I watched this video yesterday, and it shows how the DOJ and FBI have been weaponized
against anyone who speaks out against a government policy or an ideology that they
impose.

This is happening, now. Don't assume it's just an exaggeration!

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Just as in the video against the doctor, the DOJ, FBI and other government agencies
will charge individuals or groups with bogus violations of the law. It doesn't matter
to the government agency knowing they'll lose because the damage they will cause
will force others to just remain quiet.

Once you watch the video, it will become clear why they are going after Donald Trump
and how they'll go after others who don't have the financial resources he has.

Matthew 13:

1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea. 2Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.
3 And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

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Jesus often spoke in parables. It was his modus operandi.

10 Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

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Right, why? Why made it difficult for the listeners?

11 He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

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Spiritual truths are often mysterious compared to our everyday physical reality. Physics can be captured by a formal, unambiguous language like mathematics, but spiritual realities cannot be confined to any formal language. Jesus resorted to analogies, figures of speech, and parables to capture better spiritual truths. Moreover, Jesus used parables to test the hearts of the listeners: whether they would believe despite the difficulties.

12 Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

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The more you believe in Jesus, the more you will understand what he said. It was a test:

13 This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

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Without a believing heart, they would not understand the parables.

14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. 15 For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

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Jesus spoke in Parables to fulfill the prophecy in Psalm 78:2 and Isaiah 6:9.

Why did Jesus speak in parables?

1. To fulfill the prophecies in the OT.
2. By nature, spiritual truths were often mysterious. Jesus spoke in parables because of this necessity.
3. Few people could read in Jesus's time. Jesus used parables as a mnemonic device to engage his audience. His listeners could easily remember the parables and retell them to their friends.
4. To reveal spiritual truths to those who were receptive.
5. Paradoxically, to conceal spiritual truths to those whose hearts were hardened.

Jesus used parables to sort out the believers from the unbelievers.

So how are the rest 90 % gonna get married?

Women are trying to be the man that they want, diplomas, corporate / high level management positions, self sufficient, &ct
Men have just opted out of the scene.
There is too much risk for them on many different levels. Even approaching a woman could lead to being labeled a “creep” or even as “unsolicited advancement” from the woman’s perspective. Who wants that kind of label, at Church even!
That’s where we should be looking for wives and husbands…

Are there any Bible verses where God says at what age a person is considered an adult? Or anything similar?

I got thinking about what different cultures believe on age. For example, some cultures think a 13 year old is an adult. Whereas other cultures consider 18 an adult.

I just wanted to see if God said anything in the Bible about it.

So children's hospital has pride parades in the hospital. What gay pride parades are doing in a hospital for children I will never know. Most of them haven't even hit puberty yet and in a lot of cases many many years from that.


But of course here is the MAN that has donated massive amounts of money to the hospital so it can have a gender clinic. A gender clinic in a hospital treating sick children?



But also not forget other children's hospitals have programs on how to teach your children on how to tuck their penis to not look so much like a boy



But then again this is the same group that marches in broad daylight chanting they are coming for our children.


How this is acceptable from a children's hospital is beyond me

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The Ten Commandments were known and obeyed by God’s faithful people, presumably even before the Law was given at Sinai. Later incorporated into the new covenant, they constitute the basic moral code for humanity (as further explained by Jesus) and are obeyed to demonstrate the believer’s love for God and his fellow man.

The chart below highlights instances in the New Testament where each of the Ten Commandments is reiterated or emphasised.

Please pray for Julie, that she can come to know Christ and accept him as her Lord & Savior.

I have known Julie for some years now and lately she has been struggling with her physical & mental health. She is unhappy in her life and lonely. She has never been married, nor had any children, though she is very intelligent and well educated. She has no friends or family, she had no-one to love her, apart from me and my friend Jill. She has a good government job as an accountant, but is mistreated at work. She is unloved and it's wearing her out. Her situation is very sad and her struggles are heart-breaking.

I have told her about Jesus and the hope that she can have in Christ. I posted the Gospels to her and urged her to read them so that she may come to know of God's great love for her, which is revealed in his word. Please pray that God opens Julie's heart, that she may come to see the truth in God's word and that Jesus may be revealed to her so she can be saved and loved for eternity. Pray that God calls her to his purpose! Pray that God shines his light into her darkness and gives her hope through Christ!

Thank you all for your prayers and your goodness. God bless you all.

Victor.

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Psalm 18:1 I will love You, O Lord, my strength.

Such a beautiful sentiment expressed here in the
translation of this verse. Examining the Hebrew,
we find these words: racham YHVH khayzek
racham is used 47 times in the OT, and means
mercy and compassion. Yet in one single verse,
it is translated Love. Welcome to that verse.
Translators are very effective in presenting the
Psalms of David in beautiful, poetic language.
However, what this actually says is
"(In) The mercy of the Lord is (my) strength."
So why the outlier translation of racham?
The problem for the translator is the word khayzek,
and relating mercy to strength. The dictionary definition
of mercy is clemency, forbearance, forgiveness.
This is only the correct understanding from the perspective
of a man being granted mercy. From the perspective of the one
granting mercy, i.e. the heavenly Father, it is imparting strength.
Consider this verse:
Zechariah 10:6 I will strengthen the house of Judah, and
I will save the house of Joseph. I will bring them back, because
I have mercy on them.

We can now take from this verse 'strength and salvation are found
in the mercy of the Lord'.
A statement that is not the least bit controversial.

Now we can apply this knowledge to a parable of Jesus in Matthew.
Matthew 18:
23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted
to settle accounts with his servants.
24 And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him
who owed him ten thousand talents.
25 But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold,
with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made.
26 The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, Master, have patience
with me, and I will pay you all.
27 Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him,
and forgave him the debt.

First consider how this falls on the ears of His listeners. How unlikely a scenario!
Can a ruler dare sully his reputation by allowing someone to walk away with this
great debt forgiven outright? Rulers tend toward ruthless in their reputation out
of necessity. If he becomes known as someone who just wipes away someone's
debt, he will surely be taken advantage of by others.
For the sake of His parable, this serves Yeshua well, because in this
scenario, the One granting the mercy is His heavenly Father.
When Moses asked the Lord to reveal His name unto him, he received this
description of God's desired reputation:
Exodus 34:
6 And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, The Lord, the Lord God,
merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth,
7 keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin,
by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the
children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.

Our Heavenly Father, unlike a king of the earth, can afford to be merciful
and gracious, and desires to be known as such. However, He makes it clear
that He by no means clears the guilty.
This is why the people were instructed in the Gospels:
Matthew 3:8. Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance.

Returning to the parable, we now find the servant who received forgiveness
engaging in unacceptable behavior.
Matthew 18:
28 But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed
him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat,
saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’
29 So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying,
‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.’
30 And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should
pay the debt.
31 So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very
grieved, and came and told their master all that had been done.
32 Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, ‘You wicked servant!
I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.
33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant,
just as I had pity on you?
34 And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until
he should pay all that was due to him.

Let’s explore the differences between irony, satire, and sarcasm: Do not know if I agree but this is what we are told:

1. Irony:
   • Irony involves a subversion of expectations. It’s when something happens that is opposite to what was expected.
   • There are three types of irony:
     • Verbal irony: A character says something different from what they mean or feel. If it’s meant to mock, it’s called sarcasm.
     • Situational irony: Events unfold differently from what was anticipated (e.g., a fire station burning down).
     • Dramatic irony: The audience knows more than the characters, creating tension (e.g., in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet).
   • Example of verbal irony: Imagine someone saying, “What nice weather we’re having!” during a blizzard.
2. Sarcasm:
   • Sarcasm is an ironic remark meant to mock by saying something different from the speaker’s true intent.
   • It often relies on spoken cues (like tone of voice) and context.
   • Example of sarcasm: Picture a police officer accidentally shooting himself during a gun safety course.
3. Satire:
   • Satire uses humor, irony, sarcasm, or exaggeration to expose or criticize ideas, institutions, or society.
   • It’s a broader form of commentary, often found in literature, art, or social commentary.
   • Example of satire: Think of political cartoons that mock politicians or societal norms.

Remember, these devices add depth and wit to language, making communication more interesting!

The Bible is a history book by and for Israel!

The descendants of the so-called "lost 10 tribes" of the northern house of Israel can be found in the Anglo-Saxon-Celtic and related peoples of today. The people of Israel? Not Jewish, but Anglo-Saxon!

The identification of one of the twelve tribes of Israel with a country or a population is not new: for generations there have been Britons who have drawn a parallel between Ephraim and England. This has been said about Manasseh and the United States. It is also said between Dan and Denmark, Judah and the Jews.

Zebulun is the youngest son from the marriage of the patriarch Jacob and the matriarch Leah. He is their sixth son. His older brothers are Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah and Issachar

And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of G-d blessed the children of Israel before his death... And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. Deu 33:1 .18-19

A long time ago, Helene Koppejan from Zeeland wrote the booklet: "Strange parallel: Zebulun - the Netherlands, a tribe of Israel",


which puts forward the theory that the Dutch are one of the "Ten Lost Tribes" and as such an important part of Joseph-Israel's family,


which merged with this empire after the conquest by the Assyrians in the 7th century BCE


The book explains that the 10 lost tribes, which were annexed by the Assyrians, arrived in Europe through migrations. More precisely: north-west Europe. Because the prophecy from the Bible is still in force and because G-d keeps his promises, these nations still fall under the Mosaic covenant. And not just the tribe of Judah. Mentioned in connection with the Assyrians are the Khumri, sons of Omri, which in turn is the tribal name of the Kimbrians, the people who settled in Jutland as Kelto-Germanic and Scythians. The book explains that the 10 lost tribes of Israel (who were not "Jews" at the time, because that is what the Judeans were) were migrating Celts who arrived in north-west Europe around 600 BCE thanks to migration from the Black Sea region. At the time of the Cimbrian Flood described by the Romans (2nd century BCE), these Cimbrians migrated southwards from southern Scandinavia to the Rhineland.

A film entitled 'Wondere Parallel' (1971) was also made, in which the similarities between the Seelanders (derived from Zebulon) on the Dutch west coast and the promises of Jacob to this son in particular are examined. The Dutch and thus their ancestors, the Frisians, would then be descended from the tribe of Zebulun, named after the son of Jacob (= Israel, who wrestled with G-d).

In all of history, no nation can be found that has fulfilled the Zebulunian promises more clearly in its national behaviour than the Netherlands on the North Sea. The harbour-rich area with its seafaring and circumnavigation, the draining of lakes from which the "hidden treasures of the sand" are harvested today as rich agricultural products, all this and much more points in only one direction: Holland-Sebulon.

Kimswerd is a village in the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân in the Dutch province of Friesland. Kimswerd could be a reference to the Cimbri, a Germanic tribe from northern Jutland, which would then refer to Omri's sons Khumri. Together with the Teutons and Ambrons, they moved southwards from their settlement area in the north of Central Europe around 120 BCE. The Assyrians called the Israelites Ghimri or Khumri after the name of their king Omri. The Babylonians called them "Gimmirai". Deriving from this name, the Greek historian Herodotus called them Cimmerians, others Cimbri or Cymbrians.

Kennemerland, a region in the Dutch province of North Holland, could at least be a reference to Khumri.

The symbol of Holland was a ship in popular tradition and a ship was the symbol of the former Dutch Republic. According to the Midrash, the Jewish interpretation literature, a ship was also the symbol of Zebulun. In Jewish synagogues, the various symbols of the Israelite tribes can often be found on the walls or on the curtain or door. Zebulun is always represented by a ship. Israeli stamps with the tribal symbols show a ship as the symbol of Zebulun


In Jewish literature, Zebulun is portrayed as a merchant seafarer, which is true of the Dutch. The Dutch were among the world's leading seafarers from the 16th century to the present day. The Dutch empire was spread all over the world. At one stage it included territories in North America. New York was founded by the Dutch. Peter Stuyvesant was a Dutch governor of New Amsterdam. Dutch rule over Ceylon, harbours in India, places in South America and Indonesia, etc. The Dutch harbours were also very important. Rotterdam was for a long time the largest and busiest harbour in the world. Rotterdam is still the most important harbour for the whole of Europe.

Jacob prophesied:

Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. Gen 49:13

Only the Dutch live "on the coast of the sea", as the Dutch are descended from Zebulun!

Friesland and Holland can be identified with Zebulun. According to the geography of Ptolemy (ca. 100 CE, but based on material from several centuries earlier), the area of southern Scandinavia and northern Friesland was occupied by the Sabalingoi. The name Sabalingoi (Sebulon-goi) means "people of Zebulun".

Pytheas (ca. 325 BCE) is reported to have described the Dutch region as being inhabited by Scuthai (i.e. Scythians).

Each tribe of Israel had its own stone on the breastplate of the high priest. Zebulun's stone was a diamond. Today, South Africa produces most of the world's diamonds, most of which are processed and traded in Antwerp, Belgium, in the Flanders region, whose inhabitants are at least partly of Dutch descent. Before Antwerp, Amsterdam in Holland was the most important centre for diamonds. South Africa, where the diamonds come from, is dominated by the Boers, who are partly descended from Dutch settlers and whose language is based on an old Dutch dialect.

Holland's theory of descent is consistent with the earlier apocryphal Frisian historiography collected, for example, by Waling Dijkstra, a Dutch writer


Since the Frisians, Angles and Saxons jointly conquered the British continent from the Celtic Britons and then gave it their name and language, this view need not conflict with the Zebulun theory


Ultimately, the DNA of the men from East Anglia and Northumbria hardly differs from that of the Frisians. Old Frisian was also almost identical to the old Anglo-Saxon language.

The name Saxon comes from the name Isaaks-sons (= sons of Isaac, the son of Abraham with Sarah; Isaac = Hebrew Yischaq). If we omit the I, we get: Saaksons, or Saxons, or Saxony, who were known in antiquity as the Celtic-Scythian tribe of saka or sacae. Saxons sit on the English royal throne. They are descended from the "Saxe-Coburg-Gotha" family, and as anything German was not very popular outside Germany during the two world wars, they renamed themselves "Windsor". Today, all European high noble families are practically related to each other, which also emphasises the family ties between the European peoples.

The Scottish Declaration of Independence of Arbroath from 1320 refers to the origin of the Scots from the 10 tribes of Israel. The national anthem of the Netherlands also refers to the ancient roots, stating:

Als David moeste vluchten... When David had to flee
Voor Saul den Tyran:... From Saul the Tyrant:
Soo heb ick moeten suchten... so I had to give way
Met menich Edelman:... with some noblemen:
Maer G-dt heeft hem verheven... But G-d raised him up
Verlost uit alder noot,... delivered from all distress,
Een Coninckrijk ghegheven... given him a kingdom
In Israel seer groot... in Israel, very great.

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It is obvious with the Danes, who still bear their origins as the tribe of Dan in their name today: Danmark. Túatha Dé Danann, as they called themselves before settling in Ireland around 800 BCE, means "tribe of Dan". The clues are everywhere. Words have a meaning!

Britain, on the other hand, means berith = covenant; ayin = without, so "without covenant".

Some scholars now say, "There we have it! The British can't belong to Israel because Britain in Hebrew means "without covenant"!". They forget that Israel committed the sin of Jeroboam, which was to abandon the covenant with G-d and instead worship the "sun-G-d" Baal - thereby becoming a people who have broken the covenant with G-d, and are therefore now "without covenant".

To prevent the Israelites of the northern kingdom from rejoining Rehoboam, as they had to go to Jerusalem at least three times a year to attend the religious festivals, Jeroboam founded a new religious system, the two centres of which were Bethel in the southern northern kingdom and Dan in the north of the kingdom. There, the Ten Tribes worshipped golden calves.

And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy g-ds, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan. And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. 1 Kings 12:26-30

This system was a typical example of syncretism as practised by most churches to this day. It contained elements of true G-d worship mixed with pagan idolatry and pagan rituals. Above all, the basis of this system was fundamentally wrong. G-d had promised Jeroboam kingship over the 10 tribes of the northern kingdom of Israel

And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the Lord, the G-d of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: 1 Kings 11:30-31

The king did not need to use human wilfulness to protect what G-d had promised. An unknown prophet warned Jeroboam of his idolatry, but he would not listen. The judgement of G-d struck Jeroboam and his family because of the idolatry he had seduced Israel into. Jeroboam's son Abijah fell ill and later died

At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick... Moreover the Lord shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam... For the Lord shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger. And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin. 1 Kings 14:1 .14a .15-16

Since the days of Jeroboam, the 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom worshipped Baal - and they did so not only until the empire was conquered by the Assyrians and the surviving people were led into captivity in Assyria in 722 BCE. Even after their flight from Assyria in 612 BCE, they held on to it - indeed, today they are no longer aware of their identity and unknowingly continue to worship Baal to this day!

The division of the Celts into tribal groups was not the only thing they had in common with the 10 tribes of Israel, but also Baal worship, as archaeological finds confirm. Vertically erected memorial stones, so-called mono- and megaliths, some with inscriptions, can be found today not only in the areas of the former southern and northern kingdoms, but also around 40,000 of them scattered throughout western and northern Europe. The stones were erected in honour of the "SunG-d" Baal and bear witness to the idolatry of the "Celtic" Hebrews: the 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Israel.

Stonehenge is probably the best known of these numerous places in Europe where the worship of Baal was celebrated by the immigrant Israelites. If we want to search for the 10 tribes of Israel, then the Baal altars will show us the way unerringly - all the way to the Babylonian idolatry of the great churches of modernity. Israel still worships Baal to this day - quite consciously then, without realising it today!

The idea that the "State of Israel" is synonymous with the biblical people of Israel prevents us from understanding biblical end-time prophecy. Before 1948, this landscape was called Judea, and that is where the truth lies. Today's State of Israel is inhabited in part by members of the former Southern Kingdom of Judah - but the House of Israel, which never returned from the Assyrian captivity to the land of the fathers, are today's descendants of the Judeo-Christian Gentile peoples of Western and Northern Europe.

New figures indicating that more than 400,000 Catholics disaffiliated in Germany in 2023 show that the Church is in a “comprehensive crisis,” Bishop Georg Bätzing said Thursday.

In a statement following the publicationof new Church statistics June 27, the German bishops’ conference chairman insisted that the changes proposed by the country’s controversial “synodal way” were urgently needed.

“Reforms alone will not solve the Church crisis, but the crisis will worsen without reforms. And that is why change is necessary,” he said.

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"The fallout continues after Robert Morris resigned from Gateway Church over furor following allegations he molested a 12-year-old girl in the 1980s. Morris, 62, who resigned from Gateway last week, offered an initial statement on the allegations against him in which he again used the term “young lady.”

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I don't know what's worse, what he did to her, or that church leaders were not willing to hear her out.

Reuters​

US Supreme Court raises bar for obstruction charge against Trump, Jan. 6 rioters​

June 28, 2024

WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court raised the legal bar on Friday for prosecutors pursuing obstruction charges in the federal election subversion case against Donald Trump and defendants involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

The justices ruled 6-3 to throw out a lower court's decision that had allowed a charge of corruptly obstructing an official proceeding - congressional certification of President Joe Biden's 2020 victory over Trump that the rioters tried to block - against defendant Joseph Fischer, a former police officer.

The court, in the decision authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, took a narrow view of the obstruction statute, saying that prosecutors must show that a defendant "impaired the availability or integrity" of documents or other records related to an official proceeding - or attempted to do so.

Hi, I am a Catechumen in the Church. I was a Baptist in my youth and fell away ( I'm 68 ) and lived a lifetime of debauchery until I found Orthodoxy a few years ago and gradually I have followed this path to the best of my ability taking classes a few months ago. I pray every morning, night, and daytime and I listen to Orthodox teachings. I attend Liturgy andI attend Liturgy.

I am cowardly and tend to hide my practises from others. I tell them I am Christian, that I pray, and am the Church and I don't shy away from that but I get really uncomfortable crossing myself in restaurants etc. This makes me feel I'm not very brave and might fail the test. Any ideas as to how I can be better?

There are many that believe that we are the BRIDE of CHRIST .

Your thoughts on John 3:29 ??

Reads , # ! He that hath the BRIDE is the BRIDEGROOM , so who are they ??

# 2 But who then is the FRIEND , of the BRIDEGROOM ??

# 3 Which standeth and heareth Him ??

# 4 In verse 30 , He must INCREASE , but I must DECREASE ??

# 4 And many should know who it IS ??

# 5 Is it speaking to those in the OLD COVENANT ??

# 6 Or speaking to those of the NEW COVENANT ??

#7 Or is t speaking to the BODY OF CHRIST ??

# 8 What is the PREMISE , DESCRIPTION and the CONCLUSDION ??

What say you ??

dan p

The private religious-based academy expelled two girls and warned a third for taking part in an Apache cultural heritage dance that celebrates girls' passage into womanhood (sort of a quinceanera or bas mitzvah?) because the school claims it is Satan worship. The dance ceremony took place off campus on the weekend but pictures were posted on social media.

Religious schools are allowed to discriminate against religions and religious beliefs and private institutions may set their own rules. I guess it comes down to whether the ceremony is religious or merely ethnic. I doubt it is in anyway connected to satanism.

I think I will try and tell you a little bit of a story about my darkest time in life so you may understand a little more about why I am asking for healing. It may sound strange or even ridiculous but I can tell you it is as real as this earth we live on.

My darkest part in my life wasn't my child hood( though not to say it wasn't painful) but it was late last year. I have had other people take care of me my whole life and never really understood why I could never figure most things out on my own. But late last year everything fell completely apart and ended up having to leave my family because they didn't understand how bad my brain issues were getting. I moved in with my parents(which I am greatful for) and they were trying to help me figure out all that was wrong with me. But there I was fighting my own battles trying to be the man that I thought I should/could be but it was impossible and only left me in tears. The pain was more than I could bare so I was thinking of ending my life. I told my parents about this and of course they were very worried about me ( I don't blame them).So they took me to the hospital( I can't think very well so I thought they were trying to help me figure out why my brain isn't functioning properly) and they did run a few tests but obviously didn't find anything. I was later sent to and admitted into a mental hospital for those with suicidal thoughts or intentions. It was a complete nightmare for me as my brain doesn't hardly question anything. They gave me medication for my anxiety but it just raised my blood pressure and made things worse. And then they talk about walking up and down the halls but with how my brain works I couldn't do that because there were others walking and I can't figure out how to avoid them and they would get angry. So then I would try to read but I cant understand alot of what I read or remember much of it at all so it just felt so fake. I tried as hard as I could to look like I was normal so they wouldn't send me to some place worse because I wouldn't have survived. Most of my time was spent acting like I am watching TV ( don't hardly know what's going on with anything on TV) laying in bed and reading(fake reading and oh yeah shaking and trembling the whole time, trying to bock out all the screams and when the workers would talk to other patients I can't block any of it out so I hear things that I wish I didn't) most people don't have a clue what it means to live a nightmare but that is all I know. I don't understand why my brain works the way it does but it feels like part of it is missing and I want it all… so I can finally have relief..

The Left-Wing Media Is Crumbling After Biden's Debate Performance

The liberal media is on meltdown, they all have their knives out and Bidens back is their target

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Vox​

Can Democrats replace Biden as their nominee?​

June 27, 2024

The short answer is, practically, there probably isn't.

All 50 states have already held their primaries, and Biden has won the vast majority of their delegates. Only Biden himself can direct those delegates to vote for someone else, as they are pledged to vote for him unless he drops out before the Democratic convention this August.
This is where practical and political challenges merge:

Biden is the only one who can decide if he wants to drop out before the floor vote. No secretive party apparatus or individual can direct him to do it.

Biden has not just all the delegates he needs, but essentially all the delegates, period. So practically, there isn’t anyone that could be swapped in at this point, and according to DNC rules, these delegates are bound to support Biden during the first floor vote of the DNC.

FACT FOCUS: Here’s a look at some of the false claims made during Biden and Trump’s first debate

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump traded barbs and a variety of false and misleading information as they faced off in their first debate of the 2024 election.

Trump falsely represented the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as a relatively small number of people who were ushered in by police and misstated the strength of the economy during his administration.

Biden, who tends to lean more on exaggerations and embellishments rather than outright lies, misrepresented the cost of insulin and overstated what Trump said about using disinfectant to address COVID. Here’s a look at the false and misleading claims on Thursday night by the two candidates.

JAN. 6

TRUMP: “They talk about a relatively small number of people that went to the Capitol and in many cases were ushered in by the police.”

THE FACTS: That’s false.

The attack on the U.S. Capitol was the deadliest assault on the seat of American power in over 200 years

TRUMP, on then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s actions on Jan. 6: “Because I offered her 10,000 soldiers or National Guard and she turned them down.”

THE FACTS: false. Pelosi did not direct the National Guard. Further, as the Capitol came under attack, she and then-Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell called for military assistance, including from the National Guard.

TAXES AND REGULATIONS
TRUMP, on Biden: “He wants to raise your taxes by four times.”

THE FACTS: That’s not accurate.
Trump has used that line at rallies, but it has no basis in fact. Biden actually wants to prevent tax increases on anyone making less than $400,000, which is the vast majority of taxpayers.

TRUMP, referring to Jan. 6, 2021, the day a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol in an effort to stop the certification of Biden’s victory: “On January 6th we had the lowest taxes ever. We had the lowest regulations ever on January 6th.”
THE FACTS: The current federal income tax was only instituted in 1913, and tax rates have fluctuated significantly in the decades since.
Government regulations have also ebbed and flowed in the country’s history, but there’s been an overall increase in regulations as the country modernized and its population grew.

INSULIN

BIDEN: “It’s $15 for an insulin shot, as opposed to $400.”
THE FACTS: No, that’s not exactly right. Out-of-pocket insulin costs for older Americans on Medicare were capped at $35 in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act that President Joe Biden signed into law. The cap took effect last year, when many drugmakers announced they would lower the price of the drug to $35 for most users on private insurance.

CLIMATE CHANGE

TRUMP, touting his environmental record, said that “during my four years, I had the best environmental numbers ever” and that he supports “immaculate” air and water.
THE FACTS: That’s far from the whole story. During his presidency, Trump rolled back some provisions of the Clean Water Act, eased regulations on coal, oil and gas companies and pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord.

ABORTION

TRUMP: “The problem they have is they’re radical because they will take the life of a child in the eighth month, the ninth month, and even after birth, after birth.”

THE FACTS: Trump inaccurately referred to abortions after birth. Infanticide is criminalized in every state, and no state has passed a law that allows killing a baby after birth.

RUSSIA

TRUMP on Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia: “He should have had him out a long time ago, but Putin’s probably asking for billions and billions of dollars because this guy pays it every time.”

THE FACTS: Trump is wrong to say that Biden pays any sort of fee “every time” to secure the release of hostages and wrongfully detained Americans. There’s also zero evidence that Putin is asking for any money in order to free Gershkovich.

COVID-19

BIDEN: Trump told Americans to “inject bleach” into their arms to treat COVID-19.

THE FACTS: That’s overstating it. Rather, Trump asked whether it would be possible to inject disinfectant into the lungs.

SUPER PREDATORS

TRUMP: “What he’s done to the Black population is horrible, including the fact that for 10 years he called them ‘super predators.’ … We can’t forget that - super predators … And they’ve taken great offense at it.”

THE FACTS: False. This oft-repeated claim by Trump dating back to the 2020 campaign is untrue.

MIGRANTS

TRUMP, referring to Biden: “He’s the one that killed people with a bad border and flooding hundreds of thousands of people dying and also killing our citizens when they come in.”

THE FACTS: False. A mass influx of migrants coming into the U.S. illegally across the southern border has led to a number of false and misleading claims by Trump. For example, he regularly claims other countries are emptying their prisons and mental institutions to send to the U.S. There is no evidence to support that.
Trump has also argued the influx of immigrants is causing a crime surge in the U.S., False, statistics actually show violent crime is on the way down.

CHARLOTTESVILLE

BIDEN, referring to Trump after the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017: “The one who said I think they’re fine people on both sides.”

THE FACTS: True. Trump did use those words to describe attendees of the deadly rally, which was planned by white nationalists. But as Trump supporters have pointed out, he also said that day that he wasn’t talking about the neo-Nazis and white nationalists in attendance.

ECONOMY

TRUMP: We had the greatest economy in history.”
TRUMP: “I gave you the largest tax cut in history.”
TRUMP: “The only jobs (Biden) created are for illegal immigrants and bounce back jobs, bounce back from the COVID.”

THE FACTS: That’s not accurate. First of all, the pandemic triggered a massive recession during his presidency. The government borrowed $3.1 trillion in 2020 to stabilize the economy. Trump had the ignominy of leaving the White House with fewer jobs than when he entered. (Tax Cuts) When it was passed in 2017, Trump’s tax cut was, in inflation-adjusted dollars, the fourth-largest since 1940.
(Jobs)
Since Biden took office in early 2021, the number of foreign-born Americans who are employed has risen by about 5.6 million. But over the same time period, the number of native-born Americans employed has increased by almost 7.4 million

MILITARY DEATHS

BIDEN: “The truth is, I’m the only president this century that doesn’t have any — this decade — any troops dying anywhere in the world like he did.”

THE FACTS: False. At least 16 service members have been killed in hostile action since Biden took office in January 2021. On Aug. 26, 2021, 13 died during a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, as U.S. troops withdrew from the country.

PRESIDENTIAL RECORD

BIDEN: “159, or 58, don’t know an exact number, presidential historians, they’ve had meetings and they voted, who is the worst president in American history … They said he was the worst in all American history. That’s a fact. That’s not conjecture.”

THE FACTS: That’s almost right, but not quite. The survey in question, a project from professors at the University of Houston and Coastal Carolina University, included 154 usable responses, from 525 respondents invited to participate.

GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS

TRUMP, on Minneapolis protests after the killing of George Floyd: “If I didn’t bring in the National Guard, that city would have been destroyed.”

THE FACTS: False. Trump didn’t call the National Guard into Minneapolis during the unrest following the death of George Floyd. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz deployed the National Guard to the city

IMMIGRATION

TRUMP: Biden “allowed millions of people to come in here from prisons, jails and mental institutions.”

THE FACTS: False. Immigration officials arrested about 103,700 noncitizens with criminal convictions (whether in the U.S. or abroad) from fiscal years 2021 to 2024, federal data shows. That accounts for people stopped at and between ports of entry.

BIDEN: “I’ve changed (the law) in the way that now you’re in a situation where there are 40 percent fewer people coming across the border illegally.”

THE FACTS: True. The Department of Homeland Security announced that illegal immigration encounters dropped by 40 percent, to fewer than 2,400 each day, in the weeks after Biden announced a policy largely barring asylum access for people entering the U.S. at the southern border.

Trump: “The only jobs (Biden) created are for illegal immigrants and bounceback jobs, bounce back from the COVID.”

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