2 John 1:4; John 14:6

7-29-18, * -- This beautiful metaphor, “walking in truth,” is found only in the two one-chapter epistles of John—here in our text, and in 3 John 1:3 and 4. This principle should indeed characterize our daily lives, since our Lord and Savior is Himself “the truth” (John 14:6), the Word of God that we believe is “truth” (John 17:17), and the Holy Spirit who indwells our bodies is the very “Spirit of truth” (John 15:26).

The New Testament also uses other characteristics of the Christian life under this figure of walking. When a person is born again through faith in Christ and testifies of this by following the Lord in baptism, he or she is said to be raised to “walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4).

Then, since the Holy Spirit has come to indwell our bodies, to comfort, guide, and constrain us as needed, we are exhorted to “walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16). Furthermore, we are commanded to “walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us” (Ephesians 5:2). This is not erotic love, of course, or even brotherly love, but unselfish agape love that sacrifices its own interests for the needs of others.

There are still more such exhortations. “Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time” (Colossians 4:5). Furthermore, we are to “walk in the light, as he is in the light” (1 John 1:7).

All of these and other similar admonitions can be summarized as simply following the example of Christ. “He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked” (1 John 2:6). “He that followeth me,” said Jesus our Lord, “shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life” (John 8:12). *Source

8-15-18, President Trump fulfilled another of his duties to protect America. He revoked the security clearance of Obama's CIA chief John Brennan; the following nine are also at risk:

1. Director CIA John Brennan – revoked 8-15-18
2. director of national intelligence James Clapper
3. FBI director James Comey
4. CIA director Michael Hayden-
5. national security adviser Susan Rice
6. deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe
7. National Security Agency, Sally Yates
8. FBI Agent, Peter Strzok
9. FBI Lawyer Lisa Page
10. Assoc Deputy attorney general, Bruce Ohr

 
The entire process of granting, denying or revoking someone’s security clearance is derived from the president’s Article II authority as commander in chief. The president is the ultimate classifier of who is granted access to classified information [Executive Order 12968 (as amended)]. Section 5.2(e) of the order permits an agency to revoke someone’s security clearance without appeal rights if, but only if, the agency head states in writing that those procedures cannot be invoked in a manner that is consistent with national security.
 
When an individual is granted a security clearance, that person has been favorably adjudicated and is “eligible for access” to classified information at a particular level (whether confidential, secret or top secret). Access, in and of itself, is the subsequent step taken by the agency to provide the cleared individual with the means by which to use classified email accounts, utilize classified databases and work in a classified office space.
 
There are a few options to revoke clearance; President Trump could claim the inherent constitutional authority to revoke the clearance eligibility of individuals without any due process. No president (at least as far as I am aware) has ever personally intervened in the clearance revocation of an individual. Past presidents— whatever their flaws or scandals— knew there were certain institutional customs that a president didn’t disturb. President Trump however, is not burdened with an affinity for respecting institutional norms; if he were to take the step, it’s anyone’s guess how the courts would construe the issue. It would set up a serious clash of constitutional questions between the inherent authority of the president regarding classified information, the procedural due-process rights of clearance holders under the Fifth Amendment [1], and the extent to which the judiciary is even permitted to rule on the matter.

Key GOP senators say they have no issue with Pres Trump
Revoking Brennan's Security
 8-16-18, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, the chamber's second-ranking Republican, said: "I don't understand why former employees have access to classified information at all. I hardly believe Brennan was assisting the Trump White House -- [a reason given for why some former intelligence community employees maintain their security clearance]. Unless there is some justification not to; it might be worth having all former employees lose their clearances when they have completed their time in office."
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Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, Why didn't you do something?:
"Director Brennan's recent statements purport to know as fact that the Trump campaign colluded with a foreign power. If Director Brennan's statement is based on intelligence he received while still leading the CIA, why didn't he include it in the Intelligence Community Assessment released in 2017? If, however, Director Brennan's statement is purely political and based on conjecture, the president has full authority to revoke his security clearance as head of the Executive Branch."

Rand Paul launches talking filibuster against John Brennan
Mar 6, 2013 - "I will speak until I can no longer speak," Rand Paul spoke for 13 hours objecting to John Brennan as Obama's CIA director ..

*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Bradley Moss, LawFarBlog here
[1] Fifth Amendment here

​Paul Manafort's life of luxury in pictures: Suits ...
8-7-18, Paul Manafort's [Trump's campaign manager for a few months in 2016]  tax-fraud trial, prosecutors have drawn attention to his expensive tastes in clothing. ​One of the more bizarre items that investigators found in their raid on his home was this $15,000 hooded jacket made of ostrich. The judge blocked the photos from the jury ...

​Where Media Accused Donald Trump of Not Giving Money to Charities - Forbes
Feb 09, 2017 · The Donald J. Trump Foundation gave away $10.9 million from 2001 to 2014, taking a scattershot approach to philanthropy with donations to more than 400 different charities, according analysis of IRS filings. The media was found 'fake news' when they claimed Trump did not give to charities.

Psalm 46:10; Philippians 3:10; Colossians 2:8

8-14-18, Two of the most difficult words to hear as a child are “be still.” Everything in us wants to stay in motion; physically, mentally, emotionally and even spiritually. These two words can be equally challenging for adults—especially in the midst of the seemingly immediate and urgent details of our lives. Those words literally mean to pause, release and relax. Even when we put aside time to read our Bible, sometimes [most times?] we rush through it and check off that activity for the day.

• When is the last time you released the pressing issues in your life to God?
• When is the last time you relaxed in the presence of God hearing His voice?

Romans 12:2 "Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

Here’s the simple challenge for today only 5 minutes:

• let the immediate and urgent drop.
• release and relax.
• be still and quiet.
• just focus on the greatness of God. Deuteronomy 10:17

8-14-18, President Trump has demanded the release of the American Christian Pastor Andrew Brunson. Turkey has him under house arrest for the outrageous charge of espionage. Tariffs have been imposed on Turkey and a defense bill blocking Turkey's access to the F-35 fighter jet has been signed.

President Tayyip Erdoğan’s defiance indicated that he had little appetite to resolve the diplomatic spat with the US. He has said the judiciary will rule independently on the case, and any move to release Brunson could be seen domestically as caving in to Washington. He also has declared a boycott against American electronic products. More here
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Animosities Turkey & USA:

1. TURKEY vs USA: American Arrested Visas Canceled - August 2016, The USA stores appx FIFTY nuclear warheads at INCIRLIK IN TURKEY ... The base is only 8 km away from Ardana, the fifth most important city in Turkey and the largest one in the southern part of the country. It is also around 50 km from the Mediterranean Sea, close to the Middle East. The population is mostly American – over 5000 troops and storehouse of dozens of nuclear weapons. The base also hosts a few hundred British and Turkish soldiers. The place has two runways. More here
2. Turkey: Leader Erdogan Threatened EU, 'not safe in the streets.' - Aug 1, 2016 - TURKISH citizens and police have 'surrounded' the Incirlik Air Base...
3. Turkey's Erdogan: "Over a Priest!" Aug 13, 2018, Trump threats over a pastor. Erdogan said, "I am calling on those in America again. Shame on you, shame on you. You are exchanging your strategic partner in Nato for a priest. We have not made concessions on justice so far [on Brunson] and we will never make any!"

U.S. commander neither confirms nor denies nuclear weapons in Turkey - Jul 2, 2018 - The commander of the United States Incirlik Air Base in Turkey's southern Turkish province of Adana Colonel David S Eaglin stressed that the U.S. presence in İncirlik was symbolic of its desire to work with Turkey which is an ally and strategic partner...

39-ton weapons container removed from İncirlik airbase - Apr 3, 2018 - 39-ton weapons container removed from İncirlik airbase ... Turkey's deteriorating relations with the United States have led to discussion by ... U.S. commander neither confirms nor denies nuclear weapons in Turkey air base.
Analysts question security of U.S. nukes in Turkey - Jan 22, 2018 - As a result, the United States “could (end) up fighting a proxy war against Turkey, a NATO ally that holds dozens of US tactical nuclear weapons”, wrote Alex ... could be in question as the NATO allies fight a proxy war in Syria.

8-15-18, Many US Military Officers Claim that the U.S. military represents the best in America. However, it doesn’t actually represent America. For that to be true, two thirds of our military would have to consist of obese, under-educated former drug users and convicted criminals.

The good news is that while the military takes pride in attracting those who are:
Fit, Educated, Law Abiding and Drug-free.

The bad news is they’re having difficulty finding them—manifestly because fewer of them actually exist.

President Trump's goals to improve and increase the numbers in the US Military is not currently attainable. The Army needs to find 17,500 new soldiers every year, it needs to find replacements for those who retire or leave the service every year—about 20 percent of the force. The Army set its 2018 recruiting goal at 80,000 soldiers. Initially the target seemed modest and reachable. It wasn't.
​
Here’s the arithmetic: 

• one in three potential recruits are disqualified from service because they’re overweight
• one in four cannot meet minimal educational standards (a high school diploma or GED equivalent)
• one in 10 have a criminal history
• many are drug addicts
• the pool of remaining potential recruits, only one in eight actually want to join the military
• of the potentially qualified 30 percent of those who have the requisite high school diploma or GED equivalent fail to pass the Armed Forces Qualification Test (the AFQT), which is used to determine math and reading skills can't read, write or count.

There are tutoring companies producing tests and there’s an “AFQT for Dummies” on the shelves. Here’s a sample question: “Five workers earn $135/day. What is the total amount earned by the five workers?” Put more simply, the purpose of the AFQT isn’t to identify the most qualified, but to winnow out the illiterate. More here

 Psalm 2:12, 32:10, 34:8; Proverbs 16:20-21; Jeremiah 17:7
 
8-14-18, Who can deny that the mother of the Lord Jesus was a special virtuous girl? She honored and obeyed God in all her comings and goings. When the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary, he said “Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.” (Luke 1:28) However, Mary did not live a charmed life.
 
Circumstances forced Mary - when heavy with the Child Jesus - to take a long journey on a donkey over rough terrain ultimately giving birth to the Savior in a barn. Do you think Mary felt blessed? Her precious first born son, the Lord Jesus was reviled, falsely accused, shamed, beaten and crucified. Surely Mary suffered greatly as she watched helplessly as He was persecuted and brutally killed. His subsequent resurrection surely filled her with joy; but she still suffered the pain of His suffering.
 
We must realize that God grants favor and blessings for His goals,
not ours and they often come with hardship.
 
Can we expect blessings without suffering? Is there even one biblical hero that didn’t suffer? Hardship is inevitable. We dream of a life without suffering; not realizing it may not be realized in this earthly life; but in our eternal life with our Lord Jesus. (1 John 5:13-14)
 
We can know that whatever trials we face; they will be used for good if we love God and are called according to His purposes (Romans 8:28). Our suffering will not be for naught.  We rejoice, even in the midst of a struggle, because we are favored and blessed as we strive to serve Him better hoping one day to hear: 
 
“Well done thou good and faithful servant.”
Matthew 25:21
 
*Excerpted and adapted full original message from Kay Camenisch here

2-15-18, * -- We’ve spent the last 60 years telling God to get lost from our public schools. It should come as no surprise that He’s not there. We don’t have enough God on our campuses and we don’t have enough guns. Interesting and significant that the first and second amendments in the Bill of Rights to the US Constitution is:
#1 God
#2 Guns

We pray for the families who lost kids in these recent school shootings; why don’t we pray before these shootings happen instead of waiting until somebody’s dead? Why don’t we have protection against the wicked killers?

Contrary to what the ACLU, the Freedom From Religion Foundation and activist judges believe, there is absolutely NO constitutional prohibition against prayer in schools. Schools routinely incorporated prayer into their school days from the Founding until 1963, when activist judges mangled the Constitution removing God & prayer from schools. "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." [2] 

It was never intending to be a restraint on states or schools. James Madison, wrote: “Thus, the whole power over the subject of religion is left exclusively to the state governments, to be acted upon according to their own sense of justice, and the state constitutions.”
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Prayer removed from US Public Schools in 1963
School Shootings [1] 1900 until 1970

1. 30 (in the 1970s)
2. 39, 62, 60, and 145 (from 2010 to 2018, with the number growing virtually by the month)
3. Deaths in the six decades prior to 1963 (1900-1960): 62 deaths … just over 10 per year
4. Deaths since 1963 (1960-2017) 419 deaths … an average of appx 70 per year

It has always been a matter of obvious and demonstrable fact that the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun and the wicked killers choose ‘soft targets’ where the innocent have no protection. In our schools there is rarely anyone - a teacher or an administrator - who is armed and able to stop him. The 2nd Amendment quite conspicuously protects the “right of the PEOPLE” (not just the military or law enforcement) “to keep and bear arms.” It’s there for self-defense and for the protection of vulnerable people who look to us for protection - our families and our students. 

Bottom line, according to the Founders’ Constitution, if a state wants to allow prayer in school, it’s absolutely free to do so. It’s time for state governments to start reclaiming that constitutional right whether a federal court likes it or not since federal courts have no jurisdiction in the matter. We can’t very well blame God for not coming to our aid if we fail to use the tools (prayer and the Second Amendment) He has graciously given to us.
​
*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Bryan Fischer here
[1] History of school shootings here

Alabama Restores Ten Commandments to School Campuses

8-12-18, Alabama public schools are hoping to bring God back into their schools by displaying the US motto “In God We Trust” on school buildings. In February, the Alabama legislature approved a new law allowing such displays on public property, and now is giving schools the right to exhibit the motto as well. The national motto, approved by Congress in 1956, is already displayed in 17 public venues in Alabama, and the Blount County school board plans to be the first to implement the motto in its schools. Officials say the legislation is not a mandate, like what was approved by Tennessee lawmakers this spring requiring the motto to be on display inside all public schools. Republican state Rep. David Standridge, who sponsored the original legislation that took effect July 1, said it seemed like a better approach to make it permissive rather than a mandate. More here

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God's Ten Commandments
​ Exodus 20:3-17

​FBI fires Peter Strzok, months after anti-Trump texts to Lisa Page Clearly Show plan to interfere with election
8-13-18, FoxNews· FBI Peter Strzok, who played a lead role in both the Russian meddling and Hillary Clinton email probes became a disgraced agent when his intentions to destroy candidate Trump was exposed. He finally has been fired.

8-12-18, CNBC -- Six large new wildfires erupted in the United States, pushing the number of major active blazes nationwide to over 100. The fires have scorched states from Washington to New Mexico, with California among the hardest hit; Utah now has six. A mechanic helping to fight the California "Carr Fire" near Redding in northern California is the eighth person to die in that conflagration where 190,873-acre and has destroyed nearly 1,100 homes. About 100 miles southwest of the Carr Fire is the "Mendocino Complex Fire," which has burned 328,226 acres as of Saturday and was the largest fire on record in California. 

Arson Suspect Arrested as Deadly California Wildfires Rage
8-13-18,  Police have arrested Brandon N. McGlover, a 32-year-old man from Temecula, charged with five counts of arson to wildland, the California Dept of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) said. His bail was set at $1 million - suspected of starting the Cranston fire, one of the deadly wildfires spreading across California this week, burning homes to the ...

Firefighters battle wildfires up and down California
Jul 26, 2018 · A fast-moving wildfire — believed to have been sparked by arson -- tore through trees, burned five homes and forced evacuation orders for an entire forest town as California sweltered under a heat wave and battled ferocious fires at both ends of the state.​

Man arrested of arson igniting CA wildfire
8-13-18, Forrest Clark, the man accused of setting the Southern California fire last week that has ... property, arson of forest, making criminal threats and resisting arrest.

Suspect arrested on arson charges related to more than 41,000 ...
Jun 30, 2018 · Jesper Joergensen was arrested on arson charges. The ongoing fire investigation is led by the Costilla County Sheriff’s Office, which is receiving help from the Colorado Bureau of Investigations, state arson investigators.

Genesis 1:27

7-31-18, * -- As portrayed in public schools, TV and movies, the early chapters of Genesis contradict ancient history. For example, our current liberal anti God culture insists humans evolved from ape-like creatures, while Genesis says we were made in God’s image Genesis 1:27. Culture says the earth formed over eons, but Genesis 1:24 says it took God just six days. Is it possible to believe both the Bible and evolution’s history? Many try. 

We may think this approach leads to a lovely land of resolution where we can simply label controversial Scriptures “poetic” to avoid their plain meanings. Instead, opening the “Genesis is poetry” gate unleashes three terrible tigers of doubt that threaten our faith:

1. If we treat Genesis 1–11 as non-history, then what other passages should be labeled poetic or non-historical? The text of early Genesis doesn’t read or sound like poetry there's no line where 'poetry' leaves off and history begins. So this idea comes from outside the Bible. The book of Psalms shows what the Bible’s poetry looks like and historical psalms - like Psalm 78:1 also show that even poetic passages can convey real history! For example, Genesis 1:28 says, “Then God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply.’” If this is not history, then God did not actually say that. Later, Genesis 35:11 says, “Also God said to him [Jacob]: ‘I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply.’” Both passages sound similar because both tell what God actually said. If we can treat one of these verses as non-history, then what stops us from treating the other verse—or the whole Bible, for that matter—as non-history?
2. If it's non-history then what about the truthfulness of Jesus? He quoted from early Genesis when He said, “But from the beginning of the creation, God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’” Jesus treated Genesis 1–11 as actual history. Why would He do that if He knew it was just poetry, not meant to be taken plainly? Peter and Paul also treated Genesis as history in their letters, so why shouldn’t we?
3. Christians who doubt Genesis history seem to think that when a scientist says a fossil formed 70 million years ago or that a dog-like creature evolved into a whale, somehow that scientist pulled the information from the fossils or rocks. But rocks tell no such tales. Instead, they actually fit better with Genesis history. 

Fossils do not form today, they formed in fast-flowing, muddy water and every continent has plenty of muddy water. Thus, muddy water must have flowed fast over the world’s continents. Noah’s worldwide Flood as detailed in Genesis 6:1 sets up exactly the right conditions to make most of the world’s fossil-bearing rock layers. In other words, the words of most scientists do not always equate with actual, data-driven science. [Evidence for young earth (1) ]. 

A consistent approach to the Bible, respect for the truthfulness of the words of Jesus and the apostles, and a right view of the limits of science all compel us to lock the gate labeled “Genesis is poetic.” Instead, stay on the straight path that lets the whole Bible make plain sense, agrees with Jesus and embraces real science.

Genesis 1:27; Mark 10:6-8, Genesis 2:24 More here

(1) Evidence for a Young Earth by Eric Hovind on May 6, 2010 -- The Oldest Tree - A bristle cone pine is approximately 4,300 years old—dated via tree rings. The method may not be perfect, but it is the best we have for dating trees. The Oldest Reef - The Great Barrier Reef is less than 4,200 years old—dated via measuring the growth rate for 20 years. More here and here

Researchers Uncover History-Defying Facts
About the Bible - Doubters Dumbfounded
The New Testament as we have it was originally written in Greek. The first printed Greek New Testament coming off a printing press happened in the year 1516, which means that for 1,500 years, the text that John and other biblical authors wrote was passed down by handwritten copies. More here

8-11-18, North Carolina -- A neglected horse named Sammy was found wandering the streets in very bad shape.Darlene Kindle, with the Carolina Equine Rescue and Assistance in Wingate received a call about a mini horse wandering the streets needing help or he would be euthanized.  Ms Kindle said "We score horses on a scale of one to ten, he was a two. Approximately four-six years old with possible a birth defect on his hind."

Sammy needed many medical treatments to bring him to health and Kindle's 3-year-old golden retriever, Molly's interaction with Sammy helped Sammy. Even though he was scared because of Molly's attention, Sammy is doing very well. More here

8-12-18, President Trump announced punitive doubling tariffs against the nation of Turkey in protest over the detention of American Christian Pastor Andrew Brunson who was arrested on terrorism charges after the attempted coup against Mr Erdogan in 2016, saying: “Our relations with Turkey are not good at this time!”

The Turkish lira tumbled more than 16 per cent on Friday, 8/10/18 – a record low against the dollar – after Washington imposed sanctions as well as steel and aluminum tariffs demanding that jailed American pastor Andrew Brunson be released. ​The US is the biggest destination for Turkish steel exports with 11 per cent of the Turkish export volume.

On July 25, 2018 it was reported that Pastor Brunson was released to house arrest ... apparently not or not good enough!

President Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said: “It is wrong to dare bring Turkey to its knees through threats over a pastor. I am calling on those in America again. Shame on you, shame on you. You are exchanging your strategic partner in Nato for a priest. We have not made concessions on justice so far [on Brunson] and we will never make any!" More here

8-10-18, Baltimore Sun -- The Baltimore school district estimated that six city high schools were at risk of losing all their fall sports teams and that an additional eight could have lost at least one fall team because student athletes were below the required 2.0 GPA. The city’s policy is also intended to prepare students for college athletics; as the NCAA requires students to earn a minimum 2.3 GPA to play Division I sports.

More than half of high school students in Baltimore are living in poverty. Many are homeless and many deal with the effects of Baltimore’s pervasive violence. Richard Jackson, athletic director at Benjamin Franklin High School said, “A student who's lost a custodial grandparent may have been an A or B student, but then the grades just plummeted. We want to make sure we’re looking at the student as more of a totality than at just that one moment. Our kids face so much adversity outside of school. I’d hate to have to throw even more adversity when they get to school.”

The district is now delaying the implementation of the 2.0 GPA rule. Students will have until after first-quarter report cards before their eligibility for sports is determined based on GPA. More here

He announced that the next two weeks:
August 19 and August 26, 2018
there will be guest speakers as JD will be elsewhere.
47 min video here

8-11-18, * -- When President Donald Trump moved the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to the Jewish State of Israel’s capitol of Jerusalem, many people of faith quickly recognized the biblical significance. President Trump, like King Cyrus before him recognizes that the Jewish people have a free and sovereign land in Israel. Many of the miracles we are witnessing in Israel today were promised in the Bible long ago as follows:
 
#1 The Ingathering of the Jewish Exiles from the Four Corners of the World: In Ezekiel 34:13, “And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them.” This month, for the first time Israel has overtaken America to become the world’s largest Jewish population center. The total Jewish population has reached 6 million, which carries added significance as this was the number of Jews killed in the Nazi Holocaust.

#2 Spiritual Partnership Between Jews and Christians: The State of Israel, however, was not born through Jewish toil alone. Rather, as prophesied in Ezra 6:14 – “And according to the decree of Koresh, and Daryavesh, and Artachshasta king of Paras” – the State of Israel was birthed out of a spiritual partnership between Jews and non-Jews. In biblical times, it was Cyrus’ edict that allowed the people of Israel to return to the land of Israel and rebuild the Temple. In 1917, it was the British government’s Balfour Declaration that turned the tide for the Jews in exile. Similarly, in 1948, when U.S. President Harry Truman recognized the State of Israel, he said, “I am Cyrus.” In the cases of Cyrus, Balfour, Truman and now Trump, it was non-Jews serving as God’s agents who facilitated the return of the Jewish people to their land. Isaiah 49:22

#3 The Revitalization of the Hebrew Language: The prophet Zephaniah describes how in the end of days all the nations of the world will have “purity of speech. For then I will make the peoples pure of speech, so that they all invoke Hashem by name and serve Him with one accord.” (Zephaniah 3:9) In large part thanks to the efforts of Eliezer Ben Yehuda (1858-1922), who decided that “in order to have our own land and political life it is also necessary that we have our own language to hold us together,” Hebrew is the official language of the State of Israel. The Holy Bible is being used as a source of unity between Jews and Christians.

#4 Rebirth of the Physical Land of Israel: For nearly two millennia, while the land of Israel switched hands between various foreign powers: Romans, Muslims [the Ottomans] and British the land lay utterly desolate. However, as the prophet Isaiah predicted, “He hath comforted all her waste places, and hath made her wilderness like Eden” (51:3). The modern rebirth of the Jewish state in 1948 has brought with it an astounding development of the land, to the point where once again the Jewish people can claim a flourishing country all their own. The desert is literally blooming and growing. And in the realms of technology and culture, Israel ranks among the most advanced countries of the world. Indeed, we are witnessing the Lord comfort “all her waste places.”

How can people deny the truths proclaimed in God's holy word? So many prophecies have been fulfilled; why is there doubt about the future? Jesus said He's coming again; and He will just like He said. Matthew 24:30-31

*Excerpted and adapted full original message by Rabbi Tuly Weisz, Editor of ‘The Israel Bible’ first study Bible edited by Jews for Christians and dedicated to highlighting the land and the people of Israel here

The Lord Jesus is 'the Lion of Judah' 
Revelation 5:5

Lyrics:
 The field is white and frosty, the hour is drawing near
The battle lines are being drawn as the hour of dawn appears
In the stillness of the morning, the air is crisp and charged
With the tension of the battle, and the enemy at large
The battlefield is crowded, but the soldiers here are few
Yet the enemy is held at bay, no weapon can get through
Our tiny band of warriors continue in our stand
And as new soldiers join us, we prepare to take the land

We form a line of conquest, like fire our armor shines
With unshakable advancement, we move against the lines
Our swords are drawn and ready, and our numbers grow each day
We'll soon be fully strengthened and we'll blow the troops away!

Chorus

We're the soldiers of the Lion, we're the army of the light
The unstoppable battalion that drives away the night
And the Lion is our standard, and we know we cannot die
'Cause the mighty name of Jesus is our sovereign battle Cry!

We move against the forces of the father of all lies
And the enemy is forced to flee before our very eyes
For no demon can resist us or begin to stand against
An army fully armored, no! Hell has no defense!
So look out powers of darkness, your hour has finally come
Our commander's name is Jesus, and we've got you on the run
And we'll charge you and we'll route you
With the Spirit's mighty sword
You've had this planet long enough,
You know you're not our Lord!
So get back to outer darkness, and you leave the saints alone
Your weapons cannot prosper, we're commissioned by the
Throne!
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Chuck Girard Video with lyrics here

Matthew 24:30-31

8-11-18, BEDMINSTER, N.J. — On a rainy Saturday at Pres Trump's Bedminster Golf Club, he met with appx 170 leather clad motor cycle 'bikers.' They call themselves “Bikers for Trump.”  Dozens of gleaming Harleys, Hondas and other motorcycles descended on the central New Jersey property in the pouring rain with flash-flood warnings. The soggy bikers met the president inside a crystal-chandeliered clubhouse ballroom, where Trump signed autographs and posed for selfies and his guests booed reporters. It was a classic, chaotic Trump scene reminiscent of his jovial early campaign events.

​Democrats' 2018 slogan: "For the People"
7-18-18, Per Politico: Dems new slogan: "For the People" ... they're trying to capture what they stand for by simplifying their economy-focused "A Better Deal" message, but neither slogan will inspire Democratic voters the way Pres Trump's "Make America Great Again" broke through.

Exodus 21:22

8-11-18, * -- Although the Holy Bible doesn’t specifically address deliberate killing of unborn babies in the womb [aka abortion] by their own mothers, it’s abundantly clear what God’s view is. We see in Jeremiah 1:5 that God knows us before He formed us in the womb; He is THE Creator of us all (Psalm 139:13). He prescribes a penalty of death for anyone who causes the death of a baby in the womb as any murder (Exodus 21:22). Undeniably God considers a baby in the womb to be as human as a full-grown adult. (Genesis 1:26-27; 9:6)

There are two prominent arguments Christians face regarding our objection to abortion:

• “What about cases of rape and/or incest?” As horrible as it would be to become pregnant as a result of rape and/or incest; is the murder of the resulting innocent baby the answer? Two wrongs do not make a right. (Genesis 1:26-27)
• “What about when the life of the mother is at risk?” Less than one-tenth of one percent of the abortions done in the world today are claimed to be for the mother’s life. Most women have abortions for convenience not because their doctors said they’d die if they didn’t. If it were the case we must factor in that God is a God of miracles preserving the life of a mother and a child despite all the medical odds being against it. Any couple facing this extremely difficult situation should pray to the Lord for wisdom. (James 1:5) Often after doctor claims Mom would die if she didn’t terminate her pregnancy … Mothers went full term with a healthy live birth and no harm to baby or herself. [1] [2]

 
For any woman suffering with the guilt that she killed her own child: God forgives all repentant sinners and the sin of abortion is no less forgivable than any other sin. (John 3:16; Romans 8:1; Colossians 1:14)

Note: How can a Christian be a Democrat? Their primary objection to Judge Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court is the ghoulish fear that the abortion law 'Roe v Wade' would/could be overturned and the killing stopped .... diabolical. More here
 
*Excerpted and adapted full original message from Scott Klusendorf here
[1] Mother, Paula Hall lived and so did baby Georgia ... more here
[2] Parents of Vanellope Hope Wilkins happy they didn’t listen to their doctor and abort her. In the womb it was discovered her heart was outside her body … more here

Revelation 13:10