12-31-21, The vast majority of those deaths are among the elderly — people 65 and up make up 75 percent of all COVID deaths in the U.S., or 600,000 of those nearly 800,000 deaths. Younger Americans, 45 to 64, make up 21 percent. Those 45 and below are just 4 percent of all deaths. -- PBS.org, Amna Nawaz reports
7-28-21, PJ Media: Washington DC’s chief medical examiner, Francisco J. Diaz said: Officer Brian Sicknick died of natural causes suffering two strokes and died the day after confronting the rioters on 1/6/20. He told Washington Post there was no evidence the 42-year-old had an allergic reaction to the irritants used by the rioters. He also reported that the cop's throat would have seized up quickly if he had suffered an allergic reaction; and there was also no evidence of internal or external injuries to the officer. More here
The Kingdom of God is Near
1-7-22, In Matthew 4:17 we see that from that time Jesus began to preach what He'd preached before, both to Jews and Samaritans, John 4:41; John 4:45, but from this time He began to preach publicly and statedly, and to insist on the same doctrine that John had done: and with good reason, for the repentance which John taught, still was and ever will be, the necessary preparation for that inward kingdom of heaven, or, of God, which is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. -- Benson Commentary [ The Lord Jesus is the King of Kings and the Lion of Judah: Revelation 5:5 ] Who Are the Real Insurrectionists? |
1-6-22, * -- Recently, [leftist liberal] Democrats variously allege that either in 2022, when they expect to lose the Congress, or in 2024, when they fear losing the presidency, Republicans will “destroy democracy” or stage a coup. But who is: ⦁ ... trying to federalize election laws in national elections contrary to the spirit of the Constitution? ⦁ ... trying to repeal or circumvent the Electoral College? ⦁ ... trying to destroy the more than 180-year-old Senate filibuster, the over 150-year-old nine-justice Supreme Court, and the more than 60-year-old, 50-state union? ⦁ ... attacking the founding constitutional idea of two senators per state? ⦁ ... slamming through the impeachment of former President Trump without a presiding chief justice? The Constitution clearly states that “When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside.” ⦁ Never had a president been either impeached twice or tried in the Senate as a private citizen. Who did both? The Left further broke prior precedent by impeaching Trump without a special counsel’s report, formal hearings, witnesses, and cross-examinations. ⦁ ... violating federal civil rights legislation? In summer 2020, many local and state-mandated quarantines and bans on public assemblies were simply ignored with impunity — if demonstrators were associated with Black Lives Matter or protesting the police. Currently Biden's admin: ⦁ is flagrantly embracing the neo-Confederate idea of nullifying federal law. ⦁ has allowed nearly 2 million foreign nationals to enter the United States illegally across the southern border—in hopes they will soon be loyal constituents. ⦁ hasn't asked illegal entrants either to be tested for or vaccinated against COVID-19. Yet all U.S. citizens in the military and employed by the federal government are threatened with dismissal if they fail to become vaccinated. ⦁ has allowed millions of illegal migrants to be protected by some 550 “sanctuary city” jurisdictions. These revolutionary areas all brazenly nullify immigration law by refusing to allow federal immigration authorities to deport the lawbreakers. | The Leftist Democrats illegally endeavored to remove President Trump by: ⦁ The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff violated laws governing the chain of command. Some retired officers violated Article 88 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice by slandering their commander-in-chief. ⦁ Others publicly were on record calling for the military to intervene to remove the lawfully elected president. ⦁ Some of the nation’s top officials in the FBI and intelligence committee have misled or lied - under oath - either to federal investigators or the U.S. Congress, again, mostly with impunity. The USA is in a Dangerous Revolutionary Cycle The threat against the USA is not so much from the loud, buffoonish one-day rioters on January 6, 2020 during the Capitol breakin; such clownish characters did not for 120 days — all under the banner of revolutionary justice do the following: Loot, burn, attack courthouses and police precincts, cause over 30 deaths, injure 2,000 policemen and destbroy at least $2 billion in property ... but in summer of 2020 Marxist rioters did do that in Seattle, Minneapolis, Washington DC and Los Angeles did do that. They are the organized groups of: Antifa, Black Lives Matter and other domestic terror groups supported by the leftist Democrats. Even more ominously, stone-cold sober elites in the shadows are systematically waging an insidious revolution seeking to dismantle America’s institutions and the rule of law as we have known them. *Excerpted and adapted full original report from Victor Davis Hansen here |
Students Aren't Learning with Distance Learning Remote learning aka online education isn't a success. Children need the social aspect of attending school, they need more structure and support. Parents are also becoming more stressed causing the kids to also be stressed resulting poor learning. | Ethnic Differences in Children's Remote Education 6-8-21, Our most recent UAS data, collected from 1,510 K-12 parents reveals sizable gaps along racial lines, with 19% of white parents currently preferring fully remote instruction compared to 43% of Black and 42% of Hispanic families who do not. |
Jesus Promised to Return
1-6-22, The Lord Jesus said: "And if I go and prepare . . . " He does not imply uncertainty, but expresses that the fact is in the region of the future, which is clear to Him, and will unfold itself to them. He said, "I will come again, and receive you unto Myself."
This clause has been variously explained of the resurrection; of the death of individual disciples; of the spiritual presence of our Lord in the Church; of the coming again of the Lord in the Parousia of the last day, when all who believe in Him shall be received unto Himself. The difficulty has arisen from taking the words “I will come again,” as necessarily referring to the same time as those which follow--“I will receive you unto Myself,” whereas they are in the present tense, and should be literally rendered, I am coming again. They refer rather, as the same words refer when used in John 14:18, to His constant spiritual presence in their midst; whereas the reception of them to Himself is to be understood of the complete union which will accompany that spiritual presence; a union which will be commenced in this life, advanced by the death of individuals, and completed in the final coming again. -- Ellicott's Commentary
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[Note that since appx 2006, in the USA, lofty leaders decided to take the birth and life of the Lord Jesus Christ out of our dating system. They've changed the centuries old system of “Before Christ” (BC) and “Anno Domini” (AD) “Year of our Lord” to BCE (“Before Common Era”) and CE (“Common Era”). This too is confirmation of the historical fact of Christ, Who is is, What He's done and will do. The Bible is true and Jesus is coming again. Revelation 19:11] More here
Comparing Jan 6th Capitol Breach with George Floyd Riots and 2017 Inauguration Riots [here] 1-6-22, Zero Hedge & Real Clear Investigations -- The one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2020 Capitol riot arrives this week with Americans still sharply divided over the afternoon-long episode’s significance and severity as Democrats, hemorrhaging support and facing the loss of Congress in this year's midterms, sternly present a media spectacle. There is no comparable scrutiny of the nationwide summer 2020 riots over George Floyd’s murder, 2017 Washington DC riots over the election of Donald Trump and the Capitol breach. RealClearInvestigations has developed the comparison database allowing readers to draw their own conclusions -- including the all-but-forgotten riot in Washington on Inauguration Day 2017, as protesters challenged Trump’s election and legitimacy. | Highlights: The summer 2020 riots resulted in:
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FBI finds ZERO evidence that President Trump's, allies “incited” the Capitol breach and none had weapons Federal authorities have arrested more than 570 people who allegedly participated in the Capitol breach. The FBI's findings will prove an obstacle to left-wing Democrats on the House Select Committee investigating the events of Jan. 6th, 2020 who seek to prove that President Trump and his allies organized the riot. Pelosi (D-CA) has suggested that the committee will investigate GOP lawmakers who supported Trump's effort to have the Electoral College results rejected. But without evidence of a larger conspiracy, attempts to tie Republicans to an insurrection are purely political. | OH?? No evidence FBI organized Jan. 6 Capitol riot USAToday -- There is no evidence to support claims that undercover FBI agents orchestrated the Jan. ... Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., in which he demands FBI Director Christopher Wray "fully disclose the role and involvement of FBI operatives during the January 6th Capitol riot." Only One woman, Ashli Babbitt, was killed by a Capitol Police officer during the capitol violence while the media falsely reported over 5 were killed. Those other four died of natural causes or drugs as reported here: Apr 7, 2021 WashPost report | Ex-Marine accused of being 'FBI plant sent to incite Jan 6th Capitol Breach.. dailymail.co.uk›news/article…FBI…incite-Jan…riot… Ray Epps, 60, who is at the center of a conspiracy theory alleging he was an FBI plant sent to help incite the deadly riot. === Why Hasn't Ray Epps Been Arrested? Just what was the role of mysterious ex-Marine Ray Epps in fomenting the Jan 6th Capitol breach? And why’s he been removed from the list of suspects? |
Nations Gone Berserk:
USA, China & Australia to Name just three
The Apostle Paul Admonished the Brethren: "How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. 27If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. 28But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. [..] For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints." 1 Corinthians 14:26-33
Excerpted from Bill Wilson's, Daily Jot full original report here dailyjot.com/?p=2954
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New York Video Shows Mom and Child Being Kicked Out of Restaurant
12-28-21,Newsweek, In New York City, children aged 5 to 11 are required to show proof of at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose for indoor public spaces. Five people arrested for trespassing in Brooklyn Burer King for no vax ID ... sounds like Nazi Germany - soon we'll have to wear some kinda 'yellow star' badge??
More here: www.complex.com/life/five-men-arrested-storming-nyc-burger-king-protest-vaccine-mandate-video
1-6-22, RT.com -- Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has issued a stark warning to people who refuse the Covid jab if they fail to follow a stay-at-home order ... With Covid infections in the Philippines hitting a three-month high, President Rodrigo Duterte took a firm approach to the unvaxxed, threatening to arrest such “recalcitrant persons” if they violate a confinement order. At the end of 2021, government figures showed that 49.8 million individuals in the Philippines were fully vaccinated. That number is less than half of the country’s 110 million-strong population. More here
12-28-21, CHINA public shaming and lockdowns… the world has gone berserk over a virus with 99 percent survival. Delusion! ✝️ GOD’S STRONG DELUSION? 2 Thessalonian 2:10-12 🥺🙏🏻
12-1-21, Up to 2,000 people can be held at the Howard Springs site. It is an old mining camp that was turned into a COVID VIRUS quarantine camp by the Australian government last August. The escapees had been and are without Covid ...
Genesis 5:1. The book of the generations of Adam; a list or catalogue of his posterity, not of all, but only of the holy seed, from whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came; of the names, ages, and deaths of those that were the successors of the first Adam in preserving the promise, and the ancestors of the second, at whose coming the promise was accomplished. -- Benson Commentary
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Scripture does not bear witness to itself but instead to God. The divine res of Scripture are its true end and purpose. The language of Scripture does mediate historical and doctrinal truths. The reality to which Scripture refers, though, is not a set of discrete, logically or conceptually related propositions of doctrine. The reality to which Scripture refers is the recapitulation of all things in Jesus Christ in the history that is. Every teaching and doctrine of Christian faith has this reality as its referent. This reality is a divine mystery. It is the gift of God’s self to humanity through the cross of Christ and sending of the Holy Spirit. -- Henri de Lubac, (1896-1991)
FACTCHECK: Yes, 5G can interfere with airplanes, but it's unclear... 12-15-21, WUSA9.com -- It's unclear whether 5G cell towers will cause 'harmful interference' to airplanes On Dec. 7, 2021, the FAA issued a directive “prohibiting certain operations requiring radio altimeter data when in the presence of 5G C-band wireless broadband signals.” The agency plans to issue notices when C-band towers are near airports and could affect altimeters. The Air Line Pilots Association warns that the FAA directive could prevent pilots from landing in low visibility conditions, meaning the number of diversions could increase. The FAA says it is continuing to work with the FCC and cellphone companies. | U.S. officials ask AT&T, Verizon to delay 5G wireless The aviation industry and FAA have raised concerns about potential interference of 5G with sensitive aircraft electronics like radio altimeters ... ==== AT&T and Verizon have rebuffed a request from federal transportation officials to delay the launch of new 5G wireless services. Verizon Chief Executive Officer Hans Vestberg and AT&T’s John Stankey wrote: “Your proposed framework asks that we agree to transfer oversight of our companies’ multi-billion dollar investment in 50 unnamed metropolitan areas representing the lion’s share of the U.S. population to the FAA for an undetermined number of months or years. Even worse, the proposal is directed to only two companies. It'd be an irresponsible abdication of the operating control required to deploy world-class and globally competitive communications networks.” | What Is 5G? | PCMaghttps://www.pcmag.com › News › Race to 5G Like other cellular networks, 5G networks use a system of cell sites that divide their territory into sectors and send encoded data through radio waves. The towers potentially could interfere with airplane guidance systems. Thousands of US planes (and some helicopters) won’t be able to use many of the guided and automatic landing systems that are designed to work in poor visibility conditions, if they’re landing at an airport where there’s deemed to be enough interference that their altimeters aren’t reliable. More here and here |
What about other Cellular Providers Like T-Mobile Who's Seen Benefiting From AT&T, Verizon Delay on 5G ?
11-4-21, Bloomberg -- Blair Levin, an analyst with New Street Research said the delay to AT&T & Verizon Cellular helps T-Mobile lock in 5G customers before Verizon and AT&T have improved their coverage. Mobile carriers have permission to use the C-Band beginning Dec. 5, 2021. The FCC awarded wireless network providers access to the radio bands in a February auction. Verizon spent $45 billion on the airwaves in question, and AT&T devoted $23 billion in an FCC auction. T-Mobile has a huge swath of licenses in the 2.5 gigahertz range that is clear of the conflict. In a tweet, Walter Piecyk, an analyst with LightShed Partners LLC said: “This is a clear win” for T-Mobile because delay keeps rivals from matching its airwaves holdings. More here
'Patton's Slapping Incident' “Old Blood and Guts” stopped at a Evacuation Field Hospital to pay his respects to the wounded. He spied 18 yr old rifleman, Charles Kuhl huddled on a supply crate who was suffering from dysentery, malaria, temp of 102 & battle fatigue. The general asked Kuhl about his injuries. Kuhl's unsteady reply: “I guess I can’t take it.” Patton exploded yanking the soldier to his feet, called him a coward and slapped him across the face with a leather glove. [..] Within 48 hours, a memo from Seventh Army headquarters went out directing all commanders to cease and desist sending battle fatigue cases to the rear. Patton wrote: “Such men… bring discredit on the army and disgrace to their comrades.” | "Old Blood and Guts" General Patton In 1944 famed World War Two general George S. Patton commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Mediterranean and European theaters of World War II. He's best known for leading the U.S. Third Army in France and Germany in the wake of the Allied invasion of Normandy. In a speech Patton said: "Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a loser. Americans despise cowards. Americans play to win all of the time. I wouldn’t give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That’s why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war; for the very idea of losing is hateful to an American. Death must not be feared. Death, in time, comes to all men.[..] Some day I want to see the Germans raise up on their piss-soaked hind legs and howl, “Jesus Christ, it’s that goddamned Third Army again and that son of a bitch Patton.” | A Master Class on Winning from General George S. Patton If you’re the hypersensitive, snowflake type…this one will eat you alive. Now…for those of you who are fed up with the nonsense going on in the world right now you'll probably wish we had more like George Patton who's been quoted as saying…“Wars are not won by defensive tactics.” His military strategy centered on aggressive, energetic advancement: a focus on ceaseless drive; a belief & motto in battle: “GO FORWARD!” [..] Like war, our goals & dreams are not won passively. Defensive tactics like procrastination, avoidance & excuse making are tools of cowards, weaklings & losers. They only succeed in perpetuating failure, regret & disappointment. Our success in any endeavor is forever linked directly to our heart, will & steadfast commitment to goals. -- Dr. Gordon Jones, South Carolina |
God said: "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee." Psalms 32:8 Listen for His small voice [1 Kings 18:20-40; 19:12] the Lord ultimately leads us to our eternal home with Him." Romans 6:20-23
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary: In Psalm 32:8-11 God teaches by His word and guides with the secret intimations of His will. David gives a word of caution to sinner; that the way of sin will certainly end in sorrow. It's comforting for believers that they may see that a life of communion with God is far the most pleasant and comfortable. Let us rejoice, O Lord Jesus, in thee, and in Thy salvation; so shall we rejoice indeed. In Romans 6:1-5; 6-23 the Apostle Paul presses the necessity of holiness. He does not explain away the free grace of the gospel, but he shows that connection between justification and holiness are inseparable. Let the thought be abhorred, of continuing in sin that grace may abound. True believers are dead to sin, therefore they ought not to follow it. No man can at the same time be both dead and alive. He is a fool who, desiring to be dead unto sin, thinks he may live in it.
The Truth About Global Warming: Liberals are Nuts! We Need Carbon Dioxide! [1] 12-17-21, Professor Ian Plimer* -- "Okay, here's the bombshell ... the volcanic eruption in Iceland [2] since its first spewing of volcanic ash has, in just FOUR DAYS, NEGATED EVERY SINGLE EFFORT you [liberal fanatics] have made in the past five years to control CO2 emissions on our planet - all of you. Of course, you know about this evil carbon dioxide that we are trying to suppress – it’s that vital chemical compound that every plant requires to live and grow and to synthesize into oxygen for us humans and all animal life. It's very disheartening to realize that all of the carbon emission savings you have accomplished while suffering the inconvenience and expense of driving Prius hybrids, buying fabric grocery bags, sitting up till midnight to finish your kids "The Green Revolution" science project, throwing out all of your non-green cleaning supplies, using only two squares of toilet paper, putting a brick in your toilet tank reservoir, selling your SUV and speedboat, vacation in Bali getting hit every day on your bicycle, replacing all of your 50 cent light bulbs with $10.00 light bulbs..... well, all of those things you have done have all gone down the tubes in just four days. And when the volcano Mt. Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991 - for over a year - it spewed out more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than the entire human race had emitted in all its years on earth. | The fact of the matter is that the bush fire season across the western USA and Australia this year alone will negate your efforts to reduce carbon in our world for the next two to three years; and it's an annual event! The government just tried to impose a whopping carbon tax on you, on the basis of the bogus 'human-caused' climate-change scenario. The tree huggers don't call it 'Global Warming' anymore because the planet has COOLED by 0.7 degrees in the past century and these global warming bull**** artists got caught with their pants down. And, just keep in mind that you might yet be stuck with an Emissions Trading Scheme - that whopping new tax - imposed on you that will achieve absolutely nothing except make you poorer. It won't stop any volcanoes from erupting, that's for sure. [3] [1] https://www.airthings.com/what-is-carbon-dioxide [2] Video Sept 2021 Iceland volcanic eruption: Iceland #Volcano Eruption - #Fagradalsfjall September #2021 - Bing video [3] 40+ Volcanoes Active as of Dec 2021: https://volcano.si.edu/gvp_currenteruptions.cfm *Excerpted and adapted report from: Ian Rutherford Plimer, Australian geologist, professor emeritus of earth sciences at the University of Melbourne Thesis: The pipe deposits of tungsten-molybdenum-bismuth in eastern Australia (1976); Notable awards: Eureka Prize (1995, 2002),Centenary Medal(2003), Clarke Medal (2004) |
More College Bowl games canceled over COVID 12-26-21, NPR -- Three schools announced that they wouldn't participate in this years bowl games: Virginia Cavaliers dropped out of Wasabi Fenway Bowl, UCLA in San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl and... | Military Bowl organizers said the bowl game would be canceled due to a spate of positive coronavirus cases at Boston College, where more than 40 players were unavailable to play. | No key Ohio State players positive for COVID-19 days before . 12-29-21, Dispatch, ANAHEIM, Calif. – The protocols over the coronavirus has led to the cancellation of multiple bowl games. However, Ohio State is healthy ahead of the Rose Bowl game against Utah on New Year’s Day. [Ohio won] |
What perils lie ahead in 2022?
"Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end." Daniel 12:9
1-2-22, Issues in his first update for 2022, Brother John Haller of Ohio delves into topics not for the faint hearted . Based on current trends, John reports on what the nations can expect in the new year. It isn't pretty. God warned us about the 'last days' ... surely we are IN THEM! 1 Peter 3:3; 1 Timothy 4:1; Jude 1:18; 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
One hour forty-five minute video here
In Three Generations Standardized Testing for American Higher Education is Removed; Resulting in Students Becoming 'Dumb & Dumber!'
1-3-22, * -- The Scholastic Assessment Test [SAT] was developed in 1926 to screen college applicants to determine if they possessed the basic tools to succeed in higher education. In those days real education meant something. The curriculum was structured where a student couldn't graduate unless he/she mastered the basics of math, science, literature ... including the foundational works of Western civilization [history]. [..] Clearly, then as now, colleges also had unqualified imbeciles, who were admitted due to their legacy status or donor gift giving allowing the unqualified undeserved entrance. The unfit dummies most often did flunk out in those days ... Today however, no college wants to bounce its dummies. With tuition at $50k+ per year, they can stay as long as they want as curricula for the stupid, aimless & lazy has been developed just for them! From 1926 through the end of WWII; the SAT was used as a triage instrument making certain that the applicant possessed the basic reading and math skills to succeed. The SAT morphed from an instrument setting a floor on basic academic skills to something called meritocracy. Smart Jews and other excluded ethnicities started displacing dumb Kennedys, Rockefellers and even Fords. [..] | Once the geniuses came in, the academic excellence at these institutions skyrocketed. Once America's elite institutions realized that in order to achieve and maintain their excellence they needed to seek out the best brains they could, they created the finest university system in the world! That's now on the verge of destruction. Why? Because, for the foreseable future the schools have eliminated all standardized testing requirements. They have used the Covid hysteria as their rationale - it's too much of a challenge for students to get to testing centers, etc. - that of course is false. Standardized testing has been removed as a surrender to the sick 'woke' pressure from the Leftists who claim the tests are racist. And any admissions process that considers anything but racial status ... illegitimate. If your child is a Literary, Grammar, Math, Science genius, he/she may have to go to a trade school as there's a good chance that those Ivy-covered gates will be closed to them as now ethnicity is #1 on list of requirements. To think that it took these schools to have gone from dumb to dumber in only three generations! *Excerpted and Adapted full original report from Conservative Clarity, Emes here |
Joe Biden plays checkers while Putin plays chess 12-30-21, AmerFirst -- Ole Joe Biden spoke with Russia's President Vladimir Putin earlier this month as the world braced for a possible Russian invasion into Ukraine. This while the USA begs for oil from Russia & China. | The meeting came after Biden’s first year that saw him allow Russia's building of the Nord Hasten II oil pipeline, with unfavorable financial results for Ukraine, a huge nationwide security debacle in Afghanistan, and poor polling by USA voters. | Weak, checkers-playing Biden faces emboldened Russia playing chess 12-30-21, FoxNews -- President Putin is a strategic player while ole Joe isn't. The chess match the former KGB agent is playing now with Biden will be the most dangerous ... |
The Cross is God's Christmas Tree
"Who His own self bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed."
* What is the origin of the modern Christmas tree? While there's no definite answer - one thing's sure: it has no biblical basis. Actually the important consideration for us is not the origin of the Christmas tree, but the present paganism which attends its use & the crass materialism which has been brought to surround it even in Christian homes & celebrations. However, in history, we see it's been connected with:
- Saturnalia of ancient Romans & their use of evergreens for decorations and the Druids were tree worshippers. Both have been strongly denounced by the Christian Church and there's no scriptural or historical basis for the use of Christmas ornaments.
- William Muir Auld refers to the fact that Virgil casually alluded to a Roman custom of placing images on evergreens at certain times of the year. George Jacob, an Arabian geographer of the tenth century, related a legend about the night Christ was born in which the forest, despite ice & snow, burst into bloom.
- The first mention of the Christmas tree was made by an unknown citizen in Strassburg in 1604; the whole idea is doubtless of German origin & probably began in Protestantism. “At Christmas they set up fir trees in the parlours in Strassburg & hang thereon roses cut out of manycolored paper, etc.” (A. Tille, Yule & Christmas). It can't be substantiated but some attribute its birth to Martin Luther.
In spite of all this, God has His Christmas tree. I grant you it's not as pretty as the department store tree. It's not filled with baubles of color & tinsel, nor is it bright with trinkets & lights. It is the cross of Christ! In fact, the proper name for the cross is "tree." You'll remember that the early church spoke of it this way. “The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew & hanged on a tree.” (Acts 5:30) And Peter in His first epistle writes:
Who His own self bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed. 1 Peter 2:24
The Gifts God purchased for us that's presented on this TREE have been purchased with the precious blood of Christ; they're spiritual and eternal:
Love, grace, faith, forgiveness, salvation, the Holy Spirit, peace, access to God, hope and joy everlasting
- ⦁ For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)
- ⦁ The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us. (Romans 5:5)
- ⦁ Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:1)
- ⦁ And you, that were once alienated & enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath He reconciled [forgiveness]. (Colossians 1:21)
- ⦁ ... we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.…Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, & find grace to help in time of need. (hebrews 4:14, 16)
- ⦁ And hope maketh not ashamed, because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts.… (Romans 5:5)
- ⦁ Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new & living way, which He hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, His flesh, & having an high priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, & our bodies washed with pure water. (Hebrews 10:19-22)
- ⦁ By whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, & rejoice in hope of the glory of God. (Romans 5:2)
- ⦁ “Hope of the glory of God” ... “Looking for that blessed hope & the glorious appearing of the great God & our Savior, Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13)
- ⦁ And ye became followers of us, & of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit. (1 Thessalonians 1:6)
- ⦁ And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the reconciliation. (Romans 5:11)
*Excerpted full original report by Dr. J. Vernon McGee, American ordained Presbyterian Pastor, Radio Bible Teacher. Born: June 17, 1904, Hillsboro, TX; Passed to Jesus: December 1, 1988 Here
“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:7
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Fifty Glorious Instrumental Hymns of the Christian Faith
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Stats Trick: How Omicron Can Transition From ‘Mild’ to 'whatever' to keep masses rushing for shots? 12-3-21, NoqReport -- Every death with a positive Omicron test is a corporate press headline. ... If Omicron indeed becomes the dominant gene sequence, the corporate press and the tyrannical “public health expert” class will of course reframe the strain from “mild” to something far worse... Recall the early reporting on the Delta strain from early summer 2021... Similar to previous strains, Delta sported an extremely high recovery rate, significantly higher than the original strain “detected” in Wuhan, China. [..] | So regardless of whether Omicron has become a mutation so weak that it is akin to the common cold, there’s enough headlines out there for the panicked presses and maniacal governments to seize the situation to their benefit. [..] If Omicron dominates the Delta covid variant, it'll become just one of an endless series of excuses for the failure of governments to “stop the spread,” along with the failure of products coerced upon us by mafia-like pharmaceutical companies. As with Delta, the Omicron stats trick can serve as the perfect pretext for more government-imposed tyranny, coupled with hundreds of billions of dollars in further sales of junk harmful pharma products. More here |
"If any man serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there shall also My servant be: if any man serve Me, him will My Father honor." John 10:26 1-1-22, In this illustration, the sheepfold represents weak, sinful & forgiven people. The Lord Jesus provides a protective shelter for the family of God. No one can enter the fold except through the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ (John 10:7–9, 14:6). He alone determines who may come in. His life illustrates how we ought to live; He doesn’t have to push or prod us to follow and obey Him, truly born again believers in Christ [John 3:3, 7] want to obey Him. | 1 John 2:3–6 explains that to know God is to obey Him: “We know that we have come to know him if we keep His commands. Whoever says, ‘I know him,’ but does not do what He commands is a liar." We obey showing the 'fruit' of the Spirit; true "sheep" know the Lord’s voice and prove it by obeying His commands. The Good Shepherd says, “My sheep hear My voice.” These sheep have heard the call of Christ to enter the "sheepfold." By His grace we've been saved through faith; Jesus laid down His life on the cross to give His followers forgiveness and eternal life for all eternity (John 6:37, 39; 17:2, 9; 18:9). |
12-19-21, DallasMornNews -- President Trump with newsman, Bill O'Reilly during their 'History Tour' [two in Texas], offered a grim assessment of the USA at its lowest point ever. Trump said: “Our country is going to hell; we have to get our country back. We have to make America great again.” The stop in Dallas marked Trump’s final stop the four-day trip of cities in Florida and Texas. Trump also attended worship services at the First Baptist Dallas church. | Throughout his conversation with O’Reilly, Trump insisted that the 2020 election had been “stolen” from him and that a thorough investigation must be conducted. Trump won Texas by 5.6 percentage points over Biden in 2020; but is still pushing for a major audit of the vote. Asked about the Jan. 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol, Trump said it was not an insurrection, but a protest against the “rigged” election. |
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