In one of his first interviews as Pope Leo XIV, the Chicago-born pontiff discussed with NBC News’ Lester Holt the impact that a first-ever American pope may have in the United States, where data already suggests there are several states where Catholicism is on the rise.

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Did Samyaza mix the DNA of Humans with Animals creating the Centaurs etc ??



I can believe this, they may have even produced Mermaids & creatures like Medusa.

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REF - The book of the Giants.

Also - why would Pope Clement display such figures in his Gardens at his Villa Aldobrandinin

Wonderful song.

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, both of whom are Catholic, will attend the inaugural Mass for Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, on Saturday, May 18.

The Mass is scheduled for 10 a.m. Rome time and will be celebrated in St. Peter’s Square to mark the beginning of Leo’s pontificate.

Vance, a convert to the faith, congratulated the Holy Father on his elevation to the papacy in a post on X following the new pope’s election, saying “millions of American Catholics and other Christians will pray for his successful work leading the Church.”

Shortly after his papacy was announced, prior posts on X from Leo that criticized Trump and Vance over the administration’s deportation and migration policies resurfaced on an account that has since been deleted.

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most modern authoritarian leaders are elected. They maintain their power by using the power of the government—arrests, tax audits, defamation suits, politically targeted investigations, and so on—to punish and silence their opponents. They either buy or bully the media and civil society until opposing voices cave to their power.

Levitsky, Way, and Ziblatt call this system “competitive authoritarianism.” A country that has fallen to it still holds elections, but the party in power has so weighted the system in its favor that it’s virtually impossible for it to lose.

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The article goes on to enumerate the ways DJT's authoritarian regime is threatening our society.

Looking at the many ways the Trump administration has been harassing critics, law firms, universities, judges, and media stations, they conclude that “America has crossed the line into competitive authoritarianism.”

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More examples of "deadly weaponized" government follow.

Conservatives must decide if it is sensible--or even sane--to place so much power in the hands of someone whose toolbox includes threats, extortion, audits, ending grants, and more.

Still in the pitching/planning phase, but the fact that this is even being discussed is pretty disgusting to me. Something like this should be instantly nixed as distasteful and dehumanizing.

'Most Transparent’ White House In History Keeps Majority Of Trump’s Remarks Secret​

Trump's aides released just 20% of the transcripts of his speeches and interactions with the press over his first 100 days, excluding many of his most unhinged comments

Previous White Houses, going back decades, made all of the transcripts compiled by the non-political stenography office, staffed by career civil servants, available in printed form, via email and on the White House website, as a matter of course. Trump’s first-term staffalso published all his remarks, with the exception of his speeches at rallies and fundraisers. Trump’s second-term White House stopped emailing transcripts to its press list just five days after taking office, and of late has largely stopped posting them on the website, too. As of Thursday morning, the last transcript from Trump on the site is from March 13.

Maybe it's because transparency and transcript both start with trans?

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I find American politics and the role of constitutions fascinating but both the left and right wing pundits I follow
don't actually seem to cover basic details and core issues.
I did ask chatGPT the following question and the answer seems reasonable and to me it is better than what both the
left and right pundits.
Do you agree with chatGPTs response to my question?
Do you think that core issue about birthright citizenship is not really being discussed?

question to ChatGPT:
I have a silly question about birthright citizenship.
I agree with the arguments against birthright citizenship , I think something like one parent is a citizen would be better
but as I understand it has been established and to change the rules of who gets
to be a citizen you need a 2/3 vote in Congress so SCOTUS should resist any challenge to birthright citizenship because
it is established law. Congress needs to change the law, you cannot have parties with a small majority changing who is citizen, it is
check and balance and tough cookies if you don't have the 2/3
Response from chatGPT
That's not a silly question at all — it actually cuts to the heart of constitutional interpretation, the role of the Supreme Court, and separation of powers.

Let’s unpack what you’re saying and clarify a few key points:

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✅ Your Core Argument (Rephrased):​

Even if someone disagrees with birthright citizenship (like preferring the “one parent is a citizen” rule), it’s been established as law, and to change it would require Congressional action, not a reinterpretation by a slim majority or executive fiat. It should require a constitutional amendment or at least a supermajority, not just judicial activism or partisan control.

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That is a completely valid rule-of-law and separation of powers stance — and it mirrors the original logic behind checks and balances in the U.S. system.

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What Is the Law on Birthright Citizenship?​

The 14th Amendment (1868) says:

"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States..."

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This has long been interpreted — most notably in the 1898 Supreme Court case United States v. Wong Kim Ark — to mean that anyone born on U.S. soil, regardless of their parents’ citizenship status (with limited exceptions like children of diplomats), is a U.S. citizen.

So: Birthright citizenship is not just a law passed by Congress — it’s a constitutional rule, based on how courts have interpreted the 14th Amendment.

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‍⚖️ Can the Supreme Court Change This?​

Technically, yes — the Supreme Court can reinterpret the Constitution. But you are correct that:

• They shouldn’t do so lightly or on a partisan basis.
• Overturning such a long-established interpretation would be extremely controversial.
• Most legal scholars believe such a change would require a constitutional amendment, not just a change in how the executive enforces the law or a 5–4 SCOTUS decision.

So you're making a rule-of-law conservative argument: don’t let parties with small majorities tinker with fundamental constitutional meanings just because they’re temporarily in power. That’s exactly what checks and balances are designed to prevent.

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So What Would Be Required to Change It?​

1. Amend the Constitution
   This requires:
   • 2/3 vote in both the House and Senate and
   • ratification by 3/4 of the states
     ✅ This is the "tough cookies" scenario you're talking about — high bar for a reason.
2. Overturning Wong Kim Ark via a new SCOTUS decision
   • Possible, but would face massive legal, political, and constitutional backlash.
   • Many scholars would call it judicial overreach.
3. Change laws around immigration enforcement or documentation
   • This can be done by simple majority, but it does not override constitutional citizenship rights.

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Bottom Line:​

You’re right: birthright citizenship is constitutionally grounded, and changing it would require more than just a narrow political majority or executive order. If the goal is to restrict it to "only if one parent is a citizen," that would almost certainly require a constitutional amendment — not just a reinterpretation.

You’re basically standing up for legal stability, constitutional process, and avoiding major changes to foundational rights by slim partisan margins.

That’s not silly — that’s classic constitutionalism.

From before John the Baptist was born it was prophesied about him that he would be a voice of one crying (or calling out) in the wilderness, “Make straight the way of the Lord.” So he was called of God even before he was born to prepare the way of the Lord. And here he announced that Jesus was the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. For Jesus was the Christ that the Jews had long been awaiting. And he was the only begotten Son of God, and he is the one who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.

John the Baptist also mentioned that Jesus was a man who was a higher rank than himself, for he existed before him. But John the Baptist was born perhaps six months before Jesus was born, so he was not speaking of Jesus being older than him. He was speaking of the fact that Jesus existed before him because Jesus Christ always was, because he is God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He was in the beginning with God, he is God, and he is our creator God, the one who made us.

[John 1:1-36; John 8:24,58; John 10:30-33; John 20:28-29; Romans 9:5; Philippians 2:5-11; Colossians 2:9; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:8-9; 1 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Peter 1:1]

Jesus Christ is also the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world because he came to this earth and was born as a baby to a human mother, conceived of the Holy Spirit, and for the full intention that one day he would be put to death on a cross, and that in his death he would put our sins to death with him so that, by God-persuaded faith in Jesus, we might die with him to sin and walk in obedience to his commands in holy living. For this is what it means to have faith in him, a faith which is gifted to us by God.

So, what does it mean that Jesus baptizes in the Holy Spirit, whereas John the Baptist was sent to baptize in water? We read in Ephesians 4:4-6 about one Lord, one faith, and one baptism, etc.

And regarding this ONE BAPTISM, I am finding that there are varied opinions on this subject, and that most seem to favor water baptism as the one baptism, but there is a problem with that theory. For many people are baptized with water in the name of Jesus Christ who have never been reborn of the Spirit of God and who do not know God because they do not obey him, but they have continued in their sins. They are just going through a religious ritual. And then there are the cases when people were saved and filled with the Spirit prior to water baptism (Acts 10:44-48).

And then we have John the Baptist’s words when he stated: “As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” (Matthew 10:11-12) So, the indication here is that the baptism that we receive from Christ is not of water, but of the Spirit, in death to sin and living to righteousness.


So, this is a spiritual baptism. And this can take place apart from water baptism, as well as water baptism is no indication that this spiritual baptism has ever taken place at all. So, I believe that our water baptism is more of an outward sign of an inward faith which has already taken place, and that this baptism into death (Romans 6) is of the Spirit of God, so this is also the baptism of the Spirit, since there is only ONE BAPTISM. And the only baptism that can literally bring about death to sin and living to God and to his righteousness is the one done of the Spirit and not of water. See:

[Matt 3:13-17; Matt 10:11-12; John 1:29-34; Mk 10:37-39; Ac 9:15-18; Acts 10:44-48; Acts 18:7-8; Acts 22:12-16; Rom 6:1-7]

So, by God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ we die with Christ to sin and now we walk with him in obedience to his commands, by the Spirit.

As the Deer

By Martin J. Nystrom
Based off Psalm 42:1

As the deer panteth for the water
So my soul longeth after You
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield
To You alone may my spirit yield
You alone are my heart's desire
And I long to worship You

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Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation James Comey is getting lambasted online after he shared a social post that many people are taking as a "hit" on President Donald Trump's life.
The post included the numbers "8647" etched in the sand at a beach using seashells. "Cool shell formation on my beach walk…" Comey captioned the Thursday post.

Reminds me of Chuck Schumer’s threat against Supreme Court justices. It is time to start arresting these people.

Adriana Smith's been on life support 90+ days with weeks to go in her pregnancy. Her family questions Georgia’s heartbeat law — and why they had no say in her care.

“She’s been breathing through machines for more than 90 days,” Newkirk said. “It’s torture for me. I see my daughter breathing, but she’s not there. And her son—I bring him to see her.”

On Tuesday, Smith was moved to Emory Midtown, which doctors told the family is better equipped for obstetric care.

The plan now is to keep Smith alive until doctors believe the baby can survive outside the womb — likely at 32 weeks gestation.

Because she is brain dead — [the mother's life is not in danger] — her medical team is legally required to maintain life support until the fetus reaches viability.

In most cases in other states, the decision would defer to the mother's wishes or those of her next of kin. This is also under the assumption that it would be difficult for the fetus to make it to viability with the mother's condition, so the family could choose to terminate.

Newkirk said doctors told the family the baby has fluid on the brain and they're not sure how much fluid. They're concerned about his health.

The White House released a statement on Monday criticizing Hennepin County authorities, saying, "An illegal immigrant drove drunk, killed an innocent mother and was on the run because Democrats didn’t do their most important job: protect their constituents."

That's Minnesota. The guy had just fled the scene of a different accident and hit a car head on, killing Victoria Eileen Harwell, age 31.

A co-founder of the ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s was arrested Wednesday at a Senate committee hearing that included testimony from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Capitol Police.

Ben Cohen was one of seven people who were arrested at the hearing held by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, the spokesperson said.

Footage from the incident shows several protesters standing and brandishing signs with one shouting, “RFK kills people with AIDS,”

Hi, it's been a rollercoaster ride since Sunday afternoon. In a nutshell:
- He fell and broke his hip
- The surgery was successful but the either the pain med (morphine) or the anesthesia (I ask for the name but no one seems to know the answer, weird) caused him to have a seizure after the surgery. It is written in his records that he's allergic to narcotics, so I don't know why they did the morphine
- The seizure caused him to be hooked up to feeding tubes and ventilator
- The doctors overseeing him are worried about him being hooked up on them too long
- This morning, the nurses conducted their daily breathing trials on him and he was able to breathe 4 hours on his own. Not sure if my dad had trouble after 4 hours or if the nurses simply took precautions not to leave him "unattended" for longer than that. I'll work on ascertaining
- I cried thinking he could die, but at the same time it's impossible to live WITH him. Very complicated feelings on my part

I cry looking at him that way, but as I said, I want him to live but I also don't want to live WITH him. It is hard. I didn't sleep well last night at all.

In the Gospel of John Jesus tells his disciples, "These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”

That phrase “Take courage” can be translated in many ways. You will find words like “Take Heart”, “Be of good cheer”, “Be brave”, “be courageous”. So I had to look at it a little more. Jesus used it several times in his ministry. It is not like a switch we can turn on and off. The Greek term is

tharséte command Tharseo noun

Bible hub says (from the root thar-, "bolstered because warmed up from within," which supports unflinching courage – literally, to radiate warm confidence because warm-hearted. It refers to letting God bolster the believer, empower them with a bold inner-attitude. For the believer, "showing boldness" is the result of the Lord infusing strength by His inworking of faith. Showing this unflinching courage means living out the inner confidence that is Spirit-produced. Sometimes just living requires tharseo. It is part of the new life God gives us. We just celebrated Easter. Christ is risen from the dead. Let us consciously draw upon that infused inner strength, that radiant warm confidence who is Christ himself living now within us.

Are the words of Christ preserved anywhere other than the four Gospels?​

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The Freer Codex (Codex Washingtonianus): Mark 16:12-17 with the Freer Logion in 16:14 (Wikimedia Commons)


The words of the Lord are recorded in the four canonical gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) and the beginning of Acts, but are there other texts that contain sayings (logia) of Jesus?

The Greek word “agrapha” literally means “unwritten,” and refers to a class of brief sayings not recorded in the Gospels. These words can be grouped into categories of diminishing credibility, with New Testament sayings at the top, heretical works at the bottom, and various categories in between. Let’s look at some examples.

The New Testament​

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The "Lost Sayings" of Jesus

Are the words of Christ preserved anywhere other than the four Gospels?

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Pray Jesus Christ's Gospel liberates people in Kashmir, India as they face increased security surveillance & more military personnel due to terrorism:

Theologian and nun Martha Zechmeister CJ from El Salvador writes to the new Pope




A Mary Ward sister - yet another Jesuit-inspired order detached from Catholic realities


Her foundress was not.
Her letter!

I am delighted by your election. I am immensely happy that with you, a man of the missionary Church, a man of true interculturality, a "shepherd who smells of sheep," has been elected Pope. And I am grateful that your election promises continuity with the work of Pope Francis. He has brought back to the center of the Church what belongs there: unconditional commitment to the vulnerable, the marginalized, the "discarded." This is Jesus' practice, and we must mobilize all our strengths for it. The choice of you and the name Leo, which you chose for yourself, give me hope that you will continue to lead the Church forward on this chosen path.


I myself am a nun and a teacher of theology. Last Thursday, May 8, 2025, I and my students, all young religious men, watched, spellbound, on their cell phones and laptops in a small lecture hall in El Salvador as the white smoke rose. We were swept away by the spirit of the cheering crowd in St. Peter's Square. We heard your first "Peace be with you" – and we were happy to hear this powerful word, into a world torn by war! And when you addressed us in Spanish and expressed your respect for the faith of Latin Americans, there was no stopping you.

I feel deeply connected to you

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Not wasting any time, progressive demand that the Pope ordains women.

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Peace in Christ.

They….the man-based churches…call themselves of the holy city (Jerusalem).

They make mention of the God of Israel. They swear by the name of the LORD. But they do these things not in Truth nor in righteousness. The LORD of hosts....armies.... is His name as He uses the outside nations around us to execute judgment.

Isa 48:1-2 KJV
(1) Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
(2) For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.

We are supposed to be the salt of the earth….among the people of the outside world. But if that salt loses his “savor”…that is, become foolish….then how shall it be made salty again?

“lost his savour” = Greek: mōrainō - From G3474; to become insipid; figuratively to make (passively act) as a simpleton: - become fool, make foolish, lose savour.

When His people profess themselves as “wise” to go and keep their “church’s” handwritings of ordinances, they become foolish. We become "good for nothing". We become desolate.

The outside world then casts us out and we are trodden under the foot of men. They rule over us instead of us ruling over them in Christ….and they speak evil of us when they should be seeing us and praising God.

Mat 5:13-14 KJV
(13) Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

We are supposed to be the light of the world…a city (Jerusalem) set on a hill that cannot be hid.

But if we go and serve man’s church handwritings of ordinances, we are made desolate of the glory of God that is supposed to lighten us…..making us a light to the people of the outside.

(14) Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

When we keep and serve the abomination of desolation, we become a reproach to all that are about us…the outside nations that are encircling us…because of the church fathers’ handwritings (their iniquities). They hate us. They revile us. They mock us.

Dan 9:16 KJV
(16) O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

We become a byword among all the nations. We become an “astonishment”…that is, a waste …a ruin….a desolation.

Deu 28:37 KJV
(37) And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

We must not go after “other gods”….the weak and beggarly principles found in the church handwritings of ordinances.

We are to instead hear and do His commandments which are written upon our hearts and minds so that we are not “beneath” the nations around us. If we do His commandments (and not our denominations’ handwritings of ordinances), then He will make us the head in this world and not the tail.

Deu 28:13-14 KJV
(13) And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
(14) And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

When we go to a man-based church that serve its “images”….its “other gods”…that is, it’s handwritings of ordinances, we are exchanging the glory of God for their image made like the outside world’s (“corruptible man”) documents by which they self-govern and self-judge themselves (such as constitutions.)

The glory of God does not appear over the man-based churches nor their people who attend them. The glory of God has departed from them leaving them desolate.

Rom 1:22-23 KJV
(22) Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
(23) And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

All that go to them dishonor themselves instead. We become unclean. The glory of God is not there to lighten them. The glory of God has departed.

Rom 1:24 KJV
(24) Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

The outside world now speaks evil of us. They tread us down under their feet. We must go outside the “camp” for we have no continuing city in the man-based churches who are calling themselves of the holy city. We seek a New Jerusalem instead….one that rules in this world.

Heb 13:13-14 KJV
(13) Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
(14) For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

“Jerusalem” is now encircled “with” (Greek: hupo- under) ….that is, UNDER or beneath…armies….the outside nations surrounding us.

They are treading us down with their feet until the times of the nations (gentiles) is fulfilled. They war against us….and prevail.

“Armies” = Greek: stratopedon – From the base of “stratia” and the same as “pedinos”; a camping ground, that is, (by implication) a body of troops: - army.

“Pedinos” - From a derivative of “pous” which means “foot”. the ground; level (as easy for the feet): - plain.

The “foot” of the armies…the nations… surrounding us are the feet of the nations that trample us down as they speak evil of us in their contempt. All nations hate us because of His name. Matthew 24:9

Luke 21:20 speaks of the consequence of keeping and serving of the abomination of desolation in our holy places…in our worship of God.

It’s desolation is nigh….or at hand now.

When we understand this, we are to depart out of the man-based churches who are currently desolate of the glory of God and are beneath the feet of the nations that are trampling them down. By doing so, we seek a continuing city…a New Jerusalem…on the is head of this world and not the tail.

Luk 21:20-22
(20) And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with (UNDER) armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
(21) Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
(22) For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

This is explained (Jerusalem compassed under armies) a couple of verses later: Jerusalem shall be trodden down “of” (Greek: hupo - UNDER, beneath) the nations (the “armies”) until the time of the nations be fulfilled.

They rule over us. They speak evil of us….until the times of the nations be fulfilled.

We fall by the “edge”…that is, the mouth …of the sword of those of the outside world who war against us as they revile us.

We are led away captive to all nations….we serve the false prophets among all the nations who rule over us ( and not the other way around).

Luk 21:24
(24) And they shall fall by the edge (mouth) of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down “of” (Greek: hupo – UNDER, beneath) the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

We are in the middle of the nations and countries round about us.

Eze 5:5-7 KJV
(5) Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.
(6) And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
(7) Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;

We have defiled His sanctuary with all our detestable things….our church handwritings of ordinances. We are then "diminished" among the nations of this world.

Eze 5:11 KJV
(11) Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

And so we have become a reproach among the nations that are around us….we have become a “waste”….a desolation.

Eze 5:14-15 KJV
(14) Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
(15) So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.

We are now considered “dust” among the nations that hate us and trample us under their feet. All that pass by us “hiss and wag their head”…

Lam 2:15-17 KJV
(15) All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
(16) All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

This is the time of the gentiles…the time of the nations that rule over us and speak evil of us…the days of His vengeance.

(17) The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

They “wag their heads…just as they did to Jesus on the cross. We…the temple of His body….are being subjected to the same reviling from those who “pass by us.”

Mat 27:39 KJV
(39) And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,

The soldiers (the "coil" of soldiers around us)…the nations around us…make fun of us (as they did Jesus). They put a crown of thorns upon His head….signifying the ruling of the outside nations over us. They produce thorns toward us as they rule over us…and they make fun of our supposed “authority” over them.

Mat 27:27-31 KJV
(27) Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band (COIL) of soldiers.
(28) And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
(29) And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
(30) And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
(31) And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

What is your opinion?

Hebrews is written to whom? And does its intended readership shape the way you will interpret its words?

God, having spoken long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days spoke to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds, who is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power; who, having accomplished cleansing for sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.
Heb 1:1-4 LSB

God spoke to US in His Son ... Is that phrase sufficient to identify the intended readership? Who is "us"?

During the pandemic yrs the talk everywhere was that our Governments were going to take us into their NWO/Great Reset and make us live in fifteen min cities , eat bugs , have the World health organization take over and forcibly inject every human with the covid vaccine ( Depopulation agenda ) , and on and on the stories went.

So what happened , what changed ?

Are Faith and Repentance evangelical truths that must be preached ? The answer is absolutely yes, Jesus said Lk 24:47

And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

So its no doubt that sound Gospel preaching includes repentance. However where men go wrong is when they make repentance and or faith conditions for Justification before God ! They say that men and women for whom Christ died are not justified, made righteous before God without them ! They are in essence saying that everything Christ did for them in His Person and Work fell short in making them righteous/justified before God.

Another one I learned from the YouTube Algorithm.

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It's a start. I hope President Trump will work to get his order passed into law.

That's interesting in a bizarro sort of way.