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Ananias and Sapphira
“Ananias drops dead after having secretly withheld part….”
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Acts 5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
2 And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.
7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.
11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
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The Land Vomits Out Its Inhabitants
Leviticus 18:25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
One of the curses on a nation for disobedience to the Lord God is exile from the land, “the land vomiteth out her inhabitants”.
So how does that work nowadays?
I did a little bit of word study, using an online Strong’s Concordance and other online references … which send you back to multiple root meanings just as an English dictionary might do … as well as thinking about it, and these are my conclusions. You may not agree, and that’s fine.
1. One way to “vomit” people out of a nation is through war or plague; they die off and are “vomited out”. People can be sent off to war from one nation to another to fight, and when they are removed from the country, killed off.
2. “disgorging” riches … the economy is in a downward trajectory
3. “Fit together, fabricate artificially” … the invasion of multi-nationals who have no historical connection to the United States is an artificial fabrication and “fitting together”. Even though the United States used to have a process of legal immigration which was beneficial to the nation whereby people from other nations legally became citizens, what is currently happening is not that.
It reminds me of Daniel’s vision where the iron and the clay did not cleave together. The illegals are not cleaving to the Constitutional Republic. I know there are those who use this scripture in other considerations, but I have said before that my prophetical trajectory is different than mainstream, and you are welcome to reject my conclusions.
Daniel 2:42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Here are some related points.
1. The redemption of Jesus Christ must be received personally.
2. At the forming of the nation of the United States, covenants were made with God. Actually, one of the suggestions for the national seal by Benjamin Franklin was the passing of the children of Israel through the Red Sea. Since individuals are redeemed, and not nations, we are experiencing nationally the consequences of the curse and the broken covenants with the Lord. The whole is the sum of the parts, of many individuals within the nation.
3. If we want better results nationally, the nation needs to be full of individuals who individually serve the Lord.
4. Economically, we are under a curse since the majority of people, including many Christians, do not tithe. Tithing was not part of the law that was eliminated by Jesus Christ. Abraham tithed and Abraham was before Moses who received the law. The law of sacrifices of bulls and sheep and goats was eliminated as Jesus was the Last Lamb slain and Jesus’s blood cleanses from all unrighteousness, rather than making a temporary covering as Old Testament sacrifices did. But other principles in the Old Testament are still in effect. Jesus said of tithing, these ye ought to have done and not to leave the other undone. And while there are two commandments, love God and love your neighbor, if you love your neighbor you will not be breaking the Ten Commandments in regard to your neighbor.
If you want to say that Jesus is coming again so none of this matters, that Jesus will clear it all up, fine.
But I believe the Bible shows us that we are stewards of this earth and need to be using our gifts and talents in accordance with the will of God until Jesus returns.
Matthew 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
What each part of the body of Christ does or does not do affects the rest of the body of Christ. If one part of a natural body does not due its job due to some injury, say a sprained ankle, it puts more stress on the rest of the body. Every individual member of the body does need to work at full capacity in whatever position they are given by the Lord. When one suffers, they all suffer. Plus eyes don’t need to be hands. Livers don’t need to be kidneys. Hearts don’t need to be ears. The body works best when all parts work in their own capacity. And, cells that go rogue and try to be something they are not called to be are called cancerous.
If members go to a church but never give their tithes and offerings that puts tremendous pressure on the leadership of the church and hinders potentials of the church. In every other venue … going to a movie, going to watch the NFL series, working out a gym, attending a seminar to learn something, going on a vacation … people pay money. But they go to church week after week and don’t give tithes or give a fraction of the tithe.
So the curse comes, the economy becomes worse, and what was not given in tithe, is taken away some other way.
Malachi 3:7 Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
9 Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts.
12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of hosts.
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Missing the Point
The commentators who seek to “figure out” Russia seem to miss the point.
The last statement Putin made in the interview with Tucker Carlson was this. “Why are the Ukrainian authorities dismantling the Ukrainian Orthodox Church? Because it brings together not only the territory, it brings together our souls. No one will be able to separate the soul.” Source
To put in it Biblical terms, the West is involved in a war for mammon.
Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Putin and Russia are seeking to eliminate neo-Nazism, which is an issue of the soul.
It seems the West avoids discussing that point.
The West no longer thinks in terms of matters of the soul. The West is about money and power and is willing to lose its collective soul to obtain what it wants. It has dismantled its Christian heritage in its lust for money, power and sexual lust of various forms.
Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Luke 4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
The day will come when there are two kinds of nations in the earth: sheep nations and goat nations. It is questionable at this time where the United States will land in that judgement.
Matthew 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
And if you would say that not everyone is like that, that may be true, but there has to be action taken against the corrupt leaders to remove them through prayer and political action.
This is a government …. of the people… by the people … and for the people …. so if the corrupt leaders remain in office without being challenged…it goes back to we the people who need to remove them.
Until Jesus comes, we need to actively work, pray, and vote.
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Re: The Vladimir Putin Interview
The interview is listed at TuckerCarlson.com site. A link is in the following post.
A summary for the interview would be this.
Psalm 120:7 I [Russia] am for peace: but when I [Russia] speak, they [US, NATO, invisible elite hand] are for war.
It was an honest, intelligent, historically-based interview.
The basic problem, to put things in Biblical terms, is that the US, the West, and the hidden hands of power are covenant-breakers. An agreement was made and then broken by the West.
Romans 1:31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
We (meaning the US, NATO, and the West) lied. Ukrainians died.
There are those of us who disagree with the position taken with the occupier-in-chief administration and his handlers, and the Congress that keeps funding this war.
Hosea 8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:….
The consequences to the economy are already being felt. Weapons sent to Ukraine are now at the United State’s southern border. We have not seen the end of the reaping of this debacle of lies and covenant breaking.
As Putin explained: 2008, 2014, Maidan Revolution, CIA, Minsk agreements … with all the historical background, the onus is on the West, not Russia. Russia is and has been willing for solutions. The West has egged this on.
In the second half of the interview Putin dropped some profound nuggets of insight for those who were listening.
The fact that there is no “Russia, Russia, Russia” any more to blame.
The boy can no longer cry “wolf”, or in this case, “Russia”.
The gig is up.
I think the key problem for Christians is the inability to separate personal citizenship or personal lives from government. This needs to be front and center if the cleanup of government is to occur. Sloppy thinking leads to complacency and inaction. There has to be a whole lot of clarified teaching on this which no one ever thought would be needed because many have been expecting a prophetic quick end to the events of the day.
II Peter 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,
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?
If “holy conversation and godliness” hastens the coming of the day of God, I would say that the United States overall currently does not qualify. There’s work to do. You can hardly say the overall obsession with sex, transgenderism, abortion, pornography, money, entertainment, child sex slavery, and the breakdown of law qualifies as “holy conversation and godliness”.
Government is ceded a certain amount of authority from its citizens via voting. Government is to fulfill the laws of the land, in the case of the United States, the Constitution. Granted, this system is broken in the current United States. There’s blackmail, bribery, pedophilia, Epstein Island and more, but for purposes of explanation, I’ll assume a working system. That system is to protect citizens against evil. No one citizen can protect against a large national threat so a certain amount of “we the people” authority is ceded to government through voting (assuming the elections aren’t stolen) … and that is supposed to be used according to the Constitution (only Congress can declare war) and in doing so, protect the individual(s) that legally ceded that authority via Constitutional law and voting (again, recognizing the system is currently broken/corrupted).
That was the rationale to go against Hitler in WWII. I know there are questions of who got rich in the US helping Hitler, but for now, let’s keep it simple. So it is recognized that there are instances of evil so great that government is granted authority by its citizens to deal with evil. In WWII this was dealing with the Nazis.
Putin pointed out that now the neo-Nazis are being backed in Ukraine. The ideology is still operative and needs to be removed. But now, the West backs them because the West is sending money and arms to Ukraine. Instead of fighting neo-Nazis, the United States is now supporting them. Putin is standing against the neo-Nazis.
Turning the other cheek is a word to individuals in appropriate cases. It does not apply to governments who are ceded authority to stand against evil. Unfortunately, the evil is now proceeding from the West, in transgenderism, and all sorts of other ills.
Jesus was preaching to individuals, not governments, when he said to turn the other cheek. Using that scripture in the wrong context has allowed criminals and satanists to get into power because people who had authority did not use it when they needed to use it. They were ceded authority to legally use that authority against evil, not to empower evil, not to go along to get along.
Uvalde is a good example. In that school shooting, those who had the authority to take out the person with the gun stood down and children and teachers died. You don’t turn the other cheek when someone with a gun is shooting children.
The Catholic Church attempts to define legitimate self defense.
If someone comes into your house with a knife to castrate your children, are you going to turn the other cheek? There is legitimate self defense.
These issues must be discussed and if the Protestant/Evangelical/Charismatic side does not want to do it, I’d say with these types of questions, go with the Catholics who have already hashed it out.
The Protestants/Evangelicals/Charismatics may have some things they know about I Corinthians 12 and 14 that the Catholics miss. But no one group has it all. It would be better to work in unity and bypass the differences.
There are really only two groups. Those who are born again. Those who are not. That’s really the most important question.
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I wrote the above after listening to the Putin interview.
But this morning (2.9.24) I felt I needed to add a bit more.
In the past there have been various prophetic streams and one was anti-Russia.
That prophetic stream opened the door for Christians to feed into the “Russia, Russia, Russia” propaganda sent out by Washington, D.C., and the military industrial complex that President Eisenhower spoke of when he left office. You might say Eisenhower was prophetic. Today the military industrial complex seems to also include what we call globalist elites or the Deep State. They go by many terms.
Christians are wanting several things. They want the gospel to spread. They want end time revival. They want the final harvest (speaking in Biblical terms for those who are not Biblically-based who might be reading this). They expect the Second Coming of Jesus, and Jesus will come again, but no man knows the day or the hour as the Bible says, and if someone says that they know, that contradicts scripture.
A question to be asked is whether God can answer those prayers, in full, for revival, when Christians, through focusing on a certain prophetic stream, have been turned against Russia, turned to support Ukraine, and without realizing it perhaps, are supporting a neo-Nazi regime that Putin is fighting against. This is known, but not well known, because we all know the mainstream media is controlled.
As Putin pointed out, Canada applauded a Nazi who went to the Canadian legislature. Did the United States say anything about that? I’m talking about the occupier-in-chief administration. Some of us saw that news but I don’t know that it went mainstream. And if it did, was there any reaction in DC? Is there ongoing protest against neo-Nazism in Ukraine or is the United States supporting it with arms, money, and intelligence services?
So if the church, or some of the church, has been led to support Neo-Nazism, if Americans do not protest the sending of money and arms to Ukraine which is a futile operation and simply leads to the horrific deaths of Ukrainians needlessly, does the church need to repent of this? Ukrainians are being put through a meat grinder, they are cannon fodder, they are being sent to their deaths on behalf of forces operating out of the West, DC, and NATO. There is no point to this war. It is not about democracy or national security as we have been told. If DC is really concerned about national security, they might start with the US southern border.
If Christians, ignorantly or with knowledge, support fighting Russia because they believe it will help fulfill prophecy and hasten the coming of the Lord, that is a problem if they are also praying for revival. At least that’s how I see it. You can believe what you want.
James 3:10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
The West is refusing to lay down its arms. It’s not really about Ukraine laying down arms, because they wouldn’t have any money or arms unless it were for the West. It is those who feed and support the war in Ukraine, of which the United States is chief, that are its main cause. Perhaps prophecy needs to be reconsidered.
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Remove not the landmarks which the fathers have set
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Questions exist around the arts in the preaching of the gospel. This question has arisen before in history.
Stained glass windows were “the bible of the poor” who could not read. The symbols and colors spoke a message for the illiterate. The message of the gospel was conveyed through art.
Similarly, halos conveyed a meaning of holiness or someone sent from God. Again, images and colors mattered in the oil paintings.
So while we of the twenty-first century looking backward might think these things quaint or unnecessary, they did convey the gospel message to people who were not able to read the Bible for themselves. This was a time of no TVs, no videos, no movies, no cell phones, no texts, no instant messaging, no technology. All they had to work with to convey messages were stained glass windows, paintings, statues, songs and large Bibles recopied by hand by monks in monasteries that only a few could read. They had to convey the message of the gospel in the mediums of the day.
Proverbs 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
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The Question Might Arise ….
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The question might arise if God’s purposes have changed between the Old Testament and the New Testament.
The Apostle Paul, whose many letters to the churches are contained in the New Testament, talks about children; there can’t be children without a father and mother. In Paul’s day things like in vitro fertilization did not exist.
Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
So when it comes to the transgender, homosexual, and LBGTQ+ issue, Paul had this to say:
Romans 1:15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
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; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
In another place Paul says to go back to the Old Testament to learn life lessons. At that time, the New Testament had not yet been written. We now have both the New Testament and Old Testament.
I Corinthians 10:10 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
As a good Pharisee-in-training before he was converted, Paul would have read the first five books of the Bible which included the account of Noah and the Flood. At that time, there was genetic manipulation between mankind and fallen angels which is why God had to wipe out the bad genetic seed in order to preserve a pure genetic line through which could come Jesus the Christ. The whole Old Testament follows the story of Abraham and his descendants, the children of Israel, through whom Christ came. Those genealogies are listed in the Matthew and Luke (starting in verse 23, which extends back to Adam). And even though Joseph was the adoptive father, as Jesus came through the virgin birth, in order to be free from the sin nature passed on since Adam, so that Jesus could become the Saviour through his birth, life, death, and resurrection, the genealogy is listed to show that Jesus fulfilled prophecy of being of the house and lineage of David.
Genesis 6:1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
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The point is, the message of the Old Testament is fulfilled in the New Testament. Both point to Jesus who is called the Word made flesh.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
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Repost: Adam, Not Apes | Dr. Brian Thomas, Ph.D.
Psalm 2:1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
The evolution vs creation question is at the crux of every law created by man to “break the bands” of the laws of God. If man evolved from the slime then he answers to no one and it becomes the survival of the most brutal and most treacherous and most lawless that win over mankind. We see that happening today. If man was created by God (which he was) then all of mankind is answerable to the laws of God.
This is why the evolution vs creation question matters. It may seem like an moot, unimportant word game or argument, but all of the ills of society rest on the answer to that question and up until now, the wrong answer has prevailed. This is why all thinking people should simply follow this man’s example; if you can’t articulate the discussion yourself, simply send a video link and let him do the talking.
As he says, you don’t have to be the Ph.D. Simply send a video link or post it on your Facebook page and let the video do the talking.
Psalm 68:11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
It does not take every member of the body of Christ doing the research of answering any particular question. What is important is that the “company” gets the information out. All can participate in that either in person or through social media.
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Let No Man Despise Your Youth
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Anyone with a basic understanding of the cycles of life knows that carbon dioxide is necessary for human life. Plants breathe in carbon dioxide (in the process of growing and creating food for humans or grass for cattle to eat) and breathe out oxygen. Humans breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. It is a synergistic relationship created by God.
They used to teach about this cyle in elementary school.
I Timothy 4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
If a five year old child says 2+2=4, that child is just as correct as someone with 5 Ph.D.’s behind their name who says 2+4=4 because that statement is a fact. It does not have to do with the age of the person who says it.
One of the tricks of the left is to disparage something about the person as to age or education or background, and therefore imply that the person is not up to the job. That happened with the first run of President Donald Trump for President. The media said that he was a businessman with no political background and therefore was not up to the job.
In contrast, there is the occupier-in-chief with multiple decades of political influence.
The evidence of both administrations is before you. You decide whether hanging around DC for multiple decades is the most important factor as to whom is up to the job. And you will be deciding that in November.
I recently saw a statement, “how would you answer if someone said that that is your own opinion”. The question went back to basic English grammar (which is why there is an effort to change English definitions and grammar into something else). My reply was that simply because someone has not studied certain facts of English grammar, their ignorance does not make my opinion an opinion if it is based on fact. They simply need to get educated on the history of the English language and grammar instead of saying “that’s your opinion”.
Of course, that is the problem with the whole transgender thing. Anyone, including churches, who go along with that are not going along because of the facts of science, but for some other reason which they may or may not acknowledge. It could be blackmail, bribery, fear of what the media might say or some other reason of which we will never know unless someone is honest or a whistleblower tells us.
There are biological definitions of male and female, biological reasons why two sexes exist. That is not an opinion. It is based on scientific fact. Anyone who says it is a “transphobic opinion” maybe missed biology class or didn’t study the lesson.
Recently, Google removed “don’t be evil” from its code of ethics. At least it is being honest. When it comes to Google, we do know some of what it does in interfering in elections and interfering with free speech in other ways, such as suppressing conservative sites and allow woke articles to come to the top in searches. Those articles actually may not be the most popular, but Google can force them to the top to make people think these topics are more popular than they really are.
When politicians or churches act contrary to basic scientific facts or common sense or the law, we know something is going on though we might not know the specifics. “There is nothing new under the sun” so the typical possibilities of blackmail, bribery, lust for power, greed, etc., exist. Maybe some freemasons or communists or witches were able to sneak into the board of directors and vote in wokeness. Maybe they can cut deals under the table for political influence. And if “t’ain’t so” or if it is some other reason, they are welcome to explain themselves.
Zechariah 8:16 These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
Isaiah 11:4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Of course, Jesus will do this at the Second Coming but it certainly possible that right now, through many people, in whatever walk of life they operate, they can speak “truth to power” or “truth to lies” and not just roll over and let the lies dominate society. And we need all people to be active, and not throw change on one person. The more people who expose lies worldwide, the fewer places those who want to bring in a satanic dictatorship have to run and hide. I don’t know about you, but I’m not waiting for Jesus to come to solve this. Currently, we are the stewards of the planet.
Psalm 115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
Psalm 68:11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
Until Jesus comes, this currently operates.
Mark 16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
There are those who would say that only applies to things said in a church.
Would anyone dispute that the movie “Sound of Freedom” was part of the battle cry against pedophilia even if there was not one scripture spoken in the movie?
Principles based on the Word of God are salt and light against darkness even if every sentence is not sprinkled with a scripture or prefaced with “thus saith the Lord” as the Old Testament prophets spoke.
Would any dispute that President Donald Trump’s policies of building a wall and other related actions to protect the border (as required of the federal government in the Constitution) were righteous actions toward the nation at large?
Why is it important for all in every realm and venue of life to speak truth to power and expose what they know is wrong?
The reason is because when those who are breaking laws in order to enact their globalist agenda know that when enough of the average, every day working class people people know and understand what has and is happening … because the unrighteous and unlawful and illegal actions of corrupt rulers are published and known by many … those who break the laws because they currently enjoy a privileged “special” type of non-justice, also know the day may come when they will face legal consequences and that may tone down how willing they are to continue on the pathway of evil. The wages of sin is death.
“If the American people knew what we have done, they would string us up from the lamp posts.”
George H. W. Bush
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