Philippians 1:6,  3:13-14; 2 Timothy 1:12; Psalm 27:4

1-22-20, There is strength in having one single objective; a unique purpose and a limited aim with a solitary intent in life. Too many Christians struggle attempting to juggle a variety of purposes trying to work outside the ‘box’ of the gifts that God gave us:

1 Corinthians 12:8-10, 27-30 - For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;  

1 Peter 4:10 - As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Romans 12:6-8 - Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, [let us prophesy] according to the proportion of faith; 

1 Timothy 4:14-16 - Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. 
 
The apostle Paul identifies himself in Philippians 1:6, 3:13-14 as a man with a single aim. Targeting one objective is more achievable than fluctuating between many. One purpose has a man’s full attention. Like Paul whatever our task in this earthly life; our one goal should be to fulfill our calling in Christ. 2 Timothy 1:12
 
And King David was thinking about his ‘one thing’... to dwell and inquire in the Lord's temple. – Psalm 27:4
What's your gift and 'one thing?'
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Fifth World Holocaust Forum Ceremony in Israel

1-23-20, Fox News -- United States Vice President Mike Pence delivered a stirring speech in the Jewish state of Israel. In her capitol of Jerusalem VP Pence before an audience that included world leaders of more than 40 nations, at Israel's Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi Germany concentration camp of 'Auschwitz.' The vice president honored the Allied Forces who fought to liberate Europe from the grip of Germany's Nazis drawing inspiration from the "non-Jewish heroes who saved countless lives" during the Holocaust. Pence called the world to combat anti-Semitism amid a rise in violence against Jews around the globe. VP Pence said:

“We gather to fulfill the solemn obligation, an obligation of remembrance, to never let the memory of those who died in the Holocaust to be forgotten by anyone anywhere in the world. Today we remember what happens when the powerless cry for help and the powerful refuse to answer. Today we mourn with those who mourn and grieve with those who grieve. We remember the names and the faces and the promise of the 6 million Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust. Today we also pay tribute to those who survived, who all these years have borne witness to that evil and have served mankind by their example. [..] "In an age of indifference they [the allied forces] acted. In an age of fear they showed courage. And their memory and their example should kindle anew a flame in our hearts to do the same in our time. [..]

“We must be prepared to confront and expose the vile tide of anti-Semitism that is fueling hate and violence across the world and we must stand together. The world must stand strong against the Islamic Republic of Iran. And finally. we must have the courage to recognize -- all the leaders and the nations that are gathered here -- that today we have the responsibility and the power to ensure that what we remember here today can never happen again." More here

 Soviets Liberated Jews from Nazis at Auschwitz, Poland

1-23-20, Israel's Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz said to Russia's President Vladimir Putin: “Israel is appreciative of the great sacrifices the Russian people made in World War II and the overwhelmingly important contributions of the Red Army in defeating the German Nazis and liberating the concentration camps, among them Auschwitz. On a personal note, it is thanks to the Red Army that my mother, who was taken as a teen to Auschwitz, was liberated and immigrated to Israel, where she established a family. As the ones who were liberated, we know exactly who did the liberating. Thank you. We know the historical truth.”

With the comment, Katz was referring to a debate that has surfaced anew in Poland about the role of Russia during the war, with Poland claiming that Russia was an enabler of Hitler because of a pact between Russia and Nazi Germany that Warsaw claims led to a deal to divide Poland between them. Poland is not attending the event Thursday.
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1-23-20, Israel is hosting 5th annual World Holocaust Forum, marking the 75 years since the Nazi death camps at Auschwitz Poland was liberated by Soviet troops. Present-day politics have cast a shadow over the solemn occasion, however. Delegations of 40 countries will attend the main event at the Yad Vashem memorial complex to remember the Jewish Nazi Holocaust and express commitment to fighting anti-Semitism.However, Polish President Andrzej Duda refused to attend as he was offended that Russian President Vladimir Putin was invited to speak at the ceremony and he was not. He will be speaking at Poland’s own commemoration on Monday. Poland is embroiled in a bitter dispute with Russia over the causes and consequences of the Second World War.

The current Polish government, President Andrzej Duda has refused to give the Soviet Union any credit for liberating the Jews from Auschwitz death camps – or Poland, for that matter – insisting instead that their country was a purely innocent victim of Nazis and Soviets in equal measure where the Jewish death camps were located. More here
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History

​On January 27, 1945 Soviet troops enter Auschwitz, Poland, freeing the Jewish survivors of the network of Nazi Germany concentration camps; finally revealing to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there. Auschwitz was really a group of camps, designated I, II, and III. There were also 40 smaller “satellite” camps. It was at Auschwitz II, at Birkenau, established in October 1941, that the SS Nazis from Germany created a complex, monstrously orchestrated killing ground: 300 prison barracks; four “bathhouses” in which prisoners were gassed; corpse cellars; and cremating ovens. Thousands of prisoners were also used for medical experiments overseen and performed by the camp doctor, Josef Mengele, the “Angel of Death.”
The Red Army of the Soviet Union had been advancing deeper into Poland since mid-January 1945 liberating Warsaw and Krakow. Then the Soviet troops headed for Auschwitz. In anticipation of the Soviet arrival, the German Gestapo began a murder spree in the camps, shooting sick prisoners and blowing up crematoria in a desperate attempt to destroy the evidence of their crimes. More here

When the Soviets finally broke through, Soviet soldiers encountered 648 corpses and more than 7,000 starving Jewish survivors. There were also six storehouses filled with literally hundreds of thousands of women’s dresses, men’s suits and shoes that the Germans did not have time to burn. More here www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-liberate-auschwitz

 Revelation 20:4

Nigerian Christian Pastor Andimi in Ransom Video Praised Jesus; Islam Terrorists Beheaded Him
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1-21-20, Christian Post -- Islam terrorists in Nigeria, Boko Haram beheaded Rev. Lawan Andimi, the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria’s chapter in the Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State. In a ransom video Pastor Andimi said: "

“By the grace of God, I will be together with my wife and my children and all my colleagues. If the opportunity has not been granted, maybe it is the will of God.”

A source told Save the Persecuted Christians: “They slaughtered him in Sambisa forest because he refused to renounce his faith. And because they couldn’t raise the money for his ransom.” 

There has been an increase in Christian kidnappings and violence carried about by both Islamic groups, Boko Haram and ISWAP. Stephen Enada, the director of the Intl Comm on Nigeria and a co-partner with Save the Persecuted Christians said: “Like Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria before it, an unstable Nigeria is becoming the new breeding ground for Islamist terrorists.” According to Open Doors USA’s 2020 World Watch List, Nigeria ranks as the 12th-worst country in the world when it comes to Christian persecution. One in six Islamic African Christians now experience high levels of persecution for their faith. More here

Ten Christians  Beheaded By Islamic Terror Group Isis for Christmas
12-27-19, WashingtonExaminer.com -- Ten Christians were beheaded and one other was shot dead by an ISIS-linked group in Nigeria in an act designed to coincide with Christmas. A video recorded...
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21 Coptic Christians Beheaded by Islamic State Terrorists
2-21-15, Catholic.org -- On February 16, 2015, Egyptian planes engaged in bombing raids on Derna, a city in Libya held by the Islamic State. Also 21 Christian men were beheaded precisely because they were Christians. They can be seen calling on the true God and His Son Jesus Christ, as their evil Islamic executioners commit this act of savagery.These Christians are true martyrs.
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Colleen Hufford Beheaded in Her Oklahoma Office by Muslim
9-24-14, Wikipedia -- Alton Nolen [Muslim] attacked two employees at the Vaughan Foods food processing plant in Moore, Oklahoma, United States, with a knife, as he shouted "Allahu Akbar."[1] Colleen Hufford was beheaded. In December 2017 Nolen was sentenced to death by injection.
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Bride Martha Bulus Beheaded by Muslim Boko Haram
12-28-15, Christian Post -- A spokesperson for a Catholic diocese in Nigeria has confirmed. 
 A jihadist insurgency affiliated with Boko Haram brutally murdered a Christian bride and her bridal party days before her wedding. The Catholic parishioner bride Martha Bulus was killed by Boko Haram extremists on Dec. 26 in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state. Miss Bulus’ wedding was scheduled to take place on New Year’s Eve in Adamawa state. 
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​British Soldier Lee Rigby Beheaded in London Street
5-22-13, Military.com -- A brazen, brutal beheading near a military barracks in London by Islamic fanatic murdered soldier Lee Rigby (2013 London machete attack). British Army soldier, Fusilier Lee Rigby of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was beheaded by Muslim Michael Adebolajo.

Beast: Mark on Hand and Forehead
The understanding and translation of mark on the hand also includes the entire arm.

The Apostle John's vision: "​I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12And 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. 13And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14And 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, [732 AD Charles Martell] and did live. 15And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 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."
Revelation 13:11-16

The Muslim Beast is Alive Again
"And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed:
and all the world wondered after the beast." Revelation 13:3
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All of Spain had once been a Visigothic kingdom, but the land had been completely conquered in 714 by Musa, son of Nusair, the Muslim governor of Africa; it had taken the Muslims only three years to do.

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In 732 AD France Charles Martel Defeated the Hordes of Islam
By 732 AD in northeastern France in October of 732 AD Commander Charles Martel of the Franks, and likely equal in number to the Muslim army fought General Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, who commanded the Umayyad army that had a large amount of cavalry. Charles’ force was well trained and fought with the equipment and close order style that echoed the hoplite formations of the ancient Greeks. He occupied an elevated position and used the trees and rough terrain in front of his infantry to protect them from cavalry charges. Reinforcements arrived for the Muslims, but Charles had arguably better reinforcements. Many of his veterans, who had personally fought under him came in huge numbers. These professional fighting men would have been amongst the best and most experienced in all Europe. Their arrival meant that the main battle was at hand after a week of skirmishing. [..skip]

The Muslims were defeated and the survivors retreated to their camp in the middle of the night, carrying mostly their prized loot. The next morning, Charles was deeply concerned that his enemies were setting up an ambush.
After extensive scouting, it was discovered that the Muslim enemy had fled; forced to withdraw back into Spain. Charles was granted the nickname of Charles “the Hammer” for crushing his enemies and both he and Odo, who had won the first great victory and served at Tours, would be considered heroes of Christianity killing off the beast of hordes of Muslims as they tried to invade Europe. More here
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Egypt: Twenty-One Christians Beheaded by Islamic Terror Group Isis
2-15-15, NBCNews -- The U.S. condemned the video released by Isis of the  beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya, explicitly blaming ISIS-affiliated terrorists Sunday for the "wanton killing of innocents." The video called "A Message signed with blood to the nation of the cross" and was released by the group’s Al-Hayat Media Center, according to Flashpoint Intelligence, a global security firm and NBC News consultant.

Dem Calif Congresswoman Maxine Waters said,
'We will not stop impeaching Trump.'
1-20-20, Fox News -- Democrat Congresswoman Maxine Waters from California made the rounds yesterday on the national networks. She says Democrats will not stop with their attempts to impeach President Trump. “We will not stop. Whether or not that leads to another impeachment activity, I don’t know."

Democrats Plot Impeaching Trump Multiple Times
12-5-19, DailyWire --  If Pres Trump is acquitted in the Senate, including if he wins re-election November 2020; many Dems have said there may be multiple impeachments. Texas Dem Rep. Al Green not only said they must impeach Pres Trump or he'll win reelection he also said: “There is no limit on the number of times ...the House can vote to impeach. So, my belief is that the speaker will not ... end investigations and ...opportunities to do other things at a later time.”

1-21-20, Is a world shattering event going to happen in Jerusalem this week? Former pastor and Bible scholar, Brother Francis Riley in Missouri is concerned; he advised me that there may be a parallel between this week's event in Jerusalem and Psalm 48:1-8:
"The joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. God is known in her palaces for a refuge. For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled and hasted away. Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah."

As the world reels in various woes ... we need to especially pray for President Trump as Iran has just put a bounty on his head; see below.

CURRENT DISASTERS IN AUSTRALIA

1-20-20, NBC -- On Sunday, 1-19-20 huge dust storms swept through central New South Wales Australia followed by a damaging hailstorm in the Australian capital. The sky was pitch black at 5 pm in the afternoon. Australia’s fatal summer of fire became one of icy demolition, as severe weather swept across the eastern states. Canberra, Melbourne and other places were hit by golf ball sized hail destroying dozens of cars windshields. The hailstorm came less than 24 hours after massive dust storms swept through New South Wales late Sunday afternoon, blanketing entire towns and blacking out the sun.

According to the Australia Bureau of Meteorology, apparently the dust storms were caused by ferocious winds measuring up to 59 - 66.5 mph. The state has been suffering from drought for several years. Although the rain was a relief for firefighters battling the worst blazes the country has seen in decades; it wasn't enough to put out the fires. Many misguided experts blame climate change for Australia's fires and weather woes. See NBC video here, More here from MSNBC , More here from Telegraph

Philly Mayor Jim Kenney Puts Brakes On Proposed Safe Drug Injection Site
4-17-19, CBS — The Kensington community in Philadelphia objected to Mayor Jim Kenney's proposed safe opioid injection site in their neighborhood. The location was chosen and a lease established at $1 a year, but after meeting with concerned residents in Kensington, the mayor halted the plan. Kenney's statement: “Valid public safety concerns ... I have informed Safehouse that safety concerns must be addressed before the establishment of an OPS (overdose prevention site).”

Luke 13:31-32, Hebrews 2:9-10; John 17:4-5
 
1-20-20, Alexander MacLaren, 1875AD* -- The Lord Jesus Christ wasn’t fooled; the Pharisees taking Christ’s life under their protection suggested a trick. These men came to Christ posing to warn that King Herod intented to slay Him. Our Lord’s answer, bidding them: “go and tell that fox…”  [Luke 13:32] shows that He knew they were in a plot with that crafty son of Herod the Great [1].
 
In Luke 13:32 the Greek word ‘fox’ was eminently descriptive of the character King Herod; is always used as feminine, giving indignant force to the Lord’s words. Herod had so identified himself with Herodias/Salome’s dance and beheading John the Baptist [Luke 9:7-9] that he had lost his manliness. -- Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905) was a distinguished English Christian Theologian
 
The Pharisees desired to draw Jesus to Jerusalem, where they would have Him in their power more completely than in the northern district. Jesus answer was in effect saying: ‘My time is not to be settled by Herod. It is definite and it's short. It's needless for Herod to trouble himself; for in three days it will be all over. It's useless for you Pharisees to plot, for until the appointed days are past it will not be over, whatever you and he try to do.’
 
In Jesus' last journey the course He had yet to run was plain before Him, every step was taken with the cross in full view. What beauty Christ’s comments give showing His love, sympathy, sorrow and willingness to die for mankind’s sin!  He said, “The third day I shall be perfected.”

Some may question the meaning of Christ’s words of ‘perfecting.’  It was His work of the Father’s design and of His own mission … it was His shed blood and death; the sacrifice for the sins of the world and His resurrection. For Him to ‘perish’ was to ‘be perfected.’
 
Nothing fastened the Lord of Glory to that cross, but His resolve to save the world. Oh, brethren! shall we be moved to give ourselves to Him who gave Himself for us? It is good for us to look upon the time we have before us - as but little - that we may be quickened to do the work of the day in its day ‘that we may save some.’ Romans 11:14; 1 Corinthians 9:23
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*Alexander MacLaren: MacLaren was born in Glasgow on February 11, 1826, and died in Manchester England on May 5, 1910. More here [Note free 546 page Kindle copy of MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture here at Amazon.com https://amzn.to/2REWFam ]
 
[1] King Herod Antipas - Herod was the tetrarch (meaning “ruler of a fourth,” for the kingdom was divided) of Galilee, in whose territory the Lord Jesus was active. We all know about Herod the Great, the one who was in power when Jesus was born and who slaughtered innocent infant boys after the Magi told him about the Christ child, but this is his son, Herod Antipas. Luke 9:7-9

Isaiah 8:9; Daniel 2:34-35; Zechariah 4:6, 12:3

1-19-20, ​This week John Haller's prophecy update covers events in the Middle East and around the world whose events are constantly proceeded with the adjective "unprecedented." 

• What if the controversy over the gas fields and pipelines being proposed and constructed by Israel are part of the "hooks" spoken of in Ezekiel 29:4; 38:3-12?
  
• What if the forced abortion and/or voluntary elimination of future generations through the mantra of "choice" sets the stage for over 200 million men, with no prospect of finding wives in China and/or India, are the very men who are spoken of in the Book of Revelation?
  
• What if recent archaeological discoveries in Israel further confirm her right to the land promised to her by God, in spite of the constant push for a Two State Solution by the movers and shakers in the world?
  
• What if these really are the "Last Days" and we are the generation who will be around at His coming?​

Bernie Sanders is very much like Karl Marx
April 2019, Both Karl Marx and Bernie Sanders were indifferent students at college and dedicated much of their time towards radical activism. Marx - Karl's dad got him into a number of fine schools. He wasn't a very good student so the family connections came in handy …- Sanders studied at Brooklyn College for a year in 1959–60 before transferring to the University of Chicago and graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in political science n 1964. He has described himself as a mediocre college student because the classroom was "boring and irrelevant," while the community provided his most significant learning.

Virginia braces for enormous gun-rights rally Monday, 1-20-20 ...
1-18-20, Telegram.com -- Headed to Virginia's capital on Monday to take a stand for gun rights - or, in the words of some, to fan the flames of a civil war. "I'll be rolling into town early. Police expect rallygoers to start lining up Sunday night, despite freezing temperatures. Authorities are setting up two medical tents in the area in case of injuries.
The hoopla is focused on promises by Northam to enact sweeping gun control this year, including limiting handgun purchases to one per month, banning assault weapons and silencers, allowing localities to ban guns in public spaces and enacting a “red flag” law so authorities can temporarily seize weapons from someone deemed a threat.
Democrats across Virginia ran on the promise of gun control in last year’s legislative elections, winning majorities in both the House of Delegates and state Senate for the first time in a generation. That gives them the power to act - and has inspired outrage from SECOND AMENDMENT SUPPORTERS.

Psalm 102:18, Genesis 2:21-24; Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:7; Ephesians 5:31

1-18-20, Henry Morris, PhD -- Only God can create, and whenever this verb (Hebrew bara) is used in the Bible, the subject of the verb, either explicitly or implicitly, is God! However, certain “progressive creationists” contend that “creation” does not have to be instantaneous but can be a protracted process—some form of evolution. The verse as a proof text for this position, Psalm 102:18, the idea being that the Jewish “people” are being gradually created (“molded”) into a nation that will eventually bring praise to God.

This type of scriptural distortion illustrates the extremes to which theistic evolutionists and progressive creationists will go in order to force long evolutionary ages into Scripture. In the context, the psalmist is not speaking of a long process, but a future event; a time to “have mercy upon Zion,” when “the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come” (Psalm 102:13). At that future time, “the LORD . . . shall appear in His glory” (Psalm 102:16). Then will come the glorious day “when the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD” (Psalm 102:22).

It is only then that “the people shall be created” who “shall praise the LORD.” When a person receives the Lord Jesus Christ by faith as his Creator and Savior, he does indeed become “a new [creation]” (2 Corinthians 5:17), born again John 3:3, 7 and the miracle of regeneration is always recognized in Scripture as an instantaneous event accomplished by the Creator in the mind and heart of the believer at the time of conversion.  Source

1-13-20, * -- At CNN's Climate Town Hall, setting out to save the world by having ten of the 2020 Democrat presidential candidates, their staffers et al fly out to appear in the fake news network's facilities, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders [IND-VT] proposed saving the planet by killing the children [he supports abortion].  [He has one child born out of wedlock to girlfriend Susan Campbell Mott; Levi Noah Sanders, was born in 1969.] Sanders discussed the importance of "educating everyone on the need to curb population growth." Once upon a time, environmental activists claimed that they wanted to save the planet for the children; now they want to save the planet from the children … it’s become a popular environmental cause. [..] Reducing populations for social integrity was the specialty of such innovative environmental activists as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Pol Pot and Mohammed.

While Bernie wants to reduce the world’s children; Senator Cory Booker [D-NJ] wants to get rid of meat; California Dem Senator Kamala Harris wants to ban straws [Booker & Harris had to drop out of presidential 2020 race]. More things the libs want eliminated to save the planet:

1. Kids: Apparently Bernie Sanders & Cory Booker believe there are just too many kids and burgers for the planet. And if you take a kid out for a burger, you might as well be running over polar bears in a Hummer or holding a Climate Town Hall in Manhattan. In a letter from Lancet Planetary Health by assorted scientists, grad students, people who claim to be scientists, and people who once watched an episode of Cosmos, demanded that meat consumption drop by 2030.
2. Wine is out: New York Times recently inquired, "How Does Your Love of Wine Contribute to Climate Change?” The Times never gets around to asking its readers how their love of lies printed on the skin of dead trees is killing the planet.
3. Coffee: A large cappuccino, the kind that pays Starbucks to indoctrinate staffers on their white privilege for asking crazed vagrants to stop shooting up heroin in the non-gendered bathrooms, has a carbon footprint of 235g. [like a car trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco] One pound of roasted coffee produces an average of 11 pounds of carbon.
4. Bottled water: The ecos have been waging a long bitter war on bottled water. "A million bottles a minute: world’s plastic binge ‘as dangerous as climate change," a typically non-hysterical Guardian headline bleats.
5. Large automobiles: They want all common folk aka unwashed masses to drive around in sardine can cars or ride the bus.​

The environmentalists claim that if they're not allowed to have their way, the planet will be destroyed. And question is … what in your life will environmentalists allow you to keep? The answer is nothing. They will take everything from us that make life worth living.
 
*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Daniel Greenfield is a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center here

Ephesians 1:17-18; Psalm 72:19; Exodus 33:18; John 11:40
 
1-16-20 -- Jesus came as a peasant born in a stable; rather than a prince born in a palace. He was the promised Savior of the world, the Messiah, God’s Anointed; He:

• Is the Creator of the universe and all living things, Romans 1:25
• Raises the dead - list here
• He calms stormy seas, Luke 8:22-25
• He sits on an eternal throne, Matthew 19:28 
• He walks on water, Matthew 14:22-33

Yet this high Priest [Hebrews 2:17; 4:14] and King of Kings [Revelation 19:16] did not come to be served, but to teach, heal, serve and give His own life for our eternal salvation. [John 3:16] Jesus' sacrifice for sinful mankind [Romans 5:8] proves His immeasurable love and power. 
 
Born again Christians [John 3:13, 37] glory is to follow Jesus as a servant. We glorify Him in both our gratitude for what He’s done and also in our obedience for what He’s called us to do. We are to “seek and save the lost” [Luke 10:1] we are His messengers. [Luke 15:10]
 
Our Heavenly Father sits upon a throne of gold inviting us to accept His free gift of salvation [Ephesians 2:8-10; Hebrews 4:16]. As His children we willingly – in our eager efforts to please HIM – do good works in obedience to His commands. [James 2:18]

Someday we’ll hear: ‘Well done thou good an faithful servant.” [Matthew 25:21] Jesus said, "If you love me obey Me!" [John 14:15]

Nanny state insanity:
New Hampshire bill to CRIMINALIZE letting your own dog run around your back yard when the weather is cold

1-16-20, (Natural News) There is an old saying that “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.” Sometimes good intentions combined with a lack of knowledge can make for a really toxic combination. An excellent example of this is State Representative Katherine Rogers’ proposed legislation as outlined in New Hampshire House Bill 1389. The bill would impose criminal penalties on pet owners who do not: provide adequate food, water or shelter for their animals. Some elements of the way this legislation is structured reflects a lack of understanding and facts of dogs and weather. (Related: FDA approves anxiety drug for your dog … so he doesn’t react to his ‘normal’ animal instincts.)  [Read More...]

God Created Canine Paws With Special Blood Vessels That Protect Them From Cold

 A new study published in the Journal Veterinary Dermatology, dogs’ paw pads contain lots of fatty tissue – which doesn’t freeze as easily as other tissues. The blood vessels in dogs’ feet are arranged in a way that lets them act like living heat exchangers: arteries in the paws are very close to networks of tiny veins (venules), facilitating the transfer of heat from venous to arterial blood. When a paw is cooled by contact with frozen ground, warmth from the arteries in the paw is transferred to the venules. This helps keep the paw at a tolerable temperature.

In addition, it warms the blood before it flows back to the body – thus helping keep the dog’s body temperature from falling uncomfortably low. Thank YOU, God!

Russia in crisis: Why has PM Dmitry Medvedev quit?

1-15-20, Express.co.uk -- On Jan 15, 2020 Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev submitted his resignation to President Vladimir Putin. Mr Medvedev then announced he and the entire Russian government is resigning. Russian news agencies said despite Pres Putin's thanking members, he noted the prime minister's Cabinet failed to fulfil all the objectives set for it. During Vladimir Putin's annual state of the nation address, Jan 15, 2020 he proposed amending the constitution which would increase the powers of prime ministers and cabinet members. The proposed changes are seen as part of Mr Putin's efforts to create a new position of power for himself, in order for him to stay at the helm after his current term as president ends in 2024.

Russian government resigns as Putin proposes changes 

1-15-20, ABCNews -- Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev quit hours after President Vladimir Putin proposed a reform of powers of parliament and the cabinet. The Kremlin says President Putin has named tax chief Mikhail Mishustin, 53, as Russia's new prime minister.  The most dramatic change would give Russia's parliament, instead of the president, the power to select the cabinet -- a significant change to Russia’s current constitutional order.


Vladimir Putin's cabinet resigns in Russia today

1-15-20, CBSNews -- Moscow — President Vladimir Putin proposed major changes to Russia's constitution that ignited speculation over the country's future. More here from Sky News

Will the 737 MAX Lead to Boeing’s Bankruptcy? 
5-28-19, Eric Englund, LewRockwell.com --  Boeing is a company teetering on the brink and could be forced into bankruptcy resulting from a toxic combination of reckless financial management and reckless disregard for producing safe aircraft. [..] For a company potentially facing an enormously negative financial impact from the 737 MAX’s problems, and the SEC reviewing Boeing’s accounting of such an impact, will Boeing’s equity fall into negative territory? Moreover, will the SEC comment on the negative impact stock buybacks have had on Boeing’s financial well-being? I have no doubt the SEC’s investigators are going to be stunned by the financial mismanagement perpetrated by Boeing’s top executives.

Following are many scriptures warning ‘THE DAY OF THE LORD:’

1. Isaiah:

• 2:12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
• 13:6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
• 13:9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
• 2. Jeremiah 46:10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. [North end of Euphrates is in the Islamic nation of Turkey.]
• 3.  Ezekiel
• 13:5 Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
• 30:3 For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
• 4. Joel:
• 1:15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
•  2:1 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
• 2:11 The LORD shall utter His voice before His army: for His camp is very great: for He is strong that executeth His word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
•  3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
• 5.  Amos 5:18, 20 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
• 6.  Obadiah 1:15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
• 7.  Zechariah 14:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
• 8.  1Corinthians 5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
• 9.  1Thessalonians 5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 
• 10. 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.

 
If the Lord God cast judgment on Adam, the Jews, Pharaoh, Sodom/Gomorrah – world in flood and many more; why do we scoff at the proclamations in God's word that He will fulfill His end time warnings? [Hebrews 9:27] The Lord God almighty loves us so much He warns us and sent a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, for all repentant sinners who trust Him for their eternal salvation. John 14:6
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We also have the hope of His second appearing. Apart from His virgin birth, sacrifice on the cross for our sins and rising from the dead; we also know from Revelation 19:11-14 that when He does come to the earth again that we will be with Him. This requires, as Paul also wrote in 1 Corinthians 15:52 our being "changed" from mortal to immortal and these corruptible bodies must become incorruptible. Three things to consider regarding this transition:

1. Our citizenship is in Heaven - Philippians 3:20-21, Christ's resurrection from the dead and ascension into heaven was not going to be limited to just Him. He was the firstborn, meaning the first to rise from the dead and remain alive forevermore. [Jesus also brought Lazarus from death before Jesus' crucifixion - John 11:1–44.]
2. We are predestined - Romans 8:29-30, 2 "For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified."
3. Many believers have already passed [fallen asleep]; but those who are alive and remain when Jesus, as a conquering King, returns - will bypass death and be instantly conformed into the image of Christ and thus return with Him. The Lord will appear and meet them/us in the air with the bodily resurrected saints who had died. Both groups will be made immortal and incorruptible in a moment and twinkling of an eye. Revelation 19:11; 1 Corinthians 15:52-53; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 

Our existence as Christians is not a pitiable one and these are words of great comfort. Someday, these lowly bodies will be transformed into glorious bodies like that of the Lord Jesus. [Philippians 3:21] Until then, we are to eagerly pray, watch and wait for His return. [Mark 13:33, 37] We are to live with full expectancy of the Lord's appearing at any moment in the air to meet the resurrected saints and those of us who are alive. Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus. Revelation 22:20
 
*Excerpted and adapted full original message from Amir Tsarfati here