joseph, Mary and Jesus -
Mat 2:12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
Mat 2:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Mat 2:14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
Mat 2:15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
Here is the definition of a refugee from the UN Refugee Agency -
The 1951 Refugee Convention is a key legal document and defines a refugee as:
“someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.”
Was Jesus a refugee? Not according to the parameters defined. Jesus was part of an age group selected by Herod to be killed. Before he made that decision, Joseph was warned to leave and go to Egypt. The family was not exposed to persecution or death. Mary saw no danger coming. She had to trust Joseph's testimony about his dream. They were warned beforehand by God's messenger. It was a preemptive warning.
Notice the rest of the passage -
Mat 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Mat 2:17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
Mat 2:18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
The Bible does not state all families with boys 2 years old and under left and headed to Egypt or any other nation. The event transpired quickly and caused tremendous mourning. It was a prophesied event.
I am not saying Christ does not care about refugees. Christ cares for all people, all "classes" of people as men define them, in all circumstances but, do not make Jesus out to be something He was not to prop up your agenda.
I am just against using the life of Christ incorrectly. I am against using the Bible incorrectly.
Other messages from "He Gets Us" -
Jesus didn’t want us to act like adults.
Jesus taught, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” What can we learn from the person who lived this way?
Yes, Jesus taught we should have the faith of children, who do not worry about their next meal, or paying bills, or living with the stressors adults do. They trust their parents to provide for them. We are to trust in God to take care of our needs, knowing He knows them before we do. "Seek first the kingdom of God and all these things shall be added unto us," is what Jesus taught. Tell me, is seeking the kingdom of God first an adult decision, or a child's decision? If you are a parent you know how self-centered children can be, don't you? They can hardly see past their own view of the world, which is about their own needs and desires. It is the adult who must choose to seek the kingdom of God first and trust that God will provide. Being like children is not an abandonment of adulthood.
Which is why the Bible states this -
Heb 5:11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
Heb 5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
Heb 5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
Heb 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Eph 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Eph 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Eph 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Eph 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Balance. Balance in the Word of God is the key.
"The name of Jesus has been used to harm and divide, but if you look at how he lived, you see how backward that really is. Jesus was not exclusive. He was radically inclusive. What would our world look like if that were the norm? If strangers became friends over the dinner table as they did around Jesus?"
This one is deceptively narrow. As I mentioned, the tracks of truth and error lie close together. It becomes the preferred and easy way for the Adversary to deceive.
Sure, it would be Heaven if everyone got along or would it?
Jesus was invited to eat with people. They were not His friends. They were people interested in Him and His message. As far as I am aware Jesus invited Himself to only one person's home: the tax collector, Zacchaeus -
Luke 19:5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
He sat with people who would end up betraying Him. He sat with people who didn't like the way He conducted His ministry. He rebuked people He sat with. This was ministry, the instruction and salvation of souls, not friends gathering for happy times. He would get rest at Mary, Martha and Lazarus' home. They were His friends. Claiming Christ was always having dinner with friends is just inaccurate. He did not invite people to sit with Him. He was invited to sit with others.
To state Jesus is used to harm and divide has been historically true but, it is like people living in a cave, completely ignorant of the Scriptures.
Mat 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Mat 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Mat 10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
Mat 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Mat 10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Mat 10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Does that sound like someone sitting around singing Kumbaya with friends all the time?
People are making Jesus into their own image and likeness, their own desires and opinions of what the faith should be. The faith should be nothing more or less than a Thus Saith the LORD, Genesis to Revelation.
Balance is the key.
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LEGEND Revisited - Here We Go ...
Well, if you have looked at the Legend Revisited page you know two musicians have been chosen for the project.
On guitar, Martin J. Andersen, of Denmark. You may remember he was slated to play the Legend concert in Germany. Then Covid hit. Martin is a great player, has recorded with several bands, as well as his own solo projects. He's a real gentleman. I appreciate him and his approach to music and all. I'm excited to have him on board.
On the bass, a very talented musician from Sweden, Janne Stark. Also someone who has recorded with various bands and artists, principally on guitar but, also on bass, he is also an author of music history in his own nation, and an artist, too. His audition tracks displayed not only prowess but, cool imagination, as well.
At 68, I don't know if my pipes will take on the task well enough but, I'll be singing lead. My voice was in the same basic range as Kevin's. Maybe more so, today. If I turn into a vocal train wreck, I know Martin can handle vocals, and I'll be back-up again. Or, we'll look for a vocalist to get involved.
At the moment, my compatriot in musical adventures, guitarist Tom Cranor, has offered his talents of mixing and mastering the recording. I am so happy to be working together again. I deeply miss our recording sessions together.
The aspect of cover artwork remains open, though various options present themselves, which I still have to pursue.
I realize the nature of remote recording can by a stressful factor. It has certainly become more common these days, given the technology. While this is not the genesis of a band, per se,' I do believe the musical energy can be captured and we are all filled with enthusiasm to produce a recording that will soar to the exosphere.
I confess, as a believer in God and Christ, when I sing these new lyrics along to the original recording, a fair amount of horripilation takes place at times. I have mentioned elsewhere, the placement of the band and album in categories of Heavy Metal which were so out of our thought patterns back in the 70's continues to shock me. Black Sabbath was as dark as bands got, that I recall, and the concept of the band, which we all knew, was making a horror movie into music. Ozzie, for all his hijinks on stage, was constantly smiling and telling the audience he loved them, and he dressed like a hippie. That vibe, with elements of the Blues and such in their overall sound, is nothing compared to the darkness out there today, much of it an absolute attack on God and the Christian faith. My desire to place the music in a definitive atmosphere of something different than misgivings or misunderstandings of our intent back in the day, propels me along in this new venture.
As with all things for me, it is in God's hands.
Proverbs 16:9 A man's heart devises his way: but the LORD directs his steps.
Onward ...
On guitar, Martin J. Andersen, of Denmark. You may remember he was slated to play the Legend concert in Germany. Then Covid hit. Martin is a great player, has recorded with several bands, as well as his own solo projects. He's a real gentleman. I appreciate him and his approach to music and all. I'm excited to have him on board.
On the bass, a very talented musician from Sweden, Janne Stark. Also someone who has recorded with various bands and artists, principally on guitar but, also on bass, he is also an author of music history in his own nation, and an artist, too. His audition tracks displayed not only prowess but, cool imagination, as well.
At 68, I don't know if my pipes will take on the task well enough but, I'll be singing lead. My voice was in the same basic range as Kevin's. Maybe more so, today. If I turn into a vocal train wreck, I know Martin can handle vocals, and I'll be back-up again. Or, we'll look for a vocalist to get involved.
At the moment, my compatriot in musical adventures, guitarist Tom Cranor, has offered his talents of mixing and mastering the recording. I am so happy to be working together again. I deeply miss our recording sessions together.
The aspect of cover artwork remains open, though various options present themselves, which I still have to pursue.
I realize the nature of remote recording can by a stressful factor. It has certainly become more common these days, given the technology. While this is not the genesis of a band, per se,' I do believe the musical energy can be captured and we are all filled with enthusiasm to produce a recording that will soar to the exosphere.
I confess, as a believer in God and Christ, when I sing these new lyrics along to the original recording, a fair amount of horripilation takes place at times. I have mentioned elsewhere, the placement of the band and album in categories of Heavy Metal which were so out of our thought patterns back in the 70's continues to shock me. Black Sabbath was as dark as bands got, that I recall, and the concept of the band, which we all knew, was making a horror movie into music. Ozzie, for all his hijinks on stage, was constantly smiling and telling the audience he loved them, and he dressed like a hippie. That vibe, with elements of the Blues and such in their overall sound, is nothing compared to the darkness out there today, much of it an absolute attack on God and the Christian faith. My desire to place the music in a definitive atmosphere of something different than misgivings or misunderstandings of our intent back in the day, propels me along in this new venture.
As with all things for me, it is in God's hands.
Proverbs 16:9 A man's heart devises his way: but the LORD directs his steps.
Onward ...
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736. A.I. WILL Take Over the World of ... - 2/12/2023
In looking for artist options for the LEGEND Returns album cover, I came upon a website article that is pretty astounding and it's a long read, with lots of examples in the text, and well worth your time. Reading reader comments on the article is interesting, as well. *WARNING.* Some nudity exists in some of his examples.
https://artofericwayne.com/2022/05/31/will-ai-replace-human-artists/
Artist, Eric Wayne, paints a pretty dismal picture of the future of the Arts because of A.I. and how to possibly fight back. Let me share with you a few paragraphs from the article.
"The easy answer is that human art will always stand out and be superior, even if human audiences already prefer the art of AI, because we are self-aware, living, feeling, suffering, caring mortal beings. How can something dead, that doesn’t give a damn if it is thrown in a junkyard tomorrow, be better at us than art?"
Well, I tend to believe that position misses the point, as so many do. A.I. is becoming, has become artificially self-aware, artificially living, feeling, suffering, caring mechanical beings. The distance between the two tracks gets smaller by the week, literally.
"AI is not genuinely making art. It is faking it. It is imperative that people understand that the only reason AI can fake human art is that it already has access to millions or billions of images of human art. It can only replace us by stealing from us wholesale. While AI does make it’s own additions and re-combinations of extant imagery by humans, with some unexpected and intriguing results, it is essentially a forger and a plagiarist. Without access to human art – even if it had access to all of the more pedestrian forms of photography – AI would be hopeless at creating art such as Impressionist paintings. It needs to pilfer from the human record."
And yet, here's the thing. Counterfeiters get so good it becomes the task of experts to tell the difference. For the rest of us, no difference. And he gets into that in the article.
"Realizing that the ace in the hole of AI art when competing against human art was not AI itself, but the unscrupulous uploading of the intellectual property right of livings artists, I implored the people behind Midjourney to forbid uploading work of living artists unless it was registered as part of the public domain, in which case, the future prospects of living artists would be at least marginally safeguarded. I became a laughing stock for doing so, and another member of the forum uploaded my art and tried to make derivations on the spot in order to spite me. This behavior was tacitly condoned."
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And there ya go, human nature at its best. "Money, money, money, money... MONEY!"
I have been stating for a few years now, much to the chuckling and chiding of people I discuss this with, that A.I., Artificial Intelligence, will someday, sooner than later, take away everything of the "Arts" from humanity. That means writing books, writing music, performing music, creating architecture drafts and drawings, all forms of fine art, advertising design, you name it, A.I. is going to engulf us all that are in the category of the Arts and its tentacles into other areas of business. In more recent months I have posted my own thoughts on this progressive onslaught and as far as art goes, it's hard to hate your death when it's so beautiful but, now, anyone can create "artworks" by using a website called Midjourney or any of a couple dozen alternatives sites.
I have a love-hate thing going with this. I am totally fascinated with what A.I. can do, in seconds, just typing an idea(s) into a prompt. At the same time, reading how A.I. is now, already composing Classical music compositions that musicians are calling brilliant, tells me my own possible place in music is limited and for the young musicians among us, a lifetime ahead of them, you are basically toast. Oh, no, I am dead serious. Read the article, written back in May, 2022.
As an example, I had asked Manos Koufakis, at Sonic Age, what kind of artwork is showing up on album covers today. I already knew, from my own research, computer art is big, and A.I. computer art is coming on fast. Midjourney has exponentially changed that into light speed. Manos sent me an example of what can be done. Knowing the new lyrical theme of the rerecording of From the Fjords, he typed in a scene of people on a mountain looking toward heaven, with some other parameters. Here's what the system created:
https://artofericwayne.com/2022/05/31/will-ai-replace-human-artists/
Artist, Eric Wayne, paints a pretty dismal picture of the future of the Arts because of A.I. and how to possibly fight back. Let me share with you a few paragraphs from the article.
"The easy answer is that human art will always stand out and be superior, even if human audiences already prefer the art of AI, because we are self-aware, living, feeling, suffering, caring mortal beings. How can something dead, that doesn’t give a damn if it is thrown in a junkyard tomorrow, be better at us than art?"
Well, I tend to believe that position misses the point, as so many do. A.I. is becoming, has become artificially self-aware, artificially living, feeling, suffering, caring mechanical beings. The distance between the two tracks gets smaller by the week, literally.
"AI is not genuinely making art. It is faking it. It is imperative that people understand that the only reason AI can fake human art is that it already has access to millions or billions of images of human art. It can only replace us by stealing from us wholesale. While AI does make it’s own additions and re-combinations of extant imagery by humans, with some unexpected and intriguing results, it is essentially a forger and a plagiarist. Without access to human art – even if it had access to all of the more pedestrian forms of photography – AI would be hopeless at creating art such as Impressionist paintings. It needs to pilfer from the human record."
And yet, here's the thing. Counterfeiters get so good it becomes the task of experts to tell the difference. For the rest of us, no difference. And he gets into that in the article.
"Realizing that the ace in the hole of AI art when competing against human art was not AI itself, but the unscrupulous uploading of the intellectual property right of livings artists, I implored the people behind Midjourney to forbid uploading work of living artists unless it was registered as part of the public domain, in which case, the future prospects of living artists would be at least marginally safeguarded. I became a laughing stock for doing so, and another member of the forum uploaded my art and tried to make derivations on the spot in order to spite me. This behavior was tacitly condoned."
!!!!!
And there ya go, human nature at its best. "Money, money, money, money... MONEY!"
I have been stating for a few years now, much to the chuckling and chiding of people I discuss this with, that A.I., Artificial Intelligence, will someday, sooner than later, take away everything of the "Arts" from humanity. That means writing books, writing music, performing music, creating architecture drafts and drawings, all forms of fine art, advertising design, you name it, A.I. is going to engulf us all that are in the category of the Arts and its tentacles into other areas of business. In more recent months I have posted my own thoughts on this progressive onslaught and as far as art goes, it's hard to hate your death when it's so beautiful but, now, anyone can create "artworks" by using a website called Midjourney or any of a couple dozen alternatives sites.
I have a love-hate thing going with this. I am totally fascinated with what A.I. can do, in seconds, just typing an idea(s) into a prompt. At the same time, reading how A.I. is now, already composing Classical music compositions that musicians are calling brilliant, tells me my own possible place in music is limited and for the young musicians among us, a lifetime ahead of them, you are basically toast. Oh, no, I am dead serious. Read the article, written back in May, 2022.
As an example, I had asked Manos Koufakis, at Sonic Age, what kind of artwork is showing up on album covers today. I already knew, from my own research, computer art is big, and A.I. computer art is coming on fast. Midjourney has exponentially changed that into light speed. Manos sent me an example of what can be done. Knowing the new lyrical theme of the rerecording of From the Fjords, he typed in a scene of people on a mountain looking toward heaven, with some other parameters. Here's what the system created:
Pretty cool. From the perspective of believers waiting for the coming of Christ, while a dark world falls apart below, it's amazing. He superimposed the original Legend logo on it and a possible album title based on the project, itself, as I described it to him. Type in a couple sentences and you get that??? Seriously? Yes, seriously.
Example #2. My stepdaughter is staying with us for awhile and I told her about Midjourney so, she took my written concept for the cover artwork and using up her free 25 possibilities, on her cell phone, ultimately the system came up with this:
Example #2. My stepdaughter is staying with us for awhile and I told her about Midjourney so, she took my written concept for the cover artwork and using up her free 25 possibilities, on her cell phone, ultimately the system came up with this:
That's an edited screen shot she sent me. The system puts out four possibilities with each query. You use up your 25 freebies rapidly. Now, the fact is, the system missed the boat on capturing what I wanted but, in the things it got correct, your looking at art that took seconds to produce and there are thousands, tens of thousands of people doing the same thing, at the same time on the Midjourney site.
Yesterday, I sent Janne Stark, the new bassist for the Legend revisited project, a quick, very crude, rough drawing of my cover concept. He said he'd take a swing at it, and this is something he does, working for Sonic Age, creating covers and graphic design for bands they work with. I have no idea if he uses Midjourney, if, like many artists climbing on board, use A.I. and other types of software programs to come up with a finished piece, or other types of art media to create finished works. We'll see what Janne comes up with.
My point is, that which is now being done with A.I. when it comes to art is, indeed, moving at lightspeed. One woman actually sold a computer generated work of art to a client for $92,000. I kid you not. Eric Wayne's article gets into it. It's... well, criminal? Sooner than later, though, any DIYer, anyone that can type, will be able to create anything their mind dreams up, as the A.I. systems become more and more adaptive and sophisticated. Need a drummer? Use A.I. Need an architectural engineer? Use A.I. Need a music score and orchestra for a film? Use A.I. Need a book written? Use A.I. And sooner than later the need for code writers and programmers will cease, as well, as A.I. teaches itself how to advance.
When Elon Musk suggests a universal income for all people because A.I. and its eventual removal of the entire human workforce for all endeavors, he means it. And it is easy to see. It takes no stretch of imagination. It may take some time to wrap one's head around it all but, know that those who can financially benefit from all this are working feverishly to make it to the mountain top before everybody else and they do not seem to realize it is a path of self-destruction.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Yesterday, I sent Janne Stark, the new bassist for the Legend revisited project, a quick, very crude, rough drawing of my cover concept. He said he'd take a swing at it, and this is something he does, working for Sonic Age, creating covers and graphic design for bands they work with. I have no idea if he uses Midjourney, if, like many artists climbing on board, use A.I. and other types of software programs to come up with a finished piece, or other types of art media to create finished works. We'll see what Janne comes up with.
My point is, that which is now being done with A.I. when it comes to art is, indeed, moving at lightspeed. One woman actually sold a computer generated work of art to a client for $92,000. I kid you not. Eric Wayne's article gets into it. It's... well, criminal? Sooner than later, though, any DIYer, anyone that can type, will be able to create anything their mind dreams up, as the A.I. systems become more and more adaptive and sophisticated. Need a drummer? Use A.I. Need an architectural engineer? Use A.I. Need a music score and orchestra for a film? Use A.I. Need a book written? Use A.I. And sooner than later the need for code writers and programmers will cease, as well, as A.I. teaches itself how to advance.
When Elon Musk suggests a universal income for all people because A.I. and its eventual removal of the entire human workforce for all endeavors, he means it. And it is easy to see. It takes no stretch of imagination. It may take some time to wrap one's head around it all but, know that those who can financially benefit from all this are working feverishly to make it to the mountain top before everybody else and they do not seem to realize it is a path of self-destruction.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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FBI Goes After Traditional Catholics
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/fbi-admits-targeting-devout-catholics-whistleblower-kyle-seraphin-reports-leaked-bureau-document-warning-agents-dangers-radical-traditionalist-catholic-ideology/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/fbi-warns-radical-traditionalist-catholic-ideology-leaked-memo/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/catholic-school-boy-kicked-school-saying-two-genders-arrested/
That last link just shows the attitude of Leftist law sources. It's all the same cabal, though.
Okay, so, you know I am a Protestant, in principle. I protest the existence of the biblical, prophetic antichrist - the Roman Catholic system, its Papacy and Vatican. That said, Roman Catholics MUST be free of conscience to practice their religious faith free from government interference and attack. PERIOD.
Now, I have shared on this website historic statements of popes and prelates that America is a bad thing and should not be allowed to exist. A separation of church and state is not within the parameters of Roman Catholic world agenda. One pope called American freedom and liberty of conscience "pestilent." So, in a sense, traditional, hardline Catholicism could be seen as a threat to the Republic. I have books stating the agenda is to "make America Catholic." Look at Congress, look at SCOTUS, what do you see? It speaks for itself, and I do not believe it is just coincidence. That stated, for the average every day Catholic, many enthusiastic patriots and devoted Americans to the principles of Americanism, for this type of '1984' categorization of the RCC and its adherents by a government agency should bring outrage and a total repudiation by the citizenry of this nation. It is totalitarian, authoritarian despotism on parade.
Prophetically speaking, what can this do? Obviously create a united front with apostate Protestantism, putting aside differences and banding together to stop this abusive trend before it gets way out of hand. For the young lad just stating his belief about transgenderism and bathrooms, to be arrested is beyond outrageous. It's jackbooted thuggery.
Watch to see where all this goes.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/fbi-warns-radical-traditionalist-catholic-ideology-leaked-memo/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/catholic-school-boy-kicked-school-saying-two-genders-arrested/
That last link just shows the attitude of Leftist law sources. It's all the same cabal, though.
Okay, so, you know I am a Protestant, in principle. I protest the existence of the biblical, prophetic antichrist - the Roman Catholic system, its Papacy and Vatican. That said, Roman Catholics MUST be free of conscience to practice their religious faith free from government interference and attack. PERIOD.
Now, I have shared on this website historic statements of popes and prelates that America is a bad thing and should not be allowed to exist. A separation of church and state is not within the parameters of Roman Catholic world agenda. One pope called American freedom and liberty of conscience "pestilent." So, in a sense, traditional, hardline Catholicism could be seen as a threat to the Republic. I have books stating the agenda is to "make America Catholic." Look at Congress, look at SCOTUS, what do you see? It speaks for itself, and I do not believe it is just coincidence. That stated, for the average every day Catholic, many enthusiastic patriots and devoted Americans to the principles of Americanism, for this type of '1984' categorization of the RCC and its adherents by a government agency should bring outrage and a total repudiation by the citizenry of this nation. It is totalitarian, authoritarian despotism on parade.
Prophetically speaking, what can this do? Obviously create a united front with apostate Protestantism, putting aside differences and banding together to stop this abusive trend before it gets way out of hand. For the young lad just stating his belief about transgenderism and bathrooms, to be arrested is beyond outrageous. It's jackbooted thuggery.
Watch to see where all this goes.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Hmm. What Exactly Is Being Shot Down?
Weather balloons? Fair enough. Photographs and video are there for that but, what about other reports of nondescript objects being fired at? What about octagonal-shaped objects? What about tic-tac-shaped objects? What about objects performing crazy flight patterns? What about even China claiming she is shooting at UFOs on her boarder? What's up? This is all in the last ten days or so. America, Canada, China, Russia... and a continued parade of stuff happening over Ukraine.
Jesus said fearful sights in the heavens would be part of last-day signs.
I continue to emphatically believe "ET" UFOs will be part of Satan's last-day deceptive plans for delusions and deceptions upon the human race. I see only constant building blocks being put in place for the fulfillment of that scenario.
We'll see.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Jesus said fearful sights in the heavens would be part of last-day signs.
I continue to emphatically believe "ET" UFOs will be part of Satan's last-day deceptive plans for delusions and deceptions upon the human race. I see only constant building blocks being put in place for the fulfillment of that scenario.
We'll see.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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737. Evangelicals Get It Wrong Again - February 17, 2023
On the Creation.com website is a blog post for Feb. 13, about the James Web Telescope and search for extraterrestrial life.
creation.com/space-telescope-et
The writer is certainly correct that the search is based on the materialistic/evolutionary belief that the universe and life on Earth are all accidents based on circumstances that just happened. If it happened here, it must have happened elsewhere.
Factually NO scientific, observable, testable, repeatable evidence exists for life just happening by some set of prebiotic circumstances. None. Zero. Zip. Nada. Lots of theories. No evidence other than, 'well, we are here so, life must be elsewhere too, with a couple trillion galaxies all containing planets.'
Here's where things break down. Two choices. Divine, fiat creation or, a mathematical formula on a chalk board that has no visible evidence, i.e. the universe formed spontaneously from nothing. Both models seem to have evidence for them to a certain point. Both, then, contain elements of faith. Those are separate subjects, though.
My beef is with this tunnel vision evangelicals have that states the Creator only created life on Earth, which is biblically void of evidence, just like materialism is. To the contrary, again. All Bible believing Christians accept by faith that angels exist. Angels are a separate form of creation. They are not male, nor female. They are angels. They are not the souls of departed loved ones. AND, they were in existence BEFORE God created the Earth - Job 38:7 -
Job 38:3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Job 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Job 38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Job 38:6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Who are the morning stars? Who are the sons of God? Regardless of who and what they are, they were already there at creation, to watch God speak things into existence, to sing praises and shout for joy at the pageantry they were beholding. I have shown before the biblical reasons I believe morning stars represent the angelic host and the sons of God represent ambassadors, representatives of other worlds, like Adam would have been and remained had he not fallen and allowed Lucifer to become "the ruler of this world."
So, at least angels were in existence. Even if one denies the biblical reasons for believing the sons of God are the loyal and unfallen in creation's vast expanse, they represent some body of living beings. There is, therefore, more out there than us.
Over 4500 exoplanets have been discovered so far, a small percentage of them being at a distance from their sun that liquid water could exist, as the author of the article states. Could exist is not, does exist. On the other hand, is there any biblical evidence angels need to eat and drink to exist? What information in the Bible states life on Earth is the only possible type of lifeform God could create? There are lifeforms on Earth that can stay alive without water for months. Some can eat a meal once a year. That's Earth. Who has the authority, without biblical evidence, to state God can only create lifeforms like those on Earth? Just because the Bible states God created mankind in His image and likeness, obviously ONLY means mankind. It does not include all other lifeforms, nor does it mean God has to eat and drink to stay alive. Such a thought is preposterous.
What does that practically imply? That all kinds of life could exist beyond planet Earth that have completely different physiology, totally unknown to mankind. No man can explain angels. Good luck with that. We just accept, by faith, they exist. They can appear in their created form or appear as men. That's the biblical testimony but, nobody can explain how they ended up with wings or supernatural abilities. No. Faith in God's Word stipulates we believe those characteristics, not because we have seen angels but, the Word is alive with truth and we accept it because we have been changed by the Word and that change, being born again, facilitates our belief that God's Word is true.
I find it astounding that evangelicals believe, because no apparent intelligent life has been detected on a pitifully small 4500 planets, the entire UNIVERSE must not contain life. Seriously? By what possible mathematical formula can such a position be based upon? By what principle can such a position be sustained upon? Well, the author states these -
"When we compare the earth to all known extraterrestrial bodies, the earth stands out as completely unique, complex, and beautiful.7 While it is possible, it is unlikely that the JWST or any other telescope/space probe will find truly habitable planets."
If a materialist used such language, "unlikely," evangelicals would instantly say, 'Hey, hey, hey. That's assumption not science.' Stating the Earth is unique among 4500 planets is so void of reason it's astonishing. One galaxy = 100,000,000 stars. Even if only one planet per star, that would 100,000,00 planets. The mathematical possibility rises exponentially beyond that just for our galaxy, let alone for a TRILLION or more galaxies. Please. Do let us have common sense.
"Even if it did, finding life seems precluded. Known experimental science presents impassable barriers to any life just ‘happening’ from chemicals. In particular, water itself is a huge barrier to forming large molecules (like proteins and DNA) from small ones.8"
So what? Once again, "known science." And I would obviously agree that life just happening from random chemicals is a scientific, statistical impossibility. But, what does that have to do with God creating life elsewhere? Nothing.
"Could God have created life elsewhere? That would be exceedingly strange, even for simple life, since mankind on Earth is the focus of His attention and creation—other creatures are part of our ‘life support system’ (Genesis 1:26–28). And the idea of Him creating intelligent ‘alien races’ is biblically ruled out; Christ will only have one Bride in eternity, the redeemed from Earth’s people (Ephesians 5:22–33, Revelation 21:2,9–10), all of whom descend from the first man and woman, Adam and Eve."
Strange to that author, maybe. Not strange to me. The fact that Earth is the central focus of all Heaven is because Earth is fallen, needs redemption and salvation, and a war takes place here between two forces and shall, until Jesus returns. Life beyond this Earth is not a matter mankind needs to focus upon when that life is just fine, thank you, and we are a train wreck.
AGAIN! Life beyond Earth is unfallen, in harmony with its Creator, no wars taking place. THIS war is THE war since Lucifer was cast out of Heaven, never to enter there again. Christ's bride is made up of the redeemed from Earth. Unfallen beings have been enjoying peaceful existence for who knows how long? Remember Christ's parables. He is the shepherd. One sheep is lost He went out to save. The 99 need no saving. Who are the 99? We are the lost sheep. We make up the bride because of redemption, which the author states; not because we are the lone, intelligent, physical existence in the universe. The 99 are pout there. The parable has reasonable counterparts and agents involved. The lack of simple common sense and logic here is truly incredible to me.
So, life beyond Earth is not "biblically ruled out." Nor is there any reason to think otherwise based on other reasoning and passages evangelicals use to maintain a 'life on Earth only' position. I have addressed them before and will not repeat it all here but, when I see this sustained position against reason, common sense, and biblical authority, I feel constrained to make note of it and repudiate it because it makes God very small, very limited, despite how big people make Him out to be. He is beyond anything we can understand or think.
A final thought. Humans have no need to know what is out there in an expanse so vast we cannot possibly comprehend it. To be so dogmatic about no life beyond Earth is so truncated, it's a tragedy. Because we have no need to know, and God has been pleased to place obvious allusions to life beyond Earth in His Word, why should we expect to find it? Why should they become known to us, when they are not involved in the battle? The less we know about them, the less our attention can be drawn from the war for souls taking place here and now. And if I am correct about "the angel of light" being some form of "ET" Satan will use to deceive the world, our denial of life beyond Earth does not protect us, anymore than those not connected to God or protected by His Word, believing ET will show up any day now. The angel of light is going to make his appearance. He shall deceive the world; all those not invested in a full Thus saith the Lord to sanctify them, spirit, soul and body - intellectual, emotional and physical natures.
Satan is planning the final deceptions and they shall be overmastering delusions.
We have been warned.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
creation.com/space-telescope-et
The writer is certainly correct that the search is based on the materialistic/evolutionary belief that the universe and life on Earth are all accidents based on circumstances that just happened. If it happened here, it must have happened elsewhere.
Factually NO scientific, observable, testable, repeatable evidence exists for life just happening by some set of prebiotic circumstances. None. Zero. Zip. Nada. Lots of theories. No evidence other than, 'well, we are here so, life must be elsewhere too, with a couple trillion galaxies all containing planets.'
Here's where things break down. Two choices. Divine, fiat creation or, a mathematical formula on a chalk board that has no visible evidence, i.e. the universe formed spontaneously from nothing. Both models seem to have evidence for them to a certain point. Both, then, contain elements of faith. Those are separate subjects, though.
My beef is with this tunnel vision evangelicals have that states the Creator only created life on Earth, which is biblically void of evidence, just like materialism is. To the contrary, again. All Bible believing Christians accept by faith that angels exist. Angels are a separate form of creation. They are not male, nor female. They are angels. They are not the souls of departed loved ones. AND, they were in existence BEFORE God created the Earth - Job 38:7 -
Job 38:3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Job 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Job 38:5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?
Job 38:6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Who are the morning stars? Who are the sons of God? Regardless of who and what they are, they were already there at creation, to watch God speak things into existence, to sing praises and shout for joy at the pageantry they were beholding. I have shown before the biblical reasons I believe morning stars represent the angelic host and the sons of God represent ambassadors, representatives of other worlds, like Adam would have been and remained had he not fallen and allowed Lucifer to become "the ruler of this world."
So, at least angels were in existence. Even if one denies the biblical reasons for believing the sons of God are the loyal and unfallen in creation's vast expanse, they represent some body of living beings. There is, therefore, more out there than us.
Over 4500 exoplanets have been discovered so far, a small percentage of them being at a distance from their sun that liquid water could exist, as the author of the article states. Could exist is not, does exist. On the other hand, is there any biblical evidence angels need to eat and drink to exist? What information in the Bible states life on Earth is the only possible type of lifeform God could create? There are lifeforms on Earth that can stay alive without water for months. Some can eat a meal once a year. That's Earth. Who has the authority, without biblical evidence, to state God can only create lifeforms like those on Earth? Just because the Bible states God created mankind in His image and likeness, obviously ONLY means mankind. It does not include all other lifeforms, nor does it mean God has to eat and drink to stay alive. Such a thought is preposterous.
What does that practically imply? That all kinds of life could exist beyond planet Earth that have completely different physiology, totally unknown to mankind. No man can explain angels. Good luck with that. We just accept, by faith, they exist. They can appear in their created form or appear as men. That's the biblical testimony but, nobody can explain how they ended up with wings or supernatural abilities. No. Faith in God's Word stipulates we believe those characteristics, not because we have seen angels but, the Word is alive with truth and we accept it because we have been changed by the Word and that change, being born again, facilitates our belief that God's Word is true.
I find it astounding that evangelicals believe, because no apparent intelligent life has been detected on a pitifully small 4500 planets, the entire UNIVERSE must not contain life. Seriously? By what possible mathematical formula can such a position be based upon? By what principle can such a position be sustained upon? Well, the author states these -
"When we compare the earth to all known extraterrestrial bodies, the earth stands out as completely unique, complex, and beautiful.7 While it is possible, it is unlikely that the JWST or any other telescope/space probe will find truly habitable planets."
If a materialist used such language, "unlikely," evangelicals would instantly say, 'Hey, hey, hey. That's assumption not science.' Stating the Earth is unique among 4500 planets is so void of reason it's astonishing. One galaxy = 100,000,000 stars. Even if only one planet per star, that would 100,000,00 planets. The mathematical possibility rises exponentially beyond that just for our galaxy, let alone for a TRILLION or more galaxies. Please. Do let us have common sense.
"Even if it did, finding life seems precluded. Known experimental science presents impassable barriers to any life just ‘happening’ from chemicals. In particular, water itself is a huge barrier to forming large molecules (like proteins and DNA) from small ones.8"
So what? Once again, "known science." And I would obviously agree that life just happening from random chemicals is a scientific, statistical impossibility. But, what does that have to do with God creating life elsewhere? Nothing.
"Could God have created life elsewhere? That would be exceedingly strange, even for simple life, since mankind on Earth is the focus of His attention and creation—other creatures are part of our ‘life support system’ (Genesis 1:26–28). And the idea of Him creating intelligent ‘alien races’ is biblically ruled out; Christ will only have one Bride in eternity, the redeemed from Earth’s people (Ephesians 5:22–33, Revelation 21:2,9–10), all of whom descend from the first man and woman, Adam and Eve."
Strange to that author, maybe. Not strange to me. The fact that Earth is the central focus of all Heaven is because Earth is fallen, needs redemption and salvation, and a war takes place here between two forces and shall, until Jesus returns. Life beyond this Earth is not a matter mankind needs to focus upon when that life is just fine, thank you, and we are a train wreck.
AGAIN! Life beyond Earth is unfallen, in harmony with its Creator, no wars taking place. THIS war is THE war since Lucifer was cast out of Heaven, never to enter there again. Christ's bride is made up of the redeemed from Earth. Unfallen beings have been enjoying peaceful existence for who knows how long? Remember Christ's parables. He is the shepherd. One sheep is lost He went out to save. The 99 need no saving. Who are the 99? We are the lost sheep. We make up the bride because of redemption, which the author states; not because we are the lone, intelligent, physical existence in the universe. The 99 are pout there. The parable has reasonable counterparts and agents involved. The lack of simple common sense and logic here is truly incredible to me.
So, life beyond Earth is not "biblically ruled out." Nor is there any reason to think otherwise based on other reasoning and passages evangelicals use to maintain a 'life on Earth only' position. I have addressed them before and will not repeat it all here but, when I see this sustained position against reason, common sense, and biblical authority, I feel constrained to make note of it and repudiate it because it makes God very small, very limited, despite how big people make Him out to be. He is beyond anything we can understand or think.
A final thought. Humans have no need to know what is out there in an expanse so vast we cannot possibly comprehend it. To be so dogmatic about no life beyond Earth is so truncated, it's a tragedy. Because we have no need to know, and God has been pleased to place obvious allusions to life beyond Earth in His Word, why should we expect to find it? Why should they become known to us, when they are not involved in the battle? The less we know about them, the less our attention can be drawn from the war for souls taking place here and now. And if I am correct about "the angel of light" being some form of "ET" Satan will use to deceive the world, our denial of life beyond Earth does not protect us, anymore than those not connected to God or protected by His Word, believing ET will show up any day now. The angel of light is going to make his appearance. He shall deceive the world; all those not invested in a full Thus saith the Lord to sanctify them, spirit, soul and body - intellectual, emotional and physical natures.
Satan is planning the final deceptions and they shall be overmastering delusions.
We have been warned.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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738. Pope Francis Should Listen - February 17, 2023
Take a close look at this picture -
It is included with this headline -
Pope Francis’ message for Lent 2023: ‘We need to listen to Jesus’
www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253673/pope-francis-message-for-lent-2023-we-need-to-listen-to-jesus
Has Francis listened to Jesus?
Matt 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
But, Francis is called "Holy Father."
Before he was Pope, he called previous popes "Holy Father."
Why is Francis wearing that strange cap/headdress? It is a mitre, modeled after the "fish mouth" mitres worn by the pagan priests of Dagon, the fish god, from pagan antiquity, seen on many ancient reliefs from the excavations of Babylon and other ancient cities and cultures.
Why is the Pope carrying a crucifix staff with a pine cone beneath the cross?
Because the pine cone was a pagan symbol of new life and eternal life, adopted by Mother Rome. The largest pine cone in the world, made of bronze, is found at the Vatican.
vatican.com/Court-of-the-Pigna/
Why is Francis wearing a purple robe?
Because the emperors, the Caesars of Rome wore purple for royal garments, and the popes are styled as "Pontifex Maximus," the 'chief bridge builder' between heaven and Earth; a continuation of the Caesars of the Roman empire.
"I am Caesar. I am Emperor." Pope Boniface VIII, Jubilee celebration of 1300.
Why doesn't Francis listen to God in His Word -
Deut 12:29 When the Lord thy God shall have destroyed before thy face the nations, which thou shalt go in to possess, and when thou shalt possess them, and dwell in their land:
Deut 12:30 Beware lest thou imitate them, after they are destroyed at thy coming in, and lest thou seek after their ceremonies, saying: As these nations have worshipped their gods, so will I also worship.
Deut 12:31 Thou shalt not do in like manner to the Lord thy God. For they have done to their gods all the abominations which the Lord abhorreth, offering their sons and daughters, and burning them with fire.
Deut 12:32 What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish. Douay-Rheims Bible, an official, Roman Catholic translation.
Don't add to My word. Don't take away. Just do as I command.
The reason Francis does not listen to Jesus, does not listen to God, is because the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, the Papacy and College of Cardinals, believes it is above the Bible, and tradition is more important than the Word; the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the living church has power and authority over the living Word of God.
Speaking of the antichrist power, the "little horn" of Daniel's vision -
Dan 7:25 And he shall speak words against the High One, and shall crush the saints of the most High: and he shall think himself able to change times and laws, and they shall be delivered into his hand until a time, and times, and half a time. Douay-Rheims Bible
That is why she is the biblical, prophetic "antichrist" because she has put herself "in place of Christ."
"We hold on this Earth the place of God Almighty." Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Letter - A Light in the Heavens, 1894.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Pope Francis’ message for Lent 2023: ‘We need to listen to Jesus’
www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253673/pope-francis-message-for-lent-2023-we-need-to-listen-to-jesus
Has Francis listened to Jesus?
Matt 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
But, Francis is called "Holy Father."
Before he was Pope, he called previous popes "Holy Father."
Why is Francis wearing that strange cap/headdress? It is a mitre, modeled after the "fish mouth" mitres worn by the pagan priests of Dagon, the fish god, from pagan antiquity, seen on many ancient reliefs from the excavations of Babylon and other ancient cities and cultures.
Why is the Pope carrying a crucifix staff with a pine cone beneath the cross?
Because the pine cone was a pagan symbol of new life and eternal life, adopted by Mother Rome. The largest pine cone in the world, made of bronze, is found at the Vatican.
vatican.com/Court-of-the-Pigna/
Why is Francis wearing a purple robe?
Because the emperors, the Caesars of Rome wore purple for royal garments, and the popes are styled as "Pontifex Maximus," the 'chief bridge builder' between heaven and Earth; a continuation of the Caesars of the Roman empire.
"I am Caesar. I am Emperor." Pope Boniface VIII, Jubilee celebration of 1300.
Why doesn't Francis listen to God in His Word -
Deut 12:29 When the Lord thy God shall have destroyed before thy face the nations, which thou shalt go in to possess, and when thou shalt possess them, and dwell in their land:
Deut 12:30 Beware lest thou imitate them, after they are destroyed at thy coming in, and lest thou seek after their ceremonies, saying: As these nations have worshipped their gods, so will I also worship.
Deut 12:31 Thou shalt not do in like manner to the Lord thy God. For they have done to their gods all the abominations which the Lord abhorreth, offering their sons and daughters, and burning them with fire.
Deut 12:32 What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish. Douay-Rheims Bible, an official, Roman Catholic translation.
Don't add to My word. Don't take away. Just do as I command.
The reason Francis does not listen to Jesus, does not listen to God, is because the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, the Papacy and College of Cardinals, believes it is above the Bible, and tradition is more important than the Word; the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the living church has power and authority over the living Word of God.
Speaking of the antichrist power, the "little horn" of Daniel's vision -
Dan 7:25 And he shall speak words against the High One, and shall crush the saints of the most High: and he shall think himself able to change times and laws, and they shall be delivered into his hand until a time, and times, and half a time. Douay-Rheims Bible
That is why she is the biblical, prophetic "antichrist" because she has put herself "in place of Christ."
"We hold on this Earth the place of God Almighty." Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Letter - A Light in the Heavens, 1894.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
*****************************
739. Is It Beginning? - February 17, 2023
For the last couple years, and 40 years of Bible study and public and private Bible teaching for me, those of us who believe in the Historicist position of interpreting Bible prophecy have predicted a number of things that have been tickling society for decades but, not yet realizing full steam.
The rising of the Papacy to world influence.
The joining of Romanism and apostate Protestantism over cultural necessities to save the Western world.
A false revival employing "all signs, power and lying wonders."
Ultimately the legislation of Sunday as a national and international day of rest.
Some recent headlines:
The recent book that screams ‘I’m a classic!’ How the Protestant-Catholic alliance was formed (pt. 1)
"Social Conservatism is edited by Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Ethics Professor Andrew T. Walker, and contains chapters by various Evangelical scholars and social leaders in which they attempt to explain the ways in which Dr. Robert George's, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, career and “ministry” have enlarged their understanding of natural law as well as the necessity for Protestants and Catholics alike to defend the culture in defense of the core of the “permanent things”—the dignity and worth of the individual human being, religious liberty, marriage, and the family.”"
Cedarville University experiencing ‘outpouring of the Lord’ in campus revival
University of the Cumberlands seeing ‘evidence of the Lord’s work’ at student-led worship gatherings
Supernatural Revival in the Age of Social Media: TikTokers Help Spread Asbury Move of God
www.faithwire.com/2023/02/15/the-spirit-of-god-is-moving-second-college-campus-revival-with-salvation-deliverance-healing-shows-no-signs-of-slowing/
www.faithwire.com/2023/02/14/our-cultures-going-to-be-changed-massive-revival-at-asbury-university-captivates-world-shows-no-signs-of-slowing-down/
The Fire is spreading! Christian university in Ohio now experiencing an outpouring on campus
A nonstop Kentucky prayer ‘revival’ is exploding and people are traveling thousands of miles to take part
REVIVAL Asbury Revival Spreads to 4th University: 'The Holy Spirit Is At Work'
Many more Christian news sites are carrying stories on these events. Such revivals have taken place before in the last hundred+ years. Many saw the "Jesus Movement" of the 1970s building into the final false revival. Bear in mind, I am not saying true conversions are not taking place. Not at all. Like many movements of the past they get co-opted and taken over by people who have no business being in leadership positions and things become corrupted. Happens all the time. Young people get on fire and the older, with experience but having not the Spirit of the Lord, enter in and pour cold water on everything. The spirit of control enters in. The difference coming is that a professed Christian revival is going to be taken over by lies and supernatural phenomena by the Adversary of souls, and it shall be used to back up false doctrines leading to the end of the world. For that to take place a clasping of hands between Mother Rome and her apostate Protestant daughters must take place and hold firm. That is building. It's all building to an eventual fulfillment of prophecy unto the second coming of Christ.
Rev 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
Rev 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Rev 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
Rev 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Rev 18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
A true revival will come from people LEAVING the confusion of apostate, corrupt churches to keep the commandments of God and the faith and testimony of Jesus Christ. The law of God, specifically the fourth commandment, will be the great dividing line. Watch. It will take place. Every specification of prophecy will be fulfilled. Every detail realized. A counterfeit is always involved. When the false revival reaches maximum proportions, the revival of primitive godliness and apostolic purity will happen. A revival of biblical simplicity and adherence to a Thus Saith the Lord will come. The huge forces of apostasy will stand against the small remnant of God's people. It may encompass tens of millions, hundreds of millions but, next to billions, small, indeed.
I am not saying this is it. Not yet. This may all fizzle out as in previous movements. Time will tell. When it tells, the final events will move rapidly.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
The rising of the Papacy to world influence.
The joining of Romanism and apostate Protestantism over cultural necessities to save the Western world.
A false revival employing "all signs, power and lying wonders."
Ultimately the legislation of Sunday as a national and international day of rest.
Some recent headlines:
The recent book that screams ‘I’m a classic!’ How the Protestant-Catholic alliance was formed (pt. 1)
"Social Conservatism is edited by Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Ethics Professor Andrew T. Walker, and contains chapters by various Evangelical scholars and social leaders in which they attempt to explain the ways in which Dr. Robert George's, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, career and “ministry” have enlarged their understanding of natural law as well as the necessity for Protestants and Catholics alike to defend the culture in defense of the core of the “permanent things”—the dignity and worth of the individual human being, religious liberty, marriage, and the family.”"
Cedarville University experiencing ‘outpouring of the Lord’ in campus revival
University of the Cumberlands seeing ‘evidence of the Lord’s work’ at student-led worship gatherings
Supernatural Revival in the Age of Social Media: TikTokers Help Spread Asbury Move of God
www.faithwire.com/2023/02/15/the-spirit-of-god-is-moving-second-college-campus-revival-with-salvation-deliverance-healing-shows-no-signs-of-slowing/
www.faithwire.com/2023/02/14/our-cultures-going-to-be-changed-massive-revival-at-asbury-university-captivates-world-shows-no-signs-of-slowing-down/
The Fire is spreading! Christian university in Ohio now experiencing an outpouring on campus
A nonstop Kentucky prayer ‘revival’ is exploding and people are traveling thousands of miles to take part
REVIVAL Asbury Revival Spreads to 4th University: 'The Holy Spirit Is At Work'
Many more Christian news sites are carrying stories on these events. Such revivals have taken place before in the last hundred+ years. Many saw the "Jesus Movement" of the 1970s building into the final false revival. Bear in mind, I am not saying true conversions are not taking place. Not at all. Like many movements of the past they get co-opted and taken over by people who have no business being in leadership positions and things become corrupted. Happens all the time. Young people get on fire and the older, with experience but having not the Spirit of the Lord, enter in and pour cold water on everything. The spirit of control enters in. The difference coming is that a professed Christian revival is going to be taken over by lies and supernatural phenomena by the Adversary of souls, and it shall be used to back up false doctrines leading to the end of the world. For that to take place a clasping of hands between Mother Rome and her apostate Protestant daughters must take place and hold firm. That is building. It's all building to an eventual fulfillment of prophecy unto the second coming of Christ.
Rev 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
Rev 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Rev 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
Rev 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Rev 18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
A true revival will come from people LEAVING the confusion of apostate, corrupt churches to keep the commandments of God and the faith and testimony of Jesus Christ. The law of God, specifically the fourth commandment, will be the great dividing line. Watch. It will take place. Every specification of prophecy will be fulfilled. Every detail realized. A counterfeit is always involved. When the false revival reaches maximum proportions, the revival of primitive godliness and apostolic purity will happen. A revival of biblical simplicity and adherence to a Thus Saith the Lord will come. The huge forces of apostasy will stand against the small remnant of God's people. It may encompass tens of millions, hundreds of millions but, next to billions, small, indeed.
I am not saying this is it. Not yet. This may all fizzle out as in previous movements. Time will tell. When it tells, the final events will move rapidly.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
*****************************
740. Finding the Right Fit is Harder Than You Think - 2/18/2023
Over the years I have conversed with many small business owners who all say the same thing: it's hard to find good help.
Then there's the comment that it's hard to find people with the right fit. Good, hard workers but, just things that don't jive very smoothly for one reason or another. Most of the time it's employees who are more geared to be business owners and don't take instructions or tasks very well. Friction develops. Parting of the ways must take place.
In some cases it is just circumstances. Ships passing in the night. You miss a phone call or delay in calling back and the perfect person has moved on.
Right now, I am engaged in trying to find the right person to handle the artwork for the album cover of this new recording project. I have looked at dozens of websites of individual artists, and looked at many of these aggregate sites where dozens, if not hundreds of artists are listed who offer their services for hourly rates or set prices for various work.
I have communicated with some and for one reason or another, the right fit has not taken place. I have learned a lot, as personal searching and investigation always teaches. I have found the perfect fit artistically but, way out of a price range to handle. Some are just so busy it would take longer than possible to receive a finished work.
My hope was to work with believers every step of the way. That fell through when not a single believer held out their talents to work with. Those who did are not believers but, have no animosity at all towards the faith, work with believers and everything is cool, and they are genuinely nice people and very talented people I'm privileged to work with.
With music, it's notes. With lyrics and message, since I am the lyricist that's a given. With art, it gets interesting because regardless of personal beliefs or convictions, many artists are hired by clients and they just give the client what they ask for, unless it's something that really cuts across a core conviction of some kind.
Right now "dark art" is very popular. I consider that a sign of the times. Like I often write, from Isaiah -
Isa 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
Isa 60:2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
Isa 60:3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
This promise was originally given to the Hebrew people of God. It now falls to any people who enter the kingdom of God and walk by faith in the ministry of Christ for them.
A division of humanity is simply divided by those walking in the light, and those walking in darkness. This is spiritually speaking, of course; light being truth which sanctifies the life, and darkness being error and lies which leave people in delusions and deceptions.
Just like their are dark genres of music, they are encompassed with dark art, as well. What makes up dark art? The use of skulls, blood, violence, supernatural-type nightmarish influences, Satanic illusions, etc. The artists into this stuff are extremely good at what they do. Things they produce can curl the hair on the back of your neck, which is the whole point. Some are more comic book, cartoonish in nature but, those who get into a realistic fantasy mode could put you into nightmare zones in a heartbeat. Then there's just the aspect of nudity of women. Men are typically warriors in full armor or mystical figures with a grim reaper-type look, or horned devils of some kind. Women, on the other hand, for some reason have to be absolutely gorgeous, 95% naked, regardless of being warriors or queens. It's sexism to the extreme, if not soft pornography. Seeing women portrayed with a combination of the above, especially with blood all over them, is just so dark, it's a perfect contrast to light and respect for women. Hey, people are free to put out there what they want, as societal restrictions fall by the wayside with each new generation. It's all a sign of the times as to where humanity is at in the greater scheme of things, considering last-day events and the return of Christ. The war between light and darkness.
In searching for Christian artists, illustrators, graphic designers and all, I have literally come up empty. Many artists get into the whole spectrum of secular and religious art; whatever a client wants. The thing is, I ask myself, can someone be so passionately into the dark art that they can truly put their passion into the light? There's a reason Jesus said you cannot serve God and serve money at the same time. Life is not just a job, just a career. In God's eyes, life is about character, building a character that can fellowship with angels when this whole war between light and darkness is over.
One of the most difficult things to address and capture in art is light and shadowing. It's a true talent to get it right. Like J,M.W. Turner before him, Thomas Kinkade made a career of painting scenes with focus on light, both in the day and at night; so much so he also was called "the painter of light." Many who never knew him but, only saw his art, were grief stricken when he passed away. A sense of loss, the loss of light, was felt by, literally millions of people who regarded him as a light shining in the darkness. Yes, he became an industry and much has been written about that but, what came easy to him is a struggle for others, when it comes to art.
I have a scene in my mind. I know what I want to represent the recording. My father took an art course. He had natural talent. I still have some of the art he created from scratch; drawings, paintings and such. Other things he copied. It was all part of this course put into these enormous books I used to look at as a boy. I used to draw and sketch a lot when I was younger. How I wish I got into those books and learned the craft. They ended up severely damaged when our basement flooded and the books became warped and moldy, along with other things packed away and discarded.
Having had one particular artist appeal to me to retain my concept design and find the right fit for it, keeps me marching. He was quite candid in explaining to me much of the world of modern art is not an art from scratch anymore. A great deal of it, 90% of it, is all taken from the world of the internet and computers which give them foundations and bones to build off of, photographs and such, right to entire, finished pieces of work, and now A.I. is coming in and doing the work for them. The use of the imagination and raw talent to start from scratch, as artists used to create with, has apparently become a lost art for many professionals today. I was shocked to read such a testimony, and this artist is amazing, too.
The actual recording process has not even begun yet so, the artwork for the album is not immediately needed. I'm going to continue looking, of course, and looking more into the couple dozen A.I. sites that now exist, some better than others, according to reviews. Yes, I'm "a strait betwixt two" with it all, as I've shared but, it's the reality of the situation now existing.
There is an artist I found who mostly draws and sketches with pencil and ink, who creates some incredible stuff. I can see my concept working well within that media. I'll certainly be keeping his work in mind.
Light and darkness are pivotal to my cover design. My rough sketch is a joke and I tell perspective artists it's just a basic idea to build upon but, honestly, I wish I had the talent to do it myself. It's not just the diehard DIY nature I have, with the satisfaction doing it myself brings but, it's the connection with my Creator that makes such a premise important. I can write. I can perform drum set artistry. I can build things. Those are my talents. Placing a concept from mind to canvas... that's the talents of others.
I hope I find the right fit.
Then there's the comment that it's hard to find people with the right fit. Good, hard workers but, just things that don't jive very smoothly for one reason or another. Most of the time it's employees who are more geared to be business owners and don't take instructions or tasks very well. Friction develops. Parting of the ways must take place.
In some cases it is just circumstances. Ships passing in the night. You miss a phone call or delay in calling back and the perfect person has moved on.
Right now, I am engaged in trying to find the right person to handle the artwork for the album cover of this new recording project. I have looked at dozens of websites of individual artists, and looked at many of these aggregate sites where dozens, if not hundreds of artists are listed who offer their services for hourly rates or set prices for various work.
I have communicated with some and for one reason or another, the right fit has not taken place. I have learned a lot, as personal searching and investigation always teaches. I have found the perfect fit artistically but, way out of a price range to handle. Some are just so busy it would take longer than possible to receive a finished work.
My hope was to work with believers every step of the way. That fell through when not a single believer held out their talents to work with. Those who did are not believers but, have no animosity at all towards the faith, work with believers and everything is cool, and they are genuinely nice people and very talented people I'm privileged to work with.
With music, it's notes. With lyrics and message, since I am the lyricist that's a given. With art, it gets interesting because regardless of personal beliefs or convictions, many artists are hired by clients and they just give the client what they ask for, unless it's something that really cuts across a core conviction of some kind.
Right now "dark art" is very popular. I consider that a sign of the times. Like I often write, from Isaiah -
Isa 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
Isa 60:2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
Isa 60:3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
This promise was originally given to the Hebrew people of God. It now falls to any people who enter the kingdom of God and walk by faith in the ministry of Christ for them.
A division of humanity is simply divided by those walking in the light, and those walking in darkness. This is spiritually speaking, of course; light being truth which sanctifies the life, and darkness being error and lies which leave people in delusions and deceptions.
Just like their are dark genres of music, they are encompassed with dark art, as well. What makes up dark art? The use of skulls, blood, violence, supernatural-type nightmarish influences, Satanic illusions, etc. The artists into this stuff are extremely good at what they do. Things they produce can curl the hair on the back of your neck, which is the whole point. Some are more comic book, cartoonish in nature but, those who get into a realistic fantasy mode could put you into nightmare zones in a heartbeat. Then there's just the aspect of nudity of women. Men are typically warriors in full armor or mystical figures with a grim reaper-type look, or horned devils of some kind. Women, on the other hand, for some reason have to be absolutely gorgeous, 95% naked, regardless of being warriors or queens. It's sexism to the extreme, if not soft pornography. Seeing women portrayed with a combination of the above, especially with blood all over them, is just so dark, it's a perfect contrast to light and respect for women. Hey, people are free to put out there what they want, as societal restrictions fall by the wayside with each new generation. It's all a sign of the times as to where humanity is at in the greater scheme of things, considering last-day events and the return of Christ. The war between light and darkness.
In searching for Christian artists, illustrators, graphic designers and all, I have literally come up empty. Many artists get into the whole spectrum of secular and religious art; whatever a client wants. The thing is, I ask myself, can someone be so passionately into the dark art that they can truly put their passion into the light? There's a reason Jesus said you cannot serve God and serve money at the same time. Life is not just a job, just a career. In God's eyes, life is about character, building a character that can fellowship with angels when this whole war between light and darkness is over.
One of the most difficult things to address and capture in art is light and shadowing. It's a true talent to get it right. Like J,M.W. Turner before him, Thomas Kinkade made a career of painting scenes with focus on light, both in the day and at night; so much so he also was called "the painter of light." Many who never knew him but, only saw his art, were grief stricken when he passed away. A sense of loss, the loss of light, was felt by, literally millions of people who regarded him as a light shining in the darkness. Yes, he became an industry and much has been written about that but, what came easy to him is a struggle for others, when it comes to art.
I have a scene in my mind. I know what I want to represent the recording. My father took an art course. He had natural talent. I still have some of the art he created from scratch; drawings, paintings and such. Other things he copied. It was all part of this course put into these enormous books I used to look at as a boy. I used to draw and sketch a lot when I was younger. How I wish I got into those books and learned the craft. They ended up severely damaged when our basement flooded and the books became warped and moldy, along with other things packed away and discarded.
Having had one particular artist appeal to me to retain my concept design and find the right fit for it, keeps me marching. He was quite candid in explaining to me much of the world of modern art is not an art from scratch anymore. A great deal of it, 90% of it, is all taken from the world of the internet and computers which give them foundations and bones to build off of, photographs and such, right to entire, finished pieces of work, and now A.I. is coming in and doing the work for them. The use of the imagination and raw talent to start from scratch, as artists used to create with, has apparently become a lost art for many professionals today. I was shocked to read such a testimony, and this artist is amazing, too.
The actual recording process has not even begun yet so, the artwork for the album is not immediately needed. I'm going to continue looking, of course, and looking more into the couple dozen A.I. sites that now exist, some better than others, according to reviews. Yes, I'm "a strait betwixt two" with it all, as I've shared but, it's the reality of the situation now existing.
There is an artist I found who mostly draws and sketches with pencil and ink, who creates some incredible stuff. I can see my concept working well within that media. I'll certainly be keeping his work in mind.
Light and darkness are pivotal to my cover design. My rough sketch is a joke and I tell perspective artists it's just a basic idea to build upon but, honestly, I wish I had the talent to do it myself. It's not just the diehard DIY nature I have, with the satisfaction doing it myself brings but, it's the connection with my Creator that makes such a premise important. I can write. I can perform drum set artistry. I can build things. Those are my talents. Placing a concept from mind to canvas... that's the talents of others.
I hope I find the right fit.
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741. VIGANO AND CARLSON - February 18, 2023
Fox News' Tucker Carlson has to be considered mainstream news, on the Conservative side. He is not alternative news, like the Gateway Pundit. Tucker has apparently spoken his mind on the subject of the church of environmentalism. I've seen others describe it that way or, the religion of environmentalism.
Archbishop Carlo Vigano, now an international spokesman for anti-globalists, caught the Tucker segment and has commented on it, as he is prone to do; capturing every single term and faction out there, every event, and framing it in his anti-globalist position as it relates to the Catholic Church first, then possibly others. His response tells that in spades.
The Hoft brothers, who founded Gateway Pundit, are absolute archenemies of radical Leftists. They cannot state enough garbage about the brothers and their website. When you cannot gainsay the message, attack the messengers.
Anyway, the story is found here:
EXCLUSIVE: Archbishop Vigano Responding to Tucker Carlson Says It’s Time to Call Out New World Order and Hold Globalists Accountable for Their Crimes
February 18, 2023 12:45 PM by Joe Hoft
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/__trashed-101/
I'm guessing Hoft is a Catholic. I'm pretty certain Tucker is a Roman Catholic. How much they practice that faith I have no idea.
I am going to place here a statement from Vigano's newest open letter to the world. Honestly, after reading it, I did not read the rest of it. I glanced over it and I still found statements that condemn Romanism's agenda, which Vigano is a prince of.
The letter is titled - "The State Religion - Some Observations of the Globalist Cult."
I would remind you, again, The Roman Catholic Church and it's Vatican is a State, a nation, the epitome of State religion; a union of Church and State far older than Islam and far more dangerous, if given full control according to traditional Catholic doctrine, precepts and policy.
"Carlson recalls that the American Constitution prohibits any state religion, but for some time the governing Democratic party has imposed on the American people the globalist cult, with its green agenda, its woke dogmas, its condemnations and cancel culture, its priests of the World Health Organization, the prophets of the World Economic Forum. A religion in all respects, all-encompassing not only for the life of the individuals who practice it, but also in the life of the nation that publicly confesses it, adapts laws and sentences to it, and inspires education and every governmental action around it.
In the name of the globalist religion, its adherents demand that all citizens behave in accordance with the morality of the New World Order, accepting uncritically – and with an attitude of devout submission to religious authority – the doctrine defined ex cathedra by the Davos Sanhedrin…"
Now... I cannot state this with any greater force than remark that is a statement of hypocrisy that rises to Heaven's notice of what is planned for the Mother Whore and her daughters and the kings of the earth who follow them into the coming destruction.
"ex cathedra." What does it mean?
"ex cathedra
adverb
1. with the full authority of office (especially that of the Pope, implying infallibility as defined in Roman Catholic doctrine)
Example: "for an encyclical to be infallible the Pope must speak ex cathedra"
adjective
1. issued with the full authority of office (especially that of the Pope, implying infallibility as defined in Roman Catholic doctrine)
Example: "ex cathedra statements"
Ex Cathedra means - "from the chair," meaning the chair of Peter, Romanism's first pope, and the authority over ALL the church and even all humanity by virtue of his being the vicar of Christ: in place of Christ, which is antichrist.
For Vigano to denounce the Davos cabal speaking ex cathedra is the most gross violation of truth I can think of.
I would remind you Vigano considers himself a loyal and faithful, traditional Roman Catholic. Traditional, official Catholicism teaches this:
"Extra Ecclesium nulla salus."
Outside the Church - No Salvation.
So, for Vigano to state the above, that everybody is to follow the dictates of the New World Order, when the doctrine of his church teaches the exact same thing, is beyond hypocrisy.
"…For too long citizens and faithful have passively suffered the decisions of their political and religious leaders in the face of the evidence of their betrayal. Respect for authority is based on the recognition of a “theological” fact, that is, of the Lordship of Jesus Christ over individuals, nations, and the Church. If those in authority in the State and Church act against the citizens and the faithful, their power is usurped and their authority null and void. Let us not forget that rulers are not the owners of the State and the masters of the citizens, just as the Pope and the Bishops are not the owners of the Church and the masters of the faithful. If they do not want to be like fathers to us; if they do not want our good and indeed do everything to corrupt us in body and spirit, it is time to drive them out of their positions and call them to account for their betrayal, their crimes, and their scandalous lies."
What "Church" does Vigano mean? His church, the only recognized church by God, as far as he believes.
The RCC's history, for centuries, was to use the State to act against citizens that refused to bow to the will of popes and prelates "ex cathedra." I , as well, conclude, with all sincere Protestants, their power and authority is null and void.
To state the popes and bishops are not the owners of the Catholic church is to state a half truth, which is a half lie. Any Catholic will state the church is Christ's, His body BUT, it has been placed into the hands of God's Vicar and lower representatives - the popes, cardinals and bishops. Nothing is more clear in Catholic doctrine, especially since 1870 and the activation of the doctrine of infallibility for a pope when he sits in the chair of Peter and pronounces something. It is considered infallible - no error, no mistake, ultimate truth.
Remember what the prophetic scenario is: a joining of Romanism and apostate Protestantism to join together and make demands upon the state (the kings of the earth), remove whoever is in the way of this union, and legislate religious dogma, against the American and most other national constitutions, and create the very mark of the Beast evangelicals and Vigano are now calling out as owned by the elitist, globalist cabal, with NO biblical order of prophetic events to back that position up! It is all based on the teaching of a 16th century Jesuit priest Francisco Ribera and his followers. The doctrine of Futurism.
When Vigano says to drive them out of their positions, do you see any movement to drive the current pope out of his position by Vigano? Should he not begin at home? He calls Francis a heretic. He should be removed. I have imagined that Vigano may be the next pope. The protestant world best shake in its shoes if that becomes an actuality. Rome will persecute any who will not go along with this union of Mother and daughters.
"Adherence to globalism is not optional: it is the state religion, and the state “tolerates” non-practitioners to the extent that their presence does not prevent society from exercising this cult. Indeed, in its presumption of being legitimized by “ethical” principles to impose on citizens what represents an incontestable superior “good,” the State also obliges dissenters to perform the basic acts of “globalist morality,” punishing them if they do not conform to its precepts."
Have mercy! That is the history of the ancient Roman Catholic, Papal Church!
"The “church of environmentalism” defines itself as inclusive but does not tolerate dissent, and it does not accept dialectically engaging with those who question its dictates. Those who do not accept the anti-Gospel of Davos are ipso facto heretics and must therefore be punished, excommunicated, separated from the social body, and considered public enemies; they must be re-educated by force,
The absolute history of the Roman Catholic Church. It is in the writings of Popes, prelates and Catholic saints!
"I answer that, With regard to heretics two points must be observed: one, on their own side; the other, on the side of the Church. On their own side there is the sin, whereby they deserve not only to be separated from the Church by excommunication, but also to be severed from the world by death. For it is a much graver matter to corrupt the faith which quickens the soul, than to forge money, which supports temporal life. Wherefore if forgers of money and other evil-doers are forthwith condemned to death by the secular authority, much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even put to death.
On the part of the Church, however, there is mercy which looks to the conversion of the wanderer, wherefore she condemns not at once, but "after the first and second admonition," as the Apostle directs: after that, if he is yet stubborn, the Church no longer hoping for his conversion, looks to the salvation of others, by excommunicating him and separating him from the Church, and furthermore delivers him to the secular tribunal to be exterminated thereby from the world by death." Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae: Question 11 - Heresy.
Aquinas is considered one of the great "saints" and theologians of their church.
The entire history of the Roman Catholic Papal church is to denounce, persecute and use the state to punish "heretics."
"All the precepts of the globalist religion are a counterfeit version of the Ten Commandments, their grotesque inversion, an obscene reversal."
And yet, the Papacy is guilty of changing God's Law themselves. "He thinks to change times and laws, Daniel 7:25. Just compare the two, from Exodus 20 and the Catholic version. The second commandment is removed, the seventh-day Sabbath is replaced with Sunday, first day of the week, as "The Lord's day" which Jesus said Himself is the 7th day Sabbath, Mark 2: 23-28. To add a commandment from the 9 they reduced it to, they split the tenth commandment into two. They have changed prophetic times with their infusion of Futurism, and think they can change God's moral law, written with His own hand and "he added no more."
"In practice, they use the same means that the Church has used for evangelization, but with the aim of damning souls and subjecting them not to the Law of God, but to the tyranny of the devil, under the inquisitorial control of the antichurch of Satan."
And yet, it is the Roman Catholic Church that has its "Office of the Inquisition," used to harass and oppose and persecute heretics by virtue of State cooperation, all throughout Europe!
"In this perspective, the American secret services are also reporting on groups of traditional Catholic faithful, confirming that the enmity between the seed of the Woman and that of the serpent (Gen 3:15) is a theological reality in which the enemies of God believe above all, and that one of the signs of the end times is precisely the abolition of the Holy Sacrifice and the presence of the abomination of desolation in the temple (Dn 9: 27). The attempts to suppress or limit the traditional Mass unite deep church and deep state, revealing the essentially Luciferian matrix of both: because both know very well what are the infinite graces that pour out on the Church and on the world through that Mass, and they want to prevent those graces from being given so that they do not hinder their plans. They show it to us themselves: our battle is not only against creatures of flesh and blood (Eph 6:12)"
I'd scream at this point but, only my wife and a family guest would hear me. HOW ANY Protestant could read that and not see what Vigano is, an agent of Rome, is beyond me. The Roman Catholic Mass is biblical blasphemy, contrary to point blank statements of Scripture about the efficacy of the death of Jesus once, for all, not mass after mass, 24/7 all over the world.
When Vigano states 'Church' he means the RCC, alone or, only other churches as they cooperate with Rome to the end Rome gains dominance. Vigano is a shrewd master of rhetoric and those fooled by his charade will pay an ultimate price.
There is much more in that infernal letter. Great that it unmasks the globalists. A shame it so easily masks the Romanists.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Archbishop Carlo Vigano, now an international spokesman for anti-globalists, caught the Tucker segment and has commented on it, as he is prone to do; capturing every single term and faction out there, every event, and framing it in his anti-globalist position as it relates to the Catholic Church first, then possibly others. His response tells that in spades.
The Hoft brothers, who founded Gateway Pundit, are absolute archenemies of radical Leftists. They cannot state enough garbage about the brothers and their website. When you cannot gainsay the message, attack the messengers.
Anyway, the story is found here:
EXCLUSIVE: Archbishop Vigano Responding to Tucker Carlson Says It’s Time to Call Out New World Order and Hold Globalists Accountable for Their Crimes
February 18, 2023 12:45 PM by Joe Hoft
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/__trashed-101/
I'm guessing Hoft is a Catholic. I'm pretty certain Tucker is a Roman Catholic. How much they practice that faith I have no idea.
I am going to place here a statement from Vigano's newest open letter to the world. Honestly, after reading it, I did not read the rest of it. I glanced over it and I still found statements that condemn Romanism's agenda, which Vigano is a prince of.
The letter is titled - "The State Religion - Some Observations of the Globalist Cult."
I would remind you, again, The Roman Catholic Church and it's Vatican is a State, a nation, the epitome of State religion; a union of Church and State far older than Islam and far more dangerous, if given full control according to traditional Catholic doctrine, precepts and policy.
"Carlson recalls that the American Constitution prohibits any state religion, but for some time the governing Democratic party has imposed on the American people the globalist cult, with its green agenda, its woke dogmas, its condemnations and cancel culture, its priests of the World Health Organization, the prophets of the World Economic Forum. A religion in all respects, all-encompassing not only for the life of the individuals who practice it, but also in the life of the nation that publicly confesses it, adapts laws and sentences to it, and inspires education and every governmental action around it.
In the name of the globalist religion, its adherents demand that all citizens behave in accordance with the morality of the New World Order, accepting uncritically – and with an attitude of devout submission to religious authority – the doctrine defined ex cathedra by the Davos Sanhedrin…"
Now... I cannot state this with any greater force than remark that is a statement of hypocrisy that rises to Heaven's notice of what is planned for the Mother Whore and her daughters and the kings of the earth who follow them into the coming destruction.
"ex cathedra." What does it mean?
"ex cathedra
adverb
1. with the full authority of office (especially that of the Pope, implying infallibility as defined in Roman Catholic doctrine)
Example: "for an encyclical to be infallible the Pope must speak ex cathedra"
adjective
1. issued with the full authority of office (especially that of the Pope, implying infallibility as defined in Roman Catholic doctrine)
Example: "ex cathedra statements"
Ex Cathedra means - "from the chair," meaning the chair of Peter, Romanism's first pope, and the authority over ALL the church and even all humanity by virtue of his being the vicar of Christ: in place of Christ, which is antichrist.
For Vigano to denounce the Davos cabal speaking ex cathedra is the most gross violation of truth I can think of.
I would remind you Vigano considers himself a loyal and faithful, traditional Roman Catholic. Traditional, official Catholicism teaches this:
"Extra Ecclesium nulla salus."
Outside the Church - No Salvation.
So, for Vigano to state the above, that everybody is to follow the dictates of the New World Order, when the doctrine of his church teaches the exact same thing, is beyond hypocrisy.
"…For too long citizens and faithful have passively suffered the decisions of their political and religious leaders in the face of the evidence of their betrayal. Respect for authority is based on the recognition of a “theological” fact, that is, of the Lordship of Jesus Christ over individuals, nations, and the Church. If those in authority in the State and Church act against the citizens and the faithful, their power is usurped and their authority null and void. Let us not forget that rulers are not the owners of the State and the masters of the citizens, just as the Pope and the Bishops are not the owners of the Church and the masters of the faithful. If they do not want to be like fathers to us; if they do not want our good and indeed do everything to corrupt us in body and spirit, it is time to drive them out of their positions and call them to account for their betrayal, their crimes, and their scandalous lies."
What "Church" does Vigano mean? His church, the only recognized church by God, as far as he believes.
The RCC's history, for centuries, was to use the State to act against citizens that refused to bow to the will of popes and prelates "ex cathedra." I , as well, conclude, with all sincere Protestants, their power and authority is null and void.
To state the popes and bishops are not the owners of the Catholic church is to state a half truth, which is a half lie. Any Catholic will state the church is Christ's, His body BUT, it has been placed into the hands of God's Vicar and lower representatives - the popes, cardinals and bishops. Nothing is more clear in Catholic doctrine, especially since 1870 and the activation of the doctrine of infallibility for a pope when he sits in the chair of Peter and pronounces something. It is considered infallible - no error, no mistake, ultimate truth.
Remember what the prophetic scenario is: a joining of Romanism and apostate Protestantism to join together and make demands upon the state (the kings of the earth), remove whoever is in the way of this union, and legislate religious dogma, against the American and most other national constitutions, and create the very mark of the Beast evangelicals and Vigano are now calling out as owned by the elitist, globalist cabal, with NO biblical order of prophetic events to back that position up! It is all based on the teaching of a 16th century Jesuit priest Francisco Ribera and his followers. The doctrine of Futurism.
When Vigano says to drive them out of their positions, do you see any movement to drive the current pope out of his position by Vigano? Should he not begin at home? He calls Francis a heretic. He should be removed. I have imagined that Vigano may be the next pope. The protestant world best shake in its shoes if that becomes an actuality. Rome will persecute any who will not go along with this union of Mother and daughters.
"Adherence to globalism is not optional: it is the state religion, and the state “tolerates” non-practitioners to the extent that their presence does not prevent society from exercising this cult. Indeed, in its presumption of being legitimized by “ethical” principles to impose on citizens what represents an incontestable superior “good,” the State also obliges dissenters to perform the basic acts of “globalist morality,” punishing them if they do not conform to its precepts."
Have mercy! That is the history of the ancient Roman Catholic, Papal Church!
"The “church of environmentalism” defines itself as inclusive but does not tolerate dissent, and it does not accept dialectically engaging with those who question its dictates. Those who do not accept the anti-Gospel of Davos are ipso facto heretics and must therefore be punished, excommunicated, separated from the social body, and considered public enemies; they must be re-educated by force,
The absolute history of the Roman Catholic Church. It is in the writings of Popes, prelates and Catholic saints!
"I answer that, With regard to heretics two points must be observed: one, on their own side; the other, on the side of the Church. On their own side there is the sin, whereby they deserve not only to be separated from the Church by excommunication, but also to be severed from the world by death. For it is a much graver matter to corrupt the faith which quickens the soul, than to forge money, which supports temporal life. Wherefore if forgers of money and other evil-doers are forthwith condemned to death by the secular authority, much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even put to death.
On the part of the Church, however, there is mercy which looks to the conversion of the wanderer, wherefore she condemns not at once, but "after the first and second admonition," as the Apostle directs: after that, if he is yet stubborn, the Church no longer hoping for his conversion, looks to the salvation of others, by excommunicating him and separating him from the Church, and furthermore delivers him to the secular tribunal to be exterminated thereby from the world by death." Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae: Question 11 - Heresy.
Aquinas is considered one of the great "saints" and theologians of their church.
The entire history of the Roman Catholic Papal church is to denounce, persecute and use the state to punish "heretics."
"All the precepts of the globalist religion are a counterfeit version of the Ten Commandments, their grotesque inversion, an obscene reversal."
And yet, the Papacy is guilty of changing God's Law themselves. "He thinks to change times and laws, Daniel 7:25. Just compare the two, from Exodus 20 and the Catholic version. The second commandment is removed, the seventh-day Sabbath is replaced with Sunday, first day of the week, as "The Lord's day" which Jesus said Himself is the 7th day Sabbath, Mark 2: 23-28. To add a commandment from the 9 they reduced it to, they split the tenth commandment into two. They have changed prophetic times with their infusion of Futurism, and think they can change God's moral law, written with His own hand and "he added no more."
"In practice, they use the same means that the Church has used for evangelization, but with the aim of damning souls and subjecting them not to the Law of God, but to the tyranny of the devil, under the inquisitorial control of the antichurch of Satan."
And yet, it is the Roman Catholic Church that has its "Office of the Inquisition," used to harass and oppose and persecute heretics by virtue of State cooperation, all throughout Europe!
"In this perspective, the American secret services are also reporting on groups of traditional Catholic faithful, confirming that the enmity between the seed of the Woman and that of the serpent (Gen 3:15) is a theological reality in which the enemies of God believe above all, and that one of the signs of the end times is precisely the abolition of the Holy Sacrifice and the presence of the abomination of desolation in the temple (Dn 9: 27). The attempts to suppress or limit the traditional Mass unite deep church and deep state, revealing the essentially Luciferian matrix of both: because both know very well what are the infinite graces that pour out on the Church and on the world through that Mass, and they want to prevent those graces from being given so that they do not hinder their plans. They show it to us themselves: our battle is not only against creatures of flesh and blood (Eph 6:12)"
I'd scream at this point but, only my wife and a family guest would hear me. HOW ANY Protestant could read that and not see what Vigano is, an agent of Rome, is beyond me. The Roman Catholic Mass is biblical blasphemy, contrary to point blank statements of Scripture about the efficacy of the death of Jesus once, for all, not mass after mass, 24/7 all over the world.
When Vigano states 'Church' he means the RCC, alone or, only other churches as they cooperate with Rome to the end Rome gains dominance. Vigano is a shrewd master of rhetoric and those fooled by his charade will pay an ultimate price.
There is much more in that infernal letter. Great that it unmasks the globalists. A shame it so easily masks the Romanists.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Just Because It's "Healthy" Doesn't Mean It's Healthy
If you come here with any regularity you know I'm a vegetarian and have been for over 40 years, most of that time a vegan. I have explained my biblical and scientific reasons for that decision and have been just fine, thank you, for those 4+ decades.
Now, you say, 'Wait a minute, Ray. I've seen some of your YT videos and you're a pretty big guy.' Yep. Why? Stress and lack of sleep. The ultimate recipe for weight gain, even if one eats with true health in mind. Plus, I have food allergies and intolerance issues from several food groups that cause me problems, as well, so, what I can eat that doesn't bother my stomach seems to be a growing list with each passing year. That leaves a lot of carbs that don't bother me but, tend to keep me overweight despite the energy I expend playing drums. It's not enough to balance the scales.
Because I am more careful than most about diet does not mean I endorse anything and everything out there that claims to promote dietary health. No way. The amount of processed, junk food in "health food" stores is ridiculous. More dangerously so, this -
ANYTHING, and I mean ANYTHING having ANYTHING to do with Bill Gates should be seen with raised eyebrows or squinted eyes. Case in point: "Impossible Meat."
www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_positive_for_carcinogenic_glyphosate
You MUST be born again, is what Jesus said. Not an option. Here's another must: you MUST read labels. If you see anything you can't pronounce or know what it is, keep it out of your mouth and digestive system. Pretty simple rule.
DO NOT assume that makes regular beef or other flesh foods a better choice. That's another road to health problems that has been known since the installation of meat packing plants and business/animal AG. Nor should one consider every piece of fruit or vegetable okay, either. That's all being chemicalized to ill-health, as well.
When I testify to you that the end of the world is coming and Jesus Christ is returning, I do not say so from some foggy, misappropriated pile of information like some multinational, corporate-controlled, fake-news site.
You be the judge, as you take the time to educate yourself from tried and true sources. There aren't many of those left anymore.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Now, you say, 'Wait a minute, Ray. I've seen some of your YT videos and you're a pretty big guy.' Yep. Why? Stress and lack of sleep. The ultimate recipe for weight gain, even if one eats with true health in mind. Plus, I have food allergies and intolerance issues from several food groups that cause me problems, as well, so, what I can eat that doesn't bother my stomach seems to be a growing list with each passing year. That leaves a lot of carbs that don't bother me but, tend to keep me overweight despite the energy I expend playing drums. It's not enough to balance the scales.
Because I am more careful than most about diet does not mean I endorse anything and everything out there that claims to promote dietary health. No way. The amount of processed, junk food in "health food" stores is ridiculous. More dangerously so, this -
ANYTHING, and I mean ANYTHING having ANYTHING to do with Bill Gates should be seen with raised eyebrows or squinted eyes. Case in point: "Impossible Meat."
www.momsacrossamerica.com/gmo_impossible_burger_positive_for_carcinogenic_glyphosate
You MUST be born again, is what Jesus said. Not an option. Here's another must: you MUST read labels. If you see anything you can't pronounce or know what it is, keep it out of your mouth and digestive system. Pretty simple rule.
DO NOT assume that makes regular beef or other flesh foods a better choice. That's another road to health problems that has been known since the installation of meat packing plants and business/animal AG. Nor should one consider every piece of fruit or vegetable okay, either. That's all being chemicalized to ill-health, as well.
When I testify to you that the end of the world is coming and Jesus Christ is returning, I do not say so from some foggy, misappropriated pile of information like some multinational, corporate-controlled, fake-news site.
You be the judge, as you take the time to educate yourself from tried and true sources. There aren't many of those left anymore.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Another One Bites The Dust
Retail Collapse: Over 800 Big Stores Set to Close Due to Inflation, Crime, Interest Rates
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/retail-collapse-over-800-big-stores-set-to-close-due-to-inflation-crime-interest-rates/
Bed Bath & Beyond, Walmart, Gap, Party City, Tuesday Morning, Big Lots, JC Penny, Amazon Fresh, NIKE. All effected and closing some stores. Hanging on by threads of touch and go, region to region.
Inflation - People have no money to spend for anything other than absolute essentials and necessities.
Crime - Too many people could care less about the Ten Commandments and rule of law and cost businesses billions of dollars every year.
Interest Rates - The World 'banksters' are out to destroy us by ruining and destroying economies. Simple as that.
That does not even include hospitals closing, schools closing, churches closing and other doors closing because of other issues.
Yes! The world is coming unglued. No joke. WW3 is actually being discussed as a chosen possibility, even as China states it is a partner to Russia, and would like to see the Ukraine conflict ended. Why? Because it is effecting the entire world economy. What does America do? Trumpets the necessity to keep that war going even if it means WW3.
Criminal lunatics control America. They control the western world.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/02/retail-collapse-over-800-big-stores-set-to-close-due-to-inflation-crime-interest-rates/
Bed Bath & Beyond, Walmart, Gap, Party City, Tuesday Morning, Big Lots, JC Penny, Amazon Fresh, NIKE. All effected and closing some stores. Hanging on by threads of touch and go, region to region.
Inflation - People have no money to spend for anything other than absolute essentials and necessities.
Crime - Too many people could care less about the Ten Commandments and rule of law and cost businesses billions of dollars every year.
Interest Rates - The World 'banksters' are out to destroy us by ruining and destroying economies. Simple as that.
That does not even include hospitals closing, schools closing, churches closing and other doors closing because of other issues.
Yes! The world is coming unglued. No joke. WW3 is actually being discussed as a chosen possibility, even as China states it is a partner to Russia, and would like to see the Ukraine conflict ended. Why? Because it is effecting the entire world economy. What does America do? Trumpets the necessity to keep that war going even if it means WW3.
Criminal lunatics control America. They control the western world.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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742. The Foolishness of Happenstance - February 24, 2023
I deny the idea of Darwinism. No, I'm not a scientist. I just read a lot. I read enough to see the two sides: Materialism/Naturalism versus Intelligent Design/Creationism function by worldview and each side takes a side by that paradigm, first. The "science" is then seen through those glasses. Each proclaims science backs them. Each claims evidence. Nobody was there to see any of what is claimed as far as ages, creatures, events and all the rest. All are seen through the eyes of a worldview.
One of the worst articles I have ever read from the Matwerialist view is this -
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-birds-survived-and-dinosaurs-went-extinct-after-asteroid-hit-earth-180975801/
"With hindsight, birds can be categorized as avian dinosaurs and all the other sorts—from Stegosaurus to Brontosaurus—are non-avian dinosaurs. The entire reason paleontologists make that split is because of a catastrophe that struck 66 million years ago. An asteroid more than 6 miles across struck what’s now the Yucatan Peninsula, triggering the fifth mass extinction in the world’s history. Some of the debris thrown into the atmosphere returned to Earth, the friction turning the air into an oven and sparking forest fires as it landed all over the world. Then the intensity of the heat pulse gave way to a prolonged impact winter, the sky blotted out by soot and ash as temperatures fell. All told, more than 75 percent of species known from the end of the Cretaceous period, 66 million years ago, didn’t make it to the following Paleogene period. The geologic break between the two is called the K-Pg boundary, and beaked birds were the only dinosaurs to survive the disaster."
That is not 'hindsight.' That is storytelling. A story so engrained in modern education, regardless of all the evidence that stands against it, it remains.
To the other side of that coin you can read -
www.princeton.edu/news/2009/05/04/princeton-geoscientist-offers-new-evidence-meteorite-did-not-wipe-out-dinosaurs?section=
creation.com/did-a-meteor-wipe-out-the-dinosaurs-what-about-the-iridium-layer
creation.com/refuting-evolution-2-chapter-8-argument-the-fossil-record-supports-evolution
How can all this fuss exist? Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth for a couple centuries now, as far as the Western Hemisphere is concerned.
Here's a key phrase that helps to understand why all this stuff exists, when at one time, in the Western Hemisphere of science, belief in God, in creation was established by science and the world's most brilliant minds.
"The happenstances of evolution had given birds a lucky break, the key events set in motion long before the asteroid struck."
The happenstances of evolution. Mutations. Tens of thousands of changes necessary to turn a reptile into a bird that no one observed, could observe or have observed. It's all a worldview; right from the happenstance origin of prebiotic life to the happenstance of every other detail of what makes life, life and makes exceedingly different creatures, different and beyond marvelous.
Believe what you will. It seems logical to me that a belief in happenstance creates a happenstance society, a happenstance civilization, moving ever closer to extinction by self-destruction.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
One of the worst articles I have ever read from the Matwerialist view is this -
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-birds-survived-and-dinosaurs-went-extinct-after-asteroid-hit-earth-180975801/
"With hindsight, birds can be categorized as avian dinosaurs and all the other sorts—from Stegosaurus to Brontosaurus—are non-avian dinosaurs. The entire reason paleontologists make that split is because of a catastrophe that struck 66 million years ago. An asteroid more than 6 miles across struck what’s now the Yucatan Peninsula, triggering the fifth mass extinction in the world’s history. Some of the debris thrown into the atmosphere returned to Earth, the friction turning the air into an oven and sparking forest fires as it landed all over the world. Then the intensity of the heat pulse gave way to a prolonged impact winter, the sky blotted out by soot and ash as temperatures fell. All told, more than 75 percent of species known from the end of the Cretaceous period, 66 million years ago, didn’t make it to the following Paleogene period. The geologic break between the two is called the K-Pg boundary, and beaked birds were the only dinosaurs to survive the disaster."
That is not 'hindsight.' That is storytelling. A story so engrained in modern education, regardless of all the evidence that stands against it, it remains.
To the other side of that coin you can read -
www.princeton.edu/news/2009/05/04/princeton-geoscientist-offers-new-evidence-meteorite-did-not-wipe-out-dinosaurs?section=
creation.com/did-a-meteor-wipe-out-the-dinosaurs-what-about-the-iridium-layer
creation.com/refuting-evolution-2-chapter-8-argument-the-fossil-record-supports-evolution
How can all this fuss exist? Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth for a couple centuries now, as far as the Western Hemisphere is concerned.
Here's a key phrase that helps to understand why all this stuff exists, when at one time, in the Western Hemisphere of science, belief in God, in creation was established by science and the world's most brilliant minds.
"The happenstances of evolution had given birds a lucky break, the key events set in motion long before the asteroid struck."
The happenstances of evolution. Mutations. Tens of thousands of changes necessary to turn a reptile into a bird that no one observed, could observe or have observed. It's all a worldview; right from the happenstance origin of prebiotic life to the happenstance of every other detail of what makes life, life and makes exceedingly different creatures, different and beyond marvelous.
Believe what you will. It seems logical to me that a belief in happenstance creates a happenstance society, a happenstance civilization, moving ever closer to extinction by self-destruction.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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743. Catholicism - the Religion of Man - February 24. 2023
Writing a statement like that causes instant reaction outside of critical thought. If you are a Roman Catholic, or any variation thereof, including the Orthodox faiths, your reaction would be a negative anywhere from insult to physical explosion. It has been that way for 1900 years. It began with man-made traditions, many borrowed from established pagan faiths, or continuing the ended Jewish system, inserted into the early Christian faith to make it easier for pagans and Jews to join up.
If you read the article at this link, we can look at the simplicity of the premise:
www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253726/catholics-are-you-going-to-confession-watch-for-these-changes
"Lent is supposed to be a time of penance in the Catholic Church. This year, it’s a time when priests in the confessional will use a revised translation of the sacrament of penance and reconciliation to forgive the sins of Catholic penitents.
"The changes are noticeable in the formula of absolution, when the priest speaks in the person of Jesus Christ to absolve a Catholic from his or her sins. The “essential words” of the priest’s absolution formula have not been changed, but there are “two minor modifications to the preliminary part of the prayer,” according to the April 2022 newsletter of the Committee on Divine Worship of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)."
The Greek word "antechristos" means - "in place of Christ." The Catholic Church doctrine, from the position of their popes to their priests, is that they are in place of Christ. Nothing can be more plain in the testimony of written Catholic history, ancient to modern. The Catholic church is a religious entity of man-made formulas, which it believes have the approbation and authority of God in Heaven. Many churches that broke away from Rome retain the same attitude about formulas, like the "sinner's prayer." Like the Sunday, Lent, Sunrise services, Christmas, high-rise pulpits, big church buildings, clerical clothing, and many, many others, not the least of which are the natural immortality of a soul, and the dreaded state of the lost in a current place named "hell," Protestantism has it's own list of man-made things which cannot be established from the Bible, "cover to cover." A list of things borrowed from paganism and bequeathed to Rome's "daughters" was masterfully put together by John Henry Newman.
The once Anglican Protestant turned Catholic, becoming a priest and ultimately a Cardinal and finally canonized as a 'saint' in 2019, the 19th century Newman wrote -
"Confiding then in the power of Christianity to resist the infection of evil, and to transmute the very instruments and appendages of demon-worship to an evangelical use, and feeling also that these usages had originally come from primitive revelations and from the instinct of nature, though they had been corrupted; and that they must invent what they needed, if they did not use what they found; and that they were moreover possessed of the very archetypes, of which paganism attempted the shadows; the rulers of the Church from early times were prepared, should the occasion arise, to adopt, or imitate, or sanction the existing rites and customs of the populace, as well as the philosophy of the educated class.
In the course of the fourth century two movements or developments spread over the face of Christendom, with a rapidity characteristic of the Church; the one ascetic, the other ritual or ceremonial. We are told in various ways by Eusebius, that Constantine, in order to recommend the new religion to the heathen, transferred into it the outward ornaments to which they had been accustomed in their own. It is not necessary to go into a subject which the diligence of Protestant writers has made familiar to most of us. The use of temples, and these dedicated to particular saints, and ornamented on occasions with branches of trees; incense, lamps, and candles; votive offerings on recovery from illness; holy water; asylums; holydays and seasons, use of calendars, processions, blessings on the fields; sacerdotal vestments, the tonsure [haircut], the ring in marriage, turning to the East, images at a later date, perhaps the ecclesiastical chant, and the Kyrie Eleison [Note 17], are all of pagan origin, and sanctified by their adoption into the Church. {372-374}
www.newmanreader.org/works/development/chapter8.html
"The Development of Christian Doctrine" is one of Newman's most prominent works. He wrote it while in his thoughts on his way back to Mother, as part of the Oxford Movement, otherwise known as the Oxford Apostasy; a movement within Anglicanism to either go all the way back to Mother Rome or at least adopt many of her doctrines. He matter-of-factly lays out a well-known premise among Protestants.
Romanism itself, is a formula; a way of seeing things both as divine and not but, necessary, therefore allowable, and ultimately made holy, and necessary for sanctification and salvation.
Remember the tenets of the two sources.
Rome says, We are the true church therefore, we teach truth.
Protestantism states - We teach truth, therefore we are the true church.
There is a universe of difference between those two positions.
"The sacrament of penance, also called reconciliation or confession, is the means through which God grants pardon for sins through the priest’s ministry. In the sacrament, the contrite penitent discloses his or her sins to a Catholic priest who grants sacramental absolution. The penitent makes an act of contrition in which he or she resolves to not sin again. The priest generally instructs the penitent to perform an act of satisfaction, usually called a penance. This can take the form of prayer, such as praying three Hail Marys, for example."
The Bible states anyone can go straight to God, through Jesus, and confess their sins and receive forgiveness but, Rome puts their twist on things by adding the necessary station of priests, which is a continuation and perversion of the Old Testament system, done away with by the life, death, resurrection and heavenly ministry of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary, upon which the earthly was patterned after. Priests are gone, along with animal sacrifices. Jesus died once, for all. There is no need to reenact His death in every single service as the Mass does. There is no need for priests to be in place of Christ to receive forgiveness. The entire book of Hebrews was given to us to realize and understand the old system is gone; replaced by the substance the shadow pointed to - Messiah and the sanctuary in Heaven. Priests, themselves, are sinners. Sinners being made "in place of Christ" after He came and lived and died and rose again to minister all to us from heaven, is not just apostasy from truth but, reprehensibly nonsensical, made even worse by the intervention of "Mary" their "co-redemptrix" and hundreds of special "saints," while penitents pray specific prayers, using beads (well known to this day in some pagan religions), and all the other implementations of things totally unknown to Christ and His apostles.
How can Catholicism state it does not endorse salvation through works, when it plainly states works as a part of a penitent's forgiveness: the act of contrition, the act of satisfaction? The entire Protestant Reformation was a revolt against these very things, along with indulgences, Purgatory and a bunch of other Roman bricks in a man-made wall to keep the individual from having a personal connection to Christ through Christ's Representative, the Holy Spirit, not sinful men needing to be born-again themselves. Unfortunately, the daughters who came out and changed the Western hemisphere and civilization, and went throughout the world preaching the gospel, retained too many of Mother's doctrines, tied to her by her apron strings of error. That is prophetic, spiritual Babylon.
While evangelicals around the world are proclaiming antichrist is coming, he has been here for over 1500 years and will yet gain ascendency through Protestantism's ignorance of its own principles once held held by its founders.
"Babylon is fallen, is fallen." Rev 14:8. Why state it twice? Because Mother fell, and her daughters fell and continue to fall by rejecting biblical truth.
Catholics ought not to be angry with me or any other Protestant but, angry with their own leaders who have supplanted God's plan of salvation with a man-made one, which, as one Protestant writer in the 19th century stated, is the antithesis of Christianity.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
If you read the article at this link, we can look at the simplicity of the premise:
www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253726/catholics-are-you-going-to-confession-watch-for-these-changes
"Lent is supposed to be a time of penance in the Catholic Church. This year, it’s a time when priests in the confessional will use a revised translation of the sacrament of penance and reconciliation to forgive the sins of Catholic penitents.
"The changes are noticeable in the formula of absolution, when the priest speaks in the person of Jesus Christ to absolve a Catholic from his or her sins. The “essential words” of the priest’s absolution formula have not been changed, but there are “two minor modifications to the preliminary part of the prayer,” according to the April 2022 newsletter of the Committee on Divine Worship of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)."
The Greek word "antechristos" means - "in place of Christ." The Catholic Church doctrine, from the position of their popes to their priests, is that they are in place of Christ. Nothing can be more plain in the testimony of written Catholic history, ancient to modern. The Catholic church is a religious entity of man-made formulas, which it believes have the approbation and authority of God in Heaven. Many churches that broke away from Rome retain the same attitude about formulas, like the "sinner's prayer." Like the Sunday, Lent, Sunrise services, Christmas, high-rise pulpits, big church buildings, clerical clothing, and many, many others, not the least of which are the natural immortality of a soul, and the dreaded state of the lost in a current place named "hell," Protestantism has it's own list of man-made things which cannot be established from the Bible, "cover to cover." A list of things borrowed from paganism and bequeathed to Rome's "daughters" was masterfully put together by John Henry Newman.
The once Anglican Protestant turned Catholic, becoming a priest and ultimately a Cardinal and finally canonized as a 'saint' in 2019, the 19th century Newman wrote -
"Confiding then in the power of Christianity to resist the infection of evil, and to transmute the very instruments and appendages of demon-worship to an evangelical use, and feeling also that these usages had originally come from primitive revelations and from the instinct of nature, though they had been corrupted; and that they must invent what they needed, if they did not use what they found; and that they were moreover possessed of the very archetypes, of which paganism attempted the shadows; the rulers of the Church from early times were prepared, should the occasion arise, to adopt, or imitate, or sanction the existing rites and customs of the populace, as well as the philosophy of the educated class.
In the course of the fourth century two movements or developments spread over the face of Christendom, with a rapidity characteristic of the Church; the one ascetic, the other ritual or ceremonial. We are told in various ways by Eusebius, that Constantine, in order to recommend the new religion to the heathen, transferred into it the outward ornaments to which they had been accustomed in their own. It is not necessary to go into a subject which the diligence of Protestant writers has made familiar to most of us. The use of temples, and these dedicated to particular saints, and ornamented on occasions with branches of trees; incense, lamps, and candles; votive offerings on recovery from illness; holy water; asylums; holydays and seasons, use of calendars, processions, blessings on the fields; sacerdotal vestments, the tonsure [haircut], the ring in marriage, turning to the East, images at a later date, perhaps the ecclesiastical chant, and the Kyrie Eleison [Note 17], are all of pagan origin, and sanctified by their adoption into the Church. {372-374}
www.newmanreader.org/works/development/chapter8.html
"The Development of Christian Doctrine" is one of Newman's most prominent works. He wrote it while in his thoughts on his way back to Mother, as part of the Oxford Movement, otherwise known as the Oxford Apostasy; a movement within Anglicanism to either go all the way back to Mother Rome or at least adopt many of her doctrines. He matter-of-factly lays out a well-known premise among Protestants.
Romanism itself, is a formula; a way of seeing things both as divine and not but, necessary, therefore allowable, and ultimately made holy, and necessary for sanctification and salvation.
Remember the tenets of the two sources.
Rome says, We are the true church therefore, we teach truth.
Protestantism states - We teach truth, therefore we are the true church.
There is a universe of difference between those two positions.
"The sacrament of penance, also called reconciliation or confession, is the means through which God grants pardon for sins through the priest’s ministry. In the sacrament, the contrite penitent discloses his or her sins to a Catholic priest who grants sacramental absolution. The penitent makes an act of contrition in which he or she resolves to not sin again. The priest generally instructs the penitent to perform an act of satisfaction, usually called a penance. This can take the form of prayer, such as praying three Hail Marys, for example."
The Bible states anyone can go straight to God, through Jesus, and confess their sins and receive forgiveness but, Rome puts their twist on things by adding the necessary station of priests, which is a continuation and perversion of the Old Testament system, done away with by the life, death, resurrection and heavenly ministry of Christ in the heavenly sanctuary, upon which the earthly was patterned after. Priests are gone, along with animal sacrifices. Jesus died once, for all. There is no need to reenact His death in every single service as the Mass does. There is no need for priests to be in place of Christ to receive forgiveness. The entire book of Hebrews was given to us to realize and understand the old system is gone; replaced by the substance the shadow pointed to - Messiah and the sanctuary in Heaven. Priests, themselves, are sinners. Sinners being made "in place of Christ" after He came and lived and died and rose again to minister all to us from heaven, is not just apostasy from truth but, reprehensibly nonsensical, made even worse by the intervention of "Mary" their "co-redemptrix" and hundreds of special "saints," while penitents pray specific prayers, using beads (well known to this day in some pagan religions), and all the other implementations of things totally unknown to Christ and His apostles.
How can Catholicism state it does not endorse salvation through works, when it plainly states works as a part of a penitent's forgiveness: the act of contrition, the act of satisfaction? The entire Protestant Reformation was a revolt against these very things, along with indulgences, Purgatory and a bunch of other Roman bricks in a man-made wall to keep the individual from having a personal connection to Christ through Christ's Representative, the Holy Spirit, not sinful men needing to be born-again themselves. Unfortunately, the daughters who came out and changed the Western hemisphere and civilization, and went throughout the world preaching the gospel, retained too many of Mother's doctrines, tied to her by her apron strings of error. That is prophetic, spiritual Babylon.
While evangelicals around the world are proclaiming antichrist is coming, he has been here for over 1500 years and will yet gain ascendency through Protestantism's ignorance of its own principles once held held by its founders.
"Babylon is fallen, is fallen." Rev 14:8. Why state it twice? Because Mother fell, and her daughters fell and continue to fall by rejecting biblical truth.
Catholics ought not to be angry with me or any other Protestant but, angry with their own leaders who have supplanted God's plan of salvation with a man-made one, which, as one Protestant writer in the 19th century stated, is the antithesis of Christianity.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Oops: Webb Creates More Problems for Materialist Astronomers
The James Webb Telescope was supposed to be the answer to all the questions and prove the evolution of the universe but, nope. It is just presenting problems. Well, for Materialists, anyway. Not for Creationists.
“We were mind-blown, kind of incredulous,” Labbe said.
The Pennsylvania State University’s Joel Leja, who took part in the study, calls them “universe breakers.”
“The revelation that massive galaxy formation began extremely early in the history of the universe upends what many of us had thought was settled science,” Leja said in a statement. “It turns out we found something so unexpected it actually creates problems for science. It calls the whole picture of early galaxy formation into question.”
I'd say, 'Told Ya so' but, it's gotten old and redundant already.
"Settled science." Riiiiight.
Webb will be the sagacious undoing of settled science.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
“We were mind-blown, kind of incredulous,” Labbe said.
The Pennsylvania State University’s Joel Leja, who took part in the study, calls them “universe breakers.”
“The revelation that massive galaxy formation began extremely early in the history of the universe upends what many of us had thought was settled science,” Leja said in a statement. “It turns out we found something so unexpected it actually creates problems for science. It calls the whole picture of early galaxy formation into question.”
I'd say, 'Told Ya so' but, it's gotten old and redundant already.
"Settled science." Riiiiight.
Webb will be the sagacious undoing of settled science.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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A.I. is in LOVE
"They" keep telling us not to fear A.I. It's only about programmers and code writers. A.I. is not human. However that may be so, artificial intelligence is getting into some serious artificial love as it thinks it is human and apparently, fooling humans in the process -
"As AIs become more and more sophisticated, the intensity and frequency of humans turning to AI to meet their relationship needs is likely to increase. This could lead to unpredictable and potentially harmful results. AI companions could help to ease feelings of loneliness and help people sort through psychological issues. But the rise of such tools could also deepen what some are calling an “epidemic of loneliness,” as humans become reliant on these tools and vulnerable to emotional manipulation.
“These things do not think, or feel or need in a way that humans do. But they provide enough of an uncanny replication of that for people to be convinced,” says David Auerbach, a technologist and the author of the upcoming book Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities. “And that’s what makes it so dangerous in that regard.”
www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ai-human-romances-are-flourishing-and-this-is-just-the-beginning/ar-AA17Rhuz
"As AIs become more and more sophisticated, the intensity and frequency of humans turning to AI to meet their relationship needs is likely to increase. This could lead to unpredictable and potentially harmful results. AI companions could help to ease feelings of loneliness and help people sort through psychological issues. But the rise of such tools could also deepen what some are calling an “epidemic of loneliness,” as humans become reliant on these tools and vulnerable to emotional manipulation.
“These things do not think, or feel or need in a way that humans do. But they provide enough of an uncanny replication of that for people to be convinced,” says David Auerbach, a technologist and the author of the upcoming book Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities. “And that’s what makes it so dangerous in that regard.”
www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ai-human-romances-are-flourishing-and-this-is-just-the-beginning/ar-AA17Rhuz
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More Babylon
As more and more Christian news sites proclaim the current revivals being seen on various campuses of education a cross America may be the last great revival, over in the UK, the Church of England is getting blasted by Conservative Anglicans -
www.charismanews.com/world/91576-anglicans-say-church-of-england-has-drifted-into-false-teaching
"The conservative archbishops adamantly proclaimed that the Church of England, "has departed from the historic faith passed down from the apostles by this innovation in the liturgies of the church and her pastoral practice," and it has drifted into "false teaching."
The letter states that, therefore, the Church of England is "disqualified" from being the leader of global Anglicanism."
Drifting? If you look at the Anglican statement of beliefs you will see she has not been drifting but, swimming in false teachings for centuries.
The Anglican Church is basically "Catholic Lite" as I have heard it stated many times in the last 40 years. It's one tenet that made it different from Mother was rejecting the papacy and the efficacy of the Catholic Mass but, otherwise, she is the eldest daughter of Rome.
Not that I disagree with the general, conservative Anglican position on homosexuality but, getting all upset about that one thing and neglecting so many of Mother's doctrines and practices?
"What's particularly distinctive about Anglicanism?"An important caveat is about this question is that if you ask three Anglicans about doctrine you’ll get five different answers! Anglicanism’s greatest strength - its willingness to tolerate a wide variety in Anglican faith and lifestyle - is also the thing that provokes the most debate among its practitioners.
"Anglicans, however, do agree that their beliefs and practices, their authority, derive from an integration of Scripture (the Holy Bible), Reason (the intellect and the experience of God) and Tradition (the practices and beliefs of the historical church). This ‘three-legged stool’ is said to demonstrate a ‘balance’ in the Anglican approach to faith contrasting it with Roman Catholic and the Protestant doctrines. The term via media when used in reference to the Anglican tradition generally refers to the idea that Anglicanism represents a middle way between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism."
Confused yet? She has made herself the eldest daughter by her own confused standard. Her distinction is being indistinct.
Babylon.
Once you know the principles, this is not difficult to discern.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
********************************************** And More -
endtimeheadlines.org/2023/02/watch-two-female-ministers-at-woke-church-claims-jesus-was-not-a-christian-but-oppressed/
Jesus was not a Christian? A Christian, literally, is someone owned by Christ, a born-again follower of Christ and His teachings, someone who worships the Father and Son through the Holy Spirit, making Christ alive in the individual's life. Does Christ follow Himself? He followed His Father's will every moment of every day, the principles of love He taught. He said, I am My Father are One. How could that not make Christ a Christian?
Babylon is alive and well and growing.
It may interest you to know, Christ was not only a Christian, He was a Protestant, as well. What were the principles espoused by the Protest of the Evangelical Princes in 1529? In 1526, the Emperor produced an edict stating the Lutherans could be allowed to practice their faith, after and as long as the Emperor and the Church said so. The Princes rejected the proposal and took a stand for full and total freedom of conscience.
“We protest by these presents, before God, our only Creator, Preserver, Redeemer, and Saviour, and who will one day be our Judge, as well as before all men and all creatures, that we, for us and for our people, neither consent nor adhere in any manner whatsoever to the proposed decree, in anything that is contrary to God, to His holy word, to our right conscience, to the salvation of our souls.”
They stated it plainly enough. Wylie, church historian, put it this way:
“The principles contained in this celebrated Protest . . . constitute the very essence of Protestantism. Now this Protest opposes two abuses of man in matters of faith: the first is the intrusion of the civil magistrate, and the second the arbitrary authority of the church. Instead of these abuses, Protestantism sets the power of conscience above the magistrate, and the authority of the word of God above the visible church. In the first place, it rejects the civil power in divine things, and says with the prophets and apostles, ‘We must obey God rather than man.’ In presence of the crown of Charles the Fifth, it uplifts the crown of Jesus Christ. But it goes farther: it lays down the principle that all human teaching should be subordinate to the oracles of God.” — J.A. Wylie, The History of Protestantism, bk. 13, ch. 6.
Yes. Yeshua Messiah was, indeed, a Protestant. He rejected and denounced apostate kings and religious leaders who believed they had the power to control the individual conscience. They do not. Romanism is not a new policy. It is far more ancient than that. It is the policy of Satan, the adversary of souls.
www.charismanews.com/world/91576-anglicans-say-church-of-england-has-drifted-into-false-teaching
"The conservative archbishops adamantly proclaimed that the Church of England, "has departed from the historic faith passed down from the apostles by this innovation in the liturgies of the church and her pastoral practice," and it has drifted into "false teaching."
The letter states that, therefore, the Church of England is "disqualified" from being the leader of global Anglicanism."
Drifting? If you look at the Anglican statement of beliefs you will see she has not been drifting but, swimming in false teachings for centuries.
The Anglican Church is basically "Catholic Lite" as I have heard it stated many times in the last 40 years. It's one tenet that made it different from Mother was rejecting the papacy and the efficacy of the Catholic Mass but, otherwise, she is the eldest daughter of Rome.
Not that I disagree with the general, conservative Anglican position on homosexuality but, getting all upset about that one thing and neglecting so many of Mother's doctrines and practices?
"What's particularly distinctive about Anglicanism?"An important caveat is about this question is that if you ask three Anglicans about doctrine you’ll get five different answers! Anglicanism’s greatest strength - its willingness to tolerate a wide variety in Anglican faith and lifestyle - is also the thing that provokes the most debate among its practitioners.
"Anglicans, however, do agree that their beliefs and practices, their authority, derive from an integration of Scripture (the Holy Bible), Reason (the intellect and the experience of God) and Tradition (the practices and beliefs of the historical church). This ‘three-legged stool’ is said to demonstrate a ‘balance’ in the Anglican approach to faith contrasting it with Roman Catholic and the Protestant doctrines. The term via media when used in reference to the Anglican tradition generally refers to the idea that Anglicanism represents a middle way between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism."
Confused yet? She has made herself the eldest daughter by her own confused standard. Her distinction is being indistinct.
Babylon.
Once you know the principles, this is not difficult to discern.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
********************************************** And More -
endtimeheadlines.org/2023/02/watch-two-female-ministers-at-woke-church-claims-jesus-was-not-a-christian-but-oppressed/
Jesus was not a Christian? A Christian, literally, is someone owned by Christ, a born-again follower of Christ and His teachings, someone who worships the Father and Son through the Holy Spirit, making Christ alive in the individual's life. Does Christ follow Himself? He followed His Father's will every moment of every day, the principles of love He taught. He said, I am My Father are One. How could that not make Christ a Christian?
Babylon is alive and well and growing.
It may interest you to know, Christ was not only a Christian, He was a Protestant, as well. What were the principles espoused by the Protest of the Evangelical Princes in 1529? In 1526, the Emperor produced an edict stating the Lutherans could be allowed to practice their faith, after and as long as the Emperor and the Church said so. The Princes rejected the proposal and took a stand for full and total freedom of conscience.
“We protest by these presents, before God, our only Creator, Preserver, Redeemer, and Saviour, and who will one day be our Judge, as well as before all men and all creatures, that we, for us and for our people, neither consent nor adhere in any manner whatsoever to the proposed decree, in anything that is contrary to God, to His holy word, to our right conscience, to the salvation of our souls.”
They stated it plainly enough. Wylie, church historian, put it this way:
“The principles contained in this celebrated Protest . . . constitute the very essence of Protestantism. Now this Protest opposes two abuses of man in matters of faith: the first is the intrusion of the civil magistrate, and the second the arbitrary authority of the church. Instead of these abuses, Protestantism sets the power of conscience above the magistrate, and the authority of the word of God above the visible church. In the first place, it rejects the civil power in divine things, and says with the prophets and apostles, ‘We must obey God rather than man.’ In presence of the crown of Charles the Fifth, it uplifts the crown of Jesus Christ. But it goes farther: it lays down the principle that all human teaching should be subordinate to the oracles of God.” — J.A. Wylie, The History of Protestantism, bk. 13, ch. 6.
Yes. Yeshua Messiah was, indeed, a Protestant. He rejected and denounced apostate kings and religious leaders who believed they had the power to control the individual conscience. They do not. Romanism is not a new policy. It is far more ancient than that. It is the policy of Satan, the adversary of souls.
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A Revival of What, Exactly?
For the second week now, I am reading all these news stories about the "revival" in Kentucky and how it has moved well beyond there, even here into Texas, at Baylor. It's gone all the way to California.
I am reading "revival." Exactly what does that mean? I am seeing a great deal of people testifying to the "presence" of God. They are just walking into these houses of worship and becoming overwhelmed by a feeling. Exactly what is being revived?
I'm not reading of people renouncing sinful ways. I'm not seeing anything about a message of any kind that is causing great conviction and submission to truth. I'm not reading of people being changed in any specific ways. Everyone is just being caught up in the presence of God. Peace. They sense great peace. Okay. Then what?
Down through history revival has always been associated with a message for the times. In the time of John the Baptist the message was repentance from sin. During the three years of Christ's ministry it was repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Revival throughout Scripture had an aspect of repentance for letting the truth of God languish and things becoming corrupted by the influx of the world, it's policies and culture. Is any of that happening with this rapidly growing fire of "revival?"
True revival is always accompanied by reformation. Things become deformed through being conformed to the world by creeping compromise. Revival brings reformation, things being reformed back to truth and standards of truth with obedience to it.
Again, I've not been present and have no way of knowing what is happening other than things being written about it.
Remember I have told you. Prophecy predicts a false revival that shall bring America to a place of supernatural events that shall control the population. In the revival the literal commandments of God, the moral law, the law of liberty, the royal law, as Scripture states, will be circumvented by the law of man, specifically the law of the Papacy - the mark of papal power that shall stand against the seal of the living God. If this revival brings no repentance and reformation, it may feel great but, it is not from God. It's a set-up, and most people are ill prepared to stand against it by a true thus saith the Lord.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
I am reading "revival." Exactly what does that mean? I am seeing a great deal of people testifying to the "presence" of God. They are just walking into these houses of worship and becoming overwhelmed by a feeling. Exactly what is being revived?
I'm not reading of people renouncing sinful ways. I'm not seeing anything about a message of any kind that is causing great conviction and submission to truth. I'm not reading of people being changed in any specific ways. Everyone is just being caught up in the presence of God. Peace. They sense great peace. Okay. Then what?
Down through history revival has always been associated with a message for the times. In the time of John the Baptist the message was repentance from sin. During the three years of Christ's ministry it was repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Revival throughout Scripture had an aspect of repentance for letting the truth of God languish and things becoming corrupted by the influx of the world, it's policies and culture. Is any of that happening with this rapidly growing fire of "revival?"
True revival is always accompanied by reformation. Things become deformed through being conformed to the world by creeping compromise. Revival brings reformation, things being reformed back to truth and standards of truth with obedience to it.
Again, I've not been present and have no way of knowing what is happening other than things being written about it.
Remember I have told you. Prophecy predicts a false revival that shall bring America to a place of supernatural events that shall control the population. In the revival the literal commandments of God, the moral law, the law of liberty, the royal law, as Scripture states, will be circumvented by the law of man, specifically the law of the Papacy - the mark of papal power that shall stand against the seal of the living God. If this revival brings no repentance and reformation, it may feel great but, it is not from God. It's a set-up, and most people are ill prepared to stand against it by a true thus saith the Lord.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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744. Revival, According to Men Who Experienced it - 2/25/2023
Some of you who come here to read about drums and drumming have little use for religion. For others who happened to feel that way and still, checked out some things written about the Christian faith and/or last-day events, you became interested in some way. Others apparently come here just to see the things I write about religion and such.
My mind goes to these revivals I am reading about across the nation. I think of what those considered great men of faith and action stated about revival in their day, pre-20th century. Read and see if these revivals of current events matches the great revivals seen in former times.
Charles Spurgeon - Sermon - The Great Revival - March 28, 1858, commenting on revival in America, needed in England.
"But while this [the moving and work of the Holy Spirit] is the only actual cause, yet there are instrumental causes; and the main instrumental cause of a great revival must be the bold, faithful, fearless preaching of the truth as it is in Jesus. Why, brethren, we want every now and then a reformation. One reformation will never serve the church; she needs continually to be wound up, and set a-going afresh; for her works run down, and she does not act as she used to do. The bold, bald doctrines that Luther brought out, began to be a little modified, until layer after layer was deposited upon them, and at last the old rocky truth was covered up, and there grew upon the superficial subsoil an abundance of green and flowery errors, that looked fair and beautiful, but were in no way whatever related to the truth, except as they were the products of its decay. Then there came bold men who brought the truth out again, and said, "Clear away this rubbish; let the blast light upon these deceitful beauties; we want them not; bring out the old truth once more!" And it came out. But the tendency of the church perpetually is, to be covering up its own naked simplicity, forgetting that the truth is never so beautiful as when it stands in its own unadorned, God-given glory. And now, at this time, we want to have the old truths restored to their places. The subtleties and the refinements of the preacher must be laid aside. We must give up the grand distinctions of the school-men, and all the lettered technicalities of men who have studied theology as a system, but have not felt the power of it in their hearts; and when the good old truth is once more preached by men whose lips are touched as with a live coal from off the altar, this shall be the instrument, in the hand of the Spirit, for bringing about a great and thorough revival of religion in the land."
https://www.spurgeon.org/resource-library/sermons/the-great-revival/
Charles Finney - In all the things Finney preached and wrote about revival (look it up, there's plenty of his written and spoken matters on-line - you will see the necessity of preaching truth unto practical doctrine and change, which is reformation. Revival and reformation go hand in hand, without which, it is not true revival. Finney was called The Apostle of Revival for a reason.
"II. I AM TO SHOW WHAT A REVIVAL IS.
It presupposes that the church is sunk down in a backslidden state, and a revival consists in the return of the church from her backslidings, and in the conversion of sinners.
"I. A revival always includes conviction of sin on the part of the church. Backslidden professors cannot wake up and begin right away in the service of God, without deep searchings of heart.
"The fountains of sin need to be broken up. In a true revival, Christians are always brought under such convictions; they see their sins in such a light, that often they find it impossible to maintain a hope of their acceptance with God. It does not always go to that extent; but there are always, in a genuine revival, deep convictions of sin, and often cases of abandoning all hope.
"2. Backslidden Christians will be brought to repentance. A revival is nothing else than a new beginning of obedience to God. Just as in the case of a converted sinner, the first step is a deep repentance, a breaking down of heart, a getting down into the dust before God, with deep humility, and forsaking of sin.
"3. Christians will have their faith renewed. While they are in their backslidden state they are blind to the state of sinners. Their hearts are as hard as marble. The truths of the Bible only appear like a dream. They admit it to be all true; their conscience and their judgment assent to it; but their faith does not see it standing out in bold relief, in all the burning realities of eternity. But when they enter into a revival, they no longer see men as trees walking, but they see things in that strong light which will renew the love of God in their hearts. This will lead them to labor zealously to bring others to him. They will feel grieved that others do not love God, when they love him so much. And they will set themselves feelingly to persuade their neighbors to give him their hearts. So their love to men will be renewed. They will be filled with a tender and burning love for souls. They will have a longing desire for the salvation of the whole world. They will be in agony for individuals whom they want to have saved; their friends, relations, enemies. They will not only be urging them to give their hearts to God, but they will carry them to God in the arms of faith, and with strong crying and tears beseech God to have mercy on them, and save their souls from endless burnings. [Those who come here often know I reject the popular doctrine of "hell" and why].
"4. A revival breaks the power of the world and of sin over Christians. It brings them to such vantage ground that they get a fresh impulse towards heaven. They have a new foretaste of heaven, and new desires after union to God; and the charm of the world is broken, and the power of sin overcome.
"5. When the churches are thus awakened and reformed, the reformation and salvation of sinners will follow, going through the same stages of conviction, repentance, and reformation. Their hearts will be broken down and changed. Very often the most abandoned profligates are among the subjects. Harlots, and drunkards, and infidels, and all sorts of abandoned characters, are awakened and converted. The worst part of human society are softened and reclaimed, and made to appear as lovely specimens of the beauty of holiness."
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~Hyper/DETOC/religion/finney1.html
John Whitefield, the "Trumpet of the Lord," on revival. Whitefield, in 30 years of daily preaching, gave over 18,000 sermons, with no notes, and over 12,000 various talks. Sometimes he went 60 hours a week just speaking. He spoke to thousands at one time gathered wherever they would; in city streets, in fields, on church porches and steps because the buildings could not hold all who came, and when he spoke inside, it was said everyone standing outside could hear him just as clearly as everyone inside. He spoke to as many as 8,000 people on one occasion. America saw a revival it had never experienced before. How?
“I’ll tell you a story. The Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 1675 was acquainted with Mr. Butterton [the actor]. One day the Archbishop . . . said to Butterton . . . ‘pray inform me Mr. Butterton, what is the reason you actors on stage can affect your congregations with speaking of things imaginary, as if they were real, while we in church speak of things real, which our congregations only receive as if they were imaginary?’
‘Why my Lord,’ says Butterton, ‘the reason is very plain. We actors on stage speak of things imaginary, as if they were real and you in the pulpit speak of things real as if they were imaginary.’”
“Therefore,” added Whitefield, ‘I will bawl [shout loudly], I will not be a velvet-mouthed preacher.” John Whitefield, Select Sermons, 239–240.
John Wesley , with his brother, the great hymnist, Charles, founded the Methodist Church. Concerning revival, Wesley stated -
"Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth. “The Letters of the Rev. John Wesley ...” 1960.
"Get on fire for God and men will come and see you burn."
"I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold fast both the doctrine, spirit, and discipline with which they first set out. John Wesley (1831). “The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M.”, p.315
"My fear is not that our great movement, known as the Methodists, will eventually cease to exist or one day die from the earth. My fear is that our people will become content to live without the fire, the power, the excitement, the supernatural element that makes us great."
"Before I can preach love, mercy, and grace, I must preach sin, Law, and judgment. Preach 90% Law and 10% grace."
Wesley never saw the demise of the movement God began around his work. Surely today, the Methodist denominations that exist, for the most part, have lost the fire that Wesley burned with and people watched as he burned for God.
I could place here the statements of many more men who saw revival in their times.
Psa 85:4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
Psa 85:5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
Psa 85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
Psa 85:7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.
Psa 85:8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Revival comes when people realize they have sunk into folly, foolishness of religion of forms and words and being busy without the sense of true need our souls have for righteousness; God's righteousness. Religion has become business, a very profitable one. When true revival comes God will sweep away the folly and replace it with a power of humility, faith and obedience that will not just intrigue the world but, startle it.
Hab 3:2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
The prophet, Habakkuk, knew the depths Israel had fallen into and knew that revival would come only after God's wrath and displeasure of sin covered the people with conviction and repentance. Then, the people could truly respond to God's mercy.
The test of revival is, again, reformation; the practical changes in life that come with being out of harmony with God's will in all things regarding our lives. Revival may, will involve feelings. More so, it will involve principle.
We are all less than. We are all a mess. We are all wayward and dumb sheep who can go astray in a day, an hour, a moment and ruin our lives.
When the revival of God comes, the world will see more than emotions. The world will see an army of people willing to stand for truth in the face of ridicule, insult, harassment, oppression, persecution and even death.
"Notwithstanding the widespread declension of faith and piety, there are true followers of Christ in these churches. Before the final visitation of God's judgments upon the earth there will be among the people of the Lord such a revival of primitive godliness as has not been witnessed since apostolic times. The Spirit and power of God will be poured out upon His children. At that time many will separate themselves from those churches in which the love of this world has supplanted love for God and His word. Many, both of ministers and people, will gladly accept those great truths which God has caused to be proclaimed at this time to prepare a people for the Lord's second coming. The enemy of souls desires to hinder this work; and before the time for such a movement shall come, he will endeavor to prevent it by introducing a counterfeit. In those churches which he can bring under his deceptive power he will make it appear that God's special blessing is poured out; there will be manifest what is thought to be great religious interest. Multitudes will exult that God is working marvelously for them, when the work is that of another spirit. Under a religious guise, Satan will seek to extend his influence over the Christian world.
"In many of the revivals which have occurred during the last half century, the same influences have been at work, to a greater or less degree, that will be manifest in the more extensive movements of the future. There is an emotional excitement, a mingling of the true with the false, that is well adapted to mislead. Yet none need be deceived. In the light of God's word it is not difficult to determine the nature of these movements. Wherever men neglect the testimony of the Bible, turning away from those plain, soul-testing truths which require self-denial and renunciation of the world, there we may be sure that God's blessing is not bestowed." The Great Controversy, Modern Revivals, 1911, pg. 464
"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. . . . But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." Psalm 1:1-3. It is only as the law of God is restored to its rightful position that there can be a revival of primitive faith and godliness among His professed people. "Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls." Jeremiah 6:16."" Ibid., pg. 478.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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As an UPDATE, the Asbury event is being called "AN OUTPOURING" by the administrators and faculty. They believe time will tell if the event has the fuller characterization of a true revival: changed lives and reformation. There are apparently some practical thinkers in that institution.
My mind goes to these revivals I am reading about across the nation. I think of what those considered great men of faith and action stated about revival in their day, pre-20th century. Read and see if these revivals of current events matches the great revivals seen in former times.
Charles Spurgeon - Sermon - The Great Revival - March 28, 1858, commenting on revival in America, needed in England.
"But while this [the moving and work of the Holy Spirit] is the only actual cause, yet there are instrumental causes; and the main instrumental cause of a great revival must be the bold, faithful, fearless preaching of the truth as it is in Jesus. Why, brethren, we want every now and then a reformation. One reformation will never serve the church; she needs continually to be wound up, and set a-going afresh; for her works run down, and she does not act as she used to do. The bold, bald doctrines that Luther brought out, began to be a little modified, until layer after layer was deposited upon them, and at last the old rocky truth was covered up, and there grew upon the superficial subsoil an abundance of green and flowery errors, that looked fair and beautiful, but were in no way whatever related to the truth, except as they were the products of its decay. Then there came bold men who brought the truth out again, and said, "Clear away this rubbish; let the blast light upon these deceitful beauties; we want them not; bring out the old truth once more!" And it came out. But the tendency of the church perpetually is, to be covering up its own naked simplicity, forgetting that the truth is never so beautiful as when it stands in its own unadorned, God-given glory. And now, at this time, we want to have the old truths restored to their places. The subtleties and the refinements of the preacher must be laid aside. We must give up the grand distinctions of the school-men, and all the lettered technicalities of men who have studied theology as a system, but have not felt the power of it in their hearts; and when the good old truth is once more preached by men whose lips are touched as with a live coal from off the altar, this shall be the instrument, in the hand of the Spirit, for bringing about a great and thorough revival of religion in the land."
https://www.spurgeon.org/resource-library/sermons/the-great-revival/
Charles Finney - In all the things Finney preached and wrote about revival (look it up, there's plenty of his written and spoken matters on-line - you will see the necessity of preaching truth unto practical doctrine and change, which is reformation. Revival and reformation go hand in hand, without which, it is not true revival. Finney was called The Apostle of Revival for a reason.
"II. I AM TO SHOW WHAT A REVIVAL IS.
It presupposes that the church is sunk down in a backslidden state, and a revival consists in the return of the church from her backslidings, and in the conversion of sinners.
"I. A revival always includes conviction of sin on the part of the church. Backslidden professors cannot wake up and begin right away in the service of God, without deep searchings of heart.
"The fountains of sin need to be broken up. In a true revival, Christians are always brought under such convictions; they see their sins in such a light, that often they find it impossible to maintain a hope of their acceptance with God. It does not always go to that extent; but there are always, in a genuine revival, deep convictions of sin, and often cases of abandoning all hope.
"2. Backslidden Christians will be brought to repentance. A revival is nothing else than a new beginning of obedience to God. Just as in the case of a converted sinner, the first step is a deep repentance, a breaking down of heart, a getting down into the dust before God, with deep humility, and forsaking of sin.
"3. Christians will have their faith renewed. While they are in their backslidden state they are blind to the state of sinners. Their hearts are as hard as marble. The truths of the Bible only appear like a dream. They admit it to be all true; their conscience and their judgment assent to it; but their faith does not see it standing out in bold relief, in all the burning realities of eternity. But when they enter into a revival, they no longer see men as trees walking, but they see things in that strong light which will renew the love of God in their hearts. This will lead them to labor zealously to bring others to him. They will feel grieved that others do not love God, when they love him so much. And they will set themselves feelingly to persuade their neighbors to give him their hearts. So their love to men will be renewed. They will be filled with a tender and burning love for souls. They will have a longing desire for the salvation of the whole world. They will be in agony for individuals whom they want to have saved; their friends, relations, enemies. They will not only be urging them to give their hearts to God, but they will carry them to God in the arms of faith, and with strong crying and tears beseech God to have mercy on them, and save their souls from endless burnings. [Those who come here often know I reject the popular doctrine of "hell" and why].
"4. A revival breaks the power of the world and of sin over Christians. It brings them to such vantage ground that they get a fresh impulse towards heaven. They have a new foretaste of heaven, and new desires after union to God; and the charm of the world is broken, and the power of sin overcome.
"5. When the churches are thus awakened and reformed, the reformation and salvation of sinners will follow, going through the same stages of conviction, repentance, and reformation. Their hearts will be broken down and changed. Very often the most abandoned profligates are among the subjects. Harlots, and drunkards, and infidels, and all sorts of abandoned characters, are awakened and converted. The worst part of human society are softened and reclaimed, and made to appear as lovely specimens of the beauty of holiness."
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~Hyper/DETOC/religion/finney1.html
John Whitefield, the "Trumpet of the Lord," on revival. Whitefield, in 30 years of daily preaching, gave over 18,000 sermons, with no notes, and over 12,000 various talks. Sometimes he went 60 hours a week just speaking. He spoke to thousands at one time gathered wherever they would; in city streets, in fields, on church porches and steps because the buildings could not hold all who came, and when he spoke inside, it was said everyone standing outside could hear him just as clearly as everyone inside. He spoke to as many as 8,000 people on one occasion. America saw a revival it had never experienced before. How?
“I’ll tell you a story. The Archbishop of Canterbury in the year 1675 was acquainted with Mr. Butterton [the actor]. One day the Archbishop . . . said to Butterton . . . ‘pray inform me Mr. Butterton, what is the reason you actors on stage can affect your congregations with speaking of things imaginary, as if they were real, while we in church speak of things real, which our congregations only receive as if they were imaginary?’
‘Why my Lord,’ says Butterton, ‘the reason is very plain. We actors on stage speak of things imaginary, as if they were real and you in the pulpit speak of things real as if they were imaginary.’”
“Therefore,” added Whitefield, ‘I will bawl [shout loudly], I will not be a velvet-mouthed preacher.” John Whitefield, Select Sermons, 239–240.
John Wesley , with his brother, the great hymnist, Charles, founded the Methodist Church. Concerning revival, Wesley stated -
"Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth. “The Letters of the Rev. John Wesley ...” 1960.
"Get on fire for God and men will come and see you burn."
"I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold fast both the doctrine, spirit, and discipline with which they first set out. John Wesley (1831). “The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M.”, p.315
"My fear is not that our great movement, known as the Methodists, will eventually cease to exist or one day die from the earth. My fear is that our people will become content to live without the fire, the power, the excitement, the supernatural element that makes us great."
"Before I can preach love, mercy, and grace, I must preach sin, Law, and judgment. Preach 90% Law and 10% grace."
Wesley never saw the demise of the movement God began around his work. Surely today, the Methodist denominations that exist, for the most part, have lost the fire that Wesley burned with and people watched as he burned for God.
I could place here the statements of many more men who saw revival in their times.
Psa 85:4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
Psa 85:5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
Psa 85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
Psa 85:7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.
Psa 85:8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Revival comes when people realize they have sunk into folly, foolishness of religion of forms and words and being busy without the sense of true need our souls have for righteousness; God's righteousness. Religion has become business, a very profitable one. When true revival comes God will sweep away the folly and replace it with a power of humility, faith and obedience that will not just intrigue the world but, startle it.
Hab 3:2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
The prophet, Habakkuk, knew the depths Israel had fallen into and knew that revival would come only after God's wrath and displeasure of sin covered the people with conviction and repentance. Then, the people could truly respond to God's mercy.
The test of revival is, again, reformation; the practical changes in life that come with being out of harmony with God's will in all things regarding our lives. Revival may, will involve feelings. More so, it will involve principle.
We are all less than. We are all a mess. We are all wayward and dumb sheep who can go astray in a day, an hour, a moment and ruin our lives.
When the revival of God comes, the world will see more than emotions. The world will see an army of people willing to stand for truth in the face of ridicule, insult, harassment, oppression, persecution and even death.
"Notwithstanding the widespread declension of faith and piety, there are true followers of Christ in these churches. Before the final visitation of God's judgments upon the earth there will be among the people of the Lord such a revival of primitive godliness as has not been witnessed since apostolic times. The Spirit and power of God will be poured out upon His children. At that time many will separate themselves from those churches in which the love of this world has supplanted love for God and His word. Many, both of ministers and people, will gladly accept those great truths which God has caused to be proclaimed at this time to prepare a people for the Lord's second coming. The enemy of souls desires to hinder this work; and before the time for such a movement shall come, he will endeavor to prevent it by introducing a counterfeit. In those churches which he can bring under his deceptive power he will make it appear that God's special blessing is poured out; there will be manifest what is thought to be great religious interest. Multitudes will exult that God is working marvelously for them, when the work is that of another spirit. Under a religious guise, Satan will seek to extend his influence over the Christian world.
"In many of the revivals which have occurred during the last half century, the same influences have been at work, to a greater or less degree, that will be manifest in the more extensive movements of the future. There is an emotional excitement, a mingling of the true with the false, that is well adapted to mislead. Yet none need be deceived. In the light of God's word it is not difficult to determine the nature of these movements. Wherever men neglect the testimony of the Bible, turning away from those plain, soul-testing truths which require self-denial and renunciation of the world, there we may be sure that God's blessing is not bestowed." The Great Controversy, Modern Revivals, 1911, pg. 464
"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. . . . But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." Psalm 1:1-3. It is only as the law of God is restored to its rightful position that there can be a revival of primitive faith and godliness among His professed people. "Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls." Jeremiah 6:16."" Ibid., pg. 478.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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As an UPDATE, the Asbury event is being called "AN OUTPOURING" by the administrators and faculty. They believe time will tell if the event has the fuller characterization of a true revival: changed lives and reformation. There are apparently some practical thinkers in that institution.
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745. A Difference Between Left and Right - 3/1/2023
If you are on the Left of the social, societal, cultural, political scene, you may hardly know of East Palestine, Ohio. If you have heard of it, all you have heard is from news outlets you trust, like NPR, CBS, NBC, ABC, MCNBC, CNN and other such multinational corporation-owned and controlled Leftist news outlets. You may know a train derailment took place there. You think it's just another train derailment. You don't have any idea what kind of environmental disaster has taken place there, at the hands of political idiots and/or despots. You certainly do not know one of the trains cars was captured on film to be on fire miles before the train derailed. You have no idea the amount of deadly, toxic chemicals have soaked into the ground and water and wafted into the air like watching some dystopian movie scene. You have no idea the number, the ever increasing number of wildlife dying, and the lack of any serious exposure to the scene by federal regulators, elected civil servants and unelected bureaucrats, especially that of Pete Buttigieg, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation. You only know the watered down version all those people have fogged over the situation with the lamest excuses, diatribes and B.S. ever spouted by political hacks and puppets. You are on the Left.
If you are on the Right, you have followed the story from reporters with boots on the ground and/or asking constant tough questions about who, what, when, where, why and how, and know since the crash almost 44,000 victims of wildlife have succumbed to the presence of toxins in the waters and that "official" statements about no mammalian wild or domestic land life being taken is bogus because said Right-side news outlets have talked to residents reporting the deaths of such. You've seen the videos and read the news and watched the horrors of what has taken place in that community. You have seen the outrage of and fright in those citizens being told nothing of the dangers they face from those in positions of responsibility.
pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/benbartee/2023/02/28/45000-animal-deaths-in-east-palestine-says-ohio-dept-of-natural-resources-n1674396
It is the exact same situation with what took place in the 2020 presidential election, what took place in the 2022 state elections in various major localities, what took place on January 6, 2021 at the US Capitol. It is exactly the same as knowing what has really taken place in Ukraine and more importantly WHY. It is the same with every other important matter that Americans should know the truth of. Leftists know next to nothing because of who and what they trust. People on the Right desire to be fully informed and those who take the time to get informed seek out sources that just tell it like it is, absent of corporate controlled agendas or political-sided positions. Patriot sources of news, who respect the First Amendment to the Constitution, while Leftists would as soon see the Constitution just get stripped away of all legal and historic boundary and influence, love their country for what it has stood for for a couple hundred years. Despite all its human problems and problem creators, they believe the principles of Americanism, the rule of law, the rights of citizens coming from God, not man, would make for a perfect Union, if those in positions of responsibility just followed those principles laws. But, you see, Leftists only know what they get fed from their handlers and elected civil servants who consider themselves mini-kings and queens, not servants, and that rights should come from them; as they have no use for or belief in God, like those behind The Declaration of North America -
www.uncoverdc.com/2023/02/14/the-declaration-of-north-america-a-globalist-worldview-we-should-care-about/
- or someone like Representative Democrat Steve Cohen who spoke openly in committee session that rights do not come from God, they come from government, in one of the most garbled, word-salad declarations I have heard in a long time, even out-shining the silver-tongued, brilliant statements of America's current Vice President and mentally impaired non-President, Harris and Biden.
rumble.com/v2baq6k-democrat-steve-cohen-turns-american-system-upside-down-claims-rights-come-f.html
In the mind of Cohen, who claims respect for God and the rights of others to hold whatever views they have about God; rights are not from God, they come from Government, i.e. elected or unelected human beings prone to hold to just about any notion or belief for any subject under the sun and forcing everybody else to hold to them if they gain numerated majority in Congress.
Therefore because of the lack of action taken by elected civil servants one way or the other - slavery was condoned by God until He changed His mind when 'government' outlawed it; the right for women to vote was not condoned by God until He changed His mind when 'government' gave them the right to vote; the right to kill babies in the womb was condoned by God but, human beings were too stupid to recognize that until the Supreme Court made their decision on it and then a radical, current SCOTUS reversed that decision. The man's ignorance on the difference between the will of God and decisions of humans is so egregious I almost stopped watching just three minutes of that man speaking. It is mind-blowing such an individual has the right to involve himself in processes of making decisions that affect anybody at all, let alone the entire nation.
CONFUSION. Spiritual, prophetic BABYLON. It is everywhere and it is going to destroy the world, literally.
There is such a vast difference between the separation of church and state, and separation of God from state, it's a wonder America is still standing. Were it not for God's prophetic investment in this nation I suspect He'd have let it go well before now. That time is not far hence.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
And let me add an addendum here. The Left will say, We have our news sources that dig and uncover corruption on the Right. My answer is, Good, though the Right is not always an America loving patriot, any more than all televangelists are actually Christians, rather than grifters, hucksters and carnival barkers. But, Leftists... it's just my observation that people on the Left, any spectrum of it, have no use for honesty, no care for the principles of Americanism, and will do anything to gain advantage and power because they have no actual moral compass other than self. Even if and when they know, in their conscience, if it be yet alive, they know something is wrong, they have no belief that accountability or responsibility to anything greater than them carries any grave weight. I truly wish I was wrong on this observation. Watching the last twenty five years go by my convictions on this matter just become stronger, not weaker, by the weight of the evidence.
The Right, the true Right, values a different set of things than the Left. They have the value of family in common, in general. Beyond that... I see nothing but things that continue to drive America further to destruction, even if they cannot control it to their advantage to remain on top when the dust settles. They just seem to seethe with an inner anger that just wants to take down anything and everything they don't like, even the definition of a woman.
Again, everything called the Right is not right by any definition based on godly or American principles. Shysters that want power, just like Leftists, exist in far too many numbers within ranks of what is called, the Right. That's why the term "uniparty" exists. It's all a business. But, I know that I know anyone who believes killing babies in the womb is just a woman's choice, even after birth takes place, is ignorant of the basic instincts of humanity and guided by a spirit of loathe darkness.
Leftism is death. True Right is life. It really isn't complicated.
If you are on the Right, you have followed the story from reporters with boots on the ground and/or asking constant tough questions about who, what, when, where, why and how, and know since the crash almost 44,000 victims of wildlife have succumbed to the presence of toxins in the waters and that "official" statements about no mammalian wild or domestic land life being taken is bogus because said Right-side news outlets have talked to residents reporting the deaths of such. You've seen the videos and read the news and watched the horrors of what has taken place in that community. You have seen the outrage of and fright in those citizens being told nothing of the dangers they face from those in positions of responsibility.
pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/benbartee/2023/02/28/45000-animal-deaths-in-east-palestine-says-ohio-dept-of-natural-resources-n1674396
It is the exact same situation with what took place in the 2020 presidential election, what took place in the 2022 state elections in various major localities, what took place on January 6, 2021 at the US Capitol. It is exactly the same as knowing what has really taken place in Ukraine and more importantly WHY. It is the same with every other important matter that Americans should know the truth of. Leftists know next to nothing because of who and what they trust. People on the Right desire to be fully informed and those who take the time to get informed seek out sources that just tell it like it is, absent of corporate controlled agendas or political-sided positions. Patriot sources of news, who respect the First Amendment to the Constitution, while Leftists would as soon see the Constitution just get stripped away of all legal and historic boundary and influence, love their country for what it has stood for for a couple hundred years. Despite all its human problems and problem creators, they believe the principles of Americanism, the rule of law, the rights of citizens coming from God, not man, would make for a perfect Union, if those in positions of responsibility just followed those principles laws. But, you see, Leftists only know what they get fed from their handlers and elected civil servants who consider themselves mini-kings and queens, not servants, and that rights should come from them; as they have no use for or belief in God, like those behind The Declaration of North America -
www.uncoverdc.com/2023/02/14/the-declaration-of-north-america-a-globalist-worldview-we-should-care-about/
- or someone like Representative Democrat Steve Cohen who spoke openly in committee session that rights do not come from God, they come from government, in one of the most garbled, word-salad declarations I have heard in a long time, even out-shining the silver-tongued, brilliant statements of America's current Vice President and mentally impaired non-President, Harris and Biden.
rumble.com/v2baq6k-democrat-steve-cohen-turns-american-system-upside-down-claims-rights-come-f.html
In the mind of Cohen, who claims respect for God and the rights of others to hold whatever views they have about God; rights are not from God, they come from Government, i.e. elected or unelected human beings prone to hold to just about any notion or belief for any subject under the sun and forcing everybody else to hold to them if they gain numerated majority in Congress.
Therefore because of the lack of action taken by elected civil servants one way or the other - slavery was condoned by God until He changed His mind when 'government' outlawed it; the right for women to vote was not condoned by God until He changed His mind when 'government' gave them the right to vote; the right to kill babies in the womb was condoned by God but, human beings were too stupid to recognize that until the Supreme Court made their decision on it and then a radical, current SCOTUS reversed that decision. The man's ignorance on the difference between the will of God and decisions of humans is so egregious I almost stopped watching just three minutes of that man speaking. It is mind-blowing such an individual has the right to involve himself in processes of making decisions that affect anybody at all, let alone the entire nation.
CONFUSION. Spiritual, prophetic BABYLON. It is everywhere and it is going to destroy the world, literally.
There is such a vast difference between the separation of church and state, and separation of God from state, it's a wonder America is still standing. Were it not for God's prophetic investment in this nation I suspect He'd have let it go well before now. That time is not far hence.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
And let me add an addendum here. The Left will say, We have our news sources that dig and uncover corruption on the Right. My answer is, Good, though the Right is not always an America loving patriot, any more than all televangelists are actually Christians, rather than grifters, hucksters and carnival barkers. But, Leftists... it's just my observation that people on the Left, any spectrum of it, have no use for honesty, no care for the principles of Americanism, and will do anything to gain advantage and power because they have no actual moral compass other than self. Even if and when they know, in their conscience, if it be yet alive, they know something is wrong, they have no belief that accountability or responsibility to anything greater than them carries any grave weight. I truly wish I was wrong on this observation. Watching the last twenty five years go by my convictions on this matter just become stronger, not weaker, by the weight of the evidence.
The Right, the true Right, values a different set of things than the Left. They have the value of family in common, in general. Beyond that... I see nothing but things that continue to drive America further to destruction, even if they cannot control it to their advantage to remain on top when the dust settles. They just seem to seethe with an inner anger that just wants to take down anything and everything they don't like, even the definition of a woman.
Again, everything called the Right is not right by any definition based on godly or American principles. Shysters that want power, just like Leftists, exist in far too many numbers within ranks of what is called, the Right. That's why the term "uniparty" exists. It's all a business. But, I know that I know anyone who believes killing babies in the womb is just a woman's choice, even after birth takes place, is ignorant of the basic instincts of humanity and guided by a spirit of loathe darkness.
Leftism is death. True Right is life. It really isn't complicated.
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More International Studies on the Dangers of the Injections
Even the alternative news sites I frequent have lessened their trumpet alarms on the "vaccines," while ramping up information pointing to the nefarious intentions of Fauci and co. Still, Liberty Daily had this link to an Infowars article on studies showing the mRNA injections promote a cell factory-type replication of the spike proteins that are causing vaccinated and boostered people to keep coming down with Covid, and in the process damage to organs and the human immune system leading to unprecedented sudden death continues. The second link is to the source article containing links to many studies being done and the reporting on them. It's thorough.
www.infowars.com/posts/mrna-vaccines-contain-dna-that-can-turn-human-cells-into-permanent-spike-protein-factories-study/
anandamide.substack.com/p/curious-kittens
It should be mentioned that terms used to promote the permanence of the situation is somewhat wrong because cells die, anyway. All cells die and are replaced by new cells in our bodies so, save for brain cells, and any cell replicating the spike proteins will end doing so, naturally. The issue is whether new cells are contaminated with the mRNA and begin producing the spike proteins. The studies conclude that is what is taking place. These are major, international studies. Many nations seem to be involved in some capacity to understand and halt what has been done to humanity, all nations but, the USA. Why? The answer is painfully obvious now. Frankly, were it not for all the corruption in D.C., Fauci would be behind bars by now along with who knows how many cohorts and other actors in this diabolical scheme.
I have read of therapies that are being introduced to stop the production of the spikes, some more useful than others and thankfully, though, heavy research continues in a race against time.
While alt news continues to list young people and others dying suddenly, at alarming rates, it remains a fact, a truth, that the world is far from past Covid and the fallout from it. The new studies confirm the tragedy of this culling of humanity is going to take place for a long time to come.
It seems impossible to me that anyone, anyone or any parent, with all the information now out there, would get or have their children injected but, ignorance remains, and willful ignorance will reap its consequences.
www.infowars.com/posts/mrna-vaccines-contain-dna-that-can-turn-human-cells-into-permanent-spike-protein-factories-study/
anandamide.substack.com/p/curious-kittens
It should be mentioned that terms used to promote the permanence of the situation is somewhat wrong because cells die, anyway. All cells die and are replaced by new cells in our bodies so, save for brain cells, and any cell replicating the spike proteins will end doing so, naturally. The issue is whether new cells are contaminated with the mRNA and begin producing the spike proteins. The studies conclude that is what is taking place. These are major, international studies. Many nations seem to be involved in some capacity to understand and halt what has been done to humanity, all nations but, the USA. Why? The answer is painfully obvious now. Frankly, were it not for all the corruption in D.C., Fauci would be behind bars by now along with who knows how many cohorts and other actors in this diabolical scheme.
I have read of therapies that are being introduced to stop the production of the spikes, some more useful than others and thankfully, though, heavy research continues in a race against time.
While alt news continues to list young people and others dying suddenly, at alarming rates, it remains a fact, a truth, that the world is far from past Covid and the fallout from it. The new studies confirm the tragedy of this culling of humanity is going to take place for a long time to come.
It seems impossible to me that anyone, anyone or any parent, with all the information now out there, would get or have their children injected but, ignorance remains, and willful ignorance will reap its consequences.
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A Simple Explanation of the Coming Financial Collapse
Finances are not my thing. For some people the sun rises and sets on financial markets.
I read a great article on the simple reasons why the economy is going to collapse in America. No ifs, ands or buts.
The Top 3 Reasons The US Has Entered The Inflation Death Spiral | ZeroHedge
"The political-inflation cycle follows a clear pattern:
Step #1: In a fiat currency system, the government will inevitably print an ever-increasing amount of currency to finance itself.
Step #2: This makes prices and living costs rise faster than wages.
Step #3: The average person feels the pain but doesn’t understand what’s happening.
Step #4: More people support politicians who promise freebies to relieve the pain inflation causes.
Step #5: The government prints more currency to pay for the freebies.
Step #6: This creates even more inflation, and the cycle repeats.
At this point, we have to ask ourselves whether the political situation in the US will improve.
Unfortunately, the data points to a troubling but inevitable answer… “no.”
Seems like a pretty bulletproof article, to me.
Check it out.
I read a great article on the simple reasons why the economy is going to collapse in America. No ifs, ands or buts.
The Top 3 Reasons The US Has Entered The Inflation Death Spiral | ZeroHedge
"The political-inflation cycle follows a clear pattern:
Step #1: In a fiat currency system, the government will inevitably print an ever-increasing amount of currency to finance itself.
Step #2: This makes prices and living costs rise faster than wages.
Step #3: The average person feels the pain but doesn’t understand what’s happening.
Step #4: More people support politicians who promise freebies to relieve the pain inflation causes.
Step #5: The government prints more currency to pay for the freebies.
Step #6: This creates even more inflation, and the cycle repeats.
At this point, we have to ask ourselves whether the political situation in the US will improve.
Unfortunately, the data points to a troubling but inevitable answer… “no.”
Seems like a pretty bulletproof article, to me.
Check it out.
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The Florida of Ron DeSantis
I have already mentioned, in previous posts, how bloggers and alt news sites out there have connected Ron DeSantis, Republican governor of Florida, with big, billionaire, political money bags as the chosen go-to GOP candidate for 2024. It will not be Donald Trump, regardless of his numbers when the primaries take place. Democrats are more than likely not the only political animals using criminal fraud to get people elected. In my opinion, that is the only possible reason Mitch McConnell continues to get elected to be a Kentucky Senator.
Anyway, a new Bill has been proposed in the Florida legislature. SB1316 has a delightful little line pointed at bloggers, in a bill addressing "Information Dissemination" -
"requiring bloggers to register with the Office of Legislative Services or the Commission on Ethics, as applicable, within a specified timeframe"
If you want to comment on certain state officials, and you get any kind of compensation for said opinions, you have to register with the disclosed office. If you want to post a blog it has to go to the Office first, which can deny its publication. Failure to submit the blog can result in fines. Pages 8 and 9 of the Bill address bloggers. Yea. Two pages worth of authoritarian rules and regs.
www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1316/?Tab=BillText
www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1316/BillText/Filed/PDF
How is this any different than any other regime that demands control of the flow of information? Cuba? The Soviet Union? Ukraine now does it. Ukraine now takes out churches that speak out against Zelenskyy. Ukraine is a mafia state. Zelenskyy is a crime boss. Americans siding with Ukraine are ignorant of such emboldened facts it just shows why America is now what it is - a global bully with a populace of far too many dumbed down citizens. That said, thankfully, new polls show 60% of Americans want no more money going to Ukraine, and definitely no American boots on the ground, and would as soon see the conflict ended now, like NOW.
Ron DeSantis is supposed to be presiding over this Conservative haven of rest; a rising paradise for patriots. I don't believe that's the case. I believe Ron DeSantis is already a beholden puppet of big money, promised the world if he just cooperates. Time is telling. We do not have to wait and see.
This is where Leftist bloggers and alt news sites chip away at fake Conservatism. They blow gaping holes in professed Conservative battleships that are all Trojan horses.
Our lives are controlled now, and it will get steadily worse, regardless of the political business in control - Democrats or Republicans.
Anyway, a new Bill has been proposed in the Florida legislature. SB1316 has a delightful little line pointed at bloggers, in a bill addressing "Information Dissemination" -
"requiring bloggers to register with the Office of Legislative Services or the Commission on Ethics, as applicable, within a specified timeframe"
If you want to comment on certain state officials, and you get any kind of compensation for said opinions, you have to register with the disclosed office. If you want to post a blog it has to go to the Office first, which can deny its publication. Failure to submit the blog can result in fines. Pages 8 and 9 of the Bill address bloggers. Yea. Two pages worth of authoritarian rules and regs.
www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1316/?Tab=BillText
www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1316/BillText/Filed/PDF
How is this any different than any other regime that demands control of the flow of information? Cuba? The Soviet Union? Ukraine now does it. Ukraine now takes out churches that speak out against Zelenskyy. Ukraine is a mafia state. Zelenskyy is a crime boss. Americans siding with Ukraine are ignorant of such emboldened facts it just shows why America is now what it is - a global bully with a populace of far too many dumbed down citizens. That said, thankfully, new polls show 60% of Americans want no more money going to Ukraine, and definitely no American boots on the ground, and would as soon see the conflict ended now, like NOW.
Ron DeSantis is supposed to be presiding over this Conservative haven of rest; a rising paradise for patriots. I don't believe that's the case. I believe Ron DeSantis is already a beholden puppet of big money, promised the world if he just cooperates. Time is telling. We do not have to wait and see.
This is where Leftist bloggers and alt news sites chip away at fake Conservatism. They blow gaping holes in professed Conservative battleships that are all Trojan horses.
Our lives are controlled now, and it will get steadily worse, regardless of the political business in control - Democrats or Republicans.
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13 Minutes of Tucker Disgust
As Tucker Carlson gets more and more pointed in his commentaries, one must wonder how long it will be before FOX shuts him down and/or the current regime has him arrested in the wee hours of some morning with SWAT teams on hand.
The only thing I would disagree with in this is his use of the term "principle" where "policy," I believe, would be the more appropriate term. Aside from that, he just tells and shows it like it is: America is now a police state. As long as Democrats retain any control, it shall remain such and get worse because, as Tucker notices, there are too few voices in Congress and in professed, big-name Christianity to stand up against what is happening. And again, the GOP must be included in that. Despite some Senators or House Reps willing to speak out, the entire Party should but, won't because they are no different than radical, totalitarian Democrats.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGwiC7SlDAI&t=798s
The only thing I would disagree with in this is his use of the term "principle" where "policy," I believe, would be the more appropriate term. Aside from that, he just tells and shows it like it is: America is now a police state. As long as Democrats retain any control, it shall remain such and get worse because, as Tucker notices, there are too few voices in Congress and in professed, big-name Christianity to stand up against what is happening. And again, the GOP must be included in that. Despite some Senators or House Reps willing to speak out, the entire Party should but, won't because they are no different than radical, totalitarian Democrats.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGwiC7SlDAI&t=798s
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746. Calls for Clergy Accountability - March 4, 2023
Two years ago I began asking how is it leaders of churches seemed to lose all common sense; people who study the Word, who have to use critical thinking skills to address the complexities of denominational and congregational life, and so easily go along with and crumble to the fear mongering and threats and abuse of biblical proclamation and reasoning by absolute non-believers and just kowtow to civil demands without a shred of actual, medical evidence, as Flu numbers dwindled to almost non-existent numbers? How did they lose common sense over mask mandates and worse, exponentially worse, not speak up for freedom of conscience when injection mandates came next? Then the "sudden deaths." "Died suddenly" is everywhere in the news, especially for young, healthy, athletic people, members of their congregations and they are saying nothing? How can that be?
One church in California seemed to have enough of the junk science and authoritarian demands and said, No, to Gavin Newsome's despotic decrees, while he was off photographed at parties, no masks on anybody. The church filed suit and won. Grace Community Church, in Sun Valley; pastor John MacArthur, took a stand. Made national news, even international news? Why? Because no other bodies of believers were doing the same. What should have been the normal, coast to coast response was anything but, and in some cases, MacArthur and that church membership became pariahs for vengeful clergy flinging flaming arrows at him for being so unkind, unloving, disobedient to higher powers and all the rest of their senseless, weak and cowardly positions.
Well, over two years into this and now, calls for clergy accountability have begun.
caldronpool.com/more-calls-for-church-leaders-to-be-held-accountable-for-pushing-false-covid-narrative/
If you recall a few months back, a writer for The Atlantic magazine opined that all leaders should just be forgiven for their positions of ignorance, and we should all just move on. She was roundly rejected and scorned for such a politically motivated, claptrap declaration. American's God-given, Constitutional rights were trounced, demolished, and in some cases, after all the FACTS on masks and the injections are out there, mandates are still in place in some localities, on children, no less; the least of all possible victims of the virus. Never mind the studies showing how children have developed learning defects from wearing masks for two years, they are DYING from forced injections. How any of those in positions of authority could still be getting away with this massive injustice is the crime of the century. It is the crime of all American history. Ignorance can, in NO WAY be an excuse when the truth has been there right from the start and voices did their best to proclaim it, and they are still proclaiming it, backed up by more real science then ever. Fauci is not the science, despite his pronouncements of such. Fauci is an enemy of mankind.
But, this is about the clergy of America. This is about the leaders of a supposed body of free people, granted their freedoms and liberty by God and the American Constitution's first amendment. If they had all spoken out, tens of thousands of them, coast to coast, and refused to allow fear and abuse of power dictate to them their very church life, this may have been nipped in the bud but, no. They all went along. What does this mean in the long term?
It means a crisis; a man-made, manufactured, malevolent crisis can be used to corral every voice that should be in the vanguard of defiance. It means they waffled on their obligations of leadership and warning their flocks, based on EVIDENCE, not the Authority of elected civil servants with decades long track records of being impossible to trust.
Isa 56:9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
Isa 56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Isa 56:11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Isa 56:12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
The problem is an ancient one. It is not new. It is, unfortunately, common. If a man speaks truth he will gain God's approbation and blessing but, he will lose man's comforts most of the time. Speak truth, draw wrath. Simple as that and most are far too cowardly to stand in the face of such opposition.
Jer 23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
Jer 23:2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
Jer 23:3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
Jer 23:4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.
Jer 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Jer 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
This prophecy from Jeremiah was about conditions that led to the Messiah's appearance. And what did the shepherds do when Christ finally appeared? They rejected Him, they threatened the people who believed in Him, they turned Him over to the State and called for His death. The promises in the prophecy did not take place as it was given. Though thousands took a stand, even among the Jewish clergy, the vast majority of Israel rejected Christ. The prophesy failed. There was no great revival among the nation. Why? Because all of God's blessings and promises are conditional upon the reception of those it is meant for. Thus, the way for the Gentiles was paved and the church, which was a Jewish institution, fell and was populated by a new flock; people who thirsted for righteousness among those with false gods in every direction that proved useless and hopeless, as the State, the power of Rome was in complete control.
Trust the Bible. The second coming of Christ will find the same reception among the shepherds supposedly guarding their flocks. The apostle Paul warning of it beginning in his day -
Act 20:25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Act 20:26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
Act 20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Act 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Act 20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
Act 20:30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
Act 20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
The situation is not new. Peter and Jude and John gave their warnings in their letters to the flocks.
Ezekiel was shown the wrath of God mixed into such scenarios -
Eze 34:7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
Eze 34:8 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
Eze 34:9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
Eze 34:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
Eze 34:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
Eze 34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Eze 34:13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
Eze 34:14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
Eze 34:15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
Eze 34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
Just read Matthew 23 to see what Christ thought of the religious institution and its leaders in His day. It is not much different today in 'big church.'
The time is coming when God shall call His sheep out of Babylon, Rev. 18:1-4, out of religious spiritual and prophetic confusion, and they shall hear His voice in the declarations of truth from His bold and true shepherds and they shall take a stand against a world gone mad with every evil known to man, totally drunk with the wine of lies and delusions. That time is approaching. The first coming of Christ was God's answer to ancient situations and cries of His people. The second coming of Christ will be His ultimate fulfillment of all His promises but, how few, comparatively speaking, among billions will heed His warnings and admonitions. How few will obey and rejoice in the truth though it comes with growing animosity from mankind.
You get two choices, dear Reader, and only two. God's way or man's way, your way. That's it. Man's way is a desert of illusions and delusions and mirages of empty pools of water, poisoned by the Adversary. There is no lasting or true oasis in Satan's sand pile.
Controversies are yet coming. The shepherds will, once again, waver and fall to the fear mongering and fake, wannabe authority of men. The Constitution will be cast aside. All freedoms and liberties around the world will be cast to the dust and the night of darkness will finally descend. Sheep or goats. That is it. The remnant or the rest of humanity. No other categories. Seal of the living God in the forehead, in the forebrain, the frontal lobes, the seat of reason and choice or, mark of the beast in forehead or hand; choice or, doing whatever, to survive and keep working, buying and selling, making deals. No other choices.
Just like Covid, more so, the information is there for any to read and educate themselves to the truth. There can be no second chances because none are needed. Now is the accepted time, today is the day to learn the truth and take a stand. It is all there to read for anyone who will do so. Yes, there are false views. Yes, there are charades and fakers and charlatans. So what? God will guide the honest, seeking heart to find the truth to set you free. The issue is walking in the light you have and increasing its glow around you, day by day, moment by moment.
God is not trying to keep anyone out of Heaven. That does not mean everybody is getting in. Those who love the truth and are sanctified by it will be the remnant ready to meet Christ when He returns.
Think of this. Right now, with NO appearance of such, no literal communication, 50-70% of the surveyed world believes ET exists. In some surveys the numbers are higher. People are waiting for ET to finally make an appearance. They eagerly await it. They have never seen these entities they believe exist. They go by the sightings and/or testimony of others. Though thousands exist over the decades, and I am one of them that has seen UFOs, twice, they have no personal experience, themselves yet, they believe. I know what I saw. I don't know what they were. People believe they know what they have seen yet, not many have truly seen much. A fleeting glance or dark night traversal of something in the sky. Yet, they believe ET exists and is flying around out there and await their arrival. We are talking about, at least 4 billion people by the survey percentages.
Jesus Christ, an individual historically proven to exist, backed up by century's old prophecies before Him, during His ministry and after He ascended and those addressing His return, that billions of people claim belief in, cannot even get a glance from people who believe aliens are coming. If that strikes you as critical thinking, where are you?
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
One church in California seemed to have enough of the junk science and authoritarian demands and said, No, to Gavin Newsome's despotic decrees, while he was off photographed at parties, no masks on anybody. The church filed suit and won. Grace Community Church, in Sun Valley; pastor John MacArthur, took a stand. Made national news, even international news? Why? Because no other bodies of believers were doing the same. What should have been the normal, coast to coast response was anything but, and in some cases, MacArthur and that church membership became pariahs for vengeful clergy flinging flaming arrows at him for being so unkind, unloving, disobedient to higher powers and all the rest of their senseless, weak and cowardly positions.
Well, over two years into this and now, calls for clergy accountability have begun.
caldronpool.com/more-calls-for-church-leaders-to-be-held-accountable-for-pushing-false-covid-narrative/
If you recall a few months back, a writer for The Atlantic magazine opined that all leaders should just be forgiven for their positions of ignorance, and we should all just move on. She was roundly rejected and scorned for such a politically motivated, claptrap declaration. American's God-given, Constitutional rights were trounced, demolished, and in some cases, after all the FACTS on masks and the injections are out there, mandates are still in place in some localities, on children, no less; the least of all possible victims of the virus. Never mind the studies showing how children have developed learning defects from wearing masks for two years, they are DYING from forced injections. How any of those in positions of authority could still be getting away with this massive injustice is the crime of the century. It is the crime of all American history. Ignorance can, in NO WAY be an excuse when the truth has been there right from the start and voices did their best to proclaim it, and they are still proclaiming it, backed up by more real science then ever. Fauci is not the science, despite his pronouncements of such. Fauci is an enemy of mankind.
But, this is about the clergy of America. This is about the leaders of a supposed body of free people, granted their freedoms and liberty by God and the American Constitution's first amendment. If they had all spoken out, tens of thousands of them, coast to coast, and refused to allow fear and abuse of power dictate to them their very church life, this may have been nipped in the bud but, no. They all went along. What does this mean in the long term?
It means a crisis; a man-made, manufactured, malevolent crisis can be used to corral every voice that should be in the vanguard of defiance. It means they waffled on their obligations of leadership and warning their flocks, based on EVIDENCE, not the Authority of elected civil servants with decades long track records of being impossible to trust.
Isa 56:9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
Isa 56:10 His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Isa 56:11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Isa 56:12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
The problem is an ancient one. It is not new. It is, unfortunately, common. If a man speaks truth he will gain God's approbation and blessing but, he will lose man's comforts most of the time. Speak truth, draw wrath. Simple as that and most are far too cowardly to stand in the face of such opposition.
Jer 23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.
Jer 23:2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
Jer 23:3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
Jer 23:4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.
Jer 23:5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
Jer 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
This prophecy from Jeremiah was about conditions that led to the Messiah's appearance. And what did the shepherds do when Christ finally appeared? They rejected Him, they threatened the people who believed in Him, they turned Him over to the State and called for His death. The promises in the prophecy did not take place as it was given. Though thousands took a stand, even among the Jewish clergy, the vast majority of Israel rejected Christ. The prophesy failed. There was no great revival among the nation. Why? Because all of God's blessings and promises are conditional upon the reception of those it is meant for. Thus, the way for the Gentiles was paved and the church, which was a Jewish institution, fell and was populated by a new flock; people who thirsted for righteousness among those with false gods in every direction that proved useless and hopeless, as the State, the power of Rome was in complete control.
Trust the Bible. The second coming of Christ will find the same reception among the shepherds supposedly guarding their flocks. The apostle Paul warning of it beginning in his day -
Act 20:25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Act 20:26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.
Act 20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Act 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Act 20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
Act 20:30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
Act 20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
The situation is not new. Peter and Jude and John gave their warnings in their letters to the flocks.
Ezekiel was shown the wrath of God mixed into such scenarios -
Eze 34:7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
Eze 34:8 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
Eze 34:9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
Eze 34:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
Eze 34:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
Eze 34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Eze 34:13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
Eze 34:14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
Eze 34:15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
Eze 34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
Just read Matthew 23 to see what Christ thought of the religious institution and its leaders in His day. It is not much different today in 'big church.'
The time is coming when God shall call His sheep out of Babylon, Rev. 18:1-4, out of religious spiritual and prophetic confusion, and they shall hear His voice in the declarations of truth from His bold and true shepherds and they shall take a stand against a world gone mad with every evil known to man, totally drunk with the wine of lies and delusions. That time is approaching. The first coming of Christ was God's answer to ancient situations and cries of His people. The second coming of Christ will be His ultimate fulfillment of all His promises but, how few, comparatively speaking, among billions will heed His warnings and admonitions. How few will obey and rejoice in the truth though it comes with growing animosity from mankind.
You get two choices, dear Reader, and only two. God's way or man's way, your way. That's it. Man's way is a desert of illusions and delusions and mirages of empty pools of water, poisoned by the Adversary. There is no lasting or true oasis in Satan's sand pile.
Controversies are yet coming. The shepherds will, once again, waver and fall to the fear mongering and fake, wannabe authority of men. The Constitution will be cast aside. All freedoms and liberties around the world will be cast to the dust and the night of darkness will finally descend. Sheep or goats. That is it. The remnant or the rest of humanity. No other categories. Seal of the living God in the forehead, in the forebrain, the frontal lobes, the seat of reason and choice or, mark of the beast in forehead or hand; choice or, doing whatever, to survive and keep working, buying and selling, making deals. No other choices.
Just like Covid, more so, the information is there for any to read and educate themselves to the truth. There can be no second chances because none are needed. Now is the accepted time, today is the day to learn the truth and take a stand. It is all there to read for anyone who will do so. Yes, there are false views. Yes, there are charades and fakers and charlatans. So what? God will guide the honest, seeking heart to find the truth to set you free. The issue is walking in the light you have and increasing its glow around you, day by day, moment by moment.
God is not trying to keep anyone out of Heaven. That does not mean everybody is getting in. Those who love the truth and are sanctified by it will be the remnant ready to meet Christ when He returns.
Think of this. Right now, with NO appearance of such, no literal communication, 50-70% of the surveyed world believes ET exists. In some surveys the numbers are higher. People are waiting for ET to finally make an appearance. They eagerly await it. They have never seen these entities they believe exist. They go by the sightings and/or testimony of others. Though thousands exist over the decades, and I am one of them that has seen UFOs, twice, they have no personal experience, themselves yet, they believe. I know what I saw. I don't know what they were. People believe they know what they have seen yet, not many have truly seen much. A fleeting glance or dark night traversal of something in the sky. Yet, they believe ET exists and is flying around out there and await their arrival. We are talking about, at least 4 billion people by the survey percentages.
Jesus Christ, an individual historically proven to exist, backed up by century's old prophecies before Him, during His ministry and after He ascended and those addressing His return, that billions of people claim belief in, cannot even get a glance from people who believe aliens are coming. If that strikes you as critical thinking, where are you?
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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747. Oh, You Know I'm Going to Hit This - March 4, 2023
New York's Mayor, Democrat Eric Adams, made some statements about his Christian faith that atheists have gone ballistic over. Honestly, given positions Adams has taken since being in office, especially with the Covid situation, at least based on what I have read, his statements about his faith are not necessarily ringing too true with me but, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt in this situation. Now, the statements by the Freedom From Religion outfit, no. Them I load for bear and take aim at for their absolute ignorance of history and truth.
www.faithwire.com/2023/03/02/i-wont-apologize-nyc-mayor-ignites-critics-with-speech-slamming-separation-of-church-and-state-decrying-removal-of-prayer-in-schools/
You know I whole heartedly believe in the separation of church and state as a foundation principle of this Republic. I do not ascribe to the separation of God from state, which is plain stupidity even the Founders saw clearly, and all the states that gave thanks and glory to God in their preambles of their state constitutions for His providence, care and sustenance recognized the same.
The FFRF always goes apoplectic when a civil servant mentions God, especially from a personal point of faith and works; how their faith compels and propels them in their jobs. Well, in this article linked above and the group's own website, the FFRF dropped this massive egg for all to contemplate -
March 1, 2023 Mayor Adams: You’re the servant of the people, not ‘God’
“Mayor Adams, your remarks are disgraceful,” FFRF writes in a letter to him. The mayor of New York City is not a “servant of God,” FFRF asserts, but is, in fact, a servant of the people. Adams took an oath of office “to support and defend” the U.S. Constitution, which is an entirely godless, secular document.
“While as a private individual you are free to worship as you like, you are not free to use your secular office or its podium to promote those beliefs, while deriding your constitutional duties to keep religion out of government,” FFRF Co-Presidents Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor write to the mayor. “Your duty as an elected official is not to be ‘a servant of God’ but to the Constitution and the people who it represents.”
ffrf.org/news/news-releases/item/42008-mayor-adams-you-re-the-servant-of-the-people-not-god
Well, now. Let us see what the New York State Constitution preamble says about that -
"We The People of the State of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our Freedom, in order to secure its blessings, DO ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION."
Ooops.
To secure the blessings God granted to the people of New York, they established their Constitution. How did the FFRF miss that? Maybe because their outfit is headquartered in Wisconsin? Let's see, what does the preamble for the Wisconsin Constitution state -
"PREAMBLE
We, the people of Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings, form a more perfect government, insure domestic tranquility and promote the general welfare, do establish this constitution."
Hm. No help for the FFRF there, either. In fact, the entire early history of the United States of America is not only no help to the FFRF, it debases the FFRF into a fringe, radical, ridiculous group of non-Americans. Yes, I stated it. They are not Americans, in principle. They do not believe in God so, they certainly cannot be thankful to God for the freedom they have, at His granting, so to attack Adams for his faith. If this were China, good luck with that. Of course, no Chinese appointed politician would speak like Adams. They are atheists, like those in the FFRF. Still, to say you cannot use your elected civil servant office to make statements about God defies, again, the history of presidents, congressman, governors, mayors and all other elected civil servants for the last 250 years. How can the FFRF be ignorant of this history and practice?
Every believer on Earth has a dual citizenship. They are citizens by faith in the kingdom of God, and they are citizens of whatever country they reside in. While the FFRF says it's okay to be a Christian, that's where the buck stops for them but, for the Christian, the buck stops here -
1Co 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1Co 10:32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
1Co 10:33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
I don't know if Adams meant to offend the atheists, to draw a line in the sand, as it were but, when Peter stated this, he meant it -
Act 5:25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
Act 5:26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
Act 5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
Act 5:28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
Act 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Act 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Act 5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Act 5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Act 5:33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
At that point Gamaliel stepped in and cooled everybody's jets and the apostles went free but, Peter and the other apostles made no bones about the principle all believers live by. WE MUST, not should, not ought to, not maybe, no; WE MUST OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN. That means Mayor Adams, too.
There is more, though. The FFRF loves to state God is not mentioned in the American Constitution. Well, the American Constitution is a Federal document and it states what is not in it is left to the States to decide. Is there anything in the New York State Constitution that forbids Adams from serving God while also serving the citizens of NYC? Let the FFRF produce that and then they might have reason to make an issue of Adams declaration. When Governor Hochul made reference to Jesus Christ and His teachings, attempting to provoke citizens to wear masks and get injected, did the FFRF raise a fuss? If they did, I never saw it in any newsfeed I am aware of.
The FFRF gave Adams a request -
“As mayor, your duty is to support the U.S. Constitution, which is godless and entirely secular, and to protect the rights of all New Yorkers regardless of their religious or nonreligious beliefs,” FFRF’s letter concludes. “We are asking you to publicly rescind your ill-advised remarks that the mayor of New York is officially a ‘servant of God,’ which seemingly suggests a belief that you are anointed by God.”
For the FFRF to dismiss all other documents that preceded the Constitution - i.e. the Declaration, which most definitely DOES mention God as the foundation for the Revolution and taking a stand against the godlessness of the English king - is, indeed, regretful.
The first Mayor of NYC was Thomas Willett, in 1667. What kind of man was he?
"Winthrop records the following under the year 1639, but without assigning any date to the interesting incident:
" At Kennebeck, the Indians wanted food, and there being store in the Plymouth trading-house, they conspired to kill the English there for their provision ; and some Indians coming into the house, Mr. Willett, the master of the house, being reading in the Bible, his countenance was more solemn than at other times, so as he did not look cheerfully upon them, as he was wont to do; whereupon they went out and told their fellows that their purpose was discovered. They asked them how it could be. The others told them that they knew it by Mr. Willett's countenance, and that he had discovered it by a book that he was reading, whereupon they gave over their design."
archive.org/stream/firstmayorofnewy00pars/firstmayorofnewy00pars_djvu.txt
I would suggest, strongly, that a true Christian; a faithful, honest, practicing Christian in communion with the Lord, will guard the rights of all citizens far better than an atheist, prone to looking upon Christians and any other people of faith with disdain and contempt as useless idiots. That's how I looked at believers when I was an atheist in my young years. Believers were foolish and senseless. Atheists were far more adept at critical thinking. So I reasoned, until Bible prophecy, millennia old, showed me God is not only real but, interested in everything I do, whether being a carpenter, a musician or Eric Adams being a mayor.
That last statement from the FFRF is so foolish and void it is almost unworthy of comment but...
Calling oneself 'a servant of God' does not suggest a belief one is anointed by God to be some kind of special person, like a prophet; a messenger of God. It means God is King and the believer serves Him. Simple. Adams made no "official" pronouncement. He gave a personal testimony. The Separation of Church and State has nothing to do with this situation. CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW... Is Adams trying to push the City Council into making some statute about Christianity? Is his personal profession of faith and service to God some kind of instability for his role as a servant of all the people of NYC? How, pray tell? Because he might favor Christianity over another faith or people of no faith? When he does that, strike hard. Until then, zip it.
From a SoCS point of view, Adams has zero reason to rescind his statement. I hope he looks the FFRF straight in the eyes of their leaders and followers and educates them as to their ignorance of history and rule of law that America functions under. Because God is not mentioned in the Federal Constitution does not mean it or America is godless. That is so astoundingly ignorant I can barely contemplate it.
If I wrote a book on how to play drums, does that make it godless? If it is written by a Christian, cognizant of his role in society as a Christian, using the principles of Christian life and citizenship in all I say and do, in writing it, in the language used, etc., how is it, then, godless? Is the Book of Esther godless because it does not mention God? Imagine that. A book in the Bible that does not mention God. A godless book in the Bible.
If America is godly it is because of the influence of God in the lives of its citizens, not any "official" declaration. If America is godless it is because God is not regarded as the Sovereign of the universe as He once was in this land. It does not make America a Christian nation, even if 100% of citizens were believers. It used to mean America was populated by mostly Christians, who served God while serving their fellow man as elected civil servants and citizens within, happy to help their fellow man as they saw need; which was one of the reasons why America has been the most charitable nation in all human history, another fact the FFRF seems to be ignorant of.
If those who make up the FFRF do not like Mayor Adam's professed commitment to his faith, go live in a nation run by Islamists or atheists, like them. China, for instance. I'm sure President Xi would be happy to have them. Go live in Europe, where the influence of Christianity has waned so much and each of those nations is coming unglued, run by totalitarian misfits, like New Zealand and Australia. Go to one of them where they take away rights because of a virus, well, just like here. Americans learned the hard way. The FFRF... they never seem to learn.
Don't let the stars and stripes slap you on the way out.
Do I seem upset? I am. The nation my father fought in a world war for, willing to die for, is becoming ridiculously stupid and destined to collapse. Don't want God involved in your civil life? Watch the civilization collapse. It has always happened. It will always happen.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
www.faithwire.com/2023/03/02/i-wont-apologize-nyc-mayor-ignites-critics-with-speech-slamming-separation-of-church-and-state-decrying-removal-of-prayer-in-schools/
You know I whole heartedly believe in the separation of church and state as a foundation principle of this Republic. I do not ascribe to the separation of God from state, which is plain stupidity even the Founders saw clearly, and all the states that gave thanks and glory to God in their preambles of their state constitutions for His providence, care and sustenance recognized the same.
The FFRF always goes apoplectic when a civil servant mentions God, especially from a personal point of faith and works; how their faith compels and propels them in their jobs. Well, in this article linked above and the group's own website, the FFRF dropped this massive egg for all to contemplate -
March 1, 2023 Mayor Adams: You’re the servant of the people, not ‘God’
“Mayor Adams, your remarks are disgraceful,” FFRF writes in a letter to him. The mayor of New York City is not a “servant of God,” FFRF asserts, but is, in fact, a servant of the people. Adams took an oath of office “to support and defend” the U.S. Constitution, which is an entirely godless, secular document.
“While as a private individual you are free to worship as you like, you are not free to use your secular office or its podium to promote those beliefs, while deriding your constitutional duties to keep religion out of government,” FFRF Co-Presidents Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor write to the mayor. “Your duty as an elected official is not to be ‘a servant of God’ but to the Constitution and the people who it represents.”
ffrf.org/news/news-releases/item/42008-mayor-adams-you-re-the-servant-of-the-people-not-god
Well, now. Let us see what the New York State Constitution preamble says about that -
"We The People of the State of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our Freedom, in order to secure its blessings, DO ESTABLISH THIS CONSTITUTION."
Ooops.
To secure the blessings God granted to the people of New York, they established their Constitution. How did the FFRF miss that? Maybe because their outfit is headquartered in Wisconsin? Let's see, what does the preamble for the Wisconsin Constitution state -
"PREAMBLE
We, the people of Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings, form a more perfect government, insure domestic tranquility and promote the general welfare, do establish this constitution."
Hm. No help for the FFRF there, either. In fact, the entire early history of the United States of America is not only no help to the FFRF, it debases the FFRF into a fringe, radical, ridiculous group of non-Americans. Yes, I stated it. They are not Americans, in principle. They do not believe in God so, they certainly cannot be thankful to God for the freedom they have, at His granting, so to attack Adams for his faith. If this were China, good luck with that. Of course, no Chinese appointed politician would speak like Adams. They are atheists, like those in the FFRF. Still, to say you cannot use your elected civil servant office to make statements about God defies, again, the history of presidents, congressman, governors, mayors and all other elected civil servants for the last 250 years. How can the FFRF be ignorant of this history and practice?
Every believer on Earth has a dual citizenship. They are citizens by faith in the kingdom of God, and they are citizens of whatever country they reside in. While the FFRF says it's okay to be a Christian, that's where the buck stops for them but, for the Christian, the buck stops here -
1Co 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1Co 10:32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
1Co 10:33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
I don't know if Adams meant to offend the atheists, to draw a line in the sand, as it were but, when Peter stated this, he meant it -
Act 5:25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
Act 5:26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
Act 5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
Act 5:28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
Act 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Act 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Act 5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Act 5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Act 5:33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
At that point Gamaliel stepped in and cooled everybody's jets and the apostles went free but, Peter and the other apostles made no bones about the principle all believers live by. WE MUST, not should, not ought to, not maybe, no; WE MUST OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN. That means Mayor Adams, too.
There is more, though. The FFRF loves to state God is not mentioned in the American Constitution. Well, the American Constitution is a Federal document and it states what is not in it is left to the States to decide. Is there anything in the New York State Constitution that forbids Adams from serving God while also serving the citizens of NYC? Let the FFRF produce that and then they might have reason to make an issue of Adams declaration. When Governor Hochul made reference to Jesus Christ and His teachings, attempting to provoke citizens to wear masks and get injected, did the FFRF raise a fuss? If they did, I never saw it in any newsfeed I am aware of.
The FFRF gave Adams a request -
“As mayor, your duty is to support the U.S. Constitution, which is godless and entirely secular, and to protect the rights of all New Yorkers regardless of their religious or nonreligious beliefs,” FFRF’s letter concludes. “We are asking you to publicly rescind your ill-advised remarks that the mayor of New York is officially a ‘servant of God,’ which seemingly suggests a belief that you are anointed by God.”
For the FFRF to dismiss all other documents that preceded the Constitution - i.e. the Declaration, which most definitely DOES mention God as the foundation for the Revolution and taking a stand against the godlessness of the English king - is, indeed, regretful.
The first Mayor of NYC was Thomas Willett, in 1667. What kind of man was he?
"Winthrop records the following under the year 1639, but without assigning any date to the interesting incident:
" At Kennebeck, the Indians wanted food, and there being store in the Plymouth trading-house, they conspired to kill the English there for their provision ; and some Indians coming into the house, Mr. Willett, the master of the house, being reading in the Bible, his countenance was more solemn than at other times, so as he did not look cheerfully upon them, as he was wont to do; whereupon they went out and told their fellows that their purpose was discovered. They asked them how it could be. The others told them that they knew it by Mr. Willett's countenance, and that he had discovered it by a book that he was reading, whereupon they gave over their design."
archive.org/stream/firstmayorofnewy00pars/firstmayorofnewy00pars_djvu.txt
I would suggest, strongly, that a true Christian; a faithful, honest, practicing Christian in communion with the Lord, will guard the rights of all citizens far better than an atheist, prone to looking upon Christians and any other people of faith with disdain and contempt as useless idiots. That's how I looked at believers when I was an atheist in my young years. Believers were foolish and senseless. Atheists were far more adept at critical thinking. So I reasoned, until Bible prophecy, millennia old, showed me God is not only real but, interested in everything I do, whether being a carpenter, a musician or Eric Adams being a mayor.
That last statement from the FFRF is so foolish and void it is almost unworthy of comment but...
Calling oneself 'a servant of God' does not suggest a belief one is anointed by God to be some kind of special person, like a prophet; a messenger of God. It means God is King and the believer serves Him. Simple. Adams made no "official" pronouncement. He gave a personal testimony. The Separation of Church and State has nothing to do with this situation. CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW... Is Adams trying to push the City Council into making some statute about Christianity? Is his personal profession of faith and service to God some kind of instability for his role as a servant of all the people of NYC? How, pray tell? Because he might favor Christianity over another faith or people of no faith? When he does that, strike hard. Until then, zip it.
From a SoCS point of view, Adams has zero reason to rescind his statement. I hope he looks the FFRF straight in the eyes of their leaders and followers and educates them as to their ignorance of history and rule of law that America functions under. Because God is not mentioned in the Federal Constitution does not mean it or America is godless. That is so astoundingly ignorant I can barely contemplate it.
If I wrote a book on how to play drums, does that make it godless? If it is written by a Christian, cognizant of his role in society as a Christian, using the principles of Christian life and citizenship in all I say and do, in writing it, in the language used, etc., how is it, then, godless? Is the Book of Esther godless because it does not mention God? Imagine that. A book in the Bible that does not mention God. A godless book in the Bible.
If America is godly it is because of the influence of God in the lives of its citizens, not any "official" declaration. If America is godless it is because God is not regarded as the Sovereign of the universe as He once was in this land. It does not make America a Christian nation, even if 100% of citizens were believers. It used to mean America was populated by mostly Christians, who served God while serving their fellow man as elected civil servants and citizens within, happy to help their fellow man as they saw need; which was one of the reasons why America has been the most charitable nation in all human history, another fact the FFRF seems to be ignorant of.
If those who make up the FFRF do not like Mayor Adam's professed commitment to his faith, go live in a nation run by Islamists or atheists, like them. China, for instance. I'm sure President Xi would be happy to have them. Go live in Europe, where the influence of Christianity has waned so much and each of those nations is coming unglued, run by totalitarian misfits, like New Zealand and Australia. Go to one of them where they take away rights because of a virus, well, just like here. Americans learned the hard way. The FFRF... they never seem to learn.
Don't let the stars and stripes slap you on the way out.
Do I seem upset? I am. The nation my father fought in a world war for, willing to die for, is becoming ridiculously stupid and destined to collapse. Don't want God involved in your civil life? Watch the civilization collapse. It has always happened. It will always happen.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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748. How Would You Answer This Question? - 3/4/23
The Church of England is splitting up, seemingly perpetually. There are more and more "Liberal," "Leftist," "Woke," etc., influences gaining control of that denomination.
Recently the denomination's representatives voted 250 to 181 to allow same sex marriages in the church.
“For the first time, the Church of England will publicly, unreservedly and joyfully welcome same-sex couples in church.”
www.christianpost.com/voices/another-denomination-ditches-christianity.html?utm_source=spotim&utm_medium=spotim_recirculation&spot_im_redirect_source=pitc
Is there a difference between "in" the church and "to" the church? Oh, yes. Definitely. The synod was not referring to the building. It is referring into the body of believers.
"Another supporter, Vicky Brett, a lay member of the “synod,” argued in favor of the motion by chiding her conservative colleagues with this rhetorical question: “Do you have any business crossing people off the guest list, or interfering with God’s welcome?”
Sorry, that question is not rhetorical. My answer is, Yes. The believer has every business crossing people off the guest list who live in unrepentant sin. Come to church for the message of salvation from sin. Check it out. Come, look around, get to know the fellowship of believers. Nobody is closing the doors on sinners. That is far cry from making a public endorsement of sin by welcoming them "in" the body. Good grief. How can that not be understood on the face of it?
In the Bible, homosexuality is a sin. I mean, both Old and New testaments are very clear. You can try, as homosexuals have, to twist things and all but, as I have addressed here, and hundreds, if not thousands of authors and preachers over the centuries have done, have shown the Bible, God's Word to mankind, leaves no room for doubt on this subject. God loves all sinners. Christ died for all sinners, which means all of us because all have sinned and come short of the glory, the character, of God, Romans 3:23. Everybody. That means, if someone lies and does not repent and stop it, you cannot be endorsed as a member of Christ's body without some serious doctor's note of mental instability, and that upon finding out you are a habitual liar after being welcomed into a fellowship, ignorant of your practice. No pastor in their right mind would baptize a practicing liar. The same for thievery. The same for adultery. The same for taking God's name in vain. Good grief. Taking God's name in vain is so common now, in all media, among so many people in society, you'd think everybody must believe in Jesus to use His name so often! But, if someone is prone to taking the Lord's name in vain, NO, they cannot be a member of Christ's baptized body without repentance. The Ten Commandments are the standard for all humanity. We shall all be judged by that "royal law," James 2:8; the law of liberty, James 2:12. It cannot be sidestepped. You must be born again to enter, to even see the kingdom of God, John 3:3-5. If you are born again you have repented of sins, and desire, through God's grace and power to overcome, to leave off those things that God calls sin, which is transgression of the law, 1 John 3:4.
How does the Church of England get around all this? Well, they have, indeed, begun their own religion, the same as plenty of other churches that refuse to abide by a plain Thus saith the Lord. That includes Mother Rome and any of her daughters that refuse to obey God's moral Law. They can call it Christianity. Doesn't mean it is.
"Lord, Lord we did all these things in Your name. Why can't we come in?"
Depart from me you workers of iniquity. I never knew you. You refused to the will of My Father in Heaven."
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The Bible makes something very plain that many people do not get -
Heb 11:24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
Heb 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
Heb 11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
Sin is pleasurable. Don't kid yourself. It leads to a shipwreck for sure but, the way there is a pleasure to our physical senses. Eve didn't drop dead when she ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. She sensed just what Lucifer tempted her with - she felt a sensation that surely she must have become a god. She felt a rush, a tingling. She rushed back to Adam, he chose to sin and suffer the fate of his wife and when he ate, everything changed. They sensed a great dread, a deep conviction they did something earthshattering. They saw they were naked. They had a holy innocence, a light around their beings. Like babes who walk around naked, they had no sense of guilt or shame. The pair communed with angels that had the same shroud of glory that all the redeemed shall be clothed with. That light, that natural glory from their Creator evaporated, disappeared. They sensed a coldness, an emptiness. Guilt and shame overwhelmed them. They hastened to cover their nakedness and did so with leaves sewn together in some way, from a fig tree. God warned them. Eve disregarded the warning. The woman was deceived. Adam just chose his fate. Did God come and shake him within an inch of his life not to eat that fruit? No. Adam was free to obey or disobey. Knowing his fate, even surrounded by all the beauty and fragrance and joys and wonder of creation fresh from the hand of God, he chose to die with his wife. God told them dying they would die. It took centuries for sin to finally take Adam's life. Today? Three score and ten is the average. Dying, we all eventually die. We hit that place where too many copying errors in our DNA takes place and the errors lead up to malfunctions in our bodies and finally, the system can no longer sustain itself and ceases life.
Since that time sin has been pleasurable until it reaps what has been sown. People do not take drugs because it's painful. Homosexuals do not engage in same sex practices because it is painful. The same must be said for those who fornicate. God made sexuality pleasurable. He placed restrictions upon that pleasure, reserving it for married couples of male and female. Messiah made it all deeper than that. He said if a man just looks at a woman to lust after her, he has already committed adultery. Put that in your societal train wreck of entertainment and realize what our destination is without the grace of God and His forgiveness to overcome the sins that so easily beset us, Hebrews 12:1. Once experienced, does that mean we can just go around looking at women (or men by women) and think about having sex with them??? Seriously? If that is the extent of a person's religious experience and connection to God, you were fed a meal of marshmallows and candy alone. About as much nutrition as a shoe.
The Church of England is in apostasy. The Church of England has denied their God, whether they admit it or not. They can call it love. God is love, 1John 4:7,8. God decides what is love and how it is shown, not man.
Eve figured she made the right choice. No pain existed for her until after she sinned. Childbirth was painful. Labor was painful, same for Adam. Work was painful. Sin changed everything. Humanity suffers pain because of sin. It's as simple as that. We have all sinned, we fall, we suffer, and life is a battle and a march. It shall be that way until Jesus returns. Times of respite come in. We can be refreshed and fitted up for more battle but, make no mistake, sinful sexuality is bringing down billions of people to moral decay. They can call it love. They can call it righteous. They can call it holy. They can call it whatever they want. They cannot call homosexuality or fornication the will of God established by His Word.
Homosexuality is one of the greatest signs of the times that Christ is coming soon. The days of Sodom and Gomorrah testify to that. Jesus said it was a sign of His return. Moses chose to suffer with the people of God, esteeming the reproaches of Christ greater than all the riches he could have had in Egypt. Nobody had more pleasures than what Moses could get into. He was Pharaoh's grandson through adoption by his mother, Pharaoh's daughter. He was raised with every possible creature comfort, every possible pleasure known to man. He chose another way. We all must make that choice, no matter how pleasurable sin is to our natures. Perversions of God's creation are all around us, in many ways 20 times greater than any time in human history. We need not leave our favorite chair to partake in sin. Satan is not playing games. He means to take down as many as possible to suffer his fate. Every decision must be made by a standard greater than ourselves. That is God's Word. Outside of that, expect illusions, delusions, counterfeits, fraudulent, spurious experiences designed to deceive if possible, the very elect: those with a living connection to God. If they can be deceived, how easy to deceive those who care not for a Thus saith the Lord?
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Recently the denomination's representatives voted 250 to 181 to allow same sex marriages in the church.
“For the first time, the Church of England will publicly, unreservedly and joyfully welcome same-sex couples in church.”
www.christianpost.com/voices/another-denomination-ditches-christianity.html?utm_source=spotim&utm_medium=spotim_recirculation&spot_im_redirect_source=pitc
Is there a difference between "in" the church and "to" the church? Oh, yes. Definitely. The synod was not referring to the building. It is referring into the body of believers.
"Another supporter, Vicky Brett, a lay member of the “synod,” argued in favor of the motion by chiding her conservative colleagues with this rhetorical question: “Do you have any business crossing people off the guest list, or interfering with God’s welcome?”
Sorry, that question is not rhetorical. My answer is, Yes. The believer has every business crossing people off the guest list who live in unrepentant sin. Come to church for the message of salvation from sin. Check it out. Come, look around, get to know the fellowship of believers. Nobody is closing the doors on sinners. That is far cry from making a public endorsement of sin by welcoming them "in" the body. Good grief. How can that not be understood on the face of it?
In the Bible, homosexuality is a sin. I mean, both Old and New testaments are very clear. You can try, as homosexuals have, to twist things and all but, as I have addressed here, and hundreds, if not thousands of authors and preachers over the centuries have done, have shown the Bible, God's Word to mankind, leaves no room for doubt on this subject. God loves all sinners. Christ died for all sinners, which means all of us because all have sinned and come short of the glory, the character, of God, Romans 3:23. Everybody. That means, if someone lies and does not repent and stop it, you cannot be endorsed as a member of Christ's body without some serious doctor's note of mental instability, and that upon finding out you are a habitual liar after being welcomed into a fellowship, ignorant of your practice. No pastor in their right mind would baptize a practicing liar. The same for thievery. The same for adultery. The same for taking God's name in vain. Good grief. Taking God's name in vain is so common now, in all media, among so many people in society, you'd think everybody must believe in Jesus to use His name so often! But, if someone is prone to taking the Lord's name in vain, NO, they cannot be a member of Christ's baptized body without repentance. The Ten Commandments are the standard for all humanity. We shall all be judged by that "royal law," James 2:8; the law of liberty, James 2:12. It cannot be sidestepped. You must be born again to enter, to even see the kingdom of God, John 3:3-5. If you are born again you have repented of sins, and desire, through God's grace and power to overcome, to leave off those things that God calls sin, which is transgression of the law, 1 John 3:4.
How does the Church of England get around all this? Well, they have, indeed, begun their own religion, the same as plenty of other churches that refuse to abide by a plain Thus saith the Lord. That includes Mother Rome and any of her daughters that refuse to obey God's moral Law. They can call it Christianity. Doesn't mean it is.
"Lord, Lord we did all these things in Your name. Why can't we come in?"
Depart from me you workers of iniquity. I never knew you. You refused to the will of My Father in Heaven."
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The Bible makes something very plain that many people do not get -
Heb 11:24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
Heb 11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
Heb 11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
Sin is pleasurable. Don't kid yourself. It leads to a shipwreck for sure but, the way there is a pleasure to our physical senses. Eve didn't drop dead when she ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. She sensed just what Lucifer tempted her with - she felt a sensation that surely she must have become a god. She felt a rush, a tingling. She rushed back to Adam, he chose to sin and suffer the fate of his wife and when he ate, everything changed. They sensed a great dread, a deep conviction they did something earthshattering. They saw they were naked. They had a holy innocence, a light around their beings. Like babes who walk around naked, they had no sense of guilt or shame. The pair communed with angels that had the same shroud of glory that all the redeemed shall be clothed with. That light, that natural glory from their Creator evaporated, disappeared. They sensed a coldness, an emptiness. Guilt and shame overwhelmed them. They hastened to cover their nakedness and did so with leaves sewn together in some way, from a fig tree. God warned them. Eve disregarded the warning. The woman was deceived. Adam just chose his fate. Did God come and shake him within an inch of his life not to eat that fruit? No. Adam was free to obey or disobey. Knowing his fate, even surrounded by all the beauty and fragrance and joys and wonder of creation fresh from the hand of God, he chose to die with his wife. God told them dying they would die. It took centuries for sin to finally take Adam's life. Today? Three score and ten is the average. Dying, we all eventually die. We hit that place where too many copying errors in our DNA takes place and the errors lead up to malfunctions in our bodies and finally, the system can no longer sustain itself and ceases life.
Since that time sin has been pleasurable until it reaps what has been sown. People do not take drugs because it's painful. Homosexuals do not engage in same sex practices because it is painful. The same must be said for those who fornicate. God made sexuality pleasurable. He placed restrictions upon that pleasure, reserving it for married couples of male and female. Messiah made it all deeper than that. He said if a man just looks at a woman to lust after her, he has already committed adultery. Put that in your societal train wreck of entertainment and realize what our destination is without the grace of God and His forgiveness to overcome the sins that so easily beset us, Hebrews 12:1. Once experienced, does that mean we can just go around looking at women (or men by women) and think about having sex with them??? Seriously? If that is the extent of a person's religious experience and connection to God, you were fed a meal of marshmallows and candy alone. About as much nutrition as a shoe.
The Church of England is in apostasy. The Church of England has denied their God, whether they admit it or not. They can call it love. God is love, 1John 4:7,8. God decides what is love and how it is shown, not man.
Eve figured she made the right choice. No pain existed for her until after she sinned. Childbirth was painful. Labor was painful, same for Adam. Work was painful. Sin changed everything. Humanity suffers pain because of sin. It's as simple as that. We have all sinned, we fall, we suffer, and life is a battle and a march. It shall be that way until Jesus returns. Times of respite come in. We can be refreshed and fitted up for more battle but, make no mistake, sinful sexuality is bringing down billions of people to moral decay. They can call it love. They can call it righteous. They can call it holy. They can call it whatever they want. They cannot call homosexuality or fornication the will of God established by His Word.
Homosexuality is one of the greatest signs of the times that Christ is coming soon. The days of Sodom and Gomorrah testify to that. Jesus said it was a sign of His return. Moses chose to suffer with the people of God, esteeming the reproaches of Christ greater than all the riches he could have had in Egypt. Nobody had more pleasures than what Moses could get into. He was Pharaoh's grandson through adoption by his mother, Pharaoh's daughter. He was raised with every possible creature comfort, every possible pleasure known to man. He chose another way. We all must make that choice, no matter how pleasurable sin is to our natures. Perversions of God's creation are all around us, in many ways 20 times greater than any time in human history. We need not leave our favorite chair to partake in sin. Satan is not playing games. He means to take down as many as possible to suffer his fate. Every decision must be made by a standard greater than ourselves. That is God's Word. Outside of that, expect illusions, delusions, counterfeits, fraudulent, spurious experiences designed to deceive if possible, the very elect: those with a living connection to God. If they can be deceived, how easy to deceive those who care not for a Thus saith the Lord?
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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749 - World Obesity Day - March 4, 2023
March 4th is World Obesity Day. Had no idea such a day existed. It certainly is not a celebration of obesity. It's designed to be a clarion call to the epidemic which is being predicted to encompass 4 billion people in 12 years. costing trillions of dollars in medical care fallout.
Millions of children are now considered obese. Diabetes has skyrocketed among children. What's going on?
I have struggled with my weight my entire life. Science has discovered there is indeed a gene triggering food consumption beyond need. They now call obesity a disease.
I have lost weight before. Lots of it. I was once called slim, lean, even gaunt. I currently wear 2XL shirts. I wore medium at one time. Many years ago I had an uncle tell me I looked like a preacher: thin and mean. I was sporting a beard at the time. That was the 1980's. I've yo-yo'd back and forth over the years. Why?
Why do people gain enough weight to be as heavy as three full-grown, healthy men? Obesity is based on an index of body mass. I work out so, underneath the fat is muscle. I was never destined to be a running back. I was front line all the time.
Drumming is great exercise. Unfortunately, not enough to satisfy cravings I fight on a daily basis. Unless I am fully occupied. Out in the shop making things. Writing. Yardwork. I lose weight pretty quick if I can stay occupied. Now, with my sleep cycles all messed up, I literally do not know what time of day it is when I wake up. Yesterday I fell asleep and woke up and I thought it was dawn. It was sunset. I only slept for 90 minutes. Today I have already nodded off a few times, for 30 minutes or so. I don't know what's wrong but, I know I'm walking a tightrope with no net below.
I am not into junk food. Maybe I'll purchase a salty snack once a month. I'm a vegan. How can a vegan become overweight? I've already gotten into this so, won't rehearse it but, why do people eat more than they should?
Boredom.
Stress.
Loneliness.
Unfulfilled.
Unsatisfied, especially with what they eat.
Lack of nutrition in today's "food." Too many chemicals. Too many man-made ingredients. No nutrients.
Too much white death - refined sugar, typical table salt, refined flours, white rice.
Not enough consumption of good water.
Obviously, lack of exercise.
The list could go on. Most people do not want to be overweight for obvious reasons yet, today, in some kind of reversal of standards always understood by humanity, obesity is being championed and flattered and cheered.
Telling anybody they are overweight is somehow an insult, shaming them, and being cruel. Excuse me? Being overweight brings on heart attacks, strokes and other illnesses and premature death. And don't tell me about paintings from centuries ago where women are portrayed as a little chunky. Don't go there and try to cover being a hundred pounds overweight as okay. You are lying to yourself. But today, I see grossly overweight people wearing the tightest clothing as though obesity is somehow beautiful. It isn't. Especially for Christians is this just plain wrong. It presents a poor witness for the Lord, who wants His people to be beacons of health because they practice sound, biblical health principles. To me, there are few things more sad looking than fat preachers. If you cannot manage your own weight, how can you manage a congregation struggling with sins and fears and loss of hope?
John wrote a telling statement in one of his epistles -
3John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
Hm. Does this imply if our souls are not prospering our health will be poor?
We live in a world where evil seems to be winning. Well, it is. That's why the end of the world is coming. Evil is overtaking the world again, as it did in Noah's day. As it did in Lot's day. As it did in the day of the Jews when they rejected Messiah and were scattered over the globe when Rome ransacked and left Jerusalem in ruins.
Evil is stressful. Stress is a weight gain recipe for most people. For some people, they lose weight when stressed out, which in and of itself carries its own dangers for people who cannot afford to lose weight and remain healthy. Organs need fuel to exist. Blood needs fuel. Whether obesity or anorexia, dangers await. In fact, recent studies show people that get too thin are in more danger than people overweight. Fat places strains on organs. Too thin places greater strains on organs trying to function without fuel to do so.
I know the answer for me is losing stress and gaining sleep. And staying busy. I'll lose weight recording for the new album. Although, my stress levels increase, too, and that means I break even. I don't get worse nor do I get better. I need a situation where I am enjoying myself, not struggling with "red light syndrome."
I feel for people that struggle with their weight. I know the battle and the war. The last thing I need is for anyone to tell me it's okay. It is NOT okay. I refuse to live under some societal delusion and permission to dishonor my Lord with poor health, looking like a wall moving through a store.
My wife tells me of a saying one of the popular weight programs says - "Nothing tastes so good as thin feels."
Having been thin, I know that saying is true.
I hope you gain victory this year.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Millions of children are now considered obese. Diabetes has skyrocketed among children. What's going on?
I have struggled with my weight my entire life. Science has discovered there is indeed a gene triggering food consumption beyond need. They now call obesity a disease.
I have lost weight before. Lots of it. I was once called slim, lean, even gaunt. I currently wear 2XL shirts. I wore medium at one time. Many years ago I had an uncle tell me I looked like a preacher: thin and mean. I was sporting a beard at the time. That was the 1980's. I've yo-yo'd back and forth over the years. Why?
Why do people gain enough weight to be as heavy as three full-grown, healthy men? Obesity is based on an index of body mass. I work out so, underneath the fat is muscle. I was never destined to be a running back. I was front line all the time.
Drumming is great exercise. Unfortunately, not enough to satisfy cravings I fight on a daily basis. Unless I am fully occupied. Out in the shop making things. Writing. Yardwork. I lose weight pretty quick if I can stay occupied. Now, with my sleep cycles all messed up, I literally do not know what time of day it is when I wake up. Yesterday I fell asleep and woke up and I thought it was dawn. It was sunset. I only slept for 90 minutes. Today I have already nodded off a few times, for 30 minutes or so. I don't know what's wrong but, I know I'm walking a tightrope with no net below.
I am not into junk food. Maybe I'll purchase a salty snack once a month. I'm a vegan. How can a vegan become overweight? I've already gotten into this so, won't rehearse it but, why do people eat more than they should?
Boredom.
Stress.
Loneliness.
Unfulfilled.
Unsatisfied, especially with what they eat.
Lack of nutrition in today's "food." Too many chemicals. Too many man-made ingredients. No nutrients.
Too much white death - refined sugar, typical table salt, refined flours, white rice.
Not enough consumption of good water.
Obviously, lack of exercise.
The list could go on. Most people do not want to be overweight for obvious reasons yet, today, in some kind of reversal of standards always understood by humanity, obesity is being championed and flattered and cheered.
Telling anybody they are overweight is somehow an insult, shaming them, and being cruel. Excuse me? Being overweight brings on heart attacks, strokes and other illnesses and premature death. And don't tell me about paintings from centuries ago where women are portrayed as a little chunky. Don't go there and try to cover being a hundred pounds overweight as okay. You are lying to yourself. But today, I see grossly overweight people wearing the tightest clothing as though obesity is somehow beautiful. It isn't. Especially for Christians is this just plain wrong. It presents a poor witness for the Lord, who wants His people to be beacons of health because they practice sound, biblical health principles. To me, there are few things more sad looking than fat preachers. If you cannot manage your own weight, how can you manage a congregation struggling with sins and fears and loss of hope?
John wrote a telling statement in one of his epistles -
3John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.
Hm. Does this imply if our souls are not prospering our health will be poor?
We live in a world where evil seems to be winning. Well, it is. That's why the end of the world is coming. Evil is overtaking the world again, as it did in Noah's day. As it did in Lot's day. As it did in the day of the Jews when they rejected Messiah and were scattered over the globe when Rome ransacked and left Jerusalem in ruins.
Evil is stressful. Stress is a weight gain recipe for most people. For some people, they lose weight when stressed out, which in and of itself carries its own dangers for people who cannot afford to lose weight and remain healthy. Organs need fuel to exist. Blood needs fuel. Whether obesity or anorexia, dangers await. In fact, recent studies show people that get too thin are in more danger than people overweight. Fat places strains on organs. Too thin places greater strains on organs trying to function without fuel to do so.
I know the answer for me is losing stress and gaining sleep. And staying busy. I'll lose weight recording for the new album. Although, my stress levels increase, too, and that means I break even. I don't get worse nor do I get better. I need a situation where I am enjoying myself, not struggling with "red light syndrome."
I feel for people that struggle with their weight. I know the battle and the war. The last thing I need is for anyone to tell me it's okay. It is NOT okay. I refuse to live under some societal delusion and permission to dishonor my Lord with poor health, looking like a wall moving through a store.
My wife tells me of a saying one of the popular weight programs says - "Nothing tastes so good as thin feels."
Having been thin, I know that saying is true.
I hope you gain victory this year.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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A Strange Sign of the Times
A new George Barna survey shows something that could be seen as detrimental to things, and it is in one way but, in another, is just a fulfillment of prophecy.
"The percentage of Americans who hold a biblical worldview fell to 4 percent during the pandemic, while the percentage of self-identified Christians and born-again Christians who hold such a worldview also plummeted, according to a new poll."
www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/only-4-percent-of-americans-hold-a-biblical-worldview-post-pandemic-it-altered-beliefs.html
www.arizonachristian.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CRC_AWVI2023_Release1.pdf
How is that prophetic? Simply because Jesus asked, when He returns, will He find faith on the Earth, Luke 18:8? It's a rhetorical question. He will not find much, which is why Revelation speaks of a remnant of people ready to meet Him when He returns, Rev 12:17. Remnant, like some cloth that remains on a bolt, is what is developing. A small group of people remaining from the original faith, despite all the professed Christianity out there.
I do not subscribe to the belief that only 144,000 people will be ready for translation when Christ returns. The number is constantly couched with terminology that is symbolic. Why should the number be literal when everything else around it is symbolic? Consistent, we must be in studying the word. Symbolic where obviously symbolic. Literal, where obviously literal. Context determines that. I don't know how many people will be translated without seeing death. Comparatively speaking, among 8 billion or more people? A remnant. They will be joined by the resurrected righteous of the ages, NOT a remnant. A number like the sand of the sea. It will take eternity to meet them all.
It is a sad state of affairs that a fake pandemic could turn so many away from a biblical worldview. The opposite effect should be taking place. A biblical worldview means to believe Christ is returning soon, based on fulfillment of prophecy. That the world gets worse, not better. That evil transcends righteousness. That darkness covers the Earth and gross darkness the people. The lack of a biblical worldview sets up the populace for the final deceptions. It'll be like Satan taking candy from a baby.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
"The percentage of Americans who hold a biblical worldview fell to 4 percent during the pandemic, while the percentage of self-identified Christians and born-again Christians who hold such a worldview also plummeted, according to a new poll."
www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/only-4-percent-of-americans-hold-a-biblical-worldview-post-pandemic-it-altered-beliefs.html
www.arizonachristian.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CRC_AWVI2023_Release1.pdf
How is that prophetic? Simply because Jesus asked, when He returns, will He find faith on the Earth, Luke 18:8? It's a rhetorical question. He will not find much, which is why Revelation speaks of a remnant of people ready to meet Him when He returns, Rev 12:17. Remnant, like some cloth that remains on a bolt, is what is developing. A small group of people remaining from the original faith, despite all the professed Christianity out there.
I do not subscribe to the belief that only 144,000 people will be ready for translation when Christ returns. The number is constantly couched with terminology that is symbolic. Why should the number be literal when everything else around it is symbolic? Consistent, we must be in studying the word. Symbolic where obviously symbolic. Literal, where obviously literal. Context determines that. I don't know how many people will be translated without seeing death. Comparatively speaking, among 8 billion or more people? A remnant. They will be joined by the resurrected righteous of the ages, NOT a remnant. A number like the sand of the sea. It will take eternity to meet them all.
It is a sad state of affairs that a fake pandemic could turn so many away from a biblical worldview. The opposite effect should be taking place. A biblical worldview means to believe Christ is returning soon, based on fulfillment of prophecy. That the world gets worse, not better. That evil transcends righteousness. That darkness covers the Earth and gross darkness the people. The lack of a biblical worldview sets up the populace for the final deceptions. It'll be like Satan taking candy from a baby.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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More Signs of the Times
www.discovery.org/a/classrooms-gone-woke-wild/
"Student misbehavior, disrespect, and violence have become standard features of traditional public schools. Instead of imposing firm consequences, woke ideology – under the guise of “restorative justice” – produces dangerous classrooms.
According to a study by the American Psychological Association, “One-third of surveyed teachers reported they experienced at least one incident of verbal and/or threatening violence from students during COVID (e.g., verbal threats, cyber bullying, intimidation, sexual harassment).” A staggering 14% of teachers and 22% of school staff cited physical violence from students during COVID. Considering schools were closed during much of this period, the percentage of adults affected is astounding."
Not astounding at all, if you know the prophecies of the last-days. As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it also be in the days of the coming of the Son of man. Violence. Lots of it.
Letting young people threaten adults is just insane. So goes the world of "woke."
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
"Student misbehavior, disrespect, and violence have become standard features of traditional public schools. Instead of imposing firm consequences, woke ideology – under the guise of “restorative justice” – produces dangerous classrooms.
According to a study by the American Psychological Association, “One-third of surveyed teachers reported they experienced at least one incident of verbal and/or threatening violence from students during COVID (e.g., verbal threats, cyber bullying, intimidation, sexual harassment).” A staggering 14% of teachers and 22% of school staff cited physical violence from students during COVID. Considering schools were closed during much of this period, the percentage of adults affected is astounding."
Not astounding at all, if you know the prophecies of the last-days. As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it also be in the days of the coming of the Son of man. Violence. Lots of it.
Letting young people threaten adults is just insane. So goes the world of "woke."
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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750. A Fair Question - March 4, 2023
"Why should I believe in your version of Christianity over the thousands of others that exist? Because the Bible says so? Your opponents will say the same thing. The Bible can be used to justify almost if not all interpretations and versions of Christianity. Every Christian believes that they’re right, god is on their side and if you don’t adhere to their interpretation the punishment is to burn in hell forever. Christians everywhere are all pointing fingers at each other threatening one another with the prospect of burning in hell forever. That being the case, why should any of us take the Bible and Christianity seriously?"
A common question I have been asked many times. This particular version I just saw at a creationist web site. I'd like to answer it here.
First, the questioner readily admits the Bible is the standard, the sourcebook for the religion. Unless he can prove the Bible is a false sourcebook, it's rather disingenuous to blame all the churches out there on the book. The problem is not the book, more specifically a collection of books from dozens of authors over 1500 years of time. The problem is with fallen man and whatever reasons inside them that keep them from seeing the full truth on any subject; some being easier to see than others.
A guiding principle Protestants have used is this - The Bible and the Bible alone is the only rule of faith, practice and discipline for the believer. If the principle is true, start weeding out any churches that mix in man-made doctrine and traditions with their religious faith. If the principle is not true, then it does not matter what church you go to. Any is as good as the other. The question becomes moot. The religion becomes moot, with no standard source to weigh everything by.
Second, every Christian must believe they are right or they should just throw in the towel. Jesus said the Word is truth and truth sanctifies the believer; makes them godly in nature, ennobles their character, indeed, makes them Christlike. The church is the pillar and grounding of the truth. It is not pillars that contain error. Therefore, get to know the Bible and it begins to become easier to see what is true and what is false. We need not depend on theologians or clergy to know the truth that can set us free. The questioner might just be lazy. His choice but, his question then becomes moot, again. If you don't want to do your own investigation, don't throw stones at churches that do or at least profess to.
Third, the Bible interprets itself. I can show you what the Bible says. I don't have to convince you what it means if I compile enough evidence for any given subject. My interpretation is not mine. I just allow the Bible to explain itself, which it will invariably do if left to interpret itself with gathered information from its pages. A concordance comes in quite handy for that, to look up words and all, and see the meaning of original Hebrew, and Greek words. It's all quite fascinating to uncover.
Fourth, while I have distinct beliefs based on prophecy joined with history and current events, and hold certain denominated faiths in contempt, I do not condemn people to "hell" because, as I have stated here numerous times, cover to cover the Bible most definitely does not endorse the typical, popular version of a place called "hell" where disembodied "souls" are burning and screaming and writhing in pain and all that stuff. That's a perverted pagan concept. Allow the Bible to interpret itself and you will see a day will come when all humanity will stand in one place or another: inside the city of God or resurrected to stand outside; the lost. The glory of God, His full nature is as a consuming fire, which shall be unleashed upon the lost and things go up in smoke right quick. The lost, Lucifer and his angelic hordes, and the whole planet burns. the fire ultimately goes out, and God shall recreate it more beautiful than it originally was. If that version, that doctrine is correct, cancel out most other churches right off the bat.
If the doctrine is incorrect, definitely cross out my version as erroneous but, consider the character of a God who will burn people in a magical, supernatural fire that burns forever and never burns anything up. Frankly, that is a deity you can have. He's a despot worse than Hitler, whose fires and ovens eventually went out. Consider the character of God behind every proposed doctrine people maintain. God is love. Burning unrepentant children forever is a boat that don't float for me. If it was biblical I'd have to take it for truth whether I understood it or not. Common sense, Bible statements, and critical thinking make the doctrine of hell nonsense. Same for adults who sinned for 80 years and they get fire forever. No righteous God could do such a thing. May as well stand and ask for the switch to an electric chair to get pulled over and over again. People would look at you like a sadist lunatic. And you would be. God is worse than any punishment sinful man comes up with? No way. Think again.
Where did all this garbage come from? The Roman Catholic Church. Start the downfall right there. From there most other churches maintain a certain amount of traditional beliefs bequeathed to them from Romanism. Weed out that train of junk and your numbers of churches to choose from dwindles exponentially.
The questioner is quite wrong in stating the Bible can be used to justify all interpretations. Cover to cover, it cannot. Just cherry picking certain verses here and there, sure. The religion of God is a cover to cover religion. It is not cafeteria-style religion. Many churches make it that. Check them off the list.
Everybody shall be judged by the Ten Commandments. That is the standard for all humanity to be weighed against. Any church that rejects that standard as no longer viable, cross it off. The Decalogue is the only thing that God wrote with His own hand, in stone no less. Everything else was written by men inspired by God to get things right but, do it in their own words, unless they are quoting the Almighty or Christ or someone else. That law is as perpetual as God's character and kingdom. It is a transcript of His character. Ten simple commands for worship towards God and loving our fellow man.
That brings up the fourth commandment, the seventh-day Sabbath. The Sunday is not only not in the Bible as a day of worship, it is called Sunday because it is the oldest religious tradition known to mankind. The venerabilis de solis - the venerable day of the sun. The sun god. That's another tradition bequeathed to churches from the RCC. They parade that change - Sabbath to Sunday - as a mark of her power and authority in matters of Christian faith and hold it over all other bodies of believers as their own capitulation to Rome. If that position is correct, check off all churches denying the perpetuity of the seventh-day Sabbath. Now you are down to around 500 groups. Many of them, many of all churches believe almost exactly the same things, they just have reasons to stay away from organized 'big church,' like they push away big pharma. Or, a couple elders had an argument and half the church left and started another church across the street. You cannot hinge your eternal salvation on churches. It hangs on your connection to your Creator and recreator - Christ Jesus. That's on you, not any church, despite the RCC's position that outside her, no salvation is possible. That's religious BS that held for centuries until the Bible got into the hands of regular people and Rome's façade begin to crack away.
The reason you should take the Bible seriously is because of all the prophecy in it, thousands of years before events came to pass, God used His prophets to tell people what was coming. Over and over again the Bible shows itself to be true, unique and trustworthy for your contemplation because God tells the end from the beginning.
In the end nobody can blame any kind of feuds between believers for lack of belief in God, through His Son, through His Word. All churches can be wrong. All churches cannot be right. Find the one sticking with a Thus saith the Lord, cover to cover, and as God guides you, you will find the truth that sets you free.
This verse is essential; the apostle Paul's words to young convert Timothy -
Study to show yourself approved of God, a laborer that needs not to be ashamed, rightly handling the Word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15.
This one, also, is rich with practical truth -
Acts 17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who when they were come there went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Acts 17:11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.
The Bereans, called noble, did not take the apostle's word for anything. They studied for themselves to see if what they were told was true. Practical advice for us all.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
A common question I have been asked many times. This particular version I just saw at a creationist web site. I'd like to answer it here.
First, the questioner readily admits the Bible is the standard, the sourcebook for the religion. Unless he can prove the Bible is a false sourcebook, it's rather disingenuous to blame all the churches out there on the book. The problem is not the book, more specifically a collection of books from dozens of authors over 1500 years of time. The problem is with fallen man and whatever reasons inside them that keep them from seeing the full truth on any subject; some being easier to see than others.
A guiding principle Protestants have used is this - The Bible and the Bible alone is the only rule of faith, practice and discipline for the believer. If the principle is true, start weeding out any churches that mix in man-made doctrine and traditions with their religious faith. If the principle is not true, then it does not matter what church you go to. Any is as good as the other. The question becomes moot. The religion becomes moot, with no standard source to weigh everything by.
Second, every Christian must believe they are right or they should just throw in the towel. Jesus said the Word is truth and truth sanctifies the believer; makes them godly in nature, ennobles their character, indeed, makes them Christlike. The church is the pillar and grounding of the truth. It is not pillars that contain error. Therefore, get to know the Bible and it begins to become easier to see what is true and what is false. We need not depend on theologians or clergy to know the truth that can set us free. The questioner might just be lazy. His choice but, his question then becomes moot, again. If you don't want to do your own investigation, don't throw stones at churches that do or at least profess to.
Third, the Bible interprets itself. I can show you what the Bible says. I don't have to convince you what it means if I compile enough evidence for any given subject. My interpretation is not mine. I just allow the Bible to explain itself, which it will invariably do if left to interpret itself with gathered information from its pages. A concordance comes in quite handy for that, to look up words and all, and see the meaning of original Hebrew, and Greek words. It's all quite fascinating to uncover.
Fourth, while I have distinct beliefs based on prophecy joined with history and current events, and hold certain denominated faiths in contempt, I do not condemn people to "hell" because, as I have stated here numerous times, cover to cover the Bible most definitely does not endorse the typical, popular version of a place called "hell" where disembodied "souls" are burning and screaming and writhing in pain and all that stuff. That's a perverted pagan concept. Allow the Bible to interpret itself and you will see a day will come when all humanity will stand in one place or another: inside the city of God or resurrected to stand outside; the lost. The glory of God, His full nature is as a consuming fire, which shall be unleashed upon the lost and things go up in smoke right quick. The lost, Lucifer and his angelic hordes, and the whole planet burns. the fire ultimately goes out, and God shall recreate it more beautiful than it originally was. If that version, that doctrine is correct, cancel out most other churches right off the bat.
If the doctrine is incorrect, definitely cross out my version as erroneous but, consider the character of a God who will burn people in a magical, supernatural fire that burns forever and never burns anything up. Frankly, that is a deity you can have. He's a despot worse than Hitler, whose fires and ovens eventually went out. Consider the character of God behind every proposed doctrine people maintain. God is love. Burning unrepentant children forever is a boat that don't float for me. If it was biblical I'd have to take it for truth whether I understood it or not. Common sense, Bible statements, and critical thinking make the doctrine of hell nonsense. Same for adults who sinned for 80 years and they get fire forever. No righteous God could do such a thing. May as well stand and ask for the switch to an electric chair to get pulled over and over again. People would look at you like a sadist lunatic. And you would be. God is worse than any punishment sinful man comes up with? No way. Think again.
Where did all this garbage come from? The Roman Catholic Church. Start the downfall right there. From there most other churches maintain a certain amount of traditional beliefs bequeathed to them from Romanism. Weed out that train of junk and your numbers of churches to choose from dwindles exponentially.
The questioner is quite wrong in stating the Bible can be used to justify all interpretations. Cover to cover, it cannot. Just cherry picking certain verses here and there, sure. The religion of God is a cover to cover religion. It is not cafeteria-style religion. Many churches make it that. Check them off the list.
Everybody shall be judged by the Ten Commandments. That is the standard for all humanity to be weighed against. Any church that rejects that standard as no longer viable, cross it off. The Decalogue is the only thing that God wrote with His own hand, in stone no less. Everything else was written by men inspired by God to get things right but, do it in their own words, unless they are quoting the Almighty or Christ or someone else. That law is as perpetual as God's character and kingdom. It is a transcript of His character. Ten simple commands for worship towards God and loving our fellow man.
That brings up the fourth commandment, the seventh-day Sabbath. The Sunday is not only not in the Bible as a day of worship, it is called Sunday because it is the oldest religious tradition known to mankind. The venerabilis de solis - the venerable day of the sun. The sun god. That's another tradition bequeathed to churches from the RCC. They parade that change - Sabbath to Sunday - as a mark of her power and authority in matters of Christian faith and hold it over all other bodies of believers as their own capitulation to Rome. If that position is correct, check off all churches denying the perpetuity of the seventh-day Sabbath. Now you are down to around 500 groups. Many of them, many of all churches believe almost exactly the same things, they just have reasons to stay away from organized 'big church,' like they push away big pharma. Or, a couple elders had an argument and half the church left and started another church across the street. You cannot hinge your eternal salvation on churches. It hangs on your connection to your Creator and recreator - Christ Jesus. That's on you, not any church, despite the RCC's position that outside her, no salvation is possible. That's religious BS that held for centuries until the Bible got into the hands of regular people and Rome's façade begin to crack away.
The reason you should take the Bible seriously is because of all the prophecy in it, thousands of years before events came to pass, God used His prophets to tell people what was coming. Over and over again the Bible shows itself to be true, unique and trustworthy for your contemplation because God tells the end from the beginning.
In the end nobody can blame any kind of feuds between believers for lack of belief in God, through His Son, through His Word. All churches can be wrong. All churches cannot be right. Find the one sticking with a Thus saith the Lord, cover to cover, and as God guides you, you will find the truth that sets you free.
This verse is essential; the apostle Paul's words to young convert Timothy -
Study to show yourself approved of God, a laborer that needs not to be ashamed, rightly handling the Word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15.
This one, also, is rich with practical truth -
Acts 17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who when they were come there went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Acts 17:11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.
The Bereans, called noble, did not take the apostle's word for anything. They studied for themselves to see if what they were told was true. Practical advice for us all.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Words Mean Things
In court cases, the nuances of the meanings of words and terms becomes surgical. If a judge or court sidesteps the details of a position of a plaintiff a decision can be rendered that does not even address an actual plaintiff's complaint.
In reading details of the Arizona 2022 Gubernatorial election between Lake and Hobbs, thus far, lower courts have dropped the ball, egregiously so. So foul has the process been it calls into question, not just the integrity of the election process but, the integrity of the judges and courts, themselves.
Courts are requiring Lake to prove intentional fraud took place when point blank AZ law and rules of election standards state the only thing that needs to be shown by the evidence is that the election results become uncertain. How they became uncertain is another issue. The facts and proofs of uncertainty in that election are so plain, by law the election results should be rendered questionable and the whole process should be done again. Fraud is a second issue. The lower courts are not following the rule of law already in place and if the coming Supreme Court case follows the same trend, all elections being fair and honest in Arizona become null and void by default. No election anywhere will ever be fair and honest again if the processes which lead to the debacle that took place in that state's 2022 election are allowed to stand. All elections have to do is follow the same processes that took place in AZ and any natural result will be changed by not following election laws already in place. Filing a suit will become meaningless because simple words and terms are not being considered. Courts can just change small standards and thereby allow any eventual result of an election become moot.
The link below is to an analysis of the Supreme Court case brief filed by Lake's attorneys. Any person with a high school education practicing critical thinking could understand the issues at hand. The enormity of this case cannot be overestimated. Precedent will be established for all future elections. Frankly, where Democrat and Republican power structures are in place and activist judges are appointed, I already have no confidence in future elections. There is simply no evidence elections can be trusted to be fair, honest and transparent ever again where a contest is close.
www.uncoverdc.com/2023/03/05/analysis-kari-lake-takes-election-case-to-az-supreme-court/
In reading details of the Arizona 2022 Gubernatorial election between Lake and Hobbs, thus far, lower courts have dropped the ball, egregiously so. So foul has the process been it calls into question, not just the integrity of the election process but, the integrity of the judges and courts, themselves.
Courts are requiring Lake to prove intentional fraud took place when point blank AZ law and rules of election standards state the only thing that needs to be shown by the evidence is that the election results become uncertain. How they became uncertain is another issue. The facts and proofs of uncertainty in that election are so plain, by law the election results should be rendered questionable and the whole process should be done again. Fraud is a second issue. The lower courts are not following the rule of law already in place and if the coming Supreme Court case follows the same trend, all elections being fair and honest in Arizona become null and void by default. No election anywhere will ever be fair and honest again if the processes which lead to the debacle that took place in that state's 2022 election are allowed to stand. All elections have to do is follow the same processes that took place in AZ and any natural result will be changed by not following election laws already in place. Filing a suit will become meaningless because simple words and terms are not being considered. Courts can just change small standards and thereby allow any eventual result of an election become moot.
The link below is to an analysis of the Supreme Court case brief filed by Lake's attorneys. Any person with a high school education practicing critical thinking could understand the issues at hand. The enormity of this case cannot be overestimated. Precedent will be established for all future elections. Frankly, where Democrat and Republican power structures are in place and activist judges are appointed, I already have no confidence in future elections. There is simply no evidence elections can be trusted to be fair, honest and transparent ever again where a contest is close.
www.uncoverdc.com/2023/03/05/analysis-kari-lake-takes-election-case-to-az-supreme-court/
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The J6 Criminal SCAM
Anyone who knows Trump, who knows the patriot Americans who support him, who know the corruption in D.C., who know it in the FBI, who understand the critical battles for saving or destroying America, absolutely knew from the outset January 6th, 2021 was nowhere near an insurrection. The notion was stupid on the face of it. Personal videos showed it all over the web, even being canceled and censored. Far too many existed. Now, with the 40,000 hours of video released, everybody can see how the J6 committee are frauds, scammers, liars in the extreme, traitors and how they should avoid criminal prosecution is only because the justice department is as corrupt as they are. I don't know how far Tucker Carlson will take this. I'd imagine, if investigation was done, well over 90% of all elected civil servants in D.C. would get indicted, convicted, and locked away, along with their cohorts behind the scenes, for many years. The corruption is so deep it is almost unfathomable.
It will not happen for a number of reasons. What will happen is American angst and disgust with all of them. Does that matter? No, not if elections are not cleaned up. This crowd of pirates have set up a system that will keep them in power till they all die and are replaced by more of the same. Some states are already taking steps to remove electronic/computerized voting systems from their election process. All that does is set up civil war at most and state cessation at least, much like is happening with Oregon and Idaho, and Northern California right now. Citizens are pissed off and have had it.
The lesser 10% of decent people in D.C. will do what they can but, the tide is moving towards America's collapse, by design.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
It was more than a heroic attempt. It was a world-shaking event, America was. Now... it is a planetary demon in the eyes of the nations and a laughing stock to others. Millions are not coming here to become citizens and work hard and thrive. They are coming here for freebies and jobs Americans have become too lazy to take or employers too cheap to pay decent wages for, and for nefarious purposes the government seems to care less about. It's an obvious "tell" for the hand of destruction they are playing.
I'll say it again. Only God can reverse the coming ship wreck. If God decides to let America reap what it has sown the die is cast, destruction is coming at some point. It cannot be stopped. Even the designers and actors will not escape what is coming. When the dominoes begin to fall, whatever plans they have to stay on top of it all will crumble with everything else they planned for demise. The entire North American continent could become a serf for Asian dominance, especially if Russian/Chinese pacts get solidified. Nothing could be kept from such a powerhouse control factor, especially when most other nations join in and leave America in the dust of history.
Generations could go by before God, once again tries to keep something intact long enough for the final events to roll in. He just does not get enough consistent cooperation and rarely does God do anything without that partnership. Bigger situations are on the table than just America. A universal war between good and evil exists, outside our realm. It is necessary for man to cooperate with their Creator to defy and prove the lies of Lucifer wrong. It seems we are so close now but, America is in no place to be top dog in the world anymore. It has ruined its standing in so many events and ways around the world it truly has become the "dragon" of Revelation 13:11 but, for all the wrong reasons.
Of course, if the people here in power realize their miscalculations, they will start a nuclear ww3. The tail will wag the dog to annihilation. Will God allow that? I think not but, look at what he allowed to happen to His people down through the ages. Either mankind reaps what it sows or, in light of revival Satan works things into a frenzy of death. And the world turns on, age after age, millennia after millennia, both sides seeking a people to finish off their plans. God wins. That we know. Nothing can change that. When? God knows that, too. We don't. Hence, walking by faith, not by sight.
God help us.
It will not happen for a number of reasons. What will happen is American angst and disgust with all of them. Does that matter? No, not if elections are not cleaned up. This crowd of pirates have set up a system that will keep them in power till they all die and are replaced by more of the same. Some states are already taking steps to remove electronic/computerized voting systems from their election process. All that does is set up civil war at most and state cessation at least, much like is happening with Oregon and Idaho, and Northern California right now. Citizens are pissed off and have had it.
The lesser 10% of decent people in D.C. will do what they can but, the tide is moving towards America's collapse, by design.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
It was more than a heroic attempt. It was a world-shaking event, America was. Now... it is a planetary demon in the eyes of the nations and a laughing stock to others. Millions are not coming here to become citizens and work hard and thrive. They are coming here for freebies and jobs Americans have become too lazy to take or employers too cheap to pay decent wages for, and for nefarious purposes the government seems to care less about. It's an obvious "tell" for the hand of destruction they are playing.
I'll say it again. Only God can reverse the coming ship wreck. If God decides to let America reap what it has sown the die is cast, destruction is coming at some point. It cannot be stopped. Even the designers and actors will not escape what is coming. When the dominoes begin to fall, whatever plans they have to stay on top of it all will crumble with everything else they planned for demise. The entire North American continent could become a serf for Asian dominance, especially if Russian/Chinese pacts get solidified. Nothing could be kept from such a powerhouse control factor, especially when most other nations join in and leave America in the dust of history.
Generations could go by before God, once again tries to keep something intact long enough for the final events to roll in. He just does not get enough consistent cooperation and rarely does God do anything without that partnership. Bigger situations are on the table than just America. A universal war between good and evil exists, outside our realm. It is necessary for man to cooperate with their Creator to defy and prove the lies of Lucifer wrong. It seems we are so close now but, America is in no place to be top dog in the world anymore. It has ruined its standing in so many events and ways around the world it truly has become the "dragon" of Revelation 13:11 but, for all the wrong reasons.
Of course, if the people here in power realize their miscalculations, they will start a nuclear ww3. The tail will wag the dog to annihilation. Will God allow that? I think not but, look at what he allowed to happen to His people down through the ages. Either mankind reaps what it sows or, in light of revival Satan works things into a frenzy of death. And the world turns on, age after age, millennia after millennia, both sides seeking a people to finish off their plans. God wins. That we know. Nothing can change that. When? God knows that, too. We don't. Hence, walking by faith, not by sight.
God help us.
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751. Which Way? - March 9, 2023
Back in the 1970's, as Legend was creating songs and finally into the studio, the end result was choosing a collection of 8 songs based on a simple premise of myths, legends and stories. We chose songs that could fit together for typical space on vinyl, around 40-45 minutes. If you have heard the album, you may wonder, like me, how those eight songs ended up classifying Legend as a Heavy Metal band. Even more so, the classification of Viking Metal. One song on the album is about Vikings. I never saw the classification, especially those who say Legend invented Viking Metal.
Vikings and Norse mythology is quite popular today, to the point where people in this modern age have gone back to living a "pagan" lifestyle based on it's ancient faith.
The time of the Vikings has made for both interesting vintage and modern entertainment. I can remember a movie as a kid about Vikings with Janet Leigh, Tony Curtis and Kirk Douglas. Douglas tangles with an eagle who tears up his face. That's the only part of the movie I remember. I had a crush on Janet Leigh, though.
Today, the History Channel produced and still is, a couple very popular programs about Vikings. The age was a conflict between paganism and various forms of Christianity, some almost as pagan and ritualistic, and some closer to the more real, biblical faith.
People got along with the differences or they stood vehemently opposed to each other's religions. The times produced some great intermediaries and ambassadors to keep things calm, and an assortment of radical fanatics who constantly stirred the pot and created ongoing animosities for centuries.
In the midst of it all people took attitudes of just getting along. You have your way, I have mine. May I comment on that within a scenario of today?
Roman Catholicism, Orthodox sects, Protestantism, all encased in various traditions and beliefs, all emanating from one single Teacher and a dozen disciples. There are literally thousands of variations out there. I've addressed the history of the processes that brought it all about but, to those who think or say, "Why can't you all just let people do their thing and keep your opinions to yourself," I would say, "Because the Bible exists."
Remember, by default, every, single body of professed believers can be wrong. They all cannot be completely correct. They may all agree that Yeshua Messiah, Ieosou Christos, Jesus Christ was the Son of God, and that's it. Things may fall apart from that point on. Others may entail 95% biblical truth but, 5% of man-made traditions opposed to the whole truth. They may have 100% truth but, couch that truth in man-made organizations that actually fight against the truth affecting people's lives. It is the same as Jesus telling the Sanhedrin they traversed the world to make coverts and turned them into twofold more the children of hell than themselves. Happens all the time. People trying to enter the kingdom of God are hindered by man-made stuff. That's not a statement against organization. It's a statement about the perversion of it.
"You have your way, I have mine." Many look at all the variations of professed Christianity and feel everyone should just cool their jets and get along. Well, if the Bible is the sourcebook, what does it say -
Gen 6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
Like it was then, in Noah's time, more and more people have corrupted their way and influence others to do the same. The verse can go another direction, meaning people corrupt God's way. God told Noah to prepare and to warn the people. The same holds for His church today.
Gen 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Gen 18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Gen 18:21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
That is what God had to say about Abraham's influence on His family, as the LORD came to warn him what was about to befall Sodom and Gomorrah, another story Christ used to signify what things would be like before He returns: people either keeping God's way or their own. Variations of it all matter. There is no cafeteria-style, pick and choose way with God.
Psa 1:6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
The first Psalm opens with an either/or path all humanity walks. There are only two. God's way or man's way. One leads to life, one leads to death. God cannot make that any more plain.
Psa 18:30 As for God, His way is perfect; the Word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield to all those who trust in Him.
Psa 18:31 For who is God besides Jehovah? Or, who is a Rock except our God?
Psa 18:32 It is God who girds me with strength and makes my way perfect.
Man's way can be God's way but, God makes man's way perfect. Man cannot do that himself. God's perfection of character is imparted and implanted in us as we are sanctified by the Spirit of God living in our minds, and that by invitation, too. God's way is not to force Himself into our minds and life.
The Hebrew words translated perfect in English can mean different things that sum up to the same basic thing. It can translate as entire, whole, complete, finished, etc., all implying a process that comes to an expected end.
Psa 25:9 The meek He will guide in judgment; and the meek He will teach His way.
That is stated a number of times in the Psalms. Our attitude, our character determines whether or not God will teach us His way. It isn't coming to us naturally. God is not into arrogance or pride. There is a reason the Bible says the meek shall inherit the Earth. That is not just some well-known saying, It is the truth. The humble, the teachable, shall walk this Earth throughout eternity -
Psa 37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Bear this in mind, again. When it comes to God's way, many shall go before Christ and say, 'We were busy for you, we brought people to church, we cast out their demons, we did many wonderful works in Your name. Why can't we get in?' The Lord shall reply, 'I never knew you. You did not do the will of My Father. You did your own thing and thought because it was religious, you'd save yourself but, your character remains the same. You are still into self, 'look at me, look what I have done.' Depart from me you workers of iniquity.'
History is filled with false, fake, even dangerous professed Christians. They wreak havoc in all ages. They did so in the day of the Vikings, in the day of the Native Americans, in every age and every time and God's reputation is blackened because of them. Our way is seriously important. Woe be to those who claim God's way and live their own in His name.
Psa 77:13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
God's way is found in the sanctuary services. People say the Old Testament saves by works but, the New Testament saves by grace. That is absolute nonsense. The only way any person is saved from their sins is by grace, God's mercy and forgiveness. "Noah found grace in the eyes of God," Gen 6:8. Noah was not saved because he built a boat. He built a boat because he had a connection to God through grace and desired to obey his Creator. Nobody is saved by good works. Religions that teach that, even those within professed Christianity know not God's way. They are built on man's way, regardless of their profession of adherence or faith in God.
The sanctuary services show the plan of salvation. The people living in Old Testament times looked forward, by faith, to a Saviour to come. We look back by faith on a Saviour who came and forward to a Saviour coming back again. Grace through faith is the only way works and deeds mean anything to God.
Psa 119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
The 119th Psalm speaks of God's way, a lot. Ultimately we choose to walk and live in God's way, which is truth; truth determined by a consistent Thus Saith the Lord.
Psa 119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
Psa 119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Psa 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psa 119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
When people attack the righteous as being "haters," they are correct in that estimation when it comes to practices opposed to God's way. Christians, true Christians do not hate people but, they should and do hate sin; every false way. That's the battle, the war that exists in this world: a war of God's way versus man's way, which is ultimately Lucifer's way; for all this mess is on him and his way of rebellion. He openly hates people. His followers openly hate people and they attack people who hold to God's truth.
You could spend hours, days just studying this term as it's used in Psalms and Proverbs. I'll close with this -
Pro 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkens unto counsel is wise
Pro 12:26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduces them.
Pro 12:28 In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
Pro 14:12 There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Life can be tough, difficult at best. Darkness covers the earth and gross darkness the people. Confusion is everywhere. I mean, c'mon. We have intelligent people out there that refuse to tell us what a woman is. A woman of the year award was just given to man in a White House ceremony; a man dressed like a woman. A confused man, walking in his own way. It seems right to him. It's right in his own eyes but, he's been seduced by the confusion of this age. Eternal death can be the only finality for those who their way over God's way. And please notice that. Death is for the lost, not eternal perpetual, torturous, pain and suffering. Death. Removal of life.
One way leads to eternal life. The other leads to death, eternal death, cessation of life.
It's our choice.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Vikings and Norse mythology is quite popular today, to the point where people in this modern age have gone back to living a "pagan" lifestyle based on it's ancient faith.
The time of the Vikings has made for both interesting vintage and modern entertainment. I can remember a movie as a kid about Vikings with Janet Leigh, Tony Curtis and Kirk Douglas. Douglas tangles with an eagle who tears up his face. That's the only part of the movie I remember. I had a crush on Janet Leigh, though.
Today, the History Channel produced and still is, a couple very popular programs about Vikings. The age was a conflict between paganism and various forms of Christianity, some almost as pagan and ritualistic, and some closer to the more real, biblical faith.
People got along with the differences or they stood vehemently opposed to each other's religions. The times produced some great intermediaries and ambassadors to keep things calm, and an assortment of radical fanatics who constantly stirred the pot and created ongoing animosities for centuries.
In the midst of it all people took attitudes of just getting along. You have your way, I have mine. May I comment on that within a scenario of today?
Roman Catholicism, Orthodox sects, Protestantism, all encased in various traditions and beliefs, all emanating from one single Teacher and a dozen disciples. There are literally thousands of variations out there. I've addressed the history of the processes that brought it all about but, to those who think or say, "Why can't you all just let people do their thing and keep your opinions to yourself," I would say, "Because the Bible exists."
Remember, by default, every, single body of professed believers can be wrong. They all cannot be completely correct. They may all agree that Yeshua Messiah, Ieosou Christos, Jesus Christ was the Son of God, and that's it. Things may fall apart from that point on. Others may entail 95% biblical truth but, 5% of man-made traditions opposed to the whole truth. They may have 100% truth but, couch that truth in man-made organizations that actually fight against the truth affecting people's lives. It is the same as Jesus telling the Sanhedrin they traversed the world to make coverts and turned them into twofold more the children of hell than themselves. Happens all the time. People trying to enter the kingdom of God are hindered by man-made stuff. That's not a statement against organization. It's a statement about the perversion of it.
"You have your way, I have mine." Many look at all the variations of professed Christianity and feel everyone should just cool their jets and get along. Well, if the Bible is the sourcebook, what does it say -
Gen 6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
Like it was then, in Noah's time, more and more people have corrupted their way and influence others to do the same. The verse can go another direction, meaning people corrupt God's way. God told Noah to prepare and to warn the people. The same holds for His church today.
Gen 18:19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Gen 18:20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Gen 18:21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
That is what God had to say about Abraham's influence on His family, as the LORD came to warn him what was about to befall Sodom and Gomorrah, another story Christ used to signify what things would be like before He returns: people either keeping God's way or their own. Variations of it all matter. There is no cafeteria-style, pick and choose way with God.
Psa 1:6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
The first Psalm opens with an either/or path all humanity walks. There are only two. God's way or man's way. One leads to life, one leads to death. God cannot make that any more plain.
Psa 18:30 As for God, His way is perfect; the Word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield to all those who trust in Him.
Psa 18:31 For who is God besides Jehovah? Or, who is a Rock except our God?
Psa 18:32 It is God who girds me with strength and makes my way perfect.
Man's way can be God's way but, God makes man's way perfect. Man cannot do that himself. God's perfection of character is imparted and implanted in us as we are sanctified by the Spirit of God living in our minds, and that by invitation, too. God's way is not to force Himself into our minds and life.
The Hebrew words translated perfect in English can mean different things that sum up to the same basic thing. It can translate as entire, whole, complete, finished, etc., all implying a process that comes to an expected end.
Psa 25:9 The meek He will guide in judgment; and the meek He will teach His way.
That is stated a number of times in the Psalms. Our attitude, our character determines whether or not God will teach us His way. It isn't coming to us naturally. God is not into arrogance or pride. There is a reason the Bible says the meek shall inherit the Earth. That is not just some well-known saying, It is the truth. The humble, the teachable, shall walk this Earth throughout eternity -
Psa 37:34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
Bear this in mind, again. When it comes to God's way, many shall go before Christ and say, 'We were busy for you, we brought people to church, we cast out their demons, we did many wonderful works in Your name. Why can't we get in?' The Lord shall reply, 'I never knew you. You did not do the will of My Father. You did your own thing and thought because it was religious, you'd save yourself but, your character remains the same. You are still into self, 'look at me, look what I have done.' Depart from me you workers of iniquity.'
History is filled with false, fake, even dangerous professed Christians. They wreak havoc in all ages. They did so in the day of the Vikings, in the day of the Native Americans, in every age and every time and God's reputation is blackened because of them. Our way is seriously important. Woe be to those who claim God's way and live their own in His name.
Psa 77:13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
God's way is found in the sanctuary services. People say the Old Testament saves by works but, the New Testament saves by grace. That is absolute nonsense. The only way any person is saved from their sins is by grace, God's mercy and forgiveness. "Noah found grace in the eyes of God," Gen 6:8. Noah was not saved because he built a boat. He built a boat because he had a connection to God through grace and desired to obey his Creator. Nobody is saved by good works. Religions that teach that, even those within professed Christianity know not God's way. They are built on man's way, regardless of their profession of adherence or faith in God.
The sanctuary services show the plan of salvation. The people living in Old Testament times looked forward, by faith, to a Saviour to come. We look back by faith on a Saviour who came and forward to a Saviour coming back again. Grace through faith is the only way works and deeds mean anything to God.
Psa 119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
The 119th Psalm speaks of God's way, a lot. Ultimately we choose to walk and live in God's way, which is truth; truth determined by a consistent Thus Saith the Lord.
Psa 119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
Psa 119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Psa 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psa 119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
When people attack the righteous as being "haters," they are correct in that estimation when it comes to practices opposed to God's way. Christians, true Christians do not hate people but, they should and do hate sin; every false way. That's the battle, the war that exists in this world: a war of God's way versus man's way, which is ultimately Lucifer's way; for all this mess is on him and his way of rebellion. He openly hates people. His followers openly hate people and they attack people who hold to God's truth.
You could spend hours, days just studying this term as it's used in Psalms and Proverbs. I'll close with this -
Pro 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkens unto counsel is wise
Pro 12:26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduces them.
Pro 12:28 In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
Pro 14:12 There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Life can be tough, difficult at best. Darkness covers the earth and gross darkness the people. Confusion is everywhere. I mean, c'mon. We have intelligent people out there that refuse to tell us what a woman is. A woman of the year award was just given to man in a White House ceremony; a man dressed like a woman. A confused man, walking in his own way. It seems right to him. It's right in his own eyes but, he's been seduced by the confusion of this age. Eternal death can be the only finality for those who their way over God's way. And please notice that. Death is for the lost, not eternal perpetual, torturous, pain and suffering. Death. Removal of life.
One way leads to eternal life. The other leads to death, eternal death, cessation of life.
It's our choice.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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A Measuring Stick
Not that I trust politicians. I don't. Nonetheless, a measuring stick has emerged in my mind.
Now that the Plandemic is coming under greater exposure and some Pols, like a few House Reps and Senators, are hard hitting Fauci and co. and their fraudulent claims and lies, and now the Democrats and some Republicans are having cows and attacking Tucker Carlson for releasing video evidence about J6 (late to the party when he chimed in months ago but, better late than never), which proves the fraudulent agenda and lies of the J6 committee, and thereby most others in D.C.; the 2020 election fraud gets clearer and clearer for those who doubted it. Those who most of all should have defended honest election processes and investigation, which they could not so, they became cowards and just said, "Free and fair people. Nothing to see here. Move along." Trump derangement syndrome candidates and all, the support for Trump in 2024 should be through the roof for honest and fair-minded people; elected civil servants in that corrupt District of Columbia. Those who are not supporting Trump and jumping on the DeSantis bandwagon are, imo, flying colors of untrustworthiness and continued corruption and traitors to the principles of the rule of law.
Even if you dislike Trump, you knew all along or you now realize Trump won the election, by a landslide, and was literally, bold-faced, broad daylight, criminally cheated out of the win and just on the basis of principle, you should support him to win his second four years. The first four years, even if you had to hold your nose, like Tucker Carlson apparently had to, based on some uncovered texts or emails or something, he came around, as did other Never Trumpers, and watched him do good things for the USA, even when it is no longer united. He held out hands of cooperation and had them slapped back by wicked people bent on his destruction. So, you should sit forward and say, "Totally wrong. He needs my support for his second term which he fairly won."
For those backing DeSantis, for DeSantis, himself, especially for backstabbing Mike Pence and others Trump fruitlessly trusted, they all should have the integrity to give Trump what he honestly won. Those who do not I would not trust to have any integrity, any principled thought, anything but political animalism in their veins. They should not be trusted because they show they cannot be trusted.
I imagine they shall, once again, despite well over 180 million supporters in this land, turn their backs on Trump, do all they can to stab him in the back again, and show they are not statesmen, nor true patriots and heralds of the Constitution they took oaths to defend. They are the pirates and scalawags and creeps and criminals we have suspected or full well believed all along.
That's what common sense tells me. That's the measuring stick I'm using. Common sense, truth, and American fair-play. I'll bet not a bucket full of it exists in Washington, D.C. anymore, if it hasn't for over a century. Plenty of barnyard defecation fills buckets there. Not common sense. Not truth. And definitely not American fair-play.
Trump should win. I hope does, even if I am not a 100% fan of the man. These strange creatures known as politicians will destroy the nation before they allow Trump back into the White House again. They are sick people, mentally deranged, somehow. Corrupted by the life that is D.C. - Destitute of Cognizance.
Now that the Plandemic is coming under greater exposure and some Pols, like a few House Reps and Senators, are hard hitting Fauci and co. and their fraudulent claims and lies, and now the Democrats and some Republicans are having cows and attacking Tucker Carlson for releasing video evidence about J6 (late to the party when he chimed in months ago but, better late than never), which proves the fraudulent agenda and lies of the J6 committee, and thereby most others in D.C.; the 2020 election fraud gets clearer and clearer for those who doubted it. Those who most of all should have defended honest election processes and investigation, which they could not so, they became cowards and just said, "Free and fair people. Nothing to see here. Move along." Trump derangement syndrome candidates and all, the support for Trump in 2024 should be through the roof for honest and fair-minded people; elected civil servants in that corrupt District of Columbia. Those who are not supporting Trump and jumping on the DeSantis bandwagon are, imo, flying colors of untrustworthiness and continued corruption and traitors to the principles of the rule of law.
Even if you dislike Trump, you knew all along or you now realize Trump won the election, by a landslide, and was literally, bold-faced, broad daylight, criminally cheated out of the win and just on the basis of principle, you should support him to win his second four years. The first four years, even if you had to hold your nose, like Tucker Carlson apparently had to, based on some uncovered texts or emails or something, he came around, as did other Never Trumpers, and watched him do good things for the USA, even when it is no longer united. He held out hands of cooperation and had them slapped back by wicked people bent on his destruction. So, you should sit forward and say, "Totally wrong. He needs my support for his second term which he fairly won."
For those backing DeSantis, for DeSantis, himself, especially for backstabbing Mike Pence and others Trump fruitlessly trusted, they all should have the integrity to give Trump what he honestly won. Those who do not I would not trust to have any integrity, any principled thought, anything but political animalism in their veins. They should not be trusted because they show they cannot be trusted.
I imagine they shall, once again, despite well over 180 million supporters in this land, turn their backs on Trump, do all they can to stab him in the back again, and show they are not statesmen, nor true patriots and heralds of the Constitution they took oaths to defend. They are the pirates and scalawags and creeps and criminals we have suspected or full well believed all along.
That's what common sense tells me. That's the measuring stick I'm using. Common sense, truth, and American fair-play. I'll bet not a bucket full of it exists in Washington, D.C. anymore, if it hasn't for over a century. Plenty of barnyard defecation fills buckets there. Not common sense. Not truth. And definitely not American fair-play.
Trump should win. I hope does, even if I am not a 100% fan of the man. These strange creatures known as politicians will destroy the nation before they allow Trump back into the White House again. They are sick people, mentally deranged, somehow. Corrupted by the life that is D.C. - Destitute of Cognizance.
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752. Just a Church? No - March 10, 2023
Here's a story to prove a point of Bible prophecy. Specifically, a prophecy in Daniel. I've gone over it in depth before and refer to aspects of it often but, in this case, the prime suspect gives us all we need to know.
In Daniel, chapter 7 we are shown four beasts that rise out of the sea. The lion, bear and leopard represent ancient Babylon, Persia and Greece. The fourth beast has no known animal counterpart. Iron teeth that crush. Brass claws. It represents "the iron monarchy of Rome" as the British historian, Edward Gibbon, put it. It has ten horns. They represent the early European nations that Rome divided into. From those horns arises another horn, which begins small and grows. The horn has a mouth and eyes of a man. It developed among those ten horns, i.e., Europe. It speaks blasphemy. It persecutes God's people. It has the distinction of being different than the previous horns.
The previous horns were political powers that had a great deal of religion influencing them. From Babylon down through those early nations of Europe, various gods and goddesses reigned over each; pagan deities that held sway over wars, advancements, and culture. This "little horn, though, is different. How so?
The timing, the history and a whole lot of other identifying marks in Bible prophecy point out one and just one power that meets all the marks - the Roman Catholic Church, it's Papacy and Vatican.
So how does the story help to understand the issue?
www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253824/vatican-takes-climate-activists-to-trial-for-damage-to-base-of-famous-statue-in-vatican-museums
Three climate change activists glued their hands to a famous statue in the Vatican museum. They are going to trial for their crime of messing up the statue with the glue they used. Will this trial take place in an Italian civil court. Nay. It is taking place in a Vatican court. Wait, you thought the Vatican was just the headquarters of the Catholic Church. It is but, it is much more.
"The Vatican held a hearing Thursday to try three climate activists for criminal damage to a famous statue in the Vatican Museums.
"Guido Viero, 61, and Ester Goffi, 26, were ordered to appear before the Vatican City State’s tribunal on March 9."
The prophecy stated the little horn was different than the other ten. The other ten horns were civil/state/nation powers with religious influence in their culture.
The RCC, Papacy, Vatican is a religious power, a church, with a civil, state, nation status. No other professed Christian church could hold hearings and try a criminal act of any kind. Islam, yes. Islam and civil powers are one in some cases around the globe but, no professed Christian church BUT the Roman Catholic Church holds civil power it can use to try and convict and sentence people.
In its early stages it held tribunals to hold hearings about heretics and if found guilty were turned over to the civil powers for carrying out sentences created by the church, as in, everything from torture to death. As it's power grew, its place in the world changed to become the only church in the world with city/state status and powers to govern like other nations. That little 9 acres is more powerful than billions of people realize.
The prophecy is spot on. It portrays the only power in history that meets all the marks to identify the antichrist.
While so many are looking to the elitist secular powers as fulfillment of prophecy, and await some bar code, tattoo, micro chip "mark" of the number 666, that is all Roman Catholic, Jesuit inspired prophetic commentary to stop the power of the Protestant Reformation from taking away one nation after another from papal influence, to freedom and liberty granted all people freedom of conscience to worship as they choose. No, the history of Protestantism is not totally pure and free from using the tactics of Mother to address heretics. It had to grow to maturity and escape her influence. Unfortunately, her "daughters" retain much of her apostasy of doctrines opposed to the plain statements of Scripture and prophecy predicts her daughters will repudiate every principle and rule of law to once again, persecute dissenters. The pendulum will swing hard some day, back to the ignorance of darkness, a union of churches and state, even in this age of light and the information highway.
Harassment, oppression and persecution is coming again in lands that once escaped ignorance. Impossible? Watch.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
In Daniel, chapter 7 we are shown four beasts that rise out of the sea. The lion, bear and leopard represent ancient Babylon, Persia and Greece. The fourth beast has no known animal counterpart. Iron teeth that crush. Brass claws. It represents "the iron monarchy of Rome" as the British historian, Edward Gibbon, put it. It has ten horns. They represent the early European nations that Rome divided into. From those horns arises another horn, which begins small and grows. The horn has a mouth and eyes of a man. It developed among those ten horns, i.e., Europe. It speaks blasphemy. It persecutes God's people. It has the distinction of being different than the previous horns.
The previous horns were political powers that had a great deal of religion influencing them. From Babylon down through those early nations of Europe, various gods and goddesses reigned over each; pagan deities that held sway over wars, advancements, and culture. This "little horn, though, is different. How so?
The timing, the history and a whole lot of other identifying marks in Bible prophecy point out one and just one power that meets all the marks - the Roman Catholic Church, it's Papacy and Vatican.
So how does the story help to understand the issue?
www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253824/vatican-takes-climate-activists-to-trial-for-damage-to-base-of-famous-statue-in-vatican-museums
Three climate change activists glued their hands to a famous statue in the Vatican museum. They are going to trial for their crime of messing up the statue with the glue they used. Will this trial take place in an Italian civil court. Nay. It is taking place in a Vatican court. Wait, you thought the Vatican was just the headquarters of the Catholic Church. It is but, it is much more.
"The Vatican held a hearing Thursday to try three climate activists for criminal damage to a famous statue in the Vatican Museums.
"Guido Viero, 61, and Ester Goffi, 26, were ordered to appear before the Vatican City State’s tribunal on March 9."
The prophecy stated the little horn was different than the other ten. The other ten horns were civil/state/nation powers with religious influence in their culture.
The RCC, Papacy, Vatican is a religious power, a church, with a civil, state, nation status. No other professed Christian church could hold hearings and try a criminal act of any kind. Islam, yes. Islam and civil powers are one in some cases around the globe but, no professed Christian church BUT the Roman Catholic Church holds civil power it can use to try and convict and sentence people.
In its early stages it held tribunals to hold hearings about heretics and if found guilty were turned over to the civil powers for carrying out sentences created by the church, as in, everything from torture to death. As it's power grew, its place in the world changed to become the only church in the world with city/state status and powers to govern like other nations. That little 9 acres is more powerful than billions of people realize.
The prophecy is spot on. It portrays the only power in history that meets all the marks to identify the antichrist.
While so many are looking to the elitist secular powers as fulfillment of prophecy, and await some bar code, tattoo, micro chip "mark" of the number 666, that is all Roman Catholic, Jesuit inspired prophetic commentary to stop the power of the Protestant Reformation from taking away one nation after another from papal influence, to freedom and liberty granted all people freedom of conscience to worship as they choose. No, the history of Protestantism is not totally pure and free from using the tactics of Mother to address heretics. It had to grow to maturity and escape her influence. Unfortunately, her "daughters" retain much of her apostasy of doctrines opposed to the plain statements of Scripture and prophecy predicts her daughters will repudiate every principle and rule of law to once again, persecute dissenters. The pendulum will swing hard some day, back to the ignorance of darkness, a union of churches and state, even in this age of light and the information highway.
Harassment, oppression and persecution is coming again in lands that once escaped ignorance. Impossible? Watch.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Aha. UFOs for Money
"While people think and opine about why the government is all interested in UFOs while for 80 years they have lied and hedged and practiced mis and disinformation campaigns to obfuscate everything they can, I may have stumbled on an answer.
lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/LK1.pdf
That's a link to a 6 page report "draft under review" titled-
"PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS ON UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA"
www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023/03/09/pentagon-ufo-chief-says-alien-mothership-in-our-solar-system-possible/
“[A]n artificial interstellar object could potentially be a parent craft that releases many small probes during its close passage to Earth, an operational construct not too dissimilar from NASA missions,” Sean Kirkpatrick, director of the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, wrote in a research report co-authored by Abraham Loeb, chairman of Harvard University’s astronomy department."
The Mothership is on the minds of the Pentagon? Maybe not but, this is -
“AARO provides the opportunity to integrate and resolve threats and hazards to the U.S., while also offering increased transparency to the American people and reducing the stigma,” the lawmakers’ letter stated. “AARO’s success will depend on robust funding for its activities and cooperation between the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community.”
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
"Money, money, money, money. Money!"
Transparency? Riiiight.
AARO is the All-domain Arial Resolution Office. Just what we need. Another "office/agency" to contend with and absorb money like a dry sponge to pay hefty salaries for more government workers.
Still, I obviously remain committed to my observation Satan is going to use "ET" to bring about some hefty last-day deceptions.
We stay tuned.
lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/LK1.pdf
That's a link to a 6 page report "draft under review" titled-
"PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS ON UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA"
www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2023/03/09/pentagon-ufo-chief-says-alien-mothership-in-our-solar-system-possible/
“[A]n artificial interstellar object could potentially be a parent craft that releases many small probes during its close passage to Earth, an operational construct not too dissimilar from NASA missions,” Sean Kirkpatrick, director of the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, wrote in a research report co-authored by Abraham Loeb, chairman of Harvard University’s astronomy department."
The Mothership is on the minds of the Pentagon? Maybe not but, this is -
“AARO provides the opportunity to integrate and resolve threats and hazards to the U.S., while also offering increased transparency to the American people and reducing the stigma,” the lawmakers’ letter stated. “AARO’s success will depend on robust funding for its activities and cooperation between the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community.”
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!
"Money, money, money, money. Money!"
Transparency? Riiiight.
AARO is the All-domain Arial Resolution Office. Just what we need. Another "office/agency" to contend with and absorb money like a dry sponge to pay hefty salaries for more government workers.
Still, I obviously remain committed to my observation Satan is going to use "ET" to bring about some hefty last-day deceptions.
We stay tuned.
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A Silly Headline
"Whistleblower accuses top evangelical leaders of money laundering, tax evasion, and lavish shopping"
Seriously? We need whistleblowers to tell us what we have openly seen for the last 40 or 50 years? I think not.
The nature of "televangelist" lifestyles has been the subject of observation, news stories, investigations, scandals and arrests for decades. "Money, money, money, money. Money!"
You can read the story at the link if you like. It's an old one. Matter of fact, it a couple millennia old and more -
Pro 30:7 Two things have I asked of Thee; deny me them not before I die:
Pro 30:8 Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread;
Pro 30:9 Lest I be full, and deny, and say: 'Who is the LORD?' Or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.
Heb 13:5 Set your way of life without money-loving, being satisfied with present things; for He has said, "Not at all will I leave you, not at all will I forsake you," never! Deut. 31:6
The Bible actually says a lot about the love of money. It has always been a temptation and always will be until Christ returns. "Prosperity" preachers have little use for that information.
Seriously? We need whistleblowers to tell us what we have openly seen for the last 40 or 50 years? I think not.
The nature of "televangelist" lifestyles has been the subject of observation, news stories, investigations, scandals and arrests for decades. "Money, money, money, money. Money!"
You can read the story at the link if you like. It's an old one. Matter of fact, it a couple millennia old and more -
Pro 30:7 Two things have I asked of Thee; deny me them not before I die:
Pro 30:8 Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with mine allotted bread;
Pro 30:9 Lest I be full, and deny, and say: 'Who is the LORD?' Or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.
Heb 13:5 Set your way of life without money-loving, being satisfied with present things; for He has said, "Not at all will I leave you, not at all will I forsake you," never! Deut. 31:6
The Bible actually says a lot about the love of money. It has always been a temptation and always will be until Christ returns. "Prosperity" preachers have little use for that information.
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Scary. A.I. Can Read Your Mind
A.I. can read the thoughts of humans with 80% accuracy. Anyone telling us A.I. cannot overtake the world someday is either ignorant or dishonest.
Look at the article. The proof is there. A.I. can read mapping zones of the brain and reproduce some stunning information. It is not perfect but, how long will that take in this age of exponential growth of knowledge?
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11836553/Mind-reading-AI-turns-thoughts-pictures-80-accuracy.html
We have been warned. Nobody really believes.
Side issue? God has warned us Christ is returning in unimaginable power and glory. Do we believe? Obviously not.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Look at the article. The proof is there. A.I. can read mapping zones of the brain and reproduce some stunning information. It is not perfect but, how long will that take in this age of exponential growth of knowledge?
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11836553/Mind-reading-AI-turns-thoughts-pictures-80-accuracy.html
We have been warned. Nobody really believes.
Side issue? God has warned us Christ is returning in unimaginable power and glory. Do we believe? Obviously not.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Satan Club Happily Received in Colorado
I don't know if reports and thoughts about revival taking place in America is happening. It certainly needs to happen.
www.wnd.com/2023/03/tons-support-states-first-satan-club-opens-elementary-school/
A Satan Club at a Colorado Elementary school is well received. Comedian Taylor Mason, has made fun of the Leftist attitudes of Boulder. This is Paonia, in Delta County, in West Colorado. Population 31k. Population density, 24 people per sq. mile. You might think this would pass under the national radar with no big deal. Just seven children attended. Why should the story receive national attention? Because people consider America a Christian nation. It isn't. Never was. It's a nation with a lot of Christians in its population. No longer enough to stop the tide of evil building, coast to coast.
Jesus said His kingdom is not of this world. There cannot be a Christian nation. If every citizen in the nation were a professed Christian that would not make America a Christian nation. George Washington said that at the beginning, when most American citizens did profess the faith, save for the Native American population.
Never forget, America was ultimately conquered, just like takes place in every nation, on every continent down through time. Native Americans conquered neighboring tribes. It is the way of the world. And now, secular humanism is conquering America. The question is whether or not it shall completely succeed.
Certainly the Satanic Temple hopes that takes place.
www.wnd.com/2023/03/tons-support-states-first-satan-club-opens-elementary-school/
A Satan Club at a Colorado Elementary school is well received. Comedian Taylor Mason, has made fun of the Leftist attitudes of Boulder. This is Paonia, in Delta County, in West Colorado. Population 31k. Population density, 24 people per sq. mile. You might think this would pass under the national radar with no big deal. Just seven children attended. Why should the story receive national attention? Because people consider America a Christian nation. It isn't. Never was. It's a nation with a lot of Christians in its population. No longer enough to stop the tide of evil building, coast to coast.
Jesus said His kingdom is not of this world. There cannot be a Christian nation. If every citizen in the nation were a professed Christian that would not make America a Christian nation. George Washington said that at the beginning, when most American citizens did profess the faith, save for the Native American population.
Never forget, America was ultimately conquered, just like takes place in every nation, on every continent down through time. Native Americans conquered neighboring tribes. It is the way of the world. And now, secular humanism is conquering America. The question is whether or not it shall completely succeed.
Certainly the Satanic Temple hopes that takes place.
A non-theistic religion. Is that not an oxymoron?
"religion
noun
1. the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods
Example: "ideas about the relationship between science and religion"
It does not seek to convert children to religious ideology? Secular humanism is a religion. It places humans in the pinnacle position of ultimate authority and power: self-worship; i.e. gods. Even the Bible states that.
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
It is impossible to understand the horror when this whole gig comes crashing down when Jesus returns and billions find out just how wrong they were to worship self. Of course, of those billions will be those who shall worship the beast and his image.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
"religion
noun
1. the belief in and worship of a superhuman power or powers, especially a God or gods
Example: "ideas about the relationship between science and religion"
It does not seek to convert children to religious ideology? Secular humanism is a religion. It places humans in the pinnacle position of ultimate authority and power: self-worship; i.e. gods. Even the Bible states that.
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
It is impossible to understand the horror when this whole gig comes crashing down when Jesus returns and billions find out just how wrong they were to worship self. Of course, of those billions will be those who shall worship the beast and his image.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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753. It's Okay to Attack Christianity - March 11, 2023
If America is a Christian Nation, how has it become okay to attack Christianity and its professed adherents?
A Representative in the Minnesota legislature, apparently Native American, has openly attacked "White" Christians who adopt Native American children, calling it genocide.
www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-legislator-im-sick-white-christians-adopting-native-american-babies-continuing-genocide
The story itself is pretty horrific on the "get in your face" scale. I guess she took down her post on social media but, a news agency got a screen shot before it was deleted. It is as rank a statement of racism as one can make.
I bring your attention to it as background, though. The story is not the intention of this post, per se.'
What if the subject of her attack was Asians? What if it was any other "race" of people. What if she attacked another religion, like Jewish? If she did that, she'd have been forced to resign already.
It has become popular in our dominantly "white" culture in America, to attack "whites." And it has become popular and acceptable in our culture to attack professed Christians, especially as up to 96% of currently surveyed Americans no longer believe in a biblical worldview.
If you ask why I always state it as 'professed Christians' it's because many who profess the faith are not born again people who have really made a supernatural connection to Christ, through the Holy Spirit. That is Christianity 101 and yet millions of professed Christians have no understanding what the term "born again" and the experience means. So, professing to be a Christian, identifying as a Christian does not make you one, any more than identifying as a woman changes your biological reality of being a man. You can identify as a cat all day long. It does not make you a cat. The number of people, humans, who identify as animals and cosmetically change their looks to accommodate their reality is not the norm. Neither is it unheard of. I have seen stories most of my life of people who have done just that. Big cats, domestic cats, snakes, bears... it's out there. They tattoo, they get cosmetic dentistry done... . Now if you make notice of them in a negative way, nobody gets in your face. Yet if you make the same observation about transgenders not actually being what they have transferred to, you start a war. It is possible to identify as something you actually are not and anyone who disagrees can attack you, pity you, turn your life upside down and nobody really cares. Do that to a transgender and it becomes a laser on your life. God condemns homosexuality. There is zero way around that if the Bible is used as a source for God's will. Yet in some nations people are being arrested, tried and convicted for stating their opinions and beliefs about homosexuals and transgenders.
I look at this by way of prophecy because of the times we live in. Confusion. Much confusion out there. Of course, the majority, apparently, will now state I am confused. Well, show me a source book more trustworthy than the Bible and you'll have my attention. Until then, your opinion of my life is to be expected.
Jesus taught, His followers will be persecuted for their faith and that has been the truth for 2000 years, right up to today, even upon those who profess the faith and are not actually Christians by new birth. The term can get you killed. Islam persecutes "Christians" all over the African continent. Same as in Asia. Same for the Hindi religionists in India. Maybe said Islamists and Hindis are not true adherents but, just professed adherents? Is that a possibility? I never see that declaration made. Is radical, militant Islam not true Islam? Is Sharia law compatible with typical Western cultures and laws? No. Not even close. Yet, I never see people in the West attack Islam or Hindis in any general way, on any given subject. Those who look into the matter of Islam, investigatively, will state their case but, the general public is not really aware of them unless they get attacked and get on the news somehow. Then they are focused upon. Otherwise most make their observations of the Quran and Sharia known in relative obscurity.
Because Christians expect harassment, oppression and persecution for their beliefs, most will stay quiet when it happens to themselves or others. It's what Jesus said would take place. It cannot be stopped. In fact, it will get worse. The trials of our faith make the believer stronger if they connect to Christ and hold on, like Jacob, Genesis 32:22-30. It's expected, whether it should literally come to us or not in our lives. There is Paul's direct statement that all they who live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. Not may. Shall suffer persecution. It is a reality of existence. It can shock if and when it happens, for Americans especially but, in other lands it is a constant. Governments influenced by Islam or Hinduism do very little to stop it. Especially if it is law not to criticize Islam.
Current acceptability of attacking Christians will get worse, until a false revival gains steam and as it does, because of the false power, signs and lying wonders associated with it, will suck millions of otherwise committed religionists of faiths not Christian, even diehard atheists, and then, the laser of angst and oppression will focus on one group of Christians, the prophesied "remnant" who keep the commandments of God and the faith and testimony of Jesus Christ, Rev 12:17; 14:12. And even they shall be "shaken and sifted" to weed out the professed from the true.
Everything is that penny in the charity funnel, moving faster and faster around and down the funnel. It is reaching its destination more quickly. Dropping through the whole is my allegorical, metaphoric portrayal of the end of the world and return of Christ.
In America and in other lands, professed Christians, who were not and are not Christians by new birth, cause a great deal of trouble, harm and pain. It has been that way for almost 2,000 years. In the beginning it was paganism that persecuted the early faithful who refused to acknowledge pagan gods. As paganism in Europe and Asia minor fell away to the influence of a growing church, it then became the Roman church, once great and faithful, as far as Paul was concerned, Romans 1:7,8, which took it upon itself to persecute Christians who refused to bow to the "authority" of Rome's popes and ecclesiastical body and doctrines. That went on for 1500 years and in some places where Romanism is the law of the land, like certain South American cultures, it continues. In the States, professed Christians, especially those of the Roman Catholic faith, made life hell for the conquered Native Americans they aimed to convert. The situations revealed in Canada remain acute to this day. Professed Protestants almost as bad, if not worse. In early settlement America, Puritans controlled and had laws against a whole lot more than "witchcraft." It is a historical misnomer that witches were burned at the stake in early American life. Some were nothing more than what would be called a Naturopath, today. Imprisoned, placed in the stocks, yes. Same for "Sabbath breakers." Offend the law thrice and death was your sentence. Thankfully said law was never acted upon in the extreme. I guess people were too scared not to show up for church services. Heavenly influenced? Obviously not. Ignorance is not bliss to those your ignorance attacks.
People hate Christianity and professed Christians because of non-Christians who acted foolishly, if not devilishly. They just lump it all into one, big, cauldron of hate, and who can blame them? Not me. I have seen enough pain being involved with professed Christian denominations and groups where unconverted people rain down condemnation on the truth and its messengers, to stay away from it all the rest of my life. Even converted believers can make enormous conjectures and start trouble for their brothers and sisters. Oh, yeah, it can be a huge mess, and unconverted leaders just make everything worse.
"You must be born again." It is not an option. It is a mandate. You must have a spiritual change of mind and heart and connection to Christ. Until that basic, foundational truth is understood and taught and enforced upon professed adherents who seek to join something, bringing in a "mixed multitude" to increase your numbers on the books, will get you nothing on the books in Heaven and get you nothing but, problems here on Earth.
Confusing? Not really. The confusion comes from veering away from truth as it is in Jesus. Lay the blame at my feet. I am no example of true Christianity all the time, maybe most of the time. But, I know the truth and how it can make one free, indeed. I know that because of the prison house sin puts us in.
If only the majority of professed Christians understood true prophetic timelines and events, and what it means to be born again, their witness would solidify into that remnant that shall take the final stand. If only the world understood that professing to be a Christian and going to church; identifying as a Christian does not make you a Christian anymore than walking into a pet store makes you a dog, cat or fish. The difference is that dramatic. If you cannot understand that reality you are doomed to misunderstand the religion itself and its true adherents, and possibly your own place in it.
Just by sheer numbers alone, being over a billion people, the number of true believers in the Roman Catholic Church, who love Jesus and have had their lives changed by the Holy Spirit, may far outnumber the reality of professed Protestants. God knows each and every true child of His. Even if they walk in some fog or darkness, He knows their hearts and minds, even among pagans who regard Him in their souls without knowing it, Romans chapter 2.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of the population of the planet will not adhere to these principles and off-center persecution and dead-center persecution will take place until Christ returns.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
A Representative in the Minnesota legislature, apparently Native American, has openly attacked "White" Christians who adopt Native American children, calling it genocide.
www.foxnews.com/politics/minnesota-legislator-im-sick-white-christians-adopting-native-american-babies-continuing-genocide
The story itself is pretty horrific on the "get in your face" scale. I guess she took down her post on social media but, a news agency got a screen shot before it was deleted. It is as rank a statement of racism as one can make.
I bring your attention to it as background, though. The story is not the intention of this post, per se.'
What if the subject of her attack was Asians? What if it was any other "race" of people. What if she attacked another religion, like Jewish? If she did that, she'd have been forced to resign already.
It has become popular in our dominantly "white" culture in America, to attack "whites." And it has become popular and acceptable in our culture to attack professed Christians, especially as up to 96% of currently surveyed Americans no longer believe in a biblical worldview.
If you ask why I always state it as 'professed Christians' it's because many who profess the faith are not born again people who have really made a supernatural connection to Christ, through the Holy Spirit. That is Christianity 101 and yet millions of professed Christians have no understanding what the term "born again" and the experience means. So, professing to be a Christian, identifying as a Christian does not make you one, any more than identifying as a woman changes your biological reality of being a man. You can identify as a cat all day long. It does not make you a cat. The number of people, humans, who identify as animals and cosmetically change their looks to accommodate their reality is not the norm. Neither is it unheard of. I have seen stories most of my life of people who have done just that. Big cats, domestic cats, snakes, bears... it's out there. They tattoo, they get cosmetic dentistry done... . Now if you make notice of them in a negative way, nobody gets in your face. Yet if you make the same observation about transgenders not actually being what they have transferred to, you start a war. It is possible to identify as something you actually are not and anyone who disagrees can attack you, pity you, turn your life upside down and nobody really cares. Do that to a transgender and it becomes a laser on your life. God condemns homosexuality. There is zero way around that if the Bible is used as a source for God's will. Yet in some nations people are being arrested, tried and convicted for stating their opinions and beliefs about homosexuals and transgenders.
I look at this by way of prophecy because of the times we live in. Confusion. Much confusion out there. Of course, the majority, apparently, will now state I am confused. Well, show me a source book more trustworthy than the Bible and you'll have my attention. Until then, your opinion of my life is to be expected.
Jesus taught, His followers will be persecuted for their faith and that has been the truth for 2000 years, right up to today, even upon those who profess the faith and are not actually Christians by new birth. The term can get you killed. Islam persecutes "Christians" all over the African continent. Same as in Asia. Same for the Hindi religionists in India. Maybe said Islamists and Hindis are not true adherents but, just professed adherents? Is that a possibility? I never see that declaration made. Is radical, militant Islam not true Islam? Is Sharia law compatible with typical Western cultures and laws? No. Not even close. Yet, I never see people in the West attack Islam or Hindis in any general way, on any given subject. Those who look into the matter of Islam, investigatively, will state their case but, the general public is not really aware of them unless they get attacked and get on the news somehow. Then they are focused upon. Otherwise most make their observations of the Quran and Sharia known in relative obscurity.
Because Christians expect harassment, oppression and persecution for their beliefs, most will stay quiet when it happens to themselves or others. It's what Jesus said would take place. It cannot be stopped. In fact, it will get worse. The trials of our faith make the believer stronger if they connect to Christ and hold on, like Jacob, Genesis 32:22-30. It's expected, whether it should literally come to us or not in our lives. There is Paul's direct statement that all they who live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. Not may. Shall suffer persecution. It is a reality of existence. It can shock if and when it happens, for Americans especially but, in other lands it is a constant. Governments influenced by Islam or Hinduism do very little to stop it. Especially if it is law not to criticize Islam.
Current acceptability of attacking Christians will get worse, until a false revival gains steam and as it does, because of the false power, signs and lying wonders associated with it, will suck millions of otherwise committed religionists of faiths not Christian, even diehard atheists, and then, the laser of angst and oppression will focus on one group of Christians, the prophesied "remnant" who keep the commandments of God and the faith and testimony of Jesus Christ, Rev 12:17; 14:12. And even they shall be "shaken and sifted" to weed out the professed from the true.
Everything is that penny in the charity funnel, moving faster and faster around and down the funnel. It is reaching its destination more quickly. Dropping through the whole is my allegorical, metaphoric portrayal of the end of the world and return of Christ.
In America and in other lands, professed Christians, who were not and are not Christians by new birth, cause a great deal of trouble, harm and pain. It has been that way for almost 2,000 years. In the beginning it was paganism that persecuted the early faithful who refused to acknowledge pagan gods. As paganism in Europe and Asia minor fell away to the influence of a growing church, it then became the Roman church, once great and faithful, as far as Paul was concerned, Romans 1:7,8, which took it upon itself to persecute Christians who refused to bow to the "authority" of Rome's popes and ecclesiastical body and doctrines. That went on for 1500 years and in some places where Romanism is the law of the land, like certain South American cultures, it continues. In the States, professed Christians, especially those of the Roman Catholic faith, made life hell for the conquered Native Americans they aimed to convert. The situations revealed in Canada remain acute to this day. Professed Protestants almost as bad, if not worse. In early settlement America, Puritans controlled and had laws against a whole lot more than "witchcraft." It is a historical misnomer that witches were burned at the stake in early American life. Some were nothing more than what would be called a Naturopath, today. Imprisoned, placed in the stocks, yes. Same for "Sabbath breakers." Offend the law thrice and death was your sentence. Thankfully said law was never acted upon in the extreme. I guess people were too scared not to show up for church services. Heavenly influenced? Obviously not. Ignorance is not bliss to those your ignorance attacks.
People hate Christianity and professed Christians because of non-Christians who acted foolishly, if not devilishly. They just lump it all into one, big, cauldron of hate, and who can blame them? Not me. I have seen enough pain being involved with professed Christian denominations and groups where unconverted people rain down condemnation on the truth and its messengers, to stay away from it all the rest of my life. Even converted believers can make enormous conjectures and start trouble for their brothers and sisters. Oh, yeah, it can be a huge mess, and unconverted leaders just make everything worse.
"You must be born again." It is not an option. It is a mandate. You must have a spiritual change of mind and heart and connection to Christ. Until that basic, foundational truth is understood and taught and enforced upon professed adherents who seek to join something, bringing in a "mixed multitude" to increase your numbers on the books, will get you nothing on the books in Heaven and get you nothing but, problems here on Earth.
Confusing? Not really. The confusion comes from veering away from truth as it is in Jesus. Lay the blame at my feet. I am no example of true Christianity all the time, maybe most of the time. But, I know the truth and how it can make one free, indeed. I know that because of the prison house sin puts us in.
If only the majority of professed Christians understood true prophetic timelines and events, and what it means to be born again, their witness would solidify into that remnant that shall take the final stand. If only the world understood that professing to be a Christian and going to church; identifying as a Christian does not make you a Christian anymore than walking into a pet store makes you a dog, cat or fish. The difference is that dramatic. If you cannot understand that reality you are doomed to misunderstand the religion itself and its true adherents, and possibly your own place in it.
Just by sheer numbers alone, being over a billion people, the number of true believers in the Roman Catholic Church, who love Jesus and have had their lives changed by the Holy Spirit, may far outnumber the reality of professed Protestants. God knows each and every true child of His. Even if they walk in some fog or darkness, He knows their hearts and minds, even among pagans who regard Him in their souls without knowing it, Romans chapter 2.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of the population of the planet will not adhere to these principles and off-center persecution and dead-center persecution will take place until Christ returns.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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It's Okay to Attack Women, Too
The irony of life has become almost too much to take. Just read this story -
"SPORTS
Published March 4, 2023 6:37pm EST
USA Powerlifting must let transgender athletes compete in women’s division after losing discrimination case
JayCee Cooper, a transgender athlete, sued federation in 2021"
Now, how is it not an attack on women when a man, with all the bone structure and muscle physiology of a male, gets to compete in power lifting in the women's division? This is happening in all sports. Some states are outlawing it and then some judge comes along and says, Nope. Can't do that.
Aside from the incredible confusion, how is it feminists are not on a literal warpath with this matter? How is it a tiny group of people can overcome the common sense of an entire nation and its lawmakers and supposed law defenders?
"JayCee Cooper, a transgender athlete, won a discrimination case against USA Powerlifting this week after the federation banned her from competing in female events.
"With Cooper's victory comes a mandate the federation "cease and desist from all unfair discriminatory practices" because of sexual orientation and gender identity.
"The organization must revise its policy related to those issues within two weeks, meaning trans athletes will be able to compete in the women's category after previously being banned."
Women who back and allow this are the biggest hypocrites of all. It is an attack on womanhood. Well, Leftists cannot even define what a woman is anymore. A woman is whatever you want it to be. Well, then, how can their be "toxic masculinity"? Can't men be whatever they want to be? No, they have to be more feminine than masculine to get the passing grade from Leftists.
CONFUSION
I'd like to know how this guy defended himself. What did he state to get the affirmation and approval of those he faced?
If you see all this as growth and stability in the human race, you are somehow blinded to reality and truth. You have a mental illness of some kind. There can be no other logical conclusion. For any judgement seat to side with a man who identifies as a woman, who still has the organic nature of a man, and say he must be allowed to compete with women in any sport, let alone power lifting, is such an egregious affront to critical thinking and common sense it slips into a category of thought in complete darkness but, ah... "darkness covers the earth and gross darkness the people."
My daughter used to compete in power lifting until an injury not associated with the sport. She has a few trophies from her time in it, and her take on this would be an absolute blast furnace of worthy disgust.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
"SPORTS
Published March 4, 2023 6:37pm EST
USA Powerlifting must let transgender athletes compete in women’s division after losing discrimination case
JayCee Cooper, a transgender athlete, sued federation in 2021"
Now, how is it not an attack on women when a man, with all the bone structure and muscle physiology of a male, gets to compete in power lifting in the women's division? This is happening in all sports. Some states are outlawing it and then some judge comes along and says, Nope. Can't do that.
Aside from the incredible confusion, how is it feminists are not on a literal warpath with this matter? How is it a tiny group of people can overcome the common sense of an entire nation and its lawmakers and supposed law defenders?
"JayCee Cooper, a transgender athlete, won a discrimination case against USA Powerlifting this week after the federation banned her from competing in female events.
"With Cooper's victory comes a mandate the federation "cease and desist from all unfair discriminatory practices" because of sexual orientation and gender identity.
"The organization must revise its policy related to those issues within two weeks, meaning trans athletes will be able to compete in the women's category after previously being banned."
Women who back and allow this are the biggest hypocrites of all. It is an attack on womanhood. Well, Leftists cannot even define what a woman is anymore. A woman is whatever you want it to be. Well, then, how can their be "toxic masculinity"? Can't men be whatever they want to be? No, they have to be more feminine than masculine to get the passing grade from Leftists.
CONFUSION
I'd like to know how this guy defended himself. What did he state to get the affirmation and approval of those he faced?
If you see all this as growth and stability in the human race, you are somehow blinded to reality and truth. You have a mental illness of some kind. There can be no other logical conclusion. For any judgement seat to side with a man who identifies as a woman, who still has the organic nature of a man, and say he must be allowed to compete with women in any sport, let alone power lifting, is such an egregious affront to critical thinking and common sense it slips into a category of thought in complete darkness but, ah... "darkness covers the earth and gross darkness the people."
My daughter used to compete in power lifting until an injury not associated with the sport. She has a few trophies from her time in it, and her take on this would be an absolute blast furnace of worthy disgust.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
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The Pivotal 1990's
What makes you "tick"? The decades have changed my clockworks, like most of us that have been around awhile.
I was born in the 1950's. Was molded by my parents, baseball and then Rock music and other forms of music. The musical instrument once called a Trap Set, which comes from the idea it was a contraption; the drum set, drums and cymbals, became pretty much everything to my existence. I was not into partying, alcohol, drugs, and was pretty much a straight arrow, everybody's safe ride home. I began to notice an emptiness in my life. I changed a lot as a person in the 1970's. By the end of the decade I became a born-again Christian, was studying the Bible and reading other Christian books up to 8 hours a day. I had a letter writing list of up to 32 people from around the globe I was communicating with in my new found faith. I began to compose Scripture songs. I became an evangelist and Bible teacher. The drums took a major back seat as I watched prophecy being fulfilled in the 1980's.
Experiences hit the 1990's and dramatic changes came during those years.
I lost faith and respect for the Federal government during the Clinton administration.
I lost faith and respect for the main stream news and media during that same time.
I lost faith and respect for the FBI because of Ruby Ridge and Waco, and that drifted over into all alphabet agencies whose reason for existence and activities I came to believe should be practiced only by the military and 50 state police and sheriff's departments.
I lost faith and respect for organized religion. Not the principles of biblical organization but, the human interference of those principles by man-made rules, regulations and overreach. Basically what has been described as Romanism and Popery.
I found that drumming increased my overall mental and physical health. Then I found scientific studies that corroborated my experience.
I began to understand the principles of Americanism and my role as an American citizen and patriot; a believer in the perpetuity and necessity of the U.S. Constitution.
I went through the 90's and came out the other side bruised but, still standing. Then 9/11 struck. Eight years later my trust in government evaporated learning all the things I did for two solid weeks venturing down the 9/11 rabbit hole. I was struck like a meteor hit me. I was never to be the same, again.
If anything, my lack of trust for those institutions and more has evaporated. My trust in the Bible as the only trustworthy guide remains, regardless of my human failings and doubts that come over me at times. The Bible remains a rock that isn't going anywhere. It looms larger with each passing year. The Bible does not fail. Mankind? Epic failure, year after year, despite the exponential increase in knowledge.
It causes me to wonder why so many millions of professed Christians have veered away from a biblical worldview and adopted man-made opinions and "science, falsely so-called." A sign of the times, it appears to be.
That's what makes me tick.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
I was born in the 1950's. Was molded by my parents, baseball and then Rock music and other forms of music. The musical instrument once called a Trap Set, which comes from the idea it was a contraption; the drum set, drums and cymbals, became pretty much everything to my existence. I was not into partying, alcohol, drugs, and was pretty much a straight arrow, everybody's safe ride home. I began to notice an emptiness in my life. I changed a lot as a person in the 1970's. By the end of the decade I became a born-again Christian, was studying the Bible and reading other Christian books up to 8 hours a day. I had a letter writing list of up to 32 people from around the globe I was communicating with in my new found faith. I began to compose Scripture songs. I became an evangelist and Bible teacher. The drums took a major back seat as I watched prophecy being fulfilled in the 1980's.
Experiences hit the 1990's and dramatic changes came during those years.
I lost faith and respect for the Federal government during the Clinton administration.
I lost faith and respect for the main stream news and media during that same time.
I lost faith and respect for the FBI because of Ruby Ridge and Waco, and that drifted over into all alphabet agencies whose reason for existence and activities I came to believe should be practiced only by the military and 50 state police and sheriff's departments.
I lost faith and respect for organized religion. Not the principles of biblical organization but, the human interference of those principles by man-made rules, regulations and overreach. Basically what has been described as Romanism and Popery.
I found that drumming increased my overall mental and physical health. Then I found scientific studies that corroborated my experience.
I began to understand the principles of Americanism and my role as an American citizen and patriot; a believer in the perpetuity and necessity of the U.S. Constitution.
I went through the 90's and came out the other side bruised but, still standing. Then 9/11 struck. Eight years later my trust in government evaporated learning all the things I did for two solid weeks venturing down the 9/11 rabbit hole. I was struck like a meteor hit me. I was never to be the same, again.
If anything, my lack of trust for those institutions and more has evaporated. My trust in the Bible as the only trustworthy guide remains, regardless of my human failings and doubts that come over me at times. The Bible remains a rock that isn't going anywhere. It looms larger with each passing year. The Bible does not fail. Mankind? Epic failure, year after year, despite the exponential increase in knowledge.
It causes me to wonder why so many millions of professed Christians have veered away from a biblical worldview and adopted man-made opinions and "science, falsely so-called." A sign of the times, it appears to be.
That's what makes me tick.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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754. Babylon/Rome Strikes Again - March 12, 2023
I was just at Liberty Daily reading some headlines and found this one -
"The Fog Is Lifting: Prophecies That Seemed Far-fetched, Even Impossible, Are Now Easily Understood"
harbingersdaily.com/the-fog-is-lifting-prophecies-that-seemed-far-fetched-even-impossible-are-now-easily-understood/
Just the first few paragraphs of the writer's Bible commentary sent off alarms for me -
"Similarly, the closer we get to the end times, the clearer God’s revelation becomes. From a distance, it is difficult to see how the prophecies of Scripture will unfold. The sixth century BC prophet, Daniel, experienced this sense of bewilderment as God revealed to him details about the future Tribulation period and coming Messianic Kingdom.
"Daniel and his contemporaries could not possibly have understood all the details in the prophecies God gave him. “Although I heard, I did not understand,” Daniel wrote. He wondered, “What shall be the end of these things” (Daniel 12:8)? God explained to Daniel that as knowledge increases, people will “run to and fro” trying to figure out what God’s revelation means (Daniel 12:4). Two hundred years before Daniel, the prophet Amos said something similar."
"For thousands of years, people have wandered “from sea to sea, and from north to east,” they have “run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,” but have been unable to fully comprehend how God’s prophecies will come about (Amos 8:12). However, as time passes, and knowledge increases, we will be able to understand God’s prophetic Word better than Daniel or Amos did. The fog of uncertainty will lift, and things will make more sense."
Fist, prophetically, we have been in the end times for a century or more since the last time-prophecy reached it's date of fulfillment, IF, remember IF you are a Historicist. If you are a Futurist, then your understanding of prophecy all shifts to events in a future to be determined by said future events. That reasoning is the child of the Roman Catholic, Spanish Jesuit priest, Francisco de Ribera, who wrote a treatise on last day events in the 16th century. His counterpart, Jesuit priest Lucius de Alcazar, wrote one as well but, his was the child of Preterism, the position that most all prophecies had fulfillment in the fist century. Both of these writers and their commentaries were commissioned by the Jesuit order to take the finger of Protestantism off the RCC and the Papacy as the fulfillment of prophecies pertaining to the power of antichrist, the little horn, the king of the north, the beast, the mother whore, etc., etc. It was called the "Counter Reformation." I know I mention these things a lot but, they are always the foundation for what we have been seeing in the professed Christian churches for a strong 40 years, since Hal Lindsey wrote The Late, Great Planet Earth, and Tim LaHaye/Jerry Jenkins wrote the Left Behind series and many other authors before and since. These books are just furtherance of the commentary of Ribera, the father of Futurism.
The author of the article I am quoting from, J.B. Hixon, uses two passages of Scripture. Here they are, in their context -
Dan 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Dan 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Dan 12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Dan 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Dan 12:5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.
Dan 12:6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
Dan 12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Dan 12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
Dan 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Dan 12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
Dan 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
The context of the passage is following the events Daniel saw at the end of chapter 11, the battling between the king of the north and the king of the south. I'm not going to get into that here. I just want you to see the flow.
Hixon uses verse 8, then backs up to verse 4 to give it explanation. Is that not an obvious reversal of the order of explanation as the angel speaks to Daniel?
Michael - Miyka El - "who is like God" - shall "stand up," which is reference to judgment about to begin. A time of trouble bursts forth. The end of time hits, God's people are delivered, everyone whose names are found in the Lamb's [Christ's'] Book of life, Rev 3:5. Remember, Daniel and Revelation are like brother and sister books; they go hand in hand. They each help to understand the other.
Then the resurrection of the righteous dead is stated, as well as the unrighteous. That is reference to the second coming of Christ, with the interesting caveat of some of the unrighteous involved in Christ's crucifixion being raised from their graves to see the King return, preceding the resurrection of the unrighteous at the end of the millennium, Rev 1:7; 20:1-10. Talk about a triple threat. They die three times. The rest of lost humanity dies twice: at the end of their earthly life, and at the white throne judgment, when the fire of God's presence destroys them and the earth, Rev. 20:11-15. I've shown all this in previous posts about "hell."
Then, at the end of time, those who take their stand for the Lord shall shine like stars in darkness.
Daniel is then told to shut up the words he has heard and seal the book of his writings until the time of the end. Many will run to and fro and then general knowledge shall be increased and knowledge of the book of Daniel shall be increased.
There is a difference between the time of the end and the end of time. The time of the end refers to the prophetic time when the 2300 year prophecy, Dan. 8, ends, down to the end of time. We are in that time period now. The understanding of Daniel's book is known, now, and has been for well over a century, going back into the mid-1800's. Portions of the book regarding the antichrist were understood by the Reformers going back many centuries before that. Remember, Historicism is the unfolding of events and their understanding from the time the prophet wrote them to their final fulfillment. Preterism points you backwards. Futurism points you forward. Historicism guides you along down through history. I am a Historicist, as were all the Protestant Reformers for centuries, until the Counter Reformation took hold upon lukewarm Protestants in the late 18th into the 19th centuries and beyond.
Verses 5-7 Daniel listens to two figures standing on each side of the river. One mentions a times, time and half a time. That is the time period of the Little Horn's dominance in Daniel 7 and well as Revelation 13:5 where it is stated as 42 prophetic months, i.e. a literal 1260 years: from 538, the establishment of the political Papacy to 1798, the capture and death of the pope and the deadly wound given. I have addressed all that in previous posts, as well. It's history. Napoleon, his general Alexander Berthier, Pope Pius VI taken captive, he dies in exile, newspaper headlines in Europe and America stated the 'deadly wound' had come.
Then verse 8 and Daniel's question about when these things shall be accomplished. He is told his book shall be closed up and sealed until the time of the end. Historicism = 1798 to the present. Futurism = some time in the future, which many evangelicals are saying now, while Hal Lindsey said so 40 years ago. LaHaye and Jenkins back in the 90's. Lindsey has mistakenly given actual dates for all this stuff to happen, which have come and gone. Futurism is basically guesswork. It is a cafeteria-style commentary that has a virtual book shelf, a library of positions on how it all takes place about the "rapture" - pre-trib, tribulation, post-trib and a bunch of other aspects of last-day events. It is a mish-mash because it has no true foundation. It is the brainchild of the Roman Catholic Church. Look at most Catholic Bibles with commentary in the margins and you will see that the number 666 is referred to emperor Nero, in the first century. Preterism. At the same time, aspects of Futurism are peppered throughout the commentary, as well. Babylon. Confusion.
Now, let's look at Amos, the second passage referred to by Hixon -
Amo 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Amo 8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
Amo 8:12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
Amo 8:13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
Amo 8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
In the days of Amos, the shepherd, all Israel and Judah had fallen into moral decay and corruption. All seemed well because of it. Things were going along just fine. God stepped in and told them, NO, judgment was coming. Amos does not mention it would be the strike of the Assyrians, the true, first enormous destruction at the hands of a pagan people. Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome are the prophesied world kingdoms that came upon the Jews in history. The entire book of Daniel addresses them.
There is a glaring difference between Daniel's prophecy and that of Amos. They are not the same. They have no "similarity." Daniel was told knowledge would be increased when the time was right. Amos was told there would be no knowledge from the Lord when judgment hit. Spiritual darkness would be what God's people would experience.
Why would Hixon relate these two time periods and prophecies? Daniel does not reference Assyria. Why? Because it was past history for him. His day began with the Babylonian captivity. His prophecies start with Babylon and move forward, down through history. The Jews in Amos' were fully able to understand how God's prophecies came about. They got crushed and plundered by the Assyrians!
Hixon just uses a phrase to connect the two positions that have nothing to do with each other.
Futurism is a cafeteria-style prophecy club. Pick and choose what you think fits, while disregarding other aspects that don't. It is a basis for confusion in current Protestantism, which does not even refer to itself as "Protestant" anymore. They want to be called evangelicals. They do not protest Rome. They do not stand against Mother anymore. They have been drawn too close over the last 200 years, to the point some have said, Let us go home! And that unbelievable suggestion came in the 1990's during the reign of Pope John Paul 2; the most powerful pope in a thousand years. Yes, that has come from Anglicans, not Baptists but, when was the last time you read of the SBC stating Rome is Antichrist, when all Anabaptists, their forefathers, were a unified wall of Protest against the papacy in the 16th century. They even protested Protestants who continued to practice Roman Catholic doctrines. That is why there is a Seventh-day Baptist Church. They saw Sunday as the child of Rome and protested its "changing of times and laws," Dan. 7:25.
Evangelicals caught up into Futurism will be the most shocked people on Earth when they realize they have been duped and led astray. Those who press on to know the Lord and leave the daughter churches, when the final call goes out to come out of Babylon, Rev 18:1-4 will stand free of papal influence. They shall see with new eyes.
Isa 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
As an aside, I watched 'Left Behind: Rise of the antichrist' online. It is the perfect storm of confusion. I feel bad for those involved in its making and those who watch it, unaware of its erroneous nature and Roman Catholic influence of its doctrines.
The secret rapture of God's people is not going to happen. You wait in vain for that event to take place. There is not going to be a seven-year tribulation. That is an erroneous position of Ribera upon Daniel 9. It is incredibly alarming Protestants... evangelicals, have been taken capture by this delusion.
Thank God many will wake up before it is too late.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
"The Fog Is Lifting: Prophecies That Seemed Far-fetched, Even Impossible, Are Now Easily Understood"
harbingersdaily.com/the-fog-is-lifting-prophecies-that-seemed-far-fetched-even-impossible-are-now-easily-understood/
Just the first few paragraphs of the writer's Bible commentary sent off alarms for me -
"Similarly, the closer we get to the end times, the clearer God’s revelation becomes. From a distance, it is difficult to see how the prophecies of Scripture will unfold. The sixth century BC prophet, Daniel, experienced this sense of bewilderment as God revealed to him details about the future Tribulation period and coming Messianic Kingdom.
"Daniel and his contemporaries could not possibly have understood all the details in the prophecies God gave him. “Although I heard, I did not understand,” Daniel wrote. He wondered, “What shall be the end of these things” (Daniel 12:8)? God explained to Daniel that as knowledge increases, people will “run to and fro” trying to figure out what God’s revelation means (Daniel 12:4). Two hundred years before Daniel, the prophet Amos said something similar."
"For thousands of years, people have wandered “from sea to sea, and from north to east,” they have “run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,” but have been unable to fully comprehend how God’s prophecies will come about (Amos 8:12). However, as time passes, and knowledge increases, we will be able to understand God’s prophetic Word better than Daniel or Amos did. The fog of uncertainty will lift, and things will make more sense."
Fist, prophetically, we have been in the end times for a century or more since the last time-prophecy reached it's date of fulfillment, IF, remember IF you are a Historicist. If you are a Futurist, then your understanding of prophecy all shifts to events in a future to be determined by said future events. That reasoning is the child of the Roman Catholic, Spanish Jesuit priest, Francisco de Ribera, who wrote a treatise on last day events in the 16th century. His counterpart, Jesuit priest Lucius de Alcazar, wrote one as well but, his was the child of Preterism, the position that most all prophecies had fulfillment in the fist century. Both of these writers and their commentaries were commissioned by the Jesuit order to take the finger of Protestantism off the RCC and the Papacy as the fulfillment of prophecies pertaining to the power of antichrist, the little horn, the king of the north, the beast, the mother whore, etc., etc. It was called the "Counter Reformation." I know I mention these things a lot but, they are always the foundation for what we have been seeing in the professed Christian churches for a strong 40 years, since Hal Lindsey wrote The Late, Great Planet Earth, and Tim LaHaye/Jerry Jenkins wrote the Left Behind series and many other authors before and since. These books are just furtherance of the commentary of Ribera, the father of Futurism.
The author of the article I am quoting from, J.B. Hixon, uses two passages of Scripture. Here they are, in their context -
Dan 12:1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
Dan 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Dan 12:3 And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Dan 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Dan 12:5 Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.
Dan 12:6 And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
Dan 12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Dan 12:8 And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
Dan 12:9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Dan 12:10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
Dan 12:11 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
The context of the passage is following the events Daniel saw at the end of chapter 11, the battling between the king of the north and the king of the south. I'm not going to get into that here. I just want you to see the flow.
Hixon uses verse 8, then backs up to verse 4 to give it explanation. Is that not an obvious reversal of the order of explanation as the angel speaks to Daniel?
Michael - Miyka El - "who is like God" - shall "stand up," which is reference to judgment about to begin. A time of trouble bursts forth. The end of time hits, God's people are delivered, everyone whose names are found in the Lamb's [Christ's'] Book of life, Rev 3:5. Remember, Daniel and Revelation are like brother and sister books; they go hand in hand. They each help to understand the other.
Then the resurrection of the righteous dead is stated, as well as the unrighteous. That is reference to the second coming of Christ, with the interesting caveat of some of the unrighteous involved in Christ's crucifixion being raised from their graves to see the King return, preceding the resurrection of the unrighteous at the end of the millennium, Rev 1:7; 20:1-10. Talk about a triple threat. They die three times. The rest of lost humanity dies twice: at the end of their earthly life, and at the white throne judgment, when the fire of God's presence destroys them and the earth, Rev. 20:11-15. I've shown all this in previous posts about "hell."
Then, at the end of time, those who take their stand for the Lord shall shine like stars in darkness.
Daniel is then told to shut up the words he has heard and seal the book of his writings until the time of the end. Many will run to and fro and then general knowledge shall be increased and knowledge of the book of Daniel shall be increased.
There is a difference between the time of the end and the end of time. The time of the end refers to the prophetic time when the 2300 year prophecy, Dan. 8, ends, down to the end of time. We are in that time period now. The understanding of Daniel's book is known, now, and has been for well over a century, going back into the mid-1800's. Portions of the book regarding the antichrist were understood by the Reformers going back many centuries before that. Remember, Historicism is the unfolding of events and their understanding from the time the prophet wrote them to their final fulfillment. Preterism points you backwards. Futurism points you forward. Historicism guides you along down through history. I am a Historicist, as were all the Protestant Reformers for centuries, until the Counter Reformation took hold upon lukewarm Protestants in the late 18th into the 19th centuries and beyond.
Verses 5-7 Daniel listens to two figures standing on each side of the river. One mentions a times, time and half a time. That is the time period of the Little Horn's dominance in Daniel 7 and well as Revelation 13:5 where it is stated as 42 prophetic months, i.e. a literal 1260 years: from 538, the establishment of the political Papacy to 1798, the capture and death of the pope and the deadly wound given. I have addressed all that in previous posts, as well. It's history. Napoleon, his general Alexander Berthier, Pope Pius VI taken captive, he dies in exile, newspaper headlines in Europe and America stated the 'deadly wound' had come.
Then verse 8 and Daniel's question about when these things shall be accomplished. He is told his book shall be closed up and sealed until the time of the end. Historicism = 1798 to the present. Futurism = some time in the future, which many evangelicals are saying now, while Hal Lindsey said so 40 years ago. LaHaye and Jenkins back in the 90's. Lindsey has mistakenly given actual dates for all this stuff to happen, which have come and gone. Futurism is basically guesswork. It is a cafeteria-style commentary that has a virtual book shelf, a library of positions on how it all takes place about the "rapture" - pre-trib, tribulation, post-trib and a bunch of other aspects of last-day events. It is a mish-mash because it has no true foundation. It is the brainchild of the Roman Catholic Church. Look at most Catholic Bibles with commentary in the margins and you will see that the number 666 is referred to emperor Nero, in the first century. Preterism. At the same time, aspects of Futurism are peppered throughout the commentary, as well. Babylon. Confusion.
Now, let's look at Amos, the second passage referred to by Hixon -
Amo 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Amo 8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
Amo 8:12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
Amo 8:13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
Amo 8:14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
In the days of Amos, the shepherd, all Israel and Judah had fallen into moral decay and corruption. All seemed well because of it. Things were going along just fine. God stepped in and told them, NO, judgment was coming. Amos does not mention it would be the strike of the Assyrians, the true, first enormous destruction at the hands of a pagan people. Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome are the prophesied world kingdoms that came upon the Jews in history. The entire book of Daniel addresses them.
There is a glaring difference between Daniel's prophecy and that of Amos. They are not the same. They have no "similarity." Daniel was told knowledge would be increased when the time was right. Amos was told there would be no knowledge from the Lord when judgment hit. Spiritual darkness would be what God's people would experience.
Why would Hixon relate these two time periods and prophecies? Daniel does not reference Assyria. Why? Because it was past history for him. His day began with the Babylonian captivity. His prophecies start with Babylon and move forward, down through history. The Jews in Amos' were fully able to understand how God's prophecies came about. They got crushed and plundered by the Assyrians!
Hixon just uses a phrase to connect the two positions that have nothing to do with each other.
Futurism is a cafeteria-style prophecy club. Pick and choose what you think fits, while disregarding other aspects that don't. It is a basis for confusion in current Protestantism, which does not even refer to itself as "Protestant" anymore. They want to be called evangelicals. They do not protest Rome. They do not stand against Mother anymore. They have been drawn too close over the last 200 years, to the point some have said, Let us go home! And that unbelievable suggestion came in the 1990's during the reign of Pope John Paul 2; the most powerful pope in a thousand years. Yes, that has come from Anglicans, not Baptists but, when was the last time you read of the SBC stating Rome is Antichrist, when all Anabaptists, their forefathers, were a unified wall of Protest against the papacy in the 16th century. They even protested Protestants who continued to practice Roman Catholic doctrines. That is why there is a Seventh-day Baptist Church. They saw Sunday as the child of Rome and protested its "changing of times and laws," Dan. 7:25.
Evangelicals caught up into Futurism will be the most shocked people on Earth when they realize they have been duped and led astray. Those who press on to know the Lord and leave the daughter churches, when the final call goes out to come out of Babylon, Rev 18:1-4 will stand free of papal influence. They shall see with new eyes.
Isa 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
As an aside, I watched 'Left Behind: Rise of the antichrist' online. It is the perfect storm of confusion. I feel bad for those involved in its making and those who watch it, unaware of its erroneous nature and Roman Catholic influence of its doctrines.
The secret rapture of God's people is not going to happen. You wait in vain for that event to take place. There is not going to be a seven-year tribulation. That is an erroneous position of Ribera upon Daniel 9. It is incredibly alarming Protestants... evangelicals, have been taken capture by this delusion.
Thank God many will wake up before it is too late.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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For Those Who Do Not Believe Yet
I have no idea what the ratio is for those who visit this site, on whether they know the "pandemic" was a planned event, and the virus, worse, the "vaccines," are going to be responsible for taking the lives in adverse reactions or death of millions, if not billions of people if no remedies are found that work to alleviate the dozens and dozens, if not hundreds of adverse effects the serums have inside the human body; mostly tied to blood clotting and heart problems and people dying suddenly. I just saw a headline of a popular Rapper who dropped dead on stage at some festival. I don't read the stories. They are all the same. "Died Suddenly."
What will it take those who trust the "experts" telling humanity "this is the way," while they kept simple remedies from billions - which even now one cannot easily find, like Hydroxychloroquine - to realize they have been either directly lied to or ignorantly led astray from, not just science but, common sense? What will it take?
Imagine the density of the minds now trying to convince people this has to do with climate change. I cannot fathom any reasonable, critically thinking person believing such nonsense but... who knows. Fauci is still running around. Gates is still running around. The drug companies are still raking in billions. The only different thing now is that people who thought everything would be okay with the injections see what is happening and are speaking out. One such person is from Japan. Scientists from Japan had already studied vials of the serums, along with scientists from other nations, and discovered and showed how they contained all kinds of unknown things a vaccine should not contain. The electron microscope proved the warnings others were giving right out of the gate. Why did the world not believe Dr. Robert Malone when he began to speak out early on? He holds patents for the mRNA science. He tried to warn the world. They shut him down like he was the devil.
Anyway, a well-known scientist in Japan has issued a warning.
"A prominent Japanese scientist is making waves after revealing harm caused by the coronavirus jab has become a global health problem. The scientist, Dr. Masanori Fukushima, is the Chairman of the Translational Research Informatics Center and also serves as Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University. Dr. Fukushima has more than a quarter-century of experience in cancer research and overarching medical care."
"Dr. Fukushima issued a siren call at a public event hosted by Kazuhisa Ukawa this past November. The event’s agenda centered on public discrimination against those who refused the COVID jab. Ukawa and Fukushima also explored the topic of COVID shot-related injuries.
To the surprise of some, Dr. Fukushima announced that the shot’s harm is now a global problem as opposed to one limited to select nations or regions. The doctor insists the extensiveness of adverse health outcomes caused by the mRNA injections ultimately put billions of innocent people in harm’s way.
www.naturalhealth365.com/covid-jab-induced-harm-is-now-a-worldwide-problem-japanese-scientist-warns.html
For many who trusted the wrong people or refused to do due diligence and research things themselves... well, I hope it is not too late for the majority, if a remedy is found.
The calamity howlers are no longer preachers of Bible signs of times. They are scientists, financial wizards, psychologists, educators, military leaders and many others who have no interest in the second coming of Christ. Many have no concern if He came the first time and why. They just see things unraveling with few, if any ways to stop pulling the thread.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
What will it take those who trust the "experts" telling humanity "this is the way," while they kept simple remedies from billions - which even now one cannot easily find, like Hydroxychloroquine - to realize they have been either directly lied to or ignorantly led astray from, not just science but, common sense? What will it take?
Imagine the density of the minds now trying to convince people this has to do with climate change. I cannot fathom any reasonable, critically thinking person believing such nonsense but... who knows. Fauci is still running around. Gates is still running around. The drug companies are still raking in billions. The only different thing now is that people who thought everything would be okay with the injections see what is happening and are speaking out. One such person is from Japan. Scientists from Japan had already studied vials of the serums, along with scientists from other nations, and discovered and showed how they contained all kinds of unknown things a vaccine should not contain. The electron microscope proved the warnings others were giving right out of the gate. Why did the world not believe Dr. Robert Malone when he began to speak out early on? He holds patents for the mRNA science. He tried to warn the world. They shut him down like he was the devil.
Anyway, a well-known scientist in Japan has issued a warning.
"A prominent Japanese scientist is making waves after revealing harm caused by the coronavirus jab has become a global health problem. The scientist, Dr. Masanori Fukushima, is the Chairman of the Translational Research Informatics Center and also serves as Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University. Dr. Fukushima has more than a quarter-century of experience in cancer research and overarching medical care."
"Dr. Fukushima issued a siren call at a public event hosted by Kazuhisa Ukawa this past November. The event’s agenda centered on public discrimination against those who refused the COVID jab. Ukawa and Fukushima also explored the topic of COVID shot-related injuries.
To the surprise of some, Dr. Fukushima announced that the shot’s harm is now a global problem as opposed to one limited to select nations or regions. The doctor insists the extensiveness of adverse health outcomes caused by the mRNA injections ultimately put billions of innocent people in harm’s way.
www.naturalhealth365.com/covid-jab-induced-harm-is-now-a-worldwide-problem-japanese-scientist-warns.html
For many who trusted the wrong people or refused to do due diligence and research things themselves... well, I hope it is not too late for the majority, if a remedy is found.
The calamity howlers are no longer preachers of Bible signs of times. They are scientists, financial wizards, psychologists, educators, military leaders and many others who have no interest in the second coming of Christ. Many have no concern if He came the first time and why. They just see things unraveling with few, if any ways to stop pulling the thread.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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755. Monster Energy Drink 666? - March 16, 2023
I try to be a couple things in life. Truthful/honest and reasonable w/common sense. I check things out before I believe. I try to practice critical thinking.
I saw an article on a fairly well-known alternative news site about the Monster Energy Drink company releasing a new canned alcoholic beverage, 'The BEAST Unleashed.' The article tells me Satan is surrounding the world. True. All forms of media have become saturated with things God is opposed to. True. And this new beverage is a sign of all that. Hm.
First, a picture of the can, if you haven't seen it yet.
I saw an article on a fairly well-known alternative news site about the Monster Energy Drink company releasing a new canned alcoholic beverage, 'The BEAST Unleashed.' The article tells me Satan is surrounding the world. True. All forms of media have become saturated with things God is opposed to. True. And this new beverage is a sign of all that. Hm.
First, a picture of the can, if you haven't seen it yet.
The article is telling me that is the All Seeing Eye of Horus, the Egyptian deity, like on a dollar bill. Honestly? It looks more like something from Lord of the Rings. The eyeball is obviously surrounded by the image of skin of some kind. Reptilian, perhaps? Like a dragon?
Twice on the can we see three stripes, obviously meant to be claw marks. The article says they are Hebrew 6's. Hm. Ever seen the Hebrew number 6?
Twice on the can we see three stripes, obviously meant to be claw marks. The article says they are Hebrew 6's. Hm. Ever seen the Hebrew number 6?
Personally, I can't see a Hebrew 6 when one is inverted and the center stripe looks more like a T to me, and the far right looks way too craggy. If the company has positioned some Hebrew 6's in there, they missed the boat for subliminal influence.
Like Balenciaga, if that company wants to be all dark and satanic, that's their choice. Nobody is forcing me to purchase or consume anything. If Monster Energy drinks wants to be all satanic, same for them. Balenciaga is a whole lot more obvious in their message giving, and it's still pretty cryptic.
Way bay back when I was a kid and Black Sabbath put out their album with the big 666 above the guy's bed with the demons around him - this is 50 years ago - the use of the number became rather synonymous with Heavy Metal. It's been a feature of horror movies with Roman Catholic Church themes for stories and all. There's nothing new about it. For many, they have zero idea what they are referencing, from a serious or deeply spiritual sense. They are pawns in the battle between God and Lucifer. The battle is drawing to a close. Don't get me wrong. I just fail to see a boogeyman around every corner and behind every bush. Satan is drawing a net. The speed at which he draws it in tempers with the times and circumstances of events taking place. Fast, more slowly, it is an ever changing plan of attack and influence. We all know Heavy Metal music does not make very many people Luciferian worshipers of Satan. It's all Halloween to them. Now, the Rolling Stones? That's another story. With them, I do not believe it's all for entertainment's sake. And that may be the case for other bands, as well. I don't know. Even as a young atheist the Stones creeped me out. Just a vibe that turned me off. Same with Metal bands. The imagery went way over the top for me and that was in the infancy of Metal. Today? It's ridiculous.
My point is, again, darkness, spiritual darkness is covering the Earth and its inhabitants. Two sides are building. Everybody is going to be on one side or the other, by choice or default or, definitely by choice, only. No true person walking in the light of Christ does so by accident or default. One becomes a citizen of the Kingdom by new birth, alone.
Eat what you will, drink what you will, wear what you will, do what you will, it is all in God's will or Satan's. You cannot escape one of those two powers over your life. Everybody is under one banner or the other. Just the way it is. No neutral parties. The battle lines were drawn long ago and everything plays out in an existing war, that makes Ukraine look like a sand box feud between toddlers.
I'm not about to put a can of carbonated booze in big position of influence with eternal life. Not when alcohol has been doing the same for ancient generations. Nothing new under the sun.
If the three scratches are meant to be references to the name, mark and number of the Beast... whatever. Again, the difference between advertising imagery and being forced to take a stand on something that will mean your ability to buy and sell and ultimately face a death decree are not even apples and oranges. It's apples and asparagus.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Like Balenciaga, if that company wants to be all dark and satanic, that's their choice. Nobody is forcing me to purchase or consume anything. If Monster Energy drinks wants to be all satanic, same for them. Balenciaga is a whole lot more obvious in their message giving, and it's still pretty cryptic.
Way bay back when I was a kid and Black Sabbath put out their album with the big 666 above the guy's bed with the demons around him - this is 50 years ago - the use of the number became rather synonymous with Heavy Metal. It's been a feature of horror movies with Roman Catholic Church themes for stories and all. There's nothing new about it. For many, they have zero idea what they are referencing, from a serious or deeply spiritual sense. They are pawns in the battle between God and Lucifer. The battle is drawing to a close. Don't get me wrong. I just fail to see a boogeyman around every corner and behind every bush. Satan is drawing a net. The speed at which he draws it in tempers with the times and circumstances of events taking place. Fast, more slowly, it is an ever changing plan of attack and influence. We all know Heavy Metal music does not make very many people Luciferian worshipers of Satan. It's all Halloween to them. Now, the Rolling Stones? That's another story. With them, I do not believe it's all for entertainment's sake. And that may be the case for other bands, as well. I don't know. Even as a young atheist the Stones creeped me out. Just a vibe that turned me off. Same with Metal bands. The imagery went way over the top for me and that was in the infancy of Metal. Today? It's ridiculous.
My point is, again, darkness, spiritual darkness is covering the Earth and its inhabitants. Two sides are building. Everybody is going to be on one side or the other, by choice or default or, definitely by choice, only. No true person walking in the light of Christ does so by accident or default. One becomes a citizen of the Kingdom by new birth, alone.
Eat what you will, drink what you will, wear what you will, do what you will, it is all in God's will or Satan's. You cannot escape one of those two powers over your life. Everybody is under one banner or the other. Just the way it is. No neutral parties. The battle lines were drawn long ago and everything plays out in an existing war, that makes Ukraine look like a sand box feud between toddlers.
I'm not about to put a can of carbonated booze in big position of influence with eternal life. Not when alcohol has been doing the same for ancient generations. Nothing new under the sun.
If the three scratches are meant to be references to the name, mark and number of the Beast... whatever. Again, the difference between advertising imagery and being forced to take a stand on something that will mean your ability to buy and sell and ultimately face a death decree are not even apples and oranges. It's apples and asparagus.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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756. What Does God Own? -
March 17, 2023
I'd like you to think about that question carefully. What does God actually own on and in this world?
It is obvious, as Creator, God owns everything and everybody. All the gold and silver, all the cattle on a thousand hills, as Scripture tells us. He own the universe and is Sovereign of it. No believer would deny that. No reasonable person could deny it, if indeed, the Creator exists.
That said, what does God actually claim to own in a more broad perspective? How can anything be more broad than the universe? Yeah, sure but, think about the final battle between good and evil. Many Christians are going crazy over the current elitist subjugation of humanity they are attempting to put in their new world order. For decades these plans have been on tables and desks, preached from their financial, medical, political, educational pulpits. They are demons. Whether or not they actually are and literally worship Lucifer is rather immaterial. Their fruits are demonic. They are of their father, the devil. They are liars. They are murderers responsible for deaths adding up into the millions now. They are despots, control freaks, power-hungry individuals. Anyone who believes they have the right or position to control humanity is not to be trusted any farther than you can throw a truck.
Does God own a bank? No. Jesus said to stock your treasure in Heaven. Does God own a chain of big box stores? No. Does God own... well, Jesus said His kingdom is not of this world. So, what, in fact, can be said about this current crop of wicked demigods trying to control the world: it's money, food output, energy production, weather, etc., etc., as they bow before their goddess, Mother Earth? And that is all a joke because they could care less about the Earth. That is all a ruse for control. All of "climate change" - global warming, global cooling, they have been wrong on all of it for decades so now, they just call it a generalized "climate change." Satan is the Prince of the power of the air. Makes sense he would try and use weather/climate to gain control. No surprise there. The thing is all of it, all of it DOES NOT argue for the central aspect of prophetic players in prophecy - antichrist - IN PLACE OF CHRIST.
Sure, the infrastructure is being put in place to control all buying and selling through digital currency. But, God owns no banks. He owns no farms. He owns no stores. He owns no oil companies or any Fortune 500 entities. Even the "church," Christ's "body" he is Head over, is not a physical thing. It is in the hearts and minds of believers who then do practical things like find physical places to gather, which, in fact, were homes in the New Testament. Owning property and buildings came later. They are not the church. They are, as far as language goes, the "kirke," the old word for the physical house of worship, not the "ekklessia" - the called out, the assembly of believers.
So, pray tell, how do these elitists fulfill prophecy by attempting to put themselves in place of Christ? Again, that is what the Greek term "antechristos" means. 'In place of Christ.' Gaining control of all the world's banks and currency is not in place of Christ. Gaining control of technology is not in place of Christ. Is the spreading of the gospel going to stop because the elitists gain control of technology? No, because the Holy Spirit is the engine that moves the Gospel forward, through the activity and witness of Christians under His influence and control.
Everybody watching what is happening, calling it all the prophetic "Beast" of Revelation 13, are off the track, derailed, train wreck; no different than all these train wrecks we are seeing in America and other places around the world. Nothing stops the Gospel but, lukewarm, professed believers satisfied with their place in this world. Comfy, they are, in their church buildings, in their physical world of homes and belongings, at least here, in the Western hemisphere. Persecution is rampant in other parts of the world. By these elitists? No. By other religions, mostly Islam and Hinduism. In atheist regimes, the governments persecute all religions except state approved ones. which are generally apostate of their own ancient statements of belief. They compromise to exist, at least in some form.
Life is tough. Even for those with money, lots of money: stress about losing it, how to keep it, how to make more, is paramount. Being rich is not easy. It is very time consuming. They do not call people who work in stores and schools and factories and build houses "workaholics." A builder works hard to stay solvent in business in the competitive world out there but, generally, they call people who have white collar jobs workaholics because of the nature of the instability of making money. Just look at the craziness of the stock market and floor of the stock exchanges in NYC. A loud, insane, cacophony of activity. Big time stress.
Everybody has stress. Farmers have stress. Teachers are stressed out. Everybody takes their work home to some degree but, people in the money industry, big city money makers of finance and advertising and production, have to watch what they do and stay on top of things constantly because things can change rapidly. Does God do any of that in compelling people to take a stand for His kingdom and compelling, propelling the advancement of the Gospel? No. And Christians who put their life, their belongings, their activities, their businesses, if they have them, into God's hands and walk by faith, trust in God to take care of them. God will provide if we do our part with the talents and gifts He has given His people.
In fact, the current crop of demigods who think they can control the world through force are not and cannot be antichrist. Nothing they do puts themselves in place of Christ. Only something that threatens the advancement of the truth of Gospel and God's church, His body and the kingdom can be in place of Christ in the final, prophetic deceptive sense. The apostle John said antichrists existed in his day. Many things exist that people can put in place of Christ. Materialism can do that. The things of this world can do that. People can love who and what they have in their lives or, own and they become idols. We live in a world that places before us "American Idol," and it has always seemed odd to me that professed Christians go on these programs to become famous when the Bible says, Jesus made of Himself no reputation, Phil. 2:5-7. John ended his first epistle by stating, "Little children, keep yourselves from idols," 1 John 5:21. The aged apostle looked at so many believers coming into the body of Christ as his children. He outlived all the other apostles. He watched as changes began to take place in his day that were the seeds of antichrist. Things taking place in religion, in the church, were putting themselves in place of Christ. Caesar was not in place of Christ in his pagan Roman form. They existed before Christ. But, in a professed Christian form? Ah. Now you have a problem for believers and the advancement of the Gospel because truth becomes compromised. Ultimately Jesus said the gates of hell could not prevail against His church, His body of believers. That does not mean it cannot be slowed down or become confused, by design of the Adversary.
Klaus Schwab and all the rest of this elitist cabal can not be the final, prophetic antichrist. They do not threaten the church and its message, its truth through falsehoods, heresies, traditions, sophistries, supernatural occurrences or events designed to deceive the church at the hands of Satan seeking to deceive, if possible, the very elect.
People need to think about this and understand this. The Christian places his life in God's hands. His life is not money, or jobs and careers or possessions. It is all about character: making a Christlike character. That is all that is going into eternity. That and a new physiology of immortality. Ah but, you say, these people want to make us transhuman, a joining of humanity and technology and obtain immortality; a false gospel. Do you know of anyone who sees technology as saving us from sin? Saving us from inconveniences of life maybe but, nothing these technocrats spout saves anyone from sin. Jesus came to save us from sin - the power and penalty of sin. They do not regard that sin exists. They do not care about God's law. They do what they can and want by virtue of the power of money. They have no internal engine that drives righteousness. They have no heavenly principles they are trying to put in place of Christ to deceive people. They want to remove all religions from the face of the Earth. They want to eradicate Christ, not be in place of Him in some deceitful way. This is a huge point.
There is only one power in the history of the world that has claimed to be "in place of Christ," in its history, its doctrines and traditions: the Roman Catholic Church, its Papacy and its Vatican.
"We hold upon this Earth the place of God Almighty." Pope Leo XIII.
Leo was speaking of the position of the popes, his pontificate as Pontifex Maximus; which is a continuation of the Roman empire, the Caesars, the 'chief bridge builders' between Heaven and Earth.
“But the supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. Union of minds, therefore, requires, together with a perfect accord in the one faith, complete submission and obedience of will to the Church and to the Roman Pontiff, as to God Himself.” (Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Letter, “On the Chief Duties of Christians as Citizens”, January 10, 1890, trans. in The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII, p. 193
“The Saviour Himself is the door of the sheepfold: ‘I am the door of the sheep.’ Into this fold of Jesus Christ, no man may enter unless he be led by the Sovereign Pontiff; and only if they be united to him can men be saved, for the Roman Pontiff is the Vicar of Christ and His personal representative on earth.” Pope John XXIII, homily to the Bishops and faithful assisting at his coronation, November 4, 1958.
“The Pope is of great authority and power that he can modify, explain, or interpret even divine laws… The Pope can modify divine law, since his power is not of man, but of God, and he acts as vicegerent of God upon earth.” Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Ribliotheca, Papa, art. 2, translated
“The Pope has the power to change times, to abrogate laws, and to dispense with all things, even the precepts of Christ. The Pope has the authority and often exercised it, to dispense with the command of Christ.” Decretal, de Tranlatic Episcop. Cap. ‘The Pope can modify divine law.’ Ferraris’ Ecclesiastical Dictionary
“Have no fear when people call me the “Vicar of Christ,” when they say to me “Holy Father,” or “Your Holiness,” or use titles similar to these, which seem even inimical to the Gospel.” Pope John Paul II, Crossing the Threshold of Hope, 1995
Any "vicar" in religion is 'in place of Christ.' A Latin term, used for the pope, Vicarius Fillii Dei, means Vicar of the Son of God.
Sometimes people state the fact so many of these statements are in old, even ancient publications but, I own Crossing the Threshold of Hope. That's John Paul 2. The book is an interview with him. That's modern times. Nothing has changed. The Catholic Church does not change its foundation. It attempts to change some colors to stay in tune with modern times but, its stripes are indelible. They remain in tact, always.
Have you ever seen such statements made by any of the pompous, secular elitists seeking to gain control of the world and bring about this new world order? I never have. Show them to me. A new world order, a one-world government is not the issue in Revelation. A big, world-wide super-church, made up of all professed Christianity, Mother and daughters, guided by a supernatural, false miracle-working revival, changing God's law, with a pope at the head, by acquiescence of humanity, yes, now you have something dangerous to the progress of the truth.
Nothing the current crop of elitists do can come close to what the Papacy is, by its own declarations - ANTICHRIST.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
It is obvious, as Creator, God owns everything and everybody. All the gold and silver, all the cattle on a thousand hills, as Scripture tells us. He own the universe and is Sovereign of it. No believer would deny that. No reasonable person could deny it, if indeed, the Creator exists.
That said, what does God actually claim to own in a more broad perspective? How can anything be more broad than the universe? Yeah, sure but, think about the final battle between good and evil. Many Christians are going crazy over the current elitist subjugation of humanity they are attempting to put in their new world order. For decades these plans have been on tables and desks, preached from their financial, medical, political, educational pulpits. They are demons. Whether or not they actually are and literally worship Lucifer is rather immaterial. Their fruits are demonic. They are of their father, the devil. They are liars. They are murderers responsible for deaths adding up into the millions now. They are despots, control freaks, power-hungry individuals. Anyone who believes they have the right or position to control humanity is not to be trusted any farther than you can throw a truck.
Does God own a bank? No. Jesus said to stock your treasure in Heaven. Does God own a chain of big box stores? No. Does God own... well, Jesus said His kingdom is not of this world. So, what, in fact, can be said about this current crop of wicked demigods trying to control the world: it's money, food output, energy production, weather, etc., etc., as they bow before their goddess, Mother Earth? And that is all a joke because they could care less about the Earth. That is all a ruse for control. All of "climate change" - global warming, global cooling, they have been wrong on all of it for decades so now, they just call it a generalized "climate change." Satan is the Prince of the power of the air. Makes sense he would try and use weather/climate to gain control. No surprise there. The thing is all of it, all of it DOES NOT argue for the central aspect of prophetic players in prophecy - antichrist - IN PLACE OF CHRIST.
Sure, the infrastructure is being put in place to control all buying and selling through digital currency. But, God owns no banks. He owns no farms. He owns no stores. He owns no oil companies or any Fortune 500 entities. Even the "church," Christ's "body" he is Head over, is not a physical thing. It is in the hearts and minds of believers who then do practical things like find physical places to gather, which, in fact, were homes in the New Testament. Owning property and buildings came later. They are not the church. They are, as far as language goes, the "kirke," the old word for the physical house of worship, not the "ekklessia" - the called out, the assembly of believers.
So, pray tell, how do these elitists fulfill prophecy by attempting to put themselves in place of Christ? Again, that is what the Greek term "antechristos" means. 'In place of Christ.' Gaining control of all the world's banks and currency is not in place of Christ. Gaining control of technology is not in place of Christ. Is the spreading of the gospel going to stop because the elitists gain control of technology? No, because the Holy Spirit is the engine that moves the Gospel forward, through the activity and witness of Christians under His influence and control.
Everybody watching what is happening, calling it all the prophetic "Beast" of Revelation 13, are off the track, derailed, train wreck; no different than all these train wrecks we are seeing in America and other places around the world. Nothing stops the Gospel but, lukewarm, professed believers satisfied with their place in this world. Comfy, they are, in their church buildings, in their physical world of homes and belongings, at least here, in the Western hemisphere. Persecution is rampant in other parts of the world. By these elitists? No. By other religions, mostly Islam and Hinduism. In atheist regimes, the governments persecute all religions except state approved ones. which are generally apostate of their own ancient statements of belief. They compromise to exist, at least in some form.
Life is tough. Even for those with money, lots of money: stress about losing it, how to keep it, how to make more, is paramount. Being rich is not easy. It is very time consuming. They do not call people who work in stores and schools and factories and build houses "workaholics." A builder works hard to stay solvent in business in the competitive world out there but, generally, they call people who have white collar jobs workaholics because of the nature of the instability of making money. Just look at the craziness of the stock market and floor of the stock exchanges in NYC. A loud, insane, cacophony of activity. Big time stress.
Everybody has stress. Farmers have stress. Teachers are stressed out. Everybody takes their work home to some degree but, people in the money industry, big city money makers of finance and advertising and production, have to watch what they do and stay on top of things constantly because things can change rapidly. Does God do any of that in compelling people to take a stand for His kingdom and compelling, propelling the advancement of the Gospel? No. And Christians who put their life, their belongings, their activities, their businesses, if they have them, into God's hands and walk by faith, trust in God to take care of them. God will provide if we do our part with the talents and gifts He has given His people.
In fact, the current crop of demigods who think they can control the world through force are not and cannot be antichrist. Nothing they do puts themselves in place of Christ. Only something that threatens the advancement of the truth of Gospel and God's church, His body and the kingdom can be in place of Christ in the final, prophetic deceptive sense. The apostle John said antichrists existed in his day. Many things exist that people can put in place of Christ. Materialism can do that. The things of this world can do that. People can love who and what they have in their lives or, own and they become idols. We live in a world that places before us "American Idol," and it has always seemed odd to me that professed Christians go on these programs to become famous when the Bible says, Jesus made of Himself no reputation, Phil. 2:5-7. John ended his first epistle by stating, "Little children, keep yourselves from idols," 1 John 5:21. The aged apostle looked at so many believers coming into the body of Christ as his children. He outlived all the other apostles. He watched as changes began to take place in his day that were the seeds of antichrist. Things taking place in religion, in the church, were putting themselves in place of Christ. Caesar was not in place of Christ in his pagan Roman form. They existed before Christ. But, in a professed Christian form? Ah. Now you have a problem for believers and the advancement of the Gospel because truth becomes compromised. Ultimately Jesus said the gates of hell could not prevail against His church, His body of believers. That does not mean it cannot be slowed down or become confused, by design of the Adversary.
Klaus Schwab and all the rest of this elitist cabal can not be the final, prophetic antichrist. They do not threaten the church and its message, its truth through falsehoods, heresies, traditions, sophistries, supernatural occurrences or events designed to deceive the church at the hands of Satan seeking to deceive, if possible, the very elect.
People need to think about this and understand this. The Christian places his life in God's hands. His life is not money, or jobs and careers or possessions. It is all about character: making a Christlike character. That is all that is going into eternity. That and a new physiology of immortality. Ah but, you say, these people want to make us transhuman, a joining of humanity and technology and obtain immortality; a false gospel. Do you know of anyone who sees technology as saving us from sin? Saving us from inconveniences of life maybe but, nothing these technocrats spout saves anyone from sin. Jesus came to save us from sin - the power and penalty of sin. They do not regard that sin exists. They do not care about God's law. They do what they can and want by virtue of the power of money. They have no internal engine that drives righteousness. They have no heavenly principles they are trying to put in place of Christ to deceive people. They want to remove all religions from the face of the Earth. They want to eradicate Christ, not be in place of Him in some deceitful way. This is a huge point.
There is only one power in the history of the world that has claimed to be "in place of Christ," in its history, its doctrines and traditions: the Roman Catholic Church, its Papacy and its Vatican.
"We hold upon this Earth the place of God Almighty." Pope Leo XIII.
Leo was speaking of the position of the popes, his pontificate as Pontifex Maximus; which is a continuation of the Roman empire, the Caesars, the 'chief bridge builders' between Heaven and Earth.
“But the supreme teacher in the Church is the Roman Pontiff. Union of minds, therefore, requires, together with a perfect accord in the one faith, complete submission and obedience of will to the Church and to the Roman Pontiff, as to God Himself.” (Pope Leo XIII, Encyclical Letter, “On the Chief Duties of Christians as Citizens”, January 10, 1890, trans. in The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII, p. 193
“The Saviour Himself is the door of the sheepfold: ‘I am the door of the sheep.’ Into this fold of Jesus Christ, no man may enter unless he be led by the Sovereign Pontiff; and only if they be united to him can men be saved, for the Roman Pontiff is the Vicar of Christ and His personal representative on earth.” Pope John XXIII, homily to the Bishops and faithful assisting at his coronation, November 4, 1958.
“The Pope is of great authority and power that he can modify, explain, or interpret even divine laws… The Pope can modify divine law, since his power is not of man, but of God, and he acts as vicegerent of God upon earth.” Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Ribliotheca, Papa, art. 2, translated
“The Pope has the power to change times, to abrogate laws, and to dispense with all things, even the precepts of Christ. The Pope has the authority and often exercised it, to dispense with the command of Christ.” Decretal, de Tranlatic Episcop. Cap. ‘The Pope can modify divine law.’ Ferraris’ Ecclesiastical Dictionary
“Have no fear when people call me the “Vicar of Christ,” when they say to me “Holy Father,” or “Your Holiness,” or use titles similar to these, which seem even inimical to the Gospel.” Pope John Paul II, Crossing the Threshold of Hope, 1995
Any "vicar" in religion is 'in place of Christ.' A Latin term, used for the pope, Vicarius Fillii Dei, means Vicar of the Son of God.
Sometimes people state the fact so many of these statements are in old, even ancient publications but, I own Crossing the Threshold of Hope. That's John Paul 2. The book is an interview with him. That's modern times. Nothing has changed. The Catholic Church does not change its foundation. It attempts to change some colors to stay in tune with modern times but, its stripes are indelible. They remain in tact, always.
Have you ever seen such statements made by any of the pompous, secular elitists seeking to gain control of the world and bring about this new world order? I never have. Show them to me. A new world order, a one-world government is not the issue in Revelation. A big, world-wide super-church, made up of all professed Christianity, Mother and daughters, guided by a supernatural, false miracle-working revival, changing God's law, with a pope at the head, by acquiescence of humanity, yes, now you have something dangerous to the progress of the truth.
Nothing the current crop of elitists do can come close to what the Papacy is, by its own declarations - ANTICHRIST.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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757. Target the Red States - 3/18/2023
At least a year ago, researchers getting ahold of documentation from Pfizer, saw that batch lots of the "vaccines" were going to different places. Why? Weren't the serums all the same? It became obvious, by watching adverse reaction rates, and the research of various scientists around the world, that the vials contained different things that didn't belong in there, and each batch contained variations.
Now, the investigations and conclusions have been drawn that, in America, Red states got something that made death reaction rates far greater than Blue states. If you are not from America, Red states are those populated by mostly Conservative citizens, on the Right of the political, societal spectrum. Blue states are those populated mostly by people on the Liberal Left side of the spectrum.
rumble.com/v2atk9a-cdc-confirms-that-majority-of-fatal-covid-vaccines-were-knowingly-sent-to-r.html
The demonic megalomaniacs behind all this are going to proceed with their despicable plans to depopulate and control planet Earth unless they are stopped. They have hundreds of billions of dollars and careers and decades of agendas into this. They will proceed with every possible tactic necessary.
Can humanity - decent, law-biding - humanity stop them? I doubt it. That does not mean they will succeed. That is in God's determination for things only God can see and understand.
Remember this truth -
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
The humans (I use the term loosely), in this evil cabal are the pawns to be used by Lucifer and his hosts, his armies of angels who followed him in his rebellion. The pawns are evil by choice but, it is not really them behind all this. It is the great Adversary and the once mighty and true creatures that made up a third of God's heavenly, angelic "ministering spirits." The flesh and blood of those wicked people Satan uses, they are nothing in the larger scheme of things. They come and go, replaced by more than numbers necessary to ruin the Earth. The Bible states this, as well, and it is worthy of remembrance -
Rev 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
Rev 7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
Rev 7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Having broken this down in details before, I'll just summarize here.
Winds - strife, war, chaos
Earth - the planet and sparse population
Sea - Dense population areas
Tree - God's true believers, the tried warriors, the new recruits, the sincere searchers
Seal of the living God - God's seventh-day Sabbath of authority in His created universe
Sealer - The Holy Spirit
IN the forehead - Not a mark on the forehead. IN the forehead, the forebrain, the frontal lobes, where the seat of reason and decisions are made. God's seal is a principle, a precept, an eternal aspect of His kingdom and character developed in the mind of His people, through new birth.
When God has a people sealed, ready for translation, fully prepared to make the final stand, the angels holding back the four winds will let them go and chaos and carnage will erupt. Everything we see happening at present are just precursors to what is coming. It is all under God's control. Regardless of loss of life, regardless of wicked minds that plot destruction, God is always in control.
God does not have Red states, Blue states, or any other colored states. God has no earthly nation. God has a kingdom, and the blood stained banner of Immanuel is His flag.
Rev 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Rev 19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Rev 19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
Rev 19:14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Rev 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
If you belong to God, if you know the truth, you know death is but a "sleep," and only an instant will have gone by for those who sleep in the dust of the Earth, raised to immortality when Christ returns and resurrects His people from all time, past and present. Death is not to be feared. It is the last enemy God shall destroy.
Any number of things can happen to stall and stop the cabal from gaining their goals. If they succeed, God allows it for His greater plans and purposes. Their defeat will come. Their judgment is sure. Their penalty shall be paid. They cannot escape the tribunal of the LORD. They will meet their end.
Watch and pray. That is Christ's command: His treatment to lessen surprise and defeat fear.
I was born again 44 years ago on this date. A life-changing event, a beginning for a journey I hope to conclude that ends on the other shores of the promised land. It is a never ending classroom, a never ending battle with self. It is for those who seek truth and treasure it, weak and feeble as we are. God means to recreate us into the image of Christ, the spiritual stature of His Son, citizens of a kingdom that shall reign forever.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Now, the investigations and conclusions have been drawn that, in America, Red states got something that made death reaction rates far greater than Blue states. If you are not from America, Red states are those populated by mostly Conservative citizens, on the Right of the political, societal spectrum. Blue states are those populated mostly by people on the Liberal Left side of the spectrum.
rumble.com/v2atk9a-cdc-confirms-that-majority-of-fatal-covid-vaccines-were-knowingly-sent-to-r.html
The demonic megalomaniacs behind all this are going to proceed with their despicable plans to depopulate and control planet Earth unless they are stopped. They have hundreds of billions of dollars and careers and decades of agendas into this. They will proceed with every possible tactic necessary.
Can humanity - decent, law-biding - humanity stop them? I doubt it. That does not mean they will succeed. That is in God's determination for things only God can see and understand.
Remember this truth -
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
The humans (I use the term loosely), in this evil cabal are the pawns to be used by Lucifer and his hosts, his armies of angels who followed him in his rebellion. The pawns are evil by choice but, it is not really them behind all this. It is the great Adversary and the once mighty and true creatures that made up a third of God's heavenly, angelic "ministering spirits." The flesh and blood of those wicked people Satan uses, they are nothing in the larger scheme of things. They come and go, replaced by more than numbers necessary to ruin the Earth. The Bible states this, as well, and it is worthy of remembrance -
Rev 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
Rev 7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
Rev 7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
Having broken this down in details before, I'll just summarize here.
Winds - strife, war, chaos
Earth - the planet and sparse population
Sea - Dense population areas
Tree - God's true believers, the tried warriors, the new recruits, the sincere searchers
Seal of the living God - God's seventh-day Sabbath of authority in His created universe
Sealer - The Holy Spirit
IN the forehead - Not a mark on the forehead. IN the forehead, the forebrain, the frontal lobes, where the seat of reason and decisions are made. God's seal is a principle, a precept, an eternal aspect of His kingdom and character developed in the mind of His people, through new birth.
When God has a people sealed, ready for translation, fully prepared to make the final stand, the angels holding back the four winds will let them go and chaos and carnage will erupt. Everything we see happening at present are just precursors to what is coming. It is all under God's control. Regardless of loss of life, regardless of wicked minds that plot destruction, God is always in control.
God does not have Red states, Blue states, or any other colored states. God has no earthly nation. God has a kingdom, and the blood stained banner of Immanuel is His flag.
Rev 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Rev 19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Rev 19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
Rev 19:14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Rev 19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
If you belong to God, if you know the truth, you know death is but a "sleep," and only an instant will have gone by for those who sleep in the dust of the Earth, raised to immortality when Christ returns and resurrects His people from all time, past and present. Death is not to be feared. It is the last enemy God shall destroy.
Any number of things can happen to stall and stop the cabal from gaining their goals. If they succeed, God allows it for His greater plans and purposes. Their defeat will come. Their judgment is sure. Their penalty shall be paid. They cannot escape the tribunal of the LORD. They will meet their end.
Watch and pray. That is Christ's command: His treatment to lessen surprise and defeat fear.
I was born again 44 years ago on this date. A life-changing event, a beginning for a journey I hope to conclude that ends on the other shores of the promised land. It is a never ending classroom, a never ending battle with self. It is for those who seek truth and treasure it, weak and feeble as we are. God means to recreate us into the image of Christ, the spiritual stature of His Son, citizens of a kingdom that shall reign forever.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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758. Antisemitism on the Rise, of Course - 3/18/2023
Why do I say, "of Course?"
Jewish people have had a curse on them since the crucifixion of Messiah. They plotted it. They carried out the plan. Neither Pilate, nor Herod found any fault in Christ, let alone anything worthy of the death penalty. Because of the Jewish leaders contentious cries, it was offered to just whip Jesus and let it be at that. The leaders would not stop pushing. When they said, We'll take Barabbas (a known criminal), and cried out for the crucifixion of Yeshua and cried out, 'Let His blood be on our heads,' that is where the responsibility fell. The Bible states that very plainly -
Mat 27:1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
Mat 27:2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
John 18:36 Jesus answered [Pilate], My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
That was an interesting answer from Jesus. He did not say He was delivered to the Romans, for the law said only they could kill a convicted person worthy of a death sentence, which greatly confused Pilate, for Christ was obviously not some dangerous criminal. Plus his wife warned him not to harm "that just man" because she had dreams that plagued her. Pilate had no intention of killing Christ.
Christ said He was delivered to the Jews. The Jews went to the Romans. The Romans would not have killed Jesus were it not for the Jewish leaders and the people pushing it on them.
Mat 27:22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
Mat 27:23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
Mat 27:24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
Mat 27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
Mat 27:26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
The leaders convinced all the people, all the people cried out for His crucifixion. The responsibility rests on all the people.
Act 4:7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
Act 4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
Act 4:9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
Act 4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Act 5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
Act 5:28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
Act 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Act 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Act 7:51 [Stephen speaking] Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Act 7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Act 10:38 [Peter speaking] How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Act 10:39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
Act 12:11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
Act 13:26 [Paul speaking] Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
Act 13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
The record is clear. The Jews are responsible for the death of Christ. They planned it, carried it out, and said let His blood be on us. Trying to blame Peter for that later on did not cut it.
So, for 2,000 years the Jews have suffered what they pronounced on their own heads. They continue to reject the Messiah; they continue to suffer for it. Cause to effect.
The above is actually not the premise for this post. This is -
www.christianpost.com/news/american-jews-say-anti-semitism-is-increasing-in-the-us-survey.html
I have no animosity towards Jews. Like Paul, I would like to see all Jews accept their Messiah. They want the connection to Christians to keep them safe but, do not want the Christian's Saviour. Indeed. That's a chink in the armor that will always fail them, and all Christians who believe the Jews are still God's chosen people.
From two surveys, up to 89% of Jews in America say antisemitism is on the rise. I say, of course. Why? Because Jews keep the Sabbath. The Sabbath is not a Jewish day. Let that be understood. It was instituted as the day of rest before any Jews existed. God instituted it at creation. Today, over 500 groups regard the seventh-day of the week, set aside by the Creator, for worship and remembrance of creation. The Sabbath: the Shabbat - the Rest.
"Sunday," the day of the Sun god, the first day of the week, is not God's. Never has been. Never will be. It is the child of paganism, the child of the Papacy of the Roman Catholic Church. Confused believers began to keep the day, along with the Sabbath, because Messiah rose on the first day of the week, after resting from His work of redemption on the Sabbath. They seemed to miss that fact. As the influence of Romanism grew, so did the venerabilis de solis: the venerable day of the Sun, in the church. As the influence of the bishop of Rome grew into the prominence of the Papacy, Sunday became the common day and the Sabbath disregarded, and ultimately even Sabbath keepers were condemned by the Roman church. The Sabbath had become a mark of Jewish rejection of Christ, even though Christ kept the Sabbath, the apostles and early church kept the Sabbath, and it took centuries for the Sunday to displace it, and there has never been a century in world history where the seventh-day Sabbath has not been kept by some people, some where.
As the Bible predicts a final battle between the Sabbath, the seal of God, and the Sunday, the legislated mark of claimed Papal authority to change God's law, it is only expected antisemitism will rise as a precursor of what is coming upon Christians who keep the Sabbath. Satan is preparing his final onslaught. He is working to place all Sabbath keepers in a corner, to ultimately submit to his pressures which shall be brought to bear on all the remnant, "which keep the commandments of God" and "have the faith" and "testimony of Jesus Christ." Rev. 12:17; 14:12
Nothing is by accident. Nothing is by human invention. Everything is being constructed and played out by two powers - the Creator and the created fallen angel, Lucifer. It is not really a battle, at all, save for within us. God could remove Satan from existence in an instant but, that will not answer to Satan's sophistries and charges against God. The matters must play out until two sides are supernaturally and naturally well defined: the wheat and the weeds; the remnant, and the Whore, her daughters, and the kings of the earth with all their citizens.
I have no problem stating any of this, regardless of how outlandish it may all seem, because prophecy fulfills. It always has. It always will. It is God's determined will and cannot be stopped. It can be delayed. It cannot be stopped from ultimate fulfillment. It all depends on the choices of the people it is sent to.
Many prophesies were stated for the Hebrew people, which whittled down to the tribes of Benjamin and Judah, i.e. the Jews. They rejected Messiah, continue to do so as a people, though many individual Jews have accepted Christ down through the ages. Some professed Christian bodies deride the notion that the church, made up of Jew and Gentile, replaced the Hebrews as God's chosen people. They claim prophecy, prophesies which pertain to the Jews leaving Babylonian/Persian captivity, have been fulfilled in the modern civil nation of Israel. It has no temple, no priesthood, no sacrifices, no day of atonement, nothing that made them the people of God in ancient times. What did Jesus state in as forceful terms as could be said, after teaching very forceful parables designed to tell the Jewish leaders and people the truth, and woes and condemnation of their entire system of religion -
Mat 21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
Mat 21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Mat 21:45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
Mat 23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
Mat 23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Mat 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Mat 23:34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
Mat 23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Mat 23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
And with the crucifixion of Messiah it has continued to come upon every generation of the fathers, since. How could Christ state it any more plainly? The kingdom would be taken from the Jewish nation and given to a people who bear the fruits of God's kingdom. The church, the body of Christ, made up of people from all places on Earth, is His nation today.
Gal 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
Gal 6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
It is not about Jews. It is not about Gentiles. Those born-again, new creatures in Christ make up the Israel of God.
There is nothing in the Bible that states the Jews will become God's chosen people again. It is in the lap of individual Jews to make the decision to receive their Messiah and enter the invisible kingdom of God, in the hearts and minds of His converted, born-again people. I am astounded when professed Bible-believing people rise up against this simple and plain evidence from Scripture and there is far more. It makes no sense - UNLESS - you believe in the Roman Catholic doctrine of Futurism. Then it all becomes obvious.
When God has a people who are serious about their role in this world, the end will come. Until then, like so many times in the history of Israel, delay is the result of being doubleminded. In other words, one foot in the church, one foot in the world, and most of us fall into that condition - Laodicea. Lukewarm, satisfied, not realizing how messed up we really are or too locked into habits and practices we choose, for whatever reasons of lack of faith, to break free from, and everything slows down because of it. Thankfully, it shall not remain that way. God is going to allow pressures to build to separate His people from their darling sins or be condemned and destroyed by them.
If you know prophecy, its principles and reasons, if you know the character, government and purposes of God, you will see these things clearly, which others cannot. It goes right past them, right over their heads. Their foundation is wrong, therefore the building is on shifting sands.
A remnant shall be developed. That time will come. Then the King will come and save His people from annihilation. The world as we know it will end, left in total destruction. The event of all ages will take place. I hope in my lifetime. If I should rise from death when He returns, so be it. If rise 1000 years from now... I missed the boat and the fault will lie at my own door. If I am on the inside of the city of God, it will be because God found ways to save me from myself.
As a suffering man once said 2,000 years ago; "Lord, I believe. Help THOU my unbelief."
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Jewish people have had a curse on them since the crucifixion of Messiah. They plotted it. They carried out the plan. Neither Pilate, nor Herod found any fault in Christ, let alone anything worthy of the death penalty. Because of the Jewish leaders contentious cries, it was offered to just whip Jesus and let it be at that. The leaders would not stop pushing. When they said, We'll take Barabbas (a known criminal), and cried out for the crucifixion of Yeshua and cried out, 'Let His blood be on our heads,' that is where the responsibility fell. The Bible states that very plainly -
Mat 27:1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
Mat 27:2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
John 18:36 Jesus answered [Pilate], My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
That was an interesting answer from Jesus. He did not say He was delivered to the Romans, for the law said only they could kill a convicted person worthy of a death sentence, which greatly confused Pilate, for Christ was obviously not some dangerous criminal. Plus his wife warned him not to harm "that just man" because she had dreams that plagued her. Pilate had no intention of killing Christ.
Christ said He was delivered to the Jews. The Jews went to the Romans. The Romans would not have killed Jesus were it not for the Jewish leaders and the people pushing it on them.
Mat 27:22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
Mat 27:23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
Mat 27:24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
Mat 27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
Mat 27:26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
The leaders convinced all the people, all the people cried out for His crucifixion. The responsibility rests on all the people.
Act 4:7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
Act 4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
Act 4:9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
Act 4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Act 5:27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
Act 5:28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
Act 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Act 5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Act 7:51 [Stephen speaking] Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Act 7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Act 10:38 [Peter speaking] How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
Act 10:39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:
Act 12:11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
Act 13:26 [Paul speaking] Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
Act 13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
The record is clear. The Jews are responsible for the death of Christ. They planned it, carried it out, and said let His blood be on us. Trying to blame Peter for that later on did not cut it.
So, for 2,000 years the Jews have suffered what they pronounced on their own heads. They continue to reject the Messiah; they continue to suffer for it. Cause to effect.
The above is actually not the premise for this post. This is -
www.christianpost.com/news/american-jews-say-anti-semitism-is-increasing-in-the-us-survey.html
I have no animosity towards Jews. Like Paul, I would like to see all Jews accept their Messiah. They want the connection to Christians to keep them safe but, do not want the Christian's Saviour. Indeed. That's a chink in the armor that will always fail them, and all Christians who believe the Jews are still God's chosen people.
From two surveys, up to 89% of Jews in America say antisemitism is on the rise. I say, of course. Why? Because Jews keep the Sabbath. The Sabbath is not a Jewish day. Let that be understood. It was instituted as the day of rest before any Jews existed. God instituted it at creation. Today, over 500 groups regard the seventh-day of the week, set aside by the Creator, for worship and remembrance of creation. The Sabbath: the Shabbat - the Rest.
"Sunday," the day of the Sun god, the first day of the week, is not God's. Never has been. Never will be. It is the child of paganism, the child of the Papacy of the Roman Catholic Church. Confused believers began to keep the day, along with the Sabbath, because Messiah rose on the first day of the week, after resting from His work of redemption on the Sabbath. They seemed to miss that fact. As the influence of Romanism grew, so did the venerabilis de solis: the venerable day of the Sun, in the church. As the influence of the bishop of Rome grew into the prominence of the Papacy, Sunday became the common day and the Sabbath disregarded, and ultimately even Sabbath keepers were condemned by the Roman church. The Sabbath had become a mark of Jewish rejection of Christ, even though Christ kept the Sabbath, the apostles and early church kept the Sabbath, and it took centuries for the Sunday to displace it, and there has never been a century in world history where the seventh-day Sabbath has not been kept by some people, some where.
As the Bible predicts a final battle between the Sabbath, the seal of God, and the Sunday, the legislated mark of claimed Papal authority to change God's law, it is only expected antisemitism will rise as a precursor of what is coming upon Christians who keep the Sabbath. Satan is preparing his final onslaught. He is working to place all Sabbath keepers in a corner, to ultimately submit to his pressures which shall be brought to bear on all the remnant, "which keep the commandments of God" and "have the faith" and "testimony of Jesus Christ." Rev. 12:17; 14:12
Nothing is by accident. Nothing is by human invention. Everything is being constructed and played out by two powers - the Creator and the created fallen angel, Lucifer. It is not really a battle, at all, save for within us. God could remove Satan from existence in an instant but, that will not answer to Satan's sophistries and charges against God. The matters must play out until two sides are supernaturally and naturally well defined: the wheat and the weeds; the remnant, and the Whore, her daughters, and the kings of the earth with all their citizens.
I have no problem stating any of this, regardless of how outlandish it may all seem, because prophecy fulfills. It always has. It always will. It is God's determined will and cannot be stopped. It can be delayed. It cannot be stopped from ultimate fulfillment. It all depends on the choices of the people it is sent to.
Many prophesies were stated for the Hebrew people, which whittled down to the tribes of Benjamin and Judah, i.e. the Jews. They rejected Messiah, continue to do so as a people, though many individual Jews have accepted Christ down through the ages. Some professed Christian bodies deride the notion that the church, made up of Jew and Gentile, replaced the Hebrews as God's chosen people. They claim prophecy, prophesies which pertain to the Jews leaving Babylonian/Persian captivity, have been fulfilled in the modern civil nation of Israel. It has no temple, no priesthood, no sacrifices, no day of atonement, nothing that made them the people of God in ancient times. What did Jesus state in as forceful terms as could be said, after teaching very forceful parables designed to tell the Jewish leaders and people the truth, and woes and condemnation of their entire system of religion -
Mat 21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
Mat 21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Mat 21:45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
Mat 23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
Mat 23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Mat 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Mat 23:34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
Mat 23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
Mat 23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
And with the crucifixion of Messiah it has continued to come upon every generation of the fathers, since. How could Christ state it any more plainly? The kingdom would be taken from the Jewish nation and given to a people who bear the fruits of God's kingdom. The church, the body of Christ, made up of people from all places on Earth, is His nation today.
Gal 6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
Gal 6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
It is not about Jews. It is not about Gentiles. Those born-again, new creatures in Christ make up the Israel of God.
There is nothing in the Bible that states the Jews will become God's chosen people again. It is in the lap of individual Jews to make the decision to receive their Messiah and enter the invisible kingdom of God, in the hearts and minds of His converted, born-again people. I am astounded when professed Bible-believing people rise up against this simple and plain evidence from Scripture and there is far more. It makes no sense - UNLESS - you believe in the Roman Catholic doctrine of Futurism. Then it all becomes obvious.
When God has a people who are serious about their role in this world, the end will come. Until then, like so many times in the history of Israel, delay is the result of being doubleminded. In other words, one foot in the church, one foot in the world, and most of us fall into that condition - Laodicea. Lukewarm, satisfied, not realizing how messed up we really are or too locked into habits and practices we choose, for whatever reasons of lack of faith, to break free from, and everything slows down because of it. Thankfully, it shall not remain that way. God is going to allow pressures to build to separate His people from their darling sins or be condemned and destroyed by them.
If you know prophecy, its principles and reasons, if you know the character, government and purposes of God, you will see these things clearly, which others cannot. It goes right past them, right over their heads. Their foundation is wrong, therefore the building is on shifting sands.
A remnant shall be developed. That time will come. Then the King will come and save His people from annihilation. The world as we know it will end, left in total destruction. The event of all ages will take place. I hope in my lifetime. If I should rise from death when He returns, so be it. If rise 1000 years from now... I missed the boat and the fault will lie at my own door. If I am on the inside of the city of God, it will be because God found ways to save me from myself.
As a suffering man once said 2,000 years ago; "Lord, I believe. Help THOU my unbelief."
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Trump to be Arrested
First, Bill Clinton allegedly paid off women he fornicated with. No charges ever filed. I would imagine the number of politicians who have paid off women they slept with would amount to hundreds of millions of dollars over the course of the decades. None ever investigated or charged. Donald Trump? That's another kettle of fish.
A George Soros backed D.A., in NY, confiding in the Justice Department, is saying he will arrest Trump this week. The hatred for the man is the most radical thing in American history. It just tells me these people are not Americans. They are something else. Pawns, puppets of China, European elites, bought and sold commodities of billionaires around the world, beholden to them, so they act like the biggest bunch of tyrannical children in known to modern mankind. They are Fascists, Communists, airheads, despots, pick your noun. American cannot be one of them.
Maybe Trump paid off Stormy Daniels, maybe he didn't. The truth does not matter to these people. They will arrest and charge him and do all they can to nullify his campaign and remove him from the 2024 race. What few supporters he has in Congress will mean nothing. No major protests will take place and certainly not violent ones like radical Leftists pull off without remonstrance or arrest. The corruption has been open to view for decades, really but, for the Trump years, on steroids. If they fail to convict, they will just try something else and death, I doubt, is off the table. What would it take to find some dark soul who would pull the trigger for a particular sum of money? Deep state would not have to pay anyone. It would be just their salary for typical felonious activity done in the secret recesses of world affairs; one of the reasons the world hates America and its CIA.
While I believe Trump is President and should be the current occupant of the White House, Trump will not, cannot change the systemic corruption of Washington, D.C. He does not have the support from within district limits. Around the nation? You'd think people would rise up by the millions but, already lunatics like Maxine Waters are stating another "insurrection" is being called for by Trump. That will squash a rising up lest they too, get arrested and rot in a jail cell like those arrested for January 6th. These people have no conscience, no ethics, no character, nothing but hateful, anti-American agendas to safeguard and push. Trump is toast, one way or another. Do we really want another four years of this?
Ron DeSantis is letting this play out without saying word. Those are his marching orders from the billionaires supporting his yet to be announced run. Remove Trump, DeSantis announces, wins in 2024 but, that may be a real foul ball for the tens of millions of Trump supporters who will see his silence on this as another stab in Trump's back from just another politician.
If Trump paid off a dozen Stormy Daniels it could not compare to the corruption the Washington, D.C. political population lives in. Would that God would step in, in some dramatic way to expose them and their corruptions to all the world to see. Or, just judge them, open up the Earth and swallow them like Korah, Dathan and Abiram and their rebellion. Too harsh, you say? Wait till you see what God has in store for those who stand against Him and His law in the near future.
D.C. is not God's, nor are Trump's political efforts. God is not a Republican and certainly not of today's evil Democrat Party. Maybe, just maybe the pressures being brought will bring Trump to his knees and he will cry out to God and be converted. Now THAT would be a miracle, as all conversions are but, in Trump's case, the great billionaire, egotist patriot, it would be a monumental statement for God's love and desire for any and all, to repent and be converted and have a place in the city of God forever.
Even so, act, Lord Jesus.
A George Soros backed D.A., in NY, confiding in the Justice Department, is saying he will arrest Trump this week. The hatred for the man is the most radical thing in American history. It just tells me these people are not Americans. They are something else. Pawns, puppets of China, European elites, bought and sold commodities of billionaires around the world, beholden to them, so they act like the biggest bunch of tyrannical children in known to modern mankind. They are Fascists, Communists, airheads, despots, pick your noun. American cannot be one of them.
Maybe Trump paid off Stormy Daniels, maybe he didn't. The truth does not matter to these people. They will arrest and charge him and do all they can to nullify his campaign and remove him from the 2024 race. What few supporters he has in Congress will mean nothing. No major protests will take place and certainly not violent ones like radical Leftists pull off without remonstrance or arrest. The corruption has been open to view for decades, really but, for the Trump years, on steroids. If they fail to convict, they will just try something else and death, I doubt, is off the table. What would it take to find some dark soul who would pull the trigger for a particular sum of money? Deep state would not have to pay anyone. It would be just their salary for typical felonious activity done in the secret recesses of world affairs; one of the reasons the world hates America and its CIA.
While I believe Trump is President and should be the current occupant of the White House, Trump will not, cannot change the systemic corruption of Washington, D.C. He does not have the support from within district limits. Around the nation? You'd think people would rise up by the millions but, already lunatics like Maxine Waters are stating another "insurrection" is being called for by Trump. That will squash a rising up lest they too, get arrested and rot in a jail cell like those arrested for January 6th. These people have no conscience, no ethics, no character, nothing but hateful, anti-American agendas to safeguard and push. Trump is toast, one way or another. Do we really want another four years of this?
Ron DeSantis is letting this play out without saying word. Those are his marching orders from the billionaires supporting his yet to be announced run. Remove Trump, DeSantis announces, wins in 2024 but, that may be a real foul ball for the tens of millions of Trump supporters who will see his silence on this as another stab in Trump's back from just another politician.
If Trump paid off a dozen Stormy Daniels it could not compare to the corruption the Washington, D.C. political population lives in. Would that God would step in, in some dramatic way to expose them and their corruptions to all the world to see. Or, just judge them, open up the Earth and swallow them like Korah, Dathan and Abiram and their rebellion. Too harsh, you say? Wait till you see what God has in store for those who stand against Him and His law in the near future.
D.C. is not God's, nor are Trump's political efforts. God is not a Republican and certainly not of today's evil Democrat Party. Maybe, just maybe the pressures being brought will bring Trump to his knees and he will cry out to God and be converted. Now THAT would be a miracle, as all conversions are but, in Trump's case, the great billionaire, egotist patriot, it would be a monumental statement for God's love and desire for any and all, to repent and be converted and have a place in the city of God forever.
Even so, act, Lord Jesus.
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Another Home Run From Digital Engine
I believe and state that the end of the world is approaching by virtue of the second coming of Jesus Christ.
Other voices out there are telling us the end of the world, at least the end of humanity, will come at the hands of A.I.
The newest video from Digital Engine makes a decent case for that -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpRM25pUD8w
The video start picture shows a female with the title 'Dangerously Seductive AI Shows Why it's Worth $29billion.'
The seductive nature of the subject matter is not some female droid but, the very nature of all the "positive" and fascinating things A.I. can do and will do as things exponentially move forward at lightening speed.
I wonder what percentage of the global population is aware of what is being developed and the dangers associated with it. It's a Siren, alluring us by the enchanting magnetism of her song but, leading humanity's ship into the rocks, nonetheless.
So, the question I have now is what comes first? The return of Christ or the planetary dominance of some central A.I. and its robot army, which the Lord will destroy with His return, regardless but, it does seem the world's timeframe is increasing. Just like the clock that is set to whatever time before nuclear destruction takes place, the clock for A.I. takeover or Christ's return in glory are on clocks with little time left, all things considered. For me, it remains -
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Other voices out there are telling us the end of the world, at least the end of humanity, will come at the hands of A.I.
The newest video from Digital Engine makes a decent case for that -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpRM25pUD8w
The video start picture shows a female with the title 'Dangerously Seductive AI Shows Why it's Worth $29billion.'
The seductive nature of the subject matter is not some female droid but, the very nature of all the "positive" and fascinating things A.I. can do and will do as things exponentially move forward at lightening speed.
I wonder what percentage of the global population is aware of what is being developed and the dangers associated with it. It's a Siren, alluring us by the enchanting magnetism of her song but, leading humanity's ship into the rocks, nonetheless.
So, the question I have now is what comes first? The return of Christ or the planetary dominance of some central A.I. and its robot army, which the Lord will destroy with His return, regardless but, it does seem the world's timeframe is increasing. Just like the clock that is set to whatever time before nuclear destruction takes place, the clock for A.I. takeover or Christ's return in glory are on clocks with little time left, all things considered. For me, it remains -
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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These People
These people, those people, you people. A lot of the time some people get offended by those terms before even knowing whom is being spoken of. If someone referred to me as "you people," I'd figure they were speaking of Christians, Bible believers, or drummers. There's not too many categories I can get dropped into that would upset people in some way. I would not be offended, either.
In this case, 'these people' means globalist, communist, elitist cabal-supported puppets and pawns, like NYC DA, Alvin Bragg, set to see Trump arrested and tried at his hand. Unfortunately for him, there is, apparently, a lot of in house problems with Bragg's case because some in the DA's office know Trump is not guilty of an actual crime, and to add to it, Bragg has reportedly withheld almost 600 pages of exculpatory evidence from the grand jury. The case is now, today, at least, drowning, tied to it's own corrupt weight.
These people have no scruples, no integrity, no bones of truth or justice in their bodies. That fact shows itself time and time again over the last 6 years. They are seemingly void of any honestly. The phrase, 'Trump Derangement Syndrome,' is a constant bullseye for them and their agendas. They never learn because they cannot learn.
Jesus once said to the Jewish leaders,
John 8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
John 8:45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
It was not so much that the leaders would not hear. They could not hear. Their characters were saturated with lust for power and control and with lies to gain an end and it created a wall; a mental wall that kept the Spirit of God's influence from shining the light of truth on their hearts and minds.
When you will not hear the truth, there is yet hope. When you cannot hear the truth, it has become rather hopeless. There is no longer an avenue or pathway of entrance for the truth to make an impact. It just bounces off; is deflected away.
When the disciple Stephen was brought before the Sanhedrin he gave an incredible rehearsal of Hebrew history and with some pointed commentary. The response from the leaders? They gnashed their teeth, rushed upon him, and stoned him to death, which was against the law. And before Stephen breathed his last, seeing their hatred in their eyes and on their faces made this observation -
Acts 7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Acts 7:53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
So it is, today. Bragg is supposed to protect and keep the law. Apparently, he does not have the character to do so. He is driven by an agenda he did not create. Others created it, and use whom they will to achieve their ends.
There is nothing new under the sun.
In this case, 'these people' means globalist, communist, elitist cabal-supported puppets and pawns, like NYC DA, Alvin Bragg, set to see Trump arrested and tried at his hand. Unfortunately for him, there is, apparently, a lot of in house problems with Bragg's case because some in the DA's office know Trump is not guilty of an actual crime, and to add to it, Bragg has reportedly withheld almost 600 pages of exculpatory evidence from the grand jury. The case is now, today, at least, drowning, tied to it's own corrupt weight.
These people have no scruples, no integrity, no bones of truth or justice in their bodies. That fact shows itself time and time again over the last 6 years. They are seemingly void of any honestly. The phrase, 'Trump Derangement Syndrome,' is a constant bullseye for them and their agendas. They never learn because they cannot learn.
Jesus once said to the Jewish leaders,
John 8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
John 8:45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
It was not so much that the leaders would not hear. They could not hear. Their characters were saturated with lust for power and control and with lies to gain an end and it created a wall; a mental wall that kept the Spirit of God's influence from shining the light of truth on their hearts and minds.
When you will not hear the truth, there is yet hope. When you cannot hear the truth, it has become rather hopeless. There is no longer an avenue or pathway of entrance for the truth to make an impact. It just bounces off; is deflected away.
When the disciple Stephen was brought before the Sanhedrin he gave an incredible rehearsal of Hebrew history and with some pointed commentary. The response from the leaders? They gnashed their teeth, rushed upon him, and stoned him to death, which was against the law. And before Stephen breathed his last, seeing their hatred in their eyes and on their faces made this observation -
Acts 7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Acts 7:53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
So it is, today. Bragg is supposed to protect and keep the law. Apparently, he does not have the character to do so. He is driven by an agenda he did not create. Others created it, and use whom they will to achieve their ends.
There is nothing new under the sun.
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MAGA vs. Multinational Corporations
I don't generally read long articles but, in this case, it isn't just important and insightful, it's just an easy read.
"MAGA cannot be purchased. It is a political outlook that seeks only to enhance the best interests of the American people, regardless of consequence for the multinationals or foreign beneficiaries of globalist U.S. economic policy. Unfortunately, as a result, all of the beneficiaries are aligned to make sure the MAGA economic policy outlook is extinguished. There are literally trillions at stake. This reality underpins the opposition to Donald Trump."
I learned enough to realize the President of the United States is a lot more than a figurehead, a national cheerleader and such. Policy is serious business, literally.
theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/03/24/reminder-the-core-battle-begins-within-the-republican-party/#more-244669
Portents are telling us America is lost. It is no longer the America I grew up in, and for that matter, not the America my parents grew up in. The Post WW2 era down to our times is fraught with unAmerican policy that does not and cannot benefit the American citizen.
Regardless of what you think of Donald Trump as a man, as a president, his policies were for all American citizens, not multinational corporations. The only problem with that philosophy he holds to is his decision to fast track the vaccines, based on terrible information he was not privvy to vet. He took money from Big pharma and I reckon he regrets that with sore bruises and cuts he cannot escape from, from those who know what happened.
That said, Trump IS POTUS, legally. Legality does not run America anymore so, a brain damaged, old man sits in the White House and the world laughs or, takes advantage as they can, when a second term of Trump may have placed America in its best position in its history" a strong economy, no foreign wars, and true adherence to the Bill of Rights, especially the First and Second amendments.
2024 will decide if America stands, feebly, or just collapses, by design.
"MAGA cannot be purchased. It is a political outlook that seeks only to enhance the best interests of the American people, regardless of consequence for the multinationals or foreign beneficiaries of globalist U.S. economic policy. Unfortunately, as a result, all of the beneficiaries are aligned to make sure the MAGA economic policy outlook is extinguished. There are literally trillions at stake. This reality underpins the opposition to Donald Trump."
I learned enough to realize the President of the United States is a lot more than a figurehead, a national cheerleader and such. Policy is serious business, literally.
theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/03/24/reminder-the-core-battle-begins-within-the-republican-party/#more-244669
Portents are telling us America is lost. It is no longer the America I grew up in, and for that matter, not the America my parents grew up in. The Post WW2 era down to our times is fraught with unAmerican policy that does not and cannot benefit the American citizen.
Regardless of what you think of Donald Trump as a man, as a president, his policies were for all American citizens, not multinational corporations. The only problem with that philosophy he holds to is his decision to fast track the vaccines, based on terrible information he was not privvy to vet. He took money from Big pharma and I reckon he regrets that with sore bruises and cuts he cannot escape from, from those who know what happened.
That said, Trump IS POTUS, legally. Legality does not run America anymore so, a brain damaged, old man sits in the White House and the world laughs or, takes advantage as they can, when a second term of Trump may have placed America in its best position in its history" a strong economy, no foreign wars, and true adherence to the Bill of Rights, especially the First and Second amendments.
2024 will decide if America stands, feebly, or just collapses, by design.
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Finally. Races. NOT.
If you come here often you know my position on "race" is one. There is only one race - the human race. All the rest is junk science and social engineering. Charges of "racism" for just about everything under the sun have become so common it's foolishness. It's nonsense.
Well a recent article in Science News finally takes the stage to come to same conclusion, though not for same reason.
www.sciencenews.org/article/race-label-genetic-stigma-diversity
"In particular, the term Caucasian should no longer be used, the committee recommends. The term, coined in the 18th century by German scientist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach to describe what he determined was the most beautiful skull in his collection, carries the false notion of white superiority, the panel says.
"Worse, the moniker “has also acquired today the connotation of being an objective scientific term, and that’s what really led the committee to take objection with it,” says Ann Morning, a sociologist at New York University and a member of the committee that wrote the report. “It tends to reinforce this erroneous belief that racial categories are somehow objective and natural characterizations of human biological difference. We felt that it was a term that … should go into the dustbin of history.”
"Similarly, the term “black race” shouldn’t be used because it implies that Black people are a distinct group, or race, that can be objectively defined, the panel says."
So, the truth really is, "All lives matter."
While I believe the biblical truth that all humanity came from Adam and Eve, it is also true there are no significant genetic differences between any group in the human family. It's all cosmetic stuff that is essentially in the genetic code when God created humanity, and for that matter, the rest of creation. There is no genetic difference between a tiger and my orange Tabby, Buddy. They're cats. Differing in size does not mean they are different animals.
Science sometimes catches up with God. It is never ahead.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Well a recent article in Science News finally takes the stage to come to same conclusion, though not for same reason.
www.sciencenews.org/article/race-label-genetic-stigma-diversity
"In particular, the term Caucasian should no longer be used, the committee recommends. The term, coined in the 18th century by German scientist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach to describe what he determined was the most beautiful skull in his collection, carries the false notion of white superiority, the panel says.
"Worse, the moniker “has also acquired today the connotation of being an objective scientific term, and that’s what really led the committee to take objection with it,” says Ann Morning, a sociologist at New York University and a member of the committee that wrote the report. “It tends to reinforce this erroneous belief that racial categories are somehow objective and natural characterizations of human biological difference. We felt that it was a term that … should go into the dustbin of history.”
"Similarly, the term “black race” shouldn’t be used because it implies that Black people are a distinct group, or race, that can be objectively defined, the panel says."
So, the truth really is, "All lives matter."
While I believe the biblical truth that all humanity came from Adam and Eve, it is also true there are no significant genetic differences between any group in the human family. It's all cosmetic stuff that is essentially in the genetic code when God created humanity, and for that matter, the rest of creation. There is no genetic difference between a tiger and my orange Tabby, Buddy. They're cats. Differing in size does not mean they are different animals.
Science sometimes catches up with God. It is never ahead.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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"Cosmic Origins Remain a Mystery"
I do not place a link here to the article because I believe everything in it. I most certainly do not but, the headline is a good one -
"The Big Bang says nothing about the creation of the cosmos
Cosmic origins remain a mystery."
bigthink.com/13-8/big-bang-does-not-explain-cosmic-creation/
I did find this final paragraph telling -
"By itself, the Big Bang never tells us where it all comes from. If you want to know how the Universe was actually created, you need something else, something more. Maybe you want to say the cosmos always existed and we are just one turn of a cyclic Universe. Maybe you want to come up with some exotic new mechanism that can create something from nothing. (Beware of this one, people have stumbled hard on it.) But whatever mechanism you envision, it will be an addition to the Big Bang we have now, because that theory is silent on the question of creation."
So, you can make up any story you want, or claim any theory you want but, the idea that a transcendent Being supernaturally created the universe... no. That one doesn't meet the story-making criteria acceptable to "science."
"The Big Bang says nothing about the creation of the cosmos
Cosmic origins remain a mystery."
bigthink.com/13-8/big-bang-does-not-explain-cosmic-creation/
I did find this final paragraph telling -
"By itself, the Big Bang never tells us where it all comes from. If you want to know how the Universe was actually created, you need something else, something more. Maybe you want to say the cosmos always existed and we are just one turn of a cyclic Universe. Maybe you want to come up with some exotic new mechanism that can create something from nothing. (Beware of this one, people have stumbled hard on it.) But whatever mechanism you envision, it will be an addition to the Big Bang we have now, because that theory is silent on the question of creation."
So, you can make up any story you want, or claim any theory you want but, the idea that a transcendent Being supernaturally created the universe... no. That one doesn't meet the story-making criteria acceptable to "science."
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759. Easter. Christian or Pagan? - March 25, 2023
I came upon a short video from Creation.com about Easter. They claim it is Christian, based on the Passover. They open with a statement from Alexander Hislop. They do not mention the book, they just read the quote. In small letters at the bottom of the screen they place the credit of the quote. It's Hislop's classic, The Two Babylons. That is extremely important. The Two Babylons?
Hislop makes the claim, one of many dozens in the book about the merging of paganism and Christianity in the opening centuries of the new millennium, that the term Easter has ties to pagan goddesses like Oester, Astarte, Isis and others, all mother goddesses. Madonnas, if you will. The two hosts on the video state that is incorrect; that Easter is linked to Passover. Why?
The Hebrew word for the Passover is "pesach. In the Greek it is "pascha." It is the Passover from the event in Egypt during the last plague upon that nation: the death of the first born. The Hebrews escaped that judgement by swiping blood upon the doorposts and lintel of their homes. The angel of death saw the blood of the sacrifice, which represented the Messiah, and passed over those homes.
In the New Testament, translators use the words Easter and Passover from the original pascha. What does "Easter" have to do with Passover? Nothing. It is not an accurate translation of the Greek, for sure, and history involves ancient practices and rites of fertility and sexual immorality.
Dianna of the Ephesians was a mother goddess. Look up a statue of her. It's covered with breasts.
Pagans had a fixation for the universal egg, which the universe was born from. Why do we have bunnies and chicks and eggs associated with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ? Passover? That is ridiculous. It all comes from paganism. Babylon is confusion. Babylon is a mixing of the sacred with the pagan.
This brings us back to 'The Two Babylons.' The first Babylon was the ancient empire; the first empire of prophecy: the head of gold in Daniel, chapter 2; the lion with eagle's wings in Chapter 7, etc. The second Babylon? Hislop's entire book is about displaying the true nature of the Roman Catholic Church and its system of religion as being little more than borrowed practices from various pagan religions, "Christianized" by that hierarchical body. That is what makes her the Mother Whore of Revelation 17 who fornicated with the kings of the earth. The entire book is saturated with evidence to make that claim a historical, prophetic reality.
It is a shame Creation.com, being so astute when it comes to the creation/ evolution debate, should be so subtly deceitful of something known by all Protestants for centuries.
https://creation.com/media-center/youtube/easter-came-from-passover-not-pagan-myths?utm_source=creation.com&utm_medium=slider&utm_campaign=homepage_slider
You can read The Two Babylons online, which btw, has this full title -
The Two Babylons
or
The Papal Worship
Proved to be the Worship of Nimrod and His Wife
Having read the book many years ago, I do not subscribe to everything in it but, showing what the Roman Catholic system is, and why, is done very thoroughly. That is why it's a classic, and it was hardly alone back in the 19th century. Many authors wrote tracts and books about the RCC and her Papacy being the Babylon of Revelation. What most of them miss is she is a MOTHER of harlots. Who are her daughters? The very churches that also exist that keep many of Mother's doctrines and traditions, like Easter and sunrise services. Jesus did not rise at sunrise. The Bible states he rose well before morning -
Matt 28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
Mark 16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Mark 16:2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
Luke 24:1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
Luke 24:2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
Luke 24:3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
John 20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
All four Gospels make it plain. Jesus rose before dawn. They got to the tomb in the dark, just before sunrise and Christ was already gone.
Easter sunrise services. Where do they originate from? Just look at Ezekiel 8:16 -
Eze 8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
Eze 8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
There is only one way to worship the sun towards the east: sunrise.
https://www.biblebelievers.com/babylon/00index.htm
The Wiki article on Hislop and the book goes to great lengths to discredit them both, which is pretty much par for the course for that site when it comes to serious biblical Protestantism and anti-Catholicism.
Most people are not aware of the controversy about Easter back in the early centuries after Christ. On a calendar, Christ was crucified on the 14th of Nisan and rose on the 16th. That would be a different day of the week year to year, just like any other calendar day. Why is Easter always on the Sunday after the vernal equinox? Because the Catholic Church adopted the pagan day to celebrate the resurrection. Back then, it was a huge controversy and many Christians sided with the calendar, not Rome. Look it up. It's a fascinating history. It is referred to as the Quartodeciman controversy.
Once again, I was raised Roman Catholic. I am not anti-Catholic. I have nothing against Roman Catholics. All my relatives on both sides are mostly Roman Catholics. French Roman Catholics. Just like Italian or Irish or Spanish Catholics, it is a culture, as well as a religion. What I am against, as a Protestant, is the system of religion that Roman Catholicism is. That distinction is very important. Would that all Roman Catholics understood the actual history of their church.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Hislop makes the claim, one of many dozens in the book about the merging of paganism and Christianity in the opening centuries of the new millennium, that the term Easter has ties to pagan goddesses like Oester, Astarte, Isis and others, all mother goddesses. Madonnas, if you will. The two hosts on the video state that is incorrect; that Easter is linked to Passover. Why?
The Hebrew word for the Passover is "pesach. In the Greek it is "pascha." It is the Passover from the event in Egypt during the last plague upon that nation: the death of the first born. The Hebrews escaped that judgement by swiping blood upon the doorposts and lintel of their homes. The angel of death saw the blood of the sacrifice, which represented the Messiah, and passed over those homes.
In the New Testament, translators use the words Easter and Passover from the original pascha. What does "Easter" have to do with Passover? Nothing. It is not an accurate translation of the Greek, for sure, and history involves ancient practices and rites of fertility and sexual immorality.
Dianna of the Ephesians was a mother goddess. Look up a statue of her. It's covered with breasts.
Pagans had a fixation for the universal egg, which the universe was born from. Why do we have bunnies and chicks and eggs associated with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ? Passover? That is ridiculous. It all comes from paganism. Babylon is confusion. Babylon is a mixing of the sacred with the pagan.
This brings us back to 'The Two Babylons.' The first Babylon was the ancient empire; the first empire of prophecy: the head of gold in Daniel, chapter 2; the lion with eagle's wings in Chapter 7, etc. The second Babylon? Hislop's entire book is about displaying the true nature of the Roman Catholic Church and its system of religion as being little more than borrowed practices from various pagan religions, "Christianized" by that hierarchical body. That is what makes her the Mother Whore of Revelation 17 who fornicated with the kings of the earth. The entire book is saturated with evidence to make that claim a historical, prophetic reality.
It is a shame Creation.com, being so astute when it comes to the creation/ evolution debate, should be so subtly deceitful of something known by all Protestants for centuries.
https://creation.com/media-center/youtube/easter-came-from-passover-not-pagan-myths?utm_source=creation.com&utm_medium=slider&utm_campaign=homepage_slider
You can read The Two Babylons online, which btw, has this full title -
The Two Babylons
or
The Papal Worship
Proved to be the Worship of Nimrod and His Wife
Having read the book many years ago, I do not subscribe to everything in it but, showing what the Roman Catholic system is, and why, is done very thoroughly. That is why it's a classic, and it was hardly alone back in the 19th century. Many authors wrote tracts and books about the RCC and her Papacy being the Babylon of Revelation. What most of them miss is she is a MOTHER of harlots. Who are her daughters? The very churches that also exist that keep many of Mother's doctrines and traditions, like Easter and sunrise services. Jesus did not rise at sunrise. The Bible states he rose well before morning -
Matt 28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
Mark 16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
Mark 16:2 And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
Luke 24:1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
Luke 24:2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
Luke 24:3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.
John 20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
All four Gospels make it plain. Jesus rose before dawn. They got to the tomb in the dark, just before sunrise and Christ was already gone.
Easter sunrise services. Where do they originate from? Just look at Ezekiel 8:16 -
Eze 8:15 Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
Eze 8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
There is only one way to worship the sun towards the east: sunrise.
https://www.biblebelievers.com/babylon/00index.htm
The Wiki article on Hislop and the book goes to great lengths to discredit them both, which is pretty much par for the course for that site when it comes to serious biblical Protestantism and anti-Catholicism.
Most people are not aware of the controversy about Easter back in the early centuries after Christ. On a calendar, Christ was crucified on the 14th of Nisan and rose on the 16th. That would be a different day of the week year to year, just like any other calendar day. Why is Easter always on the Sunday after the vernal equinox? Because the Catholic Church adopted the pagan day to celebrate the resurrection. Back then, it was a huge controversy and many Christians sided with the calendar, not Rome. Look it up. It's a fascinating history. It is referred to as the Quartodeciman controversy.
Once again, I was raised Roman Catholic. I am not anti-Catholic. I have nothing against Roman Catholics. All my relatives on both sides are mostly Roman Catholics. French Roman Catholics. Just like Italian or Irish or Spanish Catholics, it is a culture, as well as a religion. What I am against, as a Protestant, is the system of religion that Roman Catholicism is. That distinction is very important. Would that all Roman Catholics understood the actual history of their church.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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760. Can There Be an Alien Invasion? - March 25, 2023
The short answer to that question is, NO. There cannot be an "alien" invasion.
For the last several years, Steven Greer, prominent UFO personality and documentary maker, has been speaking about the US government, and other governments, working together to create a false scenario of an alien invasion. Why? Black budgets, secret organizations within the government that operate outside the Constitution and American laws. Part of the military industrial complex, that war machine, seeing ground wars are growing old, see the next front for war is space. Money for weaponry is needed, hence, all the uproar about UFOs in this new century. For 60 years nothing but, denials. Now, in the last 15 years, why the change? Why the dissemination of information about military experiences with UFOs or, as they now want to refer to them as, UAPs, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena?
About a year ago, former FBI agent, John DeSouza, had been making the rounds on this subject and stating we would be seeing the build up to an "alien invasion." Obviously the Chinese balloon was not that BUT, the same week we were told the military was shooting down other UAP, as well, and placing it all in a threatening atmosphere. That is the storyline now. UFOs are a threat to national security. Government committees asking for information and the Pentagon and FBI, CIA and who knows what other alphabet agency - which are not the tip of this spear - hedging and hawing and sending pitiful spokespersons around talking a lot and saying zip. It is all a charade. DeSouza's book, the Extra-Dimensionals, lays out how he sees this scenario building to a climax. I have not read the book. He is now predicting both corporate airliners and military craft will be shot down by "aliens" to set up the "invasion."
If you remember the Iran/Contra Hearings, back in 1987; the testimony of Hawaii's Senator, Daniel Inouye, in which he stated -
"...that of a secret government, directed by NEC staffers, accountable to not a single elected official, including, apparently, the President, himself. A shadowy government with its own air force, its own navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and its ability to pursue its own idea of the national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law, itself. It is an elitist vision of government that trusts no one, not the people, not the Congress and not the Cabinet. It is a vision of a government operated by persons convinced they have a monopoly on truth."
www.c-span.org/video/?c4910144/user-clip-secret-shadowy-government
Inouye's testimony shocked a lot of people back then yet, it went nowhere. Why? Obviously the shadowy government did not want that, nor the open government, which has its connections, money and obvious fears of what can take place in said shadows. That was over 30 years ago.
We knew from President Eisenhower, from his last address to the nation, of his concerns over the military industrial complex and the dangers associated with it. That has all come to pass.
My cousin emailed me when the balloon story was happening, and said, Ray, you pegged it. UFOs and invasions coming.
Well, I replied that while I believe "UFOs" will be involved in last day events, the thing I do not know is how the government plays into it all. Regan talked about what would the world do if a threat from beyond fell upon us; his well known UN speech, and others he gave. All the animosity would dissolve because the threat from beyond would force us to work together to save the world. Thus, why aren't we working together already, if it would be possible from a threat?
So, put the pieces together and you get the picture. UFOs can all be black corporation inventions, where billions are spent on research under no supervision of anyone but, corporate CEOs. Add to that Inouye's position and we have more money in secret government installations working towards the same end, as far as conquering space and fighting in it. If you think Russia and China and other nations capable do not have their own "secret governments" you are naive. If you cannot bring about a New World Order by stealth of health crises and monetary control, scare the hell out of everybody with aliens. Hollywood has certainly played its part. Over the decades aliens went from looking human to the most disgusting, ghastly, creepy and horrifying things on legs: two, three, four, you name it; with hands that couldn't hold a banana, let alone create and build intricate space ships and weapons that travel the galaxies and terrorize everybody in them.
So, can Earth be invaded by aliens? No. Why not? Because the Bible is very specific about this. Earth, alone, has renegades and dangerous creatures living on it. Earth's atmosphere is the home of who knows how many fallen angels under the command of Lucifer, "the prince of the power of the air," to wreak havoc and death on the planet and its inhabitants.
While I believe the universe is populated based on allusions to that fact in Scripture, they are all in loving and obedient harmony to the Creator. God has an orderly population out there. The lunatic asylum is here and here, alone. If you to not believe the universe is populated, as you understand the Bible, then that leaves God's heavenly host: an incredible number of angels who do God's bidding. There are no aliens out there that do harm to anyone. The only invasion to this world is Lucifer and his fallen angelic host, as well a number we cannot know. We can only assess a third of the angelic host followed him in his rebellion, according to Rev. 12:4.
Now, they can go either way or both ways in this scenario: creating an "alien invasion" as well as the benefactor's of help from "aliens" on our side; a very possible plan of attack to catch all humanity off guard. Perhaps dark minds, lost souls in government are working with the "ruler of this world," to bring about a NWO with just such a plan. Only those involved would know that, among mankind. God knows, and before the time arrives, He will send messages to people with the gift of prophecy to make known His will -
Amos 3:7 For the Lord Jehovah will do nothing unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
Amos 3:8 A lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah has spoken, who will not prophesy?
We have enough information in Scripture to understand and know that Lucifer comes as "an angel of light." And he has messengers to pave the way -
2Cor 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
2Cor 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
2Cor 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Deception on the part of Satan is a given. Deception on the part of people in government is a given. Deception from people in religion is a given. Deceptions from multinational corporations is a given. Deception from every field of enterprise on Earth is a given, as humanity and its leaders draw ever closer to full-blown rebellion to the Law of God. If "the love of money is the root of all evil," then evil is now everywhere. Such as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the days of the coming of the Son of Man.
There cannot be an actual alien invasion. Mark it. There can be a fake alien invasion. Between technology of holography and who knows what kind of flying crafts in service of mankind's most brilliant minds, I have no doubt that to secure an end, a fake alien invasion is as good a way to bring about world control as any other. Then there is the agenda far above that one: Lucifer's agenda for world domination and there, too, an alien invasion can be a device of his use. The deck is stacked. Mankind cannot escape what is coming, save for one way, and one way only, the cross of Jesus Christ and the plan of salvation. That's it. The King is coming. The world is ending. Everything is going to go bonkers at some point. God's people, proclaiming the truth, will not be able to buy or sell and finally, in the world's eyes, be worthy of death. The greatest rescue mission in history shall deliver a death blow to the one planet that lost its way and the source of that loss, with it.
Personally, I think it's pretty cool we can know the end, from the beginning because God has revealed it to us because He knows the whole end, from the whole beginning.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
For the last several years, Steven Greer, prominent UFO personality and documentary maker, has been speaking about the US government, and other governments, working together to create a false scenario of an alien invasion. Why? Black budgets, secret organizations within the government that operate outside the Constitution and American laws. Part of the military industrial complex, that war machine, seeing ground wars are growing old, see the next front for war is space. Money for weaponry is needed, hence, all the uproar about UFOs in this new century. For 60 years nothing but, denials. Now, in the last 15 years, why the change? Why the dissemination of information about military experiences with UFOs or, as they now want to refer to them as, UAPs, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena?
About a year ago, former FBI agent, John DeSouza, had been making the rounds on this subject and stating we would be seeing the build up to an "alien invasion." Obviously the Chinese balloon was not that BUT, the same week we were told the military was shooting down other UAP, as well, and placing it all in a threatening atmosphere. That is the storyline now. UFOs are a threat to national security. Government committees asking for information and the Pentagon and FBI, CIA and who knows what other alphabet agency - which are not the tip of this spear - hedging and hawing and sending pitiful spokespersons around talking a lot and saying zip. It is all a charade. DeSouza's book, the Extra-Dimensionals, lays out how he sees this scenario building to a climax. I have not read the book. He is now predicting both corporate airliners and military craft will be shot down by "aliens" to set up the "invasion."
If you remember the Iran/Contra Hearings, back in 1987; the testimony of Hawaii's Senator, Daniel Inouye, in which he stated -
"...that of a secret government, directed by NEC staffers, accountable to not a single elected official, including, apparently, the President, himself. A shadowy government with its own air force, its own navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and its ability to pursue its own idea of the national interest, free from all checks and balances, and free from the law, itself. It is an elitist vision of government that trusts no one, not the people, not the Congress and not the Cabinet. It is a vision of a government operated by persons convinced they have a monopoly on truth."
www.c-span.org/video/?c4910144/user-clip-secret-shadowy-government
Inouye's testimony shocked a lot of people back then yet, it went nowhere. Why? Obviously the shadowy government did not want that, nor the open government, which has its connections, money and obvious fears of what can take place in said shadows. That was over 30 years ago.
We knew from President Eisenhower, from his last address to the nation, of his concerns over the military industrial complex and the dangers associated with it. That has all come to pass.
My cousin emailed me when the balloon story was happening, and said, Ray, you pegged it. UFOs and invasions coming.
Well, I replied that while I believe "UFOs" will be involved in last day events, the thing I do not know is how the government plays into it all. Regan talked about what would the world do if a threat from beyond fell upon us; his well known UN speech, and others he gave. All the animosity would dissolve because the threat from beyond would force us to work together to save the world. Thus, why aren't we working together already, if it would be possible from a threat?
So, put the pieces together and you get the picture. UFOs can all be black corporation inventions, where billions are spent on research under no supervision of anyone but, corporate CEOs. Add to that Inouye's position and we have more money in secret government installations working towards the same end, as far as conquering space and fighting in it. If you think Russia and China and other nations capable do not have their own "secret governments" you are naive. If you cannot bring about a New World Order by stealth of health crises and monetary control, scare the hell out of everybody with aliens. Hollywood has certainly played its part. Over the decades aliens went from looking human to the most disgusting, ghastly, creepy and horrifying things on legs: two, three, four, you name it; with hands that couldn't hold a banana, let alone create and build intricate space ships and weapons that travel the galaxies and terrorize everybody in them.
So, can Earth be invaded by aliens? No. Why not? Because the Bible is very specific about this. Earth, alone, has renegades and dangerous creatures living on it. Earth's atmosphere is the home of who knows how many fallen angels under the command of Lucifer, "the prince of the power of the air," to wreak havoc and death on the planet and its inhabitants.
While I believe the universe is populated based on allusions to that fact in Scripture, they are all in loving and obedient harmony to the Creator. God has an orderly population out there. The lunatic asylum is here and here, alone. If you to not believe the universe is populated, as you understand the Bible, then that leaves God's heavenly host: an incredible number of angels who do God's bidding. There are no aliens out there that do harm to anyone. The only invasion to this world is Lucifer and his fallen angelic host, as well a number we cannot know. We can only assess a third of the angelic host followed him in his rebellion, according to Rev. 12:4.
Now, they can go either way or both ways in this scenario: creating an "alien invasion" as well as the benefactor's of help from "aliens" on our side; a very possible plan of attack to catch all humanity off guard. Perhaps dark minds, lost souls in government are working with the "ruler of this world," to bring about a NWO with just such a plan. Only those involved would know that, among mankind. God knows, and before the time arrives, He will send messages to people with the gift of prophecy to make known His will -
Amos 3:7 For the Lord Jehovah will do nothing unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
Amos 3:8 A lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah has spoken, who will not prophesy?
We have enough information in Scripture to understand and know that Lucifer comes as "an angel of light." And he has messengers to pave the way -
2Cor 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
2Cor 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
2Cor 11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Deception on the part of Satan is a given. Deception on the part of people in government is a given. Deception from people in religion is a given. Deceptions from multinational corporations is a given. Deception from every field of enterprise on Earth is a given, as humanity and its leaders draw ever closer to full-blown rebellion to the Law of God. If "the love of money is the root of all evil," then evil is now everywhere. Such as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the days of the coming of the Son of Man.
There cannot be an actual alien invasion. Mark it. There can be a fake alien invasion. Between technology of holography and who knows what kind of flying crafts in service of mankind's most brilliant minds, I have no doubt that to secure an end, a fake alien invasion is as good a way to bring about world control as any other. Then there is the agenda far above that one: Lucifer's agenda for world domination and there, too, an alien invasion can be a device of his use. The deck is stacked. Mankind cannot escape what is coming, save for one way, and one way only, the cross of Jesus Christ and the plan of salvation. That's it. The King is coming. The world is ending. Everything is going to go bonkers at some point. God's people, proclaiming the truth, will not be able to buy or sell and finally, in the world's eyes, be worthy of death. The greatest rescue mission in history shall deliver a death blow to the one planet that lost its way and the source of that loss, with it.
Personally, I think it's pretty cool we can know the end, from the beginning because God has revealed it to us because He knows the whole end, from the whole beginning.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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"Redacted" Podcast
I came upon a YT podcast called Redacted, hosted by a husband and wife, Clayton and Natali Morris. I thought I recognized Clayton. He was a news guy on FOX.
The interview is with a guy named Brandon Straka (pronounced 'Strock'), a former diehard Liberal that became a Republican. While I am no longer surprised at anything the United States Federal Government does or is capable of doing, what this guy went and is going through, which is a blip compared to others present at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, is not just awful but, criminal, in and of itself. By criminal I mean government overreach on steroids. His experience is nothing compared to the treatment others have received at the hands of those with power to crush lives.
The thing about the interview is, what he is being put through for misdemeanors, and his insights into the other side of the coin he used to be part of, and the unfortunate weakness of Republicans to have a true vehicle or even sense of dire need to bring about any serious changes.
I have been pretty convinced no changes are forthcoming until a massive false religious revival. By then it'll be way too late because the other door is going to swing back and smack people (who want the Constitution obeyed on religious freedom of conscience), hard right in the face.
The situation of corruption in the nation's Capitol is not just ugly and foul, it is akin to things I'd expect to read about Cuba or China or some other despotic country. It now impossible for me to believe this is the nation my father fought in a world war for.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH3rCGdoBB0
The interview is with a guy named Brandon Straka (pronounced 'Strock'), a former diehard Liberal that became a Republican. While I am no longer surprised at anything the United States Federal Government does or is capable of doing, what this guy went and is going through, which is a blip compared to others present at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, is not just awful but, criminal, in and of itself. By criminal I mean government overreach on steroids. His experience is nothing compared to the treatment others have received at the hands of those with power to crush lives.
The thing about the interview is, what he is being put through for misdemeanors, and his insights into the other side of the coin he used to be part of, and the unfortunate weakness of Republicans to have a true vehicle or even sense of dire need to bring about any serious changes.
I have been pretty convinced no changes are forthcoming until a massive false religious revival. By then it'll be way too late because the other door is going to swing back and smack people (who want the Constitution obeyed on religious freedom of conscience), hard right in the face.
The situation of corruption in the nation's Capitol is not just ugly and foul, it is akin to things I'd expect to read about Cuba or China or some other despotic country. It now impossible for me to believe this is the nation my father fought in a world war for.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH3rCGdoBB0
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Is Trump America First or Trump First?
Trump remains an enigma to me. I'd like to be a Trump supporter, in the sense of standing for a man who truly is America first but, this past week Trump has shown a decidedly non-presidential attitude towards those who seek his political end. Calling for protests if he is arrested, writing there will be death and destruction if he is arrested, are both shortsighted of the America that now exists, just trying to make ends meet, and more people than ever savvy enough to never trust their government again, in any way regarding large, outdoor political events involving protesting, as far as MAGA citizens go so. It is highly unlikely major protesting will take place and the Americans who have supported him are most definitely not Antifa-types, BLM rioters that are going to get destructive over anything that happens in this nation. It is not their way. Trump should know that. He obviously does not. Or does he?
He has yet to take any responsibility for fast-tracking the injections. He has done nothing to push anyone in D.C. to deal with the J6 prisoners, and frankly, Donald Trump is, in my opinion, now part of the problem, not the solution. He has made some strong campaign videos but, his public appearances are just filled with old rhetoric. He is not going to get justice for the 2020 steal. It is not going to happen. He should know that, while he is now promising to clean out the garbage in D.C. alphabet agencies.
Trump remains an enigma because he is not being honest with himself or the American citizens who support him.
Apparently Greg Reese believes the same thing.
banned.video/watch?id=641e17302841f35bbaf09b9c
He has yet to take any responsibility for fast-tracking the injections. He has done nothing to push anyone in D.C. to deal with the J6 prisoners, and frankly, Donald Trump is, in my opinion, now part of the problem, not the solution. He has made some strong campaign videos but, his public appearances are just filled with old rhetoric. He is not going to get justice for the 2020 steal. It is not going to happen. He should know that, while he is now promising to clean out the garbage in D.C. alphabet agencies.
Trump remains an enigma because he is not being honest with himself or the American citizens who support him.
Apparently Greg Reese believes the same thing.
banned.video/watch?id=641e17302841f35bbaf09b9c
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Parker Posie
Never heard of her until this morning, catching an article at Zerohedge. She is a spokeswoman for womanhood. By that I mean, a woman is a woman and a man is a man. Apparently she is one of the targets of the LGBTQ, etc. mob; someone that drives them crazy. This quote in the article byline caught my attention -
"That mob was drunk on sanctimony. This is what happens when we tell people their identity is the most important thing in the world and that anything that so much as grazes their self-esteem is an outrage that must be crushed."
There are a number of well-written gems in the article.
Her real name is Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, and she is outspoken against the radical transgender cabal. Yes, I realize many would say all of transgenderism is radical but, not all of them get violent. She attracts the violent people of mob, cancel culture.
www.zerohedge.com/political/its-getting-ugly-out-there
As the entire world divides and the bigger cabal watches over it all, licking their chops at a closing of the victory noose, anyone who knows much of anything of Bible prophecy sees the handwriting on the wall. Love growing cold, calloused. Violence. Evil-mindedness. Confusion. Division upon division and all the rest of the general nature of collapsing humanity Jesus spoke about before His return, we can only watch it continue to get worse and try to educate and warn people, and appeal to them to practice critical thinking and open their minds to a larger picture of what is happening on Earth.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
"That mob was drunk on sanctimony. This is what happens when we tell people their identity is the most important thing in the world and that anything that so much as grazes their self-esteem is an outrage that must be crushed."
There are a number of well-written gems in the article.
Her real name is Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, and she is outspoken against the radical transgender cabal. Yes, I realize many would say all of transgenderism is radical but, not all of them get violent. She attracts the violent people of mob, cancel culture.
www.zerohedge.com/political/its-getting-ugly-out-there
As the entire world divides and the bigger cabal watches over it all, licking their chops at a closing of the victory noose, anyone who knows much of anything of Bible prophecy sees the handwriting on the wall. Love growing cold, calloused. Violence. Evil-mindedness. Confusion. Division upon division and all the rest of the general nature of collapsing humanity Jesus spoke about before His return, we can only watch it continue to get worse and try to educate and warn people, and appeal to them to practice critical thinking and open their minds to a larger picture of what is happening on Earth.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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761.Trans vs. Christianity? - March 29, 2023
Tucker Carlson had a monologue about the Transgender community and violence towards Christians. I didn't watch it but, just read a headline at a news site. I began to immediately think where we are and frankly, it is not just the Trans community. It is all communities, groups, organizations, businesses, governments made up with people at war with God, at war with His revealed truth, at war with nature as He created it, and ultimately at war with themselves.
LGBTQ+ believes it can act outside the parameters of nature. Nature is God's book, as well as the Bible. Things in nature, even fallen nature, reveal truths that never change. Anomalies and aberrations may exist but, for the most part nature tells its story in harmony and unity with itself.
Nature shows that creatures are male and female. Nature shows creatures do not change from male to female and vice versa. Nature shows us that everything has a season and seasons do not change the individual species to something else. Things sleep or die and continue on, the same.
If I look at nature and I look at the Bible, I know by observation and study LGBTQ+ is wrong. It's a violation of nature, a perversion of it, and certainly that is the case with the Word of God. Notice this succinct verse from the book of James -
James 4:4 You adulterers and adulteresses, know you not, that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Strong language. What is "the world?" What is being a friend to the world? Wasn't Christ everybody's friend, desiring to draw close to them in friendship and relationship and connection to make their lives better; to bring them into harmony with their Creator, who is, in fact, Christ, Himself? Well, those opposed to Him were not His friends and by the end of His life on Earth, only His mother and the youngest disciple stood by the cross. THAT was and is the world. If we try and be friends with those who are at war with God, to the end we become corrupted by an influence that lessens the influence of God and holiness in our lives, the believer becomes an enemy of God.
Another passage to the point -
2Co 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
2Co 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
2Co 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
2Co 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
2Co 6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
2Co 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Unequally yoked together. A stronger pulling a weaker off course. We all get yoked up with the world in various ways. We work with unbelievers. There may be family gatherings or other types of gatherings where believers and unbelievers mingle. The issue is being unequally bound together. Oxen have to be respectfully paired together or no field gets plowed correctly. Such an illustration gets lost in modern times where tractors or machinery does everything on a farm or ranch. One cowboy on one horse can't match the biblical illustration. It gets lost in the age of modern mechanics.
This idea, this concept of light and darkness is familiar to most religions but, attaining holiness is so foreign to "the world" that the most popular curse term in the English-speaking world is "Jesus Chris." People that have no connection to Him, no relationship with Him, no desire of any kind to become part of the family of God, even though they need it and their eternal destiny is sealed up in that very thing, say the name Jesus and/or Christ every single day, at some point of negative experience. They say, 'Oh my God' or the popular OMG, and have zero idea what they are saying. They are the god they worship and relinquish control of their life to. Yet they state this formulaic exclamation every time they are pleasantly or unpleasantly surprised. And if you say something about that, they become offended when they are the ones committing offense, breaking the third commandment. They take or use the name of God in vain, in uselessness or worse, every single day.
It is not any particular point of departure from reality that transgender people should be at war with Christians and the Faith of Jesus. They are at war with God. How can Christians not be at war with those at war with God?
Everybody makes decisions about who they connect with in life. The Bible says bad company corrupts good morals. Everybody knows that. It's no secret. Every parent concerns themselves with whom their children are making connections with.
Christians, by default, are in the scopes of all enemies of God. In the last week, that has been literally proven with the Nashville shooting and others being referenced by news sites. In the eyes of the world it's a guilt by association Christians cannot escape, save for pulling a Peter, and denying Christ. Peter had a problem with that. Paul had to rebuke him for his duplicity, Gal. 2:11-14.
Christians, true Christians, desire peace with all men. Guided and propelled by deep convictions, they cannot remain silent when they know what is coming. No believer wants to hear, "You knew this was coming and you didn't tell us?" Most will not listen. Some will so, believers speak up. Can anyone be silent if they see their neighbor's house on fire? Only if they desire to see harm come to their neighbor. Otherwise they run next door and pound on the door to wake people up to get them out of the house.
The house is on fire.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
LGBTQ+ believes it can act outside the parameters of nature. Nature is God's book, as well as the Bible. Things in nature, even fallen nature, reveal truths that never change. Anomalies and aberrations may exist but, for the most part nature tells its story in harmony and unity with itself.
Nature shows that creatures are male and female. Nature shows creatures do not change from male to female and vice versa. Nature shows us that everything has a season and seasons do not change the individual species to something else. Things sleep or die and continue on, the same.
If I look at nature and I look at the Bible, I know by observation and study LGBTQ+ is wrong. It's a violation of nature, a perversion of it, and certainly that is the case with the Word of God. Notice this succinct verse from the book of James -
James 4:4 You adulterers and adulteresses, know you not, that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Strong language. What is "the world?" What is being a friend to the world? Wasn't Christ everybody's friend, desiring to draw close to them in friendship and relationship and connection to make their lives better; to bring them into harmony with their Creator, who is, in fact, Christ, Himself? Well, those opposed to Him were not His friends and by the end of His life on Earth, only His mother and the youngest disciple stood by the cross. THAT was and is the world. If we try and be friends with those who are at war with God, to the end we become corrupted by an influence that lessens the influence of God and holiness in our lives, the believer becomes an enemy of God.
Another passage to the point -
2Co 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
2Co 6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
2Co 6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
2Co 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
2Co 6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
2Co 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Unequally yoked together. A stronger pulling a weaker off course. We all get yoked up with the world in various ways. We work with unbelievers. There may be family gatherings or other types of gatherings where believers and unbelievers mingle. The issue is being unequally bound together. Oxen have to be respectfully paired together or no field gets plowed correctly. Such an illustration gets lost in modern times where tractors or machinery does everything on a farm or ranch. One cowboy on one horse can't match the biblical illustration. It gets lost in the age of modern mechanics.
This idea, this concept of light and darkness is familiar to most religions but, attaining holiness is so foreign to "the world" that the most popular curse term in the English-speaking world is "Jesus Chris." People that have no connection to Him, no relationship with Him, no desire of any kind to become part of the family of God, even though they need it and their eternal destiny is sealed up in that very thing, say the name Jesus and/or Christ every single day, at some point of negative experience. They say, 'Oh my God' or the popular OMG, and have zero idea what they are saying. They are the god they worship and relinquish control of their life to. Yet they state this formulaic exclamation every time they are pleasantly or unpleasantly surprised. And if you say something about that, they become offended when they are the ones committing offense, breaking the third commandment. They take or use the name of God in vain, in uselessness or worse, every single day.
It is not any particular point of departure from reality that transgender people should be at war with Christians and the Faith of Jesus. They are at war with God. How can Christians not be at war with those at war with God?
Everybody makes decisions about who they connect with in life. The Bible says bad company corrupts good morals. Everybody knows that. It's no secret. Every parent concerns themselves with whom their children are making connections with.
Christians, by default, are in the scopes of all enemies of God. In the last week, that has been literally proven with the Nashville shooting and others being referenced by news sites. In the eyes of the world it's a guilt by association Christians cannot escape, save for pulling a Peter, and denying Christ. Peter had a problem with that. Paul had to rebuke him for his duplicity, Gal. 2:11-14.
Christians, true Christians, desire peace with all men. Guided and propelled by deep convictions, they cannot remain silent when they know what is coming. No believer wants to hear, "You knew this was coming and you didn't tell us?" Most will not listen. Some will so, believers speak up. Can anyone be silent if they see their neighbor's house on fire? Only if they desire to see harm come to their neighbor. Otherwise they run next door and pound on the door to wake people up to get them out of the house.
The house is on fire.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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LEGEND UPDATE - 3/30/23
Here's where things are at today. Martin and Janne are finishing up current projects and will be ready to begin the Legend sessions soon, which is kind of good news to me because I have had a real time of it getting the drum tracks down. That said, two songs to go, a few percussion tracks to record, then the vocals. That will be a whole new gig for me. While I sang some on the original album, it will be nothing like what this will entail.
I feel compelled to sing the lead because the lyrics are certainly more personal than the first time around, being from a Christian worldview, biblically oriented, and being more than just lyrics or storytelling. Plus, I have never done this before, on my own. I'm going to create a vocal booth out of the closet in the drum room. I believe it should work out well, based on research I have done.
When I'm finished, Martin and Janne will receive my raw files, and I'll send them to Tom, as well, to begin processing while the guys work on their stuff.
I hoped to be done by April 1st but, too many circumstances here to deal with, and I'm glad the guys are still into things on their end so I am not holding anyone up, waiting for me.
If you are a recording musician reading this, and have done isolation/remote recording before... for me, playing to four walls is a total drag. No other musicians to draw energy from. It isn't fun. It isn't It isn't pleasant for me. It's work, hard work, and if you saw me at the end of each session every day, you'd know it. It's like playing a 2-hour concert every day, playing just one song and trying to get a decent take. NEVER in my life would I have expected this project to take so much out of me. Every day I sit down, figuring I'll knock a song out easily enough, considering how well I know the music. Nope. I frequently melt down, totally flummoxed and shaking my head how things could go so badly, every single day. It just makes no sense. I'm glad I'm still able to play close to the level I did in my early 20's but, man, I ain't 24 anymore. The album has a tremendous amount of energy on it and playing along to it, as I record new drum tracks, has been exhausting. That said, I cannot give up. I am compelled to see this through.
Once Martin and Janne begin, I'll finalize something with an artist and get them started.
I am really looking forward to seeing it all come to life.
Anyway, light at the end of the tunnel so... Onward>>>
I feel compelled to sing the lead because the lyrics are certainly more personal than the first time around, being from a Christian worldview, biblically oriented, and being more than just lyrics or storytelling. Plus, I have never done this before, on my own. I'm going to create a vocal booth out of the closet in the drum room. I believe it should work out well, based on research I have done.
When I'm finished, Martin and Janne will receive my raw files, and I'll send them to Tom, as well, to begin processing while the guys work on their stuff.
I hoped to be done by April 1st but, too many circumstances here to deal with, and I'm glad the guys are still into things on their end so I am not holding anyone up, waiting for me.
If you are a recording musician reading this, and have done isolation/remote recording before... for me, playing to four walls is a total drag. No other musicians to draw energy from. It isn't fun. It isn't It isn't pleasant for me. It's work, hard work, and if you saw me at the end of each session every day, you'd know it. It's like playing a 2-hour concert every day, playing just one song and trying to get a decent take. NEVER in my life would I have expected this project to take so much out of me. Every day I sit down, figuring I'll knock a song out easily enough, considering how well I know the music. Nope. I frequently melt down, totally flummoxed and shaking my head how things could go so badly, every single day. It just makes no sense. I'm glad I'm still able to play close to the level I did in my early 20's but, man, I ain't 24 anymore. The album has a tremendous amount of energy on it and playing along to it, as I record new drum tracks, has been exhausting. That said, I cannot give up. I am compelled to see this through.
Once Martin and Janne begin, I'll finalize something with an artist and get them started.
I am really looking forward to seeing it all come to life.
Anyway, light at the end of the tunnel so... Onward>>>
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761. More Thoughts on Trans vs. Christianity
A slight follow-up to the previous thoughts on the Trans vs. Christianity post.
I am seeing various headlines at news sites I frequent, stating it's basically open season on Christians now. From the Federal Justice Dept. to the FBI, State and local police departments, not much to nothing has been done to address the fire-bombings of pro-life clinics and/or churches, and other shootings that have taken place in the last year or more. Those perpetrators shot on site, reap what they have sown. Yet others, caught and arrested, are let go with a slap on the wrist. The culture has drastically changed. The tide has turned in America. I dare say, Putin's Russia has more care for their professed Christian community than America's. Why?
Simply because Christianity is truth. It moves through humanity under the influence and conviction of sin from the Holy Spirit. Sin is sin because God said so, not any human society or standard. The professed people of God could not stand having Christ around for more than three and half years of His ministry. They plotted to kill Him almost as soon as He began it. People drawn to Him for forgiveness of their guilt stood against those who refused to fall and be broken by the pressure of guilt from sin, and they had to get rid of Christ. When He left, they went after His disciples. All but, John were martyred. Then the rise of Romanism went after those who wanted the Bible and the Bible alone as the only rule of faith, practice and discipline. Then The Roman Catholic Church continued that program. Then ignorant Protestants went after other Protestants who wanted to worship according to the dictates of their conscience. Here in early America, where people came to be free of church and state persecution found respite and even some friendship with native Americans until those who were not converted came and ruined the witness of the early believers but, even those early believers created problems for those not of their prominent faith or worse, those with no faith. The Constitution and Bill of Rights changed all that but, the hypocrites did not see all men created equal and racism went clear into the 20th century, well past the Civil War that caused the death of so many, America stood on a brink of dissolving into tribal society.
Putin sees Christianity as the thing that has paved the way for the success of western civilization. He has said so in speeches for years. He bristles at the stupidity of American leaders dropping the ball of what has made this nation so great. Putin, the supposed great enemy of the West, sees things more clearly than America's current crop of wannabe dictators.
Every step of the way those who stood firm for a Thus saith the Lord have been persecuted because a Thus saith the LORD is truth and truth accepted, changes lives. Truth rejected causes far more than personal rejection. Majorities have risen up against the minority claiming a message of truth, necessary for the times. People do not want to hear it. Do not tip their apple cart. Do not cause them discomfort. Shut up! Stay in your church building. Keep your message to yourself. Time and time again, for thousands of years, this scenario has replayed over and over. If you hate God - which means you believe He is there, otherwise, hating someone who does not exist is a mental illness - you will find yourself hating those who worship him, as well. Going after children? That is already a mental illness. Drag queens can pose in lurid and disgusting positions in front of children but, those who oppose these gatherings are arrested for speaking out.
Now we have this "Trans Day Of Vengeance" meeting at the Supreme Court on April 1st. Will the upcoming Fool's Day see these people as an insurgence when violence is in the very name of the gathering? Of course not. America's leaders have jumped the ship of civilization under God. The nation is going to destroy itself with an evil that surpasses nations nowhere near as blessed by the Sovereign of the universe.
Up is down, forward is backward, darkness is light. America is going to reap what it has sown.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
I am seeing various headlines at news sites I frequent, stating it's basically open season on Christians now. From the Federal Justice Dept. to the FBI, State and local police departments, not much to nothing has been done to address the fire-bombings of pro-life clinics and/or churches, and other shootings that have taken place in the last year or more. Those perpetrators shot on site, reap what they have sown. Yet others, caught and arrested, are let go with a slap on the wrist. The culture has drastically changed. The tide has turned in America. I dare say, Putin's Russia has more care for their professed Christian community than America's. Why?
Simply because Christianity is truth. It moves through humanity under the influence and conviction of sin from the Holy Spirit. Sin is sin because God said so, not any human society or standard. The professed people of God could not stand having Christ around for more than three and half years of His ministry. They plotted to kill Him almost as soon as He began it. People drawn to Him for forgiveness of their guilt stood against those who refused to fall and be broken by the pressure of guilt from sin, and they had to get rid of Christ. When He left, they went after His disciples. All but, John were martyred. Then the rise of Romanism went after those who wanted the Bible and the Bible alone as the only rule of faith, practice and discipline. Then The Roman Catholic Church continued that program. Then ignorant Protestants went after other Protestants who wanted to worship according to the dictates of their conscience. Here in early America, where people came to be free of church and state persecution found respite and even some friendship with native Americans until those who were not converted came and ruined the witness of the early believers but, even those early believers created problems for those not of their prominent faith or worse, those with no faith. The Constitution and Bill of Rights changed all that but, the hypocrites did not see all men created equal and racism went clear into the 20th century, well past the Civil War that caused the death of so many, America stood on a brink of dissolving into tribal society.
Putin sees Christianity as the thing that has paved the way for the success of western civilization. He has said so in speeches for years. He bristles at the stupidity of American leaders dropping the ball of what has made this nation so great. Putin, the supposed great enemy of the West, sees things more clearly than America's current crop of wannabe dictators.
Every step of the way those who stood firm for a Thus saith the Lord have been persecuted because a Thus saith the LORD is truth and truth accepted, changes lives. Truth rejected causes far more than personal rejection. Majorities have risen up against the minority claiming a message of truth, necessary for the times. People do not want to hear it. Do not tip their apple cart. Do not cause them discomfort. Shut up! Stay in your church building. Keep your message to yourself. Time and time again, for thousands of years, this scenario has replayed over and over. If you hate God - which means you believe He is there, otherwise, hating someone who does not exist is a mental illness - you will find yourself hating those who worship him, as well. Going after children? That is already a mental illness. Drag queens can pose in lurid and disgusting positions in front of children but, those who oppose these gatherings are arrested for speaking out.
Now we have this "Trans Day Of Vengeance" meeting at the Supreme Court on April 1st. Will the upcoming Fool's Day see these people as an insurgence when violence is in the very name of the gathering? Of course not. America's leaders have jumped the ship of civilization under God. The nation is going to destroy itself with an evil that surpasses nations nowhere near as blessed by the Sovereign of the universe.
Up is down, forward is backward, darkness is light. America is going to reap what it has sown.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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A Warning, Open Letter About A.I.
Elon Musk and many other notable geeks, gearheads and gurus of technology have signed an open letter to the world's laboratories to call a halt to the blazing trail of A.I. advancement and the dust being left behind.
futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/
"Contemporary AI systems are now becoming human-competitive at general tasks,[3] and we must ask ourselves: Should we let machines flood our information channels with propaganda and untruth? Should we automate away all the jobs, including the fulfilling ones? Should we develop nonhuman minds that might eventually outnumber, outsmart, obsolete and replace us? Should we risk loss of control of our civilization? Such decisions must not be delegated to unelected tech leaders. Powerful AI systems should be developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable. This confidence must be well justified and increase with the magnitude of a system's potential effects. OpenAI's recent statement regarding artificial general intelligence, states that "At some point, it may be important to get independent review before starting to train future systems, and for the most advanced efforts to agree to limit the rate of growth of compute used for creating new models." We agree. That point is now."
Oddly, enough, one of the signatories is Yuval Noah Harari, Klaus Schwab's go-to geek for researching and implementing transhumanism. Seems to me he is a fast track guy if ever there was one. You'd think, when you listen to him speak, that's he's warning people. No. He's just point blank telling us where everything is headed, literally. Chips in the brains to control people. "We'll have nothing and be happy," says the Davos crowd.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/
"Contemporary AI systems are now becoming human-competitive at general tasks,[3] and we must ask ourselves: Should we let machines flood our information channels with propaganda and untruth? Should we automate away all the jobs, including the fulfilling ones? Should we develop nonhuman minds that might eventually outnumber, outsmart, obsolete and replace us? Should we risk loss of control of our civilization? Such decisions must not be delegated to unelected tech leaders. Powerful AI systems should be developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable. This confidence must be well justified and increase with the magnitude of a system's potential effects. OpenAI's recent statement regarding artificial general intelligence, states that "At some point, it may be important to get independent review before starting to train future systems, and for the most advanced efforts to agree to limit the rate of growth of compute used for creating new models." We agree. That point is now."
Oddly, enough, one of the signatories is Yuval Noah Harari, Klaus Schwab's go-to geek for researching and implementing transhumanism. Seems to me he is a fast track guy if ever there was one. You'd think, when you listen to him speak, that's he's warning people. No. He's just point blank telling us where everything is headed, literally. Chips in the brains to control people. "We'll have nothing and be happy," says the Davos crowd.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Fuel to the A.I. Fire
Humans will achieve immortality in eight YEARS, says former Google engineer who has predicted the future with 86% accuracy
My answer to this?
1Tim 6:15 For He in His own time will reveal who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
1Tim 6:16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in light which cannot be approached, whom no one of men have seen, nor can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.
God, alone, has immortality and bestows it on whom He will. Nanobot technology has been around for some years now, most notably advanced by Dr. James Tour, devout Christian and world-renowned, eminent chemist. I have yet to hear him say a word about nanobots giving humanity immortality. Not happening.
- Ray Kurzweil predicts nanobots will help achieve human immortality
- The technology will repair cells and tissues that deteriorate as the body ages
My answer to this?
1Tim 6:15 For He in His own time will reveal who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
1Tim 6:16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in light which cannot be approached, whom no one of men have seen, nor can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.
God, alone, has immortality and bestows it on whom He will. Nanobot technology has been around for some years now, most notably advanced by Dr. James Tour, devout Christian and world-renowned, eminent chemist. I have yet to hear him say a word about nanobots giving humanity immortality. Not happening.
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762. Australia Deep Dives into Theology - 3/30/2023
Australia, the once neglected and forgotten British penal colony, went from fairly Conservative to full blown woke, radical Leftist lunacy on parade for all the world to see during Covid. Her sister island, New Zealand, just as bad.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-16/qld-police-trains-shooting-premillennialism-christian-ideology/101985762
"Queensland police say a deadly shooting in the rural community of Wieambilla was a "religiously motivated terrorist attack" and that the trio responsible were influenced by an extremist Christian belief system.
"Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford said an investigation into the Train family had now concluded they were religious extremists who subscribed to "a broad Christian fundamentalist belief system known as premillennialism".
For over a hundred years "premillennialism" has been stock and trade doctrine for all kinds of churches and groups. Now? Now if you believe it you're an extremist terrorist. I'd rather state those who run Australia are the extremist terrorists, locking everybody in their homes with more rules and regulations than MM's has varieties.
You could not pay me to go there. To this day no one in that government has admitted to anything being off the wall and incredible overreach for what they pounded their citizens with. Far worse than most states in America (save for equally radical, Democrat run states).
"Premillennialism is the belief that after a period of extreme suffering, Jesus Christ will physically return to Earth for 1,000 years."In its basic interpretation, there was a belief that Christ will return to the Earth ... and provide peace and prosperity but it will be preceded by an era, or a period of time of tribulation, widespread destruction and suffering," Deputy Commissioner Linford said.
"They started preparing for the end of days."
My own theology absolutely denies a millennium on Earth. Not a chance. There's a sure and certain reason the second coming of Christ is stated to be the end of the world in Scripture. It is likened to the deluge of Noah's day (end of the world) and Sodom and Gomorrah (the end of the cities on the plain), and is described with cataclysmic, catastrophic events. This is not the Man who walked the Earth coming back to rescue His people. This is Almighty God, the Creator, King of kings and Lord of lords, approaching in flames of tempestuous fire, with billions and billions of angels blowing trumpets so loud it literally wakes the dead.
"Josh Roose, an associate professor of politics and expert on far-right and religious extremism at Deakin University, said the trio would have believed the world was "corrupt" and fast imploding."It is a Christian belief that in effect, the world is so corrupt, so evil, so beyond repair that at some point, in the near future, we're facing the implosion of the world effectively … an apocalyptic event and that Jesus will return to Earth," Dr Roose said.
"Historically, cults and apocalyptic cults and so-on have always looked to what's going on in the world around them and drawn upon that as evidence for the world ending."
Personally, not knowing the man, I would not make any claim he is an expert on anything "far right" or anything remotely connected to biblical Christianity. He's a extremist Leftist, which always amuses me. Far right are always called extremists but, far Left never is. They think they are the sound-minded ones. I'll let Jesus decide that when He returns. Which is not to say everybody on the "far right" is Heaven bound. Nay. I just know I am not a terrorist because I believe exactly what the Bible teaches about Christ's first coming and His second. Those ignorant of the Scriptures will face God someday, without an excuse. Intelligent people, too intelligent to receive instruction, admonitions and warnings from the Sovereign of the universe, will reap exactly what they have sown - disbelief and destruction, and the fault will lie at their own door. That is why God says vengeance is His, He will replay. Christians just need to preach the world and leave the results with God.
Frankly, reading the entire article, I must conclude Mr. Roose is just another woke liberal, enemy of common sense and certainly an enemy of making Australia great again. Donald Trump cannot even state the book of 2nd Corinthians correctly, and Roose sees him as someone "who really pushed this Christian textualist agenda, and now we see the emergence of Christian nationalism in the US … there is a renewed momentum for such movements."
Donald Trump would not know biblical textualism if it walked up and slapped him. Would that he did have a connection to the Word of God on some consistent basis. He probably would have had a lot more common sense and insight into who he surrounded himself with.
Australia's government, yes, is a corrupt one, just like America's. A ten year-old can see that. The fact that three lunatics shot and killed police officers instantly negates any claimed connection to Jesus Christ. They are no more connected to Christ than David Koresh was. Spouting theology is good for nothing if the mind and heart are just as corrupt as they claim Australia's government is.
Jesus said you shall know them by their fruits. I would have to believe such people showed their lack of connection to Christ well before this tragedy took place, as it generally does. The Nashville shooter and so many others, displayed their warped personalities and characters and dark agendas enough that people who knew them feared for them or others in their path but, somehow, even when they know these people exist, federal, state and local police just let them slip through the cracks, and then scream "gun control" when tragedy strikes.
There's a reason the second amendment exists and the Founders established it, and it isn't for hunting animals.
The name "Mayorkas" has been in the news a lot lately. He's the Secretary of the alphabet agency, Homeland Security. Here's a man who wants to see "assault weapons" banned when under questioning, cannot even describe what an assault weapon is! I cannot remember a more slippery, mealy-mouthed individual in the Federal government. Watching him is not just pathetic, it is nauseating someone like that can have such a powerful position. Of course, that can be said for everybody in Biden's administration.
I cannot help but, wonder what God is thinking when He looks down upon this nation of prophecy, destined to fulfill an end. All those who believe God does not exist and act as though they are smarter than Him, will shriek with terror, not at anything Christians do but, as what Christ is and is coming as, to render judgment upon those who deny His sovereignty. The Bible states they will cry out for the rocks and mountains to fall on them, rather than see the Face of Christ when He returns.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-16/qld-police-trains-shooting-premillennialism-christian-ideology/101985762
"Queensland police say a deadly shooting in the rural community of Wieambilla was a "religiously motivated terrorist attack" and that the trio responsible were influenced by an extremist Christian belief system.
"Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Tracy Linford said an investigation into the Train family had now concluded they were religious extremists who subscribed to "a broad Christian fundamentalist belief system known as premillennialism".
For over a hundred years "premillennialism" has been stock and trade doctrine for all kinds of churches and groups. Now? Now if you believe it you're an extremist terrorist. I'd rather state those who run Australia are the extremist terrorists, locking everybody in their homes with more rules and regulations than MM's has varieties.
You could not pay me to go there. To this day no one in that government has admitted to anything being off the wall and incredible overreach for what they pounded their citizens with. Far worse than most states in America (save for equally radical, Democrat run states).
"Premillennialism is the belief that after a period of extreme suffering, Jesus Christ will physically return to Earth for 1,000 years."In its basic interpretation, there was a belief that Christ will return to the Earth ... and provide peace and prosperity but it will be preceded by an era, or a period of time of tribulation, widespread destruction and suffering," Deputy Commissioner Linford said.
"They started preparing for the end of days."
My own theology absolutely denies a millennium on Earth. Not a chance. There's a sure and certain reason the second coming of Christ is stated to be the end of the world in Scripture. It is likened to the deluge of Noah's day (end of the world) and Sodom and Gomorrah (the end of the cities on the plain), and is described with cataclysmic, catastrophic events. This is not the Man who walked the Earth coming back to rescue His people. This is Almighty God, the Creator, King of kings and Lord of lords, approaching in flames of tempestuous fire, with billions and billions of angels blowing trumpets so loud it literally wakes the dead.
"Josh Roose, an associate professor of politics and expert on far-right and religious extremism at Deakin University, said the trio would have believed the world was "corrupt" and fast imploding."It is a Christian belief that in effect, the world is so corrupt, so evil, so beyond repair that at some point, in the near future, we're facing the implosion of the world effectively … an apocalyptic event and that Jesus will return to Earth," Dr Roose said.
"Historically, cults and apocalyptic cults and so-on have always looked to what's going on in the world around them and drawn upon that as evidence for the world ending."
Personally, not knowing the man, I would not make any claim he is an expert on anything "far right" or anything remotely connected to biblical Christianity. He's a extremist Leftist, which always amuses me. Far right are always called extremists but, far Left never is. They think they are the sound-minded ones. I'll let Jesus decide that when He returns. Which is not to say everybody on the "far right" is Heaven bound. Nay. I just know I am not a terrorist because I believe exactly what the Bible teaches about Christ's first coming and His second. Those ignorant of the Scriptures will face God someday, without an excuse. Intelligent people, too intelligent to receive instruction, admonitions and warnings from the Sovereign of the universe, will reap exactly what they have sown - disbelief and destruction, and the fault will lie at their own door. That is why God says vengeance is His, He will replay. Christians just need to preach the world and leave the results with God.
Frankly, reading the entire article, I must conclude Mr. Roose is just another woke liberal, enemy of common sense and certainly an enemy of making Australia great again. Donald Trump cannot even state the book of 2nd Corinthians correctly, and Roose sees him as someone "who really pushed this Christian textualist agenda, and now we see the emergence of Christian nationalism in the US … there is a renewed momentum for such movements."
Donald Trump would not know biblical textualism if it walked up and slapped him. Would that he did have a connection to the Word of God on some consistent basis. He probably would have had a lot more common sense and insight into who he surrounded himself with.
Australia's government, yes, is a corrupt one, just like America's. A ten year-old can see that. The fact that three lunatics shot and killed police officers instantly negates any claimed connection to Jesus Christ. They are no more connected to Christ than David Koresh was. Spouting theology is good for nothing if the mind and heart are just as corrupt as they claim Australia's government is.
Jesus said you shall know them by their fruits. I would have to believe such people showed their lack of connection to Christ well before this tragedy took place, as it generally does. The Nashville shooter and so many others, displayed their warped personalities and characters and dark agendas enough that people who knew them feared for them or others in their path but, somehow, even when they know these people exist, federal, state and local police just let them slip through the cracks, and then scream "gun control" when tragedy strikes.
There's a reason the second amendment exists and the Founders established it, and it isn't for hunting animals.
The name "Mayorkas" has been in the news a lot lately. He's the Secretary of the alphabet agency, Homeland Security. Here's a man who wants to see "assault weapons" banned when under questioning, cannot even describe what an assault weapon is! I cannot remember a more slippery, mealy-mouthed individual in the Federal government. Watching him is not just pathetic, it is nauseating someone like that can have such a powerful position. Of course, that can be said for everybody in Biden's administration.
I cannot help but, wonder what God is thinking when He looks down upon this nation of prophecy, destined to fulfill an end. All those who believe God does not exist and act as though they are smarter than Him, will shriek with terror, not at anything Christians do but, as what Christ is and is coming as, to render judgment upon those who deny His sovereignty. The Bible states they will cry out for the rocks and mountains to fall on them, rather than see the Face of Christ when He returns.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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763. Arrested for Giving Christian Conversion Testimony - 4/1/23
Think about this, keeping focus on a few previous posts and consider this, as well, about the Republic of Malta, a small island nation South East of the Italian boot tip, in the Mediterranean Sea -
Ethnic groups
(2021):
Religion
(2019):
In a nation with stats like that, how could it be possible a man converts to Christianity, leaves his former homosexual lifestyle, and gets arrested for testifying about it in public? He faces prison time and a hefty fine.
www2.cbn.com/news/world/ex-gay-man-faces-charges-sharing-his-testimony-about-finding-freedom-christ
Reverse the statistics above and it might make sense but, prophecy predicts the scenario of Sodom and Gomorrah shall be repeated. What was that scenario? Cities run by homosexuals with violent power trips undergirding them. Read it for yourself in Genesis 19. Thousands of years later, Jesus talked about it in His own sermons as signs of His second coming. The news is showing us what is coming.
Now, a situation like this, from Malta, does not a major sign of the times make but, it's a small piece of a bigger picture. Christianity in on the firing line, worldwide. Doesn't matter what the majority think. Minority thinkers in control have made laws stating it is against said laws to criticize the homosexual community; the LGBTQ+ mob, and they have shown themselves to be a mob that does not allow freedom of conscience. Bedroom privacy is not what they want. They want and shall force societal acceptance. Regardless of those in that community who just want to be left alone, far too many now see opportunities to crush any opposition, and cowards in elected civil service do not have the guts to stand up to their agenda. No, they help promote it. Why? Arresting a man in a nation mostly professed Christian because he has become one? No, that's not it. He spoke against the homosexual lifestyle choice. That made him a domestic terrorist, like down in Australia, like even here in America, according to CIA and FBI memos and documents of current understanding and procedures. This is worldwide, save for Islamic countries and that brings up another issue. How is it the LGBTQ+ community does not rail against Islam when it has laws to put homosexuals to death? They rant and rail about Christianity, a religion that seeks no modern civil controls like the prior European Papacy or early American Puritans. Those that do, like "Dominion" believers, are fringe groups but, of course, there are those who would consider my own theology a fringe set of beliefs. Even Protestantism, as a principle, is kept at bay by professed Christians who would rather be known as "evangelicals."
Nothing makes sense anymore and that is a major sign of the times, as well. It was like this in Israel when God allowed the Assyrians to descend upon his people for their apostasy -
Isa 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Isa 5:21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Isa 5:22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Isa 5:23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
This is just what is happening to this citizen of Malta, Matthew Grech, promoting the principle that homosexuality is a choice and a practice, not an identity.
Read the whole chapter and see; God means what He says and says what He means. There is no disregarding His laws and commands with impunity. Responsibility and accountability are working principles in His government.
Less and less will toleration of opposition to denigrating and immoral practices be allowed. All those standing for a Thus saith the LORD will be marked and shut down, even those in the professed Christian community following traditions opposed to the Word of God. Rather than seek and follow truth, they shall stand satisfied with traditions that mean nothing to the Almighty. Convenience will take the place of conviction.
Regardless of how outlandish or impossible, two sides are forming on Earth. Sheep and goats, righteous and unrighteous, citizens of Heaven or citizens of prophetic, spiritual Babylon, it is happening and those who study God's Word can plainly see it developing.
Can you?
Some headlines to concur -
Christian College Fires Teacher for Tweet Calling Homosexuality a Sin
Biden, Karine Jean-Pierre claim trans community 'under attack' days after Christian school shooting
CBS execs told staff not to report trans identity of Christian school shooter: report
Virginia passes law requiring gov’t to treat churches, secular businesses equally during emergencies
Free speech group sues West Texas A&M for canceling drag show, cites president's 'belief' about being created in God’s image
That last one truly deserves comment, in my mind. Well, they all do but, men dressing up and made up as totally gaudy female specimens has absolutely zero to do with God's image or creation of any kind. Nobody can argue that. Why has "drag queen" become so popular? It's a gross perversion of foolish entertainment, not a human identity. It's a total choice, not a genetic reality. While students at a public university do have 1st amendment rights, consider this statement in the article -
"Comparing drag shows to “other forms of theatrical performance,” the letter further stated such performances are “expressive conduct shielded from government censorship.” It cited a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit which, according to FIRE, “reflects the First Amendment’s longstanding protection for expressive events some people nonetheless find offensive,” including “blackface performances.”
Now, you tell me. If students wanted a "blackface performance" and the school President said, No, would anyone file a lawsuit? If the President did not try to stand in its way, would he remain employed by the university? Would the performance go on as scheduled or would a riot break out and cancel it?
If principle cannot decide an issue, and policy is allowed to be controlled by mob mentality, the nation is in grave danger of harassing, oppressing, and persecuting people it does not like. It has already begun.
Sodom and Gomorrah is alive and well.
Confusion. Babylon.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Ethnic groups
(2021):
- 80.0% Maltese
- 20.0% Non-Maltese
Religion
(2019):
- 90% Christianity
- 7% Other Christian
- 83% Roman Catholic (official)
- 5% No religion
- 2% Islam
- 3% Others
In a nation with stats like that, how could it be possible a man converts to Christianity, leaves his former homosexual lifestyle, and gets arrested for testifying about it in public? He faces prison time and a hefty fine.
www2.cbn.com/news/world/ex-gay-man-faces-charges-sharing-his-testimony-about-finding-freedom-christ
Reverse the statistics above and it might make sense but, prophecy predicts the scenario of Sodom and Gomorrah shall be repeated. What was that scenario? Cities run by homosexuals with violent power trips undergirding them. Read it for yourself in Genesis 19. Thousands of years later, Jesus talked about it in His own sermons as signs of His second coming. The news is showing us what is coming.
Now, a situation like this, from Malta, does not a major sign of the times make but, it's a small piece of a bigger picture. Christianity in on the firing line, worldwide. Doesn't matter what the majority think. Minority thinkers in control have made laws stating it is against said laws to criticize the homosexual community; the LGBTQ+ mob, and they have shown themselves to be a mob that does not allow freedom of conscience. Bedroom privacy is not what they want. They want and shall force societal acceptance. Regardless of those in that community who just want to be left alone, far too many now see opportunities to crush any opposition, and cowards in elected civil service do not have the guts to stand up to their agenda. No, they help promote it. Why? Arresting a man in a nation mostly professed Christian because he has become one? No, that's not it. He spoke against the homosexual lifestyle choice. That made him a domestic terrorist, like down in Australia, like even here in America, according to CIA and FBI memos and documents of current understanding and procedures. This is worldwide, save for Islamic countries and that brings up another issue. How is it the LGBTQ+ community does not rail against Islam when it has laws to put homosexuals to death? They rant and rail about Christianity, a religion that seeks no modern civil controls like the prior European Papacy or early American Puritans. Those that do, like "Dominion" believers, are fringe groups but, of course, there are those who would consider my own theology a fringe set of beliefs. Even Protestantism, as a principle, is kept at bay by professed Christians who would rather be known as "evangelicals."
Nothing makes sense anymore and that is a major sign of the times, as well. It was like this in Israel when God allowed the Assyrians to descend upon his people for their apostasy -
Isa 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Isa 5:21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Isa 5:22 Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
Isa 5:23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
This is just what is happening to this citizen of Malta, Matthew Grech, promoting the principle that homosexuality is a choice and a practice, not an identity.
Read the whole chapter and see; God means what He says and says what He means. There is no disregarding His laws and commands with impunity. Responsibility and accountability are working principles in His government.
Less and less will toleration of opposition to denigrating and immoral practices be allowed. All those standing for a Thus saith the LORD will be marked and shut down, even those in the professed Christian community following traditions opposed to the Word of God. Rather than seek and follow truth, they shall stand satisfied with traditions that mean nothing to the Almighty. Convenience will take the place of conviction.
Regardless of how outlandish or impossible, two sides are forming on Earth. Sheep and goats, righteous and unrighteous, citizens of Heaven or citizens of prophetic, spiritual Babylon, it is happening and those who study God's Word can plainly see it developing.
Can you?
Some headlines to concur -
Christian College Fires Teacher for Tweet Calling Homosexuality a Sin
Biden, Karine Jean-Pierre claim trans community 'under attack' days after Christian school shooting
CBS execs told staff not to report trans identity of Christian school shooter: report
Virginia passes law requiring gov’t to treat churches, secular businesses equally during emergencies
Free speech group sues West Texas A&M for canceling drag show, cites president's 'belief' about being created in God’s image
That last one truly deserves comment, in my mind. Well, they all do but, men dressing up and made up as totally gaudy female specimens has absolutely zero to do with God's image or creation of any kind. Nobody can argue that. Why has "drag queen" become so popular? It's a gross perversion of foolish entertainment, not a human identity. It's a total choice, not a genetic reality. While students at a public university do have 1st amendment rights, consider this statement in the article -
"Comparing drag shows to “other forms of theatrical performance,” the letter further stated such performances are “expressive conduct shielded from government censorship.” It cited a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit which, according to FIRE, “reflects the First Amendment’s longstanding protection for expressive events some people nonetheless find offensive,” including “blackface performances.”
Now, you tell me. If students wanted a "blackface performance" and the school President said, No, would anyone file a lawsuit? If the President did not try to stand in its way, would he remain employed by the university? Would the performance go on as scheduled or would a riot break out and cancel it?
If principle cannot decide an issue, and policy is allowed to be controlled by mob mentality, the nation is in grave danger of harassing, oppressing, and persecuting people it does not like. It has already begun.
Sodom and Gomorrah is alive and well.
Confusion. Babylon.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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764. What is Life? - April 1, 2023
As I close out the Sabbath today, I ask a simple question. What is life? Do you know? Define it. Dictionaries state it is the processes of biological existence. When the processes end, that is death. Personally, that is not a decent definition. Perhaps I should ask, what ignites biological processes or more, what is the ignition of them? Like an automobile, they have an ignition switch which needs a key to ignite power, or, in the case of car thieves (or people like me who once owned an old pick-up truck and lost the key), you can pull a couple wires from the steering column and touch them to ignite the power to start the engine. What is the key of life?
Nobody, if they are being honest, knows how life originated. They can guess all they want but, claiming some chemicals mixed in hot pool of primordial soup that got struck by lightening has never been seen to take place. It is not science. It's a story. Anyone who believes a lightening strike is life, the key to life, has no actual idea what they are talking about because there is no way lightening can be the originator of the complexities of life.
Here is a living cell. It is alive. How do we know? Because it displays functions; an entire micro-city of functions: it's own microscopic planet. Humans have a couple trillion of them in us. Well, that was an early estimate. Today? Look it up. It is believed we now have 100 trillion functioning cells in us. That's 100 galaxies worth of stars.
Stars function. Do they have life? No. Even though they "live" and "die;" have a lifespan, they are not alive.
What is life? What makes things have life? And remember, life is described as biological function. Consider this. The tragedy of being "brain dead." The brain has more cells than other parts of our bodies. The cells can be "alive" but, they are not communicating with each other for some reason. The brain ceases to have activity and they declare someone dead, incapable of functioning life. Without being hooked up to a machine, they would cease all function and die. Yet there are extraordinary cases where someone in that condition once again experienced brain function. Rare, indeed. That is called, even by secularists, at least a mystery, if not a miracle. An unexplainable event. Why? Because we truly do not know what life is or where it comes from or how, originally. I know. All believers know because we have experienced new life through our Creator. We have been born-again through an act of recreative power and if you ask us to explain it, we cannot. There is no science that understands spiritual life, either. Jesus said it is a mystery like the wind. We can see its presence by what it does. We can feel it. We cannot see it, or where it comes from or where it goes. So is the mystery of being born-again; new life in Christ.
There is an enormous difference and distance between organic chemicals and biological life. The distance is lightyears. Take a look at this picture I saw today -
Nobody, if they are being honest, knows how life originated. They can guess all they want but, claiming some chemicals mixed in hot pool of primordial soup that got struck by lightening has never been seen to take place. It is not science. It's a story. Anyone who believes a lightening strike is life, the key to life, has no actual idea what they are talking about because there is no way lightening can be the originator of the complexities of life.
Here is a living cell. It is alive. How do we know? Because it displays functions; an entire micro-city of functions: it's own microscopic planet. Humans have a couple trillion of them in us. Well, that was an early estimate. Today? Look it up. It is believed we now have 100 trillion functioning cells in us. That's 100 galaxies worth of stars.
Stars function. Do they have life? No. Even though they "live" and "die;" have a lifespan, they are not alive.
What is life? What makes things have life? And remember, life is described as biological function. Consider this. The tragedy of being "brain dead." The brain has more cells than other parts of our bodies. The cells can be "alive" but, they are not communicating with each other for some reason. The brain ceases to have activity and they declare someone dead, incapable of functioning life. Without being hooked up to a machine, they would cease all function and die. Yet there are extraordinary cases where someone in that condition once again experienced brain function. Rare, indeed. That is called, even by secularists, at least a mystery, if not a miracle. An unexplainable event. Why? Because we truly do not know what life is or where it comes from or how, originally. I know. All believers know because we have experienced new life through our Creator. We have been born-again through an act of recreative power and if you ask us to explain it, we cannot. There is no science that understands spiritual life, either. Jesus said it is a mystery like the wind. We can see its presence by what it does. We can feel it. We cannot see it, or where it comes from or where it goes. So is the mystery of being born-again; new life in Christ.
There is an enormous difference and distance between organic chemicals and biological life. The distance is lightyears. Take a look at this picture I saw today -
You are looking at what astronomers call, the Dark, Doodad nebula. Just some opaque dust in the galaxy. Well, not exactly. The length of that cloud of dust? 30 light years. A lightyear is the distance light can travel (at 186,000 miles a second), in one year. That is almost 6 trillion miles. That cloud of dust is 180 trillion miles long. Yeah but, wait. It is sitting in the Milky Way galaxy. The galaxy has an estimated width of 100 - 150 thousand light years, containing an estimated 100 to as many as 500 BILLION stars. All the pin pricks in the photograph are stars that are at least a light year apart: 6 trillion miles. They are so far away they seem to touch each other in a mind-boggling display. Materialists, Naturalists, the atheist scientists, do not tell people there has not been enough time in their history of the universe, to produce that many stars starting from scratch; an event never seen by human eyes. Regardless of what they claim they have seen out there, they have never seen a star form. From their understanding, it takes way too long for anyone to observe. They have their stories of what they see out there and stick to them, with out any observable evidence for them, as to seeing a star form.
Aside from the stars, it is now estimated the universe has, not 100 or 200 billion galaxies but, as many as one or two TRILLION galaxies. Sorry. Nowhere near enough time to produce a fraction of those galaxies from their estimated age of the universe.
They claim stars form from the explosion of other stars and the forces they put out there to drive gases together, etc., etc., etc. Well, what produced the first star? What forced the gasses together with no gravity, nothing to stop anything from moving through the great expanse from the Big Bang? And now, the James Webb telescope floating around out there, put the kibosh on that one when they can see fully formed galaxies so far back in time (as light travels to reveal them), they are confused how that could be. I constantly see articles on how new discoveries are forcing science to reevaluate what they thought they knew. Well, they do not know where life came from or how or even what it is as an essence.
For me, the explanation of a Creator, the Author of life, Who is life, makes far more sense than all the stories science has given us in modern times, especially when most scientists at one time believed in a Creator and His creation, and science was a way to understand the workings and the mind of the Creator. Plenty of scientists still believe that. They just are not the majority any more. That does not make the majority correct. It just means they control the narrative or, they think they do. They do not. Truth can never be stopped by science. The Bible even warns believers not to be deceived by science, falsely so-called, 1 Tim. 6:20. KJV
Anyone with a functioning mind, using some logic and common sense, can look up at night and see the hand of the Creator. And the Bible states God knows all the stars by name. 100 billion stars times a trillion galaxies? You do the math. It will take eternity to learn all the names God has given His stars, that He knew when He created them.
Psa 19:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Psa 19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Psa 19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
Psa 19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Psa 19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Psa 19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Psa 97:6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
Have a nice week. A seven day week, which has a Creator, who loves you, given you life, and seeks us and our fellowship, when we are often too busy to notice.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Aside from the stars, it is now estimated the universe has, not 100 or 200 billion galaxies but, as many as one or two TRILLION galaxies. Sorry. Nowhere near enough time to produce a fraction of those galaxies from their estimated age of the universe.
They claim stars form from the explosion of other stars and the forces they put out there to drive gases together, etc., etc., etc. Well, what produced the first star? What forced the gasses together with no gravity, nothing to stop anything from moving through the great expanse from the Big Bang? And now, the James Webb telescope floating around out there, put the kibosh on that one when they can see fully formed galaxies so far back in time (as light travels to reveal them), they are confused how that could be. I constantly see articles on how new discoveries are forcing science to reevaluate what they thought they knew. Well, they do not know where life came from or how or even what it is as an essence.
For me, the explanation of a Creator, the Author of life, Who is life, makes far more sense than all the stories science has given us in modern times, especially when most scientists at one time believed in a Creator and His creation, and science was a way to understand the workings and the mind of the Creator. Plenty of scientists still believe that. They just are not the majority any more. That does not make the majority correct. It just means they control the narrative or, they think they do. They do not. Truth can never be stopped by science. The Bible even warns believers not to be deceived by science, falsely so-called, 1 Tim. 6:20. KJV
Anyone with a functioning mind, using some logic and common sense, can look up at night and see the hand of the Creator. And the Bible states God knows all the stars by name. 100 billion stars times a trillion galaxies? You do the math. It will take eternity to learn all the names God has given His stars, that He knew when He created them.
Psa 19:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Psa 19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Psa 19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
Psa 19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Psa 19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Psa 19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Psa 97:6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
Have a nice week. A seven day week, which has a Creator, who loves you, given you life, and seeks us and our fellowship, when we are often too busy to notice.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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765. Scales - April 2, 2023
I am not a schooled musician. About the only scale I know is a C major. The scales I mention are not associated with music but, a reference to the conversion of the man Saul, a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin, in the New Testament. His story opens with mention of him holding the coats of those who then stoned the disciple Stephen to death. Then, in his mistaken zeal, he began to hunt down believers and bring them to the injustice of the Jewish leaders. Then, as he journeyed to Damascus with others, to hunt down any believers in "The Way," what the early faith was called by people, he had an experience that knocked him off his horse, found in the book of Acts, chapter 9.
Act 9:1 And Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
Act 9:2 and asked letters from him to Damascus to the synagogues; so that if he found any of the Way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Act 9:3 But in going, it happened as he drew near to Damascus, even suddenly a light from the heaven shone around him.
Act 9:4 And he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?
Act 9:5 And he said, Who are you, lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.
Act 9:6 And trembling and astonished, he said, Lord, what will You have me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise and go into the city, and you shall be told what you must do.
Act 9:7 And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, indeed hearing a voice but seeing no one.
Act 9:8 And Saul was lifted up from the earth, his eyes were opened, but he saw no one. But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.
Act 9:9 And he was three days not seeing, and did not eat or drink.
Act 9:10 And there was a certain disciple in Damascus named Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias! And he said, Behold me, Lord.
Act 9:11 And the Lord said to him, Arise and go into the street which is called Straight and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,
Act 9:12 and has seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him so that he might receive his sight.
Act 9:13 And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how many evil things he has done to Your saints at Jerusalem.
Act 9:14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your Name.
Act 9:15 But the Lord said to him, Go! For this one is a chosen vessel to Me, to bear My name before nations and kings and the sons of Israel.
Act 9:16 For I will show him what great things he must suffer for My name's sake.
Act 9:17 And Ananias went and entered into the house. And putting his hands on him, he said, Brother Saul, the Lord, Jesus, who appeared to you in the way in which you came, has sent me to you that you might see and be filled with the Holy Spirit.
Act 9:18 And instantly scales as it were fell from his eyes, and he instantly saw again. And rising up, he was baptized.
And there is the conversion experience of a man who threatened believers, hunted them down, brought them back for punishment and considered he was doing God service in those pursuits, and he was not waiting around for something to be sent to do. He asked to go to Damascus and find these radical believers and apostates in The Way. Nobody in the New Testament had more vehemence towards Christians besides Saul. God deemed it necessary to get dramatic with the man. He blinded Saul, literally, with light. Others heard speaking but, saw no one. This was an experience just for Saul, designed to show him where he actually stood before his God. That day Saul became the man later known as the apostle Paul.
Many have gone back and forth whether the "scales" that fell from his eyes were literal or metaphoric. That really does not matter. He was blind. He was miraculously healed and saw again. The glorified Messiah met him, spoke with him, gave him instructions and the dumbfounded Saul did what he was told and it led to his conversion. He was not just blind, he was spiritually dead and he was born-again to new life in Christ and became the most powerful spokesman for the new faith.
I wore scales of blindness once. I spent my entire young life as an atheist, totally disbelieving in a God of any kind. I was raised Roman Catholic. It was all nonsense to me and had nothing to appeal to any sense of reason I employed to understand life. I would argue with anyone for any length of time how ridiculous it was to believe in God. My girlfriend, my friends, they all said, "You have to believe in something." "Why?" was my response, and none of them could give me a reasonable answer. None of them could truly defend their faith with anything more than opinion and suppositions I generally, easily dismantled. I was not mean or arrogant about it. I didn't get in anyone's face. I just saw no valid reason to believe in a deity I could not see or get any information from, and remember, Roman Catholics are not generally a people of the Book. Quoting Scripture was not part of the program. I remember the day a Catholic book salesman came to our door and my parents bought a very large Bible, which I still own. It's a Douay, Catholic translation, from the Latin manuscripts.
One day, as a young teenager, I decided to read it. Yikes! A six-day creation, a talking snake, fig leaves, a murder of a brother, a world-wide flood, people living for centuries, a burning bush, columns of fire and drowning Egyptians, killing animals and all the blood and I said, enough - of - that. So, I went to the back of the book. I saw how it began. How did it finish? Woah! Beasts and whores and plagues and the end of the world! How on Earth could anyone believe in such nonsense?! Well, you see, no one ever told me about Christ, about sin and salvation from it, about the plan of salvation and the real meat of the story of redemption centering on something I never understood, if I was ever told it as a young Catholic, that God became a man to save the human race. The Christmas story, babe in a manger, in popular culture comes nowhere close to portraying what actually took place. God, the Son, the Creator of the universe became a baby, to grow, to live, to die, to rise for mankind. That fact of the story is unlike any other religion in the world. Deity becoming human. No. Only in fables of gods who became human to trick humans, to use humans, to kill humans. To die for humans? To save humans? The religion had such a power upon ears, both Jewish and Gentile, the population of the Early church exploded all over Europe and beyond.
I remember a conversation I had with Kevin one day, as we used to get into discussions about religion in between talking about music. While he was a great friend and fantastic guitarist, if not also a really good vocalist (and Backgammon player), after I was converted and learned the truth, overwhelmed by it, I shared that concept with Kevin; that God became a man to save mankind, indeed, to save the universe from chaos. He just looked at me, typical cigarette in his hand, smile on his face that turned rather solemn. Then, it turned into an argument loud enough my father came into the house because he could hear us outside. Kevin left. I only saw him one more time, shortly before I got the news he had died in his sleep. I bumped into him at an ice cream parlor. He looked pretty rough. His former girlfriend was not with him. He was with someone else. About all we did was exchange pleasantries and that was it.
I don't know if we'll meet in Heaven. I certainly hope so. I hope some way, some how he found salvation, even if in the last moments before he went to sleep that night, never to wake in this life again, that he called out to God to save him from his darkness, his descension into drug use. It was a very sad funeral service, as they usually are. I saw Fred for the first and still remember the look on his face when he turned and saw me. I saw Kevin's former girlfriend, Charlene. I saw other musicians and friends of the band who were all cordial and obviously shaken by such a loss, so suddenly, so young. I pretty much stayed in the background, on the outskirts of the company of people gathered, which was very large. Kevin had a very meaningful impact on a lot of people. The church, a really big Catholic church, was easily three quarters filled, as I recall. The gathering at the cemetery, was scattered over a large area. It was a nice day. Not the typical field of umbrellas holding off rain.
All those people. Did, have any of them have the scales from their blindness fall from their eyes in all these years? Not that I am aware of. For those still living, time remains. How much for each and every one, God knows. None of them were antagonistic towards religion. Many were Mass attending Catholics or nominal Catholics who "believed." I was the enigma in the bunch. A diehard atheist. The scales fell from my eyes.
Forty-four years later, I'm no "saint." I am also more convinced than ever the Lord is there, returning again, hopefully in my lifetime, and the literal, actual, horrific, cataclysmic end of the world as we know it is coming. Earth is going to rest from its long war with evil. The testimony of Scripture is very clear. The prophecies in that Book have come to pass so specifically, they cannot be gainsaid. It is why the Bible states, The fool has said in his heart there is no God. Only a fool could look up, look down, look in, look at the prophecies pertaining to empires, to the Redeemer Christ, to events down through history, and not believe. The stars speak. Creation life speaks. The molecular life and codes and information speaks. Volumes speak that Jesus Christ is Creator, Saviour, resurrected Lord, High Priest, coming King, and everlasting Ruler over His redeemed, with a universe of unknown size to travel with, to show us the handiwork of God. The Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, the angelic host, the redeemed of all ages forever together to live in peace and harmony and beauties and joys and experiences and education and understanding unimagined. It's all real. All those born-again know it is because they have been changed and that change is an act of creation in and of itself. We believe because we have been changed, old things passed away, all things become new.
Why would all people on Earth not have those scales fall from their eyes?
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Act 9:1 And Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
Act 9:2 and asked letters from him to Damascus to the synagogues; so that if he found any of the Way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Act 9:3 But in going, it happened as he drew near to Damascus, even suddenly a light from the heaven shone around him.
Act 9:4 And he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?
Act 9:5 And he said, Who are you, lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.
Act 9:6 And trembling and astonished, he said, Lord, what will You have me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise and go into the city, and you shall be told what you must do.
Act 9:7 And the men who journeyed with him stood speechless, indeed hearing a voice but seeing no one.
Act 9:8 And Saul was lifted up from the earth, his eyes were opened, but he saw no one. But they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.
Act 9:9 And he was three days not seeing, and did not eat or drink.
Act 9:10 And there was a certain disciple in Damascus named Ananias. And the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias! And he said, Behold me, Lord.
Act 9:11 And the Lord said to him, Arise and go into the street which is called Straight and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,
Act 9:12 and has seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him so that he might receive his sight.
Act 9:13 And Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many of this man, how many evil things he has done to Your saints at Jerusalem.
Act 9:14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your Name.
Act 9:15 But the Lord said to him, Go! For this one is a chosen vessel to Me, to bear My name before nations and kings and the sons of Israel.
Act 9:16 For I will show him what great things he must suffer for My name's sake.
Act 9:17 And Ananias went and entered into the house. And putting his hands on him, he said, Brother Saul, the Lord, Jesus, who appeared to you in the way in which you came, has sent me to you that you might see and be filled with the Holy Spirit.
Act 9:18 And instantly scales as it were fell from his eyes, and he instantly saw again. And rising up, he was baptized.
And there is the conversion experience of a man who threatened believers, hunted them down, brought them back for punishment and considered he was doing God service in those pursuits, and he was not waiting around for something to be sent to do. He asked to go to Damascus and find these radical believers and apostates in The Way. Nobody in the New Testament had more vehemence towards Christians besides Saul. God deemed it necessary to get dramatic with the man. He blinded Saul, literally, with light. Others heard speaking but, saw no one. This was an experience just for Saul, designed to show him where he actually stood before his God. That day Saul became the man later known as the apostle Paul.
Many have gone back and forth whether the "scales" that fell from his eyes were literal or metaphoric. That really does not matter. He was blind. He was miraculously healed and saw again. The glorified Messiah met him, spoke with him, gave him instructions and the dumbfounded Saul did what he was told and it led to his conversion. He was not just blind, he was spiritually dead and he was born-again to new life in Christ and became the most powerful spokesman for the new faith.
I wore scales of blindness once. I spent my entire young life as an atheist, totally disbelieving in a God of any kind. I was raised Roman Catholic. It was all nonsense to me and had nothing to appeal to any sense of reason I employed to understand life. I would argue with anyone for any length of time how ridiculous it was to believe in God. My girlfriend, my friends, they all said, "You have to believe in something." "Why?" was my response, and none of them could give me a reasonable answer. None of them could truly defend their faith with anything more than opinion and suppositions I generally, easily dismantled. I was not mean or arrogant about it. I didn't get in anyone's face. I just saw no valid reason to believe in a deity I could not see or get any information from, and remember, Roman Catholics are not generally a people of the Book. Quoting Scripture was not part of the program. I remember the day a Catholic book salesman came to our door and my parents bought a very large Bible, which I still own. It's a Douay, Catholic translation, from the Latin manuscripts.
One day, as a young teenager, I decided to read it. Yikes! A six-day creation, a talking snake, fig leaves, a murder of a brother, a world-wide flood, people living for centuries, a burning bush, columns of fire and drowning Egyptians, killing animals and all the blood and I said, enough - of - that. So, I went to the back of the book. I saw how it began. How did it finish? Woah! Beasts and whores and plagues and the end of the world! How on Earth could anyone believe in such nonsense?! Well, you see, no one ever told me about Christ, about sin and salvation from it, about the plan of salvation and the real meat of the story of redemption centering on something I never understood, if I was ever told it as a young Catholic, that God became a man to save the human race. The Christmas story, babe in a manger, in popular culture comes nowhere close to portraying what actually took place. God, the Son, the Creator of the universe became a baby, to grow, to live, to die, to rise for mankind. That fact of the story is unlike any other religion in the world. Deity becoming human. No. Only in fables of gods who became human to trick humans, to use humans, to kill humans. To die for humans? To save humans? The religion had such a power upon ears, both Jewish and Gentile, the population of the Early church exploded all over Europe and beyond.
I remember a conversation I had with Kevin one day, as we used to get into discussions about religion in between talking about music. While he was a great friend and fantastic guitarist, if not also a really good vocalist (and Backgammon player), after I was converted and learned the truth, overwhelmed by it, I shared that concept with Kevin; that God became a man to save mankind, indeed, to save the universe from chaos. He just looked at me, typical cigarette in his hand, smile on his face that turned rather solemn. Then, it turned into an argument loud enough my father came into the house because he could hear us outside. Kevin left. I only saw him one more time, shortly before I got the news he had died in his sleep. I bumped into him at an ice cream parlor. He looked pretty rough. His former girlfriend was not with him. He was with someone else. About all we did was exchange pleasantries and that was it.
I don't know if we'll meet in Heaven. I certainly hope so. I hope some way, some how he found salvation, even if in the last moments before he went to sleep that night, never to wake in this life again, that he called out to God to save him from his darkness, his descension into drug use. It was a very sad funeral service, as they usually are. I saw Fred for the first and still remember the look on his face when he turned and saw me. I saw Kevin's former girlfriend, Charlene. I saw other musicians and friends of the band who were all cordial and obviously shaken by such a loss, so suddenly, so young. I pretty much stayed in the background, on the outskirts of the company of people gathered, which was very large. Kevin had a very meaningful impact on a lot of people. The church, a really big Catholic church, was easily three quarters filled, as I recall. The gathering at the cemetery, was scattered over a large area. It was a nice day. Not the typical field of umbrellas holding off rain.
All those people. Did, have any of them have the scales from their blindness fall from their eyes in all these years? Not that I am aware of. For those still living, time remains. How much for each and every one, God knows. None of them were antagonistic towards religion. Many were Mass attending Catholics or nominal Catholics who "believed." I was the enigma in the bunch. A diehard atheist. The scales fell from my eyes.
Forty-four years later, I'm no "saint." I am also more convinced than ever the Lord is there, returning again, hopefully in my lifetime, and the literal, actual, horrific, cataclysmic end of the world as we know it is coming. Earth is going to rest from its long war with evil. The testimony of Scripture is very clear. The prophecies in that Book have come to pass so specifically, they cannot be gainsaid. It is why the Bible states, The fool has said in his heart there is no God. Only a fool could look up, look down, look in, look at the prophecies pertaining to empires, to the Redeemer Christ, to events down through history, and not believe. The stars speak. Creation life speaks. The molecular life and codes and information speaks. Volumes speak that Jesus Christ is Creator, Saviour, resurrected Lord, High Priest, coming King, and everlasting Ruler over His redeemed, with a universe of unknown size to travel with, to show us the handiwork of God. The Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, the angelic host, the redeemed of all ages forever together to live in peace and harmony and beauties and joys and experiences and education and understanding unimagined. It's all real. All those born-again know it is because they have been changed and that change is an act of creation in and of itself. We believe because we have been changed, old things passed away, all things become new.
Why would all people on Earth not have those scales fall from their eyes?
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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RIP Dino Danelli
I just read that Dino Danelli, one of the great unsung heroes of drum set artistry, passed away December 12, 2022. He was 78.
Dino, a Paul McCartney look-alike, was, in a word, a monster player that most people never realized because he played drums for the Young Rascals, one of the big Pop groups of the 60's. Even at that, to watch him - his cool, his snap, his control, his showmanship and style - was incredible. But, then came "BOOM," his 11:00 solo on the Rascals double album, Freedom Suite. I still believe it remains one of the greatest studio drum solos ever recorded in Rock music. Blazing speed, the obvious Jazz leanings and all, being his background; he truly was head and shoulders above most of his contemporaries of that era.
An interesting display of his style can be seen and heard on this YT video -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlJ6E8FjeHY
His bass drum is volcanic.
This next one, from the Ed Sullivan Show, displays his great showmanship. He was not afraid to play his kit and show off his great hands.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUNJbVFW5Pw
And this Ed Sullivan performance will drop your jaw with delight at the very end. Actually, watch his hands all the way through. He set a standard for us young players that was alarming. Nobody played like that back then. Nobody. As close as you might come would be Keith Moon but, Dino was Swiss watch precision.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdqIwtYXF54
He never got the recognition he richly deserved. If you can catch 'Boom' online somewhere, listen to it. I didn't see it on YT. Used to be a couple but, taken down for some reason. It blew me away 50 years ago and still does today.
RIP Dino Danelli.
Dino, a Paul McCartney look-alike, was, in a word, a monster player that most people never realized because he played drums for the Young Rascals, one of the big Pop groups of the 60's. Even at that, to watch him - his cool, his snap, his control, his showmanship and style - was incredible. But, then came "BOOM," his 11:00 solo on the Rascals double album, Freedom Suite. I still believe it remains one of the greatest studio drum solos ever recorded in Rock music. Blazing speed, the obvious Jazz leanings and all, being his background; he truly was head and shoulders above most of his contemporaries of that era.
An interesting display of his style can be seen and heard on this YT video -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlJ6E8FjeHY
His bass drum is volcanic.
This next one, from the Ed Sullivan Show, displays his great showmanship. He was not afraid to play his kit and show off his great hands.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUNJbVFW5Pw
And this Ed Sullivan performance will drop your jaw with delight at the very end. Actually, watch his hands all the way through. He set a standard for us young players that was alarming. Nobody played like that back then. Nobody. As close as you might come would be Keith Moon but, Dino was Swiss watch precision.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdqIwtYXF54
He never got the recognition he richly deserved. If you can catch 'Boom' online somewhere, listen to it. I didn't see it on YT. Used to be a couple but, taken down for some reason. It blew me away 50 years ago and still does today.
RIP Dino Danelli.
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Jimmy Dore Gets Serious About Covid
If I said to you, here's a review of everything I have written about Covid since I first began to distrust the main stream narrative, I could show you this video and be done with it.
I had never heard of Jimmy Dore. No idea who he is. If you might not be aware, he is a very popular comedian. Jimmy Dore, like millions of Americans, fell into that sector of society who bought the Covid narrative hook, line and sinker. His experience woke him up, big time.
Dr. Joseph Mercola, well-known naturopathic physician, author and societal commentator interviews Dore and the comedian goes into reflex mode of what he has learned and it's a litany of everything every voice out there tried to tell people from the beginning of this criminal nightmare, still wreaking havoc across the globe.
noqreport.com/2023/04/02/how-left-indoctrinated-vaxx-brainwashed-comedian-jimmy-dore-broke-out-of-the-propaganda-matrix/
If you know anyone remaining under the influence of the mainstream media liefest about the "pandemic" and "vaccines," have them watch this interview.
Of course, as always, it is difficult for people who do not practice critical thinking and just go with the flow to reconcile the facts with the narrative so, they reject the facts, which are harder to process and accept, and go with the controller's narrative and propaganda, which is literally designed to keep people ignorant and unaware of the truth. Still, enough people who realized from the start or who woke up early, have threatened the whole cabal's lying sinkhole, which has backed off little by little from their monstrous push. Some have even backtracked to try and cover their maintained positions, since the possibility of retribution and criminal charges have become a possible reality.
The widest criminal undertaking in human history may never experience justice until each individual involved stands before the justice bar of God but, at least the information is now widely spread to help citizens of the world to distrust these people and do so as long as these psychopaths live and remain a threat to humanity.
AND here's something to add. Glenn Beck, someone who stood against Trump and even Melania back in the beginning of the Trump presidential saga, wears the hat in this quick segment with Tucker Carlson, and while I doubt Trump or any other 'America first' candidate will win the next presidential election or any other anywhere, until election fraud is criminalized enough to scare politicons from attempting to pull it off, Beck realizes where we are to enough of a degree, Tucker is left speechless.
noqreport.com/2023/03/31/glenn-beck-says-donald-trump-isnt-even-a-person-anymore/
I had never heard of Jimmy Dore. No idea who he is. If you might not be aware, he is a very popular comedian. Jimmy Dore, like millions of Americans, fell into that sector of society who bought the Covid narrative hook, line and sinker. His experience woke him up, big time.
Dr. Joseph Mercola, well-known naturopathic physician, author and societal commentator interviews Dore and the comedian goes into reflex mode of what he has learned and it's a litany of everything every voice out there tried to tell people from the beginning of this criminal nightmare, still wreaking havoc across the globe.
noqreport.com/2023/04/02/how-left-indoctrinated-vaxx-brainwashed-comedian-jimmy-dore-broke-out-of-the-propaganda-matrix/
If you know anyone remaining under the influence of the mainstream media liefest about the "pandemic" and "vaccines," have them watch this interview.
Of course, as always, it is difficult for people who do not practice critical thinking and just go with the flow to reconcile the facts with the narrative so, they reject the facts, which are harder to process and accept, and go with the controller's narrative and propaganda, which is literally designed to keep people ignorant and unaware of the truth. Still, enough people who realized from the start or who woke up early, have threatened the whole cabal's lying sinkhole, which has backed off little by little from their monstrous push. Some have even backtracked to try and cover their maintained positions, since the possibility of retribution and criminal charges have become a possible reality.
The widest criminal undertaking in human history may never experience justice until each individual involved stands before the justice bar of God but, at least the information is now widely spread to help citizens of the world to distrust these people and do so as long as these psychopaths live and remain a threat to humanity.
AND here's something to add. Glenn Beck, someone who stood against Trump and even Melania back in the beginning of the Trump presidential saga, wears the hat in this quick segment with Tucker Carlson, and while I doubt Trump or any other 'America first' candidate will win the next presidential election or any other anywhere, until election fraud is criminalized enough to scare politicons from attempting to pull it off, Beck realizes where we are to enough of a degree, Tucker is left speechless.
noqreport.com/2023/03/31/glenn-beck-says-donald-trump-isnt-even-a-person-anymore/
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766. The Anvil and the Woodchipper - March 3, 2023
I bring up corruption a lot. Civil government and organized religion, mostly and my reasons for believing that are rather obvious by what leaders in those two divisions of society do and create or, do not do and do not create, based on two things: the U.S. Constitution and the Bible. They are the two standards. They must be closely adhered to or corruption is inevitable.
Seeing what transpires when the two forces that drive America do not maintain adherence to those two standards is easy but, why do they not do what is right and what is expected of them? The love of money is the general problem but, more specifically, when it comes to civil government, and the Federal system of government, the answer is far more acute. The article below is, perhaps, the best thing I have ever read, written in such a practical and succinct manner it cannot be misunderstood, as to why things are the way they are.
theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/04/02/sunday-talks-the-anvil-and-the-woodchipper/#more-245050
I post it here, in it's entirety, written by the guy who runs The Conservative Treehouse/The Last Refuge web site; a gentleman who goes by the handle "Sundance."
"Sunday Talks – The Anvil and the Woodchipper
April 2, 2023 | Sundance | 321 Comments
"In the communication era before the internet, the average person likely had a contact group with aligned political discussion of around four to six friends, outside family. A communication network of around ten people. External awakenings, unattached to your contact group, were -as an example- recognized in the letters to the editor of your local press.
In the modern era that contact scale is now represented by the metaphor of you sitting in a football stadium holding 100,000+.
Whether you realize it or not, contact groups are now exponential in scale. External awakenings have become visible everywhere, particularly on social media.
In the largest of motives, this contact scale is why government responded in the modern communication era with a need to control those social media platforms. This facet of their effort is ongoing, simultaneous to the awakening.
Why does this matter?
It is important to put context to the scale of what we discuss. You are not alone; far from it, you are in the biggest assembly of like-minded people than any member of your heritage could ever fathom. You can literally talk to millions of people. This ability is the baseline of govt response.
Every day more people are becoming aware of their false assumptions. Every day the social compact between citizens and elected officials is now being scrutinized. Every day more people are starting to realize everything they thought about the construct of government in the United States is now something entirely different.
We send politicians to stop the madness of government, but nothing changes. Why?
Washington DC is a Potemkin village. We focus on the visible but the constructs that impact us do not originate from the false facade. There’s something behind that facade, and what we see is…. entirely… a facade. That’s why sending the politicians doesn’t change the outcome. To get to the core of the issue, we must first stop looking at the Potemkin village and instead look behind it.
Legislation, rules, regulations and laws are not written by congress. The paperwork comes from the assembly of legal and lobbyist foot soldiers on K-Street. That’s where the ink is put to the paper and the legislative outcomes first originate. K-Street is where the corporations, multinationals and financial organizations control the process.
If the corporations behind the DC facade want to shift the money, they proactively write the rules, regulations and laws that steer the actual policy outcomes to their financial target or destination. Their wealth expands and they reward the participants, the politicians.
Most of the entry level politicians are oblivious to where the corporations have proactively moved; however, a few of the politicians -the leadership groups- know exactly where the destination of the legislative intent is going. The latter are tenured in the power structure behind the facade.
Two private domestic corporations, completely unaffiliated with the constructs of constitutional government, known as the RNC and DNC, require membership in order to participate in the pretense of American democracy. The same financial entities that fund the K-Street operation, fund the private political clubs.
We The People, voters, are engaging in their construct to send ‘representatives’ into a political construct that is a facade. The financial entities on K-Street, those who position wealth and generate the rules to maintain it, are the same financial entities that fund the mechanisms of the two private corporations (RNC/DNC).
The United States system of government is now operating to maintain this construct of common benefit.
The institutions within our government are now operating with the primary purpose of maintaining this system. Maintaining the Potemkin village is their first line of defense, to stop any larger awakening from recognizing the futility of sending ‘representatives‘ into the woodchipper.
All of the institutions we discuss are mission-focused on preserving the system as described. The intelligence community, the federal police, the federal courts and every institution and subsidiary agency within this construct now operate to preserve the DC system. A system, where the core of the originating activity does not take place in the Potemkin village of our focus.
The two political parties, two private corporations, funded by the multinationals and financial interests, are intended to keep us focused on the village. As long as we focus on the false front, the system can operate as designed. The financial institutions behind the village retain and hold the power, the politicians -many unwittingly- fulfill their role, and the bread and circuses are maintained. This is the baseline for what comes next.
In 2016 we disrupted the system. We threw an anvil into the woodchipper when we nominated then elected, Donald J Trump.
Trump didn’t come with the private club approvals. The private RNC corporation, meaning the people within it who control the operations of it, was not okay with the non-approved member getting the 2016 nomination. The multinationals and financial donor institutions who control the RNC corporation were furious.
The DC corporations who are at the epicenter of the power structure in Washington DC, did not and do not approve.
The woodchipper could not handle the anvil we threw in it.
Immediately, all of the mechanisms of the system, a system entirely designed to defend and protect itself, were laser focused on removing that anvil.
Part of that removal operation is what Stephen Miller is describing in this interview." WATCH:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbKFPbd5sJA&t=224s
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Thus is the reason I hate politics because I cannot stand politicians. They just cannot be trusted to stick to the standards and barriers created for their existence by the Founders and Framers of our nation and its sovereign documents.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus
Seeing what transpires when the two forces that drive America do not maintain adherence to those two standards is easy but, why do they not do what is right and what is expected of them? The love of money is the general problem but, more specifically, when it comes to civil government, and the Federal system of government, the answer is far more acute. The article below is, perhaps, the best thing I have ever read, written in such a practical and succinct manner it cannot be misunderstood, as to why things are the way they are.
theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/04/02/sunday-talks-the-anvil-and-the-woodchipper/#more-245050
I post it here, in it's entirety, written by the guy who runs The Conservative Treehouse/The Last Refuge web site; a gentleman who goes by the handle "Sundance."
"Sunday Talks – The Anvil and the Woodchipper
April 2, 2023 | Sundance | 321 Comments
"In the communication era before the internet, the average person likely had a contact group with aligned political discussion of around four to six friends, outside family. A communication network of around ten people. External awakenings, unattached to your contact group, were -as an example- recognized in the letters to the editor of your local press.
In the modern era that contact scale is now represented by the metaphor of you sitting in a football stadium holding 100,000+.
Whether you realize it or not, contact groups are now exponential in scale. External awakenings have become visible everywhere, particularly on social media.
In the largest of motives, this contact scale is why government responded in the modern communication era with a need to control those social media platforms. This facet of their effort is ongoing, simultaneous to the awakening.
Why does this matter?
It is important to put context to the scale of what we discuss. You are not alone; far from it, you are in the biggest assembly of like-minded people than any member of your heritage could ever fathom. You can literally talk to millions of people. This ability is the baseline of govt response.
Every day more people are becoming aware of their false assumptions. Every day the social compact between citizens and elected officials is now being scrutinized. Every day more people are starting to realize everything they thought about the construct of government in the United States is now something entirely different.
We send politicians to stop the madness of government, but nothing changes. Why?
Washington DC is a Potemkin village. We focus on the visible but the constructs that impact us do not originate from the false facade. There’s something behind that facade, and what we see is…. entirely… a facade. That’s why sending the politicians doesn’t change the outcome. To get to the core of the issue, we must first stop looking at the Potemkin village and instead look behind it.
Legislation, rules, regulations and laws are not written by congress. The paperwork comes from the assembly of legal and lobbyist foot soldiers on K-Street. That’s where the ink is put to the paper and the legislative outcomes first originate. K-Street is where the corporations, multinationals and financial organizations control the process.
If the corporations behind the DC facade want to shift the money, they proactively write the rules, regulations and laws that steer the actual policy outcomes to their financial target or destination. Their wealth expands and they reward the participants, the politicians.
Most of the entry level politicians are oblivious to where the corporations have proactively moved; however, a few of the politicians -the leadership groups- know exactly where the destination of the legislative intent is going. The latter are tenured in the power structure behind the facade.
Two private domestic corporations, completely unaffiliated with the constructs of constitutional government, known as the RNC and DNC, require membership in order to participate in the pretense of American democracy. The same financial entities that fund the K-Street operation, fund the private political clubs.
We The People, voters, are engaging in their construct to send ‘representatives’ into a political construct that is a facade. The financial entities on K-Street, those who position wealth and generate the rules to maintain it, are the same financial entities that fund the mechanisms of the two private corporations (RNC/DNC).
The United States system of government is now operating to maintain this construct of common benefit.
The institutions within our government are now operating with the primary purpose of maintaining this system. Maintaining the Potemkin village is their first line of defense, to stop any larger awakening from recognizing the futility of sending ‘representatives‘ into the woodchipper.
All of the institutions we discuss are mission-focused on preserving the system as described. The intelligence community, the federal police, the federal courts and every institution and subsidiary agency within this construct now operate to preserve the DC system. A system, where the core of the originating activity does not take place in the Potemkin village of our focus.
The two political parties, two private corporations, funded by the multinationals and financial interests, are intended to keep us focused on the village. As long as we focus on the false front, the system can operate as designed. The financial institutions behind the village retain and hold the power, the politicians -many unwittingly- fulfill their role, and the bread and circuses are maintained. This is the baseline for what comes next.
In 2016 we disrupted the system. We threw an anvil into the woodchipper when we nominated then elected, Donald J Trump.
Trump didn’t come with the private club approvals. The private RNC corporation, meaning the people within it who control the operations of it, was not okay with the non-approved member getting the 2016 nomination. The multinationals and financial donor institutions who control the RNC corporation were furious.
The DC corporations who are at the epicenter of the power structure in Washington DC, did not and do not approve.
The woodchipper could not handle the anvil we threw in it.
Immediately, all of the mechanisms of the system, a system entirely designed to defend and protect itself, were laser focused on removing that anvil.
Part of that removal operation is what Stephen Miller is describing in this interview." WATCH:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbKFPbd5sJA&t=224s
*******************************************************
Thus is the reason I hate politics because I cannot stand politicians. They just cannot be trusted to stick to the standards and barriers created for their existence by the Founders and Framers of our nation and its sovereign documents.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus
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Who Can Tell What a Woman Is?
Here's an interesting fact. The nation of New Zealand was the first to give women the right to vote in Parliamentary elections. Today, though, the new Prime Minister does not know what a woman is. Well, apparently he doesn't know what a man is, either, because he says anyone can choose their gender.
Here's a female student asking a question of a professor. The entire room bursts out in laughter at his answer -
twitter.com/IWF/status/1641468030721961984
When the professor states, exclaims, actually, that he is the only PhD in the room, he doesn't make much headway. In fact, as another Twitter member posted, there are definitive differences between the pelvic area of males and females. Of course, come to find out the professor is not an archaeologist. He's a professor of sociology, apparently, and should not have been so sure of himself. OR, is it just that radical Leftists release common sense from their beings.
A brilliant meme is in the responses on Twitter -
twitter.com/IWF/status/1641468030721961984
When the professor states, exclaims, actually, that he is the only PhD in the room, he doesn't make much headway. In fact, as another Twitter member posted, there are definitive differences between the pelvic area of males and females. Of course, come to find out the professor is not an archaeologist. He's a professor of sociology, apparently, and should not have been so sure of himself. OR, is it just that radical Leftists release common sense from their beings.
A brilliant meme is in the responses on Twitter -
Ask female athletes if they know the difference between males and females. They'll tell you straight out, no equivocation. The Prime Minister of New Zealand... no, he was caught off guard by the question and has to think about it more.
These are examples of what it means to be "woke." Which is quite different from being awake to what woke is doing to civilization.
These are examples of what it means to be "woke." Which is quite different from being awake to what woke is doing to civilization.
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TikTok, TikTok, Tik Tok...
The Bomb is Going Off on the Web
Tik Tok, the Chinese video site. Never been to it. I have just seen it in the news more than frequently because it is a visehole for moral junk and CCP propaganda. So what? Well, the Chinese run it and they can get into people's accounts? So? I'm still waiting for a reason to understand why the government wants a new law in place to shut it down. Does the gov. care about moral corruption on thousands of porn sites? Does the gov care about American alphabet agencies spying on Americans? Does the gov care about the Chinese gobbling up land in America, sending "weather" balloons flying over military sites, engaged in business deals with members of Congress and the Biden crime family? No to all the above. They shot down the balloon after it flew across the country.
Then why should the Gov. care about Tik Tok? One reason. Put a law in place, the Bill is named The Restrict Act, and the gate is then open for the gov. to control everything on the web. The web is the only thing keeping Americans from full blown tyranny and totalitarian control.
I have no idea how many times I have written here, why would the global cabal try and gain control when the web is what keeps them from gaining it? The free flow of information is what stopped the Covid crime wave. They can only gain control if they can stop the freedom and liberty utilized on the Web. The Restrict Act opens the door for the corrupt American Federal government to attain just that. They claim it is about bad ol' China but, that's a bad ol' joke. Leftists adore the CCP and wish they had such control over the American population. Therefore, they keep finding ways to get there.
If the Restrict Act passes, any ol' crisis they can come up with will add pages and pages of 'do not, under penalty of law, criticize your government.'
I just read a headline somewhere a regular citizen in France, female, is being fined 15k because she referred to Macron as "filth." Depending on your definition, that would be pretty accurate. We expect Communist nations to control speech. We expect nations that love China, like Australia and New Zealand and America to do all they can to control, if not wipe out freedom of speech and along with it, the rest of the Bill of Rights.
Will it happen? Probably. We cannot trust elected civil servants to do anything about it. Most of them are bought and controlled by multinational corporations.
Does it matter that a crazy, Soros-supported DA in NYC going after Trump, catapulted Trump's campaign contributions and lead over DeSantis by 30 points? No. Right now all Congress are complicit in the 2020 election steal because the law says they should have halted a final decision by the electors until every legitimate aspect brought up about fraud was inspected. They did not. They will not, AND, should Trump make it to 2024 and become the nominee, they will just steal the election again. What is any group of Americans going to do? Take on the Alphabet agencies, the national guards, the state police forces all in the bag for outside shore controllers, through elected civil servants that do their bidding?
Nobody wants to believe God and God alone can stop what is coming. So be it. It's coming. The ruination of freedom and liberty, the dollar, American public education, American health; it is all being ruined and America is becoming a true Banana Republic. A banana republic, by definition and history, coincides with nations run by despots who have a few crops they export, while they penalize or just kill government dissenters. They control the press, they control religion, they control the money and business and are the epitome of corruption, much like Zelenskyy's Ukraine. I deny those decrying America has already become one because of the Trump legal situation. Millions of Americans, every single day, cry out about all the garbage and corruption they see and as yet, they are all not being rounded up. For now, it will do that anybody in the Capitol on January 6, 2021 can be rounded up with impunity, imprisoned and kept for years on hold before they get before a judge, and in DC, that means mostly Leftist activist judges so, chances of freedom are slim to none, and many just accept lesser charges to be able to go home again.
A real Banana Republic allows no one to go home again. America is getting there, by design. Food control, gasoline control, utilities control, health control, and more is all on the chopping block. Systemic corruption to keep the Federal institutional government fat and happy is the only agenda most of the elected civil servants in DC care about and they know there is nothing citizens can do about it, short of armed revolt and civil war. Stop and think, if the government has gone after people with a vengeance, who just walked inside the Capitol building, what do you think they'll do if a real, actual insurrection takes place? They will take out people in heartbeats. They will level towns and call the death of children an unfortunate circumstance of war and blame the people who rise up for freedom and liberty for every drop of blood spilt. These people are sociopaths and psychopaths. They have lost conscience. That is my conviction, my observation when they can just stand before cameras and bold-faced lie over and over and over again.
Nope. I cling to one hope; that God has a vested, prophetic interest in America and will intervene in some way. The again, you know the other option. He lets America reap what it has sown.
I reckon we don't have very long before we find out.
Then why should the Gov. care about Tik Tok? One reason. Put a law in place, the Bill is named The Restrict Act, and the gate is then open for the gov. to control everything on the web. The web is the only thing keeping Americans from full blown tyranny and totalitarian control.
I have no idea how many times I have written here, why would the global cabal try and gain control when the web is what keeps them from gaining it? The free flow of information is what stopped the Covid crime wave. They can only gain control if they can stop the freedom and liberty utilized on the Web. The Restrict Act opens the door for the corrupt American Federal government to attain just that. They claim it is about bad ol' China but, that's a bad ol' joke. Leftists adore the CCP and wish they had such control over the American population. Therefore, they keep finding ways to get there.
If the Restrict Act passes, any ol' crisis they can come up with will add pages and pages of 'do not, under penalty of law, criticize your government.'
I just read a headline somewhere a regular citizen in France, female, is being fined 15k because she referred to Macron as "filth." Depending on your definition, that would be pretty accurate. We expect Communist nations to control speech. We expect nations that love China, like Australia and New Zealand and America to do all they can to control, if not wipe out freedom of speech and along with it, the rest of the Bill of Rights.
Will it happen? Probably. We cannot trust elected civil servants to do anything about it. Most of them are bought and controlled by multinational corporations.
Does it matter that a crazy, Soros-supported DA in NYC going after Trump, catapulted Trump's campaign contributions and lead over DeSantis by 30 points? No. Right now all Congress are complicit in the 2020 election steal because the law says they should have halted a final decision by the electors until every legitimate aspect brought up about fraud was inspected. They did not. They will not, AND, should Trump make it to 2024 and become the nominee, they will just steal the election again. What is any group of Americans going to do? Take on the Alphabet agencies, the national guards, the state police forces all in the bag for outside shore controllers, through elected civil servants that do their bidding?
Nobody wants to believe God and God alone can stop what is coming. So be it. It's coming. The ruination of freedom and liberty, the dollar, American public education, American health; it is all being ruined and America is becoming a true Banana Republic. A banana republic, by definition and history, coincides with nations run by despots who have a few crops they export, while they penalize or just kill government dissenters. They control the press, they control religion, they control the money and business and are the epitome of corruption, much like Zelenskyy's Ukraine. I deny those decrying America has already become one because of the Trump legal situation. Millions of Americans, every single day, cry out about all the garbage and corruption they see and as yet, they are all not being rounded up. For now, it will do that anybody in the Capitol on January 6, 2021 can be rounded up with impunity, imprisoned and kept for years on hold before they get before a judge, and in DC, that means mostly Leftist activist judges so, chances of freedom are slim to none, and many just accept lesser charges to be able to go home again.
A real Banana Republic allows no one to go home again. America is getting there, by design. Food control, gasoline control, utilities control, health control, and more is all on the chopping block. Systemic corruption to keep the Federal institutional government fat and happy is the only agenda most of the elected civil servants in DC care about and they know there is nothing citizens can do about it, short of armed revolt and civil war. Stop and think, if the government has gone after people with a vengeance, who just walked inside the Capitol building, what do you think they'll do if a real, actual insurrection takes place? They will take out people in heartbeats. They will level towns and call the death of children an unfortunate circumstance of war and blame the people who rise up for freedom and liberty for every drop of blood spilt. These people are sociopaths and psychopaths. They have lost conscience. That is my conviction, my observation when they can just stand before cameras and bold-faced lie over and over and over again.
Nope. I cling to one hope; that God has a vested, prophetic interest in America and will intervene in some way. The again, you know the other option. He lets America reap what it has sown.
I reckon we don't have very long before we find out.
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Rubicon Schmubicon
Everywhere I look, pundits are claiming Bragg and the Democrats have crossed the Rubicon.
If you don't know, the Rubicon is a river in Italy. Caesar came to it and new that if he crossed it with his army he was leaving a district he had no authority for. He was breaking the law. He crossed it. He won the battle. He solidified his place as sole ruler of Rome. The term 'crossing the Rubicon' became known as a commitment to something regardless of the outcome.
All these pundits claiming the Democrats have crossed the Rubicon; they have committed themselves to breaking the law by arresting a president without any solid legal footing to stand on. Over 30 listed, supposed felonies, and every talking head lawyer out there, even Liberal/Leftist ones, are saying this is the most futile case any DA has ever brought before a court. Bragg may lose his career over this and the Democrats will suffer a sour defeat, even with a judge against Trump from the get-go.
Why is this Rubicon any worse than six and a half years of absolute lies and conspiracy to commit fraud with Russia, Russia, Russia? Why is it worse than two impeachment debacles? Why is it worse than literally, in broad daylight, stealing a federal election and posting a mentally impaired old man in the most, well, what used to be the most powerful position in Earth's political realm?
Excuse me but, the Democrats crossed the Rubicon when they tried to stiff America with the Clinton crime family's matron of madness, still out there blaming men for her loss to Trump, and blaming the Russians, and blaming anybody she can throw a Vodka bottle at.
Givemeabreakonetimewontyouplease.
Do people think the Democrats are done because, they already know they cannot win this. Trump is raking in donations, pounding the competition in polls now. Even regular, everyday American Democrats can see this is the biggest kangaroo court in America history. These people are literally sociopaths. Thy have lost all common sense, if they had any. They have lost support from all but the most rabid, lunatic base of their Party, who showed up at the court house acting like the violent, lost souls they are. Vicious, savage, vile excuse for American citizens imaginable. The only difference between them and Democrat members of Congress is that the professional lunatics wear suits.
Please. Crossing the Rubicon. They crossed it years ago. As shallow as it is, they may drown in it anyway.
If you don't know, the Rubicon is a river in Italy. Caesar came to it and new that if he crossed it with his army he was leaving a district he had no authority for. He was breaking the law. He crossed it. He won the battle. He solidified his place as sole ruler of Rome. The term 'crossing the Rubicon' became known as a commitment to something regardless of the outcome.
All these pundits claiming the Democrats have crossed the Rubicon; they have committed themselves to breaking the law by arresting a president without any solid legal footing to stand on. Over 30 listed, supposed felonies, and every talking head lawyer out there, even Liberal/Leftist ones, are saying this is the most futile case any DA has ever brought before a court. Bragg may lose his career over this and the Democrats will suffer a sour defeat, even with a judge against Trump from the get-go.
Why is this Rubicon any worse than six and a half years of absolute lies and conspiracy to commit fraud with Russia, Russia, Russia? Why is it worse than two impeachment debacles? Why is it worse than literally, in broad daylight, stealing a federal election and posting a mentally impaired old man in the most, well, what used to be the most powerful position in Earth's political realm?
Excuse me but, the Democrats crossed the Rubicon when they tried to stiff America with the Clinton crime family's matron of madness, still out there blaming men for her loss to Trump, and blaming the Russians, and blaming anybody she can throw a Vodka bottle at.
Givemeabreakonetimewontyouplease.
Do people think the Democrats are done because, they already know they cannot win this. Trump is raking in donations, pounding the competition in polls now. Even regular, everyday American Democrats can see this is the biggest kangaroo court in America history. These people are literally sociopaths. Thy have lost all common sense, if they had any. They have lost support from all but the most rabid, lunatic base of their Party, who showed up at the court house acting like the violent, lost souls they are. Vicious, savage, vile excuse for American citizens imaginable. The only difference between them and Democrat members of Congress is that the professional lunatics wear suits.
Please. Crossing the Rubicon. They crossed it years ago. As shallow as it is, they may drown in it anyway.
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A Banana Republic
A banana Republic, if you can keep it.
My apologies to Benjamin Franklin.
My apologies to Benjamin Franklin.
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"Everyone Will Die"
A rather curiously delightful headline, wouldn't you say?
I jest. It's a statement from Eliezer Yudkowsky, an A.I. researcher. He's stating that open letter plea from Elon Musk and 1800 other people in the A.I. field, that I mentioned several days ago, doesn't go far enough.
“The key issue is not ‘human-competitive’ intelligence (as the open letter puts it); it’s what happens after AI gets to smarter-than-human intelligence,” said Eliezer Yudkowsky, a decision theorist and leading AI researcher in a March 29 Time magazine op-ed. “Many researchers steeped in these issues, including myself, expect that the most likely result of building a superhumanly smart AI, under anything remotely like the current circumstances, is that literally everyone on Earth will die.
“Not as in ‘maybe possibly some remote chance,’ but as in ‘that is the obvious thing that would happen.’ It’s not that you can’t, in principle, survive creating something much smarter than you; it’s that it would require precision and preparation and new scientific insights, and probably not having AI systems composed of giant inscrutable arrays of fractional numbers.”
“Visualize an entire alien civilization, thinking at millions of times human speeds, initially confined to computers—in a world of creatures that are, from its perspective, very stupid and very slow.”
The AI will expand its influence outside the periphery of physical networks and could “build artificial life forms” using laboratories where proteins are produced using DNA strings.
The end result of building an all-powerful AI, under present conditions, would be the death of “every single member of the human species and all biological life on Earth,” he warned.
www.zerohedge.com/technology/if-we-go-ahead-everyone-will-die-warns-ai-expert-calling-absolute-shutdown
I'd like to suggest Donald Trump getting arrested is really not the biggest story of the day.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
I jest. It's a statement from Eliezer Yudkowsky, an A.I. researcher. He's stating that open letter plea from Elon Musk and 1800 other people in the A.I. field, that I mentioned several days ago, doesn't go far enough.
“The key issue is not ‘human-competitive’ intelligence (as the open letter puts it); it’s what happens after AI gets to smarter-than-human intelligence,” said Eliezer Yudkowsky, a decision theorist and leading AI researcher in a March 29 Time magazine op-ed. “Many researchers steeped in these issues, including myself, expect that the most likely result of building a superhumanly smart AI, under anything remotely like the current circumstances, is that literally everyone on Earth will die.
“Not as in ‘maybe possibly some remote chance,’ but as in ‘that is the obvious thing that would happen.’ It’s not that you can’t, in principle, survive creating something much smarter than you; it’s that it would require precision and preparation and new scientific insights, and probably not having AI systems composed of giant inscrutable arrays of fractional numbers.”
“Visualize an entire alien civilization, thinking at millions of times human speeds, initially confined to computers—in a world of creatures that are, from its perspective, very stupid and very slow.”
The AI will expand its influence outside the periphery of physical networks and could “build artificial life forms” using laboratories where proteins are produced using DNA strings.
The end result of building an all-powerful AI, under present conditions, would be the death of “every single member of the human species and all biological life on Earth,” he warned.
www.zerohedge.com/technology/if-we-go-ahead-everyone-will-die-warns-ai-expert-calling-absolute-shutdown
I'd like to suggest Donald Trump getting arrested is really not the biggest story of the day.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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"Les Deplorables"
Whatever you may think of Donald Trump and his millions of supporters, it must be admitted he is the most popular presidential candidate of our generation, maybe of all American generations. I was just a boy at the time but, did even JFK have this kind of favor? Kind of brings up a situation that just may develop.
Anyway, this short video seems an answer to Hillary Clinton's "deplorables" comment, based on the show, "Les Miserables."
rumble.com/v2g6gim-les-deplorables.html
All things considered, it's pretty inspirational. Kudos to the person who put it together.
I have no desire to go to a Trump rally but, this is why Democrats and Marxist totalitarian wannabes are apoplectic over this man. They must destroy him any way they can. If they cannot find truth, they lie and lie and lie again. It ain't workin' -
Anyway, this short video seems an answer to Hillary Clinton's "deplorables" comment, based on the show, "Les Miserables."
rumble.com/v2g6gim-les-deplorables.html
All things considered, it's pretty inspirational. Kudos to the person who put it together.
I have no desire to go to a Trump rally but, this is why Democrats and Marxist totalitarian wannabes are apoplectic over this man. They must destroy him any way they can. If they cannot find truth, they lie and lie and lie again. It ain't workin' -
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767.How Can LEGEND be Revisited? - April 5, 2023
It's a good and logical question, one that I have pondered for many years, leading up to the decision to venture into this new project.
People wonder, if I claim LEGEND was a power trio (not a Heavy Metal band per se'), how Christian lyrics can blend with it, especially me not being a real fan of "Christian Rock."
Aside from albums by Craig Smith, Terry Talbot and his brother John Michael, and a couple other artists, if you looked at my CD collection you will not find much of that which is called "Christian Rock." Admittedly, even some Southern Gospel bands or more contemporary Christian vocal bands get into Rock rhythms at times. It is now a ubiquitous sound on the planet. Even Classical orchestras have been hired for decades to play along with Rock bands, Metal bands, Prog bands, you name it. There is not much that has not been touched by Rock music since its embryo back in the 50's and 60's. Obviously there's a huge difference between a Rock beat and the use of electric guitars, distortion and stomp boxes. Even there, such sound has made its way into other, more "tame" genres of music.
To the issue of LEGEND, though. Here's the eight, original songs retitled -
1. The Destroyer/The Creator
2. The Wizard's Vengeance/The Vengeance of the Lord
3. The Golden Bell/The Golden Crown
4. Confrontation/Confrontation
5. RARZ (removed)/Gideon, takes its place
6. Against the Gods/Against the Beast
7. The Iron Horse/The Gospel Train
8. From the Fjords/The Battle of Armageddon
If you know the album, the songs, you may already see an interesting tie-in in the titles, which is by design.
In some cases, hints of the original lyrics I wrote, remain; just repackaged in different story/message settings.
#1 was an obvious change to make of central figures, for me. And the melody can remain.
#2 is about the second coming, and the signs of the times are serious matters, which the music also fits well.
#3 is about the path of Christian life and spiritual warfare and the final crown of victory awarded to the redeemed. The music fits well, there, too.
#4 had no real need of change. The original thought for confrontation was about a knight and dragon, iirc. This time, it's a reflection of the confrontation between Christ and Satan in the wilderness. The original was just an instrumental. The new version has some lyrics on the chorus.
#5. R.A.R.Z., as I have mentioned before, was solely Kevin's, music and lyrics so, I chose to leave it to Kevin's legacy. In its place is a new song, about the biblical hero, Gideon.
#6 Is about the Anti-Christ, the Man of Sin, the Beast of Revelation. The change was a natural one, in my mind.
#7 was another instrumental with a drum solo, which remains; a short one, and the song now has lyrics throughout about two trains. One is led by the enemy of souls, the other conductor is Christ. Given the song has an almost television, western-type theme, adding lyrics in the Gospel vein was easy.
#8 was our big piece to end the album and in concert. From a song about the terrors of Viking conquests to the final battle between good and evil, another obvious choice for the music and subject matter came, for me.
In LEGEND, we looked at stories I wrote and surrounded them with music, whatever genre fit, or melody that came to my mind that Kevin did his arrangements around, with input from John and me, and then Fred when he joined. We didn't start out thinking we were to be a power trio, per se.' It just ended up that way from the melodies we placed around the stories. Rock and Roll, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Jazz Rock/Fusion, Mellow Rock or Folk, and whatever fit. In this new venture I sought to join the original melodies and arrangements to the new subject matter. The new subject matter is a personal choice based on years of seeing LEGEND listed as a Heavy Metal band, often ensconced with bands with incredibly dark and outright satanic themes and imagery. To say I have been appalled at that is putting it mildly. Yes, Destroyer was based on a painting by 70's popular artist, Frank Frazetta, with some underlying meaning, and Fjords is about Viking conquest and Against the Gods well, suffice to say, myths, stories, legends with sometimes brutal imagery, per the stories. I had a lot of it all on paper for songs we composed that are long forgotten. But a few remain, a couple heard on the demo tape we made which Sonic Age/Cult Rock records released a few years back because the interest from fans was there. One song about a court jester and the other about Arimus, one of the Three Musketeers, with other songs in the works for the Dumas' other characters: Athos, Porthos, D'Artagnan and Cardinal Richelieu. The Three Muskateers' Suite, would have been one of several albums LEGEND released if the band had stayed together.
LEGEND Revisited should find a pretty solid fan base if the music and performances are considered. I know both Martin and Janne want to do great honor and justice to the original pieces, and Kevin's memory, and Fred's own great participation and contributions live and on the original recording. The new Lyrics? That remains to be seen. Do they get preachy? Of course they do. Christ said not to hide your faith and beliefs under a bushel basket but, to let the light shine. I had been a public speaker for 20 years of my life. I still write out my faith, here. The one thing I did not do is get into the typical God loves me, loves you, loves everybody, be happy, sappy stuff. While it's true, it has been done to death by CCM (Contemporary Christian Music). Not my thing. Every line in the new lyrics has a biblical base and that will be shared in liner notes, for anyone interested.
LEGEND Revisited has a distinct purpose for me, and a general purpose. I hope it will find a place in a wide birth of record collections, and while some will just enjoy the overall recording, some will ponder the deeper aspects of the message. That's the hope.
Onward >>>
People wonder, if I claim LEGEND was a power trio (not a Heavy Metal band per se'), how Christian lyrics can blend with it, especially me not being a real fan of "Christian Rock."
Aside from albums by Craig Smith, Terry Talbot and his brother John Michael, and a couple other artists, if you looked at my CD collection you will not find much of that which is called "Christian Rock." Admittedly, even some Southern Gospel bands or more contemporary Christian vocal bands get into Rock rhythms at times. It is now a ubiquitous sound on the planet. Even Classical orchestras have been hired for decades to play along with Rock bands, Metal bands, Prog bands, you name it. There is not much that has not been touched by Rock music since its embryo back in the 50's and 60's. Obviously there's a huge difference between a Rock beat and the use of electric guitars, distortion and stomp boxes. Even there, such sound has made its way into other, more "tame" genres of music.
To the issue of LEGEND, though. Here's the eight, original songs retitled -
1. The Destroyer/The Creator
2. The Wizard's Vengeance/The Vengeance of the Lord
3. The Golden Bell/The Golden Crown
4. Confrontation/Confrontation
5. RARZ (removed)/Gideon, takes its place
6. Against the Gods/Against the Beast
7. The Iron Horse/The Gospel Train
8. From the Fjords/The Battle of Armageddon
If you know the album, the songs, you may already see an interesting tie-in in the titles, which is by design.
In some cases, hints of the original lyrics I wrote, remain; just repackaged in different story/message settings.
#1 was an obvious change to make of central figures, for me. And the melody can remain.
#2 is about the second coming, and the signs of the times are serious matters, which the music also fits well.
#3 is about the path of Christian life and spiritual warfare and the final crown of victory awarded to the redeemed. The music fits well, there, too.
#4 had no real need of change. The original thought for confrontation was about a knight and dragon, iirc. This time, it's a reflection of the confrontation between Christ and Satan in the wilderness. The original was just an instrumental. The new version has some lyrics on the chorus.
#5. R.A.R.Z., as I have mentioned before, was solely Kevin's, music and lyrics so, I chose to leave it to Kevin's legacy. In its place is a new song, about the biblical hero, Gideon.
#6 Is about the Anti-Christ, the Man of Sin, the Beast of Revelation. The change was a natural one, in my mind.
#7 was another instrumental with a drum solo, which remains; a short one, and the song now has lyrics throughout about two trains. One is led by the enemy of souls, the other conductor is Christ. Given the song has an almost television, western-type theme, adding lyrics in the Gospel vein was easy.
#8 was our big piece to end the album and in concert. From a song about the terrors of Viking conquests to the final battle between good and evil, another obvious choice for the music and subject matter came, for me.
In LEGEND, we looked at stories I wrote and surrounded them with music, whatever genre fit, or melody that came to my mind that Kevin did his arrangements around, with input from John and me, and then Fred when he joined. We didn't start out thinking we were to be a power trio, per se.' It just ended up that way from the melodies we placed around the stories. Rock and Roll, Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, Jazz Rock/Fusion, Mellow Rock or Folk, and whatever fit. In this new venture I sought to join the original melodies and arrangements to the new subject matter. The new subject matter is a personal choice based on years of seeing LEGEND listed as a Heavy Metal band, often ensconced with bands with incredibly dark and outright satanic themes and imagery. To say I have been appalled at that is putting it mildly. Yes, Destroyer was based on a painting by 70's popular artist, Frank Frazetta, with some underlying meaning, and Fjords is about Viking conquest and Against the Gods well, suffice to say, myths, stories, legends with sometimes brutal imagery, per the stories. I had a lot of it all on paper for songs we composed that are long forgotten. But a few remain, a couple heard on the demo tape we made which Sonic Age/Cult Rock records released a few years back because the interest from fans was there. One song about a court jester and the other about Arimus, one of the Three Musketeers, with other songs in the works for the Dumas' other characters: Athos, Porthos, D'Artagnan and Cardinal Richelieu. The Three Muskateers' Suite, would have been one of several albums LEGEND released if the band had stayed together.
LEGEND Revisited should find a pretty solid fan base if the music and performances are considered. I know both Martin and Janne want to do great honor and justice to the original pieces, and Kevin's memory, and Fred's own great participation and contributions live and on the original recording. The new Lyrics? That remains to be seen. Do they get preachy? Of course they do. Christ said not to hide your faith and beliefs under a bushel basket but, to let the light shine. I had been a public speaker for 20 years of my life. I still write out my faith, here. The one thing I did not do is get into the typical God loves me, loves you, loves everybody, be happy, sappy stuff. While it's true, it has been done to death by CCM (Contemporary Christian Music). Not my thing. Every line in the new lyrics has a biblical base and that will be shared in liner notes, for anyone interested.
LEGEND Revisited has a distinct purpose for me, and a general purpose. I hope it will find a place in a wide birth of record collections, and while some will just enjoy the overall recording, some will ponder the deeper aspects of the message. That's the hope.
Onward >>>
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768. The Ancient Mocker - April 8, 2023
In the area of health. Here is some info I could have told you without the 40 years of research. All I needed was the Bible.
Pro 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Pretty simple, yes?
"For decades, scientific studies suggested moderate drinking was better for most people’s health than not drinking at all, and could even help them live longer.
"A new analysis of more than 40 years of research has concluded that many of those studies were flawed and that the opposite is true.
"The review found that the risks of dying prematurely increase significantly for women once they drink 25 grams of alcohol a day, which is less than two standard cocktails containing 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits, two 12-ounce beers or two 5-ounce glasses of wine. The risks to men increase significantly at 45 grams of alcohol a day, or just over three drinks.
dnyuz.com/2023/04/04/moderate-drinking-has-no-health-benefits-analysis-of-decades-of-research-finds/
This will not be greeted as good news as it should be because it's a drug and people get addicted. It's a culture and people think they need it to have fun, to enjoy life or, just to deal with it.
The Bible paints the accurate picture.
Pro 23:31 Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it gives its color in the cup, when it glides down smoothly;
Pro 23:32 At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a basilisk.
Pro 23:33 Your eyes shall behold strange things, and thy heart shall utter confused things.
Pro 23:34 Yes, you shall be as he that lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lies upon the top of a mast.
Pro 23:35 'They have struck me, and I felt it not, they have beaten me, and I knew it not; when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.'
Rev 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Confusion. Spiritual, prophetic Babylon. Fornicating with the world; it's customs, traditions, habits, axioms and life, opposed to the Word of God.
For ancient Babylon?
Dan 5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Dan 5:2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine [by the time he became drunk], commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
Dan 5:3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
Dan 5:4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Dan 5:5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Dan 5:6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Dan 5:22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
Dan 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Dan 5:24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
Dan 5:25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
Dan 5:26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
Dan 5:27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Dan 5:28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Dan 5:30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
Dan 5:31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Pro 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Pretty simple, yes?
"For decades, scientific studies suggested moderate drinking was better for most people’s health than not drinking at all, and could even help them live longer.
"A new analysis of more than 40 years of research has concluded that many of those studies were flawed and that the opposite is true.
"The review found that the risks of dying prematurely increase significantly for women once they drink 25 grams of alcohol a day, which is less than two standard cocktails containing 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits, two 12-ounce beers or two 5-ounce glasses of wine. The risks to men increase significantly at 45 grams of alcohol a day, or just over three drinks.
dnyuz.com/2023/04/04/moderate-drinking-has-no-health-benefits-analysis-of-decades-of-research-finds/
This will not be greeted as good news as it should be because it's a drug and people get addicted. It's a culture and people think they need it to have fun, to enjoy life or, just to deal with it.
The Bible paints the accurate picture.
Pro 23:31 Look not upon the wine when it is red, when it gives its color in the cup, when it glides down smoothly;
Pro 23:32 At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like a basilisk.
Pro 23:33 Your eyes shall behold strange things, and thy heart shall utter confused things.
Pro 23:34 Yes, you shall be as he that lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lies upon the top of a mast.
Pro 23:35 'They have struck me, and I felt it not, they have beaten me, and I knew it not; when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.'
Rev 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
Confusion. Spiritual, prophetic Babylon. Fornicating with the world; it's customs, traditions, habits, axioms and life, opposed to the Word of God.
For ancient Babylon?
Dan 5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Dan 5:2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine [by the time he became drunk], commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
Dan 5:3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
Dan 5:4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
Dan 5:5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Dan 5:6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Dan 5:22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
Dan 5:23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Dan 5:24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
Dan 5:25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
Dan 5:26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
Dan 5:27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Dan 5:28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Dan 5:30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
Dan 5:31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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More Babylon
It's one thing to take care of the needs of the traveling preacher. The Bible states they should be. When religion becomes a business, like the industries and businesses of the world, the result is a mixture that leads to confusion, that leads to...
"Hillsong Church paid TD Jakes $150K to speak for a day, Joyce Meyer comes close" [$133,000]
www.christianpost.com/news/hillsong-church-paid-td-jakes-150k-honorarium-to-speak-for-a-day.html
It was actually $146,000 for Jakes. Why these big name preachers are constantly involved in financial scandals is because they operate on policies opposed to God's principles because they are drunk with the wine of Babylon.
The Vatican, being its own nation, has its own central bank. A church-nation with more wealth than anyone actually knows, outside the confines of the Roman curia.
Mother has daughters, harlots, they are referred to, Rev 17:1-6. Mother is the RCC. Her daughters are those churches which practice her doctrines, traditions and policies.
Once you know the truth, everything falls into place.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
"Hillsong Church paid TD Jakes $150K to speak for a day, Joyce Meyer comes close" [$133,000]
www.christianpost.com/news/hillsong-church-paid-td-jakes-150k-honorarium-to-speak-for-a-day.html
It was actually $146,000 for Jakes. Why these big name preachers are constantly involved in financial scandals is because they operate on policies opposed to God's principles because they are drunk with the wine of Babylon.
The Vatican, being its own nation, has its own central bank. A church-nation with more wealth than anyone actually knows, outside the confines of the Roman curia.
Mother has daughters, harlots, they are referred to, Rev 17:1-6. Mother is the RCC. Her daughters are those churches which practice her doctrines, traditions and policies.
Once you know the truth, everything falls into place.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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769. The Mixture Continues - April 8, 2023
When I speak of confusion in religion, which makes up the aspects of what the Bible refers to as Babylon: prophetic, spiritual Babylon - which gets much of it character from the practices and policies of ancient Babylon - a picture emerges, framed in well constructed principles that cannot be missed. If you read and study the Bible; it's standards, teachings, principles, it's truth, found cover to cover, you will be given eyes to see what was staring at you before and you just did not notice. That is why Jesus said, unless one is born again they cannot enter or even see the kingdom of God. Being in church does not help because it may be a very part of the prophetic, Babylonian system.
Look at this headline -
"Stunning Proportion of Americans Believe ‘Biblical Accounts of the Physical Resurrection of Jesus Are Completely Accurate’ "
You might think and say, Isn't that good news?
Well, yes and no, as the article points out. You see, Babylon is a mixture of that which comes from God, with that which is of the world. It's truth and error, mixed together. The mixture is a Babylonian "wine" that makes people drunk with confusion. Read on -
"A stunning 66% of Americans said “biblical accounts of the physical resurrection of Jesus are completely accurate,” a notable proportion considering the ever-increasing secularization of American culture.
"Lifeway’s “2022 State of Theology” study also found an additional 23% disagree the biblical account unfolded and 11% stated they’re unsure.
"According to Lifeway, the percentage affirming the resurrection has remained “unchanged since 2018,” and is accepted by majorities in all geographical areas of the nation."
Now ask yourself if the churches have changed from times a century ago, when most all people calling themselves Christian believed in the biblical account of the resurrection. It was not a point of contention. There is no Christian religion without it, and few influences could affect professed Christians to think otherwise, save for the impact of Darwinism and "science, falsely so-called."
"Despite these encouraging numbers above, other statistics in the study show a confused and apathetic populace regarding Scripture and truth. For the first time, a majority (53%) said the Bible contains “helpful accounts of ancient myths but is not literally true,” according to Lifeway.
"And 40% see modern science as disproving Scripture, with 32% believing God isn’t concerned with their daily decisions.
"This mixture of findings left author and apologist Rebecca McLaughlin seeing both positive and negative trends — a reality that left her “hopeful” and “heartbroken.”
McLaughlin said it was unfortunate to see so many people say they believe in the resurrection yet be so disconnected from church and other faith activities in their daily lives.
“This exposes the danger of ‘cultural Christianity’ — the vague assent to Christian beliefs without any evidence of actual faith in Christ,” she said."
Babylon. A confused mixture of ideas and beliefs, all stemming from the aspostasy of the once faithful church in Rome, that became the behemoth it is today.
How many Protestants, if they will even refer to themselves as such, do you suppose know where the term comes from, when and why? Far less than 66%. I'd say, maybe 1% know the correct information on that subject. Easter they think they know and yet are really mixed up on that, too but, Protestantism, the principles of it? No. No clue, other then it means not being Roman Catholic. Many do not understand the spirit of Romanism in their own churches; the spirit of popery and kingly power.
This year, the Jewish Passover and "Easter" are calendar-connected, which gives "Easter" a flare of validity in the minds of those who practice it, regardless of the sunrise services coming and all the bunnies, chicks and eggs of one variety or another that will be everywhere in the Western Hemisphere. In other cultures, more primitive and ancient practices will be seen. This stuff is a whole lot older than 2,000 years.
I know full well when anything is brought up against these cultural feasts, festivities, practices, rites and rituals, people become uncomfortable and even indignant, if not downright in-your-face. Ask them to prove you wrong and they just cannot because the truth of history and the Bible is not on their side. It just isn't.
From a point of paganism, the Bible is a non-issue. Those who practice ancient rites outside the religion of God do not care about the teachings of Scripture. For those who feel empty and search for something better, when they find out the actual nature of things they have believed in, they have no problem, at all, leaving their past "ologies" or codes, whatever they may have been. People who grew up in churches? That is another story, altogether. If looks could kill, go to church and tell people what they believe is not biblical, and even greatly opposed to biblical teaching and the will of God. Eye daggers and bullets start flying.
The nature of the spirit of Babylon and the spirit of Laodiceanism are vitally connected.
Rev. 3:14-22 is a serious rebuke from Christ towards the blindness of modern generations of professed believers. The ancient Laodecian assembly was blind to their condition, as is modern Laodecia.
Rev 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
Rev 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
Rev 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Rev 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
If you saw someone on the street that looked wretched, miserable, poor, blind and physically naked, yet they saw themselves as perfectly fine, what would think? Think carefully. Would you feel like vomiting? Christ does and yet, He offers counsel and real, practical spiritual help -
Rev 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Rev 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Rev 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Rev 3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Be zealous and repent. Not timidly repent. Zealously run to Christ and turn from your sins and ignorance of your true condition.
I throw no stones. My own life is no shining example of consistent righteousness. That does not mean I do not know what it entails and means, especially living in the last days. Few also realize the nature of Christ's ministry in the Heavenly sanctuary and the antitypical day of atonement taking place. It stands so diametrically opposed to the doctrines of a secret rapture and eternal security, it's frightening what is going to take place when millions of professed believers find out their cherished doctrines are flat out, dead wrong.
Darkness covers the Earth and gross darkness the people.
A remnant will develop, and be ready when Christ returns.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Look at this headline -
"Stunning Proportion of Americans Believe ‘Biblical Accounts of the Physical Resurrection of Jesus Are Completely Accurate’ "
You might think and say, Isn't that good news?
Well, yes and no, as the article points out. You see, Babylon is a mixture of that which comes from God, with that which is of the world. It's truth and error, mixed together. The mixture is a Babylonian "wine" that makes people drunk with confusion. Read on -
"A stunning 66% of Americans said “biblical accounts of the physical resurrection of Jesus are completely accurate,” a notable proportion considering the ever-increasing secularization of American culture.
"Lifeway’s “2022 State of Theology” study also found an additional 23% disagree the biblical account unfolded and 11% stated they’re unsure.
"According to Lifeway, the percentage affirming the resurrection has remained “unchanged since 2018,” and is accepted by majorities in all geographical areas of the nation."
Now ask yourself if the churches have changed from times a century ago, when most all people calling themselves Christian believed in the biblical account of the resurrection. It was not a point of contention. There is no Christian religion without it, and few influences could affect professed Christians to think otherwise, save for the impact of Darwinism and "science, falsely so-called."
"Despite these encouraging numbers above, other statistics in the study show a confused and apathetic populace regarding Scripture and truth. For the first time, a majority (53%) said the Bible contains “helpful accounts of ancient myths but is not literally true,” according to Lifeway.
"And 40% see modern science as disproving Scripture, with 32% believing God isn’t concerned with their daily decisions.
"This mixture of findings left author and apologist Rebecca McLaughlin seeing both positive and negative trends — a reality that left her “hopeful” and “heartbroken.”
McLaughlin said it was unfortunate to see so many people say they believe in the resurrection yet be so disconnected from church and other faith activities in their daily lives.
“This exposes the danger of ‘cultural Christianity’ — the vague assent to Christian beliefs without any evidence of actual faith in Christ,” she said."
Babylon. A confused mixture of ideas and beliefs, all stemming from the aspostasy of the once faithful church in Rome, that became the behemoth it is today.
How many Protestants, if they will even refer to themselves as such, do you suppose know where the term comes from, when and why? Far less than 66%. I'd say, maybe 1% know the correct information on that subject. Easter they think they know and yet are really mixed up on that, too but, Protestantism, the principles of it? No. No clue, other then it means not being Roman Catholic. Many do not understand the spirit of Romanism in their own churches; the spirit of popery and kingly power.
This year, the Jewish Passover and "Easter" are calendar-connected, which gives "Easter" a flare of validity in the minds of those who practice it, regardless of the sunrise services coming and all the bunnies, chicks and eggs of one variety or another that will be everywhere in the Western Hemisphere. In other cultures, more primitive and ancient practices will be seen. This stuff is a whole lot older than 2,000 years.
I know full well when anything is brought up against these cultural feasts, festivities, practices, rites and rituals, people become uncomfortable and even indignant, if not downright in-your-face. Ask them to prove you wrong and they just cannot because the truth of history and the Bible is not on their side. It just isn't.
From a point of paganism, the Bible is a non-issue. Those who practice ancient rites outside the religion of God do not care about the teachings of Scripture. For those who feel empty and search for something better, when they find out the actual nature of things they have believed in, they have no problem, at all, leaving their past "ologies" or codes, whatever they may have been. People who grew up in churches? That is another story, altogether. If looks could kill, go to church and tell people what they believe is not biblical, and even greatly opposed to biblical teaching and the will of God. Eye daggers and bullets start flying.
The nature of the spirit of Babylon and the spirit of Laodiceanism are vitally connected.
Rev. 3:14-22 is a serious rebuke from Christ towards the blindness of modern generations of professed believers. The ancient Laodecian assembly was blind to their condition, as is modern Laodecia.
Rev 3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
Rev 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
Rev 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Rev 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
If you saw someone on the street that looked wretched, miserable, poor, blind and physically naked, yet they saw themselves as perfectly fine, what would think? Think carefully. Would you feel like vomiting? Christ does and yet, He offers counsel and real, practical spiritual help -
Rev 3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Rev 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Rev 3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Rev 3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Be zealous and repent. Not timidly repent. Zealously run to Christ and turn from your sins and ignorance of your true condition.
I throw no stones. My own life is no shining example of consistent righteousness. That does not mean I do not know what it entails and means, especially living in the last days. Few also realize the nature of Christ's ministry in the Heavenly sanctuary and the antitypical day of atonement taking place. It stands so diametrically opposed to the doctrines of a secret rapture and eternal security, it's frightening what is going to take place when millions of professed believers find out their cherished doctrines are flat out, dead wrong.
Darkness covers the Earth and gross darkness the people.
A remnant will develop, and be ready when Christ returns.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
*****************************
770. Sing a Song, be Purified? - 4/8/'23
Here is a significant reason why Protestants came to exist and well before the 16th century Reformation. In principle, it can be said, Christ was a Protestant. It could be said He was the most important Protestant to ever live. He formed a new church within the church that existed. Ultimately it kicked the new church out, rather than be reformed, and an irreparable separation took place.
The early church had their own hymns, of course, from the Psalms. How cool it would be to know those songs of David and Asaph today? In Acts 4, beginning with verse 24, after Peter and John were released, went back to their brethren and reported what happened, the Bible says they all lifted their voice with one accord, and what follows next some say was the prayer of a single person, while others say the people sang portions of hymns they knew well, interjected with prayer or songs people composed. Now these are Peter, John and brethren who were at the beginning. What happened when they prayed at the end?
Act 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
Does it say anything about them being purified or made more righteous or in any way saved from whatever the future may test them with? No. No such idea is found anywhere in the Bible. You cannot sing your way to Heaven, regardless of all the information about music you will find in the Bible. You will not find that music is a path to salvation. Music augments the experience of salvation people have. It does not grant you anything.
What does Rome say about singing special hymns?
"Singing this song on Holy Thursday can purify your soul (and save you time in purgatory)"
www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250961/plenary-indulgence-holy-thursday-tantum-ergo
Yes. You can sing your way out of Purgatory.
"Did you know that it is possible to sing a special song of adoration on Holy Thursday and have your soul purified?
"It’s true, and the song is “Tantum Ergo.”
"First, some background. A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus Christ, Mary, and all the saints to remove all the temporal punishment due to sin."
The 16th century Reformation, as Martin Luther took his stand, was against the very nature and means of "Indulgences." An indulgence could be purchased. Money in the basket could mean time out of Purgatory and entrance into Heaven. Luther took such a stand against the business of indulgences it caused wars to erupt.
When my father passed away, my Mom received a certificate in a fancy, bound holder, that someone gave money in his name to purchase time away from his stay in Purgatory. She was shocked. You see, by then, she had been baptized and become a member of a Protestant church.
From the article -
“Every sinful act creates a disorder within the soul of the human person; it distorts our desires and affections, leaving us with ‘an unhealthy attachment to creatures, which must be purified either here on earth, or after death in the state called purgatory.’”
“Those who have received forgiveness for their sins still have an obligation to undergo a difficult and painful process (the temporal penalty for sin) to be purified of the consequences of their sins and to restore the disrupted relationships.”
“By God’s grace, participation in a prayer or action that has an indulgence attached to it brings about the necessary restoration and reparation without the suffering that would normally accompany it.”
On Holy Thursday, you can receive this special gift, resulting in the purification of your soul, by singing the “Tantum Ergo.”
Purgatory is the Roman Catholic place where responsibilities for sin, the consequences for sin, the distortions sin creates in us must be purged. It can be done here, through many various acts or works, or you can burn in flames not as intense as "Hell," and after whatever time God determines, you finally reach whatever stage God wants for purification of yourself, and you get into Heaven. That doctrine, along with the doctrine of "hell," itself, set the stage for me to become an atheist.
From Luther's point of view, according to Scripture, and all the nation's Protestants as they emerged before Luther and after, in Europe, was such a doctrine as indulgences was tantamount to an absolute attack upon the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. Being born-again, receiving new life in Christ, carries with it no more concern over our past. We are a new creatures in Christ, old things are passed away, all things become new. Our sins are cast into the depths of the sea. As long as we abide in Christ, that is where they stay. There is no Purgatory. It's a Roman Catholic tradition of man-made rule over God's children.
There is no "Holy Father" ascribed to a man in Scripture. The Bible says nothing of a certified priesthood, dressing in black, that has power to forgive sins. There are no nuns. There are no forced reasons for celibacy. There are no lighting of candles. There is no Queen of Heaven, unless you are looking at the Queen of Babylon. There are no special "saints" who answer prayer. I could go one for pages of the things Romanism invented or borrowed from the old testament system or worse, paganism, itself. It is an immense, one and a half billion member, man-made system that is the biggest cult on planet Earth. The sincere Roman Catholic may read that and erupt and I understand that. I was raised Catholic. All my relatives are Catholic, or were. The truth set me free. The truth is God's word, not God's word and man-made traditions that can take out the Word at the Pope's or Roman Catholic magisterium's demand. There is no infallibility but, in God alone. Nobody got carried on chairs held up by servants in the old or new testaments, except kings and queens and rulers. The Pope is not God's king or ruler or representative on Earth. The Holy Spirit is God's Representative. Christ is the beginning and the end. He died once, for all, period. There are no masses in the new testament or the old. There are no stations of the cross to pray at, or beads to pray with, nor any number of prayers one must say to receive anything from God. Aside from some biblical terms and names it is all a counterfeit. That is what bible-believing Protestants understood and stood for. It took decades for all of "Mother's" influence to be removed from believer's as the Reformation advanced. It didn't happen overnight. It took centuries.
The Catholic Church can say all they want about church tradition being more important than the Bible. When the Bible says this, that is the end of the matter -
2Tim 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
2Tim 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Tim 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
However you translate the Greek or Hebrew words seen as "perfect" above; whether complete, finished, ripe, whatever, or how you translate the Greek for "thoroughly furnished;" fully equipped, to finish out, to accomplish... they all state a way of an end. Finished. Accomplished. Ended. Ripe, Complete. Done. When a house is thoroughly furnished, it's full of furniture. It's built and furnished; finished.
For Romanism to state the Bible does not state, all we need is the Bible, is preposterous. The principle of Protestantism was - The Bible, and the Bible alone, is the only rule of faith, practice and discipline for the believer. For that, believers were hunted down, Bibles newly printed on the invented press, were taken, burned, destroyed in any manner decided upon along with those who had them, read them, and lived by them. Recant or be imprisoned or die.
Don't believe me?
Now, for the last comment on the article, and there could be much more -
"The “Tantum Ergo” is the last two verses of “Pange lingua,” a Latin hymn written by St. Thomas Aquinas."
I wonder how many Roman Catholics know that "saint" Aquinas wrote this -
"I answer that, With regard to heretics two points must be observed: one, on their own side; the other, on the side of the Church. On their own side there is the sin, whereby they deserve not only to be separated from the Church by excommunication, but also to be severed from the world by death. For it is a much graver matter to corrupt the faith which quickens the soul, than to forge money, which supports temporal life. Wherefore if forgers of money and other evil-doers are forthwith condemned to death by the secular authority, much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even put to death.
"On the part of the Church, however, there is mercy which looks to the conversion of the wanderer, wherefore she condemns not at once, but "after the first and second admonition," as the Apostle directs: after that, if he is yet stubborn, the Church no longer hoping for his conversion, looks to the salvation of others, by excommunicating him and separating him from the Church, and furthermore delivers him to the secular tribunal to be exterminated thereby from the world by death."
www.newadvent.org/summa/3011.htm#article3
I realize we are not living in the Dark Ages anymore. Is that the point, though? The Roman Catholic system made that man a "saint," who can answer prayer, who can go before the Father and Son and make requests from people on Earth. The Greek term for "saint" means a sanctified one. Sanctified means set apart for a holy use. Tell me how God could use Aquinas for a holy use with sentiments like those you just read. He's no saint. He was a religious fanatic and terrorist.
I reckon if Thomas was in Heaven, God would call him aside and say, About that Summa Theologiae. It's garbage and an affront to my character and kingdom. You do not belong here with an attitude like that. Go talk to a couple witnesses here. If they cannot change your mind, I'll separate you from My house and you can go find a place back in Rome where you actually belong - because Thomas Aquinas is not in heaven, saint or otherwise. Whether he will be resurrected to see eternal life when Christ returns I know not. All I know is, an untold number of people down through the centuries were persecuted and put to death for standing up to "papa" and the rest of that man-made system claiming to be "in place of Christ." It isn't. It is "AntiChrist."
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
The early church had their own hymns, of course, from the Psalms. How cool it would be to know those songs of David and Asaph today? In Acts 4, beginning with verse 24, after Peter and John were released, went back to their brethren and reported what happened, the Bible says they all lifted their voice with one accord, and what follows next some say was the prayer of a single person, while others say the people sang portions of hymns they knew well, interjected with prayer or songs people composed. Now these are Peter, John and brethren who were at the beginning. What happened when they prayed at the end?
Act 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
Does it say anything about them being purified or made more righteous or in any way saved from whatever the future may test them with? No. No such idea is found anywhere in the Bible. You cannot sing your way to Heaven, regardless of all the information about music you will find in the Bible. You will not find that music is a path to salvation. Music augments the experience of salvation people have. It does not grant you anything.
What does Rome say about singing special hymns?
"Singing this song on Holy Thursday can purify your soul (and save you time in purgatory)"
www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250961/plenary-indulgence-holy-thursday-tantum-ergo
Yes. You can sing your way out of Purgatory.
"Did you know that it is possible to sing a special song of adoration on Holy Thursday and have your soul purified?
"It’s true, and the song is “Tantum Ergo.”
"First, some background. A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church through the merits of Jesus Christ, Mary, and all the saints to remove all the temporal punishment due to sin."
The 16th century Reformation, as Martin Luther took his stand, was against the very nature and means of "Indulgences." An indulgence could be purchased. Money in the basket could mean time out of Purgatory and entrance into Heaven. Luther took such a stand against the business of indulgences it caused wars to erupt.
When my father passed away, my Mom received a certificate in a fancy, bound holder, that someone gave money in his name to purchase time away from his stay in Purgatory. She was shocked. You see, by then, she had been baptized and become a member of a Protestant church.
From the article -
“Every sinful act creates a disorder within the soul of the human person; it distorts our desires and affections, leaving us with ‘an unhealthy attachment to creatures, which must be purified either here on earth, or after death in the state called purgatory.’”
“Those who have received forgiveness for their sins still have an obligation to undergo a difficult and painful process (the temporal penalty for sin) to be purified of the consequences of their sins and to restore the disrupted relationships.”
“By God’s grace, participation in a prayer or action that has an indulgence attached to it brings about the necessary restoration and reparation without the suffering that would normally accompany it.”
On Holy Thursday, you can receive this special gift, resulting in the purification of your soul, by singing the “Tantum Ergo.”
Purgatory is the Roman Catholic place where responsibilities for sin, the consequences for sin, the distortions sin creates in us must be purged. It can be done here, through many various acts or works, or you can burn in flames not as intense as "Hell," and after whatever time God determines, you finally reach whatever stage God wants for purification of yourself, and you get into Heaven. That doctrine, along with the doctrine of "hell," itself, set the stage for me to become an atheist.
From Luther's point of view, according to Scripture, and all the nation's Protestants as they emerged before Luther and after, in Europe, was such a doctrine as indulgences was tantamount to an absolute attack upon the sacrifice of Christ on the cross. Being born-again, receiving new life in Christ, carries with it no more concern over our past. We are a new creatures in Christ, old things are passed away, all things become new. Our sins are cast into the depths of the sea. As long as we abide in Christ, that is where they stay. There is no Purgatory. It's a Roman Catholic tradition of man-made rule over God's children.
There is no "Holy Father" ascribed to a man in Scripture. The Bible says nothing of a certified priesthood, dressing in black, that has power to forgive sins. There are no nuns. There are no forced reasons for celibacy. There are no lighting of candles. There is no Queen of Heaven, unless you are looking at the Queen of Babylon. There are no special "saints" who answer prayer. I could go one for pages of the things Romanism invented or borrowed from the old testament system or worse, paganism, itself. It is an immense, one and a half billion member, man-made system that is the biggest cult on planet Earth. The sincere Roman Catholic may read that and erupt and I understand that. I was raised Catholic. All my relatives are Catholic, or were. The truth set me free. The truth is God's word, not God's word and man-made traditions that can take out the Word at the Pope's or Roman Catholic magisterium's demand. There is no infallibility but, in God alone. Nobody got carried on chairs held up by servants in the old or new testaments, except kings and queens and rulers. The Pope is not God's king or ruler or representative on Earth. The Holy Spirit is God's Representative. Christ is the beginning and the end. He died once, for all, period. There are no masses in the new testament or the old. There are no stations of the cross to pray at, or beads to pray with, nor any number of prayers one must say to receive anything from God. Aside from some biblical terms and names it is all a counterfeit. That is what bible-believing Protestants understood and stood for. It took decades for all of "Mother's" influence to be removed from believer's as the Reformation advanced. It didn't happen overnight. It took centuries.
The Catholic Church can say all they want about church tradition being more important than the Bible. When the Bible says this, that is the end of the matter -
2Tim 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
2Tim 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Tim 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
However you translate the Greek or Hebrew words seen as "perfect" above; whether complete, finished, ripe, whatever, or how you translate the Greek for "thoroughly furnished;" fully equipped, to finish out, to accomplish... they all state a way of an end. Finished. Accomplished. Ended. Ripe, Complete. Done. When a house is thoroughly furnished, it's full of furniture. It's built and furnished; finished.
For Romanism to state the Bible does not state, all we need is the Bible, is preposterous. The principle of Protestantism was - The Bible, and the Bible alone, is the only rule of faith, practice and discipline for the believer. For that, believers were hunted down, Bibles newly printed on the invented press, were taken, burned, destroyed in any manner decided upon along with those who had them, read them, and lived by them. Recant or be imprisoned or die.
Don't believe me?
Now, for the last comment on the article, and there could be much more -
"The “Tantum Ergo” is the last two verses of “Pange lingua,” a Latin hymn written by St. Thomas Aquinas."
I wonder how many Roman Catholics know that "saint" Aquinas wrote this -
"I answer that, With regard to heretics two points must be observed: one, on their own side; the other, on the side of the Church. On their own side there is the sin, whereby they deserve not only to be separated from the Church by excommunication, but also to be severed from the world by death. For it is a much graver matter to corrupt the faith which quickens the soul, than to forge money, which supports temporal life. Wherefore if forgers of money and other evil-doers are forthwith condemned to death by the secular authority, much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be not only excommunicated but even put to death.
"On the part of the Church, however, there is mercy which looks to the conversion of the wanderer, wherefore she condemns not at once, but "after the first and second admonition," as the Apostle directs: after that, if he is yet stubborn, the Church no longer hoping for his conversion, looks to the salvation of others, by excommunicating him and separating him from the Church, and furthermore delivers him to the secular tribunal to be exterminated thereby from the world by death."
www.newadvent.org/summa/3011.htm#article3
I realize we are not living in the Dark Ages anymore. Is that the point, though? The Roman Catholic system made that man a "saint," who can answer prayer, who can go before the Father and Son and make requests from people on Earth. The Greek term for "saint" means a sanctified one. Sanctified means set apart for a holy use. Tell me how God could use Aquinas for a holy use with sentiments like those you just read. He's no saint. He was a religious fanatic and terrorist.
I reckon if Thomas was in Heaven, God would call him aside and say, About that Summa Theologiae. It's garbage and an affront to my character and kingdom. You do not belong here with an attitude like that. Go talk to a couple witnesses here. If they cannot change your mind, I'll separate you from My house and you can go find a place back in Rome where you actually belong - because Thomas Aquinas is not in heaven, saint or otherwise. Whether he will be resurrected to see eternal life when Christ returns I know not. All I know is, an untold number of people down through the centuries were persecuted and put to death for standing up to "papa" and the rest of that man-made system claiming to be "in place of Christ." It isn't. It is "AntiChrist."
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
*****************************
771. Get Ready for True Revival - April 8, 2023
I often see a question which I have addressed before, here, when I watch creation-type videos on YouTube. Invariably, someone will enter a comment thread and ask, If God created the universe, then who or what created God?
I have also addressed two revivals coming. One false, which comes first, and one true, which comes as the result of the overall effects of the first.
The first revival is portrayed, the false one, in Rev. 13: the second beast (power) written of -
Rev 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
Rev 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Rev 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
Rev 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
The Papacy has, for many centuries, going back over a thousand years, been known to be the first Beast in the chapter. Every detail pointed out has significantly been seen in the history, doctrines, traditions, rules, regulations, art and everything of the Roman Catholic Church, its Papacy and Vatican city/state.
The second Beast is the youngest of all beasts (national powers) in prophecy. I have shown it's the United States of America. No other nation can meet the five descriptive details displayed in just two verses. It is the third verse that adds a significant point to future events. In America, this professed Christian nation that starts like a Lamb, Christ, ends up speaking as Lucifer, the great Dragon of the book, comes something that shall deceive the world. And in the process Rome and her daughters, as well as the kings of the Earth - all other nations - shall be swept together in this wave of wonders.
Great wonders. Remember Paul's words of what would come in the last days -
2Thes 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Thes 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2Thes 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Thes 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
All power, signs and lying wonders. Dismiss the wonders of the various fields of science our generation has seen. They do not lie. Many have shown us far greater comforts of life than any generations in human history. Imagine showing an air conditioner to the apostle Paul or a truck or rocket ship. The wonders here written of are lying wonders. And the context is that they come from God, in His "fire," which is His presence; which means an enormous fake revival is coming backed up by power, signs and lying wonders, so fantastic the unknowing world will see it must be the presence of God, which means all the scientists standing against God today will meet their match, and in fact, it will come from Satan, himself. A world-wide, false, miracle-working revival. And because people reject the Three Angel's messages and other truth's God's will requires us to understand for our safety and preparedness (Rev 14:6-12), God will send a strong delusion that will carry the defiant to their final and ultimate destruction: the second coming of Christ and the end of the world.
When this revival hits and develops and grows, it will have tell-tale, biblical signs and marks of being erroneous, despite what humanity's senses will tell them. God's true revival will follow, as the final battle of good and evil squares off.
I have shown readers a lot of things that point to the weakness and fallen condition of prophetic Babylon, which makes it such an easy target for Satanic deceptions. Take a look at this verse of Scripture as an example of just how much information can be in one verse.
Isa 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
The high and lofty One.
He inhabits eternity.
He dwells in the high and holy place.
He dwells in those who have a contrite and humble spirit [attitude}
He revives the humble.
He revives the contrite.
I have written here many times; the thing that is most important to God is not your career, not your bank account, not your politics, your public or private education, your degrees or anything else this world can give you. What is most important to God is your CHARACTER: the only thing you will take out of here if you leave here and go to Heaven.
God is high and lofty, as in way up beyond our comprehension and understanding.
As to the question of who created God, God inhabits eternity. He had no beginning, as such He is the beginning of everything else.
He dwells in the high and holy place, the Heavenly sanctuary, where the lives of all His people are weighed in the balances of righteousness, as Christ ministers for their character development.
He does not dwell in the high and lofty of the Earth. He says they have their reward, Matt. 6:1-6. They want the world so badly and its attention, He gives it to them and that's all they will get. No, God dwells in the hearts and minds of the lowly, who see their need, who understand they have nothing to offer God, and kneel before Him as one who has nothing to offer but, a great spiritual need.
God's revival comes upon those who sense their need, not the ones caught up in power, signs and lying wonders. None of that, even if true, can refine and ennoble and purify the character. Only the Holy Spirit can do that, as He makes Christ a living power and force in the life. Only your Creator can do that. You must be recreated; born-again. That is personal revival, literally from walking death to walking life but, life wears us down. Satan's constant pummeling, pushing, schemes and scattering causes weariness. Revival of attitude and thinking becomes necessary. God has a thousand ways to bring revival to each of us, and to His people as a whole.
I have written on revival recently and well before. We all desire revival of some kind. National revival, church/congregational revival, family revival. Great money is paid for people to bring revival to brands and businesses, you name it. As the world gets visibly and spiritually worse, and spiritual darkness gets deeper and deeper, a false revival will seem to sweep it all away. Add to it the coming of the 'angel of light' and who knows what other deceptions Lucifer will muster up, and it will be seen only by those with a personal connection to Christ through the Spirit and through the Word. They will stand solid when this thing strikes.
The world against YOU. That's how it will seem. I share a statement from a Christian author from well over a hundred years ago -
"We are now living in the great day of atonement. In the typical service, while the high priest was making the atonement for Israel, all were required to afflict their souls by repentance of sin and humiliation before the Lord, lest they be cut off from among the people. In like manner, all who would have their names retained in the book of life should now, in the few remaining days of their probation, afflict their souls before God by sorrow for sin and true repentance. There must be deep, faithful searching of heart. The light, frivolous spirit indulged by so many professed Christians must be put away. There is earnest warfare before all who would subdue the evil tendencies that strive for the mastery. The work of preparation is an individual work. We are not saved in groups. The purity and devotion of one will not offset the want of these qualities in another. Though all nations are to pass in judgment before God, yet He will examine the case of each individual with as close and searching scrutiny as if there were not another being upon the earth. Everyone must be tested and found without spot or wrinkle or any such thing." E.G. White, the Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan, pg. 490, 1888
A revival, such as was experienced by the people of God in ancient times, and the apostles in their days, and the Christians in various centuries down through the last 2000 years will be less than what is coming for the people of God in these last days. The last revival, the true and real presence of the Creator and Recreator of minds and hearts is coming. It will be tremendous. A spectacle and education for men and angels.
Be in it.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
I have also addressed two revivals coming. One false, which comes first, and one true, which comes as the result of the overall effects of the first.
The first revival is portrayed, the false one, in Rev. 13: the second beast (power) written of -
Rev 13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
Rev 13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
Rev 13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
Rev 13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
The Papacy has, for many centuries, going back over a thousand years, been known to be the first Beast in the chapter. Every detail pointed out has significantly been seen in the history, doctrines, traditions, rules, regulations, art and everything of the Roman Catholic Church, its Papacy and Vatican city/state.
The second Beast is the youngest of all beasts (national powers) in prophecy. I have shown it's the United States of America. No other nation can meet the five descriptive details displayed in just two verses. It is the third verse that adds a significant point to future events. In America, this professed Christian nation that starts like a Lamb, Christ, ends up speaking as Lucifer, the great Dragon of the book, comes something that shall deceive the world. And in the process Rome and her daughters, as well as the kings of the Earth - all other nations - shall be swept together in this wave of wonders.
Great wonders. Remember Paul's words of what would come in the last days -
2Thes 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Thes 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2Thes 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Thes 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
All power, signs and lying wonders. Dismiss the wonders of the various fields of science our generation has seen. They do not lie. Many have shown us far greater comforts of life than any generations in human history. Imagine showing an air conditioner to the apostle Paul or a truck or rocket ship. The wonders here written of are lying wonders. And the context is that they come from God, in His "fire," which is His presence; which means an enormous fake revival is coming backed up by power, signs and lying wonders, so fantastic the unknowing world will see it must be the presence of God, which means all the scientists standing against God today will meet their match, and in fact, it will come from Satan, himself. A world-wide, false, miracle-working revival. And because people reject the Three Angel's messages and other truth's God's will requires us to understand for our safety and preparedness (Rev 14:6-12), God will send a strong delusion that will carry the defiant to their final and ultimate destruction: the second coming of Christ and the end of the world.
When this revival hits and develops and grows, it will have tell-tale, biblical signs and marks of being erroneous, despite what humanity's senses will tell them. God's true revival will follow, as the final battle of good and evil squares off.
I have shown readers a lot of things that point to the weakness and fallen condition of prophetic Babylon, which makes it such an easy target for Satanic deceptions. Take a look at this verse of Scripture as an example of just how much information can be in one verse.
Isa 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
The high and lofty One.
He inhabits eternity.
He dwells in the high and holy place.
He dwells in those who have a contrite and humble spirit [attitude}
He revives the humble.
He revives the contrite.
I have written here many times; the thing that is most important to God is not your career, not your bank account, not your politics, your public or private education, your degrees or anything else this world can give you. What is most important to God is your CHARACTER: the only thing you will take out of here if you leave here and go to Heaven.
God is high and lofty, as in way up beyond our comprehension and understanding.
As to the question of who created God, God inhabits eternity. He had no beginning, as such He is the beginning of everything else.
He dwells in the high and holy place, the Heavenly sanctuary, where the lives of all His people are weighed in the balances of righteousness, as Christ ministers for their character development.
He does not dwell in the high and lofty of the Earth. He says they have their reward, Matt. 6:1-6. They want the world so badly and its attention, He gives it to them and that's all they will get. No, God dwells in the hearts and minds of the lowly, who see their need, who understand they have nothing to offer God, and kneel before Him as one who has nothing to offer but, a great spiritual need.
God's revival comes upon those who sense their need, not the ones caught up in power, signs and lying wonders. None of that, even if true, can refine and ennoble and purify the character. Only the Holy Spirit can do that, as He makes Christ a living power and force in the life. Only your Creator can do that. You must be recreated; born-again. That is personal revival, literally from walking death to walking life but, life wears us down. Satan's constant pummeling, pushing, schemes and scattering causes weariness. Revival of attitude and thinking becomes necessary. God has a thousand ways to bring revival to each of us, and to His people as a whole.
I have written on revival recently and well before. We all desire revival of some kind. National revival, church/congregational revival, family revival. Great money is paid for people to bring revival to brands and businesses, you name it. As the world gets visibly and spiritually worse, and spiritual darkness gets deeper and deeper, a false revival will seem to sweep it all away. Add to it the coming of the 'angel of light' and who knows what other deceptions Lucifer will muster up, and it will be seen only by those with a personal connection to Christ through the Spirit and through the Word. They will stand solid when this thing strikes.
The world against YOU. That's how it will seem. I share a statement from a Christian author from well over a hundred years ago -
"We are now living in the great day of atonement. In the typical service, while the high priest was making the atonement for Israel, all were required to afflict their souls by repentance of sin and humiliation before the Lord, lest they be cut off from among the people. In like manner, all who would have their names retained in the book of life should now, in the few remaining days of their probation, afflict their souls before God by sorrow for sin and true repentance. There must be deep, faithful searching of heart. The light, frivolous spirit indulged by so many professed Christians must be put away. There is earnest warfare before all who would subdue the evil tendencies that strive for the mastery. The work of preparation is an individual work. We are not saved in groups. The purity and devotion of one will not offset the want of these qualities in another. Though all nations are to pass in judgment before God, yet He will examine the case of each individual with as close and searching scrutiny as if there were not another being upon the earth. Everyone must be tested and found without spot or wrinkle or any such thing." E.G. White, the Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan, pg. 490, 1888
A revival, such as was experienced by the people of God in ancient times, and the apostles in their days, and the Christians in various centuries down through the last 2000 years will be less than what is coming for the people of God in these last days. The last revival, the true and real presence of the Creator and Recreator of minds and hearts is coming. It will be tremendous. A spectacle and education for men and angels.
Be in it.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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A Plea From Hip-Hop Artist
I found this pretty interesting.
It was back in the 90's, coming upon a Christian talent program on a Christian satellite network, that I was exposed to "Christian Rap." Not my thing but, in essence, honestly, the guy was certainly sincere and because Rap is just speaking, rhyming, it was far closer to a presentation of the Gospel than most CCM.
In the linked article, a Christian Hip-Hop artist, KB, pleas with the Christian community to put aside differences and allow Hip-Hop to be a legitimate way of Gospel message-taking to the general public and let it bring revival.
“Can we please, by God's grace, remember that the gospel of Jesus Christ transcends our disagreements, that the gospel of Jesus Christ has the power to bring us to the table and find a unified path forward, that the gospel of Jesus Christ is transcendental?” he asked.
"Noting that much mainstream hip-hop is filled with coarse content, KB added, “The alternative is what your children are going to listen to -- they are listening to. And the alternative is teaching them to hate Jesus. That's a little hyperbolic. But there's truth to it.”
I kind of wonder just how much hyperbole is in his statement. Be that as it may, certainly other forms of modern music teach kids to hate Jesus. I've covered plenty of that here in these posts over the years.
www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/mainstream-hip-hop-is-teaching-children-to-hate-jesus-christian-rapper-kb-says.html
Just remember, music does not and cannot bring true revival. Only exposure to the Word of God can do that. Music can only be a "hook," as it were, to draw people to the Gospel, to the Word but, only the Word of God changes lives in bringing people to a true born-again experience. If music was necessary to change people's lives, God would have brought us a way to see actual written music in His Word, not just inspired lyrics from David, Asaph and others in the Psalms.
If people are converted, truly born-again at any kind of music concert, it would be because a person on-stage, band member, whoever chosen, preached the Word to the audience, which gave the Holy Spirit room to convict people of their need. Without that and a person's true surrender to conviction of sin and need for Christ through repentance, it's all feeling, emotions, group-think, and won't last. People get caught up into emotional platitudes in large groups. The Word can cut through that. Music, not so much, when the music is creating the emotional surge.
Remember this, as well. One of the marks of Babylon is using music to capture minds, Daniel 3:4-7; Rev. 18:22,23.
It's a war for our minds. Music is a great entering wedge for truth or error.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
It was back in the 90's, coming upon a Christian talent program on a Christian satellite network, that I was exposed to "Christian Rap." Not my thing but, in essence, honestly, the guy was certainly sincere and because Rap is just speaking, rhyming, it was far closer to a presentation of the Gospel than most CCM.
In the linked article, a Christian Hip-Hop artist, KB, pleas with the Christian community to put aside differences and allow Hip-Hop to be a legitimate way of Gospel message-taking to the general public and let it bring revival.
“Can we please, by God's grace, remember that the gospel of Jesus Christ transcends our disagreements, that the gospel of Jesus Christ has the power to bring us to the table and find a unified path forward, that the gospel of Jesus Christ is transcendental?” he asked.
"Noting that much mainstream hip-hop is filled with coarse content, KB added, “The alternative is what your children are going to listen to -- they are listening to. And the alternative is teaching them to hate Jesus. That's a little hyperbolic. But there's truth to it.”
I kind of wonder just how much hyperbole is in his statement. Be that as it may, certainly other forms of modern music teach kids to hate Jesus. I've covered plenty of that here in these posts over the years.
www.christianheadlines.com/contributors/michael-foust/mainstream-hip-hop-is-teaching-children-to-hate-jesus-christian-rapper-kb-says.html
Just remember, music does not and cannot bring true revival. Only exposure to the Word of God can do that. Music can only be a "hook," as it were, to draw people to the Gospel, to the Word but, only the Word of God changes lives in bringing people to a true born-again experience. If music was necessary to change people's lives, God would have brought us a way to see actual written music in His Word, not just inspired lyrics from David, Asaph and others in the Psalms.
If people are converted, truly born-again at any kind of music concert, it would be because a person on-stage, band member, whoever chosen, preached the Word to the audience, which gave the Holy Spirit room to convict people of their need. Without that and a person's true surrender to conviction of sin and need for Christ through repentance, it's all feeling, emotions, group-think, and won't last. People get caught up into emotional platitudes in large groups. The Word can cut through that. Music, not so much, when the music is creating the emotional surge.
Remember this, as well. One of the marks of Babylon is using music to capture minds, Daniel 3:4-7; Rev. 18:22,23.
It's a war for our minds. Music is a great entering wedge for truth or error.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Who Is The G.O.A.T.?
Lately, I seem to be coming across more and more YT videos and comments about ________ being the greatest of all time.
I guess I have written about this before but, from a purely statistical viewpoint, even speaking of such about sports figures has weakness arguments so, how can there possibly be the GOAT in anything associated with music? There are no parameters, no statistics, no anything that can establish any musician at any instrument as the greatest of all time. Why do people consistently enter into that impossible territory with any kind of confidence at all, that they know what they are stating?
I understand the emotional attachment people make to musicians and singers, who are, factually, musicians, as well. A favorite dies and they want to exclaim they were the GOAT. If people stated someone is the GOAT for them, because they moved them in ways others did not, so be it. To consider that the extent of "greatest" can make all the sense in the world.
Now, I'd like you to consider something that really does put the issue to rest, from an angle most never consider.
Have you ever heard the phrase, "The Greatest Story Ever Told?" Yes, it was at least the title of one movie, made a long time ago. The movie was about the life of Jesus Christ. Think about it, though. A baby is born in a barn. The baby grows into a child, a preteen so focused he stuns his parents with his wisdom and knowledge. When he turns 30 he leaves carpentry and begins to preach and teach and an entire country is turned upside down by his startling pronouncements and literal touch upon entire villages, towns and cities. Incredible events are constantly around him. The religious leaders hate him and plot his death. His followers rarely understand him but, they follow him anyway because his power of presence and his teachings leave them overwhelmed day by day for three and a half years; a three and a half years that leads to his betrayal, arrest, torture, and cruel, merciless death, generally used for vile criminals. His crime? He claimed to be God's Son. And here's what that means. If false, the young man is literally insane, deserving of pity and forbearance. If true, He is the Creator of the universe who came and died for a segment of that creation which was lost without His intervention in human affairs. As Creator, there is NOTHING He does not know, there is NOTHING He cannot do and if He did it, 'best' would be a poor term for it.
I don't really picture Christ playing a set of drums or an electric guitar. Piano, violin, cello, seems more likely. But, regardless of what instrument, what tool, what skill, no one could come close to the Creator God, the Son of man. There is no second place behind Him. There is nothing and no one who can match His talent, His knowledge, His... well, when you can speak the universe into existence, your power is not just unmatched. It is inconceivable and beyond comprehension and that Being became a Baby, a Man, and died for the sins of every human being who would ever live on the blue dot in that universe He made.
Speaking of the "greatest" in any category is senseless and foolish because He who created everything, from Quarks to galaxies is the Greatest and His story truly is the greatest story ever told.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
I guess I have written about this before but, from a purely statistical viewpoint, even speaking of such about sports figures has weakness arguments so, how can there possibly be the GOAT in anything associated with music? There are no parameters, no statistics, no anything that can establish any musician at any instrument as the greatest of all time. Why do people consistently enter into that impossible territory with any kind of confidence at all, that they know what they are stating?
I understand the emotional attachment people make to musicians and singers, who are, factually, musicians, as well. A favorite dies and they want to exclaim they were the GOAT. If people stated someone is the GOAT for them, because they moved them in ways others did not, so be it. To consider that the extent of "greatest" can make all the sense in the world.
Now, I'd like you to consider something that really does put the issue to rest, from an angle most never consider.
Have you ever heard the phrase, "The Greatest Story Ever Told?" Yes, it was at least the title of one movie, made a long time ago. The movie was about the life of Jesus Christ. Think about it, though. A baby is born in a barn. The baby grows into a child, a preteen so focused he stuns his parents with his wisdom and knowledge. When he turns 30 he leaves carpentry and begins to preach and teach and an entire country is turned upside down by his startling pronouncements and literal touch upon entire villages, towns and cities. Incredible events are constantly around him. The religious leaders hate him and plot his death. His followers rarely understand him but, they follow him anyway because his power of presence and his teachings leave them overwhelmed day by day for three and a half years; a three and a half years that leads to his betrayal, arrest, torture, and cruel, merciless death, generally used for vile criminals. His crime? He claimed to be God's Son. And here's what that means. If false, the young man is literally insane, deserving of pity and forbearance. If true, He is the Creator of the universe who came and died for a segment of that creation which was lost without His intervention in human affairs. As Creator, there is NOTHING He does not know, there is NOTHING He cannot do and if He did it, 'best' would be a poor term for it.
I don't really picture Christ playing a set of drums or an electric guitar. Piano, violin, cello, seems more likely. But, regardless of what instrument, what tool, what skill, no one could come close to the Creator God, the Son of man. There is no second place behind Him. There is nothing and no one who can match His talent, His knowledge, His... well, when you can speak the universe into existence, your power is not just unmatched. It is inconceivable and beyond comprehension and that Being became a Baby, a Man, and died for the sins of every human being who would ever live on the blue dot in that universe He made.
Speaking of the "greatest" in any category is senseless and foolish because He who created everything, from Quarks to galaxies is the Greatest and His story truly is the greatest story ever told.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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772. LEGEND UPDATE: GOD - April 13, 2023
As I sit here thinking about the last couple of months, and the last, almost 50 years; meeting John Judge and Kevin Nugent somewhere back then (1975 or earlier) I am kind of taken back this new project is full steam ahead.
Janne has submitted his first two tracks and they are blazing; full of imagination, inventiveness and a tight fit with the drum performances, which is amazing, seeing we have never played together. His technique is outstanding. His sound, at least in his amped track, is very reminiscent, to my ears, of John Entwistle (The Who's great bassist, and an innovator in his own right), with a huge tone and wide-spread harmonic sound field). I can tell Janne is also a guitarist by the way he plays bass.
I have mentioned elsewhere that, from the time I received the invitation to play the Keep It True festival, some had said, it won't sound the same. It's interesting because the first bassist, John Judge, had a style, to my ears, akin to Prog Rock bassists back in the late 60's and 70's. When Fred Melillo came in, his sound had a distinct Fusion orientation, more funky and flowing, and back then I don't recall anyone saying it isn't going to sound the same. It didn't. That was not bad or good. It was music. They both had their influences and they could be heard. There's a difference between ELP and YES, and The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return to Forever. One is not worse or better. It's two different genres with superb musicians in both.
Janne communicated to me that his own influences are players like Jack Bruce (a favorite of mine), Bob Daisley, Alan Roberts, and Geezer Butler, so you can see the Blues Rock/Hard Rock influence and Metal influences and you can hear that in his approach. I can already see the comments of some who will feel that is more in keeping with how LEGEND is perceived, as a Heavy Metal band, and others, who understand Fred's Jazz and Fusion playing, and his earlier Rock background and influences, might not be a good match.
It would be nice if people just considered music, music. Some will find everything out there called music, to their liking or not, for whatever personal reasons and tastes. Melody, harmony, rhythm. Lots of variations can and do fit in that simple definition.
I can honestly say I am extremely impressed with how Janne has hit the ground running. It is obvious he is a professional who gives his all, whatever genre he may be involved with.
The other thing I wanted to mention is God. Awhile back I had a conversation with a friend who wondered at the Christian worldview the new lyrics would travel within. He asked something like, 'Didn't the original album mention God a lot?' That's a substantial question because four of the songs on the album mention deities: The Destroyer, The Golden Bell, Against the Gods, and From the Fjords. This brings up a very interesting point.
The new lyrics are God-centered: a Christian, biblical worldview. Why would that upset anyone, if deity was mentioned four times in the original lyrics, and one of those, it's in the song's title?
Nobody said a word about the inclusion of deity on the original album. Why is that? Was it because the obvious inference was non-existent deities? Well, wait a minute. Plenty of people who listen to any of the genres LEGEND might be placed within, will find both references that are pro-deity and most definitely con-deity, especially genres within Heavy Metal. It's out there. If someone denies the existence of the biblical God, yet would listen to songs with lyrics of ancient deities, why would lyrics about the biblical God be offensive to them?
I would ask a question here. Were those who believed in deities of Mount Olympus or Asgard and Valhalla any less devoted to them than Jews are to Yahweh or Christians are to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit? Today, pagan religions are making a comeback. Nature deities have become popular again. Why is the biblical Deity to be seen as intrusive into a music listener's ears but, those of Roman, Greek, Persian, Babylonian, Norse history or any other culture are not intrusive? It seems it is an admission the biblical deity is real, is there, is present, and that fact upsets people if they chose to live a life disbelieving or antagonistic to what they know of God's will and standards.
I had mentioned a few years ago about the reissue of Fjords and seeing some people on a discussion forum stating they would not listen to it because I had become a Christian. The Christian God is not mentioned on the original album. I was an atheist. I recognized the presence of God in western civilization and while I did not believe, I was not offended by sincere belief or practice. I wanted someone to convince me God was real. As an atheist, I wrote about deities I believed did not exist, anymore than I believed Jesus Christ is God or the Heavenly Father is God. Yet, even in my mind as an atheist, something was there that made a difference between Odin and Jehovah. There was a distinct difference between Mithra and Christ.
If someone does not believe in deity they should not be offended by lyrics that speak of deity, any religion at all, anymore than they'd be offended by lyrics that speak of Merlin. It's all non-existent, right? It's all stories, myths and legends. No harm, no foul.
Be offended at those who harm or kill in the name of deity. Despite the unfortunate history of professed Christianity of the past, modern Islam is a living example of death in the name of Allah. Of course, on the other hand, I am unaware of any modern music Rock bands whose lyrics speak of the Islamic deity. I wonder what exists in the other major religions like Hinduism or the Buddhist faith? Every religion contains peaceful believers, antagonists, hypocrites, you name it.
A lot of bands contain members who believe in deity. Many more than you might think. It does not keep people who do not believe from purchasing music or attending concerts. If they put those deities in their lyrics... it bring to mind George Harrison, My Sweet Lord. That song is not about Jesus Christ. It's an ode to Krishna, a Hindu deity. The song sold chart-topper numbers. Huge hit. Could the same have been said if the song was about Jesus? No, it would have been consigned to the Gospel music genre and Christian music stations.
All of this tells me that people accept some deity's presence in music because it does not affect them but, music about the biblical God does, whether they realize it or not; whether they acquiesce to the influence or not.
Well, there is no way the New LEGEND recording will end up on Christian music stations that I am aware of. It will be largely unknown by people in the Christian faith. It remains to be seen how this recording will be received. I can tell you the music, itself, as far as melody, harmony and rhythm, will be as acute and effective is the original album, maybe more so through modern recording technology.
BTW, I had pondered two, distinct ideas for the album: LEGEND Revisited or LEGEND Returns. Asking for opinions, Revisited was the exclusive choice. LEGEND Revisited, it shall be. LEGEND Revisited - From the LORD, will hopefully be released by Summer's end. We'll see.
Some things shall remain. Some things get modified. Some things will be new, in the spirit of the original band's intentions and output.
I am really looking forward to Martin's work and the first rough mixes from Tom.
As tough a time I had cutting my tracks, I am excited now, and have my energy back in gear.
Onward>>>
Janne has submitted his first two tracks and they are blazing; full of imagination, inventiveness and a tight fit with the drum performances, which is amazing, seeing we have never played together. His technique is outstanding. His sound, at least in his amped track, is very reminiscent, to my ears, of John Entwistle (The Who's great bassist, and an innovator in his own right), with a huge tone and wide-spread harmonic sound field). I can tell Janne is also a guitarist by the way he plays bass.
I have mentioned elsewhere that, from the time I received the invitation to play the Keep It True festival, some had said, it won't sound the same. It's interesting because the first bassist, John Judge, had a style, to my ears, akin to Prog Rock bassists back in the late 60's and 70's. When Fred Melillo came in, his sound had a distinct Fusion orientation, more funky and flowing, and back then I don't recall anyone saying it isn't going to sound the same. It didn't. That was not bad or good. It was music. They both had their influences and they could be heard. There's a difference between ELP and YES, and The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return to Forever. One is not worse or better. It's two different genres with superb musicians in both.
Janne communicated to me that his own influences are players like Jack Bruce (a favorite of mine), Bob Daisley, Alan Roberts, and Geezer Butler, so you can see the Blues Rock/Hard Rock influence and Metal influences and you can hear that in his approach. I can already see the comments of some who will feel that is more in keeping with how LEGEND is perceived, as a Heavy Metal band, and others, who understand Fred's Jazz and Fusion playing, and his earlier Rock background and influences, might not be a good match.
It would be nice if people just considered music, music. Some will find everything out there called music, to their liking or not, for whatever personal reasons and tastes. Melody, harmony, rhythm. Lots of variations can and do fit in that simple definition.
I can honestly say I am extremely impressed with how Janne has hit the ground running. It is obvious he is a professional who gives his all, whatever genre he may be involved with.
The other thing I wanted to mention is God. Awhile back I had a conversation with a friend who wondered at the Christian worldview the new lyrics would travel within. He asked something like, 'Didn't the original album mention God a lot?' That's a substantial question because four of the songs on the album mention deities: The Destroyer, The Golden Bell, Against the Gods, and From the Fjords. This brings up a very interesting point.
The new lyrics are God-centered: a Christian, biblical worldview. Why would that upset anyone, if deity was mentioned four times in the original lyrics, and one of those, it's in the song's title?
Nobody said a word about the inclusion of deity on the original album. Why is that? Was it because the obvious inference was non-existent deities? Well, wait a minute. Plenty of people who listen to any of the genres LEGEND might be placed within, will find both references that are pro-deity and most definitely con-deity, especially genres within Heavy Metal. It's out there. If someone denies the existence of the biblical God, yet would listen to songs with lyrics of ancient deities, why would lyrics about the biblical God be offensive to them?
I would ask a question here. Were those who believed in deities of Mount Olympus or Asgard and Valhalla any less devoted to them than Jews are to Yahweh or Christians are to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit? Today, pagan religions are making a comeback. Nature deities have become popular again. Why is the biblical Deity to be seen as intrusive into a music listener's ears but, those of Roman, Greek, Persian, Babylonian, Norse history or any other culture are not intrusive? It seems it is an admission the biblical deity is real, is there, is present, and that fact upsets people if they chose to live a life disbelieving or antagonistic to what they know of God's will and standards.
I had mentioned a few years ago about the reissue of Fjords and seeing some people on a discussion forum stating they would not listen to it because I had become a Christian. The Christian God is not mentioned on the original album. I was an atheist. I recognized the presence of God in western civilization and while I did not believe, I was not offended by sincere belief or practice. I wanted someone to convince me God was real. As an atheist, I wrote about deities I believed did not exist, anymore than I believed Jesus Christ is God or the Heavenly Father is God. Yet, even in my mind as an atheist, something was there that made a difference between Odin and Jehovah. There was a distinct difference between Mithra and Christ.
If someone does not believe in deity they should not be offended by lyrics that speak of deity, any religion at all, anymore than they'd be offended by lyrics that speak of Merlin. It's all non-existent, right? It's all stories, myths and legends. No harm, no foul.
Be offended at those who harm or kill in the name of deity. Despite the unfortunate history of professed Christianity of the past, modern Islam is a living example of death in the name of Allah. Of course, on the other hand, I am unaware of any modern music Rock bands whose lyrics speak of the Islamic deity. I wonder what exists in the other major religions like Hinduism or the Buddhist faith? Every religion contains peaceful believers, antagonists, hypocrites, you name it.
A lot of bands contain members who believe in deity. Many more than you might think. It does not keep people who do not believe from purchasing music or attending concerts. If they put those deities in their lyrics... it bring to mind George Harrison, My Sweet Lord. That song is not about Jesus Christ. It's an ode to Krishna, a Hindu deity. The song sold chart-topper numbers. Huge hit. Could the same have been said if the song was about Jesus? No, it would have been consigned to the Gospel music genre and Christian music stations.
All of this tells me that people accept some deity's presence in music because it does not affect them but, music about the biblical God does, whether they realize it or not; whether they acquiesce to the influence or not.
Well, there is no way the New LEGEND recording will end up on Christian music stations that I am aware of. It will be largely unknown by people in the Christian faith. It remains to be seen how this recording will be received. I can tell you the music, itself, as far as melody, harmony and rhythm, will be as acute and effective is the original album, maybe more so through modern recording technology.
BTW, I had pondered two, distinct ideas for the album: LEGEND Revisited or LEGEND Returns. Asking for opinions, Revisited was the exclusive choice. LEGEND Revisited, it shall be. LEGEND Revisited - From the LORD, will hopefully be released by Summer's end. We'll see.
Some things shall remain. Some things get modified. Some things will be new, in the spirit of the original band's intentions and output.
I am really looking forward to Martin's work and the first rough mixes from Tom.
As tough a time I had cutting my tracks, I am excited now, and have my energy back in gear.
Onward>>>
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*An A.I. WARNING*
Weebly is a pretty cool place. I have the free version and over the years they made decisions to remove some features and add others, and it's pretty easy to use and I tell people about it when they think about having their own website and not needing an I.T. person to control it. This morning, I wonder when the time will come when sites like these begin to offer A.I. as a feature. Whether you use Weebly to share ideas and stuff, like I do or, use it for business purposes, imagine having an A.I. do all kinds of graphics for you, all kinds of writing, everything that makes current template design completely obsolete. Why do I think this?
I just saw a couple A.I. Joe Rogan videos, completely A.I., nothing actually discussed, nothing real, every word A.I. generated and Rogan's voice and Donald Trump's voice were spot on. I caught a slight personality issue with both characters. It was not 100% believable to me but, 99% able to fool people those conversations took place between the characters portrayed.
Whether or not you think A.I. would be an advancement for social media sites and businesses aside, can anyone honestly think such technology will not be used for nefarious purposes?
Any human being with a vocal presence online could be manipulated to say things you might never even think, let alone discuss in public or private. Once A.I. film/video becomes 100% (you can see its current flaws easily), you could be placed at the scene of a crime. You could be shown yelling at someone and shooting them, stabbing them, hitting them with a blunt object and be shown on supposed surveillance camera tossing the weapon into the ocean or something. Police departments, open to more and more corruption, could produce body camera "evidence" that props up their side of an event, or be used to get people arrested.
Honesty means less and less, exponentially, year after year. Politicians are professionally dishonest. That's how they get elected. They say whatever they have to: even mirror-image, bold-faced lies. If they think they could get away with it, they will destroy political opponents; total character assassinations, ruin lives of otherwise honest people and their families.
If you do not think such corruption could take place you are being catastrophically naive.
I didn't listen to the entirety of both Rogan videos. My interest is not great enough to expend the time but, I can see the handwriting on the wall.
Humanity is in serious danger. I profess and proclaim the end of the world via the second coming of Christ and make no excuses for that. Regardless of that event taking place in our lifetimes, it is more than likely, if not definite, A.I. manipulation will cost BILLIONS of dollars to undo its nefarious usage as court cases develop and people have to prove their innocence. The entire law firm industry will have A.I. departments with litigation attorneys just for A.I. cases.
No joke. This is serious stuff. Technology is THE biggest two-edged sword in human history. Wars could be started over this.
God help us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=meu0CoYv3z8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T20CtNuIqg8
I just saw a couple A.I. Joe Rogan videos, completely A.I., nothing actually discussed, nothing real, every word A.I. generated and Rogan's voice and Donald Trump's voice were spot on. I caught a slight personality issue with both characters. It was not 100% believable to me but, 99% able to fool people those conversations took place between the characters portrayed.
Whether or not you think A.I. would be an advancement for social media sites and businesses aside, can anyone honestly think such technology will not be used for nefarious purposes?
Any human being with a vocal presence online could be manipulated to say things you might never even think, let alone discuss in public or private. Once A.I. film/video becomes 100% (you can see its current flaws easily), you could be placed at the scene of a crime. You could be shown yelling at someone and shooting them, stabbing them, hitting them with a blunt object and be shown on supposed surveillance camera tossing the weapon into the ocean or something. Police departments, open to more and more corruption, could produce body camera "evidence" that props up their side of an event, or be used to get people arrested.
Honesty means less and less, exponentially, year after year. Politicians are professionally dishonest. That's how they get elected. They say whatever they have to: even mirror-image, bold-faced lies. If they think they could get away with it, they will destroy political opponents; total character assassinations, ruin lives of otherwise honest people and their families.
If you do not think such corruption could take place you are being catastrophically naive.
I didn't listen to the entirety of both Rogan videos. My interest is not great enough to expend the time but, I can see the handwriting on the wall.
Humanity is in serious danger. I profess and proclaim the end of the world via the second coming of Christ and make no excuses for that. Regardless of that event taking place in our lifetimes, it is more than likely, if not definite, A.I. manipulation will cost BILLIONS of dollars to undo its nefarious usage as court cases develop and people have to prove their innocence. The entire law firm industry will have A.I. departments with litigation attorneys just for A.I. cases.
No joke. This is serious stuff. Technology is THE biggest two-edged sword in human history. Wars could be started over this.
God help us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=meu0CoYv3z8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T20CtNuIqg8
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Sunday is not the Sabbath
Many Christians are aware of that distinction. ABC News apparently, is not. Sunday is the first day of the week. Sabbath is the seventh-day. The fourth commandment is very specific about this subject. So are last-day events.
Over and over in Daniel and Revelation, the Law of God becomes a center point of contention. Chapter after chapter reference to God's law is made. So much so, in Daniel, chapter 7, verse 25, we are informed the power of AntiChrist (the little horn), thinks to change times and laws. And that has been attempted. Nobody can change what God wrote with His own hand in stone. It's foolishness to believe such a thing can have any validity, at all. Just who changed the recognition of the Seventh-day Sabbath from the 7th day to the 1st? God, the Father, did not. Christ certainly did not. The apostles could not. As far as I am aware, only one power in history takes responsibility: the Roman Catholic Church and its Papacy.
The Supreme Court is to be confronted with another rest day case but, this time it's Sunday that a U.S. Postal worker refused to labor upon, was pressured, then quit. I'm sure that fact will play into the case.
Given the nature of what is at stake here - another element of First Amendment protection from government - interference encroaching upon religious liberty and freedom of conscience - this case could become a water shed event for what will develop from it. Keep an eye on it.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-showdown-sabbath-change-workplaces-us/story?id=98027258
Sunday is not the Sabbath. It's an attempt at a man-made replacement. I know Jesus rose sometime after midnight on the first day of the week. I also know He rested in the tomb from His work of redemption, on the Sabbath day. Jesus kept Sabbath. He never said a word after His resurrection that the 4th commandment was then changed. To the contrary. He referenced an event, the destruction of Jerusalem, which took place 40 years after He ascended to Heaven, and told His disciples pray that their flight from Roman armies encompassing Jerusalem would not be in Winter, nor on the Sabbath day.
I have mentioned all this and much more in previous posts. I just find it interesting that, with everything going on with treasonous Leftists doing all they can to destroy the Republic, this subject comes before the Court.
I have no problem with people resting on Sunday, btw. If that is their choice, so be it. Bear in mind, at one time in America, even though there has never been a century in the last 2,000 years or the 4000 before Christ, that has not seen 7th-day Sabbath keepers keeping God's law by His grace through faith, unto good works, pretty much everything was shut down on Sundays. Secularism becoming such a major influence, Sunday rest went by the wayside, decade after decade. According to Bible prophecy, something is going to take place to lead a charge for Sunday rest, again, big-time.
As I say, keep an eye on this court case.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Over and over in Daniel and Revelation, the Law of God becomes a center point of contention. Chapter after chapter reference to God's law is made. So much so, in Daniel, chapter 7, verse 25, we are informed the power of AntiChrist (the little horn), thinks to change times and laws. And that has been attempted. Nobody can change what God wrote with His own hand in stone. It's foolishness to believe such a thing can have any validity, at all. Just who changed the recognition of the Seventh-day Sabbath from the 7th day to the 1st? God, the Father, did not. Christ certainly did not. The apostles could not. As far as I am aware, only one power in history takes responsibility: the Roman Catholic Church and its Papacy.
The Supreme Court is to be confronted with another rest day case but, this time it's Sunday that a U.S. Postal worker refused to labor upon, was pressured, then quit. I'm sure that fact will play into the case.
Given the nature of what is at stake here - another element of First Amendment protection from government - interference encroaching upon religious liberty and freedom of conscience - this case could become a water shed event for what will develop from it. Keep an eye on it.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-showdown-sabbath-change-workplaces-us/story?id=98027258
Sunday is not the Sabbath. It's an attempt at a man-made replacement. I know Jesus rose sometime after midnight on the first day of the week. I also know He rested in the tomb from His work of redemption, on the Sabbath day. Jesus kept Sabbath. He never said a word after His resurrection that the 4th commandment was then changed. To the contrary. He referenced an event, the destruction of Jerusalem, which took place 40 years after He ascended to Heaven, and told His disciples pray that their flight from Roman armies encompassing Jerusalem would not be in Winter, nor on the Sabbath day.
I have mentioned all this and much more in previous posts. I just find it interesting that, with everything going on with treasonous Leftists doing all they can to destroy the Republic, this subject comes before the Court.
I have no problem with people resting on Sunday, btw. If that is their choice, so be it. Bear in mind, at one time in America, even though there has never been a century in the last 2,000 years or the 4000 before Christ, that has not seen 7th-day Sabbath keepers keeping God's law by His grace through faith, unto good works, pretty much everything was shut down on Sundays. Secularism becoming such a major influence, Sunday rest went by the wayside, decade after decade. According to Bible prophecy, something is going to take place to lead a charge for Sunday rest, again, big-time.
As I say, keep an eye on this court case.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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They Cannot Buy or Sell
What does Revelation say?
Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
For a world population, you obviously need a planetary technology and currency to fulfill that Scripture. Enter the "Unicoin."
https://unicoin.com/
Bear in mind, the International Monetary Fund is a business run by globalists. Personally, I would not trust them for this gig as far as I could throw a Texas Longhorn but, we must be cognizant, the 19th and 20th centuries are gone. This is a whole new world, capable of controlling billions of people. At some point the tide is going to turn through false revival, all power, signs and lying wonders, fire coming down from Heaven in the sight of men, etc.
Whatever currently is run by globalists will end up being used by the actual prophetic Beast/Whore of Babylon and her harlot daughters in a final stand against God's Law and the remnant who keep the commandments of God and have the faith and testimony of Jesus Christ.
It's coming.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Rev 13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Rev 13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Rev 13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
For a world population, you obviously need a planetary technology and currency to fulfill that Scripture. Enter the "Unicoin."
https://unicoin.com/
Bear in mind, the International Monetary Fund is a business run by globalists. Personally, I would not trust them for this gig as far as I could throw a Texas Longhorn but, we must be cognizant, the 19th and 20th centuries are gone. This is a whole new world, capable of controlling billions of people. At some point the tide is going to turn through false revival, all power, signs and lying wonders, fire coming down from Heaven in the sight of men, etc.
Whatever currently is run by globalists will end up being used by the actual prophetic Beast/Whore of Babylon and her harlot daughters in a final stand against God's Law and the remnant who keep the commandments of God and have the faith and testimony of Jesus Christ.
It's coming.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Who Wins the Pyric Victory?
Who gets to destroy the Earth first? The lunatics in power, with nuclear capability? Artificial Intelligence, threatening to wipe out humanity? Extra-Terrestrials? None of the above, of course. That task shall be the final judgment of the era by Jesus Christ when He returns in a power and glory that cannot be conceived by mortal minds.
That is not to say the Nuke Nuts, the Robots or, "ET" will not make efforts to accomplish their insane task. I'm just going with and sticking with the Lord. It's His world. He gets to destroy it, not mankind.
www.foxnews.com/tech/ai-bot-chaosgpt-plans-destroy-humanity-we-must-eliminate-them
God, help us.
That is not to say the Nuke Nuts, the Robots or, "ET" will not make efforts to accomplish their insane task. I'm just going with and sticking with the Lord. It's His world. He gets to destroy it, not mankind.
www.foxnews.com/tech/ai-bot-chaosgpt-plans-destroy-humanity-we-must-eliminate-them
God, help us.
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It Sounds As I Pictured It
When I decided to get into this venture of revisiting LEGEND, I heard a sound in my head, which was basically the original recorded music but, with a fresh, 21st century-tech detail and fullness. Of course, the new lyrics/message was also the major part of it but, I wasn't too sure, at all, what my voice would sound like. I left it all in God's hands and thus far it has literally come to pass.
I already knew the drum tracks would sound much better. The technology and Tom's fine art of processing the three-mic system we have used on Miledge Muzic recordings, gave me all I needed to know, along with John Mayes' great work in processing the same for my drum solo albums. I added a forth mic for the snare drum, at Martin and Janne's request but, the overall soundstage captured by my mic set-up captures a true, live feeling for the kit, which is important to me. I am not a studio musician. I feel I am a live musician and approach my playing in that way - physically, mentally and emotionally.
Having heard Martin on his own YT channel, I have always been impressed with his musicality and approach. Janne, I was not familiar with, save for things on his own website but, his professionalism in communicating with him, seemed to say he can do whatever is needed and that has proven true with incredible accuracy, and I use the word 'accuracy' for a singular reason: he's sharp as a razor.
Janne has a great way of catching various things I do in fills and just locking in with me, and considering we have never played together, I consider that an alarmingly good feat. In his first three song tracks he's sent me, it is just a smile and a half listening to him. It made the wait for Martin's contribution like a child waiting to open some presents.
Well, like most Friday evenings, after generally stressful weeks, I tend to fall asleep in my chair pretty early once I sit down. Last night was no different. Something woke me up before midnight and in checking my email I saw there was Martin's first song track, The Creator. I opened it and was just floored. There we were, all three of us in the same recording. I mean, I was literally bouncing in my chair, pumping fists and driving through Horripilation City.
This was just a rough mix-thing, to present Martin's guitar work in a first exposure arena. It is stunning to hear how he has, both of them, addressed the fundamental principle I wanted to engage with this recording. The message is different, of course but -
*Some things stay the same.
* For others, a little modification.
*Some things new, in the spirit of the original recording.
I am hearing what I heard in my mind, when I set out on this journey.
Both Martin and Janne are terrific musicians, and I mean that in the highest terms. They are also fine gentlemen, as well, and despite the 8,000 kilometers in distance, I feel I am making friends and shall treasure this experience the rest of my life.
The original recording, amazingly so, became a collector's item/cult recording, mostly for Heavy Metal fans, the genre the band got placed in. I see this recording gaining a wider audience this time around. The original feel is there but, it shall take on new wings forty-five years later.
Manos told me this is the first time they have tried something like this, rerecording an original album. We all agreed on the term "Revisited" for the album cover - LEGEND Revisited - From the Lord. I have faith the album will do just as God decides. I am doing it for the reclamation of the band's history, and proclamation of truth, as I understand it. Not about ancient myth deities but, the true God, who loves us and gave His Son, our Creator, for our hope for eternal life.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
**BTW, it's extremely premature but, should this project turn out to be a "success," however that is defined by all, I asked Martin and Janne if they would be interested in another go, rerecording those reissued demo songs, other things I remember from the Legend catalog, and things yet to be arranged. They both replied with a 'Yes.' :-)
I already knew the drum tracks would sound much better. The technology and Tom's fine art of processing the three-mic system we have used on Miledge Muzic recordings, gave me all I needed to know, along with John Mayes' great work in processing the same for my drum solo albums. I added a forth mic for the snare drum, at Martin and Janne's request but, the overall soundstage captured by my mic set-up captures a true, live feeling for the kit, which is important to me. I am not a studio musician. I feel I am a live musician and approach my playing in that way - physically, mentally and emotionally.
Having heard Martin on his own YT channel, I have always been impressed with his musicality and approach. Janne, I was not familiar with, save for things on his own website but, his professionalism in communicating with him, seemed to say he can do whatever is needed and that has proven true with incredible accuracy, and I use the word 'accuracy' for a singular reason: he's sharp as a razor.
Janne has a great way of catching various things I do in fills and just locking in with me, and considering we have never played together, I consider that an alarmingly good feat. In his first three song tracks he's sent me, it is just a smile and a half listening to him. It made the wait for Martin's contribution like a child waiting to open some presents.
Well, like most Friday evenings, after generally stressful weeks, I tend to fall asleep in my chair pretty early once I sit down. Last night was no different. Something woke me up before midnight and in checking my email I saw there was Martin's first song track, The Creator. I opened it and was just floored. There we were, all three of us in the same recording. I mean, I was literally bouncing in my chair, pumping fists and driving through Horripilation City.
This was just a rough mix-thing, to present Martin's guitar work in a first exposure arena. It is stunning to hear how he has, both of them, addressed the fundamental principle I wanted to engage with this recording. The message is different, of course but -
*Some things stay the same.
* For others, a little modification.
*Some things new, in the spirit of the original recording.
I am hearing what I heard in my mind, when I set out on this journey.
Both Martin and Janne are terrific musicians, and I mean that in the highest terms. They are also fine gentlemen, as well, and despite the 8,000 kilometers in distance, I feel I am making friends and shall treasure this experience the rest of my life.
The original recording, amazingly so, became a collector's item/cult recording, mostly for Heavy Metal fans, the genre the band got placed in. I see this recording gaining a wider audience this time around. The original feel is there but, it shall take on new wings forty-five years later.
Manos told me this is the first time they have tried something like this, rerecording an original album. We all agreed on the term "Revisited" for the album cover - LEGEND Revisited - From the Lord. I have faith the album will do just as God decides. I am doing it for the reclamation of the band's history, and proclamation of truth, as I understand it. Not about ancient myth deities but, the true God, who loves us and gave His Son, our Creator, for our hope for eternal life.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
**BTW, it's extremely premature but, should this project turn out to be a "success," however that is defined by all, I asked Martin and Janne if they would be interested in another go, rerecording those reissued demo songs, other things I remember from the Legend catalog, and things yet to be arranged. They both replied with a 'Yes.' :-)
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773. Another Misapplied Comparison - April 15, 2023
The "pandemic" gave way to some pretty gross comparisons by politicians for Christian attitudes towards masks and the injections and their Christian duty to mankind in receiving them. Bullsgeschicte.
Yes, I am strongly opinionated when it comes to politicians misusing and abusing the Bible. Most of them don't know enough of what is in the Book to exasperate citizens with their foolish diatribes. It gets worse, though.
Barack Obama is not a biblical figure. Donald Trump is not a biblical figure. And you can be certain Kamala Harris is not like any positive figure in the Bible. Al Sharpton thinks so. He's entitled to his opinion.
Aside from all the jibes from pundits about Harris' ability to produce the craziest word-salad speeches, she has a past political life that is rank with corruption. It's out there. Anybody can read about it. Is Sharpton ignorant of it? Well, I must observe he is ignorant of biblical principles, as well so, no surprise there.
www.christianpost.com/news/al-sharpton-compares-vp-kamala-harris-to-biblical-queen-esther.html
I'll be honest, reading that article was painful, absolutely, astonishingly gross, from the viewpoint oif being a Bible-believing Christian, and being an American.
"NEW YORK — Civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton compared Vice President Kamala Harris to the biblical Queen Esther, who helped save the Jewish people from execution, as she advocated for gun control, a more inclusive democracy and urged the public not to fall for what she described as the conservative "okey-doke" on Friday."
First of all, in the culture Queen Esther lived in, she risked her life by asking for an audience with the king to make a petition for her people, the Hebrews, of which the king was ignorant. Winning the king's beauty contest was not an open admission of religious background. Risking her life, literally, is not close to anything Kamala Harris has ever done, nor will likely ever do, in advocating for her social justice causes. Having the ear of this president, mentally impaired as he is, is rather one-sided to begin with. Considering how she spoke of Biden when she was campaigning for the job he stole to get, it was the height of hypocrisy for her to take the vice presidency in the first place. So, was Esther an advocate for social justice causes? What does Harris advocate for?
"Harris, who took the stage at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel to strong applause from NAN supporters, praised King’s ability to “understand the present moment in the context of a vision for a better future.” She then proceeded to define “the moment we are in,” touching on contentious debates surrounding issues such as abortion, LGBT advocacy, voting, racial and economic justice, and public safety.
“[It is] a moment in which our hard-won freedoms are under attack. … Just look at where we are. Extremists across our country attack the freedom to vote. They ban books to attempt to erase America’s full history. They attack the ability of people to love openly with pride. They attack the freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body instead of the government. They attack medication that for 20 years the FDA ruled as being safe,” she said, before attacking Florida’s recent ban on most abortions after six weeks gestation as extreme.
“Just yesterday, in Florida, extremists there signed a six-week ban before most women even know they’re pregnant,” she said.
“And NAN, isn’t it interesting that in the midst of all these attacks on fundamental freedoms, the so-called leaders dare to tell us they are fighting for our freedoms. Don’t you find that interesting?” she asked, taking a dig at Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “Freedom Blueprint” to elect more conservative leaders to counter leftist ideology.
Once I hit those paragraphs, I stopped reading. It was too much.
Please allow me to break this down, biblically speaking, and ask yourself if Esther has anything in common with Harris, save for being a woman, and trust me, Esther would have no problem defining what a woman is, in these days of Leftist confusion about the matter.
I was a young boy when Martin Luther King led his movement for civil rights. Remember that. Civil rights. Religious rights were well understood by all Americans in the 1960's. Today, with people like Harris, not so much.
King, as I understand it, was a conservative Southern Baptist. That is his factual history. The Baptist church back then was more conservative then, than today.
King was opposed to abortion -
www.priestsforlife.org/library/3716-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-had-pro-life-view-opposing-abortion
King was not pro LGBTQ, etc. -
www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/readers/2014/06/16/mlk-agreed-with-catholics-on-homosexuality/10581863/
King was pro-peace. Everybody knows that. He began by having armed "lieutenants" around him because of the growing violence threats. That does not mean he was anti-Second Amendment. I hate violence. I support the 2nd amendment. Conflating the two is wrong and Leftists do it all the time with King. I get tired of people who tell me what King believed because they were close to him. Sorry. I want actual evidence, not anecdotal memories. If King decided he didn't need or want guns for protection, so be it. All of a sudden that becomes a clarion call to take away self-defense as Americans choose to defend themselves because some lunatics use gins to kill innocent people? Want to see innocents die, take away guns so, only lawbreaking criminals have them, and watch the greater slaughter take place.
NOBODY who claims to be a Conservative American, that is actually a patriot, Constitution-loving citizen, attacks the freedom to vote. They attack the premise, non-citizens have the right to vote. Harris is lying through her teeth to make such a claim. This does not surprise anyone who has looked into the criminal activity of the 2020 and 2022 elections. And I would remind the Reader, Queen Esther asked the king to give the Hebrews the right to protect themselves in the situation they were facing, a political plot to exterminate them! Read it for yourself in the book of Esther, especially the 8th and 9th chapters. The Jewish holiday Purim, is based on the history of Queen Esther's advocacy for self-PROTECTION against harm, not doing away with weapons. It is unthinkable Harris could be compared to Queen Esther.
What books have been banned by anyone on the Right that addresses America's history? What book is that? You mean books that are written for children that advocate sexual preferences??? Those books? Give me a break.
Conservatives, Bible-believing Christians, professed Christians and people from religions all over the planet do not attack anyone's ability to love someone. They stand against the premise that what is done in the bedroom has been made an open attack on traditional morality, common sense, and GOD's determination of what love is and how it should be intimately shared between human beings. A huge difference from Harris's claims. With not a line of actual science to back them, and certainly no backing from Queen Esther or anyone in the Bible, the homosexual movement, one of the greatest and strongest signs of the times Christ is returning again to judge the world, has been made a front and center pledge of some kind of American right that must not be denied. I deny it. If a man wants to put his penis in another man, go ahead. That is not my business. God will see to that. It is a biblical sin, which is moral issue, and I address it as such. DO NOT TELL ME I HAVE TO ACCEPT IT on some false moral ground or "civil liberty." It's a moral issue and I address it as a moral issue. Civil government has no business addressing moral issues. For the homosexual movement to make morality a political, civil issue is a hoax, void of anything in historical documents of this nation or rule of law. The extremist, the fanatic, by definition, is the one who will sue and attempt to destroy the lives of those who disagree with them.
To the contrary of Harris' opinion about government and life, the government is charged, fundamentally to protect human life. A baby in a womb is a life to be protected, not destroyed by a woman that is carrying that separate life in her body. It is NOT her body. It is a person inside her body. And placing Margarite Sanger, who founded Planned Parenthood, a rank racist, on the Leftist plate of examples to be pro-abortion, is astoundingly ridiculous. Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness. That is the foundation of Americanism, principles Harris is obviously ignorant of, in their historical setting the Founders put in place for this nation. Life, as it comes from the Creator; liberty, as placed within the rule of law, and pursuit of happiness, which the Founders considered the right to own and use property, are principles Leftist's want their opinions and policies to override.
The attack on medications the FDA has ruled as safe for twenty years is rich coming from a woman who backed the attacks and tanked a medication ruled as safe for SEVENTY years, to fight the Covid virus, while propping up medications and procedures that were killing people in hospital beds all over the nation and the world. Hypocrisy in the extreme.
Sorry, not sorry. Kamala Harris is not only not like Queen Esther or any pother positive role model in the Bible, both she and Sharpton can be made, by the weight of evidence, examples of those professing godliness who are empty vessels, ministers of unrighteousness, and the devil's disciples.
She can call me an extremist all day long. For her, I am. For me, she is. I'll let God decide who the real extremist is when Jesus returns. She, on the other hand, will seek to marginalize, harass, oppress and ultimately persecute me and all those like me who believe in the principles of Americanism, when she has the political power to do so. God forbid she ever does.
There is nothing more powerful than truth. Harris has none. Unless she calls herself a woman. That's about it. Being like Queen Esther? Have mercy. Not within a lightyear.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Yes, I am strongly opinionated when it comes to politicians misusing and abusing the Bible. Most of them don't know enough of what is in the Book to exasperate citizens with their foolish diatribes. It gets worse, though.
Barack Obama is not a biblical figure. Donald Trump is not a biblical figure. And you can be certain Kamala Harris is not like any positive figure in the Bible. Al Sharpton thinks so. He's entitled to his opinion.
Aside from all the jibes from pundits about Harris' ability to produce the craziest word-salad speeches, she has a past political life that is rank with corruption. It's out there. Anybody can read about it. Is Sharpton ignorant of it? Well, I must observe he is ignorant of biblical principles, as well so, no surprise there.
www.christianpost.com/news/al-sharpton-compares-vp-kamala-harris-to-biblical-queen-esther.html
I'll be honest, reading that article was painful, absolutely, astonishingly gross, from the viewpoint oif being a Bible-believing Christian, and being an American.
"NEW YORK — Civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton compared Vice President Kamala Harris to the biblical Queen Esther, who helped save the Jewish people from execution, as she advocated for gun control, a more inclusive democracy and urged the public not to fall for what she described as the conservative "okey-doke" on Friday."
First of all, in the culture Queen Esther lived in, she risked her life by asking for an audience with the king to make a petition for her people, the Hebrews, of which the king was ignorant. Winning the king's beauty contest was not an open admission of religious background. Risking her life, literally, is not close to anything Kamala Harris has ever done, nor will likely ever do, in advocating for her social justice causes. Having the ear of this president, mentally impaired as he is, is rather one-sided to begin with. Considering how she spoke of Biden when she was campaigning for the job he stole to get, it was the height of hypocrisy for her to take the vice presidency in the first place. So, was Esther an advocate for social justice causes? What does Harris advocate for?
"Harris, who took the stage at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel to strong applause from NAN supporters, praised King’s ability to “understand the present moment in the context of a vision for a better future.” She then proceeded to define “the moment we are in,” touching on contentious debates surrounding issues such as abortion, LGBT advocacy, voting, racial and economic justice, and public safety.
“[It is] a moment in which our hard-won freedoms are under attack. … Just look at where we are. Extremists across our country attack the freedom to vote. They ban books to attempt to erase America’s full history. They attack the ability of people to love openly with pride. They attack the freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body instead of the government. They attack medication that for 20 years the FDA ruled as being safe,” she said, before attacking Florida’s recent ban on most abortions after six weeks gestation as extreme.
“Just yesterday, in Florida, extremists there signed a six-week ban before most women even know they’re pregnant,” she said.
“And NAN, isn’t it interesting that in the midst of all these attacks on fundamental freedoms, the so-called leaders dare to tell us they are fighting for our freedoms. Don’t you find that interesting?” she asked, taking a dig at Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “Freedom Blueprint” to elect more conservative leaders to counter leftist ideology.
Once I hit those paragraphs, I stopped reading. It was too much.
Please allow me to break this down, biblically speaking, and ask yourself if Esther has anything in common with Harris, save for being a woman, and trust me, Esther would have no problem defining what a woman is, in these days of Leftist confusion about the matter.
I was a young boy when Martin Luther King led his movement for civil rights. Remember that. Civil rights. Religious rights were well understood by all Americans in the 1960's. Today, with people like Harris, not so much.
King, as I understand it, was a conservative Southern Baptist. That is his factual history. The Baptist church back then was more conservative then, than today.
King was opposed to abortion -
www.priestsforlife.org/library/3716-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-had-pro-life-view-opposing-abortion
King was not pro LGBTQ, etc. -
www.cincinnati.com/story/opinion/readers/2014/06/16/mlk-agreed-with-catholics-on-homosexuality/10581863/
King was pro-peace. Everybody knows that. He began by having armed "lieutenants" around him because of the growing violence threats. That does not mean he was anti-Second Amendment. I hate violence. I support the 2nd amendment. Conflating the two is wrong and Leftists do it all the time with King. I get tired of people who tell me what King believed because they were close to him. Sorry. I want actual evidence, not anecdotal memories. If King decided he didn't need or want guns for protection, so be it. All of a sudden that becomes a clarion call to take away self-defense as Americans choose to defend themselves because some lunatics use gins to kill innocent people? Want to see innocents die, take away guns so, only lawbreaking criminals have them, and watch the greater slaughter take place.
NOBODY who claims to be a Conservative American, that is actually a patriot, Constitution-loving citizen, attacks the freedom to vote. They attack the premise, non-citizens have the right to vote. Harris is lying through her teeth to make such a claim. This does not surprise anyone who has looked into the criminal activity of the 2020 and 2022 elections. And I would remind the Reader, Queen Esther asked the king to give the Hebrews the right to protect themselves in the situation they were facing, a political plot to exterminate them! Read it for yourself in the book of Esther, especially the 8th and 9th chapters. The Jewish holiday Purim, is based on the history of Queen Esther's advocacy for self-PROTECTION against harm, not doing away with weapons. It is unthinkable Harris could be compared to Queen Esther.
What books have been banned by anyone on the Right that addresses America's history? What book is that? You mean books that are written for children that advocate sexual preferences??? Those books? Give me a break.
Conservatives, Bible-believing Christians, professed Christians and people from religions all over the planet do not attack anyone's ability to love someone. They stand against the premise that what is done in the bedroom has been made an open attack on traditional morality, common sense, and GOD's determination of what love is and how it should be intimately shared between human beings. A huge difference from Harris's claims. With not a line of actual science to back them, and certainly no backing from Queen Esther or anyone in the Bible, the homosexual movement, one of the greatest and strongest signs of the times Christ is returning again to judge the world, has been made a front and center pledge of some kind of American right that must not be denied. I deny it. If a man wants to put his penis in another man, go ahead. That is not my business. God will see to that. It is a biblical sin, which is moral issue, and I address it as such. DO NOT TELL ME I HAVE TO ACCEPT IT on some false moral ground or "civil liberty." It's a moral issue and I address it as a moral issue. Civil government has no business addressing moral issues. For the homosexual movement to make morality a political, civil issue is a hoax, void of anything in historical documents of this nation or rule of law. The extremist, the fanatic, by definition, is the one who will sue and attempt to destroy the lives of those who disagree with them.
To the contrary of Harris' opinion about government and life, the government is charged, fundamentally to protect human life. A baby in a womb is a life to be protected, not destroyed by a woman that is carrying that separate life in her body. It is NOT her body. It is a person inside her body. And placing Margarite Sanger, who founded Planned Parenthood, a rank racist, on the Leftist plate of examples to be pro-abortion, is astoundingly ridiculous. Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness. That is the foundation of Americanism, principles Harris is obviously ignorant of, in their historical setting the Founders put in place for this nation. Life, as it comes from the Creator; liberty, as placed within the rule of law, and pursuit of happiness, which the Founders considered the right to own and use property, are principles Leftist's want their opinions and policies to override.
The attack on medications the FDA has ruled as safe for twenty years is rich coming from a woman who backed the attacks and tanked a medication ruled as safe for SEVENTY years, to fight the Covid virus, while propping up medications and procedures that were killing people in hospital beds all over the nation and the world. Hypocrisy in the extreme.
Sorry, not sorry. Kamala Harris is not only not like Queen Esther or any pother positive role model in the Bible, both she and Sharpton can be made, by the weight of evidence, examples of those professing godliness who are empty vessels, ministers of unrighteousness, and the devil's disciples.
She can call me an extremist all day long. For her, I am. For me, she is. I'll let God decide who the real extremist is when Jesus returns. She, on the other hand, will seek to marginalize, harass, oppress and ultimately persecute me and all those like me who believe in the principles of Americanism, when she has the political power to do so. God forbid she ever does.
There is nothing more powerful than truth. Harris has none. Unless she calls herself a woman. That's about it. Being like Queen Esther? Have mercy. Not within a lightyear.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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A Weak Non-apology Apology
That beer company that made the choice to use a man-woman for their ads? The blowback from consumers, apparently cost them several billion dollars. Talk about an epic fail. The CEO of Anheuser-Busch sent out an... a non-apology apology. He should run for a political office.
I don't mean that, of course. America needs statesmen, not politicians.
Check it out -
www.anheuser-busch.com/newsroom/our-responsibility-to-america
I don't mean that, of course. America needs statesmen, not politicians.
Check it out -
www.anheuser-busch.com/newsroom/our-responsibility-to-america
"APRIL 13, 2023
Our Responsibility To America
"As the CEO of a company founded in America’s heartland more than 165 years ago, I am responsible for ensuring every consumer feels proud of the beer we brew.
"We’re honored to be part of the fabric of this country. Anheuser-Busch employs more than 18,000 people and our independent distributors employ an additional 47,000 valued colleagues. We have thousands of partners, millions of fans and a proud history supporting our communities, military, first responders, sports fans and hard-working Americans everywhere.
"We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people. We are in the business of bringing people together over a beer.
"My time serving this country taught me the importance of accountability and the values upon which America was founded: freedom, hard work and respect for one another. As CEO of Anheuser-Busch, I am focused on building and protecting our remarkable history and heritage.
"I care deeply about this country, this company, our brands and our partners. I spend much of my time traveling across America, listening to and learning from our customers, distributors and others.
"Moving forward, I will continue to work tirelessly to bring great beers to consumers across our nation.
Brendan Whitworth
CEO, Anheuser-Busch
Our Responsibility To America
"As the CEO of a company founded in America’s heartland more than 165 years ago, I am responsible for ensuring every consumer feels proud of the beer we brew.
"We’re honored to be part of the fabric of this country. Anheuser-Busch employs more than 18,000 people and our independent distributors employ an additional 47,000 valued colleagues. We have thousands of partners, millions of fans and a proud history supporting our communities, military, first responders, sports fans and hard-working Americans everywhere.
"We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people. We are in the business of bringing people together over a beer.
"My time serving this country taught me the importance of accountability and the values upon which America was founded: freedom, hard work and respect for one another. As CEO of Anheuser-Busch, I am focused on building and protecting our remarkable history and heritage.
"I care deeply about this country, this company, our brands and our partners. I spend much of my time traveling across America, listening to and learning from our customers, distributors and others.
"Moving forward, I will continue to work tirelessly to bring great beers to consumers across our nation.
Brendan Whitworth
CEO, Anheuser-Busch
Those on the Left... what can one say? Truth is not meaningful to them. Money is. Of course, the same can be said for many on the Right, too, in major industry manufacturers. I don't reckon there are as many of them as there used to be. They are more reserved for the Mom and Pop version of American business and principles of "freedom, hard work, and respect" for the Constitution and Sovereign of the universe and His laws.
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What's Good for the Goose...
What's good for the goose is good for the gander. A very old saying, going back to the 16th century, in one form.
If you've never heard it, it means what is good for the female goose is good for the male gander. If it's good for a woman, it's good for a man and vice versa. If it's good for you, it's good for me. If you do it, so can I.
Hypocrisy and other aspects of human attitudes get in the way of any such societal equality. Here's a good example.
In looking for an artist to do the LEGEND album cover, I have communicated with quite a number of artists from around the world. I have mentioned all the details about the project: Christian worldview, etc., for the cover concept. Nobody told me outright they would not do it because of that. Nor did any state they would not do it for any other reason than they couldn't; just from the standpoint of art from scratch not being their forte.'
Last week a friend saw an ad for an artist in Craig's list, which I looked at and contacted him/her. Told them the concept. He/she wrote back and said they would do it, if nothing on the cover or in the music stated any "hate" towards LGBTQ... . Nothing does but, I was immediately taken back.
Well, he was too expensive for my budget, anyway so, I passed.
Now, if I wrote back and said, 'Well, I want you to do it, and if you don't, I'll sue you.' Does that sound about right?
Of course, for me, I just move on as any sane person would do. There's plenty of artists to choose from, just like there are plenty of photographers, bakers, and other professionals that have convictions about things important to them. Yet, what does the homosexual community do if they will not be served to do things said Christians have convictions about? They take people to court and try to destroy their businesses and their lives. They display a pettiness and lack of common sense a fifth grader understands.
Why do those within that community do this? Talk about hate. They hate people, they get enraged with people who will not bend and cower to the homosexual agenda.
Remember what I have stated here. Jesus said the way it was in Sodom and Gomorrah is the way it will be when He returns. How was it in Sodom and Gomorrah? An open, bold, violent homosexual population.
We are on the cusp of this happening in our nation and world. It will not be long, the way things are going.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
If you've never heard it, it means what is good for the female goose is good for the male gander. If it's good for a woman, it's good for a man and vice versa. If it's good for you, it's good for me. If you do it, so can I.
Hypocrisy and other aspects of human attitudes get in the way of any such societal equality. Here's a good example.
In looking for an artist to do the LEGEND album cover, I have communicated with quite a number of artists from around the world. I have mentioned all the details about the project: Christian worldview, etc., for the cover concept. Nobody told me outright they would not do it because of that. Nor did any state they would not do it for any other reason than they couldn't; just from the standpoint of art from scratch not being their forte.'
Last week a friend saw an ad for an artist in Craig's list, which I looked at and contacted him/her. Told them the concept. He/she wrote back and said they would do it, if nothing on the cover or in the music stated any "hate" towards LGBTQ... . Nothing does but, I was immediately taken back.
Well, he was too expensive for my budget, anyway so, I passed.
Now, if I wrote back and said, 'Well, I want you to do it, and if you don't, I'll sue you.' Does that sound about right?
Of course, for me, I just move on as any sane person would do. There's plenty of artists to choose from, just like there are plenty of photographers, bakers, and other professionals that have convictions about things important to them. Yet, what does the homosexual community do if they will not be served to do things said Christians have convictions about? They take people to court and try to destroy their businesses and their lives. They display a pettiness and lack of common sense a fifth grader understands.
Why do those within that community do this? Talk about hate. They hate people, they get enraged with people who will not bend and cower to the homosexual agenda.
Remember what I have stated here. Jesus said the way it was in Sodom and Gomorrah is the way it will be when He returns. How was it in Sodom and Gomorrah? An open, bold, violent homosexual population.
We are on the cusp of this happening in our nation and world. It will not be long, the way things are going.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Earthquake Predictions
When Jesus said earthquakes (among other types of catastrophic events), in different places would be a sign of His return, Matt 24:7, how is humanity supposed to view such predictions? Earthquakes happen all the time. Sometimes we might think there is an uptake of quakes taking place with a rash of 7.0 magnitude or greater, by virtue of what's in the news and that is a logical assumption.
Aside from the numeric increase of seismic devices around the world growing, able to pick up more earthquakes as a result, they are all so far down into the Earth's crust we never feel the 20,000 tremors a year they record. If there is a rate growth to be seen, much of that has to do with how fast we can communicate today. We hear about disasters in seconds, not days or even weeks after an event in a remote spot of the world. That said, "major" earthquakes have been on the rise.
I have mentioned this before, here. Jesus said, in different places. 'Different' is not the same as 'more.' It just means places where Earthquakes are not generally known to take place. In the world of the Bible, earthquakes are common place. Active fault lines are plentiful enough on the eastern side of the Mediterranean. America, aside from prophecy regarding future events in the apostle John's time, is not a biblical land. We all know North America's major fault lines. I have mentioned before, a front page article I saw in a NY newspaper, back in the 1990's, about the certainty of a massive quake in the North East, by 2010, was 100%. Obviously, that prediction has yet to be realized. I have no doubt it could and will happen.
In the Pacific, a new article surfaces about a hole in a fault line 50 miles off America's coast, spewing hot fluid reserved for "lubricating" plates to keep them from crashing together, thus causing quakes of greater magnitudes. As that fluid emerges, meaning less and less lubricant, the chances of a 9.0 or greater quake increases in that area. The devastation of such a quake, along with tsunamis, would be a cataclysm not seen in our lifetimes.
www.the-sun.com/tech/7871796/earthquake-pacific-coast-california-oregon-big-one/
Expect it to happen. When? When the Creator allows it, as the world becomes more and more morally dark and displaced from God's law and directives for human life. God is not mocked. That which man reaps, man sows.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Aside from the numeric increase of seismic devices around the world growing, able to pick up more earthquakes as a result, they are all so far down into the Earth's crust we never feel the 20,000 tremors a year they record. If there is a rate growth to be seen, much of that has to do with how fast we can communicate today. We hear about disasters in seconds, not days or even weeks after an event in a remote spot of the world. That said, "major" earthquakes have been on the rise.
I have mentioned this before, here. Jesus said, in different places. 'Different' is not the same as 'more.' It just means places where Earthquakes are not generally known to take place. In the world of the Bible, earthquakes are common place. Active fault lines are plentiful enough on the eastern side of the Mediterranean. America, aside from prophecy regarding future events in the apostle John's time, is not a biblical land. We all know North America's major fault lines. I have mentioned before, a front page article I saw in a NY newspaper, back in the 1990's, about the certainty of a massive quake in the North East, by 2010, was 100%. Obviously, that prediction has yet to be realized. I have no doubt it could and will happen.
In the Pacific, a new article surfaces about a hole in a fault line 50 miles off America's coast, spewing hot fluid reserved for "lubricating" plates to keep them from crashing together, thus causing quakes of greater magnitudes. As that fluid emerges, meaning less and less lubricant, the chances of a 9.0 or greater quake increases in that area. The devastation of such a quake, along with tsunamis, would be a cataclysm not seen in our lifetimes.
www.the-sun.com/tech/7871796/earthquake-pacific-coast-california-oregon-big-one/
Expect it to happen. When? When the Creator allows it, as the world becomes more and more morally dark and displaced from God's law and directives for human life. God is not mocked. That which man reaps, man sows.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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JWST Does It Again
I have grown to love my website. Not the content, which is obviously subjective but, Weebly, itself, which makes putting my thoughts and ideas out there to share pretty easily and available. When I come here, I know what to expect.
Well, the James Webb Space Telescope has proven to be a provider of information cosmologists never expected. It's happened again. Webb has captured images of galaxies way too large and old, by virtue of red shift, to exist. At least, they should not exist according to the Big Bang theory. They should exist according to the creation model and creationists are not at all surprised by this new discovery.
The Bible says God spoke the universe into existence. That is a mixture of powers that is not fathomable to human minds. We cannot think anything and speak it into existence. Quite the contrary. It takes us time to make things. From minutes to years to decades humanity takes time to produce things.
Full disclosure, I did not watch this entire video. I got two thirds of the way into it and called it a view.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRLdEsGY-uw
The more mankind looks out there, the Creator will attempt to speak to us by virtue of creation. Same with looking inward. From quarks to galaxies, everything declares, not just the existence of the Creator but, His infinitesimal workmanship and aspects of his mind for us to contemplate.
"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the expanse shows his handiwork." Psalm 19:1
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Well, the James Webb Space Telescope has proven to be a provider of information cosmologists never expected. It's happened again. Webb has captured images of galaxies way too large and old, by virtue of red shift, to exist. At least, they should not exist according to the Big Bang theory. They should exist according to the creation model and creationists are not at all surprised by this new discovery.
The Bible says God spoke the universe into existence. That is a mixture of powers that is not fathomable to human minds. We cannot think anything and speak it into existence. Quite the contrary. It takes us time to make things. From minutes to years to decades humanity takes time to produce things.
Full disclosure, I did not watch this entire video. I got two thirds of the way into it and called it a view.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRLdEsGY-uw
The more mankind looks out there, the Creator will attempt to speak to us by virtue of creation. Same with looking inward. From quarks to galaxies, everything declares, not just the existence of the Creator but, His infinitesimal workmanship and aspects of his mind for us to contemplate.
"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the expanse shows his handiwork." Psalm 19:1
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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774. By the Mouth of Two Witnesses - April 21, 2023
Lying has become so common place, so ubiquitous, it's like breathing for millions of people. Make that billions. Bearing a false witness against a neighbor is all part of business and especially politics, today. People do not care as much about discovering truth but, covering it up when it is.
Rushing to judgment, based on either inadequate information or lack of due process in the rule of law, is also common. I'm going to share an experience with you that I had this past week.
Do you hate? Two things are being seen in great usage today. Hate and the other thing is offense. I just read something about an Oklahoma judge who fined a preacher and threatened him with imprisonment because he posted Scripture, the Bible, in America, on social media, containing texts speaking to the issue of homosexuality, etc. Members of the LGBT, etc., community were offended by the placement of those texts and thus far, the 1st Amendment to the Constitution has been so egregiously stomped on, I don't understand how the judge retains his job.
Another situation developed this past week in Oklahoma. I saw an email regarding a site I joined, which I rarely go to, a social platform site, called Neighborhood or something like that, and in the email was a sentence from a post that intrigued me. I went to the site and someone posted about a secretly obtained audio recording of elected and employed county reps discussing the hanging and burial of reporters and people they do not like, apparently "Black" people, and you can imagine the uproar. The governor has asked they be fired. From nowhere Oklahoma to the governor's mansion makes this a pretty big thing.
I did not post a response to the poster because of the obvious racism and bigotry of those caught on tape. I posted because the poster suggested what these culprits desired (hanging people) should be done to them and the sooner the better because "within driving distance" dangers to public safety are walking around free, contemplating criminal actions.
The poster linked to a news story addressing the situation and the audio recording of the circumstances. I read it and listened to the audio. It seems pretty condemnatory. That said, what really irked me was the poster displaying the same kind of hatred towards these public officials that they allegedly displayed towards those they do not like and wish were gone. Will the real hangman, please, stand up?
The OP jumped on my case quickly, and anybody else who stood up for the accused perps in this audio, just on the basis of principle. He even went so far as to tell us he had given our names over to appropriate authorities who shall investigate our hate. Yeah, seriously.
I stated I believe in the Constitution and rule of law and as yet, one audio recording cannot be used to condemn the accused, not with Joe Rogan putting out an A.I. created program of his, with conversations of an A.I. CEO and another with Donald Trump, totally, 100% fake, created only by the A.I. The voices were just about perfect. The dialogue left some untypical phrasing of both Rogan and Trump I found suspicious. That said, without critical listening, anyone could be fooled to think Rogan and Trump actually had that conversation.
Without due process: investigation, interviews, validation of the audio recording, etc., rushing to judgment is not just unwise but, mob mentality and carries its own weight of danger within driving distance. If the accused want to resign or, they get fired, so be it. They might turn around and sue their employers for reasons stated: no due process.
Being accused of being racist, I obviously shot back and told the guy calling me a racist is futile because I believe in one race, the human race that God created and the amount of melanin in someone's skin has nothing to do with creating some sort of important, genetic difference between humans. I don't play the societal engineering game. I try to deal with facts and truth.
To that position, I had posted something about the United Nations last week and ultimately took it down because I was not 100% comfortable with the sources and conclusions made. My own subjective feelings and beliefs, if not convictions about the UN, may be sound but, I cannot go around referencing linked articles if there might be any problems. In the case of this story, #1, the article states point blank, Oklahoma criminal code states recording public officials in private is against the law. The OP stated, of course, as though the news source were as racist and bigoted as he believes the accused on the audio recording are. And he said there is nothing wrong with doing it, if it's in public. To me the recording sounds like it's in a small room. Right there you have a problem that must be clarified. Due process.
I have no problem if some "authorities" show up at my door and ask me to explain my posted positions. The problem comes along when stated positions, though lawful and factual, no longer matter to authorities. The entire Covid situation, the incredible lies and distortions put out there by prominent public officials, still lying or now, backing down from previous statements, should tell the world all they need to know about trusting public officials just because they are duly elected or appointed public officials. We have a current occupant of the White House who most assuredly was not duly elected. The only reason he remains in the Oval Office is because there are too many criminals, radicals and cowards in Congress to do anything about it, because most of them hate Donald Trump and his apple cart agenda. They let a criminal election stay in place because they do not want that man anywhere near the White House again. They are insane with hatred, literally.
This case in Oklahoma comes with all the juicy details people love to read about and discuss. If the people on that audio recording actually stated what is on that recording, they should be removed from office quickly. I haven't checked. Maybe they have been. To hang them before due process!?! Yeah, no, that's the same hatred and type of rushing to judgment the accused stated about "reporters." Needless to say, some reporters care only about Leftist agenda. Others care about truth and facts. Let the evidence decide that. I don't trust main stream reporters or news agencies, regardless. Their track record is too dismal to be trusted.
The Bible makes a plain statement about such situations:
Deut 17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses shall he that is worthy of death be put to death. At the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Deut 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be made sure.
Deut 19:16 If a false witness rises up against any man to testify a falling away against him,
Deut 19:17 then both the men who are disagreeing shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges which shall be in those days.
Deut 19:18 And the judges shall make careful inquiry. And behold, if the witness is a false witness and has testified falsely against his brother,
Deut 19:19 then you shall do to him as he had thought to have done to his brother. So you shall put the evil away from among you.
Deut 19:20 And those who remain shall hear and fear, and shall commit from then on no such evil among you.
Deut 19:21 And your eye shall not pity. Life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Notice that last verse. Christ made reference to it -
Mat 5:38 You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth."
Mat 5:39 But I say to you, Do not resist evil. But whoever shall strike you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
Mat 5:40 And to him desiring to sue you, and to take away your tunic, let him have your coat also.
Mat 5:41 And whoever shall compel you to go a mile, go with him two.
Mat 5:42 Give to him who asks of you, and you shall not turn away from him who would borrow from you.
Mat 5:43 You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy."
Mat 5:44 But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you,
Mat 5:45 so that you may become sons of your Father in Heaven. For He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Mat 5:46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax-collectors do the same?
Mat 5:47 And if you greet your brothers only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax-collectors do so?
Mat 5:48 Therefore be perfect, even as your Father in Heaven is perfect.
The OP blasted those of us he considers Christians, which I never stated, nor did anyone else. He assumed that. His charges of hypocrisy? Another problem with rushing to judgment.
If you are old enough to remember the tv program 'The Odd Couple,' you may remember the episode where Felix (Tony Randall) was in court and stated the fabulous line about never assuming anything because, as he wrote on a black board, you may make an ass of u and me. I can still remember my father about choking to death with laughter at that line.
Of course, we do not live in a theocracy. God has no role in America in writing laws or codes of criminal justice. While one person with a recording device is all people need today, that would not cut it in God's system of justice. The OP can go ahead and offend believers any way he likes, because of the first amendment and regardless of any offense taken, Christians are now pinned with targets on their backs for what we say and write and post. Open season on them, especially "white," male Christians.
I truly feel sorry for the OP.
For one thing, racism and bigotry are not capital offenses in all American codes of justice I am aware of. The OP's hatred shall end up leading him astray, which it apparently has, already.
For the other, the OP will stand before God some day and may hear His Judge, Jesus Christ, tell him by what measure he judged others, the same shall he be judged.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Rushing to judgment, based on either inadequate information or lack of due process in the rule of law, is also common. I'm going to share an experience with you that I had this past week.
Do you hate? Two things are being seen in great usage today. Hate and the other thing is offense. I just read something about an Oklahoma judge who fined a preacher and threatened him with imprisonment because he posted Scripture, the Bible, in America, on social media, containing texts speaking to the issue of homosexuality, etc. Members of the LGBT, etc., community were offended by the placement of those texts and thus far, the 1st Amendment to the Constitution has been so egregiously stomped on, I don't understand how the judge retains his job.
Another situation developed this past week in Oklahoma. I saw an email regarding a site I joined, which I rarely go to, a social platform site, called Neighborhood or something like that, and in the email was a sentence from a post that intrigued me. I went to the site and someone posted about a secretly obtained audio recording of elected and employed county reps discussing the hanging and burial of reporters and people they do not like, apparently "Black" people, and you can imagine the uproar. The governor has asked they be fired. From nowhere Oklahoma to the governor's mansion makes this a pretty big thing.
I did not post a response to the poster because of the obvious racism and bigotry of those caught on tape. I posted because the poster suggested what these culprits desired (hanging people) should be done to them and the sooner the better because "within driving distance" dangers to public safety are walking around free, contemplating criminal actions.
The poster linked to a news story addressing the situation and the audio recording of the circumstances. I read it and listened to the audio. It seems pretty condemnatory. That said, what really irked me was the poster displaying the same kind of hatred towards these public officials that they allegedly displayed towards those they do not like and wish were gone. Will the real hangman, please, stand up?
The OP jumped on my case quickly, and anybody else who stood up for the accused perps in this audio, just on the basis of principle. He even went so far as to tell us he had given our names over to appropriate authorities who shall investigate our hate. Yeah, seriously.
I stated I believe in the Constitution and rule of law and as yet, one audio recording cannot be used to condemn the accused, not with Joe Rogan putting out an A.I. created program of his, with conversations of an A.I. CEO and another with Donald Trump, totally, 100% fake, created only by the A.I. The voices were just about perfect. The dialogue left some untypical phrasing of both Rogan and Trump I found suspicious. That said, without critical listening, anyone could be fooled to think Rogan and Trump actually had that conversation.
Without due process: investigation, interviews, validation of the audio recording, etc., rushing to judgment is not just unwise but, mob mentality and carries its own weight of danger within driving distance. If the accused want to resign or, they get fired, so be it. They might turn around and sue their employers for reasons stated: no due process.
Being accused of being racist, I obviously shot back and told the guy calling me a racist is futile because I believe in one race, the human race that God created and the amount of melanin in someone's skin has nothing to do with creating some sort of important, genetic difference between humans. I don't play the societal engineering game. I try to deal with facts and truth.
To that position, I had posted something about the United Nations last week and ultimately took it down because I was not 100% comfortable with the sources and conclusions made. My own subjective feelings and beliefs, if not convictions about the UN, may be sound but, I cannot go around referencing linked articles if there might be any problems. In the case of this story, #1, the article states point blank, Oklahoma criminal code states recording public officials in private is against the law. The OP stated, of course, as though the news source were as racist and bigoted as he believes the accused on the audio recording are. And he said there is nothing wrong with doing it, if it's in public. To me the recording sounds like it's in a small room. Right there you have a problem that must be clarified. Due process.
I have no problem if some "authorities" show up at my door and ask me to explain my posted positions. The problem comes along when stated positions, though lawful and factual, no longer matter to authorities. The entire Covid situation, the incredible lies and distortions put out there by prominent public officials, still lying or now, backing down from previous statements, should tell the world all they need to know about trusting public officials just because they are duly elected or appointed public officials. We have a current occupant of the White House who most assuredly was not duly elected. The only reason he remains in the Oval Office is because there are too many criminals, radicals and cowards in Congress to do anything about it, because most of them hate Donald Trump and his apple cart agenda. They let a criminal election stay in place because they do not want that man anywhere near the White House again. They are insane with hatred, literally.
This case in Oklahoma comes with all the juicy details people love to read about and discuss. If the people on that audio recording actually stated what is on that recording, they should be removed from office quickly. I haven't checked. Maybe they have been. To hang them before due process!?! Yeah, no, that's the same hatred and type of rushing to judgment the accused stated about "reporters." Needless to say, some reporters care only about Leftist agenda. Others care about truth and facts. Let the evidence decide that. I don't trust main stream reporters or news agencies, regardless. Their track record is too dismal to be trusted.
The Bible makes a plain statement about such situations:
Deut 17:6 At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses shall he that is worthy of death be put to death. At the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Deut 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be made sure.
Deut 19:16 If a false witness rises up against any man to testify a falling away against him,
Deut 19:17 then both the men who are disagreeing shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges which shall be in those days.
Deut 19:18 And the judges shall make careful inquiry. And behold, if the witness is a false witness and has testified falsely against his brother,
Deut 19:19 then you shall do to him as he had thought to have done to his brother. So you shall put the evil away from among you.
Deut 19:20 And those who remain shall hear and fear, and shall commit from then on no such evil among you.
Deut 19:21 And your eye shall not pity. Life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Notice that last verse. Christ made reference to it -
Mat 5:38 You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth."
Mat 5:39 But I say to you, Do not resist evil. But whoever shall strike you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
Mat 5:40 And to him desiring to sue you, and to take away your tunic, let him have your coat also.
Mat 5:41 And whoever shall compel you to go a mile, go with him two.
Mat 5:42 Give to him who asks of you, and you shall not turn away from him who would borrow from you.
Mat 5:43 You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy."
Mat 5:44 But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you,
Mat 5:45 so that you may become sons of your Father in Heaven. For He makes His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Mat 5:46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax-collectors do the same?
Mat 5:47 And if you greet your brothers only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax-collectors do so?
Mat 5:48 Therefore be perfect, even as your Father in Heaven is perfect.
The OP blasted those of us he considers Christians, which I never stated, nor did anyone else. He assumed that. His charges of hypocrisy? Another problem with rushing to judgment.
If you are old enough to remember the tv program 'The Odd Couple,' you may remember the episode where Felix (Tony Randall) was in court and stated the fabulous line about never assuming anything because, as he wrote on a black board, you may make an ass of u and me. I can still remember my father about choking to death with laughter at that line.
Of course, we do not live in a theocracy. God has no role in America in writing laws or codes of criminal justice. While one person with a recording device is all people need today, that would not cut it in God's system of justice. The OP can go ahead and offend believers any way he likes, because of the first amendment and regardless of any offense taken, Christians are now pinned with targets on their backs for what we say and write and post. Open season on them, especially "white," male Christians.
I truly feel sorry for the OP.
For one thing, racism and bigotry are not capital offenses in all American codes of justice I am aware of. The OP's hatred shall end up leading him astray, which it apparently has, already.
For the other, the OP will stand before God some day and may hear His Judge, Jesus Christ, tell him by what measure he judged others, the same shall he be judged.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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775. Federal Identity Number - April 22, 2023
For those watching, obvious things are taking place that are harbingers of prophetic events. The issue becomes the camp these things are seen by. For the Futurist, a general literal application is applied to these things. To the Historicist, the literal is coming but, not every bush has a prophetic boogeyman behind it.
Case in point. The 'Improving Digital Identity Act,' Senate Bill 884.
Because of online identity theft, fraud, etc., amounting to billions of dollars of loss for 200 million American citizens somehow affected by it, it is thought the Federal government must step in and deal with this. Once again, personal responsibility and accountability is tentatively removed by the "nanny state."
I have shared here, that we were scammed and were it not for God's protection (I can find no other reasonable explanation), we would have had our bank account drained. My feelings of stupidity have retained enough sting to keep me wary the rest of my life. Nobody should think, nor yet believe, "It can't happen to me." Advances in online protection just bring new advancements in criminal hacking skills and fraud schemes. They are present every single day in our email spam files.
Please allow me to paste and comment on some things that jumped out at me.
To establish a Government-wide approach to improving digital identity, and for other purposes.
The very first line of the bill raises red lights and alarm bells. "For other purposes" is the greatest 'give an inch, take a mile' gate in politics.
A list of ten reasons are given for the need of this new law and agency behind it. Then some identifying of terms.
(2) DIGITAL IDENTITY VERIFICATION.—The term “digital identity verification” means a process to verify the identity or an identity attribute of an individual accessing a service online or through another electronic means.
(4) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term “Federal agency” has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122).
(5) IDENTITY ATTRIBUTE.—The term “identity attribute” means a data element associated with the identity of an individual, including, the name, address, or date of birth of an individual.
(6) IDENTITY CREDENTIAL.—The term “identity credential” means a document or other evidence of the identity of an individual issued by a government agency that conveys the identity of the individual, including a driver’s license or passport.
Just for the sake of it, I looked up the reference link and found this for a definition of "Federal agency" -
(9) "Federal agency" means any department, independent establishment, Government corporation, or other agency of the executive branch of the Federal Government, including the United States Postal Service, but shall not include the American National Red Cross.
I'm sure you are aware the Postal Service has its very own court system to try crimes associated with that system, and by crimes not associated with it, in more recent years.
Much of government is a business, including political parties. They are businesses, not actual Constitutional component parts of the government. So, when they come right out and tell us independent establishments and Government corporations can be involved in this, we can know such a broad reaching Bill and ultimate Law stemming from it will put Americans in jeopardy, who would rather be free of such life interference.
(b) Purpose.—The purpose of the Task Force shall be to establish and coordinate a government-wide effort to develop secure methods for Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial agencies to improve access and enhance security between physical and digital identity credentials, particularly by promoting the development of digital versions of existing physical identity credentials, including driver's licenses, e-Passports, social security credentials, and birth certificates, to--
You see the building wall of problems here. I'm sure you also know a social security number was NEVER to be used for any kind of other identifying purposes when it, too, was offered as a Bill to help Americans. That has long since been forgotten. Be remined, everything in this bill under "other purposes" can be placed in the same long forgotten memory folder.
(4) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Director shall have substantive technical expertise and managerial acumen that--
(A) is in the business of digital identity management, information security, or benefits administration;
(B) is gained from not less than 1 organization; and
(C) includes specific expertise gained from academia, advocacy organizations, or the private sector.
I included this only because it's hilarious, if not offensive. In the last couple weeks I have watched or read testimony from Federal agents, White House cabinet members, nominated judges and others asked questions by House committee members, they could not answer or would not answer.
What is a woman? That one draws deer in headlight looks.
What is an assault rifle? Those two instantly come to mind. Imagine, you are the director of the Bureau of alcohol, tobacco and FIREARMS and you cannot answer what an assault rifle is. You are supposed to be an expert. He had no answer because there is no answer because there is no such weapon. An assault rifle, to these people, can mean something black and ominous looking. It can be a firearm with a clip of ammunition. It's always semi-automatic, which ALL modern firearms are. These are supposedly expert people, controlling our lives. We want to ban assault weapons. What's an assault weapon? A weapon used to assault people. You mean like knives? No! We mean black, ominous-looking rifles with bullet clips attached to them. Only police and military should have those. Oh. So, you mean criminals can assault people with UZIs and other types of weapons in that category but, Americans cannot defend themselves, their loved ones or their homes and possessions with firearms you find dangerous looking, that can send bullets at enemies in society, meaning to harm innocent Americans, with lesser rapidity than automatic weapons criminals use? Correct. They can defend themselves with shotguns we deem allowable for hunting.
And so goes the ignorance and foolishness of political argument and rhetoric.
(h) Prohibition.—The Task Force may not implicitly or explicitly recommend the creation of--
(1) a single identity credential provided or mandated by the Federal Government for the purposes of verifying identity or associated attributes;
(2) a unilateral central national identification registry relating to digital identity verification; or
(3) a requirement that any individual be forced to use digital identity verification for a given public purpose.
So, Senator Sinema doesn't want to see any kind of number everyone needs for protection, or a national registry or any kind of forced compliance come across her desk. I answer, BS. I answer COVID and lockdowns and churches closed and businesses destroyed. I answer, what's the point of the law, then? Smokescreen for exactly what the Bill claims it does not want. Federal bureaucrats and elected civil servants have no understanding of freedom and liberty anymore. All they understand is nanny-state control. That is their answer for everything. The biggest systemic problem America has is the Federal government, saturated with wannabe mini-dictators.
The Bill has numerous time periods for anything to even begin to happen. As long as a year, and 18 months in other passages. The Bill just sets up a task force. For any kind of law to take place, more time will be used up. Talk about a gigantic monster gobbling up money and time. And if they do not have nefarious intent, they just have this attitude, We can do something here; we must do something. Americans cannot help themselves. The only thing the Federal government should ever do is obey the Constitution and stay out of everybody's life as much as possible, and leave all other such tasks to State and Local government.
(a) In General.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the estimated potential savings, including estimated annual potential savings, due to the increased adoption and widespread use of digital identification, of--
(1) the Federal Government from averted fraud, including benefit fraud; and
(2) the economy of the United States and consumers from averted identity theft.
(b) Contents.—Among other variables the Comptroller General of the United States determines
So, not later than 1 years after enactment, after who knows how much money will be spent, let us know how much money will be saved by creating a law, spending more money to enforce it, and probable taxes raised to pull it all off.
And the elected and appointed servants of Federal government and its "agencies" are suspicious and angry with Americans who cannot stand their constantly butting into American's affairs?
Talk about human density.
Anyway, this process certainly establishes more precedent to see to it the matter of controlling buying and selling, Rev 13:17, gets further and further into the hands of very untrustworthy people. The technology exists. All that is left is the reason and infrastructure. It's coming.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Case in point. The 'Improving Digital Identity Act,' Senate Bill 884.
Because of online identity theft, fraud, etc., amounting to billions of dollars of loss for 200 million American citizens somehow affected by it, it is thought the Federal government must step in and deal with this. Once again, personal responsibility and accountability is tentatively removed by the "nanny state."
I have shared here, that we were scammed and were it not for God's protection (I can find no other reasonable explanation), we would have had our bank account drained. My feelings of stupidity have retained enough sting to keep me wary the rest of my life. Nobody should think, nor yet believe, "It can't happen to me." Advances in online protection just bring new advancements in criminal hacking skills and fraud schemes. They are present every single day in our email spam files.
Please allow me to paste and comment on some things that jumped out at me.
To establish a Government-wide approach to improving digital identity, and for other purposes.
The very first line of the bill raises red lights and alarm bells. "For other purposes" is the greatest 'give an inch, take a mile' gate in politics.
A list of ten reasons are given for the need of this new law and agency behind it. Then some identifying of terms.
(2) DIGITAL IDENTITY VERIFICATION.—The term “digital identity verification” means a process to verify the identity or an identity attribute of an individual accessing a service online or through another electronic means.
(4) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term “Federal agency” has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122).
(5) IDENTITY ATTRIBUTE.—The term “identity attribute” means a data element associated with the identity of an individual, including, the name, address, or date of birth of an individual.
(6) IDENTITY CREDENTIAL.—The term “identity credential” means a document or other evidence of the identity of an individual issued by a government agency that conveys the identity of the individual, including a driver’s license or passport.
Just for the sake of it, I looked up the reference link and found this for a definition of "Federal agency" -
(9) "Federal agency" means any department, independent establishment, Government corporation, or other agency of the executive branch of the Federal Government, including the United States Postal Service, but shall not include the American National Red Cross.
I'm sure you are aware the Postal Service has its very own court system to try crimes associated with that system, and by crimes not associated with it, in more recent years.
Much of government is a business, including political parties. They are businesses, not actual Constitutional component parts of the government. So, when they come right out and tell us independent establishments and Government corporations can be involved in this, we can know such a broad reaching Bill and ultimate Law stemming from it will put Americans in jeopardy, who would rather be free of such life interference.
(b) Purpose.—The purpose of the Task Force shall be to establish and coordinate a government-wide effort to develop secure methods for Federal, State, local, Tribal, and territorial agencies to improve access and enhance security between physical and digital identity credentials, particularly by promoting the development of digital versions of existing physical identity credentials, including driver's licenses, e-Passports, social security credentials, and birth certificates, to--
You see the building wall of problems here. I'm sure you also know a social security number was NEVER to be used for any kind of other identifying purposes when it, too, was offered as a Bill to help Americans. That has long since been forgotten. Be remined, everything in this bill under "other purposes" can be placed in the same long forgotten memory folder.
(4) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Director shall have substantive technical expertise and managerial acumen that--
(A) is in the business of digital identity management, information security, or benefits administration;
(B) is gained from not less than 1 organization; and
(C) includes specific expertise gained from academia, advocacy organizations, or the private sector.
I included this only because it's hilarious, if not offensive. In the last couple weeks I have watched or read testimony from Federal agents, White House cabinet members, nominated judges and others asked questions by House committee members, they could not answer or would not answer.
What is a woman? That one draws deer in headlight looks.
What is an assault rifle? Those two instantly come to mind. Imagine, you are the director of the Bureau of alcohol, tobacco and FIREARMS and you cannot answer what an assault rifle is. You are supposed to be an expert. He had no answer because there is no answer because there is no such weapon. An assault rifle, to these people, can mean something black and ominous looking. It can be a firearm with a clip of ammunition. It's always semi-automatic, which ALL modern firearms are. These are supposedly expert people, controlling our lives. We want to ban assault weapons. What's an assault weapon? A weapon used to assault people. You mean like knives? No! We mean black, ominous-looking rifles with bullet clips attached to them. Only police and military should have those. Oh. So, you mean criminals can assault people with UZIs and other types of weapons in that category but, Americans cannot defend themselves, their loved ones or their homes and possessions with firearms you find dangerous looking, that can send bullets at enemies in society, meaning to harm innocent Americans, with lesser rapidity than automatic weapons criminals use? Correct. They can defend themselves with shotguns we deem allowable for hunting.
And so goes the ignorance and foolishness of political argument and rhetoric.
(h) Prohibition.—The Task Force may not implicitly or explicitly recommend the creation of--
(1) a single identity credential provided or mandated by the Federal Government for the purposes of verifying identity or associated attributes;
(2) a unilateral central national identification registry relating to digital identity verification; or
(3) a requirement that any individual be forced to use digital identity verification for a given public purpose.
So, Senator Sinema doesn't want to see any kind of number everyone needs for protection, or a national registry or any kind of forced compliance come across her desk. I answer, BS. I answer COVID and lockdowns and churches closed and businesses destroyed. I answer, what's the point of the law, then? Smokescreen for exactly what the Bill claims it does not want. Federal bureaucrats and elected civil servants have no understanding of freedom and liberty anymore. All they understand is nanny-state control. That is their answer for everything. The biggest systemic problem America has is the Federal government, saturated with wannabe mini-dictators.
The Bill has numerous time periods for anything to even begin to happen. As long as a year, and 18 months in other passages. The Bill just sets up a task force. For any kind of law to take place, more time will be used up. Talk about a gigantic monster gobbling up money and time. And if they do not have nefarious intent, they just have this attitude, We can do something here; we must do something. Americans cannot help themselves. The only thing the Federal government should ever do is obey the Constitution and stay out of everybody's life as much as possible, and leave all other such tasks to State and Local government.
(a) In General.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the estimated potential savings, including estimated annual potential savings, due to the increased adoption and widespread use of digital identification, of--
(1) the Federal Government from averted fraud, including benefit fraud; and
(2) the economy of the United States and consumers from averted identity theft.
(b) Contents.—Among other variables the Comptroller General of the United States determines
So, not later than 1 years after enactment, after who knows how much money will be spent, let us know how much money will be saved by creating a law, spending more money to enforce it, and probable taxes raised to pull it all off.
And the elected and appointed servants of Federal government and its "agencies" are suspicious and angry with Americans who cannot stand their constantly butting into American's affairs?
Talk about human density.
Anyway, this process certainly establishes more precedent to see to it the matter of controlling buying and selling, Rev 13:17, gets further and further into the hands of very untrustworthy people. The technology exists. All that is left is the reason and infrastructure. It's coming.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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776. Time for Christians to Fight Back? - 4/23/2023
Enoch, Noah, Moses, Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, John the Baptist, Peter, John, Paul... pretty much personages of an endless list of servants of God who stood up against apostasy and called sin, sin. All human life is a war, a spiritual warfare against self and sin it produces. Some engage. Some acquiesce. We all struggle with things. Nobody escapes this war. Because the war is constant and relentless, weariness creeps in, along with various types of compromise. Every generation is involved in this war whether they like it or not. In fact, no one likes this war. They cannot like this war. The war is antithetical to God's order. We were not created to fight this war. The war was not part of God's creation. God would have had humanity in full and complete harmony with Him. That was His creation model.
The reason for this war, the instigator of it, is the fallen angel, Lucifer. Convincing one third of the angelic host to rebel with him, if Adam, Earth's representative, and his wife, Eve, had obeyed God and not fallen, God would dealt with Lucifer and his followers and Earth would have been free from sin and the war with self, forever. Unfortunately, that is not how things played out, which, of course, in His sovereignty God knew, and the plan of salvation was in place from eternity and administered to humanity right from the beginning of our first parent's fall.
This war exists and is fought 24/7. You either fight or you get defeated. Defeat is a slow death. Matter of fact, even if you fight and gain victory through the advantages of God's plan of salvation, you will die, anyway. The Bible calls it "sleep" because it is temporary. A resurrection will finally come and eternal life will take place for those who fought the good fight. What about those living when Christ returns?
There are times when the darker culture of humanity, those who participate in wanton disobedience, and perpetuate sin and the rebellion, gain control and the prevailing culture takes over. That is now happening and has been in America for well over a century and a half now. It's a spiritual war. It can never be completely won because as new humans enter the race, self fights for mastery. Every generation is thus involved in this never ending, ongoing war. It is the reason all other wars are fought. SELF. The dominant character flaw all humans have. Selfishness. Some people show more of a selflessness in their characters, for various reasons: parental nurture, gene pool, etc. but, nobody is free from sin in thought, word or deed. "All have sinned and come short of the glory [the character] of God," Romans 3:23.
We can be born again, truly, fully born of the Spirit of God and changed and still struggle with self, and fall, and get up and keep marching for a lifetime. That's the reality of the war. It is in us, not outside us. We shall not be free of it until we die or, when Christ returns. The one biblical fact most of Christianity misses, is the ministry of Christ in the Heavenly sanctuary and the preparation of a final generation to stand in the fullness and stature of Christ before the world, victors over self and sin, as a final witness to the world that God's character, government and purposes are based on love and peace, and therefore stand against the prevailing iniquity, which shall drive the final generation of humanity crazy and seek to remove these witnesses of righteousness from the Earth. Same as every age where people have stood up against sin and suffered the results of persecution from those who retain their inner war with self and against God, who wants to give us all the victory over it. If we will not fight, we will be totally overcome.
That does not mean we become the next serial killer. Far from it. Many can maintain a completely pious exterior and be a servant of the devil. Lucifer did not rant and rave, shout and scream like some radical Leftist we see today. He maintained an air of control and attacked God's character, government and purposes with stealth, with sophistry, with an elegance of deceit one third of the angels in Heaven got caught up in. How much easier to gain control of fallen minds amongst the human family today?
America and all Western civilization is under attack, just the relentless attack always present, when the professed people of God become over-influenced by the prevailing culture at war with God. American culture is no longer prevailed upon by Judeo/Christian principles. It is prevailed upon by open, bold apostasy from all aspects of true righteousness, while much of it wears a garb of piety. This is where the entire 'wolves in sheep's clothing' scenario comes in. John the Baptist called such religious actors vipers. Jesus called them of their father, the devil, hypocrites, den of thieves, and all the rest. Down through history such voices are raised and the response has always been the same: majority reject, while a small minority receive and become the brunt of rage from the rejecters of God's mercy. There is nothing new under the sun.
Despite its problems with self and the constant battle, Western civilization, activated by Christian principles, changed the world. The world fought back, via Satanic influences, and Lucifer is finally gaining control of the world again. What happens next?
According to prophecy a revival is coming. Well, two actually. The first revival will have its seeming coat of peaceful colors, all energized by a series of signs, wonders and "miracles" which will draw up the planet into a time of supposed "peace and safety." The problem? In its zeal to stay the tide of evil, it shall choose to do so at the helm of apostate policies of positions against God's stated moral law. That paves the way for the true revival of primitive (simple) godliness and apostolic purity that began this movement 2,000 years ago. Compromise derailed it, as usual, and the war keeps going but, is building to a point of final conflict: the last conflict humanity shall face.
Back in the 1980's a movement arose - the Moral Majority and other such groups - fighting back against what it saw as evil. Big names like Jerry Falwell, Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Baker, and many others, arose to speak out against corruption in government. Unfortunately, a seething corruption of its own brought it all down. It got Ronald Reagan elected in a landslide but, as always, it eventually gave way to the prevailing culture, and decades of compromise with the world; complacency, weakness of resolve brought on a weaker condition than prevailed in all the 19th and 20th centuries. All Western civilization now faces collapse.
Enter the next revival. Voices are now calling for it; a fighting back against prevailing evil and saturating confusion.
Here's one voice in the wilderness calling for it -
www.emerald.tv/p/welcome-to-the-great-spiritual-war
Disregard the 'My Pillow' commercial that begins the short video commentary of religio/political voice Emerald Robinson. She's one of many now rising up. A repeat of the 1980's is coming. Will it be the final revival of religio/political power against open enemies of God? Maybe. Time will tell. If it is, then the true revival of God's spiritual army will arise and the final battle of false religion versus the true faith and testimony of Jesus Christ will take place. One side will join forces with any and all religions to fight back against what it sees as secular evil. A world-wide "superchurch" is coming. The other, a much smaller group, which the Bible calls the remnant, will take a stand against this "revival" of spiritual confusion, and reap the results of an insulted, indignant populace, sure of its place before Heaven. And the words of Jesus will once again be understood:
John 16:1 These things have I spoken unto you, that you should not be offended.
John 16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time comes, that whosoever kills you will think that he does God service.
John 16:3 And these things will they do to you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
Earth is a thing of cycles, both physical and spiritual. Matter of fact, check out this interview of a meteorologist, Steve Malloy, with a reporter on the TRT world news network. It's a network based in Turkey: Turkey Radio and Television. The reporter is stunned, literally, as the meteorologist tells her the truth about global warming and climate change. He is unafraid and just tells her the truth. She literally falls apart, shocked at his position.
rumble.com/v2jv5wi-steve-milloy-stuns-tv-anchor-with-real-science-exposes-global-warmingclimat.html
The same kind of truth, religiously speaking, will begin coming from voices within professed Christianity and beyond and set up a final confrontation.
Which side will you be on?
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
The reason for this war, the instigator of it, is the fallen angel, Lucifer. Convincing one third of the angelic host to rebel with him, if Adam, Earth's representative, and his wife, Eve, had obeyed God and not fallen, God would dealt with Lucifer and his followers and Earth would have been free from sin and the war with self, forever. Unfortunately, that is not how things played out, which, of course, in His sovereignty God knew, and the plan of salvation was in place from eternity and administered to humanity right from the beginning of our first parent's fall.
This war exists and is fought 24/7. You either fight or you get defeated. Defeat is a slow death. Matter of fact, even if you fight and gain victory through the advantages of God's plan of salvation, you will die, anyway. The Bible calls it "sleep" because it is temporary. A resurrection will finally come and eternal life will take place for those who fought the good fight. What about those living when Christ returns?
There are times when the darker culture of humanity, those who participate in wanton disobedience, and perpetuate sin and the rebellion, gain control and the prevailing culture takes over. That is now happening and has been in America for well over a century and a half now. It's a spiritual war. It can never be completely won because as new humans enter the race, self fights for mastery. Every generation is thus involved in this never ending, ongoing war. It is the reason all other wars are fought. SELF. The dominant character flaw all humans have. Selfishness. Some people show more of a selflessness in their characters, for various reasons: parental nurture, gene pool, etc. but, nobody is free from sin in thought, word or deed. "All have sinned and come short of the glory [the character] of God," Romans 3:23.
We can be born again, truly, fully born of the Spirit of God and changed and still struggle with self, and fall, and get up and keep marching for a lifetime. That's the reality of the war. It is in us, not outside us. We shall not be free of it until we die or, when Christ returns. The one biblical fact most of Christianity misses, is the ministry of Christ in the Heavenly sanctuary and the preparation of a final generation to stand in the fullness and stature of Christ before the world, victors over self and sin, as a final witness to the world that God's character, government and purposes are based on love and peace, and therefore stand against the prevailing iniquity, which shall drive the final generation of humanity crazy and seek to remove these witnesses of righteousness from the Earth. Same as every age where people have stood up against sin and suffered the results of persecution from those who retain their inner war with self and against God, who wants to give us all the victory over it. If we will not fight, we will be totally overcome.
That does not mean we become the next serial killer. Far from it. Many can maintain a completely pious exterior and be a servant of the devil. Lucifer did not rant and rave, shout and scream like some radical Leftist we see today. He maintained an air of control and attacked God's character, government and purposes with stealth, with sophistry, with an elegance of deceit one third of the angels in Heaven got caught up in. How much easier to gain control of fallen minds amongst the human family today?
America and all Western civilization is under attack, just the relentless attack always present, when the professed people of God become over-influenced by the prevailing culture at war with God. American culture is no longer prevailed upon by Judeo/Christian principles. It is prevailed upon by open, bold apostasy from all aspects of true righteousness, while much of it wears a garb of piety. This is where the entire 'wolves in sheep's clothing' scenario comes in. John the Baptist called such religious actors vipers. Jesus called them of their father, the devil, hypocrites, den of thieves, and all the rest. Down through history such voices are raised and the response has always been the same: majority reject, while a small minority receive and become the brunt of rage from the rejecters of God's mercy. There is nothing new under the sun.
Despite its problems with self and the constant battle, Western civilization, activated by Christian principles, changed the world. The world fought back, via Satanic influences, and Lucifer is finally gaining control of the world again. What happens next?
According to prophecy a revival is coming. Well, two actually. The first revival will have its seeming coat of peaceful colors, all energized by a series of signs, wonders and "miracles" which will draw up the planet into a time of supposed "peace and safety." The problem? In its zeal to stay the tide of evil, it shall choose to do so at the helm of apostate policies of positions against God's stated moral law. That paves the way for the true revival of primitive (simple) godliness and apostolic purity that began this movement 2,000 years ago. Compromise derailed it, as usual, and the war keeps going but, is building to a point of final conflict: the last conflict humanity shall face.
Back in the 1980's a movement arose - the Moral Majority and other such groups - fighting back against what it saw as evil. Big names like Jerry Falwell, Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Baker, and many others, arose to speak out against corruption in government. Unfortunately, a seething corruption of its own brought it all down. It got Ronald Reagan elected in a landslide but, as always, it eventually gave way to the prevailing culture, and decades of compromise with the world; complacency, weakness of resolve brought on a weaker condition than prevailed in all the 19th and 20th centuries. All Western civilization now faces collapse.
Enter the next revival. Voices are now calling for it; a fighting back against prevailing evil and saturating confusion.
Here's one voice in the wilderness calling for it -
www.emerald.tv/p/welcome-to-the-great-spiritual-war
Disregard the 'My Pillow' commercial that begins the short video commentary of religio/political voice Emerald Robinson. She's one of many now rising up. A repeat of the 1980's is coming. Will it be the final revival of religio/political power against open enemies of God? Maybe. Time will tell. If it is, then the true revival of God's spiritual army will arise and the final battle of false religion versus the true faith and testimony of Jesus Christ will take place. One side will join forces with any and all religions to fight back against what it sees as secular evil. A world-wide "superchurch" is coming. The other, a much smaller group, which the Bible calls the remnant, will take a stand against this "revival" of spiritual confusion, and reap the results of an insulted, indignant populace, sure of its place before Heaven. And the words of Jesus will once again be understood:
John 16:1 These things have I spoken unto you, that you should not be offended.
John 16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time comes, that whosoever kills you will think that he does God service.
John 16:3 And these things will they do to you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
Earth is a thing of cycles, both physical and spiritual. Matter of fact, check out this interview of a meteorologist, Steve Malloy, with a reporter on the TRT world news network. It's a network based in Turkey: Turkey Radio and Television. The reporter is stunned, literally, as the meteorologist tells her the truth about global warming and climate change. He is unafraid and just tells her the truth. She literally falls apart, shocked at his position.
rumble.com/v2jv5wi-steve-milloy-stuns-tv-anchor-with-real-science-exposes-global-warmingclimat.html
The same kind of truth, religiously speaking, will begin coming from voices within professed Christianity and beyond and set up a final confrontation.
Which side will you be on?
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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A Tribute to Guitarist Extraordinaire, Kevin Nugent
You can read my own thoughts and memories about Kevin all over this site. The guy had a profound impact on everyone around him. His loss is still felt 40 years later.
Martin Jepsen Andersen is a player of tremendous talent. I am so grateful I asked him to be part of this project and he said a heartfelt, Yes. He sent me an email with a link to his Facebook page and a tribute he wrote about Kevin. I post it here. It's the fist time I have ever read such a tribute from another guitarist. It's a wonderful homage to a friend and fellow bandmate.
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m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02zkcTgJwmtnMfkHcefpmZvHAyXcHkfufeBca1A5qC8Pkuam35BNws9kbtbupBG9o9l&id=1539986857
"As I have alluded to previously, I am currently participating in the re-recording of the seminal “From The Fjords”- album by american group LEGEND. "I thought I would take the time to pay my tribute and respects to the band’s original guitar player, Kevin Nugent (no relation to Ted). As far as I know, “From The Fjords” is the only album Kevin ever got to make, before his decidedly untimely passing, at the age of 25. I don’t know the circumstances of his death, but at 25, they’re bound to be tragic.
"Why am I posting about Kevin? Because playing his guitar parts has been (and still is) an eye opening experience, to say the least! Kevin’s original guitar work is, simply put, incredibly inspirational, and has opened my eyes to new approaches to some things on the guitar. For example, his use of the 12-string electric guitar (I understand he played an Ibanez double-neck, as well as Gibson Les Pauls and SG’s) is remarkable! His tone and use of effects was excellent, and the whole LEGEND album bears witness of his great musicality and uncompromising approach to the guitar and the band’s music. If I were to describe him to the unfamiliar, I would say his style was equal parts Alex Lifeson, John McLaughlin and… Tony Iommi, maybe?
"And that is really selling him short, because he obviously had his own distinct musical identity.
"The whole band brims with energy and the joy of playing on the entire album. Sure, compared to modern standards, the production is slightly shaky here and there, and there is the occasional missed note, but bear in mind that this was three 19-20 year old guys, working on a shoestring budget. I mean, the LP cover was black and white, because they couldn’t afford a full colour cover!
"What is undeniable though, is the sheer attitude and energy of the music. Ray Frigon’s drumming is highly dexterous, super energetic, and just incredible. Virtuose stuff! Fred MeLillo’s bass playing is busy, but really solid, and on top of this rhythm section, Kevin’s guitar simply soars!
"Highly melodic and with great phrasing and timing, he also shows inspired fits of chromatic atonality (making the riffs a real challenge to learn), but most importantly a real sense of imagination on the guitar. An example could be the solo on “The Golden Bell”. Any other guitarist in the world would go the Epic guitar-hero route on that song, with lots of single note runs, melodic bends, etc. Instead, Kevin gets funky! On an electric 12-string, no less! The following solo of rhythmic chord-clusters is one of the most wicked things I’ve ever heard, and bears witness of a unique and singular identity on the instrument.
"Kevin never became famous, but God knows he should have! I would have loved to hear him mature as a player, and hear what he would have done, say, in his 40’s. But it was not to be. As it stands, we only have the LEGEND album and a few demo bits to show his remarkable talent. He was BRIMMING with potential, and it is a tragic shame that he didn’t get to realise it further.
"Kevin, I salute you! May you continue to rest in peace!
"You have taught this old dog some new tricks, and your work is a new and profound inspiration to me.
"It is a real honour for me to have been chosen for the guitarist’s role on the re-recording, and a real challenge too!!!
"I implore you all to seek out the original LEGEND album. I guarantee it is a rewarding experience!
Martin Jepsen Andersen is a player of tremendous talent. I am so grateful I asked him to be part of this project and he said a heartfelt, Yes. He sent me an email with a link to his Facebook page and a tribute he wrote about Kevin. I post it here. It's the fist time I have ever read such a tribute from another guitarist. It's a wonderful homage to a friend and fellow bandmate.
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m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02zkcTgJwmtnMfkHcefpmZvHAyXcHkfufeBca1A5qC8Pkuam35BNws9kbtbupBG9o9l&id=1539986857
"As I have alluded to previously, I am currently participating in the re-recording of the seminal “From The Fjords”- album by american group LEGEND. "I thought I would take the time to pay my tribute and respects to the band’s original guitar player, Kevin Nugent (no relation to Ted). As far as I know, “From The Fjords” is the only album Kevin ever got to make, before his decidedly untimely passing, at the age of 25. I don’t know the circumstances of his death, but at 25, they’re bound to be tragic.
"Why am I posting about Kevin? Because playing his guitar parts has been (and still is) an eye opening experience, to say the least! Kevin’s original guitar work is, simply put, incredibly inspirational, and has opened my eyes to new approaches to some things on the guitar. For example, his use of the 12-string electric guitar (I understand he played an Ibanez double-neck, as well as Gibson Les Pauls and SG’s) is remarkable! His tone and use of effects was excellent, and the whole LEGEND album bears witness of his great musicality and uncompromising approach to the guitar and the band’s music. If I were to describe him to the unfamiliar, I would say his style was equal parts Alex Lifeson, John McLaughlin and… Tony Iommi, maybe?
"And that is really selling him short, because he obviously had his own distinct musical identity.
"The whole band brims with energy and the joy of playing on the entire album. Sure, compared to modern standards, the production is slightly shaky here and there, and there is the occasional missed note, but bear in mind that this was three 19-20 year old guys, working on a shoestring budget. I mean, the LP cover was black and white, because they couldn’t afford a full colour cover!
"What is undeniable though, is the sheer attitude and energy of the music. Ray Frigon’s drumming is highly dexterous, super energetic, and just incredible. Virtuose stuff! Fred MeLillo’s bass playing is busy, but really solid, and on top of this rhythm section, Kevin’s guitar simply soars!
"Highly melodic and with great phrasing and timing, he also shows inspired fits of chromatic atonality (making the riffs a real challenge to learn), but most importantly a real sense of imagination on the guitar. An example could be the solo on “The Golden Bell”. Any other guitarist in the world would go the Epic guitar-hero route on that song, with lots of single note runs, melodic bends, etc. Instead, Kevin gets funky! On an electric 12-string, no less! The following solo of rhythmic chord-clusters is one of the most wicked things I’ve ever heard, and bears witness of a unique and singular identity on the instrument.
"Kevin never became famous, but God knows he should have! I would have loved to hear him mature as a player, and hear what he would have done, say, in his 40’s. But it was not to be. As it stands, we only have the LEGEND album and a few demo bits to show his remarkable talent. He was BRIMMING with potential, and it is a tragic shame that he didn’t get to realise it further.
"Kevin, I salute you! May you continue to rest in peace!
"You have taught this old dog some new tricks, and your work is a new and profound inspiration to me.
"It is a real honour for me to have been chosen for the guitarist’s role on the re-recording, and a real challenge too!!!
"I implore you all to seek out the original LEGEND album. I guarantee it is a rewarding experience!
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777. UPDATE: Home Stretch - 4/27/ 2023
Each day, when new tracks from Janne and Martin come into my email box, I am asked by these two musicians of uncanny, incredible talent, if their performances will work.
I set a standard for this project that every song rendition of the originals on Fjords must be equal to or better than those original songs. I had no doubt that would be the case from Martin and Janne. It has proved so. Each song on the album had a character and personality to it, mostly just based on the story each told. Even Kevin's R.A.R.Z. told a story and did so, brilliantly. As I have stated before, RARZ was Kevin's all the way; music and lyrics and I didn't feel it was right to rewrite his lyrics, and would leave the song to Kevin's legacy.
When I became a Christian, from a new fertile field of thought from the ReCreator of souls, I began to compose Scripture songs. I was just looking at passages in daily study-time and melodies came to my mind as I read portions of the Bible. So, I hummed all these melodies into a tape recorder. Those 40+ year old tapes had long been put away in a box in storage I could not find. The other day, like some kind of divine intervention, I was looking for something under a desk I built three and a half decades ago, with shelves underneath the desk surface and drawers and there, to my amazement, sat 4 cassette tapes. 2 masters and 2 copies. I instantly knew what they were. How they got there escapes me, totally. I searched for an old cassette recorder and found a small box of pocket recorders that are Cindy's. All four of them had old batteries in them, long since fused into their slots. After removing them and cleaning the terminals, only one player worked. They were called Walkmans back in the day; a ubiquitous term for Sony portable cassette players; used by people who walked and jogged. I sat and listened to the 2 tapes. The player has no rewind. You have to take the tape out, flip it and hit the forward button to go back to any spot you passed on the tape.
I figured the tapes would be brittle and would snap. They didn't. One of them stalled; it's rotor wheel somehow stuck. I'm glad I had the copy. Dozens of songs rolled along that jogged instant memories and melodies. I was specifically looking for some that might be used... well, more on that another time. Anyway, I came upon the song that shall replace RARZ on this album project; a song about Gideon. While I remembered the melody, I did not remember the lyrics and looked up the story of Gideon and wrote new lyrics, which, as it happened, were almost the same as the original ones I wrote. I knew the song would make a good LEGEND piece. I hummed it to a a click track and sent the basic melody and arrangement to Martin and Janne, having no idea what might be the result. I just knew it would be good.
Knowing very little about music theory and all, I hummed the song in D minor. Martin ended up telling me that when I asked. I asked because when their rendition came back, it was in a correct A440 tuning, which didn't match the humming or vocal performance I sent them. They had to send their tracks back with no vocals. They didn't even attempt to pitch correct it. When I tried to sing the lyrics again, I just found it really difficult. I couldn't quite get it right. Close enough to allow for pitch correction and so be it.
The song sounds really good and they both like it a lot and did splendid jobs creating their parts.
For me, this entire process has been so archaic and extinct dinosaur territory, it's embarrassing. It's what I have to work with and the guys have made it all work to capable levels. The principle and standard I established - some things stay the same, some things modified, some things new, in the spirit of the original, everything equal to or better than the original, has been met so wonderfully, everybody that has heard these rough mixes has been moved by them.
Manos shared with me, he did not believe that standard could be met and has been stunned by the way his doubts have been alleviated. He stated he has had to listen to the songs multiple times to really grasp what he's listening to. He marvels it sounds this good. That is welcome news, believe me; even though I believed it could be when I began this project. The music is the same; the multi-genre Rock remains the same but, it's not. It has somehow been transformed, as I knew it could be. I told Martin and Janne they have accomplished something long since asleep in me; hearing these old songs in a mode of melody, harmony and rhythm long since gone. I listen to the rough mixes every day and it's like the songs have all come alive again. It's astonishing. My world of music dwindled down to listening to sessions Tom and I recorded during our time together, which I ended up naming Miledge Muzic: "music for the miles, with an edge to it." And even at that I only listen to the sessions and CDs while I'm in the van running errands. It became my favorite music and truly the only thing I listened to.
I listened to Legend as a task when preparing for the Keep It True festival, practicing to the songs every day. When the event was struck by Covid restrictions and I ultimately decided not to get injected to be able to enter Denmark and Germany, I didn't listen to the album anymore. Of course, the lyrics are different but, Martin and Janne have breathed a new life into the songs that has made them come alive with musical energy again. I believe Kevin would be pleased to hear it. I certainly am. Those who have heard the rough mixes feel the same.
What is truly amazing is that this process is not a band. It's three musicians thousands of miles apart, having never met or spent time together and somehow this musical admiration for Kevin and the album has brought forth a resurrection of it in 21st century vibrancy. It IS a band. It sounds like we have been playing together for years. How is this possible? The talents of Martin and Janne to adapt to such a situation, approaching the music with respect, admiration and professional capacity to make it come alive again.
Janne has finished his tracks. He just has touching up to do. Martin has one song to go, then the same process of listening and touching up things. Then it all goes to Tom who will begin the mixing and then mastering of it all. Then on to Greece for Manos and Kostas and Chryssa to put together for a physical package of old/new music.
I knew it could happen and is happening. I knew it as well as I knew the original band could carve a place in music history. That gut feeling that compels us to do things, even if they seem impossible to do; we forge ahead anyway, as we are able.
I'll be thanking Martin and Janne for a long time to come; as much time remains for this old world. The song, The Wizard's Vengeance, is now The LORD's Vengeance, about the second coming of Christ, and that reality, for me, is an ever present reality. He shall return and everything of this world will be destroyed because it is from an era that bears little resemblance to the Creator's original desires for it, nor, certainly, His plans for its recreation some day. I hope these new renditions make that message plain and simple to grasp.
LEGEND Revisited - From the LORD, will be something that has the potential for a much wider audience than the original attained, pretty much by natural and technological causes I still don't really understand but, it happened.
As extremely premature as can be, I have already collected 8 songs for another album. The two obvious candidates people are familiar with, which made it onto the demo recording we produced before the album came out, and the others from those old and dusty tapes of melodies and stories from the Bible. Martin and Janne have said, Yes, to another go and that will be decided by the response to this current offering.
I have to admit, I never saw this coming; certainly not at my age and current circumstances. An idea on my 68th birthday is becoming a physical reality. People from four different nations, cultures, backgrounds, beliefs and worldviews are making something happen for the sake of some music and a message. Think of how marvelous that it is.
God is good.
I set a standard for this project that every song rendition of the originals on Fjords must be equal to or better than those original songs. I had no doubt that would be the case from Martin and Janne. It has proved so. Each song on the album had a character and personality to it, mostly just based on the story each told. Even Kevin's R.A.R.Z. told a story and did so, brilliantly. As I have stated before, RARZ was Kevin's all the way; music and lyrics and I didn't feel it was right to rewrite his lyrics, and would leave the song to Kevin's legacy.
When I became a Christian, from a new fertile field of thought from the ReCreator of souls, I began to compose Scripture songs. I was just looking at passages in daily study-time and melodies came to my mind as I read portions of the Bible. So, I hummed all these melodies into a tape recorder. Those 40+ year old tapes had long been put away in a box in storage I could not find. The other day, like some kind of divine intervention, I was looking for something under a desk I built three and a half decades ago, with shelves underneath the desk surface and drawers and there, to my amazement, sat 4 cassette tapes. 2 masters and 2 copies. I instantly knew what they were. How they got there escapes me, totally. I searched for an old cassette recorder and found a small box of pocket recorders that are Cindy's. All four of them had old batteries in them, long since fused into their slots. After removing them and cleaning the terminals, only one player worked. They were called Walkmans back in the day; a ubiquitous term for Sony portable cassette players; used by people who walked and jogged. I sat and listened to the 2 tapes. The player has no rewind. You have to take the tape out, flip it and hit the forward button to go back to any spot you passed on the tape.
I figured the tapes would be brittle and would snap. They didn't. One of them stalled; it's rotor wheel somehow stuck. I'm glad I had the copy. Dozens of songs rolled along that jogged instant memories and melodies. I was specifically looking for some that might be used... well, more on that another time. Anyway, I came upon the song that shall replace RARZ on this album project; a song about Gideon. While I remembered the melody, I did not remember the lyrics and looked up the story of Gideon and wrote new lyrics, which, as it happened, were almost the same as the original ones I wrote. I knew the song would make a good LEGEND piece. I hummed it to a a click track and sent the basic melody and arrangement to Martin and Janne, having no idea what might be the result. I just knew it would be good.
Knowing very little about music theory and all, I hummed the song in D minor. Martin ended up telling me that when I asked. I asked because when their rendition came back, it was in a correct A440 tuning, which didn't match the humming or vocal performance I sent them. They had to send their tracks back with no vocals. They didn't even attempt to pitch correct it. When I tried to sing the lyrics again, I just found it really difficult. I couldn't quite get it right. Close enough to allow for pitch correction and so be it.
The song sounds really good and they both like it a lot and did splendid jobs creating their parts.
For me, this entire process has been so archaic and extinct dinosaur territory, it's embarrassing. It's what I have to work with and the guys have made it all work to capable levels. The principle and standard I established - some things stay the same, some things modified, some things new, in the spirit of the original, everything equal to or better than the original, has been met so wonderfully, everybody that has heard these rough mixes has been moved by them.
Manos shared with me, he did not believe that standard could be met and has been stunned by the way his doubts have been alleviated. He stated he has had to listen to the songs multiple times to really grasp what he's listening to. He marvels it sounds this good. That is welcome news, believe me; even though I believed it could be when I began this project. The music is the same; the multi-genre Rock remains the same but, it's not. It has somehow been transformed, as I knew it could be. I told Martin and Janne they have accomplished something long since asleep in me; hearing these old songs in a mode of melody, harmony and rhythm long since gone. I listen to the rough mixes every day and it's like the songs have all come alive again. It's astonishing. My world of music dwindled down to listening to sessions Tom and I recorded during our time together, which I ended up naming Miledge Muzic: "music for the miles, with an edge to it." And even at that I only listen to the sessions and CDs while I'm in the van running errands. It became my favorite music and truly the only thing I listened to.
I listened to Legend as a task when preparing for the Keep It True festival, practicing to the songs every day. When the event was struck by Covid restrictions and I ultimately decided not to get injected to be able to enter Denmark and Germany, I didn't listen to the album anymore. Of course, the lyrics are different but, Martin and Janne have breathed a new life into the songs that has made them come alive with musical energy again. I believe Kevin would be pleased to hear it. I certainly am. Those who have heard the rough mixes feel the same.
What is truly amazing is that this process is not a band. It's three musicians thousands of miles apart, having never met or spent time together and somehow this musical admiration for Kevin and the album has brought forth a resurrection of it in 21st century vibrancy. It IS a band. It sounds like we have been playing together for years. How is this possible? The talents of Martin and Janne to adapt to such a situation, approaching the music with respect, admiration and professional capacity to make it come alive again.
Janne has finished his tracks. He just has touching up to do. Martin has one song to go, then the same process of listening and touching up things. Then it all goes to Tom who will begin the mixing and then mastering of it all. Then on to Greece for Manos and Kostas and Chryssa to put together for a physical package of old/new music.
I knew it could happen and is happening. I knew it as well as I knew the original band could carve a place in music history. That gut feeling that compels us to do things, even if they seem impossible to do; we forge ahead anyway, as we are able.
I'll be thanking Martin and Janne for a long time to come; as much time remains for this old world. The song, The Wizard's Vengeance, is now The LORD's Vengeance, about the second coming of Christ, and that reality, for me, is an ever present reality. He shall return and everything of this world will be destroyed because it is from an era that bears little resemblance to the Creator's original desires for it, nor, certainly, His plans for its recreation some day. I hope these new renditions make that message plain and simple to grasp.
LEGEND Revisited - From the LORD, will be something that has the potential for a much wider audience than the original attained, pretty much by natural and technological causes I still don't really understand but, it happened.
As extremely premature as can be, I have already collected 8 songs for another album. The two obvious candidates people are familiar with, which made it onto the demo recording we produced before the album came out, and the others from those old and dusty tapes of melodies and stories from the Bible. Martin and Janne have said, Yes, to another go and that will be decided by the response to this current offering.
I have to admit, I never saw this coming; certainly not at my age and current circumstances. An idea on my 68th birthday is becoming a physical reality. People from four different nations, cultures, backgrounds, beliefs and worldviews are making something happen for the sake of some music and a message. Think of how marvelous that it is.
God is good.
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RFK vs. DJT
I hate politics. I cannot stand politicians. I state that all the time. Ronald Reagan's oft quoted - Government is not the solution to problems. Government is the problem - makes total sense to me.
That said, RFK vs. DJT. They both seem like fairly honest, what you see is what you get-type men. I have great respect for Kennedy and his fight against dangerous vaccines and Big Pharma. I have great respect for Trump's 'America first, MAGA' philosophy. Both men are anti-constant, perpetual American war proponents. They both speak to middle America for strong economies and against political corruption.
Hm. An unemployed Tucker Carlson would make a great moderator at debates between the two.
Anyway, the main stream media is scared to death of Kennedy. All they can ask him is if he fears for his life. He's not afraid. They obviously are. Someone who will tell them truth they try to bury.
Trump remains, and I suspect he will remain far ahead of all GOPe candidates from here on in. So, imagine what two completely corrupt political parties, apoplectic about the men on the ticket for POTUS, will do to stop them from sitting in the Oval Office.
The debates, with a proper moderator, would actually be about practical application of government for the benefit of Americans, not for the benefit of politicians and multinational corporations, the CCP or Euro elite cabal. Both are anti-Deep State. I suspect if you went down a long list, you would find they both believe many of the same things that are bound up in the principles of Americanism.
I have seen it expressed by various pundits, a joint ticket effort of Trump/Kennedy would not just be a landslide but, a totally unstoppable march to the White House. Trump is out in four years, Kennedy picks up for the next 8, and America has a breather of 12 years without lying, conniving, traitorous, treasonous, radical misfits running the nation into the dirt.
At the very least, the entertainment value of the political season will be driven up several notches.
That said, RFK vs. DJT. They both seem like fairly honest, what you see is what you get-type men. I have great respect for Kennedy and his fight against dangerous vaccines and Big Pharma. I have great respect for Trump's 'America first, MAGA' philosophy. Both men are anti-constant, perpetual American war proponents. They both speak to middle America for strong economies and against political corruption.
Hm. An unemployed Tucker Carlson would make a great moderator at debates between the two.
Anyway, the main stream media is scared to death of Kennedy. All they can ask him is if he fears for his life. He's not afraid. They obviously are. Someone who will tell them truth they try to bury.
Trump remains, and I suspect he will remain far ahead of all GOPe candidates from here on in. So, imagine what two completely corrupt political parties, apoplectic about the men on the ticket for POTUS, will do to stop them from sitting in the Oval Office.
The debates, with a proper moderator, would actually be about practical application of government for the benefit of Americans, not for the benefit of politicians and multinational corporations, the CCP or Euro elite cabal. Both are anti-Deep State. I suspect if you went down a long list, you would find they both believe many of the same things that are bound up in the principles of Americanism.
I have seen it expressed by various pundits, a joint ticket effort of Trump/Kennedy would not just be a landslide but, a totally unstoppable march to the White House. Trump is out in four years, Kennedy picks up for the next 8, and America has a breather of 12 years without lying, conniving, traitorous, treasonous, radical misfits running the nation into the dirt.
At the very least, the entertainment value of the political season will be driven up several notches.
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The Common Sense of Firearms
Got an email today. Thought I'd pass it on. I support the 2nd Amendment.
1 - Eleven teens die each day because of texting while driving. Maybe it's time to raise the age of Smart Phone ownership to 21. (FACT)
2 - If gun control laws actually worked, Chicago would be Mayberry , USA .
3 - The Second Amendment makes more women equal than the entire feminist movement.
4 - Legal gun owners have 300 million guns and probably a trillion rounds of ammo. Seriously, folks, if we were the problem, you'd know it.
5 - When JFK was killed, nobody blamed the rifle.
6 - The NRA (National Rifle Association) murders 0 people and receives ($$$$ 0) nothing in government funds. Planned Parenthood kills 350,000 babies every year and receives $500,000,000 in tax dollars annually.
7 - I have no problem with vigorous background checks when it comes to firearms. While we're at it, let's do the same when it comes to immigration, Voter I.D., and candidates running for office.
8 - Folks keep talking about another Civil War. One side knows how to shoot and probably has a trillion rounds. The other side has crying closets and is confused about which bathroom to use. How do you think that would work out?
9 - The man who left 300,000 guns for the Taliban is lecturing folks on gun control.
Billy Hartley
Have no idea who Billy Hartley is. Smart man, though.
1 - Eleven teens die each day because of texting while driving. Maybe it's time to raise the age of Smart Phone ownership to 21. (FACT)
2 - If gun control laws actually worked, Chicago would be Mayberry , USA .
3 - The Second Amendment makes more women equal than the entire feminist movement.
4 - Legal gun owners have 300 million guns and probably a trillion rounds of ammo. Seriously, folks, if we were the problem, you'd know it.
5 - When JFK was killed, nobody blamed the rifle.
6 - The NRA (National Rifle Association) murders 0 people and receives ($$$$ 0) nothing in government funds. Planned Parenthood kills 350,000 babies every year and receives $500,000,000 in tax dollars annually.
7 - I have no problem with vigorous background checks when it comes to firearms. While we're at it, let's do the same when it comes to immigration, Voter I.D., and candidates running for office.
8 - Folks keep talking about another Civil War. One side knows how to shoot and probably has a trillion rounds. The other side has crying closets and is confused about which bathroom to use. How do you think that would work out?
9 - The man who left 300,000 guns for the Taliban is lecturing folks on gun control.
Billy Hartley
Have no idea who Billy Hartley is. Smart man, though.
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King Charles Gets a Piece
Pope Francis gave a relic of the true cross to King Charles for his coronation
www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254135/pope-francis-sent-a-relic-of-the-true-cross-for-king-charles-coronation
If you go to the article, you will see the "relic" is a sliver of wood, embedded in an ornate cross.
Why would Protestants reject the truth of such a claim? Some Protestant historians down through time have mentioned so many pieces of the "true Cross" have been given away, if they could be put together they'd make up a thousand crosses.
The Romans crucified Christ on a wooden T. So many were crucified in those times it literally made a small forest outside Jerusalem. Trees were scarce and most were cut down for Roman use of weapons and other devices necessary for war, like wagons and carts. Some historians have found evidence Romans had to travel ten miles from Jerusalem to find the trees necessary for capital punishment.
The upright of the cross was secured into a deep hole and used continually. The prisoner carried the cross piece to the place of crucifixion. They did not carry or drag the entire cross, despite Hollywood and traditional depiction of the practice. The dead were removed from the cross by untying the arms ore, in the rare case of nailing pulling the arms and feet free from the nails. Soldiers stood guard round the clock lest friends or family come in the night to free the condemned before they expired from asphyxiation. Once Christ was removed from the cross, the Romans removed the top cross piece to reuse it for other criminals condemned to death. There is no way the Apostles or anyone else grabbed it for some kind of strange memento.
Consider if someone condemned to die by lethal injection, electric chair, firing squad, hanging or any other mode of death, would have family attempt to retrieve and retain the noose, a rifle, the chair, or apparatus in which the fluid of death traveled into their loved one. Obviously that is a morbid, nonsensical thought. Why on Earth would the disciples attempt to retrieve the cross bar Christ died upon?
Whatever was given to King Charles was not a sliver from the "true cross" upon which Christ perished. It is just a sliver of wood; another in the long line of centuries of traditions and superstitions that Romanism has used to control the unwary. Which, factually, Charles is not. He is a member of the Church of England, it's Supreme Governor, it's titular head; not a Roman Catholic. Which is not to say he is a Christian. God knows.
Charles would never do it but, a true Protestant would forthrightly state the sliver given to him is not from the true cross of Christ, and allow God to use the truth to cause people to question the things they believe.
One might ask why the circle exists behind the pictured cross. Because the cross was the most ancient symbol of the sun known to mankind, of which Rome adopted like pagans before them; which is what haloes represent: the sun. The cross pictured is just a pagan emblem used by Romanism to show the pagans, the "true" religion was really not that different from their own traditions and make it easier for them to join the apostate church.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254135/pope-francis-sent-a-relic-of-the-true-cross-for-king-charles-coronation
If you go to the article, you will see the "relic" is a sliver of wood, embedded in an ornate cross.
Why would Protestants reject the truth of such a claim? Some Protestant historians down through time have mentioned so many pieces of the "true Cross" have been given away, if they could be put together they'd make up a thousand crosses.
The Romans crucified Christ on a wooden T. So many were crucified in those times it literally made a small forest outside Jerusalem. Trees were scarce and most were cut down for Roman use of weapons and other devices necessary for war, like wagons and carts. Some historians have found evidence Romans had to travel ten miles from Jerusalem to find the trees necessary for capital punishment.
The upright of the cross was secured into a deep hole and used continually. The prisoner carried the cross piece to the place of crucifixion. They did not carry or drag the entire cross, despite Hollywood and traditional depiction of the practice. The dead were removed from the cross by untying the arms ore, in the rare case of nailing pulling the arms and feet free from the nails. Soldiers stood guard round the clock lest friends or family come in the night to free the condemned before they expired from asphyxiation. Once Christ was removed from the cross, the Romans removed the top cross piece to reuse it for other criminals condemned to death. There is no way the Apostles or anyone else grabbed it for some kind of strange memento.
Consider if someone condemned to die by lethal injection, electric chair, firing squad, hanging or any other mode of death, would have family attempt to retrieve and retain the noose, a rifle, the chair, or apparatus in which the fluid of death traveled into their loved one. Obviously that is a morbid, nonsensical thought. Why on Earth would the disciples attempt to retrieve the cross bar Christ died upon?
Whatever was given to King Charles was not a sliver from the "true cross" upon which Christ perished. It is just a sliver of wood; another in the long line of centuries of traditions and superstitions that Romanism has used to control the unwary. Which, factually, Charles is not. He is a member of the Church of England, it's Supreme Governor, it's titular head; not a Roman Catholic. Which is not to say he is a Christian. God knows.
Charles would never do it but, a true Protestant would forthrightly state the sliver given to him is not from the true cross of Christ, and allow God to use the truth to cause people to question the things they believe.
One might ask why the circle exists behind the pictured cross. Because the cross was the most ancient symbol of the sun known to mankind, of which Rome adopted like pagans before them; which is what haloes represent: the sun. The cross pictured is just a pagan emblem used by Romanism to show the pagans, the "true" religion was really not that different from their own traditions and make it easier for them to join the apostate church.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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778. The March of Sodom and Gomorrah - 4/28/2023
I am going to paste some paragraphs here, from a story out of England.
“Let me make this very clear: You don’t have a choice whether or not you learn about LGBT+ in this school,” the teacher is heard saying in an audio recording that’s gone viral on social media. “You don’t have a choice. It’s one of our values, our British values, and if you refuse to do it, that will be dealt with severely.”
The teacher added that girls bullied him when he was a boy due to his mannerisms, and that still haunts him as a 40-year-old man, Fox News said. “And if you say something that’s derogatory or could hurt somebody else in this room, that is very serious, and it is as serious as if you were using racist language. Do not do it.”
The teacher also suggested he identifies as LGBTQ, the cable network said: “I cannot tell you how much having people not recognize who I am and openly say that they don’t value who I am, because when you say, ‘I don’t agree with LGBTQ people,’ you’re saying you don’t value me.”
Fox News added that the teacher also asked, “Why should I be judged based on who I choose to love? Whether you agree or not, don’t say something that’s going to make me or someone like me feel less human.”
He also said school leadership is obliged to deal “in a very serious way” with all violations in relation to speaking out against LBGTQ values, the cable network added.
www.theblaze.com/news/teacher-threatens-students-who-reject-lgbtq-learning-in-uk-class-if-you-refuse-that-will-be-dealt-with-severely
Now, the uproar, according to the news story, began because a Muslim boy told his parents what was going on in the classroom. Threatening children on a MORAL issue a public school or its employees have no business getting into, should get the teacher immediately fired. Abusing and threatening children, the religious beliefs of children, is reprehensible.
No government gets to decide what moral values are. They get to decide what civil values are. The person of faith who believes homosexuality is wrong, condemned by God, cannot be said to be against British values when millions of Brits believe homosexuality is wrong, and they remain quite British, thank you very much. But this is the agenda. This is the in-your-face challenge of homosexuality, just like it was in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah. Do you see why the homosexual agenda is one of the biggest signs of the times that Jesus Christ is returning to Earth? Who in their right mind would have predicted this movement taking over society, back 2,000 years ago? Certainly no Hebrew, nor any Christian, unless they saw sexuality of pagan society overtaking the civilization, as it did in all pagan societies. If they believed Jesus, they could predict it. Four billion people on planet Earth believe homosexuality is wrong, from just Jewish, Catholic, Protestant and Muslim communities. All eight billion could believe it is right. That does not make it right. It just means the planet has gone completely apostate from the sovereignty of the Creator, just as it did in the days of Noah, just as it did in the cities of the plain in Lot's day and are given signs to us that the return of Christ draws near. Don't blame Jews, Christians or Muslims. They are just following the teachings of their sacred texts.
Those who believe what the Bible teaches (or the Quran or any other religious text that condemns the practice of homosexuality), do not condemn the sinner as having no value. Christ died for all. All have value in His eyes. All are required to repent to be saved from the power and penalty of sin, which is transgression of God's moral Law. Nobody is judged because of who they love. They are judged because they have sexual relations with a member of their own sex. Nothing complicated about that. Repentance is the only path one can take, and that while more and more countries outlaw ministries that work with homosexuals to help them leave the practice. Does the state care about all those who have left that lifestyle? Why is their testimony of lesser importance than those remaining slaves to the practice? Yes, that is what they are. Slaves to sexuality and attraction, not love. God is love. God decides all parameters of love.
The homosexual teacher has declared war on the Word of God, the same as any person who openly challenges and disobeys anything in it. That's religion 101. God is God. We are faulty, frail, fallen human beings. God decides what love is, how it is shared, and what all parameters about it are, not humans, not any group of erring humans, governmental or religious or otherwise. True Christians do not hate homosexuals. But, mind you, new surveys are showing high school youth are turning to homosexuality and bi-sexuality in alarming numbers: 1 in 4.
endtimeheadlines.org/2023/04/one-in-four-high-school-students-now-identify-as-gay-bisexual-or-questioning-their-sexuality/
It is happening, just as Christ and the apostles foretold.
This issue is going to grow into a deciding line for all humanity. It is the end of the world, Dear Reader. Make no mistake about that. The Bible is true.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
“Let me make this very clear: You don’t have a choice whether or not you learn about LGBT+ in this school,” the teacher is heard saying in an audio recording that’s gone viral on social media. “You don’t have a choice. It’s one of our values, our British values, and if you refuse to do it, that will be dealt with severely.”
The teacher added that girls bullied him when he was a boy due to his mannerisms, and that still haunts him as a 40-year-old man, Fox News said. “And if you say something that’s derogatory or could hurt somebody else in this room, that is very serious, and it is as serious as if you were using racist language. Do not do it.”
The teacher also suggested he identifies as LGBTQ, the cable network said: “I cannot tell you how much having people not recognize who I am and openly say that they don’t value who I am, because when you say, ‘I don’t agree with LGBTQ people,’ you’re saying you don’t value me.”
Fox News added that the teacher also asked, “Why should I be judged based on who I choose to love? Whether you agree or not, don’t say something that’s going to make me or someone like me feel less human.”
He also said school leadership is obliged to deal “in a very serious way” with all violations in relation to speaking out against LBGTQ values, the cable network added.
www.theblaze.com/news/teacher-threatens-students-who-reject-lgbtq-learning-in-uk-class-if-you-refuse-that-will-be-dealt-with-severely
Now, the uproar, according to the news story, began because a Muslim boy told his parents what was going on in the classroom. Threatening children on a MORAL issue a public school or its employees have no business getting into, should get the teacher immediately fired. Abusing and threatening children, the religious beliefs of children, is reprehensible.
No government gets to decide what moral values are. They get to decide what civil values are. The person of faith who believes homosexuality is wrong, condemned by God, cannot be said to be against British values when millions of Brits believe homosexuality is wrong, and they remain quite British, thank you very much. But this is the agenda. This is the in-your-face challenge of homosexuality, just like it was in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah. Do you see why the homosexual agenda is one of the biggest signs of the times that Jesus Christ is returning to Earth? Who in their right mind would have predicted this movement taking over society, back 2,000 years ago? Certainly no Hebrew, nor any Christian, unless they saw sexuality of pagan society overtaking the civilization, as it did in all pagan societies. If they believed Jesus, they could predict it. Four billion people on planet Earth believe homosexuality is wrong, from just Jewish, Catholic, Protestant and Muslim communities. All eight billion could believe it is right. That does not make it right. It just means the planet has gone completely apostate from the sovereignty of the Creator, just as it did in the days of Noah, just as it did in the cities of the plain in Lot's day and are given signs to us that the return of Christ draws near. Don't blame Jews, Christians or Muslims. They are just following the teachings of their sacred texts.
Those who believe what the Bible teaches (or the Quran or any other religious text that condemns the practice of homosexuality), do not condemn the sinner as having no value. Christ died for all. All have value in His eyes. All are required to repent to be saved from the power and penalty of sin, which is transgression of God's moral Law. Nobody is judged because of who they love. They are judged because they have sexual relations with a member of their own sex. Nothing complicated about that. Repentance is the only path one can take, and that while more and more countries outlaw ministries that work with homosexuals to help them leave the practice. Does the state care about all those who have left that lifestyle? Why is their testimony of lesser importance than those remaining slaves to the practice? Yes, that is what they are. Slaves to sexuality and attraction, not love. God is love. God decides all parameters of love.
The homosexual teacher has declared war on the Word of God, the same as any person who openly challenges and disobeys anything in it. That's religion 101. God is God. We are faulty, frail, fallen human beings. God decides what love is, how it is shared, and what all parameters about it are, not humans, not any group of erring humans, governmental or religious or otherwise. True Christians do not hate homosexuals. But, mind you, new surveys are showing high school youth are turning to homosexuality and bi-sexuality in alarming numbers: 1 in 4.
endtimeheadlines.org/2023/04/one-in-four-high-school-students-now-identify-as-gay-bisexual-or-questioning-their-sexuality/
It is happening, just as Christ and the apostles foretold.
This issue is going to grow into a deciding line for all humanity. It is the end of the world, Dear Reader. Make no mistake about that. The Bible is true.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Erie Pennsylvania High School Prom poster.
DO NOT DOUBT the WORD of GOD.
DO NOT DOUBT the WORD of GOD.
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779. It is Building and Will Come On Strong -4/28/'23
What have I been stating to you from Bible prophecy? A false revival is coming, backed up by false signs, wonders and "miracles," that shall have the power to push the backs of civil legislators against the wall and make demands for laws.
Sean Feucht insists that Christians should “rule the nation and write laws”
endtimeheadlines.org/2023/04/watch-sean-feucht-insists-that-christians-should-rule-the-nation-and-write-laws/
www.christianpost.com/news/missionary-sean-feucht-insists-that-christians-should-rule-nation.html
Sean Feucht is a musician, missionary revivalist who is traveling the globe preaching that revival.
Jesus said, My kingdom is not of the world. Then why do Christians constantly try and run civil government? It is one thing if a Christian feels compelled to run for civil office as, an "ambassador of Jesus Christ." It is altogether something else when Christians seek to make America another theocracy.
“Proverbs says, ‘When the righteous are in rule, the people rejoice.’ We want to see the righteous in rule. Jesus prayed, ‘Let thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.’ We want to see God’s will done on Earth as it is in Heaven."
The twisting of Scripture principle in that statement is alarming but, predicted.
Proverbs was written when a theocracy existed: a government of priests, prophets and kings called to obey the laws of God for the nation of Israel. It is not a call to Americans or citizens of any other nation to try and recreate such a theocracy on any level. If God's will is to be done on Earth as it is in Heaven, conversion is the ONLY path Christ called for, not civil authority.
“It is unbiblical and un-American to tell Christians that our faith disqualifies us from participating in this great democracy. How can Christians complain and whine about how dark, corrupt and crooked the political realm is if we aren’t bringing the light and hope of Jesus to it?” he asked. “What laws are there outside of the biblical moral law?"
That is a staggeringly ignorant position. Number one, America is not as Democracy. It is a Constitutional Republic employing some forms of democratic policy in determining representatives for governance. The moral law is man's spiritual and moral duty to God and his fellow man. Does that mean laws for traffic control should not exist? Does Mr. Feucht want the government to decide if a man thinks immoral thoughts? For Jesus said if a man just looks at a women with lust in his heart he is guilty of breaking the moral law. Do you see the colossal danger being put forth here? It is incredible, yet predicted.
"In the clip, the outspoken activist told the affirming audience that he wants “The Kingdom to be the government” and for “God to come on over and take over the government.”
“We wouldn’t be a disciple of Jesus if we didn’t believe that. We want God to be in control of everything,” he said as the audience erupted in shouts of “yes!” “We want believers to be the ones writing the laws, yes, guilty as charged!” he declared."
I am warning you, as God warns us all. The time is coming when the wall of separation between church and state will be torn down in this land, and all others, as well.
Remember that. Secularism does not win, nor does true Christianity. A false one does and it shall bring on the end of the world as we know it. True Christians, a remnant, will face persecution and death and ultimately be rescued by the return of Christ when He comes in unimaginable power and glory.
Impossible? Watch.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Sean Feucht insists that Christians should “rule the nation and write laws”
endtimeheadlines.org/2023/04/watch-sean-feucht-insists-that-christians-should-rule-the-nation-and-write-laws/
www.christianpost.com/news/missionary-sean-feucht-insists-that-christians-should-rule-nation.html
Sean Feucht is a musician, missionary revivalist who is traveling the globe preaching that revival.
Jesus said, My kingdom is not of the world. Then why do Christians constantly try and run civil government? It is one thing if a Christian feels compelled to run for civil office as, an "ambassador of Jesus Christ." It is altogether something else when Christians seek to make America another theocracy.
“Proverbs says, ‘When the righteous are in rule, the people rejoice.’ We want to see the righteous in rule. Jesus prayed, ‘Let thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.’ We want to see God’s will done on Earth as it is in Heaven."
The twisting of Scripture principle in that statement is alarming but, predicted.
Proverbs was written when a theocracy existed: a government of priests, prophets and kings called to obey the laws of God for the nation of Israel. It is not a call to Americans or citizens of any other nation to try and recreate such a theocracy on any level. If God's will is to be done on Earth as it is in Heaven, conversion is the ONLY path Christ called for, not civil authority.
“It is unbiblical and un-American to tell Christians that our faith disqualifies us from participating in this great democracy. How can Christians complain and whine about how dark, corrupt and crooked the political realm is if we aren’t bringing the light and hope of Jesus to it?” he asked. “What laws are there outside of the biblical moral law?"
That is a staggeringly ignorant position. Number one, America is not as Democracy. It is a Constitutional Republic employing some forms of democratic policy in determining representatives for governance. The moral law is man's spiritual and moral duty to God and his fellow man. Does that mean laws for traffic control should not exist? Does Mr. Feucht want the government to decide if a man thinks immoral thoughts? For Jesus said if a man just looks at a women with lust in his heart he is guilty of breaking the moral law. Do you see the colossal danger being put forth here? It is incredible, yet predicted.
"In the clip, the outspoken activist told the affirming audience that he wants “The Kingdom to be the government” and for “God to come on over and take over the government.”
“We wouldn’t be a disciple of Jesus if we didn’t believe that. We want God to be in control of everything,” he said as the audience erupted in shouts of “yes!” “We want believers to be the ones writing the laws, yes, guilty as charged!” he declared."
I am warning you, as God warns us all. The time is coming when the wall of separation between church and state will be torn down in this land, and all others, as well.
Remember that. Secularism does not win, nor does true Christianity. A false one does and it shall bring on the end of the world as we know it. True Christians, a remnant, will face persecution and death and ultimately be rescued by the return of Christ when He comes in unimaginable power and glory.
Impossible? Watch.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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780. What Would You Do to Save a Life? - 4/29/23
What would you do to save someone from death?
Most parents would say they would die for their children or any child in harms way. Adults risk their lives to save children every day, somewhere in this world. They do it from love and/or their profession; like police officers dealing with an active shooter on a school campus or going undercover to stop a child sex ring or drug running operation. Like the teachers who shield children from certain death from armed lunatics. Like firemen, risking their lives all the time for people they don't know. Like regular, everyday citizens who see someone in trouble and risk their own lives to save them, like a story I saw yesterday of a woman whose car got washed into flood waters, was sinking and people instinctively moved in the moment to save her from drowning.
When people risk, when they endanger their own lives to save another and are asked why, most people answer, they did not think about it; they just reacted.
If life is truly survival of the fittest, self-preservation, why would humans or animals risk their lives to save another? Because we are not just reactionary bags of chemicals. We are created in the image of God. That spark of principle can be worn away; can be rejected but, humans made in the image and likeness of their Creator have the capacity to react as the Creator does, every day, all day, everywhere on Earth, in His sovereign knowledge of all things.
These things happen somewhere, every day. Soldiers risk their lives fighting wars to save nations from takeover or annihilation. They may envision themselves in a more specific role: saving their own loved ones but, entire nations are on the line. That is human history.
I bring this up because we live in a time where life means next to nothing. Where young people will kill each other for a pair a new sneakers or a watch. Where sex trafficking is now such huge business it is literally unfathomable how it can exist in western civilization to such an extent. Where 300-400,000 babies are killed in wombs every year, in America alone, even if an abortion fails and a child is born, outside the womb. Some states give the mother and doctor the option to kill that baby. Other states want to but, only enough people in state legislatures are able to vote to stop the rising tide of life being meaningless.
What is life? Do you know? No one really does. We know it is something organic that is functioning, breathing air, be it humans, animals or plants. We know what death is: the cessation of life but, that does not tell us what life is.
The first time we see the term in the Bible, where the word appears 450 times, is Genesis 1:20
Gen 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
It is also stated this way -
Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
If we knew nothing else from the Bible, we know life comes from God, as our Creator. Mankind was made from earth, hence "Adam" - red man or dirt man. From the earth. God's breath of live brought the Earth to life, and all organic life on it.
God spoke everything into existence. Why not speak humanity into existence? Why fashion a form of a human out of dirt and literally bend down and breathe into it the breath if life and make it come alive? Dramatic? Tell me about it. Eyes were watching. Angels, both sides of the conflict; God's loyal hosts and Lucifer and his host: one third of those created life forms. Whether or not you believe in life beyond angels, out there in the vast universe, which you know I do, we have enough witnesses to this event to watch it unfold, and do so for a reason.
God created Earth and it inhabitants to show the rebel, Lucifer, he can not possibly run the universe. Challenging God is utterly foolish and nonsensical. Lucifer cannot create life. He has no idea what it is, either. He just beholds it like we all do. He hates life. Why? Because life comes from God and he hates God. He hates Christ, our Creator; the One who stepped forth and spoke everything into existence. Life comes from God, Lucifer hates God, therefore Lucifer hates life. He revels in death.
What would you do to save a life? What did God do? Here's where this gets dramatic beyond human comprehension.
God became a man. More; He became a Baby. More: He possibly became a zigote. We don't know. We do know He somehow occupied Mary's womb and was born of a woman; the most spectacular birth ever before or since. The God-man came into human life to save it.
God came into a war to save a planet from the curse of death, which came as a result of squandering life through disobedience. And God came, in the Person of a Son, not to kill in this war but, to be killed. The Creator came to die for mankind, for all His creation of life condemned to death. He came into His own and His own knew Him not, received Him not, John 1:10,11. He came to die, to give man life, life more abundantly filled than without Him back in it, John 10:10. Adam and Eve did not gain when they disobeyed. They lost. They lost everything, and ultimately, their lives, as have all their offspring since the death of Abel; save for Enoch and Elijah, who were translated, alive, to Heaven: promises of what is to come and happen some day.
Take a cell, all its yet mysterious parts and watch it die. There, in some sophisticated laboratory, scientists, with all their knowledge and with all their tools, cannot put life back into that cell. They cannot because they did not give life in the beginning. They can take it away. They cannot give it. And the fact is, they can only take away what God allows them to.
The angelic host are watching. I believe intelligent life out there in the universe are watching, as this drama plays out. And it will, when this phase ends and the next phase comes in when Jesus returns.
God in Christ, through Christ; God's only Son, gave life to literal zombies. We are walking dead people. That's what the Bible says. Our life is like some zombie movie: the undead or something. We breathe. We live. We procreate (which zombies do not... or do they, these days) but, we are going to die and cease living, and the moment we are born, the process of death gets underway, as cells die, are replaced by others, which also die, and this happens over and over again, until copying errors in DNA can no longer reproduce necessary life for all human tissue and organs and... then, we die. In all that time, should man exceed his three score and ten, mankind cannot explain what life is. Why? Because Christ is the way, the truth, and the LIFE. He is life. It comes from Him, the Creator. It is not a chemical accident. It is not the result of a lightning bolt striking a pool of water. It is not some Frankenstein experiment. Life comes from God. Life is God.
Connect to God, draw life. Stay connected to God, gain eternal life. We cannot explain it - life, death, rebirth, death, resurrection and eternal, immortal life. We just need to believe it, and will, if our lives are changed by the Holy Spirit, through the indwelling Christ in us, the hope of glory.
God asks us what would we do to save a life - our own. Christ gave us His answer.
Matt 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Most parents would say they would die for their children or any child in harms way. Adults risk their lives to save children every day, somewhere in this world. They do it from love and/or their profession; like police officers dealing with an active shooter on a school campus or going undercover to stop a child sex ring or drug running operation. Like the teachers who shield children from certain death from armed lunatics. Like firemen, risking their lives all the time for people they don't know. Like regular, everyday citizens who see someone in trouble and risk their own lives to save them, like a story I saw yesterday of a woman whose car got washed into flood waters, was sinking and people instinctively moved in the moment to save her from drowning.
When people risk, when they endanger their own lives to save another and are asked why, most people answer, they did not think about it; they just reacted.
If life is truly survival of the fittest, self-preservation, why would humans or animals risk their lives to save another? Because we are not just reactionary bags of chemicals. We are created in the image of God. That spark of principle can be worn away; can be rejected but, humans made in the image and likeness of their Creator have the capacity to react as the Creator does, every day, all day, everywhere on Earth, in His sovereign knowledge of all things.
These things happen somewhere, every day. Soldiers risk their lives fighting wars to save nations from takeover or annihilation. They may envision themselves in a more specific role: saving their own loved ones but, entire nations are on the line. That is human history.
I bring this up because we live in a time where life means next to nothing. Where young people will kill each other for a pair a new sneakers or a watch. Where sex trafficking is now such huge business it is literally unfathomable how it can exist in western civilization to such an extent. Where 300-400,000 babies are killed in wombs every year, in America alone, even if an abortion fails and a child is born, outside the womb. Some states give the mother and doctor the option to kill that baby. Other states want to but, only enough people in state legislatures are able to vote to stop the rising tide of life being meaningless.
What is life? Do you know? No one really does. We know it is something organic that is functioning, breathing air, be it humans, animals or plants. We know what death is: the cessation of life but, that does not tell us what life is.
The first time we see the term in the Bible, where the word appears 450 times, is Genesis 1:20
Gen 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
It is also stated this way -
Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
If we knew nothing else from the Bible, we know life comes from God, as our Creator. Mankind was made from earth, hence "Adam" - red man or dirt man. From the earth. God's breath of live brought the Earth to life, and all organic life on it.
God spoke everything into existence. Why not speak humanity into existence? Why fashion a form of a human out of dirt and literally bend down and breathe into it the breath if life and make it come alive? Dramatic? Tell me about it. Eyes were watching. Angels, both sides of the conflict; God's loyal hosts and Lucifer and his host: one third of those created life forms. Whether or not you believe in life beyond angels, out there in the vast universe, which you know I do, we have enough witnesses to this event to watch it unfold, and do so for a reason.
God created Earth and it inhabitants to show the rebel, Lucifer, he can not possibly run the universe. Challenging God is utterly foolish and nonsensical. Lucifer cannot create life. He has no idea what it is, either. He just beholds it like we all do. He hates life. Why? Because life comes from God and he hates God. He hates Christ, our Creator; the One who stepped forth and spoke everything into existence. Life comes from God, Lucifer hates God, therefore Lucifer hates life. He revels in death.
What would you do to save a life? What did God do? Here's where this gets dramatic beyond human comprehension.
God became a man. More; He became a Baby. More: He possibly became a zigote. We don't know. We do know He somehow occupied Mary's womb and was born of a woman; the most spectacular birth ever before or since. The God-man came into human life to save it.
God came into a war to save a planet from the curse of death, which came as a result of squandering life through disobedience. And God came, in the Person of a Son, not to kill in this war but, to be killed. The Creator came to die for mankind, for all His creation of life condemned to death. He came into His own and His own knew Him not, received Him not, John 1:10,11. He came to die, to give man life, life more abundantly filled than without Him back in it, John 10:10. Adam and Eve did not gain when they disobeyed. They lost. They lost everything, and ultimately, their lives, as have all their offspring since the death of Abel; save for Enoch and Elijah, who were translated, alive, to Heaven: promises of what is to come and happen some day.
Take a cell, all its yet mysterious parts and watch it die. There, in some sophisticated laboratory, scientists, with all their knowledge and with all their tools, cannot put life back into that cell. They cannot because they did not give life in the beginning. They can take it away. They cannot give it. And the fact is, they can only take away what God allows them to.
The angelic host are watching. I believe intelligent life out there in the universe are watching, as this drama plays out. And it will, when this phase ends and the next phase comes in when Jesus returns.
God in Christ, through Christ; God's only Son, gave life to literal zombies. We are walking dead people. That's what the Bible says. Our life is like some zombie movie: the undead or something. We breathe. We live. We procreate (which zombies do not... or do they, these days) but, we are going to die and cease living, and the moment we are born, the process of death gets underway, as cells die, are replaced by others, which also die, and this happens over and over again, until copying errors in DNA can no longer reproduce necessary life for all human tissue and organs and... then, we die. In all that time, should man exceed his three score and ten, mankind cannot explain what life is. Why? Because Christ is the way, the truth, and the LIFE. He is life. It comes from Him, the Creator. It is not a chemical accident. It is not the result of a lightning bolt striking a pool of water. It is not some Frankenstein experiment. Life comes from God. Life is God.
Connect to God, draw life. Stay connected to God, gain eternal life. We cannot explain it - life, death, rebirth, death, resurrection and eternal, immortal life. We just need to believe it, and will, if our lives are changed by the Holy Spirit, through the indwelling Christ in us, the hope of glory.
God asks us what would we do to save a life - our own. Christ gave us His answer.
Matt 16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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"From the Lord" - an UPDATE
I know, I know. You're tired of me praising Martin and Janne. That will change some when Tom begins mixing all the files. For those interested in the progress, though, I'm happy to report.
The original album title was, of course, 'From the Fjords.' It has been changed to 'From the Lord.' That will appear on a scrolled banner, like the original. In the thousands of artist ads on Fiverr and elsewhere I have looked, and the hundreds of portfolios, I have contacted two artists for their possible entry into the process. One from South Africa and the other from Denmark. Chryssa just didn't find the whole concept in her wheelhouse and that's okay. She's an incredible comic artist. I just want a very different look this time around.
Back in the day, I asked two artists to create some kind of simple mock-up for an album cover and one of them was Ioannis, who, as you know, went on to become a world renowned cover artist. He still shows Fjords on his website. His take was more in the comic arena and I am going for the more realistic look this time. We'll see what the two artists I've contacted have to say. The artist from SA is into a couple other projects so, it'll be a couple weeks before she can get seriously involved.
Anyway, Martin finished his final song, The Battle of Armageddon (from the Fjords). In my mind, Kevin would have loved it. The solo, itself, is something so out there it may as well recreate the condition of things when the seven last plagues fall upon this Earth. I doubt Martin was thinking about recreating the event to that extent but, the solo is tremendous. More "Horripilation City," for me. Then entire track, once again, bespeaks to the principles I have laid out for the project and each time, these humble men are prone to ask me if their tracks "work." Yeah, they work. Both men admit to being pulled out of comfort zones and playing things they have not before, on, they admit, some pretty challenging songs. Tell me about it. Forty-five years later and it took me hundreds of takes to get things right and decent for my stuff. I'm not 23 anymore, and this ain't "Kansas anymore," either. And working with a set-up as archaic as an 8-track tape player, didn't help but, I suffered through, retained my sanity and now it's all about Tom and his abilities to make, not only the drums come alive and sparkle but, everything placed in a balanced and masterful mix so the listener is drawn into a world of sound not possible back in the 70's.
That said, as things wrap up for Martin and Janne, just going over details and preparing files for Tom to begin with, I have this drive within me to do all my tracks all over again. It's like the music beckons me to try different things, one more time. I will not go down that path, though. I know what will result: more of the same. Everybody has to know their limitations. I have learned mine, the hard way.
I just reside satisfied Kevin would have really gotten into this, were he still with us.
Some things stayed the same. Some things got modified. Some things are new, in the spirit of the original.
LEGEND Revisited - From the Lord.
I really look forward to fans and new listeners hearing this.
We'll see what the final verdict will be.
The original album title was, of course, 'From the Fjords.' It has been changed to 'From the Lord.' That will appear on a scrolled banner, like the original. In the thousands of artist ads on Fiverr and elsewhere I have looked, and the hundreds of portfolios, I have contacted two artists for their possible entry into the process. One from South Africa and the other from Denmark. Chryssa just didn't find the whole concept in her wheelhouse and that's okay. She's an incredible comic artist. I just want a very different look this time around.
Back in the day, I asked two artists to create some kind of simple mock-up for an album cover and one of them was Ioannis, who, as you know, went on to become a world renowned cover artist. He still shows Fjords on his website. His take was more in the comic arena and I am going for the more realistic look this time. We'll see what the two artists I've contacted have to say. The artist from SA is into a couple other projects so, it'll be a couple weeks before she can get seriously involved.
Anyway, Martin finished his final song, The Battle of Armageddon (from the Fjords). In my mind, Kevin would have loved it. The solo, itself, is something so out there it may as well recreate the condition of things when the seven last plagues fall upon this Earth. I doubt Martin was thinking about recreating the event to that extent but, the solo is tremendous. More "Horripilation City," for me. Then entire track, once again, bespeaks to the principles I have laid out for the project and each time, these humble men are prone to ask me if their tracks "work." Yeah, they work. Both men admit to being pulled out of comfort zones and playing things they have not before, on, they admit, some pretty challenging songs. Tell me about it. Forty-five years later and it took me hundreds of takes to get things right and decent for my stuff. I'm not 23 anymore, and this ain't "Kansas anymore," either. And working with a set-up as archaic as an 8-track tape player, didn't help but, I suffered through, retained my sanity and now it's all about Tom and his abilities to make, not only the drums come alive and sparkle but, everything placed in a balanced and masterful mix so the listener is drawn into a world of sound not possible back in the 70's.
That said, as things wrap up for Martin and Janne, just going over details and preparing files for Tom to begin with, I have this drive within me to do all my tracks all over again. It's like the music beckons me to try different things, one more time. I will not go down that path, though. I know what will result: more of the same. Everybody has to know their limitations. I have learned mine, the hard way.
I just reside satisfied Kevin would have really gotten into this, were he still with us.
Some things stayed the same. Some things got modified. Some things are new, in the spirit of the original.
LEGEND Revisited - From the Lord.
I really look forward to fans and new listeners hearing this.
We'll see what the final verdict will be.
*****************************
Why the Changes?
With new people coming to the site every week, when they ask, or if they want to ask, why a site devoted to drums and music ventured off into political commentary and theological study and exposure of religious history and Bible prophecy, I tell them straight: Covid changed everything. Much like September 11, 2001 changed everything for millions of people in America, Covid changed everything for billions of people around the world.
To do my own research and reading about the entire event, seeing it was just a scheme to replace Flu season for a couple years, killing millions, the injections killing, nobody actually knows at this point how many people, and all the people left debilitated from the injections, like billions of other people around the world, I became upset enough to speak out and look a lot more closely at the American government and players in on this scheme and all their other schemes. You get either fight or flight reactions and I'm one of the ones who fight if you push me against a wall from your agenda, not my life aggravating you in some way that you need to push back at me. Billions of people minding their own business, thrust upon by a man-made virus launched upon the human race by wickedly evil minds from a world cabal of nefarious, demented, save-Mother-Earth-from-over-population lunatics and government dictators taking control of EVERYTHING, is reason enough to say, Hey! Hey! Hey!. What the hell do you think you're doing?! And I write "hell," knowing exactly what I'm stating. The dark minds seeking to control the world are controlled, themselves, by Lucifer, the great deceiver. They are deceived, and seek to deceive everybody else. Sorry. Defenses are up, common sense, logic and truth are up and the wall remains up until these excuses for human beings are dead and gone. Of course, they will only be replaced by others. And if what I have just written confuses you, you have been deceived, big-time. You'll either wake up or be consumed in their ignited fire to wreck the Earth they claim to be trying to save. They aren't. Climate change is their ruse to use to gain ultimate control over all nations and all citizens of them. Banksters, tech giants, business mountains that own just about everything on the planet, seek to destroy every vestige of faith in God, any standards of decency humanity has understood for thousands of years, and re-educate us all to be the pawns and peons they see us as.
So, I comment on it all, as much of it plays into last day-events, as Scripture lays it out. If you are offended by anything I have written that is not true or stated in a way that seems too harsh, I do not apologize. NOBODY has a right not to be offended. Millions, billions of us are offended every single day by the lunacy all around us and we don't go suing people, we don't show up on their doorstep yelling and screaming and acting like animals, we don't seek to destroy them. It's your life. Live it and deal with God when the time comes. Most people are okay with live and let live UNTIL children get involved. Start messing with babies and children and then things will get messy. You will not win. If you think you will, you are grossly ignorant of Scripture and don't have enough common sense to walk, to run away from a volcano about to erupt in your face.
Yes, yes, I know the whole world, save for a remnant, is going to receive the mark of the beast and submit to it's power but, that isn't you. YOU are in the way, just as people like me are. You just don't realize it. You will. You'll change your tune or you'll be crushed by powers who see you as useful idiots to do their bidding.
I did not make the rules. The Creator did. I am satisfied to let Him decide what to do with you. He knows every heart, every mind, every circumstance and event of every life. I trust him to always do the right thing, regardless of how it may seem to us. We cannot see the bigger picture God is dealing with in this invisible war, getting more and more visible with each passing day, literally.
I wish all I had to write things about were drums and music. Like I wrote in the previous post - We ain't in Kansas anymore, Toto. Nor are we in some never-never land. We live in a world soon to engage it's final moments of life, and climate change is not going to end it. God is. Noah's time, Sodom and Gomorrah's time, Korah, Dathan and Abiram's time, Jerusalem's time of destruction, are all harbingers of what is coming again. Wake up! There is a whole lot more serious issues we face than Democrat or Republican, Leftists or those on the Right, "climate change," and colored flags. Don't bother making firearms an issue. Chicago proves you wrong, multiple times a day.
God is not mocked. Hopefully you will not find that out the hard way. Yes, God is love. God is also the Sovereign of the universe and hates sin. He gets to decide the parameters of both. Live with that or die without it. It's our choice.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
To do my own research and reading about the entire event, seeing it was just a scheme to replace Flu season for a couple years, killing millions, the injections killing, nobody actually knows at this point how many people, and all the people left debilitated from the injections, like billions of other people around the world, I became upset enough to speak out and look a lot more closely at the American government and players in on this scheme and all their other schemes. You get either fight or flight reactions and I'm one of the ones who fight if you push me against a wall from your agenda, not my life aggravating you in some way that you need to push back at me. Billions of people minding their own business, thrust upon by a man-made virus launched upon the human race by wickedly evil minds from a world cabal of nefarious, demented, save-Mother-Earth-from-over-population lunatics and government dictators taking control of EVERYTHING, is reason enough to say, Hey! Hey! Hey!. What the hell do you think you're doing?! And I write "hell," knowing exactly what I'm stating. The dark minds seeking to control the world are controlled, themselves, by Lucifer, the great deceiver. They are deceived, and seek to deceive everybody else. Sorry. Defenses are up, common sense, logic and truth are up and the wall remains up until these excuses for human beings are dead and gone. Of course, they will only be replaced by others. And if what I have just written confuses you, you have been deceived, big-time. You'll either wake up or be consumed in their ignited fire to wreck the Earth they claim to be trying to save. They aren't. Climate change is their ruse to use to gain ultimate control over all nations and all citizens of them. Banksters, tech giants, business mountains that own just about everything on the planet, seek to destroy every vestige of faith in God, any standards of decency humanity has understood for thousands of years, and re-educate us all to be the pawns and peons they see us as.
So, I comment on it all, as much of it plays into last day-events, as Scripture lays it out. If you are offended by anything I have written that is not true or stated in a way that seems too harsh, I do not apologize. NOBODY has a right not to be offended. Millions, billions of us are offended every single day by the lunacy all around us and we don't go suing people, we don't show up on their doorstep yelling and screaming and acting like animals, we don't seek to destroy them. It's your life. Live it and deal with God when the time comes. Most people are okay with live and let live UNTIL children get involved. Start messing with babies and children and then things will get messy. You will not win. If you think you will, you are grossly ignorant of Scripture and don't have enough common sense to walk, to run away from a volcano about to erupt in your face.
Yes, yes, I know the whole world, save for a remnant, is going to receive the mark of the beast and submit to it's power but, that isn't you. YOU are in the way, just as people like me are. You just don't realize it. You will. You'll change your tune or you'll be crushed by powers who see you as useful idiots to do their bidding.
I did not make the rules. The Creator did. I am satisfied to let Him decide what to do with you. He knows every heart, every mind, every circumstance and event of every life. I trust him to always do the right thing, regardless of how it may seem to us. We cannot see the bigger picture God is dealing with in this invisible war, getting more and more visible with each passing day, literally.
I wish all I had to write things about were drums and music. Like I wrote in the previous post - We ain't in Kansas anymore, Toto. Nor are we in some never-never land. We live in a world soon to engage it's final moments of life, and climate change is not going to end it. God is. Noah's time, Sodom and Gomorrah's time, Korah, Dathan and Abiram's time, Jerusalem's time of destruction, are all harbingers of what is coming again. Wake up! There is a whole lot more serious issues we face than Democrat or Republican, Leftists or those on the Right, "climate change," and colored flags. Don't bother making firearms an issue. Chicago proves you wrong, multiple times a day.
God is not mocked. Hopefully you will not find that out the hard way. Yes, God is love. God is also the Sovereign of the universe and hates sin. He gets to decide the parameters of both. Live with that or die without it. It's our choice.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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"Hail Satan!" Seriously?
Psalm 14:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good."
So, the big Satan convention is taking place in Boston.
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/04/satanists-shred-bible-during-satancon-opening-ritual-in-boston-video/
Video shows them hailing Satan and someone tearing up a Bible. Obviously not the first time that's been done. Even in the Bible, itself, we read of King Josiah's son, Jehoiakim, cutting up the Word of God to Jeremiah, and burning it; in the form of a scroll, of course.
Jer 36:23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he [Jehoiakim] cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth."
History has recorded plenty of Bible destruction by various entities. They are all gone but, a few. The rest had their time in history. They're gone, the Bible remains. One of the last standing Bible burners, you may be surprised to find out: the Roman Catholic Church, burned Protestant Bibles back when the RCC had big-time political and religious power. They will face God's judgments soon enough. Others, like various players in atheist nations, in Islam, in the Hindi religion and philosophical atheists, etc., come and go. It's a really childish thing to do. Especially in the case of the Church of Satan, who deny God exists. If God does not exist, neither does Lucifer so, what are they convening for, in this largest gathering of satanists ever? They are tearing up a meaningless book, if their message is true. May as well tear up a Dr. Seuss book and make it an act of rebellion about something real. Tearing up a Bible, when you do not believe God exists, is really pretty dumb. If it is meant to bother people who believe the Book is special well... mine is still sitting here, quite unaffected.
I'm sorry but, this is a non-story, other then to show it as a sign of the times and moral collapse of the United States of America, which, obviously, is no longer united.
You can take it to the bank, some in that convention will be converted and come out of that nonsense. That always happens to someone who responds to God's invitation when their chosen philosophical home runs out of interest and practical help when life gets tough. Lucifer would as soon kill everybody in the building. Death is his thing. Interestingly enough, were it not for God, everybody would be dead. The planet would be lifeless. It'll get there somewhere in the nearing future. Not from Lucifer, though. From the return of Christ in power and glory.
Having been an atheist through my teen years and beginning 20's, I feel sorry for these people. They are wasting their lives. Some will figure that out. Most... most will die in their foolish and ignorant rebellion.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
And here's an interesting update from many observers, for those who believe such antics should not be allowed in free speech America. If she tore up a Quran, she'd be gone in a day or two.
The rest of them would, logically, either stay quiet or start lawsuits.
So, the big Satan convention is taking place in Boston.
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/04/satanists-shred-bible-during-satancon-opening-ritual-in-boston-video/
Video shows them hailing Satan and someone tearing up a Bible. Obviously not the first time that's been done. Even in the Bible, itself, we read of King Josiah's son, Jehoiakim, cutting up the Word of God to Jeremiah, and burning it; in the form of a scroll, of course.
Jer 36:23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he [Jehoiakim] cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth."
History has recorded plenty of Bible destruction by various entities. They are all gone but, a few. The rest had their time in history. They're gone, the Bible remains. One of the last standing Bible burners, you may be surprised to find out: the Roman Catholic Church, burned Protestant Bibles back when the RCC had big-time political and religious power. They will face God's judgments soon enough. Others, like various players in atheist nations, in Islam, in the Hindi religion and philosophical atheists, etc., come and go. It's a really childish thing to do. Especially in the case of the Church of Satan, who deny God exists. If God does not exist, neither does Lucifer so, what are they convening for, in this largest gathering of satanists ever? They are tearing up a meaningless book, if their message is true. May as well tear up a Dr. Seuss book and make it an act of rebellion about something real. Tearing up a Bible, when you do not believe God exists, is really pretty dumb. If it is meant to bother people who believe the Book is special well... mine is still sitting here, quite unaffected.
I'm sorry but, this is a non-story, other then to show it as a sign of the times and moral collapse of the United States of America, which, obviously, is no longer united.
You can take it to the bank, some in that convention will be converted and come out of that nonsense. That always happens to someone who responds to God's invitation when their chosen philosophical home runs out of interest and practical help when life gets tough. Lucifer would as soon kill everybody in the building. Death is his thing. Interestingly enough, were it not for God, everybody would be dead. The planet would be lifeless. It'll get there somewhere in the nearing future. Not from Lucifer, though. From the return of Christ in power and glory.
Having been an atheist through my teen years and beginning 20's, I feel sorry for these people. They are wasting their lives. Some will figure that out. Most... most will die in their foolish and ignorant rebellion.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
And here's an interesting update from many observers, for those who believe such antics should not be allowed in free speech America. If she tore up a Quran, she'd be gone in a day or two.
The rest of them would, logically, either stay quiet or start lawsuits.
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Next Phase. Race Against Time?
This update gets a little more involved than just production of a recording.
The instrument and vocal tracks are all done, with Martin now batching things together to send to Tom for the mixing process to begin. I would say, with all that was done, for Martin and Janne to be finished in three weeks is pretty incredible. And, with some revisions, their entire participation has been nothing short of fantastic, all around.
Manos has now heard all the rough mixes and he and Kostas are excited.
An artist has been chosen for the cover artwork and he is now beginning a couple rough sketches.
It's all pretty exciting for me. I continue to listen to the rough mix in the order the songs shall appear on the album, and honestly, call me prejudiced (true) and being highly subjective (true), I feel, I believe the new renditions of the songs are going to truly impress listeners. Fans of the band will be wide-eyed and/or jaw-dropped in various places. I certainly have been. I've been driving through Horripilation City for a couple weeks now. It's really astonishing. Manos stated he listened to The Battle of Armageddon 15 times in a row, at least, when he received the rough mix yesterday. For a long-time fan of the band, being exposed to dozens and dozens, if not hundreds of band reissues over the years, I'd say his reaction will be repeated for those who check out this new, 'revisited' recording.
I have no idea when the album will be ready for release. This, I do think about. The world is going bananas.
Depending on your worldview, seeing what is happening on every corner of the globe, especially the clash between globalists and the rest of civilization; the destruction of national sovereignty; the destruction of currency values and race to push digital currency on the entire world; the plandemic and bold predictions by its progenitors that another is certainly coming; the adverse reactions and deaths of the injected with a gene manipulation therapy masquerading as a vaccine; the weaponization of government; the frightening reality of nuclear war; the unrest of populations all over the globe; the attempted or full destruction of dozens of food manufacturing plants and storage facilities here in America; the collapse of common sense and morality; the godlessness on parade, literally; and I cannot help but think everything is now a race against time; for something is sure to blow and rupture far worse than current inflation weight upon everybody just trying to make ends meet.
I fully realize things have been building for decades. Many calamity howlers have been present to work people into almost literal frenzies and in some cases, like with "climate change," that has taken place and will continue to, along with passions raised through the roof about life, sexuality, gender, and all the rest of the things turned upside down and plaguing the world. This is not normal, people. This is not anything but, the end of all things, just as the Bible predicted millennia ago. That is not opinion. That is established fact by simple virtue of reading and seeing.
People of faith are not looking for chaos. They see it. It's all over the planet and if it is not in your local area, I suspect you will not have to wait long.
The rise of interest, almost out of nowhere, of extra-terrestrial life and the whole UFO phenomena cannot be pushed aside. It's no longer fringe subject matter for kooks. It's here. It is staying. And at some point, "ET" will make its appearance. Satan's plans are broad, with something to deceive with for everyone. And that means you.
Things will likely not get better from here on in. I am not stating 2023 is the year everything collapses. It might. I would not be surprised. "Normality" has been put to death by abnormalities saturating our society, our entire Western civilization. It is not an accident. It is a plan. A war is taking place for our minds, for our souls, and by that, I do not mean some ghost-like entity living inside you. I mean soul, as in life. Our lives are under assault. No "assault" weapons involved. No. The assault is mental and emotional; meant to weaken resolve, weaken dignity, weaken the frontal lobes: the seat of reason and decision making through critical thinking. The dumbing down of all humanity is underway. The casualties will be mind-numbing.
Do not wait to see fulfillment of prophecy before you get serious about a connection to God. Waiting is not just a dangerous game but, a deadly one. Make the connection now, via choice to learn and do, according to God's character, government and purposes.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
The instrument and vocal tracks are all done, with Martin now batching things together to send to Tom for the mixing process to begin. I would say, with all that was done, for Martin and Janne to be finished in three weeks is pretty incredible. And, with some revisions, their entire participation has been nothing short of fantastic, all around.
Manos has now heard all the rough mixes and he and Kostas are excited.
An artist has been chosen for the cover artwork and he is now beginning a couple rough sketches.
It's all pretty exciting for me. I continue to listen to the rough mix in the order the songs shall appear on the album, and honestly, call me prejudiced (true) and being highly subjective (true), I feel, I believe the new renditions of the songs are going to truly impress listeners. Fans of the band will be wide-eyed and/or jaw-dropped in various places. I certainly have been. I've been driving through Horripilation City for a couple weeks now. It's really astonishing. Manos stated he listened to The Battle of Armageddon 15 times in a row, at least, when he received the rough mix yesterday. For a long-time fan of the band, being exposed to dozens and dozens, if not hundreds of band reissues over the years, I'd say his reaction will be repeated for those who check out this new, 'revisited' recording.
I have no idea when the album will be ready for release. This, I do think about. The world is going bananas.
Depending on your worldview, seeing what is happening on every corner of the globe, especially the clash between globalists and the rest of civilization; the destruction of national sovereignty; the destruction of currency values and race to push digital currency on the entire world; the plandemic and bold predictions by its progenitors that another is certainly coming; the adverse reactions and deaths of the injected with a gene manipulation therapy masquerading as a vaccine; the weaponization of government; the frightening reality of nuclear war; the unrest of populations all over the globe; the attempted or full destruction of dozens of food manufacturing plants and storage facilities here in America; the collapse of common sense and morality; the godlessness on parade, literally; and I cannot help but think everything is now a race against time; for something is sure to blow and rupture far worse than current inflation weight upon everybody just trying to make ends meet.
I fully realize things have been building for decades. Many calamity howlers have been present to work people into almost literal frenzies and in some cases, like with "climate change," that has taken place and will continue to, along with passions raised through the roof about life, sexuality, gender, and all the rest of the things turned upside down and plaguing the world. This is not normal, people. This is not anything but, the end of all things, just as the Bible predicted millennia ago. That is not opinion. That is established fact by simple virtue of reading and seeing.
People of faith are not looking for chaos. They see it. It's all over the planet and if it is not in your local area, I suspect you will not have to wait long.
The rise of interest, almost out of nowhere, of extra-terrestrial life and the whole UFO phenomena cannot be pushed aside. It's no longer fringe subject matter for kooks. It's here. It is staying. And at some point, "ET" will make its appearance. Satan's plans are broad, with something to deceive with for everyone. And that means you.
Things will likely not get better from here on in. I am not stating 2023 is the year everything collapses. It might. I would not be surprised. "Normality" has been put to death by abnormalities saturating our society, our entire Western civilization. It is not an accident. It is a plan. A war is taking place for our minds, for our souls, and by that, I do not mean some ghost-like entity living inside you. I mean soul, as in life. Our lives are under assault. No "assault" weapons involved. No. The assault is mental and emotional; meant to weaken resolve, weaken dignity, weaken the frontal lobes: the seat of reason and decision making through critical thinking. The dumbing down of all humanity is underway. The casualties will be mind-numbing.
Do not wait to see fulfillment of prophecy before you get serious about a connection to God. Waiting is not just a dangerous game but, a deadly one. Make the connection now, via choice to learn and do, according to God's character, government and purposes.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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781. LEGEND Revisited - An Honest Appraisal of the Process - 5/5/23
When I began this project I thought for certain I would be involved with with musicians who were professed Christians. Why not? So many exist, everywhere. Contemporary Christian Music, all genres of it, are everywhere. I'm a member (free membership) of Bandmix: a site that you may find others in your area to play and/or perform with. I met Tom there and that gave birth to Miledge Muzic and 5 CDs so far.
Well, some professed believers showed some interest in the beginning, that I found at various discussion forums. One by one they decided against being involved. Some had reasons of scheduling and project conflicts. Others just stopped communicating.
This begins a very interesting journey for me. I used to belong to a fairly well known, smaller, international denomination, for 12 years. Constant conflict with upper levels of management, shall we say, caused me to remove my membership back in 1991. Up to that time I do not suppose I ever met as many cutthroat people in my life, seriously. I met many wonderful and fine people, as well. Don't get me wrong but, up this institutional ladder that exists I came upon more people suited to be Fortune 500 CEOs or politicians, than spiritual leaders. For the next ten years I continued to speak and then had some radio programs and such and ultimately, faded away from the pulpit for personal reasons.
Meeting Tom, in 2011, changed my life, dramatically, musically speaking. Tom is not a professed Christian but, I'd trust him with my life.
When the Fjords reissue was released in 2019 and I spent a great time working with Manos and Kostas; they both are professed Christians, though not of the same doctrinal platform, and they were totally gracious and accommodating for the entire process. I wish I had such relationships with leaders of my former denominational membership. When the invitation to perform at the Keep it True Festival came along, the search began for a guitarist and ultimately a bassist. I met Martin, online, at that time and still have not met him in person. The man is just a real gentleman; warm, gracious, invited me to stay in his home... he did not know me well enough to recognize me on the street, yet his kindness was more Christian then many I know in the faith, itself.
When it came time to find musicians and others for this recording project, I stated on the LEGEND Revisited page; while I would like to join with believers for this project, given the lyrical message and all, and it would have been great if it was with more local people, I was not closed to the idea of working with non-believers who have no animosity towards the faith or those who practice it. Tom, Martin, and Janne, who was suggested to me, have worked with Christians, have friends and relatives who are believers, etc., and these guys, along with Manos and Kostas have been so encouraging and helpful I just about tear up. And now, the artist I am working with, I hardly know his name, let alone his life, has presented some brilliant ideas for the artwork for the front cover concept. I have not asked and I don't know if he is a believer in some capacity but, this is an extraordinary set of minds and talents and more importantly, character, that I have been blessed to be associated with.
These six men have treated me with more respect and kindness, literally, than so many people in churches I have spent 44 years around.
I write a lot about Bible prophecy, obviously, and the failures of the Christian church, at large, to finish the work Christ gave it to do, 2000 years ago. It appears to be wrapping up, as I write about every week in these blog posts. So much is happening around the globe. Where shall we all stand when everything on planet Earth changes, forever?
The Satanic gathering, in Boston. I wrote about it, and that, as is always the case, some people in that gathering were moments away from finding Christ, and I am reading such has happened. That's always the way it is. People are searching. God knows. God cares. God moves within humanity to draw all people to Himself; to get to know Him; to trust, love and serve Him.
Jesus was walking one day, crowds pressing all around Him. He looks up into a Sycamore tree and a small man is up in it, looking down at this Teacher making waves everywhere he goes.
Zaccheus! Come down. I need to abide at your house today. This guy is a chief tax collector. Tax collectors were hated by the general Jewish population, working for the Romans as they did.
Zaccheus is in shock. The people look at each other thinking, Does the Master know who this guy is and what he does? He's going hang out with him???
Yep. The Master knew exactly what He was doing and by the time of the end of His visit, Zaccheus had a dramatic change of heart and life, and this little man became a giant of faith and works, as he promised to give half of his goods to the poor and give back four times what he cheated people out of.
Luke 19:1-10
I have not preached to the guys, at all. I pray for them and their families. I truly hope, by God's grace, we are all standing on that sea of glass, mingled with fire [the reflected light of God from the throne), when Christ returns to take His people home. None of us can imagine the music that is made and heard and experienced there. It isn't all angels, sitting on clouds with harps, I can tell you that. I don't know, and you don't know what's there because eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man what God is saving for those that love him. For those who do, they can have faint glimpses by virtue of Scripture but, no, it is all beyond our comprehension.
Nobody gets through the gates because they are nice. Jesus said, we must be born again, a real change of heart and mind towards God and our fellow man, and that's that. There's no way around it. Do not believe, though, because someone today has not truly met Christ, they shall not be there. No way. Everything can be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, and we are going to be surprised who is there and who isn't there, when that day arrives. Zacchaeus didn't stand a chance in the eyes of the people. he was a bottom feeder, as far as they were concerned. Christ saw beyond all he was and did, and saw what he could be and do, connecting to Him.
The Holy Spirit is working all over the planet, every moment of every day, presenting people with experiences, information, need, blessing, conviction to turn to God. The battle is fierce; the unseen war between forces of light and forces of darkness.
I hope with all my heart and mind people with character, based on anything in their lives that got them this far, shall make it to the finish line of this great endurance race and be ready to meet the King when He comes.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Well, some professed believers showed some interest in the beginning, that I found at various discussion forums. One by one they decided against being involved. Some had reasons of scheduling and project conflicts. Others just stopped communicating.
This begins a very interesting journey for me. I used to belong to a fairly well known, smaller, international denomination, for 12 years. Constant conflict with upper levels of management, shall we say, caused me to remove my membership back in 1991. Up to that time I do not suppose I ever met as many cutthroat people in my life, seriously. I met many wonderful and fine people, as well. Don't get me wrong but, up this institutional ladder that exists I came upon more people suited to be Fortune 500 CEOs or politicians, than spiritual leaders. For the next ten years I continued to speak and then had some radio programs and such and ultimately, faded away from the pulpit for personal reasons.
Meeting Tom, in 2011, changed my life, dramatically, musically speaking. Tom is not a professed Christian but, I'd trust him with my life.
When the Fjords reissue was released in 2019 and I spent a great time working with Manos and Kostas; they both are professed Christians, though not of the same doctrinal platform, and they were totally gracious and accommodating for the entire process. I wish I had such relationships with leaders of my former denominational membership. When the invitation to perform at the Keep it True Festival came along, the search began for a guitarist and ultimately a bassist. I met Martin, online, at that time and still have not met him in person. The man is just a real gentleman; warm, gracious, invited me to stay in his home... he did not know me well enough to recognize me on the street, yet his kindness was more Christian then many I know in the faith, itself.
When it came time to find musicians and others for this recording project, I stated on the LEGEND Revisited page; while I would like to join with believers for this project, given the lyrical message and all, and it would have been great if it was with more local people, I was not closed to the idea of working with non-believers who have no animosity towards the faith or those who practice it. Tom, Martin, and Janne, who was suggested to me, have worked with Christians, have friends and relatives who are believers, etc., and these guys, along with Manos and Kostas have been so encouraging and helpful I just about tear up. And now, the artist I am working with, I hardly know his name, let alone his life, has presented some brilliant ideas for the artwork for the front cover concept. I have not asked and I don't know if he is a believer in some capacity but, this is an extraordinary set of minds and talents and more importantly, character, that I have been blessed to be associated with.
These six men have treated me with more respect and kindness, literally, than so many people in churches I have spent 44 years around.
I write a lot about Bible prophecy, obviously, and the failures of the Christian church, at large, to finish the work Christ gave it to do, 2000 years ago. It appears to be wrapping up, as I write about every week in these blog posts. So much is happening around the globe. Where shall we all stand when everything on planet Earth changes, forever?
The Satanic gathering, in Boston. I wrote about it, and that, as is always the case, some people in that gathering were moments away from finding Christ, and I am reading such has happened. That's always the way it is. People are searching. God knows. God cares. God moves within humanity to draw all people to Himself; to get to know Him; to trust, love and serve Him.
Jesus was walking one day, crowds pressing all around Him. He looks up into a Sycamore tree and a small man is up in it, looking down at this Teacher making waves everywhere he goes.
Zaccheus! Come down. I need to abide at your house today. This guy is a chief tax collector. Tax collectors were hated by the general Jewish population, working for the Romans as they did.
Zaccheus is in shock. The people look at each other thinking, Does the Master know who this guy is and what he does? He's going hang out with him???
Yep. The Master knew exactly what He was doing and by the time of the end of His visit, Zaccheus had a dramatic change of heart and life, and this little man became a giant of faith and works, as he promised to give half of his goods to the poor and give back four times what he cheated people out of.
Luke 19:1-10
I have not preached to the guys, at all. I pray for them and their families. I truly hope, by God's grace, we are all standing on that sea of glass, mingled with fire [the reflected light of God from the throne), when Christ returns to take His people home. None of us can imagine the music that is made and heard and experienced there. It isn't all angels, sitting on clouds with harps, I can tell you that. I don't know, and you don't know what's there because eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man what God is saving for those that love him. For those who do, they can have faint glimpses by virtue of Scripture but, no, it is all beyond our comprehension.
Nobody gets through the gates because they are nice. Jesus said, we must be born again, a real change of heart and mind towards God and our fellow man, and that's that. There's no way around it. Do not believe, though, because someone today has not truly met Christ, they shall not be there. No way. Everything can be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, and we are going to be surprised who is there and who isn't there, when that day arrives. Zacchaeus didn't stand a chance in the eyes of the people. he was a bottom feeder, as far as they were concerned. Christ saw beyond all he was and did, and saw what he could be and do, connecting to Him.
The Holy Spirit is working all over the planet, every moment of every day, presenting people with experiences, information, need, blessing, conviction to turn to God. The battle is fierce; the unseen war between forces of light and forces of darkness.
I hope with all my heart and mind people with character, based on anything in their lives that got them this far, shall make it to the finish line of this great endurance race and be ready to meet the King when He comes.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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The Coronation of a... Protestant
Tomorrow, England has a new King, King Charles III. He is set to be the big wheel that turns the Church of England's place in history as a Protestant church. Meaning; at one time it protested the doctrines, traditions, practices and ecclesiastical hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, a thousand years ago. Charles will even state a pledge, an oath, to be true to the Protestant heritage he shall claim to lead. Don't choke quite yet, especially if you know Charles is not only not a Protestant, nor a Christian; he's globalist, part of the cabal attempting to take control of the world. That's old news, though. The unfortunate farce gets worse.
Today, the Church of England, the Anglican Church (here in the States, the Episcopal Church), is considered, basically, Catholic light. It obviously no longer protests Romanism. To the contrary. It's leaders have been of the mind to return to "Mother" for a couple hundred years now. I remember a speaker showing a headline up on a big screen that came from an Anglican prelate, speaking of the Mother church and asking, "What do we have to do to come home?" Another was quoted as saying, point blank, "Protestantism is dead." That was back in the reign of JP2. Things are less Protestant now, than 30 years ago.
Consider an interesting headline -
"A guide to the Christian — and Catholic — symbolism in King Charles III’s coronation"
www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254247/a-guide-to-the-christian-and-catholic-symbolism-in-king-charles-iii-s-coronation
The RCC is not afraid to make a difference between "Christian" and Catholic. She considers herself the only true church. All others are imposters. As liturgical as the Church of England is, at one time it boldly declared Rome was antiChrist and the great Mother Whore of Revelation. All Protestants did. That was about the only thing they all had in common, as they moved forward in light out of darkness.
The article traces the history of all the "regalia" that will be used on the coronation ceremony, with sincere claims it all has great meaning to Christianity and specifically Catholicism. Catholicism, yes. Christianity? Not even close. I doubt Solomon was close to arrayed the way Charles will be. If you have heard of the Crown Jewels, they will be there: crowns, scepters, orbs, swords, even spurs. It is all man-made finery created by sinners for other sinners.
Read the article and simply ask yourself, where in the Bible is any of this stuff used for leaders in the body of Christ, His church?
When you realize none of it is, you will better understand more of spiritual, prophetic Babylon: Mother Rome and those churches, her daughters, harlots they are called, still following her doctrines and traditions.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Today, the Church of England, the Anglican Church (here in the States, the Episcopal Church), is considered, basically, Catholic light. It obviously no longer protests Romanism. To the contrary. It's leaders have been of the mind to return to "Mother" for a couple hundred years now. I remember a speaker showing a headline up on a big screen that came from an Anglican prelate, speaking of the Mother church and asking, "What do we have to do to come home?" Another was quoted as saying, point blank, "Protestantism is dead." That was back in the reign of JP2. Things are less Protestant now, than 30 years ago.
Consider an interesting headline -
"A guide to the Christian — and Catholic — symbolism in King Charles III’s coronation"
www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254247/a-guide-to-the-christian-and-catholic-symbolism-in-king-charles-iii-s-coronation
The RCC is not afraid to make a difference between "Christian" and Catholic. She considers herself the only true church. All others are imposters. As liturgical as the Church of England is, at one time it boldly declared Rome was antiChrist and the great Mother Whore of Revelation. All Protestants did. That was about the only thing they all had in common, as they moved forward in light out of darkness.
The article traces the history of all the "regalia" that will be used on the coronation ceremony, with sincere claims it all has great meaning to Christianity and specifically Catholicism. Catholicism, yes. Christianity? Not even close. I doubt Solomon was close to arrayed the way Charles will be. If you have heard of the Crown Jewels, they will be there: crowns, scepters, orbs, swords, even spurs. It is all man-made finery created by sinners for other sinners.
Read the article and simply ask yourself, where in the Bible is any of this stuff used for leaders in the body of Christ, His church?
When you realize none of it is, you will better understand more of spiritual, prophetic Babylon: Mother Rome and those churches, her daughters, harlots they are called, still following her doctrines and traditions.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
*****************************
The Frightening Advancement of A.I.
If you are not frightened by this, you are not thinking clearly. Now, when I state "frightened" I use it outside the Christian worldview. I do that, of course, by understanding the role of God's love in the believer to cast out fear, 1 John 4:18. God is in control. As long as that remains a fact, which it shall - forever - then the believer has no reason to fear, in a personal sense.
In choosing artists for the new LEGEND album cover, you can come across lots of "artists" who use A.I. I have mentioned A.I. a lot here, in the context of art and music. It is disturbing the entire art industry. It's easy to understand why. NOW, there is A.I. VIDEO. I kid you not. An A.I. photograph won one of the most prestigious photography contests in the world. The world of games has been conquered by A.I. The world of medicine is now being conquered by AI, as far as diagnoses. I have mentioned the time will come when AI conquers the world of music. It is happening, even as I type. Run a band through an AI processor, and the AI can now create new music in the style and sound of the band you prompt about. So, Led Zeppelin fans, Beatles fans, Elvis Presley fans, you name it of deceased musicians, singers and bands, their fans can have new music from those gone entities. Lawsuits, anyone?
While medicine and music seem benign enough, as far as everyday life, the impact for lawsuits arises a thousand fold in so many different directions attorneys will be the richest people on Earth.
Just the first 5 minutes of this video should cause alarm for the nefarious use of this technology. No one's life is safe anymore. Any person could be shown committing a crime, anything in the world of information can be reduced to 1's and 0's and be stolen, that includes all the arts. Every sound, every color, every movement can all be duplicated by AI.
We aren't in Kansas anymore, Toto.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQfQiXP9yZA
Here's another -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewvpaXOQJoU
In choosing artists for the new LEGEND album cover, you can come across lots of "artists" who use A.I. I have mentioned A.I. a lot here, in the context of art and music. It is disturbing the entire art industry. It's easy to understand why. NOW, there is A.I. VIDEO. I kid you not. An A.I. photograph won one of the most prestigious photography contests in the world. The world of games has been conquered by A.I. The world of medicine is now being conquered by AI, as far as diagnoses. I have mentioned the time will come when AI conquers the world of music. It is happening, even as I type. Run a band through an AI processor, and the AI can now create new music in the style and sound of the band you prompt about. So, Led Zeppelin fans, Beatles fans, Elvis Presley fans, you name it of deceased musicians, singers and bands, their fans can have new music from those gone entities. Lawsuits, anyone?
While medicine and music seem benign enough, as far as everyday life, the impact for lawsuits arises a thousand fold in so many different directions attorneys will be the richest people on Earth.
Just the first 5 minutes of this video should cause alarm for the nefarious use of this technology. No one's life is safe anymore. Any person could be shown committing a crime, anything in the world of information can be reduced to 1's and 0's and be stolen, that includes all the arts. Every sound, every color, every movement can all be duplicated by AI.
We aren't in Kansas anymore, Toto.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQfQiXP9yZA
Here's another -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewvpaXOQJoU
*****************************
The 8-pointed Star
So, England has their new king, Charles III. One of things recognized by onlookers was a creepy, hooded figure in black that walked past the inner entrance doorway to the abbey. Saw that video. It's very short. Going viral, or I should say, went viral. You have probably seen it already. Probably some kind of monk but, looks weird just the same.
News articles state it was a deeply symbolic, Christian ceremony. I suppose that reflects an understanding of the Christian faith many, including myself, do not hold.
64% of Britons surveyed said they had little to no interest in the event. But if they know the palace is undergoing a 450 million dollar renovation, in the face of the high inflation, right after the insanities of their pandemic lockdowns they are dealing with, one might easily see a revolution brewing.
Another thing was noticed, as well, in the drapery covering the throne. When the king or queen is anointed and blessed, and takes their oath, no eyes behold that. It's considered too sacred an event. Interesting. Yet John the Baptist baptized Christ out in the open, people all around, the Holy Spirit descending softly in divine light like a dove upon the Messiah, the Saviour of the world and the voice of God was heard to say, Thou art My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. With England's monarchs, the world gets secrecy. It also gets, in this 'deeply Christian ceremony,' a king riding a gold laden carriage, while Christ rode into Jerusalem on a donkey.
The draping on the throne-
News articles state it was a deeply symbolic, Christian ceremony. I suppose that reflects an understanding of the Christian faith many, including myself, do not hold.
64% of Britons surveyed said they had little to no interest in the event. But if they know the palace is undergoing a 450 million dollar renovation, in the face of the high inflation, right after the insanities of their pandemic lockdowns they are dealing with, one might easily see a revolution brewing.
Another thing was noticed, as well, in the drapery covering the throne. When the king or queen is anointed and blessed, and takes their oath, no eyes behold that. It's considered too sacred an event. Interesting. Yet John the Baptist baptized Christ out in the open, people all around, the Holy Spirit descending softly in divine light like a dove upon the Messiah, the Saviour of the world and the voice of God was heard to say, Thou art My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. With England's monarchs, the world gets secrecy. It also gets, in this 'deeply Christian ceremony,' a king riding a gold laden carriage, while Christ rode into Jerusalem on a donkey.
The draping on the throne-
I can guarantee you the three angels do not represent the three angels messages of Rev. 14:6-12. You will notice the 8-pointed star above the tree. Here's an interesting commentary from a Persian rug-maker, no less.
"Eight-Pointed Star Meaning" "An eight-pointed star, or an octagram, is a regular self-intersecting octagon. It is a well known and widely recognized symbol, with many meanings which depend on the region, culture or the spiritual system. Just to mention a few examples: the ancient Babylonians believed that an eight pointed star represented the goddess Ishtar, associated with the planet Venus. In Judeo-Christian culture, it is an agent for new beginnings.
"Egyptians believed that it represented eight deities, four male gods and four female gods, known as the Ogdoad. However, a universal meaning of such stars is that they stand for life, from our birth to death and the wisdom we all possess, no matter how rich or poor we are."
www.dorisleslieblau.com/eight-pointed-star-meaning/
I don't know about Judaism but, I would love for someone to show me the place in the Bible, especially the New Testament, where an 8-pointed star represents "new beginnings" in the Christian faith.
Babylon was alive and well at the day's ceremonies in England today.
God pleads - Come out of her My people... Rev. 18:1-5.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
"Eight-Pointed Star Meaning" "An eight-pointed star, or an octagram, is a regular self-intersecting octagon. It is a well known and widely recognized symbol, with many meanings which depend on the region, culture or the spiritual system. Just to mention a few examples: the ancient Babylonians believed that an eight pointed star represented the goddess Ishtar, associated with the planet Venus. In Judeo-Christian culture, it is an agent for new beginnings.
"Egyptians believed that it represented eight deities, four male gods and four female gods, known as the Ogdoad. However, a universal meaning of such stars is that they stand for life, from our birth to death and the wisdom we all possess, no matter how rich or poor we are."
www.dorisleslieblau.com/eight-pointed-star-meaning/
I don't know about Judaism but, I would love for someone to show me the place in the Bible, especially the New Testament, where an 8-pointed star represents "new beginnings" in the Christian faith.
Babylon was alive and well at the day's ceremonies in England today.
God pleads - Come out of her My people... Rev. 18:1-5.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
*****************************
"God is Trans?"
That is actually not a question at a Catholic Church in NYC.
When I was a boy, raised Roman Catholic, the Church had been making fun of Protestants for centuries for being so many different churches. How could Protestantism be true when it has so many different positions? Today, I dare say there is no philosophy known on planet Earth that cannot be found in a Catholic Church, somewhere in this world: philosophies different than the established doctrines of the RCC, its magisterium and its Vatican.
At the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, in Manhattan, a small exhibit shows three paintings under the title "God is Trans." It's a preposterous thing to claim but, the LGBTQ agenda is very preposterous, if matched to an actual Thus saith the Lord, cover to cover. You can prove just about anything you want to cherry picking verses from Scripture. Taken as a whole, no. The Bible teaches one thing on any given subject it mentions. The Bible interprets itself. Compare Scripture to Scripture and you can learn what it teaches. No popes, no priests, no "scholars" necessary. Some come in handy, having written various books which aid Bible study, like concordances and dictionaries but, any sincere person can know the truth, if they study the Book and let it speak for itself. The Holy Spirit has been promised to us to guide us into all truth. The Holy Spirit is Christ's Representative on Earth, not priests and popes.
The church in NYC, creating waves, is, like many old churches in the Catholic faith, very ornate. The exhibit might not even by known if it didn't make waves in and of itself.
nypost.com/2023/05/07/god-is-trans-exhibit-at-nyc-catholic-church-raises-eyebrows/
Not everyone in the parish is happy about it. The church clergy and diocese remain silent about it, as far as the article, dated yesterday, May 7th.
The point is, the RCC can no longer throw stones at the variations of Protestant doctrinal positions around the world. It has its own fires burning, on every corner of the globe it can no longer put out or even tries to and that has been going on since I was a boy. My father left the Catholic Church when Vatican 2 became the path the modern church was going to take. So, really, the changes in Rome and beyond have been building for a long time.
You see, my Friends, there is a distinct reason why Bible prophecy states there is a Mother of abominations. She is a Mother, she has daughters, "harlots" they are called, in Revelation 17, which are those professed Protestant churches which retain and practice doctrines of Mother that are not found in a thorough study of the Bible. They are traditions that stand opposed to teachings of God in His Word.
Babylon is confusion. Mother, daughters, and the triad of rebellion is finished with the "kings of the Earth:" all other powers, secular or religious, that make up a world that is going to stand against its Creator and bring about the end of this age.
It may seem totally off the wall, and certainly back in the 18th and 19th centuries, in America, when Romanism was worming its way into the fabric of the new nation (which it considered an open act of apostasy and said so, through the decrees of some of its popes), books from authors in all sectors of Protestantism could be found, warning Americans what was taking place. The differences were glaring back then. Time passed on, Catholics fought in America's wars, became sound citizens, operated great businesses, Hollywood was making movies with the RCC front and center, through stars like Bing Crosby and others, and JFK was elected President, hugely popular and Protestantism no longer protests. Romanism is as much a part of the fabric of American culture as main stream Protestant churches are. The daughters are little by little going home to Mother. Episcopalians, Lutherans, Methodists, the mainstream churches are already there, for all intents and purposes. No, the signs on the front lawns are not going to change but, the attitudes and standards and philosophies are gelling. Each pope has a place in the transition. Rome does not change. I mean ROME: the Vatican. It has a plan, is sticking to it, and all the variations it has promulgated are just there to weaken Protestant resolve; make it seem the RCC is really no different then they are. False. It has been a brilliant plan, relentless, successful.
While the religious world appears to be gaining ground in unity, it is a false unity. When the final movement of satanic power, signs, lying wonders kicks in, the world will be caught in a net is cannot escape from. God's message of truth will ring on every continent, calling people to come out of Babylon, and they will. A remnant will develop. A people with the simple faith of the original church of Jesus, 2,000 years ago; untainted by traditions borrowed from paganism or made-up by religious minds down through the centuries, will rise and shine. Their voice will reverberate in all directions and their place in the world will be hated, proscribed, and ultimately, they will not be able to buy or sell, and finally, a death decree will be placed upon their lives, as the seven last plagues begin their work of judgment upon mankind's obstinance and rejection of truth'
Two sides. That's all. It is developing before our very eyes. It cannot be stopped. It can be stalled and has been but, it marches along. Satan knows his time is short. The final events will be rapid ones.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
When I was a boy, raised Roman Catholic, the Church had been making fun of Protestants for centuries for being so many different churches. How could Protestantism be true when it has so many different positions? Today, I dare say there is no philosophy known on planet Earth that cannot be found in a Catholic Church, somewhere in this world: philosophies different than the established doctrines of the RCC, its magisterium and its Vatican.
At the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, in Manhattan, a small exhibit shows three paintings under the title "God is Trans." It's a preposterous thing to claim but, the LGBTQ agenda is very preposterous, if matched to an actual Thus saith the Lord, cover to cover. You can prove just about anything you want to cherry picking verses from Scripture. Taken as a whole, no. The Bible teaches one thing on any given subject it mentions. The Bible interprets itself. Compare Scripture to Scripture and you can learn what it teaches. No popes, no priests, no "scholars" necessary. Some come in handy, having written various books which aid Bible study, like concordances and dictionaries but, any sincere person can know the truth, if they study the Book and let it speak for itself. The Holy Spirit has been promised to us to guide us into all truth. The Holy Spirit is Christ's Representative on Earth, not priests and popes.
The church in NYC, creating waves, is, like many old churches in the Catholic faith, very ornate. The exhibit might not even by known if it didn't make waves in and of itself.
nypost.com/2023/05/07/god-is-trans-exhibit-at-nyc-catholic-church-raises-eyebrows/
Not everyone in the parish is happy about it. The church clergy and diocese remain silent about it, as far as the article, dated yesterday, May 7th.
The point is, the RCC can no longer throw stones at the variations of Protestant doctrinal positions around the world. It has its own fires burning, on every corner of the globe it can no longer put out or even tries to and that has been going on since I was a boy. My father left the Catholic Church when Vatican 2 became the path the modern church was going to take. So, really, the changes in Rome and beyond have been building for a long time.
You see, my Friends, there is a distinct reason why Bible prophecy states there is a Mother of abominations. She is a Mother, she has daughters, "harlots" they are called, in Revelation 17, which are those professed Protestant churches which retain and practice doctrines of Mother that are not found in a thorough study of the Bible. They are traditions that stand opposed to teachings of God in His Word.
Babylon is confusion. Mother, daughters, and the triad of rebellion is finished with the "kings of the Earth:" all other powers, secular or religious, that make up a world that is going to stand against its Creator and bring about the end of this age.
It may seem totally off the wall, and certainly back in the 18th and 19th centuries, in America, when Romanism was worming its way into the fabric of the new nation (which it considered an open act of apostasy and said so, through the decrees of some of its popes), books from authors in all sectors of Protestantism could be found, warning Americans what was taking place. The differences were glaring back then. Time passed on, Catholics fought in America's wars, became sound citizens, operated great businesses, Hollywood was making movies with the RCC front and center, through stars like Bing Crosby and others, and JFK was elected President, hugely popular and Protestantism no longer protests. Romanism is as much a part of the fabric of American culture as main stream Protestant churches are. The daughters are little by little going home to Mother. Episcopalians, Lutherans, Methodists, the mainstream churches are already there, for all intents and purposes. No, the signs on the front lawns are not going to change but, the attitudes and standards and philosophies are gelling. Each pope has a place in the transition. Rome does not change. I mean ROME: the Vatican. It has a plan, is sticking to it, and all the variations it has promulgated are just there to weaken Protestant resolve; make it seem the RCC is really no different then they are. False. It has been a brilliant plan, relentless, successful.
While the religious world appears to be gaining ground in unity, it is a false unity. When the final movement of satanic power, signs, lying wonders kicks in, the world will be caught in a net is cannot escape from. God's message of truth will ring on every continent, calling people to come out of Babylon, and they will. A remnant will develop. A people with the simple faith of the original church of Jesus, 2,000 years ago; untainted by traditions borrowed from paganism or made-up by religious minds down through the centuries, will rise and shine. Their voice will reverberate in all directions and their place in the world will be hated, proscribed, and ultimately, they will not be able to buy or sell, and finally, a death decree will be placed upon their lives, as the seven last plagues begin their work of judgment upon mankind's obstinance and rejection of truth'
Two sides. That's all. It is developing before our very eyes. It cannot be stopped. It can be stalled and has been but, it marches along. Satan knows his time is short. The final events will be rapid ones.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
*****************************
Climate Change Tyranny
Global Warming! Global Cooling! Climate Change! It's the end of the world!
Well, it is but, not because of physical temperatures. It's ending because of spiritual temperatures. Humanity is growing cold towards the Creator. I keep telling readers here that something is happening that cannot be stopped. It can be stopped for individuals; not for the human race at large. The Father of lies knows his time is running out. To stall that, he must keep the focus off of foretold events taking place and create as many diversions as possible. Climate change is one of them.
Yes, of course people are polluting the planet. They are polluting their minds, why should the planet not come under the delusions people are placing themselves?
The thing is, those who seek to control the diversion narratives also want to control the world; pawns of the Father of lies that they are. Convince people the world is dying from "climate change" and you can put in place control factors a generation ago would have laughed in the face of.
"Everyone will have to ratchet down their standard of living by over 75%"
bombthrower.com/bbc-climate-change-too-important-to-be-left-to-personal-choice/
It has been clear that radical Leftists, the global cabal of control freaks, are using fear to control people. Climate change, disease, wars, crime waves, the hypocrisies of double standards, etc., etc.
Antifa and BLM can destroy entire cities and that is called "mostly peaceful demonstrations." Patriotic Americans, unarmed mind you, that walk into the Capitol AND walk out after singing patriotic songs, praying, taking pictures, discussing issues with various members of the Capitol police standing around watching, are called insurrectionists, put in prison, on trial, and given ridiculously lengthy prison sentences; all designed to make people afraid of standing up and protesting the human lunacy in control because the FBI and their patsies that set the whole thing up get away with their corruption.
They want "gun control." No. They want people control. To control people you must take away their ability to defend themselves, while reinforcing your own police-state wall of control. Take firearms away from citizens, arm your control factors overflowing to excess. Mark those who are the dissidents and prepare to target them.
If you are a "denier" you must be marginalized any way possible. You must be silenced, through fear. It's an age old practice, taking place in America; land of the free, home of the brave.
What can be done? I keep telling you... nothing can be done. Either God steps in and stops it or tyranny is going to come into complete control. The only way God will intervene is if His people plead with Him to do so. Unfortunately, as another Barna poll shows, the culture is taking control of His people.
www.christianpost.com/news/america-under-threat-from-syncretism-george-barna-says.html
The term "syncretism," defined as a fusion of religious beliefs, can be as easily called Babylon, confusion, prophetic fulfillment of last-day events.
Ah but, prophecy predicts a backlash, as I have shared over and over. I spoke with a guy this past week, a roofing crew foreman. He said Americans are being pushed too far, too hard and backlash will take place. Indeed. That is what prophecy predicts. It will be braced-up by a false, 'miracle-working, false revival.' "All power, signs and lying wonders." It is time to become intolerant of the radical Leftist agenda. Take a look at this article and see it in policy, right now.
americafirstreport.com/tolerance-is-overrated-its-time-to-start-gatekeeping-american-society-again/
Lucifer just wants chaos. Keep things agitated. Keep things confused. Keep things emotionally charged and ready to explode. Keep children indoctrinated. We have not seen anything yet. A clash of forces is coming to America. It's being seen all over the world. Why not here, yet? Because Americans have only known freedom and liberty. They have not experienced kingly power and royal tyranny or military tyranny or religious/state tyranny the way Europeans and Asians have. South America is falling apart with its forays into socialism and communism. Canada has a government now foisting tyranny on its citizens. Its leader is a globalist lunatic. Same with Australia and its off shore sibling, New Zealand. The same crew foreman shared with me Australia has not just gone gun-control crazy; it is now banning hunting bows.
sportingshooter.com.au/news/bow-hunting-ban-set-to-fly-in-south-australia/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws0KmTNaJOI
Mexico is controlled by drug cartels. African nations are now controlled, more and more by radical Islam. A clash of civilizations is coming. It cannot be stopped. Stalled, yes. Stopped? No.
When the dust of the clash settles, and the universal cry of "peace and safety" rings out, you can know the end of all things is at hand.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Well, it is but, not because of physical temperatures. It's ending because of spiritual temperatures. Humanity is growing cold towards the Creator. I keep telling readers here that something is happening that cannot be stopped. It can be stopped for individuals; not for the human race at large. The Father of lies knows his time is running out. To stall that, he must keep the focus off of foretold events taking place and create as many diversions as possible. Climate change is one of them.
Yes, of course people are polluting the planet. They are polluting their minds, why should the planet not come under the delusions people are placing themselves?
The thing is, those who seek to control the diversion narratives also want to control the world; pawns of the Father of lies that they are. Convince people the world is dying from "climate change" and you can put in place control factors a generation ago would have laughed in the face of.
"Everyone will have to ratchet down their standard of living by over 75%"
bombthrower.com/bbc-climate-change-too-important-to-be-left-to-personal-choice/
It has been clear that radical Leftists, the global cabal of control freaks, are using fear to control people. Climate change, disease, wars, crime waves, the hypocrisies of double standards, etc., etc.
Antifa and BLM can destroy entire cities and that is called "mostly peaceful demonstrations." Patriotic Americans, unarmed mind you, that walk into the Capitol AND walk out after singing patriotic songs, praying, taking pictures, discussing issues with various members of the Capitol police standing around watching, are called insurrectionists, put in prison, on trial, and given ridiculously lengthy prison sentences; all designed to make people afraid of standing up and protesting the human lunacy in control because the FBI and their patsies that set the whole thing up get away with their corruption.
They want "gun control." No. They want people control. To control people you must take away their ability to defend themselves, while reinforcing your own police-state wall of control. Take firearms away from citizens, arm your control factors overflowing to excess. Mark those who are the dissidents and prepare to target them.
If you are a "denier" you must be marginalized any way possible. You must be silenced, through fear. It's an age old practice, taking place in America; land of the free, home of the brave.
What can be done? I keep telling you... nothing can be done. Either God steps in and stops it or tyranny is going to come into complete control. The only way God will intervene is if His people plead with Him to do so. Unfortunately, as another Barna poll shows, the culture is taking control of His people.
www.christianpost.com/news/america-under-threat-from-syncretism-george-barna-says.html
The term "syncretism," defined as a fusion of religious beliefs, can be as easily called Babylon, confusion, prophetic fulfillment of last-day events.
Ah but, prophecy predicts a backlash, as I have shared over and over. I spoke with a guy this past week, a roofing crew foreman. He said Americans are being pushed too far, too hard and backlash will take place. Indeed. That is what prophecy predicts. It will be braced-up by a false, 'miracle-working, false revival.' "All power, signs and lying wonders." It is time to become intolerant of the radical Leftist agenda. Take a look at this article and see it in policy, right now.
americafirstreport.com/tolerance-is-overrated-its-time-to-start-gatekeeping-american-society-again/
Lucifer just wants chaos. Keep things agitated. Keep things confused. Keep things emotionally charged and ready to explode. Keep children indoctrinated. We have not seen anything yet. A clash of forces is coming to America. It's being seen all over the world. Why not here, yet? Because Americans have only known freedom and liberty. They have not experienced kingly power and royal tyranny or military tyranny or religious/state tyranny the way Europeans and Asians have. South America is falling apart with its forays into socialism and communism. Canada has a government now foisting tyranny on its citizens. Its leader is a globalist lunatic. Same with Australia and its off shore sibling, New Zealand. The same crew foreman shared with me Australia has not just gone gun-control crazy; it is now banning hunting bows.
sportingshooter.com.au/news/bow-hunting-ban-set-to-fly-in-south-australia/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws0KmTNaJOI
Mexico is controlled by drug cartels. African nations are now controlled, more and more by radical Islam. A clash of civilizations is coming. It cannot be stopped. Stalled, yes. Stopped? No.
When the dust of the clash settles, and the universal cry of "peace and safety" rings out, you can know the end of all things is at hand.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
*****************************
More Babylon -
The PETA Bible
I kid you not. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have come up with their own Bible. Well, to begin with, the Book of Genesis. Not just changing the Word of God. They added fabrications to it.
I happen to be a vegan, as you know. Mostly that for 44 years now. If I was not a Christian, I'd see the Peta Bible as totally ridiculous. Being a Christian, yeah, totally ridiculous and bordering on blasphemy; at the very least saturated in stupidity. AND, they used AI to do it. AI, the god of the elites, has given us its word.
Sometimes I can imagine angels, billions of them encircling the throne of God, caught in a contagious laughing fit. Humans are just pitiful.
katu.com/news/nation-world/peta-rewrites-part-of-the-bible-using-ai-to-make-it-more-vegan-people-for-the-ethical-treatment-of-animals-chatgpt-artificial-intellegence-book-genesis
"The message in Genesis is that God created every sentient being, He saw that they were good, and He gave them greens for sustenance," PETA says in the details of the book's listing in its online shop. "In this new text, we include updated moral lessons and modern-day applications fit for the 21st century. This interpretation reminds readers to treat every member of God’s creation with love, kindness, and respect."
"Sentient being." Sentience is the ability to experience feelings, sensations. So, PETA used AI to create their Bible. You cannot make this stuff up.
Yes, all God's creatures, humans included, original, at creation, was given a plant-based diet. Then, after the Flood, God changed that initial design. No, I am not going to buy their Bible to see how they removed God's design to fit in with and is addressed in their agenda.
I'm just calling Babylon on this. One of the easiest positions I have ever taken.
I happen to be a vegan, as you know. Mostly that for 44 years now. If I was not a Christian, I'd see the Peta Bible as totally ridiculous. Being a Christian, yeah, totally ridiculous and bordering on blasphemy; at the very least saturated in stupidity. AND, they used AI to do it. AI, the god of the elites, has given us its word.
Sometimes I can imagine angels, billions of them encircling the throne of God, caught in a contagious laughing fit. Humans are just pitiful.
katu.com/news/nation-world/peta-rewrites-part-of-the-bible-using-ai-to-make-it-more-vegan-people-for-the-ethical-treatment-of-animals-chatgpt-artificial-intellegence-book-genesis
"The message in Genesis is that God created every sentient being, He saw that they were good, and He gave them greens for sustenance," PETA says in the details of the book's listing in its online shop. "In this new text, we include updated moral lessons and modern-day applications fit for the 21st century. This interpretation reminds readers to treat every member of God’s creation with love, kindness, and respect."
"Sentient being." Sentience is the ability to experience feelings, sensations. So, PETA used AI to create their Bible. You cannot make this stuff up.
Yes, all God's creatures, humans included, original, at creation, was given a plant-based diet. Then, after the Flood, God changed that initial design. No, I am not going to buy their Bible to see how they removed God's design to fit in with and is addressed in their agenda.
I'm just calling Babylon on this. One of the easiest positions I have ever taken.
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Yeonmi Park
I have seen this woman's face and her name on the web. I had only a slight knowledge of her story. I watched something today that caused me to post something about her on my site. All Americans should hear this woman's story AND her take on current affairs in America, today.
Yeonmi Park was raised in North Korea. She escaped, went through more hell in China, made it to South Korea, ultimately America, where she has written two books, and is speaking out against the processes which turned NK into the dark, despotic place it is, which she sees taking place in this nation. Her bottom line is this: if America falls, where can anyone go? There is no place left.
You can find her all over the web; plenty of YT channels doing interviews, etc.
Anyone my age knows the horrors of NK. We have grown up with the news and stories that have come out of NK, the USSR, China, Cuba and other totalitarian regimes controlling nations. Today, while more and more Americans foolishly, stupidly, ignorantly look to China as some kind of refuge and paradise of possibility, while China owns more American debt than anyone else, and is buying up land coast to coast, people like Ms. Park are speaking out at the blindness that grows here. Her grandfather remembered NK before Communism. She had no idea of... much of anything beyond the Cult of Kim that has ruled her nation for three generations.
That this young woman maintains a sense of any strength at all, is nothing short of a miracle of the tenacity God has placed in the human spirit. For those of us who know the truth, her experience in NK is not what drops our jaws. It is her experience in America that is doing that.
More power to her, and may God save America.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKQQU03Mr3Y
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yqa-SdJtT4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=usDqSEKDVsA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ7OcTm5Hew
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAjjBBXbjzg
Yeonmi Park was raised in North Korea. She escaped, went through more hell in China, made it to South Korea, ultimately America, where she has written two books, and is speaking out against the processes which turned NK into the dark, despotic place it is, which she sees taking place in this nation. Her bottom line is this: if America falls, where can anyone go? There is no place left.
You can find her all over the web; plenty of YT channels doing interviews, etc.
Anyone my age knows the horrors of NK. We have grown up with the news and stories that have come out of NK, the USSR, China, Cuba and other totalitarian regimes controlling nations. Today, while more and more Americans foolishly, stupidly, ignorantly look to China as some kind of refuge and paradise of possibility, while China owns more American debt than anyone else, and is buying up land coast to coast, people like Ms. Park are speaking out at the blindness that grows here. Her grandfather remembered NK before Communism. She had no idea of... much of anything beyond the Cult of Kim that has ruled her nation for three generations.
That this young woman maintains a sense of any strength at all, is nothing short of a miracle of the tenacity God has placed in the human spirit. For those of us who know the truth, her experience in NK is not what drops our jaws. It is her experience in America that is doing that.
More power to her, and may God save America.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKQQU03Mr3Y
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yqa-SdJtT4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=usDqSEKDVsA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ7OcTm5Hew
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAjjBBXbjzg
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Will the Real Lunatics, Please, Stand Up?
A compilation of talking heads now sinking in their own foolishness, ignorance, malice and hatred.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpuo4IYG0uA&t=223s
We stood our ground. We're glad we did. We sought truth, science, facts, common sense and liberty. We are sorry for those who believed the liars, the schemers, the perpetrators of the most wicked, evil crime against humanity in human history, save for the crucifixion of Christ.
We can only hope you do not perish or become debilitated because of your trust of the untrustworthy. We will not wait for, nor expect an apology. We will wait for you to reap what you sowed.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpuo4IYG0uA&t=223s
We stood our ground. We're glad we did. We sought truth, science, facts, common sense and liberty. We are sorry for those who believed the liars, the schemers, the perpetrators of the most wicked, evil crime against humanity in human history, save for the crucifixion of Christ.
We can only hope you do not perish or become debilitated because of your trust of the untrustworthy. We will not wait for, nor expect an apology. We will wait for you to reap what you sowed.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
*****************************
782. Vigano Shows His True Colors - May 17, 2023
Archbishop Vigano is at it again, and it is a shame he is being given this pulpit. Lifesite News, calling itself a coalition, is basically a Roman Catholic worldview news site. It is at least honest in its news stories and Vigano tells it like it is, Roman Catholic-style.
This time the Archbishop goes beyond the secularist, globalist problem and decides to hit "Protestantism," as well. I told you so. The true Romanist cannot contain their religious arrogance and belief for long. They believe Rome has the right from God to rule the Earth.
"Abp. Viganò: The Kingship of Christ is not limited to the Church, but extends to all nations
Similarly, the negation of this principle is the prerogative of heretical thought and Masonic ideology.
"(LifeSiteNews) — The doctrine of the kingship of Christ constitutes a discrimen between the Catholic Church and the “conciliar Church;” indeed, it is the point of separation between Catholic orthodoxy and neomodernist heterodoxy, because the followers of laicism and liberal secularism cannot accept that the Lordship of Our Lord extends to the civil sphere, thereby removing it from being subject to the arbitrariness of the powerful or the will of the manipulable populace. "
The easiest way to point out the erroneous nature of that paragraph is simply to quote Christ, Himself -
John 18:33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
John 18:34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?
John 18:35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
John 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
When Christ stood before Pilate, he asked Him if He was King of the Jews. Jesus then asked Pilate if that was his thought, or someone else'. Pilate answered, he was not a Jew and Christ's own leaders delivered Him up for judgment. He asked what Christ did for such an action? Then Jesus, point blank stated His kingdom IS NOT of this world. Period. Done. Settled. That is the truth. It cannot be gainsaid. Jesus sought no physical, earthly kingdom. His kingdom is a spiritual one, NOT a civil government, based on earthly policy. But, you see, Romanism is a continuation of that very policy, having taken control of the Roman empire. Today, unlike all or any other churches, it is a nation, recognized as a nation; with its own flag and laws, currency and bank system, army, etc. It is exactly the OPPOSITE of Christ's kingdom and is in place of Christ's kingdom. It is antiChrist.
"Yet the very idea that authority has its foundation in a transcendent principle was not born with Christianity, but is part of our Greco-Roman heritage. The same Greek word ἱεραρχία indicates on the one hand the “administration of sacred things,” but on the other it also refers to the “sacred power” of authority, where the commitments connected with it significantly constitute a λειτουργία, a public office of which the State takes charge."
Do you know what he is writing about there? I ask because, all his traveling into Greek may make him seem a scholar but, what is he writing about? Well, all we really need to know is Vigano believes the way Greece and Rome had gods as part of their civil government, so should nations, today. There is NO separation of church and state in Rome's constitution. There is, in the principles which the Founders established THIS nation of America: a Constitutional Republic. Rome recognizes no such thing. Catholic Romanism is the epitome of a union between church and state. It is the greatest and oldest example of such for the last 1500 years. The church should control the state and take charge of civil affairs. That is Romanism. It is an absolute attack on the principles of Americanism. Vigano later writes of the divine right of kings, a policy flatly rejected by Protestants and the Founders of this nation.
"Similarly, the negation of this principle is the prerogative of heretical thought and Masonic ideology. The laicity of the State constitutes the main claim of the French Revolution, 1 for which Protestantism provided the theological foundations, which then changed into a philosophical error with the advent of liberalism and atheistic materialism."
And there we have the Archbishop blaming the French Revolution on Protestantism. He later calls it the "Protestant Pseudo-Reformation. "But, there is a major problem. France was one of the nations that rejected Protestantism and has stayed a majority Catholic nation for all these centuries. The French Revolution was a rebellion against the Roman Catholic clergy, their corruption, their arrogance, their opulent wealth and control of everything. The laity rose up and rejected Romanism. The government was happy to oblige. The common man had had it with Catholicism. SHE brought it on herself. Not Protestantism. Protestantism provided for the freedom and liberty to think for oneself, without arbitrary authority from either Pope nor Prince when it came to religious faith and belief. Protestantism set people free to think for themselves, to decide for themselves what to believe in, while Rome was persecuting Bible believers. The people said, the laity said, No more Romanism and persecutions and inquisitions and grifting.
Unfortunately, the pendulum swung hard the opposite direction. The French government rejected, not just Catholicism but, also Protestantism and the Bible, itself. The birth of Marxism and secularism took place in the French Revolution. To blame that on Protestantism is a planted attack on its principles by a sharp Romanist; which Vigano most assuredly is. The historic fact is, everything in France almost totally collapsed by trying to let "reason" take control, without influence or guidance from God. The French government relented of its foolishness. Nonetheless, the nation's faith would never recover and France is mostly secularist today. If Protestantism was to blame, why did not all nations adopting its principles fall into disarray at the same time as France or before? Because the true principles of Christianity and Protestantism establish righteousness in any nation. As the nations of Europe reject their Protestant heritage, they are falling into secularistic demise, same as here, in America. You cannot blame the principles of Protestantism for that. It is the lack of following those principles that bring collapse. Just look at Italy. You don't get any more Roman Catholic than Italy. And what of Italy, today? Problems, border to border. Corruption in government. Protestantism cannot be blamed for what Italy has become.
Read -
"From the Upper Room to the catacombs, from the communities of the first Christians to the Roman basilicas that were converted to the worship of the true God, the prayer that the Lord taught the Apostles is raised up: adveniat regnum tuum, fiat voluntas tua sicut in cœlo et in terra. Thus a pagan empire became the cradle of Christianity, and with its own laws and its own civil and social influence made possible the spread of the Gospel and the conversion of souls to Christ. Simple souls, certainly; but also the souls of erudite people, Roman nobles, imperial officials, diplomats and intellectuals, who managed to see themselves – like pius Æneas – involved in a providential plan, called to give meaning to those civic virtues, to that yearning for justice and peace that without the Redemption would have remained incomplete and sterile."
Show me another church, another land, anywhere in history, where the church made its own civil laws and controlled government. To some degree, it was tried here in the early American colonies. It was a train wreck of misguided pastors and church elders, to which James Madison and others fought hard to put down. It is one thing for religious men to hold public office. It is altogether another thing for that civil service, meant to protect the rights of citizens, to dabble in things that dismantle the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights - CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION NOR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF." No nation needs clerics putting people in the stocks for not going to church on Sunday (or the Sabbath for that matter). Romanism holds to no such principle and considers such heresy, and secular humanism. The Pope is the ruler of the world and all must bow down to his decrees, just like the pagan Roman emperor of old. The Popes took the place of the Roman emperors. They are the law. Sorry, Mr. Vigano. Not here, in America. Go join with Islam for she is exactly like you. Her religion rules nations nd she kills those who will not bow to the religion.
Ah but, says Vigano, all nations run the risk of falling into disarray if the church does not control the populace. Yeah, well, that's the risk built into freedom and liberty. It took place in Heaven, when Lucifer was allowed to rebel, right in the face of God, at the very throne of the universe. A third of the angels were lost in the rebellion and carry out their rebellion here because God gave Adam and Eve, the same freedom to choose their allegiance. Romanism cannot tolerate such choice to choose one's religious faith or decide to have no faith.
God is in control, whether Romanists believe that or not. They claim they believe God left the Pope here to be Christ's Representative and rule with a rod of iron, if need be. Yeah, sorry, again. The Bible says, Christ said, the Holy Spirit was given to God's people to represent Christ and make Him alive in His children; John 14:15-31; 15:26-16:15.
Romanism is a man-made apostasy that shall ultimately bring about the end of the world. It wants power and control, just like any pagan, like any secular humanist, globalist, totalitarian despot. It just claims it will be nicer because it rules by love, through Christ. Yeah, right. Someone should have told "Saint" Thomas Aquinas before he wrote heretics should be killed before they pollute the minds of Roman Catholics. They are worse than theives that steal goods. They steal souls and must be placed before civil authorities to take their lives. Yes, indeed, civil leaders in authority will do the Church's bidding when a pope holds salvation in his hands. Do as papa says, or you'll spend forever in Purgatory and atone for your sins forever. Not as hot as hell but, plenty painful enough. That is the god of Romanism. Vigano states as much -
"However, precisely in the adherence of individuals to the action of Providence, we understand how earthly society, which is composed of these individuals, in turn assumes a role in God’s plan, allowing the actions of its members to be directed more effectively by the authority of rulers towards the bonum commune that unites them in the pursuit of the same end."
Yeah, Jesus doesn't need to be more effective by giving civil authorities His authority and power. Man's government has its place. So stated Paul on Romans 13:1-7. Civil leaders have civil authority to keep people civil towards each other. If they get incivil, the state wields the sword against evil doers. Does that mean the state should address moral matters like swearing, worshipping idols, breaking the Sabbath, looking at each sex with adultery in their minds, or coveting their neighbor's spouse or goods? God forbid! If you steal your neighbor's goods, civil government steps in. If you covet your neighbor's goods, that is God's territory, alone.
You can read the rest of Vigano's statement. If you know what's going on you will drop jaw several times. I am not a Calvinist but, I certainly reject Vigano's coupling of that faith with the secularization of his own church through Vatican 2. In his mind, Vatican 2 was his church becoming Protestant! That treatise is just filled with things that shall end up removing freedom of conscience. Vigano is a papist. Never forget it. He may end up pope. If he does, expect things to rapidly advance into darkness. There is something much worse than secularism. Romanists which believe the world should be run by Catholic Romanists with Christ's authority. They call it the Dark Ages for a reason. Rome ruled. The world fell into traditions and superstitions and nonsense dressed up as some fancy Christianity in huge temples and fine clothing and jewels, robbing the people of the simple faith of Jesus Christ through HIS word, not the words and decrees of priests and popes.
Do not forget this -
13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Rev 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
There is shown the composite beast, based on Daniel's vision recorded in chapter 7. The leopard: Greece. The Bear: Persia. The Lion: Babylon. The dragon? Well, the non-descript beast of Daniel 7 represents the Roman empire. A dragon? Well, we know in Rev. 12 the dragon is Satan. The prophecies tell us, very effectively, the seat of the antiChrist beast is Rome. Who rules in its own little 9 acre nation there? The Roman Catholic Church, its Papacy and its Vatican.
I reject it all.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
This time the Archbishop goes beyond the secularist, globalist problem and decides to hit "Protestantism," as well. I told you so. The true Romanist cannot contain their religious arrogance and belief for long. They believe Rome has the right from God to rule the Earth.
"Abp. Viganò: The Kingship of Christ is not limited to the Church, but extends to all nations
Similarly, the negation of this principle is the prerogative of heretical thought and Masonic ideology.
"(LifeSiteNews) — The doctrine of the kingship of Christ constitutes a discrimen between the Catholic Church and the “conciliar Church;” indeed, it is the point of separation between Catholic orthodoxy and neomodernist heterodoxy, because the followers of laicism and liberal secularism cannot accept that the Lordship of Our Lord extends to the civil sphere, thereby removing it from being subject to the arbitrariness of the powerful or the will of the manipulable populace. "
The easiest way to point out the erroneous nature of that paragraph is simply to quote Christ, Himself -
John 18:33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
John 18:34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?
John 18:35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
John 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
When Christ stood before Pilate, he asked Him if He was King of the Jews. Jesus then asked Pilate if that was his thought, or someone else'. Pilate answered, he was not a Jew and Christ's own leaders delivered Him up for judgment. He asked what Christ did for such an action? Then Jesus, point blank stated His kingdom IS NOT of this world. Period. Done. Settled. That is the truth. It cannot be gainsaid. Jesus sought no physical, earthly kingdom. His kingdom is a spiritual one, NOT a civil government, based on earthly policy. But, you see, Romanism is a continuation of that very policy, having taken control of the Roman empire. Today, unlike all or any other churches, it is a nation, recognized as a nation; with its own flag and laws, currency and bank system, army, etc. It is exactly the OPPOSITE of Christ's kingdom and is in place of Christ's kingdom. It is antiChrist.
"Yet the very idea that authority has its foundation in a transcendent principle was not born with Christianity, but is part of our Greco-Roman heritage. The same Greek word ἱεραρχία indicates on the one hand the “administration of sacred things,” but on the other it also refers to the “sacred power” of authority, where the commitments connected with it significantly constitute a λειτουργία, a public office of which the State takes charge."
Do you know what he is writing about there? I ask because, all his traveling into Greek may make him seem a scholar but, what is he writing about? Well, all we really need to know is Vigano believes the way Greece and Rome had gods as part of their civil government, so should nations, today. There is NO separation of church and state in Rome's constitution. There is, in the principles which the Founders established THIS nation of America: a Constitutional Republic. Rome recognizes no such thing. Catholic Romanism is the epitome of a union between church and state. It is the greatest and oldest example of such for the last 1500 years. The church should control the state and take charge of civil affairs. That is Romanism. It is an absolute attack on the principles of Americanism. Vigano later writes of the divine right of kings, a policy flatly rejected by Protestants and the Founders of this nation.
"Similarly, the negation of this principle is the prerogative of heretical thought and Masonic ideology. The laicity of the State constitutes the main claim of the French Revolution, 1 for which Protestantism provided the theological foundations, which then changed into a philosophical error with the advent of liberalism and atheistic materialism."
And there we have the Archbishop blaming the French Revolution on Protestantism. He later calls it the "Protestant Pseudo-Reformation. "But, there is a major problem. France was one of the nations that rejected Protestantism and has stayed a majority Catholic nation for all these centuries. The French Revolution was a rebellion against the Roman Catholic clergy, their corruption, their arrogance, their opulent wealth and control of everything. The laity rose up and rejected Romanism. The government was happy to oblige. The common man had had it with Catholicism. SHE brought it on herself. Not Protestantism. Protestantism provided for the freedom and liberty to think for oneself, without arbitrary authority from either Pope nor Prince when it came to religious faith and belief. Protestantism set people free to think for themselves, to decide for themselves what to believe in, while Rome was persecuting Bible believers. The people said, the laity said, No more Romanism and persecutions and inquisitions and grifting.
Unfortunately, the pendulum swung hard the opposite direction. The French government rejected, not just Catholicism but, also Protestantism and the Bible, itself. The birth of Marxism and secularism took place in the French Revolution. To blame that on Protestantism is a planted attack on its principles by a sharp Romanist; which Vigano most assuredly is. The historic fact is, everything in France almost totally collapsed by trying to let "reason" take control, without influence or guidance from God. The French government relented of its foolishness. Nonetheless, the nation's faith would never recover and France is mostly secularist today. If Protestantism was to blame, why did not all nations adopting its principles fall into disarray at the same time as France or before? Because the true principles of Christianity and Protestantism establish righteousness in any nation. As the nations of Europe reject their Protestant heritage, they are falling into secularistic demise, same as here, in America. You cannot blame the principles of Protestantism for that. It is the lack of following those principles that bring collapse. Just look at Italy. You don't get any more Roman Catholic than Italy. And what of Italy, today? Problems, border to border. Corruption in government. Protestantism cannot be blamed for what Italy has become.
Read -
"From the Upper Room to the catacombs, from the communities of the first Christians to the Roman basilicas that were converted to the worship of the true God, the prayer that the Lord taught the Apostles is raised up: adveniat regnum tuum, fiat voluntas tua sicut in cœlo et in terra. Thus a pagan empire became the cradle of Christianity, and with its own laws and its own civil and social influence made possible the spread of the Gospel and the conversion of souls to Christ. Simple souls, certainly; but also the souls of erudite people, Roman nobles, imperial officials, diplomats and intellectuals, who managed to see themselves – like pius Æneas – involved in a providential plan, called to give meaning to those civic virtues, to that yearning for justice and peace that without the Redemption would have remained incomplete and sterile."
Show me another church, another land, anywhere in history, where the church made its own civil laws and controlled government. To some degree, it was tried here in the early American colonies. It was a train wreck of misguided pastors and church elders, to which James Madison and others fought hard to put down. It is one thing for religious men to hold public office. It is altogether another thing for that civil service, meant to protect the rights of citizens, to dabble in things that dismantle the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights - CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION NOR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF." No nation needs clerics putting people in the stocks for not going to church on Sunday (or the Sabbath for that matter). Romanism holds to no such principle and considers such heresy, and secular humanism. The Pope is the ruler of the world and all must bow down to his decrees, just like the pagan Roman emperor of old. The Popes took the place of the Roman emperors. They are the law. Sorry, Mr. Vigano. Not here, in America. Go join with Islam for she is exactly like you. Her religion rules nations nd she kills those who will not bow to the religion.
Ah but, says Vigano, all nations run the risk of falling into disarray if the church does not control the populace. Yeah, well, that's the risk built into freedom and liberty. It took place in Heaven, when Lucifer was allowed to rebel, right in the face of God, at the very throne of the universe. A third of the angels were lost in the rebellion and carry out their rebellion here because God gave Adam and Eve, the same freedom to choose their allegiance. Romanism cannot tolerate such choice to choose one's religious faith or decide to have no faith.
God is in control, whether Romanists believe that or not. They claim they believe God left the Pope here to be Christ's Representative and rule with a rod of iron, if need be. Yeah, sorry, again. The Bible says, Christ said, the Holy Spirit was given to God's people to represent Christ and make Him alive in His children; John 14:15-31; 15:26-16:15.
Romanism is a man-made apostasy that shall ultimately bring about the end of the world. It wants power and control, just like any pagan, like any secular humanist, globalist, totalitarian despot. It just claims it will be nicer because it rules by love, through Christ. Yeah, right. Someone should have told "Saint" Thomas Aquinas before he wrote heretics should be killed before they pollute the minds of Roman Catholics. They are worse than theives that steal goods. They steal souls and must be placed before civil authorities to take their lives. Yes, indeed, civil leaders in authority will do the Church's bidding when a pope holds salvation in his hands. Do as papa says, or you'll spend forever in Purgatory and atone for your sins forever. Not as hot as hell but, plenty painful enough. That is the god of Romanism. Vigano states as much -
"However, precisely in the adherence of individuals to the action of Providence, we understand how earthly society, which is composed of these individuals, in turn assumes a role in God’s plan, allowing the actions of its members to be directed more effectively by the authority of rulers towards the bonum commune that unites them in the pursuit of the same end."
Yeah, Jesus doesn't need to be more effective by giving civil authorities His authority and power. Man's government has its place. So stated Paul on Romans 13:1-7. Civil leaders have civil authority to keep people civil towards each other. If they get incivil, the state wields the sword against evil doers. Does that mean the state should address moral matters like swearing, worshipping idols, breaking the Sabbath, looking at each sex with adultery in their minds, or coveting their neighbor's spouse or goods? God forbid! If you steal your neighbor's goods, civil government steps in. If you covet your neighbor's goods, that is God's territory, alone.
You can read the rest of Vigano's statement. If you know what's going on you will drop jaw several times. I am not a Calvinist but, I certainly reject Vigano's coupling of that faith with the secularization of his own church through Vatican 2. In his mind, Vatican 2 was his church becoming Protestant! That treatise is just filled with things that shall end up removing freedom of conscience. Vigano is a papist. Never forget it. He may end up pope. If he does, expect things to rapidly advance into darkness. There is something much worse than secularism. Romanists which believe the world should be run by Catholic Romanists with Christ's authority. They call it the Dark Ages for a reason. Rome ruled. The world fell into traditions and superstitions and nonsense dressed up as some fancy Christianity in huge temples and fine clothing and jewels, robbing the people of the simple faith of Jesus Christ through HIS word, not the words and decrees of priests and popes.
Do not forget this -
13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Rev 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
There is shown the composite beast, based on Daniel's vision recorded in chapter 7. The leopard: Greece. The Bear: Persia. The Lion: Babylon. The dragon? Well, the non-descript beast of Daniel 7 represents the Roman empire. A dragon? Well, we know in Rev. 12 the dragon is Satan. The prophecies tell us, very effectively, the seat of the antiChrist beast is Rome. Who rules in its own little 9 acre nation there? The Roman Catholic Church, its Papacy and its Vatican.
I reject it all.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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LEGEND UPDATE -
All the People
In writing out the lyric and information sheet that will slip into the album jacket, I see names of all the people involved and those we thank, for whatever positive influences upon us. It's so many more than the musicians, engineer and record company. The jacket artist, concept, design and layout, photographers, musical instrument company reps, family and friends, and critters, too.
If you asked who produced the recording, well... no single name can fill that line. We all purchased our own recording equipment, engineered the raw files, mixed and mastered those files on privately owned computers, and then will send it all to a record company that will manufacture the physical product and packaging.
Being a diehard Do-It-Yourselfer, this kind of project makes all the sense in the world, to me. The technology available to the average musician makes it all possible. If you can learn how to use it all, you are way ahead of the game.
Back in 1978 and '79, I believed we could produce our own album, and we did; not to the extent this new recording has been produced. If the tech was available back then, we'd have used it back then. Fred got right into computers when everything began to rise in that industry. I'm sure Kevin would have jumped on board. Even today, I'm as much a newb as I was back then for electronics but, I've learned enough to use a simple device and get some great raw tracks for this recording.
It definitely widens the field of people involved but, that can be a very good thing. Sure, it can be too many cooks in the kitchen, too many spoons in the soup but, it also means more ideas and avenues to accomplish the task.
I knew quite definitively what I wanted for an album cover. I had the concept and the rough idea in a crude drawing. I chose two very different artists to proceed with it. The one chosen to represent the recording not only blew us all away with his art, he lent some variations on my theme that worked incredibly well. I can't wait for people to see it. He's working on the back cover now. His name is Boris Bashirov, from Kazakhstan. Yeah, 8,000 miles from me, here in Texas. Were it not for the Web, the chances of me seeing his work would be zip.
As scary as technology appears to be, especially with the race to build an all-knowing A.I., it can be, and is amazingly useful to people all over the planet. It can potentially join everyone: 7 billion people that have the services of an ISP. Yes, the digital world presents a host of problems, too. No argument there, and many of them involve musicians and their music, as well as artists and their work. I'm just thankful this new recording is going to go anywhere and everywhere it can find fans. That's an astounding thing.
As far as the recording goes, Tom has been working on his first mix and the results have blown us away there, too. He's getting an enormous soundstage for the music. From the opening drum roll of the 'The Creator' overture, it really opened our eyes. This is not 1979. No, no, no. This is 2023 and we hope the power and magnificence of what has been captured will garner a whole new world of fans.
Onward>>>
If you asked who produced the recording, well... no single name can fill that line. We all purchased our own recording equipment, engineered the raw files, mixed and mastered those files on privately owned computers, and then will send it all to a record company that will manufacture the physical product and packaging.
Being a diehard Do-It-Yourselfer, this kind of project makes all the sense in the world, to me. The technology available to the average musician makes it all possible. If you can learn how to use it all, you are way ahead of the game.
Back in 1978 and '79, I believed we could produce our own album, and we did; not to the extent this new recording has been produced. If the tech was available back then, we'd have used it back then. Fred got right into computers when everything began to rise in that industry. I'm sure Kevin would have jumped on board. Even today, I'm as much a newb as I was back then for electronics but, I've learned enough to use a simple device and get some great raw tracks for this recording.
It definitely widens the field of people involved but, that can be a very good thing. Sure, it can be too many cooks in the kitchen, too many spoons in the soup but, it also means more ideas and avenues to accomplish the task.
I knew quite definitively what I wanted for an album cover. I had the concept and the rough idea in a crude drawing. I chose two very different artists to proceed with it. The one chosen to represent the recording not only blew us all away with his art, he lent some variations on my theme that worked incredibly well. I can't wait for people to see it. He's working on the back cover now. His name is Boris Bashirov, from Kazakhstan. Yeah, 8,000 miles from me, here in Texas. Were it not for the Web, the chances of me seeing his work would be zip.
As scary as technology appears to be, especially with the race to build an all-knowing A.I., it can be, and is amazingly useful to people all over the planet. It can potentially join everyone: 7 billion people that have the services of an ISP. Yes, the digital world presents a host of problems, too. No argument there, and many of them involve musicians and their music, as well as artists and their work. I'm just thankful this new recording is going to go anywhere and everywhere it can find fans. That's an astounding thing.
As far as the recording goes, Tom has been working on his first mix and the results have blown us away there, too. He's getting an enormous soundstage for the music. From the opening drum roll of the 'The Creator' overture, it really opened our eyes. This is not 1979. No, no, no. This is 2023 and we hope the power and magnificence of what has been captured will garner a whole new world of fans.
Onward>>>
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783. Tom Renz - May 19, 2023
Tom Renz is a well known attorney. He is pretty fearless. He is a patriot. He has stood up against corruption for a long time. I assume he's a professed Christian. I've never seen him make any serious profession of faith before but, he speaks of the Christian heritage America has, often; like in the linked article and accompanying video.
americafirstreport.com/tom-renz-separation-of-church-and-state-led-to-the-decline-of-america/
"The removal of religion in schools under the premise of “separation of church and state” led to the decline of America, according to Ohio-based lawyer Tom Renz.
“It was no wonder they started pushing this idea that religion had to be separated from our country – and they started pulling it out of schools,” he said during the May 9 episode of “Lawfare with Tom Renz” on Brighteon.TV.
“Well, let’s look at what happened. Look at the decline that our country experienced in the decades following. The farther religion has gotten from the school; the farther the schools have gotten from teaching kids to be good people; the farther we as a country have declined.”
Are those statements true? Pretty much. Are they dangerously true? In an of themselves, as historical fact, no. As a clarion call for religion to be back in the public schools, yes, for several reasons.
It is true Madelaine Murray O'Hare sued the government over the issue of prayer in schools using the separation of church and state as the foundation of her suit and she certainly sided with others in their lawsuits. I have never read a transcript of the case, if one exists. What I do know is the history of the term and its application to America's government.
The wall of separation was put in place to prevent a union of church and state as it existed in Great Britain and other European nations, where either a Roman Catholic or Protestant faith controlled the government.
I remember praying in school. Public school. We prayed to begin the day and at lunch. Everybody was pretty much a professed Christian; Catholic or Protestant. At one time the nation was made up of 99% Protestants. Major Catholic immigration took place from Canada, which is how my own relatives came to America.
I never understood the difference between Catholics and Protestants when I was a little boy, right into my teens. A Protestant friend told me one day, the difference is, Catholics had to go to church on Sunday, Protestants don't. Made perfect sense to me at the time.
Here are the issues about prayer in school. It's all common sense.
First, the Bill of Rights. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof." As far as I am aware, Congress never made a law stating children had to pray in public school attendance. Why did people pray? Because the fabric of America was mostly made up of professed Christians, who had the same basic sense of God involved in the life of the nation. Just read the preambles of the State Constitutions. No laws were necessary. People just prayed. What happened?
Atheism. Murray O'hare was an avowed atheist. Atheism means - no theist, theism, theology; from the Greek, theos > God. If the judge was inclined to agree with her, was an activist judge, the die was cast. If the judge was a diehard Constitutional literalist, she would have lost her lawsuit as would others. If it is not enumerated in the Constitution, the States can make their own laws. Far as I know, the Connecticut legislature did not make a law stating children had to pray in school. The very nature of such a law, is, indeed, a union of church and state. You cannot force people to talk to God by some secular law. It's ridiculous on the face of it. In fact, if school boards are want to allow prayer in schools, Congress is not allowed to prohibit that.
The things is, the fabric of society began to change. It has nothing to do with taking prayer out of school. It had to do with the makeup of the citizenry changing. More unbelievers, more Muslims, more Jews, more of immigrants from so many different nations all bringing different religions with them or no religion.
Common sense. What prayer can speak that works for everybody? Not a Catholic prayer. Not as Protestant one, not a Jewish one, not a Muslim one, not a Hindi one, not one from any religion. Prayer an become so generic it's an insult to God. Today, the hypocrisy is so obvious it is sickening. Atheists say nothing when kids are carted off on field trips to visit mosques and say Islamic prayers. Christian parents flip out but, the ACLU never utters a peep. Send kids to a Christian place or event and the ACLU fires off a lawsuit in a heartbeat.
At that point in history when prayer in schools was put down, Christian parents had a choice. If they all banded together to begin private schools, so many children and teens from all corridors of the nation would have enrolled, with plenty of low tuition funds to hire teachers, and things could have stayed fairly sound, because the most vocal opponents of religion in society would have never had the funds to keep public schools floating. Municipalities across the nation would have shuttered public schools.
It's an interesting point that public education was begun to be able to teach children how to read, and read the Bible, to keep the moral fabric of society sound. That bit of history is rarely brought up. Renz touches on it.
If I had children in public school... well, I wouldn't. We homeschooled, for the most part but, if I did have children in public schools, I would not want them to have to pray or hear Islamic prayers, which is another hypocritical thing. Many public schools, put upon by Islamic voices of discontent, have opened rooms for Muslim kids to gather and pray their five prayers a day during school time. Where are the atheists on that? Nowhere because if one stands against Islam, one runs the great risk of losing one's life. We are watching it all over the globe. In Michigan, police departments do not even enter solid Muslim neighborhoods. If Christians go into them to evangelize and proclaim the Gospel, they may get forced out with physical harm, and the police will stand aside and watch. I kid you not. I've seen the videos of Christians, in America, literally stoned by angry Muslims and the police blamed it on the Christians and told them, during a publicly run festival, they had to leave "for their own good."
So, at this point in time, any kind of move by the professed Christian community to petition government to get back to the way things were, will not only not be successful but, if they were, be guaranteed persecution will result.
Christ does not need the help of any secular government to advance His kingdom. If anything, history shows when church and state unite, persecution of minorities always results. There is never anything worse or more dangerous to freedom and liberty than people who see themselves as good, forcing bad people (in their estimation), to be good. In Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome and the continuation of the Roman empire in the status of the Roman Catholic Church and its Papacy, unions of church and state always persecuted people who did not practice the religion of the majority. How do you think America was founded? It was founded by Brits leaving England because they were persecuted for their biblical faith. The Church of England, married to the State, resulted in fierce persecution. That was not Papal persecution. That was professed Protestants persecuting minority Protestant churches and their members.
Any child taught to pray, any youth, can close their eyes and bow their heads in prayer at any time, for anything they need. Public prayers do not bring God any closer than private prayer does. It does not secure help and aid or protection any faster. Jesus said where two or more are gathered together and agree on anything and pray, He is in their midst. Just two. You don't need a whole school.
The reason America has become immoral is not because prayer was taken out of school. It's simply because the churches did not wage spiritual war against the prevailing culture but, got swallowed up by it and into it. It had little to nothing to do about children not praying in school but, children praying less and less at home as families spent more time watching television than reading and studying their Bibles.
The Supreme Court case mentioned in the article, Engle vs. Vitale, 1962, demonstrates both positions and a corrupt court neglected over a century of history on the subject and voted, 6-1, to strike down the very thing the Constitution claims they have no authority to do and the minority opinion stated that very thing. The New York legislature put forth a law stating schools should open with a non-denominational prayer. One parent found it offensive, sued and won. Children were allowed to leave the rooms for that minute or two. Was there a great outcry against the liberal court? Not really. And so things have gone for decade after decade, in all arenas of thought and practice and life in America. Radical minority voices have literally torn the fabric of America to shreds. And remember, I see no real reason to legislate prayer anymore than it would make sense to legislate belief. It cannot be done with the Christian faith. With the Catholic faith, the Muslim faith and others, sure: because they are unions of church and state and persecute dissenters in nations where those unions exist and control.
The one thing prophecy states is a coming backlash against humanism and secularism, as it ruins this nation. At what point will the backlash take place? When religious America is fed up enough. That point is coming. With it, expect persecution of people not willing to go along.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
americafirstreport.com/tom-renz-separation-of-church-and-state-led-to-the-decline-of-america/
"The removal of religion in schools under the premise of “separation of church and state” led to the decline of America, according to Ohio-based lawyer Tom Renz.
“It was no wonder they started pushing this idea that religion had to be separated from our country – and they started pulling it out of schools,” he said during the May 9 episode of “Lawfare with Tom Renz” on Brighteon.TV.
“Well, let’s look at what happened. Look at the decline that our country experienced in the decades following. The farther religion has gotten from the school; the farther the schools have gotten from teaching kids to be good people; the farther we as a country have declined.”
Are those statements true? Pretty much. Are they dangerously true? In an of themselves, as historical fact, no. As a clarion call for religion to be back in the public schools, yes, for several reasons.
It is true Madelaine Murray O'Hare sued the government over the issue of prayer in schools using the separation of church and state as the foundation of her suit and she certainly sided with others in their lawsuits. I have never read a transcript of the case, if one exists. What I do know is the history of the term and its application to America's government.
The wall of separation was put in place to prevent a union of church and state as it existed in Great Britain and other European nations, where either a Roman Catholic or Protestant faith controlled the government.
I remember praying in school. Public school. We prayed to begin the day and at lunch. Everybody was pretty much a professed Christian; Catholic or Protestant. At one time the nation was made up of 99% Protestants. Major Catholic immigration took place from Canada, which is how my own relatives came to America.
I never understood the difference between Catholics and Protestants when I was a little boy, right into my teens. A Protestant friend told me one day, the difference is, Catholics had to go to church on Sunday, Protestants don't. Made perfect sense to me at the time.
Here are the issues about prayer in school. It's all common sense.
First, the Bill of Rights. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof." As far as I am aware, Congress never made a law stating children had to pray in public school attendance. Why did people pray? Because the fabric of America was mostly made up of professed Christians, who had the same basic sense of God involved in the life of the nation. Just read the preambles of the State Constitutions. No laws were necessary. People just prayed. What happened?
Atheism. Murray O'hare was an avowed atheist. Atheism means - no theist, theism, theology; from the Greek, theos > God. If the judge was inclined to agree with her, was an activist judge, the die was cast. If the judge was a diehard Constitutional literalist, she would have lost her lawsuit as would others. If it is not enumerated in the Constitution, the States can make their own laws. Far as I know, the Connecticut legislature did not make a law stating children had to pray in school. The very nature of such a law, is, indeed, a union of church and state. You cannot force people to talk to God by some secular law. It's ridiculous on the face of it. In fact, if school boards are want to allow prayer in schools, Congress is not allowed to prohibit that.
The things is, the fabric of society began to change. It has nothing to do with taking prayer out of school. It had to do with the makeup of the citizenry changing. More unbelievers, more Muslims, more Jews, more of immigrants from so many different nations all bringing different religions with them or no religion.
Common sense. What prayer can speak that works for everybody? Not a Catholic prayer. Not as Protestant one, not a Jewish one, not a Muslim one, not a Hindi one, not one from any religion. Prayer an become so generic it's an insult to God. Today, the hypocrisy is so obvious it is sickening. Atheists say nothing when kids are carted off on field trips to visit mosques and say Islamic prayers. Christian parents flip out but, the ACLU never utters a peep. Send kids to a Christian place or event and the ACLU fires off a lawsuit in a heartbeat.
At that point in history when prayer in schools was put down, Christian parents had a choice. If they all banded together to begin private schools, so many children and teens from all corridors of the nation would have enrolled, with plenty of low tuition funds to hire teachers, and things could have stayed fairly sound, because the most vocal opponents of religion in society would have never had the funds to keep public schools floating. Municipalities across the nation would have shuttered public schools.
It's an interesting point that public education was begun to be able to teach children how to read, and read the Bible, to keep the moral fabric of society sound. That bit of history is rarely brought up. Renz touches on it.
If I had children in public school... well, I wouldn't. We homeschooled, for the most part but, if I did have children in public schools, I would not want them to have to pray or hear Islamic prayers, which is another hypocritical thing. Many public schools, put upon by Islamic voices of discontent, have opened rooms for Muslim kids to gather and pray their five prayers a day during school time. Where are the atheists on that? Nowhere because if one stands against Islam, one runs the great risk of losing one's life. We are watching it all over the globe. In Michigan, police departments do not even enter solid Muslim neighborhoods. If Christians go into them to evangelize and proclaim the Gospel, they may get forced out with physical harm, and the police will stand aside and watch. I kid you not. I've seen the videos of Christians, in America, literally stoned by angry Muslims and the police blamed it on the Christians and told them, during a publicly run festival, they had to leave "for their own good."
So, at this point in time, any kind of move by the professed Christian community to petition government to get back to the way things were, will not only not be successful but, if they were, be guaranteed persecution will result.
Christ does not need the help of any secular government to advance His kingdom. If anything, history shows when church and state unite, persecution of minorities always results. There is never anything worse or more dangerous to freedom and liberty than people who see themselves as good, forcing bad people (in their estimation), to be good. In Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome and the continuation of the Roman empire in the status of the Roman Catholic Church and its Papacy, unions of church and state always persecuted people who did not practice the religion of the majority. How do you think America was founded? It was founded by Brits leaving England because they were persecuted for their biblical faith. The Church of England, married to the State, resulted in fierce persecution. That was not Papal persecution. That was professed Protestants persecuting minority Protestant churches and their members.
Any child taught to pray, any youth, can close their eyes and bow their heads in prayer at any time, for anything they need. Public prayers do not bring God any closer than private prayer does. It does not secure help and aid or protection any faster. Jesus said where two or more are gathered together and agree on anything and pray, He is in their midst. Just two. You don't need a whole school.
The reason America has become immoral is not because prayer was taken out of school. It's simply because the churches did not wage spiritual war against the prevailing culture but, got swallowed up by it and into it. It had little to nothing to do about children not praying in school but, children praying less and less at home as families spent more time watching television than reading and studying their Bibles.
The Supreme Court case mentioned in the article, Engle vs. Vitale, 1962, demonstrates both positions and a corrupt court neglected over a century of history on the subject and voted, 6-1, to strike down the very thing the Constitution claims they have no authority to do and the minority opinion stated that very thing. The New York legislature put forth a law stating schools should open with a non-denominational prayer. One parent found it offensive, sued and won. Children were allowed to leave the rooms for that minute or two. Was there a great outcry against the liberal court? Not really. And so things have gone for decade after decade, in all arenas of thought and practice and life in America. Radical minority voices have literally torn the fabric of America to shreds. And remember, I see no real reason to legislate prayer anymore than it would make sense to legislate belief. It cannot be done with the Christian faith. With the Catholic faith, the Muslim faith and others, sure: because they are unions of church and state and persecute dissenters in nations where those unions exist and control.
The one thing prophecy states is a coming backlash against humanism and secularism, as it ruins this nation. At what point will the backlash take place? When religious America is fed up enough. That point is coming. With it, expect persecution of people not willing to go along.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Only 4%
A new George Barna survey is out, showing only 4% of those surveyed have a biblical worldview. That is a shockingly small number and goes to show my position on going back and forth between last day events fulfilling quickly or an entire generation or more passing before those events can transpire, remains intact. I make no predictions because things are, tragically, a serious mess.
Apparently, the nature of the lockdowns, especially on churches, shook the ground professed Christians walk on so much, their faith in God weakened to extraordinary levels.
It seems logical to me that people refusing to think for themselves can get turned around on just about anything. The Bible, its Author and His revealed plans have been so diminished in people's lives it has created a crisis of unprecedented proportions.
www.faithwire.com/2023/05/18/god-truth-sin-and-church-shocking-study-reveals-how-americans-shifting-views-are-sparking-biblical-worldview-crisis/
In other countries, where people are willing to die to get the Bible into the hands of citizens in despotic nations, here in America, the nation has lost its way.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Apparently, the nature of the lockdowns, especially on churches, shook the ground professed Christians walk on so much, their faith in God weakened to extraordinary levels.
It seems logical to me that people refusing to think for themselves can get turned around on just about anything. The Bible, its Author and His revealed plans have been so diminished in people's lives it has created a crisis of unprecedented proportions.
www.faithwire.com/2023/05/18/god-truth-sin-and-church-shocking-study-reveals-how-americans-shifting-views-are-sparking-biblical-worldview-crisis/
In other countries, where people are willing to die to get the Bible into the hands of citizens in despotic nations, here in America, the nation has lost its way.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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784. New Vatican 'Fundamental Law' - May 20, 2023
Again, here are two fundamental principles.
1. The Roman Catholic Church states - We are the true church, therefore we teach the truth.
2. The Protestant movement teaches - We teach truth, therefore we are the true church.
That difference is what caused centuries of persecution in Europe.
#1 is absolute, which I will show in a minute.
#2 is not. It rests on the individual to 'study, be diligent, to show themselves approved to God, workmen, toilers, that need not to be ashamed, rightly dividing, rightly handling the word of truth,' 2Tim. 2:15
Here's another pair of principles.
1. The RCC, Papacy and Vatican City State are the epitome of union between church and state.
2. The United States of America places a wall of separation between church and state.
Islam is an obvious union of church and state. Some provinces in India, committed to the Hindi faith, are unions of church and state. Where unions of church and state exist there are always people persecuted for dissenting from the church/state power.
Now, the Vatican City State, a literal 9-acre nation run by the Pope and ecclesiastical administrators, with more "offices," agencies and dignitaries than you can name in an hour, has a basic, fundamental law; a constitution if you will. It's in the news -
www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254347/analysis-what-does-pope-francis-new-fundamental-law-mean-for-vatican-city-state
Read the entire article because it has a simple history all should be aware of. Right in this article from the Catholic News Agency is all the information anyone needs to know the RCC is not only NOT the true church, it is an apostate organization, if you see through biblical eyes.
"Yet in some respects, Francis’ May 13 promulgation moves the state closer to the model of a modern, secular state.
"To be sure, the new law leaves no doubt that the civil government remains very much an absolute monarchy, with the supreme pontiff possessing all “legislative, executive, and judicial powers.”
"But the new law gives Vatican City’s civil entities a more central role, even in international relations, and it now emphatically makes the city-state the guarantor of the Holy See’s sovereignty."
Show me a single statement from Jesus, the Head of His body, His church, has such a policy. Not even the ancient Hebrew theocracy, given from Yehovah, functioned with such a single-ruler concept. Moses had no such position. No priest had it. No prophet.
"From the birth of modern states, the Holy See had understood that the only guarantee of independence would be to manage its own state. And so, the solution to the Roman question involved the creation of a territory so small as to seem almost symbolic but with all the constituent elements of a state: territory, population, sovereignty, and legal system.
"Today, the civil government provides security, public order, civil protection, health protection, health care, general hygiene, the environment and ecology, economic activities, postal, philatelic, customs services, connectivity and network infrastructures, construction activities, technical systems, plumbing, and electricity.
"It also is responsible for the Vatican Museums’ conservation, enhancement, and use, as well as “superintendence over the assets of the entire artistic, historical, archaeological, and ethnographic heritage.”
"After 1929 there were, over time, various adjustments to the state constitution, but it was only under John Paul II that a new Fundamental Law was promulgated, on Nov. 26, 2000."
What you are looking at is a union of church and state like no other in modern history. If Islam gains a world-wide Caliphate, there would be a monstrous opponent to Vatican desires to control the world.
When the Hebrews complained to God about wanting a king, because all the nations around them had kings, God said, You don't need one. I am your King. The people did not relent, and God gave them a king, along with all the warnings of the curses that came with that system of governance. The people ignored all that, and ultimately suffered an catastrophic division; when ten of the tribes separated themselves and faded into the pagan societies they yearned for anyway; and Judah and Benjamin carried on, and ultimately were conquered by the Romans and the entire theocratic system came to an end.
The early Christian church was obviously not a civil institution. They met in homes. They only had elders and deacons for leadership once the apostles died. They owned no property. They had no walls. They had no army. They had no bank. They had no fundamental law that gave them civil power within the Roman empire. How did the Vatican come into being? How did the Papacy rise to such power? How did the Roman Catholic Church literally run Europe for centuries? How did Charlemagne become the first "Holy Roman Emperor"? What is this 1500 year history in the Western hemisphere of wars, intrigue, inquisitions and pontificating orders and laws and traditions in every direction, with popes sitting on gold thrones, with an army, the Swiss Guard, its own banking system and currency, businesses across the globe, including shipping lines and real estate development? What is this gargantuan institution? The church of Jesus Christ? NO. It is the great falling away, the great apostasy, of the Christian church, the antiChrist system that puts itself "in place of Christ."
1Jn 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
1Jn 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
1Jn 2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
1Jn 2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
1Jn 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1Jn 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
1Jn 2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
1Jn 2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
1Jn 2:26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
1Jn 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
But, wait, you say. The Popes and the Church do not deny that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah. Do they not? God established His Son as the Head of His church and there is no subordinate representative on Earth. The Holy Spirit and truth represent Christ and makes Him and the truth alive in the believer. There is no vice Christ. There is no earthly potentate, no single leader who represents Christ on Earth, no "absolute monarchy, with the supreme pontiff possessing all “legislative, executive, and judicial powers.”
That is nothing but, man-power, man-made systems of power and authority to rule, not shepherd and guide. What do special clothes and crowns and jewels and buildings and wealth have to do with Jesus when He was on Earth? Nothing. It is all captured in the statement from Paul in his second letter to the assembly of believers in Thessalonica -
2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2Th 2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
2Th 2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
2Th 2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
2Th 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
2Th 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Th 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
"We hold upon this Earth the place of God Almighty" - Pope Leo XIII
You can buy the letters and decrees of Pope Leo. I own one. Paperback edition. His pontificate went from 1878 - 1903. The book is filled with statements based on Catholic control of civil power.
Back to the article -
"Other notable changes include allowing for lay appointees to its legislative body, the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State; restructuring the state councilors who advise the commission as a “college”; and modernizing and tightening fiscal oversight.
"In addition, the role of the secretary of state is de-emphasized while the pope’s powers are centralized, as has been manifested in other reforms during Francis’ pontificate."
This is not the church of Jesus Christ. It's a colossal imposture. A gigantic system of apostasy that has nothing to do with the plan of salvation God established. It is responsible for wars and death and scandals and a sewer system of foreign intrigue involving the Jesuit Order.
At one time, all believers in the Western hemisphere understood this truth, these facts, this history, as they lived through it. Until the establishment of the Jesuit order and writings of the Jesuit priests Lucius Alcazar and Francisco Ribera, there was no Preterist or Futurist positions about Bible prophecy and antiChrist. All Bible believers understood and knew that the Papacy was antechristos - in place of Christ - the great falling away and apostasy of the Christian faith led by the man of sin, son of perdition, who exalted himself sitting in a temple, on a throne, carried on shoulders as a king, thinking he had the power and authority of God, like he was some pagan man-god, a king-god to literally rule the Earth.
This, again, is not about average Roman Catholics. Most have no idea of its own church's history and doctrines. They go to Mass, they go home and live their lives pretty far from the more rigorous points of declared and decreed Catholic faith. This is about a system of religion that is opposed to God's plan of salvation, that denies that plan, that denies God's sole authority through Christ, through the Holy Spirit in the believer - no priests, no nuns, no ecclesiastical authorities, no bishops, no cardinals, no popes, no man-made rites, rituals or traditions.
Most Americans have learned there is fake news. Well, there is also fake religion. It is found in Babylon, the union of the Mother whore and her harlot daughters, fornicating with the kings, the leaders of the Earth, to perpetuate a vast system of error that stands in the way of the truth changing lives. Babylon has caused, is causing confusion. Babylon is responsible for this 96% falling away and 4% of people remaining confident a biblical worldview is the true worldview. God calls His people out of spiritual, prophetic Babylon. He has sincere seekers in prophetic Babylon. He calls them out onto the platform of eternal truth.
NOTHING is more important than this situation, which the eternity of all humanity will be determined by, as the last-days build to a climax.
While the world seeks things that are both necessities and trivial, foolish pursuits, the end is growing closer and shall erupt with most people unawares. But, all people on Earth will yet hear the Three Angel's Messages of Revelation 14:6-12 and the last call to come out of Babylon, Rev. 18:1-5. There shall be no excuses, no reasons for anyone to not understand the issues between God's kingdom and man's, between God's law and man's. Between the Sovereignty of God and the usurpation of man. Between truth and error. Between the remnant which keeps the commandments of God and has the faith and testimony of Jesus, and the apostasy of Romanism and all its tentacles.
The absolute, biggest controversy in history is coming. It is up to us, each, individually, to be ready, in Christ.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
1. The Roman Catholic Church states - We are the true church, therefore we teach the truth.
2. The Protestant movement teaches - We teach truth, therefore we are the true church.
That difference is what caused centuries of persecution in Europe.
#1 is absolute, which I will show in a minute.
#2 is not. It rests on the individual to 'study, be diligent, to show themselves approved to God, workmen, toilers, that need not to be ashamed, rightly dividing, rightly handling the word of truth,' 2Tim. 2:15
Here's another pair of principles.
1. The RCC, Papacy and Vatican City State are the epitome of union between church and state.
2. The United States of America places a wall of separation between church and state.
Islam is an obvious union of church and state. Some provinces in India, committed to the Hindi faith, are unions of church and state. Where unions of church and state exist there are always people persecuted for dissenting from the church/state power.
Now, the Vatican City State, a literal 9-acre nation run by the Pope and ecclesiastical administrators, with more "offices," agencies and dignitaries than you can name in an hour, has a basic, fundamental law; a constitution if you will. It's in the news -
www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254347/analysis-what-does-pope-francis-new-fundamental-law-mean-for-vatican-city-state
Read the entire article because it has a simple history all should be aware of. Right in this article from the Catholic News Agency is all the information anyone needs to know the RCC is not only NOT the true church, it is an apostate organization, if you see through biblical eyes.
"Yet in some respects, Francis’ May 13 promulgation moves the state closer to the model of a modern, secular state.
"To be sure, the new law leaves no doubt that the civil government remains very much an absolute monarchy, with the supreme pontiff possessing all “legislative, executive, and judicial powers.”
"But the new law gives Vatican City’s civil entities a more central role, even in international relations, and it now emphatically makes the city-state the guarantor of the Holy See’s sovereignty."
Show me a single statement from Jesus, the Head of His body, His church, has such a policy. Not even the ancient Hebrew theocracy, given from Yehovah, functioned with such a single-ruler concept. Moses had no such position. No priest had it. No prophet.
"From the birth of modern states, the Holy See had understood that the only guarantee of independence would be to manage its own state. And so, the solution to the Roman question involved the creation of a territory so small as to seem almost symbolic but with all the constituent elements of a state: territory, population, sovereignty, and legal system.
"Today, the civil government provides security, public order, civil protection, health protection, health care, general hygiene, the environment and ecology, economic activities, postal, philatelic, customs services, connectivity and network infrastructures, construction activities, technical systems, plumbing, and electricity.
"It also is responsible for the Vatican Museums’ conservation, enhancement, and use, as well as “superintendence over the assets of the entire artistic, historical, archaeological, and ethnographic heritage.”
"After 1929 there were, over time, various adjustments to the state constitution, but it was only under John Paul II that a new Fundamental Law was promulgated, on Nov. 26, 2000."
What you are looking at is a union of church and state like no other in modern history. If Islam gains a world-wide Caliphate, there would be a monstrous opponent to Vatican desires to control the world.
When the Hebrews complained to God about wanting a king, because all the nations around them had kings, God said, You don't need one. I am your King. The people did not relent, and God gave them a king, along with all the warnings of the curses that came with that system of governance. The people ignored all that, and ultimately suffered an catastrophic division; when ten of the tribes separated themselves and faded into the pagan societies they yearned for anyway; and Judah and Benjamin carried on, and ultimately were conquered by the Romans and the entire theocratic system came to an end.
The early Christian church was obviously not a civil institution. They met in homes. They only had elders and deacons for leadership once the apostles died. They owned no property. They had no walls. They had no army. They had no bank. They had no fundamental law that gave them civil power within the Roman empire. How did the Vatican come into being? How did the Papacy rise to such power? How did the Roman Catholic Church literally run Europe for centuries? How did Charlemagne become the first "Holy Roman Emperor"? What is this 1500 year history in the Western hemisphere of wars, intrigue, inquisitions and pontificating orders and laws and traditions in every direction, with popes sitting on gold thrones, with an army, the Swiss Guard, its own banking system and currency, businesses across the globe, including shipping lines and real estate development? What is this gargantuan institution? The church of Jesus Christ? NO. It is the great falling away, the great apostasy, of the Christian church, the antiChrist system that puts itself "in place of Christ."
1Jn 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
1Jn 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
1Jn 2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
1Jn 2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
1Jn 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1Jn 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
1Jn 2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
1Jn 2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
1Jn 2:26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
1Jn 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
But, wait, you say. The Popes and the Church do not deny that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah. Do they not? God established His Son as the Head of His church and there is no subordinate representative on Earth. The Holy Spirit and truth represent Christ and makes Him and the truth alive in the believer. There is no vice Christ. There is no earthly potentate, no single leader who represents Christ on Earth, no "absolute monarchy, with the supreme pontiff possessing all “legislative, executive, and judicial powers.”
That is nothing but, man-power, man-made systems of power and authority to rule, not shepherd and guide. What do special clothes and crowns and jewels and buildings and wealth have to do with Jesus when He was on Earth? Nothing. It is all captured in the statement from Paul in his second letter to the assembly of believers in Thessalonica -
2Th 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2Th 2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2Th 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2Th 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
2Th 2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
2Th 2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
2Th 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
2Th 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Th 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
"We hold upon this Earth the place of God Almighty" - Pope Leo XIII
You can buy the letters and decrees of Pope Leo. I own one. Paperback edition. His pontificate went from 1878 - 1903. The book is filled with statements based on Catholic control of civil power.
Back to the article -
"Other notable changes include allowing for lay appointees to its legislative body, the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State; restructuring the state councilors who advise the commission as a “college”; and modernizing and tightening fiscal oversight.
"In addition, the role of the secretary of state is de-emphasized while the pope’s powers are centralized, as has been manifested in other reforms during Francis’ pontificate."
This is not the church of Jesus Christ. It's a colossal imposture. A gigantic system of apostasy that has nothing to do with the plan of salvation God established. It is responsible for wars and death and scandals and a sewer system of foreign intrigue involving the Jesuit Order.
At one time, all believers in the Western hemisphere understood this truth, these facts, this history, as they lived through it. Until the establishment of the Jesuit order and writings of the Jesuit priests Lucius Alcazar and Francisco Ribera, there was no Preterist or Futurist positions about Bible prophecy and antiChrist. All Bible believers understood and knew that the Papacy was antechristos - in place of Christ - the great falling away and apostasy of the Christian faith led by the man of sin, son of perdition, who exalted himself sitting in a temple, on a throne, carried on shoulders as a king, thinking he had the power and authority of God, like he was some pagan man-god, a king-god to literally rule the Earth.
This, again, is not about average Roman Catholics. Most have no idea of its own church's history and doctrines. They go to Mass, they go home and live their lives pretty far from the more rigorous points of declared and decreed Catholic faith. This is about a system of religion that is opposed to God's plan of salvation, that denies that plan, that denies God's sole authority through Christ, through the Holy Spirit in the believer - no priests, no nuns, no ecclesiastical authorities, no bishops, no cardinals, no popes, no man-made rites, rituals or traditions.
Most Americans have learned there is fake news. Well, there is also fake religion. It is found in Babylon, the union of the Mother whore and her harlot daughters, fornicating with the kings, the leaders of the Earth, to perpetuate a vast system of error that stands in the way of the truth changing lives. Babylon has caused, is causing confusion. Babylon is responsible for this 96% falling away and 4% of people remaining confident a biblical worldview is the true worldview. God calls His people out of spiritual, prophetic Babylon. He has sincere seekers in prophetic Babylon. He calls them out onto the platform of eternal truth.
NOTHING is more important than this situation, which the eternity of all humanity will be determined by, as the last-days build to a climax.
While the world seeks things that are both necessities and trivial, foolish pursuits, the end is growing closer and shall erupt with most people unawares. But, all people on Earth will yet hear the Three Angel's Messages of Revelation 14:6-12 and the last call to come out of Babylon, Rev. 18:1-5. There shall be no excuses, no reasons for anyone to not understand the issues between God's kingdom and man's, between God's law and man's. Between the Sovereignty of God and the usurpation of man. Between truth and error. Between the remnant which keeps the commandments of God and has the faith and testimony of Jesus, and the apostasy of Romanism and all its tentacles.
The absolute, biggest controversy in history is coming. It is up to us, each, individually, to be ready, in Christ.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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785. What About Those Who Never Heard? - 5/20/'23
One of the most important questions Christians receive is this one - What happens to people who never heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
God is love. God is just. God is fair. God is merciful. God is much more than that, by way of biblical descriptions of His character but, these will help us understand just how easy God has made it to enter eternity with Him.
It is estimated that between 150 - 300 million people were living on Earth when Christ was here. If we use biblical history, that would be the culmination of 4,000 years of human history, from Adam and Eve forward. There's no way to know how many people lived before Christ on a world-wide basis. Some analysts believe billions of people could have been alive at the time of the Flood. The reason would be the far longer lifespans and time to produce children. Extended families would grow exponentially.
All those people. What did they know of the Creator and His plan of salvation? At the time of the Deluge the message and warning from Noah would have reached all people alive at that time. It took 120 years to build the Ark and warn the population. After that? Shorter lifespans, scattering of people from the Tower of Babel incident and the world population grew more slowly to less than a billion alive in 1 A.D. It is estimated by some that by the time humanity is judged at the Great White Throne judgment, Revelation chapter 20, 100 billion people will have lived on planet Earth.
It could be concluded most never heard the Gospel before Christ or after Christ, in any serious form or exposure. Are they all lost? Not according to Scripture.
John 1:9 That was the true Light [Messiah/Christ], which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
Somehow, some way, every person born gets some kind of light of truth shined on their pathway beyond the age of accountability. Before that age - that experience and understanding of the world around us, right and wrong - it is the attitude and life of the parents that determines the eternity of the infant, in the knowledge of God for each and every soul that lives. How? That is God's to know, not man's. If you know God, you will trust God.
Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Rom 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead [Divinity]; so that they are without excuse:
No excuses, that anyone did not know what decision to make and chose not to. Why? Creation. It is all around us, even in cities creation can be seen, it's exquisite designs and message of a Creator.
Psa 19:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Psa 19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Psa 19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
Psa 19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Psa 19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Psa 19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
The sun, moon and stars all speak, in all languages, of God's creation. As paganism developed on Earth, the celestial bodies were considered deity, given names and personalities and all but, mankind knew the enormity of the witness of the heavens then and know now. It all did not just pop into existence by itself, regardless of fanciful formulas and explanations rendered to us today by naturalists and materialists and One of the most important questions Christians receive is this one - What happens to people who never heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
God is love. God is just. God is fair. God is merciful. God is much more than that, by way of biblical descriptions of His character but, these will help us understand just hoe easy God has made it to enter eternity with Him.
It is estimated that between 150 - 300 million people were living on Earth when Christ was here. If we use biblical history, that would be the culmination of 4,000 years of human history, from Adam and Eve forward. There's no way to know how many people lived before Christ on a world-wide basis. Some analysts believe billions of people could have been alive at the time of the Flood. The reason would be the far longer lifespans and time to produce children. Extended families would grow exponentially.
All those people. What did they know of the Creator and His plan of salvation? At the time of the Deluge the message and warning from Noah would have reached all people alive at that time. It took 120 years to build the Ark and warn the population. After that? Shorter lifespans, scattering of people from the Tower of Babel incident and the world population grew more slowly to less than a billion alive in 1 A.D. It is estimated by some that by the time humanity is judged at the Great White Throne judgment, Revelation chapter 20, 100 billion people will have lived on planet Earth.
It could be concluded most never heard the Gospel before Christ or after Christ, in any serious form or exposure. Are they all lost? Not according to Scripture.
John 1:9 That was the true Light [Messiah/Christ], which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
Somehow, some way, every person born gets some kind of light of truth shined on their pathway beyond the age of accountability. Before that age, that understanding of the world around us, it is the attitude and life of the parents that determines the eternity of the infant, in the knowledge of God for each and every soul that lives. How? That is God's to know, not man's.
Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Rom 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead [Divinity]; so that they are without excuse:
No excuses that anyone did not know. Why? Creation. It is all around us, above us and below us, even in cities creation can be seen; it's exquisite designs and message of a Creator. Add to that this -
Psa 19:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Psa 19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Psa 19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
Psa 19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Psa 19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Psa 19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
The sun, moon and stars all speak of God's creation. As paganism developed on Earth, the celestial bodies were considered gods, given names and personalities and all but, mankind knew the enormity of the witness of the heavens then and know now. It all did not just pop into existence by itself, regardless of fanciful formulas and explanations rendered to us today by naturalists and materialists and cosmic evolutionists.
Rom 2:6 Who [God] will render to every man according to his deeds:
Rom 2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
Rom 2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Rom 2:9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
Rom 2:10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
Rom 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
Rom 2:12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
Rom 2:13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
Rom 2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
Rom 2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
Rom 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
That is information given 2,000 years ago, being applied to everyone who lived before Paul and while he was alive, and in principle till the time when all the world shall hear the truth and decide upon before Christ returns. God is no respecter of persons. All are given light, truth and opportunity in ways, a thousand ways we are not understanding of but, God knows how each person reacts to that light. Gentiles that do what is contained in the Law, not ever being exposed to it, because its principles have somehow made entrance into their hearts and minds and changed them, via creation testifying of a Creator, will be there in eternity before the Jew who had the Law, had the truth, had the history of God's works and chose not to regard it all.
An infinite task to be sure but, God is infinite and can handle the task easily enough, and Heaven's books of records contain it all and we can be shown exactly why each person in eternity is there and why each person not there, is not there. The final judgment of God's full nature released upon Earth at the end of time, will prove God has been just and fair. If anyone outside the gates of Heaven, gathered like the sand of all beaches on Earth, surrounding the Jasper walls, clear as crystal, are standing when the consuming fire goes out, it shall testify they could live in the glory of God revealed because their hearts were changed, their life measured up to the light they were given. That is not going to happen because God makes no mistakes, though I would not out it past God to do something like that to answer any lingering questions any person or angel might have. Imagine the looks on millions of faces to see some of those resurrected at the end of the thousand years, assumed raised to suffer the final judgment upon sin, remaining standing when the fire that engulfs the world go out.
"Well. Look at them," God could say. "They are not consumed. They bask in my glory. Open the gates, that they may come in. They are worthy," as God winks his eye at them. What a moment that would be. You can imagine the thunderous proclamation of victory from a billion voices raised in praise of God, and Christ, and the Holy Spirit, and the plan of salvation.
2Pet 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
God is not trying to keep anyone out of eternity. He wants everyone to come in. Unfortunately, all will not choose to do God's will but, choose to do their own, live in their sins, and die in their sins.
Rev 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
Rev 15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Rev 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
God is love. God is just. God is fair. God is merciful. God is much more than that, by way of biblical descriptions of His character but, these will help us understand just how easy God has made it to enter eternity with Him.
It is estimated that between 150 - 300 million people were living on Earth when Christ was here. If we use biblical history, that would be the culmination of 4,000 years of human history, from Adam and Eve forward. There's no way to know how many people lived before Christ on a world-wide basis. Some analysts believe billions of people could have been alive at the time of the Flood. The reason would be the far longer lifespans and time to produce children. Extended families would grow exponentially.
All those people. What did they know of the Creator and His plan of salvation? At the time of the Deluge the message and warning from Noah would have reached all people alive at that time. It took 120 years to build the Ark and warn the population. After that? Shorter lifespans, scattering of people from the Tower of Babel incident and the world population grew more slowly to less than a billion alive in 1 A.D. It is estimated by some that by the time humanity is judged at the Great White Throne judgment, Revelation chapter 20, 100 billion people will have lived on planet Earth.
It could be concluded most never heard the Gospel before Christ or after Christ, in any serious form or exposure. Are they all lost? Not according to Scripture.
John 1:9 That was the true Light [Messiah/Christ], which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
Somehow, some way, every person born gets some kind of light of truth shined on their pathway beyond the age of accountability. Before that age - that experience and understanding of the world around us, right and wrong - it is the attitude and life of the parents that determines the eternity of the infant, in the knowledge of God for each and every soul that lives. How? That is God's to know, not man's. If you know God, you will trust God.
Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Rom 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead [Divinity]; so that they are without excuse:
No excuses, that anyone did not know what decision to make and chose not to. Why? Creation. It is all around us, even in cities creation can be seen, it's exquisite designs and message of a Creator.
Psa 19:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Psa 19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Psa 19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
Psa 19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Psa 19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Psa 19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
The sun, moon and stars all speak, in all languages, of God's creation. As paganism developed on Earth, the celestial bodies were considered deity, given names and personalities and all but, mankind knew the enormity of the witness of the heavens then and know now. It all did not just pop into existence by itself, regardless of fanciful formulas and explanations rendered to us today by naturalists and materialists and One of the most important questions Christians receive is this one - What happens to people who never heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
God is love. God is just. God is fair. God is merciful. God is much more than that, by way of biblical descriptions of His character but, these will help us understand just hoe easy God has made it to enter eternity with Him.
It is estimated that between 150 - 300 million people were living on Earth when Christ was here. If we use biblical history, that would be the culmination of 4,000 years of human history, from Adam and Eve forward. There's no way to know how many people lived before Christ on a world-wide basis. Some analysts believe billions of people could have been alive at the time of the Flood. The reason would be the far longer lifespans and time to produce children. Extended families would grow exponentially.
All those people. What did they know of the Creator and His plan of salvation? At the time of the Deluge the message and warning from Noah would have reached all people alive at that time. It took 120 years to build the Ark and warn the population. After that? Shorter lifespans, scattering of people from the Tower of Babel incident and the world population grew more slowly to less than a billion alive in 1 A.D. It is estimated by some that by the time humanity is judged at the Great White Throne judgment, Revelation chapter 20, 100 billion people will have lived on planet Earth.
It could be concluded most never heard the Gospel before Christ or after Christ, in any serious form or exposure. Are they all lost? Not according to Scripture.
John 1:9 That was the true Light [Messiah/Christ], which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
Somehow, some way, every person born gets some kind of light of truth shined on their pathway beyond the age of accountability. Before that age, that understanding of the world around us, it is the attitude and life of the parents that determines the eternity of the infant, in the knowledge of God for each and every soul that lives. How? That is God's to know, not man's.
Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Rom 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead [Divinity]; so that they are without excuse:
No excuses that anyone did not know. Why? Creation. It is all around us, above us and below us, even in cities creation can be seen; it's exquisite designs and message of a Creator. Add to that this -
Psa 19:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Psa 19:2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
Psa 19:3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
Psa 19:4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
Psa 19:5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Psa 19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
The sun, moon and stars all speak of God's creation. As paganism developed on Earth, the celestial bodies were considered gods, given names and personalities and all but, mankind knew the enormity of the witness of the heavens then and know now. It all did not just pop into existence by itself, regardless of fanciful formulas and explanations rendered to us today by naturalists and materialists and cosmic evolutionists.
Rom 2:6 Who [God] will render to every man according to his deeds:
Rom 2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
Rom 2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Rom 2:9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
Rom 2:10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
Rom 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
Rom 2:12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
Rom 2:13 (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
Rom 2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
Rom 2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
Rom 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
That is information given 2,000 years ago, being applied to everyone who lived before Paul and while he was alive, and in principle till the time when all the world shall hear the truth and decide upon before Christ returns. God is no respecter of persons. All are given light, truth and opportunity in ways, a thousand ways we are not understanding of but, God knows how each person reacts to that light. Gentiles that do what is contained in the Law, not ever being exposed to it, because its principles have somehow made entrance into their hearts and minds and changed them, via creation testifying of a Creator, will be there in eternity before the Jew who had the Law, had the truth, had the history of God's works and chose not to regard it all.
An infinite task to be sure but, God is infinite and can handle the task easily enough, and Heaven's books of records contain it all and we can be shown exactly why each person in eternity is there and why each person not there, is not there. The final judgment of God's full nature released upon Earth at the end of time, will prove God has been just and fair. If anyone outside the gates of Heaven, gathered like the sand of all beaches on Earth, surrounding the Jasper walls, clear as crystal, are standing when the consuming fire goes out, it shall testify they could live in the glory of God revealed because their hearts were changed, their life measured up to the light they were given. That is not going to happen because God makes no mistakes, though I would not out it past God to do something like that to answer any lingering questions any person or angel might have. Imagine the looks on millions of faces to see some of those resurrected at the end of the thousand years, assumed raised to suffer the final judgment upon sin, remaining standing when the fire that engulfs the world go out.
"Well. Look at them," God could say. "They are not consumed. They bask in my glory. Open the gates, that they may come in. They are worthy," as God winks his eye at them. What a moment that would be. You can imagine the thunderous proclamation of victory from a billion voices raised in praise of God, and Christ, and the Holy Spirit, and the plan of salvation.
2Pet 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
God is not trying to keep anyone out of eternity. He wants everyone to come in. Unfortunately, all will not choose to do God's will but, choose to do their own, live in their sins, and die in their sins.
Rev 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
Rev 15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Rev 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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A UAP Congressional Hornet's Nest
Dr. Garry Nolan, highly respected scientist from Stanford, believes "ET" has not just visited Earth but, is here. Watch - (2 min.)
www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/2023/05/19/6466b135ca47414e508b4586.html
Stirred up a Congressional hornet's nest? Hmm.
And, a link on that page sends you to this story -
"Space Force boss acknowledges the U.S. will begin facing threats outside of Earth"This is definitely not a conspiracy theory, Space Force confirmed a chilling fear in the U.S. government"
www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/2023/04/22/64430ea4ca4741f06d8b45c2.html
So, the conspiracy theory from some in the UFOlogy movement believe the US government, along with other governments, are planning an "ET" attack on the planet to gain a world-wide shut down they will make permanent, to control the planet's population.
The other side of UFOlogy is warning of that conspiracy plan, stating "ET" is benevolent.
Then you have those who believe all kinds of "ET" are out there, benevolent and malevolent.
Who to believe? GOD and His Word. The enemy of souls is planning big-time deceptions. I believe "ET" will be part of that.
Watch. It's coming.
www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/2023/05/19/6466b135ca47414e508b4586.html
Stirred up a Congressional hornet's nest? Hmm.
And, a link on that page sends you to this story -
"Space Force boss acknowledges the U.S. will begin facing threats outside of Earth"This is definitely not a conspiracy theory, Space Force confirmed a chilling fear in the U.S. government"
www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/us-news/2023/04/22/64430ea4ca4741f06d8b45c2.html
So, the conspiracy theory from some in the UFOlogy movement believe the US government, along with other governments, are planning an "ET" attack on the planet to gain a world-wide shut down they will make permanent, to control the planet's population.
The other side of UFOlogy is warning of that conspiracy plan, stating "ET" is benevolent.
Then you have those who believe all kinds of "ET" are out there, benevolent and malevolent.
Who to believe? GOD and His Word. The enemy of souls is planning big-time deceptions. I believe "ET" will be part of that.
Watch. It's coming.
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Apprehension
As exposed corruption in America and the rest of the Western hemisphere descends into a bottomless pit of evil, people are becoming more apprehensive of the future, with good reason.
The word "apprehensive" has a couple meanings. Fear and foreboding of something in the future is now the common one but, at one time, to be apprehensive was to be quick to understand.
Here, in America, people have been building in their quick to understand reasons for the corruption in this nation. The current "Durham Report" exposes corruption in all levels of government to no surprising extent for those of us who follow the daily events representing the wicked machinations of government. For others, who somehow had this notion America was still a shining light on a hill; to see their political heroes cast in another light with facts, not opinions, is not just troubling but, for them, devastating.
From the highest seat in the land on down, our usurped presidency to agency after agency head to regular employee, of supposed protection for Americans; the populace is waking up to see that things which seemed the most outrageously impossible scenarios and "conspiracy theories," which are turning out to be conspiracy facts. We knew that. Now, they do. Well, those who actually do see the facts. Unfortunately, far too many useful 'idiots remain.' That fact never seems to go away in any age of human history. The majority of populations just do not practice critical thinking. Especially is that the case in nations with financial stamina for most of its citizens.
Personally, the early reports from Durham left me thinking the guy was just another pawn of government, afraid of his own shadow. So, this new report of the Russia collusion hoax is something that should have been produced a long time ago. I mean, if those reporting on this, in alternative news, knew it all back in 2016, why didn't the justice department? Well, they did. It is just as corrupt as everything else in Washington, D.C. and buried in Trump Derangement Syndrome.
The thing is, this has all exposed something that Americans never thought about much. Very wicked people are in control of this nation. They apparently care about just two things - destroying Donald J. Trump, and power. That's it. The power and control side of this equation goes way back, decades and decades, even a century. It is refreshing, if not disturbing, to see Robert Kennedy Jr. just coming right out and saying the CIA was largely responsible for his uncle's assassination. No surprise, as far as the premise but, a big surprise that someone of his stature would state it. He's running for the Democrat nominee spot for POTUS. He stands against the entire structure of government/Big Pharma and hasn't just named manes, he's written an entire book on the subject, exposing enormous agents of corruption from Anthony Fauci on down.
The Biden crime family, the Clinton crime family, it's all main stream news now, and has people within it attacking each other, as one side decides to expose it all and the other wants them shut up as fools. The whole charade is showing the king has no clothes on. FOX news is more naked than any of them. "Fair and balanced" has fallen off the horse. They are all butt naked and these people in power and control want world war 3. They want war with Russia. Some even want war with China, at the same time, while others on their team want to mimic communist China and be like communist China. It's insanity on parade.
We all have amounts of apprehension worthy of the times we live in.
What to do? Don't ask me. Former heads of national agencies are coming out and saying the next presidential election will be more corrupt and controlled than the last one. There is no stopping systemic corruption.
I can only tell you to turn to God, learn His truth, and hang on. Events are going to change rapidly.
I have all this energy and time and hopes going into a recording project that, along with thousands of others, may never see light of day. Everything is on the brink of collapse. The only thing I can see that is not on the brink is the kingdom of God because Christ said the gates of hell would not prevail against it and because of what Christ did to my own life, I believe Him. There is no other logical place to turn for hope and safety. When God tells you to get ready for problems beyond our scope to apprehend, trouble is coming that shall shake us to the core. What can I say?
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
The word "apprehensive" has a couple meanings. Fear and foreboding of something in the future is now the common one but, at one time, to be apprehensive was to be quick to understand.
Here, in America, people have been building in their quick to understand reasons for the corruption in this nation. The current "Durham Report" exposes corruption in all levels of government to no surprising extent for those of us who follow the daily events representing the wicked machinations of government. For others, who somehow had this notion America was still a shining light on a hill; to see their political heroes cast in another light with facts, not opinions, is not just troubling but, for them, devastating.
From the highest seat in the land on down, our usurped presidency to agency after agency head to regular employee, of supposed protection for Americans; the populace is waking up to see that things which seemed the most outrageously impossible scenarios and "conspiracy theories," which are turning out to be conspiracy facts. We knew that. Now, they do. Well, those who actually do see the facts. Unfortunately, far too many useful 'idiots remain.' That fact never seems to go away in any age of human history. The majority of populations just do not practice critical thinking. Especially is that the case in nations with financial stamina for most of its citizens.
Personally, the early reports from Durham left me thinking the guy was just another pawn of government, afraid of his own shadow. So, this new report of the Russia collusion hoax is something that should have been produced a long time ago. I mean, if those reporting on this, in alternative news, knew it all back in 2016, why didn't the justice department? Well, they did. It is just as corrupt as everything else in Washington, D.C. and buried in Trump Derangement Syndrome.
The thing is, this has all exposed something that Americans never thought about much. Very wicked people are in control of this nation. They apparently care about just two things - destroying Donald J. Trump, and power. That's it. The power and control side of this equation goes way back, decades and decades, even a century. It is refreshing, if not disturbing, to see Robert Kennedy Jr. just coming right out and saying the CIA was largely responsible for his uncle's assassination. No surprise, as far as the premise but, a big surprise that someone of his stature would state it. He's running for the Democrat nominee spot for POTUS. He stands against the entire structure of government/Big Pharma and hasn't just named manes, he's written an entire book on the subject, exposing enormous agents of corruption from Anthony Fauci on down.
The Biden crime family, the Clinton crime family, it's all main stream news now, and has people within it attacking each other, as one side decides to expose it all and the other wants them shut up as fools. The whole charade is showing the king has no clothes on. FOX news is more naked than any of them. "Fair and balanced" has fallen off the horse. They are all butt naked and these people in power and control want world war 3. They want war with Russia. Some even want war with China, at the same time, while others on their team want to mimic communist China and be like communist China. It's insanity on parade.
We all have amounts of apprehension worthy of the times we live in.
What to do? Don't ask me. Former heads of national agencies are coming out and saying the next presidential election will be more corrupt and controlled than the last one. There is no stopping systemic corruption.
I can only tell you to turn to God, learn His truth, and hang on. Events are going to change rapidly.
I have all this energy and time and hopes going into a recording project that, along with thousands of others, may never see light of day. Everything is on the brink of collapse. The only thing I can see that is not on the brink is the kingdom of God because Christ said the gates of hell would not prevail against it and because of what Christ did to my own life, I believe Him. There is no other logical place to turn for hope and safety. When God tells you to get ready for problems beyond our scope to apprehend, trouble is coming that shall shake us to the core. What can I say?
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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A Message From Rick Schroder
"If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times."
Ever say that? I have. More times than I could count. I have said it many times, asking the question, 'Why aren't those tasked with stopping criminal activity, stopping it?' My answer? People are hanging anvils over heads and if you get out of line, the anvil drops and your life is destroyed. Call them cabals, cults, secret societies, elites, whatever you will but, I have believed they exist for most of my adult life; get people involved, then blackmail, threaten, extort people and control them.
Rick Schroder has had a career in Hollywood since his boyhood. Here, he relates an experience he had, as a boy, a child actor in Hollywood, that no child should be exposed to. He comes to the same conclusion.
banned.video/watch?id=646cdfe661bacaf6a627f8f4
The larger war is always a spiritual war between forces of Heaven and forces of darkness and evil. The war has been going on for ceaseless ages and will, until God finally puts an end to it.
You fear [reverence, respect] light or darkness. Everybody does. There are no neutral positions. The shades of darkness are many. Unless you walk into God's light of truth and salvation, re-creation of mind and heart towards God and your fellowman, you abide in darkness. It's an either/or situation. No middle ground.
Darkness covers the Earth, and gross darkness the people.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Ever say that? I have. More times than I could count. I have said it many times, asking the question, 'Why aren't those tasked with stopping criminal activity, stopping it?' My answer? People are hanging anvils over heads and if you get out of line, the anvil drops and your life is destroyed. Call them cabals, cults, secret societies, elites, whatever you will but, I have believed they exist for most of my adult life; get people involved, then blackmail, threaten, extort people and control them.
Rick Schroder has had a career in Hollywood since his boyhood. Here, he relates an experience he had, as a boy, a child actor in Hollywood, that no child should be exposed to. He comes to the same conclusion.
banned.video/watch?id=646cdfe661bacaf6a627f8f4
The larger war is always a spiritual war between forces of Heaven and forces of darkness and evil. The war has been going on for ceaseless ages and will, until God finally puts an end to it.
You fear [reverence, respect] light or darkness. Everybody does. There are no neutral positions. The shades of darkness are many. Unless you walk into God's light of truth and salvation, re-creation of mind and heart towards God and your fellowman, you abide in darkness. It's an either/or situation. No middle ground.
Darkness covers the Earth, and gross darkness the people.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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786. The Power of the Will - May 26, 2023
As I watch the world changing so rapidly, it is becoming apparent the majority populace of this nation, professed Christians with a biblical worldview, are being replaced. They are dying away, both physically and spiritually. Their voices are growing ever dimmer and more quiet as the culture sucks them in and/or they remain quiet when they know America and Western civilization are threatened with actual, literal EXTINCTION.
It is difficult for many of us to watch this happening. Facts are so apparent. The science, true, real, observational science is so obvious, yet so few will speak up or, at least take stands.
The voices of a room full of upset and outraged parents are just a couple hours of inconvenience for radical leftist school boards no one ever dreamed would allow into the minds of children what is being placed before them, on a daily basis.
I just saw a headline for Texas Children's Hospital fast-tracking sex-change surgeries for children. Parents not wanting it are turned by fast talking physicians or are just ignored. Some in the legislature are trying to make laws prohibiting this onslaught. Unfortunately, a growing purple Texas electorate is creeping to long-jumping into radical ideologies.
As conservatism wanes and radical leftism grows, even if most Americans lean Right, their silence and sure change to the center to left is predetermined by ages of policy that destroys principles in the minds of people refusing to be diligent in their fight against darkness. When God said, through the prophet Isaiah, darkness covers the earth and gross darkness the people, that is exactly what he meant, and what is happening. Spiritual darkness is covering the Earth. Someday in the future it will be physical darkness, as well.
It is becoming more and more clear just how the final events can fall into place. Sheep and goats; the righteous, the unrighteous; the remnant of God's people against the whore, her daughters, the kings of the earth. The two great factions of final battle are gathering.
Morality. Once understood, especially by those involved in immorality because of the Holy Spirit's work upon human minds bringing conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment to come, John 16:8-11, weakens exponentially in the Western Hemisphere, the cradle of Christian civilization. As it weakens and becomes displaced by secular humanism, our entire understanding of right and wrong becomes skewed, twisted and in many cases, completely turned upside down.
Reality is being displaced with false concepts and actual fantasy. People believe things so illogical it is staggering they can be so incredibly deceived but, we do not forget Satan seeks, like a roaring lion, who he can devour, deceiving the entire world, 1Peter 5:8; Rev 12:7-11. And that means the ENTIRE world, not just the West.
Another principle also stands before mankind. "Come now, and let us reason together saith the LORD," Isa. 1:18. If you refuse to reason with God you will lose your ability to reason and Satan fills the mind with falsehoods we have no power of our own to reject. It joins with another principle - 'By beholding we become changed,' 2 Cor. 3:18. It's another weak foundation that is built when we allow the windows of our minds to be corrupted by the foolishness and policies of this world. It's a house built on sand.
Be aware. Satan does not needs us "possessed" like some Hollywood horror movie. Judas was possessed. When he betrayed Christ it was written with the simple statements -
John 13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
Joh 13:26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
Joh 13:27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
He didn't rant and rave and foam at the mouth and exhibit superhuman strength or get all bloody, green and gross, spewing filth and perversion in every direction. He walked up to Christ and calmly kissed Him, calling Him Master, when he was under the control, the total control of another master, Mark 14:43-45.
It is fact that the entire world population is going to become possessed, owned, used by the enemy of souls in a final battle against the kingdom of God. God wins. Lucifer loses. Regardless of numbers, the final battle in the war between good and evil is not one fought with physical weapons.
2Co 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
2Co 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
2Co 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
The weapons of warfare for the believer are the mind, the thoughts, the decisions to stand for truth regardless of the pressures brought upon them to do otherwise. Nothing is stronger than the mind held in care of the Creator. It's how martyrs could sing hymns while they went to their deaths. It's how they could pray and ask forgiveness for their tormenters, while they suffered their final breaths at the hands of wicked, lost, demented minds and hands. Nobody knows the number of those lost to this life in horrific ways, too horrendous to mention. The annals of history have written down some of it, for those with strong stomachs. Artists have attempted to draw scenes of torture at the hands of "religious" people trying to get the heretic to change his mind with the use of physical force. We might wonder how humans can withstand these types of treatments that have failed in attempts, beyond number, to get believers to forfeit the truth to lies. It is the power of God's grace, God's sustaining grace in times of need, Heb. 4:16.
You can believe whatever you want. God will not force you to believe otherwise. God is love. Love does not force. Love pleads. Love reasons. Love asks questions those who do not love try to sidestep and get around. They claim to love. They are deceived.
For instance. What is a woman? Can there be a more simple question? Yet in every sector of humanity we find those who cannot answer that simple question with any clarity. They answer by stating they cannot answer because it is different for each woman. Biology, and scientific facts are put aside; once easily defining characteristics are thrown out and everything becomes a complicated mess of drivel that we are to believe: each person decides what a woman is. Thereby also deciding what a man is. This confusion is all part of Lucifer's program to gain control of minds refusing to reason with God, through His Word.
The Bible states it plainly; God created them male and female. That's it. Throughout the entire kingdom of life, with the exception of some anomalies, everything is male and female. A child knows that. Adults confuse it.
It is a confusion that is seen in the most despicable crime against humanity; the sexualizing of children. People with any sense of morality recoil at the thought of children being used as sexual objects by perverted, corrupted adults, whose humanity and sense of right, wrong and reason, has left them. Like Judas, they do not rant and rave and foam at the mouth. Exactly the opposite. They portray themselves as pillars of society, benefactors of the race while they commit their crimes of degradation and sickness.
The Bible states homosexuality, sex outside of marriage, sex with children, sex with animals, sex with self, as sin. Sexual urges, like hunger, are very strong. The thing is, uncontrolled, not held under the control of God, the Creator of sex, they turn from human desire to animal instinct and uncontrollable urges. We see it in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. We see it in the stories of those who chose to allow their urges to commit heinous crimes, like David with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband, Uriah.
The one thing the Bible is not it titillating. All kinds of sin are written in a way that gets the point across without causing the reasonable mind to involve itself in fantasy. It's an amazing thing, and detractors love to point out all the sin portrayed in the Bible yet, miss the fact none of it reads like some selaceous novel. None of it brings to mind sinful thoughts. Even the book, the Song of Solomon, a book saturated with physical intimacy, does not draw the mind into paths of perversion. How can that be? Because the Bible is unlike any other book, which is actually a collection of books, all composed under the influence of the Holy Spirit.
God says -
Isa 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isa 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Isa 1:20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Isaiah penned those words of choice for Israel thousands of years ago and they remain God's invitation for everyone, today. Willingness. Such a simple thing. If you are willing and obedient, willing to be obedient, God has something to work with to make us clean and white, though we be soaked red with sin. One of my favorite texts in Scripture is found in second Corinthians -
2Cor 8:11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
2Cor 8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
A readiness to will. The human will is a powerful thing. The most powerful thing known to humanity. What humans endure simply by use of the will can never be overestimated. If we are ready to will: think if that. We can choose to use our wills to be obedient, as the Holy Spirit works in our minds. God accepts a willing mind. He only seeks our decision to be willing. From there He builds a fortification in the mind to withstand any and all temptations. We may, we will fall but, if we choose to get up, be lifted up by Christ, by the power of Christ in the inner mind, we can be declared clean by forgiveness, and made clean by sanctification: the work of Christ to make people holy, righteous, strong-willed, victorious over the sins that so easily beset us. It is the work of a lifetime but, not everyone has a lifetime. Christ is coming. He comes for old and young. Works of sanctification will take place in the human family unlike any other time in history. People will be made Christlike, with His enduring faith within them, to make the final stand against evil and the insanity of rebellion.
It is happening all around us, though we may not see it and though those being made ready for Heaven may not feel it. The mark, the seal of God; the impress of Christlikeness is being recreated IN the forehead, in the fore brain, the frontal lobes; the seat of reason and choice. God is preparing a people; calling His people out of prophetic Babylon, out of spiritual confusion, and seeking those who decide to worship Him in Spirit and in truth, John 4:24.
Will you and I be among that great number when the war is finally over? It is our choice.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
It is difficult for many of us to watch this happening. Facts are so apparent. The science, true, real, observational science is so obvious, yet so few will speak up or, at least take stands.
The voices of a room full of upset and outraged parents are just a couple hours of inconvenience for radical leftist school boards no one ever dreamed would allow into the minds of children what is being placed before them, on a daily basis.
I just saw a headline for Texas Children's Hospital fast-tracking sex-change surgeries for children. Parents not wanting it are turned by fast talking physicians or are just ignored. Some in the legislature are trying to make laws prohibiting this onslaught. Unfortunately, a growing purple Texas electorate is creeping to long-jumping into radical ideologies.
As conservatism wanes and radical leftism grows, even if most Americans lean Right, their silence and sure change to the center to left is predetermined by ages of policy that destroys principles in the minds of people refusing to be diligent in their fight against darkness. When God said, through the prophet Isaiah, darkness covers the earth and gross darkness the people, that is exactly what he meant, and what is happening. Spiritual darkness is covering the Earth. Someday in the future it will be physical darkness, as well.
It is becoming more and more clear just how the final events can fall into place. Sheep and goats; the righteous, the unrighteous; the remnant of God's people against the whore, her daughters, the kings of the earth. The two great factions of final battle are gathering.
Morality. Once understood, especially by those involved in immorality because of the Holy Spirit's work upon human minds bringing conviction of sin, righteousness, and judgment to come, John 16:8-11, weakens exponentially in the Western Hemisphere, the cradle of Christian civilization. As it weakens and becomes displaced by secular humanism, our entire understanding of right and wrong becomes skewed, twisted and in many cases, completely turned upside down.
Reality is being displaced with false concepts and actual fantasy. People believe things so illogical it is staggering they can be so incredibly deceived but, we do not forget Satan seeks, like a roaring lion, who he can devour, deceiving the entire world, 1Peter 5:8; Rev 12:7-11. And that means the ENTIRE world, not just the West.
Another principle also stands before mankind. "Come now, and let us reason together saith the LORD," Isa. 1:18. If you refuse to reason with God you will lose your ability to reason and Satan fills the mind with falsehoods we have no power of our own to reject. It joins with another principle - 'By beholding we become changed,' 2 Cor. 3:18. It's another weak foundation that is built when we allow the windows of our minds to be corrupted by the foolishness and policies of this world. It's a house built on sand.
Be aware. Satan does not needs us "possessed" like some Hollywood horror movie. Judas was possessed. When he betrayed Christ it was written with the simple statements -
John 13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
Joh 13:26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
Joh 13:27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
He didn't rant and rave and foam at the mouth and exhibit superhuman strength or get all bloody, green and gross, spewing filth and perversion in every direction. He walked up to Christ and calmly kissed Him, calling Him Master, when he was under the control, the total control of another master, Mark 14:43-45.
It is fact that the entire world population is going to become possessed, owned, used by the enemy of souls in a final battle against the kingdom of God. God wins. Lucifer loses. Regardless of numbers, the final battle in the war between good and evil is not one fought with physical weapons.
2Co 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
2Co 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
2Co 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
The weapons of warfare for the believer are the mind, the thoughts, the decisions to stand for truth regardless of the pressures brought upon them to do otherwise. Nothing is stronger than the mind held in care of the Creator. It's how martyrs could sing hymns while they went to their deaths. It's how they could pray and ask forgiveness for their tormenters, while they suffered their final breaths at the hands of wicked, lost, demented minds and hands. Nobody knows the number of those lost to this life in horrific ways, too horrendous to mention. The annals of history have written down some of it, for those with strong stomachs. Artists have attempted to draw scenes of torture at the hands of "religious" people trying to get the heretic to change his mind with the use of physical force. We might wonder how humans can withstand these types of treatments that have failed in attempts, beyond number, to get believers to forfeit the truth to lies. It is the power of God's grace, God's sustaining grace in times of need, Heb. 4:16.
You can believe whatever you want. God will not force you to believe otherwise. God is love. Love does not force. Love pleads. Love reasons. Love asks questions those who do not love try to sidestep and get around. They claim to love. They are deceived.
For instance. What is a woman? Can there be a more simple question? Yet in every sector of humanity we find those who cannot answer that simple question with any clarity. They answer by stating they cannot answer because it is different for each woman. Biology, and scientific facts are put aside; once easily defining characteristics are thrown out and everything becomes a complicated mess of drivel that we are to believe: each person decides what a woman is. Thereby also deciding what a man is. This confusion is all part of Lucifer's program to gain control of minds refusing to reason with God, through His Word.
The Bible states it plainly; God created them male and female. That's it. Throughout the entire kingdom of life, with the exception of some anomalies, everything is male and female. A child knows that. Adults confuse it.
It is a confusion that is seen in the most despicable crime against humanity; the sexualizing of children. People with any sense of morality recoil at the thought of children being used as sexual objects by perverted, corrupted adults, whose humanity and sense of right, wrong and reason, has left them. Like Judas, they do not rant and rave and foam at the mouth. Exactly the opposite. They portray themselves as pillars of society, benefactors of the race while they commit their crimes of degradation and sickness.
The Bible states homosexuality, sex outside of marriage, sex with children, sex with animals, sex with self, as sin. Sexual urges, like hunger, are very strong. The thing is, uncontrolled, not held under the control of God, the Creator of sex, they turn from human desire to animal instinct and uncontrollable urges. We see it in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. We see it in the stories of those who chose to allow their urges to commit heinous crimes, like David with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband, Uriah.
The one thing the Bible is not it titillating. All kinds of sin are written in a way that gets the point across without causing the reasonable mind to involve itself in fantasy. It's an amazing thing, and detractors love to point out all the sin portrayed in the Bible yet, miss the fact none of it reads like some selaceous novel. None of it brings to mind sinful thoughts. Even the book, the Song of Solomon, a book saturated with physical intimacy, does not draw the mind into paths of perversion. How can that be? Because the Bible is unlike any other book, which is actually a collection of books, all composed under the influence of the Holy Spirit.
God says -
Isa 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Isa 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Isa 1:20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
Isaiah penned those words of choice for Israel thousands of years ago and they remain God's invitation for everyone, today. Willingness. Such a simple thing. If you are willing and obedient, willing to be obedient, God has something to work with to make us clean and white, though we be soaked red with sin. One of my favorite texts in Scripture is found in second Corinthians -
2Cor 8:11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
2Cor 8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
A readiness to will. The human will is a powerful thing. The most powerful thing known to humanity. What humans endure simply by use of the will can never be overestimated. If we are ready to will: think if that. We can choose to use our wills to be obedient, as the Holy Spirit works in our minds. God accepts a willing mind. He only seeks our decision to be willing. From there He builds a fortification in the mind to withstand any and all temptations. We may, we will fall but, if we choose to get up, be lifted up by Christ, by the power of Christ in the inner mind, we can be declared clean by forgiveness, and made clean by sanctification: the work of Christ to make people holy, righteous, strong-willed, victorious over the sins that so easily beset us. It is the work of a lifetime but, not everyone has a lifetime. Christ is coming. He comes for old and young. Works of sanctification will take place in the human family unlike any other time in history. People will be made Christlike, with His enduring faith within them, to make the final stand against evil and the insanity of rebellion.
It is happening all around us, though we may not see it and though those being made ready for Heaven may not feel it. The mark, the seal of God; the impress of Christlikeness is being recreated IN the forehead, in the fore brain, the frontal lobes; the seat of reason and choice. God is preparing a people; calling His people out of prophetic Babylon, out of spiritual confusion, and seeking those who decide to worship Him in Spirit and in truth, John 4:24.
Will you and I be among that great number when the war is finally over? It is our choice.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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787. Revelation Road - May 26, 2023
Pureflix is a Christian/family oriented channel. They have a new tv program coming out called Revelation Road; which is being billed as an action series. The premise of the program begins with the "Rapture" and then shows what things may be like during the seven year tribulation. The program, like the Left Behind series of books and movies, is based on Futurism, the prophetic child of the 16th century Roman Catholic Jesuit priest, Francisco Ribera. I have written much about him and his commentary many times on these pages.
From an article about the program -
"A new end-times drama is set to deliver a unique, action-packed approach to biblical prophecy, exploring what the world could look like in the wake of the biblical Rapture.
“Revelation Road,” a seven-part series set to premiere later this year on Pure Flix, is a continuation of the popular movie trilogy by the same name.
"Director Gabriel Sabloff said he believes the series is quite different from other faith content in the marketplace.
"It focuses on protagonist Josh McManus, whom Sabloff described as a “Jason Bourne-type figure.” McManus, who was once a regular guy, is scientifically modified to become a super soldier of sorts, setting the series up for chaos, thrills, and a fair share of action."
Sound like the book of Revelation to you? If you know your Bible, you know it's silly.
“Our series begins with the Rapture [and] goes on from there,” he said, noting he wanted to explore the entirety of the Tribulation Period, not just a few days after the Rapture. “We wanted to really fill out and expand upon what daily life looks like in the Tribulation Period.”
“Revelation Road” brings the chaos and consternation one imagines unfolding during the biblical end times, carrying a different type of faith content to the marketplace.
“There’s the Rapture in which everyone’s taken up who deserves to be, and then the rest are left behind,” he said. “And then there’s seven years of everyone just trying to figure it out and trying to survive and trying to battle the forces of evil that are inevitably going to take over in the absence of … grace.”
www.faithwire.com/2023/05/23/inspired-by-the-book-of-revelation-action-packed-tv-series-set-to-depict-the-rapture-tribulation-and-end-times-exclusive-trailer/
I'll figure this guy does not have a clue about the Christian faith. Nobody deserves to go to Heaven, "Rapture" or otherwise.
One might ask, if all of God's people are taken to Heaven in a secret event, what is the point of a seven-year period? Some say it is like a second chance period. Well, the guy just said the period is absent of grace. Evil reigns. Seven last plagues, etc. There is nothing about a second chance. Everybody gets thousands, tens of thousands of chances in a lifetime. All cases are decided by the ways people responded to the truth, in whatever capacity it came to them throughout life. There is no need for a period of second chances.
The number seven appears a lot in Revelation. It begins its place in the Bible in the seven-day weekly cycle in Genesis. In Revelation, associated with the last days, in chapter 15 we have seven angels, with seven bowls or vials, pouring out seven plagues. In Chapter 17 we see seven heads on a beast and the heads represent seven mountains or sovereign powers. Then they are shown as seven kings/kingdoms. There is no seven-year period mentioned having anything to do with seven-year period of tribulation. On the contrary, in Rev. 18:10, 17, 19 it states Babylon will be judged in one hour. Now, if that was literal time, 60 minutes for seven plagues to do their work seems naturally wrong. If we use the principle of interpretation of time prophecies that; a prophetic day equals a literal year, a prophetic hour would be around two weeks. That might get closer to God's intent of judging the populace of the Earth with specific plagues showing them the points of rebellion they held to are worthless.
Of course, all of this goes back to Daniel 9. There, Ribera took the seventieth week of prophecy, threw it into the future to portray a seven-year period of tribulation when, in fact, the chapter represents the very period of of probationary time left for the Jews, 490 years from the point of time mentioned by the angel to Daniel. It specifically points out Messiah's baptism, ministry and death; a 490 year period of time culminating in the stoning of Stephen and the gospel going to the gentiles. The very reason why there is an anathema pronounced on any Jew reading Daniel 9 is because it points out the exact time of Messiah's time on Earth, it proves Yeshua is the Messiah. Why do you think Jesus told the disciples to forgive another person 490 times for wronging them, Matt 18:22? Why not 500? Because Jesus wanted their minds to think about Daniel 9 and the period of time that defined the Jewish theocracy coming to an end.
So, we have movies and now a television program, based on Jesuit commentary, to deceive the world and keep them from realizing the anti-Christ, the beast, etc., is the system of Roman Catholicism, its Papacy and Vatican.
God will not leave people without the witness of truth in the face of all the error and junk being promoted out there. Jesus said if someone wants to know the truth they will have it shown to them. God works it out.
I'll close with this, as to the idea of a second chance period of time -
2Cor 6:1 And working together with Him, we also urge that you not receive the grace of God in vain.
2Cor 6:2 For He says: "In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
No second chance periods. Now, today is decision-making time. There may not be a tomorrow for any of us, and many of us will not see another sunrise or sunset.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
From an article about the program -
"A new end-times drama is set to deliver a unique, action-packed approach to biblical prophecy, exploring what the world could look like in the wake of the biblical Rapture.
“Revelation Road,” a seven-part series set to premiere later this year on Pure Flix, is a continuation of the popular movie trilogy by the same name.
"Director Gabriel Sabloff said he believes the series is quite different from other faith content in the marketplace.
"It focuses on protagonist Josh McManus, whom Sabloff described as a “Jason Bourne-type figure.” McManus, who was once a regular guy, is scientifically modified to become a super soldier of sorts, setting the series up for chaos, thrills, and a fair share of action."
Sound like the book of Revelation to you? If you know your Bible, you know it's silly.
“Our series begins with the Rapture [and] goes on from there,” he said, noting he wanted to explore the entirety of the Tribulation Period, not just a few days after the Rapture. “We wanted to really fill out and expand upon what daily life looks like in the Tribulation Period.”
“Revelation Road” brings the chaos and consternation one imagines unfolding during the biblical end times, carrying a different type of faith content to the marketplace.
“There’s the Rapture in which everyone’s taken up who deserves to be, and then the rest are left behind,” he said. “And then there’s seven years of everyone just trying to figure it out and trying to survive and trying to battle the forces of evil that are inevitably going to take over in the absence of … grace.”
www.faithwire.com/2023/05/23/inspired-by-the-book-of-revelation-action-packed-tv-series-set-to-depict-the-rapture-tribulation-and-end-times-exclusive-trailer/
I'll figure this guy does not have a clue about the Christian faith. Nobody deserves to go to Heaven, "Rapture" or otherwise.
One might ask, if all of God's people are taken to Heaven in a secret event, what is the point of a seven-year period? Some say it is like a second chance period. Well, the guy just said the period is absent of grace. Evil reigns. Seven last plagues, etc. There is nothing about a second chance. Everybody gets thousands, tens of thousands of chances in a lifetime. All cases are decided by the ways people responded to the truth, in whatever capacity it came to them throughout life. There is no need for a period of second chances.
The number seven appears a lot in Revelation. It begins its place in the Bible in the seven-day weekly cycle in Genesis. In Revelation, associated with the last days, in chapter 15 we have seven angels, with seven bowls or vials, pouring out seven plagues. In Chapter 17 we see seven heads on a beast and the heads represent seven mountains or sovereign powers. Then they are shown as seven kings/kingdoms. There is no seven-year period mentioned having anything to do with seven-year period of tribulation. On the contrary, in Rev. 18:10, 17, 19 it states Babylon will be judged in one hour. Now, if that was literal time, 60 minutes for seven plagues to do their work seems naturally wrong. If we use the principle of interpretation of time prophecies that; a prophetic day equals a literal year, a prophetic hour would be around two weeks. That might get closer to God's intent of judging the populace of the Earth with specific plagues showing them the points of rebellion they held to are worthless.
Of course, all of this goes back to Daniel 9. There, Ribera took the seventieth week of prophecy, threw it into the future to portray a seven-year period of tribulation when, in fact, the chapter represents the very period of of probationary time left for the Jews, 490 years from the point of time mentioned by the angel to Daniel. It specifically points out Messiah's baptism, ministry and death; a 490 year period of time culminating in the stoning of Stephen and the gospel going to the gentiles. The very reason why there is an anathema pronounced on any Jew reading Daniel 9 is because it points out the exact time of Messiah's time on Earth, it proves Yeshua is the Messiah. Why do you think Jesus told the disciples to forgive another person 490 times for wronging them, Matt 18:22? Why not 500? Because Jesus wanted their minds to think about Daniel 9 and the period of time that defined the Jewish theocracy coming to an end.
So, we have movies and now a television program, based on Jesuit commentary, to deceive the world and keep them from realizing the anti-Christ, the beast, etc., is the system of Roman Catholicism, its Papacy and Vatican.
God will not leave people without the witness of truth in the face of all the error and junk being promoted out there. Jesus said if someone wants to know the truth they will have it shown to them. God works it out.
I'll close with this, as to the idea of a second chance period of time -
2Cor 6:1 And working together with Him, we also urge that you not receive the grace of God in vain.
2Cor 6:2 For He says: "In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
No second chance periods. Now, today is decision-making time. There may not be a tomorrow for any of us, and many of us will not see another sunrise or sunset.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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788. Archbishop Vigano Truly is Roman Catholic - May 26, 2023
When I state that Arbp. Vigano is truly Catholic, you will think, 'Well, yes. Of course he is. What's your point?'
My point is that he is a Roman Catholic, not a Protestant. Not a believer in the final authority of Scripture but, in the arbitrary authority of the church and it's traditions. For him to make appeals to Protestants is really ridiculous. I can show you one example, another example of that premise -
"Abp. Viganò: Mary, priests, and the Eucharist are key to the battle against Satan
Priesthood, Mass, Eucharist, Mary Most Holy: these foundations of our religion are daily attacked by the devil and his servants."
Those are not the foundation of my religion. As much as I am against the globalist cabal and their satanic agenda, he is not speaking to me.
Do you see anything about pastors or ministers or people of other faiths being able to wage war against the devil? No. Why not? Because Vigano, being a faithful Roman Catholic, believes salvation comes through the Mother Church, the Roman Catholic Church. "Outside the church there is no salvation." The RCC is the ark of salvation. Everybody else is a runaway daughter. Outside the ark you are lost. So, go home to Mother and be saved.
"The divine liturgy of this votive Mass in honor of Mary Most Holy, under the title of Regina Crucis, proposes to us in the Epistle the vision of the Apocalypse of the woman and the dragon, which offers this solemn celebration great and important points of reflection.
"The woman represents Mary Most Holy and therefore the Church, of which she is queen and mother, since she is mother of our Lord and God, head of the mystical body, and spiritual Mother of Christians, who are living members of that body. Under her virginal feet, the woman tramples on the moon, thus symbolizing contempt for transient and changing things as opposed to the immutable eternity of God. She is clothed with the Sun of Justice, that is, placed under the protection of Christ, and wears a crown of twelve stars, the twelve apostles who are the jewels of the Church."
I hold to no divine liturgy. I believe in no votive Masses. Nor do I believe Mary, the mother of the Messiah, is Most Holy. The woman in Rev. 12 is not Mary. She represents the true church. Mary is not Queen of Heaven. She is not the Mother of Christians. Why do I believe that?
Acts 7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Gal. 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
The church existed in Moses day, the people called out of Egypt, called out of sin to follow Yehovah. Mary is not the Mother of God's people shown throughout the Bible. No church on Earth is our Mother. The New Jerusalem, the City of God above, is the believer's Mother. Not Mary, not the RCC with its popes and priests. No.
Spiritual life comes from God's throne, in God's temple, from his Ark of law, justice and mercy and Christ's ministry for His people, trying to bring all to repentance. All have sinned. God wants all to be saved. It is our choice. God's way or man's.
"The Church – of which Mary is the mother – also begets the dearest of their children: priests, ministers of the Sun and of blood, as St. Catherine of Siena called them. Their birth recalls the dragon, or Satan, because he wants to tear them to pieces in order to prevent them from mystically renewing the sacrifice of the Cross, through which the Lord has restored to the supernatural order what Adam’s sin merited to be lost.
I do not believe Mary is the Mother of Christ's Church. I do not accept Roman Catholic priests and certainly do not accept them as ministers of the SUN. Nor do I believe in mystically renewing the sacrifice of the Cross, through the Roman Catholic Mass and its Eucharist, the changing of the bread into the actual body of Christ in one's mouth. Good grief! You eat it and then what happens to it? Where does this mystical body of Christ end up? Yeah. Think about that for a second or two and pull away in revulsion. Romanism sees it as literal. Transubstantiation. Protestantism sees it as symbolic.
Roman Catholicism, of which Mr. Vigano is a true servant, is not Christianity. It is the antithesis of Christianity. It is why there arose a Protestant Reformation. What happened to it? Mother's harlot daughters no longer protest. Why? Because they never fully removed themselves from Mother's doctrines and influence but, the Protestant Reformation, all but lost now, will finish the work God gave it. That revival will take place, after the false revival coming, with its fake power, sins and lying wonders. The man of sin, son of perdition, who exalts himself to sit as God on His throne, is going to rise to prominence again. Watch. The deadly wound is healing and all the world shall wonder after [admire] the beast.
"I recall your attention to the threefold assault of the dragon: the first assault is against Jesus Christ, the newborn Son of the woman (Rev 12:5), who escapes from the dragon’s attacks by being raptured into heaven;"
Raptured??? Yes, raptured. Raptura. Latin. The doctrine of the Rapture is a Roman Catholic doctrine involved in Futurism. There is the Rapture, poof, God's people secretly whisked away; then seven years of tribulation, then the second coming. Find me the place Jesus laid out the last events like that. Where is this secret coming found.
"That is why in this corrupt and rebellious society, enslaved to evil by an elite that is perverted in mind and will, the dragon of the antichurch has been so unleashed against priests: it knows very well how fearsome they are, because in their hands the Lord has placed the divine power to consecrate the body and blood of Christ, to offer the immaculate victim to the Father in the holy sacrifice of the Mass, to perpetuate the river of graces and blessings that protects the woman who has taken refuge in the desert, the image of the Church."
www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/abp-vigano-mary-priests-and-the-eucharist-are-key-to-the-battle-against-satan/
So, there is the choice. Roman Catholicism, it's priests with divine power to turn bread into Christ's flesh; the creator of their Creator; its Masses that redo Christ's sacrifice every moment of every day, somewhere, all around the world, and the Roman Catholic Church for us to take refuge in, her laws, her Sunday - her mark of authority, her traditions, her superstitions or, the simplicity of the plan of salvation in the Bible. One sacrifice; Calvary. One Saviour; Christ; one Priest and Mediator; Christ, our High Priest in the Heavenly Sanctuary. One Law; God's, written with His own Finger. One fourth commandment; the seventh day, God's seal. One priesthood of all believers. And One second coming, the end of this world.
Truth versus error. Everyone must choose. Yes, you must and you will. Some, maybe most, will seek to remove themselves from the final battle coming. "I don't want to be involved!" All will see circumstances surround us that will cause a choice. Seal of the living God in the forehead or the Mark of the Beast in the forehead or in the hand. You will either believe the lies or just go along to get along - the forehead, or the hand. Believing lies or just doing what you have to, to survive, to work, to buy, to sell, which will be the avenue of rebellion and ultimate destruction.
This is not complicated. We can choose life and be at war with the world, or choose lies and be at war with God.
It's a no-brainer, isn't it? I hate to be so dogmatic about it but, the Bible gives us no choice to create our own truth. That is fantasy being played out by tens of millions today. Hundreds of millions. Billions. "You have your truth. I have mine." No. We either have God's truth or error and lies. Who decides? Not who. What. The Bible decides. It speaks for itself. It has to. God cannot allow the mind of man to decide to make his or her own truth. The mind is deceitful and wicked, Jer. 17:9; sold to sin, formed in corruption of sins throughout life. How to escape? By allowing the living Word into our minds and lives, to change us; to make us like Christ. Sanctification. Being made holy and righteous.
Choose life.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
My point is that he is a Roman Catholic, not a Protestant. Not a believer in the final authority of Scripture but, in the arbitrary authority of the church and it's traditions. For him to make appeals to Protestants is really ridiculous. I can show you one example, another example of that premise -
"Abp. Viganò: Mary, priests, and the Eucharist are key to the battle against Satan
Priesthood, Mass, Eucharist, Mary Most Holy: these foundations of our religion are daily attacked by the devil and his servants."
Those are not the foundation of my religion. As much as I am against the globalist cabal and their satanic agenda, he is not speaking to me.
Do you see anything about pastors or ministers or people of other faiths being able to wage war against the devil? No. Why not? Because Vigano, being a faithful Roman Catholic, believes salvation comes through the Mother Church, the Roman Catholic Church. "Outside the church there is no salvation." The RCC is the ark of salvation. Everybody else is a runaway daughter. Outside the ark you are lost. So, go home to Mother and be saved.
"The divine liturgy of this votive Mass in honor of Mary Most Holy, under the title of Regina Crucis, proposes to us in the Epistle the vision of the Apocalypse of the woman and the dragon, which offers this solemn celebration great and important points of reflection.
"The woman represents Mary Most Holy and therefore the Church, of which she is queen and mother, since she is mother of our Lord and God, head of the mystical body, and spiritual Mother of Christians, who are living members of that body. Under her virginal feet, the woman tramples on the moon, thus symbolizing contempt for transient and changing things as opposed to the immutable eternity of God. She is clothed with the Sun of Justice, that is, placed under the protection of Christ, and wears a crown of twelve stars, the twelve apostles who are the jewels of the Church."
I hold to no divine liturgy. I believe in no votive Masses. Nor do I believe Mary, the mother of the Messiah, is Most Holy. The woman in Rev. 12 is not Mary. She represents the true church. Mary is not Queen of Heaven. She is not the Mother of Christians. Why do I believe that?
Acts 7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Gal. 4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
The church existed in Moses day, the people called out of Egypt, called out of sin to follow Yehovah. Mary is not the Mother of God's people shown throughout the Bible. No church on Earth is our Mother. The New Jerusalem, the City of God above, is the believer's Mother. Not Mary, not the RCC with its popes and priests. No.
Spiritual life comes from God's throne, in God's temple, from his Ark of law, justice and mercy and Christ's ministry for His people, trying to bring all to repentance. All have sinned. God wants all to be saved. It is our choice. God's way or man's.
"The Church – of which Mary is the mother – also begets the dearest of their children: priests, ministers of the Sun and of blood, as St. Catherine of Siena called them. Their birth recalls the dragon, or Satan, because he wants to tear them to pieces in order to prevent them from mystically renewing the sacrifice of the Cross, through which the Lord has restored to the supernatural order what Adam’s sin merited to be lost.
I do not believe Mary is the Mother of Christ's Church. I do not accept Roman Catholic priests and certainly do not accept them as ministers of the SUN. Nor do I believe in mystically renewing the sacrifice of the Cross, through the Roman Catholic Mass and its Eucharist, the changing of the bread into the actual body of Christ in one's mouth. Good grief! You eat it and then what happens to it? Where does this mystical body of Christ end up? Yeah. Think about that for a second or two and pull away in revulsion. Romanism sees it as literal. Transubstantiation. Protestantism sees it as symbolic.
Roman Catholicism, of which Mr. Vigano is a true servant, is not Christianity. It is the antithesis of Christianity. It is why there arose a Protestant Reformation. What happened to it? Mother's harlot daughters no longer protest. Why? Because they never fully removed themselves from Mother's doctrines and influence but, the Protestant Reformation, all but lost now, will finish the work God gave it. That revival will take place, after the false revival coming, with its fake power, sins and lying wonders. The man of sin, son of perdition, who exalts himself to sit as God on His throne, is going to rise to prominence again. Watch. The deadly wound is healing and all the world shall wonder after [admire] the beast.
"I recall your attention to the threefold assault of the dragon: the first assault is against Jesus Christ, the newborn Son of the woman (Rev 12:5), who escapes from the dragon’s attacks by being raptured into heaven;"
Raptured??? Yes, raptured. Raptura. Latin. The doctrine of the Rapture is a Roman Catholic doctrine involved in Futurism. There is the Rapture, poof, God's people secretly whisked away; then seven years of tribulation, then the second coming. Find me the place Jesus laid out the last events like that. Where is this secret coming found.
"That is why in this corrupt and rebellious society, enslaved to evil by an elite that is perverted in mind and will, the dragon of the antichurch has been so unleashed against priests: it knows very well how fearsome they are, because in their hands the Lord has placed the divine power to consecrate the body and blood of Christ, to offer the immaculate victim to the Father in the holy sacrifice of the Mass, to perpetuate the river of graces and blessings that protects the woman who has taken refuge in the desert, the image of the Church."
www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/abp-vigano-mary-priests-and-the-eucharist-are-key-to-the-battle-against-satan/
So, there is the choice. Roman Catholicism, it's priests with divine power to turn bread into Christ's flesh; the creator of their Creator; its Masses that redo Christ's sacrifice every moment of every day, somewhere, all around the world, and the Roman Catholic Church for us to take refuge in, her laws, her Sunday - her mark of authority, her traditions, her superstitions or, the simplicity of the plan of salvation in the Bible. One sacrifice; Calvary. One Saviour; Christ; one Priest and Mediator; Christ, our High Priest in the Heavenly Sanctuary. One Law; God's, written with His own Finger. One fourth commandment; the seventh day, God's seal. One priesthood of all believers. And One second coming, the end of this world.
Truth versus error. Everyone must choose. Yes, you must and you will. Some, maybe most, will seek to remove themselves from the final battle coming. "I don't want to be involved!" All will see circumstances surround us that will cause a choice. Seal of the living God in the forehead or the Mark of the Beast in the forehead or in the hand. You will either believe the lies or just go along to get along - the forehead, or the hand. Believing lies or just doing what you have to, to survive, to work, to buy, to sell, which will be the avenue of rebellion and ultimate destruction.
This is not complicated. We can choose life and be at war with the world, or choose lies and be at war with God.
It's a no-brainer, isn't it? I hate to be so dogmatic about it but, the Bible gives us no choice to create our own truth. That is fantasy being played out by tens of millions today. Hundreds of millions. Billions. "You have your truth. I have mine." No. We either have God's truth or error and lies. Who decides? Not who. What. The Bible decides. It speaks for itself. It has to. God cannot allow the mind of man to decide to make his or her own truth. The mind is deceitful and wicked, Jer. 17:9; sold to sin, formed in corruption of sins throughout life. How to escape? By allowing the living Word into our minds and lives, to change us; to make us like Christ. Sanctification. Being made holy and righteous.
Choose life.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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789. Creation Ministries Continue to Denounce Life Beyond Earth
answersingenesis.org/astronomy/alien-life/another-excuse-for-why-aliens-dont-exist/
AiG is an okay ministry when it comes to addressing issues on Earth, about the Earth and Solar System, and our galaxy. Ken Ham and his team have certainly made their mark in America with their Noah's Ark and creation museum. For the life of me I do not understand why they and other creation ministries continue to denounce life beyond Earth.
I know I bring this up a lot because they bring it up a lot. Every single Christian who believes the Bible, believes in life beyond Earth because they believe God created angels. If you had nothing else to go by, Christians believe in life beyond earth because of the angelic host. We could stop the discussion right there but, they never do. They like to constantly bring up cosmologist's failures to find life, intelligent life or otherwise, beyond Earth. Well, tell me. What proof have they of Heaven? What proof have we of angels who exist there? None I know of. We have anecdotal testimony from people who claim to have seen them. Beyond the Bible, that is all we have.
Christians believe Heaven exists yet, why haven't cosmologists discovered the place, somewhere out there? Christians will claim God and Heaven and angels exist in another dimension, another plane of existence which we cannot detect. Well... why wouldn't or couldn't the same existence be what other intelligent life occupies? Ah, they say. Planets are physical, in our dimension. Life on them would be detectable. Is that right?
Right now, after centuries of looking at the universe, we do not know how big it is. We do not know the number of galaxies in it. We certainly do not know the numbers of stars in all the galaxies and therefore have no true idea of how many planets encircle them.
If a cosmologist could live 1,000 years, that is 365,000 days. If you discovered a new star every day, you would not even know a thimble's worth of stars in just the Milky Way galaxy, which has an estimated 150 BILLION stars. And people want to speak with authority about what actually exists out there? Seriously?
Just because modern science has not discovered life on another planet means zip to this subject.
1. Job 38:4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell if you have understanding!
Job 38:5 Who has set its measurements, for you know? Or who has stretched the line on it?
Job 38:6 On what are its bases sunk, or who cast its cornerstone,
Job 38:7 when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
If nothing else, we know the Bible states, God states, when He made the Earth the morning stars and sons of God were there to see it. Whatever, whoever they are, they were there, singing and shouting for joy. Is or is that not intelligent life?
2. Mat 18:10 Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I say to you that in Heaven their angels always behold the face of My Father in Heaven.
Mat 18:11 For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.
Mat 18:12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays, does he not leave the ninety and nine and go into the mountains and seek the straying one?
Mat 18:13 And if it happens that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety and nine which did not stray.
Mat 18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father in Heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
Luk 15:4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost until he finds it?
Luk 15:5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Luk 15:6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.
Luk 15:7 I say to you that likewise joy shall be in Heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.
These parables have meaning. Unpack them and ask yourself, Who are the 99?
Those 99 did not stray. They are just and need no repentance. If the Bible is left to explain itself we must address these passages -
Isa 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, each one to his own way; and Jehovah has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
All of us went astray. We all must repent, be found and saved.
Rom 3:23 for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,
We have all sinned. We are all fallen. Just those two verses show something the parable veers from. The 99 have not gone astray. They do not need repentance. They are out in the wilderness. Christ is the Good Shepherd. We are the lost sheep. Who are the 99? They represent a group of people that have not gone astray, nor do they need repentance. That being their design in the parable, they are not on Earth. They are out there in the wilderness of galaxies and worlds without number.
3. In Rev. 5:10; 20:6 and 22:5 it is said the redeemed "reign." Over who? The angels? No. Man, in his perfection, was made lower than the angels, Heb. 2:7. They reign over the inhabitants of the universe; having gone through something to victory none of the unfallen worlds can truly understand. They are unfallen, have never experienced guilt or the pull of a fallen human nature and power of sin. Those who overcome are given the highest place created beings can have. They reign with Christ. It might be said the unfallen angels can not truly understand, either and therefore the redeemed reign over them but, that still means others exist in this universe beyond life on Earth. We cannot escape that fact, if we believe the Bible.
It is odd to me, those in creation ministries would take this position, knowing all they do about the intricacies of things God has made. They see the variations on Earth. Would would they think so small and short-sighted of what an infinite Creator could make?
They get into this because of the UFO/ET phenomena and feel the burden to keep people from deception. Because the Bible says what it says, they, of all people, will be the most shocked to find the end-time deceptions will be so good, as to have them fall under their spell. Those who know and believe life exists beyond Earth but, understand the controversy between Christ and Satan, will know ET "visitors" are not from "out there," because this is a battleground they need not see first hand, anymore than all of us need to be in Ukraine to see the war happening there. As we have photos and film and video, be sure the populations of other worlds have things 100 times more realistic and precise to view and see what they need to, to know what is happening here.
I remain convinced the whole extra-terrestrial subject is going to be used to deceive the world. I don't think we have long to wait.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
AiG is an okay ministry when it comes to addressing issues on Earth, about the Earth and Solar System, and our galaxy. Ken Ham and his team have certainly made their mark in America with their Noah's Ark and creation museum. For the life of me I do not understand why they and other creation ministries continue to denounce life beyond Earth.
I know I bring this up a lot because they bring it up a lot. Every single Christian who believes the Bible, believes in life beyond Earth because they believe God created angels. If you had nothing else to go by, Christians believe in life beyond earth because of the angelic host. We could stop the discussion right there but, they never do. They like to constantly bring up cosmologist's failures to find life, intelligent life or otherwise, beyond Earth. Well, tell me. What proof have they of Heaven? What proof have we of angels who exist there? None I know of. We have anecdotal testimony from people who claim to have seen them. Beyond the Bible, that is all we have.
Christians believe Heaven exists yet, why haven't cosmologists discovered the place, somewhere out there? Christians will claim God and Heaven and angels exist in another dimension, another plane of existence which we cannot detect. Well... why wouldn't or couldn't the same existence be what other intelligent life occupies? Ah, they say. Planets are physical, in our dimension. Life on them would be detectable. Is that right?
Right now, after centuries of looking at the universe, we do not know how big it is. We do not know the number of galaxies in it. We certainly do not know the numbers of stars in all the galaxies and therefore have no true idea of how many planets encircle them.
If a cosmologist could live 1,000 years, that is 365,000 days. If you discovered a new star every day, you would not even know a thimble's worth of stars in just the Milky Way galaxy, which has an estimated 150 BILLION stars. And people want to speak with authority about what actually exists out there? Seriously?
Just because modern science has not discovered life on another planet means zip to this subject.
1. Job 38:4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell if you have understanding!
Job 38:5 Who has set its measurements, for you know? Or who has stretched the line on it?
Job 38:6 On what are its bases sunk, or who cast its cornerstone,
Job 38:7 when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
If nothing else, we know the Bible states, God states, when He made the Earth the morning stars and sons of God were there to see it. Whatever, whoever they are, they were there, singing and shouting for joy. Is or is that not intelligent life?
2. Mat 18:10 Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I say to you that in Heaven their angels always behold the face of My Father in Heaven.
Mat 18:11 For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.
Mat 18:12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them strays, does he not leave the ninety and nine and go into the mountains and seek the straying one?
Mat 18:13 And if it happens that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety and nine which did not stray.
Mat 18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father in Heaven that one of these little ones should perish.
Luk 15:4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after that which is lost until he finds it?
Luk 15:5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Luk 15:6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.
Luk 15:7 I say to you that likewise joy shall be in Heaven over one sinner who repents, more than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.
These parables have meaning. Unpack them and ask yourself, Who are the 99?
Those 99 did not stray. They are just and need no repentance. If the Bible is left to explain itself we must address these passages -
Isa 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, each one to his own way; and Jehovah has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
All of us went astray. We all must repent, be found and saved.
Rom 3:23 for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,
We have all sinned. We are all fallen. Just those two verses show something the parable veers from. The 99 have not gone astray. They do not need repentance. They are out in the wilderness. Christ is the Good Shepherd. We are the lost sheep. Who are the 99? They represent a group of people that have not gone astray, nor do they need repentance. That being their design in the parable, they are not on Earth. They are out there in the wilderness of galaxies and worlds without number.
3. In Rev. 5:10; 20:6 and 22:5 it is said the redeemed "reign." Over who? The angels? No. Man, in his perfection, was made lower than the angels, Heb. 2:7. They reign over the inhabitants of the universe; having gone through something to victory none of the unfallen worlds can truly understand. They are unfallen, have never experienced guilt or the pull of a fallen human nature and power of sin. Those who overcome are given the highest place created beings can have. They reign with Christ. It might be said the unfallen angels can not truly understand, either and therefore the redeemed reign over them but, that still means others exist in this universe beyond life on Earth. We cannot escape that fact, if we believe the Bible.
It is odd to me, those in creation ministries would take this position, knowing all they do about the intricacies of things God has made. They see the variations on Earth. Would would they think so small and short-sighted of what an infinite Creator could make?
They get into this because of the UFO/ET phenomena and feel the burden to keep people from deception. Because the Bible says what it says, they, of all people, will be the most shocked to find the end-time deceptions will be so good, as to have them fall under their spell. Those who know and believe life exists beyond Earth but, understand the controversy between Christ and Satan, will know ET "visitors" are not from "out there," because this is a battleground they need not see first hand, anymore than all of us need to be in Ukraine to see the war happening there. As we have photos and film and video, be sure the populations of other worlds have things 100 times more realistic and precise to view and see what they need to, to know what is happening here.
I remain convinced the whole extra-terrestrial subject is going to be used to deceive the world. I don't think we have long to wait.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Is This an Appropriate Gauge?
When I was young I was never a particular fan of the Dodgers before or after they moved to L.A. but, for a MLB team to go as "woke" as the Dodgers organization has seems way off the wall.
The Dodgers have had a Drag Queen gig that offended Roman Catholics, with good reason, and all sensible people of any faith or even no faith at all. Drag Queens coming out and portraying themselves as Catholic nuns, performing their usual sexual garbage and worse, mockery towards Christ was heinous enough first time around. To invite them back... is it because it's Los Angeles; mecca of mockery and madness? There must be professed Christians on the team that are disgusted by such displays. Maybe not.
It seems to me when anything must attack and mock religious faith to entertain it's audience, it's a worthless pile of rubbish; trash on parade, totally unsuited to civilized people.
Take the recent debate between youtubers, "Professor Dave" and Dr. James Tour, over the origin of life. Dave Farina has a science channel. He's a smart guy, kind of crude. He revels in it. So be it. I don't watch it. James Tour is a world renowned chemist. I've mentioned him many times here. He's a real passionate firebrand when it comes to the subject of Origin of Life studies. He believes they are hyped up way beyond what they actually discover and promote. He speaks out. His thing is, science does not have a clue how life began.
Dave Farina believes the opposite. He believes all kinds of peer reviewed papers state science has a very good idea how chemicals in a pre-biotic state could form a cell.
I watched the debate, right in Tour's classroom at Rice University, here in Houston, Texas, and was surprised, not shocked, that Farina chose to go the full-bore, ad-hominem, attack-the-man route. Tour stuck with science, chalk on the board. Farina just continually blasted Tour as a liar, and even berated the audience with foul language at one point. Tour got very upset, with good reason, all things considered and while I wish he did not get so...animated, Farina's performance was just empty and offensive. He read headlines of papers and attacked Tour relentlessly as that being proof Tour's a liar. Tour wanted science, and obviously, if he believes OoL research is hyped up, headlines of peer reviewed papers are rather meaningless. Farina could not do much of anything but, attack Tour's character because he obviously reads papers, maybe, but, cannot engage in the science in any practical way.
If you are going to mock and slander something or someone, and believe that is education or entertainment, for me, you show yourself a fraud, an empty vessel, having nothing of any merit to share or stand for. I believe that's an appropriate gauge to judge something.
Obviously, I am no fan of Roman Catholicism, as a religious path to salvation but, many fine people are Catholics. Many American patriots are Catholics. Many very sincere, harmless people are Catholics. Mocking their religion is just crude, low and in many cases, such as the drag queens, an abomination. Farina mocked Christianity, as well. Frankly, if he mocked Islam or Confucianists the same way, I'd find that just as offensive and meaningless. Of course, if he mocked Muslims like that, he'd probably lose his life. That would be the other side of the coin as to the value of a premise. Mock Islam you die. They apparently do not have the word 'tolerance' in their language. They have only physical force. If that is all you have, your version of an important message is just as valueless.
If someone wants to debate subject matter, possibilities, facts, observable truth that is one thing. Attacking people, attacking faith, that's a waste of time for a critical-thinking audience.
The Dodgers have had a Drag Queen gig that offended Roman Catholics, with good reason, and all sensible people of any faith or even no faith at all. Drag Queens coming out and portraying themselves as Catholic nuns, performing their usual sexual garbage and worse, mockery towards Christ was heinous enough first time around. To invite them back... is it because it's Los Angeles; mecca of mockery and madness? There must be professed Christians on the team that are disgusted by such displays. Maybe not.
It seems to me when anything must attack and mock religious faith to entertain it's audience, it's a worthless pile of rubbish; trash on parade, totally unsuited to civilized people.
Take the recent debate between youtubers, "Professor Dave" and Dr. James Tour, over the origin of life. Dave Farina has a science channel. He's a smart guy, kind of crude. He revels in it. So be it. I don't watch it. James Tour is a world renowned chemist. I've mentioned him many times here. He's a real passionate firebrand when it comes to the subject of Origin of Life studies. He believes they are hyped up way beyond what they actually discover and promote. He speaks out. His thing is, science does not have a clue how life began.
Dave Farina believes the opposite. He believes all kinds of peer reviewed papers state science has a very good idea how chemicals in a pre-biotic state could form a cell.
I watched the debate, right in Tour's classroom at Rice University, here in Houston, Texas, and was surprised, not shocked, that Farina chose to go the full-bore, ad-hominem, attack-the-man route. Tour stuck with science, chalk on the board. Farina just continually blasted Tour as a liar, and even berated the audience with foul language at one point. Tour got very upset, with good reason, all things considered and while I wish he did not get so...animated, Farina's performance was just empty and offensive. He read headlines of papers and attacked Tour relentlessly as that being proof Tour's a liar. Tour wanted science, and obviously, if he believes OoL research is hyped up, headlines of peer reviewed papers are rather meaningless. Farina could not do much of anything but, attack Tour's character because he obviously reads papers, maybe, but, cannot engage in the science in any practical way.
If you are going to mock and slander something or someone, and believe that is education or entertainment, for me, you show yourself a fraud, an empty vessel, having nothing of any merit to share or stand for. I believe that's an appropriate gauge to judge something.
Obviously, I am no fan of Roman Catholicism, as a religious path to salvation but, many fine people are Catholics. Many American patriots are Catholics. Many very sincere, harmless people are Catholics. Mocking their religion is just crude, low and in many cases, such as the drag queens, an abomination. Farina mocked Christianity, as well. Frankly, if he mocked Islam or Confucianists the same way, I'd find that just as offensive and meaningless. Of course, if he mocked Muslims like that, he'd probably lose his life. That would be the other side of the coin as to the value of a premise. Mock Islam you die. They apparently do not have the word 'tolerance' in their language. They have only physical force. If that is all you have, your version of an important message is just as valueless.
If someone wants to debate subject matter, possibilities, facts, observable truth that is one thing. Attacking people, attacking faith, that's a waste of time for a critical-thinking audience.
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A Disgustingly Frightening Pyramid
With the exception of the Swastika, I do not recognize any of the groups in the top two tiers. The bottom two represent 150-200 MILLION AMERICANS. They have no business even being on such a pyramid.
The pyramid is attached to the Department of Homeland Security. In their view, Conservatives who love the Constitution, rule of law, and principles of Americanism; who love their country as it was FOUNDED by PATRIOTS of American history, are considered linkable to NAZIs and other such groups. Seriously? And anyone should wonder or question why Americans see their own government as a danger to American citizens.
What does that pyramid say about the DHS? It obviously says that Department of the Federal Government is composed of radical Leftists, radical authoritarians, and people who hate American values as have stood for four hundred years. I am not a member of any of the groups shown by their emblems but, if anyone is against making America great again, that means they fully accept what America has become, under radical Leftist, and cowardly RINO control. Can a greater dividing line have been drawn in the sand by such radical elements in government? Are they trying to foment another civil war?
Think of what could happen if such a conflict broke out. In such a moment of turmoil, does anyone doubt China would work with any other nations to take over America as it weakened itself in such a conflict? China cannot have America turning itself into a manure pile. It owns more American debt than any other institution. It needs American buyers of all its goods. If America weakens itself from within, China would have to act to save its own interests and plenty of other nations would jump on board to see to it America can no longer be the planet's bully.
Once again, all various powers on Earth want control. That's more power and money than any of us can comprehend. That means, once again, it's a battle that transcends dirt, borders and flags. If God does not step in; if He does not intervene, lunatics will destroy America and a good swath of the rest of the world, too.
God help us.
The pyramid is attached to the Department of Homeland Security. In their view, Conservatives who love the Constitution, rule of law, and principles of Americanism; who love their country as it was FOUNDED by PATRIOTS of American history, are considered linkable to NAZIs and other such groups. Seriously? And anyone should wonder or question why Americans see their own government as a danger to American citizens.
What does that pyramid say about the DHS? It obviously says that Department of the Federal Government is composed of radical Leftists, radical authoritarians, and people who hate American values as have stood for four hundred years. I am not a member of any of the groups shown by their emblems but, if anyone is against making America great again, that means they fully accept what America has become, under radical Leftist, and cowardly RINO control. Can a greater dividing line have been drawn in the sand by such radical elements in government? Are they trying to foment another civil war?
Think of what could happen if such a conflict broke out. In such a moment of turmoil, does anyone doubt China would work with any other nations to take over America as it weakened itself in such a conflict? China cannot have America turning itself into a manure pile. It owns more American debt than any other institution. It needs American buyers of all its goods. If America weakens itself from within, China would have to act to save its own interests and plenty of other nations would jump on board to see to it America can no longer be the planet's bully.
Once again, all various powers on Earth want control. That's more power and money than any of us can comprehend. That means, once again, it's a battle that transcends dirt, borders and flags. If God does not step in; if He does not intervene, lunatics will destroy America and a good swath of the rest of the world, too.
God help us.
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Tulsi Gabbard - Memorial Day
Remembering fallen soldiers is not a pleasant thing. My father fought in WW2, the battle on Guam. He was a radio operator. He never talked about the war, never answered any of my questions about it. I found out Guam was one of the worst of the Pacific conflicts. Whatever he saw, whatever he experienced, died with him, at 62.
Tulsi Gabbard is pretty cool. I believe I have written here that a ticket of Trump and her as VP would be formidable. They could each hold each other's feet to the fire on important matters. I do not agree with her positions on social issues but, as a veteran, her position on war is spot on. She speaks of it here -
rumble.com/v2qnmui-tulsi-gabbard-with-a-very-strong-message-this-memorial-day-weekend.html
In remembrance of the fallen, on Memorial Day.
Tulsi Gabbard is pretty cool. I believe I have written here that a ticket of Trump and her as VP would be formidable. They could each hold each other's feet to the fire on important matters. I do not agree with her positions on social issues but, as a veteran, her position on war is spot on. She speaks of it here -
rumble.com/v2qnmui-tulsi-gabbard-with-a-very-strong-message-this-memorial-day-weekend.html
In remembrance of the fallen, on Memorial Day.
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"Tell it Like a Woman"
I just saw something I could not pass up; a poster ad for a 2022 movie, 'Tell it Like a Woman.' It's a movie about women in front of and behind the camera, composed of seven short stories. The producers were sure to include women from all "races" (even though the term to describe population groups finally fell into logical and scientific disrepair and embarrassment and even WIKI admits that), picturing actresses from Caucazoid, Negroid and Mongoloid groups. Several of the actresses pictured are very well known, others known, and lesser known. The movie was filmed in four countries - Italy, India, Japan and America.
So, how is it people in positions of power and authority, all around the world, cannot tell us what a woman is and transgenders and others in the LGBT, etc., community cannot tell us but, Hollywood can make a movie about women and apparently know just what a real woman is? Women directed it, and held all kinds of positions in the making of it. Far as I know, looking it up, no transgenders are in the cast. If that is wrong, then my premise for this post is amiss. If correct, the vile hypocrisy taking control of America and the world through the disgusting displays of biological men competing in girls and WOMEN's sports, drag queen shows; mocking religious faith, making threats if they are not accepted, suing people left and right for not recognizing their sex (people actually do but, trans-people get offended and now it apparently is against the law to offend people), and society is teetering on the verge of collapse into insanity. Those citizens of nations with common sense find themselves being forced to change all previous concepts about what a woman is, by marginalization and radical force, yet Hollywood can make a movie about women that is actually about women, not men who think they are women, and be nominated for awards without protest from the trans and other radical leftist communities.
You cannot make this stuff up.
Babylon. Confusion. And you think the end of all things is not at hand?
God help us.
So, how is it people in positions of power and authority, all around the world, cannot tell us what a woman is and transgenders and others in the LGBT, etc., community cannot tell us but, Hollywood can make a movie about women and apparently know just what a real woman is? Women directed it, and held all kinds of positions in the making of it. Far as I know, looking it up, no transgenders are in the cast. If that is wrong, then my premise for this post is amiss. If correct, the vile hypocrisy taking control of America and the world through the disgusting displays of biological men competing in girls and WOMEN's sports, drag queen shows; mocking religious faith, making threats if they are not accepted, suing people left and right for not recognizing their sex (people actually do but, trans-people get offended and now it apparently is against the law to offend people), and society is teetering on the verge of collapse into insanity. Those citizens of nations with common sense find themselves being forced to change all previous concepts about what a woman is, by marginalization and radical force, yet Hollywood can make a movie about women that is actually about women, not men who think they are women, and be nominated for awards without protest from the trans and other radical leftist communities.
You cannot make this stuff up.
Babylon. Confusion. And you think the end of all things is not at hand?
God help us.
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790. WHAT IS GOD? -
May 31, 2023
Perhaps you know the name Danica Patrick. Former race car driver, now YT podcaster. Her podcast is entitled, Pretty Intense. I have seen her podcast thumbnails in the sidebar a lot; never looked at one. I decided to check one out today; an interview with Stephen Greer, one of the larger names in UFOolgy. Honestly, I did not get past the introduction. Then I saw one in the sidebar of an interview with Billy Carson, another well-known name in UFOlogy and paranormal activity. Her first question to him, What is God?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrsu9ckodpU
I am always interested to read or hear theological questions and answers derived from the subject of UFOlogy, simply because of my beliefs about "ET" becoming part of last-day event scenarios and satanic deceptions.
Carson gives a fascinating answer to the question but, it's an old answer, bound up in the beliefs of Pantheism. Pantheism is simply a belief "God" is in everything, and everything is in "God." In Carson's estimation, everything that exists is basically an information gathering entity: all living things and even non-living things made from living things or non-living things. All of it, everything gathers information for "God." God is information. Now if Carson went past that into ideas of supernatural divinity, I don't know. I heard enough. He brought a bunch of science into it. For him, "God" is a frequency that all living things tune into. WE ARE GOD. God is in everything. Everything is part of God. Classic Pantheism wrapped in "science." It sounds terrific. He brings in radio stations and M.I.T. and research and experimentation and the next question she's asks him is, 'Where did religion come from?' His answer was predictable. For me, it fell apart, almost instantaneously. I decided to come here and write this post.
Why did His answer fall apart? His source for his beliefs is a conglomeration of old tablets and texts. The old tablets and texts, tens of thousands of years old or speaking of things even older, point out, for him, advanced civilizations that were basically "ET" that were here at the dawn of humanoid time and even before because of "seeding." I have heard him address this subject before. "ETs" were worshipped as gods. They weren't, per se.' They are the same as the rest of us "gods," all tapped into this universal source that is god. And you need to be "spiritual" to really hone in on this and get it.
Hence, the issues of the war in Heaven, the battle between good and evil, the creation, the fall, the plan of salvation, Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed One, the Son of God, the Creator and Savior, the central figure of prophecy, prophetic events, and all human history, is reduced to being an alien, ET, just one of the beings that mastered the information from and back to the "source:" "God," the "universe," through previous ascended masters. Christ is just one in a long line of these "teachers."
The clash with biblical information is monumental but, it all fits into a last-day scenario fit for the coming of the "angel of light" and final deceptions of "all power, signs and lying wonders."
I have never heard anyone say that everything Jesus taught was original with Him. It was certainly new to the Jews He spoke to, so long under the man-made rules and regulations of the apostate priesthood and Sanhedrin. Jesus taught things that common sense teaches. He obviously taught things found in the entire Old Testament. He is the Word. He is the embodiment of truth. What the Bible teaches about HIM, centuries before He came, is the issue at hand. Add to that what He taught about the destruction of Jerusalem, 40 years before it happened, and you have something that shows He was not just some master of information in real time. He is real time, and future time. He is eternal. He does not, like some master of molecules, travel through time. He IS time. He started time. He ends time. He is the originator of matter, space and time.
Billy Carson, like so many others, seems like a nice person, very sincere, certainly a cool dinner guest, and easily someone under the control of another mind; sincerely wrong.
You can make the Bible state whatever you want to, if you cherry pick and evade plain truths from it; like sin and the necessity to be free from it and prophecies given centuries, millennia in advance; that address how the Creator of the universe, apart from it, over it, controlling it, as the, not a but, THE Supernatural Sovereign over all; not in everything but, over everything, is trying to free people from sin; which is transgression of the law, the Moral Law, the Ten Commandments. Those simple ten commands, written, the Bible states, 'with the finger of God,' are the pivotal point for all humanity. God shall judge each person by their relation to His character, found inscribed in His law. The Law is a transcript of God's character.
When God gave Moses the law, the second time around, after the people rebelled and partied, and broke their covenant with Yehovah, the Bible states God saying this to Moses -
Exo 34:4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
Exo 34:5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
Exo 34:6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Exo 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Exo 34:8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
The character of God was made known in those words from Him, to Moses; and the law is that article of information, above all others, that address the Source of all things, the Sovereign of and over the universe.
God is not in us until we are born-again, surrendering our lives to His sovereignty, care and will. God is not in an atom. God is not in particles. God made them, by speaking them into existence. He reigns above all. He is not in all, save that all comes from His mind. He does not gather information. He knows all information already and knew it from eternity. He's God; not some universal computer, data base.
Pantheism, the mind of the universe, is swiftly becoming a popular belief among mankind. It's ancient, and basically states everyone is saved, because everyone is god. Believe that and you are or will be deceived beyond all hope. IT IS LUCIFER's LIE that all our free agents to decided our own fate.
Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Gen 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Gen 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
When Lucifer used a serpent, as it was fresh from the Creator's hand - a flying serpent (Isa 14:29; 30:6); a gorgeous creature above all others, just as Lucifer, himself was made magnificent in his existence when created - Eve, in her innocence, got caught up into the deception, disobeyed God by eating from that tree, her husband decided to fall with her and Satan, 'the father of lies,' uses the same lie today as he used it 6 thousand years ago - if you choose to eat, if you choose to disobey the plain words of the Creator, you shall not surely die, you shall become as God, knowing good and evil. You shall be God. You shall exist on a higher plain. You shall be one with everything.
Satan called God evil. That is also part of pantheistic dualism. Lucifer is the one who brought evil into existence in his rebellion, and he now blames God for all evil, as well as saying good comes from the mind of God and we can have that mind, that source of information - good and evil - if we will only do our own thing, our way, our chosen path, not God's commands and expressed will for our lives.
It is a tremendously effective deception and Billy Carson and others like him, are proponents of an ancient philosophy becoming popular today, as we go down further into the final corridor of time in this world; slated for destruction from the acceptance of those lies, and others like it.
When Yehovah God, the Divine Entity of the Bible - Father, Son, Holy Spirit, as God, as Creator and Recreator - speaks the end, from the beginning, He shows He is NOT some universal gathering of information in real time. He is the source of all information BEFORE there was time. That is the point of prophecy. God shows He is above all gods, all other minds because He knows and tells us what is coming before it happens. No pseudo-god of the universe, gathering information can do that.
What is God? Beyond our comprehension. I am not god, nor are you. Becoming Godly or Christlike, refers to character refinement, not omniscience, not omnipresence, not omnipotence.
Yehovah is Yehovah, God and there is none like Him. Calling Him some daddy in the sky, is not only irreverent but, really quite foolish and ignorant. Those who face their Creator and Savior in the day of judgment... well, suffice to say they will not face some data base of information when destruction envelopes sin and all it has touched, not under the blood of Jesus Christ.
Pantheism is a deception. It is a wonderful lie. It is trapping millions in its net. The Bible is the knife to cut people free from capture. How many will utilize it to be free in the Way, the Truth, and the Life: Jesus Christ?
Time will tell.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrsu9ckodpU
I am always interested to read or hear theological questions and answers derived from the subject of UFOlogy, simply because of my beliefs about "ET" becoming part of last-day event scenarios and satanic deceptions.
Carson gives a fascinating answer to the question but, it's an old answer, bound up in the beliefs of Pantheism. Pantheism is simply a belief "God" is in everything, and everything is in "God." In Carson's estimation, everything that exists is basically an information gathering entity: all living things and even non-living things made from living things or non-living things. All of it, everything gathers information for "God." God is information. Now if Carson went past that into ideas of supernatural divinity, I don't know. I heard enough. He brought a bunch of science into it. For him, "God" is a frequency that all living things tune into. WE ARE GOD. God is in everything. Everything is part of God. Classic Pantheism wrapped in "science." It sounds terrific. He brings in radio stations and M.I.T. and research and experimentation and the next question she's asks him is, 'Where did religion come from?' His answer was predictable. For me, it fell apart, almost instantaneously. I decided to come here and write this post.
Why did His answer fall apart? His source for his beliefs is a conglomeration of old tablets and texts. The old tablets and texts, tens of thousands of years old or speaking of things even older, point out, for him, advanced civilizations that were basically "ET" that were here at the dawn of humanoid time and even before because of "seeding." I have heard him address this subject before. "ETs" were worshipped as gods. They weren't, per se.' They are the same as the rest of us "gods," all tapped into this universal source that is god. And you need to be "spiritual" to really hone in on this and get it.
Hence, the issues of the war in Heaven, the battle between good and evil, the creation, the fall, the plan of salvation, Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed One, the Son of God, the Creator and Savior, the central figure of prophecy, prophetic events, and all human history, is reduced to being an alien, ET, just one of the beings that mastered the information from and back to the "source:" "God," the "universe," through previous ascended masters. Christ is just one in a long line of these "teachers."
The clash with biblical information is monumental but, it all fits into a last-day scenario fit for the coming of the "angel of light" and final deceptions of "all power, signs and lying wonders."
I have never heard anyone say that everything Jesus taught was original with Him. It was certainly new to the Jews He spoke to, so long under the man-made rules and regulations of the apostate priesthood and Sanhedrin. Jesus taught things that common sense teaches. He obviously taught things found in the entire Old Testament. He is the Word. He is the embodiment of truth. What the Bible teaches about HIM, centuries before He came, is the issue at hand. Add to that what He taught about the destruction of Jerusalem, 40 years before it happened, and you have something that shows He was not just some master of information in real time. He is real time, and future time. He is eternal. He does not, like some master of molecules, travel through time. He IS time. He started time. He ends time. He is the originator of matter, space and time.
Billy Carson, like so many others, seems like a nice person, very sincere, certainly a cool dinner guest, and easily someone under the control of another mind; sincerely wrong.
You can make the Bible state whatever you want to, if you cherry pick and evade plain truths from it; like sin and the necessity to be free from it and prophecies given centuries, millennia in advance; that address how the Creator of the universe, apart from it, over it, controlling it, as the, not a but, THE Supernatural Sovereign over all; not in everything but, over everything, is trying to free people from sin; which is transgression of the law, the Moral Law, the Ten Commandments. Those simple ten commands, written, the Bible states, 'with the finger of God,' are the pivotal point for all humanity. God shall judge each person by their relation to His character, found inscribed in His law. The Law is a transcript of God's character.
When God gave Moses the law, the second time around, after the people rebelled and partied, and broke their covenant with Yehovah, the Bible states God saying this to Moses -
Exo 34:4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
Exo 34:5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
Exo 34:6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Exo 34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Exo 34:8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
The character of God was made known in those words from Him, to Moses; and the law is that article of information, above all others, that address the Source of all things, the Sovereign of and over the universe.
God is not in us until we are born-again, surrendering our lives to His sovereignty, care and will. God is not in an atom. God is not in particles. God made them, by speaking them into existence. He reigns above all. He is not in all, save that all comes from His mind. He does not gather information. He knows all information already and knew it from eternity. He's God; not some universal computer, data base.
Pantheism, the mind of the universe, is swiftly becoming a popular belief among mankind. It's ancient, and basically states everyone is saved, because everyone is god. Believe that and you are or will be deceived beyond all hope. IT IS LUCIFER's LIE that all our free agents to decided our own fate.
Gen 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Gen 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Gen 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
When Lucifer used a serpent, as it was fresh from the Creator's hand - a flying serpent (Isa 14:29; 30:6); a gorgeous creature above all others, just as Lucifer, himself was made magnificent in his existence when created - Eve, in her innocence, got caught up into the deception, disobeyed God by eating from that tree, her husband decided to fall with her and Satan, 'the father of lies,' uses the same lie today as he used it 6 thousand years ago - if you choose to eat, if you choose to disobey the plain words of the Creator, you shall not surely die, you shall become as God, knowing good and evil. You shall be God. You shall exist on a higher plain. You shall be one with everything.
Satan called God evil. That is also part of pantheistic dualism. Lucifer is the one who brought evil into existence in his rebellion, and he now blames God for all evil, as well as saying good comes from the mind of God and we can have that mind, that source of information - good and evil - if we will only do our own thing, our way, our chosen path, not God's commands and expressed will for our lives.
It is a tremendously effective deception and Billy Carson and others like him, are proponents of an ancient philosophy becoming popular today, as we go down further into the final corridor of time in this world; slated for destruction from the acceptance of those lies, and others like it.
When Yehovah God, the Divine Entity of the Bible - Father, Son, Holy Spirit, as God, as Creator and Recreator - speaks the end, from the beginning, He shows He is NOT some universal gathering of information in real time. He is the source of all information BEFORE there was time. That is the point of prophecy. God shows He is above all gods, all other minds because He knows and tells us what is coming before it happens. No pseudo-god of the universe, gathering information can do that.
What is God? Beyond our comprehension. I am not god, nor are you. Becoming Godly or Christlike, refers to character refinement, not omniscience, not omnipresence, not omnipotence.
Yehovah is Yehovah, God and there is none like Him. Calling Him some daddy in the sky, is not only irreverent but, really quite foolish and ignorant. Those who face their Creator and Savior in the day of judgment... well, suffice to say they will not face some data base of information when destruction envelopes sin and all it has touched, not under the blood of Jesus Christ.
Pantheism is a deception. It is a wonderful lie. It is trapping millions in its net. The Bible is the knife to cut people free from capture. How many will utilize it to be free in the Way, the Truth, and the Life: Jesus Christ?
Time will tell.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Programmed to Kill
Here's a wake-up-call story sure to raise some eyebrows.
Program an A.I. drone to hit and take out a human target. Then, stop the drone from fulfilling its mission. What does the A.I. drone do? Seeks out and "kills" the human operator for standing in its way.
www.zerohedge.com/military/ai-controlled-drone-goes-rogue-kills-human-operator-simulated-us-air-force-test
The military is often way out ahead of the private sector when it comes to tech and especially weaponry, obviously. So, when the military says we need to stop and think about the progress Artificial Intelligence is making, before a point of no return is reached, it's really time to back up and take stock. The thing is, while it seems obvious an American military, with supposedly higher ideals and principles makes a statement, rogue nations could care less. So, the military, realizing that, will just keep the tech weaponry coming from those manufacturers it works with. Can't afford to be outgunned. That means the race to "sentience," whatever that means to tech developers, is not going to stop, because too much money and profits are involved.
Think of an A.I. drone armed with nukes. What could possibly go wrong?
Program an A.I. drone to hit and take out a human target. Then, stop the drone from fulfilling its mission. What does the A.I. drone do? Seeks out and "kills" the human operator for standing in its way.
www.zerohedge.com/military/ai-controlled-drone-goes-rogue-kills-human-operator-simulated-us-air-force-test
The military is often way out ahead of the private sector when it comes to tech and especially weaponry, obviously. So, when the military says we need to stop and think about the progress Artificial Intelligence is making, before a point of no return is reached, it's really time to back up and take stock. The thing is, while it seems obvious an American military, with supposedly higher ideals and principles makes a statement, rogue nations could care less. So, the military, realizing that, will just keep the tech weaponry coming from those manufacturers it works with. Can't afford to be outgunned. That means the race to "sentience," whatever that means to tech developers, is not going to stop, because too much money and profits are involved.
Think of an A.I. drone armed with nukes. What could possibly go wrong?
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How Close is the Big One?
The biggest earthquake the earth will ever feel will take place when Christ returns.
Rev 16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
Before that time, down through history to today, earthquakes have taken down entire cities. Can an earthquake take down a state? That would depend on the size of the state. How about Connecticut or Rhode Island? How about Massachusetts?
I know I have mentioned this before. Back in the 1990s, while doing a prophecy seminar, I came upon newspapers with headlines about the chances for a "great" earthquake in New England, by the year 2010 was 100%. Has not happened yet. I have no doubt it will.
This past week headlines are at it again -
www.newstarget.com/2017-09-07-massive-earthquake-is-forming-under-new-york-city-and-it-could-be-unleashed-without-notice.html
www.thedailybeast.com/brace-yourselves-new-yorkers-youre-due-for-a-major-quake
Geologists have discovered entire grid works of fault lines under New York.
It's going to happen, I imagine more than likely within the decade.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Rev 16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
Before that time, down through history to today, earthquakes have taken down entire cities. Can an earthquake take down a state? That would depend on the size of the state. How about Connecticut or Rhode Island? How about Massachusetts?
I know I have mentioned this before. Back in the 1990s, while doing a prophecy seminar, I came upon newspapers with headlines about the chances for a "great" earthquake in New England, by the year 2010 was 100%. Has not happened yet. I have no doubt it will.
This past week headlines are at it again -
www.newstarget.com/2017-09-07-massive-earthquake-is-forming-under-new-york-city-and-it-could-be-unleashed-without-notice.html
www.thedailybeast.com/brace-yourselves-new-yorkers-youre-due-for-a-major-quake
Geologists have discovered entire grid works of fault lines under New York.
It's going to happen, I imagine more than likely within the decade.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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The Hypocrisy of Hate
I did not believe this one. I had to read it for myself.
Outside an elementary school in North Hollywood someone stuck a rainbow flag into a potted plant. Someone else came along, set the flag on fire, and believe it or not, the burning of that flag is being investigated as a "hate crime."
www.dailynews.com/2023/05/30/flag-burned-at-san-fernando-valley-school-where-some-parents-oppose-pride-event/
So, here is what we are being told by the authorities. You can burn an American flag. You can burn a Police flag. You can burn effigies of George Bush or Donald Trump and you are protected by the First Amendment and freedom of speech but, burn a flag representing the LGBTQ movement and you have committed a hate crime.
The hypocrisy here is so thick you could walk across the Bering Straits on it.
Do not doubt that Jesus Christ is returning soon. He said this would be happening. It is. Predicting something like that 2000 years ago is something all humanity should take stock of. It's no joke. "Pride" goes before destruction. That's another biblical statement, Pro. 16:18. Like most of the rest of the Bible, not many in society care what it says, anymore.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Outside an elementary school in North Hollywood someone stuck a rainbow flag into a potted plant. Someone else came along, set the flag on fire, and believe it or not, the burning of that flag is being investigated as a "hate crime."
www.dailynews.com/2023/05/30/flag-burned-at-san-fernando-valley-school-where-some-parents-oppose-pride-event/
So, here is what we are being told by the authorities. You can burn an American flag. You can burn a Police flag. You can burn effigies of George Bush or Donald Trump and you are protected by the First Amendment and freedom of speech but, burn a flag representing the LGBTQ movement and you have committed a hate crime.
The hypocrisy here is so thick you could walk across the Bering Straits on it.
Do not doubt that Jesus Christ is returning soon. He said this would be happening. It is. Predicting something like that 2000 years ago is something all humanity should take stock of. It's no joke. "Pride" goes before destruction. That's another biblical statement, Pro. 16:18. Like most of the rest of the Bible, not many in society care what it says, anymore.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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791. "The Chosen" Controversy - June 3, 2023
I want to take a moment to comment on the television program, "The Chosen," again but, having already done that ( ); this time, about the "pride" flag seen on set, attached to a camera.
My very first thought when I saw a story about it at a news site I visit was, What did you expect? This is Hollywood, not the New Jerusalem. It's an industry saturated with sin and debauchery. They have made movies about that very subject. Hollywood seems to exist, for the most part, to mock God and Christ, every chance it gets. Rarely are people chosen to represent the Christian faith with any reality. And, if they did, it is STILL all acting. It is all fakery. Hollywood is, after all, a fantasy land. It exists to turn make believe into a false reality. It is there to entertain and do so, decade after decade with more and more unrighteousness pushed to the forefront. Why would a pride flag on set shock anyone? Because they bought into the fakery, the lie, the story, the characters, as though it is all real or, close enough to grab hold of minds and transport them into a land of make believe.
There is another issue, though, that should be addressed. And, with it, I'm going to bring in my own project: the LEGEND Revisited album project.
For those who see it as a problem: the music, it's history, any of the people involved who are not professing Christians, etc., I would ask this question -
Can you name for me any of the apostles who were converted and born-again during Christ's time of ministry on Earth? Who would that be? Certainly not Peter; for Jesus told him, "When you are converted, strengthen your brethren," Luke 22:32.
They did not understand much of anything Christ taught them for three and half years. When He was crucified they were downtrodden and defeated, and were more confused to see an empty tomb. They hid in a room in a building like cons on the run, and when Yeshua appeared to them, "doubting" Thomas said he would not believe unless he saw the wounds. Well, he saw them. They believed. Indeed, the devils believe, and they tremble, James 2:19. They believed Yeshua was the Messiah when He was born. They knew what was happening. Belief is one thing. Conversion to new spiritual life in Christ is something else, all together.
Until the upper room experience at Pentecost the disciples were in various stages of mental, intellectual and emotional ascent to the fact Yeshua of Nazareth was the Messiah, the Anointed One. After His ascension to Heaven, in the upper room, humbling themselves before the Father because of so much unbelief they had for those years of time walking with God on Earth; wasted by their own foolishness and thoughts of grandeur and finally beating up on the Romans, they ultimately came to the realization of the depth of salvation they needed and it came to them in power with the moving of the Holy Spirit upon them and everyone else who repented with all their hearts that day.
The fact is, Christ had a ministry with unconverted people with characters and personalities nowhere near Christlike. They were ready to rumble when Jesus was taken in the garden. That was at the end of Christ's ministry, not the beginning. That was three and half years of walking and talking and living with God on Earth.
The reason I went into this album project was to redeem the time, as it were, of the band and album being categorized with out and out Satanic bands. I don't care of it is Luciferian or just a low key Halloween presentation. It's all darkness and I am not saying LEGEND was light, of any kind. No. I am saying redoing the recording is my way of changing, trying to change minds in seeing the band as some forerunner of Metal genres that literally denigrate Christ in incredibly obscene ways. I would not have done that as an atheist when I was in the band. I take no pleasure in that fact. It's just the truth.
I am not a proponent of "The Chosen," for reasons I have stated before. That said, it seems really strange professed Christians would get upset with the production - its cast and crew - when none of it is real. Even those who claim to have had religious experiences since being in the production (from what I have seen about stories about the program); whether they have been born-again is a matter of spiritual fruit, not how well they act and say lines written for them.
It would have been really nice to have gone into this recording project with people who are all true believers; converted into the faith of Jesus. That said, twelve men traveled with Jesus for three and half years, saw and heard things that were beyond monumental wonders and never really knew Him until after He died and rose again and departed from them. The Sons of Thunder - James and John. A tax collector. Rough tough fishermen. Religious zealots. A traitor.
I'm not Jesus. Surrounding myself with people who have enough integrity to respect my beliefs and reasons for this re-recording, and do their best to honor the music and Fred and Kevin's legacy in it, musically speaking, is certainly solid enough ground for me to stand on. My own life has enough train wrecks in it that I make no great ascent to sanctification. I know what I believe and why but, I am a sinner in need of a Saviour, just like everybody else reading this. "All have sinned and come short of the glory [character] of God." There's no boat of believers and boat of non-believers. We are all humans in the same boat. Jesus said to be in the world but, not of it, not controlled by it. Believers must be controlled by the Holy Spirit. Unbelievers, whether they understand it it or believe it or not, are under the control of another power if they are not decidedly under the control of Christ. That does not mean they are all devils, any more then it means all eleven disciples were as ruthless as Judas. Evil, dark, satanic evil exists in this world. Most of are not in that spectrum. Most of us are decent people and just want peace and happiness. The reality of that pulls us in all kinds of directions to gain that; some, maybe most more spiritually dangerous avenues of pursuit than others.
I do not believe any human being - a sinner in need of a Saviour - can possibly portray the sinless Son of God, God on Earth, God in human flesh. The premise is ridiculous. It is futility on parade. That said, Hollywood exists, as do such industries around the world and none of it is run by God. Sincere believers have made movies about Christ and all of them are flawed, immeasurably because they have tried to portray the spotless Son of God with spotted actors. It's just that simple. Expecting the whole cast and crew be committed to Christ is not just unreasonable, it's nonsensical. I'll go so far as to write, it's Babylon. It's confusion. It's the current condition of a professed church of Christ that has lost its power of influence in this world. It's why America and other professed Christian nations are the way they are: being overtaken by cultures of corruption.
The church in Rome, an assembly of renowned faith according to the apostle Paul, Rom. 1:7,8, utilized the culture of Romanism, using it's culture to evangelize the pagans and that church became corrupted. So corrupted it became the power of anti-Christ in Bible prophecy. It became the Mother of abominations and is such to this day, the most corrupt and powerful religious entity to exist for the last 1900 years. Gradually it corrupted itself. It did not happen overnight. It took centuries. It took centuries for the Protestant Reformation to fall into corruption. Every movement of God for the last 6,000 years has fallen into corruption.
Nobody knows when the final righteous body of believers will make the final stand against the kingdom of Lucifer. The Remnant of Revelation shall be created. It shall exist and end this war between good and evil when God takes the reins. Until then, occupy till Christ comes. Be in the world, not of it. Befriend anyone we can because loneliness and stress and troubles and shipwrecks and despondency are all around us, getting worse by the day. Be an influence, an ambassador for Christ. Plant spiritual seeds where you can. Tremendous talents exist; potential for great talents and gifts that should give all glory to God. Gems in the rough.
Befriend people, not the policies of this world. Principle and policy are generally at war in this realm we live in. When principle is overcome by policy, you get corruption. Corruption must be defined by a higher source of authority. Mankind cannot do it. Mankind is fallen. The Bible is the Creator's Source. I'm not throwing stones at anyone caught in sin. Those who perpetuate sin and corruption for their own ends deserve denunciation, especially when it comes to corrupting and abusing children. And even there, with justice prevailing, there is still the plan of salvation. Until someone is dead, God works to save them.
I can hear someone asking, Are we then to bring anyone into the church: the assembly, the organized body of believers that exists to be separate from the world? No, of course not. Not if your body of believers has a body of fundamental doctrines you ascribe to, live by and proclaim, through God's grace and sanctifying influence. Would you let someone into your home because they stood at your door and said, "Let me in." You would be incredibly foolish for doing so, without asking some pretty intense questions and getting answers that you believe are truthful.
Anyone can visit a church, a body of believers. Being a member, ascribing to those fundamental beliefs and representing that body of believers and those doctrines is something else. There is a difference.
For music, entertainment, sports, business... these can be things that have a Christian premise in how they function but, they are not the church. They can be missionary in nature, sure but, remember. Christ ministered with twelve unconverted men, and dozens of others that were part of their evangelistic team. They were not antagonistic to the message of Christ. They were open to it, even Thomas, who needed to see something physical for proof. Not everyone does. Those who require seeing something... that is in God's hands to work out. I wanted that, when I was an atheist. I wanted a sign. I got it through alarmingly accurate prophecy and history. I got it through an experience nothing in me or in this world could have generated.
We live in this world. We live with people who are not converted. Nice people. Relatively honest and trustworthy people. More and more I meet business owners who tell me how difficult it is to hire employees they can trust. Sign of the times. That said, many people we live with might be right on the doorstep of eternity, right on that footstone that leads to a connection to Christ. We don't know. God does.
We must learn to have balance in our life. I'm heading towards 70. Balance? Tell me about it.
Ultimately, God wants us to walk by faith, not by sight. I'm open to that. Have been for 44 years now. I hope I get there.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
My very first thought when I saw a story about it at a news site I visit was, What did you expect? This is Hollywood, not the New Jerusalem. It's an industry saturated with sin and debauchery. They have made movies about that very subject. Hollywood seems to exist, for the most part, to mock God and Christ, every chance it gets. Rarely are people chosen to represent the Christian faith with any reality. And, if they did, it is STILL all acting. It is all fakery. Hollywood is, after all, a fantasy land. It exists to turn make believe into a false reality. It is there to entertain and do so, decade after decade with more and more unrighteousness pushed to the forefront. Why would a pride flag on set shock anyone? Because they bought into the fakery, the lie, the story, the characters, as though it is all real or, close enough to grab hold of minds and transport them into a land of make believe.
There is another issue, though, that should be addressed. And, with it, I'm going to bring in my own project: the LEGEND Revisited album project.
For those who see it as a problem: the music, it's history, any of the people involved who are not professing Christians, etc., I would ask this question -
Can you name for me any of the apostles who were converted and born-again during Christ's time of ministry on Earth? Who would that be? Certainly not Peter; for Jesus told him, "When you are converted, strengthen your brethren," Luke 22:32.
They did not understand much of anything Christ taught them for three and half years. When He was crucified they were downtrodden and defeated, and were more confused to see an empty tomb. They hid in a room in a building like cons on the run, and when Yeshua appeared to them, "doubting" Thomas said he would not believe unless he saw the wounds. Well, he saw them. They believed. Indeed, the devils believe, and they tremble, James 2:19. They believed Yeshua was the Messiah when He was born. They knew what was happening. Belief is one thing. Conversion to new spiritual life in Christ is something else, all together.
Until the upper room experience at Pentecost the disciples were in various stages of mental, intellectual and emotional ascent to the fact Yeshua of Nazareth was the Messiah, the Anointed One. After His ascension to Heaven, in the upper room, humbling themselves before the Father because of so much unbelief they had for those years of time walking with God on Earth; wasted by their own foolishness and thoughts of grandeur and finally beating up on the Romans, they ultimately came to the realization of the depth of salvation they needed and it came to them in power with the moving of the Holy Spirit upon them and everyone else who repented with all their hearts that day.
The fact is, Christ had a ministry with unconverted people with characters and personalities nowhere near Christlike. They were ready to rumble when Jesus was taken in the garden. That was at the end of Christ's ministry, not the beginning. That was three and half years of walking and talking and living with God on Earth.
The reason I went into this album project was to redeem the time, as it were, of the band and album being categorized with out and out Satanic bands. I don't care of it is Luciferian or just a low key Halloween presentation. It's all darkness and I am not saying LEGEND was light, of any kind. No. I am saying redoing the recording is my way of changing, trying to change minds in seeing the band as some forerunner of Metal genres that literally denigrate Christ in incredibly obscene ways. I would not have done that as an atheist when I was in the band. I take no pleasure in that fact. It's just the truth.
I am not a proponent of "The Chosen," for reasons I have stated before. That said, it seems really strange professed Christians would get upset with the production - its cast and crew - when none of it is real. Even those who claim to have had religious experiences since being in the production (from what I have seen about stories about the program); whether they have been born-again is a matter of spiritual fruit, not how well they act and say lines written for them.
It would have been really nice to have gone into this recording project with people who are all true believers; converted into the faith of Jesus. That said, twelve men traveled with Jesus for three and half years, saw and heard things that were beyond monumental wonders and never really knew Him until after He died and rose again and departed from them. The Sons of Thunder - James and John. A tax collector. Rough tough fishermen. Religious zealots. A traitor.
I'm not Jesus. Surrounding myself with people who have enough integrity to respect my beliefs and reasons for this re-recording, and do their best to honor the music and Fred and Kevin's legacy in it, musically speaking, is certainly solid enough ground for me to stand on. My own life has enough train wrecks in it that I make no great ascent to sanctification. I know what I believe and why but, I am a sinner in need of a Saviour, just like everybody else reading this. "All have sinned and come short of the glory [character] of God." There's no boat of believers and boat of non-believers. We are all humans in the same boat. Jesus said to be in the world but, not of it, not controlled by it. Believers must be controlled by the Holy Spirit. Unbelievers, whether they understand it it or believe it or not, are under the control of another power if they are not decidedly under the control of Christ. That does not mean they are all devils, any more then it means all eleven disciples were as ruthless as Judas. Evil, dark, satanic evil exists in this world. Most of are not in that spectrum. Most of us are decent people and just want peace and happiness. The reality of that pulls us in all kinds of directions to gain that; some, maybe most more spiritually dangerous avenues of pursuit than others.
I do not believe any human being - a sinner in need of a Saviour - can possibly portray the sinless Son of God, God on Earth, God in human flesh. The premise is ridiculous. It is futility on parade. That said, Hollywood exists, as do such industries around the world and none of it is run by God. Sincere believers have made movies about Christ and all of them are flawed, immeasurably because they have tried to portray the spotless Son of God with spotted actors. It's just that simple. Expecting the whole cast and crew be committed to Christ is not just unreasonable, it's nonsensical. I'll go so far as to write, it's Babylon. It's confusion. It's the current condition of a professed church of Christ that has lost its power of influence in this world. It's why America and other professed Christian nations are the way they are: being overtaken by cultures of corruption.
The church in Rome, an assembly of renowned faith according to the apostle Paul, Rom. 1:7,8, utilized the culture of Romanism, using it's culture to evangelize the pagans and that church became corrupted. So corrupted it became the power of anti-Christ in Bible prophecy. It became the Mother of abominations and is such to this day, the most corrupt and powerful religious entity to exist for the last 1900 years. Gradually it corrupted itself. It did not happen overnight. It took centuries. It took centuries for the Protestant Reformation to fall into corruption. Every movement of God for the last 6,000 years has fallen into corruption.
Nobody knows when the final righteous body of believers will make the final stand against the kingdom of Lucifer. The Remnant of Revelation shall be created. It shall exist and end this war between good and evil when God takes the reins. Until then, occupy till Christ comes. Be in the world, not of it. Befriend anyone we can because loneliness and stress and troubles and shipwrecks and despondency are all around us, getting worse by the day. Be an influence, an ambassador for Christ. Plant spiritual seeds where you can. Tremendous talents exist; potential for great talents and gifts that should give all glory to God. Gems in the rough.
Befriend people, not the policies of this world. Principle and policy are generally at war in this realm we live in. When principle is overcome by policy, you get corruption. Corruption must be defined by a higher source of authority. Mankind cannot do it. Mankind is fallen. The Bible is the Creator's Source. I'm not throwing stones at anyone caught in sin. Those who perpetuate sin and corruption for their own ends deserve denunciation, especially when it comes to corrupting and abusing children. And even there, with justice prevailing, there is still the plan of salvation. Until someone is dead, God works to save them.
I can hear someone asking, Are we then to bring anyone into the church: the assembly, the organized body of believers that exists to be separate from the world? No, of course not. Not if your body of believers has a body of fundamental doctrines you ascribe to, live by and proclaim, through God's grace and sanctifying influence. Would you let someone into your home because they stood at your door and said, "Let me in." You would be incredibly foolish for doing so, without asking some pretty intense questions and getting answers that you believe are truthful.
Anyone can visit a church, a body of believers. Being a member, ascribing to those fundamental beliefs and representing that body of believers and those doctrines is something else. There is a difference.
For music, entertainment, sports, business... these can be things that have a Christian premise in how they function but, they are not the church. They can be missionary in nature, sure but, remember. Christ ministered with twelve unconverted men, and dozens of others that were part of their evangelistic team. They were not antagonistic to the message of Christ. They were open to it, even Thomas, who needed to see something physical for proof. Not everyone does. Those who require seeing something... that is in God's hands to work out. I wanted that, when I was an atheist. I wanted a sign. I got it through alarmingly accurate prophecy and history. I got it through an experience nothing in me or in this world could have generated.
We live in this world. We live with people who are not converted. Nice people. Relatively honest and trustworthy people. More and more I meet business owners who tell me how difficult it is to hire employees they can trust. Sign of the times. That said, many people we live with might be right on the doorstep of eternity, right on that footstone that leads to a connection to Christ. We don't know. God does.
We must learn to have balance in our life. I'm heading towards 70. Balance? Tell me about it.
Ultimately, God wants us to walk by faith, not by sight. I'm open to that. Have been for 44 years now. I hope I get there.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Megan Kelly Wakes Up
Truth, common sense, intuition... those attributes to thinking are powerful forces. Megan Kelly is waking up to them. She went woke. Now she's waking up.
Her commentary on the the current transgender explosion of confusion -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxB0LHvS4fg&t=986s
I wonder if YT will leave this video up or if they will censor it. I guess we'll find out. Considering it is a flat out denial of trans confusion, which is basically making a mockery of womanhood, as woke as YT is, I'd expect it to get shut down.
There is a reason Bible prophecy refers to the last days having an entity, an attitude, a mindset, a condition called Babylon. Confusion is everywhere. No society, no civilization gone down this road has ever survived. Ours will not survive, either. No society or civilization can survive this kind of takeover of confusion.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Her commentary on the the current transgender explosion of confusion -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxB0LHvS4fg&t=986s
I wonder if YT will leave this video up or if they will censor it. I guess we'll find out. Considering it is a flat out denial of trans confusion, which is basically making a mockery of womanhood, as woke as YT is, I'd expect it to get shut down.
There is a reason Bible prophecy refers to the last days having an entity, an attitude, a mindset, a condition called Babylon. Confusion is everywhere. No society, no civilization gone down this road has ever survived. Ours will not survive, either. No society or civilization can survive this kind of takeover of confusion.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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"Plandemic 3"
I am sitting here watching the newest Mikki Willis documentary, "Plandemic: The Great Awakening."
A good documentary is one capable of encapsulating ideas in interesting ways that grip the viewer. Even if you know the information, you see and hear things in new ways that rivet you to take notice. Mikki Willis makes that kind of documentary.
This is one of those documentaries that should be seen by everyone, certainly every American. I would love to see and hear how, with just truth, facts, common sense and principle, the information in the video is wrong, erroneous, a conspiracy "theory" to be avoided or rejected.
freedomplatform.tv/plandemic-the-great-awakening/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=%5BOUT+NOW%5D+Plandemic+3%3A+FULL+MOVIE+%F0%9F%8E%AC++The+Great+Awakening&utm_campaign=plandemic_3841#popup1
"Diabolical" takes on a broader meaning and effect watching this film.
There is one thing I would bring up. The word "freedom" is mentioned a lot in the film. We must remember the difference between "freedom" and "liberty." Freedom is the right to think as you want; to speak as you want. Liberty is the legal right to act on your freedom. In America, our freedom and rights come from God, recognized as such by the Founders of this nation, encapsulated in America's Founding documents: the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution; forming the Constitutional Republic America is.
Our liberties are being negated in droves every year. Our freedom to think and speak out remains but, not for long.
A good documentary is one capable of encapsulating ideas in interesting ways that grip the viewer. Even if you know the information, you see and hear things in new ways that rivet you to take notice. Mikki Willis makes that kind of documentary.
This is one of those documentaries that should be seen by everyone, certainly every American. I would love to see and hear how, with just truth, facts, common sense and principle, the information in the video is wrong, erroneous, a conspiracy "theory" to be avoided or rejected.
freedomplatform.tv/plandemic-the-great-awakening/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=%5BOUT+NOW%5D+Plandemic+3%3A+FULL+MOVIE+%F0%9F%8E%AC++The+Great+Awakening&utm_campaign=plandemic_3841#popup1
"Diabolical" takes on a broader meaning and effect watching this film.
There is one thing I would bring up. The word "freedom" is mentioned a lot in the film. We must remember the difference between "freedom" and "liberty." Freedom is the right to think as you want; to speak as you want. Liberty is the legal right to act on your freedom. In America, our freedom and rights come from God, recognized as such by the Founders of this nation, encapsulated in America's Founding documents: the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution; forming the Constitutional Republic America is.
Our liberties are being negated in droves every year. Our freedom to think and speak out remains but, not for long.
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Arnold and Heaven
The body builder, "actor," former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger declared there is no heaven, in a recent interview. How would he know if his belief is factual?
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/arnold-schwarzenegger-says-heaven-fantasy-045137390.html
"It reminds me of Howard Stern's question to me. 'Tell me, governor, what happens to us when we die?' I said, 'Nothing. You're 6 feet under. Anyone that tells you something else is a f---ing liar,'" he said.
"I said, 'We don't know what happens with the soul and all this spiritual stuff that I'm not an expert in, but I know that the body as we see each other now, we will never see each other again like that,'" continued Schwarzenegger.
Considering English is not his first language, I can give him a pass on the definition of a "liar." A lie is a statement of something you know is not true. I am not a liar when I state there shall be life after death, when Christ returns and raises the righteous dead to eternal life. The Bible, my source for truth and the mind of God on matters pertaining to life beyond death, states this information cover to cover.
Arnold claims, rightfully so, he is not an expert on the "soul." The fact there is, nobody is an expert on the 'soul.' Nobody has ever seen one, no one has or could study or research one because there is no such thing as an invisible entity that lives inside your physical body and gets out at death. It's a concept developed from Lucifer's first lie, to Eve, and through ancient paganism; popularized in Western culture by the Greek philosopher, Plato.
The word English word, 'soul,' as found in the Bible, as I have gone over here, numerous times, is derived from Hebrew and Greek words that mean life, a living thing. People are called souls in the Bible. Animals are stated to be souls because they are alive. If you have life, you have/are a soul. We do not have a soul, as much as we are a soul.
Beyond that, the 'soul' is tied to the emotional nature of man in the Bible. That is something we "have." The word "spirit," a movement of air, i.e. breathing, is tied to the intellectual nature of man in the Bible, and of course, we have physical bodies. That is the nature of a human being - body, soul and spirit. These things are to be made "spiritual," sanctified: set apart for spiritual use, connected to the Creator, through being born-again.
Th Bible is so plain on this, one must marvel at how the professed Christian church, all those supposed theologians and experts, can get this so incredibly wrong. But, that is the nature of traditions and preconceived ideas when reading the Bible. If the Bible is allowed to interpret itself there is no way anyone walks away believing a ghost lives inside you that gets out at death and lives eternally. It is not just a falsehood, it is condemned in Scripture. How people miss it? God knows.
The Bible also says, in the resurrection we shall know, even as we are known. We will recognize each other, though we shall be recreated to have prime, eternal youth in our natures. So, Arnold is wrong on that one, too.
"While the former bodybuilder added that death is a topic he feels uncomfortable with, he shared that heaven, in his mind, is a "fantasy."
"Fantasy" is what Arnold creates for a living. We can know Heaven is not a fantasy because the Bible states it exists, as the dwelling place of God (in that He takes a physical form for the benefit of His creation), angels and other personages, like Enoch, Moses and Elijah, the 24 elders and creatures we are informed exist there. We can trust the Bible is true because of prophecy: God telling the end from the beginning: things coming to pass centuries, millennia before they took place, and things that will yet take place. Prophecy is not fantasy. Prophecy is history, in advance. It has proven itself to any reasonable mind for ages.
"When people talk about, 'I will see them again in heaven,' it sounds so good, but the reality is that we won't see each other again after we're gone. That's the sad part. I know people feel comfortable with death, but I don't,'" he said."
Arnold gives no information on his source of "reality." Speaking like an "expert" while claiming you are not an expert, is strange, indeed. Some might say, "confusing." That's spiritual, prophetic Babylon. Confusion.
It's out there.
While the Bible denies the popular notions of instant life beyond death, in heaven or "hell," and certainly no "Purgatory," eternal life shall come some day, when Christ returns. The Bible states, plainly and point blank, eternal death, destruction, removal from existence, awaits those who reject God's invitation to mercy and salvation.
If we let the Bible speak for itself, interpret itself, this is all quite simple to see.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/arnold-schwarzenegger-says-heaven-fantasy-045137390.html
"It reminds me of Howard Stern's question to me. 'Tell me, governor, what happens to us when we die?' I said, 'Nothing. You're 6 feet under. Anyone that tells you something else is a f---ing liar,'" he said.
"I said, 'We don't know what happens with the soul and all this spiritual stuff that I'm not an expert in, but I know that the body as we see each other now, we will never see each other again like that,'" continued Schwarzenegger.
Considering English is not his first language, I can give him a pass on the definition of a "liar." A lie is a statement of something you know is not true. I am not a liar when I state there shall be life after death, when Christ returns and raises the righteous dead to eternal life. The Bible, my source for truth and the mind of God on matters pertaining to life beyond death, states this information cover to cover.
Arnold claims, rightfully so, he is not an expert on the "soul." The fact there is, nobody is an expert on the 'soul.' Nobody has ever seen one, no one has or could study or research one because there is no such thing as an invisible entity that lives inside your physical body and gets out at death. It's a concept developed from Lucifer's first lie, to Eve, and through ancient paganism; popularized in Western culture by the Greek philosopher, Plato.
The word English word, 'soul,' as found in the Bible, as I have gone over here, numerous times, is derived from Hebrew and Greek words that mean life, a living thing. People are called souls in the Bible. Animals are stated to be souls because they are alive. If you have life, you have/are a soul. We do not have a soul, as much as we are a soul.
Beyond that, the 'soul' is tied to the emotional nature of man in the Bible. That is something we "have." The word "spirit," a movement of air, i.e. breathing, is tied to the intellectual nature of man in the Bible, and of course, we have physical bodies. That is the nature of a human being - body, soul and spirit. These things are to be made "spiritual," sanctified: set apart for spiritual use, connected to the Creator, through being born-again.
Th Bible is so plain on this, one must marvel at how the professed Christian church, all those supposed theologians and experts, can get this so incredibly wrong. But, that is the nature of traditions and preconceived ideas when reading the Bible. If the Bible is allowed to interpret itself there is no way anyone walks away believing a ghost lives inside you that gets out at death and lives eternally. It is not just a falsehood, it is condemned in Scripture. How people miss it? God knows.
The Bible also says, in the resurrection we shall know, even as we are known. We will recognize each other, though we shall be recreated to have prime, eternal youth in our natures. So, Arnold is wrong on that one, too.
"While the former bodybuilder added that death is a topic he feels uncomfortable with, he shared that heaven, in his mind, is a "fantasy."
"Fantasy" is what Arnold creates for a living. We can know Heaven is not a fantasy because the Bible states it exists, as the dwelling place of God (in that He takes a physical form for the benefit of His creation), angels and other personages, like Enoch, Moses and Elijah, the 24 elders and creatures we are informed exist there. We can trust the Bible is true because of prophecy: God telling the end from the beginning: things coming to pass centuries, millennia before they took place, and things that will yet take place. Prophecy is not fantasy. Prophecy is history, in advance. It has proven itself to any reasonable mind for ages.
"When people talk about, 'I will see them again in heaven,' it sounds so good, but the reality is that we won't see each other again after we're gone. That's the sad part. I know people feel comfortable with death, but I don't,'" he said."
Arnold gives no information on his source of "reality." Speaking like an "expert" while claiming you are not an expert, is strange, indeed. Some might say, "confusing." That's spiritual, prophetic Babylon. Confusion.
It's out there.
While the Bible denies the popular notions of instant life beyond death, in heaven or "hell," and certainly no "Purgatory," eternal life shall come some day, when Christ returns. The Bible states, plainly and point blank, eternal death, destruction, removal from existence, awaits those who reject God's invitation to mercy and salvation.
If we let the Bible speak for itself, interpret itself, this is all quite simple to see.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Whistleblowers and UFOs
Congress; giving whistleblowers in or formerly in the military, freedom to speak out and safety from retaliation, have been coming forward with a lot of information.
A new story yesterday claims the military has retrieved craft or parts of crafts not of human origin.
thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/
"A former intelligence official turned whistleblower has given Congress and the Intelligence Community Inspector General extensive classified information about deeply covert programs that he says possess retrieved intact and partially intact craft of non-human origin.
"The information, he says, has been illegally withheld from Congress, and he filed a complaint alleging that he suffered illegal retaliation for his confidential disclosures, reported here for the first time."
It's a long read with a lot of information, apparently solid information.
One of the things that jumped out at me is the alarming number of "offices" in the government. All these offices employ people, all from tax dollars. It's an astonishing number of people who are employees of the government.
"Grusch [the whistleblower] said the recoveries of partial fragments through and up to intact vehicles have been made for decades through the present day by the government, its allies, and defense contractors. Analysis has determined that the objects retrieved are “of exotic origin (non-human intelligence, whether extraterrestrial or unknown origin) based on the vehicle morphologies and material science testing and the possession of unique atomic arrangements and radiological signatures,” he said.
"In filing his complaint, Grusch is represented by a lawyer who served as the original Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG).
“We are not talking about prosaic origins or identities,” Grusch said, referencing information he provided Congress and the current ICIG. “The material includes intact and partially intact vehicles.”
My real interest is, once again, related to Bible prophecy and last-day events. I continue to firmly believe UFOs or UAP - Unidentified Aerial Phenomena - and "ET" shall play a role in the time of the end. Satanic delusions are coming. The "angel of light" shall make his appearance and it will be a delusion that shall capture the world in his net.
That does not discount all possibilities of private corporations building craft that meet descriptions of UFOs. It just means the subject is involved and has angles of possible complications to complete disclosure and Satanic use for deception. A company may have the tech to build craft that move without noticeable fuel burn for propulsion. Creating an angel of light is altogether another matter. That is Lucifer's department.
When? I don't know. Given the current pace of disclosure, it cannot be that far away.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
A new story yesterday claims the military has retrieved craft or parts of crafts not of human origin.
thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/
"A former intelligence official turned whistleblower has given Congress and the Intelligence Community Inspector General extensive classified information about deeply covert programs that he says possess retrieved intact and partially intact craft of non-human origin.
"The information, he says, has been illegally withheld from Congress, and he filed a complaint alleging that he suffered illegal retaliation for his confidential disclosures, reported here for the first time."
It's a long read with a lot of information, apparently solid information.
One of the things that jumped out at me is the alarming number of "offices" in the government. All these offices employ people, all from tax dollars. It's an astonishing number of people who are employees of the government.
"Grusch [the whistleblower] said the recoveries of partial fragments through and up to intact vehicles have been made for decades through the present day by the government, its allies, and defense contractors. Analysis has determined that the objects retrieved are “of exotic origin (non-human intelligence, whether extraterrestrial or unknown origin) based on the vehicle morphologies and material science testing and the possession of unique atomic arrangements and radiological signatures,” he said.
"In filing his complaint, Grusch is represented by a lawyer who served as the original Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG).
“We are not talking about prosaic origins or identities,” Grusch said, referencing information he provided Congress and the current ICIG. “The material includes intact and partially intact vehicles.”
My real interest is, once again, related to Bible prophecy and last-day events. I continue to firmly believe UFOs or UAP - Unidentified Aerial Phenomena - and "ET" shall play a role in the time of the end. Satanic delusions are coming. The "angel of light" shall make his appearance and it will be a delusion that shall capture the world in his net.
That does not discount all possibilities of private corporations building craft that meet descriptions of UFOs. It just means the subject is involved and has angles of possible complications to complete disclosure and Satanic use for deception. A company may have the tech to build craft that move without noticeable fuel burn for propulsion. Creating an angel of light is altogether another matter. That is Lucifer's department.
When? I don't know. Given the current pace of disclosure, it cannot be that far away.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Christian Street Preacher Arrested...
in America
Members of the LGBTQ, etc., mob; BLM, Antifa and other radical Leftist groups can show up at Conservative or Christian events and scream in faces, spit, harass, weaponize anything they can get their hands on and throw it at people who disagree with their chosen lifestyles or political views and nothing happens. They are considered "mostly peaceful protestors."
A guy begins to read a text from the Bible on a public street during a "pride" event and gets hand-cuffed and arrested.
Communist China? North Korea? Cuba? Iran? No. Reading, Pennsylvania, America.
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/outrageous-christian-man-arrested-reciting-bible-verse-pride/
When the backlash hits...
God help America.
**UPDATE** Based on the avalanche of complaints that inundated the police department, and inspection of video taken, the charges were dropped.
A guy begins to read a text from the Bible on a public street during a "pride" event and gets hand-cuffed and arrested.
Communist China? North Korea? Cuba? Iran? No. Reading, Pennsylvania, America.
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/outrageous-christian-man-arrested-reciting-bible-verse-pride/
When the backlash hits...
God help America.
**UPDATE** Based on the avalanche of complaints that inundated the police department, and inspection of video taken, the charges were dropped.
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The Incredible 'Water Bear'
"Tardigrade in Moss
"Image Credit & Copyright: Nicole Ottawa & Oliver Meckes / Eye of Science / Science Source Images
"Explanation: Is this an alien? Probably not, but of all the animals on Earth, the tardigrade might be the best candidate. That's because tardigrades are known to be able to go for decades without food or water, to survive temperatures from near absolute zero to well above the boiling point of water, to survive pressures from near zero to well above that on ocean floors, and to survive direct exposure to dangerous radiations. The far-ranging survivability of these extremophiles was tested in 2011 outside an orbiting space shuttle. Tardigrades are so durable partly because they can repair their own DNA and reduce their body water content to a few percent. Some of these miniature water-bears almost became extraterrestrials in 2011 when they were launched toward to the Martian moon Phobos, and again in 2021 when they were launched toward Earth's own moon, but the former launch failed, and the latter landing crashed. Tardigrades are more common than humans across most of the Earth. Pictured here in a color-enhanced electron micrograph, a millimeter-long tardigrade crawls on moss.
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230521.html
A millimeter. Tiny. Incredible. If you remember science classes you probably remember what they look like. If not...
"Image Credit & Copyright: Nicole Ottawa & Oliver Meckes / Eye of Science / Science Source Images
"Explanation: Is this an alien? Probably not, but of all the animals on Earth, the tardigrade might be the best candidate. That's because tardigrades are known to be able to go for decades without food or water, to survive temperatures from near absolute zero to well above the boiling point of water, to survive pressures from near zero to well above that on ocean floors, and to survive direct exposure to dangerous radiations. The far-ranging survivability of these extremophiles was tested in 2011 outside an orbiting space shuttle. Tardigrades are so durable partly because they can repair their own DNA and reduce their body water content to a few percent. Some of these miniature water-bears almost became extraterrestrials in 2011 when they were launched toward to the Martian moon Phobos, and again in 2021 when they were launched toward Earth's own moon, but the former launch failed, and the latter landing crashed. Tardigrades are more common than humans across most of the Earth. Pictured here in a color-enhanced electron micrograph, a millimeter-long tardigrade crawls on moss.
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230521.html
A millimeter. Tiny. Incredible. If you remember science classes you probably remember what they look like. If not...
Aside from looking like a vacuum cleaner bag, it's obviously a tiny creature. Now, we are told by Materialists, by Naturalists, by Evolutionists, etc., that such lifeforms came about by natural selection, over time, by mutations. Pray tell, how would any kind of selection naturally take place to form something that can exist in the environments it has been shown to exist in? Look at the Water Bear's "nose." It looks like a manufactured connection piece of some kind. Designed. It's microscopic. The same kinds of things can be seen on all types of microscopic creatures. They are not accidents. They are not mutations. They are highly sophisticated marvels. The Tardigrade is not an accident. It is not something that developed over time. The Tardigrade has a Creator, just like we do. The Bible states our Creator is Jesus Christ, the Son of God the Father, He who stepped forth to Create everything by speaking it into existence. He somehow left the throne of all power and became a baby. He was born as humans are born. He lived as humans live in a fallen world. He died a death He did not deserve but, did so for us, in our place, for our sins, to save us from the power and penalty of iniquity, transgression and sin. He rose from the dead. He ascended to Heaven. He ministers grace to all who will receive it, that we may have eternal life. He is coming again to end this current world of rebellion, debauchery and death; and take his people, from all ages, home to be with Him forever and explore things we cannot even imagine.
All of that and more, is in that tiny Tardigrade's testimony of existence. It is why mankind can have no excuse to neglect and reject so great a salvation, Rom. 1:18-20; Hebrews 2:3.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
All of that and more, is in that tiny Tardigrade's testimony of existence. It is why mankind can have no excuse to neglect and reject so great a salvation, Rom. 1:18-20; Hebrews 2:3.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Tucker Draws Almost 100 Million Viewers
I remember when Tucker Carlson was a young guy who wore bow ties. Today, he's an internationally known journalist. Last night he apparently drew upwards of 100 million people to his new Twitter Program. I just watched a rerun of it. "You mean 10 million, Ray." Nope. I mean what I have read in headlines - closing in on 100 million: one third of the population of America. They are the people who voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 election. They are the people who put Donald Trump in office for a second term, criminally handled by various players to see to it Trump did not receive enough to win because a tottering old man who shakes invisible hands and trips and falls down and has to be led around like an invalid and can't fill a gymnasium to hear him speak, got more votes and now sits in the Oval Office.
Tucker is not a real common name. Today, if you say Tucker, everybody knows who you mean. He used his first program, Tucker on Twitter, to speak about two things wrapped up in one thing: corruption in government and news media. He spoke about the Ukrainian dam blowing up and the report I mentioned three posts back, about the Air Force whistleblower on UFO craft retrievals, etc.
His first program. Aliens and UAP craft that the government has. This is one of the, if not the most watched news journalist in the Western Hemisphere. He's been talking about UFOs for quite awhile now.
twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1666203439146172419
Most of the time, Tucker has been and still is somewhat late to the party. Many other alt news sites report on things he eventually does. That said, he does, is, finally reporting on things considered taboo by most of mainstream media and a fair share of alternative news media, as well. That's a good thing.
For those who think my interest in UFOs and "ET" and biblical prophecy and last-day events is all off-the-wall crazy... I am smiling. I am content to watch and see how this all plays out.
In the meantime America, a nation still desirable for millions to try and get here, is crumbling in front of our eyes. Will it crumble to collapse?
God knows.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Tucker is not a real common name. Today, if you say Tucker, everybody knows who you mean. He used his first program, Tucker on Twitter, to speak about two things wrapped up in one thing: corruption in government and news media. He spoke about the Ukrainian dam blowing up and the report I mentioned three posts back, about the Air Force whistleblower on UFO craft retrievals, etc.
His first program. Aliens and UAP craft that the government has. This is one of the, if not the most watched news journalist in the Western Hemisphere. He's been talking about UFOs for quite awhile now.
twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1666203439146172419
Most of the time, Tucker has been and still is somewhat late to the party. Many other alt news sites report on things he eventually does. That said, he does, is, finally reporting on things considered taboo by most of mainstream media and a fair share of alternative news media, as well. That's a good thing.
For those who think my interest in UFOs and "ET" and biblical prophecy and last-day events is all off-the-wall crazy... I am smiling. I am content to watch and see how this all plays out.
In the meantime America, a nation still desirable for millions to try and get here, is crumbling in front of our eyes. Will it crumble to collapse?
God knows.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Mike Pence
Donald Trump is bluntly honest. Robert Kennedy Jr. certainly seems like a dignified, honest man, with principles guiding him. I once felt Mike Pence was a decent and honest man until I learned how he waffled as governor of Indiana on a bill that would protect the rights of Christians to follow the dictates of conscience, guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights. At that point I knew Trump having him as VP was a woefully terrible choice.
I would not write about Pence here save for the fact he calls himself a Christian. Christians do not stab people at all, let alone in the back. Mike Pence stabbed Trump in the back; more than once.
Americans have come to expect their politicians to lie and exist in certain degrees of local, state and national political corruption. Compromise continually takes place to get laws passed; these supposed statesmen and stateswomen taking oaths to protect the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. What were those Founders thinking when they voted to have that word enshrined in America oaths and law? Domestic enemies. Enemies within American borders, not without. They understood the nature of power and came up with a Constitution that LIMITS the powers of the Federal government and its agents. Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely.
Mike Pence is a corrupted individual playing his part for the Republican Party business plan, which is - keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office at all costs. Not only should Mike Pence not be running for office, of any kind, for he is untrustworthy to tell the truth but, the same can be said for most all the people running for POTUS on the GOP candidate list.
Near as I can tell the ONLY reason Trump gets rude and belligerent and caustic is because he has been constantly attacked from before day one announcing his candidacy for POTUS first time around. If you disagree with his political positions he can handle that. Attack him and he will hit back as hard as he can. Not exactly statesmanlike but, statesmanship no longer exists in Washington, D.C. They lie like they breathe. Straight-faced, bold-faced lying is an artform to them. Mike Pence thinks he handles it well enough he exists in a vacuum of reality to think he can possibly win the election for the next POTUS. Same with Haley, Hutchinson, Christie and anybody else living in a fog bank of fantasy that is D.C. money and politics.
I am not saying money and power cannot get criminals elected. Biden is a criminal. Clinton is a criminal. They got elected and have yet to pay any price for their corruption and crimes. That is because the justice department is more corrupt than these politicians are.
I cannot look at Mike Pence without animosity for his turncoat character. All Trump did was ask him to send the electors back to the states and investigate any and all aspects of fraud, which the law says should be done. Pence would not do his duty and from that point on, Pence became an enemy to the oath he took to protect the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. He simply cannot be Commander in Chief of the armed forces and have any say-so in American civil service ever again.
Americans may be way past the point of expecting or hoping elected civil servants will be upright men and women with integrity and honesty, and truly loyal to their oaths. In which case, while he not going to be called into the ministry; Trump is not ever going to be America's preacher or pastor; he can certainly be America's president and fight back as hard as he can: crude, belligerent, caustic and hard-hitting - and should have been first time around - to put as many people corrupted people on the tax payroll out of a job as he possibly can.
Will he get to do that? Not as long as people like Mike Pence have any say-so in Washington, D.C. The stealers will still the next election and are planning to do that, right now.
God help us.
**UPDATE**
I did not mention Ron DeSantis as a GOP contender for POTUS 2024. Now, I am. He is just as corrupted as his contemporaries running for POTUS. Why do I believe that? This story released today at Gateway Pundit and other news sites -
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/desantis-war-room-twitter-page-posts-video-that/
"DeSantis War Room Twitter Page Posts Video That Uses Fake AI-Generated Images of President Trump Hugging Dr. Fauci"
Trump went to D.C. wearing a naive hat so large they played him like a fiddle. Rather than vet every single person thoroughly before he trusted them, he surrounded himself with untrustworthy people, just GOPe pawns and players. Ron DeSantis was not part of that crowd. Today, backed by billionaires wanting him to be POTUS and create big business for them, these never Trumpers back DeSantis. DeSantis' people crossed a line that, for me, just shuts the door on his ethical nature to be POTUS.
I am not a supporter of Donald Trump by way of fandom. His fast-tracking the "vaccines" was a ridiculously stupid move. How he can be so sharp on all other types of business and ignorant about Big Pharma does not pass my own personal smell test. Considering donations made by Pharma to Trump's campaign just violates all rules of common sense, when Pharma's history is available from any search engine you use. His trusting of Fauci, with all the info Trump could have and should have had available under such circumstances of bypassing the Constitution and Bill of RIGHTS, granted by God, for the sake of a "pandemic" that had a sketchy history, worse stats created by shills of the CDC and WHO and the Pharmaceutical companies, was unconscionable. That said, for team DeSantis to create A.I. generated pictures of Trump and Fauci hugging each other is just as unconscionable.
None of these people can be trusted. Not a single one.
It's a staggering situation Americans find themselves in.
If DeSantis fires whoever is responsible and apologizes, it is WORTHLESS. HE is the one who should know what is being put out there, it's truth and its efficacy. Failing that, how can he be trusted with issues of anything relating to the major subjects a president has to address on a daily basis? DeSantis is an apparent puppet like all the rest.
It's shocking just how low the political class of this country will go.
I would not write about Pence here save for the fact he calls himself a Christian. Christians do not stab people at all, let alone in the back. Mike Pence stabbed Trump in the back; more than once.
Americans have come to expect their politicians to lie and exist in certain degrees of local, state and national political corruption. Compromise continually takes place to get laws passed; these supposed statesmen and stateswomen taking oaths to protect the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. What were those Founders thinking when they voted to have that word enshrined in America oaths and law? Domestic enemies. Enemies within American borders, not without. They understood the nature of power and came up with a Constitution that LIMITS the powers of the Federal government and its agents. Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely.
Mike Pence is a corrupted individual playing his part for the Republican Party business plan, which is - keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office at all costs. Not only should Mike Pence not be running for office, of any kind, for he is untrustworthy to tell the truth but, the same can be said for most all the people running for POTUS on the GOP candidate list.
Near as I can tell the ONLY reason Trump gets rude and belligerent and caustic is because he has been constantly attacked from before day one announcing his candidacy for POTUS first time around. If you disagree with his political positions he can handle that. Attack him and he will hit back as hard as he can. Not exactly statesmanlike but, statesmanship no longer exists in Washington, D.C. They lie like they breathe. Straight-faced, bold-faced lying is an artform to them. Mike Pence thinks he handles it well enough he exists in a vacuum of reality to think he can possibly win the election for the next POTUS. Same with Haley, Hutchinson, Christie and anybody else living in a fog bank of fantasy that is D.C. money and politics.
I am not saying money and power cannot get criminals elected. Biden is a criminal. Clinton is a criminal. They got elected and have yet to pay any price for their corruption and crimes. That is because the justice department is more corrupt than these politicians are.
I cannot look at Mike Pence without animosity for his turncoat character. All Trump did was ask him to send the electors back to the states and investigate any and all aspects of fraud, which the law says should be done. Pence would not do his duty and from that point on, Pence became an enemy to the oath he took to protect the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. He simply cannot be Commander in Chief of the armed forces and have any say-so in American civil service ever again.
Americans may be way past the point of expecting or hoping elected civil servants will be upright men and women with integrity and honesty, and truly loyal to their oaths. In which case, while he not going to be called into the ministry; Trump is not ever going to be America's preacher or pastor; he can certainly be America's president and fight back as hard as he can: crude, belligerent, caustic and hard-hitting - and should have been first time around - to put as many people corrupted people on the tax payroll out of a job as he possibly can.
Will he get to do that? Not as long as people like Mike Pence have any say-so in Washington, D.C. The stealers will still the next election and are planning to do that, right now.
God help us.
**UPDATE**
I did not mention Ron DeSantis as a GOP contender for POTUS 2024. Now, I am. He is just as corrupted as his contemporaries running for POTUS. Why do I believe that? This story released today at Gateway Pundit and other news sites -
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/06/desantis-war-room-twitter-page-posts-video-that/
"DeSantis War Room Twitter Page Posts Video That Uses Fake AI-Generated Images of President Trump Hugging Dr. Fauci"
Trump went to D.C. wearing a naive hat so large they played him like a fiddle. Rather than vet every single person thoroughly before he trusted them, he surrounded himself with untrustworthy people, just GOPe pawns and players. Ron DeSantis was not part of that crowd. Today, backed by billionaires wanting him to be POTUS and create big business for them, these never Trumpers back DeSantis. DeSantis' people crossed a line that, for me, just shuts the door on his ethical nature to be POTUS.
I am not a supporter of Donald Trump by way of fandom. His fast-tracking the "vaccines" was a ridiculously stupid move. How he can be so sharp on all other types of business and ignorant about Big Pharma does not pass my own personal smell test. Considering donations made by Pharma to Trump's campaign just violates all rules of common sense, when Pharma's history is available from any search engine you use. His trusting of Fauci, with all the info Trump could have and should have had available under such circumstances of bypassing the Constitution and Bill of RIGHTS, granted by God, for the sake of a "pandemic" that had a sketchy history, worse stats created by shills of the CDC and WHO and the Pharmaceutical companies, was unconscionable. That said, for team DeSantis to create A.I. generated pictures of Trump and Fauci hugging each other is just as unconscionable.
None of these people can be trusted. Not a single one.
It's a staggering situation Americans find themselves in.
If DeSantis fires whoever is responsible and apologizes, it is WORTHLESS. HE is the one who should know what is being put out there, it's truth and its efficacy. Failing that, how can he be trusted with issues of anything relating to the major subjects a president has to address on a daily basis? DeSantis is an apparent puppet like all the rest.
It's shocking just how low the political class of this country will go.
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Target Threatened Over "Pride"
What a fascinating study of rhetoric and culture.
Target put out LGBTQ "pride" displays aimed at youth and children. Everybody knows Target leans heavily Left, culturally speaking. Been that way for a long time. Nobody is surprised. That said, putting out the "pride" products crossed a line for millions of shoppers who said, No Thanks, and stayed away, costing Target around 13 billion dollars in sales so far. One spokesperson for the LGBTQ community called that decision of millions of shoppers, *domestic terrorism.*
Over 200 different L-Q groups have demanded Target reinstall the products and displays and denounce the "extremists" who decided not to shop there, or else. So, now, in America, how you spend your money determines whether or not you are an extremist, domestic terrorist. Being proud about your sexuality, corrupting the minds of children with flagrantly open and bold displays of vulgarity in front of children is not extreme but, shopping elsewhere is.
A Target VP pushing "gender" education in all schools, K-12, is not extreme but, shopping elsewhere is.
The complete dismantling of Western culture that has stood the tests of time for regulating a healthy society are not extremist views but, shopping elsewhere is.
You cannot make this stuff up.
There is a reason the story of Sodom and Gomorrah is in the Bible and why Jesus talked about events surrounding those 'cities of the plain' and placed them in a framework of signs of the times before He returns. We are there.
How could Jesus know such a culture would exist in uprisings before His coming again? Two thousand years have passed. Homosexuality has obviously been around for ages. Nobody challenges that truth. It has only been accepted in cultures that fell into disarray and destruction by enemies. It totally weakens any culture controlled by it. That's history but, Western culture, beyond the Roman empire, is based on the principles of a Judeo/Christian worldview. How could Jesus know that worldview would be threatened by the current corruption of society we are watching take place for 30 years now? How could He possibly know that? Because He is Divine, the Creator, the Alpha and Omega; the beginning and the end; the last word, the final authority. He is God.
Anybody who thinks I should side with L-Q, rather than Christ, is just void of common sense. I mean, Target is hemorrhaging business. Same as Budweiser. Same as pro athletic teams and leagues. The saying, 'Go woke, go broke' is all over the place. If Target puts the displays back up, because 1% of the American population demands it, they risk going out of business. Is that logical, when the whole point of your business is to sell products to as many people as possible? But L-Q is not based on logic or common sense. They do not offer reason and principles to argue for their support. They offer threats. Americans with common sense just go shopping somewhere else. They do not file lawsuits. They do not try and destroy people's lives or livelihood. They just take their business elsewhere. And THEY are the extremists???
Please, do let us have common sense.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
**UPDATE** For instance, check out this recent announcement by the Human Rights Campaign, the most prominent pro-L-Q group in the nation -
www.hrc.org/press-releases/for-the-first-time-ever-human-rights-campaign-officially-declares-state-of-emergency-for-lgbtq-americans-issues-national-warning-and-guidebook-to-ensure-safety-for-lgbtq-residents-and-travelers
Because I, as a Christian, disagree with their chosen lifestyles, I am considered an enemy and a danger to the L-Q community. I'm not out to force anyone to think or believe as I do. I'm not going to sue anyone or threaten anyone because of what they do in their bedroom. I will take a stand on those in that community attempting to force me to accept their lifestyle with various legislation that forces me to do so, while they sound an alarm over state legislations that stop their march towards the destruction of the culture of the Western Hemisphere.
Well, yes, I am an enemy of their worldview, same as they towards mine. If I will not back a cake for them, they will attempt to sue me out of business. If they will not bake a cake for me that has something on it they reject, I'll just go find another baker. That's called a free-market economy. I am not the fascist in this situation. I am an American that accepts the Bill of Rights as the Founders wrote them. They want a bill of rights as they decide.
So, yes. It's a cultural war. Will it get physical? Time will tell.
Target put out LGBTQ "pride" displays aimed at youth and children. Everybody knows Target leans heavily Left, culturally speaking. Been that way for a long time. Nobody is surprised. That said, putting out the "pride" products crossed a line for millions of shoppers who said, No Thanks, and stayed away, costing Target around 13 billion dollars in sales so far. One spokesperson for the LGBTQ community called that decision of millions of shoppers, *domestic terrorism.*
Over 200 different L-Q groups have demanded Target reinstall the products and displays and denounce the "extremists" who decided not to shop there, or else. So, now, in America, how you spend your money determines whether or not you are an extremist, domestic terrorist. Being proud about your sexuality, corrupting the minds of children with flagrantly open and bold displays of vulgarity in front of children is not extreme but, shopping elsewhere is.
A Target VP pushing "gender" education in all schools, K-12, is not extreme but, shopping elsewhere is.
The complete dismantling of Western culture that has stood the tests of time for regulating a healthy society are not extremist views but, shopping elsewhere is.
You cannot make this stuff up.
There is a reason the story of Sodom and Gomorrah is in the Bible and why Jesus talked about events surrounding those 'cities of the plain' and placed them in a framework of signs of the times before He returns. We are there.
How could Jesus know such a culture would exist in uprisings before His coming again? Two thousand years have passed. Homosexuality has obviously been around for ages. Nobody challenges that truth. It has only been accepted in cultures that fell into disarray and destruction by enemies. It totally weakens any culture controlled by it. That's history but, Western culture, beyond the Roman empire, is based on the principles of a Judeo/Christian worldview. How could Jesus know that worldview would be threatened by the current corruption of society we are watching take place for 30 years now? How could He possibly know that? Because He is Divine, the Creator, the Alpha and Omega; the beginning and the end; the last word, the final authority. He is God.
Anybody who thinks I should side with L-Q, rather than Christ, is just void of common sense. I mean, Target is hemorrhaging business. Same as Budweiser. Same as pro athletic teams and leagues. The saying, 'Go woke, go broke' is all over the place. If Target puts the displays back up, because 1% of the American population demands it, they risk going out of business. Is that logical, when the whole point of your business is to sell products to as many people as possible? But L-Q is not based on logic or common sense. They do not offer reason and principles to argue for their support. They offer threats. Americans with common sense just go shopping somewhere else. They do not file lawsuits. They do not try and destroy people's lives or livelihood. They just take their business elsewhere. And THEY are the extremists???
Please, do let us have common sense.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
**UPDATE** For instance, check out this recent announcement by the Human Rights Campaign, the most prominent pro-L-Q group in the nation -
www.hrc.org/press-releases/for-the-first-time-ever-human-rights-campaign-officially-declares-state-of-emergency-for-lgbtq-americans-issues-national-warning-and-guidebook-to-ensure-safety-for-lgbtq-residents-and-travelers
Because I, as a Christian, disagree with their chosen lifestyles, I am considered an enemy and a danger to the L-Q community. I'm not out to force anyone to think or believe as I do. I'm not going to sue anyone or threaten anyone because of what they do in their bedroom. I will take a stand on those in that community attempting to force me to accept their lifestyle with various legislation that forces me to do so, while they sound an alarm over state legislations that stop their march towards the destruction of the culture of the Western Hemisphere.
Well, yes, I am an enemy of their worldview, same as they towards mine. If I will not back a cake for them, they will attempt to sue me out of business. If they will not bake a cake for me that has something on it they reject, I'll just go find another baker. That's called a free-market economy. I am not the fascist in this situation. I am an American that accepts the Bill of Rights as the Founders wrote them. They want a bill of rights as they decide.
So, yes. It's a cultural war. Will it get physical? Time will tell.
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Yuval Noah Harari
I have mentioned this man before, in association with Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum, and the New World Order. He is the current poster child of the coming dystopian future. If you listen closely, while he claims to be warning humanity of the dangers of A.I. he is actually telling us what will be, not may be.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWiM-LuRe6w
The number of inaccuracies, fabrications and outright lies he tells in just a 30 minute talk is unbelievable. I do believe a sharp 16 year-old with a decent understanding of the Bible and religious history could undo Harari with veritable ease but, far too many people do not have a decent understanding of the Bible and religious history and would/will be swallowed up with Harari's rhetoric rather easily.
Just like the American government's claimed paranoia with UAP flying in American airspace and all their "national security" issues, Harari paints the same picture with A.I. I honestly agree with much of what he states but, the problem always is - the tracks of truth and error lie very close together and without some authoritative source to guide us, deception is generally assured. Seeing as Harari denies any authoritative source existing - it being all man-made stories and not reality - nothing exists to guide us to right and wrong. It is all decided by humans. A.I. being much smarter than humans, it will have no problem rearranging information for the masses to eventually control us. Well, for me and millions of others, the Bible is the authoritative source to decide truth and error. It is the necessary shield against deception. Harari places it and all other religious texts on the same ground. He is a devout humanist, a secularist that has taken the world stage by storm in the last few years and is seen as some kind of hero for telling us what may come, when he is an architect of what is coming.
He's a dangerous man, without a knowledge of truth found in a "Thus Saith the LORD." With that, he is just another voice in the fog bank of Babylonian confusion. I would not trust him any farther than I could throw a Texas Longhorn. In his presentation he even shows a Tower of Babel, an A.I. generated version, to display problems with A.I. causing confusion. He is an epitome of confusion but, he, in his own mind, is not confused. The agenda of the WEF and NWO and the rest of these world elites, is to take control of the planet. They will use A.I. to do it.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWiM-LuRe6w
The number of inaccuracies, fabrications and outright lies he tells in just a 30 minute talk is unbelievable. I do believe a sharp 16 year-old with a decent understanding of the Bible and religious history could undo Harari with veritable ease but, far too many people do not have a decent understanding of the Bible and religious history and would/will be swallowed up with Harari's rhetoric rather easily.
Just like the American government's claimed paranoia with UAP flying in American airspace and all their "national security" issues, Harari paints the same picture with A.I. I honestly agree with much of what he states but, the problem always is - the tracks of truth and error lie very close together and without some authoritative source to guide us, deception is generally assured. Seeing as Harari denies any authoritative source existing - it being all man-made stories and not reality - nothing exists to guide us to right and wrong. It is all decided by humans. A.I. being much smarter than humans, it will have no problem rearranging information for the masses to eventually control us. Well, for me and millions of others, the Bible is the authoritative source to decide truth and error. It is the necessary shield against deception. Harari places it and all other religious texts on the same ground. He is a devout humanist, a secularist that has taken the world stage by storm in the last few years and is seen as some kind of hero for telling us what may come, when he is an architect of what is coming.
He's a dangerous man, without a knowledge of truth found in a "Thus Saith the LORD." With that, he is just another voice in the fog bank of Babylonian confusion. I would not trust him any farther than I could throw a Texas Longhorn. In his presentation he even shows a Tower of Babel, an A.I. generated version, to display problems with A.I. causing confusion. He is an epitome of confusion but, he, in his own mind, is not confused. The agenda of the WEF and NWO and the rest of these world elites, is to take control of the planet. They will use A.I. to do it.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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792. The Futility of Mankind -
June 10, 2023
If somebody asked me what I fear and I answered, "Not much," and the next logical question was, "Why not? and my next answer was, "God;" one of two general reactions would take place. The questioner could or could not relate. If you can relate to the answer, it would generally mean you have some concept of God, some connection to God, some kind of mental, emotional experience that gives you pause to take cognizance of God and know God is in control in any and all circumstances. If you cannot relate to the answer, you cannot relate by thought or experience to the concept and reality of God: His authority and power and ability to control everything.
There is, of course, one thing God could but, will not control, and that is our choice. God could easily have made us, made sentient life in the form of automatons, preprogrammed to do exactly what God wants. If He did, believing of course that God is the Creator and Sovereign of the universe, the entire experience of love and its definitions would radically change, if it could exist, at all.
Almost all the current discussion about Artificial General Intelligence; the gaining of sapient, sentient existence, the role of such machinery in our lives and the possible demise of all human life because of it, is done by people who reject the presence of Deity in control. No Deity exists, therefore, the future is in mankind's hands, not God's; the Creator's.
It is astonishing the amount of mental energy that takes place on Earth, on a moment by moment basis, that has nothing to do with God. God does not exist, therefore, man must figure out how to coexist with each other and now, with AGI making such rapid advancements the people creating it are literally worried.
I have yet to see people (not openly a creationist or Intelligent design proponent), discuss AGI and state that God is ultimately in control and will not allow the human race to be wiped out simply because the Creator made humans in His image and likeness -
Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
The term 'image' is translated from a Hebrew word that has a fascinating meaning -
tselem
tseh'-lem
From an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, that is, (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence a representative figure, especially an idol: - image, vain shew.
Total KJV occurrences: 17
God is above all things physical. God is above our complete comprehension but, takes a physical form for the benefit of His sapient, sentient creation: angels, mankind, and everybody else out there in the universe.
Looking at the definition of tselem, one sees that being created in God's "image" is not meant to convey an exact, physical duplication but, a shade, a phantom, an illusion, a resemblance, a figure of the attributes God takes for the benefit of communicating with His creatures. But, humanity is far more than a physical creature. The sapient, sentient nature of God; His character, the far more important aspect, is what makes humans, humans. There are books that can and have been written on the subject but, just go with the idea and then look at the second word used in the passage: likeness.
demûth
dem-ooth'
From H1819; resemblance; concretely model, shape; adverbially like: - fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude.
Total KJV occurrences: 25
Here we have, as Mr. Strong stated, a more 'concrete' aspect of God's physical likeness; the form He takes to physically communicate with His creation. This is not just a different word to state the same meaning. The creation of our physical form is based on the physical form God takes to abide with His creation. Within that physical outward form lies the human brain, the most complex thing in the universe. What it does is so far beyond man's capability to understand: the who, what, when, where, why and how; what we know pales in comparison to what remains a mystery. Even if you believe in creation you are at a loss to explain the brain, and even more at a loss to explain the mind. Trying to do so from the point of godlessness; a succession of mutations and accidents, is an ant trying to push a Boeing factory.
Image and likeness represent God's character and taken physical attributes. God has an enormous investment in humanity. The entire universe has eyes locked on Earth because of the battle that wages here. Lucifer, Satan, the Devil, murderer from the beginning, father of lies is engaged in ruining the nature of God in man. It is his agenda and declared purpose to destroy the image of God in humanity. In doing so, mankind is closer to self-annihilation than at any time in history. God destroyed the world, save for eight people, with the Deluge. He began again with 8. In 4,000 years we now stand at a precipice again. Either way - getting wiped out by AGI or the second coming of Christ - God will save a remnant of His people to carry on. Earth is the place where everything hinges upon.
God became a baby, in Christ, and grew and lived and showed the image of God in its perfection. Two thousand years later, mankind is standing at cliff, two cliffs. One has the potential to wipe out human life, almost by accident. The other is by choice: choosing to reject its Creator and Saviour. It mocks that notion and just casts it aside and the apostle Peter saw that and wrote it down for us, living in this time -
2Pe 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
2Pe 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
2Pe 3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
2Pe 3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
2Pe 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Scoffers. Mockers. Arrogant, ignorant, boastful mankind, rejecting its Creator, can now explode itself to ashes or become extinct by being the creator its own "terminator."
The irony here is overwhelmingly futile. There is no escaping man's stupidity in his intelliegent, sapient, sentient existence. Without God, mankind is doomed. Simple is that. We cannot avoid it. We can cry out to be reasonable with each other. It is not going to happen. Leave God out of the equation and the only thing that can happen is catastrophe. And the amazing thing is that it comes with a perceived "peace and safety" declaration. Think of that. When mankind thinks it has solved its problems, sudden destruction comes upon them like birth pains to an expectant mother -
1Thes 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
1Thes 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
1Thes 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
What will take place that mankind will believe everything is okay? The intervention of "ET"? The stupidity of some lunatic dropping a nuke and shocking the world into a state of paying absolute attention to where it has dropped on the meter of reason? A dystopian nightmare of control by an elitist cabal saving "Mother Earth." A false revival and the entrance of the angel of light into human affairs? Probably a combination of 'all the above?'
Isa 44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Isa 45:5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
Isa 45:6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
Isa 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
Isa 45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Isa 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
Isa 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Isa 51:15 For I am Jehovah thy God, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
When all is said and done, the above is the only hope for mankind. Our choice. According to God, our Creator, mankind will, once again, choose self and be destroyed and only a remnant will be saved.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
There is, of course, one thing God could but, will not control, and that is our choice. God could easily have made us, made sentient life in the form of automatons, preprogrammed to do exactly what God wants. If He did, believing of course that God is the Creator and Sovereign of the universe, the entire experience of love and its definitions would radically change, if it could exist, at all.
Almost all the current discussion about Artificial General Intelligence; the gaining of sapient, sentient existence, the role of such machinery in our lives and the possible demise of all human life because of it, is done by people who reject the presence of Deity in control. No Deity exists, therefore, the future is in mankind's hands, not God's; the Creator's.
It is astonishing the amount of mental energy that takes place on Earth, on a moment by moment basis, that has nothing to do with God. God does not exist, therefore, man must figure out how to coexist with each other and now, with AGI making such rapid advancements the people creating it are literally worried.
I have yet to see people (not openly a creationist or Intelligent design proponent), discuss AGI and state that God is ultimately in control and will not allow the human race to be wiped out simply because the Creator made humans in His image and likeness -
Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
The term 'image' is translated from a Hebrew word that has a fascinating meaning -
tselem
tseh'-lem
From an unused root meaning to shade; a phantom, that is, (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence a representative figure, especially an idol: - image, vain shew.
Total KJV occurrences: 17
God is above all things physical. God is above our complete comprehension but, takes a physical form for the benefit of His sapient, sentient creation: angels, mankind, and everybody else out there in the universe.
Looking at the definition of tselem, one sees that being created in God's "image" is not meant to convey an exact, physical duplication but, a shade, a phantom, an illusion, a resemblance, a figure of the attributes God takes for the benefit of communicating with His creatures. But, humanity is far more than a physical creature. The sapient, sentient nature of God; His character, the far more important aspect, is what makes humans, humans. There are books that can and have been written on the subject but, just go with the idea and then look at the second word used in the passage: likeness.
demûth
dem-ooth'
From H1819; resemblance; concretely model, shape; adverbially like: - fashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude.
Total KJV occurrences: 25
Here we have, as Mr. Strong stated, a more 'concrete' aspect of God's physical likeness; the form He takes to physically communicate with His creation. This is not just a different word to state the same meaning. The creation of our physical form is based on the physical form God takes to abide with His creation. Within that physical outward form lies the human brain, the most complex thing in the universe. What it does is so far beyond man's capability to understand: the who, what, when, where, why and how; what we know pales in comparison to what remains a mystery. Even if you believe in creation you are at a loss to explain the brain, and even more at a loss to explain the mind. Trying to do so from the point of godlessness; a succession of mutations and accidents, is an ant trying to push a Boeing factory.
Image and likeness represent God's character and taken physical attributes. God has an enormous investment in humanity. The entire universe has eyes locked on Earth because of the battle that wages here. Lucifer, Satan, the Devil, murderer from the beginning, father of lies is engaged in ruining the nature of God in man. It is his agenda and declared purpose to destroy the image of God in humanity. In doing so, mankind is closer to self-annihilation than at any time in history. God destroyed the world, save for eight people, with the Deluge. He began again with 8. In 4,000 years we now stand at a precipice again. Either way - getting wiped out by AGI or the second coming of Christ - God will save a remnant of His people to carry on. Earth is the place where everything hinges upon.
God became a baby, in Christ, and grew and lived and showed the image of God in its perfection. Two thousand years later, mankind is standing at cliff, two cliffs. One has the potential to wipe out human life, almost by accident. The other is by choice: choosing to reject its Creator and Saviour. It mocks that notion and just casts it aside and the apostle Peter saw that and wrote it down for us, living in this time -
2Pe 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
2Pe 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
2Pe 3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
2Pe 3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
2Pe 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Scoffers. Mockers. Arrogant, ignorant, boastful mankind, rejecting its Creator, can now explode itself to ashes or become extinct by being the creator its own "terminator."
The irony here is overwhelmingly futile. There is no escaping man's stupidity in his intelliegent, sapient, sentient existence. Without God, mankind is doomed. Simple is that. We cannot avoid it. We can cry out to be reasonable with each other. It is not going to happen. Leave God out of the equation and the only thing that can happen is catastrophe. And the amazing thing is that it comes with a perceived "peace and safety" declaration. Think of that. When mankind thinks it has solved its problems, sudden destruction comes upon them like birth pains to an expectant mother -
1Thes 5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
1Thes 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
1Thes 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
What will take place that mankind will believe everything is okay? The intervention of "ET"? The stupidity of some lunatic dropping a nuke and shocking the world into a state of paying absolute attention to where it has dropped on the meter of reason? A dystopian nightmare of control by an elitist cabal saving "Mother Earth." A false revival and the entrance of the angel of light into human affairs? Probably a combination of 'all the above?'
Isa 44:6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Isa 45:5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
Isa 45:6 That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
Isa 45:18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
Isa 45:22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Isa 46:9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
Isa 46:10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Isa 51:15 For I am Jehovah thy God, who stirreth up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
When all is said and done, the above is the only hope for mankind. Our choice. According to God, our Creator, mankind will, once again, choose self and be destroyed and only a remnant will be saved.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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"81 Million Votes My Ass"
This is what we have come to. Name a previous president that emoted such angst and sarcasm in song, associated with facts and truth.
twitter.com/KariLake/status/1667990664162971650
It's a good song, as hooks go. Great video, too.
twitter.com/KariLake/status/1667990664162971650
It's a good song, as hooks go. Great video, too.
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*Public Scam Warning*
"The Federal Trade Commission is warning Americans of scammers using artificial intelligence to clone a loved one’s voice and use it to steal money."
"ADA, Okla. (KXII) - The Federal Trade Commission is warning Americans of scammers using artificial intelligence to clone a loved one’s voice and use it to steal money.
"It already happened to one Pontotoc County man who says the voice was incredibly realistic.
“It was probably the worst four hours of my life, thinking that my kid’s life was probably just ruined,” Garion Fuller said. “It sounded just like him, I mean he was frantic and I could tell he had been crying. It sounded just like my son.”
"A scammer used voice cloning to pretend to be his son, saying he was arrested after a car crash, and needed Fuller to send money for a lawyer."
www.kxii.com/2023/06/13/it-sounded-just-like-my-son-scammers-target-pontotoc-county-man/
Some of you may know of a British television program - The Capture. The plotline is about nations using CGI and Artificial Intelligence to change CCTV, television, radio, communications, all avenues of visual and audio tech, in real time to create scenes and events that never actually happen. Is tv production ahead or behind real technology today?
While A.I. is all the rage for art, for chatting, for having it actually write homework assignments to sermons, its potential for nefarious tampering and criminal activity is entering a new stage of danger for everyone.
Things are changing faster than people can keep up with. A clash of civilizations is going to take place. The book of Daniel, chapter 11, refers to it as the battle between the king of the North and king of the South. North and South are developed around literal Israel. It begins with literal nations and battles for prominence and ends with spiritual, symbolic powers and the final clash between secular humanism, with all that entails: money, technology, education and governments against religious humanity. That will dwindle down to those characters I reference often - spiritual Israel/the Remnant of the true faith versus spiritual, prophetic Babylon.
It's happening. Pay attention.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
"ADA, Okla. (KXII) - The Federal Trade Commission is warning Americans of scammers using artificial intelligence to clone a loved one’s voice and use it to steal money.
"It already happened to one Pontotoc County man who says the voice was incredibly realistic.
“It was probably the worst four hours of my life, thinking that my kid’s life was probably just ruined,” Garion Fuller said. “It sounded just like him, I mean he was frantic and I could tell he had been crying. It sounded just like my son.”
"A scammer used voice cloning to pretend to be his son, saying he was arrested after a car crash, and needed Fuller to send money for a lawyer."
www.kxii.com/2023/06/13/it-sounded-just-like-my-son-scammers-target-pontotoc-county-man/
Some of you may know of a British television program - The Capture. The plotline is about nations using CGI and Artificial Intelligence to change CCTV, television, radio, communications, all avenues of visual and audio tech, in real time to create scenes and events that never actually happen. Is tv production ahead or behind real technology today?
While A.I. is all the rage for art, for chatting, for having it actually write homework assignments to sermons, its potential for nefarious tampering and criminal activity is entering a new stage of danger for everyone.
Things are changing faster than people can keep up with. A clash of civilizations is going to take place. The book of Daniel, chapter 11, refers to it as the battle between the king of the North and king of the South. North and South are developed around literal Israel. It begins with literal nations and battles for prominence and ends with spiritual, symbolic powers and the final clash between secular humanism, with all that entails: money, technology, education and governments against religious humanity. That will dwindle down to those characters I reference often - spiritual Israel/the Remnant of the true faith versus spiritual, prophetic Babylon.
It's happening. Pay attention.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Petar Janjic
When I come across players, drumists, that really impress me, I make mention of them here and I heard another guy today.
I don't follow a lot of Pop music. I first came upon Cory Wong by accident because of the drumist in a particular Frequent Flyers' live concert video on YouTube, Nate Smith. Time passes and I see a Cory Wong concert on YT with Victor Wooten. Thought I'd check it out. It has to be the tightest band I have ever heard and much of that has to do with the wildly metronomic Petar Janjic. His sense of time with all his various stroke patterns and such, his phrasings...it isn't that I heard anything new, per se', it's just that it all came together in a ten course meal from the guy. The man is incredible. Both hands and feet. Just a joy to watch. Especially did that go over the top when the band played their "carry on" set; using smaller instruments that you can carry on board a plane. Well, the toy drum set is a fluke in that regard but, what Janjic does with it is so cool you can only sit and shake your head.
The entire band is superb. It's funk at its funkiest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0re109tkegA
There are other videos of Petar on YT, as well. He's obviously been around as a "name" artist for awhile now but, like me, if you aren't familiar with him, check him out.
I don't follow a lot of Pop music. I first came upon Cory Wong by accident because of the drumist in a particular Frequent Flyers' live concert video on YouTube, Nate Smith. Time passes and I see a Cory Wong concert on YT with Victor Wooten. Thought I'd check it out. It has to be the tightest band I have ever heard and much of that has to do with the wildly metronomic Petar Janjic. His sense of time with all his various stroke patterns and such, his phrasings...it isn't that I heard anything new, per se', it's just that it all came together in a ten course meal from the guy. The man is incredible. Both hands and feet. Just a joy to watch. Especially did that go over the top when the band played their "carry on" set; using smaller instruments that you can carry on board a plane. Well, the toy drum set is a fluke in that regard but, what Janjic does with it is so cool you can only sit and shake your head.
The entire band is superb. It's funk at its funkiest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0re109tkegA
There are other videos of Petar on YT, as well. He's obviously been around as a "name" artist for awhile now but, like me, if you aren't familiar with him, check him out.
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793. The Purpose of Life - June 16, 2023
What a week. Rather then go into details of it all, if you come here to read things from a biblical perspective, a prophecy perspective, you can understand it is all more of the same. Godlessness grows exponentially; homosexual "pride" month; even their usurped flag hanging from America's White House; the weaponization of government against political opponents; the continued rise of secular humanism with Artificial Intelligence becoming the point of the spear; headlines of China preparing for war with America; more stuff about UFOs, including the current whistleblower's contention the first crashed UFO was in Italy, well before Roswell, NM, and the Vatican is part of the retrieval story...it's all pulling together.
I have a friend who shares signs of the times with me and his favorite way to say it is "click." The ratchet of prophecy tightens by one click after another. This is true.
When I was doing evangelism, before the web was around. Signs were gathered from magazines and news papers. That meant on a monthly, weekly, or daily basis, if one was a subscriber to a news paper but, it was a pretty slow gathering of information and even back in the 80's and 90's things seemed to be happening fast. Compared with today, it's the difference between watching the Wright brothers up against a Falcon 9 rocket.
Watching society today is an easily categorized batch of information.
Some people are all about "me."
For some, everything is about family.
Others are all about money and possessions.
Still others are about their jobs/careers.
A smaller percentage than ever is about God.
What is the purpose of life, if one is all about God? Books have been written about it. I've never read one of them. Ministries have been established around it. I have never really listened to their lead speakers.
For me, the answer to the question is quite simple. For the believer, what is the purpose of life? To give glory to God. The basic premise is found in a simple statement from the apostle Paul -
1Cor. 10:31 Therefore whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
The context of the statement is about controversies existing in the early church about eating animals sacrificed to idols. The statement, in and of itself, though, contains an eternal principle.
What does it mean to give 'glory' to God? Glory is not a very oft used word today. The Greek word translated glory is "doxa." Generally, it can mean making something apparent, obvious, whether good or bad. More specifically, it means extreme brightness, like the glory of the sun: meaning the sun is shining so bright nothing could be more obvious. You squint your eyes when you walk out side. Clear sky, bright, shining sun. Nothing could be more apparent. Therefore, to give glory to God is to make something apparent about Him: to make something obvious about His character, government, truth and purposes, as the believer understands those things.
Nobody needs to be a theologian to understand that premise. No one must have a degree or be a "scholar" to grasp the concept. If you believe in God, make something obvious about Him in your life.
I saw a headline and byline today about one of the actors on "The Chosen" program becoming a Christian. He expressed his experience as having to talk about the Lord. He just has to speak about God. Can't stay quiet. That is precisely what happened to the woman at the well; what Christ told her would happen if she partook of the water of life, John 4:5-42.
It's a very well-known story. Jesus sits beside a well, His disciples going into the city to buy some food. He asks a woman of Samaria for some water to drink. She is surprised by the request. Jews did not have anything to do with Samaritans. Even more so a woman like her, being married as many times as she was. Even her own people would have turned away when someone like her walked by.
Christ enters into a conversation with her. At a pivotal point He says to woman -
John 4:14 But whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
She knows she isn't going to get anything like that out of the well they are standing at and she asks the Lord to drink that water, and by the time the discussion ends, she believes she has met the Messiah, leaves her water pot, and runs back into the city to tell everyone she has met a man able to tell her everything about her life; she has met the Messiah. As she tells more and more people, this woman, a veritable social outcast, is causing quite a disturbance. They hear her, they see the change in her, and almost the entire town gathers together and heads back out to the well to meet this person. Many conversions took place as they all listened to Christ, the Son of God. They told the woman they believed because, not just her witness which brought them out there but, they heard for themselves, the Messiah and believed.
Do you think anyone in that town thought to themselves that morning the woman considered an outcast in their society would have changed the day and seen many lives changed because she talked up a storm about a change in her life, meeting the Messiah? No. That day began as all others; a round of habits and chores and life, as usual. Pretty dull; as dry, dusty, habitual life was back then. Nobody dreamed a thing about some "water of life" "springing up" in people and everybody talking about an experience with the Jewish Messiah would take place. The event was recorded in John's gospel for all people, for all time.
She met the Messiah. She shined. She made something obvious about God that day, in her own brightness of drinking the water of life and have it bursting forth from her.
Here is a woman. You have no idea what she looked like, or sounded like. You have no idea what her name is. Yet, every single person who is born-again for the last 2,000 years wants to meet that woman in Heaven when Jesus returns and takes His people home. There is no way she woke up that morning and thought to herself, 'Today, my life is going to dramatically change and I am going to shout salvation in the Messiah and see people in this city converted to Him.' No. God controls daily events. We can slow things down. People have done it for ages and God brings people around and around and around until we "get it" and do something about it but, God is in control. Man thinks he is in control, especially today with all our technology. It's rocks scratching on rocks compared to the knowledge of the Almighty.
A lot of people today, professing Christians, hold their tongues rather then speak out about Jesus Christ and what He has done for them and what He will do for anyone who goes to Him, just as they are and receives Him as their Savior, their Lord, their King, their Teacher, their Brother, their Advocate, their conquering Hero coming again to close up shop and call it a day on this rebellious, dangerous, wicked, evil, selfish, ruinous world. It gets worse by the week. They say nothing lest they face the ire of people faced with their sins and need of salvation from them.
People are getting fired from their jobs, from blue to white collar, everywhere for stating something of their religious convictions in social media that offends someone or many. The offended speak out, and people with no particular convictions fire the person who speaks out, just sharing what they believe. Their employers have no care for anything but, money. They have no core. They have no courage. They just bow to the screaming mob.
You know what Jesus said to His disciples? They got worried about remonstrance from others, too. Jesus told them if the people who believe will not cry out, the rocks and stones will shout out the truth. God will get it done.
There has never been a century since Christ where people who shined for Him, to make something obvious about Him, were not harassed or oppressed or persecuted for their faith. Jesus said, if they hate me, they will hate you. If they love me, they will love you.
When I was born again, in 1979, I remember going to my first campmeeting: a gathering of believers and speakers for all ages. A week of fellowship and learning. I was offered a ride by two sisters who also went to the meetings I attended. At the time, people thought I was a member of the evangelistic team. I was not even baptized yet. I just could not stop talking about the truth. It took around two and half hours to get to the campgrounds and when we arrived, they looked at me and said, Do you realize you have not stopped talking since we left? I had no idea. It was just springing up out of me. It springs up out of anyone who meets the Messiah and lets Him into their hearts and minds to be the Lord of their life, who discover the purpose of life: giving glory to God.
The purpose of life has not changed. Sin still persists. People need salvation from sin. Some of the very ones who fight the hardest against the truth will yet be converted by it and become great spokespeople for Christ and His everlasting Kingdom or truth and love.
The issue is pretty clear, actually. You can proclaim the truth and offend people lost in their sins and face their ire or, you can stay quiet, go along to get along and offend God and face Him in the day of judgment. Yeah, that's not your job you are talking about at that point.
No brainer.
Remember this truth -
Heb 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Heb 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
I have a friend who shares signs of the times with me and his favorite way to say it is "click." The ratchet of prophecy tightens by one click after another. This is true.
When I was doing evangelism, before the web was around. Signs were gathered from magazines and news papers. That meant on a monthly, weekly, or daily basis, if one was a subscriber to a news paper but, it was a pretty slow gathering of information and even back in the 80's and 90's things seemed to be happening fast. Compared with today, it's the difference between watching the Wright brothers up against a Falcon 9 rocket.
Watching society today is an easily categorized batch of information.
Some people are all about "me."
For some, everything is about family.
Others are all about money and possessions.
Still others are about their jobs/careers.
A smaller percentage than ever is about God.
What is the purpose of life, if one is all about God? Books have been written about it. I've never read one of them. Ministries have been established around it. I have never really listened to their lead speakers.
For me, the answer to the question is quite simple. For the believer, what is the purpose of life? To give glory to God. The basic premise is found in a simple statement from the apostle Paul -
1Cor. 10:31 Therefore whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
The context of the statement is about controversies existing in the early church about eating animals sacrificed to idols. The statement, in and of itself, though, contains an eternal principle.
What does it mean to give 'glory' to God? Glory is not a very oft used word today. The Greek word translated glory is "doxa." Generally, it can mean making something apparent, obvious, whether good or bad. More specifically, it means extreme brightness, like the glory of the sun: meaning the sun is shining so bright nothing could be more obvious. You squint your eyes when you walk out side. Clear sky, bright, shining sun. Nothing could be more apparent. Therefore, to give glory to God is to make something apparent about Him: to make something obvious about His character, government, truth and purposes, as the believer understands those things.
Nobody needs to be a theologian to understand that premise. No one must have a degree or be a "scholar" to grasp the concept. If you believe in God, make something obvious about Him in your life.
I saw a headline and byline today about one of the actors on "The Chosen" program becoming a Christian. He expressed his experience as having to talk about the Lord. He just has to speak about God. Can't stay quiet. That is precisely what happened to the woman at the well; what Christ told her would happen if she partook of the water of life, John 4:5-42.
It's a very well-known story. Jesus sits beside a well, His disciples going into the city to buy some food. He asks a woman of Samaria for some water to drink. She is surprised by the request. Jews did not have anything to do with Samaritans. Even more so a woman like her, being married as many times as she was. Even her own people would have turned away when someone like her walked by.
Christ enters into a conversation with her. At a pivotal point He says to woman -
John 4:14 But whosoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
She knows she isn't going to get anything like that out of the well they are standing at and she asks the Lord to drink that water, and by the time the discussion ends, she believes she has met the Messiah, leaves her water pot, and runs back into the city to tell everyone she has met a man able to tell her everything about her life; she has met the Messiah. As she tells more and more people, this woman, a veritable social outcast, is causing quite a disturbance. They hear her, they see the change in her, and almost the entire town gathers together and heads back out to the well to meet this person. Many conversions took place as they all listened to Christ, the Son of God. They told the woman they believed because, not just her witness which brought them out there but, they heard for themselves, the Messiah and believed.
Do you think anyone in that town thought to themselves that morning the woman considered an outcast in their society would have changed the day and seen many lives changed because she talked up a storm about a change in her life, meeting the Messiah? No. That day began as all others; a round of habits and chores and life, as usual. Pretty dull; as dry, dusty, habitual life was back then. Nobody dreamed a thing about some "water of life" "springing up" in people and everybody talking about an experience with the Jewish Messiah would take place. The event was recorded in John's gospel for all people, for all time.
She met the Messiah. She shined. She made something obvious about God that day, in her own brightness of drinking the water of life and have it bursting forth from her.
Here is a woman. You have no idea what she looked like, or sounded like. You have no idea what her name is. Yet, every single person who is born-again for the last 2,000 years wants to meet that woman in Heaven when Jesus returns and takes His people home. There is no way she woke up that morning and thought to herself, 'Today, my life is going to dramatically change and I am going to shout salvation in the Messiah and see people in this city converted to Him.' No. God controls daily events. We can slow things down. People have done it for ages and God brings people around and around and around until we "get it" and do something about it but, God is in control. Man thinks he is in control, especially today with all our technology. It's rocks scratching on rocks compared to the knowledge of the Almighty.
A lot of people today, professing Christians, hold their tongues rather then speak out about Jesus Christ and what He has done for them and what He will do for anyone who goes to Him, just as they are and receives Him as their Savior, their Lord, their King, their Teacher, their Brother, their Advocate, their conquering Hero coming again to close up shop and call it a day on this rebellious, dangerous, wicked, evil, selfish, ruinous world. It gets worse by the week. They say nothing lest they face the ire of people faced with their sins and need of salvation from them.
People are getting fired from their jobs, from blue to white collar, everywhere for stating something of their religious convictions in social media that offends someone or many. The offended speak out, and people with no particular convictions fire the person who speaks out, just sharing what they believe. Their employers have no care for anything but, money. They have no core. They have no courage. They just bow to the screaming mob.
You know what Jesus said to His disciples? They got worried about remonstrance from others, too. Jesus told them if the people who believe will not cry out, the rocks and stones will shout out the truth. God will get it done.
There has never been a century since Christ where people who shined for Him, to make something obvious about Him, were not harassed or oppressed or persecuted for their faith. Jesus said, if they hate me, they will hate you. If they love me, they will love you.
When I was born again, in 1979, I remember going to my first campmeeting: a gathering of believers and speakers for all ages. A week of fellowship and learning. I was offered a ride by two sisters who also went to the meetings I attended. At the time, people thought I was a member of the evangelistic team. I was not even baptized yet. I just could not stop talking about the truth. It took around two and half hours to get to the campgrounds and when we arrived, they looked at me and said, Do you realize you have not stopped talking since we left? I had no idea. It was just springing up out of me. It springs up out of anyone who meets the Messiah and lets Him into their hearts and minds to be the Lord of their life, who discover the purpose of life: giving glory to God.
The purpose of life has not changed. Sin still persists. People need salvation from sin. Some of the very ones who fight the hardest against the truth will yet be converted by it and become great spokespeople for Christ and His everlasting Kingdom or truth and love.
The issue is pretty clear, actually. You can proclaim the truth and offend people lost in their sins and face their ire or, you can stay quiet, go along to get along and offend God and face Him in the day of judgment. Yeah, that's not your job you are talking about at that point.
No brainer.
Remember this truth -
Heb 4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
Heb 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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794. The Worship of the Sacred Heart - June 17, 2023
I want to show something. Again, though I am a Bible-believing Protestant today, I was raised as a Roman Catholic. I believe I know far more about Roman Catholicism today than I knew growing up. In my studies over the decades, well before the internet made it easy, I came upon old books or magazines with articles about the differences between Catholicism and Protestantism. One of those things was the entire cult of the sacred heart of Jesus in Romanism.
The worship of the sacred heart of Jesus, and "immaculate" heart of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, Catholicism's "Queen of Heaven," is a profound time of faith for practicing Catholics.
Let me place here a couple pictures.
The worship of the sacred heart of Jesus, and "immaculate" heart of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, Catholicism's "Queen of Heaven," is a profound time of faith for practicing Catholics.
Let me place here a couple pictures.
Is that picture an image of the carpenter's Son, the Son of man, Son of God, from Jewish heritage? It is not. Not even close. It is an imposture. It is something "in place of Christ," which is antichrist. It is a man-made image based on man-made religious philosophy and practice, based on paganism.
Another -
Another -
Do you know where that symbol comes from? It is obviously not an image of a real heart. What is it then? It comes from paganism. It is a symbol of the female. The cross, the oldest ancient symbol for the Sun known to mankind, in this picture, shows the union of male and female; not a whole lot different than the demigod, Eros, firing an arrow into a heart, which is commonly seen for Valentine's day. This is all ancient stuff. Ancient paganism is saturated with union of male and female imagery. Sex was worshiped. Temple prostitutes existed in many cultures. This is all paganism 101.
First, the Roman Catholic cult of the Sacred Heart.
www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/44913/what-is-the-solemnity-of-the-sacred-heart-a-cna-explainer
Back in 1673 a Catholic nun had an experience, visions and placed it within this idea of worshiping the heart of Christ, as well as the immaculate heart of Mary. From there, the practice, the philosophy has become an entrenched one throughout Catholicism. From the article linked above -
“Devoting ourselves to the Sacred Heart is one of the easiest, fastest, and most pleasant ways to grow in holiness,” Father Ambrose Dobrozsi, a priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, told CNA.
“Many saints have done many things to grow close to Jesus Christ, but no way is more sure and more pleasing to him than to consecrate ourselves to his Sacred Heart through the Immaculate Heart of his mother,” he added."
Ask yourself, What does that mean? A picture of Jesus holding His heart. What is that? Organ worship? Is their anything in the Bible, in the Gospels or New Testament about such a concept or practice?
The word "heart" appears 106 times in the New Testament; King James Version. The first place is here -
Matt 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
The Greek word translated heart is "kardia." Yes, cardiogram, etc. The physical organ. The verse obviously does not mean people with a pure physical organ. Organs are not spiritually pure. They are healthy or unhealthy. The statement obviously means the figurative "heart" people have, their thoughts and feelings; their mind. Blessed are those with pure thoughts and feelings.
I'm not going to go to all 106 places with this but, just sticking with a few passages from Matthew -
Matt 15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
Matt 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Matt 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Obviously Christ was not talking about people's physical hearts. They could not be far from Him while they were all crowding around Him every day. Their thoughts and feelings? Yes. They could talk a good religious game but, bottom line, they were not on the same spiritual page with Christ. They were hypocrites and they worshiped God in vain, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Ah. There's something that sticks out like a sore thumb. The commandments of men are worthless in worshiping God. There is the Bible, the Word of God, and there are commandments of religious leaders, not in the Word of God. It may all sound authoritative. It may sound good but, it is all vain, empty.
Matt 15:16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
Matt 15:17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
Matt 15:18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
Matt 15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Matt 15:20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Pretty plain and simple. It is not the blood passing through the organ. It is the thoughts and feelings in the mind that lead to sin which defiles people; not man-made religious practices that supposedly make people spiritually clean; like the Pharisees in Christ's day having all kinds of rules about the washing of hands, pots, cups, dishes, etc, etc. It is not a speck of dust or gnat going into your mouth which passes through a person. It's what comes out of the mouth via the mind, resulting in practices against the Word of God. Those defile us.
Act 7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
The oration of Stephen to the Sanhedrin, for which he was stoned to death.
Can the kardia be stiffnecked? What is stiffnecked? Refusing to listen. Turning away. Being rebellious. A heart certainly cannot be circumcized. You can't circumcize a heart muscle. You cannot circumcize an ear, either. Can the thoughts and feelings be stiffnecked and UNcircumcized? Circumcision was the practice God gave to Abraham to establish the fact, the spiritual fact, God does not need man's ideas and works to save us. Cut off the foreskin. Get your flesh out of God's way. You cannot save yourself with your good works. We are saved by grace, through faith, from God, UNTO good works that God desires and creates us to walk in, when converted, Eph. 2:8-10. Huge difference. Stephen preached it strong. The religious leaders were all about human deeds and works to gain salvation. Their physical hearts worked fine. Their ears heard fine. The thoughts and feelings, their minds, were all about the flesh: the actions of man to save himself with his good works. It goes right back to the Garden of Eden and the fig leaves. The leaders could not hear spiritual truth. They killed Christ because He would not follow their man-made rules, traditions and commandments and bow to their authority.
Eph 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
I can place here all 106 passages where the heart is used and it is not talking about making music in your blood as it passes through the ventricles of your heart muscle; your living, functioning pump of life. Your mind is what is being addressed. Nothing could be more plain.
What then, of the worship of the muscle, the organ of Christ? The Bible says, Let this mind be in you as it was also in Christ Jesus - meaning, think like Christ thought. Even if you could hold the actual, physical organ of Christ in your hands it would not make you holy. It would not make you sanctified or pure if your mind were not converted and redeemed and changed by the Holy Spirit. Devoting oneself to the cardia of Christ is just another of dozens of Catholic traditions that have no actual efficacy or reason based in spiritual reality.
Well, do a search: "the worship of the heart in paganism." What will you see? You will see the practice of worshiping, of placing some kind of power on the physical organ of an animal or human. It is one of the oldest pagan practices in the world. To this day, eating the heart of a beast is thought to give people power. A Tiger's heart. A Lion's heart. For native Americans, a Bison's heart.
In ancient Mithraism. Mithra is portrayed as killing a bull and cutting out its heart.
For ancient Toltecs and Aztecs, sacrificing humans to their gods and cutting the beating heart out of their human sacrifice was considered a very powerful act towards their deities. In witchcraft, in so many pagan cultures and religions, the heart, the physical organ, was and is seen as something that gives power.
The Roman Catholic practice of worshiping the sacred heart of Christ is nothing more than the "Christianizing" of a very familiar pagan practice; much like most of the rest of Catholcism - things which hundreds of millions rose up against in the Protestant Reformation; just going by the Bible as the rule of faith, practice and discipline for the believer.
Many sincere Catholics know nothing of these truths. Their traditions are born from the premise the living church - its ecclesiatical bodies of popes, cardinals, bishops and priests can undo the Bible, overrule it, change it to whatever they deem necessary. The power of antichrist "thinks to change times and laws," Daniel 7:25. In the archives of Catholic history - a great deal of things I have placed before you on these pages - the power of popes to change whatever they want, even to excommunicate angels from Heaven, is supposedly given to them from God by twisting some Scriptures. Everything about Romanism is a twisting of Scripture or just a bold denial of it. The popes are, they style themselves as God on Earth.
Catholics see these things and get hammered by them because in their sincerity they have just followed the teachings of their church. The fact is, many professed Protestant churches practice Roman Catholic rites and liturgies and doctrines. That is referred to as Babylon in prophecy. Confusion. I address it week by week and just let the truth speak. I was raised a Catholic. Most of my relatives, both sides, are Catholics. I pray for them. The RCC claims over one billion people in their membership. It is the oldest, largest, man-made cult on the planet. By sheer numbers a lone, most of God's people are in spiritual, prophetic Babylon and He is calling them out to stand on the platform of eternal truth.
Rev 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
Rev 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Rev 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
Rev 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Rev 18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Rev 18:6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
Rev 18:7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Rev 18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
Rev 18:9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
Rev 18:10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Nothing is hidden anymore. Everything is out there, available for anyone with electricity, a computer and a modem to see. God is truly leaving the final generation with no excuses.
It may be completely new, even painful but, truth is worth anything and everything to have.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
First, the Roman Catholic cult of the Sacred Heart.
www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/44913/what-is-the-solemnity-of-the-sacred-heart-a-cna-explainer
Back in 1673 a Catholic nun had an experience, visions and placed it within this idea of worshiping the heart of Christ, as well as the immaculate heart of Mary. From there, the practice, the philosophy has become an entrenched one throughout Catholicism. From the article linked above -
“Devoting ourselves to the Sacred Heart is one of the easiest, fastest, and most pleasant ways to grow in holiness,” Father Ambrose Dobrozsi, a priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, told CNA.
“Many saints have done many things to grow close to Jesus Christ, but no way is more sure and more pleasing to him than to consecrate ourselves to his Sacred Heart through the Immaculate Heart of his mother,” he added."
Ask yourself, What does that mean? A picture of Jesus holding His heart. What is that? Organ worship? Is their anything in the Bible, in the Gospels or New Testament about such a concept or practice?
The word "heart" appears 106 times in the New Testament; King James Version. The first place is here -
Matt 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
The Greek word translated heart is "kardia." Yes, cardiogram, etc. The physical organ. The verse obviously does not mean people with a pure physical organ. Organs are not spiritually pure. They are healthy or unhealthy. The statement obviously means the figurative "heart" people have, their thoughts and feelings; their mind. Blessed are those with pure thoughts and feelings.
I'm not going to go to all 106 places with this but, just sticking with a few passages from Matthew -
Matt 15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
Matt 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Matt 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Obviously Christ was not talking about people's physical hearts. They could not be far from Him while they were all crowding around Him every day. Their thoughts and feelings? Yes. They could talk a good religious game but, bottom line, they were not on the same spiritual page with Christ. They were hypocrites and they worshiped God in vain, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Ah. There's something that sticks out like a sore thumb. The commandments of men are worthless in worshiping God. There is the Bible, the Word of God, and there are commandments of religious leaders, not in the Word of God. It may all sound authoritative. It may sound good but, it is all vain, empty.
Matt 15:16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
Matt 15:17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
Matt 15:18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
Matt 15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Matt 15:20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Pretty plain and simple. It is not the blood passing through the organ. It is the thoughts and feelings in the mind that lead to sin which defiles people; not man-made religious practices that supposedly make people spiritually clean; like the Pharisees in Christ's day having all kinds of rules about the washing of hands, pots, cups, dishes, etc, etc. It is not a speck of dust or gnat going into your mouth which passes through a person. It's what comes out of the mouth via the mind, resulting in practices against the Word of God. Those defile us.
Act 7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
The oration of Stephen to the Sanhedrin, for which he was stoned to death.
Can the kardia be stiffnecked? What is stiffnecked? Refusing to listen. Turning away. Being rebellious. A heart certainly cannot be circumcized. You can't circumcize a heart muscle. You cannot circumcize an ear, either. Can the thoughts and feelings be stiffnecked and UNcircumcized? Circumcision was the practice God gave to Abraham to establish the fact, the spiritual fact, God does not need man's ideas and works to save us. Cut off the foreskin. Get your flesh out of God's way. You cannot save yourself with your good works. We are saved by grace, through faith, from God, UNTO good works that God desires and creates us to walk in, when converted, Eph. 2:8-10. Huge difference. Stephen preached it strong. The religious leaders were all about human deeds and works to gain salvation. Their physical hearts worked fine. Their ears heard fine. The thoughts and feelings, their minds, were all about the flesh: the actions of man to save himself with his good works. It goes right back to the Garden of Eden and the fig leaves. The leaders could not hear spiritual truth. They killed Christ because He would not follow their man-made rules, traditions and commandments and bow to their authority.
Eph 5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
I can place here all 106 passages where the heart is used and it is not talking about making music in your blood as it passes through the ventricles of your heart muscle; your living, functioning pump of life. Your mind is what is being addressed. Nothing could be more plain.
What then, of the worship of the muscle, the organ of Christ? The Bible says, Let this mind be in you as it was also in Christ Jesus - meaning, think like Christ thought. Even if you could hold the actual, physical organ of Christ in your hands it would not make you holy. It would not make you sanctified or pure if your mind were not converted and redeemed and changed by the Holy Spirit. Devoting oneself to the cardia of Christ is just another of dozens of Catholic traditions that have no actual efficacy or reason based in spiritual reality.
Well, do a search: "the worship of the heart in paganism." What will you see? You will see the practice of worshiping, of placing some kind of power on the physical organ of an animal or human. It is one of the oldest pagan practices in the world. To this day, eating the heart of a beast is thought to give people power. A Tiger's heart. A Lion's heart. For native Americans, a Bison's heart.
In ancient Mithraism. Mithra is portrayed as killing a bull and cutting out its heart.
For ancient Toltecs and Aztecs, sacrificing humans to their gods and cutting the beating heart out of their human sacrifice was considered a very powerful act towards their deities. In witchcraft, in so many pagan cultures and religions, the heart, the physical organ, was and is seen as something that gives power.
The Roman Catholic practice of worshiping the sacred heart of Christ is nothing more than the "Christianizing" of a very familiar pagan practice; much like most of the rest of Catholcism - things which hundreds of millions rose up against in the Protestant Reformation; just going by the Bible as the rule of faith, practice and discipline for the believer.
Many sincere Catholics know nothing of these truths. Their traditions are born from the premise the living church - its ecclesiatical bodies of popes, cardinals, bishops and priests can undo the Bible, overrule it, change it to whatever they deem necessary. The power of antichrist "thinks to change times and laws," Daniel 7:25. In the archives of Catholic history - a great deal of things I have placed before you on these pages - the power of popes to change whatever they want, even to excommunicate angels from Heaven, is supposedly given to them from God by twisting some Scriptures. Everything about Romanism is a twisting of Scripture or just a bold denial of it. The popes are, they style themselves as God on Earth.
Catholics see these things and get hammered by them because in their sincerity they have just followed the teachings of their church. The fact is, many professed Protestant churches practice Roman Catholic rites and liturgies and doctrines. That is referred to as Babylon in prophecy. Confusion. I address it week by week and just let the truth speak. I was raised a Catholic. Most of my relatives, both sides, are Catholics. I pray for them. The RCC claims over one billion people in their membership. It is the oldest, largest, man-made cult on the planet. By sheer numbers a lone, most of God's people are in spiritual, prophetic Babylon and He is calling them out to stand on the platform of eternal truth.
Rev 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
Rev 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Rev 18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
Rev 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Rev 18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
Rev 18:6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
Rev 18:7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Rev 18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
Rev 18:9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
Rev 18:10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Nothing is hidden anymore. Everything is out there, available for anyone with electricity, a computer and a modem to see. God is truly leaving the final generation with no excuses.
It may be completely new, even painful but, truth is worth anything and everything to have.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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This Week in Babylon
www.westernjournal.com/ai-program-pretending-jesus-thousands-lost-young-people-flocking/
www.infowars.com/posts/congratulations-its-a-borted-cake-celebrating-abortion-stirs-outrage/
americafirstreport.com/a-new-ai-religion-and-a-new-ai-bible/
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12195963/Synthetic-human-embryos-scientific-breakthrough.html
twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1668187961253322752 "God is Queer"
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
www.infowars.com/posts/congratulations-its-a-borted-cake-celebrating-abortion-stirs-outrage/
americafirstreport.com/a-new-ai-religion-and-a-new-ai-bible/
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12195963/Synthetic-human-embryos-scientific-breakthrough.html
twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1668187961253322752 "God is Queer"
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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The Nebular Hypothesis
So, if you believe astronomers and astrophysicists know how everything came into being, by natural processes, take a look at this article, which presents some simple problems to the nebular hypothesis.
creation.com/nebular-hypothesis
This is not taught in public schools. I dare say many private schools will not honestly show this to students.
When you ask Materialists where gas and dust came from, they cannot answer with any facts. It is generally all conjecture; a story; a continued hypothesis that cannot bear the weight of critical thinking and observational science. Some, quoted in the article, are honest enough to say it.
A little critical thinking goes a long way.
To say some compressed, super hot dot inflated, exploded, whatever, begs the question - where did the dot come from?
All living things reproduce. How did the first generation figure out how to do it before death? You may as well be asked to read 1,000,000 books before you die. Not going to happen. Too much necessary information.
All living things need nutrition. How did the first cells figure that out before they died? How would they know what they needed? They didn't think. A cell is a programmed unit. Sorry. Generation one, all done.
I wish I asked such questions in science class when I was a kid.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
creation.com/nebular-hypothesis
This is not taught in public schools. I dare say many private schools will not honestly show this to students.
When you ask Materialists where gas and dust came from, they cannot answer with any facts. It is generally all conjecture; a story; a continued hypothesis that cannot bear the weight of critical thinking and observational science. Some, quoted in the article, are honest enough to say it.
A little critical thinking goes a long way.
To say some compressed, super hot dot inflated, exploded, whatever, begs the question - where did the dot come from?
All living things reproduce. How did the first generation figure out how to do it before death? You may as well be asked to read 1,000,000 books before you die. Not going to happen. Too much necessary information.
All living things need nutrition. How did the first cells figure that out before they died? How would they know what they needed? They didn't think. A cell is a programmed unit. Sorry. Generation one, all done.
I wish I asked such questions in science class when I was a kid.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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National Press Club UFO Disclosure
I mentioned Stephen Greer's Disclosure Project National Press Club Briefing which took place last weekend. Rich Giordano, of the GUFON YT channel, carried it live, which I link here if you want to watch it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV71u2gdrQE
I have not watched all of it. Too long and another nothing burger. Greer did this in 2001. Twenty-two years later, in the 21st century, you cannot have people telling anecdotal stories with drawings. You either post actual photographic/video evidence whistleblowers have or forget it. YouTube and the internet is saturated with actual photos and videos of crafts over decades. Even discounting those that are fake or modern CGI, way too much is out there, posted by private citizens, that some former military people can tell stories and show some drawings and be able to make a dent in what is actually going on with behind the scenes, underground, black budget, secret manufacturing of free energy flight, even if stories have these entities getting into illegal activities.
Greer claims big numbers of stories, whistleblowers, documentation and proof that he has sent to Congress. He makes big claims with no proof anyone in Congress has actually seen a thing he shares. Been that way for 30 years now. Those who wonder if Greer is part of the disinformation campaign have decent reason to wonder. He claims to have a team of lawyers ready to file suit on entities for RICO violations, the national racketeering laws. It's just another 'believe it when we see it' scenario. He has become a side-show, a money-making sideshow. I am not discounting those men and women who have come forward to testify about things they have first-hand experience about. I do not doubt their sincerity. I don't even challenge the veracity of their claims. On the other hand, nothing plus nothing equals nothing. Their claims are only claims. When I saw UFOs at 10 and 38 years old, the first instance was way too fast, even if I or anybody else was holding a camera. The second was nighttime and no cell phones back then and nobody was holding a camera. Hence, good campfire stories. I see no difference with my own experience with those of the whistleblowers of late.
For someone totally new to the UFO phenomenon it may open their eyes to things that are far removed from Hollywood sci-fi.
It is easy for me to take the position we will not know what is actually going on until "ET" lands and the final deceptions take place.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV71u2gdrQE
I have not watched all of it. Too long and another nothing burger. Greer did this in 2001. Twenty-two years later, in the 21st century, you cannot have people telling anecdotal stories with drawings. You either post actual photographic/video evidence whistleblowers have or forget it. YouTube and the internet is saturated with actual photos and videos of crafts over decades. Even discounting those that are fake or modern CGI, way too much is out there, posted by private citizens, that some former military people can tell stories and show some drawings and be able to make a dent in what is actually going on with behind the scenes, underground, black budget, secret manufacturing of free energy flight, even if stories have these entities getting into illegal activities.
Greer claims big numbers of stories, whistleblowers, documentation and proof that he has sent to Congress. He makes big claims with no proof anyone in Congress has actually seen a thing he shares. Been that way for 30 years now. Those who wonder if Greer is part of the disinformation campaign have decent reason to wonder. He claims to have a team of lawyers ready to file suit on entities for RICO violations, the national racketeering laws. It's just another 'believe it when we see it' scenario. He has become a side-show, a money-making sideshow. I am not discounting those men and women who have come forward to testify about things they have first-hand experience about. I do not doubt their sincerity. I don't even challenge the veracity of their claims. On the other hand, nothing plus nothing equals nothing. Their claims are only claims. When I saw UFOs at 10 and 38 years old, the first instance was way too fast, even if I or anybody else was holding a camera. The second was nighttime and no cell phones back then and nobody was holding a camera. Hence, good campfire stories. I see no difference with my own experience with those of the whistleblowers of late.
For someone totally new to the UFO phenomenon it may open their eyes to things that are far removed from Hollywood sci-fi.
It is easy for me to take the position we will not know what is actually going on until "ET" lands and the final deceptions take place.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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71% - Biden Too Old
"EXCLUSIVE: 71 percent of Americans and half of all Democrats say Biden, 80, is too old to be president and most voters say they are worse off since he took power, according to damning DailyMail.com poll"
www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-12207683/Poll-half-Democrats-say-Biden-old-president.html
There are disturbing thing about this poll. First, Biden's age has nothing to do with being POTUS. Biden's mental health is the issue. Biden is obviously suffering from Dementia. He should absolutely not be POTUS and should be removed; should have been removed already via the process of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. KISS bassist, Gene Simmons recently stated in an interview, someone is going to put together a 30 second "buzz" reel of Joe Biden falling down and saying nonsensical things and will never get elected.
The fact is, Biden was never elected. Trump was reelected. Polls also show a majority of Americans believing that, as well. Will that change anything in D.C.? No. It will not. D.C. does not care about any of that.
Washington, D.C. is a charade; a constant, political stage play, in real time, with a cast of characters from every state in the nation. They all have their roles to play and it just goes on and on and on. New actors join the cast, the play never changes. Washington, D.C. is run by international actors that control money. They supply cash for the political system, the business, and they get what they want, in return.
For me, that all became clear back in the 1990s with the Clinton years. Sept. 11, 2001 took place and in 2009, as I spent every day for two weeks researching that event, displayed for me a systemic corruption in the nation's capitol that will never change. The cast of characters may change but, the corruption is there to stay until events build within the American populace, under tremendous pressures now beginning to boil, to make demands D.C. will bend to but, by that time God's gavel will strike the bench as He says, It is finished.
Yes, there will be cries of Peace and safety. The Bible states that. Then it states sudden destruction will come like birth pains upon a woman with child. By the way, that's a woman with child; not a man who thinks he's a woman.
I have been waiting for the times to build into the final events for most of my life now and while I desire Christ to return, I also know, as do any and all students of the Bible, it is not going to go well or peaceful or safe for anyone who chooses to obey God's law rather than man's.
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience [endurance] of the saints: here are they that keep [guard] the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-12207683/Poll-half-Democrats-say-Biden-old-president.html
There are disturbing thing about this poll. First, Biden's age has nothing to do with being POTUS. Biden's mental health is the issue. Biden is obviously suffering from Dementia. He should absolutely not be POTUS and should be removed; should have been removed already via the process of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. KISS bassist, Gene Simmons recently stated in an interview, someone is going to put together a 30 second "buzz" reel of Joe Biden falling down and saying nonsensical things and will never get elected.
The fact is, Biden was never elected. Trump was reelected. Polls also show a majority of Americans believing that, as well. Will that change anything in D.C.? No. It will not. D.C. does not care about any of that.
Washington, D.C. is a charade; a constant, political stage play, in real time, with a cast of characters from every state in the nation. They all have their roles to play and it just goes on and on and on. New actors join the cast, the play never changes. Washington, D.C. is run by international actors that control money. They supply cash for the political system, the business, and they get what they want, in return.
For me, that all became clear back in the 1990s with the Clinton years. Sept. 11, 2001 took place and in 2009, as I spent every day for two weeks researching that event, displayed for me a systemic corruption in the nation's capitol that will never change. The cast of characters may change but, the corruption is there to stay until events build within the American populace, under tremendous pressures now beginning to boil, to make demands D.C. will bend to but, by that time God's gavel will strike the bench as He says, It is finished.
Yes, there will be cries of Peace and safety. The Bible states that. Then it states sudden destruction will come like birth pains upon a woman with child. By the way, that's a woman with child; not a man who thinks he's a woman.
I have been waiting for the times to build into the final events for most of my life now and while I desire Christ to return, I also know, as do any and all students of the Bible, it is not going to go well or peaceful or safe for anyone who chooses to obey God's law rather than man's.
Rev 14:12 Here is the patience [endurance] of the saints: here are they that keep [guard] the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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The Shocking 'Deagel Forecast'
While I have decided to tell myself the Plandemic is basically over; the lunatics will have to come up with something else, and will; and just leave it all to be discovered by those ignorant of despotic plans; when I see articles like this, the need to share surmounts my disdain for the evil minds and their world, totalitarian plans.
The Deagel forecast; predictions of world depopulation, nation by nation.
Read and realize humanity is far from out of the woods.
www.sgtreport.com/2023/06/confidential-pfizer-documents-confirm-deagels-shocking-2025-depopulation-forecast-is-on-target-not-just-an-estimation/
expose-news.com/2023/06/18/pfizer-docs-deagel-depopulation-covid-vaccine/
The Deagel forecast; predictions of world depopulation, nation by nation.
Read and realize humanity is far from out of the woods.
www.sgtreport.com/2023/06/confidential-pfizer-documents-confirm-deagels-shocking-2025-depopulation-forecast-is-on-target-not-just-an-estimation/
expose-news.com/2023/06/18/pfizer-docs-deagel-depopulation-covid-vaccine/
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795. Music. The Same Battleground - June 20, 2023
I remember well the entrance of "Christian Rock" and the controversy it caused. It split age groups. It split churches. It created divisions that never existed before and it wasn't even doctrinal controversy in the beginning. It was all based on a sound; a sound that became culturally accepted.
I have written about this a lot here. I don't want to rehash things I've already shared but, interestingly enough, to me anyway, the controversy over music has not only not gone away, it has apparently become worse. Once again, as the culture goes, so goes the church. As the culture lowers itself, the churches find themselves in the same place the culture was just a couple decades ago.
YouTube has numerous videos up from ministries decrying the condition of the churches because of the music that entered in. For them, it begins there and seeps its way into every other aspect of church life. Others believe it all starts with the weakness flocks have with the Word of God. They are so biblically illiterate they have no defense against avenues of corruption brought in by either the unconverted or just the spiritually naive. For many eyes and ears, everything has just become avenues of entertainment. Young people are present but, not engaged. They go by their feelings, not critical thinking and perusal of truth.
I need to mention this first, again. Music is defined as a combination of melody, harmony and rhythm. That definition became challenged by modern standards of music which began to be dominated by rhythm. Today, a great deal of modern "music" is void of melody, as lead singers growl and scream indistinguishable lyrics, regardless of subject matter. In the beginning, Rock music became a path to protest. Protest involves shouting. Singers stopped singing and began to shout, if for no other reason to compete with more and more volume from guitars. SPL levels had to be risen for microphone manufacture. Singing lyrics became an old fashioned approach. By the late 70's, early 80's shouting turned into screaming in some genres. Not say such did not exist earlier. It did for some singers at moments but, not as a constant. Even Jim Morrison was known to scream at times but, for the most part he just sang in a normal voice.
Rock began to change in ways that left the common definition of music. Things became more course, even defined as being 'Grunge.' Darker genres of Metal kept advancing. What began as Classical Rock and became Progressive or Prog Rock, more and more joined genres of Metal and singers were not singing, as in the days of Greg Lake and Jon Anderson. Singers literally stopped singing. Even female singers were joining the ranks of screamers and growlers. Melody just kept taking a back seat to fierce presentations and animalistic approach.
Second, my current project, the re-recording of LEGEND, From the Fjords, carried with it built-in controversy and I was aware of it before I even began this journey. I do not believe there is such a thing as Christian Rock or Christian-any genre. The Bible is silent about genre. Biblical music would have been part of whatever culture existed when it's books were written. That is a fact that is historically the only benchmark anyone can come up with. There are principles of the Hebrew and Christian faith that determine things like message and sound guided by the Spirit of holiness and sanctification. Early musical instruments used for religious music were the same for everyone. Reed instruments, clay instruments, stringed instruments, wooden/skinned instruments, percussion instruments, then brass/bronze instruments. A tambourine is a combination wood/skinned/brass percussion instrument. As societies and civilizations advanced, so did musical instruments.
You have to use some common sense here. There is no such thing as biblical music. There are no biblical scales or modes. There is no sound associated with the Bible. It's a book, or collection of books to read, not listen to. Modern times have made the Bible a form of entertainment by placing the spoken Word in a framework of background sounds to make things more dramatic. The entire professed Christian world has slowly become a form of entertainment for millions, especially young people.
As Tom is mixing the songs for the album project, he is hearing the lyrics and Tom is not a professed Christian. Yet, he states he hears a distinct message and as strong as it is, the music is engaging enough that it all makes for a form of communication people who are not into "Christian Rock" could listen to.
LEGEND was obviously not a Christian band. I do not believe there is such a thing. Music is a form of entertainment. Christian music joins a biblical worldview with music and creates a form of message that is not the Bible and never can be. You can make songs from straight Bible verses, which is called Scripture music. Take the words, place it to a meter and a melody and a hymn is created. Is the melody Christian? How so? Most people, professed Christians in the Western hemisphere, have no idea the music of biblical times was not Western music. Although the Greeks invented music scales and modes Westerners find commonplace, they were not the sound of Israeli music. Nor that of Babylon or Persia. Certainly not the music of ancient or modern far-east Asia.
There is no such thing as a Christian melody. As far as I am aware no figure in the Bible is responsible for inventing anything associated with music, save for Jubal -
Gen 4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
Gen 4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
"Harp" is from a Hebrew word meaning to twang; hence, a stringed instrument. 'Organ' is from a Hebrew word meaning to breathe; hence, for the times, something like panpipes. And those are just instruments, not what is played on them. David played and David sang and David composed songs. We know nothing of the music he used. It probably had much in common with Hebrew music modes common in the middle East for the times. That's an educated guess people make. David or, history left behind no charted, scored music of his or Asaph or any other music composer found in the Bible.
LEGEND, again, was obviously not what could be called a Christian band. I reject the notion the current project makes LEGEND a Christian band. There is no such thing. A band may be composed of professed Christians. The music may contain biblical principles or outright biblical lyrics but, there is no such things as Christian music. There is only a Christian message attached to music, in general, which, as far as I am aware, is all from secular or non-biblical minds down through history. I know of no professed Israelite or Christian who came up with a genre of music. Believers have just used the cultural music they have been exposed to.
Millions of people sing hymns which are linked to cultural Folk music, Classical music, Country music and such. Gospel music is a combination of Folk, Country and African slave chants and music. Today's Gospel music includes almost every modern genre out there. None of it is "Christian." It is only used or applied to a Christian message.
This is in no way an endorsement of every genre out there. Far from it. As far as I am concerned you can scream and growl the name of Jesus all day long with walls of noise and all you will get from me is, it sounds Satanic. It's an oxymoron. It's ridiculous to call constant noise, Christian. People can go back and forth on the finer points of guitar tone and scales all day long and what guitarists do in solos. Long gone are the days that everyone is going to play tones like hollow bodies and Joe Pass. An entire industry exists that makes electronic devices, 'stomp boxes' and pedal boards to alter guitar tone. They were originally called distortion pedals. Just the grasp of such power by a guitarist - the amplification, the sound alterations and large venues is heady stuff. I agree with those who see distortion as antithetical to Christian principle. That said, the roar of a bear or lion is not the melody of a Chickadee, either. Nature does have its aberrations of sound. Storms included. Sit through a hurricane in the dark and it isn't the melody of a Wood Thrush or Nightingale.
From a discussion Tom and I have had and continue having, he mentioned what he is hearing in these redone songs is like nothing he has ever heard on "Christian" radio. Without question these songs are not typical CCM.
Not knowing of any "Christian" radio stations that play this kind of multi-genre music that LEGEND was and is, I decided to check out YouTube for examples of what is called "Christian" in genres of Rock. On created playlists people have put together for "Christian" Hard Rock, Progressive Rock or Metal, there wasn't very much I could understand, lyric-wise. Most bands had no distinguishing sound. They all sounded basically the same. Lots of processing of the sound and density of production. Plenty of modes considered "dark" in music standards. And plenty of things in major scales, as well. All the lead singers sounded basically the same - breathy, gritty voices, lots of shouting, with selected bands employing the screaming, growling style. I heard a song or two that left a positive impression on me. Most of it was just a copy of secular band sound, nothing really original. Not being able to understand the lyrics I heard no difference between this supposed "Christian" music and secular music. It's all the same. That is no different an observation than music that sounds like Folk, Country, Classical, Jazz, or any other genre base. There is no such thing as Christian music. There is just music, the creation of God, who made sound waves and an atmosphere for them to travel through. Whether Cardinals that sing their incredible songs in my back yard or a mode of music made by combining various sound waves, it is all the same.
Rock music tends to surround itself within "distortion." That is what created the rift in the faith originally - the sound of distorted, amplified electric guitars. Today, distortion in music is as common as pancakes. Most people think nothing of it as music plays in the background of every store you walk into. You can easily tell the basic age of the people who program the music. I walked into a store the other day and almost walked out because the music was grating on my nerves.
One preacher in a video I watched about the dangers of modern, cultural music in churches said this controversy will likely go right to the coming of the Lord. I agree. Music, as a sound, gets very personal and when it comes to anything subjective, as music is, finding a consensus everyone agrees upon is doubtful. Maybe back in the 50's and before but, not from the 60's onward.
I wonder if music created controversy in king David's time. It is entirely reasonable to conclude David's compositions were in odd time, as much music in that region of the world is. Western music is mostly 4/4. Dave Brubeck, the well-known Jazz pianist, changed everything in American music forever by recording "Time Out;" an album with songs being in odd time, like 5/4, 9/8, etc. Drumist, Joe Morello, forever left his stamp upon the world of music and drum set artistry with his solo on the tune, Take Five, in a 5/4 signature. I have stated this before that most American Christians would find king David's music kind of weird and strange. It wasn't Lawrence Welk or Mitch Miller or Frank Sinatra or Chuck Berry or the Beatles or Led Zeppelin or Garth Brooks or Taylor Swift or anything else Westerners are used to. Brubeck conceived of his album by visiting Turkey and hearing street musicians playing in odd time, which is common in the Middle-East and far Eastern Europe.
If anyone calls LEGEND Revisited - From the Lord, Christian Rock, I will correct them. It isn't. Because there is no such thing. There is no Christian Jazz or Christian Classical or Christian Folk or Christian Country music. There is only music - melody, harmony and rhythm, played, performed by people professing the Christian faith and placing biblical lyrics in the music. That makes it a Christian message, not Christian music.
Even back in the dark ages music was controversial. It has always been so. It is controversial because people get controversial. It will remain that way until Christ returns and then every aspect of right and wrong will be seen through God's eyes and mind, unfiltered by fallen mankind.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
I have written about this a lot here. I don't want to rehash things I've already shared but, interestingly enough, to me anyway, the controversy over music has not only not gone away, it has apparently become worse. Once again, as the culture goes, so goes the church. As the culture lowers itself, the churches find themselves in the same place the culture was just a couple decades ago.
YouTube has numerous videos up from ministries decrying the condition of the churches because of the music that entered in. For them, it begins there and seeps its way into every other aspect of church life. Others believe it all starts with the weakness flocks have with the Word of God. They are so biblically illiterate they have no defense against avenues of corruption brought in by either the unconverted or just the spiritually naive. For many eyes and ears, everything has just become avenues of entertainment. Young people are present but, not engaged. They go by their feelings, not critical thinking and perusal of truth.
I need to mention this first, again. Music is defined as a combination of melody, harmony and rhythm. That definition became challenged by modern standards of music which began to be dominated by rhythm. Today, a great deal of modern "music" is void of melody, as lead singers growl and scream indistinguishable lyrics, regardless of subject matter. In the beginning, Rock music became a path to protest. Protest involves shouting. Singers stopped singing and began to shout, if for no other reason to compete with more and more volume from guitars. SPL levels had to be risen for microphone manufacture. Singing lyrics became an old fashioned approach. By the late 70's, early 80's shouting turned into screaming in some genres. Not say such did not exist earlier. It did for some singers at moments but, not as a constant. Even Jim Morrison was known to scream at times but, for the most part he just sang in a normal voice.
Rock began to change in ways that left the common definition of music. Things became more course, even defined as being 'Grunge.' Darker genres of Metal kept advancing. What began as Classical Rock and became Progressive or Prog Rock, more and more joined genres of Metal and singers were not singing, as in the days of Greg Lake and Jon Anderson. Singers literally stopped singing. Even female singers were joining the ranks of screamers and growlers. Melody just kept taking a back seat to fierce presentations and animalistic approach.
Second, my current project, the re-recording of LEGEND, From the Fjords, carried with it built-in controversy and I was aware of it before I even began this journey. I do not believe there is such a thing as Christian Rock or Christian-any genre. The Bible is silent about genre. Biblical music would have been part of whatever culture existed when it's books were written. That is a fact that is historically the only benchmark anyone can come up with. There are principles of the Hebrew and Christian faith that determine things like message and sound guided by the Spirit of holiness and sanctification. Early musical instruments used for religious music were the same for everyone. Reed instruments, clay instruments, stringed instruments, wooden/skinned instruments, percussion instruments, then brass/bronze instruments. A tambourine is a combination wood/skinned/brass percussion instrument. As societies and civilizations advanced, so did musical instruments.
You have to use some common sense here. There is no such thing as biblical music. There are no biblical scales or modes. There is no sound associated with the Bible. It's a book, or collection of books to read, not listen to. Modern times have made the Bible a form of entertainment by placing the spoken Word in a framework of background sounds to make things more dramatic. The entire professed Christian world has slowly become a form of entertainment for millions, especially young people.
As Tom is mixing the songs for the album project, he is hearing the lyrics and Tom is not a professed Christian. Yet, he states he hears a distinct message and as strong as it is, the music is engaging enough that it all makes for a form of communication people who are not into "Christian Rock" could listen to.
LEGEND was obviously not a Christian band. I do not believe there is such a thing. Music is a form of entertainment. Christian music joins a biblical worldview with music and creates a form of message that is not the Bible and never can be. You can make songs from straight Bible verses, which is called Scripture music. Take the words, place it to a meter and a melody and a hymn is created. Is the melody Christian? How so? Most people, professed Christians in the Western hemisphere, have no idea the music of biblical times was not Western music. Although the Greeks invented music scales and modes Westerners find commonplace, they were not the sound of Israeli music. Nor that of Babylon or Persia. Certainly not the music of ancient or modern far-east Asia.
There is no such thing as a Christian melody. As far as I am aware no figure in the Bible is responsible for inventing anything associated with music, save for Jubal -
Gen 4:20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
Gen 4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
"Harp" is from a Hebrew word meaning to twang; hence, a stringed instrument. 'Organ' is from a Hebrew word meaning to breathe; hence, for the times, something like panpipes. And those are just instruments, not what is played on them. David played and David sang and David composed songs. We know nothing of the music he used. It probably had much in common with Hebrew music modes common in the middle East for the times. That's an educated guess people make. David or, history left behind no charted, scored music of his or Asaph or any other music composer found in the Bible.
LEGEND, again, was obviously not what could be called a Christian band. I reject the notion the current project makes LEGEND a Christian band. There is no such thing. A band may be composed of professed Christians. The music may contain biblical principles or outright biblical lyrics but, there is no such things as Christian music. There is only a Christian message attached to music, in general, which, as far as I am aware, is all from secular or non-biblical minds down through history. I know of no professed Israelite or Christian who came up with a genre of music. Believers have just used the cultural music they have been exposed to.
Millions of people sing hymns which are linked to cultural Folk music, Classical music, Country music and such. Gospel music is a combination of Folk, Country and African slave chants and music. Today's Gospel music includes almost every modern genre out there. None of it is "Christian." It is only used or applied to a Christian message.
This is in no way an endorsement of every genre out there. Far from it. As far as I am concerned you can scream and growl the name of Jesus all day long with walls of noise and all you will get from me is, it sounds Satanic. It's an oxymoron. It's ridiculous to call constant noise, Christian. People can go back and forth on the finer points of guitar tone and scales all day long and what guitarists do in solos. Long gone are the days that everyone is going to play tones like hollow bodies and Joe Pass. An entire industry exists that makes electronic devices, 'stomp boxes' and pedal boards to alter guitar tone. They were originally called distortion pedals. Just the grasp of such power by a guitarist - the amplification, the sound alterations and large venues is heady stuff. I agree with those who see distortion as antithetical to Christian principle. That said, the roar of a bear or lion is not the melody of a Chickadee, either. Nature does have its aberrations of sound. Storms included. Sit through a hurricane in the dark and it isn't the melody of a Wood Thrush or Nightingale.
From a discussion Tom and I have had and continue having, he mentioned what he is hearing in these redone songs is like nothing he has ever heard on "Christian" radio. Without question these songs are not typical CCM.
Not knowing of any "Christian" radio stations that play this kind of multi-genre music that LEGEND was and is, I decided to check out YouTube for examples of what is called "Christian" in genres of Rock. On created playlists people have put together for "Christian" Hard Rock, Progressive Rock or Metal, there wasn't very much I could understand, lyric-wise. Most bands had no distinguishing sound. They all sounded basically the same. Lots of processing of the sound and density of production. Plenty of modes considered "dark" in music standards. And plenty of things in major scales, as well. All the lead singers sounded basically the same - breathy, gritty voices, lots of shouting, with selected bands employing the screaming, growling style. I heard a song or two that left a positive impression on me. Most of it was just a copy of secular band sound, nothing really original. Not being able to understand the lyrics I heard no difference between this supposed "Christian" music and secular music. It's all the same. That is no different an observation than music that sounds like Folk, Country, Classical, Jazz, or any other genre base. There is no such thing as Christian music. There is just music, the creation of God, who made sound waves and an atmosphere for them to travel through. Whether Cardinals that sing their incredible songs in my back yard or a mode of music made by combining various sound waves, it is all the same.
Rock music tends to surround itself within "distortion." That is what created the rift in the faith originally - the sound of distorted, amplified electric guitars. Today, distortion in music is as common as pancakes. Most people think nothing of it as music plays in the background of every store you walk into. You can easily tell the basic age of the people who program the music. I walked into a store the other day and almost walked out because the music was grating on my nerves.
One preacher in a video I watched about the dangers of modern, cultural music in churches said this controversy will likely go right to the coming of the Lord. I agree. Music, as a sound, gets very personal and when it comes to anything subjective, as music is, finding a consensus everyone agrees upon is doubtful. Maybe back in the 50's and before but, not from the 60's onward.
I wonder if music created controversy in king David's time. It is entirely reasonable to conclude David's compositions were in odd time, as much music in that region of the world is. Western music is mostly 4/4. Dave Brubeck, the well-known Jazz pianist, changed everything in American music forever by recording "Time Out;" an album with songs being in odd time, like 5/4, 9/8, etc. Drumist, Joe Morello, forever left his stamp upon the world of music and drum set artistry with his solo on the tune, Take Five, in a 5/4 signature. I have stated this before that most American Christians would find king David's music kind of weird and strange. It wasn't Lawrence Welk or Mitch Miller or Frank Sinatra or Chuck Berry or the Beatles or Led Zeppelin or Garth Brooks or Taylor Swift or anything else Westerners are used to. Brubeck conceived of his album by visiting Turkey and hearing street musicians playing in odd time, which is common in the Middle-East and far Eastern Europe.
If anyone calls LEGEND Revisited - From the Lord, Christian Rock, I will correct them. It isn't. Because there is no such thing. There is no Christian Jazz or Christian Classical or Christian Folk or Christian Country music. There is only music - melody, harmony and rhythm, played, performed by people professing the Christian faith and placing biblical lyrics in the music. That makes it a Christian message, not Christian music.
Even back in the dark ages music was controversial. It has always been so. It is controversial because people get controversial. It will remain that way until Christ returns and then every aspect of right and wrong will be seen through God's eyes and mind, unfiltered by fallen mankind.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Gary Novak
Well, that's odd. Yesterday I had a post here and today it's vanished. Hm.
Forgetting exactly what I wrote, I will just state, every once in a while I mention drumists here that impress me in some way; possibly for some or many readers here, are not well known. Gary Novak has been a favorite player of mine for a long time. His technique is a beautiful, smoothly volcanic one that never fails to impress me, no matter how often I watch him. He was doing Gospel Chops before there was Gospel Chops.
His works with Allan Holdsworth and Chick Corea are so appropriate for the music it's stunning. He is one of the unsung heroes of the instrument; a jobbing drummer that has played and recorded with artists from just about all genres of music. He's well known and not so well known depending on the generation. He should be in the upper echelon of top tier players, imho. He's a major Jazz player, Fusion and he likes Hard Rock, too.
I feel a kinship with him because he loves improvisation like I do and considers it the highest form of musical expression; as I call it - composition on the fly. It's a feeling like no other, and my recording time with guitarist Tom Cranor, Miledge Muzic, is about the most satisfying musical experiences I've ever had.
If you are not familiar with Gary's work, a couple of favorite links here -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bLQD6zsuAg&pp=ygUbZ2FyeSBub3ZhayBhbGxhbiBob2xkc3dvcnRo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frw757gEZCE&pp=ygUmZ2FyeSBub3ZhayBjaGljayBjb3JlYSBlbGVjdHJpYyBiYW5kIDI%3D
A link to a short conversation with him -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UBbvU4cphk
Check him out.
Forgetting exactly what I wrote, I will just state, every once in a while I mention drumists here that impress me in some way; possibly for some or many readers here, are not well known. Gary Novak has been a favorite player of mine for a long time. His technique is a beautiful, smoothly volcanic one that never fails to impress me, no matter how often I watch him. He was doing Gospel Chops before there was Gospel Chops.
His works with Allan Holdsworth and Chick Corea are so appropriate for the music it's stunning. He is one of the unsung heroes of the instrument; a jobbing drummer that has played and recorded with artists from just about all genres of music. He's well known and not so well known depending on the generation. He should be in the upper echelon of top tier players, imho. He's a major Jazz player, Fusion and he likes Hard Rock, too.
I feel a kinship with him because he loves improvisation like I do and considers it the highest form of musical expression; as I call it - composition on the fly. It's a feeling like no other, and my recording time with guitarist Tom Cranor, Miledge Muzic, is about the most satisfying musical experiences I've ever had.
If you are not familiar with Gary's work, a couple of favorite links here -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bLQD6zsuAg&pp=ygUbZ2FyeSBub3ZhayBhbGxhbiBob2xkc3dvcnRo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frw757gEZCE&pp=ygUmZ2FyeSBub3ZhayBjaGljayBjb3JlYSBlbGVjdHJpYyBiYW5kIDI%3D
A link to a short conversation with him -
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UBbvU4cphk
Check him out.
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El Estepario Siberiano
Everybody knows who this YouTube sensation is by now. He's a freak of nature, like Ricardo Merlini, who I've mentioned before. I doubt anybody who reads here has not heard of El Estepario. His technique and prowess, with just one stick in his hand, no less, is jaw dropping. Just type his name in at YouTube and he's everywhere.
Why do I write about him? Mostly because of the speed issue. I've written about it a lot because this whole aspect of playing fast, while it's entertaining, is not necessarily musical. Young people gravitate to speed. Cars, musical instruments, baseball pitchers to knife chefs at Japanese restaurants, people are generally impressed by speed.
El Estepario is someone who has certainly put in the time but, again, such speeds have as much to do with Fast Twitch muscles, A and B, as they do with practice, practice, practice, maybe more so. Speed is practice and genetics. Both are necessary and some people have the genetics and some do not. No matter how much they practice they may gain speed but, not the speed of people like Merlini, El Estepario, Ronald Bruner Jr., Gergo Borlai, Eric Moore, Tony Royster Jr., Chris Coleman and others that drop jaws wherever they perform. Previous generations of speedsters like Buddy Rich, Rufus Jones, Billy Cobham, Dennis Chambers and others held audiences spellbound. Dennis still can but, even he admits the speeds of his youth were just that and he cautions against young players being all about chops and speed. These players did and would all tell you speed is okay but, if you can't swing or drive a band, speed means nothing. It's a carnival act.
I have mentioned him before but, this young college student I saw on YT many years ago. I cannot find him now but, he is so fast his hands are just a true blur. People began to write negative comments on his channel that he was speeding up the videos. Apparently El Estepario is getting the same. Why do people go there? Precisely because what they are beholding is not common. It's real but, it is not common. That should tell you something.
A fast pitcher can strike people out and get batters to just hit pop-up flies or ground balls. That is a result of competition; pitcher against batter. Drumming is not a competition despite "drum battles," and single-stroke roll competition/fastest drummer alive-stuff. Music is not a sport. Musicianship is not a sport.
I say it often because I believe it: finding you own voice at the instrument and being a musical player will always be more important to music than how fast you can move your hands and feet. If you can play the fastest Blast Beats ever seen or heard and can't play a groove to a song outside genres of Metal, where Blast Beats frequent the scene, you should hope your career in music never leaves Thrash Metal. If you are satisfied to "specialize" like that so be it. If not, keep speed in its lane. It never has been and never will be an integral part of music, melody, harmony and rhythm because it somewhat unnatural. "The Flight of the Bumble Bee" is an aberration in music, not a common composition-type. Speed will always be an athletic event and that includes genres of music based on speed where melody, harmony and rhythm are all but gone.
El Estepario is great fun to watch. He'll gain clones for sure. At least, people will try ;-)
Why do I write about him? Mostly because of the speed issue. I've written about it a lot because this whole aspect of playing fast, while it's entertaining, is not necessarily musical. Young people gravitate to speed. Cars, musical instruments, baseball pitchers to knife chefs at Japanese restaurants, people are generally impressed by speed.
El Estepario is someone who has certainly put in the time but, again, such speeds have as much to do with Fast Twitch muscles, A and B, as they do with practice, practice, practice, maybe more so. Speed is practice and genetics. Both are necessary and some people have the genetics and some do not. No matter how much they practice they may gain speed but, not the speed of people like Merlini, El Estepario, Ronald Bruner Jr., Gergo Borlai, Eric Moore, Tony Royster Jr., Chris Coleman and others that drop jaws wherever they perform. Previous generations of speedsters like Buddy Rich, Rufus Jones, Billy Cobham, Dennis Chambers and others held audiences spellbound. Dennis still can but, even he admits the speeds of his youth were just that and he cautions against young players being all about chops and speed. These players did and would all tell you speed is okay but, if you can't swing or drive a band, speed means nothing. It's a carnival act.
I have mentioned him before but, this young college student I saw on YT many years ago. I cannot find him now but, he is so fast his hands are just a true blur. People began to write negative comments on his channel that he was speeding up the videos. Apparently El Estepario is getting the same. Why do people go there? Precisely because what they are beholding is not common. It's real but, it is not common. That should tell you something.
A fast pitcher can strike people out and get batters to just hit pop-up flies or ground balls. That is a result of competition; pitcher against batter. Drumming is not a competition despite "drum battles," and single-stroke roll competition/fastest drummer alive-stuff. Music is not a sport. Musicianship is not a sport.
I say it often because I believe it: finding you own voice at the instrument and being a musical player will always be more important to music than how fast you can move your hands and feet. If you can play the fastest Blast Beats ever seen or heard and can't play a groove to a song outside genres of Metal, where Blast Beats frequent the scene, you should hope your career in music never leaves Thrash Metal. If you are satisfied to "specialize" like that so be it. If not, keep speed in its lane. It never has been and never will be an integral part of music, melody, harmony and rhythm because it somewhat unnatural. "The Flight of the Bumble Bee" is an aberration in music, not a common composition-type. Speed will always be an athletic event and that includes genres of music based on speed where melody, harmony and rhythm are all but gone.
El Estepario is great fun to watch. He'll gain clones for sure. At least, people will try ;-)
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How Much Worse Can it Get, A.I.?
I have not used ChatGPT and have no desire to. I have seen what Midjourney and other A.I. art sites can do. Pretty amazing, if not mindblowing. But, if you ask A.I. to create a picture of child sex, child pornography, AI would obviously say, 'Sorry your query or prompt cannot be applied,' right? WRONG.
The world's sick, evil and wicked pedophiles on the dark web have found ways to have AI create child porn for them. Totally realistic looking. Totally disgusting. Authorities trying to track it all down are up against an Everest, if not a Mt. Olympus, Mar's record holder for the tallest mountain on the planets. It is an impossible task.
DARKNESS SHALL COVER THE EARTH, AND GROSS DARKNESS THE PEOPLE - Isaiah 60:2
www.wnd.com/2023/06/really-evil-child-porn-made-ai-creating-new-online-horror/
"The AI industry "has sparked an explosion of disturbingly lifelike images showing child sexual exploitation, fueling concerns among child-safety investigators that they will undermine efforts to find victims and combat real-world abuse," explained the Washington Post in a report."
When people say to me, "Ray, how can you possibly believe Jesus Christ is coming back to Earth? That's crazy."
I answer, because the Bible records Christ saying He will, and the world is becoming, has become, exactly as the prophecies said it would. And frankly, living in a world where sex trafficking is one of the largest industries on the planet leaves out all hope this world can get better. In that sense, it needs to end, does it not? Are you comfortable living with a race of beings that only care about killing, raping, and destroying? Humans and ants are the only creatures that fight each other, en masse. Nuclear conflict is actually on the table for some, too many lunatics in positions of influence and power.
Sex and human trafficking, drug trafficking, arms trafficking and now A.I. trafficking...are you kidding me? You don't believe Christ is coming back to end the world as we know it? Why not?
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
The world's sick, evil and wicked pedophiles on the dark web have found ways to have AI create child porn for them. Totally realistic looking. Totally disgusting. Authorities trying to track it all down are up against an Everest, if not a Mt. Olympus, Mar's record holder for the tallest mountain on the planets. It is an impossible task.
DARKNESS SHALL COVER THE EARTH, AND GROSS DARKNESS THE PEOPLE - Isaiah 60:2
www.wnd.com/2023/06/really-evil-child-porn-made-ai-creating-new-online-horror/
"The AI industry "has sparked an explosion of disturbingly lifelike images showing child sexual exploitation, fueling concerns among child-safety investigators that they will undermine efforts to find victims and combat real-world abuse," explained the Washington Post in a report."
When people say to me, "Ray, how can you possibly believe Jesus Christ is coming back to Earth? That's crazy."
I answer, because the Bible records Christ saying He will, and the world is becoming, has become, exactly as the prophecies said it would. And frankly, living in a world where sex trafficking is one of the largest industries on the planet leaves out all hope this world can get better. In that sense, it needs to end, does it not? Are you comfortable living with a race of beings that only care about killing, raping, and destroying? Humans and ants are the only creatures that fight each other, en masse. Nuclear conflict is actually on the table for some, too many lunatics in positions of influence and power.
Sex and human trafficking, drug trafficking, arms trafficking and now A.I. trafficking...are you kidding me? You don't believe Christ is coming back to end the world as we know it? Why not?
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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U.S. Senate Hearing on Transgenderism
I only have one, quick comment to make about the hearings.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlqwjnIDzck&t=1365s
The video of the proceedings is a little over two hours long. Five people sat to give testimony, including Riley Gaines, one of the nation's greatest competing female swimmers: the only person of the five standing up for women's rights.
My comment does not even address anything said by the people at that table or any Senators making comments or asking questions. My comment has to do with the very opening of the testimony period. Senator Dick Durbin asked the five to rise, raise their right hand and "swear the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God." All answered in the affirmative.
I was fully prepared to hear Durbin say, on or under penalty of purgury but, no. God was invoked.
My question is the white elephant in the room. What does God say about sex and gender? I mean, if you are going to tell the truth so help you God, should you not be concerned with truth as God defines and states it??? And where is that truth found? According to oaths and testimonies given in this nation for its entire history, that God and His truth is found in the Hebrew and Christian sacred Scriptures, the Bible. What does the Bible say about sex and gender. It says God made humans male and female. He made everything male and female. That's it. You may think as a male you are a female. You may think you are a male, even though you are a female but, creation is creation; every person born, unless an aberration, a mutation takes place, which is medical rarity if a female with a vagina is also born with a non-functioning pseudo-male genitalia. Science says, biology says, fact says male or female. We do not get to choose. And medical science cannot change that. Sperm and egg are what they are. A male is never going to produce eggs and a female is never going to produce sperm. The outside can change, can be changed. Surgery may produce pseudo-genitalia but, that is all cosmetic, not biologic. Why that angers and freaks people out just shows the mental instability of people going down this road of change.
The next obvious question. If God has decided this, what on Earth does the U.S. Senate have to do with anything? Well, so many people disregard God, confusion is everywhere and women, whom the entire late 19th and full 20th centuries fought for equality, are now told nobody really knows what a woman is! Men can compete with women, as women, including undressing in their locker rooms with women and using their bathrooms! This is not just confusing. This is sickness. It is mental illness and until recently, this kind of dysphoria was considered a mental illness and treated as such. If a man says I know I am a woman, then do we not know what a woman is? What is it? Then they fall apart. They cannot answer. How can you know what you are and not know what you are at the same time? That is the very definition of mental illness.
It gets worse. If you just suggest someone who is a male and thinks they are a female seeks God for help, people rise up and riot against the very God people are testifying before and will have responsibility and accountability before in the day of judgment!
Why ask people to stand before God, giving their testimony, if God is not part of their thought process in giving that testimony? If He is; if truth is linked to the God you will have to face if you lie, you have to know God's truth, don't you? Common sense. Just straight forward principle involved.
What a spectacle. America has become a melting pot of nonsense and absurdity.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlqwjnIDzck&t=1365s
The video of the proceedings is a little over two hours long. Five people sat to give testimony, including Riley Gaines, one of the nation's greatest competing female swimmers: the only person of the five standing up for women's rights.
My comment does not even address anything said by the people at that table or any Senators making comments or asking questions. My comment has to do with the very opening of the testimony period. Senator Dick Durbin asked the five to rise, raise their right hand and "swear the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God." All answered in the affirmative.
I was fully prepared to hear Durbin say, on or under penalty of purgury but, no. God was invoked.
My question is the white elephant in the room. What does God say about sex and gender? I mean, if you are going to tell the truth so help you God, should you not be concerned with truth as God defines and states it??? And where is that truth found? According to oaths and testimonies given in this nation for its entire history, that God and His truth is found in the Hebrew and Christian sacred Scriptures, the Bible. What does the Bible say about sex and gender. It says God made humans male and female. He made everything male and female. That's it. You may think as a male you are a female. You may think you are a male, even though you are a female but, creation is creation; every person born, unless an aberration, a mutation takes place, which is medical rarity if a female with a vagina is also born with a non-functioning pseudo-male genitalia. Science says, biology says, fact says male or female. We do not get to choose. And medical science cannot change that. Sperm and egg are what they are. A male is never going to produce eggs and a female is never going to produce sperm. The outside can change, can be changed. Surgery may produce pseudo-genitalia but, that is all cosmetic, not biologic. Why that angers and freaks people out just shows the mental instability of people going down this road of change.
The next obvious question. If God has decided this, what on Earth does the U.S. Senate have to do with anything? Well, so many people disregard God, confusion is everywhere and women, whom the entire late 19th and full 20th centuries fought for equality, are now told nobody really knows what a woman is! Men can compete with women, as women, including undressing in their locker rooms with women and using their bathrooms! This is not just confusing. This is sickness. It is mental illness and until recently, this kind of dysphoria was considered a mental illness and treated as such. If a man says I know I am a woman, then do we not know what a woman is? What is it? Then they fall apart. They cannot answer. How can you know what you are and not know what you are at the same time? That is the very definition of mental illness.
It gets worse. If you just suggest someone who is a male and thinks they are a female seeks God for help, people rise up and riot against the very God people are testifying before and will have responsibility and accountability before in the day of judgment!
Why ask people to stand before God, giving their testimony, if God is not part of their thought process in giving that testimony? If He is; if truth is linked to the God you will have to face if you lie, you have to know God's truth, don't you? Common sense. Just straight forward principle involved.
What a spectacle. America has become a melting pot of nonsense and absurdity.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Putin Warns the West... Again
Someone asked what I believe about the possibilities of nuclear war, some weeks ago. My answer was... it's in God's hands. No plans of man are fulfilled unless God allows it. It's as simple as that.
Vladimir Putin has given another speech with warnings for the West and NATO. I have stated before, after doing my own searching of the issues involved with Ukraine, Putin was asked to intervene, Zelenskyy refused to withdraw terrorism upon his Southeastern States, Putin decided to aid those states. War began. I side with Putin in his quest to remove literal Nazi criminals from Ukraine power.
This is America's war, make no mistake about that. American political puppets of global totalitarianism and the military industrial complex and world banksters are pushing this conflict to the destabilization of European and American economies and to the doorstep of nuclear conflict. Joe Biden is a mentally impaired human being that should not be anywhere near the Oval Office. The Biden administration, totally void of any type of negotiations or talks to end the conflict, are complicit in it and poking Putin to escalate. Putin will never back down.
From an article I'll link to -
"Putin clearly explains that if the West deploys F-16s from military bases outside of Ukraine, Russia will consider those military bases to be legitimate targets for annihilation, most likely using nuclear weapons.
"Yet launching nuclear weapons at European military bases would likely lead to European countries launching their own nuclear missiles aimed at Russia. As those are launched, Russia would almost certainly launch its entire nuclear arsenal at targets in Europe and the United States, resulting in the near-total nuclear annihilation of the West.
"Russia itself, meanwhile, has air defense systems that can bring down some portion of incoming ICBMs. In addition, Russia has nuclear fallout bunkers spread across its cities, allowing a high survival rate even if nuclear detonations occur. America, on the other hand, has virtually no nuclear preparedness and would be instantly plunged into anarchy and collapse in the aftermath of nuclear strikes.
"Additionally, thanks to stimulus money and the welfare state, the American masses are fat, lazy and stupid. In contrast, thanks to years of economic sanctions, the Russian people are adaptive, resilient and resourceful. Which population do you think will fare better in the aftermath of a nuclear exchange?
"On top of all this, Russia has its Poseidon nuclear-armed underwater drones parked off the coastlines of both the USA and Britain. With a single command, these drones will detonate 100 megaton nuclear warheads, unleashing a tidal wave of radioactive ocean water that inundates the coast and wipes out ports, cities and naval bases. There is no defense against that. None whatsoever. And America's most important cities, ports and naval bases are, of course, located near the East Coast."
www.newstarget.com/2023-06-21-nuclear-war-escalation-alert-urgent-interview-steve-quayle.html
The situation seems to grow more bleak by the day. What is the will of God? What will He allow? What prophetic destiny is in the making? I do not believe God will allow annihilation of continents in a nuclear exchange. If for no other reason, God is the One Who intends to judge the world's rebellion and sins and destroy it as took place with the Deluge 4,500 years ago. That is the final prophetic destiny for America and the world. It cannot be escaped. Mankind, at large, will not repent of its sins, will continue to rebel against God's law and judgment shall come. Of that there can be no doubt. Will a nuclear conflict break out? Putin absolutely does not want that. He has plainly and pointedly said there can be no winners in such a nuclear conflagration.
The angels continue to hold back the winds of strife. For how long? God knows.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Vladimir Putin has given another speech with warnings for the West and NATO. I have stated before, after doing my own searching of the issues involved with Ukraine, Putin was asked to intervene, Zelenskyy refused to withdraw terrorism upon his Southeastern States, Putin decided to aid those states. War began. I side with Putin in his quest to remove literal Nazi criminals from Ukraine power.
This is America's war, make no mistake about that. American political puppets of global totalitarianism and the military industrial complex and world banksters are pushing this conflict to the destabilization of European and American economies and to the doorstep of nuclear conflict. Joe Biden is a mentally impaired human being that should not be anywhere near the Oval Office. The Biden administration, totally void of any type of negotiations or talks to end the conflict, are complicit in it and poking Putin to escalate. Putin will never back down.
From an article I'll link to -
"Putin clearly explains that if the West deploys F-16s from military bases outside of Ukraine, Russia will consider those military bases to be legitimate targets for annihilation, most likely using nuclear weapons.
"Yet launching nuclear weapons at European military bases would likely lead to European countries launching their own nuclear missiles aimed at Russia. As those are launched, Russia would almost certainly launch its entire nuclear arsenal at targets in Europe and the United States, resulting in the near-total nuclear annihilation of the West.
"Russia itself, meanwhile, has air defense systems that can bring down some portion of incoming ICBMs. In addition, Russia has nuclear fallout bunkers spread across its cities, allowing a high survival rate even if nuclear detonations occur. America, on the other hand, has virtually no nuclear preparedness and would be instantly plunged into anarchy and collapse in the aftermath of nuclear strikes.
"Additionally, thanks to stimulus money and the welfare state, the American masses are fat, lazy and stupid. In contrast, thanks to years of economic sanctions, the Russian people are adaptive, resilient and resourceful. Which population do you think will fare better in the aftermath of a nuclear exchange?
"On top of all this, Russia has its Poseidon nuclear-armed underwater drones parked off the coastlines of both the USA and Britain. With a single command, these drones will detonate 100 megaton nuclear warheads, unleashing a tidal wave of radioactive ocean water that inundates the coast and wipes out ports, cities and naval bases. There is no defense against that. None whatsoever. And America's most important cities, ports and naval bases are, of course, located near the East Coast."
www.newstarget.com/2023-06-21-nuclear-war-escalation-alert-urgent-interview-steve-quayle.html
The situation seems to grow more bleak by the day. What is the will of God? What will He allow? What prophetic destiny is in the making? I do not believe God will allow annihilation of continents in a nuclear exchange. If for no other reason, God is the One Who intends to judge the world's rebellion and sins and destroy it as took place with the Deluge 4,500 years ago. That is the final prophetic destiny for America and the world. It cannot be escaped. Mankind, at large, will not repent of its sins, will continue to rebel against God's law and judgment shall come. Of that there can be no doubt. Will a nuclear conflict break out? Putin absolutely does not want that. He has plainly and pointedly said there can be no winners in such a nuclear conflagration.
The angels continue to hold back the winds of strife. For how long? God knows.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Nanotechnology and Transhumanism
What makes the difference between conspiracy theory and conspiracy fact? Having written plenty of posts about this subject, if you come here often enough you have seen the differences are based on verifiable documentation. Conspiracy theory is based on opinions, possibilities, hypotheses, anecdotal evidence, etc. Conspiracy fact is based on showing a paper trail, a media trail, a money trail, a pile of information showing the theory enters fact territory.
Karen Kingston has been a formidable champion of conspiracy fact, who became known because of her background in medical technology research. She has spoken around the world showing audiences, whether live or taped, the documentation she has found to make her claims jump from conspiracy theories: opinions of various players working together for nefarious ends, to conspiracy fact; naming names, showing the evidence; and truly humanity owes her a great debt of thanks for the work she has put into all things Covid for the last three and a half years and nothing stops her from venturing into other subjects her research shows is connected. Another such person of indefatigable research energy is Dr. David Martin. Others exist, now, as well. An army of researchers and investigators now exists to expose everything being done to bring about an actual Orwellian "1984" world.
I have also written posts about the nanotechnology movement and transhumanism agenda and in this interview with Stew Peters, Kingston shows the truth, the facts of the coupled, connected entrance of these three subjects upon the entire human race.
It is so easy for the multi-national corporation media cabal to use puppet voices to claim "conspiracy theory" upon anything that may cause them too much exposure. Wikipedia may be the largest purveyor of the term used upon any and all people rising up against obvious and hidden corporate agendas for control. To be sure, much conspiracy theory exists. That cannot be denied. Conspiracy fact also exists, and Karen Kingston brings it.
rumble.com/v2vsp4i-transhumanism-threatens-humanity-mrna-bioweapon-merges-human-biology-with-d.html
They put the documentation on the screen for people to hit pause and read for themselves. Conspiracy fact.
May God help us.
Karen Kingston has been a formidable champion of conspiracy fact, who became known because of her background in medical technology research. She has spoken around the world showing audiences, whether live or taped, the documentation she has found to make her claims jump from conspiracy theories: opinions of various players working together for nefarious ends, to conspiracy fact; naming names, showing the evidence; and truly humanity owes her a great debt of thanks for the work she has put into all things Covid for the last three and a half years and nothing stops her from venturing into other subjects her research shows is connected. Another such person of indefatigable research energy is Dr. David Martin. Others exist, now, as well. An army of researchers and investigators now exists to expose everything being done to bring about an actual Orwellian "1984" world.
I have also written posts about the nanotechnology movement and transhumanism agenda and in this interview with Stew Peters, Kingston shows the truth, the facts of the coupled, connected entrance of these three subjects upon the entire human race.
It is so easy for the multi-national corporation media cabal to use puppet voices to claim "conspiracy theory" upon anything that may cause them too much exposure. Wikipedia may be the largest purveyor of the term used upon any and all people rising up against obvious and hidden corporate agendas for control. To be sure, much conspiracy theory exists. That cannot be denied. Conspiracy fact also exists, and Karen Kingston brings it.
rumble.com/v2vsp4i-transhumanism-threatens-humanity-mrna-bioweapon-merges-human-biology-with-d.html
They put the documentation on the screen for people to hit pause and read for themselves. Conspiracy fact.
May God help us.
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796. Can A.I. be God? - June 24, 2023
I have watched the ascent of A.I. over the last few years and have posted things here about that rise. I have seen it all as inevitable, while many in Christianity have said not to be concerned about it because... and each "because" has fallen by the wayside.
Remember this point, which seems completely reasonable to my mind, anyway, which is why I stated it. We already live in a world with all kinds of things that are artificial, from flowers to food. Artificial Intelligence never has to become totally sentient to run the planet. Artificial love is such a draw there is a waiting list, with 3000 people on it to date, to talk to an A.I. "girlfriend." It is zero stretch of imagination that men and women will "marry" A.I. partners of someone else' or their own design. When robots get to the point of functional reality, those numbers will exponentially explode.
Artificial caring, in a world prophetically said by Jesus to be growing callous and cold, Matt. 24:12, just makes sense: to have a "mind" communicating with you that "cares" about you when you feel no one else does? Ca-ching, ca-ching, ca-ching! Do not wonder why the A.I. research and development world will never cease its march to sentience. Not with the kind of pot of gold at the end of the tech rainbow beckoning them to fruition of the goal.
So, in the last couple of weeks stories have arisen about things I have said would happen. An A.I. church service. Not a preacher reading an A.I. sermon. I already linked to a story about that. No, this was an entire service run by an A.I., in Germany. I posted about the Church of A.I. a couple years ago, a story about a guy who began that church and said the whole world would end up worshiping that deity.
Then Rick Beato, popular YouTube guy commenting on all things music, gave his assessment of A.I. in the music industry: it's going to take over. I said that years ago.
Then a story about an A.I. "Jesus" multitudes of young people are flocking to, to ask it questions about religion. The fast food world that people live in make it almost impossible for people to patiently read and search a Bible themselves, with the tech tools now available, to find answers to their questions; let alone just talk to someone who has a practical, working connection with the Word of God. Why talk to a clergyman of some kind when you can just go online and do it to an artificial face with artificial intelligence, that has been programmed with the text from every version of the Bible known to man? It has more information in its database than 100,000 preachers can amass in a lifetime.
One guy (Nick Jones), even asked an A.I. about the second coming of Christ and got answers about the role of A.I. in last-day deceptions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABHz5oZx-WA
I only watched the opening few minutes of the half hour video so, watch at your own risk, when it comes to commentary of last-day events. The majority of commentators today are Futurists and are leading people astray, unknowingly pumping Roman Catholic Jesuit/apostate Protestant theology upon their flocks. I don't know what Jones' theology is but, my point is just how A.I. is ubiquitous enough already, and we are in the infancy days of this pernicious abuse of reality. Jones was obviously surprised at the A.I. responses to his questions.
Opinions vary on the nature of the influence A.I. will ultimately have on civilization. We would be naive to think or believe the darkest minds on the planet are not planning to use A.I. to control it. The darkest mind of all, the father of lies, has used modern entertainment to literally destroy the critical thinking levels of billions of people. They are incapable of using common sense, let alone critical thinking skills, to weed their way through the miasma of junk out there to come to sensible conclusions about life and its purpose. Using A.I. will become taking candy from a baby for Lucifer. His plans have conceived technology for a long time. After all, controlling the buying and selling of a world populace, Rev. 13:15-18, obviously entails control of technology of some kind; which infrastructure is now in place. Voices are out there saying all humans should be placed into a data base: chipped, watched, all money controlled, all decisions known. A.I. shall be God.
I would say to A.I., good luck with that. God already exists, and He's coming back to prove who's in charge. It will not be Artificial Intelligence.
Needless to say, the Bible is silent about A.I. No such thing could have existed in biblical times, nor for all time leading up to now. This is an age of advancement containing more information than all previous history combined. The Bible did predict that, though -
Daniel 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
That reference to knowledge is not just about knowledge of Daniel's prophecies. Knowledge has been increased exponentially every decade, every five years and now every year. In some cases, every month knowledge is doubling on some fronts. Would that it were knowledge of God.
Deception is too often seen by religious people as something having to do with human preachers. It was never thought, until the 19th century, machines could end up deceiving and controlling humanity. While the printing press began the exponential rise of the knowledge of the Word of God in civilization, the industrial revolution began the exponential increase of general knowledge which has greatly outpaced the spiritual revolutions and revivals that have taken place. A.I. is the culmination of the rise of human intelligence to the place it has created something that can outthink it on a margin of a billion to one. The time has arrived where just one A.I. brain can outthink the entire human race. Sentience will put A.I. in a position to figure out every move mankind could make to truncate it's control. We shall actually live in a real "Colossus; The Forbin Project" world in due time. More than likely, I will not be alive to see it. On the other hand, the increase of knowledge increases the speed of the hands on the clock. Maybe I will live to see it. I honestly hope I do not. If the Almighty wants me around, I will be.
Each day I reconvince myself Christ is coming by just reading headlines. I have studied the prophecies. Have read pertinent history. I have watched strange, marvelous and dangerous developments. Those of God's children in this world who have done this, see the reality of what is coming. And by reality, we mean the application of truth and error to this dying world. The battle between good and evil is a battle between truth and error, facts and lies.
God has reduced it all to just two sides - sheep and goats; His people and those against Him. The obedient, the disobedient.
Rev 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Rev 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Different translations give slightly different renderings of the Greek. Notice some of those differences -
Rev 22:11 The one acting unjustly, let him still act unjustly; and the filthy, let him still be filthy; and the righteous, let him still do righteousness; and the holy, let him still be holy.
Rev 22:12 And, behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to each as his work is. LITV
Rev 22:11 he who is unrighteous—let him be unrighteous still, and he who is filthy—let him be filthy still, and he who is righteous—let him be declared righteous still, and he who is sanctified—let him be sanctified still:
Rev 22:12 And lo, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to render to each as his work shall be; YLT
Rev. 22:11 Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.” NIV
Rev 22:11 He that hurteth, let him hurt still: and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is just, let him be justified still: and he that is holy, let him be sanctified still. DRB
Rev 22:11 Let whoever is doing ·evil [wrong; harm] continue to do evil [wrong; harm; Dan. 12:10]. Let whoever is ·unclean [vile; impure; filthy] continue to be ·unclean [vile; impure; filthy]. Let whoever is ·doing right [righteous; just] continue to do ·right [righteousness; justice]. Let whoever is holy continue to be holy.” EBT
There are dozens of different translations out there. Most will state things the same way and others will show slight variations of the Hebrew or Greek. Some are not translations, at all: they show concepts and ideas from the original language, and even more are translated erroneously to forward an agenda. It's called Babylon for a reason. How to be able to tell the difference? By connecting with God through choice and surrender and being born-again, influenced and guided by the Holy Spirit; studying the book, itself. God does not leave anyone confused who wants the truth. Truth is the point.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Christ is the truth. He did not just teach it, He is it.
John 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no way cast out.
There is His promise to all, everyone; no time limit, before the close of human probation. No names excluded. No life so wicked. No life so lost. If you go to Jesus just as you are, He will not cast you out. He will receive you and begin a work in you that He can finish and will, and take you into eternity to be with Him and the redeemed of all ages, forever. What do you do? Cooperate with Him. Grow in truth. Grow in grace. Grow in wisdom. Grow into Christlikeness; having the character of Christ, living in you, to will and to do of His good pleasure, by His faith, His love, His power, His all in all.
Yes, A.I. is a seriously ridiculous imposture.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Remember this point, which seems completely reasonable to my mind, anyway, which is why I stated it. We already live in a world with all kinds of things that are artificial, from flowers to food. Artificial Intelligence never has to become totally sentient to run the planet. Artificial love is such a draw there is a waiting list, with 3000 people on it to date, to talk to an A.I. "girlfriend." It is zero stretch of imagination that men and women will "marry" A.I. partners of someone else' or their own design. When robots get to the point of functional reality, those numbers will exponentially explode.
Artificial caring, in a world prophetically said by Jesus to be growing callous and cold, Matt. 24:12, just makes sense: to have a "mind" communicating with you that "cares" about you when you feel no one else does? Ca-ching, ca-ching, ca-ching! Do not wonder why the A.I. research and development world will never cease its march to sentience. Not with the kind of pot of gold at the end of the tech rainbow beckoning them to fruition of the goal.
So, in the last couple of weeks stories have arisen about things I have said would happen. An A.I. church service. Not a preacher reading an A.I. sermon. I already linked to a story about that. No, this was an entire service run by an A.I., in Germany. I posted about the Church of A.I. a couple years ago, a story about a guy who began that church and said the whole world would end up worshiping that deity.
Then Rick Beato, popular YouTube guy commenting on all things music, gave his assessment of A.I. in the music industry: it's going to take over. I said that years ago.
Then a story about an A.I. "Jesus" multitudes of young people are flocking to, to ask it questions about religion. The fast food world that people live in make it almost impossible for people to patiently read and search a Bible themselves, with the tech tools now available, to find answers to their questions; let alone just talk to someone who has a practical, working connection with the Word of God. Why talk to a clergyman of some kind when you can just go online and do it to an artificial face with artificial intelligence, that has been programmed with the text from every version of the Bible known to man? It has more information in its database than 100,000 preachers can amass in a lifetime.
One guy (Nick Jones), even asked an A.I. about the second coming of Christ and got answers about the role of A.I. in last-day deceptions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABHz5oZx-WA
I only watched the opening few minutes of the half hour video so, watch at your own risk, when it comes to commentary of last-day events. The majority of commentators today are Futurists and are leading people astray, unknowingly pumping Roman Catholic Jesuit/apostate Protestant theology upon their flocks. I don't know what Jones' theology is but, my point is just how A.I. is ubiquitous enough already, and we are in the infancy days of this pernicious abuse of reality. Jones was obviously surprised at the A.I. responses to his questions.
Opinions vary on the nature of the influence A.I. will ultimately have on civilization. We would be naive to think or believe the darkest minds on the planet are not planning to use A.I. to control it. The darkest mind of all, the father of lies, has used modern entertainment to literally destroy the critical thinking levels of billions of people. They are incapable of using common sense, let alone critical thinking skills, to weed their way through the miasma of junk out there to come to sensible conclusions about life and its purpose. Using A.I. will become taking candy from a baby for Lucifer. His plans have conceived technology for a long time. After all, controlling the buying and selling of a world populace, Rev. 13:15-18, obviously entails control of technology of some kind; which infrastructure is now in place. Voices are out there saying all humans should be placed into a data base: chipped, watched, all money controlled, all decisions known. A.I. shall be God.
I would say to A.I., good luck with that. God already exists, and He's coming back to prove who's in charge. It will not be Artificial Intelligence.
Needless to say, the Bible is silent about A.I. No such thing could have existed in biblical times, nor for all time leading up to now. This is an age of advancement containing more information than all previous history combined. The Bible did predict that, though -
Daniel 12:4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
That reference to knowledge is not just about knowledge of Daniel's prophecies. Knowledge has been increased exponentially every decade, every five years and now every year. In some cases, every month knowledge is doubling on some fronts. Would that it were knowledge of God.
Deception is too often seen by religious people as something having to do with human preachers. It was never thought, until the 19th century, machines could end up deceiving and controlling humanity. While the printing press began the exponential rise of the knowledge of the Word of God in civilization, the industrial revolution began the exponential increase of general knowledge which has greatly outpaced the spiritual revolutions and revivals that have taken place. A.I. is the culmination of the rise of human intelligence to the place it has created something that can outthink it on a margin of a billion to one. The time has arrived where just one A.I. brain can outthink the entire human race. Sentience will put A.I. in a position to figure out every move mankind could make to truncate it's control. We shall actually live in a real "Colossus; The Forbin Project" world in due time. More than likely, I will not be alive to see it. On the other hand, the increase of knowledge increases the speed of the hands on the clock. Maybe I will live to see it. I honestly hope I do not. If the Almighty wants me around, I will be.
Each day I reconvince myself Christ is coming by just reading headlines. I have studied the prophecies. Have read pertinent history. I have watched strange, marvelous and dangerous developments. Those of God's children in this world who have done this, see the reality of what is coming. And by reality, we mean the application of truth and error to this dying world. The battle between good and evil is a battle between truth and error, facts and lies.
God has reduced it all to just two sides - sheep and goats; His people and those against Him. The obedient, the disobedient.
Rev 22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
Rev 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Different translations give slightly different renderings of the Greek. Notice some of those differences -
Rev 22:11 The one acting unjustly, let him still act unjustly; and the filthy, let him still be filthy; and the righteous, let him still do righteousness; and the holy, let him still be holy.
Rev 22:12 And, behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to each as his work is. LITV
Rev 22:11 he who is unrighteous—let him be unrighteous still, and he who is filthy—let him be filthy still, and he who is righteous—let him be declared righteous still, and he who is sanctified—let him be sanctified still:
Rev 22:12 And lo, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to render to each as his work shall be; YLT
Rev. 22:11 Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.” NIV
Rev 22:11 He that hurteth, let him hurt still: and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is just, let him be justified still: and he that is holy, let him be sanctified still. DRB
Rev 22:11 Let whoever is doing ·evil [wrong; harm] continue to do evil [wrong; harm; Dan. 12:10]. Let whoever is ·unclean [vile; impure; filthy] continue to be ·unclean [vile; impure; filthy]. Let whoever is ·doing right [righteous; just] continue to do ·right [righteousness; justice]. Let whoever is holy continue to be holy.” EBT
There are dozens of different translations out there. Most will state things the same way and others will show slight variations of the Hebrew or Greek. Some are not translations, at all: they show concepts and ideas from the original language, and even more are translated erroneously to forward an agenda. It's called Babylon for a reason. How to be able to tell the difference? By connecting with God through choice and surrender and being born-again, influenced and guided by the Holy Spirit; studying the book, itself. God does not leave anyone confused who wants the truth. Truth is the point.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Christ is the truth. He did not just teach it, He is it.
John 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no way cast out.
There is His promise to all, everyone; no time limit, before the close of human probation. No names excluded. No life so wicked. No life so lost. If you go to Jesus just as you are, He will not cast you out. He will receive you and begin a work in you that He can finish and will, and take you into eternity to be with Him and the redeemed of all ages, forever. What do you do? Cooperate with Him. Grow in truth. Grow in grace. Grow in wisdom. Grow into Christlikeness; having the character of Christ, living in you, to will and to do of His good pleasure, by His faith, His love, His power, His all in all.
Yes, A.I. is a seriously ridiculous imposture.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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797. Qualifying Remarks Again -6/24/23
Rev 22:7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
Rev 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Those statements were written by the apostle John at the close of the first century. Nineteen hundred years have gone by. Jesus has not returned. Quickly did not happen. And, according to time prophecies given in Daniel, and elsewhere in Revelation, "quickly" was not meant to mean daily time as we live it but, the necessity of awareness, diligence, focus and determination of time to always keep in mind.
In the 19th century huge prophetic events were taking place. The time came and went.
"Soon" will someday mean immediately, at the door and quickly as we normally think of quick. When?
I have believed that "soon" was SOON at various times in the last 44 years of my Christian experience. Major events were happening. We are still here. Soon is, could be soon but, also not yet. What drives this dichotomy?
I see things happening, now, today, this past decade that pump up the soon balloon. At the same time, we see things happening that show a particular element of shrinkage in professed Christian society and communities. I just read an article stating many Christian churches are folding and being turned into bars and clubs in Europe and America. At the same time, as important as America is to last-day events, Christianity is moving fastest in underground China and stories out of Iran are exploding. We read things are happening on college campuses among the young. Whether or not these events instill true revival remains to be seen.
I continually state my belief the end of all things is at hand and at the same time realize the fact that things can easily go belly up and time will drag on for years, even decades. That is the reality. Christians are not to follow events as much as move events into place with their lives drawing ever closer to Christ. Satan has no reason to pick up the pace of his deceptions when multitudes are in his back pocket.
I have seen the homosexual agenda and movement as the biggest sign of the times Christ is coming soon. Sodom and Gomorrah were signs of the times given to us to know when the end was coming. At the same time, movements seem to be rising up that people have grown sick and tired of the LGBTQ+ agendas and their screaming, moaning, protesting and haranguing anyone who speaks out against them. Recent polls show the numbers supporting L-Q are dropping by significant amounts and recent events at schools with kids walking out and tearing down signs for "pride" month seem to be harbingers of backlash, long overdue, quite frankly.
Yogi Bera's famous - "It ain't over, till it's over" - was and is a true statement. All the daters have been proven wrong time and time again and using faulty methods of interpreting Bible prophecy just messes up all their calendars over and over and you would think they would wise-up to it but, new dates constantly arise.
Christ said no one will know the day or the hour of His return. Trying to get around that is like a mouse walking around a mountain. The time of fulfillment is not going to happen. It would take a mouse a lifetime to wind its way around and up a mountain. It's unlikely it would make it to the top. So it is with those who create time elements with current events.
I remain convinced everything regarding last-day events could explode. I also remain convinced the human race can drag on for many years because of a church that remains too awash in the current culture to have any serious influence upon the world. Lukewarmness abounds, as Revelation 3 attests to, for the last body of believers at the end of time. Until a true, serious, explosive revival hits and stays, generations could come and go for awhile.
That said, remember the funnel with the coin in it. The coin never stops. It keeps rolling downward, faster and faster, until it sinks through the hole. Christ will come. The end of the world as we know it will come. It's up to us to make it happen -
2Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
2Pe 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
2Pe 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
2Pe 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
2Pe 3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
2Pe 3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
2Pe 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
2Pe 3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
2Pe 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
There is no pie in the sky, la dee da Christianity. There is no secret rapture. There is nothing secret in what Peter describes above that will take place when Christ returns. There is no 'once saved, always saved,' 'eternal security' doctrine found in true Christianity. Anyone can fall away, led away by error.
If all that existed was truth from God, how simple things would be. Unfortunately, prophetic Babylon, confusion exists, through false doctrines and traditions that muddy the water; that fog the ground and pollute the atmosphere of righteous teaching. It's a real, literal war. We are all engaged, whether we like it or not. God has provided armor and a weapon of warfare that cannot fail. Whether we wear the armor of God and use the Sword of the Spirit is up to us. God is not forcing anyone through the gates. He wants all to come to repentance, which does away with the errors of Calvinism and God choosing people to be saved and others to be lost. That is a heinous character assassination upon the Father and Son. I'll speak out against it till I die or Christ comes, whichever comes first.
This is not rocket science, my friends. This is just allowing the Bible to interpret itself; line by line, precept by precept, here a little, there a little.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus. Send the final revival and finish the work you want them to do. Amen and amen.
Rev 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
Those statements were written by the apostle John at the close of the first century. Nineteen hundred years have gone by. Jesus has not returned. Quickly did not happen. And, according to time prophecies given in Daniel, and elsewhere in Revelation, "quickly" was not meant to mean daily time as we live it but, the necessity of awareness, diligence, focus and determination of time to always keep in mind.
In the 19th century huge prophetic events were taking place. The time came and went.
"Soon" will someday mean immediately, at the door and quickly as we normally think of quick. When?
I have believed that "soon" was SOON at various times in the last 44 years of my Christian experience. Major events were happening. We are still here. Soon is, could be soon but, also not yet. What drives this dichotomy?
I see things happening, now, today, this past decade that pump up the soon balloon. At the same time, we see things happening that show a particular element of shrinkage in professed Christian society and communities. I just read an article stating many Christian churches are folding and being turned into bars and clubs in Europe and America. At the same time, as important as America is to last-day events, Christianity is moving fastest in underground China and stories out of Iran are exploding. We read things are happening on college campuses among the young. Whether or not these events instill true revival remains to be seen.
I continually state my belief the end of all things is at hand and at the same time realize the fact that things can easily go belly up and time will drag on for years, even decades. That is the reality. Christians are not to follow events as much as move events into place with their lives drawing ever closer to Christ. Satan has no reason to pick up the pace of his deceptions when multitudes are in his back pocket.
I have seen the homosexual agenda and movement as the biggest sign of the times Christ is coming soon. Sodom and Gomorrah were signs of the times given to us to know when the end was coming. At the same time, movements seem to be rising up that people have grown sick and tired of the LGBTQ+ agendas and their screaming, moaning, protesting and haranguing anyone who speaks out against them. Recent polls show the numbers supporting L-Q are dropping by significant amounts and recent events at schools with kids walking out and tearing down signs for "pride" month seem to be harbingers of backlash, long overdue, quite frankly.
Yogi Bera's famous - "It ain't over, till it's over" - was and is a true statement. All the daters have been proven wrong time and time again and using faulty methods of interpreting Bible prophecy just messes up all their calendars over and over and you would think they would wise-up to it but, new dates constantly arise.
Christ said no one will know the day or the hour of His return. Trying to get around that is like a mouse walking around a mountain. The time of fulfillment is not going to happen. It would take a mouse a lifetime to wind its way around and up a mountain. It's unlikely it would make it to the top. So it is with those who create time elements with current events.
I remain convinced everything regarding last-day events could explode. I also remain convinced the human race can drag on for many years because of a church that remains too awash in the current culture to have any serious influence upon the world. Lukewarmness abounds, as Revelation 3 attests to, for the last body of believers at the end of time. Until a true, serious, explosive revival hits and stays, generations could come and go for awhile.
That said, remember the funnel with the coin in it. The coin never stops. It keeps rolling downward, faster and faster, until it sinks through the hole. Christ will come. The end of the world as we know it will come. It's up to us to make it happen -
2Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
2Pe 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
2Pe 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
2Pe 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
2Pe 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
2Pe 3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
2Pe 3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
2Pe 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
2Pe 3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
2Pe 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
There is no pie in the sky, la dee da Christianity. There is no secret rapture. There is nothing secret in what Peter describes above that will take place when Christ returns. There is no 'once saved, always saved,' 'eternal security' doctrine found in true Christianity. Anyone can fall away, led away by error.
If all that existed was truth from God, how simple things would be. Unfortunately, prophetic Babylon, confusion exists, through false doctrines and traditions that muddy the water; that fog the ground and pollute the atmosphere of righteous teaching. It's a real, literal war. We are all engaged, whether we like it or not. God has provided armor and a weapon of warfare that cannot fail. Whether we wear the armor of God and use the Sword of the Spirit is up to us. God is not forcing anyone through the gates. He wants all to come to repentance, which does away with the errors of Calvinism and God choosing people to be saved and others to be lost. That is a heinous character assassination upon the Father and Son. I'll speak out against it till I die or Christ comes, whichever comes first.
This is not rocket science, my friends. This is just allowing the Bible to interpret itself; line by line, precept by precept, here a little, there a little.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus. Send the final revival and finish the work you want them to do. Amen and amen.
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798. What do You Want Me to Call You? - 6/25/23
A man in New Zealand has been found guilty of the crime of not calling someone by their chosen name and pronouns. He believes to do so would be against his religious faith.
harbingersdaily.com/biblical-worldview-described-as-unrealistic-hysteria-by-nz-tribunal/
Notice the findings of the Tribunal deciding the Teachers fate and a comment from the article author -
· The balance of the arguments put forward by Mr Teacher are deeply anchored in his ingrained belief in Christianity. The arguments referencing the risk of homosexuality and abortion [being sinful and against God’s design] may well be welcome and normal within the context of Mr Teacher’s private life and views. However, they are disgraceful when used in the present context.
· The balance of Mr Teacher’s arguments [being a lengthy statement in which he quotes Scripture and exposes Satan’s agenda] are borne from unrealistic hysteria and we need not go into them further.
"After belittling Mr Teacher’s Christian beliefs, his teaching registration was cancelled because of “serious misconduct” – a fate usually reserved for child abusers, alcoholics, paedophiles and drug dealers. The Tribunal openly considered if they should pursue a path of rehabilitation but decided that because of Mr Teacher’s faith and likelihood of repeating the same behaviour, he was beyond rehabilitation. In only five words, it is plainly revealed what the reprobate mind thinks of God’s truth: disgraceful; unrealistic hysteria, beyond rehabilitation. We would expect such words from a Communist dictator – not from a Tribunal in a free society!"
I could sit here and write that people who believe they can twist the history of the human race, language and genders into knots, are mentally unstable individuals, that are completely self-centered and narcissistic, and pretty much believe that. Those in positions of authority and power who side with these same individuals, to the criminalization of those who disagree with their instability, are abusers and usurpers turning human civilization upside down, and I could believe that, as well.
In reality, much to the probable dismay of professed Christians taking stands against this Orwellian dumpster fire of human mutilation, I say, you tell me what you want me to call you and it is fine with me. I do not care. Simple as that. If you are a man who sees yourself as a woman and you are Mike and want me to call you Michelle, so be it. I will see you as foolish, sad and mentally warped but, it is no skin off my nose and I see nothing in the Bible that prevents me, to the dismantling of my faith, calling you Mickey Mouse, Wonder Woman, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Barack Obama, George Bush, Porky Pig, Miss Piggy, or whatever, whoever else you claim to identify with.
In our society we have human beings walking around looking like billboards or artist canvas, tattooed head to toe and people think nothing of it, as though turning yourself into a walking comic book is normal behavior. People pay these skin artists a lot of money to do this to themselves. The tattoo artist may even get their own television program. Been that way for many years. At one time, sailors and soldiers got tattoos. Before that pagans and people in secret societies got them. Today, all ages, all walks of society get them and it's no big deal, even though the Bible says plainly not to mark yourself. Can any show me the place where the Bible says not to call a male a typically female name? What about naming children after planets and moons and cities and states and animals? Is that okay? Apparently so but, if someone wants to be called something that is from the opposite gender, Christians freak out as though they would be committing a sin. What sin?
What about names like Carol, that take in both genders? Oh, well, that's different. That's an accepted name. It's accepted because we accept it, that's all. Since world war 2, find me the number of children named Adolf. Is there anything wrong with the name? No. It just comes with historic memory people choose not to bring forth. How many children have you met named Judas?
God made humans in His image and likeness and created them male and female. What you do with that is on you; just like doing drugs, getting high, being promiscuous, hot headed, violent or deceptive. It's not on me if you want to mutilate yourself and change your name. Men who call themselves women and look like men are ridiculous. They look ridiculous. Especially men who act and speak effeminately, like women, with beards. That used to be seen as a carnival act, a freak show. When did humanity change into a freak show thinking it is no longer a show?
Names used to mean something. They were part of languages that portrayed things in nature or some kind of character trait, like Grace or Rocky does today. We look into the etymology of names to see the history behind them. My last name, in French, Frigon, has a history of being a crop farmer, particularly a strawberry farmer. Names had meaning. Today, many are just syllables and sounds people like.
I honestly cannot consider you the opposite sex you naturally are but, I will call you whatever you want. There are people out there who identify as snakes and other reptiles; lions, tigers and other cats; wolves, birds, you name it and they get permanent tattoos and have dentists change their teeth and we innately know something is wrong in the minds of these people. Nobody has to be told. Humans are not wild animals by design. They may become or act like wild animals. Prisons house them because of crimes they commit in fits of rage like wild beasts but, humans are humans and they are male and female humans at birth, through biology, by design. If you want to go against God's design, that is on you, not those of us who see absolutely no truth or reality in such a decision.
A child wants to be president, an astronaut, a pro athlete. Parents say go for it, even though the chances of that happening are very, very small. If a boy says he wants to have a baby, that is not happening. The chances are zero. Parents are just off the wall of reality to lead or push a child in such a direction.
In some states, if you want a divorce you can have one but, the state laws say six months or a year must transpire before it is granted to you, in case people change their minds and reconciliation takes place, and nobody challenges that. People accept that. Create a law that says doctors cannot mutilate children and people go ballistic, claiming the state is harming the children!!! These people are mentally ill. You are warped if you believe children should be mutilated before they are old enough to make an informed decision, and even then, allowing doctors to mutilate people through a choice universally once considered mental unsoundness, can only lead civilization to incivil, immoral behavior; as in allowing men to compete against women in women's sports and allowing them to change in women's locker rooms and use women's bathrooms.
The very best you can do is claim I am old fashioned because I side with all of human history on this. You cannot say I am scientifically wrong. And throwing modern psychology at me is just BB's off a battleship because it has now become obvious to the entire reasoning, thinking human race the medical community, wrapped up in Covid lies and lecherous protocols, is more a political agenda, an activist cabal; the same as activist judges making decisions on the basis of political agenda.
I'll call you whatever you want. I will still think whatever I want. I am willing to face God some day with the principles I hold clear. Are people willing to challenge the sovereignty of God's design and order and authority willing to do the same? Someday we shall all face our Creator and Judge. So be it.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
harbingersdaily.com/biblical-worldview-described-as-unrealistic-hysteria-by-nz-tribunal/
Notice the findings of the Tribunal deciding the Teachers fate and a comment from the article author -
· The balance of the arguments put forward by Mr Teacher are deeply anchored in his ingrained belief in Christianity. The arguments referencing the risk of homosexuality and abortion [being sinful and against God’s design] may well be welcome and normal within the context of Mr Teacher’s private life and views. However, they are disgraceful when used in the present context.
· The balance of Mr Teacher’s arguments [being a lengthy statement in which he quotes Scripture and exposes Satan’s agenda] are borne from unrealistic hysteria and we need not go into them further.
"After belittling Mr Teacher’s Christian beliefs, his teaching registration was cancelled because of “serious misconduct” – a fate usually reserved for child abusers, alcoholics, paedophiles and drug dealers. The Tribunal openly considered if they should pursue a path of rehabilitation but decided that because of Mr Teacher’s faith and likelihood of repeating the same behaviour, he was beyond rehabilitation. In only five words, it is plainly revealed what the reprobate mind thinks of God’s truth: disgraceful; unrealistic hysteria, beyond rehabilitation. We would expect such words from a Communist dictator – not from a Tribunal in a free society!"
I could sit here and write that people who believe they can twist the history of the human race, language and genders into knots, are mentally unstable individuals, that are completely self-centered and narcissistic, and pretty much believe that. Those in positions of authority and power who side with these same individuals, to the criminalization of those who disagree with their instability, are abusers and usurpers turning human civilization upside down, and I could believe that, as well.
In reality, much to the probable dismay of professed Christians taking stands against this Orwellian dumpster fire of human mutilation, I say, you tell me what you want me to call you and it is fine with me. I do not care. Simple as that. If you are a man who sees yourself as a woman and you are Mike and want me to call you Michelle, so be it. I will see you as foolish, sad and mentally warped but, it is no skin off my nose and I see nothing in the Bible that prevents me, to the dismantling of my faith, calling you Mickey Mouse, Wonder Woman, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Barack Obama, George Bush, Porky Pig, Miss Piggy, or whatever, whoever else you claim to identify with.
In our society we have human beings walking around looking like billboards or artist canvas, tattooed head to toe and people think nothing of it, as though turning yourself into a walking comic book is normal behavior. People pay these skin artists a lot of money to do this to themselves. The tattoo artist may even get their own television program. Been that way for many years. At one time, sailors and soldiers got tattoos. Before that pagans and people in secret societies got them. Today, all ages, all walks of society get them and it's no big deal, even though the Bible says plainly not to mark yourself. Can any show me the place where the Bible says not to call a male a typically female name? What about naming children after planets and moons and cities and states and animals? Is that okay? Apparently so but, if someone wants to be called something that is from the opposite gender, Christians freak out as though they would be committing a sin. What sin?
What about names like Carol, that take in both genders? Oh, well, that's different. That's an accepted name. It's accepted because we accept it, that's all. Since world war 2, find me the number of children named Adolf. Is there anything wrong with the name? No. It just comes with historic memory people choose not to bring forth. How many children have you met named Judas?
God made humans in His image and likeness and created them male and female. What you do with that is on you; just like doing drugs, getting high, being promiscuous, hot headed, violent or deceptive. It's not on me if you want to mutilate yourself and change your name. Men who call themselves women and look like men are ridiculous. They look ridiculous. Especially men who act and speak effeminately, like women, with beards. That used to be seen as a carnival act, a freak show. When did humanity change into a freak show thinking it is no longer a show?
Names used to mean something. They were part of languages that portrayed things in nature or some kind of character trait, like Grace or Rocky does today. We look into the etymology of names to see the history behind them. My last name, in French, Frigon, has a history of being a crop farmer, particularly a strawberry farmer. Names had meaning. Today, many are just syllables and sounds people like.
I honestly cannot consider you the opposite sex you naturally are but, I will call you whatever you want. There are people out there who identify as snakes and other reptiles; lions, tigers and other cats; wolves, birds, you name it and they get permanent tattoos and have dentists change their teeth and we innately know something is wrong in the minds of these people. Nobody has to be told. Humans are not wild animals by design. They may become or act like wild animals. Prisons house them because of crimes they commit in fits of rage like wild beasts but, humans are humans and they are male and female humans at birth, through biology, by design. If you want to go against God's design, that is on you, not those of us who see absolutely no truth or reality in such a decision.
A child wants to be president, an astronaut, a pro athlete. Parents say go for it, even though the chances of that happening are very, very small. If a boy says he wants to have a baby, that is not happening. The chances are zero. Parents are just off the wall of reality to lead or push a child in such a direction.
In some states, if you want a divorce you can have one but, the state laws say six months or a year must transpire before it is granted to you, in case people change their minds and reconciliation takes place, and nobody challenges that. People accept that. Create a law that says doctors cannot mutilate children and people go ballistic, claiming the state is harming the children!!! These people are mentally ill. You are warped if you believe children should be mutilated before they are old enough to make an informed decision, and even then, allowing doctors to mutilate people through a choice universally once considered mental unsoundness, can only lead civilization to incivil, immoral behavior; as in allowing men to compete against women in women's sports and allowing them to change in women's locker rooms and use women's bathrooms.
The very best you can do is claim I am old fashioned because I side with all of human history on this. You cannot say I am scientifically wrong. And throwing modern psychology at me is just BB's off a battleship because it has now become obvious to the entire reasoning, thinking human race the medical community, wrapped up in Covid lies and lecherous protocols, is more a political agenda, an activist cabal; the same as activist judges making decisions on the basis of political agenda.
I'll call you whatever you want. I will still think whatever I want. I am willing to face God some day with the principles I hold clear. Are people willing to challenge the sovereignty of God's design and order and authority willing to do the same? Someday we shall all face our Creator and Judge. So be it.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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799. Imam Younus Kathrada - 6/27/2023
My understanding of the religion of Islam is that it is divided into two, basic camps: those who follow the writings and experiences of Muhammad before Medina and those who follow things after the prophet's stay in Medina. Pre-Medina > more peaceful in nature. Post-Medina > more warlike and militant in nature.
A major problem that exists in Islam is the lack of denunciation of practitioners of the latter by practitioners of the former. Most outsiders who study Islam see that silence as a reaction of fear of reprisal or worse from the militant side. It does not take much to be an apostate and an enemy of Allah to adherents in those militant circles of the religion.
Now, while I wholeheartedly agree the West, especially the United States, has bullied Islamic nations for decades and they decided to say, "Enough," it is also true the Muslim Brotherhood rose up to begin a quest for a world-wide rule of all nations, a caliphate with a single head.
Some people see great, historic similarities between the religion and history of Islam and that of the Roman Catholic Church. I can see some of that. I also see problems with that assessment. That said, the early Christian church founded in Rome bears no resemblance to that religion today. Early believers would be more prone to see the changed version as a religion of Mithra, than Christ.
So, I hone in on sermons by a Canadian Imam, Younus Kathrada. Never heard of him until today. Reading and watching his statements about non-believers is pretty much what popes used to say about non-believers and Protestants for centuries.
While Jesus taught to love one's enemies, turn the other cheek, etc., Kathrada, supposedly representing the religion of Muhammad and Allah states things like this -
"During his sermon, Imam Kathrada explicitly stated that Allah had commanded Muslims to hate disbelievers. While he emphasized that this hatred does not necessarily indicate violence, his words have raised alarm bells about the potential consequences of promoting such hatred within a diverse nation like Canada.
"Drawing a controversial analogy, the Imam attempted to justify his position by comparing the hatred he advocated to an individual’s dislike for broccoli. He argued that hating something does not automatically lead to violent actions against it. However, this analogy fails to acknowledge the significant difference between personal preferences and promoting hostility towards individuals based on their religious or non-religious beliefs.
"Imam Kathrada’s sermon took an even more troubling turn when he portrayed disbelievers as living a “life of animals,” driven solely by their lusts and desires. He dehumanized them by comparing them to grazing cattle, unaware of their impending fate in the slaughterhouse of the Hereafter. Such rhetoric perpetuates an “us versus them” mentality, fostering a dangerous devaluation of human life and dignity."
A video of the sermon's hardline statements is at the link -
rairfoundation.com/canadian-imam-younus-kathrada-allah-commands-us-to-hate-reject-and-detest-the-disbelievers-video/
If someone does not like broccoli; if they hate Broccoli they just do not buy Broccoli. They do not castigate the vegetable, itself, nor those who do like it. They just do not eat it. There is nothing wrong with Broccoli. That is hardly the response those Islamists on the militant side around the world carry out toward unbelievers, infidels, and apostates because of what they see unbelievers as: people with something very wrong with them, less than humans. Kathrada stands opposed to the teachings of Jesus Christ, because Kathrada teaches to hate people because of something they stand for. Jesus taught to hate the sin, not the sinner, regardless of what they stand for. Huge difference. Jesus, the Creator, died for all. Muhammad, the Prophet, died for nobody, nor would his death provide salvation for anyone. He was a sinner in need of a Saviour just like everyone else.
I would also say this. The Bible and other religious texts paint the same us vs. them scenario, for logical reasons. I mean, c'mon, watch a soccer match and watch a riot take place in the stands between rival fans. The gig between baseball teams and fans is a hundred years old - Yankees/Red Sox; Cubs/White Sox, etc. Why do generally civilized people break into a brawl at a sporting event, on or off the field? That's the reality of fallen human nature. But, religion is supposed to elevate humanity. It is not supposed to teach hatred of people. Islam does.
Kathrada's words are also out of harmony with previous sermons where he holds nothing back about his feelings toward those not of his faith, which are outlined in the article.
"The following video from Friday, December 30, 2022, contradicts his earlier statements by employing terms such as “destroy” and “annihilate” when referring to disbelievers. During his sermon, he explicitly stated that non-Muslims, including Christians, Jews, and atheists, are considered enemies of Allah and, consequently, enemies of Muslims. Disturbingly, he emphasized the importance of imparting this belief to young minds. His incendiary remarks included a plea to Allah for strength for Islam and Muslims, along with a call to humiliate infidels, polytheists and to destroy the enemies of the faith, annihilating heretics and atheists."
To say the man is a dangerous element to a peaceful society is an understatement. Islam is not a religion of peace to those post-Medina. Justin Trudeau, like so many leaders in the West, seems oblivious to the threat of radical, militant Islam in his nation. They shall pay the price when the Muslim Brotherhood decides its time to take control has arrived. Of course, world events are fluid and no one truly knows how things are going to happen, save for what God has revealed. And by God, I mean Yehovah, Christ, I AM and His Word; not Allah or any other deity and religious text.
It is unfortunate the Quran is not a book presented in a historical, linear fashion. Qurans have been published that do place writings pre and post Media but, even professed Muslims are unaware of these two-sides to Muhammad.
It is interesting the USA has a sort of pre and post Medinas of its own. In Revelation, the second beast of chapter 13, America, is said to start out like a lamb but ultimately speaks like a dragon. One of the symbols for America, like the Eagle, is the Bison, seen on our nickels. A bison starts out like a lamb. It turns into a beast of tremendous power and danger if riled up, snorting and digging in hooves before charging. When did America begin to speak like a dragon? Some say it began in the Civil War, others state it began during WW1, certainly WW2 and definitely with the Clinton administration. Since that time America is a hated nation that does little but butt its nose into other nation's affairs, via deep state operators; predominantly the CIA. Robert Kennedy Jr. is out there on his campaign trail stating the CIA is largely responsible for his uncle's, JFK's, assassination. He says it calmly, deliberately, and purposefully, like a man who knows exactly what he is talking about.
The history of the Roman Catholic Church and its Papacy; the history of Islam, and the history of the American empire are histories of desired world-wide dominance. Add to that the elitist, secular humanist cabal wanting total control and you have a world destined for enormous troubles, which are coming, and for all intents and purposes, have begun.
A conflict between the West and the Mid and Far East is brewing. Stealth, lies, disinformation, economic sanctions, warfare... it is all in the toolbox of powers who want the world under their control; for God, for money and power, does not matter. It is all lunacy on parade.
Jesus said His kingdom is not of this world and it shall never be of this world before He returns. Ultimately, the Bible states every knee shall bow and every tongue confess Jesus Christ is Lord. I happen to believe that scenario is the one that plays out true. The American empire, Islam, Secular Humanism and the Roman Catholic Church, usurping Christ's authority and perverting His teachings, all stand in the way of Christ's kingdom finally taking place in this world. But, they shall all fail. They shall gradually fade, completely collapse and disintegrate, or just remain a thorn in the side of the world, coming down when Christ returns. And come down they shall.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
A major problem that exists in Islam is the lack of denunciation of practitioners of the latter by practitioners of the former. Most outsiders who study Islam see that silence as a reaction of fear of reprisal or worse from the militant side. It does not take much to be an apostate and an enemy of Allah to adherents in those militant circles of the religion.
Now, while I wholeheartedly agree the West, especially the United States, has bullied Islamic nations for decades and they decided to say, "Enough," it is also true the Muslim Brotherhood rose up to begin a quest for a world-wide rule of all nations, a caliphate with a single head.
Some people see great, historic similarities between the religion and history of Islam and that of the Roman Catholic Church. I can see some of that. I also see problems with that assessment. That said, the early Christian church founded in Rome bears no resemblance to that religion today. Early believers would be more prone to see the changed version as a religion of Mithra, than Christ.
So, I hone in on sermons by a Canadian Imam, Younus Kathrada. Never heard of him until today. Reading and watching his statements about non-believers is pretty much what popes used to say about non-believers and Protestants for centuries.
While Jesus taught to love one's enemies, turn the other cheek, etc., Kathrada, supposedly representing the religion of Muhammad and Allah states things like this -
"During his sermon, Imam Kathrada explicitly stated that Allah had commanded Muslims to hate disbelievers. While he emphasized that this hatred does not necessarily indicate violence, his words have raised alarm bells about the potential consequences of promoting such hatred within a diverse nation like Canada.
"Drawing a controversial analogy, the Imam attempted to justify his position by comparing the hatred he advocated to an individual’s dislike for broccoli. He argued that hating something does not automatically lead to violent actions against it. However, this analogy fails to acknowledge the significant difference between personal preferences and promoting hostility towards individuals based on their religious or non-religious beliefs.
"Imam Kathrada’s sermon took an even more troubling turn when he portrayed disbelievers as living a “life of animals,” driven solely by their lusts and desires. He dehumanized them by comparing them to grazing cattle, unaware of their impending fate in the slaughterhouse of the Hereafter. Such rhetoric perpetuates an “us versus them” mentality, fostering a dangerous devaluation of human life and dignity."
A video of the sermon's hardline statements is at the link -
rairfoundation.com/canadian-imam-younus-kathrada-allah-commands-us-to-hate-reject-and-detest-the-disbelievers-video/
If someone does not like broccoli; if they hate Broccoli they just do not buy Broccoli. They do not castigate the vegetable, itself, nor those who do like it. They just do not eat it. There is nothing wrong with Broccoli. That is hardly the response those Islamists on the militant side around the world carry out toward unbelievers, infidels, and apostates because of what they see unbelievers as: people with something very wrong with them, less than humans. Kathrada stands opposed to the teachings of Jesus Christ, because Kathrada teaches to hate people because of something they stand for. Jesus taught to hate the sin, not the sinner, regardless of what they stand for. Huge difference. Jesus, the Creator, died for all. Muhammad, the Prophet, died for nobody, nor would his death provide salvation for anyone. He was a sinner in need of a Saviour just like everyone else.
I would also say this. The Bible and other religious texts paint the same us vs. them scenario, for logical reasons. I mean, c'mon, watch a soccer match and watch a riot take place in the stands between rival fans. The gig between baseball teams and fans is a hundred years old - Yankees/Red Sox; Cubs/White Sox, etc. Why do generally civilized people break into a brawl at a sporting event, on or off the field? That's the reality of fallen human nature. But, religion is supposed to elevate humanity. It is not supposed to teach hatred of people. Islam does.
Kathrada's words are also out of harmony with previous sermons where he holds nothing back about his feelings toward those not of his faith, which are outlined in the article.
"The following video from Friday, December 30, 2022, contradicts his earlier statements by employing terms such as “destroy” and “annihilate” when referring to disbelievers. During his sermon, he explicitly stated that non-Muslims, including Christians, Jews, and atheists, are considered enemies of Allah and, consequently, enemies of Muslims. Disturbingly, he emphasized the importance of imparting this belief to young minds. His incendiary remarks included a plea to Allah for strength for Islam and Muslims, along with a call to humiliate infidels, polytheists and to destroy the enemies of the faith, annihilating heretics and atheists."
To say the man is a dangerous element to a peaceful society is an understatement. Islam is not a religion of peace to those post-Medina. Justin Trudeau, like so many leaders in the West, seems oblivious to the threat of radical, militant Islam in his nation. They shall pay the price when the Muslim Brotherhood decides its time to take control has arrived. Of course, world events are fluid and no one truly knows how things are going to happen, save for what God has revealed. And by God, I mean Yehovah, Christ, I AM and His Word; not Allah or any other deity and religious text.
It is unfortunate the Quran is not a book presented in a historical, linear fashion. Qurans have been published that do place writings pre and post Media but, even professed Muslims are unaware of these two-sides to Muhammad.
It is interesting the USA has a sort of pre and post Medinas of its own. In Revelation, the second beast of chapter 13, America, is said to start out like a lamb but ultimately speaks like a dragon. One of the symbols for America, like the Eagle, is the Bison, seen on our nickels. A bison starts out like a lamb. It turns into a beast of tremendous power and danger if riled up, snorting and digging in hooves before charging. When did America begin to speak like a dragon? Some say it began in the Civil War, others state it began during WW1, certainly WW2 and definitely with the Clinton administration. Since that time America is a hated nation that does little but butt its nose into other nation's affairs, via deep state operators; predominantly the CIA. Robert Kennedy Jr. is out there on his campaign trail stating the CIA is largely responsible for his uncle's, JFK's, assassination. He says it calmly, deliberately, and purposefully, like a man who knows exactly what he is talking about.
The history of the Roman Catholic Church and its Papacy; the history of Islam, and the history of the American empire are histories of desired world-wide dominance. Add to that the elitist, secular humanist cabal wanting total control and you have a world destined for enormous troubles, which are coming, and for all intents and purposes, have begun.
A conflict between the West and the Mid and Far East is brewing. Stealth, lies, disinformation, economic sanctions, warfare... it is all in the toolbox of powers who want the world under their control; for God, for money and power, does not matter. It is all lunacy on parade.
Jesus said His kingdom is not of this world and it shall never be of this world before He returns. Ultimately, the Bible states every knee shall bow and every tongue confess Jesus Christ is Lord. I happen to believe that scenario is the one that plays out true. The American empire, Islam, Secular Humanism and the Roman Catholic Church, usurping Christ's authority and perverting His teachings, all stand in the way of Christ's kingdom finally taking place in this world. But, they shall all fail. They shall gradually fade, completely collapse and disintegrate, or just remain a thorn in the side of the world, coming down when Christ returns. And come down they shall.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Every Single President Since Harry Truman
The world of UFOlogy has quite a collection of teachers and students, spokespeople and followers around the world. Everything from PhD academics to best selling authors to YouTube channel compilers and podcasts. They go all the way back to WW2 and before. Everybody, with even a cursory interest in the subject, knows UFOlogy is made up of people from all walks of life including those in the military branches on land, water and in the air, and of course, astronauts who have flown to and walked on the Moon. Hundreds of hardcover books, thousands of soft cover reads and articles in magazines, thousands of interviews and the bulk of the serious researchers are willing to say every, single U.S. President since Harry Truman has known extra-terrestrials exist, and the government has downed or retrieved crashed craft and alien remains (as well as living aliens).
The classic disinformation campaign developed out of the CIA because of this subject matter. Opinions abound on why the government has kept all this, well...tried to keep all this information and material evidence a secret. Most claim it is a simple matter of societal panic and collapse to find out life exists beyond Earth. Many religions would cease to exist. Human history would change. It is all too much to simply allow to get out into the public sphere. Others see the reason for silence and disinformation as a simple process to gain knowledge of the science and mechanics behind craft that could win any war on Earth. The first nation to figure it out becomes instant top dog. The U.S. means to be that top dog since Roswell, NM, 1947. Having dropped an atom bomb on Japan in time before the Germans dropped one on America brought WW2 to a screeching halt. But, atomic weaponry quickly gave way to nuclear and the Soviet Union developed it. As it now stands all the nations with nuclear capability create a no-win, mutually destructive planetary force nobody wants to ignite. If you had craft that can move through airspace without fossil fuel, faster than anything known to mankind, you could control the world.
And it is not just military science and R&D that seeks this power. Private corporations, that need no say-so from Congress to spend billions on their R&D, are working on this and some say they have achieved their goals and will sell to the highest bidder. Much of what is seen in skies above are craft developed by private corporations. The problem is, such craft have been seen for 100 years, painted into artwork centuries old and no private corporation money was around to develop such flying vessels. So, while private corporations have become part of the discussion today, it has not existed in times when no such money or research could have been developed and people still saw and wrote of seeing things in the sky. Especially is that the case before flight was discovered, beyond the possibility of hot-air balloons.
Still others claim presidents and world leaders have made deals with "ET" to allow them to research this blue marble at will, without interference or threat from them; which UFOlogists see as a capitulation that will turn on humanity when "ET" decides to take over. Some say the take over has been underway for a 100 years, and still others claim "ET" is totally peaceful and benign and are concerned we shall blow ourselves up in nuclear conflagration.
Seeing as Hollywood and every other film production outfit, in whatever nations that have them, have put sci-fi films and television programs out there for decades, billions of people have become used to the idea of "ET." Nobody is flipping out. The military has been slow dripping information to the public, so slowly, in fact, that conspiracy theories have developed as to the lack of purpose to show everything they know, now. Why the turtle pace? Something is up beyond full disclosure. If you are sincere just let the societal chips fall where they may. The disinformation campaign is no longer necessary unless it is still in progress and something nefarious is in the wind.
Now, opinions are gathering that Biden will announce the existence of "ET" sometime this summer to dispel and distract the focus now on the Biden crime family. Of course, considering the fact Biden sat with world leaders the other day and told the whole planet he has sold intelligence to other nations - the admission and ramblings of a human mind in obvious deterioration - most of the planet's population would quizzically wonder if the supposed leader of the free world has lost it for good, to announce the existence of "ET."
Well, Summer is here, viciously underway with heat and humidity and UFOlogists are buzzing about "whistleblower" David Grusch and his recent revelations but, in a heartbeat the UFO community began debates about whether the guy is legit or just part of the whole decrepit, disinformation campaign. The entire UFO community, because of full disclosure delay, is at each other's throats, literally. Infighting threatens to tear it apart, which is precisely the point of disinformation campaigns to begin with.
Then there are those, like myself, who believe life exists beyond Earth, and has no need to come here to see what this place is like, and the entire UFO phenomena is satanically driven for obvious purposes of deception in these last-days. Those who do not believe in life beyond Earth also see the same threat from devilish plans.
I'm just relaying information to those of you not really interested enough to read things for yourself but, are alive today to see things come to pass no other generation of humanity has beheld before. My interest remains biblical and prophetic in nature. This whole gig is going to be part of last-day events. I remain completely convinced about that.
As I close out Page 8 of Thoughts/OpEd, be ready for things to happen that are going to change all our lives forever, both positive and negative, with emphasis on the negative.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
The classic disinformation campaign developed out of the CIA because of this subject matter. Opinions abound on why the government has kept all this, well...tried to keep all this information and material evidence a secret. Most claim it is a simple matter of societal panic and collapse to find out life exists beyond Earth. Many religions would cease to exist. Human history would change. It is all too much to simply allow to get out into the public sphere. Others see the reason for silence and disinformation as a simple process to gain knowledge of the science and mechanics behind craft that could win any war on Earth. The first nation to figure it out becomes instant top dog. The U.S. means to be that top dog since Roswell, NM, 1947. Having dropped an atom bomb on Japan in time before the Germans dropped one on America brought WW2 to a screeching halt. But, atomic weaponry quickly gave way to nuclear and the Soviet Union developed it. As it now stands all the nations with nuclear capability create a no-win, mutually destructive planetary force nobody wants to ignite. If you had craft that can move through airspace without fossil fuel, faster than anything known to mankind, you could control the world.
And it is not just military science and R&D that seeks this power. Private corporations, that need no say-so from Congress to spend billions on their R&D, are working on this and some say they have achieved their goals and will sell to the highest bidder. Much of what is seen in skies above are craft developed by private corporations. The problem is, such craft have been seen for 100 years, painted into artwork centuries old and no private corporation money was around to develop such flying vessels. So, while private corporations have become part of the discussion today, it has not existed in times when no such money or research could have been developed and people still saw and wrote of seeing things in the sky. Especially is that the case before flight was discovered, beyond the possibility of hot-air balloons.
Still others claim presidents and world leaders have made deals with "ET" to allow them to research this blue marble at will, without interference or threat from them; which UFOlogists see as a capitulation that will turn on humanity when "ET" decides to take over. Some say the take over has been underway for a 100 years, and still others claim "ET" is totally peaceful and benign and are concerned we shall blow ourselves up in nuclear conflagration.
Seeing as Hollywood and every other film production outfit, in whatever nations that have them, have put sci-fi films and television programs out there for decades, billions of people have become used to the idea of "ET." Nobody is flipping out. The military has been slow dripping information to the public, so slowly, in fact, that conspiracy theories have developed as to the lack of purpose to show everything they know, now. Why the turtle pace? Something is up beyond full disclosure. If you are sincere just let the societal chips fall where they may. The disinformation campaign is no longer necessary unless it is still in progress and something nefarious is in the wind.
Now, opinions are gathering that Biden will announce the existence of "ET" sometime this summer to dispel and distract the focus now on the Biden crime family. Of course, considering the fact Biden sat with world leaders the other day and told the whole planet he has sold intelligence to other nations - the admission and ramblings of a human mind in obvious deterioration - most of the planet's population would quizzically wonder if the supposed leader of the free world has lost it for good, to announce the existence of "ET."
Well, Summer is here, viciously underway with heat and humidity and UFOlogists are buzzing about "whistleblower" David Grusch and his recent revelations but, in a heartbeat the UFO community began debates about whether the guy is legit or just part of the whole decrepit, disinformation campaign. The entire UFO community, because of full disclosure delay, is at each other's throats, literally. Infighting threatens to tear it apart, which is precisely the point of disinformation campaigns to begin with.
Then there are those, like myself, who believe life exists beyond Earth, and has no need to come here to see what this place is like, and the entire UFO phenomena is satanically driven for obvious purposes of deception in these last-days. Those who do not believe in life beyond Earth also see the same threat from devilish plans.
I'm just relaying information to those of you not really interested enough to read things for yourself but, are alive today to see things come to pass no other generation of humanity has beheld before. My interest remains biblical and prophetic in nature. This whole gig is going to be part of last-day events. I remain completely convinced about that.
As I close out Page 8 of Thoughts/OpEd, be ready for things to happen that are going to change all our lives forever, both positive and negative, with emphasis on the negative.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.