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Matthew 2:1; Titus 2:13; Revelation 19:11
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 | Thus, we have lived in this long shadow since that first Pentecost; when the Holy Spirit was given to mankind in an extraordinary fashion as ‘cloven tongues of fire’ descending upon the disciples (Acts 2:1-4). However, just prior to that, Christ ascended from the earth in front of His disciples in an equally glorious fashion. As they stood gazing intently into the sky, presumably, wondering if He would return in short order, two Angels appear and communicate with the disciples gathered there. Acts 1:9-11 Before He left, Christ’s mandate to the disciples indicated that while His return was absolutely certain (John 14:1-3), it may have some time built into it. They were to go into the entire world, making disciples of all nations. Matthew 28:18-20 |
| Christ stands outside this church knocking on the door [Revelation 3:20]. However, the decline of Western Christendom and intense ramping up of persecution against Eastern Christendom was foretold by Scripture. None of this was by accident or surprise to God. We with eyes to see and ears to hear, should take some comfort living through these darkened days, because they are only darkened, by the shadow of what’s coming…our deliverance. |  |
And finally, to the faithful born again believers in Christ … He has no point of condemnation stating: “Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.” Revelation 3:10
Are You Ready?
Are You Ready?
*Excerpted and adapted full original message from Pete Garcia here https://rev310.com/2019/11/the-long-shadow
Apostles journey here: https://www.thebiblejourney.org/the-bible-journey/10-pauls-journey-to-phrygia-macedonia/paul-starts-his-2nd-missionary-journey/
Apostles journey here: https://www.thebiblejourney.org/the-bible-journey/10-pauls-journey-to-phrygia-macedonia/paul-starts-his-2nd-missionary-journey/
God Created Creatures to Adapt
God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind." God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And it was so and it was good. "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female He created them. God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
Genesis 1:24-28 24
Exploring Adaptation of God's Creatures from an Engineering Perspective
10-29-19, * -- For more than a century, biologists have appealed to Darwinian natural selection to explain how living organisms adapt to different environments. But research over the last several decades has consistently dethroned Darwin’s view of natural selection. Rather than corroborating the concept that environments mold creatures through “survival of the fittest,” the research supports the astonishing idea that to a great extent creatures actively sense their environments and adapt accordingly. Recent discoveries indicate that something radical and impressive is happening. Adaptation is a result of brilliant biological engineering rather than trial-and-error death and survival, which flips the mechanism of adaptation completely on its head. This approach views biological adaptation as primarily occurring through internal mechanisms (the ability to actively sense the environment and adapt) rather than external influence (the environment molds creatures through Darwinian natural selection). Abundant evidence can be found that creatures actively sense their environments and responsively adapt. Many such adaptations occur within one generation or less, which is far too rapid for Darwin’s notion of trial-and-error natural selection.
Exploring Adaptation of God's Creatures from an Engineering Perspective
10-29-19, * -- For more than a century, biologists have appealed to Darwinian natural selection to explain how living organisms adapt to different environments. But research over the last several decades has consistently dethroned Darwin’s view of natural selection. Rather than corroborating the concept that environments mold creatures through “survival of the fittest,” the research supports the astonishing idea that to a great extent creatures actively sense their environments and adapt accordingly. Recent discoveries indicate that something radical and impressive is happening. Adaptation is a result of brilliant biological engineering rather than trial-and-error death and survival, which flips the mechanism of adaptation completely on its head. This approach views biological adaptation as primarily occurring through internal mechanisms (the ability to actively sense the environment and adapt) rather than external influence (the environment molds creatures through Darwinian natural selection). Abundant evidence can be found that creatures actively sense their environments and responsively adapt. Many such adaptations occur within one generation or less, which is far too rapid for Darwin’s notion of trial-and-error natural selection.
Examples of what studies have shown follows:
• Darwin’s famous finches rapidly adapted their beak shapes by sensing the environment rather than strictly through inherited genetic changes.1
• A species of carp expeditiously changed its morphology in the presence of predators. These changes made the carps’ bodies more difficult to devour and increased their speed and acceleration.2
• A study of over 1,000 pythons and boas demonstrated that they expressed similar traits to adapt to their environments, with no recorded mutations.3
• Certain populations of mice vary their tail lengths in response to eastern or western prairies and forests. This appears to happen by specific genetic mechanisms—not mutations.4
• Clutches of eggs for various reptiles sense environmental temperature and sand content and produce different ratios of male and female. The changes occur after the eggs are laid and are not a result of mutations. Specific sensors for this process were discovered in 2015.5
• When a certain species of sighted river fish lays eggs in a cave environment, the larvae indirectly sense the cave environment and produce fish with greater eye and orbit size variations. No inactivating mutation in regulatory genes have been identified.6
Many evolutionary scientists significantly disagree over the challenge this “warp-speed evolution” presents to Darwinism.7 Nature magazine published a 2014 point-counterpoint article on the issue titled “Does evolutionary theory need a rethink?”8 In sharp contrast with traditional Darwinian thought, attendees of an April 2016 conference at the University of Pittsburgh explored the possibility of examining biology in the light of engineering principles. [..snip]
In light of recent discoveries, ICR’s Dr. Randy Guliuzza has incorporated the newest research into a pioneering, design-based, organism-focused method of interpreting biological adaptation. So far, critiques of Darwinism have focused on the inadequacies of its mechanisms or the insurmountable hurdles it would need to overcome to actually work. But this criticism offers little alternative. As both a medical doctor and a registered Professional Engineer, Dr. Guliuzza has the education and experience to provide a solution with unique insights in the area of biological engineering.
• Darwin’s famous finches rapidly adapted their beak shapes by sensing the environment rather than strictly through inherited genetic changes.1
• A species of carp expeditiously changed its morphology in the presence of predators. These changes made the carps’ bodies more difficult to devour and increased their speed and acceleration.2
• A study of over 1,000 pythons and boas demonstrated that they expressed similar traits to adapt to their environments, with no recorded mutations.3
• Certain populations of mice vary their tail lengths in response to eastern or western prairies and forests. This appears to happen by specific genetic mechanisms—not mutations.4
• Clutches of eggs for various reptiles sense environmental temperature and sand content and produce different ratios of male and female. The changes occur after the eggs are laid and are not a result of mutations. Specific sensors for this process were discovered in 2015.5
• When a certain species of sighted river fish lays eggs in a cave environment, the larvae indirectly sense the cave environment and produce fish with greater eye and orbit size variations. No inactivating mutation in regulatory genes have been identified.6
Many evolutionary scientists significantly disagree over the challenge this “warp-speed evolution” presents to Darwinism.7 Nature magazine published a 2014 point-counterpoint article on the issue titled “Does evolutionary theory need a rethink?”8 In sharp contrast with traditional Darwinian thought, attendees of an April 2016 conference at the University of Pittsburgh explored the possibility of examining biology in the light of engineering principles. [..snip]
In light of recent discoveries, ICR’s Dr. Randy Guliuzza has incorporated the newest research into a pioneering, design-based, organism-focused method of interpreting biological adaptation. So far, critiques of Darwinism have focused on the inadequacies of its mechanisms or the insurmountable hurdles it would need to overcome to actually work. But this criticism offers little alternative. As both a medical doctor and a registered Professional Engineer, Dr. Guliuzza has the education and experience to provide a solution with unique insights in the area of biological engineering.
- Paleobiochemist Dr. Brian Thomas says, “Dr. Randy Guliuzza’s research has bravely re-evaluated old ideas about the way animals adjust their biology.”
- Nuclear physicist Vernon Cupps, author of the recent book Rethinking Radiometric Dating, says, “Creationists in general and ICR in particular can look forward to a bright future in the study of biological engineering thanks to the work of Dr. Guliuzza.”
As research advances, ICR scientists are discovering more evidence of God’s brilliant engineering that comes as no surprise to Christian believers.
Romans 1:20 says, “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made.”
* Excerpted and adapted from ICR; full report and References here
Romans 1:20 says, “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made.”
* Excerpted and adapted from ICR; full report and References here
John Haller's Prophecy Update
"History is Back"
God said, "Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 19And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 20And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: 21That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. 22For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; 23Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves."
Deuteronomy 11:18-23
11-3-19, John Haller's update this week includes:
- an analysis of the "confusion" in Syria and the Middle East
- a look at the efforts by Jared Kushner to roll out the Trump Peace Plan with Israel
- the Kurdish alliance with the Syria
- Turkey's leader Erdogan and his plans for the Middle East
- The horrific moral decay of the USA and more.
God Has a Plan For Us
The Lord said, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon Me and ye shall go and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you.”
Jeremiah 29:11-13; Psalm 40:5
11-1-19, * -- We may spend a lot of time thinking about God’s plans for us. It is true that God cares about every intricate detail in our lives; Jesus said that even the hairs on our heads are numbered (Luke 12:7). However, should we expect that the main purpose of God’s plans is to make us happy right here, right now? No.
Jeremiah’s message [Jeremiah 29:11] writing to a group of people that were held captive; although they were not where they expected to be, God had not forgotten them. Even amidst this insanely hard situation, God’s plan will stand His plans are always good.
God hasn't forgotten His people. Just a few verses earlier, we see a big part of God’s plan for them is to “seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile.” (Jeremiah 29:7) In other words, God wanted them to know His plans are not just to benefit them personally. God is also telling them that He is not immediately removing them from the situation. He promises to restore them, but it’s not coming quickly, it was seventy years later and many of them would be dead.
In God’s eternal picture His justice will prevail and everything will be made right. [Isaiah 25:1, 55:8]
Today, as we submit to His plan, He will use us to bless the world around us. The key still remains during both good and difficult times: “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13
*Excerpted and adapted full original message here https://shortdailydevotions.com/jeremiah-2911-13-gods-plans/#more-1698
11-1-19, * -- We may spend a lot of time thinking about God’s plans for us. It is true that God cares about every intricate detail in our lives; Jesus said that even the hairs on our heads are numbered (Luke 12:7). However, should we expect that the main purpose of God’s plans is to make us happy right here, right now? No.
Jeremiah’s message [Jeremiah 29:11] writing to a group of people that were held captive; although they were not where they expected to be, God had not forgotten them. Even amidst this insanely hard situation, God’s plan will stand His plans are always good.
God hasn't forgotten His people. Just a few verses earlier, we see a big part of God’s plan for them is to “seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile.” (Jeremiah 29:7) In other words, God wanted them to know His plans are not just to benefit them personally. God is also telling them that He is not immediately removing them from the situation. He promises to restore them, but it’s not coming quickly, it was seventy years later and many of them would be dead.
In God’s eternal picture His justice will prevail and everything will be made right. [Isaiah 25:1, 55:8]
Today, as we submit to His plan, He will use us to bless the world around us. The key still remains during both good and difficult times: “You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13
*Excerpted and adapted full original message here https://shortdailydevotions.com/jeremiah-2911-13-gods-plans/#more-1698
The Evil Day
“Be very careful, then, how you live-not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the LORD's will is. vs 12 We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.”
Ephesians 5:15-17, 6:12-13
10-30-19, * -- Is there a limit to how evil the world can get before Christ returns? Perhaps a better question is, how evil did God allow Noah’s world to become before the flood came? In what we call the Antediluvian Age (the time before the Flood), God allowed men to live for centuries [Methuselah was 969 years old Genesis 5:27; Noah was 600 years old when the rain began Genesis 7:6], which naturally contributed significantly to the population explosion of the human race. Being omnipotent, God of course already knew that should man live for centuries, this would come to a predictable outcome. So why did He allow it?
10-30-19, * -- Is there a limit to how evil the world can get before Christ returns? Perhaps a better question is, how evil did God allow Noah’s world to become before the flood came? In what we call the Antediluvian Age (the time before the Flood), God allowed men to live for centuries [Methuselah was 969 years old Genesis 5:27; Noah was 600 years old when the rain began Genesis 7:6], which naturally contributed significantly to the population explosion of the human race. Being omnipotent, God of course already knew that should man live for centuries, this would come to a predictable outcome. So why did He allow it?
First of all, when God created Adam and Eve, they were made perfect. That means that they were created with perfect mental faculties, perfect physical attributes, which means they were created genetically perfect. Even though they rebelled, causing sin and death to enter into the human race, physically and genetically, they were still far superior (physically and genetically) to any of their descendants (save Jesus). However, after they sinned, instead of remaining immortal, their bodies were now allowed to age and die. Although this process would take much, much longer than would their succeeding generations. The only way that God could have immediately shortened man’s lifespan after the fall of Adam & Eve, would have been to create physically and genetically inferior humans from the outset…which of course, could not happen.
Jesus stated that before His immediate return, the world would be like the days of Noah [Luke 17:26], although, we don’t have a lot of specific information about those days. Jesus also said the days before His return would be like the days of Lot [Luke 17:2-30], that we do have some specific information. Bible experts have long wondered how big the earth’s population was before the Noahic Flood; some believe:
Jesus stated that before His immediate return, the world would be like the days of Noah [Luke 17:26], although, we don’t have a lot of specific information about those days. Jesus also said the days before His return would be like the days of Lot [Luke 17:2-30], that we do have some specific information. Bible experts have long wondered how big the earth’s population was before the Noahic Flood; some believe:
- It was relatively low; the Bible explains that people were extremely corrupt [Genesis 6:11] and violent prior to the Flood with the earth being filled with wars, diseases and other factors that would keep the population in check.
- The growth rate in the pre-Flood world was equal to the growth rate in 2000 (0.012), there could have been about 750 million people.
- With humans’ extremely long lifespan prior to the Flood, the growth rate could have been close to four billion at the Flood.
Thus far, life in the 20th-century has been the bloodiest century on record. In fact, more people died in the 20th-century due to war and violence, than in all the wars previously combined. Violent crime impacts every nation on earth, and formerly peaceful societies are quickly being inundated with violence due to most nation’s liberal immigration policies bringing in peoples from the war-torn regions of the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa.
Currently in the past 40 years the level of overall wickedness has dramatically risen.
When the fountains of the great deep were broken up, this must-have caused huge geological changes to the earth’s surface. Before the Flood, there were likely little to no mountain ranges. After the flood, as the scriptures state, Noah’s ark landed on Mount Ararat (what was known as Ararat in Moses’s day).
As far as we know, there were no previous forms of human government prior to the flood, as everyone did what they thought was right in their own eyes [Judges 17:6, 21:25]. This allowed for great wickedness and violence to prevail upon the earth. It wasn’t until after the flood, that God gave Noah the mandate should human blood be shed, the person (or animal) that shed the blood would be required as payment. This puts the onus on humans to police other humans as a punitive measure for committing murder. [Genesis 9:6] This is largely how things have operated ever since. However, when a civilization gets to the point where it can no longer manage to contain the violence or chooses to ignore it, that civilization is on the verge of collapse.
Some of the pre-history architecture (megaliths, ziggurats, temples, drowned sites, etc.) that have been found around the earth this past century, were very likely built prior to the flood. (Ex. Atlit Yam, Baalbek, Great Pyramid at Giza, etc.) How many remain from that era we cannot say for certain, but there is enough to assume that what the Antediluvian world lacked in modern technology, they made up for with supernatural help and the advanced human condition (i.e., they were stronger and lived longer).
Our technological advancements have really only come about in the past two-centuries beginning with the harnessing of the power of water. Prior to that, man was limited to the speed of horse for the previous 4,000 years. Since the late 1700s, we have undergone four technological revolutions:
We are now in the age of information; and are bombarded by messaging 24/7 from every possible venue. Which interestingly, ties directly into the exact warning Christ gave us (along with the apostles) that in the last days would be the greatest time for deception that ever existed. [Matthew 24:4-5, 11, 24] [..snip]
Currently in the past 40 years the level of overall wickedness has dramatically risen.
- Abortion on demand in most western nations is the single biggest source of bloodshed on the planet.
- Crime and criminal networks are rampant in every nation on the planet.
- The entertainment industry is producing the most violent, vile and pornographic movies and television shows of any era.
- Divorce (based on convenience) has wreaked havoc on the traditional family unit.
- the LGBT [homosexual] movements have sprung up in almost every nation, with most of the western nations capitulating to the normalization of this behavior. While not saying that all LGBTQ persons are evil and violent, what the homosexual lobby is demanding is the redefinition of the foundational norms for marriage and family. When God’s perfect plan of marriage - one man & one woman - the family unit is deconstructed that allows for every evil imaginable.
When the fountains of the great deep were broken up, this must-have caused huge geological changes to the earth’s surface. Before the Flood, there were likely little to no mountain ranges. After the flood, as the scriptures state, Noah’s ark landed on Mount Ararat (what was known as Ararat in Moses’s day).
As far as we know, there were no previous forms of human government prior to the flood, as everyone did what they thought was right in their own eyes [Judges 17:6, 21:25]. This allowed for great wickedness and violence to prevail upon the earth. It wasn’t until after the flood, that God gave Noah the mandate should human blood be shed, the person (or animal) that shed the blood would be required as payment. This puts the onus on humans to police other humans as a punitive measure for committing murder. [Genesis 9:6] This is largely how things have operated ever since. However, when a civilization gets to the point where it can no longer manage to contain the violence or chooses to ignore it, that civilization is on the verge of collapse.
Some of the pre-history architecture (megaliths, ziggurats, temples, drowned sites, etc.) that have been found around the earth this past century, were very likely built prior to the flood. (Ex. Atlit Yam, Baalbek, Great Pyramid at Giza, etc.) How many remain from that era we cannot say for certain, but there is enough to assume that what the Antediluvian world lacked in modern technology, they made up for with supernatural help and the advanced human condition (i.e., they were stronger and lived longer).
Our technological advancements have really only come about in the past two-centuries beginning with the harnessing of the power of water. Prior to that, man was limited to the speed of horse for the previous 4,000 years. Since the late 1700s, we have undergone four technological revolutions:
We are now in the age of information; and are bombarded by messaging 24/7 from every possible venue. Which interestingly, ties directly into the exact warning Christ gave us (along with the apostles) that in the last days would be the greatest time for deception that ever existed. [Matthew 24:4-5, 11, 24] [..snip]
Genesis 5:24; 2 Kings 2:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Acts 1:11; 8:39; 2 Corinthians 12:2-4,
Returning back to the original question of how much worse it will have to get before God Raptures [snatches out] His Church remains unanswered. The truth is, we don’t know exactly how bad it got before God flooded the world the first time. However, we have a general understanding that the entire world was evil, and that man’s thoughts had become evil continually. [Genesis 6:5] Although things have grown considerably worse since 2001, as long as the Church [born again believers in Christ] remains on the earth; who will always act as a restraint against evil preventing it from completely taking over.
The world without born again Christians would be a world of people who would be given over almost immediately to the basest desires. [Matt. 16:19] Almost overnight, the world would descend into a cesspool of anarchy and lawlessness. It will, at that point, become just as wicked as that Antediluvian world prior to the flood in Noah’s day.
Although we cannot know specifically when … we can see the storm clouds gathering overhead as the evil day approaches. This is exactly the time that the Apostle Paul warns us of, to gird up our loins, [1 Peter 1:13] and to fight, stand strong, and to be cognizant of the spiritual battle escalating all around us. All we can do at this point is to endure to the end. [Matthew 24:13-15]
Are you ready?
Even so, Maranatha!
[Luke 21:28; Revelation 22:20]
*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Pete Garcia here
https://rev310.com/2019/10/the-evil-day
Returning back to the original question of how much worse it will have to get before God Raptures [snatches out] His Church remains unanswered. The truth is, we don’t know exactly how bad it got before God flooded the world the first time. However, we have a general understanding that the entire world was evil, and that man’s thoughts had become evil continually. [Genesis 6:5] Although things have grown considerably worse since 2001, as long as the Church [born again believers in Christ] remains on the earth; who will always act as a restraint against evil preventing it from completely taking over.
The world without born again Christians would be a world of people who would be given over almost immediately to the basest desires. [Matt. 16:19] Almost overnight, the world would descend into a cesspool of anarchy and lawlessness. It will, at that point, become just as wicked as that Antediluvian world prior to the flood in Noah’s day.
Although we cannot know specifically when … we can see the storm clouds gathering overhead as the evil day approaches. This is exactly the time that the Apostle Paul warns us of, to gird up our loins, [1 Peter 1:13] and to fight, stand strong, and to be cognizant of the spiritual battle escalating all around us. All we can do at this point is to endure to the end. [Matthew 24:13-15]
Are you ready?
Even so, Maranatha!
[Luke 21:28; Revelation 22:20]
*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Pete Garcia here
https://rev310.com/2019/10/the-evil-day
Martin Luther's 1543 Treatise:
“On the Jews and Their Lies”
God cursed the disobedient Jews: “It shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine and the flocks of thy sheep. Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken Me. The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until He have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it."
Deuteronomy 28:15-21
10-31-19, Today as we celebrate the anniversary of the ‘Reformation of October 31, 1517’ and the courageousness of Priest Martin Luther’s opposition to the Roman Catholic Church’s false teaching and the beginning of Protestanism; it’s important that we also address his horrific anti Semitic attitudes. His teachings and writings of hate towards the Jewish people later affected Hitler’s Nazis in the 20th century and the genocide perpetrated against the Jewish people. The first 400 years of Luther’s legacy must be remembered as the retelling of that story is not simply an academic exercise; it represents a commitment by Jews, Christians and all people to learn from history. As George Santayana once said: 'Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.' [1]
Luther initially believed and practiced kindness toward Jews if only for the purpose of enlightening them and opening their eyes to Christianity. He believed that Jews could be taught the true meaning of certain Hebrew Bible verses prophesying Jesus’ life, messianic mandate and New Covenant to lead them to their Messiah. However, this view didn’t last as he became frustrated by Jewish steadfastness in their old traditions. In Luther’s later years he penned anti-Jewish rants and his treatis: “On the Jews and Their Lies” (1543) he wrote:
“And so, dear Christian, beware of the Jews . . . you can see how God’s wrath has consigned them to the Devil, who has robbed them not only of a proper understanding of the Scriptures, but also of common human reason, modesty and sense. . . . Thus, when you see a real Jew you may with a good conscience cross yourself, and boldly say, 'There goes the Devil incarnate'.”
Worse yet as his rage, religious and political power increased they were accompanied by burning or razing synagogues, destroying Jewish homes, confiscating holy books, banning their religious worship, expropriating their money and deporting them. Unfortunately, Luther’s prolific output, his mastery of the media unleashed by Gutenberg and the printing press [1445 AD] and a founder of a religious movement that would have many offshoots ... guaranteed that he would never be forgotten.
It was painfully clear that the rise of Nazism was influenced by those who appropriated and reenergized Luther’s anti-Jewish polemics. [..snip] As time passed Lutherans found a way to help Christians and Jews acknowledge and move beyond “Luther’s anti-Judaic diatribe” and its utilization as “a source for Nazi anti-Semitism.” It’s somewhat easy to understand Martin Luther’s animosity toward the Jews considering so much in scripture about their disobedience to God. [Deuteronomy 28:15-21; Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34]
Sad that he missed the part in the New Testament of Jesus’ commission and mandate for His followers to continue loving and reaching out to the lost. [Luke 6:32-38, Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47-48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8]
10-31-19, Today as we celebrate the anniversary of the ‘Reformation of October 31, 1517’ and the courageousness of Priest Martin Luther’s opposition to the Roman Catholic Church’s false teaching and the beginning of Protestanism; it’s important that we also address his horrific anti Semitic attitudes. His teachings and writings of hate towards the Jewish people later affected Hitler’s Nazis in the 20th century and the genocide perpetrated against the Jewish people. The first 400 years of Luther’s legacy must be remembered as the retelling of that story is not simply an academic exercise; it represents a commitment by Jews, Christians and all people to learn from history. As George Santayana once said: 'Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.' [1]
Luther initially believed and practiced kindness toward Jews if only for the purpose of enlightening them and opening their eyes to Christianity. He believed that Jews could be taught the true meaning of certain Hebrew Bible verses prophesying Jesus’ life, messianic mandate and New Covenant to lead them to their Messiah. However, this view didn’t last as he became frustrated by Jewish steadfastness in their old traditions. In Luther’s later years he penned anti-Jewish rants and his treatis: “On the Jews and Their Lies” (1543) he wrote:
“And so, dear Christian, beware of the Jews . . . you can see how God’s wrath has consigned them to the Devil, who has robbed them not only of a proper understanding of the Scriptures, but also of common human reason, modesty and sense. . . . Thus, when you see a real Jew you may with a good conscience cross yourself, and boldly say, 'There goes the Devil incarnate'.”
Worse yet as his rage, religious and political power increased they were accompanied by burning or razing synagogues, destroying Jewish homes, confiscating holy books, banning their religious worship, expropriating their money and deporting them. Unfortunately, Luther’s prolific output, his mastery of the media unleashed by Gutenberg and the printing press [1445 AD] and a founder of a religious movement that would have many offshoots ... guaranteed that he would never be forgotten.
It was painfully clear that the rise of Nazism was influenced by those who appropriated and reenergized Luther’s anti-Jewish polemics. [..snip] As time passed Lutherans found a way to help Christians and Jews acknowledge and move beyond “Luther’s anti-Judaic diatribe” and its utilization as “a source for Nazi anti-Semitism.” It’s somewhat easy to understand Martin Luther’s animosity toward the Jews considering so much in scripture about their disobedience to God. [Deuteronomy 28:15-21; Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:34]
Sad that he missed the part in the New Testament of Jesus’ commission and mandate for His followers to continue loving and reaching out to the lost. [Luke 6:32-38, Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47-48; John 20:21; Acts 1:8]
In the current world 2019, the Jews in Israel appreciate Christians; Prime Minister Netanyahu quote:
“When I say we have no greater friends than Christian supporters of Israel, I know you’ve always stood with us. You stand with us because you stand with yourselves because we represent that common heritage of freedom that goes back thousands of years.” [Acts 17:11]
*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Noam E. Marans here and here and here
Report here about anti Semitism and worldwide hatred of all God fearing people.
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[1] George Santayana, history here
“When I say we have no greater friends than Christian supporters of Israel, I know you’ve always stood with us. You stand with us because you stand with yourselves because we represent that common heritage of freedom that goes back thousands of years.” [Acts 17:11]
*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Noam E. Marans here and here and here
Report here about anti Semitism and worldwide hatred of all God fearing people.
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[1] George Santayana, history here
Jesus Said Man Shall Have a Wife
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Austin, Texas: School District Mandates Teaching 5th & 6th Grade Kids How to Have Anal & Oral Sex
Sadly, around the USA the sex and gender revolutionaries have already commandeered a number of public schools. Instead of teaching our kids "READING, WRITING & ARITHMETIC" they're trying to convince little boys that they are really little girls and vice versa.
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Jesus said: "From the beginning of creation God made them male & female." "A man shall leave his father & mother and cleave to his wife"
Mark 10:5; Matthew 19:5-6, 8
10-29-19, CBN.com -- The sex and gender revolutionaries have officially taken over the Austin Independent School District. The Austin Texas district’s trustees recently voted to implement a pornographic sex education policy that includes instruction on anal sex and how to place a condom on an erect male organ.
Parents will not be “mandated” to send their children to instructional sessions and parents can opt their children out of “one, several, or all lessons,” according to Michele Rusnak, health and physical education supervisor for Austin ISD.
The father of a fifth-grader demanded to know who gave the school district the right to teach his child how to have anal and oral sex. The dad said: “Who gave you the right? You have overstepped!”
10-29-19, CBN.com -- The sex and gender revolutionaries have officially taken over the Austin Independent School District. The Austin Texas district’s trustees recently voted to implement a pornographic sex education policy that includes instruction on anal sex and how to place a condom on an erect male organ.
Parents will not be “mandated” to send their children to instructional sessions and parents can opt their children out of “one, several, or all lessons,” according to Michele Rusnak, health and physical education supervisor for Austin ISD.
The father of a fifth-grader demanded to know who gave the school district the right to teach his child how to have anal and oral sex. The dad said: “Who gave you the right? You have overstepped!”
To force this kind of pornography on school children is nothing more than government-sanctioned child abuse. The district’s policy is all about grooming children for sex. As one parent declared, “The curriculum is an attack on Christianity and family and on parental rights.”
More than 100 citizens spoke at Monday night’s district meeting and the overwhelming majority were opposed to the policy. [..snip]
More than 100 citizens spoke at Monday night’s district meeting and the overwhelming majority were opposed to the policy. [..snip]
Students in grade school and middle school will also be taught how to get an abortion or obtain birth control pills without parental permission or consent.
The school district will also begin instructing students to no longer use words like “mother” or “father.” ... “Use gender-inclusive language. It is important to avoid terms which refer to only ‘male’ or ‘female’ identities when speaking with young children as this can limit their understanding of gender into binaries and can exclude children who may not identify within these identities.”
The district’s curriculum recommends “integrating” words like
parents or guardians instead of mom or dad. [Genesis 1:27; 5:2' Malachi 2:15]
There’s really no polite way to say this, folks. But if freedom-loving, church-going patriots do not reclaim our public schools – we will lose the Republic.
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George Orwell's
"1984" book was on the mark!
The wicked is out to destroy the family!!
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*Excerpted and adapted full original message here from Todd Starnes here
The school district will also begin instructing students to no longer use words like “mother” or “father.” ... “Use gender-inclusive language. It is important to avoid terms which refer to only ‘male’ or ‘female’ identities when speaking with young children as this can limit their understanding of gender into binaries and can exclude children who may not identify within these identities.”
The district’s curriculum recommends “integrating” words like
parents or guardians instead of mom or dad. [Genesis 1:27; 5:2' Malachi 2:15]
There’s really no polite way to say this, folks. But if freedom-loving, church-going patriots do not reclaim our public schools – we will lose the Republic.
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George Orwell's
"1984" book was on the mark!
The wicked is out to destroy the family!!
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*Excerpted and adapted full original message here from Todd Starnes here
Godly Derision and Wrath
“He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.”
Psalm 2:4-5
10-22-19, John D. Morris, PhD -- What does an individual gain by opposing God and His plan? Can human opposition succeed against the Almighty One who created the universe? Obviously, no rebellion has a chance to succeed. God’s sovereign control will certainly overpower man’s feeble attempts to wrest command from Him. He will simply laugh in derision [contemptuous ridicule].
However difficult it is for us to imagine God laughing in this manner, we can surely understand His derision at the futility of created beings confronting their Creator and His right to rule over their lives. [Isaiah 46:9] The name used for God is Lord, meaning Master. As Creator He has the authority to set the rules for His creation and the power to exact the penalty for breaking the rules. [Joel 2:27]
Note that His response exceeds mere derision. It extends to “wrath.” At the appointed time, the sovereign Judge will address all those who have rebelled against and opposed Him. [Leviticuus 5:17]
Man has no right to question God’s authority or goodness in exercising it. Indeed, “the Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9) His love for sinful mankind caused Him to even sacrifice His only begotten Son to pay the just penalty for sin. [Hebrews 2:2] What more could He do? {Romans 5:8]
With our sin penalty fully paid, our sin is forgiven and we gratefully acknowledge His kingship over our lives. Once submitted to Him, we face everlasting fellowship with Him. With sin banished, believers need never fear His derision or wrath as do the unbelievers. [Psalm 37:8-13] Source
10-22-19, John D. Morris, PhD -- What does an individual gain by opposing God and His plan? Can human opposition succeed against the Almighty One who created the universe? Obviously, no rebellion has a chance to succeed. God’s sovereign control will certainly overpower man’s feeble attempts to wrest command from Him. He will simply laugh in derision [contemptuous ridicule].
However difficult it is for us to imagine God laughing in this manner, we can surely understand His derision at the futility of created beings confronting their Creator and His right to rule over their lives. [Isaiah 46:9] The name used for God is Lord, meaning Master. As Creator He has the authority to set the rules for His creation and the power to exact the penalty for breaking the rules. [Joel 2:27]
Note that His response exceeds mere derision. It extends to “wrath.” At the appointed time, the sovereign Judge will address all those who have rebelled against and opposed Him. [Leviticuus 5:17]
Man has no right to question God’s authority or goodness in exercising it. Indeed, “the Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9) His love for sinful mankind caused Him to even sacrifice His only begotten Son to pay the just penalty for sin. [Hebrews 2:2] What more could He do? {Romans 5:8]
With our sin penalty fully paid, our sin is forgiven and we gratefully acknowledge His kingship over our lives. Once submitted to Him, we face everlasting fellowship with Him. With sin banished, believers need never fear His derision or wrath as do the unbelievers. [Psalm 37:8-13] Source
The Lord God is Loving & Righteous However His Patience Has a Limit
The Lord said: “Behold, Mine anger and My fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. v 46 “Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; 47And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. 48And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.”
Jeremiah 7:20; Ezekiel 20:46-48
Currently Vaccines Used To Gather Biometric Identities of Everyone
Big Brother Merges With Big Pharma Harvesting Identities
“No man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”
Revelation 13:16-17, 14:9
Public Being Duped Into Accepting Identity Implant in Guise of Vaccination
10-23-19, * -- The public is being primed for an eventual mandate of microchip vaccinations, which will be required for every individual in order to buy and sell goods. Chowdhury openly admitted this in stating that digital identity systems will be necessary for “individuals’ access to services and livelihoods” just like it says in the Holy Bible: Revelation 13:17. The global identification system will eventually be required for people to ultimately survive. Without these microchips in their bodies, people won’t be able to work, let alone eat, and it’s all happening right before our very eyes. Keep in mind that ID2020 is a part of the so-called “REAL ID,” which will soon be required for those who wish to travel. REAL ID will also be used as a backdoor method of implementing mandatory vaccination policies for adults.
Public Being Duped Into Accepting Identity Implant in Guise of Vaccination
10-23-19, * -- The public is being primed for an eventual mandate of microchip vaccinations, which will be required for every individual in order to buy and sell goods. Chowdhury openly admitted this in stating that digital identity systems will be necessary for “individuals’ access to services and livelihoods” just like it says in the Holy Bible: Revelation 13:17. The global identification system will eventually be required for people to ultimately survive. Without these microchips in their bodies, people won’t be able to work, let alone eat, and it’s all happening right before our very eyes. Keep in mind that ID2020 is a part of the so-called “REAL ID,” which will soon be required for those who wish to travel. REAL ID will also be used as a backdoor method of implementing mandatory vaccination policies for adults.
Vaccines Now Being Used To Harvest Biometric Identities of the World's Populations
10-27-19, SGTReport.com -- Big Pharma is officially partnering with the tech industry to pair “immunization” with digital biometrics … humans will soon be micro-chipped and tracked. The ID2020 Alliance [1], as its being called, is a digital identity program aiming to “leverage immunization” as a means of inserting tiny microchips into people’s bodies. Similar to how cattle are marked with ear tags, this globalist alliance wants all humans to be “vaccinated” with digital tracking chips that will create a seamless monitoring system for the New World Order to manage the world’s population. While the ID2020 program’s testing grounds are primarily in the Third World, the group says it’s also now working with governments here in the United States to start microchipping people through vaccination. In Austin, Texas, for example, the homeless population is now being exploited as a collective guinea pig for ID2020’s microchip vaccination program, which the group claims will help to “empower” homeless people by supposedly giving them “control” over their personal identity data.
10-27-19, SGTReport.com -- Big Pharma is officially partnering with the tech industry to pair “immunization” with digital biometrics … humans will soon be micro-chipped and tracked. The ID2020 Alliance [1], as its being called, is a digital identity program aiming to “leverage immunization” as a means of inserting tiny microchips into people’s bodies. Similar to how cattle are marked with ear tags, this globalist alliance wants all humans to be “vaccinated” with digital tracking chips that will create a seamless monitoring system for the New World Order to manage the world’s population. While the ID2020 program’s testing grounds are primarily in the Third World, the group says it’s also now working with governments here in the United States to start microchipping people through vaccination. In Austin, Texas, for example, the homeless population is now being exploited as a collective guinea pig for ID2020’s microchip vaccination program, which the group claims will help to “empower” homeless people by supposedly giving them “control” over their personal identity data.
*Excerpted and adapted full original report from Ethan Huff, Natural News here
[1] 9-20-19, BiometricUpdate -- The ID2020 Alliance has launched a new digital identity program at its annual summit in New York, in collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh, vaccine alliance Gavi. CEO Seth Berkley and new partners in government, academia and humanitarian relief says that 89 percent of children and adolescents who do not have identification live in countries where the organization is active. A partnership was also formed earlier this year between Gavi, NEC, and Simprints to use biometrics to improve vaccine coverage in developing nations. ID2020 Executive Director Dakota Gruener announced new partnerships and provided progress reports on initiatives launched in 2018’s summit that has been joined by the City of Austin, Texas, UC Berkeley’s CITRIS Policy Lab, California and Care USA. They’re working together with homeless people and the service providers who engage with them to develop a block chain-enabled digital identity platform called MyPass to empower homeless people with their own identity data. A pair of inaugural pilot programs launched last year in partnership with iRespond and Everest have each made progress that have improved continuity of care for more than 3,000 refugees. The Thailand refugees have received treatment for chronic conditions from the International Rescue Committee while Everest has assisted with the provision of access to critical energy subsidies and a range of additional services with secure and user-centric digital identities without relying on a smartphone. More here
[1] 9-20-19, BiometricUpdate -- The ID2020 Alliance has launched a new digital identity program at its annual summit in New York, in collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh, vaccine alliance Gavi. CEO Seth Berkley and new partners in government, academia and humanitarian relief says that 89 percent of children and adolescents who do not have identification live in countries where the organization is active. A partnership was also formed earlier this year between Gavi, NEC, and Simprints to use biometrics to improve vaccine coverage in developing nations. ID2020 Executive Director Dakota Gruener announced new partnerships and provided progress reports on initiatives launched in 2018’s summit that has been joined by the City of Austin, Texas, UC Berkeley’s CITRIS Policy Lab, California and Care USA. They’re working together with homeless people and the service providers who engage with them to develop a block chain-enabled digital identity platform called MyPass to empower homeless people with their own identity data. A pair of inaugural pilot programs launched last year in partnership with iRespond and Everest have each made progress that have improved continuity of care for more than 3,000 refugees. The Thailand refugees have received treatment for chronic conditions from the International Rescue Committee while Everest has assisted with the provision of access to critical energy subsidies and a range of additional services with secure and user-centric digital identities without relying on a smartphone. More here
"Chaos & Disorder"
"God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints."
1 Corinthians 14:33; John 14:27; Proverbs 25:28; Proverbs 11:14
10-27-19, John Haller's prophecy update this week is about the world's chaos ... God is not the author of confusion, yet chaos and disorder have become a worldwide epidemic; that's the goal of the adversary. He continues to deceive and mislead with increasing frequency. Current horrific events:
One hour eighteen minute video here
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On Oct 2, 2019 John Haller was on an audio radio program "A Minute To Midnite" discussing with Tony K in New Zealand some of the important current events and developments on the World’s Stage including turmoil in Israel. What do they mean, and where are things headed? aminutetomidnite.com 53 minute video here
10-27-19, John Haller's prophecy update this week is about the world's chaos ... God is not the author of confusion, yet chaos and disorder have become a worldwide epidemic; that's the goal of the adversary. He continues to deceive and mislead with increasing frequency. Current horrific events:
- in Dallas Texas a "jury of peers" ruled that it is ok to chemically castrate a 7 year old boy to transition him to a girl, to the utter insanity of the left making LGBTQ rights a priority in their campaign
- people are so busy trying to sort through the muck, they have become detached from the Word of God and the promises contained therein. Less people are Chrisian in the USA...
One hour eighteen minute video here
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On Oct 2, 2019 John Haller was on an audio radio program "A Minute To Midnite" discussing with Tony K in New Zealand some of the important current events and developments on the World’s Stage including turmoil in Israel. What do they mean, and where are things headed? aminutetomidnite.com 53 minute video here
OBITUARY:
The Passing of Common Sense
"To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. v21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion"
Proverbs 1:4, 3:21, 8:5-12
What does the Bible say about common sense?
Common sense is sound judgment in practical matters. In Proverbs 8:5 speaks of the need to develop “common sense,” which other translations simply call "discernment," “prudence” or “discretion.”
10-26-19, Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
What does the Bible say about common sense?
Common sense is sound judgment in practical matters. In Proverbs 8:5 speaks of the need to develop “common sense,” which other translations simply call "discernment," “prudence” or “discretion.”
10-26-19, Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as [Proverbs 28:10-12]:
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot; she spilled a little in her lap and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
Common Sense was preceded in death by:
--Author unknown, http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/obitcs.htm
- knowing when to come in out of the rain,
- why the early bird gets the worm,
- life isn't always fair,
- maybe it was my fault.
- don't spend more than you earn
- reliable parenting (adults, not children, are in charge)
- Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate
- teenagers suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch
- and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
- when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they had themselves failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.
- when schools were required to get parental consent to administer aspirin, sun lotion ...but could not inform the parents when a pupil became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
- the Ten Commandments became contraband,
- churches became businesses
- and criminals received better treatment than their victims.
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot; she spilled a little in her lap and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
Common Sense was preceded in death by:
- his parents, Truth and Trust,
- his wife, Discretion,
- his daughter, Responsibility
- his son, Reason.
- I Know My Rights,
- Someone Else is to Blame,
- I'm A Victim
--Author unknown, http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/obitcs.htm
The Benefits of Common Sense & Wisdom:
Proverbs 2:10-12
"Wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul. Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you, to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity."
Berean Study Bible
Proverbs 2:10-12
"Wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul. Discretion will watch over you, and understanding will guard you, to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity."
Berean Study Bible
Historic Midwest USA Blizzard Has Farmers 'Expecting Massive Crop Losses as Devastating as We've Ever Seen'
The Apostle John had a vision: "I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny... [a 'penny' was a days pay; no food - famine]"
Revelation 6:5-7; Matthew 24:7; Luke 21:11; 2 Chronicles 15:6
No Dakota Asks For Federal Help Following Heavy Early Snowstorm before Harvest
10-20-19, BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will ask for federal help in dealing with the widespread flooding that occurred in the aftermath of heavy snow that fell last week. The storm dropped more than 2 feet (60 centimeters) of snow in central and eastern parts of the state. The early blanket of snow closed major highways and flattened unharvested crops.As the snow started to melt, widespread flooding hit large swathes of the state, leading to flood emergency declarations in eight counties and four cities. The governor said:
“We don’t know what the losses are.”
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Charisma News, Michael Snyder Reports:
10-15-19, * -- Nobody is sure exactly what is coming next, but since we all have to eat, the truth is that every man, woman and child in America should be deeply concerned about what just happened. An unprecedented October 2019 blizzard just hit before harvest time; it absolutely devastated farms all across the U.S. heartland.
North Dakota spokesman said the crop losses will be "as devastating as we've ever seen. Due to endless rain and horrific flooding early in the year, many farmers in the middle of the country faced very serious delays in getting their crops planted. The good weather needed at the end of the season to allow the crops to mature to harvest … did not happen. Instead, the historic blizzard dumped up to 2 feet of snow on the very valuable food crops from Colorado to Minnesota. North Dakota actually got 30 inches of snow. Historically, this is one of the worst crop disasters that the Midwest has ever seen and ultimately will affect us all: according to the USDA as of Oct 6, 2019 very low harvest numbers of corn, soybeans, potatoes and other agricultural crops - unharvested wheat expected to be a total loss.
Ted Kreis, Northern Potato Growers Assoc said: "It's pretty bleak. As of Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 45% of North Dakota's potato crop had been harvested, last year, 73% of the state's potato fields had been harvested by that day.
Needless to say, food prices are going to go up. If you are wealthy not needing to worry about food prices, then good for you; but if you are like most of the country ... this is going to hurt. We're talking about complete and utter devastation in this year’s crop; this disaster will have a ripple effect for years to come. I very much encourage you to stock up and get prepared.
*Excerpted and adapted full report from Michael Synder, CharismaNews here
No Dakota Asks For Federal Help Following Heavy Early Snowstorm before Harvest
10-20-19, BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum will ask for federal help in dealing with the widespread flooding that occurred in the aftermath of heavy snow that fell last week. The storm dropped more than 2 feet (60 centimeters) of snow in central and eastern parts of the state. The early blanket of snow closed major highways and flattened unharvested crops.As the snow started to melt, widespread flooding hit large swathes of the state, leading to flood emergency declarations in eight counties and four cities. The governor said:
“We don’t know what the losses are.”
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Charisma News, Michael Snyder Reports:
10-15-19, * -- Nobody is sure exactly what is coming next, but since we all have to eat, the truth is that every man, woman and child in America should be deeply concerned about what just happened. An unprecedented October 2019 blizzard just hit before harvest time; it absolutely devastated farms all across the U.S. heartland.
North Dakota spokesman said the crop losses will be "as devastating as we've ever seen. Due to endless rain and horrific flooding early in the year, many farmers in the middle of the country faced very serious delays in getting their crops planted. The good weather needed at the end of the season to allow the crops to mature to harvest … did not happen. Instead, the historic blizzard dumped up to 2 feet of snow on the very valuable food crops from Colorado to Minnesota. North Dakota actually got 30 inches of snow. Historically, this is one of the worst crop disasters that the Midwest has ever seen and ultimately will affect us all: according to the USDA as of Oct 6, 2019 very low harvest numbers of corn, soybeans, potatoes and other agricultural crops - unharvested wheat expected to be a total loss.
Ted Kreis, Northern Potato Growers Assoc said: "It's pretty bleak. As of Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 45% of North Dakota's potato crop had been harvested, last year, 73% of the state's potato fields had been harvested by that day.
Needless to say, food prices are going to go up. If you are wealthy not needing to worry about food prices, then good for you; but if you are like most of the country ... this is going to hurt. We're talking about complete and utter devastation in this year’s crop; this disaster will have a ripple effect for years to come. I very much encourage you to stock up and get prepared.
*Excerpted and adapted full report from Michael Synder, CharismaNews here
This Evil Will Not Last Forever
"Oh God, Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest Thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest Thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?"
Habakkuk 1:13; Jeremiah 12:1; Psalm 34:16
10-24-19, * -- In the current world we seem to lurch from tragedy to tragedy, shooting to shooting, bombing to bombing. We think, “It’s not fair.” Why do drug peddlers get rich? Sex offenders get off? Charlatans get elected? Murderers get out? Cheaters get ahead? Scoundrels and hyporites get chosen? How long will injustice flourish?
God’s answer is direct although not as we might think:
“For [God] has set a day when He will judge the world.” Acts 17:31
The Lord isn’t idly sitting twiddling His thumbs. Every flip of the calendar brings us closer to the day in which God will judge all evil. A Judgment Day has been chosen; the hour is marked and moment reserved. Judgment is not just a possibility, but a stark reality. [Psalm 89:14; Proverbs 1:22-28]
We disdain judgment, but we value justice, yet the second is impossible without the first. God’s word tells us: “We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” (2 Corinthians 5:10)
Followers of the Lord Jesus Christ know He will forever balance the scales of fairness. A day is coming, sooner than we might expect, when we will see the devil pay for all the evil he has inflicted upon the world. Satan, and all who follow him, will hear the sentence:
“Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” Matthew 25:41
Almighty God’s Righteous Justice Will Prevail
Some people feel - and rightly so - that they’ve been robbed; evil people have pilfered days they would have had with their loved ones, disease has sapped health from some. I’m one of these people. My brother was robbed. Alcoholism heisted the joy out of his life as he battled the ‘mocker strong drink’ [Proverbs 20:1]. It cost him his family, finances and friends. He was not innocent, I get that. He bought the liquor and made the choices. Yet, I am convinced that Satan assigned a special goon squad to tempt him. When his weakness was discovered the wicked took him to the mat and pounded the self-control out of him. This is true for many who have been afflicted with homosexuality and other lusts of the flesh. [Galatians 5:16-17]
10-24-19, * -- In the current world we seem to lurch from tragedy to tragedy, shooting to shooting, bombing to bombing. We think, “It’s not fair.” Why do drug peddlers get rich? Sex offenders get off? Charlatans get elected? Murderers get out? Cheaters get ahead? Scoundrels and hyporites get chosen? How long will injustice flourish?
God’s answer is direct although not as we might think:
“For [God] has set a day when He will judge the world.” Acts 17:31
The Lord isn’t idly sitting twiddling His thumbs. Every flip of the calendar brings us closer to the day in which God will judge all evil. A Judgment Day has been chosen; the hour is marked and moment reserved. Judgment is not just a possibility, but a stark reality. [Psalm 89:14; Proverbs 1:22-28]
We disdain judgment, but we value justice, yet the second is impossible without the first. God’s word tells us: “We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” (2 Corinthians 5:10)
Followers of the Lord Jesus Christ know He will forever balance the scales of fairness. A day is coming, sooner than we might expect, when we will see the devil pay for all the evil he has inflicted upon the world. Satan, and all who follow him, will hear the sentence:
“Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” Matthew 25:41
Almighty God’s Righteous Justice Will Prevail
Some people feel - and rightly so - that they’ve been robbed; evil people have pilfered days they would have had with their loved ones, disease has sapped health from some. I’m one of these people. My brother was robbed. Alcoholism heisted the joy out of his life as he battled the ‘mocker strong drink’ [Proverbs 20:1]. It cost him his family, finances and friends. He was not innocent, I get that. He bought the liquor and made the choices. Yet, I am convinced that Satan assigned a special goon squad to tempt him. When his weakness was discovered the wicked took him to the mat and pounded the self-control out of him. This is true for many who have been afflicted with homosexuality and other lusts of the flesh. [Galatians 5:16-17]
Sadly, wicked devastations have wounded many a home. Recently one of our church members spent two years in prison for a crime he did not commit with the guilty party going free. It’s not right, it’s not just and it’s not fair. I’m ready to see Satan and all his faithful pay for their crimes; and someday we'll see them chained and cast into a lake of fire. [Revelation 20:10-15]
When you wonder if wickedness will go unpunished or injustices go unaddressed … let this promise sooth you: God has a book and He is keeping a record about each of us. [Revelation 21:27] There will be a judgment day.
“God is a just Judge and is angry with the wicked everyday.” Psalm 7:8-11
*Excerpted from archives of Max Lucado, full original message here: https://maxlucado.com/this-evil-will-not-last-forever/
When you wonder if wickedness will go unpunished or injustices go unaddressed … let this promise sooth you: God has a book and He is keeping a record about each of us. [Revelation 21:27] There will be a judgment day.
“God is a just Judge and is angry with the wicked everyday.” Psalm 7:8-11
*Excerpted from archives of Max Lucado, full original message here: https://maxlucado.com/this-evil-will-not-last-forever/
Egypt and Ethiopia Might Go to War Over the Nile River
"Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush, which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers."
Isaiah 18:1-2; Ezekiel 30:11-13
A Lament for Egypt: "He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain. God said: "I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land."
"The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty." Isaiah 19:5
Ezekiel 30:11-13 Berean Study Bible
10-23-19, BreakingIsraelNews -- Early in October 2019 talks between Egypt and Ethiopia broke down over Ethiopia’s seventy percent complete massive upstream ‘Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.’ The project is expected to supply it’s 100 million citizens with hydro-electricity. The only problem is that the dam will block Egypt's key water source to the Nile River a main source of fresh water. The project could drastically reduce the flow of the Blue Nile, the main tributary to the Nile that's fed by annual rainfall in Ethiopia’s highlands. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sissi said, “While we acknowledge Ethiopia’s right to development, the water of the Nile is a question of life, a matter of existence to Egypt.”
Ethiopia has been making efforts to resolve the issue of the Nile with countries like Ethiopia and Sudan who complain that Cairo enjoys more than their fair share of the world’s longest river. To their credit, Egypt has sought international mediation in an effort to resolve the matter reaching out to countries such as the United States, Russia and China. However, the packages offered by Cairo so far “were deliberately prepared to be unacceptable for Ethiopia,” said one Ethopian official.
Meanwhile, Egyptian journalists are going as far as to call for a war against Ethiopia. Anwar el-Hawary, former editor of the Al-Masry Al-Youm new outlet, in a Facebook comment compared the dispute to the 1973 Yom Kippur War against Israel, whenEgypt waged a surprise attack into the Sinai Peninsula. “If we fought to liberate Sinai, it is logical to fight to liberate the water. The danger is the same in the two cases.” [Egypt lost that war.] More here and here
"Shall not the land tremble on this account, and everyone mourn who dwells in it, and all of it rise like the Nile, and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?” Amos 8:8
A Lament for Egypt: "He and his people with him, the most ruthless of the nations, will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain. God said: "I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land."
"The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty." Isaiah 19:5
Ezekiel 30:11-13 Berean Study Bible
10-23-19, BreakingIsraelNews -- Early in October 2019 talks between Egypt and Ethiopia broke down over Ethiopia’s seventy percent complete massive upstream ‘Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.’ The project is expected to supply it’s 100 million citizens with hydro-electricity. The only problem is that the dam will block Egypt's key water source to the Nile River a main source of fresh water. The project could drastically reduce the flow of the Blue Nile, the main tributary to the Nile that's fed by annual rainfall in Ethiopia’s highlands. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sissi said, “While we acknowledge Ethiopia’s right to development, the water of the Nile is a question of life, a matter of existence to Egypt.”
Ethiopia has been making efforts to resolve the issue of the Nile with countries like Ethiopia and Sudan who complain that Cairo enjoys more than their fair share of the world’s longest river. To their credit, Egypt has sought international mediation in an effort to resolve the matter reaching out to countries such as the United States, Russia and China. However, the packages offered by Cairo so far “were deliberately prepared to be unacceptable for Ethiopia,” said one Ethopian official.
Meanwhile, Egyptian journalists are going as far as to call for a war against Ethiopia. Anwar el-Hawary, former editor of the Al-Masry Al-Youm new outlet, in a Facebook comment compared the dispute to the 1973 Yom Kippur War against Israel, whenEgypt waged a surprise attack into the Sinai Peninsula. “If we fought to liberate Sinai, it is logical to fight to liberate the water. The danger is the same in the two cases.” [Egypt lost that war.] More here and here
"Shall not the land tremble on this account, and everyone mourn who dwells in it, and all of it rise like the Nile, and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?” Amos 8:8
How can anyone deny that almighty God uses foolish mankind to accomplish His end time events? Psalm 2:4 “He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.”
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