An attempt at an amicable solution in the conflict over Goldenstein Monastery in Austria has failed: The three elderly Augustinian nuns have rejected a compromise offer from their religious superior, Father Markus Grasl, provost of Reichersberg Abbey. Now Rome is expected to decide.

“We are surprised and disappointed by the sisters’ decision. What Grasl already said is coming true: Now the next authority, namely Rome, will be involved,” Grasl’s spokesperson told the Austrian news agency Kathpress.

The religious superior had presented an agreement last Thursday that would have allowed the sisters, who are between 81 and 88 years old, to remain in Goldenstein. This accommodated their expressed wish, although he continued to prefer placement in a nursing home for medical reasons.

The agreement stipulated that the three sisters could continue living in the monastery — but under certain conditions. These included the restoration of the cloister, meaning the monastic rules for retreat and prayer that include areas off limits to nonmembers of the order. In addition, spiritual accompaniment by a priest from Reichersberg Abbey, 24-hour care, and reliable medical care were to be ensured. Registration on the waiting list of a nursing home in Elsbethen “within sight of the monastery” was also part of the offer.

Just one day later, the sisters rejected the agreement. According to APA (Austrian Press Agency), the proposal was turned down because of the conditions attached to it. Grasl had demanded the immediate “cessation of all social media activities” as well as “all active media contacts.”

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This is what I got from ChatGPT

1) Daniel’s timeline structure (Bible)​

Daniel 2: four kingdoms, then divided phase, then God’s kingdom​

• Head of gold = Babylon (named) (Daniel 2:37–38)
• Then “another kingdom… and another… and the fourth” (Daniel 2:39–40)
• The feet/toes are divided: “part of iron and part of clay” (Daniel 2:41–43)
• Then God’s kingdom replaces them all (Daniel 2:44–45)

So the Bible itself gives: one sequence → then a mixed/divided end phase.

Daniel 7: fourth beast → ten horns → little horn​

• Four beasts = four kingdoms (Daniel 7:17)
• Fourth beast is unique/strong (Daniel 7:7, 19)
• Ten horns arise, then a “little horn” rises and uproots three (Daniel 7:8, 24)
• That horn speaks against God, persecutes saints, and “thinks to change times and laws” (Daniel 7:25)

So the Bible adds detail: the late-stage power is not just political strength; it claims religious/dominating authority.

2) Where history is legitimately used (mapping unnamed kingdoms)​

Daniel names Babylon (Dan 2) and names Medo-Persia and Greece (Dan 8:20–21). It doesn’t name the “fourth” kingdom in Dan 2/7. So historically people map:

• Babylon → Medo-Persia → Greece → Rome

That mapping is not stated as “Rome” in the text, but it’s a reasonable historical fit many use.

3) The iron + clay step​

What Daniel 2 explicitly says:

• A divided kingdom, partly strong (iron) and partly brittle (clay) (Daniel 2:41–43)
• There’s mixture, but it won’t truly “cleave” (hold together) (Daniel 2:43)

• iron = government/state power
• clay = religious power
• the mixture = church + state

4) what the Bible can conclude​

Bible can conclude (criteria):​

A late-stage power:

• arises in the 4th-kingdom phase (Daniel 7:7–8, 24)
• persecutes saints (Daniel 7:21, 25)
• claims authority in sacred matters (“times and laws”) (Daniel 7:25)

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5) A Bible-first, history-second statement​

• Daniel describes a sequence of kingdoms ending in a divided/mixed phase (Daniel 2:41–43).
• Daniel 7 enlarges the fourth kingdom and shows that from its later stage arises a horn that exalts itself in God’s sphere and persecutes the saints, even attempting to control sacred order (“times and laws”) (Daniel 7:8, 21, 24–25).
• Since Daniel does not name the fourth kingdom, history is used to map it; many identify it as Rome, and therefore see the horn as rising out of the Roman phase and developing into a religio-political power.

A new Nativity scene featuring faceless cloth figures installed on Brussels’ historic Grand Place — and the theft of the infant Jesus — have ignited fierce debate across Europe, with critics calling it an erasure of Christian tradition and supporters defending it as inclusive art.

The traditional wooden figurines have been replaced with forms made from recycled textiles, with faces consisting only of patchwork fabric in beige and brown tones. Artist Victoria-Maria Geyer crafted the Nativity figures out of cloth with no identifying facial features.

The installation, titled “Fabrics of the Nativity,” was selected through a call for proposals after city officials said the previous wooden Nativity had become too deteriorated to use. The dean of Sts. Michael and Gudula Cathedral was involved in the search for a new project and approved it, according to both municipal and church sources.

The installation drew immediate criticism on social media. Belgian national team soccer player Thomas Meunier triggered widespread reaction on X with his comment: “We’ve hit rock bottom... and we keep digging,” a post that was shared thousands of times.

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Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed are thou among women,
And blessed is the fruit
Of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
Pray for us sinners now,
And at the hour of our death.
Amen.

sir.dante.esq said:

Quote: "the new testament was written centuries later by different authors"
How can that be understood since each author was ultimately inspired by God the Holy Spirit? I recognize the fact that the writing styles were different according to the penman but the ultimate author is God the Holy Spirit is it not.

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Forgive me sir but and I agree with what you are saying... I think that was what I was struggling to say all along.

Eh - I think there is kind of a blurry line here. At least for me..

Its clear the author doesn't like quirky t-shirts for men. But, I'll go with one of his examples...

What do we make of the 48-year-old father/accountant wearing a Pokémon T-shirt to parent-teacher night,

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I make of it that is 100% ok. Nothing wrong with a pokeman shirt to a casual event like that. In fact, cheers to the 48 yo dad that actually went to parent teacher night! The world needs more dads like that! That dad and his pokemon t-shirt are great IMO.

So, that's on the OK side of the line.

On the "Not ok" side of the line.

I saw a family in the grocery the other day. Parents in their early 40's. Little girl about 8. Mom was in jeans and a short sleeved top, looked normal for an outing to the grocery. Little girl was in shorts and a t-shirt. Normal kids attire. Both had hair combed, shoes on, etc. Dad was in flip flops, and thin, worn, stained, white and blue pajama pants, a white tank top style undershirt that was also worn, stained and torn. His hair looked like it hadn't seen a comb in about a month or so. Unlike the dad in the author's example, this dad did not look OK IMO. Instead of looking like a dad out with his family it looked like Mom and daughter had found some bum off the sidewalk and taken him to the store with them.

The decree was 444 bc in Nehemiah 2 20th year of Artaxerxes- 483 =39 Ad -1 year when going from bc to ad = 38 AD. The author of Genesis, and Jubilees (both Moses) are using 360 day a year calendar same with the author of Revelation so need to - another 7 years = 31 AD for the crucifixion. The 444 date comes from archaeology, and could be wrong by a year or two. Notice the 70th 7 is not connected to the 69th in Daniel 9. Eleazar Ben Hananias stops the daily sacrifice 66 AD starting the Judean Roman wars (Josephus) so the final 7 was 63-70 AD ending with the temple being destroyed, and someone setting up an abomination of desolation in it before hand whatever it was as it was not recorded by Josephus. Inspired scripture stopped here too.

Apostle is just a ranking applicable to those who have a direct contact with Jesus and God, either when Jesus is on earth or not. Unlike other disciples, Paul's direct contact with Jesus is supernatural in nature. For this reason, Paul is a prophet in nature but ranked an apostle. By the same token, the "two prophets" mentioned in the book of Revelation will be called supernaturally as Paul was. They are prophets in nature but can well be ranked as apostles. The ranking/title is actually less important than the nature of how God's witnesses are called, as ranking is rather something between God and His chosen witnesses.

Welcome.

Welcome!

Welcome!

David Lamb said:

Seth was the son of Adam and Eve, not Cain's son. Cain is mentioned 17 times in the bible, and not once is there anything to suggest that he repented. Indeed, John in his first letter wrote:

“not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.” (1Jo 3:12 NKJV)

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My pardon. I misread the text. Silly me.

President Donald Trump has claimed that the Democratic nominee in a special congressional election that could influence the balance of power in Washington, D.C., “hates Christianity” as polling predicts a tight race ahead of Tuesday's election.

During a phone call with Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday, who was campaigning in Franklin, Tennessee, for Republican candidate Matt Van Epps, the president told voters over cellphone that "the whole world is watching" as Republicans work to defeat Democrat nominee Aftyn Behn in the Dec. 2 special election for the state's 7th Congressional District.

In a separate message posted to Truth Social on Sunday, Trump urged voters to support Van Epps in Tuesday’s special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of former Republican Rep. Mark Green. Although he did not mention Van Epps’ opponent by name, he urged voters living in the district to reject Behn.

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Benaiah468 said:

Ephraim and Manasseh were the sons of Joseph,

which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. Gen 41:50

Asenath came from a wealthy Egyptian family. Her father Poti-pherah (‘he whom Ra gave’), was a priest of On, a centre of worship for the sun g-d Ra. It is precisely this descent from Ephraim that comes to the fore in Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zereda, and ultimately in the Ephraimites, the ten lost tribes, to this very day.

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Yes, the video explains what forensic evidence tells us about Egyptian monarchs.

The Ten Commandments are the tool GOD uses to condemn the world of sin unto death. Jesus came to save us from this condemnation. The sacrifice of Christ provides to the people that GOD calls and chooses mercy and forgiveness of our sins committed while under the law. What the law could not do GOD did through Jesus Christ. It is the ministry of the spirit that saves people, not the law, the ministry of death. GODS love in the Greek is “agape“ and is the highest type of love there is. This GODLY love is given to us by the Holy Spirit that empowers us to love as GOD and Jesus love. To love this way will fulfill any law because love does no harm. 1 Corinthians 13 describes GODLY love. The Holy Spirit in us begins to change our nature so that we take on the divine nature. The old person we were dies so the new creation, the new person may live. For a Christian the definition of sin is no longer the transgression of the law , it is, whatever is not of GODS love is sin. Sin is not loving. This love in us is GOD working in us, the works are GODS works in us, we do not work. We take a life long sabbath, our rest in Christ, the sabbath mentioned in Hebrews 4:9
The works of the law are our efforts to keep the Ten Commandments that only lead to death. The works of the two commandments Jesus gave are done in us by GOD. WE ARE GODS workmanship. This is not an easy thing for most to understand but with GOD all things are possible.

I was in St. Louis over the holiday. Right across the river, I found:

Church of the Holy Family, built in the late 1700s from logs used for a smaller church built in the 1600s. They have a Latin mass there on occasion. Next time I visit, I'm planning on attending.

Edit: I'm very old and a former altar boy. And a biologist. So I'm quite comforatble with it. I never attended a school that offered Latin, but I have enough that the Latin mass is perfectly comprehensible to me.

It seems that a fault line is forming between traditional American conservatism and the sort of neofascism presented by people like Fuentes and Tucker. They would be nothing more than an embarrassing residue adhering to the edge of conservatism, were it not for the support of the WH.

Also

We’re watching a toxic lie race across the globe, infecting hearts and minds with astonishing speed. It claims humanity’s problems can be traced to one people: the Jews. And its so-called “cure”? Cut them off, cripple Israel, and turn Zionism into a crime.

“The interesting thing about Jew-haters,” Russian author, Uri Kurlianchik observed, “is that they don't hate Jews for something in particular; they hate them for everything: capitalism and communism, fanaticism and atheism, nationalism and globalism, insularity and meddling. They pin literally all the sins of the world on Jews.”

The great Charlie Kirk said, “There is a corner of the internet of people who want to point and blame the Jews for all their problems… Everybody, this is demonic, and it’s from the pit of Hell, and it should not be tolerated, period.”

Kirk described it perfectly as “hyper-online brain rot.”

Josh Hammer, senior editor-at-large at Newsweek and author of the 2025 book Israel and Civilization: The Fate of the Jewish Nation and the Destiny of the West, noted after Charlie Kirk’s assassination that Charlie had been “holding back some really nasty stuff” brewing in very young, far-right online circles - including increasingly open antisemitism. He said Kirk was doing “more than maybe anyone in the country” to contain it. And now, Hammer admitted, he “worries… what that energy does from here in his absence.”

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Jesus is the Truth John 14:6
All His commandments are Truth Psa 119:151
His Word is Truth John 17:17

His Truth sets us free John 8:32

Pastor Jack Hibbs claimed during a recent interview that rising antisemitism across the political spectrum is demonic in origin and evidence of the End Times.

Hibbs, who pastors Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in Chino Hills, California, and adheres to a premillennial dispensationalist eschatology, also asserted that President Donald Trump's recent Gaza peace plan will fizzle to make way for the Antichrist.

“It's really an amazing time. First of all, we have to make sure that we put it in the proper context, as all things," Hibbs told the Christian Broadcasting Network last week in response to a question about alleged conspiracy theories and antisemitism from prominent voices on the political right, such as Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes.

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Peace in Christ.

Again, we do not find the living body of Christ in the man-based churches where the Lord of glory has been crucified among them (and being kept that way even now).

No mortal flesh is being saved in the grave of the man-based churches. We must depart from them.

They are not shining forth the glory of the Lord as His presence is not being made manifest through them. They mortally perish as they do not hear the Word of Truth, the good news of our mortal salvation from their “pastors” who do not understand it and yet are allowed to rejoice in this situation.

He is not there among them for He is risen. The Lord of glory is being crucified….extinguished….betrayed…given up…among them. The Son of man goes (sinks out of view from this earth) as it is written of Him.

Mat 28:5-6 KJV
(5) And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
(6) He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

“Come see the place where the Lord lay…”

He made his grave with the wicked and with the rich in His DEATHS (plural). The Hebrew word for death is in the plural form here in Isaiah 53:9. The "wicked and the rich" are their pastors who know not what they are doing…and yet are allowed to profit and rejoice in this situation.

The “deaths” (plural) are the deaths of His people (we are many members of His body) who are being led astray by rich pastors (as deceit is found in their mouths) and are not manifesting His life in their mortal flesh which would have saved their mortal bodies.

The rich pastors have no understanding of the Word of Truth…the gospel of our salvation…and are not preaching it to their spiritually poor congregations.

Each of His people that does not manifest His life in their mortal flesh and mortally perishes as a result is a death of Him.

“Deaths” = a multitude of people. They could have manifested His life in their mortal flesh but were not fed with the gospel of Truth and so mortally perish without knowing it. The Lord of glory is never made manifest in their mortal flesh which would have given them an age-lasting life (aka “eternal life”).

This is the “violence” of those who “rule” over them…their church rulers… as they are actively cutting off the manifestation of His life in the mortal flesh of those they are deceiving. He is being cut out of the land of the living…and His people who are falling for their deceit are mortally perishing without understanding. Deceit is found in the mouths of those who rule over their congregations....and they do "violence" as they are cutting off the manifest life of Jesus from their congregations. Jesus did none of these things.

Isa 53:8-9
(8) He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
(9) And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death ( DEATHS ); because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

The rich men…their ruling pastors….are full of “violence” because of this situation. Their tongue is deceitful for they are leading many astray from the way that leads to life...the life of Jesus that could be had/manifest in their mortal flesh.

Mic 6:12 KJV
(12) For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

The rich pastors have been allowed to rejoice in this awful situation. They nourish their hearts as in the "day of slaughter" as the sheep they are pastoring are all mortally perishing under their "care."

They CONDEMN (to adjudge against, pronounce guilty) AND KILL the Just One …the Innocent One…and He does not resist them. The Lord of glory is being crucified even now. In the “trial” of Him, they cast their vote for guilt instead of innocence (the “white stone”). His manifest life is never released among them.

His manifest life is being cut off from being made manifest in the bodies of the people that they are “pastoring.” They are pastoring the “flock of the slaughter” as the Lord of glory is being crucified among them.

Jas 5:5-6
(5) Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
(6) Ye have condemned and killed the Just One; and He doth not resist you.

The hire of their laborers is kept back by fraud as the Word of Truth is not being preached to their congregations. The drum beat of the rejoicing of their (of the rich rulers of the churches) nourished hearts have kept them from hearing the cries of their congregations who are like Lazarus…desiring to eat of the crumbs of truth that fall from their tables and yet are full of problems...full of sores from top to bottom.

Yet, the rich men...the rich pastors...are about to have their rejoicing changed to weeping and howling for the miseries that shall come upon them. He will deliver His sheep from them for their cries have entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth who will hear their cries and deliver them from those shepherds who are only feeding themselves.

Jas 5:1-4 KJV
(1) Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
(2) Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
(3) Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
(4) Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

They...the rich rulers of the churches... fare “sumptuously” every day…that is, they REJOICE (fare = rejoice) brilliantly every day as they get their earthly, daily needs met from their congregations. They rule over them …being “clothed in purple and fine linen.”

This rejoicing of their rulers though drowns out the cries of their spiritually poor congregations who are like Lazarus.

Their congregations lay at the gate….at their mouth…waiting to be fed with the Word of Truth.

They are full of sores…full of problems…and yet the “dogs” come and lick the sores. In other words, the flattering tongue of those who could care less about them speak empty words of peace and safety to those who are experiencing problems which does nothing to solve the problems of their congregations. They come speaking "feigned words" as they make merchandise of them.

Luk 16:19-21 KJV
(19) There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously (REJOICED BRILLIANTLY) every day:
(20) And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
(21) And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

There has been a great famine of hearing the Word of God spoken in truth and sincerity.

Rev 6:5-6 KJV
(5) And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

And yet those who are responsible for feeding His people are allowed to rejoice in this situation: “hurt not the oil and the wine”…hurt not their rejoicing.

(6) And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

“Wine” makes the heart of man glad and “oil” makes his face to shine. The rich rulers of the churches “fare sumptuously every day….they rejoice brilliantly…their hearts rejoice and their faces shine as they eat the "bread" of others freely.

Psa 104:15 KJV
(15) And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

They are feeding the “flock of the slaughter.”

Zec 11:4-5 KJV
(4) Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;

Their possessors slay them as they are cutting off the life of Jesus from those who are being led astray by them. Those that sell them….making merchandise of them….rejoice as they say “Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich” and do not care for the sheep as they are too busy rejoicing. Their own shepherds of the flock of the slaughter pity them not.

(5) Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.

They follow after Judas as they purchase a "field" with the reward of the iniquity. They are pastoring the flock of the slaughter....a "field" of people who are mortally perishing as they make merchandise of them. They "fall headlong" after the reward as they get their earthly needs met by their congregations that they have "bought." Their "burst asunder in the middle"...that is, they REJOICE greatly in the heart (the "middle')....and their "bowels gush out"...that is, they have NO PITY for those they are making merchandise of. Their congregations are a "field of blood" as the life of Jesus is being cut off from being made manifest in their mortal flesh and so they are all mortally perishing. "Aceldama" = "smoothness" of the tongue and blood. Through deceit (the smoothness of the tongue) do they do "violence" in the field as they are preventing the life of Jesus from being made manifest in those they are deceving.

Act 1:18-19 KJV
(18) Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
(19) And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.


2Pe 2:3 KJV
(3) And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

Jesus Christ is already raised from the dead. He is risen so that we might have His resurrected life now in our mortal bodies.

He is already raised to glory so that we might shine forth His glory to the people of this dark world.

He …the Holy One and the Just/Innocent One is being denied in the man-based churches where His life is not being found.

Act 3:14-15
(14) But ye denied the Holy One and the Just One, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
(15) And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

We must “go quickly” out from among the graves of the man-based churches where His manifest life is not found.

He leads us out of them into “Galilee”… “circle” of the nations. The people of the outside world encircle us. We will then manifest His presence to them through our mortal bodies when we depart from the grave of the man-based churches. His life will then shine to them from us.

Mat 28:7-10 KJV
(7) And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
(8) And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
(9) And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
(10) Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.