fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 18, 2020 12:06:46 GMT -5
If people are isolated I wonder.... How could that possibly benefit a world wide tyrant?
Seeing that I live in Oregon and the new 'rules' are limiting Thanks-giving to 6 people at most for dinner!!!!
Have too many people over for Thanksgiving in Oregon go to jail, but no sweat if you riot
"Some lawmakers are criticizing Oregon's limits on group activities so close to the Thanksgiving holiday while proponents of the measures stay quiet on the nightly riots in Portland involving hundreds of people". www.foxnews.com/us/thanksgiving-oregon-riot
15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. James 3:15
But Oregon is not the only state to get in on trying to micro-manage every aspect of out lives
How about this;
GOOD LUCK ENFORCING THIS: Pennsylvania Mandating People Wear Masks Inside Their HOMES www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/good-luck-enforcing-pennsylvania-mandating-people-wear-masks-inside-homes/
Not to mention that keeping everyone locked in their homes is perfect for the earth first environmentalists etc. etc.
Victor Davis Hanson warns of elites using COVID crisis to enact unpopular globalist policies
To that extent, Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson remarked that the forum and the policies discussed therein remind him of how former Obama White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel once said "never let a crisis go to waste." www.foxnews.com/politics/victor-davis-hanson-warns-of-elites-using-covid-crisis-to-enact-unpopular-globalist-policies
25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator— who is forever praised. Amen. Romans 1:25
And this
Britain to ban new petrol cars by 2030 on road to net zero emissions
Johnson, who is grappling with Europe’s most deadly COVID-19 crisis, Brexit trade negotiations and the departure of his most senior adviser, wants to underscore his green credentials as part of what he hopes will be a reset for his government.
www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-britain/britain-to-ban-new-petrol-cars-by-2030-on-road-to-net-zero-emissions-idUSKBN27X2Z0
11 Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, 2 Thessalonians 2:11
So what we are seeing today in the world is just the tip of the iceberg of what is coming on the world perhaps in the not so distant future
And God also says this:
I also will choose harsh treatment for them and bring their fears upon them,
because when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, they did not listen;
but they did what was evil in my eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.” Isaiah 66:4
And this:
12 in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2 Thessalonians 2:12
And let's not forget this:
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
3 “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”
Psalms 2:1-3
Done for Today
|
|
|
Post by Cindy on Nov 19, 2020 9:02:20 GMT -5
If people are isolated I wonder.... How could that possibly benefit a world wide tyrant?
Seeing that I live in Oregon and the new 'rules' are limiting Thanks-giving to 6 people at most for dinner!!!!
Have too many people over for Thanksgiving in Oregon go to jail, but no sweat if you riot
"Some lawmakers are criticizing Oregon's limits on group activities so close to the Thanksgiving holiday while proponents of the measures stay quiet on the nightly riots in Portland involving hundreds of people". www.foxnews.com/us/thanksgiving-oregon-riot
15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. James 3:15
But Oregon is not the only state to get in on trying to micro-manage every aspect of out lives
How about this;
GOOD LUCK ENFORCING THIS: Pennsylvania Mandating People Wear Masks Inside Their HOMES www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/good-luck-enforcing-pennsylvania-mandating-people-wear-masks-inside-homes/
Not to mention that keeping everyone locked in their homes is perfect for the earth first environmentalists etc. etc.
Victor Davis Hanson warns of elites using COVID crisis to enact unpopular globalist policies
To that extent, Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson remarked that the forum and the policies discussed therein remind him of how former Obama White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel once said "never let a crisis go to waste." www.foxnews.com/politics/victor-davis-hanson-warns-of-elites-using-covid-crisis-to-enact-unpopular-globalist-policies
25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator— who is forever praised. Amen. Romans 1:25
And this
Britain to ban new petrol cars by 2030 on road to net zero emissions
Johnson, who is grappling with Europe’s most deadly COVID-19 crisis, Brexit trade negotiations and the departure of his most senior adviser, wants to underscore his green credentials as part of what he hopes will be a reset for his government.
www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-britain/britain-to-ban-new-petrol-cars-by-2030-on-road-to-net-zero-emissions-idUSKBN27X2Z0
11 Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, 2 Thessalonians 2:11
So what we are seeing today in the world is just the tip of the iceberg of what is coming on the world perhaps in the not so distant future
And God also says this:
I also will choose harsh treatment for them and bring their fears upon them,
because when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, they did not listen;
but they did what was evil in my eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.” Isaiah 66:4
And this:
12 in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2 Thessalonians 2:12
And let's not forget this:
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
3 “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”
Psalms 2:1-3
Done for Today
Good one! Some of the things the governments are coming up with are just crazy!
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 19, 2020 10:51:02 GMT -5
I am glad you said 'crazy'.....LOL I was thinking of something a 'little' stronger than that word.
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 19, 2020 11:08:55 GMT -5
I am noticing a pattern:
First:
We 'tolerate' sins because Christians are compassionate, and do not wish to be hurtful and turn people away from God
But we have to discuss the truth we are sinners ( maybe we don't have to point to specific sins, at least not at first) But in order to give the 'good news' the gospel we do have to deal with the 'bad' news we are all sinners.
God says this about sins:
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. Isaiah 1:18
The tricky thing about 'tolerance' of any particular sin is it can quickly morph into:
acceptance
Next:
sin is written into law
and then:
the law is enforced...
plus:
There also comes along with the 'law' suppression of dissent and
right along with that
comes militant intolerance for any dissent!
God is not in this equation!
Resistance is futile
At this point, everyone must:
agree comply yield or else!!!
Perhaps,it would be best to right from the start...... to be compassionate, but always 100% honest....
no matter the cost
17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil. 1 Peter 3:17
Is it really more compassionate to wink at your unbeliever's sin
( we do not wink at our own)
to the point you deny sin is even sin?
Now sin is called:
Who I am I am proud of it It's my right You no longer can call it sin or else! etc.
Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown,” says the Lord. Jeremiah 6:15
The result is a culture of gross colossal depravity and immorality, lawlessness, massive self-centeredness etc.
God says to such a culture, nation, people:
Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said,
‘We will not walk in it.’ Jeremiah 6:16 God also said:
I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Pay attention to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said,
‘We will not pay attention.’ Jeremiah 6:17
I see this as our country (also the world, really) for the major part of it's inhabitants have rejected God's love... and therefore.... I see judgment coming, it's already started.
18 Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O congregation, what will happen to them.
19 Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster upon this people, the fruit of their devices,
because they have not paid attention to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
Jeremiah 6:18,19
Done for Today
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 20, 2020 10:49:21 GMT -5
moved lower so it wouldn't get lost
|
|
|
Post by Cindy on Nov 20, 2020 10:50:53 GMT -5
I am noticing a pattern:
First:
We 'tolerate' sins because Christians are compassionate, and do not wish to be hurtful and turn people away from God
But we have to discuss the truth we are sinners ( maybe we don't have to point to specific sins, at least not at first) But in order to give the 'good news' the gospel we do have to deal with the 'bad' news we are all sinners.
God says this about sins:
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. Isaiah 1:18
The tricky thing about 'tolerance' of any particular sin is it can quickly morph into:
acceptance
Next:
sin is written into law
and then:
the law is enforced...
plus:
There also comes along with the 'law' suppression of dissent and
right along with that
comes militant intolerance for any dissent!
God is not in this equation!
Resistance is futile
At this point, everyone must:
agree comply yield or else!!!
Perhaps,it would be best to right from the start...... to be compassionate, but always 100% honest....
no matter the cost
17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil. 1 Peter 3:17
Is it really more compassionate to wink at your unbeliever's sin
( we do not wink at our own)
to the point you deny sin is even sin?
Now sin is called:
Who I am I am proud of it It's my right You no longer can call it sin or else! etc.
Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them, they shall be overthrown,” says the Lord. Jeremiah 6:15
The result is a culture of gross colossal depravity and immorality, lawlessness, massive self-centeredness etc.
God says to such a culture, nation, people:
Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said,
‘We will not walk in it.’ Jeremiah 6:16 God also said:
I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Pay attention to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said,
‘We will not pay attention.’ Jeremiah 6:17
I see this as our country (also the world, really) for the major part of it's inhabitants have rejected God's love... and therefore.... I see judgment coming, it's already started.
18 Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O congregation, what will happen to them.
19 Hear, O earth; behold, I am bringing disaster upon this people, the fruit of their devices,
because they have not paid attention to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
Jeremiah 6:18,19
Done for Today
Very true! Part of the reason that people today don't consider it loving to tell someone that they are sinning, is because quite some time ago more and more people went at it in a very wrong way. They used scripture to condemn people instead of to show them God's love, mercy and grace. People put down others when they discovered a sin, but didn't tell them that their sin could be wiped away if they would repent. Nor did they tell them that they didn't have to stop committing that sin in their own power, because God would help them so they would be successful. In fact, this is often still done today. Our sin nature likes to point to the sins of others because we tend to think it makes us look a whole lot holier. But it really doesn't, because when we do that, we too are sinning. Plus, people have been doing this both to other Christians and also to the unsaved who didn't have a clue concerning anything about God. The other problem was and is that a majority of churches stopped following God's Word concerning how to deal with a member who was actively sinning repeatedly.
Now when we tell our children or grandchildren that homosexuality or transgenderism is a sin, they feel like that then have to choose between their friends and God. If instead we showed them that while God doesn't accept those things, He will help a person become the wonderful person He intended them to be. We can also let them know that when God helps someone, there is no way that person can fail!
Maybe, if we were to explain it to them differently, it might help them understand. We could remind them that when they went to touch the stove as a toddler, we told them "No!" because we love them we don't want to see them burned. Then we could continue to show them how our rules were made to protect them because we love them; and then show them that God's rules are for the very same reason. If they were old enough, maybe we could help them see times they did the same for someone they cared about. I think I'm going to try that with my grandkids and see if it helps them understand better.
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 20, 2020 11:09:03 GMT -5
yes as always that is super helpful!
Especially when kids today are being told they must be compassionate by accepting and even celebrating their friends coming out.
But your way of explaining it....God's love for them and he will help them etc. was very helpful.
I also think, there are other reasons the culture is pushing all sorts of gender issues
besides being kind to those with sexual confusion.....
I really think, there are reasons like:
keeping the population down....
After all if 50 percent ( or more) of the people on planet earth were gay....
They would not be having children and the Earth would be able to 'heal'
And then there is Satan's reasons etc.
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 20, 2020 12:30:08 GMT -5
I am amazed at what people are willing to do to be 'safe' They eagerly give up freedoms to live under tyranny but refuse to pray.
1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you.
2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3
There is nothing wrong with wanting peace and safety but when you are willing to give up everything about God in order to avoid getting sick or even dying....
then there is a problem!
What do the false 'political' prophets tell the people?
If you only stop going to church don't sing praises to God etc. then, you will live and have peace
Which reminds me of these verses:
13 Then I said: “Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’”
14 And the Lord said to me: “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds. Jeremiah 14:13,14
A sign of America’s future under Biden? This transition team member has questioned the First Amendment
In the 2019 op-ed, Stengel argued that “the marketplace of ideas,” which the Founders believed would cause truth to prevail over false information when both were available freely, “was engineered for a simpler era.”
Richard Stengel, a former State Department official under President Obama and a past editor of Time magazine, argued in a Washington Post op-ed last October that “
America needs a hate speech law.”
“My old job at the State Department was what people used to joke as the chief propagandist’s job,” he said.
“I’m not against propaganda. Every country does it, and they 'have' to do it to their own population. And I don’t necessarily think it’s that awful.”
www.foxnews.com/politics/stengel-biden-transition-first-amendment
Well that is interesting we need a hate speech law (what EXACTLY does he deem as 'hate' speech?
We know from a previous post that saying anything against the Koran for instance IS hate speech but not against the Bible
And he is okay with 'propaganda'
( could that be called lies?)
But he says it has to be done...... hummmmmm
25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. Romans 1:25
So I guess we should be grateful that Facebook is helping with the 'hate' speech problem
Facebook reports progress in curbing millions of hateful, abusive posts
Releasing transparency report for third quarter, social media giant says it took action against more than 70 million pieces of content; hate speech
www.timesofisrael.com/facebook-reports-progress-in-curbing-millions-of-hateful-abusive-posts/
Again the question is what is the definition of 'hate' speech and will it need to be changed?
Because maybe like Stengel said about the First amendment our present understanding and definition of 'hate speech': was engineered for a simpler era
But there is this about God's Word ( the Bible)...
It does not change It's meaning does not change It is not chained to the time nor the culture it was written in....
In fact, it often seems like it was written today.
33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. Luke 21:33
People wanting security need only to look to God and His Word.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1
Done for today
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 21, 2020 12:20:03 GMT -5
It is strange, that many people would or did extremely dislike the rigid Father, who would say:
It's my way or the highway!
And yet, that is exactly The same mentality I am seeing when it is looking like the shoe might be on the other foot:
LGBT group urges Biden to strip accreditation of Christian schools with biblical beliefs www.christianpost.com/news/lgbt-group-urges-biden-to-force-christian-schools-to-capitulate.html
14 Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.
15 Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.
The Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
Isaiah 59:14,15
Not just schools tho
Air Force fires 30-year military chaplain for teaching biblical views on sexual morality
“The message was about sin that we don’t think is that bad,” Cizek said. “If you’re having sex with somebody that you’re not married to, then you need to stop.
I said, ‘you know, sometimes the Christian church has gotten the reputation for being prejudiced because we look at one sin, homosexuality, and then we turn a blind eye and don’t say anything about heterosexual sin, and that’s hypocritical,'” Cizek said.
Cizek isn’t sure a Biden administration will be as sympathetic to his cause. For this reason, That’s why he believes this is an important time for Christians to speak out and is asking citizens concerned about his plight to email the White House on his behalf.
www.bibliatodo.com/En/christian-news/air-force-fires-30-year-military-chaplain-for-teaching-biblical-views-on-sexual-morality/
Still, I am wondering if, there is not some aspect of this that Christians are in part responsible for....
On the one hand, for looking more harshly, at one type of sexual sin over all the other sexual sins
and on the other hand...
compromising.... God's Word, by either trying to compensate for being to unloving
and/or
turning a blind eye to all these sexual sins
Some sexual sins, that we are all guilty of, like for example:
Even the most 'pure' Christian has probably been guilty of this sin, at one time or another,
Jesus said:
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 5:27,28
And hey, while we are on the topic of sins in the Bible...
Here we go!
Scientists come to the rescue to inform us of yet another 'mistakenly' label sin: Cannibalism
We are now informed this:
You can now eat human steak, scientists insist it’s not cannibalism
People think that eating oneself is cannibalism, which technically this is not,’ said industrial designer Grace Knight, who helped design the project.
metro.co.uk/2020/11/18/you-can-now-eat-human-steak-scientists-insist-its-not-cannibalism-13615745/?ito=cbshare
Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the Lord your God, when he led you in the way? Jeremiah 2:17
Can things get worse?
And can we still wonder at God bringing judgment?
Still, God wants to give us mercy and tho these verses were directed to Israel I think they can be applied to the whole world and certainly the USA
12 "Return, faithless Israel, declares the Lord. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the Lord; I will not be angry forever.
13 Only acknowledge your guilt, that you rebelled against the Lord your God Jeremiah 3:12,13
But instead, what do we hear people saying?
you say, ‘I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.’
Behold, I will bring you to judgment for saying, ‘I have not sinned.’ Jeremiah 2:35
End Times is speeding up and will continue to get worse
What is a believer to do?
Well for starters we need to dress for success What?
Yes:
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. Ephesians 6:11
Done for Today
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 22, 2020 13:24:56 GMT -5
I think this whole year we have been in the middle of many major struggles:
Left vs right socialism vs democracy tyranny vs. freedom Republicans vs Democrats atheists vs. Christians etc. etc.
A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. Proverbs 18:6
However, there is, I believe, a greater battle going on and its been going on since the battle in Heaven.
To this day, the devil thinks He can win in a battle against the God that created Him and he ( Satan) will be worshiped
7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, Revelation 12:7
And so the devil, is at work behind the scenes setting up his New World Order with his Anti-Christ.
I believe one way to hurry this process up the devil is using fear of death...
if he can get people to feel so scared, and hopeless seeing only danger
It will eventually be a good time to trot out his counterfeit 'savior' the anti-Christ
Indeed Satan has always had an anti-Christ prepared every century, as the devil the dragon waits for his time to come
18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 1 John 2:18
Note: The last hour does not mean 60 minutes in this verse...
It is the time, between the first coming of Jesus and the 2nd coming.
Clearly a whole bunch of anti-Christs did not all turn up in a one hour span LOL
But in order to unveil THE Anti-Christ things have to look 'hopeless' especially to the unbelievers.
The end times signs as Jesus predicted:
6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Matthew 24:5-7
I started thinking we are supposed to have a virus so deadly that we have to shut down the whole world....
and it's economies which.... also means food production
How long will it be before famine will be the next world wide crisis?
I am reminded of this:
When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread, Psalm 105:16
And this
13 Then I said: “Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophets say to them, ‘ You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’” Jeremiah 14:13
( I am thinking the 'prophets' of today are those promising that socialism will make us all safe and have full bellies)
One thing for sure, Satan wants us confused, not knowing what is true or false not knowing what to believe
4 And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. Matthew 24:4
When we don't know the truth, we do know where to turn, to find it! Turn to God's Word
Because:
For God is not a God of confusion but of peace..... 1 Corinthians 14:33
Jesus, the Word ( the Bible) rules over all of the devils traps)! We can resist Satan's tactic of trying to confuse us, by getting the true truth from the Bible.
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1
And for absolute truth Jesus, the Word, the Bible is where you will find it
6 Jesus said to him, “I am THE way, and THE truth, and THE life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6
Jesus is not 'A' way or 'A' truth or 'A' life
He is the ONLY way, truth and life.
We are living in a world that is suffering the consequences of sin
Nevertheless we can still have peace in suffering and chaos etc. Jesus said:
27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. John 14:27
Done for Today
|
|
|
Post by Cindy on Nov 23, 2020 11:22:15 GMT -5
yes as always that is super helpful!
Especially when kids today are being told they must be compassionate by accepting and even celebrating their friends coming out.
But your way of explaining it....God's love for them and he will help them etc. was very helpful.
I also think, there are other reasons the culture is pushing all sorts of gender issues
besides being kind to those with sexual confusion.....
I really think, there are reasons like:
keeping the population down....
After all if 50 percent ( or more) of the people on planet earth were gay....
They would not be having children and the Earth would be able to 'heal'
And then there is Satan's reasons etc. I completely agree that those other reasons are also part of it. I find it interesting that the population of the world is getting smaller and most likely will continue to with what's going on now. It's yet another sin against the Lord. After all, the Lord commands us to "be fruitful and multiply" once we're married!
I am amazed at what people are willing to do to be 'safe' They eagerly give up freedoms to live under tyranny but refuse to pray.
1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you.
2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3
There is nothing wrong with wanting peace and safety but when you are willing to give up everything about God in order to avoid getting sick or even dying....
then there is a problem!
What do the false 'political' prophets tell the people?
If you only stop going to church don't sing praises to God etc. then, you will live and have peace
Which reminds me of these verses:
13 Then I said: “Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophets say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’”
14 And the Lord said to me: “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds. Jeremiah 14:13,14
A sign of America’s future under Biden? This transition team member has questioned the First Amendment
In the 2019 op-ed, Stengel argued that “the marketplace of ideas,” which the Founders believed would cause truth to prevail over false information when both were available freely, “was engineered for a simpler era.”
Richard Stengel, a former State Department official under President Obama and a past editor of Time magazine, argued in a Washington Post op-ed last October that “
America needs a hate speech law.”
“My old job at the State Department was what people used to joke as the chief propagandist’s job,” he said.
“I’m not against propaganda. Every country does it, and they 'have' to do it to their own population. And I don’t necessarily think it’s that awful.”
www.foxnews.com/politics/stengel-biden-transition-first-amendment
Well that is interesting we need a hate speech law (what EXACTLY does he deem as 'hate' speech?
We know from a previous post that saying anything against the Koran for instance IS hate speech but not against the Bible
And he is okay with 'propaganda'
( could that be called lies?)
But he says it has to be done...... hummmmmm
25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. Romans 1:25
So I guess we should be grateful that Facebook is helping with the 'hate' speech problem
Facebook reports progress in curbing millions of hateful, abusive posts
Releasing transparency report for third quarter, social media giant says it took action against more than 70 million pieces of content; hate speech
www.timesofisrael.com/facebook-reports-progress-in-curbing-millions-of-hateful-abusive-posts/
Again the question is what is the definition of 'hate' speech and will it need to be changed?
Because maybe like Stengel said about the First amendment our present understanding and definition of 'hate speech': was engineered for a simpler era
But there is this about God's Word ( the Bible)...
It does not change It's meaning does not change It is not chained to the time nor the culture it was written in....
In fact, it often seems like it was written today.
33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. Luke 21:33
People wanting security need only to look to God and His Word.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1
Done for today
Yes, I find it incredible that they call the Bible hateful but not the Koran. The Bible tells them that Jesus wants to free them from their sin, guilt and shame and that He loves them. The Koran tells them that it's ok for a muslim to lie to a non muslim and they're commanded to kill us. Which is truly hate then? Sounds like the Koran to me!
I took the time to look and see why your links don't work and saw that you don't use the link button. So I took a screen shot so I could tell you how to do them correctly. Whenever you quote a small portion from an article (it's supposed to be 500 words or less) you have to have a clickable link for people to go the article. To do that you just have to paste the link here like you have been doing; then highlight what you've pasted here and click the button I've got circled in this screenshot:
If you've highlighted what you pasted here, it will automatically fill in both the text and the url blanks for you. All you have to do is click where it says "create link". Just remember: paste; highlight, click button, click "create link".
It is strange, that many people would or did extremely dislike the rigid Father, who would say:
It's my way or the highway!
And yet, that is exactly The same mentality I am seeing when it is looking like the shoe might be on the other foot:
LGBT group urges Biden to strip accreditation of Christian schools with biblical beliefs www.christianpost.com/news/lgbt-group-urges-biden-to-force-christian-schools-to-capitulate.html
14 Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has stumbled in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.
15 Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.
The Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
Isaiah 59:14,15
Not just schools tho
Air Force fires 30-year military chaplain for teaching biblical views on sexual morality
“The message was about sin that we don’t think is that bad,” Cizek said. “If you’re having sex with somebody that you’re not married to, then you need to stop.
I said, ‘you know, sometimes the Christian church has gotten the reputation for being prejudiced because we look at one sin, homosexuality, and then we turn a blind eye and don’t say anything about heterosexual sin, and that’s hypocritical,'” Cizek said.
Cizek isn’t sure a Biden administration will be as sympathetic to his cause. For this reason, That’s why he believes this is an important time for Christians to speak out and is asking citizens concerned about his plight to email the White House on his behalf.
www.bibliatodo.com/En/christian-news/air-force-fires-30-year-military-chaplain-for-teaching-biblical-views-on-sexual-morality/
Still, I am wondering if, there is not some aspect of this that Christians are in part responsible for....
On the one hand, for looking more harshly, at one type of sexual sin over all the other sexual sins
and on the other hand...
compromising.... God's Word, by either trying to compensate for being to unloving
and/or
turning a blind eye to all these sexual sins
Some sexual sins, that we are all guilty of, like for example:
Even the most 'pure' Christian has probably been guilty of this sin, at one time or another,
Jesus said:
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew 5:27,28
And hey, while we are on the topic of sins in the Bible...
Here we go!
Scientists come to the rescue to inform us of yet another 'mistakenly' label sin: Cannibalism
We are now informed this:
You can now eat human steak, scientists insist it’s not cannibalism
People think that eating oneself is cannibalism, which technically this is not,’ said industrial designer Grace Knight, who helped design the project.
metro.co.uk/2020/11/18/you-can-now-eat-human-steak-scientists-insist-its-not-cannibalism-13615745/?ito=cbshare
Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the Lord your God, when he led you in the way? Jeremiah 2:17
Can things get worse?
And can we still wonder at God bringing judgment?
Still, God wants to give us mercy and tho these verses were directed to Israel I think they can be applied to the whole world and certainly the USA
12 "Return, faithless Israel, declares the Lord. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the Lord; I will not be angry forever.
13 Only acknowledge your guilt, that you rebelled against the Lord your God Jeremiah 3:12,13
But instead, what do we hear people saying?
you say, ‘I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.’
Behold, I will bring you to judgment for saying, ‘I have not sinned.’ Jeremiah 2:35
End Times is speeding up and will continue to get worse
What is a believer to do?
Well for starters we need to dress for success What?
Yes:
11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. Ephesians 6:11
Done for Today
I thought I'd heard everything but cannibalism???? Really? And who are the going to kill so they can eat them? Their dear departed loved ones? Lord, please come and get us!!!!!
I think this whole year we have been in the middle of many major struggles:
Left vs right socialism vs democracy tyranny vs. freedom Republicans vs Democrats atheists vs. Christians etc. etc.
A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. Proverbs 18:6
However, there is, I believe, a greater battle going on and its been going on since the battle in Heaven.
To this day, the devil thinks He can win in a battle against the God that created Him and he ( Satan) will be worshiped
7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, Revelation 12:7
And so the devil, is at work behind the scenes setting up his New World Order with his Anti-Christ.
I believe one way to hurry this process up the devil is using fear of death...
if he can get people to feel so scared, and hopeless seeing only danger
It will eventually be a good time to trot out his counterfeit 'savior' the anti-Christ
Indeed Satan has always had an anti-Christ prepared every century, as the devil the dragon waits for his time to come
18 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 1 John 2:18
Note: The last hour does not mean 60 minutes in this verse...
It is the time, between the first coming of Jesus and the 2nd coming.
Clearly a whole bunch of anti-Christs did not all turn up in a one hour span LOL
But in order to unveil THE Anti-Christ things have to look 'hopeless' especially to the unbelievers.
The end times signs as Jesus predicted:
6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Matthew 24:5-7
I started thinking we are supposed to have a virus so deadly that we have to shut down the whole world....
and it's economies which.... also means food production
How long will it be before famine will be the next world wide crisis?
I am reminded of this:
When he summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread, Psalm 105:16
And this
13 Then I said: “Ah, Lord God, behold, the prophets say to them, ‘ You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.’” Jeremiah 14:13
( I am thinking the 'prophets' of today are those promising that socialism will make us all safe and have full bellies)
One thing for sure, Satan wants us confused, not knowing what is true or false not knowing what to believe
4 And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. Matthew 24:4
When we don't know the truth, we do know where to turn, to find it! Turn to God's Word
Because:
For God is not a God of confusion but of peace..... 1 Corinthians 14:33
Jesus, the Word ( the Bible) rules over all of the devils traps)! We can resist Satan's tactic of trying to confuse us, by getting the true truth from the Bible.
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1
And for absolute truth Jesus, the Word, the Bible is where you will find it
6 Jesus said to him, “I am THE way, and THE truth, and THE life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6
Jesus is not 'A' way or 'A' truth or 'A' life
He is the ONLY way, truth and life.
We are living in a world that is suffering the consequences of sin
Nevertheless we can still have peace in suffering and chaos etc. Jesus said:
27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. John 14:27
Done for Today
Very good as usual! This world is already so very sick. I honestly hate to even think about what may come next. So, I don't. Instead I just keep on reading God's Word and leave dealing with the world to Him!
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 23, 2020 12:26:41 GMT -5
Well the cannibalism article ( at this point) was a kit...where I think you swab your mouth to gather cells and then grow in a petri dish you as a steak
I am sure there are more steps etc.
But that was the basic idea.
However, I saw it as Satan slowly getting people used to the idea.
To many unsaved people the way the scientists presented it it would sound pretty innocuous...
and they sweetened the pot
by pointing out, this way, no animals would ever suffer again!!!
There is just one flaw....
It is not something God approves of.
And then.... people never seem to look ahead
If they get a taste for their own human cells to eat.....
What might be the next step down the line? Like you pointed out a relative who just died
Just think, no need for burial ( save the land and all)
And what about all the aborted babies...
I believe it might have mentioned something about all the wasted blood (either in this article or another one I did quote)
And here was another horrible thought
the article did mention something about....
The meat industry being very interested in this!
Just when I have started to get over trying to be a total vegetarian ( I never was...but I tried to limit eating a lot).
Yes, I am ready for the Lord to come any time now
But I know... His timing not mine!!!
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 23, 2020 13:30:53 GMT -5
A random day
so I heard Biden mentioning a 'dark winter' and found that kind of ominous...
could it even be, a multi-layered message...
speaking of Covid?
Or was he speaking about a 'new crisis'?
Was he referring to some kind of environmental crisis?
But on that note, you may not realize many people are absolutely giddy, about the 'wonderful benefits'
Covid lock downs have been for 'healing planet earth'
Here is just the first example that shows up in the search engine ( However, the list of similar articles is long):
10 Ways The Earth Is Healing From The Global Lockdown
1 – AIR POLLUTION IS DECREASING GLOBALLY AS FEWER PEOPLE TRAVEL 2 – VENICE CANALS ARE CLEAR ENOUGH TO SEE FISH. 6 – BORDERS ARE FORGOTTEN AS COUNTRIES WORK TOGETHER TO STEM THE OUTBREAK. 7 – ANIMALS ARE SPOTTED IN MAJOR CITIES AS TRAFFIC DECREASES, AND MORE PEOPLE STAY AT HOME. 10 – WE REALIZE WHAT’S TRULY IMPORTANT HERE ON EARTH. (being) living mindfully and intentionally in harmony with our planet
www.powerofpositivity.com/earth-healing-global-lockdown/
Is it a coincidence that Covid, and the environment 'healing' coincide? Is it a matter of not wasting a crisis or have some people in power (who are Earth first folks etc.) seeing a way to continue their ideal of 'healing the earth) by more lock downs maybe, continue them for a very protracted time?
25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. Romans 1:25
Biden did also promise to have a new Nation wide lock down.... which ought to the effect of closing for good, another huge amount of small businesses and keep people out of church (for starts).
Then, we can begin to multiply by dividing ...
( I can't remember where I heard something like that) it was mocking socialism
As believers become more and more greatly outnumbered,
We will be forced to rely more and more on God.
6 Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6
and this verse:
6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Philippians 4:6
But back to Biden 'darkness' coming....
Christians need to get out of the darkness that is 'already' covering the earth, and walk into the light of Jesus.
2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 4:2
Also
8 for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
9 (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),
10 and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.
11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
Ephesians 5:8-11
Oh by the way, Biden has not won.... but no matter, who wins at this point America is a very divided nation.
Some liberals are suggesting indoctrination camps for conservatives Here is just one example:
( I would not be surprised, if at some point, this kind of thought, would be even more for Christians)
Education For Trump Voters – ‘How Do You Deprogram 75 Million People?’ A California Democrats regional director suggested Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s supporters should be deprogrammed through post World War II reconstruction tactics.
“No seriously…how *do* you deprogram 75 million people, California Democrat Wants ‘Post WWII’-Type Re-Education For Conservatives” California Democrats regional director and Democratic National Convention member David Atkins tweeted Wednesday. “Where do you start? Fox? Facebook?
We have to start thinking in terms of post-WWII Germany or Japan. Or the failures of Reconstruction in the South.” robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/11/re-education-for-conservatives.html
1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.
2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
2 Timothy 3:1-5
Done for Today
|
|
|
Post by Cindy on Nov 24, 2020 9:48:46 GMT -5
Well the cannibalism article ( at this point) was a kit...where I think you swab your mouth to gather cells and then grow in a petri dish you as a steak
I am sure there are more steps etc.
But that was the basic idea.
However, I saw it as Satan slowly getting people used to the idea.
To many unsaved people the way the scientists presented it it would sound pretty innocuous...
and they sweetened the pot
by pointing out, this way, no animals would ever suffer again!!!
There is just one flaw....
It is not something God approves of.
And then.... people never seem to look ahead
If they get a taste for their own human cells to eat.....
What might be the next step down the line? Like you pointed out a relative who just died
Just think, no need for burial ( save the land and all)
And what about all the aborted babies...
I believe it might have mentioned something about all the wasted blood (either in this article or another one I did quote)
And here was another horrible thought
the article did mention something about....
The meat industry being very interested in this!
Just when I have started to get over trying to be a total vegetarian ( I never was...but I tried to limit eating a lot).
Yes, I am ready for the Lord to come any time now
But I know... His timing not mine!!!
To me that's even sicker because you'd be eating yourself! But I sure wouldn't let the sick things other people think about or do stop me from eating whatever I wanted to of all that God's made available to us.
A random day
so I heard Biden mentioning a 'dark winter' and found that kind of ominous...
could it even be, a multi-layered message...
speaking of Covid?
Or was he speaking about a 'new crisis'?
Was he referring to some kind of environmental crisis?
But on that note, you may not realize many people are absolutely giddy, about the 'wonderful benefits'
Covid lock downs have been for 'healing planet earth'
Here is just the first example that shows up in the search engine ( However, the list of similar articles is long):
10 Ways The Earth Is Healing From The Global Lockdown
1 – AIR POLLUTION IS DECREASING GLOBALLY AS FEWER PEOPLE TRAVEL 2 – VENICE CANALS ARE CLEAR ENOUGH TO SEE FISH. 6 – BORDERS ARE FORGOTTEN AS COUNTRIES WORK TOGETHER TO STEM THE OUTBREAK. 7 – ANIMALS ARE SPOTTED IN MAJOR CITIES AS TRAFFIC DECREASES, AND MORE PEOPLE STAY AT HOME. 10 – WE REALIZE WHAT’S TRULY IMPORTANT HERE ON EARTH. (being) living mindfully and intentionally in harmony with our planet
www.powerofpositivity.com/earth-healing-global-lockdown/
Is it a coincidence that Covid, and the environment 'healing' coincide? Is it a matter of not wasting a crisis or have some people in power (who are Earth first folks etc.) seeing a way to continue their ideal of 'healing the earth) by more lock downs maybe, continue them for a very protracted time?
25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. Romans 1:25
Biden did also promise to have a new Nation wide lock down.... which ought to the effect of closing for good, another huge amount of small businesses and keep people out of church (for starts).
Then, we can begin to multiply by dividing ...
( I can't remember where I heard something like that) it was mocking socialism
As believers become more and more greatly outnumbered,
We will be forced to rely more and more on God.
6 Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6
and this verse:
6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Philippians 4:6
But back to Biden 'darkness' coming....
Christians need to get out of the darkness that is 'already' covering the earth, and walk into the light of Jesus.
2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. Colossians 4:2
Also
8 for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
9 (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true),
10 and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.
11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.
Ephesians 5:8-11
Oh by the way, Biden has not won.... but no matter, who wins at this point America is a very divided nation.
Some liberals are suggesting indoctrination camps for conservatives Here is just one example:
( I would not be surprised, if at some point, this kind of thought, would be even more for Christians)
Education For Trump Voters – ‘How Do You Deprogram 75 Million People?’ A California Democrats regional director suggested Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s supporters should be deprogrammed through post World War II reconstruction tactics.
“No seriously…how *do* you deprogram 75 million people, California Democrat Wants ‘Post WWII’-Type Re-Education For Conservatives” California Democrats regional director and Democratic National Convention member David Atkins tweeted Wednesday. “Where do you start? Fox? Facebook?
We have to start thinking in terms of post-WWII Germany or Japan. Or the failures of Reconstruction in the South.” robinwestenra.blogspot.com/2020/11/re-education-for-conservatives.html
1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.
2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
2 Timothy 3:1-5
Done for Today
Well, if Biden becomes president like it's beginning to look like he will, that simply means that the rapture and the tribulation will happen even sooner then it would have if Trump stayed in control.
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 24, 2020 12:34:53 GMT -5
I totally agree about a Biden presidency and a sooner rapture...
In some ways, ( selfish way) i would not mind....personally).
But for all my loved ones..... I wonder if God could use me in any way for pointing them to Him?
Then again, the tribulation, might be the ONLY thing to bring some or all of them to salvation.
I read the headlines ( only) of several more articles about yourself as 'meat'.
I think what I found worrisome about the meat industry being so interested in this technology
was not that they would 'clone' animals cells and grow the meat that way.....
But would they end up finding aborted babies cells to be more 'cost effective' in some way?
Or human cells?
I think that movie ( did you ever see it?) Solyent Green? I did waaaay back then was it in the 70"s
Anyway, it is so weird how things sort come home to roost...
that were only:
novels comics movies etc.
years ago
and then 20, 30, 40, 50, 100 years later
they happen in one form or another.
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 24, 2020 13:00:12 GMT -5
As I think of the world today in 2020
One of the things that stands out is a virus
a virus that was among many things, the means to force all but 'essential' businesses to close....
and as a result many went out of business forever.
People did get ONE 'stimulus' check being paid not to work....
It was not that many people, were not willing to work ( tho I sometimes feel, that is in a strange way, almost a goal)
10 For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. 2 Thessalonians 3:10
This verse is not talking about people who cannot work ( for whatever reason age, medical, mental etc) But those who are not willing)
Nevertheless, the Utopian idea of a 'universal income' is gaining more and more ground.
What is not talked about so much is how i a universal income, would also make a population:, dependent on whoever is dispensing the money...
Instead of this:
11 ... aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
12 so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one. 1 Thessalonians 4:11,12
Being dependent on the government's handouts if you can work.... In an odd way, I think, perhaps.. might also tie with a cashless world.
We already heard, at the beginning of Covid, that coins and paper money could be covid infected!
Presumable if people had a stipend from maybe, an online internet bank or a microchip.... that problem would be forever eradicated
In any case, during the tribulation this verse will happen:
17 ... no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. Revelation 13:17
I am not trying to pick on Biden's Covid medical doctor pick: Dr. Zeke Emanuel but he did write about his view that people should not live past 75. ( I suppose since that is my age, I took perhaps more note of that) LOL
However, it just so happens that 42% of covid deaths happen in nursing homes:
The Most Important Coronavirus Statistic: 42% Of U.S. Deaths Are From 0.6% Of The Population
"states like New York, New Jersey, and Michigan actually ordered nursing homes to accept patients with active COVID-19 infections who were being discharged from hospitals.
The most charitable interpretation of these orders is that they were designed to ensure that states would not overcrowd their ICUs. But well after hospitalizations peaked, governors like New York’s Andrew Cuomo were doubling down on their mandates.
As recently as April 23, Cuomo declared that nursing homes “don’t have a right to object” to accepting elderly patients with active COVID infections. “That is the rule and that is the regulation and they have to comply with that.” www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2020/05/26/nursing-homes-assisted-living-facilities-0-6-of-the-u-s-population-43-of-u-s-covid-19-deaths/?sh=d52b1c574cdb
The added cruelty ( in my mind), was the combined 'rules' of younger family members, not being able to visit their elderly relative, thus..... increasing the isolation, and adding to the direction of death.
Therefore, forcing families to do this:
Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent. Psalms 71:9
This next news item is not to say a person
should or should not sign a Do not resuscitate order
I am thinking more about a 'potential direction' of pushing the elderly to die
Doctors ask people vulnerable to covid to sign 'do not resuscitate' orders to ease pressure on Swiss intensive care units
"The measure includes people who are over 60 and those with heart disease or diabetes. An organisation for the elderly called Pro Senectute Schweiz said that the doctors' appeal was excessive".
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8978525/Doctors-ask-people-vulnerable-covid-sign-not-resuscitate-orders-Switzerland.html
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 Done for Today
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 25, 2020 14:51:17 GMT -5
I live in Oregon and am still having a hard time with our Governor encouraging neighbors to snitch on, rat on, turn into the police people who violate her order of no more than 6 people for Thanks-Giving.
Why 6.... by the way, why not 5 or 7?
Does Covid become magically more lethal at 7 ( just one more person, than 6 people?)
Oregon Governor: Snitch On Your Neighbors For Violating Thanksgiving COVID Orders
"People who violate Brown’s orders this Thanksgiving could face misdemeanor penalties of up to 30 days in jail, fines of up to $1,250, or both. thefederalist.com/2020/11/23/oregon-governor-snitch-on-your-neighbors-for-violating-thanksgiving-covid-orders/
Snitching on your neighbors to police....
Wouldn't it be better to actually talk to them if you know them?
But even so...... something seems so very very wrong about that!!!!!!!
A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. Proverbs 16:28
And this
29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness.
They are gossips,..... Romans 1:29
And this seems to fit also:
13 Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not. 1 Timothy 5:13
Are we learning to be busybody idlers?
Will there be less violence in a Biden presidency? Here are a few headlines that seem to point to maybe not:
Antifa leader threatens 'armed' action against Trump supporters dawsoncountyjournal.com/blog/2020/11/24/antifa-leader-threatens-armed-action-against-trump-supporters/
Nolte: Rachel Maddow Says People Who Contest Elections Should ‘Go to Jail’ www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/11/24/nolte-rachel-maddow-says-people-who-contest-elections-should-go-jail/
Robert De Niro Warns Trump Supporters That They ‘Ought to Be Afraid Of What’s Gonna Occur’ When He Leaves Workplace www.worldnpost.com/robert-de-niro-warns-trump-supporters-that-they-ought-to-be-afraid-of-whats-gonna-occur-when-he-leaves-workplace/
Not looking promising
Still.....I kind of get Jeremiah! His words seem so up to date....
sounding like the world today ( to me anyway)!!!
Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful at the report heard in the land, when a report comes in one year and afterward a report in another year, and violence is in the land, and ruler is against ruler. Jeremiah 51:45-47
And this:
“For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are ‘wise’—in doing evil! But how to do good they know not.” Jeremiah 4:22
Also:
O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You have struck them down, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent. Jeremiah 5:3
Jeremiah, the weeping prophet! At times, I feel like I could weep with him I know God is still on His throne and what He has planned will be done and yet, sometimes its hard not to be sad for a moment
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. Jeremiah 4:19
They have spoken falsely of the Lord and have said, ‘He will do nothing; no disaster will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine. Jeremiah 5:12
And my last Jeremiah post for today
As a well keeps its water fresh, so she keeps fresh her evil; violence and destruction are heard within her; sickness and wounds are ever before me. Jeremiah 6:7
So what to do?
Look at our Lord and Savior Jesus
2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2
Done for Today
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 26, 2020 11:50:53 GMT -5
I think there are many people in the world today who are okay with some more censorship of freedom of speech.
One of the main reasons is, to avoid hurting others with mean words, especially offensive are: racial slurs, and sexual ones.
The internet, is becoming very big on hunting down and weeding out such cruel speech.
They (internet people) often code in offending words for AI to find or sometimes a human will flag and close a persons account, if in violation.
However I came across a very strange one yesterday!
I had started watching a doctor ( who reminds me a bit of a Japanese anime ( his hair LOL)
His videos are often like a mystery or puzzle solving since many patients that come into the ER are unconscious...
and the doctors have to figure out why, so they can save the person's life.
So this doctor will soon into his videos, give some clues in medically terminology.
He then will break down the those words like
Hypokalemia:
Hypo= low Kal= potassium and
Emia= presence in blood
or ( one more just for example):
hypoexemia:
Hypo= low Ex = oxygen
Emia= presence in blood
he has close to 300 videos and close to 2 million subscribers
Oh and that is just how he starts his videos, then he quickly dive into deep biochemical reactions etc. in the human body.
But did you note the : presence in blood part?
Sooooooo a few days ago he tweeted on twitter:
"I tweeted -emia means presence in blood. This is how my twitter account shut down." www.youtube.com/post/UgxIfQ8dvhIVM6HU7ZB4AaABCQ
Well, they may have shut him down in error an AI might have been programmed to search for 'blood' perhaps because it could be to stave off violence?
But wait, nooooo there are tons of violence you tube videos
But what about the Bible and blood? There are close to 400 verse where blood is mentioned:
11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life. Leviticus 17:11
So it is also the blood of Jesus that was poured out on the cross when He died for our sins that is important in the Bible
7 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you,
28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. Matthew 26:27-28
and this:
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son,.... Romans 5:8-10
So maybe posting about blood and the censorship of it was an error ( and I do not think the doctor is a believer)
It got me to thinking that is something the devil hates... The blood of Jesus any talk about Jesus blood and death saving us..
So much so, I wonder if we will see more such censorship in the near future?
Which is another reason to stay in God's Word the Bible now.... so that if the day comes when nothing of the Bible will be found on the internet and no Bibles will be allowed we will have already God's word in our hearts and minds.
2 But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word,
but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God. 2 Corinthians 4:2
Also
8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. Joshua 1:8
and
[smear:#e0156c] 1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
2 Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,
3 who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!
4 You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.
5 Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! Psalms 119:1-5[/smear:#2719e6:0]
Today is Thanks-Giving and so.....no matter the craziness in the world today:
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. Psalm 9:1
26 Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever. Psalm 136:26
Done for Today
|
|
|
Post by Cindy on Nov 27, 2020 11:10:14 GMT -5
I totally agree about a Biden presidency and a sooner rapture...
In some ways, ( selfish way) i would not mind....personally).
But for all my loved ones..... I wonder if God could use me in any way for pointing them to Him?
Then again, the tribulation, might be the ONLY thing to bring some or all of them to salvation.
I read the headlines ( only) of several more articles about yourself as 'meat'.
I think what I found worrisome about the meat industry being so interested in this technology
was not that they would 'clone' animals cells and grow the meat that way.....
But would they end up finding aborted babies cells to be more 'cost effective' in some way?
Or human cells?
I think that movie ( did you ever see it?) Solyent Green? I did waaaay back then was it in the 70"s
Anyway, it is so weird how things sort come home to roost...
that were only:
novels comics movies etc.
years ago
and then 20, 30, 40, 50, 100 years later
they happen in one form or another.
oh wow, I haven't thought of that movie for more years then I can count! I'd forgotten all about it! I can't believe I've missed all your posts this week. I guess I slept longer then even I thought and I dreamed that I was here and that I replied to your posts and thought the dream was what really happened! I'm so very sorry!!!! Yes, that's very true especially about science fiction books. Many of the things I've read in them have come true!
As I think of the world today in 2020
One of the things that stands out is a virus
a virus that was among many things, the means to force all but 'essential' businesses to close....
and as a result many went out of business forever.
People did get ONE 'stimulus' check being paid not to work....
It was not that many people, were not willing to work ( tho I sometimes feel, that is in a strange way, almost a goal)
10 For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. 2 Thessalonians 3:10
This verse is not talking about people who cannot work ( for whatever reason age, medical, mental etc) But those who are not willing)
Nevertheless, the Utopian idea of a 'universal income' is gaining more and more ground.
What is not talked about so much is how i a universal income, would also make a population:, dependent on whoever is dispensing the money...
Instead of this:
11 ... aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
12 so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one. 1 Thessalonians 4:11,12
Being dependent on the government's handouts if you can work.... In an odd way, I think, perhaps.. might also tie with a cashless world.
We already heard, at the beginning of Covid, that coins and paper money could be covid infected!
Presumable if people had a stipend from maybe, an online internet bank or a microchip.... that problem would be forever eradicated
In any case, during the tribulation this verse will happen:
17 ... no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. Revelation 13:17
I am not trying to pick on Biden's Covid medical doctor pick: Dr. Zeke Emanuel but he did write about his view that people should not live past 75. ( I suppose since that is my age, I took perhaps more note of that) LOL
However, it just so happens that 42% of covid deaths happen in nursing homes:
The Most Important Coronavirus Statistic: 42% Of U.S. Deaths Are From 0.6% Of The Population
"states like New York, New Jersey, and Michigan actually ordered nursing homes to accept patients with active COVID-19 infections who were being discharged from hospitals.
The most charitable interpretation of these orders is that they were designed to ensure that states would not overcrowd their ICUs. But well after hospitalizations peaked, governors like New York’s Andrew Cuomo were doubling down on their mandates.
As recently as April 23, Cuomo declared that nursing homes “don’t have a right to object” to accepting elderly patients with active COVID infections. “That is the rule and that is the regulation and they have to comply with that.” www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2020/05/26/nursing-homes-assisted-living-facilities-0-6-of-the-u-s-population-43-of-u-s-covid-19-deaths/?sh=d52b1c574cdb
The added cruelty ( in my mind), was the combined 'rules' of younger family members, not being able to visit their elderly relative, thus..... increasing the isolation, and adding to the direction of death.
Therefore, forcing families to do this:
Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent. Psalms 71:9
This next news item is not to say a person
should or should not sign a Do not resuscitate order
I am thinking more about a 'potential direction' of pushing the elderly to die
Doctors ask people vulnerable to covid to sign 'do not resuscitate' orders to ease pressure on Swiss intensive care units
"The measure includes people who are over 60 and those with heart disease or diabetes. An organisation for the elderly called Pro Senectute Schweiz said that the doctors' appeal was excessive".
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8978525/Doctors-ask-people-vulnerable-covid-sign-not-resuscitate-orders-Switzerland.html
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 Done for Today
I totally agree and think what was done to the elderly and their loved ones was horrible. Honestly, if my mother had lived and was alive now, nothing would have kept me away from her. I'd have taken her out of the nursing home and brought her home to me. (but then it's very unlikely I'd put her in a nursing home anyway.)
I live in Oregon and am still having a hard time with our Governor encouraging neighbors to snitch on, rat on, turn into the police people who violate her order of no more than 6 people for Thanks-Giving.
Why 6.... by the way, why not 5 or 7?
Does Covid become magically more lethal at 7 ( just one more person, than 6 people?)
Oregon Governor: Snitch On Your Neighbors For Violating Thanksgiving COVID Orders
"People who violate Brown’s orders this Thanksgiving could face misdemeanor penalties of up to 30 days in jail, fines of up to $1,250, or both. thefederalist.com/2020/11/23/oregon-governor-snitch-on-your-neighbors-for-violating-thanksgiving-covid-orders/
Snitching on your neighbors to police....
Wouldn't it be better to actually talk to them if you know them?
But even so...... something seems so very very wrong about that!!!!!!!
A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. Proverbs 16:28
And this
29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness.
They are gossips,..... Romans 1:29
And this seems to fit also:
13 Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not. 1 Timothy 5:13
Are we learning to be busybody idlers?
Will there be less violence in a Biden presidency? Here are a few headlines that seem to point to maybe not:
Antifa leader threatens 'armed' action against Trump supporters dawsoncountyjournal.com/blog/2020/11/24/antifa-leader-threatens-armed-action-against-trump-supporters/
Nolte: Rachel Maddow Says People Who Contest Elections Should ‘Go to Jail’ www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/11/24/nolte-rachel-maddow-says-people-who-contest-elections-should-go-jail/
Robert De Niro Warns Trump Supporters That They ‘Ought to Be Afraid Of What’s Gonna Occur’ When He Leaves Workplace www.worldnpost.com/robert-de-niro-warns-trump-supporters-that-they-ought-to-be-afraid-of-whats-gonna-occur-when-he-leaves-workplace/
Not looking promising
Still.....I kind of get Jeremiah! His words seem so up to date....
sounding like the world today ( to me anyway)!!!
Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful at the report heard in the land, when a report comes in one year and afterward a report in another year, and violence is in the land, and ruler is against ruler. Jeremiah 51:45-47
And this:
“For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are ‘wise’—in doing evil! But how to do good they know not.” Jeremiah 4:22
Also:
O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You have struck them down, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent. Jeremiah 5:3
Jeremiah, the weeping prophet! At times, I feel like I could weep with him I know God is still on His throne and what He has planned will be done and yet, sometimes its hard not to be sad for a moment
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. Jeremiah 4:19
They have spoken falsely of the Lord and have said, ‘He will do nothing; no disaster will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine. Jeremiah 5:12
And my last Jeremiah post for today
As a well keeps its water fresh, so she keeps fresh her evil; violence and destruction are heard within her; sickness and wounds are ever before me. Jeremiah 6:7
So what to do?
Look at our Lord and Savior Jesus
2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2
Done for Today
I can't believe a government official would do such a thing! That's very much like the Nazi's! Our governor requested that we not have more then 10 people for Thanksgiving, but it wasn't an order. We had 7 people. Everyone's been teasing on facebook that the timer in the turkeys was a transmitter so the government would know how many people you had over.
I think there are many people in the world today who are okay with some more censorship of freedom of speech.
One of the main reasons is, to avoid hurting others with mean words, especially offensive are: racial slurs, and sexual ones.
The internet, is becoming very big on hunting down and weeding out such cruel speech.
They (internet people) often code in offending words for AI to find or sometimes a human will flag and close a persons account, if in violation.
However I came across a very strange one yesterday!
I had started watching a doctor ( who reminds me a bit of a Japanese anime ( his hair LOL)
His videos are often like a mystery or puzzle solving since many patients that come into the ER are unconscious...
and the doctors have to figure out why, so they can save the person's life.
So this doctor will soon into his videos, give some clues in medically terminology.
He then will break down the those words like
Hypokalemia:
Hypo= low Kal= potassium and
Emia= presence in blood
or ( one more just for example):
hypoexemia:
Hypo= low Ex = oxygen
Emia= presence in blood
he has close to 300 videos and close to 2 million subscribers
Oh and that is just how he starts his videos, then he quickly dive into deep biochemical reactions etc. in the human body.
But did you note the : presence in blood part?
Sooooooo a few days ago he tweeted on twitter:
"I tweeted -emia means presence in blood. This is how my twitter account shut down." www.youtube.com/post/UgxIfQ8dvhIVM6HU7ZB4AaABCQ
Well, they may have shut him down in error an AI might have been programmed to search for 'blood' perhaps because it could be to stave off violence?
But wait, nooooo there are tons of violence you tube videos
But what about the Bible and blood? There are close to 400 verse where blood is mentioned:
11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life. Leviticus 17:11
So it is also the blood of Jesus that was poured out on the cross when He died for our sins that is important in the Bible
7 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you,
28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. Matthew 26:27-28
and this:
But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son,.... Romans 5:8-10
So maybe posting about blood and the censorship of it was an error ( and I do not think the doctor is a believer)
It got me to thinking that is something the devil hates... The blood of Jesus any talk about Jesus blood and death saving us..
So much so, I wonder if we will see more such censorship in the near future?
Which is another reason to stay in God's Word the Bible now.... so that if the day comes when nothing of the Bible will be found on the internet and no Bibles will be allowed we will have already God's word in our hearts and minds.
2 But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word,
but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God. 2 Corinthians 4:2
Also
8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. Joshua 1:8
and
[smear:#e0156c] 1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
2 Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,
3 who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!
4 You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.
5 Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! Psalms 119:1-5[/smear:#2719e6:0]
Today is Thanks-Giving and so.....no matter the craziness in the world today:
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds. Psalm 9:1
26 Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever. Psalm 136:26
Done for Today
I'm afraid you lost me about why he was shut down. You didn't add the youtube link as a video. (you have to click on the 4th button over on the bottom row. The first button is the one you use for links. The second one you use for email addresses, and the third one is the one you use from pictures and graphics. the fouth one is the one you click on when you want to insert a video. You click on it and paste the link into it instead of onto your post. Then it will show up as a video. I'm not sure if the video explained what happened or not, or if you were explaining it and I just didn't get it..... Sorry he's having trouble though.
I'm sure we'll see more Christians being shut down on all social media.
I have to run as I fell asleep at my desk again and now I'm way behind.
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 27, 2020 11:53:40 GMT -5
Ah ....that is because although he does medical you tube videos it was not a video that was shut down....
but his twitter account because he posted on twitter these words:
emia means presence in blood.
This is how my twitter account shut down."
I think he just took a screen shot of the notice they sent him
and that was not a video but more like just a photo screen shot? I am not sure what it is called but I don't know how to post a photo kind of thing?
But what I was focusing on was how crazy twitter facebook etc. are becoming in shutting down all manner of speech they deem dangerous.
Twitter closed his account just for the words
emia means presence in blood
I 'think' he posted that because so many have said they now know that emia means that....
Because so many of this person's videos are about a patient coming into ER unconscious ....
and the doctors have to figure out what is wrong?
Often a clue is one of the emias
So he may have been restating that word because many comments have been from viewers they now know what emia means LOL
But my point was more to the point
WHY would twitter shut down an account saying that?
The censorship on the net is getting so crazy that the idea of 'Freedom of speech" is becoming a thing of the past it looks to me.
Today it seems that Twitter is at it again:
Sidney Powell’s Website Apparently Blocked by Twitter"
"former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell, who recently filed lawsuits on behalf of President Donald Trump alleging election fraud, appears to have been blocked by Twitter.
“We can’t complete this request because this link has been identified by Twitter or our partners as being potentially harmful"
www.theepochtimes.com/sidney-powells-website-apparently-blocked-by-twitter_3594648.html?utm_source=newsnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-2020-11-26-4
I mean really???? Have these people gone mad?
I guess twitter is saying that for anyone to say there was election fraud, is sooooooooo dangerous...
(even from a former federal prosecutor)
the public needs to be saved from hearing or seeing it least they be irrevocably damaged!!! ????
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 27, 2020 13:13:31 GMT -5
I think this year the whole world has mutated and morphed, into something so excessive and disproportionate, more so, than we have ever seen before.
For sure, we have had way worse pandemics and wars that have killed far more people!
So what is so extreme Today?
Right off the top of my head, I think of world wide 'fear' and lies....
While at the same time, the push for the lowest morals since Sodom and Gomorrah is at an all time high!
God would have spared Sodom and Gomorrah for a few righteous people... but there was none.
32 Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.” Genesis 18:32
God said the following to ancient Israel, but I wonder if the people of the world today might take careful note:
[smear:#3c19e6]58 “If you are not careful to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, the Lord your God,
59 then the Lord will bring on you and your offspring extraordinary afflictions, afflictions severe and lasting, and sicknesses grievous and lasting.
60 And he will bring upon you again all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you.
61 Every sickness also and every affliction that is not recorded in the book of this law, the Lord will bring upon you, until you are destroyed.
Deuteronomy 28:58-61[/smear:#e61945:0]
Is our country looking a lot like Sodom and Gomorrah? Do we love porn in every form ( books, movies, TV, internet etc.)
I also will choose harsh treatment for them and bring their fears upon them, because when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, they did not listen; but they did what was evil in my eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.” Isaiah 66:4
Do many of the citizens daily take God's name in vain?
7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. Exodus 20:7
Is there any connection?
[smear:#e6192f] 14 “But if you will not listen to me and will not do all these commandments,
15 if you spurn my statutes, and if your soul abhors my rules, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant,
16 then I will do this to you: I will visit you with panic, with wasting disease and fever that consume the eyes and make the heart ache.
And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
17 I will set my face against you, and you shall be struck down before your enemies.
Those who hate you shall rule over you, and you shall flee when none pursues you.
18 And if in spite of this you will not listen to me, then I will discipline you again sevenfold for your sins,
19 and I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze. [/smear:#26189a:0]
Leviticus 26:14-19
Another outstanding characteristic of Today is lies. The world has always been filled with lies and liars, but I don't think to the extent we are seeing now.
And I think it will just get worse:
44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. John 8:44
Deception seems to be the way to live in this culture today..... but God says:
25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Ephesians 4:25
Satan is THE liar but God is THE TRUTH
33 For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. 1 Corinthians 14:33
To me I am seeing that a world in chaos, seems to make many people, willing to cave in and surrender, to all manner of deceptive controls, on a monumental scale.... that will only grow bigger, in order to be 'safe'.
But we can only be eternal safe with God.
18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. 2 Timothy 4:18
Done for Today
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 28, 2020 14:33:43 GMT -5
I know many people are excited about the Covid vaccine and are more than willing to take it.... but the reason I am posting this news article is more for: the words in it:
'We won't force vaccine; but here's what we will do'
The issue of how to "motivate" vaccine compliance has generated increasing interest, with commentators such as Mike Cernovich writing:
"Government won’t force you to take vaccine. Amazon will. Airlines will. Banks will.
You won’t be able to buy, sell, or trade without the vaccine.
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/292039?fbclid=IwAR031JSGPrOrwFtKGrc5iB-2RTGSHUk8FWukpdvT-tCYWw4P2glAG9PS_RE
No I don't think the vaccine is the 'mark of the beast', but it's the wording ,for motivation, that caught my eye.
It sounded ( or rather read like) almost like a trial run for when the mark would be implemented..
Like getting the world population used to, taking 'something', in order, to return to , 'normal' life.
17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. Revelation 13:17
But not only that, millions are suffering from not being able to work and are hungry:
We Haven't Seen This Much Suffering On Thanksgiving Since The Great Depression
"In my entire lifetime, there has never been a Thanksgiving like this. 39 million Americans don’t have enough to eat right now, more than 70 million claims for unemployment benefits have been filed so far during this calendar year, and people are waiting in line for hours at food banks all over the nation just for some Thanksgiving handouts.
www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/we-havent-seen-much-suffering-thanksgiving-great-depression
I think we are quickly seeing a perfect storm, in the not to distant future, for the anti-Christ.
Plus, I would not be surprised, if we see more Americans fighting Americans giving us a war from within... not even an enemy from the outside. We might ruin and destroy ourselves.
28 And you shall say to them, This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, and did not accept discipline; truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips. Jeremiah 7:28
Instead of looking to God and fighting spiritual deception and sin... Instead of spreading the gospel which is the 'greatest of all weapon's
4 For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. Romans 15:4
We are heading for destruction as a nation (in my opinion). Time will tell, but I can't see anyway out of this mess ( and if it is God's plan, then....)
24 But they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward. Jeremiah 7:24
The further away, our country moves, from God there will be more and more good reasons for the unsaved to fear death and dying.
But for Christians:
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;.... Psalm 23:4
and this:
8 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, Ephesians 1:18
God also tells us this:
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33
Done for today
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 29, 2020 12:18:21 GMT -5
Here was an interesting news item to me, today.
Pope Francis Criticizes Groups Protesting COVID Lockdowns, Calls for New Political and Economic Systems
He then criticized groups that protested the restrictions and appeared to dismiss the idea of “personal freedom.
“God asks us to dare to create something new.
We cannot return to the false securities of the political and economic systems we had before the crisis. We need economies that give to all access to the fruits of creation, to the basic needs of life: to land, lodging and labor,” he said.
www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/11/27/pope-francis-criticizes-groups-protesting-covid-lockdowns-calls-for-new-political-and-economic-systems/
I am confused at his saying God asks us to dare create something new? When did God speak to us about that?
14 And the Lord said to me: “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds. Jeremiah 14:14
And then because I've been reading Jeremiah a Lot lately (because it seems so much like Today's World)
When I saw that Joe Biden said this:
Biden promises a healing presence in speech praised by left and right
In the most forceful and steely speech of his career, the former vice president spoke of bringing light to the “season of darkness,” his metaphor for Donald Trump’s tenure, of hope and healing,..... www.foxnews.com/media/biden-promises-a-healing-presence-in-speech-praised-by-left-and-right
It was strange, because I had JUST read this verse in Jeremaih:
We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
Jeremiah 8:15
Biden talked about a season of darkness and plans on bringing light and healing.....
I know President Trump was criticized for being proud and bombastic but Joe Biden's words sound a bit proud to me also? I do not know if he is wicked but his promise of 'light' reminded me of Job:
“5 Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine. 6 The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out. 7 His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down.
Job 18:5-7
Though this Word from God, was for Israel a long time ago I think it fits our times just as much:
1 Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;
2 there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. Hosea 4:1,2
It seems to me, that we modern men and woman ( and whatever), are getting worse, NOT evolving higher and better.
And a change in presidents is not going to change that.
Perhaps God raises up and pulls down leaders to show that very truth?
He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding; Daniel 2:21
It is kind of strange that Biden would promise light when the unsaved world does not want light
19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
John 3:19
The 'light' that has come into the world, is neither Joe Biden, nor president Trump nor any other politician....
But rather is Jesus.
12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 8:12
Done for Today
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 30, 2020 11:37:48 GMT -5
Today this was tooo far up and hard to find so I moved it
|
|
|
Post by Cindy on Nov 30, 2020 12:01:52 GMT -5
Ah ....that is because although he does medical you tube videos it was not a video that was shut down....
but his twitter account because he posted on twitter these words:
emia means presence in blood.
This is how my twitter account shut down."
I think he just took a screen shot of the notice they sent him
and that was not a video but more like just a photo screen shot? I am not sure what it is called but I don't know how to post a photo kind of thing?
But what I was focusing on was how crazy twitter facebook etc. are becoming in shutting down all manner of speech they deem dangerous.
Twitter closed his account just for the words
emia means presence in blood
I 'think' he posted that because so many have said they now know that emia means that....
Because so many of this person's videos are about a patient coming into ER unconscious ....
and the doctors have to figure out what is wrong?
Often a clue is one of the emias
So he may have been restating that word because many comments have been from viewers they now know what emia means LOL
But my point was more to the point
WHY would twitter shut down an account saying that?
The censorship on the net is getting so crazy that the idea of 'Freedom of speech" is becoming a thing of the past it looks to me.
Today it seems that Twitter is at it again:
Sidney Powell’s Website Apparently Blocked by Twitter"
"former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell, who recently filed lawsuits on behalf of President Donald Trump alleging election fraud, appears to have been blocked by Twitter.
“We can’t complete this request because this link has been identified by Twitter or our partners as being potentially harmful"
www.theepochtimes.com/sidney-powells-website-apparently-blocked-by-twitter_3594648.html?utm_source=newsnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-2020-11-26-4
I mean really???? Have these people gone mad?
I guess twitter is saying that for anyone to say there was election fraud, is sooooooooo dangerous...
(even from a former federal prosecutor)
the public needs to be saved from hearing or seeing it least they be irrevocably damaged!!! ????
I understand now, thank you! I'm sorry I didn't get what you were trying to say before. I agree, twitter, facebook and other social media, will shut people down for the most crazy reasons! People don't seem to realize that we've already lost our freedom of speech. Oh the law is still on the books, but we don't have freedom of speech anymore. Now people can lose their jobs for something they've posted online when they were at home. (In other words, they didn't post it from work.) People can even be taken to court for things they post online! Nope, we lost our freedom of speech the day it became the norm for people to lose their jobs over something that was said online.
I think this year the whole world has mutated and morphed, into something so excessive and disproportionate, more so, than we have ever seen before.
For sure, we have had way worse pandemics and wars that have killed far more people!
So what is so extreme Today?
Right off the top of my head, I think of world wide 'fear' and lies....
While at the same time, the push for the lowest morals since Sodom and Gomorrah is at an all time high!
God would have spared Sodom and Gomorrah for a few righteous people... but there was none.
32 Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.” Genesis 18:32
God said the following to ancient Israel, but I wonder if the people of the world today might take careful note:
[smear:#3c19e6]58 “If you are not careful to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, the Lord your God,
59 then the Lord will bring on you and your offspring extraordinary afflictions, afflictions severe and lasting, and sicknesses grievous and lasting.
60 And he will bring upon you again all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you.
61 Every sickness also and every affliction that is not recorded in the book of this law, the Lord will bring upon you, until you are destroyed.
Deuteronomy 28:58-61[/smear:#e61945:0]
Is our country looking a lot like Sodom and Gomorrah? Do we love porn in every form ( books, movies, TV, internet etc.)
I also will choose harsh treatment for them and bring their fears upon them, because when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, they did not listen; but they did what was evil in my eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.” Isaiah 66:4
Do many of the citizens daily take God's name in vain?
7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. Exodus 20:7
Is there any connection?
[smear:#e6192f] 14 “But if you will not listen to me and will not do all these commandments,
15 if you spurn my statutes, and if your soul abhors my rules, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant,
16 then I will do this to you: I will visit you with panic, with wasting disease and fever that consume the eyes and make the heart ache.
And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
17 I will set my face against you, and you shall be struck down before your enemies.
Those who hate you shall rule over you, and you shall flee when none pursues you.
18 And if in spite of this you will not listen to me, then I will discipline you again sevenfold for your sins,
19 and I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze. [/smear:#26189a:0]
Leviticus 26:14-19
Another outstanding characteristic of Today is lies. The world has always been filled with lies and liars, but I don't think to the extent we are seeing now.
And I think it will just get worse:
44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. John 8:44
Deception seems to be the way to live in this culture today..... but God says:
25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Ephesians 4:25
Satan is THE liar but God is THE TRUTH
33 For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. 1 Corinthians 14:33
To me I am seeing that a world in chaos, seems to make many people, willing to cave in and surrender, to all manner of deceptive controls, on a monumental scale.... that will only grow bigger, in order to be 'safe'.
But we can only be eternal safe with God.
18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. 2 Timothy 4:18
Done for Today
Well said! Yes, I think if I had to choose just one word to describe the world today, it would be some form of the word "Lies".
I know many people are excited about the Covid vaccine and are more than willing to take it.... but the reason I am posting this news article is more for: the words in it:
'We won't force vaccine; but here's what we will do'
The issue of how to "motivate" vaccine compliance has generated increasing interest, with commentators such as Mike Cernovich writing:
"Government won’t force you to take vaccine. Amazon will. Airlines will. Banks will.
You won’t be able to buy, sell, or trade without the vaccine.
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/292039?fbclid=IwAR031JSGPrOrwFtKGrc5iB-2RTGSHUk8FWukpdvT-tCYWw4P2glAG9PS_RE
No I don't think the vaccine is the 'mark of the beast', but it's the wording ,for motivation, that caught my eye.
It sounded ( or rather read like) almost like a trial run for when the mark would be implemented..
Like getting the world population used to, taking 'something', in order, to return to , 'normal' life.
17 so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. Revelation 13:17
But not only that, millions are suffering from not being able to work and are hungry:
We Haven't Seen This Much Suffering On Thanksgiving Since The Great Depression
"In my entire lifetime, there has never been a Thanksgiving like this. 39 million Americans don’t have enough to eat right now, more than 70 million claims for unemployment benefits have been filed so far during this calendar year, and people are waiting in line for hours at food banks all over the nation just for some Thanksgiving handouts.
www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/we-havent-seen-much-suffering-thanksgiving-great-depression
I think we are quickly seeing a perfect storm, in the not to distant future, for the anti-Christ.
Plus, I would not be surprised, if we see more Americans fighting Americans giving us a war from within... not even an enemy from the outside. We might ruin and destroy ourselves.
28 And you shall say to them, This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, and did not accept discipline; truth has perished; it is cut off from their lips. Jeremiah 7:28
Instead of looking to God and fighting spiritual deception and sin... Instead of spreading the gospel which is the 'greatest of all weapon's
4 For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. Romans 15:4
We are heading for destruction as a nation (in my opinion). Time will tell, but I can't see anyway out of this mess ( and if it is God's plan, then....)
24 But they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward. Jeremiah 7:24
The further away, our country moves, from God there will be more and more good reasons for the unsaved to fear death and dying.
But for Christians:
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;.... Psalm 23:4
and this:
8 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, Ephesians 1:18
God also tells us this:
33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33
Done for today
Very well said! I totally agree Barbara! (I hope you realize what a great teacher you've become!)
Here was an interesting news item to me, today.
Pope Francis Criticizes Groups Protesting COVID Lockdowns, Calls for New Political and Economic Systems
He then criticized groups that protested the restrictions and appeared to dismiss the idea of “personal freedom.
“God asks us to dare to create something new.
We cannot return to the false securities of the political and economic systems we had before the crisis. We need economies that give to all access to the fruits of creation, to the basic needs of life: to land, lodging and labor,” he said.
www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/11/27/pope-francis-criticizes-groups-protesting-covid-lockdowns-calls-for-new-political-and-economic-systems/
I am confused at his saying God asks us to dare create something new? When did God speak to us about that?
14 And the Lord said to me: “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds. Jeremiah 14:14
And then because I've been reading Jeremiah a Lot lately (because it seems so much like Today's World)
When I saw that Joe Biden said this:
Biden promises a healing presence in speech praised by left and right
In the most forceful and steely speech of his career, the former vice president spoke of bringing light to the “season of darkness,” his metaphor for Donald Trump’s tenure, of hope and healing,..... www.foxnews.com/media/biden-promises-a-healing-presence-in-speech-praised-by-left-and-right
It was strange, because I had JUST read this verse in Jeremaih:
We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
Jeremiah 8:15
Biden talked about a season of darkness and plans on bringing light and healing.....
I know President Trump was criticized for being proud and bombastic but Joe Biden's words sound a bit proud to me also? I do not know if he is wicked but his promise of 'light' reminded me of Job:
“5 Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine. 6 The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out. 7 His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down.
Job 18:5-7
Though this Word from God, was for Israel a long time ago I think it fits our times just as much:
1 Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;
2 there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. Hosea 4:1,2
It seems to me, that we modern men and woman ( and whatever), are getting worse, NOT evolving higher and better.
And a change in presidents is not going to change that.
Perhaps God raises up and pulls down leaders to show that very truth?
He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding; Daniel 2:21
It is kind of strange that Biden would promise light when the unsaved world does not want light
19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
John 3:19
The 'light' that has come into the world, is neither Joe Biden, nor president Trump nor any other politician....
But rather is Jesus.
12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 8:12
Done for Today
Wow, that's pretty amazing! Especially in light of what you said in the one before: "You won’t be able to buy, sell, or trade without the vaccine. " It seems like people are quoting the Bible without even realizing it! I suspect they do so meaning it to harm us, but then they don't realize that our God will use it for our good regardless of what they do! And I know we've seen reporters say that some of the recent so called "natural" disasters are apocalyptic because things have gotten so bad. Gee, it sure sounds like Jesus must be coming back very soon!
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 30, 2020 12:50:55 GMT -5
In the world Today, there is much talk about the 'Great Reset'. In my mind, this is mankind once again, trying to create Eden Utopia. As I see it, it is the idea most of the world will not own anything at all ( of course some select few will have to own 'everything)...
But the Great Reset seems to be socialism/communism, with an emphasis on climate change and LBGT rights etc.
And some of the biggest fans have remarked how Covid 'just happened' Nevertheless...... Covid turned out to be a great start for Change and Transformation of the world governments to begin.
One of those excited about this is: Klaus Schwab founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum.
A Better Economy Is Possible. But We Need to Reimagine Capitalism to Do It
For the past 30 to 50 years, the neoliberalist ideology has increasingly prevailed in large parts of the world. This approach centers on the notion that the market knows best, that the “business of business is business,” and that government should refrain from setting clear rules for the functioning of markets.
Those dogmatic beliefs have proved wrong. But fortunately, we are not destined to follow them.
In the following years, pressure from social- and climate-justice movements such as Fridays for Future (inspired by Greta Thunberg), #MeToo and Black Lives Matter added to the sense of urgency.
Business needed to do more than make a well-intentioned but vague pledge.
time.com/collection/great-reset/5900748/klaus-schwab-capitalism/
But I feel pretty certain this type of 'Utopia' although in the name of compassion, and safety will also eventually mean, being totally tracked, registered, and controlled and NOT free.
The only true freedom is in Christ.
1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1
That verse was specifically about circumcision but the point that I was focused on is Jesus sets us free not governments or systems.
Instead:
36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36
But many do not wish to see anyone be set free! and especially not by Jesus Anti-Christianity, hating Christians, etc. is only growing stronger
For example:
Victoria to ban 'abhorrent' practice of gay or gender conversion 'therapy'
Practitioners of conversion practices seeking to change someone’s sexuality or gender identity and found to have caused serious injury could face up to 10 years’ jail under the criminal sanctions proposed in the legislation.
Religious groups have sought to distance themselves from the older practices of electro-shock treatment, aversion therapy or other extreme methods, while arguing that religious counselling encouraging people to change their sexuality or gender identity should not be banned if a person consented to the treatment.
Much of the public religious conversion practice does not now claim to be able to change a person’s sexuality, but instead encourages people not to act on their desires and to live a celibate life.
www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/24/victoria-to-ban-abhorrent-practice-of-gay-or-gender-conversion-therapy
I doubt any Christian pastor ever used shock treatment or other extreme methods.
38 Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man ( my note: Jesus God the Son, is the 'man' that is being talked about) forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
39 and by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses. Acts 13:38,39
Here is an article asking more specifics about this bill:
Ten Problems with Victoria’s Conversion Therapy Bill
what about a Christian bookseller who has a national distribution which sells into Victoria. Under this proposed legislation if they sold a commentary on the New Testament letter of 1 Corinthians or Romans that refers to homosexuality as sinful, will they be prosecuted and hauled before the Victorian Courts?
Second, a forbidden practise includes— but is not limited to— counselling or even offering prayer!
Fifth, harassment is now even distributing literature which promotes that a person can change.
Ninth, traditional Christian doctrine is now the subject of criminal prosecution.
caldronpool.com/ten-problems-with-victorias-conversion-therapy-bill/
18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. John 15:18
And one more for today:
Christianity Is Harmful, Must Be Criminalized, Suggests Amnesty International
According to Amnesty International’s info-graphic, examples of modern-day conversion practices in Australia include reading the Scriptures, prayer, teaching abstinence, and encouraging repentance from what the Bible defines as “sin.”
caldronpool.com/christianity-is-harmful-must-be-criminalized-suggests-amnesty-international/
Note: that reading the Scriptures is harmful, as is also, prayer.
I even read or saw somewhere, that one of the gay persons said, they were indeed welcomed at church , but they were terribly harmed, because they were not affirmed in their lifestyle.
If Jesus delays the Rapture and this keeps going the way its heading then there will soon come a time...
when, if prayer and scripture reading is outlawed....
I will have to say as did Peter and the apostles:
29 But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men. Acts 5:29
Done for Today
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Nov 30, 2020 13:01:35 GMT -5
Thank you Cindy....you are so encouraging! :)
|
|
|
Post by Cindy on Dec 1, 2020 9:02:42 GMT -5
In the world Today, there is much talk about the 'Great Reset'. In my mind, this is mankind once again, trying to create Eden Utopia. As I see it, it is the idea most of the world will not own anything at all ( of course some select few will have to own 'everything)...
But the Great Reset seems to be socialism/communism, with an emphasis on climate change and LBGT rights etc.
And some of the biggest fans have remarked how Covid 'just happened' Nevertheless...... Covid turned out to be a great start for Change and Transformation of the world governments to begin.
One of those excited about this is: Klaus Schwab founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum.
A Better Economy Is Possible. But We Need to Reimagine Capitalism to Do It
For the past 30 to 50 years, the neoliberalist ideology has increasingly prevailed in large parts of the world. This approach centers on the notion that the market knows best, that the “business of business is business,” and that government should refrain from setting clear rules for the functioning of markets.
Those dogmatic beliefs have proved wrong. But fortunately, we are not destined to follow them.
In the following years, pressure from social- and climate-justice movements such as Fridays for Future (inspired by Greta Thunberg), #MeToo and Black Lives Matter added to the sense of urgency.
Business needed to do more than make a well-intentioned but vague pledge.
time.com/collection/great-reset/5900748/klaus-schwab-capitalism/
But I feel pretty certain this type of 'Utopia' although in the name of compassion, and safety will also eventually mean, being totally tracked, registered, and controlled and NOT free.
The only true freedom is in Christ.
1 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1
That verse was specifically about circumcision but the point that I was focused on is Jesus sets us free not governments or systems.
Instead:
36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36
But many do not wish to see anyone be set free! and especially not by Jesus Anti-Christianity, hating Christians, etc. is only growing stronger
For example:
Victoria to ban 'abhorrent' practice of gay or gender conversion 'therapy'
Practitioners of conversion practices seeking to change someone’s sexuality or gender identity and found to have caused serious injury could face up to 10 years’ jail under the criminal sanctions proposed in the legislation.
Religious groups have sought to distance themselves from the older practices of electro-shock treatment, aversion therapy or other extreme methods, while arguing that religious counselling encouraging people to change their sexuality or gender identity should not be banned if a person consented to the treatment.
Much of the public religious conversion practice does not now claim to be able to change a person’s sexuality, but instead encourages people not to act on their desires and to live a celibate life.
www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/24/victoria-to-ban-abhorrent-practice-of-gay-or-gender-conversion-therapy
I doubt any Christian pastor ever used shock treatment or other extreme methods.
38 Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man ( my note: Jesus God the Son, is the 'man' that is being talked about) forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
39 and by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses. Acts 13:38,39
Here is an article asking more specifics about this bill:
Ten Problems with Victoria’s Conversion Therapy Bill
what about a Christian bookseller who has a national distribution which sells into Victoria. Under this proposed legislation if they sold a commentary on the New Testament letter of 1 Corinthians or Romans that refers to homosexuality as sinful, will they be prosecuted and hauled before the Victorian Courts?
Second, a forbidden practise includes— but is not limited to— counselling or even offering prayer!
Fifth, harassment is now even distributing literature which promotes that a person can change.
Ninth, traditional Christian doctrine is now the subject of criminal prosecution.
caldronpool.com/ten-problems-with-victorias-conversion-therapy-bill/
18 “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. John 15:18
And one more for today:
Christianity Is Harmful, Must Be Criminalized, Suggests Amnesty International
According to Amnesty International’s info-graphic, examples of modern-day conversion practices in Australia include reading the Scriptures, prayer, teaching abstinence, and encouraging repentance from what the Bible defines as “sin.”
caldronpool.com/christianity-is-harmful-must-be-criminalized-suggests-amnesty-international/
Note: that reading the Scriptures is harmful, as is also, prayer.
I even read or saw somewhere, that one of the gay persons said, they were indeed welcomed at church , but they were terribly harmed, because they were not affirmed in their lifestyle.
If Jesus delays the Rapture and this keeps going the way its heading then there will soon come a time...
when, if prayer and scripture reading is outlawed....
I will have to say as did Peter and the apostles:
29 But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men. Acts 5:29
Done for Today
Interesting! I wonder if that will happen before the rapture... I'm not at all sure because if the church were to really be persecuted, that would mean that it would greatly prosper, because the church always prospers and grows when it's persecuted. But God says that our time is a time of "falling away" not of prospering for the Church. Something to think about anyway!
|
|
fearnot
Living With Pain
Posts: 7,645
|
Post by fearnot on Dec 1, 2020 11:58:15 GMT -5
This is another interesting example of 'double speak'
'Anti-Hate' Group Leader at Race Conference Says It's Time To 'Kill the White Man'
The conference, which took place on Nov. 21, was dedicated to the theme of “Racism and the Advancement of Hate Speech in the World.”
www.westernjournal.com/anti-hate-group-leader-race-conference-says-time-kill-white-man/
Is that double speak or what is it?
But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully. Psalm 38:19
Speaking of interesting statements back to the 'Build it Better' Great Reset plans and theories that they have said Covid has opened the way for:
World Economic Forum: By 2030 ‘You Will Own Nothing’ (New World Order Detailed)
1. “You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy about it.
2. “The U.S. won’t be the world’s leading superpower” — Instead, a handful of countries will dominate together.
3. “You won’t die waiting for an organ donor”.
( custom organs will be 3D printed on demand. Yes, but only if your social credit score is high enough. Also, this is only a very small part of a very big agenda: transhumanism.)
4. “You’ll eat much less meat”.
(Meat will be “an occasional treat, not a staple, for the good of the environment and our health”).
5. “A billion people will be displaced by climate change”
6. “Polluters will have to pay to emit carbon dioxide”.
7. “You could be preparing to go to Mars”.
8. “Western values will have been tested to the breaking point.”
humansarefree.com/2020/10/world-economic-forum-by-2030-you-will-own-nothing-new-world-order.html
There are tons of videos, and articles on this I just picked the first one I came across But a lot of these ideas make me think of the End Times, and the Tribulation possibilities and this verse:
1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, 3 “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” Psalm 2:1-3
I would like to point out that the Western values tested and found wanting, and to be thrown out...
are largely are based on, and have their foundation on Christian values.
2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed.
3 And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
2 Peter 2:2,3
I think the underling key is Satan wants to do away with anything having to do with God, Jesus, the Bible etc.
The 2nd article in the search engine list:
World Economic Forum to host “The Great Reset”
The announcement of a ‘great reset’ summit was made by the Prince Charles of Wales and WEF Founder and Executive Chairman, Klaus Schwab, during a virtual meeting.
Prince Charles commented: “In order to secure our future and to prosper, we need to evolve our economic model and put people and planet at the heart of global value creation.”
The current ‘pandemic crisis’ has shown just how quickly radical changes can be made to the lifestyles of millions at the drop of a hat.
Almost instantly, the event manipulated businesses and individuals to abandon practices long claimed to be essential, from air travel to working in an office.
Not only has the world been brought to its knees financially and spiritually,
but the shut down and re-design of human activities across the planet has also ensured a faster transition to the digital age.
Many of the systems detailed to drive a ‘sustainable world’, including smart city initiatives, will be driven by a new world of digital acceptance. 5G, AR, cashless society— all set to become a reality.
Justin Haskins, Editorial Director and research fellow at the Heartland Institute, said The Great Reset is ‘sort of like Agenda 2030 on steroids’ when speaking to Fox News:
“Essentially, it’s this global movement among some of the most powerful leaders in government, business, in activism all over the world to … push the reset button on the entire global economy, and replace it with something that they call ‘stakeholder capitalism,’ which is essentially socialism.”
Current US presidential candidate, Joe Biden, has significant links to the Great Reset movement.
prepareforchange.net/2020/08/06/world-economic-forum-to-host-the-great-reset/
There seems to be no End of End Times News in the World Today
Here is a rather frighting one that seems to have gone basically under the radar maybe due to sooooo many things:
RESEARCHERS INJECT HUMAN DNA INTO MONKEYS, RECREATING PRE-FLOOD SIN OF THE ‘NEPHILIM’
Researchers at the Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Germany and the Central Institute for Experimental Animals in Japan injected ARHGAP11B, a human-specific gene not normally present in monkeys, into the dark matter of marmoset monkey fetuses. They concluded that the monkeys’ brains became more human-like by developing larger, more advanced neocortexes.
The monkey fetuses were aborted due to “unforeseeable consequences,” according to a press release,
but had they been born, the scientists already had a name for them; “transgenic non-human primates.”
Mixing of species is described in the Bible in a manner disturbingly similar to the experiment mixing human genetic material with developing monkey fetuses.
In Genesis, “ divine beings” and, later, Nephilim interbred with human women. The result was so abhorrent to God that he severely limited the lifespan of men.
www.israel365news.com/161463/researchers-inject-human-dna-into-monkeys-recreating-pre-flood-sin-of-the-nephilim/
19 “You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed,... Leviticus 19:19
As I read these articles about plans for the world ( and I can see how theycan or could, tie into End Time Biblical prophecy)....
I can think of yet another thing to be Thankful to Jesus for:
10 Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. Revelation 3:10
Done for Today
|
|
|
Post by Cindy on Dec 2, 2020 11:39:34 GMT -5
This is another interesting example of 'double speak'
'Anti-Hate' Group Leader at Race Conference Says It's Time To 'Kill the White Man'
The conference, which took place on Nov. 21, was dedicated to the theme of “Racism and the Advancement of Hate Speech in the World.”
www.westernjournal.com/anti-hate-group-leader-race-conference-says-time-kill-white-man/
Is that double speak or what is it?
But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully. Psalm 38:19
Speaking of interesting statements back to the 'Build it Better' Great Reset plans and theories that they have said Covid has opened the way for:
World Economic Forum: By 2030 ‘You Will Own Nothing’ (New World Order Detailed)
1. “You’ll own nothing and you’ll be happy about it.
2. “The U.S. won’t be the world’s leading superpower” — Instead, a handful of countries will dominate together.
3. “You won’t die waiting for an organ donor”.
( custom organs will be 3D printed on demand. Yes, but only if your social credit score is high enough. Also, this is only a very small part of a very big agenda: transhumanism.)
4. “You’ll eat much less meat”.
(Meat will be “an occasional treat, not a staple, for the good of the environment and our health”).
5. “A billion people will be displaced by climate change”
6. “Polluters will have to pay to emit carbon dioxide”.
7. “You could be preparing to go to Mars”.
8. “Western values will have been tested to the breaking point.”
humansarefree.com/2020/10/world-economic-forum-by-2030-you-will-own-nothing-new-world-order.html
There are tons of videos, and articles on this I just picked the first one I came across But a lot of these ideas make me think of the End Times, and the Tribulation possibilities and this verse:
1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, 3 “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” Psalm 2:1-3
I would like to point out that the Western values tested and found wanting, and to be thrown out...
are largely are based on, and have their foundation on Christian values.
2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed.
3 And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
2 Peter 2:2,3
I think the underling key is Satan wants to do away with anything having to do with God, Jesus, the Bible etc.
The 2nd article in the search engine list:
World Economic Forum to host “The Great Reset”
The announcement of a ‘great reset’ summit was made by the Prince Charles of Wales and WEF Founder and Executive Chairman, Klaus Schwab, during a virtual meeting.
Prince Charles commented: “In order to secure our future and to prosper, we need to evolve our economic model and put people and planet at the heart of global value creation.”
The current ‘pandemic crisis’ has shown just how quickly radical changes can be made to the lifestyles of millions at the drop of a hat.
Almost instantly, the event manipulated businesses and individuals to abandon practices long claimed to be essential, from air travel to working in an office.
Not only has the world been brought to its knees financially and spiritually,
but the shut down and re-design of human activities across the planet has also ensured a faster transition to the digital age.
Many of the systems detailed to drive a ‘sustainable world’, including smart city initiatives, will be driven by a new world of digital acceptance. 5G, AR, cashless society— all set to become a reality.
Justin Haskins, Editorial Director and research fellow at the Heartland Institute, said The Great Reset is ‘sort of like Agenda 2030 on steroids’ when speaking to Fox News:
“Essentially, it’s this global movement among some of the most powerful leaders in government, business, in activism all over the world to … push the reset button on the entire global economy, and replace it with something that they call ‘stakeholder capitalism,’ which is essentially socialism.”
Current US presidential candidate, Joe Biden, has significant links to the Great Reset movement.
prepareforchange.net/2020/08/06/world-economic-forum-to-host-the-great-reset/
There seems to be no End of End Times News in the World Today
Here is a rather frighting one that seems to have gone basically under the radar maybe due to sooooo many things:
RESEARCHERS INJECT HUMAN DNA INTO MONKEYS, RECREATING PRE-FLOOD SIN OF THE ‘NEPHILIM’
Researchers at the Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Germany and the Central Institute for Experimental Animals in Japan injected ARHGAP11B, a human-specific gene not normally present in monkeys, into the dark matter of marmoset monkey fetuses. They concluded that the monkeys’ brains became more human-like by developing larger, more advanced neocortexes.
The monkey fetuses were aborted due to “unforeseeable consequences,” according to a press release,
but had they been born, the scientists already had a name for them; “transgenic non-human primates.”
Mixing of species is described in the Bible in a manner disturbingly similar to the experiment mixing human genetic material with developing monkey fetuses.
In Genesis, “ divine beings” and, later, Nephilim interbred with human women. The result was so abhorrent to God that he severely limited the lifespan of men.
www.israel365news.com/161463/researchers-inject-human-dna-into-monkeys-recreating-pre-flood-sin-of-the-nephilim/
19 “You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed,... Leviticus 19:19
As I read these articles about plans for the world ( and I can see how theycan or could, tie into End Time Biblical prophecy)....
I can think of yet another thing to be Thankful to Jesus for:
10 Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth. Revelation 3:10
Done for Today
Where in the world do you find all these headlines??? Do you look for them or do they just happen to show up on something you look at regularly? It's just amazing that you come up with all this stuff. I had to laugh at the one site you posted from the other day since it was called the caldronpool and another called zeroHedge. In fact the reason I remember is because those sites looked suspicious to me so I goggled the headlines you got from them to see if they'd show up on more reputable sites. They did, which sure surprised me!
Anyway, this bit about Nephilim involves false teaching. I have long involved explanations in some of my theology books, but here's a short and sweet one by MacArthur: Nephilim. This word is from a root meaning “to fall,” indicating that they were strong men who “fell” on others in the sense of overpowering them (the only other use of this term is in Nu 13:33). They were already in the earth when the “mighty men” and “men of renown” were born. The fallen ones are not the offspring from the union in Genesis 6:1-2. Nephilim are people of great stature. Actually Wiersbe says the same thing in his commentaries. So the Nephilim have nothing to do with the stuff that article was talking about. The above article suggests that humans had sex with angels and again that's not what the Bible says. (although false teachers have a lot of fun with that idea). There is no "mixing of species" described in the Bible! “At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.” (Matthew 22:30) One good reason is that the angels (which is what demons were) do not have sex and most likely cannot have sex. They don't procreate. There's finite number of them. Also, the article suggests that this is what caused God to send the flood and again, that's wrong. God sent the flood because people were so evil that every single thought they had was evil! “The LORD saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.” (Genesis 6:5)
I'm afraid I'm really tired today so I've got to go rest. But before I go, what do you think we should discuss next. I think we've said all there is to say on this topic for now anyway. If you have some more you want to say, please feel free to do so though.
|
|